Labor men seek repeal of day law at AFL meeting
Organized labor urged repeal of wartime prohibition and exemption for 23 percent beer in a resolution adopted by the American Federation of Labor. The vote was 26 475 to 4 005 after a two hour debate led by Seattle delegates. The measure calls for sending a protest to President Wilson and Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Seattle Central Labor Council
Resolutions Committee
Joh
Lennon
Bloomington
Federation
John Walker
Illinois
United Mine Workers
Duncan
Lamont Linked to Paris Peace Treaty Leak
Washington reports attribute the leak of the Paris peace treaty to Thomas W. Lamont, a reparations commission member and J P Morgan & Co. executive. Lamont allegedly gave a copy to Henry Davison in Paris on May 9, who then carried it to New York and showed it to Elihu Root and Senator Lodge. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard testimony from Root Davison Morgan and Vanderlip as investigation opened.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Davison
Root
Lodge
Washington
Paris
Wall Street
Thomas W. Limont
Commission On
Wilson
J. Vp, Morgan & Co
Mr. Lamont
Henry PB. Davison
New York
Elihu Root
Senator Lodge
Tyranny Over Labor Ended
Samuel Gompers warns in Atlantic City that organized labor will resist industrial autocracy. He recalls workers' wartime sacrifices and asserts unions will protect the principles and ideals won at war’s end.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
America
British Sub and Crew Lost in Baltic Sea
The Admiralty announced that a British submarine operating in the Baltic was missing since June 4 and is presumed lost with all hands, a development reported from London on June 18.
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London
Admiralty
Baltic Sea
Omaha Teamsters Strike Ties Up City
One thousand union teamsters in Omaha Nebraska walked out halting ice company and milk dealer business. They demand union recognition and wage increases.
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Omaha
Neb
Plans Round-Trip Flight From New York by K-34 Dirigible
The huge British dirigible K-34 is scheduled to fly from England to the United States around June 20 and may launch a return cruise if the transatlantic leg succeeds.
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New York
England
United States
2000 Former German Officers Sailors to Return Home
Washington reports the start of repatriation for about 2,000 former German officers and sailors seized on German vessels at the outbreak of the war. The return to Germany is expected to begin around July 1.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Regulars Are Coming General March Announces Movement
General March reports the frameward movement of National Guard and National Army units from France is complete. Regular Army embarkations have begun with the Sixth Division sailing this week. Army demobilization stands at 65 percent as of June 5 with 604,745 officers and men remaining in France. Enlistments total 48,023 and five battalions, 4,029 troops, have sailed to replace emergency manpower.
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Washington
National Guard
National Army
France
March
Siberia
Mareh
Siberian
Terms too severe Austria rejects peace plan
Vienna reports President Seitz warning that the peace terms are impossible and would overwhelm Austria by starvation. Foreign Minister Bauer condemns the Czech actions, vows resistance, and notes the loss of German Bohemia endangers culturally and industrially valuable German Austria regions.
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Vienna
Austria
Seitz
National Assembly
Bauer
Feldkirch
Renner
Bohemia
Doctor Bauer
Tyrol
Barnes Seeks $2.26 Wheat Price Guarantee
Julius Barnes, U S wheat director, told a conference of 250 grain industry representatives that maintaining the government price of 2.26 a bushel is essential to ensure needed production for world demand. He warned against unrestrained speculation and said large private profits from food are unacceptable.
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New York
Julius Barnes
United States
Strawberry dealers slash prices in central Illinois crate trade
Profiteering among central Illinois strawberry growers faced checks as Bloomington dealers and Decatur buyers agreed to pay four to four and a half dollars per crate, despite a large harvest.
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Bloomington
Dinois
Decatur
Refusal of Passports Foils Dry Campaign Lecturers
A large group of American temperance lecturers invited for an international dry campaign were refused passports at the British government’s request, blocking their planned visit to London on June 13.
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London
Villa Agents Arrested in Mexico on Rebel Recruitment
Six men were arrested by Mexican authorities at Morelos in Coahuila on charges of recruiting for Villa's revolutionary army. They were transported to Piedras Negras for custody.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Morelos
Munition Profits Tax Upheld in Court Case
Philadelphia judges affirm wartime tax on profits of munition makers including shell parts suppliers. The ruling clarifies the levy applies to profits from producers of parts and completed articles alike.
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Philadelphia
States Ratify Suffrage Bill Across Three States
Reports from Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and New York show rapid ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. Illinois and Wisconsin passed with high margins while Michigan’s house and senate raced to a finish. New York governors are urged to call special sessions to ratify the amendment.
