Debacle at Valparaiso and Argentine Floods Hit Chile and Argentina
A massive Chilean storm sunk fourteen vessels and destroyed many small craft at Valparaiso leaving at least eighty seven drowned, with the Don Carlos and German steamer Luis among losses. Argentine floods wrecked one million sheep and 100000 cattle while railways and telegraphy were disrupted, snow piled up to twenty five feet along the Transandine line. Separate hearings in Washington examined the electric railway crisis, warning many firms may fail without public relief.
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Valparaiso
Luis
Buenos Aires
Court Stops Brewing In Pittsburg Brewing Firms Barred
Federal Judge Thompson overruled demurrers by officers and directors of the Pittsburg and Independent Brewing companies to wartime prohibition charges. Announcement by attorney William J Brennen, counsel for brewers and saloonkeepers in Allegheny county, says brewing will end for a time.
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Pittsburg
Thomson
Independent Brewing Companies
William J. Brennen
Alleigheny County
Ford Calls For Immediate War Despite Pacifist Stance
Mount Clemens Michigan reports Henry Ford, famed for his pacifist advocacy since 1925, now testifies in a million-dollar libel suit against the Chicago Daily Tribune. He declares favoring another major war if the current league plan collapses, signaling a sharp shift in his international relations stance.
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Ford
Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
American Soldiers Home From France Transport Santa Maria Arrival
The Santa Maria arrived Tuesday from Bordeaux carrying 104 troops including detachments from the 730th military police company the 121st engineers headquarters company 40th and 7th motor transport companies with repair unit and runs.
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France
New York
Santa Maria
Bordeau
730Th Military Police
121St Engineers
Masked Burglar Killed at Philadelphia Fraternity House
A masked burglar was shot and killed by University of Pennsylvania professor Benjamin Franklin Shappelle, head of Romance languages, during an incident at a Philadelphia fraternity house on Mocilay.
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Philadelphia
Profesor
Benjamin Franklin Shappelle
University of Pennsylvania
Mocilay
Ten Naval Officers Advanced to Rear Admiral Ranks
Washington reports ten naval officers advanced to permanent rear admiral and seven to temporary rank upon recommendation of the naval selection board approved by President Wilson. Also Twenty six killed in explosion aboard British tank steamer Heseleaf near Cardiff Welex.
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Washington
Wilson
Cardiff
Welex
Paris En Fete On Gastile Day Great Victory Parade
Paris marked Allied victory with a grand parade under the Arc de Triomphe. Soldiers, amputees, and wounded heroes led the procession, while President Poincare and Premiers observed as Marshals Joffre and Foch led the march along the Champs Elysees.
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Paris
Austertite
Champs Elysees
Place de la Concorde
Poincare
France
Clemenceau
Lorraine
Edmund Gros
Lafayette Escadrille
Marshal Joffre
The
Marne
Marshal Foch
Denver Wins Convention Choice for Lions Clubs
Denver was chosen as the next convention city for the International Association of Lions clubs. The gathering here adopted resolutions for an active campaign to promote patriotic Americanism and oppose radical propaganda.
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Chicago
Denver
International Association of Lions Clubs
Seasion
Evangelist William D Upshaw Enters National Congress
Representative Willa D Upshaw of Atlanta Ga, an evangelist by profession, announced his move from the pulpit as he leads a revival at a Washington church amid his transition to the national congress.
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Willa D. Upshaw
Atlanta
National Congress
Washington
To Resume Trade With Former Foe
Washington announces blockades lifted and direct steamship lines to Hamburg and Bremen will be established by the American Shipping Board. Blanket licenses will permit American firms to trade with Germany, with cargoes moving without passports once peace proclamation is issued. Credits will back payments, and Germans seek raw materials while U.S. exports include cotton and general merchandise.
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Hamburg
Bremen
American Shipping Board
Washington
Germany
United States
Polk
State Department
Henry Ford on Stand at Libel Suit in Michigan
Henry Ford testified in Mount Clemens as the third witness in a libel case against the Chicago Daily Tribune. The trial featured editorials and articles from rival papers and included brief exchanges over wording and phrasing years in dispute. London reports Major Scott and Brigadier Mulhapd arriving in the capital to a welcome from air force officers and ministry officials after a transatlantic flight.
