Winnipeg Strikes Expand Across City Services
Thirty unions join a general strike in Winnipeg after failed talks with metal workers and employers. Firemen, water and gas workers, bakers join, train service mostly intact, police ordered to duty despite union pressure. Premier Norris and Mayor Gray strive for conciliation as Ottawa cites limited government action.
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Trade and Labor Council
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Labor Council
T. C. Norris
Manitoba
Charles F. Gray
Winnipeg
Revised American casualty figures issued by War Department
The War Department released updated totals for World War I. American expeditionary forces suffered 286,044 total casualties, including 48,909 battle deaths and 237,135 wounded. The wounded figure accounts for about 7,000 duplications due to repeat injuries among soldiers.
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Washington
War Department
Ebert Rejects Peace Terms in Vorwaerta Statement
German President Frederick Ebert reiterates opposition to treaty terms in the Vorwaerta. He calls the terms unmremarciable with conscience and reason and insists they must be drastically and fundamentally corrected.
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Ebert
Berlin
Frederick Ebert
Carranza Charged with Bank Looting in Mexico Case
New York May 15 V Carranza president of Mexico is accused in a supreme court injunction suit by William B Mitchell former Banco De Londres Mexico manager. The complaint alleges a 19 million dollar seizure by Carranza via decrees and threats to bank officials, with funds diverted to government expenses and his personal use.
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New York
V. Carranza
Mexico
Supreme Court
William B. Mitchell
Banco de Londres
Mexico City
Alfredo Cataregli
Carranza
Commission Monetaria
Bank of Montreal
Commission
Montreal
Mitchell
Treasury Department
Nations Invited To Join Big Red Cross
Washington May 15 Future plans of the league of Red Cross societies announced by Henry P Davison chairman of the organization s board of governors in Paris were made public at Red Cross headquarters here Invitations to become members of the league have been extended to Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Chile China Cuba Denmark Greece Holland India New Zealand Norway Peru Portugal Romania Serbia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Uruguay and Venezuela The frontier members of the league are to be the Red Cross societies of the United States Great Britain France Italy and Japan
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League of Red Cross Societies
Henry P. Davison
Paris
Red Cross
League
Davison
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Cuba
Denmark
Greece
Holland
India
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Norway
Peru
Portugal
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Serbia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Uruguay
Venezuela
Rel Cross Societies
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Great Britain
France
Italy
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Berger Will Demand Congressional Seat
Victor Berger, a Secrist representative elect from Wisconsin and jailed for wartime espionage act violation, has reached Washington to present credentials and seek seating when Congress opens next Monday. He declined to discuss steps to secure his seat pending Supreme Court appeal or actions if the House refuses seating.
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Washington
Victor Berger
Seciarst
Wisconsin
House
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Women Swindlers In Kansas City Reaped Harvest In Four Years
Kansas City May 15 Two prominent local women Mrs Samuel Tranin and Mrs R E Samis were arrested on warrants charging obtaining money under false pretenses in a swindle estimated at 175000 with notes totaling about 1 million. Victims include professional men merchants wealthy women and working girls. Preliminary hearings set for May 27 each posted 10000 bond.
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Kansas City
I. J. Curten
Samuel Tranin
R. E. Samis
Curten
Protestant Envoys May Interview Pope
Three Protestant Episcopal prelates in the United States met Vatican secretary Monsignor Ceretti in Rome on May 13 to discuss their Greece, Constantinople, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia tour and a planned world church conference aimed at uniting Christians. They hoped for an audience with Pope Benedict XVI before departing Rome.
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Associated Press
Rome
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Monsignor Ceretti
Vatican
Greece
Constantnople
Bulgaria
Romania
Serbia
World Conference of Churches
Christian Churches of the World
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