Sinking of German Fleet at Scapa Flow Ships Die by Own Crews
Reports from Weimar and Berlin in June recount German warships anchored at Kiel Wilhelmshaven and other ports being sunk by their crews to prevent Allied capture. Admiralty officials consider a probe into the Scapa Flow coup while noting some vessels remain afloat and many sailors have been landed.
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Associated Press
Weimar
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
London
Admiralty
Scapa Flow
Daily Mail
von Reuter
Berlin
Naval Armistice Commisssion
Paris
Baden
Emden
Torenoon
Moltke
Seydlitz
Derfinger
von der Tann
Fakig
Ers
DromGly
Plane wreck in Huron injures Mrs Stewart
June 24 Huron Iowa Lieut Merle Higen pilot and Mrs C R Stewart passenger in a Curtiss biplane purchased by Huron aviators crashed Sunday evening. Mrs Stewart was seriously injured but expected to recover. The plane was wrecked following a sequence of successful flights. An air pocket blamed on a moving train below the plane. An officer surrendered his sword amid the scene as sailors carried large bundles of belongings.
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Huron
8. D
Merle Higen
Mra
C. R. Stewart
Stewyart
Hagen
Trial of League Leaders Starts in Minnesota Court
Arthur Townley president of the Nonpartisan League and Joseph Gilbert former organizer go on trial in Jackson county district court facing indictments from last year. Gilbert is charged with disloyal utterances and Townley with conspiracy over league literature and Gilbert's Lake Field address that led to his arrest.
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Associated Preas
Jackson, Minn
Arthur Townley
Nonpartisan League
Joseph Gilbert
League
Jackson County
Grand Jury
Gilbert
Townley
Lake Field
Minn
Threatenng New National Strike Threatening New National Strike
Springfield Alabama June 24 an unreasonable interpretation has been placed upon the Burleson order and it may be necessary to call a nationwide strike of electrical workers before the telephone companies will concede to our demands said Secretary Charles P Ford of the International Brotherhood Electrical Workers A statement given out here too Ford said that the telephone companies in many sections of the country had failed to follow out the provisions of the Burleson order which granted the men the right to organize An impossible construction has been made on the Burleson order said Mr Ford Vice President Noonan of the electrical workers will confer with post office department officials in Washington tomorrow in order that we may have a ruling on the order A conference will be held today in San Francisco with company officials and upon those two conferences will depend whether a nationwide strike will be called
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Associated Press
Springfield
Burleson
Wilson to depart Paris after treaty signing
Paris reports President Wilson plans to leave Paris Wednesday night if the treaty is signed tomorrow. He will sail from Brest Thursday morning and arrive in Hoboken about a week later, marking a return to the United States.
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Paris
Wilson
Brest
America
Hoboken
Lake Grandby to Sail from Chicago to Liverpool
The 4100 ton steel steamer Lake Grandby built in Chicago will depart next Wednesday for Liverpool, inaugurating a United States Shipping Board port of export from Chicago. The voyage via the Great Lakes Montreal and the Atlantic should take three weeks, with steel steamers built here at one per 10 days following.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lake Grandby
Liverpool
United States Shipping Board
Chiago
United Kingdom
Great Lakes
Montreal
Atlantic
Shipping Board
Lake Grandes Ontario
Fire destroys 18 hangars and 10 planes at St Cyr airfield
Paris reports a Sunday afternoon blaze at the St Cyr airfield destroying 18 hangars and 10 airplanes. The estimated loss is 4 900 000 francs.
