Peace terms stalemate shifts with German counter offers
Paris dispatches report council of four poised to decide Thursday on German counter proposals to the peace terms. Germany seeks a definite 100 billion marks indemnity and possible Silesia clause revisions to secure supplies. A German memorandum at Versailles counters allied charges of guilt. Vienna reports Austria unanImously accepts the St Germain terms.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Clemenceau
Silesia
Germany
Poland
Versailles
Interbed Commission
Supreme Ecosome Council
World Food Control
Noske Warns Coast Defenses For Emergency Readiness
Paris on June 4 report says German Defense Minister Gustave Noske reviewed coastal defenses and ordered personnel to be ready for emergencies as peace conference circles monitor the situation.
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Paris
Gustave Noske
Newlyweds to Make Home in Montana
Genevieve Huston Martin and David Dewey Mier wed at the bride’s home in Pocatello. The ceremony was by Rev. H. S. Hamilton with a breakfast following. After a short Montana trip they will reside on a ranch in Dillon, with Mr. Hier’s ownership.
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Genevieve Huston Martin
A. H. Martin
Pocatello
David Dewey Mier
Dillon
Montana
North Harrison
H. S. Hamilton
Methodist Church
Georgette Crepe
Helen Burlingame
Ernest Humphrey
J. H. Henson
Ureid Waters
Pocatello High School
Utah Coal Sales Agency
Hier
Butte
Corn and Oats Market Update in Chicago
Chicago reports corn at 1.7014 per bushel and oats at unspecified, with a note about rats and an entry labeled 681. This brief item records price quotes and a stray remark in the June 4 market listing.
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Chicago
Two Shot During Riot Ties Up Toledo Plant
In Toledo rioting last night at the Willys-Overland plant left two dead and seventeen injured. The plant, idle for two weeks, reopened a week ago but will not operate again until a troops appeal is answered. The two dead are said not to be part of the labor dispute.
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Toledo
Willys-Overland Auto Company
Lost Million and Safe for Day
Thieves lowered a 300 pound steel safe from the fifth floor of army headquarters in Chicago. A million dollars in currency was missed, with valuable papers inside. The government had sent checks totaling $1,010,000 to discharge soldiers at Camp Grant and pay Chicago Fort Sheridan staff. the large check was cashed, the smaller one remained uncashed by Saturday.
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Chicago
Army Headquarters
Camp Grant
Fort Sheridan
Federal Reserve Bank
Imperator Bumps Agwidale In Dense Fog Off Sandy Hook
The German liner Imperator collided with the steamship Agwidale about 300 miles northeast of Sandy Hook while en route to Brest and New York. Agwidale reported to proceed under her own power but asked for convoy. later reports said Imperator undamaged and Agwidale damage slight after heavy fog.
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New York
Imperator
Brest
Sandy Hook
Agwidale
Rotterdam
Semenoff Named Grand Duke of Mongolia by Mongolian Congress
A Moscow dispatch reports General Semenoff, leading Cossacks in eastern Siberia, chosen as grand duke of Mongolia by a congress that declared Mongolian autonomy. The Bolshevik message says the congress elected Semenoff to the title.
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Semenoff
London
Siberia
Mongolia
Moscow
Grand Duke
Hen story crowns La Crosse pullet as record layer
La Crosse Wisconsin June 4 Gus Thodes owner presents his hen as world’s greatest laying bird after a record day of 16 eggs. J H Benson, chicken fancier, swears the fowl laid 14 eggs in one sitting and Thodes claims the hen added two more after Benson left.
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la Crosse
Wis
Gus Thodes
J. H. Benson
Thodes
Benson
Reclamation Drive Urges Water Bottling for West
A call to action emphasizes conserving and bottling western water to fund dry-land reclamation. Idaho and Bannock County push for solid regional cooperation, federal aid, and private capital to build reservoirs and canal systems, store waste water, and allocate it for future use.
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Pocatello
Bannock
Reclamation Association
Idaho
Marines Land in Central America Amid Tinoco Revolution
American marines have been landed at Punta Arenas and Port Lisbon in Costa Rica as revolts against General Tinoco’s government unfold, according to dispatches printed in local newspapers in San Salvador.
