Sub K-5 Performs 15 Minute River Dive in St Louis
In downtown St Louis on June 14 the US Navy submarine K-5 surfaced and submerged along the Mississippi from the free bridge to Market street, with the Isabel destroyer and three submarine chasers in formation. Seaplanes and Curtiss-H planes staged aerial stunts as the flotilla drew hundreds of onlookers, then the K-5 repeatedly dived until it disappeared underwater at Market street and emerged again. The anti-submarine flotilla will stay about a week to demonstrate submarine work and aid naval recruiting.
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ST. Louis
United States Navy
Mississippi River
Free Bridge
Market Street
U.S. S. Isabel
Eads
Tree Bridge
Erastus Wells
Scottfeld
Market Street Landing
Nashville
I “Otilia
Hays Answers Challenge on American Issue
Fort Wayne Indiana June 14 Will Hays chairman of the Republican national committee rejected Homer S Cummings challenge that the league of nations is a partisan issue He said the peace treaty is an American issue and pledged a return to constitutional limits and a steadfast patriotism He outlined platform vows to curb socialism strengthen labor business and farming and to regulate without federal ownership.
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Hays
Cummings
League On
Fort. Wayne
Ind
Will H. Hays
National Committee
Republican ‘Party
Homer S. Cummings
National Democratic Committee
Chicago
League of Nations
League
Congress
Republican Party
League To Save Kaiser Funds For Propaganda
Associated Press report from Berlin notes letters between League for Protection of William II officials discuss a 20 000 mark remittance to Holland to cultivate the Dutch press. Vorwaerts cites the fund as small given currency values but warns the league may spend more on propaganda due to theEntente's determination to have the ex emperor surrendered.
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Berlin
League For Protection
William II
Holland
Vorwaerts
League
Richest Negro Woman Leaves Daughter Money
NEW YORK. June 14 The title of richest negro woman in the United States held by Mrs. C J Walker will pass to her daughter Mrs Leila Walker Robinson under her will filed in Indianapolis. Besides two $100000 trust funds for charities and distant relatives the estate is left to the daughter with a charitable bequest toward an industrial and mission school in Africa.
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New York
United States
C. J. Walker
Leila Walker Robinson
Indianapolis
Baer
Africa
Mooney Strike Criticized By Labor Secretary
Atlantic City N J June 14 Secretary of Labor Wilson addressing the American Federation of Labor convention counseled organized labor against joining a proposed nation wide strike for Thomas Mooney the San Francisco bombing case. He said the government is reviewing the evidence for a new trial and workers cannot act as a jury. He labeled Bolshevists allied with the I W W as enemies of workers and rejected Bolshevik creed as slavery. He urged evolution over revolution and said ballots can secure reforms.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Thomas Mooney
San Francisco
Mooney
Bolshevists
United States
America
George in a missing page notices context remains unclear
Fragmentary OCR text shows names including George amid scattered letters and partial phrases. Unable to determine event, date, or location from the given readable fragments.
Lay Plans for Fight on League Washington
Senate leaders sharpened lines for the next phase of the league fight beginning early next week. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania proposes voting against the league as part of peace terms, with Democrats likely opposing filibusters and predicting a long, stormy debate.
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Washington
Senate
Knox
Pennsylvania
League of Nations
Versailles
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Europe
Fall
New Mexico
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
David Hunter Miller
American Peace Commission
Blockade Runners In Maine Come To Grief
Smugglers who tried to run war prohibition laws into the country faced little success as customs officials report continued effectiveness of inspection. Several thousand gallons of liquor and many automobiles were seized from bootleggers, with auctions ordered to dispose of the vehicles. Liquor seized in dry territory will be sold at a nearby port, liquor in Maine to be sold in New York.
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Washington
Customs Service
Maine
New York
Fragmented Text From Local Page Repurposed
A brief, unreadable OCR fragment from a local newspaper page mentions names and place markers but lacks clear context or complete facts. The readable parts suggest a generic notice or item without identifiable actions, dates, or outcomes.
Wheat Premiums For Storage Charges Declared By Barnes
New York June 14 United States wheat director Julius H Barnes announced periodical premiums covering storage charges will be added to basic prices at guarantee markets to preserve farm flow. Premiums will not start in July but will be set 30 days in advance for each subsequent month. He also said railroad rates to Galveston and New York will drop to 56 cents per hundred to aid producers in intermountain and Pacific coast areas. The grain corporation will limit a $2 blanket minimum price at key intermountain points and base remaining regions on the commercial market. Barnes seeks an executive order to raise the No L1 base price at Galveston and New Orleans from 2.25 to 2.30 per bushel, effective July 1.
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New York
Julius H. Barnes
United States
Barnes
Grain Corporation
Inter-Mountain
Pocatello
Great Falls
Salt Lake City
Western Territory
Gulf Ports
Galveston
New Orleans
Farmers of Northwest Protest Barnes Deal
A cablegram sent from Spokane on June 14 protests the alleged maladministration of Federal Wheat Administrator Barnes. It denounces the plan to buy wheat only at the government minimum, urging observance of laws of nature and the Almighty, roads funding, county bonding for roads, Washington agriculture temple, land settlement, seed freight relief, and 1920 wheat price to shield farmers from losses.
