Knox Seeks Senate Move On League of Nations
In Washington on June 11 the senate opened with a Knox resolution aimed at splitting the league covenant from the peace treaty. The measure would notify President Wilson that ratification in its current form is opposed and would seek separate popular consideration of any league issue while preserving Germany’s treaty obligations.
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Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Knox
Pennsylvania
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Paris
Germany
Knox and
Lodge Center
Lodge
League
United States
Europe
Rhenish Republic
France
Rhine
Clemenceau
Bela Kun
House Approves Rail Bill for 750 Million to Run Gov Rail Lines
Washington June 11. The House passed the bill authorizing 750 million dollars for the railroad administration to operate government controlled lines with a 305 to 4 vote. Opposition came from Anthony Kansas Ramseyer Iowa Woodyard West Virginia and Thomas Kentucky. The measure lowers the prior request from 1.2 billion and brings total appropriations for the administration to 1.25 billion since takeover. Debate in the Senate centered on restoring interstate rate oversight to the ICC, with Cummins and Nelson arguing against intrastate override. Political attacks over wages and policy colored proceedings as Republicans pressed for wage cuts and accountability.
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House
Senate
Railroad Administration
Anthony
Kansas
Ramseyer
Iowa
Woodyard
West Virginia
Thomas
Kentucky
Good
Appropriations Committee
Hines
Byrns
South Carolina
Tennessee
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nelson
Minnesota
Pomerene
Magee
New York
Walsh Republican
Massachusetts
United States
Hardy
Texas
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
MOB PULLS SOLDIER HERO FROM HORSE
Winnipeg August 11 1920 serious clashes erupted after strike sympathizers challenged returning soldier constables at city hall and Portage avenue. Mounted police dispersed crowds with batons. Corporal Trevor Coppubs Victoria Cross recipient was dragged from his horse and severely injured with broken ribs and possible internal injuries.
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Winnipeg
Man
Sron
Citv
Portage Avenue
Troerick George Coppubs
Representative Dyer Appeals Wilson to Annul War Time Prohibition
WASHINGTON June 11. Representative Dyer Republican of Missouri cables President Wilson urging a proclamation declaring war time prohibition void. He argues Congress plans to let the law stand and says public hearings have satisfied him repeal has no chance with the house judiciary committee. He hopes the President acts at once.
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Ashington
Dyer
Missouri
Wilson
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Experts Predict Price Reduction For Butter Eggs
Experts in Chicago forecast price declines for butter and eggs due to large storage stocks and weak exports. Chicago butter and egg board reports on June 1 show butter stored up 9,950,000 pounds over last year and eggs up 310,000 cases, with a total butter storage this year near 16,963,000 pounds. An official from the bureau of markets notes good prospects for lower prices amid the storage glut.
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Chicago
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Associated Warehouse
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Enlisted Man Testifies On Court Martial View In Chicago
Corporal Frederic O. Mason of Battery BK 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow division, testifies before an American Bar Association court martial committee. He cites delays between accusation and trial and discusses proposed changes in military law with Col Eugene R. West as chairman Gregory proposes excluding women from the death penalty.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
Gregory
Frederic O. Mason
149Th Field Artillery
Mason
Col
Eugene R. West
Judge Advocate General's Department
Edith Cavell
Col. West
Cavell
House Passes Bill to Abolish Tax Board
SPRINGFIELD Illinois June 11 the House approved by 107 to 19 the administration measure abolishing the state board of equalization and creating a state tax commission of three members The bill goes to the governor A companion bill defining the powers of the commissioners passed 105 to 10
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Springfield
Ill
House
Administration
State Board of Equalization
State Tax Commission
Administration Tax Commission
Quincy Soldier from Quincy Listed in New York Report
Quincy man Private Henry A. Marrow of 540 Wing Street is noted in a New York dispatch from June 11 as serving with Company F B Sixth Infantry. The brief item places him among others listed in the earlier Tuesday report.
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Quincy
Last Units of Yank Force Leave Siberia
Archangel dispatch reports the last American troops on the Archangel south front withdrawn for home sailings. Remaining units include 339th infantry, 337th ambulance, and a medical detachment, with the 310th engineers tentatively set to sail July 15. Eagle boats 1 and 3 join at Archangel, with No. 2 at Murmansk. Detroit soldiers Yohey and Springsteen receive British Distinguished Conduct Medal. Lt. Milton B. Rogers of Lebanon Kentucky wins the Croix de Guerre and British Military Cross for actions on the Murmansk front.
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Associated. Press
Archangel
339Th Infantry
337Th
310Th Engineers
Eagle Boats No
Murmansk
George R. Yohey
Walter A. Springsteen
Detroit
Vologda
Milton B. Rogers
Lebanon
Senate votes to end government wire control nationwide
Washington June 11 The Senate approved a bill to end federal control over telegraph, telephone, cable and radio lines, with a House panel aiming for June 30 repeal. The move comes as a telegraphers strike looms and officials deem serious disruption unlikely. The measure preserves current telephone rates for 90 days and blocks government control as a defense in private suits.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Pot Office Department
Kellogg
Minnesota
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Shephard
Texas
Credit Men Discuss Extension of Trade
Detroit on June 11 the National Association of Credit Men held its annual convention. Speakers focused on extending American trade worldwide and preserving leadership in world commerce. The banking report endorsed trade acceptance as a desirable credit instrument for everyday and wartime commerce. Paul Warburg urged national economy and a budget system for financing the nation. Nelda Maddox, president of the bankers’ association, also spoke on trade acceptance. The session stressed aiding business and supporting American goods.
