Secret Government Charged Over WWI War Council Powers
Chairman Graham of the House committee charged the president with creating a secret government via the council of national defense before war. The panel read minutes showing the six cabinet members and seven civilians wielded unprecedented powers, directing war measures, censorship, food control, and even selecting Hoover for food policy. The testimony claimed Goethals resisted the council, while Judge Gary and others argued the body violated Sherman and Clayton laws.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
United States
Graham
Special House Committee
War Department
Goethals
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Congress
Everthing
Herbert Hoover
Advisory Commission
War Industries Board
National Chamber of Commerce
Samuel Gompers
Howard B. Coffin
German assembly debates constitution on president age limit
Weimar July 7 The German national assembly continues work on the new constitution and endorses a clause allowing any male citizen 35 or older, native or naturalized, to hold the office of president. The constitution provides for a popular vote to choose the president.
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Weimar
Associated Press
German National Assembly
German Railway Strikers Resume Work Demanding Demands
Frankfort reports that railway workers in southern and western Germany will resume service today after strikes. They warn they are ready for united action if the government rejects their demands.
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Frankfort
Associated Press
Germany
Disturbances in Kattowitz Leave Casualties
Advices from Beuthen report several killed and many wounded in Sunday's disturbances at Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, with Germans and Poles taking part.
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Copenhagen
Kattowitz
Upper Silesia
Beuthen
Utah Weather Report Hints South Fair. North Cool Showers
A southern portion of Utah may see a fair to mainly sunny day while northern areas face possible showers tonight or Tuesday. Cool air moves in behind the front, bringing cooler conditions across the state.
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Utah
Kaiser May Be Sent to London for His Trial
London and Paris dispatches report Allied and Allied leaders weighing the fate of former Emperor William. Bonar Law in the House of Commons declines to confirm Dutch extradition steps. Paris notes Wilson pressed for London as trial site and that the decision may already be settled by the peace conference.
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Kaiser
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Paris
William
Council of Three
Wilson
Reuter
Lloyd George
Junking ships and shipyards to curb wartime build goals
The Emergency Fleet Corporation plans to auction surplus equipment and property not needed for the restricted shipbuilding program. The disposal includes full manufacturing plants, shipyards, dry docks, and ships both completed and under construction.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
The
Shipping Board
Lord Burnham Considered for British Ambassador to U S
Lord Burnham, proprietor of the London Daily Telegraph, is the latest figure discussed as a potential British ambassador to the United States. He has served in Parliament and held a colonelcy in the army.
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Lord Burnham
United States
London Daily Telegraph
Third Army Leaves Germany Heading Home from Rhine Front
Coblenz July 6 reports the Third Army rapidly departing Germany as trains fill with casuals. The Fifth Division started moving from Luxembourg on Friday while the Fourth Division is set to depart the Rhine sector Tuesday. The Second Division plans to leave the east bank of the Rhine on July 15.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Third Army
Germany
Paris
Luxembourg
Rhine
Airplane photog of Willard Dempsey fight at Toledo
Early editions publish a Willard Dempsey fight photo claimed to travel from Toledo to San Francisco in 54 hours 22 minutes via air and rail. The route allegedly went Toledo to Chicago then to Ogden Utah by railway mail, and finally Ogden to San Francisco in seven hours and 32 minutes with two stops.
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San Francisco
Toledo
Chicago
Ogden
Utah
Giant British B-34 meets with mishap
Chicago and Tacoma scenes of Mooney and Billings strike protests unfold as police disperse crowds with handbills and stones. Shipyard workers show low turnout while a downtown parade forms in Tacoma. Butte mines operate as unions debate one big union constitution amid Mooney sympathy actions. No arrests reported in the Anaconda pay office blast. reward offered.
