All German War Ships Sunk at Scapa Flow
Reports state six Germans were killed and ten wounded when interned ships at Scapa Flow were sunk after the armistice. Admiral von Reuter ordered the sinking. British forces attempted to beach vessels as crews abandoned ship, with many men rescued from the water and taken aboard Victorious and other ships.
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London
Scapa Flow
Daily Mail
Orkney Islands
von Reuter
Admiral von Reuter
Germany
Mail
Admiralty
Bie
Nigg
Russhire
Cromarty Firth
Derfflinger
Hindenburg
von der Tann
Moltke
Seydlitz
H. M. S. Victorious
Hochs
Banjees
Hlouton
Houten
Thurso
Invergordon
Emden
Frankfurt
Nuernberg
Weimar
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
New Texas Auto Theft Law Tightens Vehicle Records
On June 18 a new Texas law targets automobile theft by prohibiting removal of engine numbers and requiring new IDs when numbers are erased. It sets fines from 10 to 100 dollars for altering or selling such vehicles and mandates license receipts and notarized bills for used car sales. It requires repair shops and used car dealers to keep detailed ownership, motor, and repair records to aid tracing stolen cars.
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Texas
United States
Highway Commission
German Officers Threaten Uprising Over Kaiser
In Weimar on June 24 the army issued an ultimatum to the Bauer government. If the Kaiser or any military leader is surrendered, officers will resign en masse. Independents threaten a national strike unless unconditional signature is given. The Officers' Association, about a million strong, vows the threat is no bluff and aims to defend the ex-monarch, possibly even fleeing to Holland to protect him.
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Weimar
Germany
Bauer
Kaiser
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Officers’ Association
William Hohenzollern
Holland
Special national effort urged to track stolen automobiles
The United States market calls for a national department to coordinate car theft work across counties. Automobile owners support a putative measure and expect a special organization to trace stolen vehicles. Automobile Insurance Companies formed the Automobile Underwriters Protective Bureau in Dallas to cooperate with four similar bureaus, police, and the public in reducing theft and locating lost cars.
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United States
Automobile Insurance Companies
Automobile Underwriters Protective Bureau
Dallas
U. S
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Local Testimony
A Fredericksburg reader profile extolls Doan's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys backache and urinary disorders. Retired gardener T. M. Bradwell of Kerrville Texas credits one box with curing years of kidney and bladder issues, rheumatic pains, and high colored secretions after trying many medicines. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Fredericksburg
T. M. Bradwell
Kerrivlle
Texas
Doan
Mr. Bradwell
foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Departing Interned Germans
Four hundred enemy aliens in terned at Fort Oglethorpe will be sent to Charleston to be embarked for Germany under guard. Most are sailors from interned German ships.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Fort Oglethorpe
Charleston
S. C
Germany
Senate to Ratify Colombian Treaty
Washington June 24 the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will take up a treaty with Colombia for 25 million dollars to compensate damages from the Panama Canal Zone acquisition. Leaders expect a favorable report and swift ratification after removing an apology clause, a move agreed with Colombia and Senate leaders including Lodge and Knox.
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Washington, D. C
Colombia
America
Panama Canal Zone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Polk
Lodge
Senate Forest Relations Committee
Knox
Republican) Pa
Riots Break Out in Germany Shake Berlin Suburbs
Berlin reports say police and soldiers clashed with rioters during food riots in northern suburbs. Several shops looted but no casualties. Mannheim reports eleven killed and thirty-seven wounded in rioting on Sunday, with about two hundred arrested.
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Berlin
Mannheim
Flags Delivered to French Burneu in Coblenz Flame
A Berlin telegram reports German guards seized and burned French flags captured in 1870 in front of Frederick the Great statue on Unter den Linden. Crowds sang Deutschland ueber Alles and Wacht am Rhein as flags were soaked in gasoline and set ablaze amid celebrations. Napoleon I’s 1814 banner was among those burned.
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Coblenz
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Guard Cavalry Division
War Museum
Wacht Am Rhein
Hides Wanted by H C Maier for High Prices
Advertisement notes H C Maier seeks goat hides with high prices offered. Also accepts cow and horse hides. Appears as a buyer ad urging sellers to bring hides for sale.
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Oott H. C. Maier
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NEW Automobile Law
State Ranger Force
Bey
THE
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta, GA
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfielles
Otto Crenwelge
Spahn
Secor Sanitarium-Hospital
Kerrville-on-the-Guadalupe
Europe
Kerrville
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