France Faces Stalemate as Four-Party Council Negotiates
Associated Press reports heavy deadlock among the Council of Four as they work to craft German counter proposals. Clemenceau resists capitulating to demands while American mediators push for a clear reply. Delegations from Britain France Italy and the United States meet amid tense talks on plebiscites and postwar arrangements.
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Associated Press
Lars
Council of Four
Strudt
Ahr
Clemenceau
Polish tier under council review at today’s meeting
The council of four continued consideration of Poland's tier with Austrian Chancellor Back in attendance. Dr Karl Renner, head of Austria’s delegation to the peace congress, arrived from Feldkirch after conference with Vienna officials. Renner was joined by Richard Schuller and Herr Stern, technical counsellors of the delegation.
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Poland
Council of Four
St Germain Jones
Karl Renner
Feldkirch
Vienna
Renner
Richard Schuller
Herr Sternbalk
Court orders Willys Overland plant reopening after riot
Federal judge issues a ten day restraining order to reopen the Toledo plant closed since last Tuesday’s riot. Pickets restricted to American citizens and only in the plant vicinity while negotiations with union officials proceed. The suit by Willys Overland Agency seeks to resolve a labor dispute affecting about 12,000 workers, with the plant closed for four weeks except for three days.
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Toledo
WoKillets
Willys Overland Automobile Companys
United States
Dail Overland Company
North Carolina
Willys- Overland Company
Auto Trades Cout Machinists
Ownien
Arvidan
Willys Overland Company
Treaty secrecy fuels Wall Street treaty scandal
Investigation in Philadelphia and New York reveals private possession of the peace treaty by financiers and federal officials. Henry P. Davison first brought copies to the United States, with reports of limited distribution in New York’s financial districts and strong efforts to keep detailed provisions from the public. Senator Hitchcock is cited as having a copy. others claim access to summaries or full texts, amid a climate of guarded information and political tension.
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United States
Henry P. Davison
Wall Street
Hitchcock
Albert W. Fox
Washington Peat Co
New York
Henry P Davison
Secretary For Foreign Affairs of
Japan
Davison
Paris
Peace Mission
Senator Lodge
Senator Borah
Washington
State Department
Hitchcocck
Administration
Senate
League
Four arrested in Detroit over $300 million salvage scheme
Four men including Capt Soterias Nicholson and an officer in France were arrested as federal authorities uncovered a conspiracy to defraud the government in selling $300 million worth of army salvage material. Detroit grand jury indictments named Grant Hugh Browne Fred C Collins and Bert Harris, with arrests at Fort Wayne. The scheme aimed to underbid rivals by layer of controlled bids and involved 21,000 tons of materiel valued at $300 million.
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Saterins Nicholson
Washington
Grant Hugh Brown
Fred Collins Greek
Bert Harris
Detroit
France
Associated Press
Department of Justice
United States Grand Jury
Soterias Nicholson
Ordnance Department
Grant Hugh Browne
Fred C Collins
Greece
Amy Post
Junk
Deaier
New York
Fort Wayne
Harné
Rochester
Xig
Arthur L Barkey
Collins Brown
Morris
Neme
Collings
Harris
Browne
Barkey
Nicholson
Army Intelligence Service
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Hoston
50,000 for Occupation Army Three Years V. One
Gen March announced incomplete reports showing 48,023 men enrolled for three year terms. Kuhn urged continued enlistments, praising District soldiers for their service at Montfaucon and Meuse Argonne. Washington celebrated the 312th Battalion with a homecoming banquet, pledging to restore and assist returning veterans, especially the maimed, and to honor their contributions on July Fourth with medals.
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Army of Occupation
March
Washington
Mon
Montfaucon
Meuse Argonne
312Th
Linion Staten
Willard
Natonal
Isaac Gana
Eitize Committee
T BW. Jordan
Taft on Labor Unity at AFL Convention in Atlanta
William Howard Taft argues the American Federation of Labor remains conservative yet reform-minded led by Gompers Mitchell and Duncan. He warns against IWW Bolshevism and urges business leaders to support constructive organized labor and peaceful collective bargaining. He cites Roosevelt's pragmatism and stresses unity between capital and labor to avoid extremists.
