Conditions Get Worse Across Border Says Archaeologist
William Gates testifies before the house rules committee that William Bayard Hale and Lincoln Steffens misled President Wilson about Carranza in 1917 18. He describes Carranza as anti Saxon pro Latin supremacy and notes German influence and propaganda in Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico
William Bayard Hale
Lincoln Steffens
Wilson
Carranza
William Gates
Baltimore
Gates
United States
Snell
New York
Associated Press
Caranza
Paris Radicals Call Remodel of French Senate
The unified radical and radical socialist parties in Paris adopt a platform for upcoming elections calling for constitutional revision and drastic decentralization, including remodelling of the senate. They also demand free education from primary to university and a reformed army, plus a three year military service to be abolished. The platform targets profiteers and cornerers in the economy.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
League of Naions
League
Architectural oddity on Automobile Row in Los Angeles
A four story garage on a hillside in Los Angeles features street level entrances from the slope for all levels, making it a notable architectural oddity along automobile row.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Automobile Row
Pacific Fleet Sails to West Coast After Panama Passage
The Pacific fleet, after clearing the Panama canal, sails tonight from Panama toward San Diego. Panama's President Porras, with family and staff, visits Admiral Rodman and receives full presidential honors, including a 21 gun salute. Thousands of sailors enjoy the port visit with orderly conduct overall.
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Colon
Associated Press
Pacific Fleet
Panama Canal
Hampton Roads
United States
Panama
San Diego
California
Belisario Porras
Republic of Panama
Hugh Rodman
Porras
Rodman
Belgian Cardinal Mercier planned U S visit
Cardinal Mercier is set to visit the United States with arrival expected September 15 or 20. He will tour major cities including Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago Washington and Portland Oregon to thank Americans for wartime aid. His secretary Dr Peter Joseph Stryckes notes the trip will cover many regions of the country.
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New York
Cardinal Mercier
Peter Joseph Stryckes
France
United States
Stryckes
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Chicago
Washington
Portland
Ore
Dr. Stryckes
United ‘States
Belgium
Ife
Northwest
Monsignor Croquet
Hungarian Soviets Driven Back Across Theiss River
Reports from Szolnok and nearby points indicate Hungarian Soviet troops were driven back in disorder across the Theiss river after a clash with Romanian forces. The situation remains fluid with further details awaited.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Theiss
Szolnok
Officers Retained in Army Raised to 18 000
Washington July 28 The Senate passed the administration bill with no record vote authorizing an increase from 9 500 to 18 000 commissioned officers to be retained in the army this year and sent the measure to the House for action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Williams Gets a District Job
President Wilson nominated Lewis Williams of Pocatello Idaho for collector of internal revenue for Idaho a new office. William L Elder of Indianapolis was named collector for Indiana. James J Banks of Hawaii was nominated to the third judge circuit of the First circuit. Ranford Miller of New York was named counsel general. Lee R Blohm of Bisbee Arizona was nominated consul general. Assignments for Williams and Miller not announced.
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Washington
Lewis Williams
Pocatello
Idaho
Wilson
District of Idaho
William L, Elder
Indianapolis
Indiana
James J. Banks
Hawaii
Third Judge Circuit Court of the
First Circuit
Ranford Miller
New York
State Department
Lee R. Blohm
Bisbee, Ariz
Miller
Soviet Leader in Financial Straits Surround Budapest
Paris dispatch reports Bela Kun facing severe financial embarrassment as Hungarian soviet troops near Budapest may withdraw support. Vienna advices say Kun's government grappling with deep monetary troubles and dwindling backing amid turmoil.
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Paris
Havas
Budapest
Bela Kun
Vienna
Sharp Speculation Is Charge Made
Havro officials of the Federated Trades Unions went to the wholesale market today and forced producers to sell large quantities of foodstuffs at prices from five to seventy five percent under the average market price. They then shopped the goods at cost price at a public market.
