League of Nations to Oversee Settlement of Russian Boundary Disputes
The League of Nations and its four powers reply to Admiral Kolchak extending to him and his associates in the Russian government. The dispatch outlines that allied powers may intervene in Russia to aid those opposing German autocracy and to assist Czecho-Slovaks, while noting shifts in policy and ongoing support to distraught Russians.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Kolchak
Omsk
Russa
Russia
Alcock Plans His Hop Off Midafternoon
ST JOHN S N F June 12 The Vickers Vimy bombing airplane will hop off tomorrow between 3 and 4 PM for its attempted trans Atlantic flight in the London Daily Mail prize race Captain Jack Alcock the aircrafts skipper said tonight He and Lieutenant Whitten Brown navigator made a second trial flight today which they called thoroughly successful.
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Associated Press
ST. Johns
N. F
London Daily Mail
Jack Alcock
Alcock
Whitten Brown
Judge rules seepage cannot hold irrigation firms liable
United States District Judge Woodrough ruled that irrigation companies cannot be held liable for seepage damages absent negligence. The decision centers on Thomas Hooker of Scotts Bluff County who claimed his land was ruined by overflow from an irrigation canal. The court found the seepage unavoidable and not the fault of the canal operators.
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The
Associated Press
North
Platte, Neb
United States
Woodrough
Woondrough
Thomas Hooker
Scotts Bluff County
Ar An
Ship board urges end to building and operating U S ships
Recommendations to quit building and operating commercial ships were presented to the Senate Commerce Committee. The Shipping Board urged sale of all commercial ships, with leasing of vessels that cannot be disposed of immediately.
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U. S
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Shipping’ ‘Board
Allies Near End To Peace Talks Amid Global Tensions
Paris reports say the allied powers near a complete reply to Germany, with a five day window for final acceptance. Dooms on Austria Hungary predict a communist government and Hungary's factional alignments. Kolchak in Russia is told his offer earns de facto recognition. Britain denies troops in Petrograd. China faces rising anti foreign agitation in Tokyo.
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Paris
Bnewwer
Council
Germany
Plague of Nations
Upper Silesia
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Hungary
Gustave Noske
Scheidemann
Supreme Council
Admiral Kolchak
Russia
Hungarians Menace the Czechs at Pressburg Port
Paris June 12. Buoyed by recent victories over the Czechs, Hungarians appear determined to seize Pressburg the Czech chief river port. Czech armies reorganized under French officers.
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Paris
Pressburg
Germany Admitted to League Plea in Paris Accord
Paris June 12 Complete accord in principle reached on Germany's league of nations entry Silesian plebiscite and reparations main issues
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Paris
Germany
League of Nations
Lord Robert Cecil
Colonel House
Clemenceau
France
Silesia
British Blimp Aims Trans Atlantic Flight From England
CAPE MAY June 12 A party of English officers led by Major Hugh Fuller and Lieutenant Gerald Harris arrived in New York Tuesday and came here to prepare a landing place for the British dirigible B 34 which is expected to attempt a trans Atlantic flight from England late this month.
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Cape May
Hugh Fuller
Gerald Harris
New York
England
Save Waldersee Yankee Is Lost
Tugs aided steamships Yankee and Graf Waldersee after a heavy fog collision near Fire Island. salvage hopes center on Graf Waldersee while the Yankee, rammed by Argentina, lies in deep water. ten army officers and some crew were rescued from the Graf Waldersee two miles off Long Beach as 400 aboard await safer weather.
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Associated Press
New York
Yankee
Fire Island
Graf Waldersee
United States Shipping Board
Argentina
Hambureg- American Line
Long Beach
U.S. S. Patricia
Redondo
Jury Keeps Harold Sims Trial Open as Verdict Hangs
In the Harold M. Sims statutory case twelve jurors failed to reach a verdict by midnight. Judge W A Babcock stayed at the courthouse awaiting possible word and instructed to call the jurors if a decision came within half an hour otherwise to report in the morning. The defense interrupted proceedings by introducing new witness Miss Ellred after prosecution evidence, prompting a court reopening.
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Harold M. Sims
W. A. Babcock
Court House
Booth
Misa Ellred
Telegraphers' union strike widens as rail order may boost push
Chicago June 13 union officials claim many telegraph operators idle and a tie up could spread by Monday. Commercial Telegraphers Union members celebrate St Louis order directing discharge of railroad telegraphers after 6 am, affecting thousands. Leadership cites American Federation of Labor support and predicts sympathy actions may follow, with the International Brotherhood of Car Workers pledging moral support.
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Chicago
PF Manion
Sii
American Federation
Jun International Brotherhood of Car- Workers
Brotherhood
Ford
Brotherhoo
Kongakemp
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Constituent Assembly
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