Anarchist Plot Targets Palmer Home in Washington Bomb
Federal and city authorities across the East round up radicals after eight city blasts aimed to assassinate government officials and prominent men. A Philadelphia man exploded in the Palmer residence gate trap, killing one bomber. Senator Claude Swanson and Admiral Theodore Jewell lived nearby as a tense manhunt followed.
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East
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Newtonville
Mass
Boston
Philadelphia
Paterson
N. J
New York
Palmers
A. Mitchell Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Union Station
Palmer
C. S. Briggs
Marion, S.C
Congress
Bond
Tt Was &@t
Senator Swanson
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Kear Admstral
Theodore F. Jewell
Helier H. Bryu
Bombs in 8 Cities Target Officials in Nationwide Plot
Eight cities faced bomb explosions in what is believed to be a coordinated attack on officials. Targets included U S attorney general A Mitchell Palmer, Senator Claude A Swanson, Judge Albert F Hayden, Mayor Harry G Davis, Judge William H Thompson, Deputy inspector W W Sibray, Judge Charles C Knott Jr, Representative Leland W Powers, and Catholic Church sites in Philadelphia. Reports cite at least one fatality and several injuries across locations.
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Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
United States
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Boston
Albert F. Hayden
Roxbury Municipal Court
Cleveland
Harry G
Davis
Pittsburgh
Willliam H. Thompson
W. W. Sibray
Bureau of Immigration
New York
Charles C. Knott, Jr
Court of General Sessions
Newtonville
Mass
Leland W. Powers
Philadelphia
Our Lady of Victory
Louis Jagielaky
Paterson
N. J
Max Gold
Explosion damages block near Navy officials residences
The blast adjoins Admiral Jewell and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D Roosevelt’s homes. The explosion damaged the entire block, shattered windows and nicked house fronts with flying concrete. Fragments from the anarchist were blown through several windows.
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Admiral Jewell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington Liner Ready to Sail on Short Notice
Brest June 4 The liner George Washington is ordered to be ready to sail on 12 hours notice at any time after midnight. June 5 The Mount Vernon with 6000 regu lars from the sixth division under Maj. Gen. Walter A Gordon sailed for New York. The Siboney and the Orizaba each carrying 4000 men of the List division called for Newport News.
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Brest
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Walter A. Gordon
New York
Siboney
Orizaba
Newport News
Petrograd Falls In Russian Bolshevik Plot Report
News items report Petrograd captured by Esthenians and Finns, with a wider Bolshevik plot in Finland. Arrests cited, millions of marks smuggled, weapons distributed to the unemployed, and a Ukrainian revolt near Kherson with fighting claimed northeast of Odessa.
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Christiania
Petrograd
Tidens Tegn
Vardve
London
Finland
Copenhagen
Helsingfors
Moscow
Khersov
Dnieper
Odessa
Ukraine
Kherson
Grigorieff
Strikers Stage Riot at Willys-Overland Plant Toledo
In Toledo Ohio 5000 striking workers attacked departing employees at the Willys Overland plant. Guards fired into the air as mobs stoned street cars. Eighty soldiers and troopers fought the crowd injuring many including an elderly man and a girl. About 4000 of 13000 workers have returned to work as others push for a 44 hour week.
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Toledo
Wilys-Overland Automobile Company
L. W. Howard
Overland
Iowa Troops Reach Port With Eighty Eighth Division
The transport Canonicus arrived at Newport News Virginia with 5g officers and 1,325 men of the Eighty eighth division comprising North Dakota Minnesota and Iowa units. Ship units included the First battalion of the Three Hundred Fifty second infantry the machine gun company of the Three Hundred Fifty second and the Three Hundred Thirteenth supply train.
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Newport News
Canonicus
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Secretary Baker approves sale of surplus army food to Russia
Secretary Baker told the House military committee he authorized selling 25 million dollars worth of surplus Army food stocks to the Co operative Purchase Society of Russia. He said the society includes 20 million families and would pay with raw materials needed here. He denied packers protested dumping meats on the domestic market.
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Washington
Baker
House Military Committee
Co-operative Purchase Society of
Russia
Co-operative Society
Anthony
Kansas
War Department
Approval of Wire Return Bill Aims to Restore Private Ownership
Washington June 4 Favorable report on Senator Kellogg s bill for immediate return of telephone and telegraph wires to private ownership was ordered by the senate interstate commerce committee after amendments to retain existing telephone rates for days after final congressional action. The committee vote was unanimous. No provision for continuing telegraph rates amid a recent Burleson rate increase, sustained by the Supreme Court, was included. Chairman Cummins said he would bring the bill to the senate soon with hopes for passage late this week.
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Washington
Kellogg
Minnesota
Senate
Interstate Equimerce Committee
Congress
Burleson
Supreme Court
Cummins
U. S. Ship Loss Shows Big War Insurance Rise
Washington reports the Standard Oil steamer Archbold had 770000 insured in 1914 rising to 2200000 after torpedoing. The War Risk Bureau paid losses on 152 vessels totaling 397059 tons and 275 lives, with overall losses around 50000000.
