Indictments and awards feature world news items
Hod Carriers president Joe Moreschi faces graft charges in Chicago. Mrs Potter Stillman in New York drawn into a $100,000 film offer. IWW leader A S S Embree jailed up to ten years in Idaho. Jewelry theft worth $18,000 shocks St Paul dealer. Electrician George Henry survives a 25,000 volt shock in Washington. Stenographer Della Carpenter inherits $300,000 in Joliet probate case. Abolition of Sunday activities urged by Presbyterian committee. $500 reward posted for bandits by American Express. Bernard Coyne, the famed 8 ft 1 in man, dies in Iowa.
World War I era figures mix with postwar turmoil in Europe
Foreign Rear Admiral William S. Sims meets British royalty at Buckingham Palace. Berlin blasts a proclamation punishing military organization. Belfast riots injure many as Sinn Fein protection rises. Briand silenced in Paris as German promises are praised. Ruhr seizure demand grows. Bedouins mobilize after Alexandria riot leaves 26 Europeans dead and 180 wounded. Germans repel Polish rebels in Upper Silesia. volunteers flood in. Dr. Rosen appointed German foreign minister. France protests potential war. French troops seize 3800 bandits west of Tohatalia Thrace. Col Rushdi Bey among prisoners. About 4.3 million European workers idle per Hoover. Polish assertions of German regulars in Silesia denied. Austrian Gen Kloss killed in Mexico City. Three dead in Chiusi clash between communists and nationalists. Post election disorders persist.
Washington Ambassador Harvey Defines World War Aims
George Harvey, in London on his first speech after presenting credentials, stated that American armed forces entered World War I solely to save the United States, not to defend European states opposed to Germany. The assertion frames U.S. involvement as national security driven.
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George Harvey
London
Therope
United States
Germany
Obituary: Justice Ashley Gould Dies in Washington
Personal note reports the sudden death of Ashley Musgrave Gould associate justice of the District of Columbia Supreme Court after a brief illness in Washington. News confirms the position and age, with brief mention of his service.
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Ashley Musgrave Gould
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Washington
American Legion to Use Old World’s Fair Building as Rifle Range
The Hyde Park post of the American Legion in Chicago gains use of the old Field Museum building as an indoor rifle range. A 200 yard range plus shorter distances are set, transforming the 1893 World’s Fair structure into a de luxe firing venue for veterans.
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The
American Legion
America
Hyde Park Post
No. 34
Legion
Chicago
Field Museum
Money for W A A L corn eating rooster fundraiser
A Plymouth Rock rooster in Cimarron Kansas was fed 283 kernels of Kansas corn over three hours after starving five hours. The bird earned $328 for the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion, with ten cent guesses on corn portions and the sale conducted by Mrs Selah L Klein.
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Plymouth Rock
Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion
Cimmarron
Kan
Kansas Town
Selah L. Klein
Kansas Department of the Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Klein
Wellesley College
New England Conservatory of Music
Argonne-Meuse
Hello From Manila to American Legion Buddies in Minnesota
A. E. Tatton adjutant of the American Legion of the Philippines writes from Manila. He notes the ten thousand mile distance to Minnesota and plans to greet his U S A comrades in St Paul. He says three hundred Legion buddies back in the Philippines will support the U S A effort.
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Manila
Minnesota
American Legion
St. Paul
A. E. Tatton
American Legion of the Phillipines
U. S.A
Legion Commander Declines Public Office Bid
A L Moore commander of the Leo C Prentice post of the American Legion said his first duty is to the Legion and declined to run for public office.
