Greeks Advance In Asia Minor Near Smyrna
Reports from Smyrna district say Greek forces push into Asia Minor with town takeovers at Soma Mendelhora and Chaoush Datkhak, with about 1000 Turkish casualties. Allied and Turkish peace talks in Paris discuss Smyrna and eastern Thrace terms while nationalist forces mass near the Dardanelles.
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London
Samid
Asia Minor
Exchange Telegraph Company
Athens
Immid
Artilery
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Smyrna
Legation
Soma
Perativi
Mendelhora
Chaoush-Datkhak
Paris
Turkey
Sutton
Constantinople
Thrace
Adrianople
Black Sea
Sea of Marmara
Dardanelles
Smyr
Greece
India
Mike the Ringtail Monkey Joins Richmond Scene
Mike the ringtail monkey arrived in Richmond from Haller's Pet Shop in Louisville and headed to Glen Miller Park. He avoided press comments, signaling a wait until he adjusts. The native forest mammal, large and in good spirits, will meet new friends at home Sunday and thereafter.
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Mike
Richmond
Haller
Louisville
Glen Miller Park
South America
New Friends
War maps found in railroad glove near Amiens plan
Decatur Illinois June 26 Associated Press H Von Boeckman a round house employee at the Wabash railroad shops tore apart a leather glove during a fire incident and uncovered a ground plan of Amiens fortifications. The second glove contained a second map damaged and illegible. Both were sealed in oilcloth inside the glove.
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Associated Press
Decatur
Ill
H. von Boeckman
Round House
Amiens
France
Seeding Machine Pays $20,000 to Richmond Employees
The American Seeding Machine Co distributed about 20000 to more than 700 Richmond plant employees as a thank you for service. Checks varied by length of service and accompanied a letter from president James A. Carr. The Richmond plant is sold to International Harvester, which will begin operating July 1, with no further plans announced.
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Richmond
American Seeing Machine Company
American Seeding Machine Company
International Harvester Company
American Seeding
Tte
Gas Men to Meet Over States Rights in Gas Conservation
Public utilities commissions of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio plan a July 2 conference at the Pittsburgh Bureau of Mines station to seek a working agreement on natural gas conservation. Pennsylvania and Ohio are large consumers, West Virginia a major producer, with invited commissions from New York District 2, Indiana and Maryland hoped to join.
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Pittsburgh
Public Utilities Commissions of
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Bureau of Mines
National Committee On Natural Gas Conservation
Washington
State Commissions of
New York
Indiana
Maryland
6200 Aliens Arrive at Ellis Island Immigrant Surge
New York June 26 6200 prospective Americans arrived at Ellis Island signaling a record influx since postwar immigration began. Twenty additional guards were placed on duty. Washington June 26 Unions are described as a market drug for the first time in years in a department of agriculture review. Potatoes, by contrast, are two to three times higher in price and relatively scarce.
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Arsysimiea
New York
Ellis Island
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Eaton Couple Celebrates 69th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs G Jones of Eaton reach 69 years since their June 26 1851 marriage in Frankfort Indiana. He a Civil War veteran born 1824 near Trenton Ohio. She born 1884 near Lafayette Indiana. The couple, ages about 96 and 86, live at home in Preble county with children Ida Williams Lewis Jones and Cornelius Jones.
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W. A. Marsh
George Jones
Preble County
Ind
Jones
Trenton
Butler County
Ohio
Mr. Jones
Fifth Ohio Cavalry
Hancock Veteran Corps, Co. G
Saloh
Lookout Mountain
End of Special Tax Season Declared by Logan Deputy
Logan deputy announces June 30 as the expiration date for all special tax licenses under the federal fiscal year. Affected include retail dealers of uncolored oleomargarine theater and museum operators, circuses, bowling alleys, billiard rooms, shooting galleries, public exhibitions, tobacco manufacturers, auto rental owners, and pleasure boat operators. Office hours extend Fridays and Saturdays for license applications. the Logan office remains open June 30 for tax payers.
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Logan
Internal Revenue
A. N. Logan
$20,000,000 in Gold Arrives in New York on Mauretania
A cargo valued at 20 million dollars of gold consigned to Kuhn, Loeb & Co. is aboard the steamer Mauretania and expected to dock in New York today. The metal was bought in the London open market last week, with more shipments anticipated within the next two weeks in banking circles.
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America
Associated Press
New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Mauretania
London
Washington
Clifford Thorne
Interstate Commerce Commission
Read Admiral Decker defends Sims officers in letter
Washington DC June 26 A letter from Read Admiral Benton Decker, commander of the Seventh Naval District Florida, accuses Daniel of misrepresenting acts of Rear Admirals Sims Mallam and Fiske during testimony before the senate investigation. Decker calls the officers brave and loyal and warns that Daniels worships gods that would deny them deserved commands.
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Washington
Sims-Daniels
Navy
Benton Decker
Seventh Naval Disttrict
Florida
Daniels
Senate
Sims
Mallam
Fiske
Huie
Army and Navy Register
4 Service Magazine
Fleeta F
Germany claims 215 million marks for road improvements
Paris reports Germany has filed with the reparations commission a demand to deduct 215.9 million marks from France's indemnity share. The claim, cited by Petit Parisien, covers the value of improvements on French roads attributed to German prisoners of war.
