Armies Galvanized on Rhine and Ready for Orders
Coblenz, June 21. Divisions of the Third army resume active duty after seven months, moving toward the edge of the occupied front. The Second division leads the advance along the Sayne valley near Neuwerd with infantry, machine guns, artillery and paraphernalia. Army officers say a 225,000 strong force could operate independently for a year, with First and Second divisions as the active elements and Third, Fourth as reserve.
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COBLENZ
Associated Press
Third army
beng
Hfe
Berlin
arena
Germany
Sayne
Rhine
Neuwerd
WASHINGTON
United States braces for Mexico expedition on frontier
Washington reports shift from watchful waiting to watchful preparedness as plans mature for a punitive expedition across the Rio Grande. Carranza’s strength is overstated on paper, while Villa’s forces grow bolder near the border. a neutral zone is debated and US aid to Carranza is sought amid rising tensions.
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WASHINGTON
Mexico
Plana
war department
Rio Grande
Villa
Juarez
Carranza garrigona
Carranza
Felicistas
Angeles
United States
Erwin
Ojunga
Naco
Nogales
Las Palomas
J GIVES HER VERSION BUENOS AIRES
June 21 Buenos Aires papers publish the state ment on the Mealean border crossing by American troops. The statement says Francisco Villa tried to provoke an international center by firing on U S territory causing El Paso casualties. U S troops crossed the border dispersed the Villistas and returned the same day without clashing with federal forces. Mexico sent representations to Washington and obtained explanations. incident considered closed.
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BUENOS AIRES
Francisco Villa
United States
El Paso
Tex
Washington
Skipper Charged With Mate Murder Aboard Agarista
Warrant issued for Capt. Jacob Nelson master of the Emergency Fleet Corporation steamer Agarista charged with murdering H. J. Snelling first mate found dead in his cabin aboard the vessel en route to sea. Acting Coroner LR Watkins ruled Snelling did not die by own action but was murdered.
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ABERDEEN
Jacob Nelson
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Agarista
H. J. Snelling
Astoria
LR. Watkins
Snelling
Deportations Considered for Bolsheviks and Radicals
New York June 21 government weighs wholesale deportations of Bolsheviks anarchists and other radicals. A federal source says returning troop ships would transport alien agitators to their native lands as the plan.
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NEW YORK
Gompers Re elected Labor Leader At AFL Convention
Atlantic City June 21 Samuel L Gompers was re elected president of the American Federation of Labor in convention here He spoke of labor facing its attackers and of anti labor publications used to attack organized labor amid votes of confidence from delegates others remained seated including radical leaders James Duncan opposed the renomination Grow of Los Angeles among those who did not cheer
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ATLANTIC CITY
Samuel l Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
American labors
James Duncan
Seattle
Perley Grow
Los Angeles
emul
Jabor
organized labor
Woman Anna Pocock Death Probed in Chicago Hotel
Police investigate the death of 44 year old widow Anna Pocock whose bruised body was found in a Chicago hotel. A man who checked in as J S Mintern Baldwin Jr disappeared. the spouse figure is pursued. Body shows no fatal injuries. chemical analysis to be conducted. The man is described as about fifty, gray haired, well dressed with an English accent.
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CHICAGO
Anna Pocock
Canton
J. S. Mintern, Baldwin, Jr
Coast Guard Chief Bertholf Plans Retirement
Washington June 21 Commodore E P Bertholf commandant of the Coast Guard will retire June 20 after thirty years service to join the American bureau of shipping a quasi government body lik e Lloyds It is likely Captain C A McAllister chief engineer will also retire to join the bureau The bureau aims to oversee merchant ship plans inspect ships during and after construction and set insurance rates for vessels under American flag
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WASHINGTON
E. P. Bertholf
Coast Guard service
Daniels
American bureau of shipping
Lloyds
C. A. McAllister
bureau
Naval
bureau of smoking
Stephen Taylor
New York
Germany Moves Toward Acceptance of Peace Terms
Berlin dispatches report Mathias Erzberger likely to head the German peace delegation and seek immediate league admission, with potential consent to limit indemnity to 100 billion gold marks and to sparing former Emperor William. Paris notes ask if Clemenceau's reparations note is binding, while Austrian treaty talks resume. Two army aviators Die in Del Rio crash. Detroiter William Baer killed near Del Rio. investigation details note a fiery loss of the De Havilland machine.
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PARIS
Germany
Herr Mueller
Eduard Davis
national assembly
Erzberger
Mathias Erzberger
preas
Berlin
Leipzig
Dresden
Chemnitz
League BERLIN
Associated Press
Clemenceau
League of Nations
William
council of four
Clemencenu
Baron Sonnino
Hokgyros
D.ick Grdkier
Roosevelt avenue
Richmond
Cali
William F. Baer
Detroit
Del Rio
Tex
Poa
De Haviland
Ellington field
El Paso
walle
Wheeling
William Baer
Houston
Baer
Wheelling
W. Va
German Warships Sunk by Scapa Flow Crews
London reports that parts of the German fleet at Scapa Flow were sunk or abandoned by their crews. The admiralty announced in the evening that several interned ships were destroyed or scuttled, with German crews detained in safe custody.
