War claims settled between United States and Allies
Final report to Secretary Baker shows the United States settled claims with France Britain Belgium and others totaling 393 718 693. War materials sold abroad and returned goods totaled 872 million with further cash on delivery options and bonds. The process cut off disputes and reduced payments while noting the burden of retail disposal across 9 000 miles of territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Imadiatid
Nationale
War Department Liquislation Commission
Baker
Britain
Belgium
France
Poland
Csecho
Slovakia
Serbia
Near East
War Department
Poles Drive on Northern Front Take Two Towns
Poles report capture of Globokol and Dokshitchac on the northern front with many prisoners and booty. Reinforcements push the line forward while Bolsheviki reportedly withdraw along the upper Here aine River. A Ballsh American relief train under Lt. Ar n Fox was shelled. crew escaped and medical supplies were seized during evacuation.
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Warsaw
Globokol
Sventaing
Dokshitchac
Giubakoi
Hereaine
Arn Fox
Philadelphia
Solers
Minsk
Vorisoy
Mail Carriers Urged to Show the Light to Reds
A Catholic memorial parade involving about 2,000 postal workers addressed by Postmaster Thomas G. urged mail carriers to promote peace and denounce Bolsheviks and anarchists. The speaker called on uniformed police and good citizenship to set an example amid unrest and discontent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carritra
Thinty-Arth
St. Patrick's Cathandrestarday
Thomas G
Pellen
Police
John F Carr Decorated By the King of Italy
John Fonter Gare of 241 Fifth Avenue, head of Librarians Council of the American Library Association, is decorated by the King of Italy as an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy. The honor was announced by Commendatore Romolo Tritoad through the Italian Consul-General, with thanks from Count Storsa. Carr has previous Italian honors and active roles in Italian cultural and relief organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hu Constant
John Fonter Gare
Fifth Avenue
Librarians! Council
American Library Association
Italy
Mr. Carr Haw
Order of the Crown of
Carr
Count Storsa
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Garryin
Order of the Crown
Princess Denies Slander in Suit Against American Woman
Princess Victor of Thurn and Taxis arrived from the United States amid stories she faced a slander suit by Bernard F. Gregory, an English aristocrat. She denied statements attributed to her claiming Gregory attempted a swindle in a mill deal and said she never met him nor owned property in America.
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Rome
Victor of
Thurn and Taxis
United States
Bernard Francis S. Gregory
Denid
Victor
Aida Nicholls
Uniontown
Rudolf Festeties
Bernard Gregory
Amerie
Russian Prince Wounded in Paris Restaurant Affray
Prince Vladimir Centacuzene, a Russian royal, was shot in the head during an affray at a Montmartre restaurant Friday night. He later filed charges with police against an American described in papers as "Mr. Wealthy American" living on Avenue Weeram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Prince Vladimir Centacuzene
Montmartre
Avenue Weeram
Independents Poll Big Vote In Germany
Berlin reports show across Germany on June 6 elections closed at 6 pm amid rain and steady turnout. President Ebert voted with his wife at Krausen-Strasse. other ministers followed. Early unofficial returns favor Independents in major urban districts, with Socialists and German People's Party among leading groups. turnout ranges 68-80 percent in key areas and Bavaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Greater
Ebert
Krausen-Strasse
Mueller
Koester
Asfairs
Independanta
Graus
Thacopia
Natal
Democrats
Center
Peopl Party
German National Party
Frankfort
German People’s Party
Darmstadt
Genter
German People's Party
Nuremberg
Bavarian People’s Party
Middle Party
West End
Bavaria
Paterson Child Falls Into River Near Elm Street
Five year old Peter Dounna of 41 Elm Street fell into swift water along the Paterson raceway at McBride Avenue while playing with companions. A sixteen year old, Charles Sepion of 20 Elm Street, jumped overboard to help and brought the child to shore, but he died after efforts to revive him failed.
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Paterson
N. J
Peter Dounna
Elm Street
McBride Avenue
Charles
Sepion
Tralian
Rome
Agricultural
Spinazola
St. John's Hospital
Tere
Reim
French Reconstruction Rapid After War Damage
Paris manager Georgen Hebmann of the Guaranty Trust Company says reconstruction in France advances rapidly. Agriculture areas in Marne North Oise Voges and other devastations recover toward pre war levels with plantings in Galais at 108000 hectares this year versus 142500 in 1914 and 8000 in 1818. Industrial reconquest rises from 705 plants in July to 1808 by year end with Meurthe and Moselle leading at 71.7 percent operating.
