Harvey Denounces Wilson and League Covenant at Syracuse
Col George Harvey, editor, attacked President Wilson and the League of Nations covenant in a Syracuse University commencement address. He urged against ratification as a threat to American sovereignty and independence, warning of entangling alliances and a world ruler. Honorary degrees were conferred on numerous individuals.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Wilson
Covenant
League of Nations
George Harvey
The
North American Review
Harvey
United States
Jane Bancroft Robinson
Detroit
Lee F. Deforrest
New York
Veranus Alva Moore
Agriculture
Cornell
Albert E. Angell
Troy
Lewis E. Carter
Schenectad
George Willis Gardner
Orange
Noa Mortimer P. Griffen
James A. Hensey
Oneonta
Allen L. Hobart
Elmira
Edwin Taylor Iglehart
Japan
John Benedict Howe
Daniel J. Kelly
Solvay
Charles M. Courbdin
Alfred Cowell Goodwin
Raymond Sterling Wilson
Frank M. Williams
Albany
Governor Sproul Warns Against Bolshevism at Gettysburg
Governor Sproul addressed Gettysburg College graduates at the eighty-seventh annual commencement on June 1. He warned of Bolshevik influence and urged vigilance in rebuilding and defending the republic against forces hostile to faith, liberty, and government.
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Gettysburg
Penn
Sproul
Gettysburg College
Clark Answers Republican Critics in War Inquiry
Special to The New York Times. Champ Clark defends the war effort and denounces partisan harping as an investigation begins. He argues the scale of mobilization was extraordinary, warns of profiteering and incompetence, but says a fair inquiry should uncover no major misconduct. He cites unity and the year's monumental tasks.
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Champ Clark
Heid
United States
France
Europe
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Cuban
Hunger Grips Budapest Amid Civil War and Scarcity
Budapest endures severe hunger as civil war continues and money shortages bite. A Tageblatt Berlin correspondent reports Bela Kun’s leadership growing intolerable as Czech refugees flee and Romanian pressure eases while peasants withhold food unless paid in cash or goods, which are scarce.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Budapest
Tageblatt
Bela Kun
Non-Union Lineman Shot in Dallas Strike Riot
A. J. Fisher, a non-union lineman for Dallas Light and Power, was shot and killed today in Dallas during clashes between strikers' sympathizers and non-union workers taking the place of striking employees. The incident occurred as tempers flared between the two sides in the ongoing labor disruption.
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Texas
A. J. Fisher
Dallas Light and Power Company
Walsh Attacks Knox Resolution on League Covenant
In the Senate, Senator Walsh of Montana argues that the League of Nations covenant does not violate the U.S. Constitution and contends that Article X obligates member states to defend one another. He criticizes Knox's resolution to separate the covenant from the treaty and warns that amending by treaty is improper. He notes past ratifications and Monroe Doctrine ties, insisting the treaty must be accepted or rejected as a whole.
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United States Realty and Improvement Co Reports Strong 1918 Earnings
The 1918 annual report shows a net earnings increase of almost 100 percent over 1917 with a surplus after taxes of 31,450,005 or 9.15 per share on 16,162,500 capital. President Lawrence McGuire notes a shift toward fairer space rentals in New York's financial district and outlines gradual readjustment to proper market value.
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United States Realty and Improvement Company
Lawrence McGuire
Financial District of
New York
Swifter on Troops Than Munitions
The official history Americas Munitions notes the U S ability to organize train and transport troops outpacing munitions production and outlines four lines of Allied support including food shipping material flow troop deployment and future army buildup. It also cites failures such as insufficient American airplanes calibres and gas shells and credits 1917-1918 with mobilizing American industry to win the war.
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War Department
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Army War College
Noske Sues Die Freiheit Over Damaging Criticism
German defense minister Gustave Noske files a libel suit in response to Die Freiheit editorials accusing his troops of terrorizing residents. The Independent Socialist paper retorts the action relies on material gathered by the Majority Socialists and cites cities where troops harmed health and safety.
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Associated Press
Gustave Noske
Die Freiheit
Noske
Taft Replies On No Authority Comment At Elmira Commencement
Ex President Taft defends the League of Nations during Elmira College commencement speech. He declines further comment on a Senate Foreign Relations Committee leak investigation and asserts the peace treaty issue is nonpartisan. Taft appeared as principal speaker before fifty four graduates.
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N. Y
Taft
Sarah
Idaho
Senate Foreign Iterations
Washington
Elmira College
League of Nations
United States
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