Allied Leaders Parade Through Paris in Victory Pageant
In Paris a July 14 parade opened with Joffre Foch and Pershing leading Allied and American troops along the Arc de Triomphe. The event featured a wreath ceremony by President Poincare and Clemenceau, a wounded battalion, and a proud display of 40 American units amid cheering crowds.
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Joffre
Foch
Pershing
Paris
Associated Press
Poincare
Arc d’ Triomphe
Clemenceau
Lorraine
Edmund Gros
Lafayette Escadrille
The
Marne
Marshal Foch
John J. Pershing
Senate panel reviews Versailles treaty issues in July session
Washington July 14 The senate foreign relations committee opened peace treaty deliberations by reporting three minor resolutions on Versailles. No action was taken on inviting President Wilson to join committee discussions. Resolutions seek information on alleged secret Japan Germany treaty and a protest by Bliss Lansing White over Shantung, and why Costa Rica was not allowed to sign.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Versailles
Wilson
State Department
Japan
Germany
Bliss
Lansing
Henry White
Shantung
Costa Rica
Foreign Relations
Senate
Swanson
Virginia
Foreign Relations Committee
Willson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Wilson discusses peace treaty with Senators King and McKellar
President Wilson held lengthy talks with Senators King Utah and McKellar Tennessee Democrats on the Shantung situation and wartime policy. He also pressed for Abbott McGinnis as minister to Bolivia and for McMillan to be ambassador to Peru while Roper outlined enforcement issues for the dry laws.
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Washington
Wilson
King
Utah
McKellar
Tennessee
White House
Shantung
Abbott McGinnis
Salt Lake City
Bolivia
Senator McKellar
McMillan
Peru
McMillen
Guatemala
Wiliam E. Gonsales
Cuba
State Department
Roper
Internal Revenue Bureau
France
United States
Associated Nations
Paris Sleepless Yet Desiring Joy on Victory Day
Paris observes victory day with a huge crowd as one million residents face sleepless night. Rail stations overflow with belated arrivals bearing bread and victuals, while many provincial visitors seek shelter or head home. Sub-Lieutenant Jean Navarre’s planned Arc de Triomphe stunt raises safety concerns as Pershing’s flag flies for the first time in a display by American troops in occupation forces.
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Paris
Associated Press
St. Lazare
Jean Navarre
Pershing
General Pershing
Babcock
Force Vote on Day Law Fails in House
Washington July 14. The house failed to force a vote on repealing wartime prohibition after a point of order by Chairman Volstead. An amendment by Rep Igoe to repeal was ruled out of order, keeping the bill from Senate passage over the president's veto. Debate centered on beer sales and wine manufacture with mixed party lines.
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Washington
House
Volstead
Judiciary Committee
Igoe
Missouri
Senate
Dyer
Representative Lea
California
Lea
Professor Closes Career of Burglar at Penn Fraternity House
Philadelphia July 14 A masked burglar was shot and killed by Professor Benjamin Franklin Shappelle head of romance languages at the University of Pennsylvania during a confrontation in a fraternity house. The burglar had threatened death to the professor and residents.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin Shappelle
Department of
Summer School
University of Pennsylvania
Shappelle
Gould Removed As Trustee In Gould Estate
New York July 14 Supreme Court officer Edward G Whitaker signed an order removing George J Gould as executive trustee of his father Jay Gould's estate. Frank Jay Gould, brother of George Gould and petitioner in the case, becomes executive trustee.
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Gould
New York
George J. Gould
Jay Gould
Supreme Court
Edward G. Whitaker
Frank Jay Gould
George Gould
Ford Admits War Work Role in Libel Suit Testimony
Mount Clemens Michigan July 14 Henry Ford testifies in his libel case against the Chicago Daily Tribune. He sits beside son Edsel as he recalls the Ford Motor company formation and notes the paper’s 1914 editorials lauding his wage plan and contrasted miners’ strike outcomes. Edsel Ford adds that the government did not lend money for war work.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
The
Tribune
Ile
Edsel
Elliott G. Stevenson
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Stevenson
Mr. Stevenson
Michigan
Edsel Ford
Debate Opens on Treaty and Global Events
Coverage outlines a global agenda with a treaty debate, Paris pageant opening, veto battles in the House, Rickenbacker Pacific flight plans, Ford on the stand, and quick market highlights. It notes Wilson and Irish leaders, R 34 press photos to London, and local briefs.
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Paris
House
Rickenbacker
Pacific
Henry Ford
Wilson
London
Bisbee
Family Tragedy as Train Struck Auto Near Gaza
Mrs Geo Virgil and three children and a minister Kennedy of Gaza Iowa were killed when an Illinois Central train struck their car near Gaza Iowa. Husband the driver escaped injury. two more children were seriously hurt and another injured.
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Sonix City
Gly
Geo. Virgil
Kennedy
Gaza
Illinois Central Railroad
Virgil
Woman Escapes Fine and Jail Sentence in Draft Conspiracy Case
Mrs Lenora Warneson Moore who faced a 30 day jail term for failing to pay a 1000 fine avoided incarceration after a clerical error in the court record. She had been sentenced in 1917 with eight men including her husband to two years in federal prison, but Judge Van Valkenburgh reduced the penalty to a fine.
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Kansas City
Lenora Warneson Moore
Francis M. Wilson
Raymond I. Moore
Moore
Federal Penitentiary
Alba 8
van Valkenburgh
United States
Germany
Wilson
Trip of R 34 shows practical side of future interchange
London readers see photographs flown from Pulham to England via air transfer as potential proof of rapid New York London newspaper and image exchanges. The images include President Wilson's arrival in New York, a B 34 airship shot near Mineola, the Willard Dempsey bout knockout in Toledo, and a four day old American paper delivered at Buckingham Palace.
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London
United States
England
Pulham
Viscount Northcliffe
New York
Wilson
Mineola
Toledo
Buckingham Palace
George
Former Officer Dead Sir Percy San deson Passes
London reports the death of Sir Percy San deson British consul general at New York from 1894 to 1907. He died at his Reading home today July 14.
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London
Sir Percy Sandeson
New York
Reading
Swanson Defends League Covenant In Senate Speech
Senator Swanson of Virginia praised the league of nations covenant as a world turning document. He argued respect for the covenant would protect American integrity and deter war and rejected fears it would erode sovereignty or create a super government.
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Washington
League of Nations Covenant
Swanson
Virginia
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Today
United States
League
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Senate
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