German Crews Sink Warships and Siege Westphalia
London reports say German crews sank their ships at Scapa Flow amid rising tensions. A state of siege was declared in Munster Westphalia over Spartacan disturbances. Mathias Erzberger urged that Germany’s only refuge is the League of Nations. Versailles notes Germans begin sending home records as negotiations falter.
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Erzberger
League
Germany
London
Scapa Flow
Admiralty
Westphalia
Coblenz
Munster
Cologne
Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
German Armistice Commission
League of Nations
Weimar
Versailles
President of Erin Here
Announcement from New York says Prof. Edward de Valera, Sinn Fein president, has landed in America and will be in New York city Sunday. His secretary secured Waldorf Astoria apartments and Boland says de Valera left the British Isles 16 days ago and seeks U S recognition of the Irish republic.
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New York
Edward de Valera
Sinn Fein “Republic
America
New York City
Sinn Fein
Jeader
Waldorf-Astoria
de Valera
British Isles
Harry J. Boland
United States
Boland
Philadelphia
Switzerland
Defeat Beer Wine Repeal Faces House Committee Vote
President Wilson urged lifting wartime limits on wine and beer but the House judiciary committee rejected the move by 12 to 5. The five supporters were Gard Ohio Classen Wisconsin Igoe and Dyer Missouri and Steele Pennsylvania. Gard forced a decisive vote with an amendment to exempt wines and beer from the prohibition enforcement bill. The committee continues work on Dyer amendments aiming to exempt industrial and medicinal alcohol.
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Washington
Wilson
House Judiciary Committee
Gard
Ohio
Classen
Wisconsin
Igoe
Dyer
Missouri
Steele
Pennsylvania
Battle Bandits in Chicago
Two bandits wounded, one probably fatally, in a running revolver fight with four officers on South Marshfield avenue after robbing Reliable Tea at 4752 South Ashland. They hid in a basement as over twenty shots were exchanged. both wounded suspects were taken to Bridewell Hospital.
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Chicago
South Marshfield Avenue
Reliable Tea Company
South
Ashland Avenue
Bridewell Hospital
Navy to Stop Using Warships for Troop Transport
Washington reports battleships and cruisers will be withdrawn from transporting American soldiers from France by July 15. Vessels in Atlantic ports will not return to France, but those already overseas or en route will finish their current trips.
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U. S
Washington
France
Atlantic
Aviators Dead After Blazing Exhibition Flight
Report from San Antonio and related dispatches describe a fatal air show accident near Del Rio Texas. Lieutenant William F Baer of Houston held a position at Ellington Field is said to have died after his craft fell near Del Rio. An observer and another flyer were injured or killed in subsequent crashes during the exhibition sequence.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ellington Field
Houston
Texas
del Rio
el Paso
Detroit
William F. Baer
Elsington Field
Ilouston
Baer
Wheeling
W. Va
Salt Lake City
Linez
George C. Beck
Beck
Ogden
Utah
Drastic Law to Curb Reds in Postwar Era
Secretary Lane asked Congress for immediate passage of stronger postwar restrictions on high explosives. The plan would license explosive production and sales after peace, creating a 15‑member expert inspectors team in the interior department under his proposal. The request was sent to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration as an amendment to pending legislation.
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Washington
Lane
Congress
Interior Department
Gillett
House Appropriations Committee
U. S. Flotilla Grounded in Mississippi River
The destroyer Isabel and submarine K-5 of the antisubmarine flotilla ran aground about twenty miles north of Cairo Illinois while cruising the Mississippi valley for naval recruiting. A tug was sent to assist as the flotilla moved from Cape Girardeau intending to reach southern waters before shallow water halted progress.
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Cairo
Isabel
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
Cape Girrardeau
New National Park Bill Establishes Zion National Park
June 21 report from Washington states the Smoot bill creates Zion National Park covering 76 000 acres in Utah. The measure passed the Senate and was sent to the House for action.
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Washington
Zion National Park
Utah
Senate
House
Indiana News Brevities Highlights Local Events
Army unit, the One Hundred ,and thirteenth engineers, returns to New York after overseas duty. New strikes hit Franklin Tandy Lewish mine over a 6 cent per ton bonus suspension. Delaware county property values exceed 100 million under new assessments. Purdue announces second annual livestock judging for boys at the state fair.
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Indiana
New York
Franklin-Tandy-Lewish
Brazil
Delaware County
Rochester Canning Company
Pike County
Vanderburg
Purdue University
Indiana State Fair
Indianapolis
Washington
William F. King
Tropics
Roy J. Plaistridge
Lafayette
Indiana Institution For the Education of the Deaf
O. M. Pittenger
Muncie
Hahn
Franklin College
C Goodell
Franklin
Northern Baptist Convention
State Board of Agriculture
Luke W. Duffy
Federal Highway Council
S. M. William
Lima
Duffy
State Board of Registration and Examination of Nurses
Statehouse
Edna H. Nelson
Robert W. Long
Indiana Bankers’association
National Association of Post Office Supervision Employees
Charlies H. Brown
Rushville
Ernest Stoner
Greencastle
Charles W. Ertle
Peru
Claude E. Conese
Martinsville
Edgar Brown
Points About Colored People Move to Vine Street North Side
Willie Holmes has moved his family to 733 Vine street on the north side of town. Hazel Grimes was arrested last Saturday by officer Poole and paid a light fine of 1 dollar plus costs. A grand valley was held at 2nd Baptist church in Grandview last Sunday with Elder Herrington assisting Elder White.
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Willie Holmes
Vine Street
Blue Grass, Amusement Co
Judge Ince
Moredock
Hazel Grimes
Poole
Mary McAfee
Effie Montgomery
Grand Valley
2Nd Baptist Church
Grandview
Elder Herrington
Elder White
A. G. Moredock
Albert Moredock
Russel
Montgomery
Owensboro
Cypress Beach
Trilby Dean
Jas. V. Brown
N. Lincoln Ave
Trilby
Mendenhall's Chill Tonic Praised for Children in a Letter
Mrs J A Haynes of Goldsboro North Carolina writes praising Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Tonic as the best for her children. She asks for six bottles by C O D express and notes she used it in Louisiana. Dr J Mendenhall of Evansville Indiana is cited. Sold by T C G Basye.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Dr. J
Mendenhall
Evansville
Ind
Louisiana
Express
J. A. Haynes
William St
T. C G. Basye
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