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Chicago
Mooney and Hillinge
San Francisco
North Side
Mooney
Tacoma
Butte
Mont
One Big
Montana
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Departure of British dirigible K-34 delayed by weather
Mineola N Y July 7 the giant British dirigible R 34 will depart Roosevelt Field early tomorrow morning bound for England weather has postponed the return and Major G H Scott plans a diversion to pass over the George Washington President Wilson may view the ship en route and mail from Washington awaits the commander while a wind gust tore a hole in the envelope causing no serious damage and navy censorship orders films showing R 34 to be barred from exhibition
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Mineola
Roosevelt Field
Atlantic
G. H. Scott
East Fortune
Scotland
Wilson
Major Scott
George Washington
United States
Washington
Navy
Secrtary
Daniels
Austria Needs Allied Help to Exist Says Clemenceau
Paris dispatch reports Premier Clemenceau touring devastated regions including St Quentin urging public complaints and announcing government focus on reconstruction after peace. The Austrian peace treaty was near ready for delivery to Vienna, while Austria abandoned talks of a union with Germany as it relies on Entente permission.
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Paris
Clemenceau
St. Quentin
M. Clemenceau
Germany
Otto Bauer
Councils of Workers
Vienna
The
Temps
Austria
Entente
Townley Denied Motion in NNL Conspiracy Case
District Judge EB Dean denied the defense motion to dismiss the conspiracy charge against President A C Townley of the National Nonpartisan League and organizer Joseph Gilbert. Attorney George Hoke opened the defense case.
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Jackson, Miss
Dean
A. C. Townley
National Nonpartisan League
Joseph Gilbert
George Hoke
Arrival Home of Army Units from Brest and Marseilles
Transports Louisville and Giuseppe Verdi arrived with 141 officers and 4118 troops, including multiple Military Police, Depot Service, Salvage, Transportation Corps, Camp Hospitals, Laundry, Service Park, Motor Transport, and Repair units. Edgar F Luckenbach brought 31 officers and 2324 troops with engineers, supply, and transport detachments. Ancon from St Nazaire adds 060 officers and men with Pioneer repair groups and dental detachments.
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New York
Louisville
Brest
Marseilles
138Th Military Police
2Nd Motor Truck
Liverpool
St. Nazaire
Transportation Corps
Chemical Warfare Service
Lemans
101St
102Nd
8. C
Sith
Newport News
Ancon
First Pioneer Infantry Repair Unit
Nazaire Dental
Conspiracy Claim Sharply Debated In Trial Address
Attorney Hoke accuses state officials and bankers of a conspiracy to crush the Nonpartisan League asserting political motives and violence were funded by the steel trust. J. E. Markham objects, defense argues state officers participate, Judge Dean notes wrongdoing by officials would require action.
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Hoke
J. E. Markham
Steel Trust
League
Germany
Markham
Dean
Trial Counsel Touts Focused Opening Statement
Fragmentary text shows defense counsel urging restraint in opening remarks to stick to expected proofs. The excerpt implies a courtroom scene emphasizing disciplined argument and watertight aims. The source mentions counsel and opening statement but lacks full context or names.
Weather risks delay British dirigible B-34 return
Weather conditions over the sea are unfavorable for the B 34 return flight. A navy department report sent to Mineola Long Island notes threatening weather and probable headwinds extending to Newfoundland within 48 hours.
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Washington
Mineola
Long Island
Navy Department
Newfoundland
R-34 Set to Start Journey Despite Wind and Damage
Major TH G Scott announced the R-34 would depart Mineola at 5 AM for a flight toward Boston then east, with plans to return as repairs and safety checks continue. A rip in the gas bag was deemed mendable and a conference with British officials planned for homeward routing.
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Council of Defense
HMS
Assembly
Will
Silesia
Holland
Wilhelm
Junking Ships and Shipyards
May
U. S
Lord Burntam
Handom
Frisco
Alls
England
Havas
Townley
M. P.’s, Transportation, Motor
N. Y
TH. G. Scott
Boston
Scott
Lionel Chariton
Edward M. Mait+land
British
Air Ministry
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