Americans Ready To Move As Peace Talks Progress
Marshall Foch announced allied forces are prepared to advance at a moment’s notice with combat formation and trains following infantry. Separately, the War Department said the 4th and 8th Regular Divisions will not sail this month, likely held for inter allied high command decisions tied to the peace conference.
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Marshal Foch
Hunter Liggett
Coblenz
Ares
Rhins
Washington, D. C
United States
War Department
Pershiner
France
High Command
Wilson
University Head to Help Conduct County Institute
President E. B. Bryan of Colgate and E. L. McBryan of the U S Bureau of Education will conduct the County Teachers Institute during the Chautauqua in the county. The institute runs August 25 to 29 with Bryan famed for European educational studies and McBryan a statistics expert.
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E. B. Bryan
Colgate University
E. L. McBryan
TU. 8
Bureau of Education
C. O. Williams
Bryan
United States Commission
Europe
France
England
United States
Wayne County Institute
European Commission
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
McBryan
United States Bureau
Randolph County Institute
Williams
Weather Forecast for Indiana from U S Weather Bureau
Fair tonight and likely Thursday with little temperature change. Wayne County forecast from W E Moore partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with local thunder showers and generally fair conditions. Heavy rains in the Mississippi Valley contrast with drought in parts of Indiana. union and southern Wayne saw rain yesterday, while northwest Indiana remained dry. Warm weather persists from the Rockies eastward, cooler in the far northwest, with intense heat in Montana.
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Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Mississippi Valley
Indiana
Union County
Wayne
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Miles City
Senator Defends World League Pact As Constitutional
In a June speech Senator from North Dakota argued the league is constitutional and not a danger to US interests. He said the covenant is a compromise that preserves Monroe doctrine world sanction, reduces armaments, and does not force US sovereignty to suffer. He warned refusing to join could invite a future world war aimed at the white race.
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Associated Press
Washington
Decter
League
Senate
North Dakota
League of Nations
United States
Great Britain
Austria Replies to Peace Pact With Lengthy Observation
Paris June 16 Austrian observations on the fragmentary treaty are being translated for submission to the Council of Four. The Austrian reply will be public only with allies reformer and may wait for missing sections. Final Austrian terms are expected Friday with full text by Saturday. Turkish delegates show friendliness to France while rivalry between England and France over Turkish influence persists.
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Paris
Council of Four
Wilson
Belgium
Lloyd George
Verdun
Council of Foreign Ministers
Council of Ten
France
Tewfik Pasha
London
England
Turkey
Constantinople
Marseilles
Berlin
Frankfort
Germany
Vorwaerts
Entente
Versailles
Greater Berlin
Wolff Bureau
Foreign Office
Weimer
Transport saves Brazil president on disabled ship
The French cruiser Jeanne D Arc carrying President elect Pessoa of Brazil became disabled at sea on June 16. The U S S Imperator propped the disabled craft and on June 17 Pessoa and his party were transferred to the Imperator en route to New York. The Jeanne D Arc left Lisbon June 11 with Doctor Epitacio Pessoa on board after a tour of allied nations.
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New York
Jeanne D'Arc
Pessoa
Brazil
Epitacio Pessoa
Dr. Pessoa
Lisbon
Italy
England
France
Belgium
Portugal
End to Telegraph Strike Seen as Break Near
June 18 Chicago The Postal Telegraph company issued a nationwide notice allowing strikers to return with continuity of service through June 20. The Commercial Telegraphers Union of America expects a decision today from the American Federation of Labor on their dispute. President S J Konenkamp leads the strike from Chicago with Percy Thomas at Atlantic City and says 27 000 workers are out as Western Union and Postal companies report near normal operations.
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Postal Telegraph Company
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
American Federation of Labor
J. Konekamp
Percy Thomas
Federation
Atlantic City
I’federation
Konenkamp
Western Union and Postal Companies
Wilson Visits Devastated Belgium With King and Queen
President Wilson and party toured Belgium aboard a motor sequence with King Albert and Queen Mary. They visited the Yser region and Zeebrugge, then Brussels for receptions, speeches, and meetings with French and Belgian officials before returning to Paris. Margaret Wilson and General Harts accompany the party.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Wilson
Adenkerke
King Albert
Queen Mary
Belgium
Yser
Zeebrugge
Quartier Leopold
Brussels Palace
Legation
Bellevue Palace
President Wilson
One Family's Record Amid War Losses at Paris
Paris dispatch: M. Vanhee, a French farmer, recounts thirteen sons killed in battle, three wounded gravely, one wounded four times, and a daughter killed by a shell. The family also suffered the father and another daughter shot by Germans for attempting to visit Lille for a centennial celebration. Vanhee's 36 sons and 14 daughters all survived to start the war. One son served as pope Pius X's valet, returning to France to fight and wounded in four engagements. another lost both legs, another blinded and deaf, and another underwent a trepanation.
