Labor for Beer and Prohibition Clash at AFL Meeting
At Atlantic City on June 12 the American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution opposing war time prohibition and calling for exemption of 2 percent beer from both the war prohibition act and the eighteenth amendment. The vote was 26 475 to 4 005 with Seattle voices in strong opposition.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Congress
Seattle
Workers of America
Washington
Teachers’ Federation of America
Long Shoremen
Fom
Chicago
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Central Labor Union
Mooney
John H. Walker
Tllineig Federation of Labor
Rena Mooney
Dis- Sean
Morris and Company Elects Officials With No Change
Chicago June 12 annual election of Morris and Company officers produced no change. President Ed Morris cited high labor costs and ongoing investments in building new machinery to cut operating expenses.
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Chicago
Morris and ‘Company
Ed‘werd
Morris
British Submarine Missing After Baltic Battle
London reports a British submarine operating in the Baltic has been missing since June 4 and presumed lost with all hands. A Soviet note received June 7 says the submarine attacking Russian destroyers in the Gulf of Koparia was sunk by artillery fire.
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London
Admiralty
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Koparia
Gulf of Finland
Petrograd
Detroit Car Strike Settled Men On Job
Detroit Mich June 12 A temporary settlement ends four days of citywide street car shutdown as Detroit United Railways and the city council agree to resume service now pending arbitration to decide fare and wage disputes. Car men to be offered higher pay at a Friday conference. wage talks centered on a possible ten cent raise after initial 27 cent demand. The company seeks a one cent transfer charge to fund pay increases for non-carmen staff.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railways
Arbitration Board
Carmen
Coroner Completes List Of Victims In Iowa Plant Explos ion
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 12 Coroner David King issues official list of Douglas Starch works explosion victims and survivors. One hundred five names on list include 43 dead 13 in hospital 10 at home 39 uninjured. Twenty unidentified dead to be buried in Linwood cemetery with monument. Debris removal and rebuilding underway.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
David King
Red Cross
Linwood Cemetery
Douglas Company
Kentucky Women Quit Ranks Of Suffragists
Three Kentucky suffrage leaders withdraw from organized suffrage work citing opposition to the Susan B Anthony amendment as a violation of state rights. The group includes Mrs Will D Oldham president of Fayette Equal Rights association and Mrs Harrison Gardner Foster a Democratic National Committee member who had come from Washington state, and Mrs Anthony McQuaid. Laura Clay, longtime state organizer, had recently withdrawn over state rights concerns.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Democratic National Committee
Susan B. Anthony
Will D. Oldham
Fayette Equal Rights Association
Harrison Gardner Foster
Washington
Anthony McQuaid
Oldham
Laura Clay
Pioneer
Wheat Harvest Begins in Tophka Kans
June 12 report from Tophka Kansas notes the wheat harvest starting as forecasts from the federal meteorology service indicate favorable conditions for ripening grain across the region. Local growers expect steady progress through the week with steady moisture and warm daytime temperatures aiding yields.
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Tophka
Kas
Eee
Ora
Kausna
NO TIE-UP ON FIRST DAY OF STRIKE IN CHICAGO
The first day of a nationwide strike by commercial telegraph operators drew reports of limited disruption while organizers claimed broad participation. Western Union and Postal Telegraph workers showed mixed responses with Chicago seeing few Western Union quitters, while many Postal Telegraph staff joined. Union leaders predicted wider action as the strike continued across cities including Philadelphia and New Orleans, with Toronto and Canada also referenced.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers Union of America
Postal Telegraph Company Service
Konenkamp
East
Southeast
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Columbia
S. C
Brunswick
Canada
Edward F. Wach
The
Association of Western Union Employees
Burleson
Western Union
E. W. Collins
Postal Telegraph Company
Collins
Washington
Pershing Aims to Move 375000 Troops Homeward
General Pershing announces plan to transport 375000 men homeward in June setting a new world record for troops moved overseas. The figure surpasses Britain’s prior monthly channel crossings and marks a historic logistics achievement during the war.
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Associated Press
Paris
Pershing
Great Britain
Channel
Senate Passes Spence School Fund Bill 33 1
Springfield June 12 The Illinois Senate approved the Spence School Fund bill by 33 to 1 and sent it to the governor. The measure would provide 8 million dollars annually for salaries of county superintendents and relief to counties with limited taxable property. The fund is distributed by population and will raise the current biennial total from 4 to 8 million dollars.
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Springfield
Ill
Lowden
Senate
Spence
House
Want Ads Cigarettes and Goods Auction Style Script
Classifieds encourage readers to use want ads to buy and sell household items bank fixtures automobiles and hundreds of articles. The column highlights the thriving market and mutual benefit of trading what is not needed. It urges checking attics offices and shops for items to advertise and sell for money or to find what others need.
