Strike Ties Up Bell Lines in Reno and Sparks
Four thousand telephones in Reno and Sparks went dead as eight hundred workers walked out at eight o clock in sympathy with Los Angeles operators. Sixty-five operators and linemen across Reno, Sparks, Truckee, and Winnemucca joined, disrupting most Bell lines in California and Nevada. The Reno office planned to handle essential hospital and emergency calls, while organizers pressed for collective bargaining and union affiliation with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Allied trades.
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Reno
Sparke
Rena
Sparka
telephone company
Winnemucen
Trueckee
Bell
Bell ‘Telephone Company
Nevadd
San Franciso
San Francisco
Son Angeles
Burleson Kian
Renoumon
Sacramento
bong Bell Telephone Company
California
Girls Jon Union
Reno and Sparks
International Hrotherhood oflectrical Workers
lneup
Los Angeles
Burleson
Cfieats
Bell company
Fifteen In One Family Victims Of War and Acts
Paris June 18 Associated Press reports the Vanhee family of Reminghe near Ypres: thirteen sons killed in battle, three wounded with grave injuries, one wounded four times, the father and one daughter shot by Germans for attempting to visit a relative’s centennial celebration, another daughter killed by a German shell at Dunkirk. M Vanhee had thirty six children, twenty two sons and fourteen daughters, all alive at war start. one son served as valet to Pope Pius XX and returned to France to fight, wounded in four engagements.
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PARIS
Litte
Dunkirk
M. Vanhee
Reminghe
Ypres
Pius XX
France
Winnipeg Strike Leaders Arrested in Power Cut Plot
Ten strike leaders were arrested in Winnipeg as warrants were issued for three more. Officials said the strike committee weighed shutting off electrical power, while documents showed funds from persons tied to a plot for a Soviet government in Canada. Sam Hlumberge, a Winnipeg Socialist, was taken into custody. Calgary dispatches report national strike agitation in protest of the arrests.
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WINNIPEG
Gedeon Robertson
Canada
Sam Hlumberge
Chris Newton
Winnipg
Blumberge
Calgary
Northwest May Get Aerial Line Plan Hinted
Sacramento June 18 Aerial service proposals surface to link Mather Field near Sacramento with Pacific Northwest points Gov Ben W Olcott of Oregon asserts effort to establish a regular serial service rests on securing suitable landings in Oregon and Siskiyou mountains California after a flight from Portland to Mather Field with Lieut Col H B Watson commander of Mather Field
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SACRAMENTO
Cal
army aviation
Mather Field
here
pointa
Pacific Northwest
Ben W. JOlcott
Oregon
Olcett
Portland
H. B. Watson
Northwest
Siskiyou mountains
California
950 TANKS READY FOR U.S. ARMY USE
Washington June 18. The War Department announced that the current program for military tanks is complete with the delivery of forty nine six ton tanks. There are now 950 tanks available for use.
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U.S. ARMY
WASHINGTON
war department
Full Force at Reno Food Supplies for Germans Held Up
Unrest among Canadian soldiers in England grows after repeated postponements of homeward sailings. A 400 strong attack on the Epsom police station left several officers seriously wounded and one dead. Disturbances at Whitley followed arrests and dock strikes in Liverpool and other ports delayed transports. Australians and New Zealanders voiced protests as delays continued.
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LONDON
England
Epsom
Whitley
Liverpool
Germans Stone Demostrators Against Peace Delegation
June 18 Paris dispatch describes a crowd attacking German peace delegates after misreading a secretary gesture as provocative. Bricks hit two Germans as autos moved from Cheminay to Nolay le Roi. two French chauffeurs injured seriously. Count von BrockdorffRantzau avoided the mob. Officials face dismissal and apologies to Dr Haniel von Hamhausen. police used guards then withdrawn near Versailles.
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PARIS
ePiit Parisien
Chehnay
Roquencourt
Bailly
Nolay-le- Roi
Versalles
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Petit Parsen
Seine-et-Olne
Haniel von Hamhausen
Clemenceau
Versailles
Collapse of Camp Hut injures forty no deaths reported
Brest June 18 casualty check after the Knights of Columbus hut roof collapsed at Pontainez Monday night shows forty injured and no deaths. Several American soldiers were buried in the debris and a number of the injured are in serious condition.
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BREST
Knights of Columbus
Pontainez
Electric Road Board Opens Hearing in New York
Washington dispatch says the Federal Electric Railways Commission, appointed to study financial relief for electric railways, will hold its first hearing in New York on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON
federal electric railways commission
New York
Locusts Threaten 75000 Goats on Guadalupe Island
Locusts have eaten almost all vegetation on Guadalupe Island, 175 miles south of San Diego, leaving an estimated 75000 wild goats to starve. The motor ship Gryme arrived with 295 goats, many dying en route. The island, owned by Mexico, has not seen locusts in over fifty years.
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SAN DIEGO
Cal
Guadalupe Island
here
Gryme
Mexico
Peril of Settlers in Mexico From Villa Alarms Border
Alarm spreads as Villa rebels push into northern Mexico threatening Americans. Telegraph lines down, railroad wrecked, roads dangerous between Juarez and Chihuahua City. U.S. miners flee camps near Torreon to reach the border. messages delayed or lost as 2000 Royal Indians of Dieguez arrive in Parral. American Smelting and Refining Company orders workers to cross the border while other firms keep camps garrisoned.
