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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
17
Aunt Susie chose sterling candlesticks to light the bride’s path to hope. The slender, delicate pieces stand a small height and are priced around $9.3 to $67.50 per pair, reflecting enduring wishes and refined taste.
This article notes a new Elizabeth Tudor tableware line forged by hammering to blend antique craft with modern design. It highlights the handcrafted finish, unusual serving pieces, and a silvery gray tone. Teaspoons start at 12.49 and flower vases range from six to twenty four inches, priced 6.94 to 71.50. It suggests the gift symbolizes a bride’s hopeful path.
More than 1,300 soldier-constables and a cavalry unit patrol Winnipeg amid Mayor Gray's parade ban. Strikers attempt to march on City Hall but are broken up by police. Ketchen warns government action may come to curb revolution and Bolshevism while unions seek settlement through conciliation. Shipping disruptions deepen as Vancouver ports feel the pressure.
The French Pastry Shop at 36 Fifth Avenue ends tipping and adds a 19 percent service charge to each check, paid to waiters. Proprietor Irving Billig says the move boosts waiter self respect and protects workers, with eighteen waiters all approving the plan. A waiter accepting tips will be dismissed. average tips have been replaced by the service charge.
A Baltimore No. 2 tunnel explosion of five kegs of black powder on the Delaware and Hudson line yesterday killed 87 miners. Thirty five are hospitalized with several in serious condition. State mine officials opened an investigation as inspectors visited the site. Testimony cited a sagging trolley wire and the chance that metal objects or sparks could have ignited powder on the train. Another theory cited sparks from lamps, pipes, or a lighted match touching loose powder.
Washington June 6 labor unions received permission from the District of Columbia capital to hold a parade and demonstration before the Capitol on June 14 opposing wartime prohibition on light wines and beer. Organizers said 100,000 would march and delegations would come from many cities.
Western Union officials reported to New York that 49,000 eligible employees had joined the Commercial Telegraphers' Union by July 10. President Konenkamp planned a Chicago trip as he warned the strike would swell to maximum on June 11. He blamed government agencies for inaction and said he would not seek presidential aid, while denying aims of permanent government ownership.
Local officials of the Commercial Telegraphers Union said there is no anticipated delay. Union vice president Percy Thomas warned a Sunday reply, while Western Union President Newcomb Carlton reported few operators quit and no major trouble expected in the South or elsewhere. Union leaders and allied companies express confidence in uninterrupted service and note limited union membership among Western Union workers. A meeting on a profit sharing plan was to be held with company officers.
June 6 Washington reports Republican members of the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission call Burleson’s order returning telephone and telegraph control to private owners a flim flam scheme to delay the strike. A letter from Burleson explaining the plan was read to the commission during its special session. Kingsbury, president of the American Telegraph and Telephone, was mentioned in the discussion.
Senate members questioned the Postmaster General's wire return directive as Kingsbury explained Burleson kept control but turned back operation to the companies. The committee pressed for rapid passage of a relief resolution and 90 day rate continuation after government control ends. The House Commerce panel heard the same matter, seeking earliest wire return and deciding post-return rate terms.
Springfield June 1 Postmaster General Burleson's order to restore telegraph and telephone operations to companies reduces the likelihood of a prolonged walkout by electrical workers. Secretary Charton Vera of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers said the strike would affect many communities but would not be general.
The text notes dissatisfaction with Postmaster General Burleson for denying a privilege, stating pleasure at his action but asserting opposition to government control of telegraph and telephone lines. It mentions prior Terre Haute differences being settled due to changing circumstances.
Atlantic telegraphers' strike action in ten southeastern states created conflicting claims from Union Telegraph Company officials and strike leaders. Western Union Southern Division general manager H C En said under 800 operators involved, while Charles F Mann of the Atlanta Telegraphers Union put the figure at 3,000. Western Union continued to handle messages.
A formal announcement by Clarence T. Mackay reports that officials removed by Postmaster General Burleson have been restored. Mackay resumes presidency. William Cook becomes general counsel. Edward Reynolds is vice president and general manager. A. B. Richards returns as general superintendent.
In Philadelphia on June 6 the union league decided to organize library workers and to push public school teachers into union status via the league. Delegates will be sent to the Women’s Labor Congress in Washington. A loud dispute arose over a statement by Miss Windhor regarding pro German sentiments.
Ensign Beck in Naval Reserves faced bribery charges. Witnesses testified at a Brooklyn martial that he accepted favors to assign enlisted men to shore work and to overlook unsuitable physicals. Other officers named include Lieutenant Ellert awaiting trial. Beck allegedly posed as a navy lawyer, coordinating with Davie Morris and Julius Popper to arrange meetings and payments at office sites.
The missing Canadian ace Captain Mansell T. James flight from Tom Lee Massachusetts toward Atlantic City was traced to Mount Stamford southeast of Waterbury thirteen miles north of Long and Sound. School children reported seeing the plane near Mount Stamford during lunch. Aero Club officials stated the craft would have reached Mount Stamford on schedule, suggesting an intended continuation to Atlantic City rather than Mineola.
Hearst’s New York American editorial claims a genuine radical party could emerge from Democratic ranks to challenge Wilsonism. It predicts a party formed before or during the next campaign, led by a true radical with clear policies, potentially hinting Hearst as guiding influence.
New York members of the 323d Infantry Regiment in the 1st Division are aboard the transport Walter A Luckenbach and due to reach port on June 14, according to wartime dispatches from Washington. The unit ships as part of a larger deployment of troops overseas.
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