Treaty Copy Printed After Senate Fight
Washington June 10 The Senate ordered the treaty printed after a five hour battle as investigators questioned Morgan bankers Lamont and Vanderlip over copies reaching private hands. Senator Borah presented a copy after Wilson cable urged nonrelease. Lodge and Borah testified about New York copies while Frank Polk answered about state department vaults.
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Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
J. Morgan
Hf. P. Davison
Thomas F. Lamont
Morgan Banking House
Jacob Schith
Kuhn, Leeb and Company
Paul Warhurt
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Frank L. Polk
State Department
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Borah
New York
Borah
Wilson
Idaho
Court Limits Picket Force At Overlands
TOLEDO June 11 By an order in United States district court the number of pickets permitted at the Willys-Overland plant when work resumes Wednesday after a strike is limited to 160. Not more than fifty can be on duty at one time, with a maximum of six stationed at any gate, and all must be U S citizens. The court ruled that in case of disorder attributable to pickets the night of picketing will be abolished al tog other.
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Toledo
Tnited States District Court
Willys-Overland Company
United States
Wilson Cable Warns Hold Treaty Back
President Wilson urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to pursue a thorough probe into how copies of the peace treaty reached private interests in New York. He said it was undesirable to officially share the treaty text while negotiations continued and warned that possession or communication of the official English text was inappropriate. He expressed confidence in a united stance with other great powers and pledged to maintain faith.
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Wilson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New York
Esthenians Forced To Attack In Baltic Crisis
London reports the Esthenian general staff says it must begin military operations against Germany in response to German moves in the Riga region. The action stems from German cavalry actions near Livonia and a German plan said to have aided Bolsheviks.
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London
Riga
Livonia
von der Goltz
Baltic
Germany Admission to League of Nations Debated
June 9 reports state the drive to admit Germany aims to avoid rival power blocs and binds Germany to league obligations. Leaders push for guaranteed peace treaty terms, a stable government, and observance of international commitments while omitting compulsory service specifics. Replies from Germany expected by week’s end with five days for a final answer.
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Paris
Germany
League of Nations
Russia
M. Clemenceau
Council of Four
Majestic Cafe Robbery: $560 Stolen From Safe
A thief entered Majestic cafe between 2 and 6 am Monday, manipulated the safe combination, and stole $560. Police were notified at 11 am. The back door and a window were found open. the robber likely escaped through the window and left by the rear door. The loss remains a mystery, with suspects reportedly familiar with the premises.
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Majestic Cafe
Fred Scharnhorst
Telegraph Workers Show Confidence Ahead of Nationwide Strike
Chicago June 10 After a conference with union officials S J Konenkamp international president of the Commercial Telegraphers union of America said final steps have been taken for a nationwide strike of about 70 000 telegraph and telephone operators next Wednesday Telegrams from across the country show workers determination to win their fight GQ H Preston deputy international president reported Western conditions everyone is confident of the outcome Western union president Carlton has challenged loyal workers The northwest predicts a landslide Rail road telegraphers vow to do all to win the strike Konenkamp denied reports the strike would start tomorrow
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Chicago
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’' Union of America
H. Preston
Portland
Ore
West
Carlton
Western Union
Northwest
Konenkamp
Swiss Attorney General Scores German General Staff
At the Zurich trial of 28 alleged secret agents and anarchists accused of plotting anarchy in Italy, Swiss attorney general Dr Staemply harshly attacked the German general staff for sending agents. He contends Germany aimed to foment a universal revolution starting on Swiss soil through a Zurich based terrorist service.