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Legion
A. L. Moore
Leo C. Prentice
The
American Legion
Legion Leader Haan Aided Ex Servicemen Nationwide
Albert B. Haan of Michigan appointed head of the American Legion national service division. A Navy apprentice seaman turned sailor, traffic cop, first sergeant and assistant provost marshal, he earned a captain’s rank and was badly wounded at Juvigny, France with the 32nd division. After Walter Reed, he led war risk insurance reforms, helped convert $5,000,000 in coverage, and supervised welfare efforts in Michigan improving hospital, insurance and compensation claims. He helped parole 150 ex servicemen and directed $300,000 in war funds for relief and claims settlement. He is 28 and began as a quartermaster in the Idaho.
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Albert
Haan
Michigan
American Legion
National Service Division
Juvigny
France
Walter Reed
Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
War Risk Bureau
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Legion’s Welfare Department
Legion
United States Navy
U. S. S. Idaho
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan Infantry
St. Nazaire
Books for Disabled Heroes Readier With New Books
Congress allocates 100000 dollars in the civil sundry bill to buy books for 23000 disabled World War veterans in hospitals. The American Library Association oversees libraries at larger hospitals, while American Legion posts have supplied books at smaller locations. The funding will augment and reinforce both organizations to ensure more books are available to recovering veterans.
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Congress
American Library Association
American Legion
The
Creed of the Disabled Man Gains Presidential Praise
Disabled World War I veterans in Washington DC who belong to the Walter Reed post of the American Legion have adopted The Creed of the Disabled Man. President Harding praised the creed during a hospital visit, highlighting a call to usefulness and self respect despite disability. France readies for Rosa Bonheur centennial celebration next year.
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Walter Reed Post
American Legion
Washington, D. C
Harding
France
Rosa Bonheur
Dublin Sinn Fein Firebombs Custom House in Dublin
Dublin on May 27 reports the Sinn Fein stormed and burned the five million dollar customs house and Liberty Hall destroying all British government documents in Ireland relating to customs excise and income. Over five thousand shots were fired, ten dead, many wounded as Sinn Feiners clash with black and tans and crown forces.
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Ireland
Liberty Hall
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Custom House
Sinn
Dublin Castle
Crown
Great Customs
Larkin
Rebels Fall in Battle Near Follagino and Zornal
Madrid reports from Ceuta that Emir Abdel Malik led 5,000 infantry and 400 cavalry in an attack on French columns at Follagino and Zornal. French forces sustained 400 killed or wounded before the rebels pressed on with their resistance despite heavy losses.
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Madrid
Ceuta
Morocco
Abdel Malik
Follagino
Zornal
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Joe Moreschi
Hod Carriers and Building Laborers’ Executive Council
Special Building Grand Jury
Potter Suillimann
New York
A. S&s Embree
I. W. W. Leader
Wallace
Idaho
M. P. Ryan
Walla Walla, Wash
George Henry
Della M. Carpenter
J. R. Collins
Morris
Joliet Ins
Winona Lake
Ind
American Express Company
Bernard Coyne
Oto
Iowa
Coyne
Anna Irene Hopkins
Prescott, Ariz
Hopkins
Lucilie Gallagher
Dallas
Tex
LeRoy M. Warner
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Fort Snelling
Minn
Port Worth
Mexico
Garcia
William Coats
John Brady
Waterson, N. J
Grand Haven
Albany
United Traction Company
Charleston
West Virginia
Paterson
N. J
William Coates
Preakness Field
Samuel Gompers
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Richard Washburn Child
Italy
Foreign Relations Committee
Pressman
Tennessee
Pacific
Navy Department At
Isle of Yap
State Department
Department of Labor
William 8S. Sims
King George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Berlin
Ebert
Belfast
Ulster
Briand
Paris
Ruhr
Alexandria
Upper Silesia
Frederick Rosen
Ielland
Wirth
Constantinople
Tohatalia
Thrace
Col
Rushdi Bey
Europe
Russia
Balkan States
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Maximilian Kloss
War Department
Mexico City
Carranza
Chiusi
Cfie
Merican
Legiong
American Legion News Service
Post
Woman’s Organization
Kansas
Ilso
Creed OF
Sinn Feiners
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