Armenia Under Strain as Armistice Fails in Cilicia
Amid a fragile armistice between French forces and Turkish nationalists in Cilicia, Armenians face danger and abandonment. Reports say Armenians were told to negotiate alone, American workers lost access to outside contact, and orphaned children’s fate remains unclear amid possible evacuations and renewed nationalist pressure.
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Adana
Cilicia
Southeast Asia Minor
Hadjin
Armenia
atHiadjin
Caesarea
Katsarteh
Wilson
Inter Or
Polk Retires as Under Secretary of State
Washington June 15 AP reports Frank L Polk of New York retired today from his post as under secretary of state. Norman Davis of Tennessee, ex assistant secretary of the treasury, succeeds him, announced yesterday at the White House.
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Washington
Frank L Polk
New York
Norman Davis
Tennessee
Noted Actress Madam Rejane Dies After Pneumonia Spell
Paris reports famed actress Madame Rejane died just after midnight from pneumonia during a sinking spell. The Figaro notes she sensed her death from the day her name was chiselled on the theatre pediment and describes her final illness as foretold by that omen.
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Paris
Madame Rejane
Masons
Rate Increase Not Solution for Railroads
Washington June 15 1AP The Southern Industrial Traffic league urged substantial freight increases but said rate hikes alone cannot solve US transportation problems. R Fullbright of Houston argued 31 percent Western road increase is unnecessary and cited labor revenue and tax issues as core obstacles. He blamed heavy taxation on railroad securities and foreign securities dumping for market stagnation and called for removal of tax discrimination and uniform Western rates.
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Washington
R. Fullbright
Houston
Texas
Southern Industrial Traffic League
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mullbright
Fullbright
Fulbright
West
Mr. Fulbright
Harding Regarded as Broad Man in Mexico Dinner
Mexico City June 19 AM Adolfo De La Huerta provisional president at a dinner to newspaper men called Warren G Harding a good friend of Mexico Miguel Covarrubias former Mexican minister to Great Britain and Russia named secretary of foreign relations per Excelsior news note
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Mexico City
Adolfo de la Huerta
Warren G. Harding
The
United Sates
Mexico
Miguel Covarrubias
Great Britain
Russia
Excelsior
Ohio Democrats rally for Cox at Democratic convention
Ohio Democrats push to nominate James M. Cox at the San Francisco convention after Harding’s Republican nomination. Former Governor James K. Campbell, Ohio delegate at large, circulates a letter arguing Cox can carry Ohio and win the presidency, placing Cox in a strong strategic position.
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Columbus
Cox
James M. Cox
Ohio
Senate Harding
Rival candidates spark attention at Women's Club convention
Des Moines June 15 AP The campaign for president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs draws more notice than the incoming biennial convention. The announced contenders are Mrs John Winter of Minneapolis and Miss Georgia Bacon of Massachusetts. California delegates and others are labeled doubtful by both campaigns as the event opens.
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Des Moines
General Federation of Women's Clubs
John Winter
Minneapolis
Georgia Bacon
Massachusetts
California
Marine Operators in England Strike for Wage Increase
A strike by marine wireless operators was announced by the Association of Wireless Telegraphists. They seek about 180 percent higher wages over pre war rates and better conditions. Shipboard operators will cease work when their voyage ends and will not sign for further trips. Shore operators are unaffected. Delays could hold up shipping and cause port congestion. The Mauretania may be delayed from Southampton. The group seeks 2.16 pounds weekly for qualified men, rising to 7.143 pounds after nine years.
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London
Association of Wireless Telegraphists
Board of Trade
Mauretania
Southampton
Association
Marconi Company
Trotzky Murder Rumors Debunked in Constantinople
June 15 AP reports Max im Litvinoff says telegrams were received for Leon Trotzky and Nikoli Lenin, confirming both alive and in positions. He notes this may dispel rumors of Trotzky’s murder and Lenin’s flight, joking this is the eighth time Trotzky has been murdered.
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Constantinople
Maxim Litvinoff
Leon Trotzky
Nikoli Lenine
Trotzky
Lenine
Moscow
M. Litvinoff
Building boats from extra wage plan proposed in Leipsic
Leipsic June 16 AP report says a plan allows workers to put in an extra hour daily. The pay from that hour would fund cargo boats, with contributors becoming part owners. The idea comes from Neuste Nachrichten.
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Leipsic
Neuste Nachrichten
Fixtures at 20 Percent Discount This Week
Pocatello Electric Co lists fixtures at twenty percent off for the week at 340 W Center. Deals include various fittings and lamps. Special sales run through the weekend with limited stock.
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Pocatello Electric Co
Soviets Plan to Deny Debts and Offsets
London reports that Soviet Russia will not recognize debts contracted by Russia up to November 1917 and would seek offsets if forced to pay. Gregory Krassin, Bolshevik minister for trade, is said to have warned that Russia would claim rights and privileges from former treaties, notably the 1915 convention awarding Constantinople to Russia.
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London
I&ne
Russia
Seys
Times
Gregory Krassin
M. Krassin
Constantinople
British object to the Marine Bill
Washington reports Britain objects to the proposed Marine Bill sections restricting foreign shipping and ending treaties limiting discriminatory duties. Prime Minister Lloyd George indicated formal representations to the state department may follow.
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Washington
Lloyd Geormey
State Department
United States
Alaska
Abductor After $12,000 Writes His Seventh Letter
In Norristown Pennsylvania a letter arrived for 13 month old Blakely Coughlin's parents claiming to be from The Crank and demanding $12 100 in ransom This is the seventh missive from the same source according to Blakelys father George Coughlin The note follows a June 2 kidnapping and uses the alias noted by the family
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Norristown
Blakely Coughlin
George H. Coughlin
Coughit
Pastor boxed four rounds to draw at benefit in Upper Lake
The Rev. Allen James Allen, pastor of the Methodist church, boxed four rounds to a draw with Fred Fuller, local barber, at a charity benefit in Upper Lake California. John Thompson, high school principal, was timekeeper as receipts totaled 75 dollars.
