Railway Operators Aide Strike Expands Nationwide
Chicago reports 18,000 telegraphers out with 80,000 instructed to halt Western Union and Postal Telegraph business. Brokerage offices may close causing Wall Street delays as the strike widens, with AFL moral support and possible 60,000 by Monday.
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Chicago
S. J. Konenkamp
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
FE. J. Manion
St. Louis
United States
New York City
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Federation
Atlantic City
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Burleson
Konenkamp
National War Labor Body
Postal Service
Rush Relief Train to Wreck
Port Arthur Ontario June 13 a special relief train with doctors and purses was ordered to the scene of the Canadian Northern railway express wreck that left the city for the Hast. Details of the crash were not immediately available.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Canadian Northern Railway
Navy Fleet Plans Extensive Fall Pacific Atlantic Cruise
Secretary Daniels announced a large scheduled cruise of the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleet for fall and winter. The itinerary may include several South American ports with possible European calls undecided. The trip serves as a reward for wartime navy service and will offer shore leave and playtime for officers and men. Recruits may join the voyage.
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Washington
Daniels
Europe
Navy
Aaid
End of Bolshevism Near
A Stockholm dispatch says two hundred thousand Russian Bolshevik prisoners were captured and a 130 mile advance occurred during the past month’s offensive. The southern Bolshevik front is collapsing under steady pressure.
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London
Stockholm
Bolshavik
Communist Rule in Austria to Be Proclaimed Sunday
London dispatch reports a communist government will be proclaimed in Austria on Sunday with promises of immediate success according to Information received.
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London
Austria
Missouri governor calls extra session for suffrage ratification
Governor Gardner in Jefferson City calls an extra session of the Missouri legislature for July 2 to ratify the suffrage amendment. The move aims to finalize passage and bring the measure to completion within the stated timeline.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Gardner
U. S. Boats Beat Off Red Attack Near Archangel
American motor launches from the Yankton cooperate with a British flotilla on Lake Owego to fend off Bolshevik craft. British river forces gather at Archangel as reports say troops reach Petrograd area. American troops guard rail hubs at Viadivostok as Bolsheviks strike railway lines and stations northward.
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Archangel
Lake Owego
England
Dvina
Stockholm
Murmansk
Petrograd
Petrogravodsk
Viadivostok
Exoneration Report Clears State Historical Society
Madison Wisconsin June 18 a complete exoneration of the State Historical Society comes after a two month legislative investigation. The report released by the legislature states no wrongdoing and supports the society’s operations.
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Exonerate Historical Society
Madison, Wis
State Historical Society
Failure to Sign Treaty Threatens Ruin on Frontiers
Berlin reports warn Germany must sign the peace treaty or face defense on western and eastern fronts amid coal and food shortages. Italy remains unsettled as Orlando resists concessions while Paris notes talks to marshal Allied forces restart and a shift toward a modern independent socialist ministry in Germany ahead of July 1.
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Berlin
Germany
Vossche Zeitung
Hanover
Italy
Paris
Wilsom
Orlando
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Adjutant Mace Killed in Aerial Acrobatic Stunt
Paris reports Adjutant Mace, a French army aviator, was killed while performing acrobatic stunts in the air. The death follows a day of tests and displays by military pilots.
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Paris
Adjutant Mace
Soldiers Home From France
The Leviathan transport arrived in New York Harbor with 11 940 troops from France after a brief delay to aid a damaged transport Graf Waldersee. The ship carried multiple infantry regiments air service mechanics field detachments police and support units plus several casuals and civilians aboard.
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New York
Leviathan
France
Graf Waldersee
11Th Infantry Brigade
316Th Field Artillery
223Rd Military Police
Big Army Swindle Bared Across Nation
United States government defrauded of 1 million dollars through army allotment check forgeries. Army intelligence and secret service have investigated three months. arrests are expected. Washington said to be headquarters for the ring with operatives in many cities, Chicago among the chief centers.
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Chicago
United States
Army
Secret Service
Washington
House Won’t Visit Ireland as Sinn Fein Issue Reported
Paris June 13 Col FE M House of the American peace delegation will go to England but it is officially denied that he will visit Ireland to study the Sinn Fein situation. He had a long conference with President Wilson last evening before the departure for London.
