Peace Conference Delays as German Reply Plans Emerge
Paris dispatch reports the Big Four expect to deliver revised German counter proposals by Monday with two days for a reply and a three day grace before armistice suspension. Talks outline Austrian terms for Monday, Turkey terms Tuesday, and Wilson's Brussels trip while labor covenant changes draw debate. Optimism about mass acceptance prevails though plenary sessions may be needed.
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Paris
Council Hs Four
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Baron Makino
Turkey
Wilson
Brussels
Germany
Engineman's failure to observe caution caused fatal wreck
Washington June 14 Failure of Engineman Githens of the Scranton express to observe a caution signal led to the rear end collision on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad near Fort Washington Pa last January. Fourteen persons killed in the wreck.
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Washington, D. C
Githens
Scranton Express
Philadelphia & Reading
Fort Washington
Bureau of Safety
Interstate Commerce Commission
Miners Strike in France Feared as Government Seeks Peace
Paris reports worry over a general miners strike and possible sympathy walkouts by the inter union trust including rail and seamen workers. Federal and national labor leaders plan a 34 hour joint strike across France Italy Britain and Belgium to protest intervention in Russia and demand amnesty and rapid demobilization.
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Paris
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Meta
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Russia
Border skirmish leaves several dead near Juarez
Juarez Mexico reports a border clash between federals and advanced forces of Gen Angeles at 4 20 pm yesterday with several killed on the federal side. American dispatches note Villa tactics of feints and possible large scale attack after maneuvers, while Juarez remains quiet and garrison scouts report Villa troops concentrated at Villa Ahumada with detachments elsewhere. Columbus New Mexico troops reduced to one battalion as 24th infantry moves to reinforce border guard.
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Army Trucks to Tour to Pacific Coast by Lincoln Route
Washington plans completed for the first trans continental army motor truck train. It will depart July 7 from Washington and reach San Francisco in 47 to 60 days via the Lincoln highway with detours. Two full truck companies will operate the train, carrying five passenger cars, 35 trucks, ambulances, motorcycles, tank trucks, trailers, and support vehicles.
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Washington, D. C
Motor Transport Corps
Washington
San Francisco
Wilson
White House
Lincoln Highway
U S Writer Robert Minor Arrested in Coblenz on British Request
Robert Minor American magazine writer and cartoonist is imprisoned in Coblenz by American military authorities after being arrested by French at Britain's request. Reports say he traveled from Petrograd via Düsseldorf where he printed radical pamphlets. British authorities reportedly do not seek further action. Nine men of mixed nationalities face a British commission in Cologne over propaganda charges.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Robert Minor
Third Army
Minor
Duesseldorf
Petrograd
Cologne
China Cabinet Falls as President Hsu Considers Ouster
In June 14 dispatches, pro Japanese factional strain forces the cabinet to resign while President Hsu Shih Chang signals intent to oust office. Parliament may reject the resignation, a de facto vote of confidence. Strikes cripple nationwide rail traffic as China’s politics grow more unsettled.
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Associated Press
Peking
Hsu Shih Chang
China
Foch
Germany
Haller
France
Poland
Marshal Foch
German Armistice Commission
Spa
Weimar
National Assembly
Americans to Bring Most Dead From France Home
Three fourths of American war dead in France will be buried in U.S. soil. Gen Marek said only about 20 percent of relatives favor permanent French burial. With over 1,1000 soldiers buried in France, the task proceeds slowly and no return date has been set.
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Washington, D. C
France
Chamberlain
Marek
Fra
March
Governor Ernest Lister Dies in Seattle
Governor of Washington Ernest Lister died in Seattle after several months of illness. His death ends a lengthy administration and prompts state mourners and officials to prepare for tributes.
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Seattle
Ernest Lister
Washington
Two Days Limit for Germans to Reply to Peace Terms
Paris reports that Germany will have only two days to consider the revised peace terms, with three days grace before armistice suspension. If refused, hostilities may resume next Saturday, June 21, as talks shift and smaller nations push plenary sessions.
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Associated Press
Germany
Paris
Associated Powers
Silesia
Justice Bribery Claim Involving Dingee and Henshaw
In a San Francisco deposition dated June 14, William J. Dingee testified that $400,000 was paid to Frederick W. Henshaw then a justice of the state supreme court. He said the money was to influence a reversal of a supreme court ruling affecting the $22,600,000 Fatwill trust.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
William J. Dingee
Frederick W. Henshaw
State Supreme Court
Henshaw
Dungee
Supreme Court
James G. Fat
Death penalty for French editor who aided the enemy
Paris reports Gaston Routier a prominent French journalist was sentenced to death by the martial court for imparting military intelligence to Germany. Routier, a Socialist with extreme tendencies, allegedly conspired with German agents in Spain to start a French language paper for pro-German propaganda. He founded La Paix in Madrid in 1917.
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Tress
Paris
Gaston Routier
Routier
Spain
Pawel
Madrid
la Paix
Bolo Pasha
Levandine
Parla
Poles Fear Teats Will Sway Votes In Silesia Plebiscite
Paris reports Poles anxious over the Silesia plebiscite fearing German control and influence unless Allied forces, ideally American troops, are promptly deployed. Boundary changes would trade Polish districts for coast access, with a stricter ethnographic line guiding the redraw.