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Zurich
Italy
Staempely
Sien
E Tte
Talan
Germany
Labor Leaders Rally Against Radical Ideas at AFL Conference
Atlantic City June 10 Delegates representing more than three million American workers opened the AFL meeting with a strong stance against radical agitators and urged constructive plans for postwar reconstruction Governor Runyon of New Jersey warned radicals threaten chaos while Samuel Gompers AFL president underscored that organized labor will reject tyranny and stay focused on rights and principles won in the war The federation's executive council outlined a broad constructive reconstruction program in its annual report.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Runyon
New Jersey
New York
Gompers
Samuel Gompers
Organized Labor
America
Executive Council of
Federation
Trans-Mississippi Tournament Opens in St Louis
In St Louis on June 10 Arthur Bone brake of Topeka and Clarence Wolf of the Algonquin club posted 73s to lead the first Trans-Mississippi Golf championship qualification round at the St Louis Country club. Breezing past 136 rivals, their score was one over par.
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ST. Louis
Arthur Bonebrake
Topeka
Kansas
Clarence Wolf
Algonquin Club
R. E. Brockenkamp
Public Links
Omaha Field Club
Sam Reynolds
Omaha
Nelson Whitney
New Orleans
L. B. Bromfield, Jr
Denver
Frank Lynch
Stuart Stickney
C. Kenney
Roger Lord
H. G. Legg
Minneapolis
J. D. Cady
Rock Island Arsenal Club
Provisional Regime Arranged In Russia
London dispatch reports a provisional government planned for liberated Russia after Petrograd falls. Professor Kartasheff, a non socialist cabinet member under Kerensky, would head the new government and select aides from the Kolchak regime at Omsk and the Paris based Russian political committee. The cabinet would include democrats constitutionalists republicans socialists moderate revolutionists and business representatives.
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London
Russia
Petrograd
Helsingford
Kartasheff
A. F. Kerensky
Kolchak
Omsk
Paris
The Whig Want Ad Way Promotes Economy in Ads
The Whig Want Ad system is praised as the best quickest and most efficient method to find help homes rooms buyers or jobs. It promises rapid dispatch satisfaction and saving both time and money with a trifling expense and emphasizes economy as a path to future success.
Villa troops near Samalayuca threaten Juarez rail line
Military dispatches report 300 Villa troops reached Samalayuca thirty miles south of Juarez after a Sunday concentration of over 2,000 forces at Villa Ahumada under Generals Felipe Angeles and Martin Lopez. Across the border in El Paso, M M Murrieta, Juarez customs collector, moved official funds to El Paso and sent his family across the bridge amid no visible troop unease. Juarez residents fear a Villista wrecking expedition on the railroad line.
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Juarez
Mex
Villa
Samalayuca
Villa Ahumada
Felipe Angeles
Martin Lopez
EL Paso
Texas
M. M. Murrieta
International Bridge
Villistas
Illinois Ready For Suffrage Vote
Springfield, Ill June 10 First business of the general assembly will be a vote on the federal suffrage amendment. Governor Lowden urges ratification and reads his message as Grace Wilbur Trout and suffrage leaders look on. Senators Barr and Boyd back ratification with a motion to delay post pony action until this morning.
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Springfield
Ill
General Assembly
Lowden
Grace Wilbur Trout
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
United States
Richard J. Barr
Joliet
House
Randolph Boyd
Galva
Five Half Pints Found Under a Setting Hen
MOBILE Alabama June 10 Deputies uncovered whiskey hidden in a shed behind Will Hays home. Lost under a setting hen were five half pints of whiskey as officers raided the yard late Sunday night.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Will Hays
Biddy
Quincy City Council Praises 33rd Division Veterans
City council members in a Monday night session adopted a resolution praising the 33rd division and other returning soldiers to be honored by Quincy residents. Alderman Perry Ellis framed the measure, lauding the veterans for their conduct and credit to the city state and nation.
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Quincy
Perry Ellis
City of
Budge City
Germany's Path to League Membership and Versailles Talks
Peace Conference sources indicate Germany may join the League of Nations if it signs the treaty and proves stable governance and compliance. The Council of Four reviews counter proposals and expects a final recipient verdict at Versailles within days. Fighting persists between Bolsheviks and Russian forces, and tensions rise as Clemenceau warns allied troops against Hungarian defiance. A German court indicts figures blamed for fomenting the war and Germany's defeat.
