Root testifies on peace treaty copies before Senate panel
Elihu Root tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he possessed a copy of the peace treaty for weeks, given by Henry P. Davison of Morgan. Davison says only he and Root read it, while J. P. Morgan and Frank Vanderlip testify they did not see the document. Root argues the German government released the treaty and it became public property.
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Washington, D. C
Elihu Root
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New
Root
J. P. Morgan
Frank A. Vanderlip
Knox
Austria seeks relief over strict terms of peace treaty
Karl Renner, head of the Austrian peace mission, complains of hard conditions leaving Austria overwhelmed with despair and cites frontier questions. The letter will be reviewed by the council of four as drafting delays persist due to Germany talks. An American official notes Austria may not be able to sign further terms if pressures continue.
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Paris
Karl Renner
Peace Conference
Council of Four
Austria
Reparations talks at Paris refuse German colonial mandate
Paris June 11 reports peace conference heads reject Germany's demand for a mandate over former German colonies. A memorandum explains League of Nations colonial operations and reasons for the refusal. The reparations section remains unsettled on total payment while the treaty text stays the same.
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Paris
League of Nations
Germany
Rocap Chosen to Referee Dempsey Willard Bout
William Rocap sports editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger will referee the Willard Dempsey fight in Toledo on July 4. Major Drexel Biddle announced the selection as head of the Army Navy and Civilian board of boxing control.
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Philadelphia
William Rocap
The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Toledo
Drexel Biddle
Army, Navy and Civilian Board of Boxing Control
American Woman Ambulance Service Receives French Cross
Paris June 11 The French war cross is awarded to Mrs Cecile Craik Hibben of Montgomery Alabama for volunteering with the American Red Cross ambulance service from 1914 to war end. She aided French soldiers under bombardment and gas during the 1918 spring advance at Orry la Ville.
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Paris
Cecile Craik Hibben
Montgomery
Ala
Hibben
France
American Red Cross
Orry-la-Ville
Labor Conference Planned in Chicago for September 6 7
Chicago speakers from the labor party announce an international workingmen's conference on peace to be held September 6 and 7 in Chicago. They also organize a labor interests demonstration in September and state the arrangement is workable. President Wilson pressed for a fixed total sum in the reparations clause and still supports it as the best plan.
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Chicago
Chicago Labor Party
Wilson
Senator Spooner Dies After Long Senate Career
New York June 11 Senator John C Spooner died last night after sixteen years as a United States senator from Wisconsin He retired in 1907 to return to law practice and provide for his family Born January 6 1843 in Lawrenceburg Indiana Spooner served in the Civil War rising from private to captain and brevet major He was married to Annie E Main in 1868 and leaves two sons Philip and Willet
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New York
John C. Spooner
United States
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
John Coit Spooner
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Philip Spooner
Madison
Wis
John
University of Wisconsin
Spooner
40Th
Wisconsin Infantry
50Th Wisconsin Infantry
United States Senate
Washington
Annie E. Main
Madison, Wis
Philip and
Willet
Filipinos Move North as Hawaii Laborers Depart
Honolulu reports over 1,000 Filipinos, many sugar plantation workers, have left Hawaii for the mainland in recent weeks seeking higher wages. Planters say departures are balanced by arrivals, and many migrants head for Alaska salmon canneries.
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Honolulu
T. H
Hawaii
Philippines
Alaska
No Compromise Stands From Federal Chief of Control
Washington June 11 Postmaster General Burleson declared no pressure can extend or go beyond War Labor Board rules. He said the wire strike began today is wholly without justification and that telegraphic traffic has not, and will not, be delayed. S J Konenkamp urged AFL action to end the telegraphers strike, accusing government promises of violation and noting 2915 telegraphers discharged for refusing loyalty pledges.
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Washington
Burleson
Government
Wire Control Board
War Labor Board
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
Konenkamp
Western Union Telegraph Company
Carlton
Postal Telegraph Company
Konen
Help Wanted Is Call of Builders
After a Commercial club meeting and a Bannock hotel board session, two committees are formed. One seeks an immediate temporary housing site for incoming mechanics in Pocatello. The other aims to coordinate with building trades to establish a firm basis for rapid reconstruction.
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Commercial Club
Board of Governors
Bannock Hotel
Pocatello
Western Union strike limits affect few men in west
Western Union offices report six Western Union workers quit in the western district with two in Boise and two in Denver while most of the system stays normal. Wires function and no local employees strike. The Postal service shows greater disruption though and card men are described as unsympathetic.
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Western Union
Western
Boise
Denver
First Casualty in Strike of Linemen
In Dallas Texas on June 11 A J Fisher a non union lineman for Dallas Light Power was shot and killed during a clash between strikers and sympathizers. Non union workers are replacing striking company employees.
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Dallas
Texas
A. J. Fisher
Dallas Light & Power Company
German Major Outlines Plans to Organize Army
German major General von Francois proposes a 500000 yearly draft for a new army and labor battalions. He calls for old military discipline, restored officer authority, and a compact structure modeled on prewar forces. He warns Germany may refuse to sign the peace treaty to keep the program.
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von Francois
Argonne
General Staff
War Department
Grain Market Report from Chicago June 11
Chicago June 11 grain market closes with corn at 1.683 and oats at 6.734. Prices shown in parity with local exchanges.
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Chicago
Western Union reports only 266 absent from 40000 on strike day
Western Union reports show 266 employees absent out of 40000 as seven divisions across the United States and Maritime provinces kept full force two hours after the Commercial Telegraphers union strike order. Newcomb Carlton, president, stated the figures.
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New York
Western Union Company
United States
Maritime Provinces
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Western Union
Newcomb Carlton
Konenkamp Refutes President Carlton on Figures
Chicago June 11. J. Konenkamp president of the Telegraphers union called President Carlton's figures ridiculous and in line with Western Union's usual attitude.
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Chicago
Carlton
J. Konenkamp
The
Telegraphers Union
Western Union
Western Union and Postal Strike Reports Clash Over Impact
In Washington on June 11 officials from Western Union and Postal companies and the Commercial Telegraphers union gave sharply different claims about a nationwide strike. Western Union said staffing is at full strength, Postal reported under ten percent out, while union officers said more than a thousand operators and other employees failed to report.
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Washington
Western Union and Postal Companies
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Konenkamp
Western Union
Nationwide telegraphers strike begins with 60000 workers leaving keys
Chicago reports the nationwide strike of union Commercial Telegraphers starting at 7 am central time. Western Union Postal and American Telegraph and Telephone companies are targeted. Union predicts 60000 telegraphers out today and over 100000 electrical workers to join by June 16. Western Union says only a few union members and business remains largely unaffected. The dispute centers on the right to organize and collective wage and condition talks.
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Chicago
Western Union, Postal and
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
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