Peace treaty 15 redraw under way amid revisions
Paris reports the council of four dedicating Friday to rewriting the peace treaty text before presenting it to German delegates. Italy misses session. Baron Sonino attends. Changes adapt financial provisions and reparations, with new clauses on Silesian plebiscite, Polish frontier shifts, and Danish frontiers. Denmark joins others in abstaining from a blocking move against Germany. Kronstadt bolshevik base evacuation rumored as British ships patrol.
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Paris
Council of Four
Orlando
Italy
Rome
Baron Sonino
Reparations Commission
Germany
Silesia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Rumania
Czecho-Slovakia
Holland
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Stockholm
Kronstadt
Settlement terms floated in nationwide telegraphers strike
Chicago report says the Commercial Telegraphers Union submitted proposed conditions to Postal Telegraph for a settlement. They call for wage adjustments after the wire administration fully hands control to the company, noting an order by Postmaster General Burleson still blocks contracts until government control ends.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal
Wire Administration
New York
Burleson
Alien Reds Being Gathered for Deportation Train
Immigration authorities say fifty two alleged anarchists and other alien undesirables have been gathered in the United States for deportation through New York. An east bound train started from here with eight passengers and went to Seattle where seven more were added. It will visit Denver St Louis and other points where additional parties have been collected.
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Sancisco
United States
New York
Seattle
Denver
St. Louis
South Dakota
Dan West
Mitchell
The
West News
West
Minneapolis
W. H. Herbert
Pine Ridge
Plains
Black Hills
Deadwood
Lead
Sioux Falls
Minnehaha County
Board of County Commissioners
Card deck names prompt reform movement
A controversial proposal seeks to rename kings and queens in playing cards as presidents and suffragettes. Proponents argue it reflects modern titles while opponents warn it erodes tradition and confuses iconography.
Protecting Wilhelm II Exposed Diplomacy and Remittance
Letters among officials of the league for shielding William II are printed by Vorwaerts. One note mentions a 20,000 mark remittance to Holland to cultivate the Dutch press, a sum modest amid the era's costs but raising concern over influence and restraint.
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Wilhelm
Berlin
League For the Protection of
William II
Holland
Vorwaerts
Wheat Crop Is Huge As Agriculture Dept Forecasts Record
Washington reports a total wheat crop of 1,236,000,000 bushels for the year, with winter wheat at 893,000,000 and spring wheat at 343,000,000. The crop’s value ranges around 2.47 to 2.79 billion dollars depending on price. Reading across, other crops include oats, barley, rye, hay, apples, and peaches, with state-by-state condition and production figures.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Mexican battle near Monterey widens border clash
Official reports say Villa Angeles forces moved from Samalquima area toward Guadalupe, 82 miles east of Juarez, with a three column push toward the border. Seventy five killed in Monterey after a Sunday election sparked fighting, while Villa Angeles advance units clash with Juarez federal reconnoitering parties in the eastern Paniver area.
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City of
Monterey
Villa
el Paso
Tex
Angeles
Samalquca
Guadalupe
Juarez
Villa-Angeles
Paniver
Yank Missing With Cash Disbursing Officer Vanishes
Coblenz June 13 German police beyond the Coblenz bridgeheads were asked to find an American disbursing officer who vanished with 485000 marks. He is under bond.
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Yank
Coblenz
May Head Hungarian Party
Vienna June 13 Bela Kun the Red dictator of Hungary may head the peace delegation to Paris as Hungarians agree to allied demand for a cessation of ae the response remains unclear and unsettled on details.
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Vienna
Bela Kun
Hungary
Paris
States ratify Susan B Anthony amendment in sweeping votes
Illinois Wisconsin Michigan move to ratify the federal suffrage amendment with high level votes as governors call for special sessions. Illinois approval by 132 to 3 in the House and unanimous Senate. Wisconsin 54 to 2 and 23 to 1. Michigan House 50 feet win and unanimous Senate. nationwide push led by Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt urging 22 governors to call special sessions. Albany Calls extraordinary New York session for June 16 to ratify.
