Chicago Riots Across City Kill 27 Injure 244, Riots Spread
Rioting between whites and blacks renewed across Chicago leaving 27 dead and 244 injured as Governor Lowden appeals for calm. National guard and state militia are placed on standby while police and deputies rush to key districts in the South Side black belt and North Side trouble zones.
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Ricago
North Side
Frank 0. Lowden
South Side
Black Belt
Joep
Gove Lowien
Milton Foremac
Abel Davis
Henry Allen
Henry Reilly
John W. Gunnin
France
Aotion
Joseph TB. Sans Born
Chiguga
Springfield
Samuel Tasull
State Council
Ds Wid
Roger Sullivan
Ollier
Tovernment
Alt
Tiffany Leads Gold Hunt to South America
Perry Tiffany of New York leads a 50 man and 1 woman expedition aboard the Prince der Nederlander to Dutch Guiana to mine a Moroni River gold deposit discovered 18 years ago. A $2.1 million funding plan backs the venture with 160 workers aboard and a submarine dredge for inland access.
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Perry Tiffany
New York
Dutch Guiana
Tiffany
Moroni
Dutch
Vrenen Guiana
Goyana
America
Corporation
Mr. Tiffany
France
Holland
Wes. Gage
Wis
Guianas
York
Guiana
Maramacho
Ehwset
Max Page
Fourne
Ted Theword Warnett
Baird
The
Inter
Hush
Ten Thousand Police Reserves to Patrol Speeders
Police Headquaters mobilize 10000 reserves to report traffic violations to the Traffic Court. Arrested motorists previously ignored by police may have their names added to the records.
Strike Over Wine Delays French Ship
French liner Chicago arriving from Bordeaux reports a crew protest over wine quality. Sailors demanded real wine and halted at Punillac until fourteen barrels of Bordeaux were brought aboard and sampled, delaying the voyage to New York.
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French Republic
Chicago
Bordeaux
Gironde
Punillac
New York
Mother and 7 Prefer Death to Poor House
NELSONVILLE Ohio July 28 seven children aged six weeks to ten years with their mother Mrs Tony fitraviscar were found dead in their Kimberly home just hours before removal to the Athens County Home. The bodies showed they were burned or asphyxiated and the room had been doused with a flammable substance. Authorities believe fear of separation drove the mother to kill herself and her children.
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Nelsonvilde
Ohio
Athens County
Tony Fitraviscar
Kimberly
House Votes to Sell War Surplus Food From Baker
The House adopted a resolution, 266 to 4, urging Secretary Baker to sell surplus War Department food stocks valued at 10 million dollars without delay. A substitute to market only a portion failed 160 to 114 while an amendment allowing parcel post sales passed, making postmasters de facto grocers for this surplus.
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Washington
House
War Investigating Committees
Baker
War Department
Kelly
Pennsylvania
Wilson's Senate Pact Offer On France Treaty Text
The article reports Col Donaldson testifying on brutal conditions at Farm No 2 in Castle Williams and the deaths of prisoners. It covers witnesses Hard Boiled Smith and Privates Ball and Ryszejawski, their sentences, and questions about responsibility of Brig Gen W W Harts and Col Grinstead. It includes President Wilson's letter to the Senate presenting the France treaty draft for immediate aid against German aggression and its relation to the League of Nations.
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Paria
W. W. Harts
Regular Army
T. Q. Donaldson
Invector General's Department
Donaldson
Farm No. 2
Chellestonville
Castle Williams
Govern's Island
House of Representatives
Smith
Fort Jay
Farm Nergeant
Clarence Ball
Joseph C. Rysze- Jawski
Royall C. Johnson
South Dakota
Farm No.2
Unione
Varig
Harts
France
Wilson’ Tarvald
White House
BP, Grinstead
Round Brick
I. le Williams
Arizona National Guard
Maed
B. P. Grinstead
FP. S. Strong
Strong
Farm No
Tohnson
Grinstead
Senate
Republic of
United States of America
Germany
League of Nations
Council of the
Wwacun
United Sates
League
Pen
Council of the League
Wilson Pledged to Curb Mexico Say Canadians
Washington reports that President Wilson assured Britain and France he would protect foreign interests in Mexico. A Canadian group urged action and was told Wilson would take a stronger stand, with Britain offering joint intervention supposedly refused. The piece notes oil districts near Tampico and Italy’s interest, plus implications for U.S. policy and claims handling.
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Britain
France
Paris
New York
Trrbure
Washington
Wilson
Great Britain
Mexico
Canada
Mexican and Northwestern Railroad
Sir Robert Borden
Tampico
Tealy
Paria
Falian
Italy
Gould Asks Fuller Mexican Inquiry
Representative Gould of New York submitted a searching analysis of Henry P. Fletcher’s testimony as ambassador to Mexico to the Home Rule Committee. He urged a favorable report on a House inquiry into the Mexican problem, stressing continued consideration of Fletcher’s text.
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New York Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico
Home Rules Committee
Gould
New York
House
Fletcher
Reservations Seem Certain Of Adoption In Paris Treaty Debate
Washington July 20 President Wilson sent a written message with the Franco American treaty text urging ratification As Republican Senators predicted reservations to the league covenant would be adopted The day featured key shifts from Nelson Thomas France Williams and others as open sessions and Article X interpretations dominated discussions with plans to resume White House talks and further clarifications on Shantung and the Panama Canal stance.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
France
Houses of Congress
Menta
United States
League of Nations
Joe
Nelson
Shantung
Paris
Shantarge
Japan
China
Thomas
Dominions
Maryland
Williams
SINTH
League
White House
Dillingham
Harding
Fernald
Lenroot
Keyes
Watson
League Council
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