Senate to Hear Testimony on Treaty Leak Inquiry
A Senate foreign relations committee plans a wide open hearing tomorrow or Thursday to investigate how copies of the peace treaty reached private interests in New York. Telegrams urged J P Morgan Jenny Davison Thomas La ont Jacob Schiff Paul Warburg and Frank A Vanderlip to testify. Public sessions will be held and witnesses summoned by telegraph.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
J. P. Morgan
Jenny P. Davison
Thomas W. Laont
Jacob Schiff
Paul Warbur
A. Vanderlip
New York
Sente
Toorrow
Lodge
Senate
Congress
Congression
Borah
Idaho
Congressional Record
Gerany
Order of the
Wilson
League of Nations
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Bids Opened on Whitney Road Drainage and Paving Work
Bids for drainage and paving contracts on the federal aid Whitney road project were opened by the county board this afternoon. Officials from Iowa and Nebraska observed as bidders from Waterloo Reinbeck and other towns submitted bids for Tyne A and monolithic brick paving and various drainage items. The meeting drew contractors, material men, and county officials to the courthouse.
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Whitney Road
Board of Supervisors
George L. Campen
Omaha
F. H. Mann
Iowa Highway Commission
T. R. Agg
Iowa State College
W. H. Root
Wera
Theodore Hansen & Son
Waterloo
Hansen & Christensen
Paul Berg
Reinbeck
Bryant Paving Co
Moore-Young Construction Co
Tyne A
Hair Tonic Turned Drink Sparks Police Roundup
In Ponce a local tonic, claimed to aid hair, was sold as a drink with over 60 percent alcohol. The 4,350 bottles sold in one week led to a police crackdown as officials moved to seize remaining supplies and the manufacture was halted. About 75,000 bottles shipped to Ponce in recent weeks were mostly recovered.
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San Juan
Associated Press
Ponce
Kentucky Pioneers Flag Found in London May Be Returned
Kentucky’s battle standard carried by volunteers in the War of 1812 resurfaced in Chelsea London. Maj. Sir Evelyn Wrench found the flag hanging in the Royal Hospital chapel along with other captured ensigns. Gov. James D. Black urged its immediate return to Kentucky, noting its capture after the River Raisin battle and Frenchtown massacre.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Raisin
Michigan
England
America
Evelyn Wrench
Royal Hospital
Chelsea
London
James D.black
J. M. Winchester
Frenchtown
Proctor
Detroit
Allied Seaplanes Attack Bolshevik Vessels on Lake Onega
Allied seaplanes raked the decks of four Bolshevik craft on Lake Onega south of Kem in Northern Russia. Bombs missed but machine guns silenced anti air defenses, forcing the flotilla to flee as Allied planes pursued. One aircraft reloaded before rejoining the chase.
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Associated Press
Kem
Russia
Lake Onega
Here
Signing of Peace by July 1 Predicted by Paris Echo
Paris reports peace must be concluded and ratified by August 1. Echo de Paris predicts Germany will answer on Friday to counter proposals and may replace the Scheidemann government if the present cabinet refuses to sign.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Man
Toronto
Canada
W. J. Bulman
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Bulman
Paris
Sion
Council of Four
Martel Hutin
Hecho de Paris
Germany
Havas
Uly T
Echo de Paris
Scheidemann
Plains Music Festival Draws Miles for Song and Chorus
In northwestern Kansas a rural music festival gathers teaching artists and villagers from hundreds of miles as families chase the music they desire. The Stork family exemplifies the festival’s reach with nine years of chorus participation and four sons serving overseas.
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Nays
Kan
Kansas
M. Stork
iStack Urudgekt
Business Girl Seeks Home Work in Iowa Ad
An Iowa woman, formerly a tutor, teacher and promoter of domestic science, advertises for a home job in Minneapolis. She seeks a refined Christian household, offers $60 monthly first year, rights to a typewriter, three hours weekly horse riding, and references from former employers and pastors. She excludes slovenly, drink- or tobacco-using, newly rich, or poorly ventilated homes. The applicant believes women should pursue home work and hopes others will follow.
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Minneapolis
Iowa
Want
Tama
Ian
Dishwater Likely Spread Influenza in Indiana
Indianapolis reports quote Dr. H E Barnard claiming dirty dishwater from 10 restaurants contained about 4 000 000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. He cites Army investigators comparing dishwater to sewage levels and warns restaurateurs to sterilize dishes at least daily or face health-law prosecutions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
H. E. Barnard
Food and Drug Commissioner
Indiana
Col, Lynch
Col. Cummins
Medical Corps
United States Army
Alaska to Buy Medals for All Ex Army Men
Alaska legislature considers awarding medals to all veterans who served in allied and American armies and navies during the great war. The bill, sponsored by Senator John Rowan, authorizes the governor to purchase and distribute the medals.
