Allies to answer German demands by Monday in Paris report
Paris reports say the Allied reply to German proposals on Silesia sovereignty and reparations will be ready by Monday. If the plan holds, Germany will be told the terms discussion is closed and given 3 to 5 days to accept or reject.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germanuy
Rantzau
Lee Scheidemann
Count von Brockdorff
Raptsau
Versailles
Berlin
Philipp Scheidemann
Germany
Council of Four
Clemenceau
St.Germain
Karl Renner
Otto Bauer
St. Germain
Bauer
Seitz
Xen Brockdorff-Rantzau
Paderewski
Poland
Silesia
Havas
Girl and Three Cops Shot in Connell Birthday Row
Dublin crowds gathered to celebrate James Connell's birthday when police dispersed them and a girl and three policemen were wounded by shots. The gathering was forbidden by city authorities amid tensions following the 1916 revolt. Separately in Paris, the south Slav delegation submitted to President Wilson a memorandum on the Fiume affair.
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Connell
Associated Press
Dublin
James Connelly
Trish
Paris
Havas
Wilson
Fiume
Petit Parisien
Senate Votes for Treaty Leak Inquiry in Stormy Session
The Senate without a record vote adopted Hitchcock's resolution to probe how copies of the German peace treaty reached U.S. senators and reps. Kellogg's substitute was withdrawn, debate raged, and Borah pressed for Irish delegates to Versailles. Lodge called the Hitchcock plan hastily drawn but action moved later.
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Associated Press
N. Dpoc
Johnson
Republican
California
State Department
Washington, D. C
Germany
New York
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Hitchcock
Nebraska
Man Lodge
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
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Minnesota
Lodge
Kelloge
Peace Commission
Althe
Versailles
Edward de Valera
Williams
Walsh
Massachusetts
Smoot
Utah
White House
Burleson Orders Wires Back to Owners Today
Washington June To owners back at once the telegraph and telephone lines are to private operation while the government retains financial control to an extent. Cummins called an interstate commerce committee meeting for today to consider the question. Contracts and increased tolls remain in effect. the wire operating board is abolished but the control board continues.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Burleson
Congress
Kellogg
Minnesota
Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wire Operating Board
Wire Control Board
83 Mine Blast Dead Brings Probe Denial
Wilkesbarre, Pa. June 6. State and local authorities probe the Delaware & Hudson Coal explosion in a tunnel that killed 83 men and injured 50. Many injured burned maimed and feared to recover. Seward Button denied mine law violations for carrying men and explosives on the same train, saying the state code has no such regulation.
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Associated Press
Wilkesbarre
Delaware & Hudson Coal Company
Orly
Seward Button
State Bureau of Mines
Button
Iowa Girl Receives Medal for Red Cross Nursing
King Alexander awarded the Medal of Military Merit to Red Cross nurse Alma Hartz of Davenport Iowa for her service during the typhus epidemic in Macedonia. The king spoke to the crowd thanking those who saved many Greeks returning from Bulgaria after the armistice.
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Iowa
King
Red Cross
Associated Press
Athens
Alexander
Macedonia
Alma Hartz
Davenport
Bulgaria
Paper delivery note with contact details
The notice states delivery should arrive before 5 26. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 for a replacement. Calls to the office should be made before 6 10 p.m.
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Tme
Irish Probe By Allies Walsh Asks Of Wilson
Senate adopts Borah resolution 60 to 4 urging peace delegates hear Irish delegates led by Edward De Valera. Frank P. Walsh, visiting Ireland, demands Wilson investigate the Irish question with a 6,000 word report outlining observations with Michael J. Ryan and Edward F. Dunne. If Wilson fails to act, Walsh plans to press the matter with Italian delegates then British colonies.
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Walsh
Wilson
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Paris
Frank P. Walsh
United States
Ireland
Michael J. Ryan
Edward F. Dunne
Russia Can Furnish Own Grain Only If It Downs Bolsheviki
Omsk a prospect says if the Omsk government clears Russia of the Bolsheviki this year it will barely meet grain demands for the people. In 1917 Siberia had 5,920,000 acres of wheat, with a large increase seen for 1918 and 1919. Government aid is needed only in Orenburg, Omsk and Semiryetehensk districts.
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Russia
Associated Press
Omsk
M. Petrov
Siberia
Uralsk
Turgal
Yakutski
Orenburg
Omsk l
Semiryetehensk
Daylight Saving Law Repeal Gains House Support
Washington June 6 Favorable report on the repeal bill was voted by the House Interstate Commerce Committee by 10 to 8. An amendment shifted the repeal to the last Sunday in October, avoiding summer time changes for eastern industrial centers and reducing hardship from midsummer clock shifts.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Wit
Des Moines Soldier Delegation Plans Talk With Publisher
James Pierce publisher of the Town Flamesield in Des Moines received a notice that 30 soldiers from Council Bluffs will visit next Wednesday to discuss his criticisms of how liberty bonds are sold and the Council Bluffs military bureau. Col. Mathew Tinley leads the group with John Henry of the American Legion council, the meeting to address Pierce’s printed remarks in a Homestead edition.
