End of Present Nations League Seen by Members
Geneva reports that the League of Nations may dissolve as big powers form a Washington led four power pact. Talks indicate headquarters move from Geneva to Paris London Tokio and Washington with disputes steered by the four nations. Wilson's role and ties to Geneva are noted in a long assessment of history and motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
League of Nations
National Palace
Itaria
London
America
France
England
Japan
League
United States
Red Cross League
Paris
International Political League
Washington
Tokio
Switzerland
Rome
Brussels
Labor International Bureau
Woodrow Wilson
Versailles
Clemenceau
Wilson
John Knox
Presbyterian Church
Calvin Ut
Prominent Seattle Engineer Dies in Herrin Mine Riots
John E. Shoemaker a noted Seattle civil engineer and former port assistant engineer was killed in the Herrin Illinois mine rioting. Seattle leaders including the Federated Industries of Washington called on Illinois authorities to prosecute those responsible for his death.
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Seattle
Wash
John E. Shoemaker
Port of
Seattle Master Builders’ Association
Herrin
Ill
Federated Industries of Washington
Shoemaker
Illinois
Patron of Love Nest Linked to Blackmail Ring
June 25 report by Pinkerton operatives ties Paton Neéal famous for visiting Walter S Ward's Harlem love nest to a blackmail ring. Neéal allegedly delivered Ward to the extortionists, whose threats over Clarence Peters murder spurred the fatal act.
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Love Nest
New York
Pegey Neéal
Boston
Walter S. Ward
Harlem
Canada
Pinkerton
Waal
Clarence Peters
Ward
Seven Green Star Fleet Ships Sold to California Firm
J. W. Steele, president of Steele Steamship, announced the purchase of seven former Green Star fleet steamers. The vessels will be placed on runs between Gulf ports and Pacific coast ports as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Star
California
San Diego
Cal
J. W. Steele
Steele Steamship Company
Gulf Ports
Pacific Coast Ports
Spain Opens Panama Canal Service With Renalic
Cadiz notes the Spanish steamer Renalic will depart for Pacific ports soon to initiate a Panama canal service. The ship carries varied Spanish products for commercial propaganda and trade outreach.
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Panama Canal
Cadiz
Renalic
Pacific
Italians Plan to Open Enchanting Summer Resort Abruzzi
Rome plans to declare the Abruzzi region a premier Italian summer resort. Covering Aquila Chieti and Teramo provinces east of Rome, the area is famed for verdant hills and artist roots. Romans aim to organize automobile excursions inviting Americans to explore its landscapes.
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Rome
Abruazzi
Italy
Abruzzi
Aquila
Chieti
Teramo
Appennines
Adriatic Sea
Switzerland
Dante Gabriel Rosseti
Paolo Tosti
America
Michetti
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Resignation of Sun Yat Sen Expected Hourly
In Amoy China on June 26 Sun Yat Sen, president of the southern Chinese government, is believed to resign hourly as his navy abandons him. He has reportedly surrendered hope of regaining his capital, now held by Chen an ally of the Pekin central government.
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Sun Yat-Sen
China
Amoy
A. P
Sun
Chen Eee
Pekin Central China
Thousands Witness Scandinavian Drills at Krug Park
Over 10 000 people watched the two day Scandinavian celebration at Krug Park. The Nordenne society directed by John S Helgren presented a concert with Harold Anderson solos. The Banish Sisterhood drill team led by Mrs Nels Kaer performed, and Viking drill members repeated Friday's exhibition. An imported six reel movie The Girl From Mars Croft was shown, adapted from Bjornstjerne Bjornson story and staged in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krug Park
Nordenne Society
John S. Helgren
Harold Anderson
Norden
Banish Sisterhood
Nels Kaer
Viking
Mars Croft
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Norway
Bad Man Floored by 120-Pound Sleuth at Sixteenth and Cass
Ruddy, a 120 pound troublemaker known as the battler from 2218 Leavenworth street, challenged Water-Detective Bob Donahue. Donahue knocked Ruddy to the sidewalk with a right to the jaw, and Ruddy ended up in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruddy Slugger
Leavenworth Street
Ruddy
Bob Donahue
Rudd
Sixteenth
Cass
Donahue
Army Dirigible A-4 Returns Safely From Washington Flight
The army dirigible A-4 completed a flight from Washington to Langley field Hampton Va arriving safely after engine trouble delayed the return. No reports of incident were received though a delay occurred. air service officers saw no serious accident.
