Postal Union Seeks Settlement Scale With Postal
Chicago June 13. The Commercial Telegraphers union forwarded wage adjustment conditions to Postal officials as a basis for agreement. The proposal asks the strike to be called off for Postal if wage changes are enacted after the wire administration grants full control to the company. Conditions were sent to New York officials.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Postal Company
Wire Administration
New York
Union officials warn wage contracts barred by Burleson order
Union leaders say an old Postmaster General Burleson directive blocks commercial telegraph firms from signing wage deals with operators until government control ends. A nationwide strike begins Monday with 140,000 workers expected to participate and 22,000 idled already. The American Train Dispatchers Association supports the strikers and posters are being distributed nationwide.
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Burleson
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
American Train Dispatchers Association
Luhrsen
Postal
Chicago
E. W. Collins
Western Union
Winnipeg Locals Vote to Strike Tonight
Winnipeg officials of the Switchmen's and Trainmen locals announced a vote to strike at 6 this evening. The action is expected to cripple freight service to and from Winnipeg and may handicap passenger transportation.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Switchmen’s
Trainmen
Riot erupts in Cardiff as labor unrest leads to deaths
London reports renewed clashes in Cardiff between Black war workers and white residents. One white man and one Arab are dead, several injured, and many arrests follow the riot that flared amid wartime labor migrations.
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London
Cardiff
Wales
Great Britain
Robbers at Manhattan Elevated Station Steal Large Sum
Six hold up men at an uptown Manhattan elevated entrance attacked two bank messengers and fled in an automobile with a large sum of money headed to the federal reserve bank. One robber was shot and carried away by accomplices. Bank officials refused to disclose the loss.
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New York
Uptown
Manhattan
Federal Reserve Bank
Rotarians Prep for Salt Lake International Convention
Pocatello Rotary club plans to send at least fifty members to the Salt Lake City convention with eighty including ladies. Idaho clubs coordinate headquarters at Hotel Utah and arrange badges, rooms, and travel with a Fort Hall Indian contingent among convention attractions. Joe Young elected delegate with C. C. Bowerman as alternate. Young district governor nominee.
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Pocatello Rotary Club
Salt Lake
International Rotary Convention
Rotary Club
Pocatello
Convention City
Finis Bentley
White & Co
East Center Street
Salt Lake City
Bent
Idaho
Utah
Fort Hall
Miller
Joe Young
Rotary
C. C. Bowerman
Butte
Army 400000 Man Temporary Force Provisions Bill Passed
The House approved the 1920 army appropriation bill without a record vote. It carries 718 million dollars and provides for a temporary army of 400000 men. The measure now goes to the Senate. June 13, Washington.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rancher Huffman Tarred and Feathered near Tekoa
Spokane June 13: Johann Huffman Colville reservation rancher accused of pro German stance beaten by 20 masked men. He was tarred and feathered after four mile march into woods. right thumb shot away during fusillade at his Tekoa area cabin. Huffman denied pro German ties and said he has 850 Liberty bonds. no arrests yet.
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Spokane
Wash
Johann Huffmar
Colville Reservation
Tekoa
Desmet
Idaho
Huffman
Knights of Grip Convene in Gate City for Convention
The Grand Council of Montana Utah Wyoming and Idaho United Commercial Travelers met in Pocatello today to appoint committees examine credentials and seat delegates. Fifty travelers attended with W E Sampsel opening the session and committees named to report on credentials and officers.
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Grand Council
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
W. R. Williams
W. R. Walsh
Salt Lake
W. K. Moore
Billings
C. H. Brown
Great Falls
C. R. Sutton
Helena
J. A. Black
Boise
Knights of the Road
Elks’ Club
Pioneer Block
Idaho Wholesale Grocery Company
Idaho Retail Grocers’ Association
Pocatello
F. W. Hillis
Ogden
West
R. E. Knowlden
Provo
F. R. Ball
J. H. Brown
H. P. Hoagland
Lewiston
T. F. McLaughlin
L. Walters
Don FE. Ray
H. D. Murray
Butte
W. R. Willias
R. B. Vickers
E. J. Davis
W. E. Sampsel
W. T. Haney
Mont
F. W. Willis
Willard Lund
Mind and Yidiron Sprain Text Rewritten for Germany Relation
A revised document incorporating explanations from the allied reply to German counter proposals will be presented to Germany. The new treaty, largely unchanged in principle, will be public on delivery or the following day. The council of fear deemed attaching a reply to the original document impractical.
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Germany
Council of Fear
United States
Juarez Scare Eases as Villa Forces Reported Near Guadelupe
A territory survey east of Juarez to Guadelupe finds no large Villa force near the town. Four Villa headquarters men visited Guadelupe. Felipe Angeles and Martin Lopez at Villa Ahumada with about 800 troops and more arriving. Analysts say the Juarez panic stems from mobile advance parties, not a major attack. In Mexico City Jes us Augustin Castro named under secretary of war and marine amid secretary’s absence.
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el Paso
Juarez
Guadelupe
Felipe Angeles
Associated Press
Villa
Martin Lopez
Villa Ahumada
Mexico City
Jesus Augustin Castro
War and Marine
Labor federation debates Soviet recognition at Atlantic City
Two hundred resolutions were submitted by delegates at the American Federation of Labor convention in Atlantic City. Among them urges recognition of the Soviet government of Russia and lifting the blockade. Publication of the Soviet Russia resolution drew intense interest and potential controversy.
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Atlantic City
Russia
American Federation of Labor
Soviet Russia
No Special Session Called in Idaho
Boise June 13 The Idaho legislature will not be convened in special session this summer to ratify the federal suffrage amendment. Lieut Gov C C Moore informed Carrie Chapman Catt by telegram that Idaho recognizes women's rights and has long supported equal suffrage. He suggested backward states cover extra-session costs if immediate ratification is needed.
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Boise
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
C. C. Moore
Moore
Catt
Idaho
British submit reparations proposal on raw material control
The British at Paris on June 13 made an eleventh hour bid to reopen reparations talks. They propose to grant the permanent reparations commission authority to control Germany's raw materials and thus direct Germany's economic development during the commission's operation.
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Paris
Permanent
Germany
Commission
Favor Citizen Strike in Berlin Council Session
A secret session of Greater Berlin's citizens council supported a strike to halt the government and avert chaos. Plan calls for airplanes to drop leaflets announcing the strike, with food industries to cease work, risking civil war.
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Berlin
Citizens’ Council of
Greater Berlin
Die Freiheist
Germany
Hopheads Increase in Great Numbers Across Nation
Washington reports the treasury committee finds nationwide narcotic use rising despite four years of federal enforcement. About a million addicts exist in the United States. Opium imports grow twice as fast as population, and the panel warns addiction may rise with prohibition enforcement. Each year enough opium is used to provide thirty six doses per person.
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Washington
Treasury
Special Investigating Committee
United States
Villa Takes Time To Coddle Romance
Mexico City reports Francisco Villa wed again in Valle de Allende near Parral Chihuahua. A traveler describes a sudden fiesta in the village with Villa exiling residents for the wedding. He introduced his twenty year old bride and gave a speech at the feast and dance.
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Mexico City
Francisco Villa
Excelsior
Valle de Allende
Parral
Chihuahua
Villa
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Ley
Railroad Administration
Knights OF Grip
Treas Department
Romance
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