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Paris
Guaranty Trust
Tella
Georgen Hebmann
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
France
Marne
North
Oise
Vogés
Nagions
Hebmann
Department of
Galais
Meurthe
Moselle
800 Wives and Children Of Poles on Way to America
A transport carrying 800 wives and children of Polish immigrants sails from Danzig toward an American port. The Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Society says this begins a plan to bring 60,000 families to rejoin husbands and fathers separated by six years of war. John L. Bernstein, president, emphasizes the project aims to aid families of men already in the United States, denying any broader immigration motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danzig
Shd
America
Hebrew Society
Nob W Project
John L. Bernstein
Society
Poland
Lunacy Board Ends Work on Alleged Murderers
OSSINING June 6 The second lunacy commission appointed by Governor Smith finished its inquiry into James Cassidy and Charles McLaughlin, two men convicted of killing Otto Finta, a subway ticket chopper. It found they are mentally deficient but not insane, confirming the first board’s conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
James Cassidy
Charles McLaughlin
Otto Finta
Explosion Kills Fourteen at Fort Pampulu Blast
London reports an explosion at Fort Pampulu northwest of Turin last night killed fourteen people and injured about a hundred. The blast, caused by eighty carloads of explosives, destroyed several adjacent buildings and alarmed authorities.
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London
Persona
Fort Pampulu
Turin
China Should Be Admitted to Pact in Far East
Peking reports that China should join the Anglo Japanese alliance to form a Far East triple pact. The Times proposes safeguards including restoring Chinese sovereignty over Liao Tung and Port Arthur, Chinese control of South Manchuria railway, and withdrawal of foreign troops. It urges a China-Japan administration of Shantung railways and port governance under treaty terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Far East
Times
Chines
Liao Tung
Port Arthur
South Manchuria
Manchuria
Great Britain
Watts
Tsingtao
Germany
Shantung
Customs Service
Deiren
Fitnness
An Ins
Mutual withdrawal urged from China by Britain Japan
A fragment notes a call for Britain and Japan to withdraw their posts from China with a pledge that Italy and the United States could follow, signaling a broader move toward disarmament and restraint among powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Japan
Roomer Takes Poison to Die in Undertaker's Shop
Jed William Weissman of 358 State Street Brooklyn planned suicide in an undertaker's shop to avoid troubling landlady Cahoon who reported the despondent man had been ill. He left his apartment to go to the shop in Manhattan and used poison. The incident occurred Saturday night at William J Matthews 288 Lexington Avenue.
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Nix
Jed William Weissman
State Street
Brooklyn
Cahoon
Armed Robbers Loot Quiet Poker Game at Bayard Street
Four men armed with pistols burst into a 06 Bayard Street poker game at 4 am yesterday, stealing $200 in cash and $200 in jewelry from Tony Colanco and players. A diamond pin was recovered after one suspect fled with it. The crime occurred near Elisabeth Street police station, and detectives are searching for the robbers after information emerged last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Street
Tony Colanco
the Hoat
Elisabeth Street
Boy in Sing Sing to Visit Doomed Mother
OSSINING June 6 Sing Sing rules suspended to allow Theodore Dixon a Death House inmate and seventeen year old son to visit his mother Mrs Hattie Dixon who awaits electrocution. For first time a death house inmate may see a child in prison.
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Canvict
Dixon
Tribune Ossining
Lawes
Bes Ik
Albanians Rout Italians Near Alessio Invasion Clash
Vienna dispatch reported by Exchange Telegraph quotes Belgrade that Albanian insurgents annihilated a battalion near Alessio and Italian warships shelled the city. Skirmishes were noted near Scutari and Avlona with Italian forces retreating from those areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alessio
London
Shataliontalion
Sity
Vienna
Exchange Telegraph Company
Belgrade
Scutati
Avlona
Turks Granted 15 Days to Give Peace Views
Constantinople June 6 Allies grant Turks fifteen days to present observations on peace terms. Damad Farid Pasha warns Turkey cannot endure five more years under the treaty as drafted. He blames Nationalists and claims figures like Kemal Pasha and Ali Fuad Bey are allied with Germans and Poles, urging modifications on Oriental Thrace, Anatolia, the Straits, Armenia and Smyrna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Turkey
Dariad
Farid Pasha
Ali Fuad Bey
Ahmed Rustem Hey
Bilinaki
Damad
Thrace
Anatolia
Wara
Oriental
The
Straits
Armenia
Smyrna
Bolshevik Threats and Turkish Destinies in Armenian Boundary Talks
In a speech, Damad warns that Bolshevism endangers Turkey and the Near East while Armenian boundary arbitration by President Wilson looms. He asserts strategic ports and lands like Van Bitlis and Mosul are at stake, claiming Russia uses propaganda to sway Turkish peasants toward Bolshevism and hamstring peace efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Syria
Arabis
Bolasheviki
Wilson
Damad
Van
Bitlis
Mosul
Armenin
Chria
Batuwan Armenin
Near East
Damud
Apatalia
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U. S
John F. Carr
Franklin Simon
Crepe
KUMSI
Kumsa Milano Crepe
Queen Anne
Feminine Skirt Shop
37Th
38Th Streets
Mourning Apparel Shop
Feminine Mourning Apparel Shop
Lane
TN Shoe
Whitehouse & Hardy Broadway
Metropolitan Opera House
G. Altman & Co
Madison Avenue
Fifth Avenue, New York
Thirty-fourth Street
Thirty-fifth Street
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