Gompers Defends League of Nations Before Labor Body
Samuel Gompers told the American Federation of Labor convention in Montreal that it is pitiable the United States has not ratified the League of Nations. He urged the covenant be submitted to the American people without entangling questions for overwhelming approval.
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Gompers
League OF Nations
Labor Body
Montreal
Canada
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Labor bodies condemned at AFL convention in Montreal
The Central labor bodies linked to the US railroad walkout were denounced in a resolution at the AFL convention in Montreal. J. W. Ogden urged an international union to oppose world war and warned against Russia style groups. J. M. McClelland pressed for a committee to study the Catholic union labor movement in Canada.
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Montreal
Canada
Central Labor Bodies
United States
American Federation of Labor
International Switchman’s Union
J. W. Ogden
British Trades Union Congress
J. M. McClelland
Trades Labor Congress of Canada
Federation
Catholic Union Labor Movement
Anarchist plot to murder Lenine and Trotzky revealed
A Berlin telegraph, citing Moscow, reports an anarchist conspiracy to kill Soviet Premier Lenine and M. Buchanin, president of the Third International, planned for May Day and then moved to June 21 after a failed attempt.
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London
Moscow
Berlin
Lenine
M. Buchanin
Third International
Davis Receives Under Secretary of State Appointment
Norman H. Davis of Tullahoma Tennessee was appointed today by the President to be under secretary of state to succeed Frank L Polk who resigned. Davis, an adviser to the American peace delegation at Paris, is the brother of Tennessee Representative Davis and will assume duties tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
Norman H. Davis
Tullahoma
Pinchot predicts new party at Chicago meeting
Amos Pinchot of the forty eight committee declares a new party presidential candidate will enter the field. Rumors place Senator La Follette as potential head of the ticket while a campaign for Senator Harding as Republican nominee is to begin promptly after the national convention in Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago
Amos Pinchot
Committee of Forty-Eight
LaFollette
Harding
Embargo on Sugar Relief Plan Believed Under Way
Washington June 14 The Department of Justice announced today a plan to impose an embargo on sugar to relieve the nationwide shortage. The move aims to stabilize supply and prices amid shortages affecting consumers and industries.
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Ington, Pc
Department of Justice
Gaston Means Sues for Million Dollars
New York June 14 suit for one million dollars damages was filed in federal court by Gaston B. Means and his lawyers against district attorney Swann and assistant district attorney Dooling. The complaint accuses them of conspiring with Northern Trust Company officials to bribe witnesses and testify falsely against Means in a murder case and in challenging the will of James C. King of Chicago.
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New York
Gaston B. Means
Swann
Dooling
Northern Trust Company
Chicago
Maude A. Robinson King
Corcord
N. C
Harding a easy beat a topic in European papers
European newspapers portray Senator Harding as a dark horse and compromise candidate. They discuss League of Nations issues and U S British relations while noting Hoover as a possible Democratic nominee. Some papers warn that a Republican victory could dim the League and require American policy clarity.
Paris Papers Assess Chicago Republican Nomination
Paris newspapers discuss the Chicago Republican convention action and nomination. Echo de Paris credits the party machine over personalities while Le Journal views the outcome as a triumph of party discipline.
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Paris
Chicago
Pertinar
Echo
de Paris
St. Brice
le Journal
Wreck of Pere Marquette Resort Special Kills Conductor
In Chicago South Shore yards a Pere Marquette Resort Special collided with an eastbound freight. One conductor dies and over twenty injured as an open switch allowed the freight onto the main line.
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Chicago
Pere Marquette
Michigan
German coal deliveries to France under peace terms rise
Paris reports that by May 30 German coal shipments to France reached 4,686,000 tons under the peace treaty. Italy and Belgium also received their quotas in the period. Heavy shipments of horses cattle sheep and goats are noted.
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Paris
France
Italy
Belgium
Milledgeville Census Shows Small Increase
Washington reports Milledgeville Georgia census at 4619, up 5.3 percent from prior count.
