World Court talks stall over great and small powers
At The Hague June 21 talks on an international court of justice failed to produce any agreement on how many judges should come from great and small states. Elihu Root urged fixed representation for great powers, while small powers pressed for broader inclusion, delaying progress and rekindling fears the court may fail as in 1907. Brazil’s representative was barred from participating as Root pushed a jurist-led approach unavailable to the United States.
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Elihu Root
the Hague
International Court of Justice
League Court
Hague Tribunal
Little Powers
United States
Great Britain
Ching
Brazil
Argentina
Germany
Russia
Root
Lord Whillimore
Lapradelle
France
Busatti
Italy
Adatel
Japan
Descamps
Belgium
Hagerup
Norway
Loder
Aletamira
Spain
Ramul Fernandez
Paris
Court of Justice
America
Exoneration for Gen. Dyer Declares Actions Justified
London reports the army council exonerates Gen. R. F. E. H. Dyer, former Punjab commander who ordered troops to fire on a crowd of about 5,000 unarmed Indians. The ruling contradicts Hunter Commission views, saying the action was not unjustified.
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London
British Army Council
R. F E. H. Dyer
Punjab Province
India
Dyer
Council
Hunter Commission
India Voice and Massacre Toll Reported
An India voice is cited regarding the Amritsar massacre with reports of 500 civilians killed and 500 wounded. The figures reflect a devastating incident and underline calls for inquiry and accountability from officials and observers.
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India Voice
Armitsar
Reno Tale Denied By Katharine Force
New York dispatch reports Katharine Force denying a Reno rumor that her sister Mrs Madeleine Force Astor Dick leased a house in Reno and would move there this week. Force calls the story absurd and malicious saying the Dicks are together aboard their boat and would deny the tale if true.
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New York
Katherine KK. Force
Reno
Madeleine Force Astor Dick
Nevada
Miss Force
Irish hold up mail train near Cork station in morning
Armed masked men halted a mail train between Cork and Limerick early today and seized all official letters for police and military authorities. In Milwaukee, William A. Arnold, 63, longtime MilwauKee County sheriff and mayoral candidate, died leaving a widow.
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Cork
Limerick
Dublin
Buttenant
Milwaukee, Wis
William A. Arnold
Milwaukee County
Renegade band kills Yanks in Arctic Siberia tale
Report from Nome says seventeen people were murdered in January by a renegade group led by John Nikoff a former Seattle convict who proclaimed Bolshevik allegiance The victims included the Kolchak governor of the region two wireless operators and several American miners In a later account seven or eight outlaws were reportedly executed by local natives and district residents
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Seattle
Wash
Kolchak
Tat Region
Anadie
Arctic Siberia
John Nikoff
Nome
Complications in the Near East Row
London reports grave complications expected in the Adriatic as Greece seeks to advance at Smyrna and Turkey’s nationalist forces contend with Mustapha Kemal. Serbia warns Italy of intervention in northern Albania if Greeks move, aiming to partition Albania and occupy Goritza despite Wilson’s veto.
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London
Hythe
Smyrna
Mustapha Kemal
Adriatic
Exchange Telegraph
Rome
Greece
Aviona
Serbia
Italy
Massacre Report At Ismid School In Turkey
A dispatch from London dated June 21 reports that the American school near Ismid was entered by nationalist troops under Mustapha Kemal Pasha and civilian refugees were murdered.
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London
Constantinople
Weekly Dispatch
Ismid
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Democratic eyes turn toward Cox at San Francisco
A San Francisco dispatch notes Ohio Governor Cox leads announced Democratic candidates for the presidential nomination while Thomas Marshall is seen as a potential dark horse. McAdoo withdraws, Palmer backs, and delegates weigh Cox versus Marshall amid convention maneuvering. Suffrage action in Tennessee and tension in Minsk add to the day’s political currents.
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Cox
Marshall
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
Ban on cheek dancing shocks Washington crowds
Washington observers report that parents and officials protested a one step dance labeled cheek dancing at Western high school class night ball. Authorities had already classified it as vud gor and banned it alongside shimmie and bunny bug.
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Washington
Gompers Defends League Vote At AFL Convention
At Montreal the American Federation of Labor adjourned after endorsing the League of Nations without reservations. Gompers struggled to control a stormy session as Irish sympathizers challenged the vote and demanded records. The federation backed peace, universal labor aims, and nonpartisan politics, with plans to push the program in Washington and the Democratic convention.
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Montreal
American Federation of Labor
League of Nations
Federation
League
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Dan McWhillip
Seattle
Executive Council
Washington
Corbon
Colby Denies Bid for Democratic Convention Chair
Washington reports say Secretary Bainbridge Colby rejects rumors he will be the permanent chair at the Democratic convention in San Francisco. Colby called the report unfounded and stated he is not a receptive candidate.
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Washington
Bainbridge Colby
San Francisco
Man Survives 18 Days in Refrigerator Car
Albert Campbell of Chicago was locked in a refrigerator car loaded with wood pulp for 18 days without food or water. He was removed from the car at the Inland paper mill in Rock Falls, eyes sunken and clothes mildewed, appearing near death.
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Dixon
Albert Campbell
Chicago
Rock Falls
Campbell
Wilson Receives First Victory Medal For War Service
President Wilson announces the first victory medal to be issued to all who served in the World War from April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918. Distribution starts now for about 4.765 million troops, with the medal provided at no cost to their families.
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Washington
Wilson
Baker
Riot After Slur Sparks South Side Parade Tragedy
In Chicago on June 21 a sailor was killed and three others injured in a riot between whites and African Americans on the South Side. Initial reports listed three deaths, but Chief Garrity said only one life was lost. The trouble began when a white man made a slur as a Negro parade passed Thirty-fifth Street and Prairie Avenue, prompting pursuit by Blacks and subsequent police intervention. About fifty officers and plainclothes men patrolled the area. Garrity did not expect further rioting.
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Chicago
Garrity
Thirty-fifth Street
Prairie Avenue
Great Lakes
Measurements Taken For Better Fitting Army Uniforms
Washington reports that over 100,000 soldiers have had their measurements taken in the largest tailoring survey to date. The War Department says the data will be shared with the clothing trade and reveals western soldiers show the largest chest measurements.
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Washington
War Department
Cox rules out vice presidency bid at Trail's End
Dayton Ohio June 21 Gov James M Cox of Ohio declares he is not a candidate for the Democratic nomination for vice president. The statement followed a community demonstration at Trail's End and came as Ohio's delegation and boosters prepared to leave for San Francisco. In Des Moines and beyond Partisan politics should be kept out of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, says Mrs Josiah Evans Cowles president, urging women to use their franchise rights intelligently while the federation remains nonpartisan.
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San Francisco
Jimmie” Cox
Ohio
Thomas Kelly Marshall
The
United
McAdoo
Cox
Palmer
Edwards
Owen
Marshall
Indiana
New York
Hainois
Burris Jenkins
Kansas City
St. Francie
Wood
Chicago
Harding
Washington
Tennessee
National Woman's Party
Wan's
Roberts
Minsk
London
Berlin
Buinment
Dayton
James M. Cox
Trail's End
United States
Pomerene
Des Moines
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Josiah Evans Cowles
Federation
Coolidge Replies On Alcohol Percentage Question
Boston June 11 Governor Coolidge Republican candidate for vice president sent a letter to Virgil Hineshaw chairman of the Prohibition National Committee acknowledging receipt of a telegram asking whether the governor favors raising the alcohol content in beverages above one half of 1 percent Coolidge did not specify a position in the published text
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Coolidge
Virgil G. Hineshaw
Prohibition National Committee
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