Knox resolution on league of nations policy to be voted
Washington June 13. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania seeks Senate action to reject cooperation with the league of nations as part of the peace treaty. The foreign relations committee amended the measure removing a clause pledging U S cooperation to oppose future European threats. Democrats opposed the amendment along with Senator McCumber Republican of North Dakota. Supporters aim for an early vote before Versailles treaty signing. league supporters vow a hard battle.
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Washington
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
League of Nations
Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Friends of the
McCumber
North Dakota
League
Versailles
Peace News Summary from Associated Press Barometer
The peace conference barometer shows renewed optimism on a possible early agreement by the council of four regarding German counter proposals. Officials say allied governments are ready to draft and present the reply, with a five day window for Germany to respond. Unofficially Saturday may see the reply to Germany. In Austria-Hungary the political scene grows more serious with talk of a communist government forming in Austria and aligning with Hungary's communists. In Germany Noske asserts the continuation of his government to restore order, resisting socialist pressure. The supreme council has signaled Kolchak's anti Bolshevik government in Russia as acceptable for allied support, implying de facto recognition. Britain denies troops near Petrograd. In China anti-Japanese agitation in Tokio raises fears of a broader anti foreign movement.
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Associated Press
Council of Four
Austria
Austria-hungary
Hungary
Germany
Gustave Noske
Scheidemann
Noske
Supreme Council
Admiral Kolchak
Russia
Omsk
Kolchak
Petrograd
China
Tokio
Aerial Express Lands In Rockford On Time
The first aerial express to reach Rockford arrived Thursday from Chicago carried newspapers and merchandise. Pilot Hassell, a Chicago to Rockford flyer, made the trip with Bilis J. Hassell, a Rockford merchant and father of the pilot. They stopped at DeKalb and Dixon. The times were fifty minutes to DeKalb, eight minutes DeKalb to Dixon, and twenty five minutes Dixon to Rockford.
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Rockford
Hassell
Chicago
Bilis J. Hassell
Harsell
DeKalb
Dixon
Kolchak Recognition by Allied Powers
Paris dispatch reports the council of four replying to Admiral Kolchak’s note extends support to him and the all-Russian government at Omsk. Interpreted as de facto recognition of the Omsk government by the Allies.
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Paris
Council of Four
Kolchak
Russia
Omsk
Packers Hoard Meat To Keep Prices High
Washington dispatch reports Representative Fess of Ohio charging Chicago meat packers with unlawfully keeping large meat stocks to prop up prices. He cites figures claiming nearly 1.5 billion pounds in storage across beef lamb pork and other products plus 46 million pounds of fowls, contending such stockpiling risks lowering prices. Dowell of Iowa accuses war dept of partnering with packers to sustain wartime stocks, while Rainey of Illinois defends packers as aiding the war effort and denying wrongdoing.
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Washington
Chicago
Fess
Ohio
Congress
Dowell
Iowa
War Department
John T. Rainey
Ilinois
Vickers-Handley-Page bomber to attempt trans Atlantic flight
In St Johns Newfoundland on June 13 Captain Jack Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whittenbrown said the Vickers-Handley-Page bomber will depart this afternoon between three and four o'clock for the London Daily Mail prize race. A second test flight lasted forty minutes reaching five thousand feet at a hundred twenty miles per hour with engines and wireless gear performing well.
Bold Bank Hold-Up In St Louis
Three armed robbers attacked the Meramec Trust Company in a St Louis residence district on Thursday afternoon. Two policemen were seriously wounded during the escape attempt. The trio, two captured, dropped a suitcase with 20000 dollars in cash and liberty bonds. Eight thousand dollars in cash and 312000 in liberty bonds were taken from the vault. Police witnessed the getaway and fired.
