Wilson meets Republican senators on treaty and Shantung
President Wilson hosts three Republican senators to discuss the Versailles peace treaty. He defends league principles, clarifies Shantung issues, and reiterates opposition to any reservations. Senators Colt McCumber and Nelson weigh in on league questions and future White House talks proceed with other GOP members.
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Wilson
White House
Colt
Rhode Island
McCumber
North Dakota
Nelson
Minnesota
League of Nations
Senate
Hie
Shantung
Foreign Relations Committee
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McNary
Oregon
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Kansas
Lodge
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Wile
Borah
Idaho
Gen
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Lansing
Henry White
England
France
Italy
Shantung Bribe Claim Shapes Debate On Open Door
New York July 18. Chinese delegates at the peace conference denounced the Shantung settlement as a bribe to Japan to join the League of Nations and threaten to extend control over all China. Leaders like T Hsu and C Wu warned the west, China would lose its political rights and the open door would close, sparking new conflict. Judge Elbert Gary chaired the session.
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Shantung
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Tokio
Spain
Theeninsula
League of Nations
New York
Japan
T. H. Hsu
Shantung Assembly
China Society of America
Washington
Mr. Hsu
Iowa
United States
America
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Wu Ting Fang
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Denmark
Schleswig-Holstein
Tsingtao
Tsinan
Germany
Thun
H. F. Wang
Confucius
Nurse Sues for Diploma Over Denied Illinois Diploma
CHICAGO July 18 Miss Elize Strauss filed mandamus proceedings against the Illinois Post Graduate Hospital and School for Nursing and its president Dr H G Schroth to compel issuance of her diploma. She alleges she was a 93 1/2 percent student but the diploma was denied after she allegedly pictured Dr Schroth 100 years hence as a chief celestial surgeon with grafting wings and horns.
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Chicago
Elize Strauss
Thellinois Post- Graduate Hospital and School For Nursing
H. G. Schroth
Strouss
Dr. Schroth
No American Consuls In German Ports Yet
Paris July 18 There are no American consuls in German ports as yet. British French and other European consuls are already clearing ships. The American Relief Administration has cleared in German ports two food supply ships and one with cotton but Director General Hoover refuses to issue papers to additional ships without legal authority. The cotton cargo was for Czecho Slovakia. the food ships carried cargos privately owned for German sale.
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Paris
Associated Press
American Relief Administration
Hoover
Slovakia
Swiss to borrow 8 40 million via bond issue in US
Swiss republic negotiations near completion for 840 million to 40 million dollar loan through bond sale in the United States. Undersigning syndicate includes Lee Higginson and company, Guarantee Trust Company, and National City Company.
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Moniy
New York
Lee, Higginson and Company
Guarantee Trust Company
National City Company
Belgium seeks US protection under peace treaty deal
July 18 report from Rruashatls notes two chambers debating the peace treaty ask if the United States can provide protection for Belgium in the same manner as protection given to Russia.
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Peleodya
Elgium
United States
Prohibition Battle Shows Tight House Drill in Washington
July 18 Washington—Lawmakers push to curb drastic provisions of the general enforcement bill as prohibition forces dominate the floor. A roll call quorum led to confusion with 68 present, while the wets fought off attempts to remove penalties and broaden bans. A jury-trial amendment failed 78 to 76, and the constitutionality phase progressed amid sharp debate before adjournment with continued votes expected on page 10.
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Drys
House
Prohibition
Reavis
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
Volstead
Wets
Gard
Ohio
Clark
Igoe
Missouri
Y. M. C. A. Man Killed in Prague River Accident
James B. McCreary, 25, an American Y M C A secretary, was killed in Prague when a hydroairplane passed under a bridge and struck his boat on the River Molden. He died shortly after and was buried in Prague.
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Geneva
James B. McCreary
Prague
McCreary
Molden
Vitava
Pragua
Fall River Mills Face Shutdown If Strike Hits
The Pall River Cotton Manufacturers' Association warns that it will close all Fall River mills if the doffers' union declares a strike over wage readjustment. The statement targets operatives in particular and contemplates action should mills fail to comply with union demands.
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Pall River
Pall River Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Fall River
Tex
Doffers
Judge Baume Stricken in Galena With Paralytic Attack
Judge Jameg Baume of Galena, presiding in the fifteenth circuit, suffered a paralytic attack at the home of Mrs. Fannie A. Payton in Rockford. Judge hk, olsh, of Rockford went to Galena to preside over his court in his absence.
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Rockford
Jameg @ Baume
Galena
Fannie A. Payton
Udge Hk
Olsh
Baume
Arguments On In The Emerson Case
Roy Emerson testifies in his Creston Iowa murder trial admitting he was alone with his mother in the undertaking shop from 2 40 to 3 pm on May 6 the day of the alleged killing. The state seeks a death verdict arguing motive alibi rejection and evidence of a grim intent.
