Winnipeg General Strike Ends After Six Weeks
Winnipeg and Edmonton workers end a six week general strike with a return to work at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Calgary and Vancouver follow suit as government plan for a joint investigation is offered but rejected. Edmonton notes a separate strike casual call for one month, while Calgary casts the effort as a failure.
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WINNIPEG
Man
general strike commission
Labor Temple
strike commission
Norra
G. A. Robertson
Vancouver
Calgary
Alberta
$2000 Hung Up for Essayists
Philadelphia June 25 The Henry M Phillips prize of 2000 in gold will be awarded to the essayist who proposes the best plan for conducting the Congress and the President in foreign relations. Essays must be submitted by year end. Topics cover the control of foreign relations and the duties of the President Senate House and judiciary. Essays may be in any language with an English translation if needed.
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PHILADELPHIA
congress
Henry M. Phillips
American Philosophical Society
United States
senate
house
French President to Visit Brussels on Belgium Day
President Poincare of France will visit Brussels July 21 to celebrate Belgiums fete day. He will be joined by Marshals Joffre Foch and Petain for a review of the Belgian army and will confer the Legion of Honor for its 1914 defense. He will also meet Cardinal Mercier at Malines.
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BRUSSELS
Poincare
France
Belgium
Joffre
Foch
Petain
Cardinal Mercier
Malines
War baby born to foreign bride of Yank on ship
A wireless message from the US transport Santa Teresa reports an expected arrival with 4000 troops and twenty one war brides. A baby born aboard the voyage to the French wife of F. E. Smith of Gilford Montana was christened Marcelle Teresa Smith after the ship. a christening fund of 1800 francs was presented by officers and crew.
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NEW YORK
United States
Santa Teresa
F. E. Smith
Gilford, Mont
Marcelle Teresa Smith
Ultimatum Likely If German Delegation Delays Peace Signing
Paris reports from Reuters say Allied leaders may issue an ultimatum to Germany if there is no word from Weimar about sending a delegation for the peace treaty. Plenipotentiaries would be appointed within a set hours, as President Poincare plans a dinner for them tomorrow night despite uncertainty over the signing date at Versailles.
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PARIS
Weimar
Reuter
Poincare
Versailles
Legion Gossips for Navy’s Men
Legion of Honor decorations presented at the Navy Department to fourteen American officers for distinguished wartime service. Capt Saint Seine and Secretary Daniels presided. Recipients included Rear Admirals David W. Taylor and Robert S. Griffin, and Admiral Henry B. Wilson, who commanded American forces in European waters. Crosses of the Grand Officer and Commander ranks were awarded to several officers for their roles in construction, ordnance, and naval leadership.
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WASHINGTON
Legion of Honor
navy department
Saint Seine
Daniels
Henry B. Wilson
secon
David W. Taylor
Robert S. Griffin
Ralph Earle
ordnance
Bishop presides at Babe's burial in Columbus
Funeral rites for Kensuke Ozaki three year old son of Rev Kazuka Ozaki Oakland Cal were held in Columbus with bishops and two Japanese ministers from Japan and the American superintendent of Oriental missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church taking part. Services were in Japanese with old hymns and prayers in both languages. Burial followed a Japanese custom with mourners placing soil on the coffin. The mother remains ill in Oakland and has not been advised.
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COLUMBUS
Japan
Oakland
Control Lines Around Montana Forest Fires
Missoula Montana June 25 control lines have been set around the most dangerous fires in Western Montana and Northern Idaho. At district headquarters the situation is improving though many new blazes are reported. Fifty firefighters were sent to Big Creek in the Lolo forest and as many to Salmon mountains where five new fires are burning. Three new fires in the Madison forest were dangerous and a fire on Deep Creek near Missoula was said to have covered 700 acres.
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MISSOULA
Mont
Montana
Idaho
est
Big Creek
Lelo forest
Salmon mountains
Madison forest
Deep Creek
Trial of Townley and Gilbert Opens in Jackson County
In Jackson Minnesota this morning the trial of A C Townley president of the Non-Partisan League and Joseph Gilbert former league organizer began. Prosecution claims conspiracy to retard national war efforts and cites Townley Gilbert and Irvin Freitag in antiwar activity and distribution of league materials.
