Senate presses repeal of wire control despite Burleson order
The Interstate Commerce Committee approved a bill to repeal the wire control resolution and set a next week senate vote. The panel amended the bill to keep existing telephone toll rates for 60 days after private operation resumes. Kingsbury testified that government control remains through private operators.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Washington
Burleson
Cummins
Senate
J. Burleson
Burleson order sparks query over private control claim
Senator Watson pressed witness on the effect of the Burleson post office order. Kingsbury argued the department message heading misled readers by implying a return of wires to private control, which he said was not the order's effect.
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Senator Kellogg
Board of Control
Mr. Kingsbury
Wire Control Board
Burleson
Minesota
Kel
Watson
Indiana
Kingsbury
Post Office Department
Chicago Telephone Rates Set to Rise Nationwide Costs
Chicago telephone users will pay between 2,000,000 and 2,500,000 dollars more annually under a new rate schedule effective June 16. The increase, authorized by Postmaster General Burleson, affects all service classes and averages 20 to 25 percent, intended to cut operating expenses and cover a claimed 1,950,000 dollar deficit from federal supervision.
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Br. Burleson
Mhe
Congress
N. ©. Kingsbury
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Kingsbury
Burleson
Chicago
Chicago Telephone Company
Ettelson
Wilson commutes sentence of desertion for a youth Private Sohn
President Wilson, acting on General Pershing’s advice, commutes Private Philp Sohn of the 109th Infantry Twenty eighth division from ten years imprisonment for desertion. Pershing cited Sohn’s extreme youth, enlisting at fifteen.
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Washington
Pershing
Wilson
Philp Sohn
One Hundred and Ninth Infantry
Congress Plans Major War Budget Cut in Year
Washington reports the house military committee tentatively agreed to cut the coming year’s war department estimates by at least 400 million dollars. An army involvements of 400000 is proposed, with 20 percent reduction from 1.262 billion. Senate approves vocational rehab for 4000 disabled veterans and considers stricter alien controls. A national employment service is proposed under the labor department.
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Washington
War Department
House Military Committee
Iike
Department
House
Graham
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Department of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Nationwide strike looms as telegraph union girds for walkout
Washington reports President J Konenkamp of the Commercial Telegraphers Union plans a nationwide strike upon arrival in Chicago. The date and scope were undecided while Western Union and Postal Telegraph lines face mounting walkouts. Southeastern states see heavy disruption with Atlanta offices shut and staff absent as the strike spreads from Richmond to Tampa.
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Washington
J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Chicago
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company
Western Union Telegraph and Cable Company
Konenkemp
Western Union Company
Burleson
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Richmond
Tampa
Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
General walkout sweeps southeastern telegraph offices
On duty the majority answered the strike call except three office messengers. New Orleans reported a large strike presence as offices closed. International President S J Konenkamp ordered a general walkout across southeastern states. Over a hundred strikebreakers arrived by noon and another hundred last night from New York and elsewhere, with about half expected to refuse work and be quartered at the Piedmont and Ansley hotels.
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New Orleans
International
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union and Telephone Operators’ Association
New York
Western Union
Piedmont
Ansley Hotels
Senate Resolution Seeks Hearing for Irish Delegates at Paris
Washington June 7 Senate adopts Senator Abo rahs resolution asking the American peace delegates at Paris to secure a hearing for Irish delegates led by Edward De Valera Arthur Griffith and Count George Noble Plunkett before the peace conference. One senator votes no. The measure expresses sympathy with Irelands aims for a government of its own choice.
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Washington
Aborah
Paris
Edward de Valera
Senate
Williams
Mississippi
Senate of the
United States
Verecailes
Arthur Griffith
Count George Noble Plunkett
Ireland
Walsh
Massachusetts
Huns to Send Peace Treaty to America
Berlin memo urges signing the armistice terms while Berlin sends reproductions of the peace terms to US lawmakers. Wilson asserts the 14 points are fully respected, and Allied replies outline reparation sums. Kolchak accepts allied proposals in part as communicated from Omsk.
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America
Kolchak
Copenhagen
Mathias Erzberger
Wilson
Adriatic
Council of Four
Orlando
Italy
Estonian Foreign Minister Seeks Allied Aid in Petrograd Fight
Paris June 7 M Poska the Esthonian foreign minister arrived to urge the great powers to aid the small Esthonian army fighting Bolsheviki southwest of Petrograd He will confer with the council of four to seek support and assistance from major powers.