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Des Moines
James Pierce
Flamesield
Council Bluffs
Pierce
One Hundred Hth
Tent Envoys Inn Lifts Rates After Refusal of Tips
Versailles reports that Hotel Des Reservoirs raised wages for staff by 10 percent after German peace delegation members stopped tipping. The move came as tips ceased, prompting hotel management to adjust rates to compensate workers.
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Associated Press
Varsailles
Jung
Hotel Des Reservoirs
Michigan Pen Millio n Short Inquiry Shows
Lansing June 6 A special session audit by Detroit Trust Co shows about 1 million dollars unaccounted for in Jackson prison accounts. Missing binder twine livestock and other property. invoices missing and records damaged. New dormitory cost recorded far lower than actual. Legislature vows full investigation into suspected theft or sloppy records.
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Lansing
Mich
Jackson Prison
Detroit Trust Company
Trust
Pat
Editor and Red Leader Executed in Munich Uprising
Berlin reports Herr Levine editor of the Red Flag of Munich and a Bavarian Communist leader was executed at midnight. Comrade Nissan also executed. A 17,000 mark reward had been offered after the fall of Bavaria’s Communist government. Levine, captured May 15 hiding as a student, was sentenced to death on June 3 after a two day trial.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Herr Levine
Red Flag
Munich
Bavaria
Abend Zeitung
Augsburg
Herr Nissan
Levine
Britain to Seek New Zealand Aid Against U S Packers
London's note urges New Zealand to help Britain combat American meat packers. The plan proposes selling New Zealand meat in London at fixed prices, with Britain and New Zealand jointly countering price cuts by the Packers on their own ground. A conference of New Zealand producers has been convened to discuss the subject.
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Tune
New Zealand
London
Great Britain
Daily Mail
Christ Church, New Zealand
Son Admits Slaying Father Over Money Denied
Bloomington reported that 2 year old Alval Banks confessed to killing his father Andrew J. Banks with a shotgun on May 26. Banks was taken to the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville for safekeeping. The body was found in a pond near Sanders, five miles away.
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Bloomington
Ind
Alval Banks
Andrew J. Banks
Young
Banks
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Sanders
Here
Death Sentence of Boy Private Off by Pershing
Washington June 6 Gen Pershing commuted to ten years imprisonment the death sentence on Private Philip Yohn of the 109th Infantry 28th division for desertion in the face of the firing. Pershing cited the youth of the soldier who enlisted at age 15.
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Washington
1. C
Pershing
Wilson
Philip Yohn
109Th Infantry
Fight to Finish Western Union Plan for Strike
Transports bring nearly 9 000 troops to port with battleship orders. Western Union telegraphers push for a nationwide strike, led by leaders like H C Worthee and F G Fonville, as postmaster general Burleson’s actions embolden a fight to a finish.
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Western Union
Boston
O Ders Sey
Tomor-Row
H.C. Worthee
Burleson
F. G. Fonville
Atlanta Council of the Union
C. F. Mann
Winnipeg orders 3000-strong police force amid strike
Winnipeg moves to quell unrest by expanding its special constable corps to 3000, aided by 1000 sworn-in constables. Mayor Gray bans parades and street crowds as Gen Ketchen vows action against revolutionaries. Returned soldiers fill ranks while national assistance is sought.
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Frep
Winnipeg
Jone
Charles F. Gray
Man
Brin
H. D. B. Ketchen
Manitoba
Canada
Gray
Burglar riddled by gangs gunfire in Chicago
Chicago police investigate a gang related murder in which Joe Doyle, a pickpocket and strong arm man, was shot three times and hurled from a speeding car at North Cicero and Potomac. Doyle, linked to Charles Stillwell, died shortly after as a feud appears to fuel another underworld killing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joe Doyle
Noyle
North Cicero
Potomac Avenuas
Charles Stillwell
Barney Grogan
Doyle
Stillwell
Senate moves to repeal U. S. wire control bill
Washington June 6 The Senate interstate commerce committee unanimously favored repealing the wire control resolution despite Postmaster General Burleson’s order. The bill, amended to extend telephone toll rates 90 days after wires return, will be called up next week. Kingsbury urged enactment preserving current rates until state commissions act.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Burleson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummwins
Senate
Cummins
Congress
Atlanta
Fae
N c. Kingsbury
American Telephone &Telegraph Company
Kellogg
Minnesota
Ingsbury
Legiston
N. C. Kingsbury
American Telegraph & Telephone Company
Kingsbury
Senator Kellogg
Board of Control
Mr. Kingsbury
Kel- Ore
Wire Control Board
Kell Loge
Watson
Indiana
Post Office Department
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