Telegrapher Strike Widens Across Major Cities
Across the central west and Chicago the nationwide telegraphers strike tightens as Postal Telegraph reports 90 percent of its operators out and Western Union 60,000 workers anticipated to join by night. New York shows only 166 absent. Cleveland and Dallas report mixed disruption while police protection is sought amid clashes. Local impacts include messenger absences and reduced operations at board of trade hubs.
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New York
Western Union
Newcomb Carlton
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers Union of America
Cleveland
Associated Press
Central West
Mackay Telegraph Company
Dallas
Fort Worth
Texas
Detroit
Milwaukee
Postal Telegraph Company
E. W. Collins
Board of Trade
Konenkamp
Camped Columns Move Toward Juarez From El Paso
The El Paso morning report says forces under Gen Felipe Ángeles and Francisco Villa have joined and swung from south of Samalayuca toward Guadalupe, 12 miles east of Juarez. They push toward the border city in a sweeping advance. Louis Peckham departed yesterday to visit relatives in Holton.
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Angeles
Villa
Border City
el Paso
Felipe Anegels
Francisco Villa
Samalyuca
Guadelupe
Juarez
Open covenants in Paris draw sharp British reaction
London voices criticize President Wilson over secret diplomacy and the open covenants phrase. The Daily News and The Telegraph note dangers of prolonged Paris proceedings while The Graphic and The Post question independence and the League of Nations reception. The debate centers on whether the senate will approve the treaty and how Britain interprets the peace process.
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London
Paris
Germany
United States Senate
Wilson
Daily News
Congress
Telegraph
Senate
The
Post
League of Nations
League
America
Root and Morgan Partners Testify on Treaty Copy
Elihu Root told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he received a duplicate treaty copy from Henry P. Davison of Morgan Banking. Davison said he brought it to America and only Root had read it. J P Morgan and Frank Vanderlip testified they had not seen the treaty. The exchange followed Loege’s question about a copy seen by Lodge.
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Washington
Elihu Root
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New York
Henry P. Davison
Morgan Banking House
Senator Lodge
Root
Davison
America
Senator Root
Mr. Davison
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Frank A. Vanderlip
The
National City Bank
Professor Nevin to Direct Large Peterborough Pageant
Professor Arthur Nevin of the K U fine arts school will depart this week for Peterborough New Hampshire and the MacDowell colony to direct and manage a $50000 historic pageant for the American Federation of Music Clubs. He was chosen months ago to head the production and lead the orchestra. He will also perform Mother Goose at the request, the May Fele play he presented at K U.
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Nevin
Peterborough
N. H
Arthur Nevin
K. U
Brotherhoods Back Debs and Mooney Freedom Request
In Denver the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers adopted resolutions urging the release of Eugene V. Debs and Thomas J. Mooney, who are now imprisoned. The convention’s sessions were held in executive meeting.
Wheat harvest begins in southern Kansas counties
Topeka June 11 The weekly crop report by S D Flora federal meteorologist of Kansas says harvest has started in small areas in extreme southern counties east of the central part of the state. With favorable weather, harvesting should become general in the south in about a week. Heavy rains earlier this month had lodged large areas of wheat, delaying yields.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Hold Special Meeting on Water Plant Final Payment
City Commission will meet this evening to consider final estimates and payment for the new water plant. Engineer Tom Veach of Black & Veach Kansas City urges payment of completed contractor work while retaining funds for repairs and adjustments before full acceptance.
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City Commission
City
Tom Veach
Black & Veach
Kansas City
Veach
Col House to Probe into Irish Question
Dublin reports a Freeman's Journal dispatch claims the Irish question will likely be raised at the peace conference. Col. E My House, an American delegate, will visit England soon and then urge Britain to settle Ireland. He also plans to visit Ireland to gauge local sentiment.
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Dublin
Paris
The
Freeman's Journal
Col. E. My House
England
Ireland
Premier Clemenceau stands firm on German entry to league
Paris June 11 A council of four meeting yielded no decisive agreement on German postwar terms. France maintains no major changes to the treaty and demands cautious steps before admitting Germany to the League of Nations. Austria protests hard conditions and criticizes colonial mandates while Wilson resists a fixed reparations total.
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Clemenceau
Germany
League of Nations
Paris
Council of Four
Francé
France
Schleswigs- Holstein
Belgium
League
Austria
Karl Renner
Wilson
Clemencega
Phi Beta Kappa speaker to address KU Friday evening
Professor Carruth, former KU faculty member of thirty four years and now at Leland Stanford Jr. University, will give the Phi Beta Kappa address in Fraser Chapel Friday evening. His talk is titled The Heroisms of Peace and marks a restored feature of the commencement season after years of irregularity.
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University of Kansas
Carruth
Phi Betalanna
Fraser Chapel
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
William Herbert Carreth
Kansas
University of Isus
Leland Stanford, Jr. University
Carneth
GIVES FIRST CONCERT Fraternal Aid Union Band
The Fraternal Aid Union band under Walter Rigdon will give its first summer concert Friday evening in Southpark. Rigdon, a former leader of the 110th Engineers and the old First Regiment band, now heads the Lawrence group. The F A U band, formerly Lawrence municipal, has played under F A U colors for six months with city support covering roughly $50 monthly for summer concerts.
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Fraternal Aid Union
Bill Make
Southpark
Walter Rigdon
110Th Engineers
Y M C A Employment Bureau Expands Summer Work
The YMCA employment bureau resumes active efforts to place men and boys in summer and permanent jobs. Secretary H W Boltz leads the program and will answer questions from job seekers and employers seeking workers in the city.