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JACKSON, Minn
A. C. Townley
League
Joseph Gilbert
Jackson county
Townley
Fargo
Jackson
E. H. Nicholas
Gilbert
Nicholas
Irvin
Freitag
Gilbert and Freltag
Peace Treaty to be signed at Versailles this week
Paris June 25 The Associated Press reports the peace treaty will be signed either Friday or Saturday at two o clock pm. The conference secretariat lacks official word on the German delegation and arrival, causing suspense about the signing plans. Acting German representative von Haimhausen also appears unaware.
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PARIS
Associated Press
Versailles
Germany
Sferr Hanie] von Haimhausen
New Plan Advances Fertilizer Standards at Conference
New London June 23 W I Huntington president of the National Association of Fertilizer Manufacturers announced at the convention that in six months the industry will manufacture only high analysis fertilizers and drop fractional grades. He said standardizing on the best products will reduce rhetoric and selling costs, lowering food production costs for farmers and consumers.
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NEW LONDON
Genn
W. ID. Huntington
National Association of Fertilizer Manufacturers
Huntington
Plot to slay Scheidemann charged in Weimar arrest
London June 25 soldiers were arrested in Weimar on charges of planning to arrest and murder Philipp Scheidemann, the former German premier. The Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen said the plot aimed to kill Scheidemann amid political turmoil following World War I.
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LONDON
Weimar
Copenhagen
Philipp Scheidemann
U S Million Houses Shortage Cited At Convention
Atlantic City N J June 25 William H Garland of Los Angeles president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards says there is a shortage of one million houses in the United States at the twenty fifth annual convention. He says the association will cooperate with federal housing officials to supply homes but does not approve of the housing commission remaining in operation after the shortage is solved.
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ATLANTIC CITY
N. J
United States
William H. Garland
Los Angeles
National Association of Real Estate Boards
hoxiy
United States housing commission
housing commission
selist
Rioting Strikes Hamburg Amid Attacks on Food Factories
Serious rioting swept Hamburg on Monday and Tuesday as mobs attacked food preserving factories. Bodies of dogs and cats were said found in the plants. The war provision department was also assaulted and its offices wrecked. Troops marching through the streets fired to disperse the mobs, resulting in deaths and injuries.
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COPENHAGEN
Hamburg
war provision department
Army to stay in place for peace talks in Paris
Premier Clemenceau told the chamber of deputies that demobilization is the aim, but the government must heed German resolve after Scapa Flow and the Wiel destruction. He said a substantial army must remain to ensure strict observance of the treaty terms.
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PARIS
Clemenceau
chamber of deputies
Germany
Scapa Flow
Wiel
Peage Shocks Amerongen As German Emperor Exiled Forever
News from German peace terms including delivery of the former emperor reached the castle. Attendants say the tidings were already known and the mood is shock among his party as they blame the national assembly for the exile. The former monarch resumed his log sawing at the usual hour.
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AMERONGEN
Associated Press
News of
Germany
asi Sofins
national assembly
NO TRUTH IN STORIES OF GERMAN NAVY TALKS
Paris June 25 An authorized denial from a high American source states there is no truth to the British house of commons claim that President Wilson overruled Lloyd George and allowed German warships to be surrendered rather than interned Horatio Bottomley had suggested the plan in Parliament.
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PARIS
house of commons
Horatio Bottomley
South Hackney
Bottomley
Wilson
Lloyd George
Washington Man Is Champion at Traps
Vancouver Wash shooter Frank M Treech won the Northwest sportsmen's association trapshoot tournament with 492 hits of 500. He also broke 119 of 120 in today’s events. Portland’s J W Seavey took second with 486 and Frank Templeton placed third with 435.
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PORTLAND
Ore
Frank M. Treech
Vancouver
Wash
Northwest sportsmen's association
J. W. Seavey
Portlland
Frank Templeton
Recommendation Sets Fifty-Six Hour Week for Nursing Students
Portland industrial welfare committee recommends a maximum of fifty six hours per week for nursing training students in Oregon hospitals. Schedules to be arranged by hospital superintendents and trustees, with a report and program to be presented next Monday afternoon at a conference session. Holland borrowing money: Netherlands to issue a six per cent loan of 180,000,000 florins on July 4, redeemable in forty years. Subscriptions begin on July 4 at par plus a premium of one half percent.
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PORTLAND
Ore
Oregon
industrial welfare committee
HOLLAND
Netherlands
Netherlands’ Indies
Oxford Honors Pershing Hoover in Degree Ceremony
Gen Pershing and Herbert Hoover received doctor of civil law degrees at Oxford University during Encacala commemorations. The ceremony included Baron Makino, Joffre, Beatty, Haig, Wilson, Wemyss and others with no speeches. Mrs Hoover attended the luncheon at All Souls College as American students prepared to depart.
