Danzig Free City hopes and Baltic trade fate
An 1815 analysis argues Danzig could become a neutral Baltic port under Polish protection, linking Poland to the sea via the Vistula. It surveys Danzig’s history, architecture, museums, and key landmarks, including St Mary's Church, the Rathaus, and the Arthusof, while noting its strategic value and German-Polish tensions over control of the Baltic access.
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Grice
Poland
International Syndicate
Danzig
Vistula
Baltic Sea
Baltic
East Prussia
Germany
St. Mary's Church
Arsenal
St. Mary's
Paris
Arthur
Stephen Lochner
Hans Menling
Denzig
Hrupo
Vistela
Eigners
Iit
Hohenzollerns
Lefebre
Senate reads treaty by AO committee II reading
Washington July 15 the foreign relations committee continued the peace treaty review reading it section by section with most parts covered yesterday and Shantung and German boundary sections slated for later debate. Senators Borah Lodge and Pelosi engaged in sharp exchanges over the Shantung pact as議 unresolved issues spark debate.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Foreign Relations
Shantung
Wegan
Sherman
Sinois
Borah
Commintes
Fall
Narri
Hilencock
Setsier Iliams
Wilson
Yankee Doughboy Not Highest Paid, Figures Disclose
Washington July 16 official general staff table shows the United States pays lower salaries than three British dominions Australia New Zealand and Canada. A corporal earns 72 dollars monthly 4 more than the 34 dollars in the American army while a private in France Japan and Italy receives 156 78 cents and 35 rents per month compared with 30 dollars for the U S doughboy.
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Washington, D. C
General Staff
Japan
Italy
Bank erects steel fort to foil bandits
In Chinago a safeguard against robbery, the Pathian Trust and Savings Bank has built a miniature steel fort with six inch loop holes at the main entrance. A logp rule gives a commanding view of inside and outside. Guards with high powered rifles will be stationed day and night. The design came from the bank president Edward W. Breank’s son, recently discharged from the U.S. Army after a year in France.
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Chinago
Pathian Trust & Savings Bank
Edward W. Breank
Bank
Red States Army
France
Ammunition Ship Forced by Workmen to Unload at Naples
Naples July report says steamship Cablans from London was halted by harbor workers who refused passage due to ammunition on board. Crew unloaded the cargo before the ship resumed its voyage amid claims the munitions were for use against Bolsheviks in Russia. Identity of the vessel unclear. The article notes a planned general strike in France and Britain on July 24 as protest against Allied intervention in Russia.
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Associated Press
Naples
Cablans
London
Russia
Aji- Near
Availabe
Star
France
Great Britain
A D Woodruff Visits After Four Years in Canadian Army
A D Woodruff, long connected with the Canadian army engineers, visits in Waterloo with his daughter Mrs Kart Took and family. He served in England and France during World War I, was wounded, and demobilized in Ottawa. His son LeRoy served in the American army. A photo shows both in uniform.
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A. T. Woodruff
Waterloo
Canadian Army Engineers
Kart Took
Eleventh Street
East
LeRoy
Mies Joy Woodruff
Mr. Woodruff
Canada
England
France
Ottawa
Farier Ana Non
United States
Fort Scott dairy tour to Iowa Wisconsin cities
H A Russell of Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce announced a two week dairy center tour for 128 dairymen aboard a special train. The trip covers Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin starting August 3 from Fort Scott, with stops in Kansas City Waterloo and Waterloo Wisconsin area before continuing to Wisconsin. The mission is to study dairy improvements and bring ideas back to Kansas.
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H. A. Russell
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Scott
Eno
Lody
Port Scott
Iowa
Inois
Wisconsin
Kansas
Wall
Kansas City
Waterloo
Kan
United States
Kensas City
Funnens
Tort Scott
Rareden Company
Heriz
IT. A. Thussell
British May Withdraw Envoy from Vatican
British government mulls withdrawing its envoy from the Vatican. Statement by an undersecretary indicated possible action amid diplomatic tensions.