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H. W. Boltz
Anarchists Threaten Massachusetts Congressman Dellinger
Anarchists threaten Massachusetts congressman Dellinger amid a wave of political intimidation. The incident highlights rising security concerns for lawmakers and the need for protective measures as attention from anarchist groups intensifies.
Returned Soldiers Enroll in KU Correspondence Courses
Kansas University welcomes returning soldiers who have just come home from overseas service enrolling in KU correspondence courses this summer. The program lets them work by mail during the season while preparing for university entrance next year.
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Kansas University
K. U
Kansas Streams Nearing Danger as Flood Warnings Issued
Heavy rains across Kansas push streams toward danger levels with several rivers rising. Flood warnings issued for Smoky Hill, Solomon, and Kansas rivers above Manhattan. Solomon at Beloit 4 feet over banks, Smoky Hill near Lindsborg and Abilene past danger levels, Kansas River rising toward 18 feet. Heaviest rainfall centered in Salina and eastern counties.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Federal Weather Bureau
Smoky Hill
Solomon
Manhattan
Republican
Camp Funston
Beloit
Lindsborg
Abilene
Salina
Scott
City and County Join to Honor W I Green
County Commissioner William R. Green dies and is sent to Cincinnati for burial with full honors. Lawrence officials close offices at 2 pm. half mast atop the courthouse. Leavenworth officials attend. Services held at Green home officiated by Rev Evan Edwards. Green survived by sister and brother Jimmy Green KU law dean. Burial planned in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Cincinnati
William R. Green
Board of County Commissioners
Douglas County Court House
County Court House
Board of Commissioners
Leavenworth County
Lawrence
Treasury warns dealers to cancel tax stamps on sales
The Treasury Department cautions dealers that proprietary tax stamps on toilet and medicinal articles must be canceled at sale. Regulations require stamps to be destroyed or placed so opening ruins them, with vendor name and date on the stamp. penalties include a fine up to $100 for noncompliance.
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Treasury Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Haskell Indians Celebrate Graduation At Institute Ceremony
Graduation exercises at Haskell Institute featured twenty eight graduates across Business Household Economics Nursing and Trades with Dr J E Gregg of Hampton Institute delivering the class address Eva Flying Earth spoke on The Nurse and Her Calling. The day included a spring carnival and an evening military drill as planned.
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Haskell
Fred Webster
Tyler Bowman
Eva Flying Earth
J. E. Gregg
Hampton Institute
Henry McDonald
George Walker
Mildred Beamieu
Violette de Marrizs
Daisy Eshelman
Gladys Skye
Louise Tallchief
Cecelia Brunette
Mary Nash
Margaret van Pelt
Rex Evans
Anita Archuleta
Odile Bousquette
Bertha Prophet
Amy Bowker
Avis Sundown
Nina Frazier
Delia Chew
Elizabeth Sherer
Mary Martin
Elizabeth Poxtater
Sadie Miller
Enginering
Harry Shaw
Carpentry
Phil Jaughlin
Rupert Anderson
Haskell Institute
Local Plant Is Sold To Kansas City Buyer
The Columbia Leggin and Leather Factory in Lawrence is sold to George D. Scearee of Kansas City MO and ex KU student. C M Ambrosini sells stock and equipment as the firm moves to export leather goods from Boston and Chicago ports to Europe. The new owner says the price was very good. Also, 100 autos are sought for Christian Endeavor delegates tour of the city starting at 4 15 PM, Plymouth Church. George J Kirchoff oversees. call No 18 or 6 PM if you can loan a car.
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Columbia Leggin and Leather
Columbia Leggin and
George D. Scearee
Kansas City
Kansas University
C. M. Amrosini
Lawrence
France
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
Boston
Chicago
B. M. Bodde
Christian Endeavor Convention
Plymouth
George J. Kirchoff
Kansas Christian Endeavor delegates fill Lawrence event
The Kansas Christian Endeavor convention gathers in Lawrence June 10 to 12 with 175 delegates from Lawrence registered. Committees named by R. E. Hangen include nominating chair Jon C. Rash Topeka and Elsie Newland Chanute among others. Activities feature Upper Room meetings at Plymouth church led by Rev. Poling and evening programs with Rev. Zimmerman as toastmaster.
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Lawrence
Qutaby
Utaid
Laura McVaugh
Abilene
Leigh Barrett
Wichita
Walter L. Clark
Hutchinson
Alfred J. Graves
Cora Currier
Topeka
Tee
Hattie Walker
Kagg ®Sas City
Kans
Wingert
Solomon
Plymouth National Church
Daniele Poling
Junior Segation
Vida Leamer
Field See
Nebraska
Citizenship Temperance
Poling
L Jones
Ates
J. K. Codding
Plymouth
J. Zimmerman
National
Sec
Ae Feling
Daniel Polling
Mies Vida Leamer
Miss Leamer
North College
Hill
R. B. A. McBride
Emporia
M. C. A. York
Anew
Kansas Christian
Leave policy for postal workers sparks vacation debate
Postal service rules may grant annual leaves to workers returning from military duty under a policy aligning leave with prior service. The Postmaster General's report suggests allowances equal to time served in army or navy, with re assignment considerations and pay status. The piece also notes a Hopkinsville event and mentions the Southwest Military Association led by Major Was.
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New York City
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Eatern Union
Postal Telegraph
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Louis Peckham
Holton
APERS
Mons
Morgan
Secretary OF State
I- Fore
MarRam de Never We
Freke Dees
Harry
Col. House
Finn
Hun
Teuton
Dellinger
Massachusetts
Frederick Widallinger
North Central River
Upper Cotton
WM. I. Green
Baege
Charlton
Insage
Tiny OS
Hopkinsville
Farrell
Southwest
Reas
Colm
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