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ST. Louis
Meramec Trust Company
Veterans In Rockford Elect Henry Fulton
Rockford Illinois June 13 annual encampment of Illinois department Grand Army of the Republic closed after Henry D. Fulton Chicago was elected commander and a resolution was adopted asking the secretary of war to place granite headstones over graves of soldiers and sailors B F Lee Rockford chosen senior vice commander C N Armstrong Peoria junior vice commander N J Libberton Chicago chaplain
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Rockford
Grand Army of the Republic
Henry D. Fulton
Chicago
Secretary of War
B. F. Lee Rockford
C. N. Armstrong
Peoria
N. J. Libberton
Battle on in streets of Juarez
Reports of a citywide order to clear streets and close establishments by the military surface as fighting between federal troops and rebels intensifies near Juarez. Updates place Villa forces near the Juarez race track and bombard northern Mexico defense posts.
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Juarez
Mex
EL Paso
Texas
General Angeles
Juarez Agricultural College
Villa
Juarez Race Track
Washington
Angeles
Mexico
Quiroga
Chihuahua
Manuel Dieguez
Jesus Augustin Castro
Torreon
Guadalupe
Rio Grande
Villa Ahumada
Felipe Angeles
Mooney Resolution Before Labor Bodies
Atlantic City June 13 The AFL resolutions committee considers a Mooney case resolution proposing a committee to seek a new trial for Mooney If unsuccessful the federation would submit to the international body the question of calling a 24 hour strike with date to be set later
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Atlantic City
N. J
Resolutions Committee
The
American Federation of Labor
Mooney
International Organization
Communist Regime To Be Proclaimed Sunday
London reports government circles expect a communist government in Austria to be proclaimed on Sunday with early success. About forty percent of the Austrian army is Bolshevik and the new regime is anticipated to quickly align with Hungarian communists.
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London
Austria
Plan Long Navy Cruise to South American Ports
Washington June 13 an extensive cruise of the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleet is planned for this fall and winter Secretary Daniels said the itinerary not completed but the fleet will visit several South American ports
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Washington
Danilels
Palmer seeks half million for anti-archist campaign
Washington June 13 Attorney General Palmer asked Congress for a special half million dollar appropriation to support the campaign against archists bomb throwers and enemies of law and order.
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Palmer
BIG
Washington
Congress
Law and Order
House panel backs return of telegraph and telephone systems
Washington June 13 Favorable report on the house bill to return tele graph and telephone systems to private control immediately was voted Thursday by the house interstate mercil commission.
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Washington
House
Interstate Commercil Commission
Wire Service Returning to Normal Basis
Chicago reports say commercial telegraph business is operating normally in major cities despite union claims of idle operators. Western Union and Postal Telegraph say traffic moves with no interruption while 65 percent of Western Union employees report for duty amid broader union actions. Conflicting claims follow June 16 strike calls and AFL support.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers Union of America
St. Louis
Union Railroad
E. J. Manion
Order of
American Federation of Labor
S. J. Konenkamp
New York
Wester Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Association of Western Union
Western Union
Lovelorn Swain Arrested After Failing to Impress Bride
Grace Mann, an Owens Paper Box Co. employee, was confronted by Leo Happe of Sharpsburg, who claimed to be her fiancé and produced a revolver. He had used mail order letters and posed as a Post Office inspector to obtain her address. Formerly Miss Grace Burson of East St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Grace Mann
Owens Paper Box Co
North Main Street
Standard Correspondence Club
Leo Happe
Sharpsburg, Sr
Happe
East St. Louis
Grace Burson
Long Drouth in France Triggers Crop Loss and Price Rise
Paris reports thirty days with virtually no rain, drought cripples crops vegetables and fodder, driving sharp price hikes across markets. Francis currency noted in context as prices surge amid dry spell.
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Long Drouth
France
Paris
Francs
Lucky Strike and the Want Ads Opportunity
A newspaper feature highlights how a lucky strike can win a ball game and cautions that even capable people can find misfit roles. It urges readers to watch the daily want ads for career opportunities and rapid advancement, noting the Whig Want Ads as the source.
Accord on Allied Items Reached At Paris Peace Talks
Paris June 11 A complete accord in principle was reached on all questions tied to Germany's counter proposals including Silesia admission to the league and reparations The agreement omits the fourth condition on military service and notes Germany’s future assembly representation hinges on conforming to the treaty Makino joined the Big Five prompting a revision to the reply article to ensure full concurrence prior to ratification.
