Teutons Seek War Levy Cut At Spa Conference
German delegates at the Spa meeting will not press for a 200000 man army. Allies may be asked to revisit indemnity bonds. Brussels financial conference set for July 23 to discuss reparations and an international loan. League of Nations urged German participation to fix obligations and stabilize world finance.
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Paris
Spa
Echo de Paris
Brussels
Council of the
League of Nations
Sva
Germany
Council of the League
Supreme Council
Leon Bourgeois
Lyndy
M. Bourgeois
League Council
London
Boulogne
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Mesopotamia
Berlin
Konstantin Fehrenbach
Simons
Wirth
Bavaria Refuses to Disarm Despite Berlin Proposals
Bavaria stands firm against disarmament, rejecting central government plans in response to allied demands from the Cologne conference. Leading papers denounce compliance as risking civil war and Bolshevism, with Deutsche Tages Zeitung calling the demands Want Revenge.
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Berlin
Bavaria
Cologne
Germany
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Ernst Zu Reventlow
OUST GERMANS FROM SAMOA
Wellington reports German authorities in Samoa to be deported soon with police from the Dominion aiding the operation. New Zealand plans to take over German plantations including coconut estates valued around 5 million dollars.
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New Zealand
Teutons
Wellington
Samoa
Dominion
Murder Charge Against Dohany in Detroit Court
Frank H. Dohany an attorney and bank director faces a murder charge in Judge Heston's court for the killing of August Dwyer traveling auditor for the United Mine Workers.
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Dohany
Detroit
Midh
Frank H. Dohany
August Dwyer
United Mine Workers
Heston
Census Counts Birmingham Population Rise
The census bureau released population figures showing Birmingham Alabama at 178 270 with an increase of 45 585 or 34 4 percent while Red Gal registered 3 103 with a decrease of 426 or 12 percent.
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Birmingham
Hills
Washington
Census Bureau
Ala
YANKS ROUT BANDITS Secret bid to topple Haitian president abroad
Kingston reports bandits raid Port au Prince with several buildings burned. U S Marines restored order after killing the raid leaders. A secret campaign to overthrow Haiti's president is said to be directed from abroad, with revolutionary sympathizers fearful of American vigilance.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Port Au Prince
United States
Riots in county Cork amid kidnapping rumors
Rioters in Fermoy cause damage worth hundreds of pounds after demonstrations linked to the alleged kidnapping of Brigadier General Lucas. In Limerick unknown assailants bombed the railway hotel with no injuries. Dublin officials form famine relief committees amid railway stoppages and a looming siege.
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Fermoy
County Cork
Ireland
Lucas
Limerick
Dublin
Corporation of Dublin
Alderman MacDonagh
Negroes lynched in Texas after deputy sheriff slaying
Wharton Texas July 2 two Negroes were shot to death and two others hanged in the county in connection with the slaying of Deputy Sheriff S C McCormick Saturday night Washington Giles and his brother accused gunman were shot by unknown parties near Diamond Mound the bodies of Jodie Gordon and Elijah Anderson were found hanging from trees six miles east of Wharton Gordon and Anderson allegedly aided the Giles brothers to escape
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Wharton
Tex
S. C. McCormick
Washington Giles
McCormick
Diamond Mound
Jodie Gordon
Elijah Anderson
Gordon
Anderson
Giles Brothers
Suffrage Work to Be Considered by Tennessee Legislature
Nashville reports the legislature will convene in August to consider the federal suffrage amendment. Also notes travel items: Rene Viviant, former French premier, left Cherbourg for Buenos Aires with his wife for a vacation after the war.
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Nashville
Tenn
Capitol
Feisal Visits Aleppo Amid Conference on Syria Boundaries
Emir Feisal, king of Syria, is visiting Aleppo as a conference reportedly progresses between representatives of France and Turkey on Syria's boundaries and future arrangements.
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Cenfer
Constantinople
Emir Feisal
Syria
Aleppo
Trains Kill Picnic Party Riders in Indiana Crashes
A Southern railroad collision near Huntingburg kills ten, injures nine as a Autotruck carrying a Woodmen circle picnic party is hit. Afterward near Franklin another crash claims seven lives when a car crossing a railroad is struck. all victims are members of the Litherland family from Nashville.
