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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
6
A garbled report quoting President Wilson on a treaty with Germany outlines 14 points and peace terms. It notes Berlin's preparation of a response, allied replies, and potential reparations, with references to Italian and Russian positions and a memo on the Home affair.
Reported in New York that Western Union Telegraph employees act on Friday to join a nationwide walkout. Joint action includes telegraph staff in Atlanta and other cities with scattered participation. leadership claims strong turnout in the southern division while some workers not yet aligned.
Washington reports a Senate approval of a resolution showing sympathy for the Irish people and support for a government of their own choice headed by Edward De Valera. Also noted are ship arrivals, political warnings, prison fund shortfalls, a mining workers strike, and bread price guidance.
About 5 000 workers strike turned violent as 80 discharged soldiers and guards clashed with rioters near the Wiltye Overland Automobile Company. Police and troops fired on the crowd injuring several. 4 000 workers returned to work as of early week.
Washington June 5 Director General Hines told the house appropriations committee that only higher rates could cover operating expenses for government controlled railroads. He opposed universal rate increases now, seeking 3.200 billion dollars for the railroads retiming fund this year while noting wage increases and costs remain high. He cited government cost figures for 2018 and early 1919, and proposed capital and working capital boosts, with rail rate rises to 775 million dollars contemplated.
Washington June 5 Favorable report on the Kelloge bill Republican Minnesota for immediate return of the telephone and telegraph wires to private ownership ordered by the senate Interstate commerce committee after amendment to drop existing telephone rates after congressional action. Committee vote was unanimous. Yank Freed by Reds New York June 7 Merle B Arnold an MC A secretary of Polls Neb arrived from Siberia where held prisoner by bolshevik captured outside American lines. Pay High Honor to Flyers London June T Royalty pay honors America's airmen at a luncheon for Lieutenant Commander Read skipper of the seaplane NC 4 and fellow flyers. Giant Transport in Collision New York June 1 The giant army transport Lincolnater second largest supervision collided with the passenger steamer Akardale on Wednesday in heavy fog. No one was injured. German Plotters on Trial Geneva June 6 That German plotters sought to influence Switzerland and Italy. 16 Germans and two Hindus were priced 1 00 trials at Barsets. Rescue Chilean Diver Crew Taleablanc Chile June 6 The Chilean submarine HS went down with crew aboard but later refloted and crew safely removed. Dr Anna Shaw Much Improved Springfield MI June 5 Dr Anna TL Shaw prominent suffragist improving and may go home within days per secretary. Doctor Shay was taken in Thursday.
Western Union telegraph employees in the Southeast Washington area strike in response to Postmaster General Burleson restoring operating control to the owning companies. The move preserves existing rates and financing terms, with government oversight limited to immediate bookkeeping and eventual policy decisions by Congress.
A major gas and powder explosion in Baltimore No 2 tunnel of the Dina ware and Hudson Coal company near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania kills 85 miners and injures 48. An electric motor train carried workers to their positions when a rear car containing black powder ignited by a spark caused the blast. Rescue teams removed the injured within hours as the dead were brought to the surface.
William E. Allen of Dallas named temporary successor to A Bruce Bielaski as chief of the Bureau of Investigation in the Justice Department. The bureau focuses on Bolsheviks and other domestic disturbances and enforces the national mobilization law.
The Senate approved the House women suffrage resolution by 55 to 25, sending the proposed constitutional amendment to the states for ratification. The vote reached two-thirds plus, with support from 36 Republicans and 20 Democrats, and opposition from 17 lawmakers. The text anchors rights and congressional enforcement, announced at 6:25 p.m. by President Pro Tem Commins.
Washington reports a proposed war bill cut by the House military committee from 500000 to 400000, with total defense estimates reduced by about 20 percent to 120000000. A five year immigration ban and stricter entry rules were introduced in the Senate, including a King Utah measure to bar anarchists and others who seek government overthrow by force.
A cont ingent of American Infantry in northern Russia hoarded 2 transport for the journey home. Six companies of the 339th Infantry, about 1,000 men, form the first detachment to depart for Brest. Other items mention posters refused for display in Coblenz and a luxury tax debate in Napoli, plus a freight crash near Denver and a deadly boiler explosion in Alton.
Department of Justice agents in Detroit arrest Capt Nicholson of the ordnance dept and financier Browne amid charges of conspiring to profit from $30,000,000 in government munitions. Several others including Harris and Collins are linked to the scheme to ship mostly explosive stock to Mexico and Germany. Investigations extend to Chicago Pittsburgh and Boston with officers testing entangled networks.
Chicago June 2 raids netted 500 or more suspects as police pressed a second sweep. Clef of Police Garrity said the operation followed the previous night, with 250 officers and detectives questioning suspects all day. The report notes the continued effort against crime.
A detailed review notes German resistance to signing the Versailles terms, Allied divisions over concessions, and German defenses as occupation headlines loom. Austria faces harsh peace terms while Rhineland politics stir, with Dorten’s Rhineland republic and French stance fueling tension across the region.
German forces under General Von der Goltz have established a de facto rule in Letland, resisting Bolshevik influence under a pretense of stabilization. A coup detat ousted the Letlish provisional government as Premier Ulmanis sought asylum with British protection.
German newspapers publish fiction about life in Coblenz as American army officers dismiss the stories as propaganda. An Leip sic article claims a German officer’s wife was sentenced for a religious remark, forced to recite a daily greeting at headquarters for thirty days.
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