Telegraph Strike Begins as Union and Company Brace for Picketing
Police prepare to meet disturbances at Western Union offices as the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America mobilizes for a fight to the finish. Omaha operators are not walking off and Washington reports no precautions taken. the strike is set to start at 8 this morning per International Deputy VP Percy Thomas.
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Telegraphers’ Union of America
Percy Thomas
Intennl Telegraph and Telephone
Althenah
Springfield
Wiktas
Charles
Ford
Creatiene
International Brotherhood of Flestrical Workers
New York
Teday
Nowheen
Telephone Electricians
Konenkema
Pulitzer
New York Calls Extraordinary Session on Woman Suffrage
Governor Smith orders an extraordinary session for June 16 to ratify the national woman suffrage amendment. Speaker Thaddeus Sweet says the move is unnecessary. Illinois already ratified, while New York seeks prompt action to enable participation in primaries and the next presidential election.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Utive
United States
New York State
Empire State
New York
Nexr
Sta
Thaddeus
Sweet
Springfield, Hil
Illinoiis
Ex Crown Prince predicts another war in ten years
Ex Crown Prince of Germany, seen in the Hague, warns that under the current peace terms new nations and disputed borders will trigger a fresh war within ten years. He doubts a trial for his father and says his honor would prevent such a proceeding. He discusses Wilson’s peace and trade, and notes Eastern Prussia and Silesia tensions.
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Germany
Paris
Prussia
Silesia
Russia
Serbia
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Belgium
Japan
France
England
America
Wilson
League of Nations
Holland
Count Bentinck
Handley Page first to make transatlantic hop from St John’s
Special to The New York Times reports that the Handley Page completed a 4:50 pm takeoff from Harbor Grace and flew to St John’s, challenging the Vickers-Vimy in a race to be first across the Atlantic. Rival pilots Alcock and Brown planned a 6 am trial. weather and technicals could delay the outcome. The Paris peace conference drags, with Lloyd George and Clemenceau at odds over treaty terms and German defiance looming amid Bolshevik Hungary and Fiume tensions.
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Handley-Page
Alcock
Brown
St. John's
Newfoundland
H. G. Brackley
Handley- Page
Harbor Grace
Wilson
Orlando
Fiume
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Paris
Council of Four
Russia
France
Europe
American Commission
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Wilson Werea
Clemenceau Blamed for Victory Attitude, Matin Attacks
Paris dispatch reports Le Matin assails Georges Clemenceau for his postwar conduct at the Peace Conference. The critique cites his irony, feebleness in dealings with Wilson and England, and failure to guide France amid new European order. The piece notes past praise and current denunciation amid government-media friction.
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Paris
The
Matin
Clemenceau
War Office
France
Europe
England
Wilson
Foch
Bankers to Testify on Leaked Treaty Copies
J P Morgan Frank W Vanderlip and Henry P Davison will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for the leak inquiry no subpoenas were issued they volunteered to testify first Morgan to be questioned first Republicans and Democrats pledge earnest questions to uncover how treaty copies reached this country Schiff asked not to testify due to health and lack of knowledge about the matter
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New York Times
Washington
J. P. Morgan
Frank W. Vanderlip
Henry P. Davison
Foreign Relations Committee
The
Senate
New York
Knox Seeks to Separate League Covenant From Treaty
The Knox resolution moves in the Senate to detach the League of Nations covenant from the peace treaty with Germany. It proposes redrafting to allow optional join now or later, with commissions to handle non‑signatory states and aims for a vote soon. If it fails, supporters may pursue the Sherman resolution or a referendum led by Senator Johnson.
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New York Times
Washington
PC Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
League of Nations Covenant
Knox
League of Nations
Germany
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Johnson
California
M. Johnson
Paris
Notic
Lodge
Congress of the
Versailles
Urges Wilson to Kill Wartime Prohibition
Representative Dyer of Missouri cables President Wilson urging a proclamation to end wartime prohibition as Congress shows no chance for repeal. He cites hearings and Judiciary Committee stance and argues the President can act after July 1 to permit saloons to reopen with demobilization.
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Washington
Dyer
Missouri
Wilson
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Foch Orders Germans to Stop War Against Esthenians
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Foch ordering German forces to cease fighting in Esthenia where a 30 000 strong army remains near Kinigsberg. Allies fear Bolshevik spread and may send a mission to investigate the reports amid plans for East Prussia conquest.
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Foch
Chicago Tribune Co
Paris
War Council
Kinigsberg
Esthenia
East Prussia
Marshal Foch
Knox Proposes Senate Peace Treaty Without League
American delegate warns Paris deadlock on reply to foe delays aid German aims. Fiume solution seen as distant as Franco British contest grows. European unrest fears rise as talks stall and regional tensions persist.
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Knox
Senate
Paris
Allied Reply Delayed to Week's End in Paris
Paris June 10 Allied reply to German counter proposals unlikely before week’s end. The initial reply will be brief and general, with later commission prepared answers detailing why specific German requests cannot be granted.
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Paris
Associated Press
British and French Radicals Meet Dr Solf on International Plot
The Lausanne Gazette reports James Ramsay MacDonald and Jean Longuet held talks with Dr W S Solf in Fribourg. Solf urged returning German colonies to Germany and found willing ears. MacDonald and Longuet, radicals, attended Berne talks backing a Socialist peace and to press for a hearing before the Council of Four.
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Dr. Solf
Geneva
Gazette of
Lausanne
James Ramsay MacDonald
British Independent Labor Party
Jean Longuet
Italy
W. S. Solf
Germany
Fribourg
Switzerland
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Berne
MacDonald
Longuet
Council of Four
Warburg Says He Will Testify On Peace Treaty Inquiry
Paul M. Warburg former Vice Governor of the Federal Reserve Board attending the National Association of Credit Men convention said he is willing to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee inquiry into the peace treaty. He claimed he knows nothing about the treaty beyond newspaper reports and has not seen a copy. AF CONVEYERS ARE BEST The Alvey Ferguses Company New York Viv.-adan.
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Thomas
Amesse
Associated Press
Joseph P.aes
Association of “Terining
Biles
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone
Nathan Kingsbury
M8 Telegraph
Ed Bud A. Reynolds
Oral Telegraph Company
Thomas Ay MB
New York Times
Detroit
Mich
Paul M. Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
National Association of Credit Men
Senate Foreign Itelacios
Alvey Ferguses Company
New York
Adan
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Western Tolon Telegraph Company
Postal Eystem
American Telephone Ene Telegraph Company
Associated Companies
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New England
Bel
A&e
H. Albert, Ifor Me
Lewmestead, Hot Springs
Advi
Illinois, Wisconsin
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Adot
Times
Kaiser
Will
Silesian
T. Walter Williams
New York Times Company
Bate
the Hague
Ewijckslois
Island of
Wieringen
Verdun
Pervice
Oosterland
Plaza Summer Garden
Gidoot Terrace
Adye
Vimy
Atcock
Rival
Trans
Atlantic
Richard V. Oulahan
Councils of the Four
Greenbrier
Taronge @leepers
Heserradons
Vlasza
Charles A. Selden
Tus
New
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Davison
Republi
Can and Democratic
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Morgan
Borah
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Idaho
Pittman
Democrats
New and
Moses
McCumber
Jacob H. Schiff
Schiff
Thomas W. Lamont
Horah
Hitchcock
Knox Resolution
League
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