Plan New Tariff Bills Rest on Senate Debate
Senate moves to repeal wire resolution as Lodge blocks immediate action on Hitchcock probe into unpublished treaty leak to New York. Burleson defends wire control. Cumming says 90 day toll-rate extension after wires return. Fordney to begin hearings on protecting postwar American dye industry.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hitchcock
Germany
New York
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Kellogg
Minnesota
Burleson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cumming
Senate
Cummins
Red Cross Nurses Are Decorated By Greeks
Greek King Alexander awarded the medal of military merit to six Red Cross nurses from the United States for typhus relief in Macedonia. Names include Sarah Addison and Marie Glauber among others. Miss Blakenlee contracted typhus but recovered. The king praised the nurses for saving many Greeks returning from Bulgaria after the armistice.
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Associated Press
Athens
Alexander
Sarah Addison
Baltimore
Marie Glauber
Chicago
Alma Hartz
Davenport
Isabel Martin
San Francisco
Emily Porter
Bridgeport
Bulgaria
Tribune Evidence To Cover Month In Ford Trial
Direct evidence for the plaintiff in Henry Ford's suit against the Chicago Tribune was completed today. The defense presentation, expected to last a month, began. Mount Clemens, mid June 6.
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Associated Press
Mount Clemens
Mid
Henry Ford
Chicago Tribune
Natives Die Of Influenza In Alaska In Ten Days
SEATTLE June 6 One hundred fifty natives at Bristol Bay in southwestern Alaska have succumbed to influenza in the last ten days, according to a cablegram received by W T Loep head of the Alaska division bureau of education.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Bristol Bay
Alaska
W. T. Loep
Bureat of Education
Indiana Weather Forecast From United States Weather Bureau
Generally fair to night and Saturday with some cloudiness in Wayne County. Continued cool tonight as a western cool wave weakens but maintains cool conditions. A lakes crossing storm prompts local rains over Indiana while another storm forms over the Rocky Mountains.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Four Are Wounded In Dublin Rioting
A girl and three policemen were wounded when shots were fired as police dispersed a crowd in front of the Mansion House celebrating James Connolly's birthday. The gathering had been prohibited by city authorities after the execution on May 3, 1196.
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Dublin
James Connelly
Irish Republican Army
Penns Rushing Minor Projects In East Yards
After months of idleness, work resumes in the east yards of the Pennsylvania railroad. Improvements begun will boost yard efficiency, including tunnel pipe ventilation from the power house to car shops. New coal hoppers and elevator near completion while remaining yard tracks and roundhouse await congress funding.Car shops are limited by old air compressors, delaying repairs as cars sit in yard sidings waiting for rebuilding and repair.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Congress
Peace terms bring despair says Seitz
Vienna dispatch reports President Seitz on leaving for a country rest denounces the peace terms as proposals that disappoint America and bolster Bolshevism. He complains he cannot enforce terms on German Austria and cites new military successes of the Allies. Dr Karl Renner seeks a verbal discussion at St Germain on the terms.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Seitz
America
Karl Renner
St. Germain
Earlham Trustees Face Financial Problem at Meeting
The Earlham college board of trustees meets Monday to address a looming financial strain caused by wartime expenses. A $60,000 emergency fund drive nears completion, with funds planned to cover the treasury deficit and fund summer improvements including Lindley hall reflooring and Bundy hall redecorations. The meeting will also consider awarding bachelor and honorary degrees to 36 senior candidates, with faculty recommendations prior to official board action.
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Earlham College Board of Trustees
Stacey McCracken
Lindley Hall
Bundy Hall
Oliver P. Clark
Georgetown
Ill
Richard Warren Barrett
New York
N. Y
Enos Harvey
Noblesville
Amos K. Hollowell
Indianapolis
Joseph A. Goodard
Muncie
Appeal for Freedom Made by Macedonians
Lausanne Switzerland June 6 The general council of Macedonian societies in Switzerland sent a telegram to the United States Senate repeating an appeal to President Wilson and the peace conference to rescue the Macedonian people from misery by establishing an independent Macedonia under the protectorate of the great American democracy.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
Switz
General Council of Macedonian Societies
Switzerland
United States Senate
Wilson
Peace Conference
Macedonia
Great American Democracy
Army Schools To Open First Of September
The army schools at Fort Leavenworth Kansas and the General Staff College in Washington will open September 1. Leavenworth offers post graduate courses across infantry artillery cavalry signal corps and aviation while the Washington facility trains 100 officers in general staff duties. Officers are chosen by records and study focuses on each officer’s strongest subject.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
General Staff College
The
War College
Washington, l
Ft. Leavenworth
Infantry
Artillery
Cavalry
Signal Corps
Suffrage Victory to Be Celebrated in Indiana Jubilee
A suffrage jubilee at 8 pm Saturday in the high school auditorium will review the fight for woman’s suffrage and Indiana ratification efforts. Speakers include William Dudley Foulke and Dr. J J Rae, with musical numbers by Elgin Wittner and Hilda Kirkman. Mrs Harlow Lindley heads the program.
