Threatened Turkish Relocation From Europe After Ten Day Ultimatum
A diplomatic note reports European powers demanding Turkey sign the postwar treaty within ten days. Allies accuse Turkey of provocation by closing the straits and warn of possible military action to remove Turkey from Europe if demands are not met. The note asserts Turkey could become a prosperous nation with reforms and questions Constantinople’s suitability as capital.
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Europe
Turkey
Smyrna
Anaiotia
Turekey
McCartney Sues to Force War Declaration Action
Chicago lawyer Harry A. McCartney files suit in the District of Columbia supreme court as a taxpayer to compel Secretary of State Colby to promptly promulgate Congress joint resolution declaring war with Germany. The suit argues the peace measure became law with passage May 21 and challenges presidential veto powers. Harry J. Bryan is named as a defendant over publication duties.
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Chicago
Harry A. McCartney
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Colby
Congress
Germany
Mccartney
Harry J. Bryan
Laws
State Department
Yi Laws
bin Duty
Bolshevik Defeated in Copenhagen Reported Wrangel’s Losses
A Danish Berlin newspaper reports a boldhovist defeat of General Wrangel near Copenhagen. The article claims Wrangel destroyed eighteen Soviet cavalry regiments and twenty thousand personnel, with capture of aircraft and rebels reportedly fleeing the Soviet front.
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Copenhagen
Wrangel
Con Mainder
Tiind
Juliet Wrangel
Gas Work Arbitration and Turmoil Amid Tragedy Across Cities
A city committee of seventy from the Utah fuel Coke company prepares to arbitrate ongoing labor disputes after a truce is brokered. In Cork, a series of murders and arson shocks the community as authorities pursue suspects. A tragedy in Cope fund claims seven burned victims, while questions rise over ages and eligibility in a separate legal matter.
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East Lake
Hietorie
Utah Fuel Coke Company
War-Torn Hamburg Shows Hardship as Unemployment Rises
About 150000 out of work in Hamburg with high prices and scarce homes. A breakdown of daily life shows ration cards for bread meat sugar and soap. meat costs 20 marks per pound and eggs 1.70 pfennigs each while workers earn 50 to 100 marks daily. Strikes rise as profiteers and high prices fuel discontent amid barbed wire at the town hall and ongoing economic strain.
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Hamburg
Germany
Hertor
New York
Autantic
Ulster
M Schelbers
Mexican general executes insurgent leader near Monterey
Mexican forces executed insurgent Gunjardo by firing squad after he was captured near Monterey. He was accused of killing General Zapate and led a force of about 1 300 troops en route to Chihuahua. The arrest of Gonzales followed as part of a crackdown on a planned revolutionary movement in Nuevo Leon.
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Mexico
Jesus M. Guajarda
Monterey
Gunjardo
Zapate
Ehter
Chituahua
Pablo Gonzales
P. Tilax Callies
Gustardo
Gonzales
Nuevo Leon
Son of Kaiser Ends His Life in Potsdam
Prince Joachim, youngest son of the former kaiser, fatally shot himself at Potsdam on July 18 and died four hours later after being rushed to a hospital. His wife left him last year, and recent years saw him linked to Swiss gambling and reckless finances amid revolutionary upheavals in Munich.
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London
Prince Joachim
Potsdam
Daily Express
Josachim
Munich
PIONEER SOLUTION TO ARIZONA DESERT WATER SUPPLY
Charles H. Spencer developed gravity fed underground water reservoirs in Arizona using drained crater basins. He tapped a hidden underground flow from San Francisco mountains to fill Crater Lake and other pits, creating billions of gallons for irrigation without pumping costs.
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Charles H. Spencer
San Francisco
Peake
Phoenix
Ariz
Art
Haad
Arizona
Spencer
Crater Lake
Canada Exports Decline Despite U S as Major Buyer
Export figures for year ending May 21 show United States as Canada’s largest customer with exports to the U S totaling 472 440 24, up from prior year while UK exports fell by 101 TAH. Total exports reached 1 050 208 0M, down from the previous period. Imports of durable goods rose to 507 077 507 with a large portion from free sources. Declines driven mainly by the United Kingdom United States Britain West Indies and Cuba.
