Lines Drawn Over Plan to Defeat League Treaty Debate
Washington June 18 supporters of the League of Nations vow a determined fight but reject pillbuster tactics to block a prompt vote. Senate leaders divide over Knox resolution to oppose haste in peace terms as talks foretell a long, stormy clash with possible obstruction and efforts to move appropriation bills ahead of action.
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League of Nations
Washington
Senate
Jeaders
Knox
Pennsylvania
Versailles
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Missouri
Europe
Fall
New Alexico
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
David Hunter Miller
American Peacemission
Labor Leader Urges Labor Not To Strike Over Mooney Case
Secretary of Labor Wilson told the American Federation of Labor convention in Atlantic City that organized labor should not participate in a national strike for Thomas Mooney’s new trial. He argued the government is reviewing the evidence and workers cannot serve as their own jury. He warned against Bolshevism allied with the IWW and warned of forced labor as slavery.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Thomas Mooney
San Francisco
Mooney
Bolshevists
United States
T W. W
Americ
Bluefield Leads Commercial Travelers Officers Meet
The Grand Council of United Commercial Travelers in Maryland Virginia West Virginia Kentucky and the District of Columbia adjourned in Cumberland Maryland naming Roanoke Virginia as next meeting place. Officers elected include E A Leonard Bluefield Grand Councilor J D Stacy London Grand Secretary Geo F Brown Lexington and others. Representatives to the supreme council listed. Also notes German Hungarian peace conference remarks on Czech Slovak retreat and Bela Kuna visit to Hungarian Red Army.
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Cumberland
United Commercial Travelers
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Roanoke
E. A. Leonard
Bluefield
Albert Triplett
Washington, D. C
J. D. Stacy London
Geo. F. Brown
Lexington
H. C. Stout
Clarksburg
BT. Martin
Grand Page
W. T. Barton
Grand Sentinel
W. CC. Hill
Charleston
John J. Martin
Ashland
EB. J. Darrah
Baltimore
W. Moore
Huntington
W. Va
Frank Dioald
Harrisonburg
Supreme Council
Columbus
Hio
J. D. Stacy
London
EB. A. Leonard
B. J. Wishburn
C. W. Gilder
Lynchburg
EK. T. Merks
Norfols
Fr. &. Ferguson
Angeles Forces Stand Ready Near Juarez in Rebel Skirmish
Reports say federals and General Angeles advance forces clashed at 430 pm with several federal troops killed. In Juarez Angeles spoke through his headquarters, praising well equipped troops, strong horses, and funds. He declined to reveal Juarez plans, noting Villa’s larger southward forces and Carranza government controls.
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Juarez
Mexico
Felipe Angeles
Cenesal Felipe Angeles
Associated Press
General Angeles
Martin Lopez
Ramon Vega
Holguin
Angeles
General Villa
Chihuahua City
Carranza
Mexican and U S forces reposition on border crisis
Reports from Nogales and El Paso detail Mexican consul Andres Garcia denying large scale fighting near Juarez. Villista movements around Villa Ahumada are unclear while the 24th Infantry, totaling 1,675 men, arrives at El Paso under Colonel Hadsall, part of Cabell’s border deployment plan.
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Nogales
Sonora
Wipaso
Texas
Andres Garcia
el Paso
Associated Press
Juarez
Villa Ahumada
Columbus
N. M
Arthur G. Hadsall
24Th Infantry
Washington
de Rosey C. Cabell
Southern Department
Border Patrol
War Department
Cabell
Department
Council Rewrites Peace Treaty Amid Plan for German Delegates
The four power council spends Friday revising the peace treaty text before presenting it to German delegates. Changes focus on minor points and reparations rules, with Hungary Romania and Czecho borders under review. Britain and others discuss a naval blockade while Kronstadt reports surface in dispatches.
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Associated Press
Council of Four
Orlando
Haig
Rome
Baron Sonnino
Italy
Paris
Reparations Commission
Germany
Silesia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Roumania
Czecho-Slovakia
Jolland
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Stockholm
Kronstadt
Armistice Reached for Norfolk and Western Shopmen
Union leaders and Norfolk and Western officials mapped a plan at Roanoke and Roanoke conference to end a strike. Motive power employees will return to first shift Monday while grievances are reviewed through railroad channels and a later meeting with officials is planned.
