Labor federation backs 44 hour week and railway unity
Atlantic City June 24 The American Federation of Labor pledged a general 44 hour week across all crafts to curb unemployment and bolster purchasing power. Three railroad brotherhoods applied for charters in the federation, with firemen under consideration. The body backed government ownership of roads, supported telegraphers, and urged Congress to curb free speech suppression in western Pennsylvania. It also criticized Toledo officials for strike duties and rejected Prohibition, while authorizing action against radical unions and endorsing a standard railway mail service day.
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American Federation of Labor
United States
Samuel Gompers
Pedenion
Denver
Executive Council
Congress
Pennsylvania
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Yanks Learn Of German Peace Vote In Weimar
American troops at Coblenz in the bridgehead awaited orders as German peace vote news spread through extra editions of local newspapers. The vote details were published in one-sheet extras and caused evident excitement in Koblenz. American military authorities imposed new police regulations in response.
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Coblenz
Coblenzs
German National Assembly
Weimar
Woblenz
Japan Buys American Bull For Record Price
Champaign June 23 The Japanese government purchased a fine bull from Elmer Frazier for 5750, a county record. The animal will be shipped to Tokyo at once.
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Champaign
Elmer Frazier
Tokyo
German Note on Peace Terms Delayed Acceptance Refused
The German government sought 48 more hours to sign the peace treaty, but the Council of Three rejected the request. Paul Dutasta translated the note for Clemenceau, Wilson, and Lloyd George. The German reply cited political upheaval and democratic limits, insisting on time to consult the national assembly. The Allies approved a counter reply after council approval.
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Tung
Paul Dutasta
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Wilson
Council of Three
National Assembly
Versailles
Weimar
Germany
Allies reject extend time on treaty signature
The allied and associated powers acknowledge a June 23 communication and regret they cannot extend the deadline to announce their decision on signing the treaty without reservation. Indications suggest Germany might back conditional acceptance and seek a national assembly vote or declaration of compulsion, with a tribunal to judge responsibility.
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Clemenceau
Germany
National Assembly
Weimar
Austria to Follow Germanys Lead On Peace Treaty
Zurich dispatch reports Vienna newspapers say Austria will mirror Germany in deciding to accept or reject the postwar peace treaty.
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Austria
Germany
Zurich
Vienna
Storm kills dozens as train derails in Minnesota
A Great Northern Oriental Limited passenger train was swept from the rails near Fergus Falls, Minnesota, killing 47 people with 0 injured, and $6,000,000 in property destroyed. Linemen and nurses rushed to the scene as crews worked to search and repair. Authorities could not quickly confirm the full number of injuries or fatalities.
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Evansville
Minn
Simek
Fergus Falls
Gidhait
Melis Shales
Fergus Walls
Great Northern
Oriental Limited
Arthur Veatch First to Locate Oil in England
Arthur Veatch, chief geologist of the Lord Cowdray oil syndicate, is a Yankee from Evansville Indiana and an Indiana University graduate. He served as state geologist of Indiana and studied Venezuelan asphalt deposits before joining the Pearsons syndicate and achieving the distinction of being the first man to locate oil in England.
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Arthur Veatch
Lord Cowdray Oil Syndicate
England
Veatch
Evansville
Ind
Indiana University
Indiana
Pearsons Syndicate
Aged French Premier Clemenceau to resign after peace treaty
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau will resign from office once the peace treaty is promulgated. He says his work is complete after guiding France through its most critical wartime period. The announcement comes as the treaty moves toward final promulgation.
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Paris
Clemenceau
France
Requests for Flour for Russia Urges Immediate Aid
Paris reports Herbert Hoover received an appeal from Captain Berry of the American military mission to south Russia for immediate flour shipments to save laborers in the Donetz basin and Krivoy Rog. The Donetsk region and its coal iron centers face extinction due to famine. Berry also asks aid for the Doenikine government sheltering more than 50,000 Armenian and Syrian refugees in the Skaterinodur district.
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Paris
Herbert Hoover
Interallied Food Commission
Captain Berry
South Russia
Donetz
Krivoy-Rog
Kherson
Berry
Doenikine
Armenia
Syria
Skaterinodur
Split in Allied Ranks Dampens Weimar Optimism
Paris reports a rise in division within the allied nations as small states including Greece Poland Roumania and Serbia threaten to abandon the peace congress. Premier Brictiana of Roumania leads calls for the nations to unite against the big five and demand a square deal from the League of Nations.
