Tornado Rips Fergus Falls Causing Massive Loss and Casualties
Dozens killed and hundreds injured as tornadoes strike Fergus Falls Minnesota. Grand Hotel wrecked, 500 stores and homes demolished, several hundred missing. State troops search debris. relief trains from the Twin Cities arrive to aid survivors.
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Associated Press
Fergus Fall
P Ir Sons
Fergus Falls
Raws
Grand Hotel
Red River
Lake Alice
Grand _ hotel
Evansville
Minn
Twin Cities
Telegraphers Strike Backed by A F L Endorsed by Union
The American Federation of Labor voted to back the Commercial telegraphers strike. A resolution calls for representatives of the AF of L to confer with Postmaster General Burleson in Washington. They seek to extend recent government concessions to telegraph workers to end the strike.
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A. F
L. Burleson
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Washington
Burleson
Dr E L Rohlf Returns After U S Medical Corps Service
After more than a year with the United States medical corps Dr E L Rohlf is discharged and back in the city He led medical services at base hospital No 109 until April then served in Paris returning with the major’s gold insignia He attended the Rotary club today and will resume practice here.
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United States Medical Corps
E. L. Rohlf
France
Base Hospital No. 109
Paris
Wilsons Ship Is Fixing to Start With Extra Coal
Paris dated June 23 reports preparations for President Wilson to depart Paris for home with troops of the guard of honor to Brest and another detachment to depart tomorrow. The USS George Washington will sail Brest to the United States under forced draft. extra coal is being placed on deck spaces.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
White House
Guard of ‘Honor
Brest
George Washington
United States
Wilson 1 OAS Home Thursday
Brussels reports the U S S George Washington ready to sail Thursday morning carrying President Wilson back to the United States. The transport work began this evening as offers to provide the voyage were received.
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Associated Press
Brussels
U. S
George Washington
President Wilson
United States
Vorbeck Denied Plan to Raise Army Against Noske and Entente
A Berlin dispatch denies a Berlin publication claiming Col. Von Lettow-Vorbeck is organizing a large East Prussia army to fight both Gustav Noske and the Entente. The statement says Vorbeck is in Berlin.
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Entente
Noske
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Berlin
Col
von Lettow-Vorbeck
East Africa
East Prussia
Gustav Noske
National Defense
Carranza's Minister to See Oil Men and May Better Relations
Mexico United States relations may improve after New York conferences this week. General Aguilar, Carranza's foreign minister, and oil company representatives to discuss outlook brighter since early 1918 decree against oil firms.
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Carranza
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mexico
United States
New York
General Aguilar
New Italian Cabinet Named After Orlando Resignation
Rome announces the new Italian cabinet to replace Vittorio Orlando's government. Francesco Nitte is premier and interior minister, with Tittoni at foreign affairs and a lineup including Rossi, Mortata, Albricci, Tedesco, Schanzer, Sechi, Paccelli, Pantano, and others covering war, finance, treasury, education, industry, and provinces.
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Associated Press
Rome
Vittorio Orlando
Interior
Francesco Nitte
Foreign Office
Tommaso Tittoni
Luigi Rossi
Signor Mortata
Albricci
Francesco Tedesco
Treasury
Signor Schanzer
Marine Ad Interim
Sechi
Alfredo Paccelli
Sign
Hungary Nears Ruin Says Exiled Soviet Ministers
Paris dispatch reports that Hungary faces ruin as Soviet ministers and the National Soviet declare the effort to expel capital from Hungary has driven the country to the brink of collapse. Varga and others spoke at a meeting, according to a transmitted message.
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Hungary
Associated Press
Paris
Social Protection
Varga
National Soviet
Inday
Trolley President Charged With Burglary in Petition Theft
Robert McCulloch, president of United Railways of St. Louis, is charged with burglary in the second degree and larceny in connection with theft of referendum petitions against the streetcar company's franchise. The case goes before the grand jury next day.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Robert McCulloch
United Railways Company of
Lawrence McDaniel
FOE SAILORS SINK GERMAN WARSHIPS AT KIEL
AP reports German sailors have sunk vessels anchored off Wiel and Wilhelmshaven after refusing surrender. Twelve warships and destroyers in German waters were not handed over to allies, according to a reliable authority. Berlin papers note news of Scapa Flow finet sinking arrived too late for morning editions.
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Kiel
Weimar
Wiel
Wilehelmshaven
Salmat Ben Mow
Berlin
Scapa Flow
Herlin
Admiralty
No Party Chiefs Disloyalty Trial Opens In Jackson
Arthur Townley and Joseph Gilbert face district court in Jackson Minnesota on charges of conspiracy and disloyal utterances tied to Nonpartisan League activity. The pair previously appealed to the state supreme court, which denied dismissal and sent the case back for trial. The indictments cover distribution of league literature and a Lakefield January 23 1917 address.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Minn
Arthur ¢. Townley
League
Joseph Gilbert
Jackson County
Gilbert
Townley
Lakefield
Minn
State Supreme Court
Towley
Utter
Antes
Minngo
Nonpartisan League
St. Paul
Robert M. LaFollette
Martin County
Fairmont
Martin County Grand Jury
Marlin, County
Irving Freitag
Gilpert
Indictore
Jackson
District Court
Supreme Court
Food Profiteering Probe Claimed To Be Gigantic
The federal trade commission will conduct a large wartime food profiteering inquiry in Chicago in late June. District Attorney Charles F. Clyne announced the probe targets dealers in eggs butter cheese and grain storage plant owners and packers.
