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Re REPORTS ON WIRE STRIKE CONFLICTING (Continuo Pace 1.) Western Union. Postal operators are out solidly in Denver, Washington, Lincoln, Sioux nd elsewhere. Western Union discharged jay. ] Is practically » declare that business is d. hers in Albany refused to Louis apparently has hardly felt eC. keting is on everywhere. Pickets were arrested in Chicago. There are conflicting claims re- garding results in New York City. before the main Western} office in New York bore! s reading, “President Wilson b Carlton.” tieup in Omaha and) New is complete. The effect in Boston is negligible. CONDITIONS NORMAL CARLTON DECLARES. YORK, June 11.—Reports seven divisions of the Western on throughout the United States and maritime provinces showed full forces of operators on duty two hours the Commercial Telegraphers’ strike order went into effect, |} : 5 for delegates. If the primaries were Newcomb Carlton, president, an- seem pad peed sn proves. ane He to be held there tomorrow, Governor nounced today. Divisional reports|Project statements Zor (1,188. pro- Cox, it is said, would win the dele- covering all centéra® declared | cau @: ocalemuimated| cost of) $108; gation. Of course, such a thing would that traffic 05,829.15, and io total of $48,076,- put Mr. Baker out of the running. .63 federal aid. On the same date Senator Pomerene of Ohio is an- DIVERGENT CLAIMS Sa Lprolect Agrecmen had beeniexe- Ar re pay other aspirant for the Democratic MADE IN WASHINGTON. cubed pinvolvings G2 Seen ml eA Olae DP 9 WILSON nomination. ‘The Senator, however, is inted Press.) roed, at _a total estimated cost of we eo a not expected to jump into the race June 11.—OfMf- $47,426,749.49, of which $19,521,- Baker of the Western Union and Postal sgraph companies and the Com- Telegraphers’ union made divergent claims as to the ef- fect here of the order of Konenkamp i 1 nation-wide strike. n headquarters it; 1 that the force was 100 per normal, while the Postal declare than 10 per cent of the force le as out. 4 - friends have been setting out to run president may find it necessary to run; Union officers claimed that upwards Tope the profession of hotel waiter yim for that high office on the strength jn order to foree the United States to | of 1,000 operators and other employes | }5 held as a highly dignified calling, o¢ his war record, revealing a po- take up with the covenant for failed to report. and the continental governments run jitical capacity quite equal to his mili- Teague of Nations has made things| Carlton of the Western Union tele- phoned Burleson as follows: “All seven divisions report that ab- solutely nothing has happened. A full force is working and traffic is clear-| President Reynolds of the al said: Traffic is moving smoothly.” POSTAL SERVICE GREATLY CURTAILED CHICAGO, June 11.—At the board! of trade it was announced that the Postal wire service was greetly cur- tailed. CASPER STRIKERS | ALONE IN STATE DENVER, June’ 11.—Practically | all operators employed by the Postal Telegraph in Denver struck today. The Western Union maintained that} no operators had left the keys. In Wyoming, Casper was the only | point on the Western Union affected so far as has been reported. Six| operstors there struck. Two girls operating automatic machines and two executives remained at work. In Arizona ,the only place affected | reporting was Tucson, where out of | a force of 18 operators at the West- ern Union, 13 went on strike. All check girls at Tucson also | struck. | PUBLIC LEDGER | SPORT EDITOR WILL REFERFE (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, June 11.—Wil- liam Rocap, sporting editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger was named today as referee of the Wil- lard-Demp a ge, If a man possgssed the industry and architectural skill of the African | , he could build for himself, with-| ar out any assistance, a house so lofty! t the Woolworth building would! as a doorstep to it. eure, oe At the Iris Theater Saturday Would Seeing Your Future FIFTILIPSLLLALLZAZIZILII POLI AL SD 2 x: It does a (Lop in The WILLIA ‘Fox Morelity Producnon WHY I WOULD NOT MARRY ns thes world can maintain is estimated at six billions, or about four times the present population. special schools of training for this tary c NEW YORK, June 11.—President| Profession, which is regarded as a \ stepping stone to hotel management. MAYSETSNEW RECORDINROAD | WORK OF NATION One Hundred Twenty-Four Federal Projects Approved by Secre- tary of Agriculture at Cost of 15 Million. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 11.— During May the secretary of agricul- ture epproved project statements for 124 federal aid projects, involving the improvement of 0.87 miles of road at a total estimated cost of $15,120,771.00, and on which fed- eral aid in the amount of $6,382,- 081.28 was requested. This repre- sents the largest number of project; statements approved during any month since the passage of the fed-! eral aid road e2ct. ‘ During the month there were exe- cuted by the secretary and the sev- eral state highway departments 81 project agreements, involving the im provement of 667.71 miles of road at a total estimated cost of $7,992,-| 867.25, and on which $3,570,087 federal aid was requested and set! aside in the treasury. In addition, agreements to cover 59 other pro- jects were placed in process of exe- cution during the month. Up to and including May 31, 1919, prpject. statements for §,188 pro- Ss SOMES SoS WWHY.1.WOMLD-NOT MARRY WILLIAM Fi AT THE IRIS THEATER SATURDAY BAKER AND COX with Governor Cox and Mr. AIL iE sas) CUS both active candidates. -——_ ~~ The total number o: 1 funds. * Two QOhioans Ready to Step to Front as Candidates for Presidency but Gumshoe Work Is Made Difficult peopie that! At the pres- aspires to the presidenc administration In the continental countries of Eu- apacity. Arriving on the scarred battlefields of Ohio late, Mr. finds that Governor James M. has passed that way before him. It is said, among the wise men of politics, that Governor Cox, not rely- ing entirely on moral force to gather support, s been busy seeing his Tbemocratic brethren in recent months and getting promises of votes. The result si that the governor has the in- L acdkidbed ‘ ver uncomfortable for them. + political Baker Cox ernor Cox or Mr. Baker be put CASPER CHORAL SOCIETY in the Cantata “THE ROSE MAIDEN” 6-10. EHH IT HGH KEELE HEHEHE EEE Largest Fruit Market in the State Sweet Juicy Oranges While They Last 3 5C PER DOZEN KREIS All Orders to the Amount of $1.00 or Over Delivered Free “WE HANDLE EVERYTHING THAT GROWS” CITY FRUIT MARKET 114 South Wolcott Two Stores 151 South Center tions, speaks of Humbugs and AMcesbacka’a:ithe\Chactangua. Phone 247 and Get the Best - oe | REE PERE ESET SE IEEE RE EE HEE HEHE FEE EIEHE HEE FE FETE HEHE SE EEE HE TEE HEE ESE DR. 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However, it is | | well understood in Washington that Mr. Marshall has never had the con- fidence or liking of the White House because of the fact he has shown a} | disposition to have independent views | of things and voice these views with- | out getting anybody’s O. K. for them. |A Tritune Want Ad Will Sell It, ——— “BARNETT’S OF COURSE” “The Right Shoe FOR YOUR FOOT” Are you one of the men who have suffered by having a shoe misfitted; or the wrong shape of last sold to you; or given a kind of leather not et all adapted to your needs? There is no carelessness in fitting shoes here! a We take great pains to see that your shoe is long enough to give all the toes plenty of room after the foot has set- tled.. The large toe joint must come in the right place and the outline is the kind you should wear; or we don’t want you to ss have the shoe. You have our guarantee of perfect satisfaction when you depend on us to give you the best shoe for your foot. 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