Versailles Peace Treaty Signed Ends World War I
The Versailles Hall of Mirrors witnessed the signing of the peace treaty by Germany and allied powers on June 28 1919 marking the end of the war. Delegates from the U S Great Britain France Italy Japan and others signed the document as crowds cheered outside and guns boomed. Julius Barnes to assume chair of United States Grain Corporation with Herbert Hoover resigning the chairmanship and remaining director.
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Versailles
Germany
William I Ipa
Mueller
Bell
Intire
Andrea
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Shantang
Smuts
South Africa
Clemenceau
Rhineland
United States
Britain
Alsace-Lorraine
Crozier Defends Actions Over Ordnance Readiness
Brig Gen Crozier, former ordnance bureau chief, testifies to a special House committee on why the department was unprepared for war. He says he repeatedly urged extensions before the war and, after the defense act, asked for more personnel and for ordnance contracts, but his requests were not acted upon.
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Washington
Crozier
Ordnance Bureau
Special House Investigating Committee
Secretary of War
State Dept. probes Tampico murder of American John W. Correll
The New York state department discusses with the Mexican government the murder of American citizen John W. Correll, alleged mistreatment of his wife, and attempted murder of his son by bandits near Tampico on June 16, 1919.
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New York
State Department
Mexico
John W. Correll
Tampico
Restrictions on export trade with enemy nations relaxed
Washington reports that all restrictions on exporting coin bullion and currency and on transactions in foreign exchange have been removed except with enemy countries and Bolshevik Russia, signaling a shift in wartime economic controls.
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Washington
Russia
Hollweg Offer Rejected In Accountability Debate
Washington officials say the former German chancellor Theo bald von Bethmann Hollweg cannot escape responsibility for acts by subordinates. International experts note he was answerable to the former emperor and thus subject to accountability discussion. Secretary Lansing has argued the German emperor cannot be held personally liable, complicating the indictment under the treaty.
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Washington
Entente
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
German Empire
Germany
State Department
Wiliam Hohenzollern
Record exports reach new high as May sales top six hundred million
Washington reports May exports valued at 606,379,599 dollars. Based on June estimates, the fiscal year ending June 20 totals 6.806 billion dollars, the largest in U S foreign trade history, surpassing the 1917 record of 6.23 billion.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Mardi Gras to Return in New Orleans in 1921
New Orleans reports Mardi Gras will resume in 1921 after wartime interruption. Secret societies that stage the pageant have made no official announcements, but rumors say the majority favor a 1921 revival and a 1920 carnival was deemed too soon.
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New Orleans
Navy balloon explodes near Camp Hale in Baltimore
An explosion on the navy dirigible C-8 near Camp Hale Baltimore injures 75 people including women and children. The craft bound from Cape May to Washington landed for repairs when a rapid heat caused the blast. Flames and debris showered crowds as homes rocked and windows shattered.
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Camp Halebird
Cape May
N. J
Washington
Camp Field
Holland May Try Kaiser Before International Court
The Paris Telegraaf correspondent reports Allied powers will not seek extradition of the former German emperor. Instead they will urge the Dutch government to ensure he faces moral consequences. As a League member Holland may summon him to an international court or require him to depart the country.
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Paris
Telegraaf
League of Nations
Herr Hohenzollern
League
Holland
Room for Reform in Farm Loan Law Sparking Senate Debate
Senator Smoot of Utah called for immediate repeal of joint stock land bank provisions amid alleged abuses of the federal farm loan law. He singled out the Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank as profiteering. Senator Poindexter of Washington accused the law of being exploited to overborrow by farmers who deed parts of their land to relatives to gain maximum loans.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Chicago
Baker rejects amnesty plea for objectors at Wilson era policy
Secretary Baker refused Chicago amnesty committee's push for an open plea to President Wilson to release conscientious objectors. He argued future war ethics are guided by the soldiers' sacrifice more than protest, balancing conscience with citizenship obligations.
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Washington
Chicago
Wilson
Baker
One Oasis Appears in Wellington Liquor Vote
Final liquor licensing tally in Wellington shows a 10 362 vote majority for continuance. Civilians favoring continuance 232 208 and for prohibition 246 104 soldiers favoring continuance 31 981 and for prohibition 7 723.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Southerners Tour Canada and New Orleans
Forty New Orleans citizens led by Mayor Behrman and J D Clarkson depart in ten cars for a sociability tour to Winnipeg Canada and New Orleans heading through Canada with a planned itinerary and civic exchanges.
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Canada
New Orleans
Behrman
J. D Clarkson
Jefferson Highway Association
Winnipeg
Lansing to Head American Peace Delegation in Paris
Paris. With the departure of President Wilson, Secretary Lansing becomes head of the American peace delegation to negotiate Austrian and other treaties now under consideration. The arrangement is temporary, as Lansing expects to return to the United States by mid July with Frank Polk replacing him.
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Paris
Unity shortfall cited in Goethals war testimony
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals told a special House war investigating committee that lack of unity and cooperation among War Department bureaus caused unnecessary expense and delays in wartime supplies. He urged a central purchasing bureau and criticized cost plus contracts and price fixing by industry insiders.
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Washington
George W. Goethals
War Department
Bureau of Purchase
Special House War Investigating Committee
Goethals
Quartermaster Corps
Secretary of War
March
Extradition Papers Sent for Thaw to Pennsylvania
New York authorities forwarded extradition papers for Harry K. Thaw to Governor Sproul in Pennsylvania. Thaw faces indictment for an attack on Frederick Gump dating back several years.
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New York
Boston Elevated Railway to Raise Fare to Ten Cents
Public trustees announce a new ten cent car fare by July 10, up from eight cents. The rate had been five cents when the railroad was placed under public control last year.
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Boston
Boston Elovated Railway Company
Resume Beer Making In San Francisco
The California Brewers Protective association advised by its attorney to resume beer production at once with alcohol content not exceeding 2 percent.
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San Francisco
California Brewers’ Protective Association
Wilson Seeks Ratification of Peace Treaty and League of Nations
President Wilson urges ratification of the peace treaty and the league covenant, saying the document creates a new world order, upholds national rights, and ends conquest. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee faces opposition to transferring Minister McMillin from Peru to Guatemala, amid doubts from Tennessee senators.
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Peru
Guatemala
Washington
Enate Foreign Relations Committee
Chicte
Tennessee
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