Supreme Court Upholds Rail and Wire Rate Increases
Supreme Court sustains railroad rate increases and telegraph charges from last year, reverses North Dakota rulings on intrastate rates, and annuls lower court decrees. It also upholds contempt judgments in the Newberry Ford contest, sustains DuPont stock suit outcomes, and rules federal statutes on currency offenses constitutional.
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Newberry
North Dakota
Washington
Railroad Administration
Burleson
South Dakota Supreme Court
Dakota Central
Postmaster General
Illinois
Brandeis
Massachusetts
Kansas
New York
Ford-Newberry
Michigan
DuPont
Philip F. DuPont
Pierre S. DuPont
DuPont Powder Company
T. Coleman DuPont
Clash in Winnipeg strike escalates with police action
In Winnipeg June 8 violence by strike sympathizers marked the eighth day of a general strike. A crowd of 2,000 parade toward the Board of Trade building, resisted by police detectives and volunteers as they attempt to force entry. They then marched to the provincial parliament demanding Premier Norris and his cabinet resign. Norris held firm, saying he would not entertain provincial legislation while the strike continued.
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Winnipeg
Man
Board of Trade
T. C. Norris
Norris
All Yanks Home by August 1
Secretary Baker urged continued use of naval ships to return troops from France before the House Naval Committee. He said with navy aid, practically every soldier will be out of France by August 1 and the French expedition closed.
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Washington
France
House Naval Committee
Baker
Navy
Peace Terms Presented To Austria At St Germain
At St Germain on June 3 the allied leaders presented the Austrian delegation with terms for peace, and Dr Karl Renner voiced cautious acceptance while criticizing delay. The session opened as Austrian representatives arrived and Clemenceau spoke briefly. The Austrian treaty mirrors the German one in outline, with changes for new states and minority protections.
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France
Austria
M. Clemenceau
Lansing
Henry White
Orlando
Italy
Paderewski
Poland
Arthur J. Balfour
Ol. E. M. House
Marshal Foch
Bliss
Benson
Wallace
Wilson
St. Cloud
Grayson
Clemenceau
Peace Confrence
Paul Dutasta
Karl Renner
Renner
Doctor Renner
Hapsburg Dynasty
Count von Broeklorff-Rantzau
Voersailles
Hoover Commission
Emencenn
Clemen P
Switzerland
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Lnd
League of Nations
Serbia
Kingdom of
Mexicans Flee into the U.S as Carranza Watches El Paso
Reports from Agua Prieta say Yaqui Indians joined Villa’s forces and raided villages near Guaymas, prompting mass border-crossings into the United States. Consul Garcia hurried to Mexico City as Chihuahua City’s fall spurs fear of broader conflict. Gunmen from across the Rio Grande fatally shot three men near Brownsville.
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el Paso
Mexico City
Douglas
Anna
Agua Prieta
Tonichi
Guaymas
Tex
Garcia
Chihuahua City
Villa
Torreon
Jiminez
Juarez
Mex
International Bridge
Escobar
Samalayuca
Brownsville
Rio Grande
Carlos M. Esparza
Domtingo Trevino
Pedro Zepeda
German armistice chief warns Wilson points key to peace
Dr. Mathias Erzberger says America led entente to victory and must now steer peace talks. He questions Versailles as true interpretation of Wilson's 14 points and asks if the US truly sought a peace of right or merely military victory. He warns Germany would block a treaty seen as unfulfillable.
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Jane
America
Mathias Erzberger
German Armistice Commission
Wilson
Doctor Nurberger
Germany
Doctor Erzberger
Versailles
France
Belgium
Troopships Bring In More
New York reports that over six thousand soldiers arrived on the transports Graf Waldersee and Canada. The Graf Waldersee carried the 319th Infantry and headquarters with companies I K L M of the 100th Infantry. The Canada brought 1,792 officers and men, including casual companies hospital details and welfare workers.
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New York
Graf Waldersee
Canada
Esthonians and Finns Capture City of Petrograd
Dispatches report Finnish and Esthonian troops defeating Bolsheviki at Petrograd and capturing the city of Petrograd near Christiana on June 3. Reports from Vardee note severe Bolshevik reverses in the area.
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Vardee
German Troops Defeated After Entering Poland
Paris reports that German forces violated Polish territory and were met by superior Polish units. A detachment of 1200 Germans crossed the frontier and suffered heavy losses in battle.
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Poland
Paris
Ter
Ritory
Coblenz Named Capital of New Rhine Republic Proclaimed
Paris reports the Rhine republic movement aims to form a pacific state including Rhenish provinces Nassau Hesse and Palatinate with Coblenz as capital and Wiesbaden hosting the provisional government. Frontiers stay as is with plebiscite changes, elections to be held soon, and anti Prussian sentiment noted.
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Coblenz
Rhine
National Assembly
Wiesbaden
Eche de Paris
Metz
Maurice Barren
Germany
Old Nassau
Rhenish Hesse
The
Palatinate
Birkenfeld
Rhenish Republic
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ALL Yanks
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U. S
Chihuahua
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Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns
Fletcher Dobyns
Chicago
Republican Women’s National Executive Committee
Illinois Republican Women's Organization
U. S. Army
Erzberger
Mans
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