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Associated Presa
Paris
Germany
League of Nations
Clemenceau
Lord Robert Cecil
Colonel House
M. Clemenceau
France
Baron Makino
Wilson
Lloyd George
Orlando
Congressman Tawney Dies In Excelsior Mo
WINONA Minn June 13 James A Tawney former congressman of Minnesota first district and former chairman of the house appropriations committee died Thursday morning at Excelsior Springs Mo Arterial sclerosis was the cause He was 64 and had served eighteen years in Congress from 1892 to 1911 He later joined the international joint commission.
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Winona
Minn
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
House Appropriations Committee
Excelsior Springs
Schlorceis
Tawney
Congress
International Joint Commission
Stranger Grabs Booze in Dry Missouri Town
W A Billingsley of Columbia Missouri faced a theft after a loung er at Union Station stole a grip containing twelve quarts of whisky valued at thirty four dollars plus clothes and a watch worth one hundred fifty dollars. The incident occurred as the city prepared for stricter prohibition. Billingsley reported the loss to police.
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ST. Louis
W. A. Billingsley
Columbia
Union Station
Billingsley
Tie
Raid Reds Den Get Papers of Soviet Branch
Representatives of the joint executive committee investigating radicals raided the Russian Soviet government offices in New York City taking books and papers. L. C. A. K. Martens was subpoenaed and briefly examined before the committee.
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New York
Joint Executive Committee
Berger Editorials Into House Records Delayed Hearings
Washington June 13 After Milwaukee Leader editorials led to Victor L. Berger being indicted under the espionage act the house special election committee adjourned hearings to July 7 at his request to prepare evidence of eligibility. Counsel Henry F. Cochems pressed to challenge jurisdiction while Harry McLogan urged that the socialist convention included alien enemies. Berger heatedly denied the claim.
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Washington
Milwaukee Leader
Victor L. Berger
House Special Election Committee
House
Cochems
Harry McLogan
Joseph P. Carney
National Socialist Party
Berger
Wisconsin
McLogan
Henry F. Cochems
Chicago
Mr. Berger
Special Session Calls for Woman Suffrage Ratification
Gov Gardner calls Missouri Legislature to meet July 2 in special session to consider ratification of the Federal Constitutional amendment granting women equal suffrage. He expects passage in two or three days, aiming for ratification by July 4. He calls equal suffrage long delayed justice and urges voting rights for 1920. The prior legislature had only presidential elector rights for Missouri women.
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Jefferson City
Gardner
United States
Missouri
Several Injured In Collision Of Ships
NEW YORK, June 13 Several members of the crew of the naval transport Graf Waldersee were injured when the vessel was rammed by the steamship Redondo off Fire Island. The Redondo captain said fog made the collision unavoidable. The Graf Waldersee with ten officers and 400 crew aboard and nine army officers aboard was towed to ward harbor by the Patricia. A wrecking tug was observed alongside the Graf Waldersee which had a slight list to port and settled heavily.
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New York
Graf Waldersee
Hamburg-American Line
Redondo
Fire Island
Patricia
A.F.L. Aids Battle of Phone Men
Atlantic City leaders back a June 16 strike by electrical and telephone workers to pressure Postmaster General Burleson over working agreements. The movement, supported by Samuel Gompers and a special committee, seeks to avert a national telecom walkout amid wartime policy disputes.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Burleson
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
United States
Reconstruction Committee
Convention
Samuel Gompers
Washington
Wilson
Mr.Burleson
Postmaster General
Brotherhood
Congress
United States Employment Service
Springfield
Ill
Charles Ford
Ford
New York
Detroit Car Strike Ends with Wage Increase
Detroit United Railways carmen vote to end the tie up after accepting a wage hike from 43 46 48 to 50 55 60 cents per hour. The strike had begun last Saturday with a 27 cent raise request.
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Detroit
Detroit United Railways
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