Concessions Hope To Avert Telegraph Operators Strike
Chicago officials report eleventh hour concessions may avert a strike by about 70 000 telegraph and telephone operators. A new agreement signalled by Postal Telegraph and Cable Company could keep workers at that firm from striking. The Western Union dispute and Montgomery County Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Company also see progress toward resolution.
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CHICAGO
J. Konenkamiy
Commercial Terchers’ Caron of
America
todiy
logis
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
tus
Federal Telegraph Corpy
lind and wireless
Pacific coast
Gompers
oss Marinenkamp
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of bor
Atlantc City
em- Mayers
Minow
Montgomery County
Illinois
Association of Western Union
Joseph FP
thayes
War Union
com
Harrison
Turkish Delegation Arrives Aboard French Warship
The Turkish delegation travels in a French warship en route to Paris in an advisory role with no definite treaty plan. They expect to place responsibility for entering the war on the Young Turks and oppose transferring Syria to Greece while offering to concede Armenia, Arabia and Thrace.
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PARIS
Turkey
Armenia
Arabia
Thrace
Syria
Greece
Winnipeg Strike Virtually Broken
Winnipeg June 10 The sympathetic strike of Winnipeg iron workers began May 15 and is now considered practically broken for public safety welfare and convenience. About one third of workers have returned to work and many others have applied for former positions.
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WINNIPEG
Winnipeg Iron workers
Plane crash claims life of civilian flyer Oscar Snicker
St Louis June 10 Oscar Snicker aged thirty of Wa bash Jan a civilian flyer was burned to death at Hannibal Missouri after his airplane fell from control and crashed on 4 street bursting into flames as a convoy of motor trucks toured Missouri and Illinois
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ST. LOUIS
Oscar Snicker
Wabash
Hannibal
thcker
Missouri
Ilinois
Ruhr strike cost and output losses in June report
Parlin June 10 The Ruhr coal strike cost miners 13 500 000 marks in wages and left April output down 3 380 000 tons. Loss to physical property is huge and long lasting. Over 100 000 000 marks in wages lost due to intermittent strikes since the revolution began. Hambern district saw three days strike in four and a half months. Currency depreciation exceeds 16 000 000 000 marks as railways and industry suffered and state revenue declined.
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PARLIN
Ruhr
Hambern
French Soldiers Wives Missing in Gambais Case
Paris June 10 Landru nicknamed the Blue beard of Gambais is arrested. He faces suspicions tied to about a dozen fiancées and more than a hundred other disappearances of wives and relatives. War conditions and mobilization aid the pattern of disappearances in Paris.
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PARIS
Landru
Bluebeard
Gambais
Paria
Labor leaders in prison in Seattle two-year sentences
Hulet M. Wells, former Seattle labor leader, and Sam Hadler of Seattle began today serving two-year terms in the federal penitentiary on McNeill's Island near Tacoma. They were recently convicted of seditious conspiracy.
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SEATTLE
Wash
Hulet
M. Wells
Sam Hadler
McNeill’s Island
Tacoma
Knox urges separate covenant from League treaty in Senate
Washington lawmakers moved to sever the covenant from the peace treaty, asking the Senate to consider the League provisions separately. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania introduced the 10Ａ resolution, signaling opposition to ratification in its present form and pledging united backing from anti League factions. The measure, referred to the foreign relations committee, seeks a future for separate consideration by nations and preserves Germany’s obligations. The policy pledges the United States to act with other powers to remove any European menace to peace and freedom.
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WASHINGTON
League of Nations
Knox
Pennsylvania
foreign relations committee
senate
Lodge
league
Germany
United States
Europe
Mexican Arrested for Large Theh on Border
El Paso news reports Perez Undan, cashier at Sasabe border customs, arrested by Deputy Marshal Fred Hudson after Mexican Consul Delos Montrose alleged a $30,000 gold and silver shortage. Montrose also stated collector Juan Esquierro was jailed in Sonora in connection with the shortage.
