Plans for treaty leak probe and Senate debates
Paris reports the American peace delegation resists publishing the German peace treaty until signed and not sharing the current text with the U S Senate. Washington officials expect President Wilson to oppose releasing the text. Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets next week to plan an inquiry into copies of the treaty in private hands and potential witnesses.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Lansing
Sherman
Republican
Illinois
League of Nations
New York
Behrens Child's Body Exhumed For Cause Of Death
In Chicago on June 7 the body of 4 year old Raymond Behrens of 1832 Melrose Street was exhumed from Concordia cemetery. Coroner Peter M Hoffman ordered the exhumation to determine if death was due to tuberculosis per physician certificate or from severe beatings by the father and possible stepmother.
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Chicago
Raymond Behrens
Melrose Street
Concordia Cemetery
Peter M. Hoffman
Murder and Torture in Ireland Report Warns of Atrocities
A U S report by Walsh Ryan and Dunne details killings by soldiers and constables in Ireland, prison abuses, mass deportations, and malnutrition. It asks President Wilson for inquiries, while French and British postwar actions in Germany face scrutiny amid ongoing strikes and political moves.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ireland
Frank P. Walsh
Michael J. Ryan
Edward F. Dunne
United States
Wilson
Peace Conference
Messrs
Walsh
Ryan
Dunne
Lloyd George
Dernburg Attacks Wilson as Germany Repeats Inability to Pay
London June 7 Dr Bern ard Dernburg German finance minister says Germany cannot meet peace terms or force allies to collect payment. He argues neither side can sign the peace and warns of food first policy to feed people before indemnities. He also derides President Wilson, saying no peace conciliation exists in the treaty. Washington reports rapid transfer of ordnance material from Britain and France, including 213 of 237 Renault tanks shipped and numerous 75 and 155 mm guns en route or landed.
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London
Germany
Bernard Dernburg
Daily Mail
Berlin
Ruhr
Dernburg
Wilson
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
France
Army Bill Decreased Four Hundred Thousand From War Dept Total
Washington June 7. The 1920 army bill carries 810 million dollars, a reduction of 400 thousand from War Department estimates. The House will take up the measure Tuesday with a vote expected Thursday. The committee cites ending unlimited appropriations and lightening taxpayer burden without harming the military establishment.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Military Committee
War Department
House
Man Held as Wife Slayer After 10 Year Sentence
Iminence Mo June 7 Frank Welton fifty five years old farmer near Terisita for the murder of his wife Mrs Carrie Hofland of ONeill Neb sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary by a jury this week. He was arrested last night on a grand jury indictment charging murder in the first degree. He was released on ten thousand dollar bond pending trial.
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Iminence
Frank Welton
Terisita
Carrie Hofland
O'Neill
Neb
Woman Awarded Service Cross for Bravery in Action
Washington announces a list of Distinguished Service Cross awards including Miss Jane Jeffrey an English Red Cross nurse wounded by an aerial bomb who refused to leave her post. Also honored are Col Harry S Howland and several officers and enlisted men from Illinois Chicago St Louis and Indiana with multiple hometowns named.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Jane Jeffrey
Harry S. Howland
Pasadena
Cal
Boies Attacks Lane Farm Plan For Soldiers Scheme
Washington June 7 Representative Boies Republican of Iowa testified before the house public lands committee opposing Secretary Lane's farm plan for soldiers and sailors calling it a scheme backed by landholders he urged government cash aid without strings. Representative Bates cautioned that some supporters may be driven by vested interests and argued thousands work to push the reclamation scheme on the country.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Boies
Laws
House Public Lands Committee
Ale
Lane
Congress
Botes
Bates
Seven Iowa Gate workers strike for higher wages
Seven employees of Iowa Gate Company in Cedar Falls walked out at noon after a demand for a $1 daily raise was refused. The men, who assemble gates, left the factory reducing production and handicapping operations.
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Towa Gate Company
Cedar Falls
Iowa Gate Company
Weather Outlook For Week In District And Midwest
Weather predictions issued by the weather bureau cover the week beginning Monday, June in the region of the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Generally fair skies with near normal temperatures expected across Washington and surrounding areas.
