Weimar Castle Attack as Spartacan Prisoners Sparked Guard Fire
Fifty Spartacan and communist prisoners freed from Weimar jail attacked the castle housing the government after midnight. A lone guard repelled them with a machine gun, while troops inside foiled the plan to seize President Ebert and Premier Scheidemann. Several wounded, some recaptured, others surrendered. Scheidemann urged a neutral tribunal and warned that final judgment requires the complete allied text.
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Weimar
Ebert
Scheidemann
Gustav Noske
Peace Commission of the
National Assembly
Tittle
Peace Committee
Ilerr Secheldemann
Versailles
Signing the Treaty Sparks Objections Over Bolshevism Threat
The document faces critique amid fears of Bolshevik influence and chaos in Germany as delegates push for postwar stabilization. The debate centers on ensuring order and preventing revolutionary upheaval while shaping the treaty’s terms.
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Germany
Senators defend League of Nations as preventive pact
Washington June 19 Senator McCumber Republican member of the foreign relations committee said opponents have conducted a campaign of misrepresentation and distortion. He argued the league covenant offers the only prospect of preventing future wars and that it is consistent with the American Constitution and does not entangle or curtail American interests.
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Washington
League of Nations
McCumber
North Dakota
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
French Cruiser Jeanne d Arc Disabled at Sea
A wireless message to the navy department says the French cruiser Jeanne d Arc was disabled at sea and the transport Imperator has evacuated Dr Pessoa president elect of Brazil and his party en route to the United States from Lieben. Admiral Benson sent the message while returning home on the battleship Arkansas which carried the Imperator.
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Navy Department
Jeanne d'Arc
Imperator
Doctor Pessoa
Brazil
United States
Lieben
Admiral Benson
France
Arkansas
The
U. S. and Russia Chiefs Clash Resolved Amicably
In Verkhne-Udinsk near Lake Baikal Col. C. H. Morrow commander of the American guard and General Semenoff had a dispute over authority. Officials report the matter has been adjusted amicably without further incident.
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Semenoff
Omsk
Col
C. H. Morrow
Verkhine-Udinsk
Lake Baikal
King Alfonso Indisposed in Madrid
King Alfonso remains in his room in Madrid as doctors order rest. The brief updates note his minor illness with no further details on cause or duration.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Yanks Ready to Move on HMS
Coblenz June 19 The concentration of troops to push farther into Germany began across the occupied zone. Marshal Foch ordered allied forces to prepare for an advance if Germany rejects peace terms. Lieut Gen Hunter Liggett said American troops are ready to move at a moment's notice with artillery and support trains close behind the infantry.
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Coblenz
Germany
Marshal Foch
Hunter Liggett
Rhine
New Trial Granted for E A Strause in Meade Slaying
The supreme court reversed the trial judgment against Ya win A Strause former Peoria bank president. It remanded the case due to improper jury conduct after his conviction for slaying cashier Berne M. Meade and a 25 year penitentiary sentence.
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Springfield
Theuupreme
Yawin A. Strause
Peoria
Berne M. Meade
Palmer Warns Mayors as Red Threats Prompt Guard Call
Attorney General Palmer declares no room for violence as radicals allegedly plan July unrest. Defense letters urge 2500 mayors to form veteran guard units. New York state guard targets assemble at armories with 10 000 to 12 000 personnel. Military intelligence maps show Bolshevik threats in New York City and Brooklyn.
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Washington
Department of Justice
AmericanDefense Society
New York
New York State Guard
Palmer
America
Army Intelligence Bureau
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Marthor
Churenin
Military Intelligence Bureau
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Canadians Riot in England Targeting Epsom Police Station
London reports 400 Canadian soldiers clashed with police at Epsom station over homeward sailing delays. Several officers were wounded and one fatality occurred. In Brest, 200 French sailors with a red flag tried to storm the naval jail to free imprisoned sailors. no casualties were reported.
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London
England
Epsom
Brest
Navel
More U. S. Troops Arrive in New York and Verdun Visit
Three transports carrying 14 474 troops arrived at New York from French ports. The America and Agamemnon brought 7 018 and 5 768 troops from Brest, while the Duca degli Abruzzi sailed from Marseilles with 1 689 troops. In Paris Premier Lloyd George planned a Verdun battlefield visit during Wilson’s Belgium absence.