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Associated Press
Paris
Silesia
Posen
Breslau
Pomerania
Schneidemuehl
West Prussia
Guhrau
Imilitseh
Silessia
Germany
Food raids in Spezia make wine a gift
In Spezia crowds roamed shops looting hats shoes and provisions, with wine taken from shops and distributed to locals. Hogs heads of wine were rolled into the streets as mobs controlled the market and forced merchants to sell at fixed prices amid rampant disorder.
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Spezia
Associated
Presa
Rome
Excursion Trains Cut to Help Move Yanks
The director general ordered limits on special excursion and recreation trains to aid soldier transport from France. Permits were cancelled, including 7A coaches and Pullmans by New York Central from New York to move spectators for the Willard Dempsey fight on July 4.
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Associated Press
Washington, I. A
Hines
New York Central
New York
Weather forecast for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
Weather bureau forecast for the week beginning Monday expects showers early days then fair weather with nearly normal temperatures. Holiday Nutmargarine is presented as a brand equal to Butter.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Vimy Plane On Way To Make Transatlantic Flight
The Vickers Vimy flight began at 4 22 pm Greenwich time with Capt Jack Alcock and Lieut Arthur Whitten Brown aboard a two crew bomber. The craft, wing span 67 feet, uses Rolls Royce engines and carries 860 gallons of fuel for about 2440 miles. Brown’s wartime service included fighting fires midair and surviving German captivity before becoming an air ministry lecturer.
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Associated Press
St. Jesus
N. W
Greenwich
Jack Alcock
Arthur Whitten Brown
Alcock
Royal Naval Air Service
Brown
Arthur Whitten’ Brown
Switzerland
England
Air Ministry
Floridian Arrives With 1,791 Troops From 148th Artillery
The Floridian brings 1,741 troops including 24 officers and 411 enlisted from the 148th field artillery, 41st division, plus 10 officers and 421 men of the 509th engineers and 21 members of the 363rd service park unit. Transports Buford and W. A. Luckenbach also arrive at Newport News with about 3,500 officers and men from Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Tennessee.
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New York
148Th Field Artillery
St. Nazaire
509Th Engineers
Newport News
Buford
W. A. Luckenbach
Texas
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Tennessee
Danish Lutheran Church Meets in Minnesota in 1920
The Dan ish United Lutheran Church of America will meet in Hutchinson Minnesota in 1920. A vote of 6 to 44 decided the location and year. France Orders U S Ships. Edward Hurley approves orders in American shipyards for a half million tons of merchant ships to sail under the French flag. Actor Weedon Gros smith dead in London.
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Minnesota
Sedar Falls
Danish United Lutheran Church of America
Hutchinson
Minn
France
Associated Press
Paris
Edward W. Hurley
Cohairman
United States Shipping Board
Union Wets Rally in Capital for Anti Prohibition Day
Thousands of union men from many cities gathered in Washington to protest prohibition plans. Crowds predicted to exceed 100000 as delegates arrived by special trains and bands marched around the Capitol area. Some visiting officials complained after placards reading I Am for Prohibition were found on cars. Delegates from Atlantic City and Seattle prepared to join the demonstration, with the American Federation of Labor convention adjourned until Monday.
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Britain Works to Give League Legs
An Associated Press report from London details a June 13 rally by the British League of Nations Union to popularize the league. Viscount Grey presided as Lord Robert Cecil led a strong defense of the league, praised by Wilson and joined by J. R. Clynes, Dr. Alexander Irving, and Dr. Joan Clifford. Attendees included John W. Davis and Vice Admiral David Beatty. The crowd of 7,000 urged united public support to turn the league into a reality amid occasional heckling and a red flag noting antiwar sentiment.
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London
League of Nations
British
League of Nations Union
David Beatty
United
Robert Cecil
League
Wilson
Lord Robert
Baltic
Grey
Viscount Grey
Red Army May Seek Link With Hungarians
Russian Bolshevik troops reportedly crossed the Galician boundary and move toward Tarnopol with the aim of joining Hungarian Bolsheviks once the frontier is reached. Czecho-Slovaks report a favorable turn, recapturing towns from the Hungarians.
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Associated Press
London
Tarnopol
Vienna
Meats Drop Claims Spark Dealers Assert War Habits Fade
A Chicago note reports retail meat dealers nationwide blaming consumers for high meat costs while arguing prices have fallen in wholesale. The group contends wartime eating habits, now unnecessary, keep American shoppers from benefiting from price declines. An advert for Ginco preserves quality at 7 cents.
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Chicago
United States
Telegraphers Strike Halts Western Union Telegrams in Iowa
Across Iowa hundreds of towns lose telegraph service as railroad telegraphers refuse commercial traffic. Western Union reports 23 000 offices affected, with up to 115 000 messages daily blocked. union leaders say all out, while railroads comply with special handling schedules.
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Iowa
Western Union
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St. Louis
Western ? Union
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Associated Press
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
J. Konen- Kamp
Missouri Pacific
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Association of Western Union
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Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Edward Wach
Association
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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Telegraphers’ Union
Western Brokers’ Division
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
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