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Springfield
I Ilnois
Susan L. Anthony
General Assembly
Senate
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Assembly
Lilgren
Dithmar Mae
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
House
New York
Carry Chapman Catt
National Woman Suffrage Association
Albany
N. Y
Smith
U. S. Infantry Quits Russia From Archangel Front
American troops south of Archangel complete withdrawal with engineers remaining. The 339th Infantry 337th Ambulance Company and a medical detachment leave this week and sail for home next Sunday. The 310th Engineers tentatively sail July 1 for the United States.
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Archangel
Thirtyninth Infantry
Three Hundred and Tenth Engineers
Bela Kun Agrees to End Hostilities with Czecho-Slovaks
London reports Bela Kun the Hungarian foreign minister accepts a message from Premier Clemenceau and agrees to stop fighting with the Czecho-Slovaks though he blames the Czechs for the clash over the frontier fixed by the allies.
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Clemenceau
London
Bela Kun
Senate approves repeal of Wire Act in Kellogg bill
The senate on Tuesday passed the Kellogg bill for repeal of the law authorizing government control and operation of telegraph telephone and cable wires without a record vote. The measure moves to the house and would keep existing rates for 90 days.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vote Approves 70 Million for Government Railroads
Washington reports the house passed and sent to the senate a bill authorizing 70 million dollars for the railroad administration to operate government controlled lines. In Santiago, newspapers deny unrest in Chile, saying complete tranquillity prevails.
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Washington
House
Senate
Railroad Administration
Chile
Santiago
Famous yachtsman John Hyslop dies at 85
New York June 12. John Hyslop retired American yachtsman who measured the Volunteer and Thistle for the Ameri cas cup race in 1887 died at his home yesterday in his eighty sixth year.
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New York
John Hyslop
Pere
Mexican Envoys Withdraw from Pan American Congress
Mexico City reports the government ordered withdrawal of Mexican delegates from the Pan American commercial congress in protest of a speech given before the congress by Speaker Gillett.
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Mexico City
Pan- American Commercial Congress
Congress
Gillett
Saulsbury Named as Ambassador Candidate for Italy
Former Senator Saulsbury of Delaware is mentioned by senators as under consideration by President Wilson for appointment as ambassador to Italy, to succeed Thomas Nelson Page.
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Saulsbury
Washington
Delaware
Wilson
Italy
Thomas Nelson Page
Wheat crop is huge as U S forecasts record yield
Washington reports total wheat production for 1917 at about 1.286 billion bushels from winter and spring crops. Winter wheat at a record 893 million. spring wheat 348 million. Values range from 2.26 to 2.00 per bushel, implying billions in revenue for farmers, lenders, and railroads.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Iansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Oregon
75 Die in Monterey Battle Across Mexican Frontier
Forces under Generals Angeles and Villa move in three columns toward Guadalupe near Juarez. Official reports say 75 killed in Monterey as fighting followed a Sunday election. Skirmishes occur between Villa Angeles advance elements and Juarez garrison on Juarez’s eastern outskirts.
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el Paso
Tex
Angeles
Villa
Samalquea
Guadalupe
Juarez
Monterey
Villa-Angeles
Juarez Federal
American disbursing officer missing near Coblenz bridgehead
German police urge alert for an American disbursing officer who vanished near the Coblenz bridgehead with 485000 marks and is under bond.
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Coblenz
May Head Hungarian Party
Bela Kun, the Red dictator of Hungary, may head the peace delegation to Paris as Hungarians agree to ally demand for a cessation of hostilities against the Czechs.
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Vienna
Bela Kun
Hungary
Paris
Swiss Mission Heads to United States for Study
The Swiss mission to study American economic conditions in August has grown to 652 members. The Maer Tatterdaim will transport them to the United States.
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Berne
United States
Rutgers Bestows Honorary Degrees on Houston and Weigel
David P. F. Houston secretary of agriculture and Maj. Gen. William Weigel commander of the eighty eighth division received honorary LL D and MA degrees at Rutgers College Brunswick New Jersey on June 12.
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D. F. Houston
Brunswick
N. J
David PF. Houston
Agriculture
William Weigel
Rutgers College
U S Troops Move Toward Juarez as Mexican Forces Engage
Skirmishes flare near Juarez as Gen Felipe Angeles troops push toward the town. Federal forces clash near the Juarez Agricultural College four miles south. A paymaster general says fighting continues east of Juarez as Angeles gains strength. Americans with passports flee to El Paso while civilians ordered from streets and businesses shut by military decree. The Twenty-fourth Infantry from Columbus is en route to El Paso.
