Treaty Leak Sparks Senate Inquiry Calls
Washington reports a clash over the peace treaty text as Senator Hitchcock urges a Senate inquiry into how the document reached New York bankers. Senators Lodge and Borah defend themselves, claiming the charge is an attack on President Wilson and that the treaty text includes an addendum linking labor to an international organization.
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Borah
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senator Lodge
United
Washington
Administration
J. Wilasa
Lodee
New York City
United States
Wilson
Senate
New
Borsh
New York
Avi
Aidge
Guy
Hitcheuck
Sameee Nant
Toledo labor strife with 15000 Willys-Overland workers
Creomne Miles, mediator for the Ollo industrial concern, to handle talks in a dispute involving 15,000 Willys-Overland employees. Secretary of Labor Watson may visit Ohio to investigate. The plant remains closed at mayor’s request to curb disorder as investigations continue and two subsidiary plants also shut. Detectives fluent in foreign languages deployed amid rioting deaths.
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Creomne
Fi Miles
Ollo
Willys-Overland Alttomabio
Watson ‘Aleb
Toledo
Dnka
Ohio
Bebrefber
Offernin
auto-mMbbiie.company
Clarence A. Earl
Ang
Schreiber
Bachreiber
President Wilson to Reach Brussels on June 10
Official bulletin from Brussels states President Wilson will arrive June 10. Air. Wilson will also visit Dunkirk Tuesday afternoon and be greeted by King Albert. A chamber of deputies and senate reception, speeches by M. Favreau and Paul Hyamns, and a royal dinner follow events at the American legation and a visit to Leuven, burned in 1914. President Wilson departs Brussels June 12.
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Brussels
Wilson
Wellgon
Dunkirk
King Abert
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
M. Favreau
Drecigant
Paul Hyrans
Louvain
Germany
Witann
Uatems
New York
Carrig Chapiman Catt
Congréss
Mia
Sergeant York to Wed Childhood Sweetheart Grace Williams
The famed World War I hero Alvin York, called the greatest hero of war, will marry Grace Williams, his childhood sweetheart, in Pall Mall, Tennessee, with Governor Roberts officiating. York was captured by enemy forces after a celebrated service, and the ceremony will take place Saturday in their hometown.
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Crile Press
Nashville
Tenn
America
Hlyin C. York
Grace Williams
Pall Mall
A, BH. Roberts
Tennessee
Bloomington Man Confesses to Killing Father for Money
Alva Banks, 23, confessed to shooting his father, Andrew Banks, on May 26 after a dispute over funds. He was moved to the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville for safekeeping as authorities investigate the case. The father’s body was found in a pond near Sanders, about several miles from Bloomington.
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Amdociatad Press
Bloomington
Ind
Alva Banks
Andrew Banka
Young Banks
Indiana
Overdrawn Bank Account Triggers Fatal Action
Ambiguous OCR text describes a despondent individual tied to an overdrawn bank account. The man reportedly threatened others after meeting his wife at the Farmers' Trust, then sought a drugstore purchase and addressed a package to the First National Bank before disappearing.
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Somers
Hetrreen
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Min I Strest
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Mia
Wetel
Thompson Avenue
First National Bank
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Seepcanteta
Pan American Financial Conference Planned by Wilson
Washington June 3 An official says President Wilson will convene the Pan American financial conference on January 12 next upon Secretary Glass recommendation. Dr Rowe notes Europe’s devastation prompts continental cooperation to develop resources and supply needs. invitations sent to Latin American nations for three delegates led by their finance minister. Europe must look to America for food raw materials and capital to rehabilitate industries as economy becomes focus.
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Washington
Wilson
Glass
Bowen
Treasury Department
Europe
Rowe
International High Committee
State Department
Hoosier suffragists press for ratification plan
Indiana activists urge legislators to vote aye on three questions if Governor calls a special session to ratify the federal suffrage amendment. Mrs. Edward Fanigin White directs letters to lawmakers, seeking support for organization, ratification, and adjournment to avoid funding a session.
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Indianapolis
Hoosier Seuffragiste
Goodrich
Indiana
Edward Fanigin White
Legislative Council of Indiana
General Assembly
DeHaviland Bombing Planes May Not Land Here
After two days of searching Fort Wayne officials Secretary Bodine of the Chamber of Commerce and Sergeant Turner have failed to locate a suitable landing field for seven DeHaviland bombing planes expected June 10 The effort included checking sites from the Country Club to the golf links and Robison Park The miss may keep the planes from inspecting the area as arranged
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Chamber of Commerce
Turner
DeHaviland
Ryan
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
France
Bodine
Turner Tave
Robison
Park
Man Accused by Murder Suspect Fails to Appear
Indianapolis police report ongoing mystery in the Minnie May Wilkina case as murder suspect George Kessler remains in custody and Joan Gulley fails to appear to deny the accusation. Authorities warn that without Gulley’s appearance the circumstantial case against Kessler may weaken and a loophole could emerge.
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Indianapolis
Joan Gulley
Maye Wilkina
Kling
George Kessler
Gulley
U. S. Infantry
Palich
Kessler
Soviet Bulwark Printing Press Analysis in Paris
Paris dispatch notes Bolshevik economic planks as weak. The regime struggles with inflation as presses seize bourgeois assets and raise wages. peasants refuse to sell for roubles, and state plans to nationalize factories face limits. The piece hints at ongoing economic experiments under communism and rapid price-wage race.
