Peace Treaty Terms for Austria and Germany Reported
A June 2 dispatch outlines the peace treaty for Austria Hungary and Germany. Austria must demobilize naval and aerial forces, recognize new states, accept the League covenant, and replace Vienna monarchy with a republic. Germany denounces clauses excluding it from the League and vows not to sign. Coblenz named capital of the Rhine republic as new regional assemblies form.
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Train wreck injures fifty soldiers near Omaha
Fifty soldiers en route from the Atlantic coast to San Francisco were injured when a washout derailed a train that plunged over an embankment near Omaha. There were no deaths.
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Contempt Proceedings Upheld in Ford-Newberry Case
The Michigan Supreme Court sustained contempt judgments against Newberry's campaign managers in the Ford Newberry senatorial contest case. The ruling, reported in Washington by Associated Press, confirms the contempt findings by New York authorities.
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Vancouver Unionists vote against general strike
Vancouver British Columbia June 2. It is believed that the Vancouver Unionists have voted against joining in a general strike.
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Connecticut Honors York as World’s Greatest Hero
Mountaineers gathered at the Church of Christ in Pali Mall Conn to welcome second elder Alvin York as the world’s greatest hero. A prior report of excommunication was denied by Pastor Pileu who said York did his duty as he saw it.
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WICKITES BUSY IN EFFORT TO BEAT GRIGSBY
The Wickershamites in the Second division plan solid support for Jones as delegate to congress to defeat Grigsby. Jones lacks organized labor endorsement. miners and workingmen in Southeastern Alaska are his main bloc. Judge Jennings debunks a circulating claim that Jones sought to be excused from jury duty to enter the campaign.
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Polish envoy asks Wilson to send commission to Poland
Paderewski requests President Wilson dispatch a commission to Poland to investigate charges regarding the treatment of Jews in the country. The report notes the Paris dispatch date and AP attribution.
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Floating cannery starts for Alaska
The Olympic Fisheries Company's floating cannery left Anacortes for Alaska in tow of the tug Hero. It carries fifteen white workers and a crew of Chinese and Japanese.
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Northwestern Flouted and Heading to Juneau
The steamship Northwestern, grounded at Wrangell Narrows, was floated and towed by the City of Seattle and others. About 200 passengers were transferred to the City of Seattle. Northwestern was only slightly damaged and is en route to Juneau, Alaska. Technical details and timing from June 2 reports by Associated Press.
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Three German Notables Meet Kaiser in Angered Genial Talk
A report from Amerongen notes a pow wow in which three prominent Germans met with the Kaiser. One participant is thought to be former Secretary Zimmermann. The full text of the treaty reportedly reached the Kaiser yesterday amid heated, uncertain discussion.
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Pershing Speaks at Memorial Day Ceremony Burials Honor Dead
General Pershing paid tribute on Memorial Day at the American Cemetery in France. He recalled the Argonne dead and praised their sacrifice as over nine thousand American war dead were buried. Ten thousand transport troops took part in the ceremonies.
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Bolshevik Warships Routed by British Navy near Kronstadt
June 2 report from Kronstadt shows a fifty minute engagement between four Bolshevik warships bombarding the coast and seven British vessels. The Bolsheviki fleet fled back toward Kronstadt after the naval exchange.
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Premier Norris under pressure as Manitoba strikers demand resignations
In Winnipeg on June 2 a deputation of strikers and sympathizers seized the provincial legislative chamber for the third time. They demand Premier Norris and his cabinet resign and back a plan for compulsory collective bargaining. Norris refused to resign but promised to seek an end to the standoff and return with an answer tomorrow.
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Fire rips Valence cinema. 80 women and children die
Fire destroyed a large picture show in Valence France killing over eighty women and children amid a crowd of about four thousand. The blaze started in the operator's cabinet and fifty three child victims were recovered. Several hundred people were reported injured.
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Johnson Attacks League of Nations in Senate Speech
Senator Hiram Johnson of California condemned the League of Nations as a war trust in the senate. He criticized Paris for not amending covenants to allow the people to vote on future wars and argued the league imposes tyranny, citing the Shangtung decision giving Shang-Tung to Japan.
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London Press Credits Transatlantic Flight Debate
The June 2 AP report notes London papers now credit the American transatlantic flight. The Post says America was right to avoid unnecessary risk, countering Hawker’s claim that the journey was easy if rescue ships were stationed along the route.
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Situation in Mexico grows very serious
The departure of Mexican Consul General Garcia to Mexico City on orders from Carranza and Villa officials signals a critical situation at Torreon Jiminez and Chihuahua City. Yaqui Indians reportedly join Villa forces. Juarez residents move families and belongings to American aid. rebels under Villa and Angeles attacked Chihuahua with ongoing fighting.
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Senator Steamship Heads to Nome on First Run
The steamer Senator departed for Nome yesterday as the season’s first ship to sail this year. The voyage carried about 217 passengers, compared with 95 on the vessel’s previous inaugural run. Mrs John Jacob Astor, married to English Lord Ribblesdale, wed last year and is noted among the passengers.
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Court Upholds Government Rate Increases
The supreme court upheld the railroad administration freight and passenger rate increases from last June and the telephone and telegraph rate hikes ordered by Postmaster General Burleson in January. It affirmed the federal government's supreme and conclusive powers in administering the railroads.
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Airmen Say Flight Home Will Be Easy
AIRMEN state the return flight from Newfoundland is not impossible and that flying from Europe to America is harder than the reverse. In Toledo on June 2, Jess Willard arrived for training while Dempsey continues work.
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