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OXFORD
England
Associated Press
John J. Pershing
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Oxford University
Mrs.Hoover
Earl Curzon
Gen.Pershing
Hoover
Baron Makino
Marshal Joffre
France
David Beatty
Douglas Haig
Henry Hughes Wilson
Rosslyn Wemyss
Orlando of
Maly
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Poland
Trinity College
Sheldowian theatre
Pershing
Gen. Pershing
Mr. Hoover
army
Liverpool
Brest
All Soul's College
John Biddley
Lloyd C. Griscom
Wershing
Lane Reclamation Bill To Be Boosted
Salem Oregon 4 will cooperate with eight Western states in a convention to press Congress to pass the Lane bill granting 500000 dollars for reclamation in the West. A letter from S E Brady Idaho reclamation association to the governor reached State Engineer Percy A Cupper who said delegates will be sent and cooperation offered. Co operation also asked from New Mexico Colorado Nevada Arizona and California.
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SALEM
Ore
Oregon
congress
S. E. Brady
Idaho reclamation association
Percy A. Cupper
New Mexico
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
Pursuit of Villa by Quiroga Not Stopped
Juarez Mexico federal cavalry report scattered bands in Northwestern Chihuahua as Gen Pedro Quiroga messages Villa Ahumada before moving westward. Telegraph line repairs enable transmission to Chihuahua City while air service reports six autokines and mobile planes concentrated near El Paso Fort Bliss Brownsville and other Texas bases.
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Wil
tne
Turner
Gathuahua City
WASHINGTON
on air service
Edgar E. Tobin
Fort Bliss
Kelly field
Texas
Brownswile
areda
Tex
El Paso
Clemenceau May Hold On Indicates October Elections
Paris reports say Premier Clemenceau signaled general elections may be in October. Newspapers speculate on a cabinet shake up and possible inclusion of specialists in social and economic matters.
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PARIS
Hevas
Clemenceau
ysterday
Another Liberty Loan Ship Set to Launch in Seattle
The City of Colorado, a 460% Liberty Loan steel steamer, will be launched Thursday by Skinner and Edds in Seattle. Sponsored by Mrs. Reginald H. Parsons, wife of a local banker, the vessel measures 410 feet in length, 54 feet beam, and 34 feet molded depth.
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SEATTLE
Wash
Jane
City of
Colorado
Skinner and
Edds
Reginald H. Parsons
Critics and Small Boys Exempt From Show Tax
Washington June 25 Critics and others who attend theatres or events as part of their work are exempt from nomission taxes under new IRS regulations. The list includes critics sports writers boys selling refreshments and a physician who attends a spectator taken ill in a theatre. Place is defined broadly to include outdoor amusement parks and similar attractions with various amusements.
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WASHINGTON
bureau of internal revenue
Treaty Opposition Faces Tedious Senate Hurdle
Washington June 25 After hours of debate in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee adjourned without action on Senator Fall’s resolution. The session featured Borah’s charge the treaty would guarantee war and criticism of Allied aims with Ireland Korea and Egypt. A stormy executive session followed as Republicans and Democrats split over delaying the measure.
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WASHINGTON
Fall
Republic
Mexico
Germany
senate
thisiime
League of Nations
Borah
Republican
Idaho
Ireland
Korea
Egypt
Aimerica
Thomas
Colorado
Swanson
Wir& fing
Lodge
Knox
Harring
McCumber
New
Brandegee
Hitchcock
Pomerene
Smith
Arizona
Pittman
Shields
Johnson
California
Moses
nother
League
Korat
peatlfu i
Versailles
Beas
Europe
Walsh
Migus Alchusetts
Great Britain
Omaha Throng Faces Threat of General Strike
Omaha Neb June 25 The only new development in the strike situation was an appeal by Mayor Smith to the Douglas county chapter of the American Legion for help maintaining order if a general sympathetic strike, threatened to be called tomorrow by the Central Labor Union, materializes. A Legion meeting pledged its support.
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OMAHA
Neb
Smith
Douglas county
American Legion
Central Labor Union
Legion
American minister returns Paris from Warsaw meeting peace delegates
Hugh Gibson the American minister to Portland has returned to Paris from Warsaw and conferred today with the American peace delegates.
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PARIS
Hugh Gibson
Portland
Parle
Warsaw
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