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American Federation of Labor
Atlanta
Samuel Gompers
James Duncan
John Mitchell
Federation of Labor
Gompers
AF of L
IW ‘W
Theodore Roosevelt
Mitchell
Duncan
Lenine
The
Publie Ledger Co
Senate Refuses German Peace Treaty Publication
The American delegation at the peace conference vows not to publish or communicate the German peace treaty before signing. A delegates says copies in New York bankers’ hands do not violate pledges to stay secret. The covenant of the League is noted as separate in character from the peace terms.
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Associated Dream
United States Senate
Senate
Germany
New York
League of Nations
Original Archangel Force On Way Back in Two Weeks
Announcement by Gen March states the entire Archangel expedition sails home within two weeks. Five companies, including units from the 39th centre rower route and Brest Pav, are set to depart by rail. An engineer departed Archangel to assist the railway service and remains.
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Archangel
Wihiews
Gen March
Piv
Mts
Brest
Ichingel
Archangeton Pa
1500 Jews killed by Poles in Vilna report
A dispatch by the Issojaed Press describes Polish troops killing and arresting Jews in Vilna during the occupation, with witnesses reporting street pillaging, robberies, and deportations. The document notes hundreds killed, thousands deported, and severe mistreatment during transport, as residents were searched and valuables seized.
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Vilna
Isso- Jaed
Rachoulevite
Lithuania
Arma
Pousa
Wall Strasse
Ceare
At Is
Inda
Destroyer Breaks Record at Bath Trials
Bath Maine June 7 officials at Bath Tron Works announced that the torpedo destroyer Hale shattered all speed records on the Rockland trial course. Builders preliminary trials logged a mean speed of 2762 knots and a fastest mile with wind and tide favoring the ship at 3838 knots per hour.
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Bath
Rockland
Hale
Bath Tron Works
National Telegraph and Telephone Workers Strike Pending
A nation wide strike of telegraph and telephone operators, members of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America, to take effect next Wednesday at 1 am standard time. The order, issued from union HQ, targets Western Union American Telegraph and Telephone and others, potentially impacting up to 100000 workers. vote had been taken alongside the International Electrical Workers Union. International President Konenkamp announced the action after days in Washington and amid prior Atlanta disputes over alleged union related discharges. CONTINUED ON SEVENTEENTH PAGE.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
S J E Konenkhamp
Konenkamp
Washington
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Company
International Electrical Workers Union
Telegraph
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telegraph and Telesphone Company
Postal Telegraph Lana Cable Company
Mackay
North American
Konenkamp International
Crerar resigns from Canadian ministry over tariff stance
Ottawa June 7 Crerar minister of agriculture in the union government resigns and his resignation is accepted. Correspon dence to the house shows Crerar disagreed with budget proposals and tariff reductions. He heads the Grain Growers Association of Western Canada and has long favored tariff cuts. He will keep his seat in the house.
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Ottawa
T A Crerar
Casinet
Pregnier Bowden
House of Commons
Crerar
Thomas White
Gram Growers Association of
Western Canada
House
Winnipeg Strikers Refuse to End Sympathies Amid Tense Situa tion
Winnipeg Manitoba June 7 The central strike committee declines to call off the sympathetic walkout amid pressure from union leaders. Indications point to no settlement before next week as the strike expands. Mayor and labor leaders clash over actions, with warnings against military proclamation and threats over parade protests.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Central Strike Committee
W of Barker
Apne “Lihation
Railroad Brotherhoods
Western Labor News
Cair
Board of Trade
Shim
Victoria Park
Labor
Gray
Gene
E Bray
Martin F Ryan
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
Edmonton
Canada
American Federation of Labor
Desern Canada
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Palmer
Schonenberger
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Taft
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Kutz
London
Department of Statistics
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Morton Trust Company
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United Cobalt Exploration Company
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