Austrians Dissatisfied With Peace Terms as Paris Debates Continue
Austrian officials and media condemn the peace terms as harsh and based on force while Americans head home from Archangel. German protests and potential modifications linger over Saar basin and Silesia as council discussions press for quick decisions. Mongolia proclaims autonomy led by Semenoff with Bolshevik counter moves. Noske mobilizes coast defenses.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Wilson
Paris
Council of Four
Council For Conferences
Sarre
Silesia
Germany
Herr Noske
Rheinish Republic
Dorten
Wiesvaden
Berlin
Mongolia
Semenoff
Grand Dukke
Petrograd
Archangel
Service Medals Awarded to War Helpers by Secretary Baker
Secretary Baker awarded the distinguished service medals to Raymond K. Fosnick John R. Mott and John o Burke for distinguished and meritorious service. Army nurse Miss Iservelle Stambaugh received the distinguished service cross for bravery near Amiens during the March German drive. Lieutenant Colonel Amos A Fries received the order of commander of the legion of honor from the French government. Association Has Confidence in LC Washington June 4
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Washington
Raymond K. Fosnick
New York
Commission On
John R. Mott
Y. M. C. A. War Work Council
John O. Burke
National Catholic War Council
Baker
Iservelle Stambaugh
Army Nurse Corps
Almiens
Ays
Amos A. Fries
Legion of Honor
Thom at Railway Execs Plan Backed by Rising Confidence
The association of railway executives debated a permanent railroad solution. Critics charged the Interstate Commerce Commission with being too influenced by public opinion to set rates fairly. Several speakers opposed this view as the convention passed a rising vote of confidence in the government's rate making body.
Capper Calls Wilson Greatest Mistake On Prohibition Stance
Senator Capper of Kansas told the Anti-Saloon League in Washington that President Wilson's push to repeal wartime prohibition would be defeated in Congress. He argued the move would be the greatest mistake and urged enforcing national prohibition as in Kansas. He cited labor unions endorsing prohibition as proof of prohibition's benefits.
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Washington
Senator Capper
Kansas
Anti-Saloon League of America
Wilson
Congress
Capper
Troops Shuffle Through Camp Dix for Pittsburg Parade
Camp Dix reports the 32d Infantry and the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion leaving in six trains for Pittsburg to parade tomorrow afternoon. The 19th Infantry departs Friday night for Pittsburg parade on Saturday before moving to Camp Sherman for demobilization.
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Camp Dix
Pittsburg
19Th Infantry
Camp Sherman
Burglars Target Coal Company in Clarksburg Vault Blast
Burglars at the Hikhorn Fuel Company near Ocean mines exploded a safe with an overcharge of explosives and escaped with a small loot. Police pursue leads after the incident on June 4 in Clarksburg West Virginia.
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Rod Coal Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
Hikhorn Fuel Company
Ocean Mines
Here
Kellogg bill urges immediate return of telegraph lines
The Kellogg bill from Minnesota proposes private ownership of telephone telegraph and cable lines. It was reported to the Senate and placed on the calendar for early action.
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Washington
Kellogg
Minnesota
Senate
Rioting at Willys-Overland Plant Leaves 2 Dead 25 Injured
Toledo June 4 After a night of rioting two men were shot to death and twenty five injured as labor disturbances at the Willys-Overland automobile plant affected 13 000 workers in five weeks Governor Cox sought to calm the situation and may call for troops while investigators probe the violence Meanwhile Germans circulate the full peace terms in German English and French in neutral countries across Scandinavia and display them in book stores
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Toledo
Willysley-Overland Automobile Company
Cox
Ohio
Schreier
The
Motor Company
Naw Department
Overland
Copenhagen
Admiralty Printing Establishment
No Strikers Will Get Back
Atlanta workers for Western Union on a June 4 strike in support of telephone operators who walked out Monday were told by the company none would be reinstated even if it becomes necessary to abandon telegraph service in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Western Union Telegraph Company
Senate moves to probe copies of treaty in New York
Senator Hitchcock proposes committee inquiry into claims that unpublished treaty copies are held by certain interests in New York. Lodge and Borah back the investigation which could name holders and methods. Borah aims to publish a copy in the senate record if he can obtain one, with vote anticipated today in Washington.
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Senator Borah
New York
Johnson
Washington
Senate
Germany
Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Borah
Republican Committee
Paris
Nebraska
Polk
State Department
No Discoveries in Bomb Outrage Across Cities
Washington reports secret service heads hopeful as no prospects emerge in the nationwide hunt for bomb outrages. William J. Flynn assists in investigations while coroner’s jury adjourns without verdict on the Palmer home blast. Officials say no arrests yet, President Wilson congratulates Palmer on escaping the attacks. Chicago reports several bomb suspects in custody amid anarchist links claimed by police. Pittsburgh cites Russian radicals with New York ties.
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Washington
Secret Service
William J. Flynn
Deparment of Justice
Palmer
New York
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Wilson
Chicago
Pittsourg
Pittsburg
Will Deport Anarchists in Ohio Raids
Cleveland Ohio June 4 raid roundup yields over twenty eight radicals detained after search for suspects in Mayor Harry L Davis home bombing authorities say they will hand them to immigration tomorrow for deportation consideration.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Harry L. Davis
First American Troops Sail for Home from Archangel
A detachment of 1600 American infantry, six companies, leaves Archangel aboard a transport for Brest. It is the first group of U S troops to sail for home from the Archangel front as Brigadier General W P Richardson plans to keep headquarters at Archangel for a time. Other units will follow as transports allow and the 11th engineers may stay longer.
