Leaks Senate Debate Over Unpublished German Treaty
Washington June 6 A Senate debate centers on leaks of the unpublished peace treaty with Germany. Senator Hitchcock urges a full investigation into charges that copies reached New York interests, sparking clashes with Senators Lodge and Borah over who bears responsibility and what it implies about the President and the treaty.
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Washington
Germany
New York
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Massachusetts
Borah
Idaho
Comes
Mr. Borah
Thom
Senate of the
United States
Mr. Lodge
Paris
Els
Williams
Mississippi
George Washington
House of Representatives
Garfield warns buy coal now as 1919 output lags
Federal Fuel Administrator Dr. Harry Garfield cites geological survey data showing five months coal output at 178 million tons versus recent years and projects a need of 530 million tons for the year. He urges immediate purchases to keep miners employed and avoid a severe shortfall. Garfield heads to Walla Walla Seattle and Williams College.
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Chicago
Harry A. Garfield
C. E. Lesher
Geological Survey
Fuel Administration
Garfield
Lesher
Walla Walla
Seattle
Williams College
Marshall Signs Bill For Woman Suffrage
Washington June 6 Vice President Marshall signed the woman suffrage constitutional amendment resolution in the presence of Senate committee chair Watson and other senators and representatives of women's organizations. The signature completed the capital act after Speaker Gillett had attached his signature the day before. Guests honored the fifty year campaign of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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Washington
Marshall
Watson
Senate Woman Suffrage Committee
Gillett
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Congress
Intdoni Association
Old Comrades Of Battle Take Burglar Case To Court
New York June 6 Albert Jensen and Frank Upton former battle comrades at Chateau-Thierry were wounded and captured by Germans last summer. A burglar crawled through a ground floor window at 65 Central Park West and was confronted by Patrolman Thomas McNamara and Patrolman Frank Upton. Jensen recognized Upton and the intruder was taken to West Side Court where the prisoner was arraigned.
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New York
Albert Jensen
Frank Upton
Chateau-Thierry
Central Park West
John C. Bogue
Thomas McNamara
Jensen
Corp Upton
Upton
McNamara
West Side Court
Engineers
Frothingham
Germany
Mutt
Forbids Strikes In New Rhine Republic
Berlin report cites Gen Mangin proclamation in the Frankfort Gazette forbidding strikes against the Rhineland’s new republic within Germany. It warns leaders of such movements with expulsion and notes a threat of imprisonment from the German government.
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Berlin
Mangin
Mayence
Khenish Republic
Frankfort
Western Union Telegraph Workers Strike Across South
Western Union Telegraph employees in Florida Alabama Georgia South and North Carolina West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and New Orleans Louisiana who belong to the Commercial Telegraphers Union are ordered to strike immediately by J Konenkamp president of the union. The walkout follows Atlanta telegraph and telephone operators and may be followed by a nationwide strike within days.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
South
North Carolina
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
New Orleans
Commercial Telegraphers Union
J. Konenkamp
Konenkamp
Atlanta
Burleson
Street Car Upsets On Curve Injures Sixty Six In Milwaukee
Sixty six persons were injured when a street car on the Eighth Street line toppled on a curve at Sixth and Weiss streets. The injured were rushed to hospitals as a call for physicians and nurses went out to assist.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eighth Street
Sixth and
Weiss Streets
Want Ad Investment Pays in Dollars and Pennies
A short promotional note extols penny investments in WANT ADS to rent, sell, hire, or buy. It argues a vacant house loses money daily and that placing a WHIG WANT AD will quickly lead to rental income and dollar profits, urging continued use for various needs.
Powder on Train Sets Off in Delaware Tunnel Disaster
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on Thursday 83 men died and 50 were burned or injured after seven kegs of black powder detonated in a Delaware and Hudson Coal tunnel train. A steel trolley wire shorted on a powder keg igniting flames that trapped workers two miles from the tunnel mouth. Rescue crews battled flames as the smoke filled the tunnel and the shaft of the disaster. Sixty-nine corpses were found in the tunnel and 14 others died in hospitals. only 49 identified. Among the dead was former Philadelphia pitcher James McCloskey.
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Wilkesbarre
Baltimore
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company
East End
James McCloskey
Fonmer
Philadelphia
Buchanan
John McGroarty
Stith Field Artillery
Peace Conference Deadlock and Austrian Terms
The four power council in Paris debates German peace counterproposals and unfinished Austrian terms at St Germain. A financial clause is settled but Austria’s payment sum awaits a commission after resources are assessed. Paderewski protests any change to Silesia terms amid Austrian indecision and popular unrest.
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Associated Press
Council of Four
Paris
St. Germain
Austria
Paderewski
Poland
Silesia
Copenhagen
Lloyd George
Union of South Africa
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Petrograd
Suffrage Amendment Heads To 48 States For Ratification
Washington June 5 The suffrage amendment to the constitution is ratified by the states and states that the right to vote cannot be denied on account of sex Section 2 grants Congress power to enforce the article Senate rejected several amendments including popular conventions and state enforcement Bids expect ratification by next spring though Southern opposition may hinder it with enfranchisement of Black women noted
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Washington
United States
Congress
Senate
Underwood
Alabama
Gay
Louisiana
Phelan
California
War Probe Board Formed To Track War Expenditures
Washington June 6 Fifteen House members were appointed by Speaker Gillett to conduct five investigations into war department spending covering aircraft ordnance camps cantonments quartermaster supplies and purchases abroad. Republican Graham of Illinois was named chairman with a separate subcommittee for each inquiry.
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Washiington
House
Gillett
War Department
Graham
Illinois
Hamilton
Michigan
Mackenzie
Ilinois
Johnson
South Dakota
Reavis
Nebraska
Mayes
New York
McCulloch
Ohio
Bland
Indiana
Jeffries
MacGregor
Flood
Virginia
Garrett
Tennessee
Doremus
Donovan
An Sea
California
Slavs Win Point in Armament Dispute at Paris
In Paris June 5 the council of four approved the Austrian peace treaty provisions limiting armaments for successor states of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Jugoslavs, Poles, and others protested, fearing the larger powers will dominate defense options. Czecho-Slovaks reported satisfaction with the frontier clauses and minority protections, especially in Vienna, and urged broader toleration across borders.
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Paris
Council of Four
Italy
Eastern
Europe
League of Nations
League
Hapsburg
Wacy
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
E. M. Benes
Bohemia
Moravia
Vienna
Winnipeg Soldiers Aid Authorities in General Strike
Winnipeg, Man. June 6 The fourth week of the general strike opened with hundreds of veterans pledging to aid city authorities in maintaining order and ensuring food flow. About four thousand veterans gathered to denounce strike leaders, back Mayor Gray, and demand deportation of undesirable aliens. They proposed forming up to two thousand loyal soldiers as special constables and asserted the Union Jack as the only union Canada would recognize. A parallel parade of strikers occurred nearby during the gathering.
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Winnipeg
Man
Chares F. Gray
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Charles C. Nott, Jr
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Connecticut
Lodge Exposure
Nation
New Rhine Republic
Dolar
Grawam Wade
WAR Probe Body
Tllnois
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