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Paris
Russia
Heleheviki
Weather Brief for Fort Wayne and Vicinity
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with little change in temperatures across Terre Haute Indiana and surrounding areas, and generally fair skies expected tonight into Friday without significant temperature shifts.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Brazil Coffee Crop Failure Hits American Market
A garbled prewar era report references a Brazil coffee crop failure impacting American markets. Mentions decline in grades, arming aftermath, and ominous notes on plantation yields and prices, but exact details are unclear.
French Forward Rhine Republic Propaganda Report
A German dispatch, cited in the Frankfurter Gazette, describes French propaganda funds aimed at promoting a Rhine Republic. It claims ten million francs are being used to sway Rhineland and Palatinate factions toward independence with links to Landau Mayence Cologne and Wiesbaden. Marshal Foch and Clemenceau reportedly told Rhineland agitators that Germany would not control the left bank of the Rhine again.
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Mangin
Ymiunamdér
Rhenish Republic
Frankfort
Rhenisi Republe
Karlsruhe
Rhinelandeid Palatinate
Landau
Mayence
Cologne
Welsbaden
Foch
Rhenlet Republic
Paper Shortage Delays Next Day’s Issue
Limited print supply due to paper shortages forces delay in printing segments including comics and feature stories. Officials assure sufficient paper will arrive in time for tomorrow’s edition and promise no further trouble.
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Feky
Shipraiat
Fort Wayne City Urged to Install Filtered Water
City water committee reports at Chamber meeting that Fort Wayne should immediately install a filtration plant to purify water from the St. Joe River. The panel notes the city owns the plant site and gains water rights from the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Co. Households fear hard water deposits. investigation traces back to 1918.
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Fort, Wayne
Chamber of Commerce
Jmp
Fort’ Wayne
St Joaner
W. H Scherman
Fort Arora
Charles H’ Hard
Bureau
J. Griswold
Geers Dhane
Fort Wayne
Northern Indiana Traction Company
St. Josteph
Bart "Wayne
Spy Run Avenue
Ownership of Lincoln's Chair Settled in Court
In a circuit court, George R. Lloyd, heir of the chair once linked to Lincoln, claimed the chair belonged to his heirs rather than to the widow. The court awarded the chair to Lloyd, noting it had been under the care of the heirs for several days.
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Prem Spring
Lincoln
Circuit Court
George R. Linyd
Robert T. Lincoln
Tim
Lioyd
Tunnel Disaster at Wilkes Barre Coal Mine
Seventy eight miners died and 31 injured when an explosion and fire rocked the Baltimore No. 2 tunnel of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Co in Wilkes Barre Pa The blast occurred as a train of miners carried blasting powder and men fled flames with many bodies found along the tunnel and officials warn the death toll may rise.
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Associated Press
Wilkes Barre
Baltimore No. 2
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company
Wilkes Balan
Dlasting Sander
Baltimore
Delaware & Hudson Coat Company
Maine
Tidiba
Ming
Fira Sgheers
Bowser firm declares shop control plan after union talks collapse
Bowser & Co informs all employees by letter that the shop control plan will run the plants from today, rejects union recognition, and states workers returning June 10 will be paid from June 2 with vacations and bonuses. those staying away lose coop benefits. The plant will reopen Tuesday morning as announced. No union comment available.
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Farsd
S. F. Bowser & Co., Inc
Watnesday
Union
H. Yergens
The
Machinists’ Union
Ford Sues Tribune Over Pro German Allegations
In Mount Clemens Michigan on June 5 depositions were read in the Henry Ford versus Chicago Tribune suit. Testimony included officials from Standard Oil and International Harvester and a former director from New Jersey’s Standard Oil discussing editorials claimed to show pro German bias.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Standard On Company
International Hervester Company
Henry Ford
The
Chicago Tribune
Tribune Bisc
William Lucking
Frederick David Asche
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Pord
Milton 33
Battes
Arthur F. Corwin
Penn-Mexican Fuel Company
Herold F. McCormick
Internationa Hurterter Company
George A Rann
Germany Gets Reply In Week
Paris June The Allies will reply in a week to the German counter proposals and the Big Four heard Paderewski on upper Silesia and the Polish Ukrainian issue. They plan to involve Turkish peace delegates as witnesses with limited discretion. America’s role remains advisory in shaping the Turkish treaty while mandates questions loom. The German treaty modification also occupies Allied experts. Continued on Page Hight.
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Paris
Big Four
Paderewskd
Upper Silesia
Germany
Poland
Unomiciel
America
Hg Four
Belgium Ready to Feed Any Number of Tourists
Brussels reports Belgium now can feed any number of visitors amid improved wartime conditions. Prices exceed prewar levels but supplies, including potatoes and wheat, are ample. bread quality is excellent since March. Export to France and planned shipments from America aid stock, while sugar improves though Java sugar fears loom. alcohol markets rise under semi prohibition.
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Belgium
Belghin
France
Inter-Allied Food Commission
Herbert Hoover
America
Java
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