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Milledgeville
Bomb Explodes at Havana National Theater Injures Several
A bomb exploded during a performance of Aida at the National Theater in Havana injuring several chorus members and audience members, three seriously. The blast occurred early in the second act just before Enrico Caruso was to appear for his final performance, with panic avoided thanks to calm staff and musicians.
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Havana
National Theater
Enrico Caruso
Campaign managers push Harding campaign plans nationwide
After Harding’s Republican nomination at the national convention, campaign directors urge prompt action to place Republican issues before voters. Harry M Daughterty asks the national committee to act quickly while plans are set for a post convention start.
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Harry M. Daughterty
Hardiny
National Committee
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Will H. Hays
New
Hays
Harding returns to Washington to begin his campaign
Washington June 14 Senator Harding returned to his Capitol desk with his wife and aides after midnight. He said he would be busy for a couple of days cleaning up senatorial business while awaiting Chairman Hays to take the chair as assigned by the convention.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Capitol
Hays
Coolidge Says He Will Finish His Job in Massachusetts
Governor Coolidge returned to the state house desk to finish his job, replying that he would not resign to devote himself entirely to the Republican campaign. The statements were made in Boston on June 14 as questions about his resignation surfaced.
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Govv. Coolidge
Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Coolidge
State House
Second installment of income tax due tomorrow
Washington June 14 The second installment of income and excess profits taxes for 1919 is due tomorrow and will yield the government seven hundred fifty million dollars it was estimated today by the bureau of internal revenue Collections during March aggregated nearly nine hundred and nineteen million dollars
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Washington, D.C
Workmen Die in Camp Dice Row Near Asheville
In a construction camp twelve miles from Asheville Charles Brown killed Charles Columbus over a fifty cent dice bet. Brown seized an ax during the quarrel and split Columbus’ skull, dying instantly. Authorities have not located Brown.
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Asheville
N. C
Charles Brown
Charles
Columbus
Sheriff's Department
Brown
Jewels Stolen on Train From Republican Convention
Pennsylvania detectives reported a theft of jewels valued at 60 thousand dollars on a special train carrying Republican national convention delegates from Chicago to Pittsburg. The jewelry belonged to the wife of state Senator Arthur Whitney of Morristown New Jersey. The loss was found after the train left Alliance Ohio and searches at Pittsburg were unsuccessful.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Arthur Whitney
Morristown
N. J
Alliance
Ohio
Bolshevik Forces Drive Warsaw Retreat in Ukraine
General Smigiy’s retreat before the Bolsheviki in the Ukraine is reported as executed in perfect order by army headquarters. Bolsheviks gained advantage, forcing Czermobylsk, with Polish front near Glowo pressured. Intense activity noted around Lake Scho region and northward.
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Warsaw
Smigigy
Ukraine
Czermobyk
Poland
Glbow
Lake Scho
Bolsheviki Pour Into Kiev Region With Great Force
Warsaw reports say Bolsheviki advance into the Kiev region backed by the largest Soviet divisions ever faced by the Poles as main Polish forces withdraw.
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Warsaw
Kiev
Plague Alert Raised as Tampico and Pensacola Linked
A Public Health Service commission member was sent from New Orleans to Pensacola after a death there is suspected to be bubonic plague. Officials say the risk hinges on whether the case is imported or locally acquired, with Pensacola under scrutiny and wider U.S. concern noted.
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Tampico
Pensacola
Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
Plague Spread Reported From Tampico
Washington reports bubonic plague has spread to Tampico Mexico according to the American consulate at the port. The status was conveyed to the state department today.
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Washington, D. C
Tampico
Mexico
State Department
Hughes Addresses Wellesley Graduates
Charles E Hughes spoke at Wellesley College commencement urging graduates to keep a balanced view after the war. He warned against distorted perspectives and noted the nation’s enduring great heart despite changing times.
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Hughes
Wellesley
Mass
Charles E. Hughes
Wellesley College
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