Explosion Costs 78 Miners Life In Separate Tunnel Disaster
Wilkes-Barre Pa June 5 78 miners died in Baltimore No 2 tunnel of the Delaware and Hudson Fuel Co from an explosion and fire. 31 workers were injured and 41 bodies identified. A car of black powder on a train exploded igniting sparks from a broken trolley wire. Fire and suffocation caused most deaths and many bodies were charred or unrecognizable.
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Wilkes-Barre
Baltimore No. 2
Delaware & Hudson Fuel Company
Thomas Dougherty
Not Crimping German Proposals Dominates Latter Bolshevik Talks
Paris reports say the council of four may delay replying to German counter proposals to the peace treaty. Belgium borders and Belgian status are under revision, with Holland not required to cede territory. In Berne, Petliura forces seize railway centers amid the upheaval.
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Bolshevists
Ukraine
Council of Four
Paris
Reuter’a
Belgium
Holland
Council of Foreign Ministers
Anti Bolshevik Peasant Leader Seizes Western Ukraine Rail Hubs
The Ukrainian press bureau reports a peasant leader loyal to anti Bolshevik forces has captured the railway centers of Proskurov and Berdi Cheff in western Ukraine. The Romanian press bureau denies Bolshevik capture of Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina.
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Ukraine
Proskurov
Berdicheff
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Greeks Take Aivali and Rhira on Asia Minor Coast
Saloniki dispatch notes Greek forces occupy Aivali and Rhira on the gulf of Adramyti, west coast of Asia Minor, about sixty miles north of Smyrna, per an official statement.
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Saloniki
Aivali
Rhira
Gulf of
Adramyti
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Persistent reports of Petrograd capture premature says Estonian bureau
Copenhagen on June 5 reports from the Esthonian press bureau say persistent notes claiming Petrograd has fallen are very premature. The dispatch stresses caution and cautions against unverified rumors spreading.
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Copenhagen
Petrograd
Esthenian Press Bureau
Treaty in Hands of Private Interests Sparks Senate Debate
In Washington June 5 the senate debated a resolution for a full investigation into leaks of an unpublished peace treaty with Germany. Senator Hitchcock charged Lodge and Borah with insinuating the president allowed copies to reach New York business interests, while Lodge denied knowing of any financial connections and called the charges akin to stolen goods.
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Washington
Germany
New York
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Lodge
Massachusetts
Borah
Idaho
New York City
Paris
Mississippi
George Washington
House of Representatives
Governor Bamberger Surveys Uintah Basin Railroad Routes
Governor Bamberger leads engineers and financiers by automobile to Uintah basin to inspect proposed railroad routes into the region. He travels from Salt Lake on June 5 to evaluate possible lines and assess terrain and feasibility.
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Salt Lake
Bamberger
Uintah Basin
Reclamation delegation to Washington backs Lane plan
Idaho Reclamation Association adds Frank Hagenbarth and M J Sweeley to a delegation heading to Washington with Governor Davis and Frank Gooding to press for funding of the Mondell reclamation bill. Major Reed to join later as talks with Secretary Lane highlight farm for soldiers program and ongoing project tours in Idaho.
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Washington
Idaho Reclamation Association
Frank Hagenbarth
Upper
Snake River Valley
M. J. Sweeley
Twin Falls
Davis
Frank Gooding
Major Reed
Snake River
Dubois
Mondell
Congress
Reed
Interior
Franklin K. Lane
The
Association
Toledo Riot Leaves Two Dead and 25 Injured
Rioting in Toledo yesterday left two dead and 25 injured as thousands of strikers gathered outside the Willys Overland plant. Soldiers fired on the crowd after bricks were thrown, killing bystanders and injuring others. The plant remained closed and a state troop request was sent to Governor Cox.
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Columbus
Cox
Dayton
Cornell Schreiber
Toledo
Schreiber
Camp Sheridan
Chillicothe
Willys-Overland
Overland
Leonard Spach
Machinists’ Union
Addi
Bandits Free Two Farmers After Ransom in Mexico
Ayle and Barton, American farmers near Ameca Jalisco, were held five days by the Seapista gang and released after the Ameca Chamber of Commerce paid 2000. Six Mexican bandits were seen hanging from telegraph poles between San Plas and Navojoa in Sinaloa. The group belonged to a garrison at Navoja under General Francisco Flores and had deserted.
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Nogales
A. D. Ayle
H. Barton
Ameca
Jalisco
Chamber of Commerce
Seapista Gang
San Plas
Navojoa
Sinaloa
Navoja
Francisco Flores
Summer School Opens At Idaho Institute On June 10
Summer school at the Idaho Technical Institute begins Tuesday June 10 with heavy enrollment. It focuses on teacher training, commercial courses, and superintendent education under Walter R. Siders of Pocatello. President Frazier praises the plan and districts nearby are expected to participate. Superintendent Lewis of Idaho Falls will lecture on education principles.