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Associated
Lesy
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Charles F. Clyne
Murder tied to jealous man in Pocock death
Chicago police seek a man in the death of Mrs. Anna Wells Pocock whose body was found in a downtown hotel. Coroner Hoffmann ruled alkaloid poisoning as the cause, with investigators tracing her movements Thursday night before the fatal event.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Anna Wells Pocock
Iowa City
Canton
Peter A. Hoffmann
John W. Norton
Funds Needed to Guarantee Belgian Horse Show Here
Charles Van Vleck urged Waterloo Rotary Club members to back a plan for an International Belgian Horse Show this fall. He said 345,000 is needed to build new barns for 300 horses and cattle and to complete an amphitheatre, funded by subscriptions via the Dairy Cattle Congress. Local firms and citizens were urged to contribute to make Waterloo a hub for breeders and advance the region.
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Ihe
Dairy Cattle Congress
van Vieck
Waterloo
van Vleck
Polk Nominated for Under Secretary of State by Wilson
President Wilson nominated Frank L. Polk of New York to be under secretary of state in a new office created by the 1920 appropriation bill. The post carries a salary of 7,510 dollars, with the counselor position abolished and three assistant secretaries provided.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Frank L. Polk
New York
Allied 319th Engineers to Leave Archangel Wednesday
AP reports the last battalion of the 319th engineers will depart Archangel Wednesday per a state department message from the American consul. The dispatch notes a friendly farewell in villages along their route.
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Archangel
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
319Th Engineers
State Department
Weimar Premier Bauer Renews Protest Over Peace Terms
Premier Bauer declared Germany would sign the peace terms but protest against the treaty’s violence and enslavement. He urged moral awakening as the path to liberty and a better future, noting the peace can be revised per the Entente pledge.
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Weimar
National Assembly
Bauer
Free Germany
Entente
British Fleet Sinks Bolshevik Warships in Baltic Action
AP dispatch from Helsingfors reports British warships torpedoed the Bolshevik armored cruiser Slava, sinking it immediately. A Finnish cablegram cites a likely Kronstadt near miss on the battleship Andrei Pervosvanos, with Petropavlovsk flying a white flag. Details on ship specs and crew numbers are given.
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Associated Press
Helsingfors
Gulf of (Uga
Oleg
Kronstadt
London
Andrei Pervosvanos
Daily Mail
Batileshin Petropavlovsk
Truce in Senate Over League Seen in Washington
Washington reports a truce in the Senate today as talks over the league of nations covenant shift to posturing for final ratification. Senator Knox had planned to push a resolution on accepting the covenant as part of the peace treaty, with final action likely after the treaty is submitted in July. Allies maneuver for the last ratification battle while awaiting the president’s return.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Knox
Republican
Pennsylvania
Washington
D.C
Senate
League of Nations
League
Attention of Mexico on Politics Instead of Military Situation
An American businessman reports Central Mexico focuses on the Obregon Gonzales presidential rivalry rather than northern military actions. Obregon leads the military faction while Gonzales has open support from the Sarraliza government. In Mexico City factional fighting and active army officer involvement are noted amid refugee movements and outbreaks near northern camps.
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Mexico
Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Alvardo Obregon
Pablo Gonzales
Obregon
Gonzales
Sarraliza
Mexico City
Torreon
Laredo
Troops Return From War Voyage on Matoika and Dekalb
More than 3,000 officers and men arrive at Charlestown aboard the Princess Matoika. The contingent includes many Black soldiers. In Newport News the Dekalb brings 1,247 returning troops from St Nazaire including part of the 109th ammunition train of the 34th division. A New York run brings 324 casuals from Marseille, with 22 postal agents among 126 civilians abroad.
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Associated Fress
Charlestown
N. Y
Princess Matoika
Dekalb
Newport News
U. S
St. Nazaire
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
North Dakota
Courier delivers by 5 30 oclock home
The notice states home delivery by 5 30 and offers you a reprint if the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause. It instructs calling 3330 and asks calls reach the office before 6 30 p m to arrange a copies send.
Signing Likely Wednesday in German Peace Talks
Paris June 23 German government in effect accepted peace terms and Italian delegates in Paris are authorized to sign for Italy. Signing day uncertain with Tuesday or more likely Wednesday. Germany asked 48 hours extra time but was refused.
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Weimar
Haly
Bauer
Berlin
German National Assembly
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Germany
Entente
Council of Three
Wilson
Clemencent
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
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