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War Risk Bureau
Washington
Standard Oi Company
Archbold
Marine and Seamen’s Division
Bureau
Big Four Debate Changes in Peace Treaty for Plebiscite in Silesia
Paris June 4 The Big Four discuss two changes to German terms a $25 billion indemnity and Silesian plebiscite with coal guarantees Britain favors concessions while France holds firm Wilson and U S experts weigh replies to German reparations notes and potential allied financial and military implications
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Wilson
Paris
Council of Four
Germany
Allied Financial Commission
Silesia
Silesian
Hotel de Crillon
George H. Harris
Berlin
United States
France
Great Britain
Italy
German Counter Proposals Discussed by Allied Experts
French experts were in session as the commissions on reparations and economies prepared to meet within thirty six hours to report to their delegations. The reply to the German proposals is expected within forty eight hours.
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Ing
Hines Seeks Cash for Railroads to Cover Costs
Washington June 4 Director General Hines told the house appropriations committee that higher rates are needed to cover operating expenses of government controlled railroads. He opposed an increase now to avoid raising living costs and asked for 1.2 billion dollars for the revolving fund for the rest of the calendar year. He noted wage hikes of 51 to 52 percent under control and said they are now reasonable. Government losses in 1918 and the first three months this year totaled about 486 million dollars, with a 425 million dollar rise in working capital requested and loans to railroads expected to grow to 775 million dollars.
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Washington
Hines
House Appropriations Committee
Railroad Administration
General Strike Shuts Vancouver in Solidarity Push
A mass meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, called a general strike in sympathy with Winnipeg. The strike starts at 11 am with exemptions for fire and police, bakers, milk wagon drivers, theater and hospital staff, laundries, hotels, and several city workers. Haig and Beatty honored in London birthday list with top orders.
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Vancouver
B. C
Winnipeg
Berlin hunts Dor den head of Rhineland republic
Berlin reports the Prussian cabinet will not recognize the Rhineland republic and orders the arrest of Doctor Dorden, president of the new government. Berlin protests French actions in the occupied Rhineland region and a dispatch from Hoechst notes unsigned placards claiming Rhineland, Hesse and Palatinate republics.
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Berlin
London
Rhineland
Doctor Dorden
Rhenish Republic
Paris
Spa
Armistice Commission
Amsterdam
Hesse
The
Palatinate
Hoechst
Welsbaden
Dorden
Dr Anna Shaw Improves After Illness
Springfield reports Dr Anna H Shaw a leading suffragist is improving and may return home within days according to her secretary. She fell ill last Thursday while traveling to address the state peace convention.
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Anna Shaw
Springfield
Anna H. Shaw
Toledo strike riot leaves three dead
Governor Cox plans to ask for government troops to quell the uprising after a strike riot in Toledo results in three deaths and widespread unrest.
Strike on in Paris tram car and taxi drivers quit
Three rioters were killed today in Toledo as soldiers attempted to disperse strikers. The unrest grows, with Governor Cox expected to request federal troops to quell the uprising.
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Evening Journal
Toledo
Ohio
Cox
Chicago printer confesses to printing Class War leaflet
A Chicago printer confessed today that he printed the Class War leaflet circulated among the working classes. The disclosure comes as a general Red round-up leads to detention of numerous agitators in the city.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
A_ Chicago
Paris Strikes Spread Amid Tram and Taxi Walkout
Paris residents walk in a general strike as tram car and taxi driver stoppages spread to all trades, disrupting daily life and transportation across the city.
More Western Boys Return From Overseas Duty
New York reports the arrival of 1,185 returning Argentina soldiers in casual companies, alongside 3,000 former National Guardsmen from Texas and Oklahoma on the transport Troy. The Troy carried the 141st Infantry of the 6th division with 63 officers and 2,920 men, plus the 36th division police company and 805th and 11th supply trains. Also aboard were the 305th engineers of the 5th division drawing from New Jersey Virginia Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia, with 40 officers and 1,518 men.
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New York
Argentina
Texas
Oklahoma
Troy
141St Infantry
6Th Division
305Th Engineers
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Vanderlip Quits Bank Job
New York reports Frank Arthur Vanderlip resigns as president of National City Bank. Vanderlip was elected in January 2000 and James A. Stillman will succeed him after resigning as chairman of the board. The bank ranks among the world’s largest financial institutions.
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The
National City of
New York
James A. Stillman
Frank Arthur Vanderlip
National City Bank
Vanderlip
Vanderuip
Postmaster General Burleson Warns Striking Bell Workers
In Atlanta on June 4, Postmaster General Burleson warned striking employees of the Southern Bell and Atlanta Telephone companies that strikes are not permissible in government service and ordered J Epps Brown, president of Southern Bell, to take steps to keep the service operating.
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Postmaster General
Atlanta
Southern Bell
Atlanta Telephone Companies
Burleson
J. Epps Brown
Southern Bell Company
Paris Subway Strike Shuts Lines Across City
Paris experiences a citywide subway shutdown after a large labor meeting that drew more than 6500 workers. The strike was officially declared at the gathering, paralyzing services.
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Paris
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