Raids target Bolshevist and I W W offices in New York
State constables and police conducted the largest raid in the city’s history raiding the Ireland School of Social Science and Left Wing Socialist offices at 45 West Twenty ninth Street and 7 Mast Fifteenth Street. Officials seized mass documents including demands for revolution while asserting the actions aimed to clamp down on Bolshevist plots and radical activity. Notable figures and organizations connected to socialist and I W W movements were named in warrants including Scott Nearing and Louis Lochner among others.
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New York
Ocak
Agsem- Mm
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Rend School
Fifteenth Street
Mh Avenue
Scott Nearing
Meren Algernon Lee
Louis P. Lochte Ford
Peace Shipman
Ludwig
German
Volks
Ing Feta Reed
Holahevist
Ton 4
Petre Krad
Trotzky
Errign
Borah Threatens Anti League Party Over Referendum
Idaho Senator Borah denounces the New York round robin of 28 Republicans and others supporting the League of Nations. He vows to oppose the League and threaten a new party if the GOP fails to make it a central issue, challengingReferendum votes and press polls.
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League of Nations
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Idaho
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Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
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Republican Party
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Wadsworth and Calder
New York
Henry W. Taft
Taft
Europe
Washington
Root Urges Qualifying Treaty Resolution to Ratification
Elihu Root, ex-Senator and ex-Secretary of State, writes to Senator Lodge advocating a qualifying resolution with ratification to express dissent on League of Nations issues. He supports the Knox plan but urges that if the covenant stays tied to the treaty, the Senate should delineate nonbinding objections to possible future involvement. The letter shifts strategy for Republicans opposing the League covenant as Knox efforts wane.
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League of Nations
Mr Root
Senate
United States
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Knox
Peace Conference
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Senator Lodge
Mr. Knox
Mr. Lodge
Oscar 8. Straus
New York
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Food Control to Continue in Britain Next Winter
Food Controller George H. Roberts announced at the Labor Conference that Britain will retain food controls through the coming winter to protect consumers. He noted the average weekly food cost was about 1d lower than in November but warned there is no expectation of a further decrease soon.
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London
George H. Roberts
New York Times
Mayence
Paris
Germany
Frankfort
Berlin
Prussia
Rhineland
State of Siege Declared in Westphalian District
A state of siege has been declared in the Minister district of Westphalia northeast of Cologne due to Spartacide disturbances. General von Watter, commanding the 7th German Corps at Minister, appoints General von Brauschitsch as military commander of the district.
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Associated Press
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Westphalia
Cologne
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von Brauschitch
Italian Cabinet to be formed with Tittoni Foreign Minister
King Victor Emmanuel asked Francesco Nitti to form a cabinet. Ex-Premier Tittoni likely becomes Foreign Minister. Paris dispatch notes Orlando may stay away from signing the German treaty as Crespi Sonnino and other delegates hold signing power.
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Glornale D'Italia
Tittoni
Paris
Associated Press
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Paria
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Baron Sonnino
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Temps
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Italian Premier Hopeful Nitti Faces Mixed Support in Debate
The piece covers Francesco Savering Nitti as a potential premier and interior minister amid a reshaped Italian cabinet. It notes Luzzatti as finance chief and Tittoni as foreign minister, with Giolitti seen as the hidden influence behind policy. It cites past debates at the Paris Peace Conference and Nitti’s finance and irrigation initiatives along with foreign policy aims toward France Britain and the United States.
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France
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United States
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Italy
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Signor Giolitti
Salandra
Austria-Hungary
Calliaux
Luzzatti
Ipa
Signor Nitti
University of Naples
Vincenzo Hossi
Giuseppe Toncolo
Tingiana
Adriatic
Vittum
Wos
Germans Scuttle Fleet at Scapa Flow Under Armistice
German officers and crews scuttled most ships at Scapa Flow after surrender terms. Many battleships and cruisers sank or were beached. eighteen destroyers were beached, four afloat. Germans were taken prisoner. German guards were not aboard per armistice terms. initial reports and confirmations followed.
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Scapa Flow
London
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Maden
Thurso
Exchange Telegraph Company
Sunday Observer
Portsmouth
Rhenish Provinces Press for Peace Amid Occupation Fears
Berlin reports from June 19 that central and southern German states push for treaty signing to avoid French and Belgian occupation feared by the Rhenish provinces. Rumors claim troops will come from devastated districts and may wreck Ruhr industry. Socialist and Centrist constituencies urge signatories through telegrams to Weimar.
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Copenhagen
Weimar
Germany
Ruhr
French Army Set to Resume Fight After Talks
French forces prepare to resume hostilities citing failures in talks as tensions rise. Officials say negotiations stalled, with both sides insisting on their terms and potential actions under consideration.
Koch all prepared for German base
Mayence and Coblenz dispatch describe French Army progress toward a renewed advance in the Rheinland with troops moving to occupy Frankfort and Bremen while German leaders fear a decisive Allied move. A new German cabinet forms under Bauer with Mülles as foreign minister as war aims and peace terms loom.
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New York Times
Coblenz
Germany
Poincare Warns of German Intrigue Amid War Talk
Paris dispatch reports President Poincare warning that peace is not signed and will be difficult to implement while Germany seeks to sow divisions among Allies. He urged unity, praised the League of Nations, and vowed France will defend liberty and universal progress. Ad for Hotel Seville rooms follows.
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Poincaré
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M. Poincaré
League of Nations
Chief Cabinet Shifts Finance and Defense Posts
MUELLER FOREIGN MINISTER David Heads Interior Depart ment Noske Continues as Chief of Defense. Old Cabinet Decided on Note to the Allies, but Feared to Send it.
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Majority Socialists Back Peace Treaty Signing Vote
In Weimar caucuses the Majority Socialists vote 75 in favor and 39 against signing the peace treaty. Democrats tally 1 in favor and 58 against, Centrists 4 in favor of unconditional acceptance and 60 for conditional acceptance.
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Associated Press
Baron von Richthofen
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