Army Demobilization Orders Cut War Size by Sept 30
Washington July 4 The War Department issued orders to demobilize the army to a peace time strength of 233 305 officers and men by September 30 under the national defense act. The act fixes 169 343 line and 63 815 staff corps and departments. the cut is about 100 000 below the 1920 authorized total to offset excess. All regular officers must be returned to permanent grades by September 30 and emergency officers and appointees discharged as plans to withdraw expeditionary forces proceed.
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Washington
War Department
Regular Army
Forty Youths Executed in Budapest Reprisals
The Hungarian Soviet government ordered executions of forty youths from the Budapest Military Academy and three officers as reprisals against anti communists who attacked a telegraph station and bombarded a Soviet HQ. Disorders began June 24 with allied envoy protest. Rome refused intervention.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Budapest
Bela Kun
Danube River
Military Academy
Telderavih
Kossuth Stret
Romanelli
Italy
Federal Courts to Bring Test Cases on 0.5 Percent Drinks
Washington July 4 The Department of Justice orders all district attorneys in wet areas to prosecute cases involving beverages containing more than one half of one percent alcohol. Instructions go to San Francisco and Chicago to seek instant court rulings on whether 234 drinks constitute intoxicating liquor. Atlantic City DA reports arrests and halt of alcohol sales.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Frierson
San Francisco
Chicago
Atlantic City
Willard and Dempsey Predict Victory in Pre Fight Statements
Toledo July 4 Willard and Dempsey prepared statements to the Associated Press. Willard vows peak conditioning and admits he will concede if proven inferior while promising to defend the championship with all his strength and skill. Dempsey forecasts victory, boasting his training, youth, and power will overwhelm Willard and predicts a quick win.
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Toledo
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Willard
Dempsey
Dol
Carl Morris
Fred Fulton
W'ilard
Fulton
Morris
Himeelf
Unused Stamps Will Be Redeemed By U. S.
New York July 4 unused two event postal cards and three cent stamped envelopes will be exchanged for postage of equivalent value as war time postage rates pass. Postmaster Patten, acting under instructions from Washington, announced the change. Three cent stamps will not be exchangeable for stamps of lower denomination.
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New York
Patten
De Valera Opposes League of Nations
New York July 4 Eamonn De Valera president of the Irish republic issues a statement opposing the covenant of the proposed League of Nations declaring it would shield pirate nations and curb liberty movements while Ireland seeks con constitutive membership and recognition of Ireland’s distinct rights within any just league.
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New York
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
League of Nations
Ireland
Thirty Cases Listed For Pardon Hearings
Springfield July 4 Thirty cases appear on the docket for the quarterly meeting of pardons and paroles to be held July 8. Included are George Roberts and Horace Thomas of St. Clair county charged with murder tied to the East St. Louis riots in 1917, each serving a 14 year sentence. Also listed is George Rabenauer charged with murder in the shooting of Mrs. Kauffman in Chicago.
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Springfield
Ill
George Roberts
Horace Thomas
St. Clair County
East St. Louis
George Rabenauer
Townley Seeks Dismissal In National Non-Partisan Case
Jackson Minn July 4 The trial judge A C G Dean will rule Monday on a defense motion to dismiss in the state case against A C Townley president and Joseph Gilbert organiser of the National Non Partisan League charged with conspiracy to teach disloyalty.
Westville saloonkeepers buy First federal liquor stamps
Twelve saloon keepers of Westville Illinois bought the first federal retail liquor stamps from John Pickering the collector of Internal Revenue. Westville is a mining town and the event marks a new tax stamp system in the area.
Oil Man Murdered in Tampico Fields by Mexicans
Washington dispatches report Leroy Moyen an American Gulf Oil employee was killed by Mexicans in the Tampico oil fields last Tuesday night. Acting Secretary Phillips ordered urgent representations to Mexico City to ensure arrest and punishment of the murderers and to safeguard Americans in the Tampico district.
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Washington
Leroy Moyen
American Gulf Oil Company
Tampico
State Department
Phillips
Mexico City
Tampica
Soldiers Marriages On Rhine Forbidden
American soldiers may not wed German women while peace treaty ratification is pending. Army ruling on the Rhine declares marriages illegal under current conditions as the United States remains at war with Germany. Violations could be prosecuted as communicating with the enemy or disregarding fraternization rules.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
United States
Germany
Judge Advocate’s Department of the
the Rhine
Secretary Lansing to Return to Washington Amid Peace Task Load
Paris July 8 Secretary of State Lansing plans to return to the United States in mid July as duties of the state department rise with the peace settlement. He aims to press Congress for funds to equip the department for new tasks upon his return. He hopes a successor to lead the American peace mission arrives before his departure but will not wait.
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Paris
Lansing
Washington
State Department
United States
Congress
Department
Allied successes on Dvina and Murmansk fronts report
An official Archangel statement from London via Montreal describes Allied advances against the Tolenesikiay on the Dvina river and Murmansk railway front. It notes capture of Yakovlovake on the left bank of the Dvina.
