Peace Pact Revisions Spark London Paris Negotiations
British proposals seek to empower the reparations commission to control raw materials and Germanys economy during the postwar period. The Allied plan aims to amend financial clauses to allow Germany to raise capital for restarting industry while preserving obligations to pay damages.
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Paris
Permanent Reparations Commission
Germany
Supreme Economic Council
Council of Four
Revision Commission
Sarre Valley
Alsace-Lorraine
League of Nations
Andre Tardieu
Hudson
Reparations Commission
Al-Ies
United States
Italy
Austria
Treaty re drafted as allies push changes to German counter proposals
Premier Orlando travels to Italy to coordinate urgent frontier military precautions with General Dunn as Baron Sonnino replaces him on the council. The allies prepare a revised peace treaty reflecting the German counter proposals, likely to be released Monday, effectively superseding the prior U S text.
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Orlando
Italy
Corinthian
Dunn
Council of Four
Baron Sonnino
United States
Offer to End Wire Strike in Chicago Pact Talks
A Commerce Telegraphers union committee urged E W Collins to relay peace terms for future recognition of collective bargaining and wages after private operation resumes. Collins warned the government controls hinder settlement and doubted acceptance while striking. Strikers claim growing strength and warn of service paralysis after next week.
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Chicago
Postal Telegraph Company
Commerce Telegraphers’ Union
E. W. Collins
Collins
France faces serious labor unrest and possible upheaval
Reports warn that FranceItaly labor turmoil may force a German reconsideration of peace terms. Demobilized soldiers join workers in protests near Paris and Lyons as authorities vow firm action to quell revolutionary threat while occupation troops remain.
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Washington
France
Italy
Paris
Germany
Clemenceau
Lyons
German Citizens Consider Strike and Civil War Plan
Berlin secret session of the greater city council includes industrial leaders and Colonel Reinhardt backing a strike to end chaos. Leaflets to provoke conflict and a food halt are discussed to empower the bourgeoisie, with troops reportedly aligned.
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Berlin
Citizens’ Council of
Greater Berlin
Die Freiheft
Germany
Die Freiheit
Reinhardt
Gustav Noske
Philipp Scheidemann
Weimar
Kaiser
League For Protection
William
Bavaria Offers Reward for Levien in Munich Soviet Case
Zurich reports Bavaria's government offers a reward of 7500 dollars for the capture of communist leader Levien, the sole Munich Soviet member to avoid arrest. Munich dispatch suggests Levien may have fled into Tyrol or the Swiss mountains.
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Tmot
D&tech
Vorwaerts
League
Bavaria
Levien
Zurich
Munich
Tyrol
Swiss
Mob fails to save man hanged in Toronto
Frank McCullough an Otsego County farm hand convicted of killing a detective was hanged in Toronto. Early morning reserves were called out fearing a rescue attempt. A mounted constable was unhorsed by a brick from sympathizers as several streets were made noisy.
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Toronto
Frank McCullough
Otsego County
N. Y
FTC orders Chase Shoe Company to stop misleading claims
Washington, June 14. The federal trade commission ruled that C. L. Chase of Minneapolis doing business as Chase Shoe Company must discontinue circulating statements claiming he is a shoe manufacturer and that shoes pass direct factory to purchaser. The commission found these statements false and misleading and ordered cessation.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
C. L. Chase
Minneapolis
Chase Shoe Conmipany
Getting the Boys Home O K
New York reports a rapid troop withdrawal from Europe as U S ships carry wounded home. The destroyer Gregory returned with four cas uals, the freighter Ana Cortes brought three more, and the Henderson arrived with 2,028 officers and men aboard.
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O. K
New York
France
Europe
Gregory
Ana Cortes
Henderson
Sinn Fein Leader Countess Markievicz Arrested in Dublin
Sinn Fein leader and MP Countess Markievicz was arrested in Dublin and escorted to Cork for detention. The incident heightens tensions amid ongoing political unrest and party activity across Ireland.
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Countess Markievicz
Dublin
Cork
Markievicz
Sinn Fein
Rail wreck and troop movements shake border regions
A skirmish near Juarez and a deadly wreck claimed hundreds of lives as a train carrying Mexican government troops to Chihuahua plunged after tracks sank north of Aguas Calientes. The 24th U.S. Infantry arrived in El Paso, while Mexican consul Andres Garcia denied a major fight near Juarez.
