President Wilson opposes reservations to league pact
Senate debate over reservations to the peace treaty continues as President Wilson rejects them. Capper and McNary report on the talks while Fall's amendment to end enforcement of the trading with the enemy act fails. Underwood objects to the proposal amid questions of peace status and ratification timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Wilson
Capper
Kanses
White House
Shantung
McNary
Oregon
League of Nations
Germany
Feil
Rep
New Mexico
United States of America
Fall
Underwood
Alabama
Smith
Dem
Georgia
Many Yanks Decorated for Bravery at D S C Fighters
Bravery awards honor soldiers from Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and other states as ceremonies in Washington recognize acts of valor by U S troops. The report notes multiple recipients and emphasizes nationwide recognition of courage during service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
States
Distinguished Service Cross Awards Announced for Army Personnel
The awards list honors Maj. William H. H. Morris of German town Pennsylvania Captains Lilburn C. Davidson Jackson Kentucky Joseph M. Simpson San Antonio Texas Zoda M. Lumiey Kampsville Illinois Lieutenants Herman McNulty Huntington West Virginia Herbert J. Jones Dresden Tennessee Frank J. Fisher Kansas City Missouri Sergeants Marquis L. Dillard Ladonia Missouri Ernest J. Chartier Tower City North Carolina Holly Midkiff Chicago Illinois Corporals Guy K. Davis Bedford Indiana Harry M. Ward Gregory Landing Missouri John C. Duncan Whiteside Missouri Privates Almon K. Sprague Catawba Wisconsin Thomas F. Grider Danville Tennessee Orval Wilcoxson Marietta Oklahoma Wade H. Jenkins Orlando Oklahoma Herbert Kendall Wolfboro New Hampshire Walter Potter Dayton Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. H. Morris
Germantown
Lilburn C. Davidson
Jackson
Joseph M. Simpson
San Antonio
Tex
Zoda M. Lumiey
Kampsville
Til
Herman ©. McNulty
Huntington
W. Va
Herbert J. Jones
Dresden
Tenn
Frank J. Fisher
Kansas City
Marquis L. Dillard
Laddonia
Ernest J. Chartier
Tower City
N. C
Holly Midkiff
Carpenter Street
Chicago
Guy K. Davis
Bedford
Ind
Harry M. Ward
Gregory Landing
John C. Duncan
Whiteside
Almon KE. Sprague
Caatawba
Wis
Thomas EF. Grider
Foes to Resume Relations Discuss Possible Paris Posts
Paris July 19 Baron Kurt von Leisner head of the German delegation says no official action has been taken on resuming relations He notes that if talks advance he would be named for the Paris post and assume charge of German diplomatic interests in France
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Baron Kurt von Leisner
Verseilles
France
President seeks permanent general and admiral ranks
Washington July 19 president asks congress to grant permanent general ranks in the regular army for General Pershing and General March and permanent admiral ranks in the navy for Rear Admiral Sims and Admiral Benson chief of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Regular Army
Pershing
General March
Navy
Sims
Benson
Congress
Wilson
Daylight rider struck from sericultural bill in House
Washington July 19 The house voted 166 to 124 to strike out the daylight saving rider from the remodeled sericultural appropriation. The rider had prompted President Wilson to veto the bill at its first presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Wison
Maura to Form a Cabinet in Spain
Madrid reports Senor Maura, whose cabinet resigned earlier in the week, was charged by the king to form a new cabinet. He will combine in it all the conservative elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Senor Maura
French Cabinet Nearing a Fall After Cost of Living Vote
In Paris the chamber of deputies expressed minority status for the government by 14 votes after interpellations on living costs. A resolution by M Augagneur blaming economic policy passed 227 to 213, prompting food minister Boret to announce resignation though only he is affected. Premier Clemenceau to decide next move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Renard
M. Augnigneur
Marine
M. Augagneu
M. Boret
Clemenceau
Pershing Receives London Sword of Honor and British DSO Medals
In London the city presents General John J. Pershing with a gold mounted sword of honor and the freedom of the city. Marshal Foch also slated for similar honors. Pershing decorates British officers with the Distinguished Service Medal at Hyde Park amid pages of ceremony and praise for Allied troops' final campaigns in the Great War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joan J. Pershing
Guild Hall
Corporation of the
City of London
City of
Gen. Pershing
Order of the Bath
United Kingdom
Corporation of
John J. Pershing
Hyde Park
Earl of Cavan
George H. Fowke
William T. Furse
Thomas H. J. ©. Goodwin
Pershing Meets Parliament Members in Commons
