Austria Given 15 Days To Reply To Peace Terms
At St Germain France June 3 the Austrians were given fifteen days to reply to the allied peace terms presented in the palace. Dr Karl Renner led the Austrian delegation and expressed loyalty to a fair peace while Clemenceau translated remarks and the session adjourned after about an hour. The German treaty outline followed with Austria to recognize independence of Hungary and other states and to demobilize its navy and military forces.
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France
Austria
M. Clemenceau
Lansing
Henry White
Orlando
Italy
Paderewski
Poland
Arthur J. Balfour
Col. B. M. House
Marshal Foch
General Bliss
Benson
Wallace
Wilson
St. Cloud
Grayson
Clemenceau
Peace Confrence
Paul Durasta
Karl Renner
Doctor Renner
Hapsburg Dynasty
Count von Brockdorf Rantzau
Vepote Gann
Latory Tores
Hoover Commission
Premier Clemenceau
Renner
Switzerland
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Hungary
Austria-Hungary
German Armistice Chief Credits Wilson as Peace Turner
Berlin June 3. Dr Mathias Erzberger states that America’s entry won the war for the Entente and that Wilson’s 14 points shaped German demand for a clear Versailles interpretation. He urges US involvement to steer peace talks and questions the treaty’s fulfillment.
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Berlin
America
Mathias Erzberger
German Armistice Commission
Wilson
Doctor Erzberger
Germany
Versailles
France
Belgium
Mexican powers mobilize over Yaqui raids and border tension
Reports from Agua Prieta and El Paso indicate a serious Mexican security crisis with Yaqui fighters reportedly joining Villecolume and attacking villages near Guaymas. Consul Garcia travels to Mexico City after Chihuahua City fell. In Juarez residents move families to the U S border as authorities claim no contact with Chihuahua City. Separately, three men are killed in a Mexican cross border robbery near the Rio Grande.
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el Paso
Mexico City
Douglas, Ariz
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Ville Colume
Tonichi
Guaymnas
Tex
Garcia
Chihuahua City
Villa
Torreon
Inez
Juarez
Mex
International Bridge
Escobar
Samalayuca
Daily Thought Valor Consists in Self Recovery Emerson
A concise quotation underscores valor as the strength to rebound from adversity. The line attributes empowerment to inner resilience and personal recovery, echoing Emerson's emphasis on self-morce.
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Emerson
Chicago Welcomes Home Prairie Division Fighters
Chicago bursts with cheering as the Thirty-third Prairie division and the One Hundred and Thirty-first One Hundred and Twenty-ninth infantry regiments return from France. Michigan Avenue is flower strewn from Twelfth to Randolph as a thousand girls in gold and black bonnets shower flowers on the marching heroes.
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Chicago
Loop
France
Thirty-third — Prairie
National Guard
Michigan Avenue
Twelfth Street
Randolph Street
Prairie Division
No Nationwide Telegraphers Strike Declared
S J Konenkamp, president of the Commercial Telegraphers union, said no nation wide strike date was set and the Atlanta walkout was local. Postmaster General Burleson pledged reinstatement of any dismissed telephone operators in Atlanta and said officials of the Southern Bell Telephone Co would be disciplined.
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Washington
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Atlanta
All Yanks Home by August 1
Secretary Baker urged continued use of naval ships to return troops from France with navy aid. He projected that nearly every soldier would be out of France by August 1 as the French expedition closed.
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Baker
Washington
France
House Naval Committee
Navy
Supreme Court Upholds Railroad and Telegraph Rate Rulings
The Supreme Court sustained the railroad administration rate increases on freight and passenger services last June and upheld January telegraph and telephone rate hikes. It reversed North Dakota and other state rulings, voided intrastate rate limits as lawful police measures, and ruled federal authority supreme. Justice Brandeis dissented in the wire cases. Newberry aids lose in contempt proceedings.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Supreme Courts
Burleson
North Dakota
South Dakota Supreme Court
Dakota Central
Postmaster General
Brandeis
Massachusetts
Kansas
Newberry Aids
New
Supreme Court Sustains Newberry Campaign Contempt
Michigan Supreme Court upholds contempt judgments against Newberry campaign managers in the Ford Newberry senatorial contest. Federal rulings in the DuPont stock case dismiss actions by Philip F. Du Pont against Pierre E. DuPont and 11 DuPont Powder directors over a $14 million stock purchase later valued at $57 million. Federal statutes criminalizing alteration forging or counterfeiting bills of lading are declared constitutional.
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York
Britain to Raise Loan for Deficit and Sink Fund
In the commons a resolution was adopted authorizing the treasury to raise a loan to 1.25 billion dollars to cover the year’s estimated deficit and to repay maturing securities and create a sinking fund. Chancellor J Austen Chamberlain said the issue would be made immediately after Whitsuntide holidays June 8 and 9.
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London
Villa Attacks Chihuahua in Major Mexico Action
Juarez reports indicate Chihuahua City came under a forceful assault by Generals Villa and Angeles. communications between Juarez and Chihuahua severed. In Amerongen, Dr Alf Zimmerman, former German foreign minister, stayed at the castle after meetings with the former emperor.
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Mexico City
Villa
Angeles
Juarez
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Kaiser
Amerongen
Alf Zimmerman
Amerongen Castle
Coblenz Named Capital of Rhine Republic Proclaimed
In a Paris dispatch dated June 1 1919 the Journal reports allied forces will not back the Rhine republic movement. Coblenz will be capital with the national assembly meeting there while the provisional government sits in Wiesbaden. The autonomous Rhine republic includes the Rhenish provinces Nassau Hesse Palatinate and border rules require plebiscites for changes.
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Paris
Coblenz
Rhine
National Assembly
Wiesbaden
Echo de Paris
Metz
Maurice Barres
Rhenish Republic
Natonal Assembly
Germans Driven Back With Losses at Polish Front
German forces retreat after suffering heavy losses as 1200 soldiers cross the Polish frontier and are met with severe defeat.
Reds Lose Petrograd as Esthenian Finns Capture City
Special dispatches report Esthenian and Finnish troops finally seize Petrograd from German forces near the Polish front. The June 3 accounts describe heavy German losses in the engagement, with Petrograd falling to allied troops.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Petrograd
Christiana
Vardee
Anti Prop Sin Movement Emphasizes Peace and Reconciliation
The passage argues violence from any side must disappear and that the Rhenish people seek peace through reconciliation of all peoples. It states a division from institutions fueling wars and militarism to remove obstacles to genuine peace.
Clash in Winnipeg Strikers March on Parliament
Winnipeg police and volunteers faced 2000 strike sympathizers on the eighth day of the general strike. Demonstrators tried to enter the Board of Trade building but were checked. They marched to the provincial parliament for the third time since Friday demanding Premier T. C. Norris and his cabinet resign. Norris said he would not budge on provincial legislation until the sympathy strike ends.
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Winnipeg
Man
Board of Trade
T. C. Norris
Norris
Walkout by union operators hits Southern Bell in Atlanta
Union operators began a walkout at Southern Bell in Atlanta after an ultimatum to reinstate dismissed workers over alleged union ties. By early evening more than 150 girls left switchboards as the strike spread.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Flying circus airships land in Grant Park Chicago
Six airships arrive from Indianapolis to Grant Park Chicago and plan exhibitions before continuing to Boston weather permitting.
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Flying Circus
Chicago
Army
Grant Park
Indianapolis
Boston
Norway refuses to join blockade of Germany
Paris reports Norway will not participate in a blockade unless Germany refuses to sign the treaty. The stance follows negotiations in Paris as Allied powers seek to secure terms.
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Germany
Paris
Norway
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