London Metal Market Plan Open to All Traders
A proposed silver producers alliance to control prices will be opened to all trade members, not just the proponent firms Anaconda Copper Mining American Smelting and Refining United States Smelting and Refining named as early backers Formal announcement slated around July 1 Also noted is increased gold transfers from the United States to South America with a $1,000,000 Mercantile Bank of the Americas transfer to Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Copper Export Association
London
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
American smuting age Refining Company
United States Smelting and Refining Company
South America
Mercantile Bank of the Americans
Peru
American Track Team Arrives for Paris Inter Allied Games
Fifty five American track and field athletes have arrived for the inter allied games to be held at Pershing stadium Joinville le Pont near Paris from June 22 to July 6. Trials will be held at Colombes probably on June 1 to select three men per event. The Romanian rugby team will play a practice match with the American squad on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PARIS
America
Cannot Sue Company Over Water Seepage in Nebraska
United States District Judge Wood ruled that a corporation cannot be sued for seepage damage absent negligence. The decision limits irrigation damages claims, noting overflow from canals is unavoidable, despite landholder Thomas Hooker alleging faulty canal construction on clay that allowed seepage.
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NORTH PLATTE
Neb
United States District
Woodrought
Woodrough
Thomas Hooker
Scotts Bluff county
hig state
Cummings Defends League and Wilson in Salt Lake City
Homer S. Cummings chairman of the National Democratic committee denounced Republican congressional methods and praised President Wilson for world peace in a joint meeting of Democratic state committees in Salt Lake City. Mrs. George Bass also spoke. The party will depart this afternoon for Reno Nevada.
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SALT LAKE CITY
Wilson
Homer S Cummings
National Democratic committee
George Bass
Cummings
Reno
Nevada
Confesses Double Murder in Brooklyn Bank Robbery Case
Gordon Fawcett Hamby, brought from Tacoma Washington after arrest for the East Brooklyn Savings Bank robbery in December, today confessed to the double slaying as district attorney Lewis of Kings County announced.
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NEW YORK
Gordon Fawcett Hamby
Tacoma
Wahington
East Brooklyn savings bank
Lewis
Kings county
Local Sheriff Says Man Kills Wife Then Self in Napa
In Napa California on June 13 the bodies of W. H. L. Schmidt a ninety and his wife were found with bullet wounds in their home. Authorities report Schmidt in ill health and evidence suggests he killed his wife before taking his own life.
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NAPA
Cal
une
W. HL
Schmidt
sheriffs office
Baby's swallow of 45 tacks may not end fatally
Chicago reports a six months old Dorothy McVickers survived after doctors removed forty three tacks from her stomach and lungs following a carpet tack accident. The child had been given the box of tacks by her two year old brother, prompting the delicate surgery.
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CHICAGO
Dorothy McVickers
Red Cross Fund Exceeds 11000 in Reno Chapter Balance
Reno Red Cross chapter reports a June 1 balance of 11336.59 with 7600 in savings bearing 4 percent interest. May expenditures reached 363.10 the largest item, total outgo 479.66 and receipts 130.99. Salaries were 55 postage and printing 11 general expenses 44.56.
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Reno
Utah murderers are sentenced to prison
Tenacio Martinez and Ramona Archu letta, Mexicans, were sentenced to fifteen years and to life imprisonment, respectively, for the murder last fall of Rudolph J. Mellinthin, a forest ranger in the La Sal district, San Juan County, Utah. Archu letta was a deserter from the army and killed the ranger when the latter attempted to arrest him. Martinez was held to be an accessory.
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SALT LAKE CITY
Tenacio Martinez
Ramona Archuletta
Rudolph J. Mellinthin
La Sal
San Juan County
Utah
Mantee
Archuletia
Martinez
Machinists Vote Not to Call Strike
In San Francisco on June 13 the Machinists Union No 6 defeated a proposal to call a general strike in sympathy with Thomas J Mooney who is serving life for the 1916 preparedness day bombing. Edward Nolan, indicted in the case, is union president. The vote was two to one against strike.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Thomas J. Mooney
Machinists’ Union No. 6
Edward Nolan
Ammunition Bound for Mexico Seized in San Francisco
United States customs inspectors seized 3500 rounds of rifle and pistol ammunition on the steamer Korregan II in San Francisco on June 13 just before it sailed for Mexican ports.
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SAN FRANCISCO
United States
Liquor Convictions Fall Under English Liquor Control Board
London on June 13 reports convictions for drunkenness in England and Wales declined over four years due to liquor control board actions. Men and boys faced 24,457 convictions in 1915 and 6,990 in 1919, while women dropped from 15,915 to 3,211. In Vienna, Hungarians opposed to the communist government viewed Clemenceau's note to Bela Kun as a token of recognition.