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Germany
League of Nations
Council of Four
League
Russia
Paris
Versailles
Clemenceau
Government control helps unions in railroads convention
Denver June 10 Government control of railroads through the national railroad administration has brought thousands into organized labor says W S Carter president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men He has led the department of labor of the railroad administration since 1917 Carter says government protection spurred union formation in place of discharge for union membership Timothy Shea acting president Cleveland reviews three years of Brotherhood gains including higher wages and shorter workdays since the prior convention
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Denver
Colo
National Railroad Administration
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Carter
Department of Labor
Railroad Administration
Timothy Shea
Cleveland
Ohio
Quincy Navy death: friend shot him in West Indies
Willam Jennings Dissler age 21, son of Mrs Mary Dissler of 2067 Oak Street Quincy, was accidentally shot and killed June 5 by a trumpeter in the 387 company 15th regiment stationed in La Campia West Indies. Dissler, a druggist in the United States Naval Reserve and a second class hospital apprentice, served in base hospital La Campia. A Bureau of Navigation telegram to Mrs Dissler announced the death and said the body would be sent home at government expense or interred at a naval cemetery designated by Mrs Dissler. He had war insurance and earlier worked at Heidbreder and Drallmeier drug store in 1707 Broad near Quincy. He enlisted in the navy for hospital service. He lived in Quincy. last year he attended a pharmacist school in Milwaukee. He is survived by his parents, brothers Russell of Milwaukee, George and Edward at home, sisters Mrs Roy Weed Frances and Katherine, and grandfather William Burrall.
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Willam Jennings Dissler
Mary Dissler
Oak Sreet
15Th Regiment
la Campia
West Indies
Young Dissler
United States Naval Reserve Force
Bureau of Navigation
Dissler
Naval
Heidbreder & Drallmeier Drug Store
Broadne
Navy
Quincy
Milwaukee
Wis
Russell
George
Edward
Roy Weed
Frances
Katherine
William Burrall
Nationwide strike called by telephone workers union
A nation-wide strike of telephone operators and maintenance crews was declared for next Monday, after a referendum showing strong support. The move follows the Commercial Telegraphers Union strike, with demands for union recognition and collective bargaining, amid discharge protections for union members. Delegates in Winnipeg sought terms for return to work as police were dismissed and a pledged neutral stance on sympathy strikes was demanded.
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Cleveland
Ohio
C. Sickman
J. H. Groves
Electrical Workers Union
International
Springfield
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Winnipeg
Man
Congress Will Take Up Wire Repeal Bill
Congress enters week four of the new session as the Senate weighs Senator Kellogg Minnesota Republican and a repeal of the law allowing government control of telegraph telephone and wires while the House works on the 800000000 army appropriation bill. Debate looms over Postmaster Burleson action restoring wire lines to private control and a strike by commercial telegraphers and telephone operators. The army bill proposes 400000 soldiers and narrows wartime scope. naval appropriations follow later in the week with other appropriation bills prioritized.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Kellogg
Minnesota
House
Burleson
War Department
Expect More Arrests In Army Junk Frauds
Federal agents say further arrests are likely in the army junk fraud case in Detroit. Indictments allege a conspiracy to defraud the government of about 30 million dollars in army supplies. Named defendants include Captain Sotomes Nicholson, Grant Hugh Browne, and Fred C. Collins, with an additional unnamed officer in France.
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Detroit
Mich
Federal Department of Justice
Sotomes Nicholson
Washington
Ordnance Department
Grant Hugh Browne
New York
Fred C. Collins
Greece
France
Massacre of Jews Reported Across Russian Towns
A Russian wire service message cited by levestia reports pogroms in fifty Russian locales. Most attacks occurred near Proskurov with 3000 deaths at Felshtyn 2000 at Zhitomir 410 at Teplek and 350 at Ovrutch, indicating a severe toll on Jewish communities.
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London
Russia
Levestia
Proskurov
Felshtyn
Zhitomir
Teplek
Ovrutch
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