Denials on Strike From Canada By Rail Unions
Cincinnati reports B M Jewell head of the Railway Employes Department denies plans for a strike departing from Canada. He states no flight from conflict but warns that if forced, unions will fight to the last ditch. Chicago notes wage cuts pending for 300000 railroad workers and rumors strikes could be funded from Canada to dodge Supreme Court damages rulings.
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Cincinnati
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Canada
Chicago
Railway Labor Board
U. S. Supreme Court
Coronado
Morgan Voices On European Economic Problem
Paris June 13 J P Morgan American banker says solving the European economic problem via a German loan for American investors is impossible without a general reparations settlement and only as part of such settlement.
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Paris
J. P. Morgan
Germany
Government officials sail north aboard Mojave
The Coast Guard steamer Mojave arrived in Seattle and will depart June 19 for Alaska with a party of officials led by Assistant Secretary C. H. Huston and Dr. Alfred H. Brooks. The Alaska voyage aims to assess salmon fisheries for upcoming legislative changes. After Alaska the ship will cruise to Japan, China, the Philippines, and Europe on a trade mission.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Mojave
Alaska
Commerce
C. H. Huston
Wart T. Bowers
Bureau of Fisheries
Alfred H. Brooks
U. S. Geological Survey
Revolution Leader Dies in Leipzig
Berlin dispatch reports Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, leader of the 1920 uprising against the Ebert government, died in Leipzig today. The ill-fated revolt marked a bold bid by militarists to seize power, ending in failure and exile for many conspirators.
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Berlin
Wolfgang Kapp
Ebert
Leipzic
Ku Klux Klanners Plead Not Guilty in L.A. Conspiracy Case
Thirty-five of thirty-seven Klansmen indicted after the Inglewood raid appeared for arraignment in Los Angeles court. All pleaded not guilty as indictments were read. Two defendants, W. S. Baker and king kleagle for California, were enroute to join the proceeding.
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Los Angeles
Ku Klux Klan
Special Grand
Inglewood
W. S. Baker
King Kleagle
Premier Lenine on Road to Recovery
Officials report Premier Nikolai Lenine's condition is improving after two strokes. He is said to be able to walk in his garden and recover from the cerebral paralysis.
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Premier Lenine
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Strong opposition forms to Poindexter bid
In Yakima a Liberal gathering pledged to oppose Senator Miles Poindexter if he secures the Republican nomination. Farm-Labor, Non-Partisan League, and Union Labor groups will back Democrat C Dill if Poindexter is the GOP standard bearer. Ballaine and Lamping receive endorsement. a committee will seek one withdrawal to unite allied opposition.
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Yakima
Was
Miles Poindexter
United States
Poindexter
Farmer-Labor Party
C. ©. Dill
Spokane
John Ballaine
George Lamping
Ballaine
Lamping
Shriners Open Imperial Session in San Francisco
San Francisco June 13 Imperial Potentate Cutts announced at the Imperial Session of the Ancient and Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine that work will start immediately on a $300,000 hospital for crippled children in Philadelphia. A similar hospital will be dedicated in San Francisco with others planned in Portland Minneapolis Montreal Shreveport and more radiating from a central hospital in St Louis.
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San Francisco
Order of the Nobles of the
Imperial
Largest US gold bullion shipment arrives in Hoboken
Hoboken on June 13 witnessed the largest bullion shipment ever sent to the United States. The cargo, valued at about thirty seven million dollars, arrived aboard a Dutch liner from Copenhagen and was entirely in bullion.
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Hoboken
United States
Copenhagen
Japan to Ratify Washington Treaties Without Delay
The Japanese embassy announced that Japan will ratify the Washington Arms Conference treaties without delay, giving first attention to the naval agreements, closely following Britain's plan to introduce a Lords bill to approve the accords.
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Washington
Great Britain
House of Lords
Typographical Union and Typothetae Agree New Wage Scale
Representatives of the Typographical Union and the Typothetae have conferred in Portland on a new wage scale. It was announced today that a new agreement provides for a general reduction in wages of five percent and binds the contracting parties to the scale for two years from its date.
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Portland
The
Typographical Union
Typothetae
Gompers Receives Rousing Welcome at Labor Convention
At a Cincinnati convention Samuel Gompers, long-time AFL president, was greeted with protracted cheers when he appeared on stage. He defended organized labor’s constitutional rights against what he called encroaching court power and claimed the Supreme Court Coronado Coal decision threatens unions by holding them liable for members’ acts.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Supreme Court
Coronado
Revised Irish Free State Constitution Report
London reports an Evening Star article says the new Irish Constitution has been revised and deemed satisfactory by Irish Free State officials and Lloyd George government. Arthur Griffith expected to return to Dublin to brief Dail Eireann as negotiations reach conclusion and self government seems assured.
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London
Evening Star
Irish Free State
Lloy-George
Arthur Griffith
Dublin
Dail Eireann
Trish Free State
Political pot sizzles in states in Buckeye Club address
In Columbus on Saturday night Congressman Fess, chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, declared that Congress will redeem every Republican platform pledge. He said the candidates will run on an affirmative, aggressive platform and lean on a record of the greatest constructionist program in the nation's history.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fess
National Republican Congressional Committee
Buckeye Republican Club
Congress
Republian
European debtors file financial statements in Washington
European nations including Great Britain France and Italy, debtors of the United States from World War I loans, have begun submitting statements of their financial condition to the Allied Debt Refunding Commission in Washington on June 13.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Allied Debt Refunding Commission
Recall petition urged against school director over pay cuts
Seattle teachers, angered by a $150 yearly wage reduction approved by the School Board, held a meeting to plan resistance. They proposed recalling School Director B. F. Barker, blamed as the main figure behind the new salary scale.
