Big Four Demand Immediate Reply in German Peace Talks
Berlin and Paris report renewed unrest as German leaders face pressure to sign the peace treaty. Mobs loot shops, workers strike, and conservatives push for a forced army response while officials warn of an ultimatum if Germany delays. War ministers vow to keep order amid anti Allied sentiment.
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Berlin
Antipeace
Paris
Haniel von Haimhausen
Versailles
Germany
Gustav Noske
Reinhard
von Lutwicz
Noske
Waerts
Loni
Wiglch
Germany Faces Nationwide Railroad Strike Over Wages
A Central News dispatch reports Berlin and other cities halted rail service as workers strike for higher wages. The government negotiates to end disruptions blamed on communistic propaganda as of June 26.
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Berlin
Germany
Gorlity
Preslau
Brides Rush for Passports at Paris Embassy
Passport officers at the American embassy work through the night to issue papers for French brides of American soldiers about to sail to the United States. Brides arrive with husbands, mothers, or alone, with French women from across provinces queued beside them. Many brides speak English well, more than their husbands have learned.
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Paris
United States
Russian volunteers seize Peterhof near Petrograd
Helsingfors reports Russian volunteer white guards occupy Peterhof nineteen miles from Petrograd. An Estonian official communication says Esthonians recap tured Wenden and Rooper from the German landwehr and advance along the front.
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Petrograd
Helsingfors
Peterhof
Copenhagen
Wenden
Rooper
Landwehr
Holland Opens Loan on July 4
The Hage reports subscriptions open July 4 for the Netherlands and Netherlands Indies 6 percent loan of 180 million florins. The issue sells at par with a premium of half a percent. The bonds mature in 40 years.
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Netherlands
Netherlands’ Indies
Plane Mail Lost as Big Sum Burned in Air Route Fire
Washington investigation is demanded into how non-stamped mail travels by air after a fire on a Cleveland to Chicago leg destroyed drafts and checks worth $63,000. Harriman National Bank says letters to three Chicago institutions were intended for ground delivery, not air. The May 24 incident prompted House inquiries led by Rep Steenerson. Also, Harrisburg reports the anti sedition bill passing the Pennsylvania Senate 32 to 16.
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Washington
Steenerson
Minnesota
Post Offices
Burleson
Cleveland
Chicago
Harriman National Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Ilinois Trust and Savings Bank
Union Trust Company
BOS Ikk
Marriman National Bank
Rumors Link Wilson to End War Time Prohibition
Washington rumors say President Wilson may issue a proclamation terminating war time prohibition as demobilization ends. A Senate Judiciary sub committee wrapped final hearings on prohibition with debate over what constitutes an intoxicant and how patent medicines are regulated.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sterling
Senate
Wilson
Senate passes army appropriation bill for next year
Washington June 26 the army appropriation bill carrying 855000008 dollars and providing for an average army of 400000 men next year was passed by the senate without a roll call and sent to conference an increase of 171009000 in funds and 100000 in personnel over the house bill.
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Washington
Senate
Realty Boards Open National Convention in Atlantic City
The twelfth annual convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards opened in Atlantic City with over 2,000 delegates. President William M. Garland of Los Angeles presided and urged federal housing cooperation to address a 1,000,000 home shortage in the United States.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Association of Real Estate Boards
William M. Garland
Los Angeles
Service Abroad Called Off
Washington reports the war department will withdraw offers of service in Europe to recruits under volunteer enlistment and abandon sending regular officers overseas to relieve U S forces. The move follows an improved European situation ahead of the peace treaty and envisions an early return of most troops abroad with only a small American contribution remaining overseas.
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Washington
Europe
War Department
Ccearation
Medal awards for U S expeditionary force staff officers
The War Department announced Distinguished Service Medals for American Expeditionary Force staff officers. Recipients include Brigadiers General Rockenback Walker and Meriwether Walker, Colonels Voris Hoffman Tiney Oury Jewett Babcock Kingman Ford Casard Crain Bricker Kingman and others, Lieutenants Cols Ogden Brabson Peck Culberson Maloney and Major Manchester.