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Juarez
Mex
Felipe Angeles
Angeles
Juarez Agricultural College
Angelegy
Rio Grande
el Paso
Twenty-fourth
U. S. Infantry
Columbus
N. M
Big Army Swindle Bared
Government defrauded of 1,000,000 through army allotment check forgeries. Army intelligence and the secret service probe three months with arrests expected. Washington listed as band headquarters with branches in many cities. Chicago cited as a chief center.
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Chicago
United States
Army
Secret Service
Washington
Palmer asks Congress for half million for anti anarchist drive
Attorney General Palmer asked Congress for a special half million dollar appropriation to fund the hunt for anarchists bomb throwers and enemies of law and order. He cited recent violence by individuals linked to anarchist groups and urged the measure be transmitted to the House for action.
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Washington
Palmer
Congress
Glass
House
United States
Raid on New York Soviet Office Shocks City
Detectives seized records at the Russia soviet bureau in New York crippling business. subpoenas were issued for A. J. Martens, head of the soviet embassy, and four assistants to testify before the Lusk committee as it opened its Bolshevism inquiry in City Hall.
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New York
Russia Soviet Bureau
A. JX
Martens
Lusk Committee
Tawney of Minnesota Dies at 64 in Missouri
Winona Minn June 14 James A Tawney former congressman of the First Minnesota district and one time chairman of the house appropriations committee died Thursday at Ixcel sior Springs Mo Advices received by the family say he was sixty four years old He served 18 years as a Republican member of congress.
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Tawney
Minnesota
Winona
Minn
James A. Tawney
House Appropriations Committee
Ixcelsior Springs
Congress
Vopicka Heads Home from Bucharestの
American minister Charles J. Vopicka will depart Bucharest Monday for the United States via Paris. The Roumanian government will provide him a private car.
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Vopicka
Bucharest
Charles J. Vopicka
Roumania
Serbia
United States
Paris
Copper Claims Men Slain in Rocky Mountains
The bodies of Frank Sharp of Omaha Nebraska and Joe Rigalado a Mexican were found with seven and six bullet wounds respectively in the Rocky mountains near Edmonton Alberta.
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Copper
Edmonton
Alberta
Frank Sharp
Omaha
Neb
Joe Rigalado
Rocky Mountains
Race riots erupt at English ports over wartime labor influx
Serious race riots have broken out at several ports in England and Wales. The unrest is linked to African and other non British workers brought in during the war as labor battalions. London reports indicate heightened tensions as mobs clash and public order concerns rise.
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English
London
Africa
England
Wales
Bank Bandits Shoot Two In St Louis Robbery
Three armed men robbed the Meremee Trust company in St Louis, injuring two policemen during the escape. Two of the bandits were captured after forcing a payout of $2,000.
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St. Louis
Meremee Trust Company
Ascension Island: British depot amid sailor population and shared property
Ascension Island in the Atlantic, eight by six miles, is under British rule with about 450 residents. It was uninhabited until Napoleon's confinement at St. Helena, now a naval base with public land, no private property, and rations for meat and crops. Most residents are sailors employed in common trades as climate favors growth.
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Ascension
Atlantic
Great Britain
Napoleon
St. Helena
Mismanaged Uplift In Society Sparks Socialist Quip
A dialogue pokes at the labor movement's progress as a socialist speaker claims effort aims at uplifting society while an ironic response notes only an upset has been achieved so far. The exchange highlights frustration with social reform pace.
The naval pennant origin in early maritime warfare
A Chambers' Journal note traces the pennant’s early use before Blake’s 17th century command. It describes requisitioned ships led by armored officers who bore lance pennons to maastheads, and knights or bannerets using swallowtailed banners in danger at sea, evolving into commodores’ pendants and admirals’ flags.
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Chambers’ Journal
Admiral Blake
Those Naughty Men Says Yonkers Satirical Exchange
A Yonkers Statesman quip centers on gender age myths. Mrs Styles counters women fib about ages while noting men inflate their ages. The exchange ends with comments about appearances and disbelief.
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Mr. Styles
Mrs. Styles
Yonkers
The World May Love a Lover Not a Quitter
The line contrasts public affection for steady dedication with disdain for giving up. It frames quitting as a sign of weakness while noting revenge as a dubious, risky pleasure pursued by a narrow mindset.
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Lamont
Mrs. Grace Burch
Grace Burch Wahalkup
Charles Sumner Burch
Belgrade
Carrie Chapman Catt
O. K
Russia
Maj. Reid M. Chambers
Reid M. Chambers
Memphis
Tenn
Louisville
Major Chambers
Mexico
City of
Yank
U. S
Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Gotham
United
Dept. E
Boaton
Ascension Island
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