Winnipeg council votes to reorganize fire department union ban
Winnipeg city council approves a nine to five plan to reorganize the fire department to bar firefighters from joining unions in sympathetic strikes. A separate vote adopted listing striking city employees to fill vacancies with nonstriking men. Labor aldermen fought amendments and objected to labeling strikers as rebels. Mayor Gray justified the term as potentially applying to a labor leader.
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Winnipeg, Man
Winnipeg
T. C. Norris
Labor ‘Aldermen
Labor
Gray
Liabor
Unions Signify Willingness to Remain at Work
The railway clerks bakers city hall employees teamsters and outside civic employees and barbers have signified an intention of remaining at work AB Calgary serves as the distribution center for the entire province in Illinois.
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Bakera
Calgary
Illiani
Navy Plane To Begin Flight At Dawn To Lisbon
The NC-4 seaplane under Lt Cmdr Read prepared to start for Lisbon at daybreak with favorable weather expected. Winds of up to thirty miles per hour from the west were forecast, easing near Portugal while clouds could appear midair. The Stockton brought NC-1 and NC-3 crews to Plymouth. they will join Read and NC-4 in Lisbon and follow to Plymouth.
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Associated Press
Ponta del
Gada
Read
Lisbon
Gallon
Azores
Portugal
Plymouth
Eng
Stockton
U. S
German plenipotentiaries face peace deadline
As the Allied peace terms near, German representatives announce they will seek no further extension past Thursday. Reports attribute Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau with an anguished reply to Premier Clemenceau, warning that signing could mean death for Germany under pressure from misled countrymen.
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Aly
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Clemenceau
Contempt cases heard over irrigation water dispute
Two long district court hearings followed a water rights dispute between Frank Damman and opponents led by J C Ringer W T Montgomery and Arthur Asher. Judge Babcock found no contempt regarding the morning restraining order violation and planned a ruling on the Hewin Damman contempt later that evening.
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Frank B. Dam
District Court
Babcock
J. C. Ringer
W. T. Montgomery
Frank ‘Damman
Arthur “Asher
Hewin
Damman
National Grange Urges World Abolish New Time
Washington May 26 Congress was asked to abolish daylight saving time in a World Grange request. The item notes pressure on lawmakers to end the practice and align timekeeping globally.
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National Grange
Washington
Congress
Hawker and Grieve’s Atlantic flight attempt ends in failure
The Daily Mail reports from Thurne Scotland on Harry Hawker and Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie Grieve failing to cross the Atlantic. They faced difficult ground to take off, fog banks after departure, and near Newfoundland interference, with unclear weather hampering progress.
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London
The
Daily Mail Today
Thurne
Scotland
Harry G. Hawker
Atlantic
Mackenzie
Hawker
I W W Threaten to Get Becker in Spokane Trial
T R Allison testified at the James Bruce criminal anarchy trial in Seattle that last August in Spokane I W W members planned to get Lieutenant F W Becker in retaliation for the arrest of an I W W member. Bruce faces charges tied to I W W activity during Seattle's February general strike.
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Seattle
Wash
T. R. Allison
James Bruce
Spokane
F. W. Becker
Becker
Bruce
The
Industrial Workers of the World
Italians Land Troops Southeast of Smyrna
Associated Press reports Italian forces have landed additional troops at Sokia in Asia Minor, fifty miles southeast of Smyrna. The Turkish government protests to the peace conference and regrets that Smyrna was occupied by Greeks, warning that further advance may trigger trouble as interior operations continue.
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Paris
Sokia
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Subway Hero Joins Redhead Club in Big Ride
A garbled report notes World War hero Sergeant Alvin C York touring in a private car of President Theodor Shonts aboard an Interborough Rapid Transit line. The piece mentions New York, May 26, and Tennessee as York’s home, with references to a redhead club and a notable journey through city transit.
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Hero
Redhead Club
BIG
New York
Alvii C. York
Tennessee
Fragmentary Match Report by Unknown Syndicate
A fragmentary sports note reports a game between two unnamed teams with unclear location and date. The readable parts emphasize a close contest and notable effort by one side, but names and specifics are missing.
German Proposals Set For May 28 In Paris
Paris May 26 German counter proposals to the allied peace terms will be ready tomorrow night and Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau will present them Wednesday in French peace conference circles. The council of four ratified the economic council’s decision to maintain the blockade against Germany until a regular government based on a free and popular mandate is set up.
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Associated Press
Paris
Count von Brockdorff- Rantzau
Council of Four
Economic Council
Germany
German envoy Brockdorff-Rantzau on Versailles boycott
Berlin report via London quotes Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau stating the peace treaty destroys Germany’s remaining welfare and happiness. He argues it may be better to refuse signing than submit, and notes the independent socialists resist abandonment of national well being.
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Berlin
London
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Versailles
Digation
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