Pact Rewrite Advances as Treaty Is Reworked in Berlin
Berlin informs that the peace treaty will be virtually rewritten to embody allied changes while keeping core principles. A plebiscite in Silesia and league of Nations admission may boost German signatory prospects as financial clauses loosen to allow Germany to raise capital for restarting industry and paying reparations.
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Paris
United States
Berlin
Silesia
League of Nations
Council of Four
Revision Commission
Sarre Valley
Alsace-Lorraine
Andre Tardieu
Hudson
Reparations Commission
Germany
Italy
Austria
Upper Silesia
Poland
West Prussia
West Prussian
Labor Federation Chief Warns on National Labor Draft
Atlantic City June 16 Secre Wilson of the department addressed the convention of the American Federation of Labor urging unity among organized labor and opposing a proposed national draft to aid in the Thomas Mooney case. He defended government actions and criticized Bolshevism linking it to slavery and wartime labor disputes.
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Aitlantic City
N. J
Secre
Wilson
Department of
United States
I. W
Dutch Refuse to Join Allies in Peace Conference
June 16 report notes that the Netherlands will not participate in a peace conference against Germany. The government signals noninvolvement as a final settlement with Germany is pursued, keeping options open amid ongoing negotiations.
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Heelland
Gov
Germany
States ratify suffrage. several legislatures approve
Illinois becomes first state to ratify the federal suffrage amendment as its House and Senate approve. Wisconsin legislature also ratifies with votes 54 to 2 and 23 to 1. Michigan passes in a close race with a unique display of urgency in a jammed chamber. Carrie Chapman Catt calls 22 governors to push ratification. New York Gov. Smith schedules extraordinary session for June 18 to act on the amendment.
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Springfield
Llinois
General Assembly
House
Senate
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Assembly
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman Suffrage Association
Albany
N. Y
Smith
75 Die in Mexico Battle Near Monterey and Juarez
Reported fighting under Generals Angeles and Villa drives troops toward the border city from Samalquca area. Official quarters confirm 75 killed in Monterey after Sunday election, with skirmishes east of Juarez between Villa Angeles forces and Juarez garrison.
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City of
Monterey
Villa
el Paso
Tex
Angeles
Samalquca
Guadalupe
Juarez
Villa-Angeles
Juarez Federal
Allies Complete Reply to German Proposals in Paris
Paris June 14. The allied reply to German counter proposals is complete with agreements in principle on all points. Germany's admission to the league of nations is settled but details are undisclosed. Marshal Foch and General Wevennd held two talks with Premier Clemenceau on resuming hostilities and a coordinated advance, per Marcel Hutin in Echo de Paris.
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Paris
Germany
League of Nations
Marshal Foch
Wevennd
Clemenceau
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Committee On Public Information
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Wilson
Saar
Alsace- Lorraine
Holland
Europe
Russian Empire
Race riots erupt at English ports over wartime labor influx
London reports serious race riots at several ports in England and Wales triggered by African and other nonwhite workers recruited as labor battalions during the war. The unrest demonstrates heightened tensions from wartime demographic shifts and labor competition.
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London
Africa
England
Wales
Bank Fandits Shoot Two in St Louis Hold Up
Three armed robbers stormed the Meremec Trust company in St Louis and wounded two policemen during their dash for escape. Two of the assailants were captured, and the bandits were forced to drop about $2,000 in the holdup.
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St. Louis
Meremec Trust Company
U S Troops Move To El Paso As Juarez Civilian Areas Cleared
American forces from Columbus New Mexico travel by rail toward El Paso as Juarez Mexico braces for action. Fighting reported three miles east of Juarez with General Angeles’ forces nearing the city while civilians are ordered off the streets and establishments closed.
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Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Columbus
N. M
Juarez
Mex
Felipe Angeles
Angeles
Plaace
Juarez Agricultural Corese
Rio Grande
el Paso
Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry
Leak traced to Lamont in Paris Wall Street treaty leak
Washington June 13 The leak of the peace treaty from Paris to Wall Street is traced to Thomas W Lamont a member of the reparations committee and ally of J P Morgan Co Davison brought the copy to New York and passed it to Elihu Root who shared it with Senator Lodge The Senate foreign relations committee heard from Root Davison Morgan and Vanderlip in open session.