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Upper Lake
Cal
Allen James Allen
Methodist
Fred Fuller
John Thompson
Tragic Slayings Followed by Suicide in Shirley West Virginia
Fred S. Ackman an oil driller fatally injures his wife and four children at Shirley West Virginia then ends his own life by slashing his throat and entering a rain barrel.
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Sisterville
W. Va
Fred S. Ackman
Shirley
Population gains across several cities show varied growth
Washington reports city by city census increases with percentages. Aber deen 8. D. records 9 575, up 3 784 or 35.2 percent while Johnstown Pennsylvania rises to 67 327, up 11 845 or 21.3 percent. York Pennsylvania reaches 47 499, up 2 749 or 6.1 percent. Haverhill Massachusetts grows to 53 884, up 9 769 or 22.1 percent. Mishawaka Indiana climbs to 15 195, up 3 309 or 25.8 percent. Fremont records 12 468, up 2 529 or 25.4 percent. West Allis Wisconsin grows to 13 765, up 7 120 or 187.1 percent. Columbus Mississippi reaches 10 501, up 1 512 or 16.8 percent.
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Aberdeen
Johnstown
York
Haverhill
Mass
Mishawaka
Ind
Fremont
West Allis
Wis
Columbus
Miss
Princess Elizabeth Betrothed to Prince George of Sparta
Princess Elizabeth eldest daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Maria of Romania is betrothed to Prince George of Sparta, brother of King Alexander of Greece. The report follows Constantine’s abdication on June 11 1917 and notes prior betrothal rumors.
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London
Elizabeth
Ferdinand
Maria
Romania
George of
Sparta
Alexander
Greece
Constantine
George
W Elizabeth
Mexican officers challenge procedure in Carranza case
General Francisco Murguia and generals Urquizo Manuel Montes and Arragan protest military trial despite federal control. The first circuit federal court ruled Murguia remains under the Fourth District Tribunal. Similar appeals were made by the other generals.
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Mexico City
Francisco Murguia
Urquizo
Manuel, Montes
Arragan
Carranza
First Circuit Federal Court
Fourth District Tribunal
Fatal accident at theater owner's home
W A Coe proprietor of a motion picture theatre died after a loaded rifle in his house discharged while reaching for a cat. The weapon struck a sewing machine and the bullet killed him. Coe had run the theater in the city for many years.
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W. A. Coe
Coe
Coolidge Visits Amherst Alumni on 25th Graduation Anniversary
Governor Coolidge pauses state business to join Amherst College alumni for the 25th anniversary celebration. He breakfasts with Speaker Gillett in Springfield, receives nomination praise, and tours Northampton home before a parade and banquet in his honor.
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Amherst
Mass
Coolidge
Amherst College
Cal
Springfield
Gillett
National House of Representatives
Northampton
Ed Martin
Governor Coolidge
Seamen’s Free Men Proposal Defeated at Conference
Genoa June 14 AP American proposal to free seamen worldwide failed at the international seamen conference. Andrew Forseth, American delegate and International Seamen’s Union president, said European sailors are treated as serfs and that the United States acts to lure Americans to sea, noting native sailors’ share rising from seven to forty seven percent in four years.
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Genoa
International Conference of Labor
League of Nations
International Seamen’s Conference
Andrew Forseth
International Seamen's Union
Haywood Appeal Postponed Again in Espionage Case
In Chicago on June 15, arguments on the appeal of William D. Haywood and ninety three others were indefinitely postponed due to illness of Judge Francis E. Baker. The defendants, freed on bond last year from Leavenworth, face continued legal action as the case remains active in the federal court of appeals.
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Chicago
AIP
William D. Haywood
W. W
Federal Court of Appeals
Francis E. Baker
Haywood
Leavenworth
Royal Parade at Ascot Second War Race
At Ascot Heath England on June 15 the royal procession in semi state returned for the second postwar race meeting. King George VI and Queen Mary led in an open landau with royal family and household in seven carriages. The Usedi stakes were won by Fred Hardy’s Happy Man with J B P J Walea’s Front Line second and W Singer’s Chatter third. owner of Happy Man had a courthouse dispute settled that morning.
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Ascot Heath
England
Ascot
George
Queen Mary
Windsor Castle
Royal Household
Fred
Italy Fixes Central Empire Claims at 60.6 Billion Lire
Rome dispatches report Italy’s claims on payments by the central empire including pensions are set at 60.6 billion lire nominally about 12.12 billion dollars. The figure reflects the government’s effort to settle compensation obligations with the central empire.
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Italy
Rome
Family Feud Feud Ends in Pistol Battle in Exserville
In Exserville near Bristol, a street gun battle between the Fee and Berry factions left Robert Fee and George Polly dead, Dewitt Fee and a baby seriously wounded, and Tom and George Berry shot but not killed. The feud followed prior hold up of a deputy sheriff by the Fee brothers triggering Berry retaliation.
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Bristol
Fee
Berry
Esgerville
Robert Fee
George Polly
Merry
Dewitt Fee
Tom
George Berry
Fee Brothers
Berrys
Exserville
George
Tomerry
Polly
Robert
Hoover and Schurman receive honorary degrees at Rutgers
Herbert Hoover and Dr. Jacob K. Schurman the Cornell president emeritus were awarded doctor of laws honorary degrees at Rutgers College during the 154th annual commencement in New Brunswick New Jersey on June 15.
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N. J
Herbert Hoover
Jacob Kald Schurman
Cornell University
Rutgers College
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