Plotters Directed by Chicago Man Spark Anarchist Network
Federal authorities traced hazardous device plots to Illinois and New York operatives linked to the L W W. "No. 1001" signified Chicago headquarters at 1001 West Madison, with leaders like Haywood directing activities from Chicago. Arrests in Pittsburgh named Johnson and a Cleveland maker under order from New York radicals as police uncover a larger Russian-backed cell.
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Chicago
Haywood
L W. W
West Madison Street
Fort Leavenworth
United States
West
Madison Street
Phillip J. Barry
Secret Se
Jaker
Pittsburgh
John Johnson
W. St
New York
William Haywood
Alderdice
Johnson
Zeleste
Petrograd
Strike Spreads in Paris Amid Transit Chaos
Paris reports a city paralyzed as workers join a strike closing subways and trains. The disruption halts commuting and leaves streets jammed while authorities scramble to resolve the dispute.
Paris Strike Grows As 350000 Join In
Reports indicate the strike is worsening across trades with 350000 workers in the Paris district yesterday and possibly up to 500000 by night. Calm persists though the electrical workers at a power station joined, halting Versailles streetcars and closing electrically powered industries until military authorities intervened.
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Paris
Vetry
Versailles
Centu
Flyers Turn a Daring Trick
London reports a Handley Page flight covering 1 600 miles round the British Isles in four days with four stops and a nine man crew. The aircraft landed at Belfast after fuel ran low and adverse winds forced an immediate landing on Harland and Wolff wharf, a 400 yard long facility only marginally wider than the plane’s wingspan.
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London
British Isles
Handley-Page
Belfast
Harland & Wolfs Wharf
TROOPS OPPOSED TO STRIKE IN WINNIPEG
Winnipeg officials face a delegation of returned soldiers who vow to tear the Trades and Labor council if the strike threatens food supplies. The scene was at City Hall with Mayor Gray. Also noted, Clyde W. Rigby a 42 year old theater manager died at his Youngstown home after an illness.
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Winnipeg
Jone
Gray
Trades and Labor Council
Rigby
Youngstown
Clyde W. Rigby
WETS INSIST ON DAY LAW REPEAL
Adolph Neurad asks the House Judiciary committee to repeal the wartime prohibition law. He cites Senator Simmons and a floor tax dispute as proof the law will self–expire July 1. Mark Goldberg cites President Wilson on shifting blame and opposition from medicine makers to the repeal bill.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Adolph Neurad
Family Wine and Liquor Dealers’ Association
Simmons
Senate
New York
Benyis
Nebraska
Neurad
Neurad Said the Conversation Took Place In Senator Simmons
Mark Goldberg
Association
Wilson
Congress
HL. P. Thompson
Peace Terms Objected to by Austrians Amid Treaty Tensions
Vienna reports unanimous Austrian rejection of the St Germain terms. Clemenceau resists treaty revision while Wilson and allied experts prepare a reply. Germany seeks US protection and proposes limited alliance, with German magistrates appealing for a just peace and an end to the blockade.
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Paris
Gustav Noske
Clemenceau
Germany
Council of Four
Wilson
Clemeneceau
U. S
Women of
America
Aline
36TH MEN REACH NEW YORK
Maj Gen Wil Mont R Smith commands 2 846 officers and men of the Thirty sixth division arriving by train with multiple battalions and support units. The cruiser St Louis ferries ambulance and transport units. Grand Parade wins the Derby at Epsom Downs with Buchan second and Paper Money third. purse about 6.50 guineas equal to roughly $22 500 for the 1 1/2 mile race.
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New York
Wil- Mont R. Smith
St. Louis
Grand Parade
London
Epsom Downs
Buchan
Paper Money
Senate approves woman suffrage amendment and passes farm appropriation
The Senate voted 56 to 26 to approve the woman suffrage amendment, with 36 Republicans and 20 Democrats in favor and 17 Democrats and 8 Republicans opposed. The measure now goes to the states for ratification. The House approved a $31.6 million agricultural appropriation bill with one dissenting vote. A peace treaty text with Germany was received in Washington and copies sent to the Japanese embassy and others.