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Washington, D. C
Mondlax
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Missouri
Mooney Strike vote tallied by unions says mixed support
The Mooney Defense League released results from Johannsen's Report showing varied union support for a general strike tied to a new trial for Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings. Figures ranged from 100 to 1 in favor among coal and metal workers to 8 to 1 against for barbers and printers, with the AFL convention in Atlantic City set to discuss the strike.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mooney Defense League Today
Theu Anton Johannsen
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
San Francisco
Carmen
Stike
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
N. d
Army Probe Rest With Special House Committee
Washington June 7 Decision to leave investigation of army affairs almost entirely in the special house committee was reached at a joint meeting of Republican steering committees. Senate military panel will focus on permanent army legislation. Plans made for cooperation to avoid duplication in legislation and investigations. A speeding up program for remaining appropriation bills was set, with House passage by June 15 and Senate two weeks to act before funds are needed. July 1 economy in appropriations was emphasized as leaders vowed to pare money bills to the minimum required.
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Associated? Presa
Paris
Paria
General Labor Federation
Federation
National Committee
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Big Farm Lands High Price After 1872 Purchase
The 367 acre William Brown farm nine miles northeast of Gladbrook Iowa sold through J C King Realty to Alexander Muthe to nets 400 per acre or 144 000 total. Brown bought in 1872 for about 1.01 per acre equating to 414 dollars for 100 acres. The farm shows a substantial net increase in value over time.
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William Brown
J. C. King Real Estate Agency
Alexander Muteh
Gladbrook
Mr. Brown
Austrian Spy Condemned by Paris Tribunal
June sentence handed to Captain Funck, a former Paris resident, by a secret court martial for spying. He allegedly supplied the enemy with details on Paris air raids and bombardments, including information on misdirected artillery from Madrid to German allies.
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Paris
Funck
Coro Tie Ting
Gathas Wid Berthas
Madrid
Pact Alteration Sentiment Grows at Peace Conference
Aune reports indicate growing sentiment in Paris for altering treaty terms as commissions push reports. The Council of Four ordered faster work, aiming to finish by Monday. Lloyd George attends reparation talks while German leader Brockdorff-Rantzau departs for Germany. Italian claims to Adriatic territory spark anxiety as Fiume talks stall.
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Council of Four
Pera
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Paris
Germany
Lloyd George
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Versailles
Sun
Bertin
Italy
Adriatic
Orlando
Fiume
I Dalmatian
Kolchak
European
Russia
Polsheviks
Winston Churchill
Hungary
Budapest
Vienna
Danube
Gram
Pressburg
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Americans Quit North Russia by Last of June
Washington reports all Archangel expedition troops to be recalled by the end of June with the first contingents sailing for Brest from Archangel June 3. A second group assembles at Economia Archangel and departs within ten days. Maj. Nichols receives the Legion of Honor while North Russia casualties total 20 officers and 536 men with specific breakdowns.
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Archangel
Russia
Economia
J. Brooks Nichols
Vologda
Brest
Nichols
Homme Ig
Detroit
Mich
North
5000 Rail Shopmen Strike Over Discharges
Roanoke Virginia June 7 More than 6000 machine shop employees of the Norfolk and Western railway walked off the job and expect other workers to join. The strike follows the discharge of men at Wilco, W V for alleged insubordination and may halt all shop work on the system. U S officials began an inquiry after reading Roanoke dispatches.
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Associated Preas
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway
Wilcoe
W. Wa
Norfolk & Western
Railroad Administration
U. S
Washington, D. C
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Reading
Senators against prohibition pledge to obey popular will
Washington June 7 Senator W L Jones told the AnLisaloon league that many opposed to prohibition would oppose any wartime repeal for beer and light wines since not in the constitution while promising strict enforcement of national prohibition. Representative Foss said Congress would not report repeal measures and that self determination governs Congress today.
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Washington, D. C
W. L. Jones
Washington
Anlisaloon League of America
J*ho
Jones
5. D. Foss
Ohio
Congress
Occupation Army Recruits Reach Fifty Thousand Mark
Washington June 7 Fifty thousand recruits for the army of occupation have been obtained. Gen March chief of staff announced that incomplete reports show 48,023 men enrolled. Three year enlistments predominate over one year. The item notes ongoing recruitment and enrollment totals.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Army of Occupation
March
Commercial telegraphers to be ordered strike center
Washington reports President J Konenkamp of the Commercial Telegraphers Union says a nation wide strike will be called upon his Chicago arrival to support Western Union workers in 10 southern states who struck Thursday night. Officials say the spread and date are undecided.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chicago, Mr. Konenkamp
Western Union
Postal Telegraph-Gable Company
Telegraphersynon
Burleson
Post Office Department
San Francisco
Union Out
Pacific Coast
Maion
Patrick O’connor
The
Los Angeles
Marshall
Denver
Colo
Montana
el Paso
Tex
Frienenkamp
Atlanta
Southern Division
Washington
National Organization of Union Men
H. G. Worthan
Charleston
D. C
New Orleans
Texas
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