Pacific Coast Telephone Strike Affects Major Cities
San Francisco reports a coast wide walkout by telephone operators linemen and other electrical workers beginning at eight A M causing heavy disruption. Southern California joins with three thousand workers out while Northern and Central California see long delays and crippled service. Local officials cite unresolved labor conditions and disagreements with company management as the root causes.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Crlifore
aire
international
Burleson
California
L. A Grasser
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
SPRINGFIELD
Word
Wic
Pacific coast
sincce
Ford
Telegraphers refuse to yield on railroad messages
Chicago June 17. Negotiations between the Association of Western Union Employes and the Order of Railroad Telegraphers collapsed as the latter group declared the ban on handling commercial business on railroad wires will stay in force. J Manion head of railway telegraphers accused the Western Union officers of machinations while the union asserts its authority. Plans to extend the strike spread with over twenty five trades and labor councils backing the action alongside other unions. The American Federation of Labor will interpret how collective bargaining rights apply to telegraphers. Commercial firms report conditions returning to normal nationwide.
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CHICAGO
Association of Western
Union Employes
Order
W. A. Employes
J. Manion
Western Union
general stake
American Train Dispatchers’ Association
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
American Federation of Labor convention
Burleson
Mexican Incident Ends as Shooting Is Stopped
Gen Cabell announced there will be no wholesale border shooting and that Erwin aimed to protect El Paso from Villista fire. Troops recrossed by 1:25 a.m. no further operations planned. Cavalry pursued Villa rebels but were hindered by ditches and swamps near Juarez. Mexico offered no protest. Carranza officials echoed that American action was to defend the frontier. Villa and his command reportedly headed south toward the Tepeque region.
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EL PASO
Tex
Mexico
De Rosy C. Cabell
Southern department
Carranza
Juarez
Erwin
Cabell
war department
Rio Grande
Villa
Fort Bliss
WASHINGTON
state department
Henry FP. Fletcher
Rojo
MEXICO CITY
Associated Press
St Pano
Juan Barragan
Gonzalez
Francisco
htis
Turmoil in Costa Rica as Tinoco regime faces revolt
Washington dispatches report a new phase in the Costa Rican revolt against the Tinoco government with outbreaks in San Jose. American gunboat Castine remains at Port Simon ready to land if ordered while its commander awaits specific instructions from Washington.
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WASHINGTON
Tinoco
Costa Rics
state department
San Jos
Castine
Port Simon
Treaty refused for Senate use
President Wilson declined to transmit the complete peace treaty text to the Senate citing incomplete negotiations and sensitive points under discussion. Senator Johnson of California said he would raise the president's reply in the Senate.
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WASHINGTON
Wilson
senate
state department
Johnson
California
senate Inter
Navy to assign six new battle cruisers to Pacific fleet
Six high speed battle cruisers under construction for the navy will likely join a reorganized Pacific fleet as a special division. Navy officers say their design suits Pacific conditions, though they will be ready in two years or more and require enlarged drydocks. These vessels, the most powerful of their type yet built, will carry ten 16 inch guns and displace over 32,000 tons.
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WASHINGTON
Pacific
Atlantic
D Pacific
Benson
Paris
Noted Old Mine Sold for Taxes in Riverside County
The Good Hope mine on the Perris-Elsinore highway, famed as a historic gold producer, faces sale for delinquent taxes. With $2,000 owed, two bids were rejected while a lien holder and a local bidder offered small sums. Once valued around $40,000, the site has seen reopening attempts and recent use as a motion picture location.
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RIVERSIDE
Cal
Good Hope
Perrigs
Elsinore
Riverside county
county board of supervisors
C. Y. Carter
Hook Brothers
Perrin
California
Shopmen to Strike on Canadian Roads
Montreal June 16. Orders for a strike of 40 000 employees of Division No 4 Railway Shopmen of America were issued by the executive committee effective Wednesday morning. The action follows failed wage and hour negotiations. eleventh hour concessions by the Canadian Railway Board might avert the walkout, a union leader said tonight.
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MONTREAL
Railway Shopmen of
America
executive committee
Caniadian raiway board
Allies Present German Peace Terms at Versailles
Paris June 17 The peace conference replies in detail to German counterproposals. Modifications include West Prussia rectifications a plebiscite in upper Silesia and Germany’s temporary limit of 200000 troops. A full list of those to be tried for war crimes is promised within a month.
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PARIS
Versailles
Rome
West Prussia
upper Silesia
Germany
Berlin
Vienna
Budapest
Winnipeg strike leaders arrested in houses raid
Ten strike leaders were arrested in Winnipeg early today and moved to a distant location by government police. The Labor Temple was raided at the same time with materials described as Bolshevist, doors broken, and several officials held including Aldermen John Queen and A. A. Hemps along with R. B. Russell and Rev. William Ivens. Calgary and other western locales reported similar arrests as authorities targeted labor activity.
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WINNIPEG
Calgary
Labor Temple
Royal Northwest mounted police
Monopoly Charge as to Magnesite
Washington June 16 Arguments for and against a high tariff to protect the magnesite industry in California and Washington were heard by the house ways and means committee. E M Allen of Pittsburgh, representing an Austrian mine owner, opposed a high duty claiming Crocker interests of California control Northwest Magnesite Company. He said the firm refuses to sell deadburnt magnesite to exhaust supply. cost figures cited by tariff officials ranged from 21 to 328 per ton. Garner noted strong circumstantial evidence of a combination.
