Wires Return Debate Intensifies in Congress and Burleson Order
Congress grapples with returning telegraph and telephone wires to private operation. Postmaster General Burleson issues Order No. 3178, preserving compensation contracts, toll and service rates, and board structures while ending direct Federal operation. Senate and House committees weigh repeal implications amid confusion over retained control and potential impact on existing rates.
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Wire Operating Board
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Wire Control Board
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W.H. Lamar
Wire deficit a million under federal rule shocks Congress
Washington dispatch reports J C Koons chairman of the Wire Control Board says government operation of telegraph and telephone systems has cost at least one million dollars. He advocates continuing elevated rates for a year after return to owners and says a national body should set future rates and manage wage increases. He cites tensions with the Postal Telegraph and notes Western Union bore most government business in crucial wartime periods.
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Orders Out Union Men In 11 States
The Commercial Telegraphers' Union orders extend the Southeast strike to include New Orleans and all Southeastern states. About 3,000 district operators are affected with major cities listed. a nationwide extension is anticipated within days. Local Atlanta arbitration is urged, but Konenkamp doubts success due to Bell policy control.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
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Bell Telephone
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Bell
Strike Order Yet Noted As Weak Action In Southeast
Atlanta July 5 The walkout order for Commercial Telegraphers Union members with Western Union in ten Southeastern states produced little local effect on service. Atlanta official H C Worthen said operations were not seriously affected while P G Fenville cited hourly dispatches from the southwest showing obedience elsewhere.
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Protective legislation urged as wire rates and returns debated
The discussion centers on Government control and private returns for telegraph and telephone services during the postwar period. Speakers quantify 1917 to 1919 Government and Western Union business, and urge a national board to regulate rates and wages. They warn against extending Burleson rates, citing interstate versus war powers and potential litigation.
Western Union strike deemed not affecting operations
Newcomb Carlton, president of Western Union Telegraph, said last night the strike by Commercial Telegraphers' Union employees in ten states would have virtually no effect. He noted over 40,000 eligible workers in Western Union and fewer than 700 members, with under 400 in the Konenkamp district.
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Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
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Atlanta Strike Sparks Telephonists Walkout After Firings
Mayor Key telegraphed the Postmaster General and the Telegraphers Union president requesting a local arbitration committee as sixty nine operators from New York arrived in Atlanta. The strike began Monday when Southern Bell workers left in protest over dismissals for union activity.
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Southern Bell Company
Strike order unlikely to affect West Virginia telegraph work
Charleston report states S J Konenkamp issued a strike order but Western Union operators in West Virginia are largely non members of the union and belong to a beneficial association. Officials say no Commercial Union members exist in the state and northern cities report no operators leaving work.
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S. J. Konenkamp
West Virginia
Western Union Telegraph Company
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Western Union strike wave hits several cities
Reports from Louisville Charlotte Memphis Montgomery Newport News and New Orleans describe mixed reactions to a Commercial Telegraphers Union strike order. Some cities report no local participation while others see partial walkouts among Morse operators and Western Union staff.
Western Union says no strike order received in Nashville
The Western Union Telegraph Company in Nashville announced that no order calling a strike had been received and all employees would remain at work.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Wor
Foch Pledges Rhineland Independence to Rhinelanders
A German news summary claims Marshal Foch and Premier Clemenceau discussed a Rhineland republic. It says Foch promised the left bank would not be punished by Germany and that France would aid economically, potentially easing indemnity costs for the Palatinate.
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France funds Rhine republic push amid German unrest
A Karlsruhe cable says France channels 10 million francs to back a Rhine republic effort. Decrees from Dr. Dorten surface as leaders push self rule while most parties oppose French interference and a Mangin proclamation bans strikes in the occupied Rhineland.
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Paris Strikers Expand as Laundry Workers Join Walkout
Paris reports a broader strike wave as the Laundry Workers Union declares a capital and suburbs walkout. Transit improves with more subway trains running while stations stay guarded by soldiers. Minister Colliard summons Pas de Calais mine directors and miners’ delegates for a joint meeting.
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Japan Disciplin es American Mission in China
Peking reports say Japanese authorities in Tsingtao closed the American Presbyterian Mission School and banished its principal for anti Japanese activity, with a pledge to lift the ban soon. Boycott movement spreads as shops sell Japanese goods attacked. National Students Organization fuels protests across China. Minister of Education and Vice Minister resign. demonstrations and strikes continue in Peking and Neihua College students lead the movement.
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Austria Mourns Over Peace Terms Across The Nation
Austria will mourn with black flags nationwide over the peace terms handed to the country. Vienna reports say the Grand Council of German Austria called the terms a death sentence for the republic. The cabinet remains split on acceptance or rejection with leaders publicly denouncing the terms while signaling possible political signaling.
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Settlement near on Fiume question in Paris talks
Premier Orlando of Italy met with Premier Clemenceau to discuss the Adriatic problem. La Liberté reports near settlement, with Dalmatia joining Italy and the Jugoslavs gaining Sebenico. Czechoslovak claims to Bohemia and Moravia frontiers noted. hopes British and Polish redraws satisfy all sides.
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Bolsheviks face setbacks as Esthonian forces advance in Riga region
Reports from Helsingfors and Copenhagen on June 5 describe Bolshevik losses around Uralsk and Petrograd with Esthonian units repelling attacks near Luga and advancing toward Kreilitzburg while northern Esthonian forces hold. A Baltic-Soviet clash also notes British naval actions and strengthening anti Bolshevik resistance.
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England faces high coal prices a looming shortage
London reports reduced coal output and higher prices as Parliament weighs a serious energy position. Sir Auckland warned that 1919–July output may fall markedly from 1912 levels, with inland consumption and bunkers trimmed and exports dropping. Prices could rise about 4 shillings 6 pence per ton.
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Dutch Territory to Stand in Belgium Treaty Revision
Paris June 5 The Council of the waterway dispute in the 1839 treaty revision on Belgium’s status and boundaries with Holland indicates Holland will not concede terms while Belgians demand certain river rights.
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Allies Refuse Reparations Limit Amid Silesia Tensions
Report on postwar border disputes and plebiscite debates in Upper Silesia. Poland objects to German cession plans and fears pro German influence in the region. Council signals possible treaty modifications while small powers upset over armament limits in the new states.
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Europe
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Andrassy Urges Allied Help for Hungary
Count Julius Andrassy, ex Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister, with other Hungarians in exile, called for Allied intervention in Hungary. He warned the Communist government would ruin the country and said rapid action was needed to prevent further bloodshed and hostage deaths.
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NCH 4 Photograph of the American seas
A captioned image shows NC-4 in a harbor, identified with a Ponta Drigane location. The photograph appears in The New York Times Sunday edition, section titled Retograyunre Picty.
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