Great Strike Of Nations Key Men Looms In Wire Control Return
Washington June 6 congressional leaders push to return telegraph and telephone properties to private owners after Postmaster General Burleson ordered control of operations restored. Committees weigh whether to extend rates and how to fix a path for private ownership with regulatory adjustments.
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Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Burleson
Kellogg
Senate
Telephone and Telegraph
House
Senate Interstate Commerce Committees
Cummings
Representative Esch
House Interstate Commerce Commissions
Senate Committee
Newcomb Carlton
Western Union
Carlton
Esch
Koons
Strike erodes Western Union control amid Washington stand
Washington June 6 President Konenkamp of the Commercial Telegraphers Union says Burleson's order to restore wire control prompts a nationwide telegraphers strike. Southeast workers pledge action as June 16 loom. officials discuss war labor board involvement and labor promises.
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Washington
S.J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers Union of America
Burleson
Western Union
Konenkamp
Wilson
War Labor Board
Post Office Department
Nye
Special meeting at Paramathia Lodge No. 25 Friday
Paramathia Lodge No 25 F A M holds a Friday evening meeting for Fellow Craft degree. J A Palmer secretary Roy Hinchman worshipful master 6 4 2.
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Paramathia Lodge No. 25
J. A. Palmer
Sec
Roy Hinchman
W. M
Thelma Seeling Free After Parking Charge
New York Miss Thelma Seeling was discharged after explaining she parked her automobile on the street to have her hair Marcelled. No further action was taken.
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New York
Thelma Seelingman
Jazzing in front of the bar as two men go to death
In Pittsburgh two men named Benny Rowland and Buck Dunmore receive death sentences while spectators weep. The report notes they mocked death with a ragtime “jazz” step and yanked a bridge of sighs image. The piece also mentions new snow plows on sled runners ahead of car wheels.
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Pittsburgh
Benny Rowland
Buck Dunmore
Bridge of Sighs
World Day League Formed to Keep Lands Arid
Washington June 6 The Anti Saloon League of Nations will be organized here by the American Anti-Saloon League to promote temperance worldwide. A covenant for an international league provides equal representation, with the US likely in control as the dominant prohibition power. Founding members include Canada Britain France Ireland Italy Scotland Japan New Zealand Australia. James A White of Columbus chairs the foreign relations committee. William Jennings Bryan will speak Sunday to launch the drive and begin a southern and southwestern tour.
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Washington
League
James A. White
Columbus
Germany
United States
Canada
Great Britain
France
Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Japan
New Zealand
Australia
Red plots prompt July 4th security crackdown
Washington reports say a demonstration on July 4th is being circulated in red circles as part of a series of protests including May Day outbreaks and June 2 bomb incidents. Officials impose precautions under new immigration and anti-red laws as Palmar case ties to possible New York and Philadelphia actions.
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Washington
Congress
Caminetti
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Mitchell Palmar
New York
Philadelphia
Corrugated vacuum washer doubles as wash board
A newly designed vacuum washer features corrugated sides that function as a wash board, enabling manual scrubbing of laundry items directly on the appliance. The design aims to combine cleaning and scrubbing in a single device for practical home use.
Air Rides Offered to Recruits From Columbus to Dayton
Local recruiting office announces that army air recruits may take an aerial voyage from Columbus to Wright Field Dayton for thrills. Officials expect several volunteers to take up the offer in the near term.
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Army
Columbus
Wright Field
Dayton
House Backs Daylight Bill Repeal Plan
Washington June 6 A resolution to repeal the daylight saving law set to last Saturday in October was favorably reported by the house interstate commerce committee. Chairman Esch said the repealer would take effect when clocks turn back to standard time to reduce confusion. He noted New York adopts daylight savings, aligning with the national act, making the delay sensible.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Esch
New York
Bill Got Rough New York
William Hausman and his wife describe his conduct during six months of drinking nickel beers followed by stronger liquor. The pair discuss alleged abuse and estrangement in New York.
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Bill
New York
William Hausman
Big Gun Man Is Given Fine Here
James Walker a colored man near Big Run was arrested on a concealed weapons charge and pleaded guilty before Squire Helwig claiming he hunted ground hogs. He paid a ten dollar fine plus costs via an order on Jennings Coal Co. Ray Nice faced a non support charge and was ordered to pay ten dollars monthly with a sixty day workhouse suspended sentence.
