WETS CELEBRATE PASSING OF THEIR INEBRIATING CUP
Baltimore and Milwaukee report wartime prohibition shifts as light wines and beers under 2.75 percent alcohol may be sold for now. District Attorney Dennis says nonintoxicating liquors are tolerated. Milwaukee saloonkeepers prepare to comply. St Louis cafes brace for celebration while testing enforcement plans.
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Allies Continue Task After Germany Peace
Paris dispatches report Premier Clemenceau defending the peace treaty while President Poincare says allies must enforce clauses and ship imports are needed to curb prices. Peace conference circles relax as Lansing and Balfour plan future work and a Poland pogroms commission is formed. Chicago reports show clerks and city workers seeking raises amid strikes and wage talks.
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Trotzky Orders Destruction in Evacuation Wake
Bolshevik government decrees advance evacuation of Petrograd as War Minister Trotzky orders Kronstadt fortress to be blown up and all bridges and railway stations to be destroyed before last troops withdraw from the city.
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Allied powers to hand over Austrian peace clauses
Paris June 20. Allied governments at the peace conference will deliver to the Austrian delegation at St German the financial and economic terms of the Austrian peace treaty by week’s end.
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Paris
St. Germain
E F on Rhine Will Not Be Dropped for Indefinite Time
Coblenz report announces Rhine army occupa tion regulations issued last December will stay in effect indefinitely. Lieut Gen Hunter Liggett directs the over president of the Rhine province to warn burgomasters and officials that no regulation has been cancelled. The rules remain until further orders from American headquarters or the interallied Rhineland commission.
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Army of Occupation
Germany
Third Army
Hunter Liggett
Rhine Province
General American Headquarters
Rhineland
Rail Federation Explored By Rail Workers Meeting
Chief executives of railway organizations excluding four brotherhoods met in Washington D C under Karl H Morton to discuss forming a railroad federation like Britain and Australia. The talks are preliminary and no definite plan has been proposed.
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Great Britain
Australia
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Prince George enters Jesuit monastery in Innsbruck
Reports from Munich indicate Prince George, eldest son of Prince Touts of Bavaria, has entered a Jesuit monastery in Innsbruck. The item appears in several newspapers with no further details or dates.
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Munich
Prince George
Prince Touts
Bavaria
Innsbruck
Relief Gratification and Hope At Signing
London editorials welcome the treaty of peace and President Wilson's telegram calling for unity. They warn against complacency and urge continued effort to strengthen the league of nations amid concerns over Japan and the Far East. The Telegraph asserts the peace is new in operation and friendship with the American people.
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Pilot dies delivering peace extra edition over Coblenz
Captain Walter Behultz Schultz a member of the 138th aero squadron was killed near Montabur when the airplane he rode to distribute an Amaroc News extra edition detailing the Versailles peace went down due to engine trouble. The incident occurred as American forces prepared to advance with German surrender news circulating locally. German crowds cheered and breweries flowed as American and German groups watched the events and sang amid the peace celebrations.
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Chicago
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Amaroc News
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League Needed for Protecting American Rights
Washington D C June 31 Senator Gerry Democrat Rhode Island told the senate that the league covenant is essential to protect American rights and civilization during reconstruction. He said Europe hoped the United States would lead in a league to prevent war and that the covenant does not subvert sovereignty or American policies.
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Lowden appoints new tax board vice old one on equalization
Gov Lowden announces the creation of a new tax commission to replace the state board of equalization. Members named are Frank P. Nolenan Centralia chairman Col James B Sanborn Chicago commander of the 131st infantry and C C Craig Galesburg a former Illinois supreme court justice Craig is a Democrat while the others are Republicans. Montenegrin protest notes Montenegro objects to peace conference excluding Montenegro from talks with Germany claiming early war declaration.
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Tax Commission
State Board of Equalization
Frank PF. Noleman
Centralia
James B. Sanborn
Chicago
131St Infantry
C. C. Craig
Galesburg
Illinois Supreme Bench
Craig
Paper delivery deadline notice for home delivery
The notice says deliveries should arrive before 5 50 oclock and if missed due to carrier error or other cause, call 230 for a replacement copy. It also mentions calls read this offices before 4 33 3 pr mm.
American troops suffer heavy losses near Romanovka
Eighteen American soldiers were killed, one officer and seven men severely wounded, and 17 slightly wounded after an engagement with anti Kolchak forces near Romanovka on June 24. Major General Graves reported the attack followed Bolshevik assaults on railroad guards, involving Company A of the 1st Infantry in the clash.