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Alaska
Juneau
Territory of
John Rowan
Dynamite Louise Sought in Nationwide Bomb Plot
Government agents seek "Dynamite Louise" of New York linked to a 1914 Harlem explosion that killed three anarchists. Traced to Russia in 1917, she reportedly returned to the United States amid fresh bomb outrages, authorities say.
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Louise
Louiseerger
New York
Harlem
Russia
Chinese uses hot starch grenade to rout handits
May Hung Long repelled two would be burglars at his Philadelphia laundry by tossing a bowl of hot starch. The steam and starch splashed the attackers, who cried out in pain and fled. Long’s quick, improvised defense thwarted the robbery attempt.
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Philadelphia
Long
Obregon Deaths and Mexico Rail Plans Reported
The dispatch notes Obregon's long manifesto for presidency and promises broader foreign policy. Garza proposes three railways to connect undeveloped regions, linking Magdalena Hermosillo Sonora to Baja California and other routes. A separate item reports Gen Jose Ines Davilla killed in Oaxaca after revolting for years, once governor of Oaxaca.
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Associated Press
San Antunio
Tex
Alvara Obregon
Sese Werg
Ven
Obregon
Uberni Party
Mexico
Mexico City
Garrawan
Magdalena
Hermosillo
Kilta
Sonora
Musenada
California
Sec«Ont
Pelo
Yuentin
Sacalar
Santa Are
Quintanaites
Tinea
Santa Lucrecia
Vera Graz
Campeche
Redere
Jore Ines Davilla
Oaxaca
Davilla
Baby born on a ship without a Christmas day birthday
A baby named Peter eybrock born aboard the China Mail liner Nanking crosses the Pacific without a December 25, as Dec 24 is followed by Dec 26. The ship’s surgeon confirms the birthday anomaly on the Nanking near the one hundred eighty meridian. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Heybrook of New York, with Heybrook employed by Stork & Co. in New York.
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San Francisco
Peter Eybrock
Petar
Nanking
Peter
Pacific Ocean
Ernest Heybrook
New York
Heybrock
Stork & Co
F. G. Leach
Plainfield Visitors Mention Earlier Trip and Return
Plainfield notes Hugo Kexebere planned a visit to Clarence from Saturday to Monday while Miss Edna Hawn, visiting friends in Shellsburg, returns home.
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Plainfield
Hugo Kexebere
Clarence
Fidende
Edna Hawn
Shellsburg
Marble Rock Births and Local Visits Highlight June Notes
A Marble Rock birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Loulh Milla. Family members Alsone to Rockford to visit cousin Jenne Douglas Woodfull with the Weber-Brown Concert Co. and chautauqua. Armours visit, Jeff Friday outing with Burl Kane, sanitary inspector, on Hayth Island. Mrs. FS. Cites travels to Mt Vernon for Cornell commencement with Milas ifjo Crabtree among graduates. Stroud Herman Nicholas and Gerald Adams return from overseas service. Mrs. Henry Smith visits son Wayne Smith and wife in Waterloo, returns home Friday. Merland Stroud returns from Lawn View visit.
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Marble Rock
June Jr
Loulh Milla
Mise Ptrlefa Waleter
Ralph Douglas Waleter
Trockford
Jenne Douglas Woodfull
Weber-Brown Concert Co
Chautauqua
P. P. Armour
Armour Kane
Jeff Friday
Burl Kane
Hayth
Mra. FS. Cites
Mt Vernon
Cornell College
Milasifjo Crabtree
Cum Stroud
Herman Nicholas
Gerald Adams
Henry Smith
Local residents return from service and health trips
In St Ansgar and nearby areas Hugo Bublitz Rawin Meilke and John Euhieus have returned from overseas service. Augusta Kuehl came home from Colorado after a year for health. Families travel to see ill relatives while Mrs Jacob Groth dies after an operation and funeral held at the church conducted by Rev Waldeland. The loss leaves a husband two daughters and three sons.
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Fairbank
H. Ward
Alamos
Monty
EM. Kildow
Dunkertoy
Unear Rechhommer
Don
Fertal Wak
Willow Lewn
Jub Hechhommer
Wrothers
Sev J
W. J. Merson
Tronkaoom
Marion
Ore
Pierson
John Gritzter
Carroll Walt
Bronx City
Dysart
The
Baptist Ladies
Thimblebee Silla
Ina Blodgett
ST. Ansgar
St. Anseur
Hugo Bublitz
Rawin Meilke
John Euhieus
Augusta Kuehl
Colorado
Kuehl
Ofrs
BP. Lund
Miss Sheehan
Tmmoraon
Chinaman Boosts Bond Sale In His Own Way
Berkeley resident Yee Glut, owner of a Chinese laundry, used his shop as a rallying point for bond sales and the Victory Liberty Loan. Prominently displayed signs outside his laundry advertise deliveries, flowers for sale, and a bold call to contribute to the Victory loan. The scene centers on an immigrant business owner leveraging his storefront to support the war bond effort.
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Chinaman
Berkeley, Cal
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