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Idaho Technical Institute
Walter R. Siders
Pocatello
Frazier
Lewis
Idaho Falls
United States Ships Under Construction Outpace Britain
Lloyds Register figures for the first quarter of 1919 show the United States building 4,185,523 tons of shipping, more than double Britain’s 2,254,845 tons in allied and neutral countries outside Britain. Total under construction across allied and neutral nations reached 7,796,266 tons. The United States holds 75 percent of this tonnage, and its output is 28 times higher than in June 1914. London papers note the impact on sea trade.
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London
Associated Press
United States
Great Britain
Lloyd’s Register
Britain
Vote on German Treaty Text May Reach Late Today
Washington June 5 A vote may be reached late today on a resolution by Senator Johnson of California asking the state department for the full text of the treaty with Germany.
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Washington
Johnson
California
State Department
Germany
Mayors Seek Data on Building Costs to Ease Inflation
Mayor Whitaker asks adjoining cities for reports on building conditions material prices and related factors to compare with local conditions and the city reconstruction program. Idaho Falls notes high costs in Pocatello rent hikes and real estate pressures threaten relief as outside builders may be invited to restore normal conditions.
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Whitaker
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Oleg Hanson
Seattle
Upholds Bird Law Under Federal Treaty Authority
Federal Judge Jacob Trieber ruled the migratory bird act valid, holding that a U S treaty with Great Britain is the supreme law of the land unless it conflicts with the U S Constitution or government form, thus trumping state constitutions and statutes.
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Little Rock
Ark
Great Britain
Jacob Trieber
Trieber
United States
Red Paint Used by Communists in Budapest
An American officer notes Budapest was daubed in red by Bolsheviks until paint ran out. The account appears in a letter from Vienna via Paris and details Allied influence, currency value, food shortages, and travel routes to Vienna. The report mentions American officers in Vienna and shortages affecting rail travel and meals.
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Princeton
N. J
Budapest
Vienna
Paris
Warsaw
Prague
Constantinople
President Wilson to Visit Bruesels for Two Days
Bruesels reports President Wilson will arrive June 10 for a two day visit. He will meet with local officials and address public concerns during his stay.
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Bruesels
Wilson
Anarchist Bomb Probe Expands in Pittsburgh
Police in Pittsburgh say they have George Oliver of Cleveland in custody and are pursuing anarchists linked to Monday night explosions. Federal and city officers widen arrests, with deportation records and potential expulsions moving toward the labor department. Some detainees reportedly filed for first citizenship.
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Pittsburgh
George Oliver
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington
Department of Labor
Immigration Bureau
Nationwide tieup feared as Atlanta strike spreads
Washington reports SI S. J. Ko nen kamp, president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union, warns the Atlanta strike may grow into a nationwide telegraph and telephone stoppage due to policy disputes with Postmaster General Burleson. Springfield notes 60,000 workers and 60,000 operators would strike June 16 unless demands are met. The union seeks legal organizing rights and direct company bargaining officials to handle disputes.
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Washington
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial ‘Telegraphers’ Union of America
Atlanta
Burleson
Wilson
Springfield
Ill
International Btderhood of Electrical Workers
Charles P. Ford
Electrical Workers
Ford
Telegraph Strike in Atlanta Supports Bell Company Operators
Atlanta workers walked out Wednesday in sympathy with Southern Bell and Atlanta Telephone operators who quit their switchboards Monday. The Western Union Telegraph Company local toil halted as unrest spreads through the city unions.
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Atlanta
Western Union Telegraph Company
Southern Bell and
Atlanta Telephone Companies
Whisky runners halted at Idaho Wyoming line
Idaho Falls June 5 deputies and forest rangers seized 50 cases of whisky inside the Idaho line in Bonneville county from Wyoming. Runners used a wagon drawn by four horses to dodge auto trucks on mountain routes before July 1. The man in charge was arrested and has not yet given any information on the liquor’s destination.
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Idaho Falls
Sheiff’s
Forest Rangers
Ice
Wyoming
Sheriff's Office
Idaho Line
Bonneville County
Bailey Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Eldorado Springs Missouri June 5 A jury convicted Cal Bailey of murder in the second degree for the April 4 killing of James R. Bradley. Bailey faces 25 years in the penitentiary. Oma Bradley and Ellen Strickler were tried as accessories. The state alleged robbery as the motive.
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Eldorado Springs
Cal Bailey
James R. Bradley
Oma Bradley
Ellen Strickler
Naheerie
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Reclamation
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