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London
Montreal
Dvina River
Murmansk
Archangel
Dvina
Yakovlovake
R-34 Dirigible Progress Near St Johns and Mineola
The British dirigible R-34 was about 400 miles northeast of St Johns at 10 a m Greenwich time and reported good progress. London said Tiger spoke to the craft at 6 30 p m in lat 54 20 N long 40 W and all appeared well aboard. The craft was expected to reach Mineola Long Island later July 4 and return to East Fortune Scotland by Monday.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Greenwich
Admiralty
London
Air Ministry
America
Washington
United States
Atlantic
Mineola
Long Island
East Fortune
Scotland
Long Islard
Keep War Insurance Urged by Wilson in Wireless Message
President Wilson urges servicemen who earned government insurance to keep it by converting term policies to permanent forms. The War Risk Bureau released a wireless message from the George Washington stating the government will transfer policies and urges acceptance of permanent protection for dependents and self.
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Washington
Wilson
George Washington
War Risk Bureau
Million Workers Set Five Day Strike For Mooney
SAN FRANCISCO July 4 One million workers begin a five day strike to protest California courts denying a new trial for Thomas J Mooney condemned for murder in the Preparedness Day bombing. The International Workers' Defense League says fifteen hundred unions in the U S and Canada support the action. Felix Schulberg says two internal groups Jewelry workers and Custom Tailors joined to go out with the effort.
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San Francisco
California
Thomas J. Mooney
International Workers’ Defense League
Defense League
Mooney
Warren K. Billings
United States
Canada
Felix Schulberg
The
Jewelry Workers and
Custom Tailors
President Wilson Expected to Land on Tuesday in New York
London July 3 President Wilson is expected to land at Hoboken at 2:30 p.m. and proceed by ferry to Manhattan. He will motor up Fifth Avenue to Carnegie Hall for a reception after a brief address, then depart for Washington.
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London
Wilson
Hoboken
Manhattan
Twenty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Carnegie Hall
Washington
Bring Kaiser To London Put Him In Tower
London July 3. William Hohenzollern former German emperor will be brought to England by a British ship and imprisoned in the Tower of London. The death penalty will not be sought but if found guilty he may be banished to a remote island. The International trial court planned to try him alone, with the possibility of arraigning former crown prince Frederick William as well.
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London
William Hohenzollern
England
Tower of London
Daily Mail
Hfetos
Napoleon
Helena
International Trial Court
Frederick William
Pershing Guest of Honor for Fourth of July in Paris
In Paris on July 3 a formal reception at the Hotel de Ville honored General Pershing and Rear Admiral Knapp as representatives of the American forces. Hugh Wallace and Marshal Foch attended along with other officials. M Evian called the two nations linked by shared July 4th sentiment. Pershing responded on behalf of the United States.
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Paris
France
Hotel de Ville
General Pershing
Harry S. Knapp
Hugh C. Wallace
Marshal Foch
Burleson Declares No Telegraphers Strike Happened
Washington July 4 Postmaster General Burleson states there was no strike in the wire service. He says operators refused to honor the strike order under wire control rules, and government policy ensured fair treatment for all employees regardless of association.
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Washington
Burleson
Wire Control Board
Dal
Olympia Woman Nominated for N E A President
MILWAUKEE July 4 Josephine Corliss Preston state superintendent of public instruction Olympia Wash was nominated without opposition for president of the National Education Association by the committee Her elevation seems assured George D Strayer will become first vice president by retirement from the presidency W S Booth Springfield J A J Matthews Temple Amz was renom inated for treasurer and J F Sims Stevens Point Wis nominated Wisconsin state director The convention featured teachers recounting their experiences and challenges highlighting education as the backbone of the nations system and its drive to democratize its student body
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Milwaukee
Josephine Corliss Preston
Olympia
Wash
National Education Cration
George D. Strayer
W. S. Booth
Springfield
J. A. J. Matthews
Temple
Amz
J. F. Sims Steven Point
Wis
Wisconsin
Quick Justice Meted Out To Bank Bandits
Gary, Indiana July 4 Within 24 hours of their confession four bandits were sentenced to be electrocuted and two to life imprisonment in the Crown Point circuit court for the murder of Herman Uecker Tolleston bank cashier killed in the bank hold up June 24 Al Batchelor Chicago Tom Batchelor Valparaiso Indiana Harry Parker Chicago and Dan Trkulja Gary leader of the gang were those sentenced to be electrocuted Lee Speors and Danjan Bielick of Gary Indiana were the two sentenced to life imprisonment Mick Trkulja also held in connection with the robbery and murder will stand trial
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Gary
Ind
Crown Point
Herman Uecker
Tolleston Bank
al Batchelor
Chicago
Tom Batchelor
Valparaíso
Harry Parker
Dan Trkulja
Lee Speoers
Danjan Bielick
Gary, Ind
Mick Trkulja
Munler Wil
Fear Bomb Plots and Reds Fury Across Cities
July 4 dispatches warn industrial plants to maintain guards amid reports of stolen dynamite and powder, with radicals blamed. Police in Oakland, Spokane, and New York mobilize officers and call for troops as a nationwide effort to prevent a terror campaign. Chicago police guard officials and plants as about a thousand volunteers and 500 Legion veterans assist federal agencies.
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Pittsburgh
George F. Lamb
Harrisburg
Clyde S. Edebum
Fiy
New York
State Guard
Chicago
Tlinois Reserve
American Protective League
American Legion
First Duel Fought In France Since The War
Paris July 2 Bayonne witnessed the first duel since the war when M Garat mayor and deputy exchanged shots with M Gemmies vice president of the Chamber of Commerce without results. The affair dates back long and was held in suspense until peace. It is expected there will be more duels as disputes resume after the conflict.
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Paris
France
Bayonne
M. Garat
M. Gemmies
Chameber of Commerce
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