German American League aims and Walther interview
Chicago June 28. The German American Citizens League president outlines aims to be active politically for the good of the country. Ferdinand Walther, longtime Chicago leader, discusses language, national service, and the league’s plan to extend nationwide while remaining independent of any party. He notes the league’s per capita funding and recalls his son’s World War service.
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German-American Alliance
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Congress
Germany
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Alliance
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German American Alliance urged to join new league
New York members of the German American Alliance, dissolved after Congress revoked its charter, are urged to join the German American Citizens League. Theodore Sutro, former counsel and New York president, says he received a circular about a month ago, while Henry Wolsmann of Brooklyn says he has not been asked to join and will not accept.
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Lowen
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Wyvian
Alliaen
New York
Henry Wolsmann
Brooklyn
American citizens urged to act as Americans only
Quote urges suppression of foreign tied groups and stresses that Americans should act as Americans. Prefers privately American organizations and warns that the German American League would need major changes to appeal. Emphasizes loyalty to national identity amid five years of American experience.
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Man
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Congress Opposed to German Charter Revocation Debate
Senator King of Utah cautions that Congress will not sanction a revived German American Alliance, likely to exist as a social body rather than a political one. He notes a push to keep a German cultural influence but says a national charter is unlikely. law enforcement would act if current statutes are violated.
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Allianes
Military Intelligence Division
War Department
Department of Justice
Two Police Sergeants Held On Oppression Charges
Magistrate McQuade held Sergeants James Phelan and Peter Duffy for grand jury inquiry on oppression charges after restaurant owner Thomas Healy testified that six guards watched his Sixty sixth Street and Columbus Avenue establishment nightly since November 13 to enforce liquor laws. Healy said guards escorted patrons out at 1 am, some leaving without paying, claiming graft charges against him by Inspector Meary’s men. Healy noted repeated false charges but said he was discharged each time.
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Dominick Henry
Thomas Healy
Sixty-sixth Street
Columbus Avenue
Hue
Francia X. McQuade
West Side Court
Healy
James Phelan
Peter Duffy
Radical Urges Workers To Seize All Factories
Ella Reeves Bloor declared the time for protest had passed and urged seizure of shops and railroads through organization as the only path to improve workers’ conditions. Speaking at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue after protests over radicals’ imprisonment, she called for a united workers’ strike. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn followed and criticized the AFL for not backing political prisoner amnesty.
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Kate Richards O'Hara
110Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Bloor
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
American Federation of Labor
Nus
Mrs Lebaudy Denies Countess Petition Over Estate
Mrs Marguerite Lebaudy filed an answer to Countess Marie Theresa Lebaudy de Fels petition seeking removal as administratrix of Jacqua Lebaudy's estate. The countess alleges non widow status and seeks jury determination. special guardian Tiane R. Deland joined denial.
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Marguerite Lebaudy
Howell
Marie Theresa Jeanne Lebaudy de Fels
Jacqua Lebaudy
Mra. Lebaudy
Jacquon Lebaudy
Slater
Sal Mire
Lebaudy Ota
Anneta
Tsaues
Lebaudy
Robert Lebaudy
Parla
Tnane R. Deland
Jacquaine
Lusk Committee Targets Red Money and Rand School
Lusk committee probes radical activities with charges against the Left Wingers for plans to seize the Socialist party. Rand School seeks to vacate search warrants as its leaders defend finances and letters tied to alleged Bolshevik influence.
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Rand Behool
Rand
Yeaterday
D. P. Heronberg
Reds
New York
Lusk Committee
Ferrer Modern School
Stelton
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Red Card Membership and Left Wingers Aim to Pack Party
The rule allows any person eighteen or older to become a voting member by paying 50 cents a month. The Left Wingers are said to plan to exploit this to flood the party with Reds and push for a world congress of Reds appealing to Europeans.
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United States
Europe
Gompers Says LABOR Ready to Aid Germany
Philadelphia June 28 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor told AFL members at the Hog Island shipyard launching of the cargo carrier Afol that labor is ready to extend a helping hand to Germany if Germans prove worthy He tied this to the peace treaty and postwar rebuilding noting the federation’s ideals align with the government He praised war effort and the shipyard’s work and spoke of fraternity with former enemies and the 100 percent Americanism tribute ship sponsors included Sarah A Conboy and the United Textile Workers of America
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American Federation of Labor
Germany
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Bulgaria
Turkey
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New York
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Hurley and Wilson Pay Tribute to Labor Vessel Afel Launch
Hurley and Wilson praise American labor in wartime work with messages to Samuel Gompers. A ship named Afel launches under the Shipping Board, showing labor’s role in building wartime tonnage and signaling progress for labor movements worldwide.
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Negro Loyalty Lauded By Oswald Villard
Oswald G Villard editor of The Nation told Cleveland last night that reform by force is un-American and praised Negro loyalty. He cited no police targeting of darker-skinned suspects after recent bombs. Atlanta was chosen as next year’s NAACP meeting site, pending board approval, with a rally calling for federal action to curb lynching in the South.
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America
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Atlanta
Association
Mexican Money Free To Withdraw After Court Ruling
Justice Tierney lifted a temporary injunction allowing Alfred Catarogli, attorney for the Carranza government, to withdraw 140000 from Bank of Montreal in this city. The injunction had blocked withdrawals amid Carranza bank losses of about 20000000 dollars as claimed by William B. Mitchell, formerly of the Bank of London and Mexico. The judge refused to grant a permanent injunction.
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Colonel Griscom Knighted at Buckingham Palace
King George conferred the Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George on Colonel Lloyd Griscom former American Ambassador to Italy at Buckingham Palace. The ceremony took place in London on June 28 confirming Griscom as a senior member of the order.
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St. George London
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Order of St
Nine Hundred Germans Sent Home on Martha Washington
Nine hundred Germans interned in this country were sent home today aboard the transport Martha Washington. They will land at Rotterdam and proceed to Germany. About 1,800 more are slated to depart July 1 aboard the transport Prin Gong Matolliny.
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Germany
Prin- Gong Matolliny
Calls for Ordnance Ignored Says Crozier Before Panel
Brigadier General Crozier former chief of the Ordnance Bureau testifying before the Special House Investigating Committee said he repeatedly urged extensions before the war but failed. He cited post act delays in expanding personnel and authorizing ordnance contracts and noted the army’s shortages when war began. He claimed 600 machine guns 100 field pieces and limited artillery ammo were inadequate though rails of rifles and ammunition were vast.
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Crozier
Ordnance Bureau
Special House
Bill to fund Hudson River deepening and coastal canals
A proposed act by Representative Campbell would spend 15 million dollars annually for five years to deepen the Hudson River from tidewater to the New York Barge Canal and cover 28 million dollars yearly for river improvements on the Mississippi Missouri Ohio and tributaries. Additional allocations include 10 million for Beaver and Mahoning rivers and linked waterway projects, with 1000? for Cape Cod Delaware and Raritan improvements and 5 million for Atlantic coast canals.
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