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Ottech
United States
Connie
United Kingdom
ATO
United Ktates
Mritien West
Sunflower shell marks life of Oregon hen
Cottage Grove Oregon resident J W Eddy I notes that hen feed affects egg quality. After feeding sunflowers the flock produced an egg with a sunflower pattern in the shell. The hen owner names the operation Sunflower Chicken Ranch.
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Cottage Grove
Ore
J. W. Eddy
Sunflower Chicken Ranch
Tree of Fate Destroyed by Storm Outside City Walls
A storm wrecked the ancient tree known as bul mi or tree of fate that stood outside the city walls. Tradition held its death signified the end of the Ottoman Empire and measures like iron hoops and props were tried to save it, but the tree collapsed and Orthodox Turks believe it foretells caliphate doom.
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Turkey
Hamburg Faces Unrest Amid Unemployed Bandit Activity
Desperate jobless bands roam Hamburg at night while Reichswehr orders executions by shooting when caught. The housing crisis draws 14 thousand workers and families to the city as unemployment relief differs by district. American firms American Express and International Mercantile Marine are among the few American companies open in Hamburg.
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Reichswehr
Noldiem
Wtorea
Hamburg
American Express Company
International Mercantile Marine
Hanbure
One the Movies Missed. Columbus Rescue of Mia
In Columbus Indiana a dramatic chase ends with David Marr leaping from the running board to seize a runaway horse as Mia faces a perilous embankment. Jonn Sprague’s near death escape adds film thriller flair to the rescues.
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Columbus
Ind
Mia
Jonn Sprague
Charles Aiatt
David Marr
Marr
War Dog Shadyalle Dies After Service in France
The dog served thirteen months in the third division in France and died at the home of his adopted owner John Haye. He was found in Cohan near the Marne during the Aisne offensive and became the division mascot.
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Shadyalle
Cummie
France
John Haye
Cohan
Marne
Mancot
Rice Exports Grow Unlimited Opportunities for Industry
The Agricultural Department in Washington reports rice exports to Japan reached over 800000 pounds in the first three months of the year, vastly higher than all of 1910. California's rice industry, developed by agriculture scientists, now operates 12 mills producing $21 million in rice value last year.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Japan
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
California
Department of Ariculture Scientinte
Hacramento Valley
Dase Lee
Golden State
United
Cox and Wilson Meet On League Policy After Convention
Washington report says Governor Cox and President Wilson met in San Francisco and pledged to pursue Versailles ratification and US membership in the League of Nations. Cox promised to push ratification on Democratic platform terms and to ensure US full participation in the League during his administration.
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Washington
San Francisto
Cox
Ohio
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
League
Gompers to Take Stump for Labor Election Fight
Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor issued a summons to organized labor to back candidates and defeat opponents in the upcoming election. Morrison said both leaders would likely travel to speak in support of the labor program and defend its goals.
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Washington
Samuel Capers
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
Gonpers
Alma of Labor
Women Kidnap Banker Amid School Fund row
Laddonia Missouri reports a banker from the Bank of Laddonia was kidnapped by homemakers club members in retaliation for opposing a school fund increase defeated at a April special election. Palmer denies resignation rumors in Washington. Althea Wheeler declares candidacy for Republican Congress. War news from Vilnius notes typhus expedition with Polish forces.
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Laddonia
McCqune
Cartier
Bank of Laddonia
Homemakers Club
Police Chief F W Laats Daunts His Cow In Wild Escape
In River Forest, Chief Laats wrangles a wayward cow after a chase that spans three miles. The episode ties up a campus scene as a Hereford cow disrupts a Catholic girls college event and is halted only with a rope and a police horsepowered move.
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River Forest
F. W. Laats
Hirtsheaves
Viola Lorenzen
United States
Atation Spatehel
Lorenzer
Ak Wage
Heanhy College
Lucy
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