House to report wartime liquor enforcement bill today
Washington June 26 A straight clear cut bill for enforcement of wartime prohibition will be reported out today by the house judiciary committee. The plan to separate wartime and constitutional enforcement was reached after an all day session and heated discussion.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Walsh
Massachusetts
Prohibition
Steele
Pennsylvania
Gard
Ohio
House
Volstead
Pa cific Coast Telephone Strike Ends Negotiations
San Francisco June 26 representatives of the Pacific Coast Telephone and Telegraph company and its striking California operators announced that all further negotiations are ended unless the company recedes from its stance. T. C. Robbins said the operators accepted a proposed board to arbitrate differences and noted concessions, but the company refused to shorten the five year maximum earning period from seven years.
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San Francisco
Pacfic Coast Telephone and Telegraph Company
California
T. C. Robbins
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
John Downs
Telephone Company
Mobs Attack Hamburg Food Plants in Rioting
Rioting in Hamburg over two days saw mobs attack food preserving factories. Dogs and cats reportedly found in some plants. Managers dragged into streets as troops fired to disperse crowds, with several killed or wounded. War revision department offices also wrecked.
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Hy Associated Press
Copenhagen
Hamburg
War Revision Department
New Premier Gustav Bauer Named for Germany
Gustav Bauer, Germanys new premier and former labor minister, was previously a long headed conservative Socialist and secretary of the labor unions. He was the original Socialist choice for chancellor but was scarcely mentioned for Philipp Scheidemanns post before the peace treaty crisis.
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Gustav Bauer
Germany
Philipp Scheidemann
Greek monarch exiled in Swiss city faces bankruptcy
June report from Geneva says former King Constantine of Greece living in Switzerland is in financial trouble after funds from the Hohenzollerns and a halted Greek pension. The piece notes other displaced rulers in Switzerland with reduced incomes, including Ludwig of Bavaria and Charles of Austria Hungary, as well as Russia’s imperial survivors.
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Paris
Constantine
Greece
Switzerland
Geneva
William
Temps
Prince Christopher
Germany
Ludwig
Bavaria
Zurich
Charles
Austria- Hungary
Russia
Crimea
Irish President Hal Clemenceau Promise
REamonn De Valera reiterated a message to Premier Clemenceau that Ireland would not be bound by any treaty signed on its behalf by English peace commissioners. He said Ireland would honor treaties its own delegates sign and that only their own signatures bind Ireland. He accepted an invitation to speak in Beaton Sunday and planned to visit Indianapolis soon.
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New York
Ireland
de Valera
Indianapolis
Senate Approves Army Budget to 400000 Next Year
The senate passed an army appropriation bill carrying 88 million dollars and providing for an average army of 400000 men next year, an increase over the house bill of 171 million dollars in funds and 100000 in personnel. The measure was sent to conference as talks on the peace treaty delayed final action.
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Washington
Senate
Fall
New Mexico
Germany
Austria
Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
Borah
Republican
Idaho
C. W. Hare
Hare
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Brewers Injunction Waits New York Trial
St Louis brewing interests and officials agreed there will be no hearing of the injunction suit to block wartime alcohol rules on 32.75 percent beer. District Attorney Hensley and Judge Kimbrough Stone concluded a New York appeal case may render a hearing unnecessary, the outcome binding if appealed.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Brewing Association
Independent Brewers Co
Internal Revenue Collector
Hensley
Kimbrough Stone
Kansas City
Stone
New York Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Greek Troops Hold Foe Against Superior Turks
Paris dispatch reports Greek troops in Asia Minor holding their own against superior Turkish forces per official Greek advices received today. The brief note notes ongoing combat and emphasizes Greek resilience amid ongoing clashes and reported positions near critical fronts.
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Associated Press
Paris
Asia Minor
Germans vow to honor treaty and work to redeem country
London dispatch reports President Ebert and Premier Bauer issuing a proclamation urging full implementation of the peace treaty and loyalty to the empire. Meanwhile Coblenz says three American divisions east of the Rhine will stay until peace is signed, with moves to France and homeward beginning after an accord.