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Motive Power Department
Norfolk and Western Railway
American Federation of Labor
Norfolk and Western System Federation
Union
Railroad Administration
A. Carey
Roanoxe
B. M. Jewell
Washington
Jewell
Roanoke
M. A. Maher
International Boilermakers Union
System Federation
Bluefield
Portsmouth
A. C. Needles
Norfolk and Western
Mass meeting backs union call to return to work
Union officials issued a letter after a day long Roanoke conference and a Bluefield session with general chairmen and leaders Jewell Maher and Carney. The plan sets the first shift to resume Monday morning June 16 and schedules a Roanoke investigation for June 15 at 10 am.
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Roanoke
Bluefield
B. MM. Jewell
Railway Department
M. A. Maher
Portsmouth
Brother Jewell
Grand Lodge
Brother Maher
Railroad Administration
Berry
A. Carney
A. Carney, Superintendent of Motive Power
Barry
Hays Rejects Partisan Charge Over Peace Treaty
Ft Wayne Ind June 18 Will Hays Republican party chairman rejected Homer Cummings charge that the party makes the league of nations a partisan issue He said the treaty’s conclusions are not a partisan question but an American one He urged renewed Americanism and warned against sacrificing national integrity to preserve peace He also said Republicans will return the government to constitutional limits in peacetime
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Will HH. Hays
National Committee of
Theepublican Party
Homer S. Cummings
National Democratic Commission
Chicago
League of Nations
Hays
League
Congress
Sinn Fein Leader Arrested in Dublin Move
Sinn Fein leader and member of parliament Countess Markievicz was arrested in Dublin and taken to Cork under escort. The action highlights ongoing political tensions as authorities detain prominent national figures.
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Sinn Fein
Dublin
Countess Markievics
Cork
Two Boys Killed by Lightning in Clairton Pa
Two boys died and three others were injured when lightning struck the grand stand of the ball park in Clairton Pennsylvania as they sheltered from a storm. The victims were seated on a bench under the grand stand when the strike occurred.
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Clairton
Ball Park
Hove
Monroe Doctrine Defined in Peace Conference Covenant
General Policar yo Bonilla of Honduras calls for explicit inclusion of the Monroe Doctrine in the peace treaty arguing it affects Latin America and has never been codified in international law. He also urges that Kaiser Wilhelm be tried by Germans, contending international law lacks precedent and that Germany should try its own subjects with fair justice guarantees.
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Tonderanian
Kaiser
Washington
League of Nations
Policaryo Bonilla
New Worlds
United States
Billions of new funds needed to continue exports
The Federal Reserve Board warns that over 2.0 billion dollars of new private funds must be mobilized in coming months to sustain high export levels. Europe’s credit needs, capital shortages, and foreign debt maturing this year compound a gigantic, unprecedented financial problem the economy must resolve.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Europe
Treasury
War Finance Corporation
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Holland Wil Not Join Peace Conference Blockade
Frolland notified the peace conference that the government will not participate in a blockade against Germany if Germany refuses to sign the peace treaty.
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Paris
Associated Press
Frolland
Germany
Wire strike spreads as telegraphers push stake in cities
The Commercial Telegraphers strike enters a second stage with 25 000 railroad points to halt handling of commercial messages. Western Union and Postal Telegraph say impact limited to large cities. Postal expects little effect and resuming workers elsewhere. The union reports 22 000 strikers and predicts added electrical workers and telephone operators joining next week.
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Chicago
America
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Postal Telegraph Company
Ss. J. Konenkamp
Electrical Workers Union
Amon
New York
Edward Reynolds
Reynolds
Commercial Telegraphers Union of America
St Louis golfer Richard Beck gewinnt Trans-Mississippi Halbfinale
Richard Beck erkamp von St Louis besiegte Arthur Bonebrake aus Topeka 11 up und 9 zu spielen im Halbfinale des Trans Mississippis Golfmeisters. Beck stand 7 up nach der Vormorgendrunde und spielte die ersten neun Bahnen der Nachmittagssession in 25, der Sieg kam auf dem 27. Grün zustande.
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St. Louis
Richard Beckerkamp
Arthur Bonebrake
Topeka
Wind Delays Transatlantic Hop By Alcock Brown
St Johns Newfoundland June 18 A stiff southwest wind prevents Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown from departing for Ireland in the Vickers Vimy to claim the 50000 prize. They announce a 10 am departure tomorrow if weather allows. Admiral Kerr’s Handley Page circled Trinity Bay and flown three hours this evening as a prelude to a possible Sunday flight.
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St. Johns
N. F
Jack Alcock
Arthur Whitten Brown
London Daily Mail
Newfoundland
Ireland
Herbor Grace
Mark Kerr
Trinity Bay
Admiral Kerr
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