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Paris
St. Cyr
AFL Endorses Four Hour Week and Telegraph Strike Action
Atlantic City June 24 The American Federation of Labor unanimously endorsed the telegraph strike and backed a 44 hour work week for labor in general. A committee will be sent to Washington to seek extension of wage concessions to telegraph workers under government control. The convention rejected aprohibition stance and urged unions to protect ex servicemen from employer exploitation. It also authorized disciplinary action against unions showing radical tendencies and warned central bodies over strike votes. A call to standardize railway mail clerks' workday was adopted.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Gompers
Washington
Burleson
Seattle
Caus
James Duncan
Complete New Cabinet Named in Rome
Rome reports a new cabinet appointed to succeed the resigning premier. Francesco Nitti is premier and interior minister with Tittoni as foreign minister, Rossi for colonies, Mor tara justice, Albricci war, Tedesco finance, Schanzer treasury, Sechi marine, Paccelli instruction, Pantano public works, Devito transport, Visocchi agriculture, Ferraris industry, Chizenti ports, Dacomo pensions, and Denava liberated provinces. London Paris telegraph notes also list Marconi Scialovia and Tittoni as Italy’s peace delegates, likely to follow previous Adriatic policy.
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Associated Press
Rome
Orlando
Francesco Nitti
Tommaso Tittoni
Luigi Rossi
Signor Mortara
Albricci
Francesco Tedesco
Treasury
Signor Schanzer
Marine
Sechi
Alfredo Paccelli
Signor Pantano
Signor Devito
Signor Visocchi
Carlo Ferraris
Signor Chizenti
Signor Dacomo
Denava
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Guglielmo Marconi
Vittorio Scialovia
Tommasso Tittoni
Italy
Adriatic
Didn’t Know It Personally A Nine Year Old Reveals Secret
A nine year old proclaims his parents were not married, triggering local gossip. Neighbors overhear the remark and shun the mother, who seeks explanation from a neighbor before asking her son to confirm the truth. The boy repeats the claim, while the mother insists they are married and explains she did not witness a wedding.
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William
A Wife's Revenge at Bridge Party
A wife hosting a small bridge party among women finds a guest missing. She telephones her husband asking him to come home early to play. He resists calling the idea to play with a dummy, but she insists the girls want him there.
Old-Fashioned Stuff and Draft Talk in a Patchwork Exchange
A quoted dialogue probes pay raise refusal as old fashioned. Turkey’s draft topic notes increasing limits from eighteen to forty five, with a joking line about wives. A quip counts faiths and cussedness, then a remark on good manners covering actions not done.
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Turkey
Norman
Gossip, Courtroom, Bathing Customs Amid a Parisian Niche
An excerpt mixes sharp social satire with a local tale. A former judge is nominated mayor in a French district and presides over a marriage ceremony. A rumor about a filly boy and a house bathed on wash days highlights quaint local manners and humor in London Opinion style.
His Idea of Heaven and the Giraffes Tale
A child asks if all good people go to heaven and a father answers yes. The son muses on space in heaven and suggests an escape to a place with giraffes if there is no room left for them. The vignette blends faith with a humorous travel image.
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Jack
Sour milk linked to longevity claims in Longevity class note
The Yonkers Statesman reports a playful remark in the Longevity class about sour milk supposedly aiding lifespan. Egbert notes tasting sour milk today and agrees with the claim despite the ridicule of the craze.
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Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Labor In Politics Nominates Grant For President In 1872
In 1872 on May 23 at New York the first national convention of workingmen as a political party nominated Gen. Ulysses S. Grant for president. Grant was the regular Republican candidate. Prices of cotton and linen have doubled due to the war. Use Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry. All grocers. Just to be alive should be no amusement for a healthy man.
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New York
Gen
A.S. Grant
Grant
Fletcher
Castoria
Mothi
De Valera to Tour U S for Ireland's Independence
Dublin June 24 Edward De Valera will tour the United States in support of Ireland's bid for independence Arthur Griffith acting president of Sinn Fein announced today He will also thank the American Senate for seeking a hearing for Irish separationists at the peace conference and address press access concerns and send a message to Irish elected Congress members.
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Dublin
Edward de Valera
United States
Ireland
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
de Valera
American Senate
American Congress
Griffith
Hungary Examines Capital Policy After Soviet Meeting
Budapest reports that on June 23 the Minister of Social Protection Varga and other national soviet members stated that halting capital accumulation and removing capital from the country has pushed Hungary toward the brink of bankruptcy and ruin.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Social Protection
Varga
National Soviet
Hungary
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