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EL PASO
Tex
Perez Undan
Mexico
Sasabe
Tucson
Fred Hudson
A. E. Delos Montrose
Montrose
Juan Esquierro
arest
Sonora
Government printers rush German peace treaty into record
Washington June 10 government printing office set a new speed record by typesetting the German peace treaty of about 100000 words within two hours for inclusion in the Congressional Record today. The 200 plus page document with maps was prepared for 350000 copies, proofs rushed by 85 readers, and 9600 pounds of paper used as the senate approved swift publication.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Congression
Paris
Wiliam McEvoy
Exporting of Gold to Begin at Once
New York June 10 With restrictions on gold export removed preparations start to move metal to foreign fields Banks expect to transmit 10 to 15 million dollars soon largely to Uruguay and Buenos Aires This would help equalize exchange with South American markets Reports indicate Boston institutions are shipping several million dollars to branches in South American cities.
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NEW YORK
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
United States
Boston
Many Soldiers Reach America New York June 10 5954 Troops Arrive
The Mount Vernon transport arrived from Brest bringing 5954 troops. Maj. Gen. Walter H. Gordon and Brig. Gen. Lucius L. Durfee were senior officers. The Fifty-fourth infantry, Eleventh field artillery, and Sixth field battalion signal corps formed major units with hundreds of officers and men. The sick and wounded numbered 595.
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NEW YORK
Mount Vernon
Brest
Walter H. Gordon
Lucius L. Durfee
Twelfth Infantry brigade
Eleventh field artillery
Sixth field battalion
signal corps
Twelfth infantry
Durfee
Railroaders Meet in Denver for Triennial Convention
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen opened the second day of its triennial convention in Denver with most business yet to be tackled. President Carter Acting President Shea and Switchmen’s Union head Heberting spoke on day one. Agenda includes a daily newspaper proposal wages federal control and congressional legislation. Walker D. Hines director general of railroads slated to address the gathering tomorrow morning.
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DENVER
Colo
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
brotherhood
congress
Walker D. Hines
Skylarking in Cotton Driven by Heavy Exports
New York June 10 The cotton market opened with excitement as bids climbed to 31.20 cents a pound, up 377 points or $13.85 a bale from Saturday’s low. Traders cite rumors of a short crop and strong export demand as the cause of speculative skylarking.
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NEW YORK
French General Pell Made Supreme Commander in Czecho Slovakia
Prague June 10 French News Service Gen M J Pell of the French army is appointed to the supreme command of the Czecho Slovak fighting forces by President Masaryk.
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PRAGUE
M. J. Pell
Masayrk
Seven Airships Safe in Oregon
Seven farmy airplanes en route from Mather Field near Sacramento to Portland were safe in Oregon after crossing the Slaki you mountains in Northern California. The pilots climbed to 10,000 feet for the pass, noting the coolest air yet. Five planes halted in Eugene while two pushed on to Corvallis for the Portland rose festival.
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EUGENE
Ore
Mather Field
Sacramento
Cal
Portland
Oregon
Slakiyou mountains
California
Corvallis
City to establish municipal aviation field in Los Angeles
Los Angeles officials announce a plan to create a municipal aviation field under government control. The board of public utilities will seek congressional support to secure cooperation and to purchase at least seventy acres for facilities for government, private passenger, and express service aircraft.
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LOS ANGELES
Cal
board of public utilities
H. Z. Osborné
California fig trees reach 125 years in state
Sacramento June 10. George H Hecke state commissioner of horticulture sought California oldest trees and found three past fifty years including the Mission San Jose tree said to be 125 years old with a seventeen foot trunk. Another claimed sixty year age from Corning Tehama county and a Stockton resident reported a half century tree yielding yearly crops.
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SACRAMENTO
George H. Hecke
California
Mission San Jose
Corning
Tehama county
R. H. McCloud
Stockton
Heeke
Returned Veterans Parade Through Heavy Rain in Des Moines
Des Moines witnessed a parade of eighty eighth division veterans marching in a heavy rain and hall storm. About 3500 men traveled from Eastern camps arriving by seven trams on their way to Camp Dodge for demobilization.
