German Signers to Sign Versailles Peace Treaty
Versailles dispatch reports German ministers Hermann Sfueller and Johannes Beil will sign the treaty at 2 pm in the Hall of Mirrors under Allied guards. About 72 plenipotentiaries will affix names. Chinese objections may reduce signatories. Ceremony to be brief. German observers will depart through a separate door after signing amid ceremonial finishing touches at the palace.
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Hermann Sfueller
Johannes Beil
Germany
Hall of Mirrors
Europe
Chateau Park
Marshal Foch
Chateau
Hajl
Ong Hall
Shantung
Prio! Potentiaries
Associated Press
Mason City
Jane
Hermann Mueller
M. Hubinger
Peoria
Des Moines
Clarence A. Bolton
Mason City Chamber of Commerce
Mueller
Hubinger
Tres Moines
Hubin
Iowating Company
Holiday Nutmargarioe Butter Ad
An advertisement promotes Holiday Nutmargarioe as a brand equal to butter, emphasizing its likeness to traditional margarine products and positioning it as a pantry staple.
Kaiser's Exile In Netherlands Faces Extradition Question
Amerongen reports former Emperor William and advisers doubt Dutch consent to extradition under international law. Entourage members search for Hohenzollern residence while William remains calm. wife saddened by possible permanent exile from Germany. Prospects for Count Hohenzollern's home center on castles near Doorn or Arnhem. A Coblenz civilian sent a telegram urging William to surrender to the Allies to show duty to the fatherland.
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Amerongen
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Netherlands
Hohenzollerns
Germany
Coblenz
Kaiser Wilhelm
Camel Caravans Replaced by U S Motor Trucks in Asia
Lanfayette Ind June 28 The commercial shift replaces camel caravans with motor trucks. A firm reports a contract for 30 trucks for Turkestan Agricultural Colonization Company to run 2000 miles from Tientsin to Kulja. Trucks carry six tons versus camels 3 500 pounds, reducing round trip from a year to 30 days with Chinese drivers.
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Central Asia
Turkestan Agricultural Colonization Company
Tientsin
China
Kulja
Scully Estate Rental Settled at Eight Dollars Per Acre
Protracted dispute over 8000 acres of Illinois land ends when agents for Lord Scully estate and tenants agree on $8 per acre rent. Estate sought $10 while tenants offered $6. Smoky Diamond Jon Cigars ad appears at bottom.
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Morris
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Ilinois
Wilson Pleads For US To Accept The Treaty
President Wilson urged Americans to accept the peace treaty and league covenant without change. He described the charter as a new world order, freeing a great people and ending old imperial domination while binding nations to uphold rights and justice. Senate and House reactions varied amid celebration in the House.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
League of Nations
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Altho
Knox
Pennsylvania
Hitchcock
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
House
Clark
Congress
Courier Delivery Cutoff Notice
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Goose Quills Ready for Traditional Use at Versailles
Versailles reports a box of old fashioned goose quills sharpened by a French foreign office expert was placed on each of three tubes for observers who wished to enact the traditional formalities.
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Associated Press
Versailles
N Y Reception Planned for Wilson Upon Return
President Wilson and party will leave Paris at 9 30 tonight for Brest and sail home. Secretary Tumulty reported the plan for an unofficial New York greeting on arrival, as citizens had urged through the secretary. This marks the first indication of where the president would land.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Paris
Brest
Tumulty
New York
Tumully
No-Party Laws Facing Mixed Reactions Across North Dakota
Associated Press report from Fargo notes 44,739 affirmative and 42,495 negative votes on Nonpartisan League laws in a Thursday referendum with 290 precincts still to report. Final majority expected between 6,100 and 7,000, varying by region. Eastern counties show losses, especially Red River Valley, while northeastern areas with prior crop failures retain or grow support.