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LONDON
England
Wales
liquor control board
VIENNA
Bela Kun
Clemenceau
Official Films of War Reach America
New York June 13 More than 107 miles of motion picture film the entire output of the official photographers attached to the American expeditionary forces were landed here from the Leviathan and were en route to Washington in charge of Capt Edwin F Weigle. Paris June 13 One American soldier is reported missing after a depot fire at the United States army quartermaster depot. Two firemen and two American soldiers were lightly burned.
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NEW YORK
Washington
Edwin F. Weigle
Chicago
PARIS
United States army
Reed Sails Over Paris in Joint Flight
Paris June 13. Lieut Commander A C Read flew over Paris today with Lieut Roger the French aviator who previously made an unsuccessful attempt to fly from Paris to Brazil.
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PARIS
A. C. Read
Lieut
Roger
Brazil
Argentine Commission to Probe Mexican Oil Fields
A technical commission from Argentina will investigate the Mexican petroleum distrists as it travels with Argentine minister Manuel Malbran returning to Mexico City on June 12.
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ee Fe
MEXICO CITY
techniccal
Argentina
Manuel Malgran
Mexico
Treaty rewritten to include Allied clarifications
Paris June 13 peace talks move to rewrite and re print the German peace treaty to embed the Allied reply text. The document will be public when delivered, with the four power council seeking clarity and avoiding obscurity in key clauses. The British propose reparations controls via raw materials, delaying the German settlement.
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PARIS
Germany
council of four
United States
permanent reparations commission
commission
reparations commission
supreme economic council of the peace
Panic and Villista Movements Near Juarez Reported
A limited AP inspection east of Juarez to Guadalupe finds no major force near Guadalupe, despite claims of 500 men at Villa Ahumada under Villa, Angeles, and Lopes. Small advance parties fuel Juarez panic while no attack is planned. custody of military posts evolving under Castro and Dieguez changes. López in Villa Ahumada is named among the forces.
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EL PASO
Tex
Juarez
Guadalupe
Felipe Angeles
Associated Press
Villa Abumada
Villa
rom Villa
Martin Lopes
Samalquca
Tierra Blanca Jana
Castro
MEXICO CITY
Jesus Agustin
Manuel M. Dieguez
Mexico
Chiahuahua City
Francisco Villa
Villista
Villa Ahumada
Labrado Nunez
Vill Ahumada
Roy Wolff to enter plea of insanity in slaying case
Yakima dispatch says Roy Wolff, who confessed to the Elmer Greer murder at Bakersfield, Cal, will enter an insanity plea. His brother Herbert, a discharged veteran, cites head injury from a fall a decade ago as causing uncontrollable behavior. Hugo Wolff will accompany the family to Bakersfield to seek a defense, with a hired attorney to ensure a square deal.
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YAKIMA
Wask
Foundatons
Roy Wolff
Elmer Greer
Bakersfield
Cal
Herbert
Iad
Hugo Wolff
will
Roy
Ind
Cross country flight plans finalized at North Platte
Lieut. Roscoe Conklin, an army aviator, completed arrangements for a landing place as his airplaine plans a trans continental flight with a single stop at North Platte Nebraska Expecting arrival this month the field lies a mile and a half east of town with a large supply of gasoline and oil guarded by regular army soldiers
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NORTH PLATTE
Neb
Roscoe Conklin
airpllne
Speculation in American Food Rumors Stir Vienna Press
Vienna newspapers denounce alleged United States food speculation imported for the poor. Merchants allegedly sell to Switzerland and a wartime food trust allegedly persists, promoting Bolshevism. Sick children reportedly receive only a pint of condensed milk daily while the wealthy buy cow's milk.
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VIENNA
une
Associated Press
Switzerland
food trust
Wilson refunds prisoner's taxes in Riverside property case
George C. Fox, a prisoner at the county jail, had $37.25 refunded after taxes were paid on ranch property in Riverside County, owned by President Wilson. Ray Groves, secretary of the Democratic state central committee, said the tax collector was urged to return the money. Secretary Tumulty, who had received the president’s thanks for Fox, was reportedly misled about Fox’s identity. The taxes have since been paid again by Tumulty.
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LOS ANGELES
George C. Fox
Riverside county
Cal
Wilson
Ray Groves
Democratic state central committee
Fox
Greves
sheriffs office
Groves
Troops From Africa to Be Interned in Liverpool
June 13 report states a conference among ministry representatives the lord mayor and the city police decided to intern negroes from Africa and other countries brought to Europe to serve as labor battalions during the war pending repatriation. Riots recently occurred in England and Wales over their presence.
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LIVERPOOL
Africa
Europe
England
Wales
Shriners Pick Portland as 1920 Convention Site
Portland Ore was chosen over New Orleans for the 1920 Imperial Council meeting site. The final vote was 236 for Portland and 322 for New Orleans. Next year’s imperial council dates were set for June 8 to 11.