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Vatican
Defense Calls More Witnesses in Laterson Murder Trial
Mount Ayr IA July 16 The defense pressed its case in Roy Laterson Creston undertaker accused of beating his mother to death and dumping her body in an elevator shaft. Architect Clarence Yule described the shaft 66 feet 6 inches from the door and noted visibility limits. Witness Herbert Jones testified Laterson showed him Emerson estate inventories totaling 1000 with 600 debt and suggested he valued the estate highly. State contends Laterson killed to gain control. prosecutors anticipate further witnesses as new subpoenas emerged.
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Mount Ayr
Roy Laterson
Creston Undertaker
Clarence Yule
Emerson
Herbert Jones
Tignes
Miners Strike Ordered in Two Southwest States
Associated Press dispatch from Maton Missouri reports that between 100 and 1,500 miners will quit July 17 at four Central Coal and Coke mines in Missouri Kansas and Arkansas. The walkout follows a dispute over a demand for a standard powder quality reportedly rejected by the company.
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Associated Press
Maton
Frampton
Missouri
Howatt
Kansas
Central Coal & Coke Company
Bevier
Central
Arkansas
Wrigley to Double Chewing Gum Plant in Chicago
July 16 report details chewing gum giant Wrigley Jr. expanding its factory at Thirty-fifth Street and Ashland Avenue. When complete the eight story plant will cover 604 by 300 feet, house 1.25 million square feet of production space, and include track loading for 40 cars plus modern amenities such as a hospital and library.
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Chicesa
Wii. Wrigley, Jr
Thirty-fifth Street
Ashland Avenue Iiu
Club Toom
Wrigley
German tax bill proposes drastic levies on wealth
Weimar reports the government plans a 30 percent surplus capital tax and a steep imperial income tax with receipts shared among states. The national assembly rejected abolishing noble ranks but backed constitutional equality and no special birth rights. Foreign titles or decorations are forbidden to German citizens.
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Associated Press
Weimar
National Assembly
Student Burglar Killed During Fraternity House Escape
Filadelphia July 16 Mr and Mrs Frank Holfelner learned today at their Buffalo home that their son Anthony William Holfelner a second year medical student and campus burglar had been killed Sunday while attempting to rob a Pennsylvania fraternity house. A professor fired as he fled with loot, ending hours of uncertainty over the dead man’s identity after a former roommate identified the body.
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Associated Press
Filadelphia
Frank Holfelner
Buffalo
Anthony William Holfelner
Dent
White
Rebas
Pennsylvania
Iwan
Military Traffic Over Railroads Taxed Capacity
The railroads carried 4,276,949 troops in the first half of 1919 on special and regular trains, averaging 0.60 miles per passenger, with estimates of 2,000,000 officers and men on furlough and an additional million returning home after discharge, totaling 7,260,000 military passengers. The six month demand totaled 9,000,000 train miles, with empty return movements doubling the aggregate transportation demand. rates for discharged soldiers and furlough personnel were lower than civilian rates, contributing to crowded cars. In early July, 160,683 soldiers returned from Europe and were housed aboard railways.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Hines
Railroad Administration
West
Europe
Germans Seek Equal Postal Customs Rates
Paris reports the German delegation from Versailles discussed a proposal by Germany to enforce identical postal and customs rules for occupier and unoccupied areas. No reply was given, and the matter is expected to be sent again later. A separate note describes Frank W. Magill testing a new polished automobile, which faced a turkey gobbler that attacked the car, wrecking its side.
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Paris
Theodore Lewald
Versailles
Lewald
Rhineland Commission
Germany
Occupier
iGermany
Dan Viuud
Magill
New Republic Formed in Part of Old Germany
Coblenz July 16. A new republic has been proclaimed in Birkenfeld within the allied occupation zone. A provisional government was formed Monday and complete separation from Oldenburg was proclaimed.
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New Republic
Old Germany
Associated Press
Coblenz
Birkenfeld
Oldenburg
Strike Ties Up 300 Coastwise Vessels at New York Alone
Coastwise steamers fail to depart on schedule as firemen oilers and water tenders strike. About 200 vessels in coastwise trade are tied up in New York, causing a heavy freight backlog on affected piers.