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Carranza
24Th
U. S. Infantry
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mex
General Angeles
Laredo
Chihuahua
Aguas Calientes
Mexico City
el Pervenor
Monterey
Benteria Luviano
Andres Garcia
Villa Ahunteda
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Columbus
N. M
Arthur G. Hadsall
el Paseo
Cabell
Washington
General Ca dell Authorized to Move Troops to Border Areas
The Twenty fourth Infantry was ordered from Columbus New Mexico to El Paso according to Maj Gen De Rosey Cubett commander of the Southern department and border patrol at the War Department. General Cadell has latitude to rearrange forces to meet border emergencies without department authorization.
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Twenty-fourth Infantry
Fl Paso
Columbus
N. M
de Rosey
Cubett
Southern Department
Border Patrol
War Department
Cadell
French Sailors Mutiny in Black Sea Fleet at Odessa
Deputy Émile Goude describes a April mutiny by sailors from the French Black Sea fleet at Odessa. A red flag flew on the battle flag France and a machine gun fired on sailors fraternizing with Russians. Sailors demanded not to be punished and war against Russia to be halted, with ships to return to France after four days of negotiations.
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Paris
Odgessa
Chamber of Deputies
Émile Goude
France
Young Offcer
Cronkhite Decorated Knight Commander of St Michael and St George
Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite formerly led the Eightieth Division in France and has been decorated by the British government with the Knight Commander of St Michael and St George cross. The award was announced from Richmond Virginia.
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Richmond
Adelbert Cronkhite
France
St. Michael and St. George
Nine Girls and Six Men Arrested in Boston Store Picketing
Chicago authorities arrested nine girls and six men for picketing in front of the Boston store in apparent defiance of an injunction. The incident occurred on June 14 with police taking the group into custody.
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Chicago
Boston
Red plot uncovered as grenades found in Chicago coal car
Nine hand grenades from France were found in a Caxton coal shipment to Douglas Coal Co in Chicago. Police suspect radicals planned July Fourth demonstrations. five tons of coal were stolen from the car en route via Michigan Central and Illinois Central lines.
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Chicago
France
Caxton
Douglas Coal Company
Thirty-third Street
Crawford Avenue
Charles Egan
Pennsylvania
Garrity
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Michigan Central
Tlinois Central
Bolsheviks Bombarded by Big Fleet at Kronstadt
British ships opened hot fire on the Red base at Kronstadt as a large fleet bombarded Bolshevik positions. The clash involved heavy artillery and naval gunfire, with ongoing attacks reported from the Baltic coast.
Plight of Odessa Under Bolshevik Levy Death by Walk the Plank
Special to Evening Journal reports Kronstadt bombarded by British forces. In Odessa hundreds of Russians who refused an $11,000,000 levy were forced to walk the plank from a czarist yacht, according to August Danner, an International Harvester representative and refugee with Mrs. Danner aboard the Haglewood. He notes looting and murder rife until German troops expelled the Bolsheviks and restored order.
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Stockholm
Kronstadt
Aftonblad
New York
Odessa
Czat
August Danner
Russia
International Harvester Company
Mrs. Danner
Haglewood
Danner
Workhouse Mutiny Ended in St Louis
An all night mutiny by 1 percent prisoners at the municipal workhouse near St Louis ended when inmates returned to cells after a riot that wounded 15. Prisoners were kept apart in the quarry by armed guards and police reinforcements.
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St. Louis
Japan's Envoy Ishii Recalled Amid China Dispute
Viscount Ishii, the Japanese ambassador in Washington, departed for Tokyo signaling the end of his mission. He reportedly resigned due to disagreements with U.S. officials over China policy and the Shantung question, though Tokyo has not officially acted on the resignation.
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Washington
Ishii
Tokyo
China
Japan
Shantung
Viscount Ishii
Former German Chancellor Probes Wilsons Fourteen Points
Max of Baden, ex chancellor, begins a series in the Tageblatt arguing that President Wilsons fourteen points were violated in framing the treaty. He critiques the blockade and accuses the United States of causing civilian deaths and wartime devastations.
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Prises Max
Baden
Germany
Wilson
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