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Mount Ayr
Iowa
Roy Emerson
Creston
Emerson
Frank Fuller
Boston strike halts city rail lines for 8,000 workers
Boston and 12 nearby communities faced a transit shutdown as 8,000 Boston Elevated Railway employees walked out on Thursday. Street, subway and elevated services were stopped, disrupting commutes across the area.
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Boston Lines
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway
Bela Kun Ousted as Hungarian Communist Leader
Paris dispatches report Bela Kun ousted from power in Budapest as Boehm and Lander seize control. Soviet officers desert, with Hungarians clashing at Soviet HQ. Bela Kun sought to flee Hungary while proclaiming bloodshed to protect the proletariat amid Allied blockade and ongoing turmoil.
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Associated Press
Paris
Bela Kun
Vienna
Czech Front
Budapest
Herr Boehm
Herr Lander
Hungary
Count Karolyi
Communist Party
Council of Five
Danube
Bela Kim
Italian commander reports to Rome on Fiume situation
Gan Grazzieli arrives in Rome to brief the government on the Fiume situation and to explain friction between trench forces and Italian elements in the city. He will outline recent developments and the government’s next steps regarding the volatile port area.
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Rome
Gan
Grazzieli
Wea
Trench
Hume
War Department to Create Extra Cavalry Division
The War Department announced vigorous push to organize an extra cavalry division for the National Guard. Six Texas regiments will form part of the unit, to be mobilized for emergencies, while infantry divisions 51 through 66 will follow a revised numbering scheme. Regular army divisions up to 50 are reserved. plans omit tank corps and air service for now.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Texas
Tank Corps
Air Service
Speed Boat Races Held At Put-In-Bay
Garfield Wood of the Detroit Yacht Club won the twenty mile speed event at Put-In-Bay regatta with an average of 47.35 mph despite engine trouble from poor gasoline. QO G and Cozy tied for second in open boats over ten miles. Bonita of Toledo took the B class over fifteen miles, Cleo II from Lorain started scratch in B class, and Fon tanella earned no contest in schooners.
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Put-In-Bay
Ohio
Garfield Wood
Detroit Yacht Club
Detroit
QO. G
Toledo
Cozy
Bonita
Cleo II
Lorain
Fontanella
Bela Kun's Army Is Badly Demoralized
Paris dispatches report demoralization in Bela Kun's army as troops retreat from fronts with little discipline. Armistice ends fighting with Czechs and Romanians, loyalty army grows to 125000. Bolshevism confined mainly to Budapest as peasants block food shipments to the capital.
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Associated Press
Paris
Budapest
Bela Kun
Hungary
Chicago Women To Boycott Profiteers
Chicago women including social workers formed a tentative national anti profiteering league to cut living costs. They plan to enroll over half a million Chicago families and then expand to other big cities. Questionnaires will survey food dealers on retail and wholesale prices. Mrs Melva G Funk leads the drive to drive profiteers from business.
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Chicago
Melva G. Funk
Ford Makes Reply To Shermans Charge
Mount Clemens Michigan July 1. Henry Ford dismisses Senator Sherman’s claim of undue influence on the war department to exempt Kissel BL Lord from service as absurd. Ford notes his son was offered commissions during the war but worked in Ford plants producing war materiel, justifying his exemption from conscription.
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MOUNT CLU@AMENS
Mich
Senate
Sherman
War Department
Henry Ford
Ford
American radicals plan seen in New York hearing
Jaimes P. Holland, president of the New York state federation of labor, testified before a joint legislative committee that the I. W. W. organized thousands of workers on a platform calling for destroying the American government. He cited the Amalgamated Garment Workers of America with about 70,000 members and described I. W. W. outreach to European and South American workers for an International revolutionary industrial union. He said garment workers have been a fruitful radical field while most workers are Americans first not Soviets.
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New York
Jaimes_ P. Holland
New York State Federation of Labor
Joint Legislative Committee
Mr. Holland 4
Amalgamated Garment Workers of America
Holland
Marine Workers
Americas
United States
Mr. Holland
Bryan condemns alliance with France in League of Nations debate
In a statement to the Associated Press William J. Bryan denounces any alliance with France within a League of Nations framework. He argues a league within the league would discredit the global effort, weaken the League, and harm America and the world, urging overwhelming rejection of the proposed alliance and ratification of the League.
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Neb
Associated Press
William J. Bryan
League of Nations
France
Bryan
League
America
Man Chester
Opposita Poticios
Indignation Meeting Over Soldiers Held in Siberia
In Rockford Illinois on Thursday more than one hundred parents relatives and friends of Winnebago county soldiers in the Twenty Seventh and Thirty First infantry regiments United States army demanded expedite return from Siberia. Resolutions and petitions were signed and will be sent to President Wilson and Senators Borah Sherman and Johnson and other officials.
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Winnebago County
United States Army
Siberia
Wilson
Senatora
Borah
Sherman
Johnson
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