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Seattle
B. F. Barker
Li Yuan Hung Returns as China’s President After Resignation
In Peking on June 13 Li Yuan Hung, former president, is named by the newly assembled Chinese Parliament to lead the republic again after Shu Shi Chang’s resignation. He arrives to resume office and will appoint Wu Ting Fang premier to form a cabinet. Wu Ting Fang, a seasoned statesman and former Chinese ambassador to the United States, is noted for his sharp observations on American customs.
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Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Wu Pei-fu
Central China
Shu Shi Chang
Li Yuan Hung
Hun
Wu Ting Fang
Empire
Washington
Mauretania Sets New Trans Atlantic Record
The steamship Mauretania of the Cunard Line arrived at Southampton to claim a new trans Atlantic record of five days eight hours and ten minutes. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse had held the previous mark since 1900, crossing in five days sixteen hours from New York to Cherbourg.
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New York
Cunard Line
Southampton
England
Cherbourg
France
British Soldiers Massacred by Turks at Dardanelles
An official War Office dispatch reports the massacre of twelve British soldiers by Turks at the Dardanelles. No details are released, but the act prompts immediate drastic action by British troops in retaliation.
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London
War Office
Dardanelles
Parachute Jump Sets New Dayton Record
Dayton Ohio June 13 Captain A W Stevens an aerial photographer set a new parachute jump record at Dayton Flying Field with a drop of 24 260 feet from an aeroplane He made a safe landing and escaped uninjured He said the drop of almost five miles gave him many thrills
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Dayton
Ohio
A. W. Stevens
Stevens
Postmaster Named for Sitka Alaska in Harding Nominations
President Harding sent to the Senate a batch of postmaster nominations for third and fourth class offices. The sole Alaska postmaster listed is Sitka, where Elizabeth D. Dearmond was nominated for the old territorial capital posting.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Alaska
Sitka
Elizabeth D. Dearmond
Territory
Lodge Opens Fight in Home State for Republican Campaign
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Speaker Gillette opened the Massachusetts Republican congressional campaign with a mass meeting in Springfield. Lodge stressed the pending tariff bill and foreign relations, predicting tariff relief this session while noting broader world affairs under the Harding administration.
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Springfield
Mass
Henry Cabot Lodge
Gillette
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Lodge
America
Harding
Fatty Arbuckle Arrives on Vancouver Island for Trout Fishing
Victoria June 13 Roscoe Arbuckle the famous silent comedian arrived at Courtney on Vancouver Island to spend the summer trout fishing and possibly stay indefinitely. His involvement in Virginia Rappe's death in San Francisco had led to the banning of his films by Will Hays.
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Victoria
B. C
Rosecoe Arbuckle
Virginia Rapp
San Francisco
Will Hays
Courtney
Vancouver Island
Roscoe
Eddie Rickenbacher Aborts Flight After Plane Crash
The final test flight for Captain Eddie Rickenbacher at Mitchell Field ended in a crash as he attempted to depart for Denver. He and his passengers were unharmed, and he canceled further commercial aviation plans, stating no suitable planes are being built in the country. He will travel by train to San Francisco for the Shriners Convention.
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Omaha
Eddie Rickenbacher
Mitchell Field
New York
San Francisco
Denver
Eddie
Rickenbacher
Shriners
Sun Yat Sen Captures Kanchowki in Kiangsu Province
A Hong Kong dispatch reports Sun Yat Sen, president of the Republic of South China, has captured Kanchowki in Kiangsu after days of heavy fighting. Thirty years of turmoil and a key strategic win are implied as the dispatch cites the successful operation.
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London
Hong Kong
Sun Yat Sen
Republic of South China
Kanchowki
Kiangsa
Oil Prospecting Expedition Sent to Philippine Islands
San Francisco reports Standard Oil Company of California announced that an expedition was sent a year ago from the city to the Philippine Islands to investigate and develop oil possibilities there. No results were disclosed.
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San Francisco
Standard Oil Company of California
Philippine Islands
University of Washington Wins Contesters Regatta
The University of Washington eight defeated the Wisconsin crew on Lake Mendota by eight lengths. Washington led from start, wind and rough water slowed times, crowd cheered, and Seattle anticipated strong showing at the Poughkeepsie regatta. University celebration followed as UW rowers headed to the East for the June 26 event.
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Madison
Wis
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Lake Mendota
Washington
Badgers
Sun Dodgers
Seattle
University
Consin
Wisconsin
Poughkeepsie
New York
Tariff Bill Dominates Senate Action In June Debates
In Washington on June 13 the Senate focused most of its time on the tariff bill. Debate centered on metals and alloys with many mineral duties cut from committee recommendations, and tung sten duties postponed for further study. The day also covered surgical and scientific instruments with several amendments cutting rates, plus changes in molybdenum and ferrom manganese ore duties.
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Washington
Senate
Claims farmer gets short end of bread profits
Washington report shows fifty cents of each bread dollar goes to distribution while farmers receive only 29.6 cents. The Joint Commission on Agricultural Inquiry cleared bakers of undue profits.
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Washington
Joint Commission On Agricultural Inquiry Today
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Liepzig
KU Klux
Japan
International Bankers’ Committee
Reparations Commission
Prange
LT Yuan Hung
China
Senator Lodge
Fatty
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