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DES MOINES
Camp Dodge
Goat Tops Milk Record in Pomona Dairy Claim
In Pomona California on June 10 a goat owned by W W Coates reportedly yields ten pounds of milk daily, a ten day total well over her weight and unmatched by most goats in Southern California. The animal weighs under 100 pounds and is described as a rare dairy prodigy.
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POMONA
Cal
W. W. Coates
Cal Mornia
Tosgenburg
Baanen
Telephone Workers Still On Strike Across Regions
Springfield June 10 The general walkout of telephone workers including operators maintenance and construction men scheduled for June 16 remains effective except where agreements are reached beforehand International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers secretary Charles P Ford said last night He added that in districts where demands are met before June 16 there will be no walkout but workers in other districts will stop work on that date.
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SPRINGFIELD
Charles P. Ford
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ford
No Unrest in Chile Report Denied by Santiago Press
Santiago newspapers protest erroneous reports from abroad about Chilean unrest. Government circular denies rumors, stating complete tranquility prevails and refuting claims of disorder.
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CHILE
SANTIAGO PRESS
SANTIAGO
Chie
iChile
Suffrage Amendment Ratified in Illinois by Unanimous Vote
Springfield June 10 The Illinois house today unanimously passed a joint resolution ratifying the federal suffrage amendment by viva voce vote. The senate followed with a 45 to 1 vote in concurrence. The lone negative was cast by Senator Stephen B Canady of Hitlabo.
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SPRINGFIELD
Shimois
Acton
senate
house
Stephen B. _ Canady
Hitlaboro
Governors urged to call special sessions for suffrage vote
New York June 16 Twenty two governors are asked to summon special sessions of their legislatures to ratify the federal suffrage amendment. The appeal comes in a telegram from Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt president of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
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NEW YORK
Carrie Chapman Catt
tional Woman Sufffrage Association
Hair tonic as beverage favored in Porto Rico
In San Juan on June 10 Associated Press reports in Ponce a local firm sold over 4250 bottles of a hair tonic with more than 60 percent alcohol as a drink. The tonic, priced at fifteen cents, is said to be unsafe and potentially harmful when imbibed though claimed to benefit hair externally. The manufacture has been stopped, police seek remaining supplies, and about 75,000 bottles shipped to Ponce in recent weeks have mostly been recovered.
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SAN JUAN
Ponce
Refugees Flee as Mexican Forces Move Toward El Paso
News from the border reports residents fleeing Villa Ahumada and Juarez for El Paso amid military movements. Rebels marching toward Guadalupe threaten rail lines, and Mexican Northwest locomotives are gathered in Juarez. Casas Grandes is said to have been looted of cash and goods by Villa rebels.
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Rio Grande
Juarez
EL PASO
Tex
Pabens
Pabens bod
Angeles
iighis
Mat city
Guadelupe
Carranza
Samualayuca
Samalayuca
Guadalupe
Mexican Northwest railroad
Cumbre pass
Martinez
Villa Ahumada
Jelseo Villa
Casas Grandes
Esteban Lambrano
Chihuahuas
Carleg Plank
Nerve Study Recommended by Washington Doctor
Dr. T. A. Williams of Washington DD Co told the American Academy of Medicine in Atlantic City that industrial leaders and educators ignore preventable nervous disorders. He said war proves rapid curability with proper conditions and tailored treatment, stressing neurological knowledge for education, social service, employment, and labor.
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ATLANTIC CITY
N. J
T. A. Willams
Washington
American Academy of Medicine
WHiams
Catholic Boys in Scout Camp Baltimore Letter by Cardinal Gibbons
In Baltimore the first Catholic Church unit of the Boy Scouts of America is noted with public release of Cardinal Gibbons letter to former Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. The cardinal urges training of young boys in American patriotism as the sacred obligation to shape tomorrow's fit citizens.
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BALTIMORE
Boy Scouts of America
Cardinal Gibbons
Treasury
McAdoo
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