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Detroit
National Association of Credit Men
Committee On Banking and Wey
Paul {. Warburg
Federal Real Board
Maddox
Anti, Bankers’ Association Algoee
Fter
Paris Peace Table Beset With Strife
Reports from Paris say the council of four struggles to resolve issues in the German peace treaty. Notable disagreements include the Silesian question and the Polish western frontier. France presses for no changes to key terms, while Wilson and Lloyd George favor moderation. Sentiment remains pessimistic about a swift final settlement. Bela Kun agrees to ceasefire after Hungarian claims of Czech aggression.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Versailles
M. Cemenceat
Wilson
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Telegraphers Ready for Walkout Today
Chicago June 11 The Commercial Telegraphers Union of America prepared to strike at 8 am affecting 60 000 plus telegraph and telephone workers. President Konenkamp reported increased Western Union lockouts bringing idle workers to about 2915 in three days and noted use of the suitcase route for delayed messages.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America
S. J. Konenkamp
International
Konenkamp
Western Union Telegraph Company
Montgomery Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hillsboro
Federal Telegraph Company
Pacific Coast
Mon Yow
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Aliens Seized on Ships Sent to Home Lands
About 2,000 former German officers and sailors held after the United States seized enemy shipping at the war outbreak will begin returning around July 1. Fort McClellan and Fort Oglethorpe are named for release locations. Forty other enemy aliens who were interned at Panama will be sent back next week to Panama before eventual repatriation to Germany and Austria.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Fort McClellan
Fort Oglethorpe
Panama
Austria
Poles spread tales of U S favoritism
Washington date June 11 propaganda in Poland and eastern Europe claimed the United States favors Jews over Poles. American Minister Gibson reported to the State Department, saying Jewish massacres reports were exaggerated. The House committee planned further inquiry and noted misperceptions about U S stance.
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Washington
Poland
Europe
United States
Gibson
Warsaw
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Phillips
England
People of Pittsburgh Sueing Carmen's Union
A Pittsburgh group led by attorney A B Anderson filed a suit in equity in the county court alleging wrongdoing by Carmen's Union. The filing details are limited in the scattered OCR text.
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People of Pittsburgh
Carmen’s Union
Pittsburgh
A. B. Anderson
Q Sun
Troops Sail From Brest to New York and Newport News
Thirty thousand troops departed Brest for the United States on nine transports. The Mount Vernon arrived in New York with 5,956 troops including the 54th infantry and field artillery units, plus 595 sick and wounded. At Newport News 59 French and Belgian brides sailed with 8,000 troops aboard the Susquehanna and other ships, bringing engineers, MPs, hospitals, and support units to help transport and cantonment duties in France.
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United States
New York
Sixth Division
Mount Vernon
54Th Infantry
Lth
Field Artillery
6Th Field Battalion
Signal Corps
Newport News
Susquehanna
America
Housatonic
Minnesota
Bordeaux
France
51Ith Engineers
317Th Field Artillery
Wildcat
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Freedom
214Th
307Th Bakery Company
Government ownership proposal to A F of L explained
Glenn E Plumb counsel for railroad brotherhoods presented a plan at the American Federation of Labor reconstruction convention in Atlantic City New Jersey. The proposal calls for public ownership of the nation’s railroads with immediate acquisition of systems and funding through government bonds to free railways from Wall Street control.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Glenn E. Plumb
Federation
Mr. Plumb
Wall Stree
Allied Packers Formed To Export Meat Products
Chicago June 10 Allied Packers Incorporated headed by John A Hankinson former vice president of Wilson and Company will absorb multiple plants across the United States and Canada. F B Snyder and Albert W Schenk named vice presidents. The firm will have distributing agencies in England and Europe and emphasize export business. Acquired companies include Parker Webb and Company Detroit C Kiick Packing Company Buffalo F Schenk Sons Wheeling Batchelder and Snyder Boston W S Forbes and Company Richmond Macon Packing Company Macon Ga and five Canadian plants. Negotiations are under way with additional firms.
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Chicago
John A. Hankinson
Wilson and Company
United States
Canada
Allied Packers, Incorporated
F. 8S. Snyder
United States Food Administration
Albert W. Schenk
Wheeling
W. Pa
England
Europe
Parker, Webb and Company
Detroit
C. Kiiick Packing Company
Buffalo
N. Y
F. Schenk Sons, and Company
W. Va
Batchelder and Snyder
Boston
W. S. Forbes and Company
Richmond, Va
Macon Packing Company
Macon
Maintenance Work Up at Washington Railroads
Maintenance work progress reported in Washington as mild weather allows faster completion. Director General Hines issues orders to all regions to protect the budget and stop unnecessary work and prevent over expenditures.
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Washington
Hines
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