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Siberia
War Department
Lawrence Donald Butler
Romanovka Sudhan Tranch
Federal Trap Planned to Guard Fourth of July
Chicago adopts a broad security campaign after a New York conference of police chiefs and federal officials. Chief John Garrity returns to lead a protective drive, with Justice and Army Intelligence operating alongside city detectives to foil radical plots for July 4. The state militia stands ready if needed.
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Chicago
John Garrity
New York
William F. Flynn
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Department of Justice
Army Intelligence Section
Adjt
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Electrical Workers Sympathy Strike Ordered in Pacific Coast
June 34 orders calling out electrical workers in Oregon and Washington in sympathy with striking operators and linemen in California and Nevada were issued from the Pacific Coast district in San Francisco. Secretary Charles P. Ford of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announced the action, saying the order was sent out yesterday.
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Oregon
Washington
California
Nevada
Pacific Coast District
San Francisco
Charles P. Ford
International Brotherhood of Electrical Work- Era
E Webberking Battle Victim Dies Of Wound
Emil Webberking, 26, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Webberking, eight miles north of Waterloo, died last night from wounds suffered in France. He returned from the war less than four months ago in good health. Bullets pierced both lungs, with one near the heart. Survived by parents two brothers Louis and Walter on the farm and sisters Mrs Minnie Readiyn, Mrs Elizabeth Marsh of Waterloo. Funeral likely in Denver with services and burial pending.
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Carl Webberking
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Minnie Bruntz
Readiyn
Elizabeth Marsh
Denver
Land Bank Bonds Sold In New York Auction
New York on June 30 announced that the 54 00 000 federal bank 4 1 2 percent farm loan bonds offered by a group of bankers have all been sold. Officials indicated the sale preserves bond quality and liquidity.
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Associated Press
New York
Federal Bank
Hollweg to be tried instead of former Kaiser
Dispatches report Hollweg asks to stand trial instead of former Emperor William. Berlin's rail strike ends as government troops withdraw from Hamburg, leaving a provisional radical government. Martial law grips Breslau as troops seize a depot from strikers amid unrest.
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Chinese Delegates Stay in Conference Awaiting Instructions
Despite refusing to sign the peace treaty, Chinese delegates will keep participating in the conference while awaiting instructions from Peking. If the government opts to sign, Fo may still be able to act, according to conference circles.
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Associated Press
Paris
Peking
Foe Peace Party Begins Return on Special Train
Dr Haniel von Hannhansen and 12 German delegates depart Versailles on a special train from Noisy le See. Dr Hermann Mueller and Tr Kell who signed the peace treaty left Versailles Saturday night with others. A remaining group of 19 Germans under Baron von Lacsner will stay to wind up affairs in the peace negotiations.
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Yanks From Russia Landed Aboard Steuben And Infanta Isabella
The Steuben carried 2,930 troops including a large contingent of the 339th infantry in Archangel withdrawal. The Infanta Isabella brought 1,730 troops from Bordeaux and the La Lorraine 427 casual troops from Havre. Troops hailed from New Jersey to Iowa with units A to F aboard. Demobilization plans target Camps Grant Custer and Sherman.
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Pretty French War Brides Board George Washington Ship
Several thousand American soldiers return home aboard the USS George Washington with a score of pretty French war brides. Some brides feared being left behind but a joint dispatch to President Wilson led to arrangements for their accommodation. The voyage home has been in calm seas and fine weather.
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Wilson
Rioting in Brest Leaves Dozens Hurt and French Civilians Dead
At Brest on June 30 two French civilians were killed and many wounded as a clash erupted between American sailors and French police and civilians after an American officer allegedly destroyed a French flag. Marines restored order as stones and bricks were thrown, with several Americans injured and two possibly doomed.
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Henri Salaun
Florence Quake Felt at Venice Victims Counted
Rome reports last night’s strong earthquake centered near Florence reached Venice. Casualties estimated at around 1200 killed in Vicchi area with villages destroyed as Borgo San Lorenzo and Dicomano figures noted. Reggio isolated. Florence minor damage, other towns affected reported.
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Florencia
Turk Envoys Advised Paris Stay Not Extended
The Turkish delegation in Paris has been told by the council of four that extending their stay yields little, as the Turkish questions involve broader international issues not quickly decided. The Ottoman government will be informed when exchange of ideas becomes profitable. President Wilson signed the railroad appropriation bill and other measures to become law before July 1.
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