Attack Expected by Populace in Juarez Skirmishes Reported
Juarez Mexico June 12 reports say advance forces of General Angeles clashed with Mexican federals along the Rio Grande. General Gonzales expresses confidence in Juarez defenses while one thousand federal cavalry move from Chihuahua City to reinforce. Villa and Angeles forces are near, with relief expected tomorrow.
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Mexico
Angeles
Jarez
Gonzales
Mra. G
Red
Ilistas
Generalita
Juar
General Angeles
Quiroga
Chihuahua City
Manuel Diegueb
Jesus
Allies Outline Conditions for Russia After War
Allies present a set of six principles for Russia including free local elections, no restoration of land privileges, recognition of Finland and Poland, arbitration on borders, autonomy for Baltic and Caucasus regions, and eventual league of nations membership. They ask if Kolchak’s government will accept these terms and form a unified government and army command when feasible.
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Zemstvos
Russia
Admiral Kolchak
Constituent Assembly
Finland
Poland
League of Nations
Esthenia
Latvia
Lithuania
Bessarabia
Kolchak
Rebels mass near Juarez in Rio Grande region
Augustin Castro ordered to Torreon. Rebel forces about 800 located south of Guadalupe on the Rio Grande, 80 miles east of Juarez. Another force around 1,000 detained at Villa Ahumada, 82 miles south of Juarez, under General Felipe Angeles.
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Augustin Castro
Torreon
Guadalupe
Rio Grande
Juarez
Villa Ahumada
Felipe Angeles
Mexican Embassy denies Juarez unrest reports
The Mexican consul general in El Paso released a telegram saying Juarez remains quiet with no Villista forces near the city. He asserted that reports of battles and skirmishes are false and that main bands of Villa and Angeles are over miles south of Juarez and not able to attack.
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Washington
el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Villa
Angeles
City of Juarez
Robertson Takes Hold in Winnipeg
Winnipeg June 12 Senator Gideon K Robertson federal minister of labor arrived today with wide authority in connection with the strike. The fifth week of Winnipeg’s general sympathetic strike centered on the return of the 78th Grenadier battalion and the 12th field ambulance corps from France. Civic authorities hoped to resume street car service after four weeks but postponed action for further discussion. A $500 reward was offered for arrest of the assailant of Corporal Frederick G Coppins VC. $100 for conviction of others who threw missiles. Union leaders warned of possible railway brotherhood strikes and the current strikers near 46,000.
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Winnipeg
Gideon K. Robertson
Citizens’ Committee
78Th Grenadier Battalion
Twelfth Field Ambulance Corps
France
Charles IF. Gray
Frederick G. Coppins
R. B. Russell
Wire Strike Grows In Major Hubs Across U S
Reports from Mr Konenkamp indicate sizeable boosts in union ranks at railroad stations with a large addition to strikers. In Chicago about 100 workers joined today while a parade past Western Union offices drew a crowd near six hundred. An afternoon meeting preceded the march as 200 members were on strike in Chicago.
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Konenkamp
New York
Chicago
Widely divergent statements on CTU strike in New York
In New York on June 12 officials of Western Union and Postal Telegraph dispute union leaders over the CTU strike. Postal vice president Edward Reynolds says many operators returned and not more than 20 percent of workers are out. Western Union VP W H Fashbaugh says strikers gained fewer than 50 adherents and only about 200 out system wide. CTU A director Percy Thomas rejects company figures as the strike shows solid gains.
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New York
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Edward Reynolds
The
Postal
W. H. Fashbaugh
Telegraphers Strike Shows Little Change in West
In San Francisco on June 12, union leaders and telegraph officials reported minimal changes in the strike in the western territory. L. I. Marshall, international vice president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union, directing action from Los Angeles west of Denver, said conditions were better than expected. M. T. Cook of Western Union noted only sixteen of 6,100 telegraphers in the division responded to the strike. Postal Telegraph officials could not provide west coast employee figures but said messages were still moved with a reduced operator force.
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West
L. I. Marshall
Fist International
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Los Angeles
Denver
M. T. Cook
Pacific Division
Western Union Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Western Union Salt Lake Relay Office Status
Twin Falls Western Union employees report Salt Lake relay office still operates at full strength with 911 messages accepted. Indian telegraph operators are not accepting Western Union messages, a line railway telegraphers plan to adopt. No Twin Falls staff left their posts.
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Western Union
Salt Lake
Indi
Asof Vid
Strike Aims to cripple U S telephone service in walkout
Atlantic City June 12 A strike designed to cripple the nation s telephone system will begin Monday unless a working agreement is reached between Postmaster General Burleson and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The American Federation of Labor endorsed the plan by unanimous vote and set up a joint committee with Samuel Gompers appointing a coordinating panel to seek an accord in Washington and avert the walkout.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Burleson
International Brotherhoo of E Electrical Workers
United States
Reconstruction Convention
Federation
Samuel Gompers
Post Office
Washington
Army land purchases clash in 1920 appropriation debate
In Washington on June 12 the final action on the 1920 army appropriation bill was delayed after a heated parliamentary skirmish over a proviso barring use of funds or unexpended balances to buy more land for army purposes. Debate centered on whether demobilization justified further land purchases and whether authority existed after the armistice.
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Press
Washington
War Department
Crispi
Georgia
Campbell
Kansas
Rules Committee
Department
Madden Republican
Illinois
Camp Benning
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
McKenzie
Republians
Representative Lever
South Carolina
Makino Joins Big Five In WWI Peace Council
Continued coverage notes Baron Makino joining President Wilson and Premiers Lloyd George Clemenceau and Orlando as the so called big five. The addition is explained as offering Japan a chance for full concurrence if full adherence is expected, expanding the council’s scope.
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Baron Makino
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Orlando
Makino
Train Goes East With 520F Reds
Fifty two alleged anarchists and other alien undesirables have been gathered for deportation through New York. An eastbound train collects parties in San Francisco Seattle and Denver before continuing to St. Louis and other points. This is the second such deportation party this year.
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San Francisco
United States
New York
Seattle
Denver
St. Louis
Auto Plant to Reopen Under Court Order
Toledo June 12 The Willys-Overland auto plant to reopen tomorrow under a United States district court order after a three week labor disturbance. Fifty departments will start Friday thirteen Saturday and nineteen Monday in the new schedule announced by the company.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Willys-Overland Company
United States District Court
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Percy Thomas
Germany
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