Borah Seeks Testimony On Treaty Copies and Financiers
In a Senate inquiry, Senator Borah claims high finance interests in New York push for the League of Nations. He cites potential copies of the treaty in these hands and asks for subpoenas to cover Vanderlip and other figures. Taft may testify as the committee weighs disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
League of Nations
International Bankers
New York
League
Vanderlip
Hitchcock
Frank A. Vanderlip
Williams
Mississippi
Taft
Senate
Taft Ready
Frazier Hunt
Chicago
Knox
Lamont
American Co
Itchcock
Lodge
Hitchcoc
Polk
Brandagee
Dagee
Senator McCumber
Beckham
Kentucky
Perkins Jr Faces First Degree Murder Trial Start
The Perkins murder trial opened with no jury seated on the first day as William Perkins Jr showed calm composure. Sixteen prosecution and twenty defense witnesses attended. a large crowd filled the courtroom while jurors were to be empanelled later. If seated today the jury would be taken to the Nelsonville murder scene in the afternoon, otherwise Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
William Perkins, Jr
Nelsonville
Troop Trains Move Through Athens for Camp Worth Demobilization
Seven trains carrying 36th Division troopers pass through Athens bound for Camp Worth with a 136th Infantry unit of twelve coaches departing Union Depot at 9:50 A M. Other trains follow at 10:30, 11:30, 1:10, 2:10, 3:10, and 6:10 P M. Additional 89th Division men on the first Sunday train were seen in town. Red Cross committee coordinates service for all trains.
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Athens
Camp Worth
Bloor
136Th Infantry
Union Depot
Oklahoma City
Kentucky
Camp Sherman
Red Cross Committee
Miss Elsie Mariner Starts Stenography at Helwig Office
Miss Elsie Mariner began duties as a stenographer today in the office of Squire Helwig. She assumes tasks in clerical support and transcription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Mariner
Squire Helwig
Brandeis to Visit Europe On Travel For Jewish State
Justice Louis D Brandeis will depart for Europe by June 14 visiting Paris and Palestine to explore a possible separate Jewish state and to verify equal rights for Jews in Poland Galicia Romania and other nations where pogroms occurred recently.
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Louis D. Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Europe
Paris
Palestine
Poland
Galicia
Romania
Everybody Rich in Tierra Amarilla Village
A travel sketch of Tierra Amarilla New Mexico describes a small Spanish town of about 500 people where a large portion can qualify on a $50,000 bond through sheep and wool wealth. The piece highlights adobe houses chili cuisine a wool barbershop gasping odors in shops and local hospitality.
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Pagosa Springs
Colo
New Mexico
Colorado Line
Tierra Amarilla
Phonograph
Girls Far Enough Is Jury Verdict in School Feeding Case
A father sued the Howells Girls' school governors alleging his daughter was underfed. A class inspection showed most girls appeared well fed and the jury found against the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardiff
Howells Girls’ School
Llandaff
Fire at General Craig House in Coblenz Raises Security
Military inquiry in Coblenz could not identify the shooter who fired three shots at Brigadier General Malin Craig’s home. The attack is linked to a German secret list ranking Americans, with Craig as the third name on the list.
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Coblenz
Malin Craig
Third Army
Craig
Wildon Drubbed by Day Speakers in Temperance Rally
Vigilancy was urged as a watchword in the temperance movement by dry workers at area churches Sunday. Noted speakers included James A. White of the Anti-Saloon League and Rev. T. M. Hare, district superintendent, among others. They urged a vigilant outlook to preserve the victory and criticized President Wilson on the liquor question.
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James A. White
Anti-Saloon League
First Presbyterian
T. M. Hare
Anti-Saloon League of
Cincinnati
M. E
J. M. Lockhard
League
T. B. Jarvis
Canton
Wilson
Hare
Federal judge orders Willys-Overland plant restraint reopening
United States Judge John M. Killits issued a temporary order restricting striking workers and others from interfering with the Willys-Overland plant in Toledo. Pickets limited to 150, with fifty on duty, and marshal supervision at gates. The plant is expected to reopen Wednesday amid potential protest limits. Also reported, Lieutenant Maurice Kinnear, 20, Oberlin College student and former artillery officer, died from a self-inflicted gunshot in a college building. a borrowed revolver and a girl’s letter were found nearby.
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Toledo
United States
John M. Killits
Willys-Overland Company
Overland
Self Oberlin
Maurice Kinnear
Artillery Corps
Oberlin College
China
Blaze Destroys Hartje Paper Plant in Steubenville
Fire started in the Hartje Paper Company engine room destroyed the plant early yesterday. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 100000 dollars, with the engine room and pulp storage rooms completely wiped out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville Steubenville
Hartje Paper Company
Britain Faces New Political Strife Over Peace Terms
London dispatch reports Britain's postwar political battle sharpens as Lloyd George faces attacks from Northcliffe's press. Coalition tensions rise between conservatives and progressives over Ireland home rule and public ownership. Key figures include J H Thomas, Bob Smillie, and ministers in a fragile wartime government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don E. Chamberlain
United Press
Nondon
Britain
Lord Northcliffe
Lloyd George
Germany
Ireland
Northcliffe
J. H. Thomas
Thomas
Bob Smillie
Smillie
Landowners asked to renew Camp Sherman leases
June 9. Owners of the Camp Sherman land received requests to renew government leases for another year because Congress has not sanctioned the War Department plan to buy the land, though deals are closed for all but two parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Congress
War Department
Altitude Record Smashed by French Aviator Casale
Paris June 8 Lieutenant Casale established a new world height record by ascending 9500 meters 31167 feet surpassing his previous 31000 foot mark. An English inventor has developed a chromium strengthened steel for rust and tarnish proof tableware by adding about 12 percent chromium to mild carbon steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lieutenant Casale
Wheat Crop Surges to 1.326 Billion Bushels in U S
Washington notes the spring wheat crop on June 1 at 91.2 percent condition, 100.8 percent of normal acreage. Winter wheat at 94.9 with 133.3 percent of normal acreage. Total wheat output for the year estimated at 1,326,000,000 bushels, up 307,000,000 from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Trans Atlantic Handley Page Plane May Test Flight Next Week
In Harbor Grace Newfoundland Vice Admiral Mark Kerr announced the Handley Page trans Atlantic craft will likely have its first test flight on this side Monday with a more definite attempt possible next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Grace
N. F
Handley-Page
Mark Kerr
Handley- Page
Governors urged to call special sessions on ratifying suffrage
Governor J A Burnquist sent telegrams to all state governors asking if they would convene special sessions this year to ratify the federal suffrage amendment. The note adds a line about women on stage being more often seen than elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
J. A. Burnquist
Organized Labor in South Up in Air
Rose Copeland, president of the Gear Federation of Labor, told Georgia strikers that organized crafts would take drastic action to support telephone and telegraph workers. He said organized labor will back the fight to the finish, with all sinking or swimming together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Labor
South UP
Air Atlanta
Rose Copeland
Gear Federation of Labor
Organized Crafts of
Georgia
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Wildon
Temperance Cause
Uaders
Basford
E. Carpenter
Great Britain
Pratt’s Poultry Food
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Frank W. Love
Jacksonville, Ohio
A. B. Klar
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