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Archangel
Associated Press
Russia
United States
Brest
Economia
11Th Engineers
W. PF. Richardson
Soldier Athletes Sail for Inter Allied Games
A group of forty eight top soldier athletes sails from Hoboken to join the U S team competing in the inter allied games at Jonville France from June 22 to July 6. The voyage is led by Colonel Joseph H. Thompson and follows a special Olympic style send off.
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New York
Hoboken
United States Athletic Combination
Jonville
France
Joseph H. Thompson
Workers on Pocahontas division quit in protest
Craft workers on the Pocahontas division of the Newark and Western railway walked out in protest of the dismissal of eight Wilcoe shop employees. Labor leaders demand reinstatement and the Wilcoe foreman’s dismissal, with several hundred workers across Bluefield Eckman Bluestone Richlands Norton affected. Negotiations failed. a federal war labor board was notified.
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Pocahontas
Newark and Western Railway
Wilcoe
Bluefield
Eckman
Bluestone
Richlands
Norton
Carmen
J. J. Barry
Norfolk and Western
Central Labor Union
Masonic Temple
Ooten
Federal War Labor Board
Washington
Prohibition Chief Resigns for Huntington Police Post
Willard E. Graham, chief prohibition officer for the southern district of West Virginia, resigns to become Huntington police chief. Mayor Ira Harshbarger appointed him to succeed Samuel Davis, who left for a prohibition department post.
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Huntington
W. Va
Willard E. Graham
West Virginia
Hallanan
Graham
Ira Harshbarger
Samuel Davis
Prohibition
Five Probing War Fund Inquiries Ordered by House
The House approved a rules committee plan to expand the War Expenditures Committee to fifteen members. Five separate investigations will examine aviation, ordnance, camps and cantonments, quartermaster supplies, and foreign expenditures. Each inquiry will be led by a subcommittee of two Republicans and one Democrat. The move aims to audit the 16 billion dollars spent by the War Department, with Democrats alleging partisan motives and Republicans denying them.
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Washington
House
War Expenditures Committee
War Department
Rules Committee
Representative Mondell
Peace Conferenc e Sifts German and Austrian Treaties
Paris reports anxious days as the peace conference debates the German and Austrian treaties amid private talks. The council foresees likely rejection of German counter proposals but considers workable amendments. A reparations figure near one hundred billion marks and a ten year occupation term emerge as concrete possibilities. Wilson shifts toward keeping Germany out of the League of Nations, guided by Clemenceau.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Colonel House
A. G. Balfour
Silesia
Germany
League of Nations
Vre
France
Wilson
IM. Clemencau
League
Allied reports cite German defense minister inspecting coast
Urgent private dispatches say the German defense minister toured the Baltic coast defenses and ordered forces to be ready for emergencies if naval operations resume. Brigadier General G. J. Harries, United States Army, arriving from Berlin, echoes this urgency in the allied view.
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G. J. Harries
United States Army
Berlin
Coal supply warned to deplete in near future
West Virginia Mining Institute speaker RE N Zern warns that exploitation of premier coal fields will exhaust the nation’s best resources for the mid Atlantic states. He notes most future production comes from lower quality coal and tells of a city user forced to accept inferior Mosshannon coal due to scarcity.
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Iugtington
W. Va
Middle Atlantic
RE. N. Zern
West Virginia Mining Institute
National Shipping Council Opens Conference in Washington
Opening session of joint shipping industrial conferences marks initial steps toward a national council for the shipping industry. Representatives from the shipping board owners and seamen gave preliminary speeches as drafts of an agreement are set and labor problems are to be discussed tomorrow.
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National Shipping Council
Washington
National Council For the Shipping Industry
Shipping Board
West Virginia Car Association Set for Fairmont Convention
U.S. Senator Selden BP. Spencer of Missouri will headline the West Virginia Car Association annual convention to be held in Fairmont on July 4, announced Saturday. The meeting follows a June 4 Bar Association gathering in Huntington, W. Va.
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Bar Association
Huntington
W. Va
Selden BP. Spencer
Missouri
West Virginia Car Association
Fairmont
Pan American 10 Be Knit Closer At Congress
Washington reports at the Pan American commercial congress outlined plans for new steamship routes linking U S ports with South and Central America and expanding parcel post service. Edward Hurley and Otto Praeger spoke while Carlos Arellano urged U S manufacturers to adapt products to Latin markets.
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Washington
United States
South
Central America
Western Hemisphere
Pan-American Commercial Congress
Edward N. Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Otto Praceer
Hurley
American
Atlantic
Gulf and Pacific
Praeger
Americas
Carlos Arellano
Mexico
Senor Arellano
Europe
Equal Suffrage Adopted After Forty Years of Agitation
The U S senate approved the Susan B Anthony constitutional amendment by a 66 to 50 roll call with 26 opposed and 8 abstentions, sending the measure to the states for ratification. Speaker Gillett signed off and the White House may not be required to act.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Susan B. Anthony
House
Susan K. Anthony Io Idio
Sargent
California
Gillett
Wilson
White House
Capper
Cummins
Curtis
Edge
Elkins
Fall
Fernald
France
Frelinghuysen
Grenna
Hale
Harding
Johson
Jones
Kellogg
Kenyon
Keyes
LaFollette
Lemroot
McCormick
McCumber
Gay
Electrical Workers to Strike in Springfield
The international brotherhood of electrical workers calls a strike in Springfield announcing a June 16 work stoppage if demands presented to Postmaster General Burleson are not met. Charles P. Ford, secretary, stated 60,000 workers and 60,000 operators may cease work.
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Springfield
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Charles P. Ford
Burleson
Coal Platform Advances at Cleveland Convention
The American Coal Association in its closing session urged divesting railroads of mine holdings when returned to private ownership. It also opposed government ownership and regulation of coal mines.
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Pivorce
Cleveland
The
American Coal Association
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