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Hampton
Washington
Langley Field
Air Service
Escaped Prisoner Duffield Captured Near Nebraska City
James H. Duffield, captured on a farm near Nebraska City after escaping from a train while being taken to Lincoln by a constable, offered no resistance. Duffield is charged with issuing checks on a bank with no deposits. he was brought to Lincoln by deputy state sheriffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
James H. Duffield
Omaha
Nebraska City
Duffield
Soviet Leader Thanks People for Paying Tax
Riga June 25 President Kalinin of Soviet Russia issues proclamation thanking Siberian peasants for 100 percent produce tax donations. The note follows reports of famine risk and prior proclamations from Rakovsky and widespread tax collection, with observers noting double collection and seed shortages for next year.
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Riga
Kalinin
Soviet Russia
Siberia
Dgerghinsky
Cheka
Moscow Investia
Dgerghingky
Russia
Ukraine
Town Woman Finishes 30 000-Piece Quilt in Years of Work
Miss Ella Wiley of Birmingham completes a quilt made from 30 000 pieces of cloth and countless stitches. She worked on the project alone over several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biringham
Ella Wiley
Wiley
Radio Elocution Delights Audiences
Radio Elocution Delights Audiences with a Bee Station concert drawn from the Omaha Grain Exchange Station WAAW Miss Lora Peterson opened with In the Garden and encore The Morning Wind. Charles Docherty delivered The Review of the Centuries with spirit. Mrs Read Hanning Kennan sang An Open Secret and My Laddie with Marguerite Carnal. Ames F Anderson sang When the Bell in the Lighthouse Rings and On the Shore. more performances promised for Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee
Central West
Omaha
Laddie
Read Hanning Kennan
Marguerite Carnal
Nebraska
Colorado
Ames F. Anderson
Caren
WAAW
The
Worst Flood Reported in Vera Cruz Region
June 25 Vera Cruz rainfall triggers record flooding as the three major rivers overflow. Five days of torrential rain wreck crops and halt trains on the Vera Cruz Pacific and Inter Oceanic railways, signaling severe regional damage.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Pneumonia Outbreak Reported in Foochow Missionaries Die
An outbreak of pneumonia is reported in Foochow by Rev. Dr. C. M. Lacey. The plague has not reached epidemic levels yet but has claimed two medical missionaries, Dr. Edmond Fellows Lawson and Dr. Marcus McKenzie, who contracted the disease while tending the sick.
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Shanghai
A. P
Foochow
C. M. Lacey
Edmond Fellows Lawson
Marcus McKenzie
Financial Agreement With Mexico Unratified
Mexico City June 25 President Obregon says he has not ratified the deal reached by Secretary De la Huerta and the international bankers committee. He cites several points needing clarification and promises a definite statement by the end of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
A. P
Obregon
Treasury
de la Huerta
International Committee of Bankers
New York
Coupe Elopers Kidnaped by Cops Taken to Bluffs
Wilbur Armstrong and Dunbar Claybourn, eloping grooms, are sought on auto theft charges and were allegedly spirited to Bluffs by Detectives Kurcin and Carney with word that Omaha lawyers would seek habeas corpus. Detectives say they found license-number dies, a revolver, blank cartridges, and blank bills of sale in their rooms. The brides, honeymooning in the city jail, reportedly resumed appetites after the escape alert.
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Wilbur Armstrong
Dunbar Claybourn
C Caener
Kurcin
David Carneghicago
Omaha
Chicago
Unclear excerpt hints at arrest tied to a bride case
A fragment describes a bride-related arrest as Armstrong waited in the chief of detectives office, while a woman explains her homesickness and appeal to an uncle. The sentence is partial and lacks full context or certainty.
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Mrs. Clabourn
Armstrong
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