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INDIANAPOLIS
Ind
Portland
Ore
New Orleans
Pacific coast
imperial council
Kolchak Says He Will Not Stay In Power Long
Admiral Kolchak head of the anti Bolshevik government at Omsk replies to Allied powers promising support but stating he will not retain power longer than necessary for the country. He plans elections for a constituent assembly as soon as the Bolsheviks are crushed. The reply text was made public last night in Paris. The Allied letter was handed to Kolchak at Titmon by M De Marti, the French ambassador at Omsk.
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PARIS
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Tie
constituent assembly
Titmon
M. De Marti
Parla
Million Drug Addicts Estimated in U S Report
Washington reports a treasury committee estimate that more than one million Americans are drug addicts for non medical use. Opium and coca leaf imports have risen, per capita consumption is much higher than in other nations, and $20 million in habit forming drugs is cited as a minimum value. The panel, led by Henry T. Rainey, notes prohibition may not curb the rise.
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WASHINGTON
the
treasury
United States
evrey
Henry T. Rainey
Reed Hunt
Harvard University
C. Keith
Internal revenue
A. G. Du Mez
public health service
Bolsheviks Appeal Soldiers to Support All-Russian Government
A proclamation issued by the Siberian army commander calls Bolshevik soldiers to aid the All-Russian government in defense of a democratic Russia. The message, dated June 13, comes via the Russian Telegraphic Agency and seeks to rally troops to the government side amid civil conflict.
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OMSK
Russian Telegraphic Agency
Siberian
Western farmers form federation pledge at Spokane meeting
Federation of farmers organizations in Washington Oregon and Idaho wins approval. A committee will advance the project as 2500 delegates contribute 20000 toward a Washington DC temple of agriculture. Senator Gore discusses cooperation and women’s suffrage before war policy remarks.
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SPOKANE
une
Federation of the several farmers organization
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
farmers convention
temple of agriculture
D.C
United States
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
League of Nations
Pressburg in Hungarian hands eyed amid Czech reorganization
Paris reports heavy Hungarian drive toward Pressburg as Czech armies, reorganized under French officers, face numbers and equipment advantages. Conference circles fear the outcome as Hungary reportedly commands most of the old Austrian army archery and the Czech leader appeals daily for aid.
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PARIS
Associated Press
Pressburg
Peaco conference
Czecho-Slovakia
Stewards Strike Halts Transatlantic Shipping From Liverpool
London via Montreal report says ship stewards at Liverpool strike, delaying Transatlantic sailings. Atlantic liners affected. Canada sailings on Thursday and Baltic and Belgic on Saturday cancelled. Scotia with 1700 Canadian troops aboard also held up.
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LONDON
Montreal
Liverpool
Canada
Baltic
Belgic
Scotia
Willing 10 Wait Wire Surrender By Government Officials
Chicago June 13 First steps to settle the nationwide strike of commercial telegraphers were taken when the Commercial Telegraphers Union submitted terms to the Postal Telegraph Company. Conditions propose waiving a strike for the Postal if wage adjustments follow after government control ends. Burleson’s order blocks wage contracts. picketing spreads as electric workers prepare to strike.
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CHICAGO
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Postal Telegraph Company
efect
Postal
wire administration
New York
Burleson
Postmmaster
Internatonal Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
American Train Dispatchers’ Association
J. G. Lufarsen
ATLANTIC CITY
N. J
E. J. Manion
Order of Railroad Telegrapmers
Western Union
Postal Telegraph companies
Mr. Manion
Enemy Alien to Return to Germany Paroled for Voyage
Salt Lake City June 13 Otto Schmitt an enemy alien interned at Fort Douglas war prison barracks was paroled by justice officials to sail for Germany on a chartered passenger steamer. The ship will leave Charleston June 18 and carry only enemy aliens. Schmidt had been employed by a San Francisco bank before internment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SALT LAKE CITY
Herman Otto Schmitt
Fort Douglas
here
department of justice
Germany
Swia
Charleston
D. C
Schmidt
San Francisco
First cotton boat arrives in Germany in Hamburg
Berlin June 13 steamship Gulf of Mexico arrived at Hamburg from New Orleans the first cotton boat to reach a German port since the war outbreak. A Mannheim dispatch notes a leading firm received a direct Chicago offer for malt barley the first direct commercial communication with the United States known so far.
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BERLIN
Gulf of Mexico
Hamburg
New Orleans
Manheim
Chicago
United States
Overland Plant Reopens Under Court Order
Toledo June 13 The Willys Overland Company automobile plant, shut for three weeks by a labor disturbance, reopened this morning under a United States district court order. The company’s announced schedule calls for fifty departments to start today with thirteen resuming Saturday and nineteen Monday.
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TOLEDO
Willys-Overland Company
United States district court
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