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United States
Indiana
Susan Anthony
High School
William Dudley Foulke
J. J. Rae
Couffrage
Elgin Wittner
Hilda Kirkman
Harlow Lindley
Rich,mond Woman's Franchise League
Bavarian Communist Leader Executed in Munich
Berlin reports Herr Levine editor of The Red Flag of Munich and a leader in the Bavarian communist uprisings was executed at midnight. After Bavaria fell, a 10000 mark reward was offered for Levine and other leaders. Levine, arrested May 15 hiding as a student in Munich, was sentenced to death after a two day trial on June 3.
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Berlin
Herry Levine
Red Flag
Munich
Bavaria
Au[esbure
Herr Levine
Levine
Salz
Heidelberg University
Troops Arrive From Overseas In Six Ships
More than 6,000 returning soldiers landed in New York aboard the Santa Ana Fannonia Pretoria and Britannia. The 144th Infantry from the 36th division led the procession with 95 officers and 2,812 men, while the 78th division's Major General James M. McRae traveled aboard the Santa Ana. Other ships carried units including the 83rd engineers and the 217th field battalion, with camps listed for Dix Gordon Sherman etc.
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THY Associated Press
New York
Santa Ana
Fannonia
Pretoria
Britannia
144Th Infantry
36Th Division
Texas and
Oklahoma National Guardsmen
72Nd Infantry
George H. Jamerson
83Rd Engineers
78Th Division
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
James M. McRae
von Steuben
Pannonia
217Th
Charles J. Bailey
List
114Th Infantry
26Th Division
Wire Companies to Fight Strike in Union Row
New York June 6 employes of Western Union who joined the telegraphers union on assurances of no discrimination will not be fired if they strike. S J Konen kamp, president of the union, ordered a strike in the ten southeastern states as managers warn of a finish fight if the nationwide action is called.
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Associated Press
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Telegraphers Union
Postmaster General
Newcomb Carlson
Western Union
Burleson
War Veterans Augment Winnipeg Police Force
Winnipeg June 6 strong police force by one thousand veterans as special constables increased night disturbances but no major incidents. Conciliations stalled as the general strike entered its fourth week with veterans opposing the strike rallying to support Mayor Gray. Both sides conducted orderly demonstrations while hundreds of veterans volunteered to aid in keeping order.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Charles F. Gray
Trades and Labor Temple
Kentucky Won’t Call Extra Session for Suffrage
FRANKFORT Ky June 6 Governor James D Black announced Kentucky will not join states in calling an extra legislative session to act on the federal suffrage amendment recently passed by the U S Senate A delegation of women plans to visit the governor this week to urge reconsideration.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Kentucky
United States Senate
James D. Black
Walsh Seeks Irish Action From Wilson Amid Versailles Talks
Frank P. Walsh and two Irish American delegates demand the peace conference address the Irish question. They accompany a 6,000 word report from their Ireland visit and threaten to address Italian delegates or British colonies if Wilson ignores the issue. Also notes a Berlin report of Helfferich's attack on Dernburg and counter proposals at Versailles.
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Associated Press
Paris
Frank P. Walsh
United States
Ireland
Wilson
Walsh
Michael J. Ryan
Edward F. Dunne
Commutation of Desertion Death Sentence by Pershing
President Witton commuted Private Philip Sohn of the 109th Infantry to ten years in prison on Pershing's recommendation noting his extreme youth when he enlisted at 15. The desertion in the face of the enemy had carried a death sentence.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Pershing
Witton
Philip Sohn
109Th Infantry
28Th Division
$1 000 Sought In Nursery Tag Day Saturday
Tag Day in Richmond aims to raise 1000 for Day Nursery operations. Volunteers listed from Mashmeyer's Kresge's Woolworth's and dozens of local firms will staff tag stations from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. to support upkeep, a matron, a maid, and partial nursing care for May.
