Threatened strikes in Ansonia mills fail to materialize
Labor meetings were held in many halls and speakers spoke in foreign tongues. Although a general strike was predicted, no strike occurred by late hour. The dispute centers on wage cuts without corresponding raises at local plants including American Brass and Seymour Manufacturing, where 600 to 700 workers are out and no leaders or demands are clear.
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Ansonea
Jute
American Brass. Company
Seymour Manufacturing Company
Germany Sends Photo Of Treaty To Senate
Washington June. Germany is sending the Senate and the House graphic copies of the peace treaty. Senator McCormick of Illinois read a press dispatch on the floor. The report was received with interest and many believed the German government might follow such a course amid the fight over the treaty not having been submitted.
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Washington
Germany
Senate
House of Representatives
McCormick
Illinois
Rhenish Republic installs president and cabinet
Dr. Dorten, asserting control of the Rhenish republic, installed himself and his new cabinet in Wiesbaden. He proclaimed the government seat and ordered the white and green colors hoisted at the roof of the proclaimed regime building.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Dorten
Rhenish Republic
Wiesbaden
Canada’s Expenditures Authorized At Year’s Total
The current year authorized expenditures total $1.95 billion, equating to about $220 per person. Sir Thomas White, the minister, notes the plan.
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Canada
Sir Thomas White
Burden Exceeds 116 Million in Annual Expenditure
A speaker stated the burden would total 116 million dollars yearly excluding pensions which run from 35 to 45 million dollars annually. The figures emphasize the recurring cost share and retirement obligations involved.
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Oy Arent
Burden
Troop Ship Arrivals At Port In Next Few Days
Nearly 9,000 troops are slated to reach the port within days. The battleship New Jersey with 1354 crew arrives tomorrow, followed by the Mongolia and Edgar Luckenbach. President Grant and Winifredian also expected, while New Jersey carries multiple machine gun battalions and infantry units.
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Goston
Ifi
Ransports
North Eastern Department
New Jersey
Mongolia
Edgar Luckenbach
President Grant
Winifredian
Bonar Law States U S Right to Seize Enemy Ships
London dispatch reports Andrew Bonar Law, Britain’s spokesman, asserting the United States may retain enemy ships in its ports as part of international law during wartime. He notes that a nation at war can hold enemy vessels in its ports under established practice.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
United States
Injured Ansonia Officers Return From Hospital
June 6 report says Sergeant John Mahoney and Patrolman Daniel Shea of the Ansonia Police Department, seriously injured May 17 when they plunged from a Maple Street veranda into the Naugatuck River, have not fully recovered and will remain off duty for another month before resuming service.
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Ansonia
John Mahoney
Daniel Shea
Jogal
Maple Street
Naugatuck
Ansonia Youth Falls From Bike In Serious Condition
In Ansonia on June 6 John Urban a 17 year old bicyclist sustained a concussion and serious brain injury after an unexpected header while coasting down an incline. He was unconscious, taken home, then to Griffin Hospital where doctors expect some recovery though condition remains grave.
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Sansonia
John Urban
Ansonia Charity Head Resignation Accepted
June 6 Ansonia reports the resignation of Supt. Michael D. Malumphy from the charity department. The board has accepted the resignation and declared a vacancy. Mayor Mead nominated Thomas J. Hine to succeed Malumphy, but the board won’t act until Monday.
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Ansonia
Michael D. Malumphy
Sheen
Mead
Thomas J. Hine
Malumphy
Macedonians Urge Yankee Protectorate
Lausanne Switzerland June 6 The general council of Macedonian societies in Switzerland sent a cablegram to the U S Senate repeating an appeal to President Wilson and the peace conference to rescue the Macedonian people by establishing an independent Macedonian state under the direct protection of democracy.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
General Council of Macedonian Societies
United States Senate
Wilson
Jthe
Great Democracy
Stratford Bridge Opens To Ease City Congestion
Congestion on the Stratford avenue bridge has eased as the southbound track on the bridge is opened. East bound cars will use it in the future. Work is rushed to finish by July first with the bridge expected to be fully open to traffic on that date.
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Stratford “Avenue
Wilson Praises Senate Passage of Woman Suffrage Measure
Paris June 6 President Wilson expressed warm satisfaction at the Senate action in passing the woman suffrage measure and said he believed enough state legislatures will ratify the amendment to let women vote in the next presidential election. Dorsen Dry Goods bankruptcy hearing postponed to Friday June 13 due to absent New York attorneys.
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Wilson
Paris
Senate
Dorsen
Dorsen Dry Goods Company
New York
Refusal to Display Rhine Republic Posters Reported
Paris June 6 American officers at Coblenz refused to display posters advertising the Rhenish republic sent by French officers. Washington June 6 favorable report on the day-right bill to repeal the Anglici saving law on the last Sunday in October was voted today by the House Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Paris
Coblenz
Rhenish Republic
Washington
House Interstate Commerse
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Bonar. Law
Ansonia Hospital
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