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EL PAS
Tex
Juarez
interior
Francisco Villa
Villa
Chihuahua City
Torreon
Chihuahua
Sonora
Nogales
Dieguez
Parral
Jimmez
Laredo
Manuel Diegue
Postal invites men back to Chicago strike end game
June 18 Chicago The Postal Telegraph Company issued a nationwide notice allowing strikers to return with continuity of service through June 20. New York officials prepared the order distributed by district superintendents. E W Colling Chicago district says many ex employees have already resumed work and the company is operating normally. Commercial Telegraphers Union leaders declined comment pending AFL conference. Union members report improving reports across sections since the strike began a week ago.
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CHICAGO
Postal Telegraph Company
Ne York
E. W. Colling
Chicaugo
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America
strke
American Federation of Labor convention
Unon
King Alfonso IIIill Stays Resting In Madrid Room
Madrid June 17 King Alfonso the third is ill and confined to his room on doctors orders. He remains in his chamber in the royal residence as physicians advise rest and observation.
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MADRID
Alfonso
Federation Demands Burleson Out and Seamen's Act Reform
The American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging President Wilson to remove Postmaster General Burleson. They also urged the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries to probe Secretary Redfield for alleged failure to enforce the Seamen's Act provisions. A memorial called for repeal of wage clauses in the Seamen's Act, arguing the bills favor European and Asiatic shipowners and hinder American sea power development.
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ATLANTIC CITY
Wilson
Burleson
American Federation
Seaman's Acte
federation
house committee on merchant marine and
fishermes
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
American Holds Russian Train at Verkhnie Udinsk
OMSK June 12 According to officials a conflict of authority between Col C H Morrow American guard commander and Gen Semenoff over a moving armored train was resolved amicably Semenoff acknowledged Kolchak authority and was permitted to push troops beyond Lake Baikal while told not to interfere with American forces
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OMSK
Associated Press
C. H. Morrow
Verkhnie-Udinek
Semenoff
China
Verkhnie
Udinsk
Morrow
Kolchak
Lake Baikal
Irish Dominion League Formed Prominent Dublin Group Organizes
Dublin June 17 The Irish Dominion League is being formed in Ireland to advocate home rule on colonial lines while opposing an Irish republic. Promoters include Sir Horace Plunkett and other convention figures. A weekly titled Irish Statesman will be published. Directors include Plunkett Yates and T P O Connor.
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DUBLIN
Associated Press
formen Ireland
Irish Dominion League
Horace Plunkett
Irish convention
league
Irish Statesmen
Sir Horace Plunkett
William Butler Yates
T. P. O'Connor
Viscount Northcliffe Undergoes Thyroid Operation
London reports Viscount Northcliffe, newspaper owner and former head of the British mission to the United States, was operated on to remove a deep seated adenoma of the thyroid gland causing pressure. A bulletin from his physicians says the viscount's condition is satisfactory.
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LONDON
Viscount Northcliffe
United States
Brazil's President in Accident at Sea Enroute to U S
A BBC report notes President elect Dr. Pessoa of Brazil and his party were aboard the invalidated French cruiser Jeanne d Arc off the Atlantic. The transport Imperator, bound for New York, took them off the disabled vessel after its engines failed near Greenwich time.
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WASHINGTON
Jeanne d'Art
Imperator
Dr. Pessoa
Brazil
United States
Lisbon
Benson
France
Arkansas
Jeanne d’Arc
New York
Woman suffrage in church debated in Ireland
In Dublin on June 18 the annual synod of the Protestant Episcopal church in Ireland debated woman suffrage in church government. Women advocates won a clerical majority but lay votes remained narrowly against it. The issue is to be renewed.
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DUBLIN
Protestant Episcopal church in
Ireland
Church of England
Assory
Wakely
Bernard
War veterans raid Stockton headquarters
Stockton Cal June 18 More than 100 returned service men raided the Lords' headquarters of the L W W late last night tearing signs from the building and daubing the front with yellow paint The signs were then carved at the head of an orderly procession with several score automobiles joining and were thrown into the river The raid followed a meeting of the Service Club a soldiers' and sailors' organization.
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STOCKTON
Cal
lords
Service Club
soldiers’ and sailors’ organization
Allied Armies Ready For March To Berlin
Allied forces prepare to advance into Germany if terms are rejected. Marshal Foch orders readiness across occupied areas while Lieut. Gen. Liggett affirms American troops stand ready to move at a moment’s notice. Germany fears Bolshevism and chaos as cabinet doubts signing. Peace terms provoke volatile reactions across Berlin and Copenhagen.
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HUNTER LIGGETT
Germany
Foch
CORLENZ
Associated Press
Marshal Foch
Aled armien
Cobtony
BERLIN
Frankfort
COPENHAGEN
the
Politiken
Count Von Brockdorff-Ramzau
Mathian Erzberger
armistice commission
Vorwaorts
Fremdenblatt
Hemburg
sys
Cabinet
WEIMAR
peace commission
Philipp Schee cemann
Protests by Irish Deputation Over Atrocities
Paris reports Messia Dunne and Walsh of the Irish delegation have written to President Wilson about alleged Irish atrocities. They claim reprisals against witnesses have begun since prior reports, with arrests on trumped up charges and dispatch to distant points. They offer to produce witnesses to support their statements of prisoners being beaten.
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PARIS
Messia
Dunne
Walsh
Wilson
Ireland
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Dominion
ELECTRIC ROAD BOARD
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TS MEN
KING OF SPAIN
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Liggett
DEAL
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