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Huntingburg
Franklin
Evansville
Ind
Southern Railroad
Hartke
Woodmen’s Circle
Todrank Farm
Duss
Illinois Central
Here
Nashville
William Litherland
Oklahoma Wheat Brings 2.52 A Bushel In Fort Worth
The first car of Oklahoma's new wheat crop arrived in Fort Worth and sold for 2.52 dollars per bushel. A Fort Worth firm bought it and shipped it to New Orleans for export. Local dealers expect most of Texas and Oklahoma wheat this year to go to New Orleans and Galveston for export.
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Oklahoma
Fort Worth, Tex
Fort Worth
Tex
New Orleans
Galveston
Census figures show Delaware and Oklahoma City gains
Washington dateline reports state census figures with notable increases for Delaware 223003 and Newcastle County 14239, Oklahoma City 91258 rise 27053, while Walla Walla shows a 1959 decline of 3861. The figures illustrate state and county level population changes.
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Washington
State of Delaware
Newcastle County
Delaware
Wilmington
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wala Walla
Wash
Governor Edwards Ousts New Jersey State Highway Board
Governor Edwards removed the entire New Jersey state highway commission and appointed a new board, fulfilling a pledged action. The move comes as he reshapes the transportation oversight in Trenton.
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Edwards
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey State Highway Commission
Wrangel Forces Advance in Crimea After Berdiansk Capture
Anti-Bolshevik troops led by General Wrangel reportedly push forward in Crimea near Sebastopol with light resistance. Berdiansk fell to Wrangel forces on June 26 as the campaign continues.
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Crimea
Sebastopol
Wrangel
Antibolshevik
Berdiansk
Probe on Cuban sugar profits sparks federal inquiry
Federal investigators study shipments of 4 to 5 million pounds of Cuban sugar sent via Canada to Chicago. Invoices show prices of 9 to 9 3/4 cents a pound versus expected 26 to 26 1/4 cents. Officials plan broad inquiries into consignees shippers wholesalers and retailers to assess profiteering under an agreement limiting profits to 1 1/4 cents a pound. Retail prices hover around 30 cents. A new fair price commissioner is expected next month after District Attorney Clyne attends a San Francisco convention.
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Chicago
Canada
District Attorney's Office
Clyne
Fair Price Commission
Ilinois
San Francisco
British General Kidnapped by Sinn Fein Raiders
A band of armed Sinn Fein militants kidnapped Brigadier General Lucas and two colonels, Danford and Tyrrell, from a fishing hut by the Blackwater river. They forced surrender and seized an automobile, then fled with the captives. Danford attempted to escape and was shot, Tyrrell ordered to stay with him as the raiders vanished.
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Dublin
Sinn
Tyrrell
Riots in Italy Leave 400 Dead in Ancona and Piombino
Rome dispatches report two days of brutal clashes between anarchists and troops in Ancona and Piombino. Artillery battles, barricades, and storming forts mark the fighting as radical groups seek to destabilize Giolitti's government while authorities vow to maintain order at all costs.
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London
Ancona
Piombino
Rome
Italy
Giolitti
Fire Loss Totals Seven Million in Illinois Year
Edwardsville Illinois July 2 There were 23 812 fires in Illinois in the last year with a cost of 7 380 880 to insurance companies according to an announcement by Simon Kellerman Jr statistician
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Edwardsville
Ill
Inois
Simon Kellerman, Jr
Fall Kills Three Workmen in Chicago Scaffold Collapse
Three men were killed instantly when a scaffold they were working on collapsed in Chicago. The victims are Frank Howard, William Nelson, and Frank Albright.
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Chicago
Frank ‘Howard
William Nelson
Frank “Albright
Sash Fashion Returns in Elaborate 1920 Styles
A fashion writer notes the sash is a central trend with white muslin and blue or pink ribbons, expanding to bold sashes on organdie and georgette dresses. Modern sashes join fabrics with matched prints, brocades, and fretwork ribbons. black and white ensembles feature prominent sashes and embroidery.
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Foulard
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