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Washington
House
Senate
Germany
Washinggton
State Department
Tokyo
Willard Still Same Ole Champion in Training
Toledo report says Jess Willard remains large and lazy in pace and same methodical routine as three years ago. The former Moran opponent appeared at a new training camp, working briefly while stripped for inspection by observers.
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Toledo, O
Jess Willard
Chicago Athletic Association
Frank Moran
Sharps
Willard
First Batch of Yanks Quit Russia from Archangel
A detachment of American infantry in northern Russia boarded a transport for home from Archangel. Six companies of the 339th Infantry totaling about 1,600 men, roughly a third of the Archangel force, sailed from Economia for Brest aboard the ship.
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339Th Infantry
Archangel
Russia
United States
Brest
Economia
Iowa Governor Targets Chicago as Un American
Gov. W. L. Harding of Iowa denounced Chicago city government as un American and pro German in an address to the United Spanish American War Veterans. He charged Chicago industry with employing men of German and Austrian descent and said returned soldiers were being turned down. He urged expulsion of all as is except Americanism and deportation of radicals.
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Cedar Rapids
Harding
Iowa
Chicago
America
War Risk Bureau Distributes 38 Million in May Aid
The War Risk Bureau mailed checks totaling 38,083,062 to 59,006 dependents of service members in May. Washington reports the distribution as part of wartime benefits by the Bureau of World War Risk Insurance.
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Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Powder Explosion Near Wilkesbarre In East
A powder explosion near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania caused a frightful catastrophe in the eastern region. Residents reported a bright flash and a ringing shock, with emergency crews rushing to the site.
Explosion Kills 120 Miners in Wilkesbarre District
A Delaware and Hudson Coal Company trolley train explosion near Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, today killed 120 miners. A large amount of blasting black powder on the cars detonated, producing a catastrophic blast. Ninety bodies have been recovered and many more were blown to atoms in the worst accident in anthracite coal region history.
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Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Delaware and Findson Coal Company
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania
Electrical Men to Strike in Springfield June 16
Springfield TL June 5 A strike call is issued by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for June 16 at 8 am from their Springfield headquarters. If union demands presented to Postmaster General Burleson are not met by then, 60 000 workers and 60 000 operators will cease work. Charles P Ford secretary says the issue is policy not wages after eight months of talks.
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Springfield
International Brotherhod of Electrical Workers
Charles P. Ford
Burleson
Ford
Conference in Madison to discuss labor problems
A labor conference in Madison on June 5 brings representatives from almost all states. The program lists Governor E L Philipp, John KR Commons, University of Wisconsin, Miss Tracy Copp director of the woman’s department, the industrial commission, Julian Lathrop from the children’s bureau, C E H Younger commissioner of labor, and Secretary of Labor Wilson represented by John Abercrombie, with others from the federal department of labor.
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Madison
Wis
EL 1
Philipp
John KR
Commons
University of Wisconsin
Tracy Copp
Woman's Department
Idustrial Commission
Julian Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
C. EH. Younger
Labor
Washington
Wilson
John Abercrombie
Federal Department of Labor
Oues
Wilson Praises U S Flyers in Paris Visit
President Wilson received Lieut. Com A C Read commander of the NC4 seaplane and Com John H Towers head of the three seaplanes effort to cross the Atlantic. Lieut Com P N L Bek singer commander of the NC1 also met the president and was congratulated for the mission.
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Paris
Wilson
A. C. Read
John H. Towers
Europe
Beksinger
Giant Transport Collision Near New York
A giant United States armed transport named Tuperator collided with the cargo steamer Agwiiale off Nantucket. The ship suffered damage but no casualties were reported.
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New York
Ieee
United States
Nantucket
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Austria
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Neues
Noeke
Economic Commission
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Bergmann
Patricia
U. 5
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Gillett
Borah
Prandegee
Dillingham
Knox
Lodge
McLean
Moses
Wadsworth
Ball and King
Shields
Calder and Townsend
Penrose
Gerry and Johnson
S. C
Pomerone
Owen, Robinson and Smith
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Gov. Harding
War Risk Bureau
Wisconsin
Capit City
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