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WINNIPEG, June 9—The strike
leaders appealed to the union men this
.morning not to take any definite ac
tion until next Tuesday about calling
off the general strike and returning
to work.
This appeal of the strike leaders
Intimates that the Canadian Railway
Brotherhood may take some action
within twenty four hours that has
a bearing on the strike.
Negotiations between the strike
leaders and officials of the Brother
hood which have been carried on for a
considerable time seem to have been
concluded favorably for the strikers.
POLICE FORCE RESIGNS
WINNIPEG, June 9-—The whole
police force lias be n dismissed by the
may A because the guardians of law
and i«'der refused the peremptory de
mand of the authorities to sign an
agreement that they would not join
the general strike.
MAY LEAVE WITHIN TWO WEEKS
PARIS, June 9—It has been offi
citlly announced that President Wil
son may be ready to leave France
within two weeks.
The Peace negotiations between the
Allies, Germany and Austria wil pre
sumably be concluded by that time
and the presence of the President be
not so imperatively required.
SAM PEDDLES THE HULL
ATLANTIC CITY, June 9—Declar
ing that the world has in truth been
made safe for democracy, the execu
tive committee of the American Fed
eration of Labor in its annual ses
sion now beng held in this city, un
qualifiedly endorsed the German
Peace treaty and the League of Na
tions.
President Gompers in his address
to the delegates at the opening of
this session stated, that tyranny
whether in political or industrial life
of the nation will not be tolerated by
organized labor.
SHIP RAILROAD SUPPLIES
SEATTLE, June 9—The mammoth
Tug Anyox, carrying several hun
dred tons of rails, towing the barge
Henry Villard heavily loaded with
lumber and material for the construc
tion of bridges on the Alaska Railroad
departed for Seward and Anchorage
today by way of the inside passage.
The steamer Bergen is scheduled
Jo sail today with cannery employees
and supplies for Kodak and Nus
hagak.
The Bergen after discharging her
crago will be used in carryng the
mail between Kodiak and Nushagak.
WILL LEAVE FOR ALASKA
SEATTLE, June 9—Dispatches re
ceived here from Washington D. C.
state that the Coast Guard Geodetic
Survey steamer Surveyor has arrived
from the European war zone and will
i nthe near future leave for the North
ern Paoific to resume her work in
surveying and charting the waters
of the South Western coast of Alaska.
WILL ABANDON CABLE
WASHINGTON, June 9—It is as
serted here that the War Department
is intending to ultimately abandon
the Alaska cable and will substitute]
wireless service for the present un
satisfactory cable service.
Two huge radio stations will be
established by the War Department
one to be located in Seatte and one
in Fairbanks.
These stations working in conjunc
tion with intercommunjicating sta
tions adready estabfished in Alaska
and six such additional stations will
it is believed improve the radio ser
vice and bring it to an up to date
standard.
The Military Appropriation bill
now before the Military Affairs Com
mittee of the House of Congress car
ries an appropriation of $250,000 for
the purpose of putting this plan into
operation. ,
TO CARRY ON ROAD WORK
WASHINGTON, June 9—An ap
propriation of one hundred thousand
dollars to carry on the work of the
Alaska Road Commission has been
reported favorable.
WILL push bill
WASHINGTON, June 9—Maurice
Leaky arrived hero today tj prcs3
the bill now before Congress, by
which the Territory of Alaska seeks
relief of unsatisfactory shipping con
ditions thru the newly created Terri
torial Shipping Board.
MEANS STARVATION
VIENNA, June 9—President Seitz
declared at the opening of the extra
ordinary session of the Austrian Par
liament that the Allied Peace terms
as presented to the Austrian Dele
gates were impossible to fulfill and
that their unconditional acceptance
meant the death of the Austrians by
starvation.
Premitr Seitz intimated that count
er proposals would be made by the
Austrian government and that he
hoped the Allies would moderate
their most excessive demands.
DISCHARGE MEN
CHICAGO, June 9—Following the
call for a nation wide telegraphers
strike to be inaugurated on June 11th
many union telegraph operators thru
out the country are being discharged.
The Companies seemingly are forcing
matters by not waiting until the
strike goes into effect.
NATION WIDE STRIKE C.\LLED
CLEVELAND, June 9—Officials of
the National Telephone Workers Un
ion here stated today that a nation
wlide strike of all telephone workers
would be called by next Monday.
This action has been decided upon !
by the national officials of the tele
phone workers to enforce their de
mands for an increase in wages and at
the same time to assist the striking
Commercial Telegraphers in gaining
the object of their strike.
VILLA AGAIN ACTIVE
EL PASO, June 10—'The residents
| of Juarez are fleeing from the latter
city in crowds, in anticipation of an
attack by Villa and his followers up
on Juarez.