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Richmond
Civic Department
Women’s Club
Lst
Mashmeyer’s
Fred Bethard
Arthur Hill
Ernest Hill
Will Reller
Lee Dykeman
J. E. Hansell
Woolworth’s
Frank Druitt
S. J. Beebe
Richard Study
Josephine Hiatt
Esther Reed
Bonita Monarch
Louise Monarch
Kresge’s
Robert Study
Robert Land
Everett McConaha
Olive Lewis
Starr Plano
Clarence Gennett
Country Club
Fred Carr
Elke’ Club
Philip Twleg
James Cop
James Hibberd
Arlington Hotel
Pennsylvania
Mra
I. T. Brewe
W. 8. Clen
Pauline Smith
Mary Reinhardt
Westcott Hotel
Rudolph Reeds
Ann Nicholson
A. D. Gayle
Helen Eggemeyer
Engle’s
Walter Engle
Wilbur Hibberd
Dudley Elmer
Julian Cates
Wilson Magaw
Price's
Paul Price
Walter Eggemeyer
Mary Louise Bates
Gertrude Williams
Second National Bank
W. P. Robinson
Frank Shirk
Sarah Jessup
Helen Robinson
Katherine Reed
Lucile Tauer
Mary
Harry Needham
Paul Miller
Robert Carvey
Ramsey Poundstone
Louise Malsby
Emerald Hasecaster
Druitt's
Joseph Hill
P.S. Twigg
Sam Fred
Alice Lemon
Anna Hale
Hilda Farmer
Martha Holcomb
Janice Meredith
T. B. Jenkins
Fred Bartel
Alice Hill
Juliet Nusbaum
Mary Jones
Knollenberg’s
Paul Comstock
Mary Clements
Jane Carypenter
Winifred Comstock
Lona Hough
Hazel Mashmeyer
Mildred Kring
Mary Lane Charles
Janet Harris
Virginia Harris
June Robinson
Thelma Robinson
Elizabeth Tarkelson
Elizabeth Marvel
Berlin Orders Rhenish Officials Transferred
COBLENZ reports American authorities in Wiesbaden say Berlin attempted to shift Rhenish officials to curb a looming republican movement. The over president of the Rhine province and the Troyes district head were told to ignore Berlin orders. Americans question government aims and five Rhineland parties protest secession from Germany.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Rhine
Berlin
Wiesbaden
Troyes
Rhinelands
Germany
Favorable Report On Daylight Saving Repeal Bill
Washington June 6 The House Interstate Commerce Committee voted favorable reports on the bill to repeal the daylight saving law on the last Sunday in October. The measure seeks to end the practice nationwide and return to standard time year round.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Allies Reply to HI Notes June 9 Final Decision Due
Resume Austrian Consideration Wilson says terms violate none of fourteen points. Allies return response to Hawaii notes with a June ninth deadline and a potential final decision. Wilson asserts adherence to fourteen points while cautioning on terms.
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Wilson
Peace terms dispute and Austrian talks at St Germain
Paris reports quote President Wilson defending the treaty against German counter proposals and upholding his fourteen points. Dr Karl Renner and Austrian delegation members at Feldkirch conference with Otto Bauer are due back in St Germain, while Adriatic disputes and a pause in reparations talks unfold as the Council of Four weighs a fixed sum.
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Wilson
Mafin
Renner
ST. Germain
Karl Renner
Austria
Feldkirch
Otto Bauer
Paris
Germany
Count von Brockdorff-Rentzau
Versailles
Berlin
Philipp Scheidemann
Council of Four
Clemenceau
Bauer
Nerves Strike German Peace Heads At Versailles
Berlin reports fearful nervousness and low mood afflicting German delegates at Versailles. Symptoms include toothache sleeplessness and back or joint pains labeled tropical madness by the Berlin Gazette correspondent. A surgeon and a councilor are cited among the affected as tension rises amid confinement and tense conferences.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Versailles
Borah Resolution Seeks Irish Delegates Hearing
Washington June 6 senator Borah's measure asking American delegates at Paris to secure a hearing before the peace conference for Irish delegates led by Edward De Valera, provisional president of the Irish republic, passed the senate 60 to 1 with Williams of Mississippi casting the sole no vote.
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Washington
Borah
Paris
Edward de Valera
Senate
Williams
Mississippi
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Columbus
Russell B. Titsworth
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