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Spokane
Wash
Barnes
Wilson
Northwest
Temple of Agriculture
Washington
Turks Stand Firmly For Ottoman Regime
Paris report notes no contact between peace conference officials and the Turkish delegation at Faucercourt under French supervision. The Turks insist on retaining the Ottoman government in Constantinople and split on whether France or Britain should hold the Turkish mandate. No United States role mentioned.
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Associated Press
Paris
Vaucresson
St. Germain
Versailles
Constantinople
France
Great Britain
Turkey
United States
Danville Armory Bill Clears Senate for Governor
SPRINGFIELD NL June 14 The State Senate passed Representative Holaday’s armory bill for Danville with a 165000 appropriation and sent it to the governor. The chamber also moved the Peoria German bill with 117000 plus 33000 reappropriation to third reading and likely final passage next week. The Cliffe bill with 30000 for De Kalb armory, the Barr bill for Gillette relief, and the Roos bill 73000 for Chicago Heights armory were advanced as well.
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Springfield
Holaday
Danville
Senate
Peoria
Cliffe
DeKalb
Barr
Fred H. Gillette
Joliet Penitentiary
Roos Bil
Chicago Heights
Combination Rates Aimed For Barge Line Rail and Water
ST LOUIS Mo June 14 Establishment of combination rail and river rates tied to the federal barge line on the Mississippi river was urged in telegrams from the Mississippi Valley Waterways association the St Louis Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants exchange The messages ask immediate effect of rail and water rates to interior points via Memphis and New Orleans with interchange facilities at these points referenced in the telegrams
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St, Louis
Mississippi River
Director General of
Mississippi Valley Waterways Association
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Exchange
Memphis
New Orleans
Ford Contest and Democra's Moat Meeting Notes
Fragmentary OCR text describes a committee meeting on election methods and deprivation concepts. Mentions Ford contest and a June date. Lacks clear facts or identifiable entities to fully summarize.
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Jung
Cone Terrace
Rebel General Felipe Angeles Eyes Juarez Victory
At Juarez Mexico June 13 rebel commander Felipe Angeles grants AP a four hour interview from headquarters 13 miles southeast of Juarez. Angeles says his forces are well equipped and capable of taking Juarez in three hours with strong cavalry and ample funds. His aide Martin Lopez Ramon Vega and General Edguin stand with him as he describes disciplined robust troops and readiness.
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Juarez
Mexico
Angeles
Felipe Angeles
Associated Press
Martin Lopez
Ramon Vega
Edguin
Barr Bill Amended To Make 9 Hour Day
Springfield Illinois June 14 The house amended the Barr bill affecting women’s working hours to a nine hour day with a 54 hour week in mercantile establishments. Exempts hospitals and ganning factories in rush season. An amendment limiting mercantile coverage to stores with five or more women passed 69 to 54. Another amendment allows longer hours for manufacturing or mechanical industries where labor unions exist on emergency contracts. Overtime at time and a half. Office workers and nurses mostly exempt.
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Springfield
Iil
House
Representative Brown
Ottawa
Isbor
Peace Treaty With Germany To Be Rewritten And Reissued
In Paris on June 13 the allied powers decide to rewrite and reprint the German peace treaty to textualize explanations from the Allied reply. While retaining core principles, the new document will be issued to Germany and published the day of delivery or after the council of four. The move makes the earlier U S version obsolete.
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Paris
Germany
Council of Four
United States
Aviatrix Sets High Altitude Record At 15700 Feet
Paris reports Baroness De La Roche, flying the small biplane used by Jules Vedrines, reached 15,700 feet. A French Aero club commission verified the claim, making her the record holder for women aviators surpassing Ruth Law by over a thousand feet.
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Paris
Baroness de la Roche
Jules Vedrines
French Aero Club
Ruth Law
Sinn Fein Leader Countess Markievicz Arrested in Cork
June 18 Sinn Fein leader and MP Countess Mar killevix was arrested here and taken to Cork under escort.
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INN Fein
Marklevies
Sinn Fein
Cork
Peace Conference Sees Revisions To German Treaty
Paris dispatches report the council of four revising the peace treaty draft after发现 errors while Holland joins other nations in declining a blockade if Germany refuses to sign. Italian Premier Orlando travels home for parliamentary talks on military frontier issues in Carinthia. Baron Sonnino stands in for Italy. Changes include reparations and new clauses on Silesia Polish borders Danish frontiers and Hungarian boundaries. British ships bombard Kronstadt Bolshevik base in a Stockholm dispatch.
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Council of Four
Orlando
Italy
Carinthian
Baron Sonnino
Paris
Germany
Silesia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Rumania
Czecho-Slovakia
Holland
Railroad Strike Expands As Operators Refuse Messages
Chicago June 14 The second stage of the Commercial Telegraphers strike begins as railroad operators at 23 000 points stop handling commercial messages under a Railways order. Western Union and Postal Telegraph predict limited impact while spreading reports say 22 000 strikers plus upcoming Electrical Workers walkout threaten telephone service across cities. Committees organize picketing to urge more joiners.
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Chicago
America
Uch
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Postal
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
S. J. Konenkamp
Electrical Workers Union
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