Villa has succeeded in capturing
Ahumeda on the Juarez-Chihuahua
railroad eighty miles south of Juarez.
The refugees are crowding the In
ternational bridge in their haste to es
cape from Mexico into this country.
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The capture of Ahumeda is a serious
blow to the Carranza government as
railroad communications between
Juarez and Chihuahua has been com
pletely cut by this unexpected coup
of Villa and hlis followers.
STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK
WINNIPEG, Juno 10—The first
serious break in the ranks of the
strikers occurred today when several
scores of telegraphers deserted the
strikers and returned to their keys
CONGRATULATES SAM
ATLANTIC CITY. June 10—Presi
dent W{ilson cabled greetings to the
congress of the American Federation
of Labor Which is now in session here.
After paying tribute to American
, labor for its patriotism during the
| war. he eulogized President Samuel
I Gompers, saying that the latter had
i won universal confidence and had in
j international circles as well, as at
i home, established a reputation for
i sane and helpful council.
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CANDIDATE
i WASHINGTON, June 10—Senators
Borah and Kenyon today joined in an
: announcement declaring that Senator
| Hiram Johnson of Calfornia will be
j the candidate of the Senate Progres
sives for the presidency at the next
election.
1 YANKS WILL
ACCOMPANY DIRIGIBLE
| LONDON, June 10—It has been
I announced here that Lieutenant Com
j mander Landsdowne of the American
jNavy will accompany a British Dir
| igible whch will shortly attempt a
| trans Atlantic flight.
The dir'gible is expected to leave
| in a few days on its attempt. Atlan
j tic City wjll be its landing place if
the flight is performed successfully.
i WHOLESALE KILLING OF JEWS
j LONDON, June 10—According to
an intercepted Russian wireless mess
age a wholesale slaughter of Jews
has occurred in Ukrania.
Three thousand jews are reported
j to have been killed in Felshtyn, four
• thousand in Teplek and morS than a
I thousand in Zhitomir in the Kiev gov
ernment.
70,000 TO STRIKE
CHICAGO, Juno 10—President
j Koncnkamp of the National Tele
Igraphers organization stated that he,
had received additional information j
from the local unions in various,
parts of the country which assure!
him that the sentiment o(*tho major j
part of the members of his organiza-/
tion are In favor of complying -with
the strike call.
Konenkamp stated that in his opin
ion only eleventh hour concessions by
the operating companies can prevent
a walkout of seventy thousand oper
ators thruout the United States.
RATIFY AMENDMENT
SPRINGFIELD, June 10—Illinois
was the first to ratify the Women Suff
rage Constitutional Amendment, the
general assembly approving the meas
ure today.
MADISON, June 10—The Legis
lature of Wisconsin ratified the Wo
men Constitutional Suffrage Amend
ment by an overwhelming majority
today.
WORKERS TO 1MIGRATE
ZURICH, June 10—Dispatches re
ceiVed here from Germany state that
a movement #has been set on foot in
the Ruhr district, one of Germany’s
richest Industrial regions for a whole
sale emigration of its population un
less the Peace treaty is signed.
Alluring posters which are urging
the working people to emigrate to
South America are posted everywhere
the report states, but not informa
tion on who is responsible for the
starting of this movement seems to be
obtainable.
MAY HAVE TROUBLE
BERLIN, June 10—The National
Convention of the Majority Socialist
Party now in session at Weimar
marks the first meeting of the faction
led by Chancellor Phillip Scheid
man since it became virtually the
government party.
The session promises to apply the
acid test to the integrity of the Ger
man Socialist party in view of the
prevailing national crisis and the
chronic unrest within the party
ranks.
It is freely predicted that Chancel
for Scheideman will experience the
greatest difficulty in holding his
party together and to retain its lead
ership.
Scheideman has lost some of his
many ardent followers owing to his
vacillating policy since his accession
to power and he will encounter con
siderable difficulty in keeping hs fol
lowing intact.
STRIKE BECOMING ACUTE
PARIS, June 11—The local labor
ertisis which was by consent of the |
strikers suspended during the penta-|
costal holidays is growing acute again, i
An increasing number of workers I
are daily laying down their tools and
refusing to work for the old scale of
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REPEAL LAW
WASHINGTON, June 11—The
Senate today passed the Kellog bill
for the repeal of the war time act
authorizing governmental control and
operation of all telegraph telephone
and cable lines and all commercial
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TO IjAY second cable
WASHINGTON, June 11—Senator
Jones today introduced a bill appro
J priating $500,000 for the investiga
; tion for feasible routes for a second®
cable to Manila. The bill instructs
the Secretaries of War, Navy and
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Senator Jones said, that altho the
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