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Washington
Paris
Wall Street
Thomas W. Lamont
Sim
Wwilson
Os. P. Morgan & Co
Uamont
Henry P. Davison
Pans Maur
New York
Davison
Elihu Reot
Senator Lodge
J. P. Morgan
Frank A. Vanderlip
Big Army Swindle Bared in Chicago
The United States government faced a $1,000,000 fraud through forged army allotment checks. Army intelligence and the secret service have a three month investigation with arrests expected. Washington is alleged as the band’s headquarters with cells in many cities. Chicago is a chief center. Discrepancies in allotment rolls alerted clerks to payments to unlisted individuals.
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Chicago
United States
Army
Ssecret Service
Washington
Detroit street car strike ends with wage compromise
Detroit street car workers vote two to one to accept a roughly 20 percent wage increase. City authorities and the company approve a universal five cent fare with free transfers for three months, then a board of arbitration will decide on a possible extra one cent for transfers.
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Detroit
Mich
Heir to $2,000,000 killed in Bellefonte crash
Walter Winton heir to a two million fortune and a student at Bellefonte academy was killed when his car overturned near Bellefonte Pennsylvania. He was driving with six fellow students toward State College when the accident occurred.
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Bellefonte
Walter Winton
Bellefonte Academy
Here
Winton
State College
French Chief to Slovakia Move Reported
Prague reports General Rosert. C. Paris of the French army is going to Slovakia in relation to the military situation there. He formerly commanded French troops in Siberia.
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Slovakia
Prague
Labor Action Urges Wartime Prohibition Exemption
Atlantic City June 13 the American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution opposing wartime prohibition and seeking exemption of 2 percent Leer from the wartime prohibition act and the federal prohibition amendment. The measure passed 26 475 to 4 005 and called for a protest to President Wilson and Congress. Delegates from the Lectuie Central Labor council led the debate that lasted two hours. The resolutions committee recommended adoption.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Wilzsa
Congress
Lectuie Central Labor Council
Resolutions Committee
Palmer seeks $500000 for anti anarchist drive
Attorney General Palmer asked Congress for a special half million dollar appropriation to pursue anarchists bomb-throwers and enemies of law and order. In a letter to Secretary Glass, he argued recent violence by individuals linked to anarchist groups shows the need for ample means to protect the public and enforce federal laws.
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Washington
Palmer
Congress
Glass
House
United States
New York Soviet Office Raided by Detectives
Detectives raided the Russian soviet bureau in New York on Thursday, seizing records and serving subpoenas on A. K. S. Martens and four assistants to testify before the Lusk Committee as it opens its Bolshevism inquiry at City Hall.
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New York
A. K. S. Martens
Lusk Committee
Tawney of Minnesota Dead
James A. Tawney former congressman from Minnesota and once chairman of the house appropriations committee died Thursday at Excelsior Springs Missouri advices received by his family in Winona Minnesota.
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Winona
Minn
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
House Appropriations Committee
Excelsior Springs
Cyclone Strikes Bismarck Unroofing Trees
A storm in Bismarck North Dakota on June 16 brought winds of 75 mph for one minute and 64 mph for five minutes. The cyclone unroofed trees but caused no other damage.
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Bismarck
N. D
Tees
Arrest Girls for Picketing in Chicago Strike
Nine girls and six men clerks on strike were arrested in Chicago on June 16 for picketing in front of a department store defying an injunction.
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Chicago
Boston
German Reply to Peace Pact Charges Breach of Armistice
Germany argues the original treaty breaches the armistice and Wilson principles and refuses to accept collective punishment. It calls for German sovereignty, opposes general reparation, favors a German led commission, and demands plebiscites and limited borders with Germany keeping key territories.
French Journalist Routier Faces Death by Court Martial
Paris reports Gaston Routier a prominent French journalist with socialist leanings was sentenced to death by court martial for conveying military intelligence to the enemy. The trial found him guilty of colluding with German agents in Spain.
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Paris
Gaston Routier
Routier
Jefault
Spain
Speedway Hospital Split Sparks House Senate Clash
Washington June 16 House conferees refused to accept a Senate inserted $23 000 000 appropriation bill provision directing Secretary Glass to buy the Chicago Speedway hospital for use serving soldiers and patients amid deficiencies in several government departments.
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Washington
House
Senate
Glass
Chicago Speedway
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