Irish delegates seek Irish hearing at peace talks
Paris June 12 President Wilson told Irish American representatives he would unofficially aid Ireland's case with the peace commissioners. Frank P. Walsh and Edward F. Dunne said the president would press the issue though the American commission could not officially take up Ireland. They awaited the senate’s decision on a hearing for De Valera Griffith and Plunkett and would proceed accordingly.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
America
Frank P. Walsh
Edward F. Dunne
Messrs. Walsh
Dunne
Senate
Ireland
Messrs
Walsh
de Valeria
Griffith
Plunkett
Berger Hearing Opened for Full Impartial Review
Washington June 12 The preliminary skirmish hearing on Victor L Berger of Milwaukee to sit in the house of representatives after his espionage act conviction showed the trial could extend for months. Chairman Dallinger pledged a full fair hearing with all evidence, while Berger’s counsel Cochemas challenged the public and committee to deny Berger’s seat after the election. Berger sat with his lawyer as friends attended, but spectator interest was low.
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Washington
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
House of Representatives
Dallinger
Special Elections Committee
Berger
Landis
Chicago
Henry F. Cochemas
Fifth
Wisconsin
Coast telegraphers strike to expand nationwide action
San Francisco June 12 union officials say Pacific coast commercial telegraphers in Western Union and other companies will join a nationwide strike order. Western Union keeps forces at tact as strenuous picketing occurs at many points. Postal Service admits crippled but continues operations with reservations.
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San Francisco
Cal
Bee
Ragal
Uion
Western Union
Carnival worker drowns in Kankakee River near Denison
June 12 report from Ilc states Howard Stafford sixteen, a carnival company employee, drowned while swimming in the Kankakee River. His home is listed as Denison Texas.
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Carnival
Kankakdprs
Ilc
Howard Stafford
carNival Company
Kankakee
House Decides On Army Basis Of 300000 Men
Washington June 12 the house tentatively agreed to base pay and maintenance appropriations for an army of 300000 instead of 400000. A test vote on a 28605000 line officers pay item passed 59 to 37, with defenders arguing for rapid demobilization while others warned of shortages if the army is cut.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
Laguardia
New York
Kahn
California
Military Committee
Senate Storm Over League Breaks Soon
Washington June 12 The senate fight over the league of nations is poised to resume today or Friday with a Knox resolution seeking a formal Senate record on the revised covenant. Supporters aim to warn the Paris conference that ratification in current form is unlikely. The foreign relations committee will take up the resolution, signaling renewed debate as the measure may reach a vote Friday.
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Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Knox
Pennsylvania
Foreign Relations Committee
Peoria taxi drivers arrested in veteran’s murder
Peoria Illinois June 12 two taxi drivers were jailed as police solved the death of Thomas Roberts a 75 year old Civil War veteran found on a rural road south of Peoria Investigators seek a third man named in a scrawled note claiming the victim was robbed of 100 at Shepps saloon before being driven to Pekin with his death.
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Peoria
Ill
Thomas Roberts
Virden
Lil
Lonesome Road
Here
Pekin
Jack Meyers
Big Clarkin
George
Chestnut Street
Old Robertson
Shepps
Dey
Meyers
George Topping
Big Aarkin
Central bor uni strike enters sympathy phase
A partial and garbled OCR fragment suggests a Central bor uni or similar institution entering a sympathy or strike-related action in June. Names, places, and concrete details are unreadable, but the context points to labor tensions affecting campus or city governance.
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Tatation
Paris Readies Allied Reply to German Proposals
Paris reports progress on the allied response to German counter-proposals amid hopes the document will be ready for delivery by Friday. The reparations dispute nears settlement as commissions wrap up work and the council limits Germany's postwar terms while debates over Austrian and Silesian questions continue. Russian Bolsheviks seize Ufa, capital of Orenburg province, from Admiral Kolchak forces.
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Paris
Council of Four
Council
Germany
Clemenceau
France
League O Nations
Austria
Ufa
Orenburg
Admiral Kolchak
Steamship Graf Waldersee Rammed Off Sandy Hook
New York dispatch reports the Graf Waldersee, former German liner seized by the U S Shipping Board, was rammed 39 miles off Sandy Hook by the cargo ship Redondo at about 11 45 PM. Water flooded engine room. passengers and crew were evacuated to the Patricia, with tugs requested to aid the vessel. A second accident says the Italian steamship Argentina collided with the Yankee off Fire Island light. the Yankee was abandoned as she leaked.
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New York
Graf Waldersee
United States Shipping Board
Sandy Hook
Redondo
Naval Communication Service
Graf Wals Gersee
Patricia
Argentina
Yankee
Fire Island Light
Retired Lt Col Pelouze Succeeds in Militia Command
Col William Pelouze of Chicks, commanding the third regiment, was promoted on Wednesday by Lt Col Anton reports. The appointment of a successor is announced in this brief district note, highlighting changes in the reserve militia leadership.
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Tuton
Lisa Sphringfield
William Pelouze
Chicks
Vagiprent Atrium
Adjatany
Gene Eel
Anton W
Cola
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Mooneyham
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