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LONDON
Scapa Plaw
fhe admralty
Exchange Telegraph Company
Jannely
Ute
Scapa Flow
Demurrage rates cut by director general Hines
Washington date June 21 Substantial reductions in demurrage charges were announced today by Director General Hines For detaining cars either loaded or empty the charge will be 2 dollars per day for the first four days and 5 dollars per day for each succeeding day
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WASHINGTON
Hines
Knox Resolution Test Set for Monday in Peace Plan Battle
Washington June 21 Under a peace terms plan drafted today by Senate opposition it is likely that a new effort may be made next week to push a resolution declaring war ended and to relieve Congress of delay over acceptance of peace conditions. The move appears tied to opposition to ratification of the League covenant and to delaying peace terms.
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WASHINGTON
senate
League of Nations
Knox
coigesa
thiz
league
Serbia Cleared of Foe Charges
Berne June 21 An official telegram to the Vienna foreign office exonerates Serbia for responsibility for the Sarajevo murder. Published by Maximilian Harden in Berlin Zukunft as part of evidence to show German responsibility for the war. The telegram dated July 13, 1914, states the Serbian government has no responsibility.
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BERNE
Vienna
Serbia
Sarajevo
Maximilian Harden
Berlin Zukunft
Herr Harden
north
Dynamite Sales To Be Guarded In Peace Time
Washington June 21 Secretary Lane asked Congress to promptly pass laws tightening wartime controls on high explosives distribution. Explosives manufacturers would be licensed after peace, and a 15 member expert inspector corps would operate under the Interior Department. The proposal was sent to the House Appropriations Committee as an amendment to pending legislation.
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WASHINGTON
Lane
congress
Interior department
house appropriations committee
Postmaster General Burleson Denounced by Railway Mail Association
St Louis June 21 Postmaster General Burleson was denounced by the Railway Mail Association for denying mail clerks the right to collective bargaining in a resolution adopted at the close of the association annual convention last night.
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ST. LOUIS
Burleson
Railway Mail Association
Sinn Fein Leader Edward De Valera Aboard Flight to New York
New York reports Prof Edward De Valera president of the Sinn Fein republic has landed in America and will be in New York City tomorrow. Boland says he left the British Isles sixteen days ago and intends to seek US recognition while revealing how he escaped without a passport.
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NEW YORK
Edward De Valera
Trish Sinn Fein republic
America
New Yok City
De Valera
British Isles
Harry J. Boland
nlonta Ameren
Irish republic
United States
Boland
MAAR A ae
Reds Meeting Turns Into Arrests at Madison Square Garden
In New York on June 21 a crowd of Socialists and radicals gathered at Madison Square Garden to hear LC A Martens. Police detained a man and a woman amid hissing and boos. The arrest stemmed from the woman waving a red hat and the man allegedly interfering with officers. Also on the program were Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes Max Eastman Ruthenberg of Cleveland and James Larkin of Ireland.
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NEW YORK
Madison Square Garden
LC. A. K. Martens
Martens
Mra Rose Pastor Stakes
Max Eastman
FE Ruthenberg
Cleveland
James Larkin
Ireland
Demoraled Denikine forces drive on Tsaritum Volga region
In Southern Russia on Tuesday June 17 Gen Denikine's anti Bolshevik army advances rapidly toward the Volga. Denikine forces reach within twenty miles of Tsaritum south of Saratuv as they pursue demoralized Soviet troops in the area.
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EKATERINOPAR
Russia
Denikine
Volga
Tsaritum
Saratuv
Lloyd George Ill, Misses Conference Attendance
Premier Lloyd George is confined to his room with a severe sore throat. His indisposition prevented his attendance yesterday at the supreme Allied council meeting. His place at the conference was taken by Arthur Balfour, British foreign secretary.
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PARIS
Associated Press
Lloyd George
Arthur J. Balfour
Ultimatum to Bela Kun Over Hungarian Soviet Rule
Paris dispatch via Basel quotes an Allied ultimatum to Bela Kun demanding Hungarian troops retreat behind frontiers and end bloodshed. Four days were given from June 14 to comply, with threats of decisive action if ignored. Kun says hostilities are suspended but recalls cannot be completed and asks Romanian and Czecho Slovak authorities to discuss evacuations.
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PARIS
Associated Press
Budapest
Basel
Bela Kun
Third Aero Squadron to Philippines from New York
War department announces orders for the Third Aero Squadron based at Hazelhurst Field New York to sail for the Philippines departing San Francisco on July 5. The move signals a Pacific deployment during ongoing operations.
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WASHINGTON
Hazelhurst field
New York
Philippines
San Francico
war department
Industrial relation plan endorsed by U S Chamber
Washington June 21 twelve principles of industrial relations endorsed by American employers via United States Chamber referendum. The proposed national employment system failed to reach a two thirds majority. Principal aims favor peaceful adjustment, worker rights to organize, representation of interests, and faithful observance of industrial agreements. Wages to reflect purchasing power, living wage, health device condemned as subterfuge.
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WASHINGTON
United States
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MATE
PROF
LABOR
COAST GUARD
PRESS OF GERMANY
Eduard David
Weimar
SIBERIA
POST OFFICE
SINN FEIN
ENGLAND
REDS
TOBELA KUN
U. S. CHAMBER
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