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Havro
Federated Trades Unions
German Market Opens to Five U S Travers for Trade
Coblenz July 27 Army HQ granted five American commercial travelers permission to pass Coblenz bridgehead for business in the interior of Germany. This marks a defined opening for U S firms to compete with European houses in German markets and reopen trade relations.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Army
Coblenz Bridgerhead
Germany
United States
Chicago Fiend Charged in Murder of Janet Wilkin
Charles Fitzgerald, a building janitor, was formally charged with murder after confessing to police in the presence of three witnesses that he killed Janet Wilkin a nine year old girl who had been missing since last Tuesday. He led officers to the body under coal in the basement and said he strangled her after luring her to his room.
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Chicago
Charles Fitzgerald
Janet Wilkinson
Fitzgerald
Wilkinson
Fizgerald
Strike Averted as Street Car Workers Win Pay Increase
Des Moines Ind July 28 The street car company workers call a strike for next Friday but it is averted after wage talks raise pay from 47 to 60 cents per hour. The union had demanded 65 cents.
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Des Moines
Street Car Company
DROWNING OF BOY STARTS RACE RIOT
Paris is cited as the site where a drowning of a boy sparked a race riot amid Allied public unrest. The report notes political maneuvering by Tittoni of Italy and a military mission to fix the Germany Poland border as part of postwar discussions.
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Paris
Supreme Allied Council
Tittoni
Italy
Germany
Poland
Betrayed by Socialists in Hungary Crisis
Count Michael Karolyi former provisional president of Hungary issued a letter before leaving Austria claiming he did not want a communist government formed in Hungary. He said Socialists betrayed him by secretly backing a Socialist communist cabinet and seizing arms to that end while he was detained at Prague.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Michael Karolyi
Hungary
Prague
Austria
Walsh argues Ireland and Shantung issues under league
Senator Walsh asserts Article Ten would not block Irish freedom or redrawing borders by peaceful means. He says the league could not prevent changes from international negotiation and notes Ireland, Shantung, and other historic disputes show power shifts occur without war.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
Montana
South
Central America
Spain
Portugal
Florida
United States
Louisiana
England
Scotland
Sweden
Norway
Siberia
Russia
Ireland
Egypt
France
Mr. Walsh
League
Germany
Europe
Wilson
Japan
Shantung
China
Manchuria
Reed
Misouri
Bulgaria
Rumania
Great Britain
Italy
Brazil
Romania
The
German Bank Secures $100 Million Loan
London reports an American loan of 100 million dollars obtained by Martin Nordegg for Deutschbank of Berlin. Ten percent of the loan would be placed in foreign bonds to bolster the German bank's credit as per an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Berlin.
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London
Martin Nordegg
Deutschbank of
Berlin
Exchange
Plane crash at Hazelhurst field claims life of Lt Stephen B Johnson
Mineola New York July 28 Second Lieutenant Stephen B Johnson of Uvalde Texas a pilot was killed and Lieutenant Amos Payne an observer slightly injured when their airplane fell about 200 feet during an attempted landing at Hazelhurst field.
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Mineola
N. Y
Stephen B. Johnson
Uvalde, Tex
Amos ©. Payne
Hazelhurst Field
Chicago Black Belt riot flares after bathing-beach clash
A violent race disturbance in Chicago's Black Belt followed a drowning at a 29th Street bathing beach. Moses Thomas, a Black man, fired on white workers provoking a clash as whites and blacks fought with stones and clubs. Police dispersed crowds. one deafening death and numerous injuries were reported, with officers deployed citywide to prevent further violence.
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Chicago
Moses Thomas
South Side
Thomas
Wentworth Avenue
45Th
C7th
Deering Street
Phillip Groak
29Th Street
Lake Michigan
25Th Street
John O’brien
Joseph Mullen
Mullen
Peter M. Hoffman
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Mexico City
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Baker
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Revenue Department
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Thessa
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