Goodyear dirigible crash claims twelve lives in Chicago
Federal state and city officials opened a wide inquiry into the Goodyear dirigible disaster that caused twelve deaths and injured twenty eight. Investigators focus on untested devices including a rotary motor and silk ballonnettes said to have caused the crash. Officials detained seventeen Goodyear employees and prepared charges of criminal carelessness if warranted.
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Chicago
Goodyear Tire & Rubler Company
Ilinois Trust & Savings Bank
Clarence Maranville
Army Aircraft Division
Akron
Maranville
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Jack Bocttner
W. C. Young
Aeronautic
Goodin Company
Units of fighting Fifth home again
New York dispatch reports 7003 troops arriving from Brest on the America. The Sixth Infantry with 97 officers and 2175 men, the 19th Field Artillery with 49 officers and 1812 men, and the 14th Machine Gun Battalion with 29 officers and 622 men returned to the United States.
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New York
Brest
America
Lloyd George Leads Night Session on German Treaty and Anglo French Pact
London reports an almost all night Commons session approving the German peace treaty after a long committee debate. A motion to reject it failed 163 to 4 as Premier Lloyd George defended Ireland stance. The Anglo French convention was then unanimously adopted.
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London
House of Commons
Lloyd George Tok
John Doblin
Ireland
League of Nations
Lloyd George
Fifty Americans Killed in Mexico Says Fletcher
Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher told the House Rules Committee that about 50 Americans have been killed in Mexico in three years with no prosecutions by Mexican authorities. He warned withdrawal of U S recognition would worsen turmoil and cited Columbus as evidence of improvement. He declined to speculate on conditions and noted more Americans abroad may face outrages than others.
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Washington
Ilenry P. Fletcher
Mexico
House Rules Committee
Campbell
Fletcher
United States
Gould
New York
Congressional
Union Calls Off Coast Phone Strike
In San Francisco on July 22 the telephone operators and linemen in the Bay District ended their strike against Pacific Telephone and Telegraph. The central strike committee ordered members to return to work immediately following orders from Washington. Other Pacific coast unions also prepared to resume operations as directed. The union demands will be reviewed by the federal wire control board.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay District
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
Washington
Central
Pacific Coast
Federal Wire Control Board
Fight Forest Fire Prompted Federal Aid Appeal
Portland Oregon July 22 George M Cornwall editor of The Timberman appeals to President Wilson to send federal troops to Pacific Northwest forests to battle fires threatening lives and timber. He notes prior successful use of troops in Idaho Montana and southern Oregon and urges immediate federal cooperation to prevent loss of timber and possible lives.
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Portland
Ore
Wilson
Pacific Northwest
George M. Cornwall
The
Timberman
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Taft
Cornwall
Return of Troops Arrives Aboard De Kalb at Newport News
The transport De Kalb reached Newport News from St Nazaire carrying 1268 returning troops. Among them were units 43rd service battalion 906th 310th and 825th supply companies 316th bakery company 18th company transportation corps 804th advance animal transportation company and casuals.
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Newport News
de Kalb
St. Nazaire
43Rd
316Th
18Th
Transportation Corps
804Th Advance
Reparations Report Pins German War Damage at 200 Billion Francs
Paris observers report Deputy Louis Dubois tallies reparations from German invasion losses at 119 billion francs in the occupied departments, with agriculture damage at 37 billion francs. He notes omitted items include individual losses and startup costs, pushing total damage to about 200 billion francs.
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Paris
Parliamentary Commission of Peace
M. Viviani
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Louis Dubois
M. Dubois
Fatal shooting as Bannock Officers hunt Chakines
Sheriff’s deputies with help from Blackfoot American Falls and Indian police scour Bannock bottoms for George Chakines after Paul Beno was shot at a Little Pocatello creek ranch. Beno died at St. Anthony’s hospital. Witnesses Puhes and Suagies arrested as officers probe robbery and shooting versions.
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Blackfoot
American Falls
Indian Police
Bannock Bottoms
George Chakines
Star Line Taxi Company
Paul Beno
Little Pocatello Creek
Beno
St. Anthony's Hospital
George Puhes
Tom Suagies
Chakines
Reno
Martial law may follow Washington race rioting
Washington, July 22 Proclamation of martial law may be necessary to end race rioting that killed five and wounded at least fifty. Police and provost guards struggled as rioters attacked white residents after days of violence. The dead include Detective Sergeant Harry Wilson and four other men. many wounded, and over two hundred rioters in custody.
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Washington
Harry Wilson
Bernard W. Thompson
Fort Myer
Quantico
Washington Marine Barracks
Big Five Made League But Germany Has Firm Hold On Its Operation
Senate testimony argues the peace treaty creates a two tier world with the United States and other major powers as principal actors. Senator Moses contends the document serves greed and empire, not the fourteen points, and relies on a select group rather than a true league for key frontiers and borders.
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Germany
Washington
League of Nations
Moses
New Hampshire
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Europe
British Empire
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Costa Rica
Belgium
Alsance Loraine
League of Netiong
Poland
East Prussia
War Dept Seeks Proton Prune Bids for 1918 Surplus
The War Department has asked for sealed proposals for 1 500 000 pounds of prunes from the 1918 army surplus. Bids must be in carload lots and will be opened July 28 in Boston New York Baltimore Atlanta Chicago St Louis San Francisco Omaha El Paso and San Antonio.
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Washington
War Department
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Omaha
el Paso
San Antonio
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Saydes
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General Association of Nations
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