Senate clash over League of Nations covenant in peace treaty
Washington June 24 opponents of the League plan to pose reservations as a condition for Senate ratification. Borah Johnson wing aims to prevent operative Covenant until other signatories accept reservations. Fall policy seeks a peace status now to avoid wartime terms with Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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Elihu Root
Senate
League of Nations
United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
League Ternant
Republican Party
Borah-Johnson
Ige
State Conference
League of Nations Council
Ee. Knox
Sinat
Wille
Congress
Jewel theft at the Biltmore involves $300000 in gems
Mrs. Clarence Millhiser reported jewels valued between 200000 and 300000 missing from a hotel vault at the Biltmore after her husband’s death. Police and private detectives swarm the case, with no solid clues or arrests yet, officials say two arrests are expected soon. The loss includes a pearl necklace valued around 250000 and other diamond pendants.
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Clarence Millhiser
Mount Sinai Hospital
William A. Lahey
Millhiser
Kiltmore
Charles Cary Rumsey
Sc. H. Harriman
Dublin Denies Charges Made by Walsh and Dunne
Dublin officials reject claims by Walsh and Dunne that Countess Markievicz’s prosecution was retaliation for information about Irish women abuses. The denial states the Countess was ordered prosecuted May 25, well before the delegates’ statement.
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Dublin
Walsh
Dunne
Associated Press
Messrs. Walsh and Dunne
Countess Markievicz
Sinn Fein
Dublin Castle
Markievicz
France to seek full reparations for Scapa Flow ships
Paris reports France will demand full reparations from Germany for sinking the German fleet at Scapa Flow and says the act violated both armistice and the Peace Treaty. A Three-Power inquiry will decide if armistice conditions were breached amid debate in Parliament.
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Council of Three
Scapa Flow
Gustave de Kerguezec
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Ministry of Marine
Admiralty
L’oeuvre
Germany
L'Action Francaige
League of Nations
Lloyd George
Robert Cécil
Predict German Outbreaks
Berlin reports warn of further violence after Scapa Flow sinks. Officials fear renewed unrest as old militarists may defy the government after peace, with officers in Neubadelsburg surrounding guards at a secret meeting. Postal workers strike adds to tension in Berlin.
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Chicago Tribune Co
Berlin
Berne
Fiwe
National Assembly
Weimar
Scapa Flow
Hie
Prussia
Hindenburg
Germany
Neubadelsburg
Potsdam
Ersatz
Bauer
Erzberger
Washington plans big peace Fourth celebration in capital
Washington prepares a vast Fourth of July peace celebration led by President Wilson if his European return allows. Foreign representatives, the Supreme Court, Cabinet, and Congress will participate with a grand parade and world nations floats. Marshal Foch may attend. pageants mark calls to service, labor, art, and land around the Ellipse.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Europe
Marshal Foch
United States
America
Interior
Peyton C. March
Bullard
France
Roy R Glenn
Pennsylvania Avenue
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Congress
Marie Moore Forrest
War Camp Community Service
Red Cross
Business
Commerce
Pan-American
Agricultural Department
President Wilson to sail from Brest on Saturday
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson hopes the peace treaty may be signed Friday afternoon and that he will depart Brest to sail for New York Saturday morning. The George Washington has loaded special coal for a quick voyage home, aiming to reach by July 4.
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Brest
New York
George Washington
Foch Planned Drive to Push 60 Miles Into Germany
Allied forces prepared a 60 mile advance into Germany as orders shifted causing disappointment over the planned operation. Troops were in trucks awaiting the new timetable and direction from Foch and allied command.
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Germany
Bell aNns in Hot Wates relieves indigestion
Adva promotes Bell aNns in hot waters as a quick remedy for indigestion with claims of fast relief. The fragment suggests an advertisement style brief touting digestive aid benefits.
Belgium Receives First 500 Million Reparation Plan
Paris reports the Council of Four formalizing Belgium's priority to up to 500 million in reparation funds from Germany. Wilson, George, and Clemenceau seek legislative approval for Germany to issue bonds repaying Belgium’s wartime borrowings, amounting to about 700 million dollars from US and UK loans.
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Belgium
Germany
Charles A. Selden
New York Times Company
New Youk Times
Paris
Council of Four
Berlin Mob Burns Captured Flags in Public Protests
Reports from Paris and Berlin describe German delays and political tension over the peace treaty. A Berlin incident saw French flags captured in 1870 burned before Frederick the Great’s statue as crowds cheered, with Coblenz papers confirming the event and noting a Napoleon I flag among those burned.
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New
Coblenz
Napoleon I
German Troops Seize and Burn French Flags from Arsenal
Berlin dispatch reports German Black Guard Cavalry seized old French banners from the Berlin Arsenal and burned them amid postwar tension. Paris cites Peace Treaty violations and expects a commission to consider action. Article 245 required Germany to restore trophies to France after the Franco-Prussian War.
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Unter den Linden
Wacht Am Rhein
London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Exchange Agency
Black Guard Cavalry Corps
France
Germany
German Officers Association asks Netherlands to shield Kaiser
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports the German Officers Association urged the Dutch Government not to extradite the former Emperor to the Allies. In a telegram officers said they can protect the Kaiser with their bodies but rely on the generosity of the Dutch people.
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London
Copenhagen
German Officers Association
Germans to Sign Peace Treaty at Versailles Friday
Paris June 24 The German delegation for signing the peace treaty arrives in Versailles Friday morning. Signing is expected at 8 pm in the Hall of Mirrors with Clemenceau Wilson and Balfour present. The ceremony will be simple and officials plan a two hour session with signatures arranged alphabetically by country.
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Mueller
France
Tus New York Times
Paris
Bauer
Germany
Council of the Great Powers
Wilson
Herr Hantel von Hatmhausen
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Weimar
Council of Great Powers
Dr. von Handel von Hatmhausen
Haniel von Halmhausen
Frau von Haniel von Halmhausen
America
Senate
United States
League
M. Clemenceau
Paul Durasta
Gen. Mordacq
Ministry of War
William Martin
Arthur J. Balfour
Baron Sonnino
Supreme Council
French Foreign Office
Vance
M. Vandervelde
Belgium
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