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Paris
FE. M. House
England
Ireland
Sinn Fein
London
House
Wilson
Army lists five privates killed in action
Washington June 13 The army casualty list contains five privates killed in action Elmer Jensen Flaxton N C Carl H Johnson New York James Reilly New York Charles M Thomas Yuba City Col James B Willetts Germantown New York
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Washington
Elmer Jensen
Flaxton
N. C
Carl IT. Johnson
New York
James Reilly
Charles M. Thomas
Yuba City
James B. Willetts
Germantown
N. Y
Juarez Under Siege as U S Troops Mass at El Paso
Federal and rebel clash near Juarez Agricultural College four miles south of Juarez as U S troops from Columbus N M move toward El Paso. Civilians ordered from streets and closures enacted while funds and records from the Juarez customs house are moved to the American side.
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Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Columbus
N. M
Juarez
Juarez, Mex
Felipe Angeles
Angeles
Juarez Agricultural College
Rio Granule
el Paso
U. S
Rio Grande River
War Time Prohibition Act Demand Deluge Reaches Wilson
Paris reports President Wilson facing intensified requests from the United States to set aside the war time prohibition act before July 1. The appeal notes General March announced demobilization of National Army and National Guard combat units, leaving only the regular army, suggesting the measure would be moot once Germany signs the peace treaty.
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Paris
Wilson Y
America
General March
National Army
National Guard
Germany
United States Senate
Palmer
Tawney of Minnesota Dead
James A. Tawney former congressman from Minnesota and longtime chair of the house appropriations committee died in Excelsior Springs Missouri at sixty four He served 18 years in Congress first elected 1902 and retired 1911 He had been a member of the international joint commission through his political career in the Fifty third to sixty first congresses
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Winona
Minn
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
House Appropriations Committee
Excelsior Springs
Tawney
Congress
International Joint Commission
Portland to Host 1920 Imperial Council of Nobles Shrine
Indianapolis reports Portland Oregon will entertain the 1920 Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The convention is set for June 1920 in the Pacific coast city, aligning with the Portland Rose Festival.
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Oregon City
Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine
Indianapolis
Ind
Portland
Ore
Imperial Council
Pacific Coast
Senate committee amends Knox league pledge resolution
Washington June 13 The foreign relations committee reports Knox’s measure against accepting the league of nations with the peace treaty in amended form The section pledging U S aid if Europe is threatened is struck out and Borah criticizes it Republican members except McCumber vote to delete The report proceeds as expanded inquiry on copies reaching New York remains unresolved Wilson has not replied to the request for full treaty text
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Washington
Knox
Senate
League of Nations
Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
United States
Borah
McCumber
France
Robinson
New York
Congress
Sterling
South Dakota
Ment
Germany
Wilson
Conperencer to Hand Over Item to Enemy Tomorrow
Readable text indicates a deadline of tomorrow for transferring an item to opposing forces. The fragment mentions an entity named Conperencer and a plan to give the object to the enemy. No additional verifiable details are present.
Germany May Join League As Details Await Final Accord
Paris June 13 complete accord in principle on German entry to the league of nations and reparations was reported. The agreement covers the Silesian question and admission terms, omitting compulsory military service, with drafting expected by tonight and delivery to Germany by Saturday night. If compliant Germany may attend the first assembly meeting. The Silesian settlement rests on a plebiscite and will be embedded in the treaty.
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Paris
Germany
League of Nations
Lord Robert Cecil
Colonel House
Palmer asks Congress for half million to fight anarchists
Attorney General Palmer urged a $500,000 appropriation to fund the hunt for anarchists bomb throwers and enemies of law and order. In a letter to Secretary Glass, Palmer cited recent violence by individuals linked to anarchistic groups and said the extra funds are needed to protect the public and enforce federal law.
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Washington
Palmer
Congress
Glass
House
United States
Bank Bandits Shoot Two in St Louis Robbery
Three armed men robbed the Meremec Trust Company in St Louis on June 13 wounding two policemen. The suspects fled, dropped a suitcase with $2,000 in cash and liberty bonds. two robbers were captured. One victim, Mary Pureell, was wounded in the right eye. Names given include Charles Gross and Karl Amotheran.
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St. Louis
Meremec Trust Company
Mary Pureell
Ames Charles Gross
Karl Amother
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Lenine
Battle
Lake Onego
Vossische Zeitung
Marshal Foch
General Weygand
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Parins
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Scheldemann
Matthias Erzberger
Vileistas
Skeptical
Conperencer
Hans
Meremec Trust Company of
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