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America
Agamemnon
Brest
Duca Degli Abruzzi
Marseilles
Verdun
Paris
Wilson
Belgium
Lloyd George
Jeader
Aris
Daylight Saving Law Repeal Passes Congress
Senate vote 56 to 6 and House 233 to 122 approve repeal of daylight saving. Law would take effect October 26 per Senate version and October 30 per House version with a likely conference to resolve timing. Wisconsin senator La Follette led the measure amid warnings of executive and state authority friction.
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House
la Foliette
Wisconsin
Washington
la Follette
Williams
Mississippi
Calder
New York
Newberry
Michigan
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Page
Vermont
Phipps
Colorado
Robinson
Arkansas
Bland
Indiana
Wheeler
Lllnois
German Women Secretaries Mock German Peace Delegation
Paris June 10 two German women secretaries mocked the peace delegation by thrusting out their tongues at the crowd as they rode to Versailles station. Reports say the act sparked a demonstration, with officials noting the behavior and further contempt by finger to the nose.
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Paris
Versailles
Wilson Orders U S Vessels Ignore British Blockade Edict
Adenkerke Belgium June 19 American vessels unloading in German ports ordered to disregard British orders to cease discharging cargoes. American naval vessels ordered to ignore a British demand for re-establishment of the blockade. The move angered observers as the supreme economic council seemed uninformed.
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Adenkerke
Belgium
Wilson
Germany
Supreme Economic Council
President Wilson Visits Stricken Belgium Front Tour
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson arrived in Ardenkerke Belgium from Paris and were greeted with military honors by King Albert and Queen Elizabeth. They toured the devastated front and Yser district with Belgian officials and officials of the American legation, ending at Zeebrugge while delivering a message to the Belgian people.
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Belgium
Wilson
Paris
Albert
Elizabeth
Cardinal Mercier
Max
Leman
Adenkerke
Yser
Zeebrugze
Senator Phelan Proposes Beer and Light Wines Rider
Washington June 19 Senator Phelan California attempted to attach a rider to the agricultural appropriation bill except beers and light wines, amid wartime prohibition. The Senate voted the measure down 55 to 1.
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Senate
Washington
Phelan
California
Germans urged to leave country amid mass exodus
Report cites suggestions that Germans should depart to facilitate wartime operations. Refugee movements described as large scale with calls for evacuation amid mounting tensions.
Pennsylvania Senate approves suffrage amendment
The Pennsylvania senate passed a joint resolution ratifying the federal suffrage amendment today and sent it to the lower house for action. Berlin report notes a German plan to resign and dissolve the national assembly amid fears of anarchy.
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Berlin
Vossischie Zeitung
Ebert
Cabinet
National Assembly
Germany
Evening Journal
Harrisburgh
Pennsylvania Senate
Lindsey to Supreme Court
Denver attorneys for Ben L Lindsey, juvenile court judge, announced contempt charges from 1915 and upheld by the state supreme court will be taken to the U S Supreme Court. A $500 fine arose from his refusal to disclose in open court what Neal Wright, a fourteen year old ward, had told him.
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Denver
Colo
Ben L. Lindsey
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Neal Wright
Viscount Northcliffe Undergoes Thyroid Operation
London June 14 Viscount Northcliffe newspaper owner and former head of the British mission to the United States underwent an operation. A physician bulletin says the viscount is in satisfactory condition after a deep seated adenoma of the thyroid gland was removed to relieve pressure.
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London
Viscount Northcliffe
United States
Twenty three missing as ship sinks near Sicily
Twenty three persons are missing after the Italian steamer Citta di Milano sank on the rocks near Ellleudi Island off Sicily while repairing cables. Commander Brunelli, inspector of the midia try of posts and telegraph, is among the missing.
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Citta di Milano
Sichy
Brunelli
Messina
Midiatry of Posts and Telegraph
Ellleudi
Sicily
Witnessed Jump From Third Avenue Bridge Tragedy
Hundreds of pedestrians saw a well dressed young woman climb the railing of the Third avenue bridge in Minneapolis and leap into the Mississippi River. The body was swept over St Anthony falls and has not been recovered.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Third Avenue
St. Anthony Falls
Postal censorship ends Saturday in Washington
The censor ship board announced that wartime postal censorship would be discontinued at close of business Saturday. Limited services will resume as normal nationwide after the final day of restrictions.
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Board of Censorship
Washington
Te Censorship Board
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