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James Walker
Big Run
Bolin
Marer
Squire Helwig
Walker
Jennings Coal Company
Ray Nice
Nice
Flynn to Lead East Coast Bomb Plot Probe
William J. Flynn former head of the U S Secret Service arrives in New York to aid government investigators. He is authorized to draft police workers from all sections of the east to help identify bomb plotters. Cloth and felt clues tied to Attorney General Palmer's bomb scene are being examined in Washington and New York. A leather wallet found on Palmer’s lawn proved a false lead with a ship name and owner traced to Washington.
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New York
William J. Flynn
United States Secret Service
Flynn
East
Palmer
Washington
France
Senate votes for hearing Ireland independence claims
The Senate by sixty to one approved the Borah resolution urging American peace delegates to seek a hearing for Count Plunkett Edward De Valera and Arthur Griffiths before the Versailles peace conference, with Senator Williams of Mississippi the sole dissenter.
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Washington
Senate
Ireland
Senator Williams
Mississippi
Count Plunkett
Edward de Valeria
Arthur Griffiths
York plans honeymoon tour across six cities
Sergeant Alvin C. York, famed World War I hero from Tennessee, will travel from the Argonne to a honeymoon route visiting Louisville Chicago Omaha Denver Cheyenne and Salt Lake City before returning to Pall Mall Tennessee.
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the Argonne
Alvin C. York
Chicago
Omaha
Denver
Cheyenne
Salt Lake
Pall Mall
Tenn
U S May Reward Evangeline Booth for War Service
A Senate resolution proposes honoring Evangeline Booth head of the Salvation Army with honorary colonel rank in the U S Army and a Distinguished Service Medal for her wartime leadership and service.
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U. S
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
James E. Watson
Indiana
Peace Treaty Modifications Reported by Allied Delegates
British and French delegates via the American commission near agreement on German peace terms with concessions from both sides. The proposed modifications are to be presented early next week. The Big Four hesitate to publish the treaty text drawing criticism from senators and press.
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Fred
Ferguson
United Press
Paris
Big Four
Lodge
Borah
New York
Germany
Switzerland
Holland
Commission
Slate Used In New Federal Building Dome
Federal prisoners in Chicago note the heavy lift of fifty tons of slate used in the dome of the just completed federal building. The immense weight underscores the scale of the new structure and its architectural significance. The work reflects ongoing federal construction efforts in the era.
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Chicago
Federal Building
Senate votes for treaty publication and probes Hitchcock leak
Washington June 6 senators move to publish the peace treaty immediately and order an investigation into a leak. The Hitchcock measure directs the foreign relations panel to examine statements that the treaty text is in New York while denied to the Senate. Debate features a clash with Lodge over scope as Johnson seeks a prompt record and a broader inquiry into alleged improprieties.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
Em Nate
Johnson
Htchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge Borah
New York
Senate
Hitchcock
Lodge
Kellogg
Minnesota
Germany
Borah
Resolt
Hiram Johnson
Hitchcock Union
League
State Department
Merger Plans Unfold for Eight Packing Firms
Chicago reports details of a 165 million dollar merger creating a single giant operation led by John A. Hawkinson of Wilson and Company. The merged owners will keep operating and financial interests. F Snyder of the wartime food administration will become an executive of the new company.
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Chicago
John A. Hawkinson
Wilson and Company
New York
Hawkinson
The
Food Administration
F. Snyder
United States Food Istration
Reward Offered for Red Plotters in Cleveland Case
Federal agents questioned a woman described as a Bolshevist leader in Cleveland after a struggle during arrest. She is the secretary of the Finnish branch of the socialist party here and bolshevik literature was found in her room. A $25,000 reward is posted for information leading to arrests and convictions of bomb planners.
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Cleveland
Socialist Party
Mayor da Home
Ford libel suit goes to defense rest in Tribune case
Case at Mt. Clemens Michigan ends its evidence stage as Henry Ford’s counsel rests today after a Tribune libel suit.
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MT. Clemens, Mich
Henry Ford
Tribune
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