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Esthonia
Bolsheviki
Paris
M. Poska
Petrograd
Council of Four
Former Mexican general Jose Inez Davil killed in Oaxaca battle
Mexico City reports the death of Jose Inez Davil, a former federal general and former Oaxaca governor, killed in battle in Oaxaca after a revolt against the government lasting over four years. His death ends a lengthy uprising against federal authority.
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Mexico City
Jose Inez Daveil
Oaxaca
Davis
Peace talks twist amid Austrian shock over terms
The report notes Kolchak's cautions on a constituent assembly and new states from old Russia. A South Star memo to Wilson concerns Fiume, while French circles say the Allied reply to Germany will be delivered with a three to five day window for acceptance or rejection. Austrian leader Seltz laments the terms as dangerous, boosting bolshevism fears. Renner heads to St Germain for talks after Feldkirch meetings.
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Kolchak
Russia
South Star
Wilson
Fiume
Petit Parisien
Austria
U. S
Vienna
Seltz
America
Towers Relieved of Duty With Transatlantic Seaplane Squadron
Commander John H. Towers, flight commander of the navy transatlantic seaplane squadron, is relieved of all duty with the squadron and assigned to service with the commission for all terms, currently stationed in Paris.
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Washington
John H. Towers
Navy Transatlantic Seaplane Squadron
Paris
Russian Transport Seized by Allies in Baltic Clash
A Stockholm report says a Russian transport was captured after a clash on Sunday in the Gulf of Finland amid exchanges with four Russian and two British warships. The next day six Russian warships fled from British naval forces following a half hour encounter.
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London
Stockholm
Gulf of Finland
Esthenian
Gatchina
Landwehr
Riga
Sarapul
Kama
Perm
Kolchak
Lrobar
Indian Bill Passed by Senate to Conference
Washington June 7 The $15,000,000 Indian appropriation bill was passed by the Senate and sent to conference.
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Washington
Senate
President to Begin Term Next Friday
The president will start his term next Friday with plans to outline early priorities late next week. Officials indicate a smooth transition and a focus on economic recovery and national security.
President Wilson to sail for United States on June 13
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson will depart Paris for the United States on Friday June 13, as announced today. The note accompanies an opposing stance on publicizing the treaty until it is formally signed.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Wilson
United States
Peace Delegation Opposes Immediate Treaty Publication
Special to Evening Journal reports from Paris that the American Peace delegation opposes publishing the Peace Treaty until it is signed. The treaty text will not be shown or communicated in its current form to the Senate.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Senate
Senate orders inquiry into copies of peace treaty with Germany
Washington June 7 A senate investigation into how copies of the peace treaty with Germany reached New York was ordered. After a sharp debate the chamber adopted Hitchcock’s resolution for inquiry into floor charges by Lodge and Boreh of the foreign relations committee. A second resolution by Johnson of California asked the state department to furnish a copy of the treaty.
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Washington
Germany
New York
Senate
Hitchcock
Democrit
Nebraska
Lodge
Boreh
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
California
State Department
Britain asks New Zealand aid in fighting American packers
London reports Britain will seek New Zealand's help to counter American meat packers. A dispatch says Britain may offer New Zealand a price for its meat in London if trust prices drop, with New Zealand and Britain to compete on their own terms.
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Great Britain
New Zealand
London
Daily Mail
Christchurch
Newland
Texas Governor Seeks Cavalry to Guard Border
Governor Hobby asked the War Department to call out two Texas cavalry brigades for border guard duty. He cited threats from Mexican bandit raids as well as rising smuggling of ammunition and petty crime near the border, saying residents fear incursions into the United States.
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Texas
War Department
U. S
Austin
Tex
Hobby
Texas Cavalry
Angeles-Villa
Mexico
Executions Reported in Munich and Augsburg
Berlin reports indicate T. Herr Levine, editor of Flag of Menarch, and a fellow leader in Bavarian circles were executed at midnight Wednesday. Augsburg's Alendzeitung confirms the Munich state action and cites another unnamed leader’s fate.
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Herr Levine
The
Red Stag
Herr Nissen
Berlin
T.herr Levine
Menarch
Worta
Bavaria
Alendzeitung
Augsburg
Ers
Eleo
Munich
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Feldkirch
Otto Bauer
Esthenia
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