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Washington
War Department
S. Db. Rockenback
Meriwether L. Walker
Alvin ©. Voris
George M. Hoffman
Mathew A. Tiney
Henry H. Oury
Henry C. Jewett
Walter C. Babcock
J. J. Kingman
Stanley H. Ford
A. F. Casard
James K. Crain
E. D. Bricker
D. M. King
Hugh W. Ogden
J. R. Brabson
A. S. Peck
W. L. Culberson
IH. J. Maloney
Maj
Percival Manchester
Plot to Kill Scheidemann Arrests Reported in Weimar
London dated dispatch says several soldiers were arrested in Weimar on charges of planning to seize and murder Philipp Scheidemann former premier. The plot allegedly aimed to be carried out Monday evening.
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London
Weimar
Copenhagen
Philipp Selheideroun
War Time Prohibition Measure Aims to Enforce Law
The Washington house Judiciary committee completed drastic legislation for enforcing wartime and constitutional prohibition. The bill provides 3.5 million dollars for enforcement and defines any beverage over 0.5 percent alcohol as intoxicating liquor with strict penalties and licensing requirements for manufacturers, transporters, and sellers.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Volstead
House
Trial of Italian Adjourns in Ruth Cruger Murder Case
The Cocchi murder trial in Bologna pauses to review American records on testimony about Cocchi and his wife. Cocchi describes saving Ruth Cruger's body in New York 1917 and dismembering it after failing to conceal it. He breaks down as the court questions whether the girl was dead before dismemberment.
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Ruth * Cruger
New York
Bologna
Alfred Cocchi
Ruth Cruger
Cocchi
Sig. Bagnoli
American Tribune
Miss Cruger
Depken
Coech
Hamburg Mass Killings and German Evacuation Note
A terse wartime note reports heavy casualties in Hamburg with many killed as Germans select to leave Berlin on Friday. The fragment mentions a dramatic move by German forces amid ongoing conflict.
Punish Sailors Claim Sparks German Peace Talks
Allies in telegrams assert rights to punish those who sank ships. Berlin braces for peace talks as Mueller and Drag Bell are named German envoys. Berlin clashes intensify amid barricades and riots, with hundreds reported killed in Hamburg.
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Evening Journaly
Berlin
Mueller
Drag Bell
Hamburg
Germany Told Allies Have Right to Punish for Reparations Loss
Special report from Paris states on June 26 that Germany has been informed by the Allies they possess the right to punish the guilty for the alleged loss tied to German reparation payments.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Germany
Rae
Former German royalty flee to Germany after escape
Paris dispatch reports the former German crown prince escaped from Holland and reached Germany. It is also noted the Kaiser and crown prince planned to return to Germany upon signing the peace pact.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Holland
Germany
Kaiser
Junl
Court to review 1917 Ruth Cruger murder case record
Alfred Cocchi testified before court and jury accusing his wife of killing Ruth Cruger in his New York bicycle shop in 1917. The session aims to examine the New York grand jury record that cleared Mrs Cocchi.
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Alfred Cocchi
Ruth Cruger
New York
Cocchi
New York City
Coechi
World's Largest Bar Opens at Madison Square Garden
Carpenters begin building a massive circular bar inside Madison Square Garden as Prohibition nears. The bar spans the arena, opens for one final night, with a $2 admission to deter roughs while a theater show unfolds and ticket holders drink at the bar.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
N E
York
Wilson
Carpenters
Arena of the Garden
Plea to Soldiers in Strike Tension Arouses Omaha Mayors
Omaha Nebraska June 26 the only new development in the strike situation was an appeal by Mayor Smith to the Douglas County chapter of the American Legion for help in maintaining law and order amid a general sympathetic strike threatened by the Central Labor Union. A mass meeting pledged the mayors support.
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Omaha
Neb
Smith
Douglas County
American Legion
Central Labor Union
Two-Cent Stamp Return Announced For Postal Use
Washington reports the government will resume the two-cent postal card duty list return. A two-cent stamp may be used for an ordinary letter to Europe, with a three-cent stamp for other cases. The notice, dated June 26, clarifies the stamp value options for international mail.
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Washington
U. States
Europe
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