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Associated Press
Fargo
N. D
Red River Valley
Red River
League
Soulé
Wisconsin I W W Bill Passes Senate and Beer Bill
Madison June 28 In a move to drive the I W W from Wisconsin the upper house approved an anti syndicalist bill by 23 to 4 and the assembly reconsidered a previously killed 25 beer bill by 48 to 39 The Crosby line steamer City of Holland overdue at Milwaukee has been found off Racine and is being towed into Milwaukee officials said
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconin
Assembly
Muskegon
Mich
Crosby Line
Milwaukee
Racine
Civilians Clash With Soldiers in Surrey Street Fight
British and Canadian soldiers clash with civilians in Woking Surrey on Friday. Canadians from Whitley camp joined the confrontation amid tense street fighting and disorder in the town.
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Associated Press
London
Montreal
Woking
Surrey
Whitley
Special session to act on federal suffrage amendment
Des Moines Iowa June 28 Gov W L Hardimt called a special session of the thirty eighth general assembly to meet Wednesday July 2 in Des Moines for a one day action on the federal suffrage amendment. San Felice Cigars 3 for 20c. America's most popular cigar.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
W. L. Hardimt
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Versailles Treaty Signing Preparations At Hall Of Mirrors
Delegates of Germany and 27 other nations gathered in Versailles to sign the peace treaty ending the war. The ceremony planned for 3 p.m. featured three leaders signing at a long table in the Hall of Mirrors as officials and guests moved through the Champs Elysees and Versailles avenues toward the chateau.
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Associated Press
Versailles
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Gammany
Willed and Associated Powers
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Clemenceau
Wilson
Lloyd George
Champs Elysees
Arc de Triumphe
Bois de Boulounge
Avenue du Paris
Chateau
Court of Honor
World War 5 Formally Ends at Versailles
Washington observers describe the peace signing as calm and quiet with no public demonstrations. Senator Mitchkock read President Wilson’s address to the nation in the Senate as the House prepared for noon session, while the Marine Band played on Capitol Plaza. Diplomatic circles monitored the news via the state department and special wire to Versailles.
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D.C
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Mitchtock
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Marine
Capitol Plaza
State Department
Versailles
Daniels Orders Navy to Fire Peace Salute
President Wilson era statement by Secretary Daniels directs all naval ships and stations to fire a 21 gun salute upon the signing of the Versailles peace treaty. He declares the treaty the greatest day since Bethlehem, calling for a universal display of goodwill and justice.
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Daniels
Navy
Associated
Presa
Washington, D. C
Daniels.totay
Versailles
Bethlehem
Epon
Josephus Daniels
Carranza Stops Oil Drilling With Troops
The National Association reports that Carranza’s government has sent troops to halt oil drilling by two American companies in former fields. Armed soldiers surrounded wells and forced stoppage under threat. The U S protest against oil land confiscation dates to April 1918, with Britain France and Holland joining.
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Associated Press
New York, D. C
National Association For the Protection of American Rights
Mexico
Carranza
United States
Association
Great Britain
France
Holland
Peace treaty news barely moves New York stocks
New York on June 28 reports that the signing of the peace treaty has little impact on trading, with leaders and peace industrials already up 1 to 4 points in anticipation. Financial circles react with interest but no comment, as prices hold steady and market tone remains serene.
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Associated Press
New York
Weather outlook for Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys
Weather for the week starting Monday shows possible local showers Tuesday and Thursday, otherwise generally fair. Temperatures are expected to run above normal, with a cooler spell during the shower periods.
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Washington, D. C
Upper
Mississippi
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Missouri
Germans Sign Peace Treaty Ending World War I
A detailed report from Versailles and Washington describes the signing of the peace treaty with Germany ending the war. It notes President Wilson, Dr Hermann Mueller, Dr Johannes Bell signing for Germany, and Smuts signing with protest. Chinese delegates did not sign.
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D. C
State Department
Wilson
Tor
Lansing
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Herman Mueller
Johannes Bell
Germany
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Henry White
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Jan Christian Smuts
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