Armenia and Syrians plead for United States mandate action
In Rome reports from Bishop H H Fout and Rev Paul F B Chappell detail Armenian mass killings, starvation, and Turkish brutality across Armenia and Syria. Witnesses describe skulls, skeletons, beheadings, and forced labor as aid groups press for US led protection and an independent Macedonia appeal follows.
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Rome
Associated Press
Armenia
Syria
Turkey
United States
League of Nations
H. H. Fout
Indianapolis
American Commission For Relief
Near East
United Brethren
America
Great Britain
Paul F. B. Chappell
Nashville
Tenn
Port Said
Aleppo
Hawker
Beirut
Royal Banquet in London for Brazil’s President-elect Pessoa
King George and Queen Mary hosted a banquet at Buckingham Palace in honor of Dr. Epttacio Pessoa President-elect of Brazil and his family. About 150 guests attended including Cabinet members Lords and diplomats. the American ambassador was absent.
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London
George
Mary
Buckingham Palace
Epttacio Pessoa
Brazil
House of Lords
Diplomatic Corps
John W. Davis
Prince Earl Princess Mary
Prince Arthur
Connaught
Pessoa
England
Kingay
Dr. Pessoa
Venizelos Praises Wilson At Greek Society Fete
A cablegram from Eleftherios Venizelos lauds Woodrow Wilson and the American people at a Greek fte in New York City. The message honors President Butler and the American-Hellenic Society for their wartime aid and leadership. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and Dr. Andre Andreadis spoke. Frederick Cunliffe-Owen chaired the event.
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Venizelos
American-Hellenic Society
Paris
Frederick Cunliffe-Owen
Riverside Drive
New York
Greece
Nicholas Murr
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Nicholas Murray Butler
Andre Andreadis
Cunliffe-Owen
Canadian Troops Returning Fast
Sir Edward Kemp announced in Toronto that May set a record for returning soldiers with 54,499 repatriated to Canada. He stated that about 75,000 Canadian soldiers remain to be repatriated in total.
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Toronto
Sir Edward Kemp
Militia
Canada
Liberal terms planned for war risk policies to retain annuity system
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance is formulating more liberal provisions for term policies held by military service members. Policies may be continued or five years after discharge and converted to other life products. premiums will rise. Post Office premium payments may be available, and lump sum settlements for beneficiaries may not be offered. The annuity system aims to protect widows from schemes while a nationwide outreach targets 4 million policyholders. Fifteen year old deserter Philip Sohn’s death sentence is commuted to ten years imprisonment by President Wilson on General Pershing’s recommendation due to the soldier’s youth and enlistment at age 15.
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Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Tvice
Pershing
Wilson
Philip Sohn
Mth Infantry
28Th Division
Wershing
Bayonne Firms Mandate Naturalization Papers for Alien Workers
All alien women employed by Standard Oil and other major Hudson County industries must obtain naturalization papers soon. A similar wartime measure previously applied to alien male workers. Many large Hudson plants with thousands of alien women will implement the same action.
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Standard Oil Company
Bayonne
Hudson County
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Jeppe
Samsun
Constantinople
Mark L. Bristol
Lausanne
Switzerland
General Council of Macedonian Societies
United States Senate
Peace Conference
Macedonia
Venizelos Lauds Wilson
Insurance Bureau
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Lord & Taylor
39Th Street
Will
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Cassi
35Th & 5Th Avenue
James McCreery & Co
34Th Street
B. Altman & Co
Madison Avenue
Fifth Avenue, New York
Thirty-fourth Street
Thirty-fifth Street
Oxfords
Balta
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New York Edison Company
Irving Place
1Sth Street
Broadway
Canal St
86Th St
15Th St
B’way
6Th Ave
149Th St
Courtland
Tremont Ave
Monterey Ave
Farragut
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