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Henry Ford
Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Port
Chicago Daily Tribune
Tecter
Mr. Ford
Tribane
The
Tribune
London
G. BH. Scott
Atlantic
Paltam
Edward M Mulhapd
Bettiah Air Ministry
Air Ministry
Living wage urged for workers by Federal Council
The Federal Council of Churches declares laborers should share in corporate control and earn an income that supports a decent standard of living. The church commission says churches must address civic and social interests beyond charity and insists leaders must curb brutality and ensure fair treatment during strikes.
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Federal Council of Churches
New York
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Commission On the Church and Social Service
Federal Council
Congress
Church Commission
Steatest
Solons Debate New Day Laws On Prohibition Enforcement
Washington lawmakers clash over prohibition enforcement with testimony by New York lawyer SamueI Untermyer arguing Congress cannot define intoxicating liquor by content whether wartime prohibition or constitutional amendment. House debate continues as advocates and opponents seek amendments, with Representative Kaha of California opposing and citing wine industry concerns and claimed crime increases alongside higher fines.
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Washington
Congress
Sameahi Untermyer
New York
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Untemyer
Wether
Kaba Republican
California
Kahn
Triple Wreck Kills Three On Union Pacific Line Near Granite Canyon
A Sunday morning crash on the Union Pacific main line near Granite Canyon, seventeen miles west of Cheyenne, Wyoming, killed Fireman J Bo McCarthy of Denver and engineer Peter Jessen of Cheyenne. A broken rail derailed six eastbound cars, toppled a wrecking crane, and a supporting locomotive was overturned. McCarthy died after being buried under the locomotive. Jessen died from severe burns at a Cheyenne hospital. The wreckage also injured, then escaped unharmed, the crane operator.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Granite Canyon
J Bo McCarthy
Denver
Peter Jessen
Wrsbound
McCarthy
Cheypone
Jessen
Air Route Through Pocatello May Be Established
Inquiries about usable grounds for an annual mail route have been received from the postoffice department. It seems likely Pocatello will be selected as one of the air routes established by the postoffice department for mail carrying. Bertin Strike to Terminated named on Monday after suspension at twelve days.
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Pocatello Pocatello
Pocatello
Bertin
Vamed
Nampa
Borat
Parmners’ Society of Equity
Hartt
Fort Cals
Idaho
Fell Service
General Land Office
Ralph 5. Kelly
Salt Lake
J. K Hoffman
Gomling
J. Hall
Toner
Boten
Emenee
United States
LeRoy ©. Jones
Ube
Ide
Bisho
Osh
Aod Game Department
Find and Game Department
Jeane
Wes
Owyhee
Bet Em
Bride Killed by Husband in Caledonia
An article reports a husband confessing to shooting and killing his wife named Friends Koeteche Deide, age 35,000 Pelee Tuberculoseis Victions, amid a broader note about French soldiers and a tuberculosis hospital bill discussion in the senate.
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Ueieh
Mermans
J. Knaeeche
Cuidier
Sherilf
Byrnes
Senate
Ada county election to issue 11 million for commerce
Ada county officials plan an election to authorize a bond issue of 11 million dollars for highway and road construction within the Goose Creek reservoir area and along the Stushene highway district. The vote, target August, faces opposition and competing schemes.
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Ada
Heires
Game Department
Stushene Highway
Bonde
Lon Angeles
Laminape
Shushoor Falls Park
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American Electric Railway Association
Federal Electric Railways Commission
Nst
William D. Upshaw
Scott
C. Buszciyski
C. Buszenyski
Poland
Bie
House
Oie
U.P
Seattle
Dano State
William J. Hall
George Kramer
New Plymouth
W. L
Beane
Cetow
Twin Lakes
Gerthers
Idaho Power Company
Saftirbrat
Toreagh
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