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New York
J B Green Rites Pending After Waterloo Death
J B Green died at his home 620 Randolph street at 11 a m from uremic poisoning. Born in Clarksville Ia 38 years ago he came to Waterloo ten years ago from Oelwein where he was a hardware merchant. He was a tin department superintendent at Waterloo Gasoline Engine company and survived by widow three sons Cecil P Arlo T Gaylen B and daughter Mrs Tiffany plus two grandchildren four brothers and three sisters. He was a K P and Woodmen member and attended First M E church. Funeral plans to be announced.
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J. B. Green
Randolph Street
Mr. Green
Clarksville
Waterloo
Oelwein
Waterloo Gasoline Eagine Company
Cecil P
Cedar Falls
Arlo T
Gaylen B
Fl. M
Tiffany
Carlen
Rainbow
Engineers Strike On English Railroads Reported
A fragmented foreign dispatch notes engineers on the Northeastern railway system in England going on strike. Mrs Ellen Williams aged about 21 died at Hendon after a complicated operation, survived by her husband and father, with funeral plans not yet set. The cabinet of Spain under Maura has resigned per Reuters from Madrid. Mexico's 1910 population stood at 13 160 86 with 15 010 068 Mexicans and 24 212 other groups, amid scattered demographics.
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Ellen Williams
ZH. Williams
Associated Press
Gable
Hendon
Wisbhe
George Laird
George Laird, Who Live Lel
Mexico
Snanlands
War Mother-in-Law Arrives With Bride on U.S. Troopship
Newport News dispatch notes the Matsonia docking from Brest carrying 3,214 returning troops, 45 war brides, two war children and a war mother-in-law. Also, the Scranton arrived with 1,878 troops including 17 on cars and 1,119 of the 80th Pioneer infantry, with detachments to demobilize at midwestern camps.
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U.S
Associated Press
Newport News
Matsonia
Brest
Illinois Jand Oho
New York
8Oat Pioneer Infantry
Scranton
St. Nagaire
Middlewestern
Young and White Haired Soldier Returns to Cheyenne
Sergt J W Roberts formerly of Des Moines appears older than his years with white hair after discharge at Fort Russell. In 18 months overseas he fought in multiple battles and was wounded in each action five life wounds in the legs. His family back home died from influenza last winter. He now serves as a crossing watchman for Union Pacific Railroad in Cheyenne.
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Wyo
J. W. Roberts
Des Moines
Roberts
Army
Fort Russell
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Muskrats Destroy Old Dam at Adams Water Town
Muskrats tunneling through a dam built around 1801 1802 have forced the Seeher and Chapman grist mill in Adams to close. The aging dam, once strong against time, fell to the rats damage. The structure dated to early Adams mills era, originally built by Daniel Smith. Real estate transfers follow with numerous Waterloo and Cedar Falls parcels listed by Black Hawk County Abstract Co.
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Old Dam
Watertown
Seeher & Chapman
Adams
Daniel Smith
Smith Mills
A. G
Reid
Frespect Hills
Waterloo
Willa H. Howrey
Aadin Mae Hoffman
Pi. Y
Summit Addition
Glen J. Greenwood
Kate Waite
Hillside Addition
Marr Berg
Sophia Rie
BOS North Addition
L 33
Rainbow
SD. Moore
James T_ Knapp
Powers Addi Uion
Watertoo
iYowa Investment Corporation
Sumner Real Estate & Loan Co
Grandview Place
Rociqh Lalpe Tek E Eenseee
Larkin
Ohiver
Garrison & Dean
Brown
Rod Suefferlein
Hollis
Seedionick ‘ Wattmann
Austin Folie
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Prussia
William Pitt
Thorn
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Augsburg
Teutonic Order of Knights
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Froland
Brandenburg
Yankee
A. D. Woodruff
Aandas Daiymer
Thre Associated Ress
Cecil J. Tharass-worth
Vig Weskian
Southwest
Rar Rela
Courier
Allison
Fenwick Island
Maryland
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Delaware Breakwater
Navy Department
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Los Angeles
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Mousse
Rockwell Army Aviation Field
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Madrid
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