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Springfield
Illinois
General Assembly
House
Senate
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Assembly
Bilgren
Dithmar
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
New York
Carry Chapman Catt
National Woman Suffrage Association
Albany
N. Y
Smith
U S Infantry Quits Russia From Archangel Front
American troops on the Archangel front south of Archangel withdraw the rest of the 339th infantry and 337th ambulance company along with a medical detachment. The 310th engineers plan to sail for home around July 1, with the last contingent departing July 7.
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Archangel
Gineers
Three Hundred and Thirtyninth Infantry
Three Hundred and Thirty-seventh
Three Hundred and Tenth Engineers
Bela Kun Agrees to Halt Fighting with Czecho-Slovaks
Bela Kun the Hungarian foreign minister says he will stop hostilities after a message from Premier Clemenceau. He blames the Czechs for the fighting for disregarding the ally fixed frontier and cites Czech actions as the cause of the conflict.
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Clemenceau
London
Bela*Kun
Senate backs Kellogg bill repeal of Wire Act
The Senate without a record vote passed the Kellogg bill to repeal the law authorizing government control of telegraph, telephone and cable wires. The measure moves to the House and would extend existing rates for 90 days.
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Senate
Washington
House
House votes 805 to 4 to authorize 750 million for rail lines
Washington June 12 by an overwhelming vote the house approved a bill authorizing 750 million dollars for the railroad administration to operate the government controlled lines. The vote was 805 to 4 sending the measure to the senate for action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Railroad Administration
Deny Disorder in Chile Protest in Santiago
The Santiago newspapers protest erroneous reports of disorders in Chile. They report complete tranquillity prevailing in the city.
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Chile
Santiago
Eare
Famous yachtsman John Hyslop dies at 85
New York dispatch reports the death of John Hyslop, renowned American yachtsman. In 1887 he measured the Volunteer and Thistle for the America’s Cup race, and he died at his home in New York in his eighty sixth year.
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New York
John Hyslop
Cutworms Ravage Corn and Crops Across State
The report notes widespread corn field damage from cutworms in several areas while cool moist weather favors small grains. Wild hay yields are strong, alfalfa cutting begins but labor is scarce, and hoppers have not yet caused major harm this spring.
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North Dakota
World News Bites From The Times
Twelve prisoners escape Fort Leavenworth. Countess Markievicz is arrested in Dublin and escorted to Cork. Judge Killits orders Willys Overland plant to reopen. Siberian front news from Omsk and Paris. A New York burglar escapes Sing Sing. Walter Winton dies in auto crash near Bellefonte. Pershing to stay in France until mid July. French mutiny report from Odessa debated in Paris. American troops begin repatriation to Brest aboard Czar. Forger gang in custody after Leavenworth arrests.
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Kaw
Markievicz
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Ireland
Cork
John M. Killits
United States District Court
Toledo
Willys- Overland Company
Gaidas
Glazov
Ufa
John McAllister
New York
Sing Sing
Ossining
Walter Winton
Bellefonte Academy
Bellefonte
Winton
General Pershing
France
America
Charles F. Maas
Chicago
DROWNINGS IN ODESSA AS RUSSIANS REJECT LEVY
August Danner, an American refugee, says hundreds of Russians who refused an $11,000,000 levy in Odessa were forced to walk the plank from a czarist yacht. He reports nearly 500 bodies recovered and widespread murder and looting before German troops restored order. Aftonblad notes a British squadron bombarding Kronstadt.
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Odessa
August Danner
Russia
International Harvester Company
Danner
Englewood
Stockholm
Kronstadt
Aftonblad
Grain and livestock price report amid market listings
The report lists current prices for flour products corn flour rye and winter wheat grades by bag or car lot, hay by grade, and livestock values including prime steers, cows, heifers, hogs, sheep, and lambs with ranges for quality and weight categories. Prices cover corn flour, rye varieties, spring and hard winter wheats, several hay grades, and varied cattle hog and sheep classes with upper and lower bounds.
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