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Associated Press
Paris
Lille
Dunkirk
M. Vanhee
Pope Pius X
France
War unity in peace time urged by Lane
Secretary Lane urged UNC graduates to translate war spirit into a renewed unity and a better society. He warned peace could dull purpose, said morale strengthens in conflict, and urged building machinery to carry adventurous resolve into peacetime progress. He called for fighting ignorance injustice and disease with clear accomplishments.
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Lane
Associated Press
Sible
University of North Carolina
America
Red Cross Discontinues Supplementary Service
Washington June 13 The American Red Cross announced the discontinuance of the supplementary service for relatives and friends of AEF members beginning July 1 Rapid troop demobilization and transfer of hospital records to the United States were cited as reasons The service employed about four hundred searchers overseas at the time of ending the program
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Associated Press
Washington
Amer-1
Army worm still spreads in Henry County loss $6000
Newcastle Indiana June 18 devastation from the army worm in Prairie township continues as 200 farmers trench and spray furrows with gasoline crude oil and Paris green. County commissioners allocate 500 for suppression and a large gasoline tank is sent to the scene eight miles north of Newcastle. Delaware county losses reach $100000 with widespread infestation across wheat corn rye and timothy fields. total spring crop loss about $250000.
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Ind
Prairie Township
Ralph Test
Delaware
Muncie
Delaware County
Treasure
Atrocity Charge Reports From Irish Delegates
Paris June 18 Associated Press Panicked witnesses claim atrocities in Ireland with American citizens among them They describe cells with fresh blood on walls and urge President Wilson to present the facts at the peace conference for speedy, impartial inquiry Irish delegates say their atrocity report has reached the state department and Congress
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Associated Presa
Paris
Frank P. Walsh
Edward F. Dunne
United States
Wilson
Ireland
Trig
Walsh
Mr. Dunne
United States Senate
State Department
Washington
Congress
Admiral Bristol’s Wife Sails to Constantinople
Mrs. Mark Bristol sails soon to join Admiral Bristol in Constantinople where he commands the American fleet in the eastern Mediterranean. She is to play a leading social role in the Turkish capital.
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Mark Bristol
Admiral Bristol
Constantinople
Three liners bring 14 447 fighting men
Three transports loaded with 14 474 troops arrived in New York from French ports. Americ and Agamemnon sailed Brest with 7 018 and 5 768 troops, and Duca D'Abruzzi departed Marseilles with 1 683. Transport arrivals list extensive units, dates, and base hospital details.
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Associated Press
New York
Americs
Agamemnon
Brest
Duca D'Abruzzi
Marseilles
Anti Day Proposal Move In House Judiciary Committee
The House Judiciary Committee agreed to vote Saturday on a Gard proposal authorizing the president by proclamation to modify the wartime prohibition law as it applies to manufacturing and selling beer and light wines.
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Associatea Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Gard
Ohio
Burleson Removal Demanded by A F L
Atlantic City June 18 The American Federation of Labor adopted unanimously a resolution demanding that President Wilson remove Postmaster General Burleson from office during their convention here.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Wilson
Burleson
American Federation of Labor
German Cabinet Reluctant To Sign Peace Terms
Berlin reports indicate the German cabinet shows strong resistance to signing the peace treaty despite allied ultimatums. Officials fear Bolshevism and chaos as deliberations continue, with mixed Paris opinion on whether Germany can secure favorable concessions through negotiation.
Canadian Soldiers Riot at Epsom Police Station
London dispatch reports about 400 Canadian soldiers in England clashing with police over delayed homeward sailings. The confrontation at Epsom police station left several officers wounded, one gravely, as the soldiers sought to free a detained comrade.
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Associated Press
London
England
Epsom
House Rejects Senate Provision On Deficiency Bill
Washington June 18 The House voted to refuse the Senate provision of a 22 million deficiency appropriation bill for states over the Chicago Speadw. The decision reflects a dispute over federal funding priorities and underscores ongoing budget tensions in Congress.
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Associated
Washington
House
Senate
Chicago
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