General Pershing addressed members of Parliament in the House of Commons committee room, praising allied unity and the close bonds between American and British forces. Churchill introduced him, and Pershing highlighted the desire to fight alongside kin and the lasting understanding between armies. In Paris a French munition dump exploded near Le Bourget, killing three soldiers and injuring ten soldiers and six civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. MacDonough
Travers Clarke
H. K. Butler
Gen. Pershing
House of Commons
Winston Spence
Churchill
Paris
le Bourget
Kun's Army Flees From Attackers Amid Hungarian Crisis
Paris reports the supreme council discusses possible Allied intervention in Hungary as Bela Kun's demoralized army retreats across fronts. Bolshevism limited to Budapest with peasants blocking food to the capital. Count Karolyi has left Hungary and plans to go to America via Italy and Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Supreme Council
Hungary
Romania
Poland
Budapest
Bela Kun
Michael Karolyi
Italy
America
Vienna
Ford libel trial debate over headlines and meaning
In Mount Clemens Michigan on July 18 details emerged from Henry Ford's libel case against the Chicago Daily Tribune. Attorney Elliott G. Stevenson pressed Ford on the editorial headlined Ford Is an Anarchist, suggesting the headline misrepresented the article’s body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
Elliott G. Stevenson
The
Tribune
Ford
Lucking
Murphy
Stevenson
Mr. Ford
EK. A. Sumner
American Radiator Company
Mr. Sumner
Mr. Stevenson
Tucker
Ex Kaiser William Said Extremely Sick Amid Extradition Talks
Berlin reports say former Emperor William is gravely ill as extradition to the Allies is discussed. Newspapers close to royal circles describe his condition as critical, with deep melancholy and high nervousness, possibly requiring return to Germany for heart treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Berlin
Holland
William
Hague
Deutsche Zeitung
Count Hohenzollern
Germany
England Celebrates Immense Victory Parade in London
An immense victory parade unfolds in London with national crowds, government leaders, and military units taking part. Police coordinate routes as cheers echo through central streets. Officials vow to honor the victory with public displays and commemorations.
Pacific Fleet Off Sails From Old Point Comfort Morning
Special to Eventing Journal reports the Pacific Fleet sailing from Old Point Comfort for the Pacific Coast amid riots in New York. In London on July 19 General Pershing leads thirty thousand American and nineteen thousand allied soldiers in a grand victory parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
General Pershing
Pacific Fleet Sails From Old Point Comfort to Pacific Coast
Special to Evening Journal reports the Pacific Fleet sails from Old Point Comfort Virginia this morning for the Pacific Coast via the Panama Canal heading toward renewed duties in the Pacific.
Two hurt as striking mariners clash with non union men
In New York on July 19 two workers were shot during a clash between striking mariners and non union men. Police quelled the riot as five hundred ships remained tied up by the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
New York
Germans fire on American provost marshal in Germany
Coblenz July 19 two Germans attempted to assassinate Maj. George Cocekriel provost marshal of American forces in Germany. The major was uninjured and the attackers fled after firing several shots from behind. Cocekriel's home is in St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
George Cocekriel
Germany
Maj
Coekrel
St. Paul
Minn
Twenty One Men Killed in West Virginia Mine Blast
In Kimball West Virginia a gas explosion at the Tazewell Creek Coal company mine killed twenty one workers and injured about a score. Over a hundred men were present. seven bodies recovered by 3:30 PM with fourteen still buried under wreckage at the mine mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Score
West Virginia
Kimball
W. Va
Tazewell Creek Coal Company
Trial ends in Alabama lynching case with confessions
In Bay Minette Alabama on July 19 the trial of 28 men accused in the killing of Frank Foukal ended abruptly as all but two admitted guilt. Most cases were disposed of by fines and hard labor sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Minette
Ala
Frank Foukal
Collision destroys warehouse in Grand Rapids
A head on collision near the Standard Oil warehouse in Grand Rapids causes the loss of a large warehouse and fire damage. Officials estimate the destruction at over $260,000 with several tank cars of gasoline derailed and two locomotives destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pang
Also Mentioned on This Page
Copper
Europe
Versailles
Army
Maura
Kun
Roumania
Heart OF Ford
Delavigne
Mr. Lucking
Attorney Stevenson
Mae
Kaiser
ADE
Old Point Comfort
Pacific Coast
Pacific Fleet Sails
Pacific Fleet
Panama Canal
Cockriel
Bay Minette, Ala
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!