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Paris
Weimar
Httle
Italy
Brictiana
Roumania
Greece
Poland
Serbia
League of Nations
Baseball scores and standings from national and American leagues
National League results include Boston 8 Philadelphia 2 and Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 2 while Chicago Cincinnati had no game due to rain. American League saw Cleveland 3 Chicago 2 and New York 11 Philadelphia 4, Detroit 6 St. Louis 2, Washington 12 Boston 3. American Association reports Toledo 7 Louisville 1 and Columbus 12 Indianapolis 6 with other games in wet conditions. Turk League scores list Evansville 7 Peoria 2 and Moline 4 Bloomington 2 with Rockford Terre Haute also noted.
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Philadelphia
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St. Louis
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Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Washington
American Association
Toledo
Louisville
Columbus
Indianapolis
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Kansas City-Milwaukee
Ewe Avereeneegs
Cincinnati
Bess
Vina Berros
Anne Boston
Wee
Cox Refuses to Stop Boxing Fight in Ohio
Governor Cox declares opponents of the Willard-Dempsey bout in Toledo hypocrites and says Ohio laws permit boxing so he will not act as dictator to prohibit the July 4 match. He addresses critics who asked him to halt the event and asserts state legality supports the fight.
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Toledo
Cox
Bexing
Willard-Dempsey
Ohio
Troops Barricade Winnipeg In Military Zone Dress
A military zone is established in Winnipeg including city hall market square police station labor temple and Victoria park to the river. Northwest mounted police with motor machine guns patrol main streets while snipers occupy tall buildings around city hall to deter further disorder.
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Winnipeg
City Hall
Market Square
Police Station
Labor Temple
Victoria Park
Northwest Mounted Police
Lloyd George II Sore Throat Keeps Premier From Paris Meeting
Paris June 23 Premier Lloyd George is confined to his room with a severe sore throat and cannot attend the supreme allied council meeting. Arthur J. Balfour British foreign secretary serves in his stead at the conference.
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Paris
Lloyd George
Supreme Allied Council
Arthur J. Balfour
Italy Awarded Asia Minor Coal Concessions
Rome reports the peace conference granted Italy concessions to coal mines in Asia Minor producing millions of tons annually with potential for expansion.
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Rome
Italy
Asia Minor
Wilson to sail home from Brest on Thursday
President Wilson cabled Secretary Tumulty that he expected to leave Brest on his homeward journey either Wednesday or Thursday. The U.S. and George Washington was dispatched with orders to be ready to sail Thursday morning to carry Wilson back to the United States.
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Washington
Wilson
Tumulty
Brest
U.S
George Washington
United States
Delegate resigns over peace treaty in Weimar
Weimar, June 24. Dr. HAMel von Hainhausen designated as German representative to sign the peace treaty telegraphed his resignation rather than affix his name to the document.
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Weimar
Haemel von Hainhausen
Sinn Fein Leader De Valera Lands in America
New York reports that Pro. Eamon de Valera president of the Sinn Fein republic has landed in the United States and will be in New York City Sunday. He has taken apartments at the Waldorf Astoria and plans to seek official recognition of the Irish republic. Boland, his secretary, says de Valera left the British Isles 18 days ago and will reveal details of his escape from Britain without passports. Some sympathizers doubt he is in America, suggesting Switzerland instead.
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New York
Bideward de Valera
Trish Sinn Fein
America
New York City
Sinn Fein
Waldorf-Astoria
de Valera
British Isles
Harry J. Boeland
United States
Boland
Philadelphia
Trish
Switzerland
Drastic law to curb Reds proposed in Washington
Secretary Lane asked Congress for immediate passage of new laws to tighten wartime restrictions on high explosives distribution. The plan calls for continued production under a Heensing system after peace and the creation of a 14 member expert explosives inspectors unit in the Interior Department. The requisitions were sent to the House committee via a letter to Speaker Gillett for amendment consideration.
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Lane
Congress
Interior Department
Gillett
House
Russians threaten reprisals over Martens arrest
London dispatch from June 24 reports the Russian government demands the release of L. C. A. K. Martens, Bolshevik representative arrested in New York. It warns of reprisals against Americans in Russia, while a New York dispatch states Martens is not under arrest there.
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K. Martens
New York
Petrograf
Russia
Martens
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