Bomb explosions strike homes of officials in eastern cities
Bombs damaged the homes of government prosecutors and others in several eastern cities on June 3. Attorney General Palmer and Justice Hayden were among those affected as authorities linked the attacks to anarchist movements following May Day outrages. Three killed in New York. arrests of IWW members reported. Seattle guard placed at Mayor Hanson’s home amid fear of further bombs.
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Washington
Associated Press
Palmer
Swanson
Albert Hayden
Boston
Davis
Cleveland
William Thompson
Libray
Pittsburg
Chas.’ Kee Can Ne Powers
Newtonville
Mass
Philadelphia
New York
Robert Kae Eer
Industrial Workers of the World
Associated
Johnson
Seattle
Ole Hanson
Peace treaty withheld from Senate and critics plan
Reports from Washington and Paris note the treaty with Germany was shown by American representatives but kept from the Senate by the State Department. British and Austrian officials react to terms as counter proposals and political fallout unfold across Europe. A Hungarian uprising and refugee movement are reported from Western Hungary while Austrian chancellor Renner appeals to share punishment.
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Washington
Associated Press
Lodge
Senate
New York
Germany
Paris
State Department
Harries
Berlin
Hungary
French Interpreter Faces Errors During Renner Talk
A speaker named Renner discussed a program when a person fell from a ladder into a glass showcase. The French interpreter struggled with accuracy, creating consternation among the audience.
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Renner
Bolshevik Losses in Petrograd and Kherson Capture
Copenhagen dispatch reports Ethonian and Finnish forces capturing Petrograd amid heavy fighting. London wireless adds Bolshviki seized Kherson, northeast of Odessa, in renewed combat fronts.
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Copenhagen
Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Bolshviki
Kherson
Odessa
Railroads Struggle to Meet Expenses and Consider Rate Hikes
Washington June 3. Government controlled railroads can meet operating expenses only by raising rates, a move opposed now to avoid higher costs for essentials. George Pittinger, an Alaska Transfer Company employee, departed for Texas to pursue opportunities in oil.
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Washington
Asso
George Pittinger
Alaska
Texas
Battleships To Be Thrown Away As Junk
Twelve dreadnought battleships are to be placed out of commission. They will be used for targets or sunk. Oregon Indiana Iowa Michigan are already out. Others include Kearsarge Kentucky Illinois Alabama Wisconsin Maine Missouri and Ohio. F. M. Ford has gone to California for five or six weeks.
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Washington
Associated Press
Oregon
Indiana
Iowa
Michusetts
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Illinois
Alabama
Wisconsin
Maine
Missouri
Ohio
F. M. Ford
California
General Strike Called in British Columbia
Vancouver June 3 British Columbia faced a limited general strike as few unions joined at noon. Coast seamen longshoremen and shipbuilders responded while postal workers bakery milk deliverers and many city services remained operating. Police firmen hotel workers and restaurateurs were exempted with streetcar workers possibly striking tonight.
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Vancouver
B. C
Asociated Press
British Columbia Coast
Carmen
Senate Favors Return Of Telephone And Telegraph Systems
Washington June 3 The Senate Interstate Commerce Commission has favorably reported on Senator Kello bill for immediate return of the telephone and telegraph systems to their owners.
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Senate
Washington
Associated Press
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Kello Bill
Liner Washington Ordered in Readiness and Quotes
Seattle fish prices yesterday include halibut firsts eight and a half cents seconds seven cents sablefish three cents and red and rock cod one and a half cents. President Wilson's liner George Washington ordered to New York ready to sail on twelve hours notice with Alaska Gold and Juneau quotas listed after midnight June 5.
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Seattle
Brest
Associated Preas
President Wilson
George Washington
New York
Alaska
Juneau
Bolsheviks Lose Morale as Men Desert to Allies
Archangel June 3 report states American engineers were active in the Vaga section while Bolshevik morale deteriorates and soldiers desert toward the Allies.
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Archangel
Associated Press
Vaga
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William
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Boehner
Jum -Eeeeens Press
Omb
Quaker City
Associated Washington
Ress Pike
Sgrand Enera
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Austria
British Columbia
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