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San Salvador
Punta Arenas
Port Lisbon
Costa Rica
Tinoco
Telegraphers Join Striking Phonists In Atlanta
On June 4 union telegraphers in Atlanta joined a strike in sympathy with Southern Bell and Atlanta Telephone operators who abandoned their switchboards on Monday.
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Atlanta
Western Union
Southern Bell
Atlanta Telephone Companies
German approach to alliance with America for protectorate
Berlin reports broad German demand for a limited alliance with the United States. Germany would seek financial aid and protection while controlling profits from German industrial activity. Privy Councillor Bergman, tied to German Edison firms, proposes a German American partnership with Germany as senior partner.
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Berlin
America
Germany
Bergman
German Edison Companies
Navy orders cut enlisted force to 250000 by July first
Boston June 4 An order from the navy department calls for reducing the enlisted strength to not more than 250000 by July 1. The reduction will come mainly from shore stations first to maintain fleet efficiency.
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Boston
Navy Department
Wheat control may continue a year
Paris reports that most governments have guaranteed wheat prices to farmers and subsidized bread, suggesting government control of wheat distribution will likely continue next year with limited private trade. American members of the supreme economic council favor centralized European distribution.
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Paris
Argentina
Supreme Economic Council
Europe
Border clashes spark rumors of Villa attack on Chihuahua
El Paso reports say Chihuahua City was not attacked on June 1 but Santa Isabel occurred June 1 twelve miles away. May 31 statements from Governor Ortiz's private secretary arrive. Nogales reports W Sabate, an American citizen mining near La Colorada Sonora, killed by Yaquis with body found mutilated and three gunshot wounds.
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el Paso
Chihuahua City
Villa
Santa Isabel
Ortiz
Chihuahua
Nogales
W. Sabate
la Colorada
Sonora
Mexico
Battle near Santa Isabel defeats Martin Lopez
From El Paso dated June 4, a detachment of 130 men under Major Ponce made a reconnaissance southwest and encountered Martin Lopez. A sharp engagement followed, resulting in Lopez’s defeat. Villa and Angeles are reported near Chihuahua City with 1600 men, poorly armed and equipped.
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Fl Paso
Santa Isabel
Ponce
Martin Lopez
Lopez
Villa
Angeles
Chihuahua City
Soldiers take hand in Winnipeg strike
Winnipeg dawn parades marked by two factions of returning soldiers. One group rejected the general strike and marched to the parliament building bearing banners calling for upholding constitutional government and deporting enemy aliens. The rival parade moved along Portage Avenue within four blocks of the parliament.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Parliament
Portage Avenue
Paris Strikes Halt All City Transit Services
Paris workers walked to work as subways tram cars and taxis did not operate during a city wide strike. Reports show the strike worsening with unresolved employer worker differences while the day remained calm and without incidents.
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Paris
Senate Passes Suffrage Bill to States for Ratification
Washington June 4 The senate adopts the house woman suffrage resolution and sends the proposed constitutional amendment to the states for ratification.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
House
Anarchist Bomb Plot Ties to Russian Headquarters
Pittsburgh reports evidence police say the bomb explosions at Judge Thompson and inspector W. W. Sibray were ordered from New York Russian radical headquarters. John Johnson of the I. W. W. allegedly directed the plot after arriving from New York two weeks earlier with a pass for 1001 William D. Haywood. A Cleveland man is named as the bomb maker in a partial confession.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Thompson
W. W. Sibray
Bureau of Immigration
New York
Alderdice
John Johnson
William D. Haywood
Bears
Johnson
Cleveland
Chicago bomb Raid Nets Six in Custody
Federal agents and city detectives raided radical gathering places in Chicago. Explosives were found and anarchistic pamphlets were recovered. Daniel Colzin, arrested days earlier, allegedly confessed partial involvement linking Chicago radicals with eastern plotters. Colzin, an Italian bookkeeper who speaks seven languages, says he is an anarchist.
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Chicago
Daniel Colzin
Colzin
Anarchist bomb plot tied to eight city explosions
Washington reports link eight city bomb blasts to a single unidentified anarchist group aiming to terrorize the nation. Investigators reassemble the Palmer home blast victim and follow leads from Philadelphia to Boston while Congress debates harsher penalties for such crimes.
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St. Germain
Neue Abendblatt
Peru
Augusto B.lecus Leguis
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Uncle Sam
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Zaorres
Yank
Washington
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Palmer
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Newtonville
Mass
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