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WASHINGTON
California
house
ways and means committee
congress
tariff commission
E. M. Allen
Pittsburg
Austria
Crocker
Copley
Inois
San Francisco
Northwest Magnesite Company
Allen
Northwest company
Garner
Texas
Daniels Fights Aviation's Gut in Navy Bill Passage
Washington June 16 The 1920 naval appropriation bill was passed by the houses and sent to the senate. It totals about 600 million dollars with reduced naval aviation funding to 16 million. Secretary Daniels opposed cutting aviation while supporting the continuation of the 1916 building program and the committee plans further hearings.
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WASHINGTON
fund for
naval aviation
naval
senate
naval committee
Daniels
senate committee
Dublin Welcomes Alcock and Brown After Historic Flight
Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown arrive in Dublin to a tumultuous reception. Crowds mob their car at Broadstone station as the flyers reflect on the flight's lessons. Alcock favors flying boats for future transatlantic travel while Brown emphasizes navigation expertise over luck.
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DUBLIN
Associated Press
Alcock
Lieut
Brown
Broadstone
Wilson Plans League Tour After Paris Peace Treaty
President Wilson aims to return to Washington June 24 or 25 if Germans sign the peace pact. He will address Congress upon arrival and begin a three week speaking tour to explain the peace treaty and the League covenant. The itinerary will cover major cities, with audiences likely skewed toward opponents of the League of Nations.
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WASHINGTON
Wilson
Paris
White House
Planes to cross continent in Curtiss JN-4 flight
Washington June 17. The army air service announced four Curtiss JN-4 planes will start a transcontinental flight from Hazelhurst field Mineola NY to Seattle WA to map an aerial route between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The squadron will include sixteen officers and thirty six enlisted men with an observation balcony and motor trucks. Stops are planned in Philadelphia Pittsburg Columbus Indianapolis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis Fargo Bismarck and additional cities.
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WASHINGTON
army air service
Hazelhurst field
Mineola
N.Y
Seattle
Wash
Atlantic
Pacific
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Columbus
Indianapolis
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Fargo
Bismarck
Aliens to be repatriated from Britain after riots
In response to riots at Liverpool Cardiff and other cities with colored participants the British government will repatriate all aliens who came to England during the war the Daily Mail reports. The bulk are Chinese many Negroes who are British subjects cannot be deported and will be urged to leave with free passage and money offered.
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LONDON
Liverpool
Cardiff
England
Daily Mail
NO NEWSPAPERS SEEN IN BERLIN
Berlin reports a complete newspaper blackout as auxiliary workers strike in the mechanical department continues. Forty eight hours without papers with no settlement in sight. The action is deemed a prelude to a renewed radical push timed to the Entente reply to German counter proposals. Most residents remain ignorant of the reply, learning news from distant papers only.
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BERLIN
Associated Press
Great Berlin
greater Berlin
von Brockdorff-Rantzau
President to present peace treaty draft in Belgium and U.S. address
During his Belgium visit this week the President plans to deliver the revised peace treaty to the German Reich and discuss the treaty and league covenant. Upon arrival in Washington he will address the joint session of Congress to outline the terms and significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Washington
senate
house
Petrograd Surrounded as Cronstadt Falls to White Flag
London dispatch reports Cronstadt fortress on fire and seven Bolshevik warships surrendering to the British squadron in the Gulf of Finland. Bolshevik garrisons near Krasnaya Gorka join the white guard as North Russian forces claim 22,000 prisoners and 87 cannons seized in the campaign.
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LONDON
Petrograd
Cronstadt
Gulf of Cronstadt
Helaingters
Daily Mail
Gulf of Finland
Krasnayagorka
Stockholm
Peterof
87 Grade Pupils Given Diplomas Today
Graduating exercises for eight Reno school grades were held in the high school auditorium drawing a large crowd. Eighty seven graduates, forty four boys and forty three girls, received diplomas preparing for high school. Names span Mary S. Doren Mary 8. Doten South Side McKinley Park Mount Rose and Orvis Ring among others with diplomas presented by Judge John S. Orr and Y M C A secretary R E Wilson.
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Reno
Biptomas
Doten
South Side
McKinley Park
Mount Rose
Orvis Ring
R. E. Wilson
John 8. Orr
Misa May Dunlop
Barcarolle
Marguerite Wagner
J. F. Winneur
Southsin
William Berrum
George Brooke
Florence Cooley
Ruth Foster
Howard Gengras
Roberta Golding
Freda Horath
Ovey Jacobsen
Norman Karna
Mabel Kirman
Alfred Miramon
Marcel Miramon
Alice McManus
Emma Mieller
Grace Moran
Leonora Pincolini
Lydia Roetticher
Roap Steffner
Virginia St. Clair
Labor Federation votes for Irish Republic recognition
In Atlantic City June 17 the American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging Congress to recognize the Irish republic and recommending a hearing for Irish representatives at the Paris peace conference. The memorial portrays Americans organized labor as favoring self determination for Ireland.
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ATLANTIC CITY
N. J
congress
American Federation of Labor
Ireland
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