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London
Ebert
Germany
Bauer
Berlin
Rhine
Associated Press
Coblenz
Third Army
Third Corps
Luxemburg
France
Military Threats to Sign Peace Treaty Revealed
Berlin dispatches from Weimar describe generals and officers of volunteer troops threatening to quit if the peace treaty was signed without reservations. Gustav Noske offered resignation then withdrew under party and cabinet pressure. Military leaders remain heated though urging troops to stay. Erzberger’s prestige reportedly damaged by his assurances on Entente concessions.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Weimar
Gustav Noske
Mathins Erzberger
Herr Erzberger
American Commander On Border Receives New Plane
A special airplane for Brigadier General James B. Erwin and his staff will be assigned to El Paso from San Antonio. The craft will be kept at a local field ready for use to make rapid border trips where railroad connections are weak or unavailable.
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EL Paso
Tex
James B. Erwin
Border District
San Antonio
Texas
Fleet for Pacific to sail soon
Washington June 26 The Pacific fleet, formed from Atlantic ships, will sail from Hampton Roads for the west coast between July 15 and 20. New Mexico will fly Rodman’s flag in the Pacific fleet and Pennsylvania will remain Atlantic flagship. The two fleets will be kept nearly equal and meet annually for war games and target practice near Cuba and Hawaii areas.
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Washington
Pacific
Hampton Roads
West Coast
Daniels
Panama Canal
New Mexico
Hugh Rodman
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Naval War College
Quantanamo
Cuba
Hawaiian Islands
New York
San Francisco
Destroyer Isabel Is Grounded on Sandbar
The U S S Isabel destroyer is grounded on a sandbar above Cairo Illinois after the flotilla, with three seaplanes, moved from St Louis to Cairo to rejoin the group bound for Chicago and other ports. All other ships continued down the Mississippi.
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Isabel
ST. Louis
Chicago
Cairo
Ill
Mississippi
German Cabinet Appoints Mueller as Foreign Minister
In the new German cabinet under Premier Bauer Hiermann Mueller, a Socialist former under secretary of the war food bureau, becomes foreign minister. Mueller was a prominent German delegate at the International Socialist conference held in Berne in February.
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Herr Bauer
Libor
Hiermann Mueller
War Food Bureau
Mueller
Berne
Discontinue Offer of Service Abroad
Washington reports the war department will withdraw offers of overseas service for volunteers and halt sending regular officers abroad. With Europe stabilizing toward peace, only a small American occupation force remains. Troop returns rise while the size of the army in Germany remains unsettled. wives and children overseas permission is withdrawn to match future troop placements.
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Washington
Europe
War Department
Army of Occupation
Baker
Paris
Germany
Department
United States
Pershing
United States Military Academy
Pershing And Hoover Awarded Oxford Degrees
Gen Pershing and Herbert C Hoover were honored by Oxford University with doctor of civil law degrees at the Encaenia ceremonies. The event drew notable allied figures and American observers including Mrs Hoover, as American army students watched the proceedings with keen interest.
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Associated Press
Oxford
England
Gen. Pershing
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Oxford University
Hoover
German Peace Delegation Delays Signing Versailles
Berlin reports say Hermann Mueller refused to travel to Versailles to sign the peace treaty while Field Marshal Von Hindenburg resigns as army chief. Germany seeks new delegates as Paris weighs an ultimatum and a possible delay in the signing of the treaty.
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Berlin
London
Hermann Mueller
Tageblatt Says
Versailles
Marshal von Hindenburg
Associated Press
Paris
Bauer
Germany
Herman Mueller
Haniel von Haimhausen
Soldier Faces Murder Charge in Seeburg Shooting
Lieut John Beggs of the 23rd Infantry, Kansas City, is under arrest in Coblenz on a murder charge connected to a Saturday shooting in Seeburg near the American zone. German authorities report two civilians, a man and a woman, were killed. Beggs says another American was responsible. Investigations note American civilians clashed with locals in a cafe. Beggs, arrested near Coblenz, carried orders to sail home due Sunday. The German government has been notified. Beggs will be tried by a general court martial.
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Coblenz
John Beggs
23Rd Infantry
Kansas City
Seeburg
Beggs
Reggs
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