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Paris
Germany
Reparations Commission
France
Petit Parisien
Japanese Victims of Russ Massacre Memorial Held
In Nikolaievsk memorial services were held for Japanese massacred by Russian Bolsheviki. Princes of the royal family ministers and a large crowd attended at the diet building. Prince Iyesato Tokugawa called the massacre extremely regrettable. In Coblenz German merchants agreed to cut Rhine-area prices 20 percent after army actions against profiteering.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Nikolaievsk
Diet
Iyesato Tokugawa
House of Peers
Coblenz
Rhine
Pennsylvania railroad shopmen vote to strike in Philadelphia
Impatient labor unrest spreads from yardmen to shopmen as Pennsylvania Railroad workers in Philadelphia vote nearly unanimously to join the walkout. Officials fear some will quit and coal shortages affect industries. upstate reports show strikers gaining ground.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Labor Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad Brotherhood
American Federation of Labor
Reading Railroad
Coatsville
Midvale
Laker
Shenandoah
Philadelphia & Reading
Pottsville
Reading
Flour Prices Slide At Minneapolis Mills
In Minneapolis on June 26 flour fell 30 to 60 cents per barrel across mills. One mill offered flour at 13 dollars and 50 cents per barrel. The drop followed a sharp wheat market decline recorded yesterday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Hats deemed necessities under Lever act ruling
Washington June 26 Howard Figg special assistant to Attorney General ruled that women's hats plain or adorned are necessities of life under the Lever act. The ruling answered a question from the National Retail Milliners association on whether hats fall within the act enabling prosecutions of profiteers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Howard Figg
Fige
National Retail Milliners Association
Department of Justice
Harding heads to vacation as acceptance tour hinted
Senator Harding the Republican presidential candidate left Washington for an undisclosed destination to rest and prepare his acceptance speech. He plans to be away until Tuesday and asked correspondents not to follow him while he spends time quietly. Mrs. Medill McCormick of Illinois urged women to back his campaign and said she would campaign on his behalf. In New York, Samuel Platt urged PAC tours to win in the Pacific states, noting Nevada's shift toward Republicans and Harding’s West reputation could boost votes if he campaigns nationwide.
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Washington
D. C
Harding
Medill McCormick
Illnois
New York
Far West
Republican National Committee
Pacific States
Samuel Platt
Nevada
Hayes
Platt
National Committee
Pacific Fleet
South
Admiral Rodman
Daniels
Naval
Meredith
Gerard
Meredith-Gerard
Gavin McNab
Democratic Party
California
Indiana Wets Burn Up Wires to Frisco
Indiana branch of the National Personal Liberty League sent Telegrams urging modification of the Volstead Act to allow light wines and beers. Messages were sent to President Wilson in Washington and former Senator Thomas Taggart in San Francisco.
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Associated Presa
Indianapolis
Ind
Wilson
Washington
Thomas Taggart
San Franco
Tidiana
National Personal Liberty League
Preident
Tugmeart
Illinois Woman Kidnapped by Brigands Near Tarsus
Confirma tion of the kidnapping of Mrs. Paul Nilson by brigands at Tarsus was reported to the American board of commissioners for foreign missions from its Constantinople office. Mrs. Nilson, wife of a missionary, taught in Adana, Turkey, for years and is a native of Minols.
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Priso
Bosto
Mass
Paul Nilson
Tarsus
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Constantinople
Nilson
Adana
Turkey
Minols
Exiles To Hold Third Wayne County Reunion In Indianapolis
The Wayne County Association plans its third annual reunion of former residents now living in Indianapolis. At Brookside Park on Sun Jay at 2 p m attendees will bring basket lunches and gather at the Brookside pavilion after riding East Tenth street cars. Laura Ratcliffe Bates, secretary, leads the event.
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Wayne County
Indianapalis
Brookside Park
Indianapolis
Sun- Jay
Wayne County Association
Brookside Pavilion
East Tenth Street
Laura Ratcliffe Bates
Grand Jury Recesses For Summer Vacation In New York
The extraordinary grand jury convened last August by Governor Smith will adjourn next Wednesday for a summer vacation and reconvene in October. The panel is investigating an described overshadowing crime.
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New York
Smith
Weather Forecast For India By U S Weather Bureau
Fair tonight then Sunday cloudy with possible showers in the extreme north portion. Yesterday’s temperatures: maximum 79, minimum 54. Today mostly fair tonight. Sunday unsettled and warm with a local thunderstorm possible but no major rainfall in the next 24 hours. General fair weather to the south and east of the Great Lakes. A disturbance in the western plains brings heavy showers to parts of the northwest. Pacific coast from Seattle to San Diego remains affected. Hot waves spread across the middle western plains. In Alaska’s Tanana and Yukon Valley the shade temperature reached 76.
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India
United Stat Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Western Plain
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Seattle
San Diego
Middle Western Plain
Tanana
Alaska
Youkon
Reed's Seat in Doubt at Democratic National Meet
At the San Francisco convention Burleson pledged Texas support for McAdoo while Reed's seating remained unsettled. Delegates moved through credentials and debates as Cox sentiment and McAdoo whispers circulated amid a busy, gossip-filled lobby scene.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Burleson
Texas
William G. McAdoo
National Committee
Georgia
Reed
Missouri
Palmer
Vne
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