Harmer Marriage License Bill Defeated in Senate
Charleston April 4. Senator Narmer's proposed marriage license bill setting a twenty day application period was defeated in the West Virginia Senate by fourteen to thirteen. Amendments to shorten the allotment failed as debate over an anti lynching measure continued with action deferred to tomorrow.
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McDowell County
Charleston
W. Va
Narmer
State Senate
Ayes
Bowers
Dinsmoor
Harmer
Helmick
Hill
Johnson
Morton
Poling
Porter
Sanders
Shaffer
Staats
Stewart
Noel Block
Boone
Burr
Chapman
Coalter
Hager
Harman
Henshaw
Hunter
Lewis
McClaren
Shackleford
Shing
Arnold
Senate
Block
White
Wheeling
Federation of Women's Clubs
House of Delegates
Capehart
House
United States
Grafton
Hinton
Heavener
State Department of Agriculture
James H. Stewart
House Committee On Agriculture
Congress
KE. M. Keatley
Outrages Attributed to Sinn Fein Killings Rise
London report shows Sinn Fein outrages in year ending March 31 with 10,894 total incidents. Police losses: 243 killed, 3,810 wounded. soldiers: 90 killed, 202 wounded. Last quarter: 2,246 outrages, 88 police killed, 156 wounded, 44 soldiers killed, 84 wounded.
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Associated Press
London
Sinn Fein
Dennis Henry
St Ireland
House of Commons
Atlantic Fleet 15 in Splendid Shape
Secretary of the Navy Denby arriving at the Washington navy yard says the Atlantic fleet is in fine shape after a two week inspection tour in Cuba Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He noted efficient use of airplanes by marines in Haiti and praised fleet readiness and the 1916 building program.
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Washington
Pruitt
Washington Navy Yard
Cuba
Haiti
Dominion Republic
Denby
Atlantic
Dominican Republic
Atlantic Fleet
Guantanamo
Pacific
Soviet Turkey pact pledges mutual aid and borders terms
Washington reports a March 16 treaty summary pledging military aid between Soviet Russia and Turkey if attacked by Allied powers or Greece. The accord sets mutual nonpropaganda, transit rights, debt remittance, and autonomy terms for Batum, Smyrna, and Thrace with Constantinople as capital.
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Soviet
Russia
Washington
Turkey
Greece
Batum
Smyrna
Thrace
Azerbaijan
Privan
Artvan
Kars
Constantinople
Conenlae Ag
Separate Peace Idea Probed by Harding Aides
Washington reports outline a plan to delay a separate peace resolution while President Harding tests a notion of a nations association. Knox Lodge and Brandegee discussed the peace plan as Geddes visited the White House. Viviani’s arrival stirred talk on allied involvement without clear direction.
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Washington
Germany
Congress
Pres
Wilson
Tarding
Association of Nations
Mr. Harding
Knox
Pennsylvania
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Brandegee
Connecticut
Auckland Geddes
White House
Rene Viviani
Viviani
To Revive Export Trade in Cotton Conference Talk
A conference in Washington on April 4 began a program to aid cotton exports. Bankers from twelve southern states met with Secretaries Hoover and Mellon, Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board, and War Finance Corporation directors. Meyer of the finance corporation said progress toward a plan to restore life to the cotton business had been made.
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Washington
Hoover
Mellon
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
War Finance Corporation
Meyer
The
Finance Corporation
More Packers in Agreement Extends Illinois Accord
In Washington on April 4 twelve independent packers in St Louis and twenty five members of the Packers and Sausage Manufacturers Association plus one Chicago cold storage firm notified the department of labor they wished to join the terms of the wage and working conditions agreement reached last month with the five leading packers in the Chicago district.
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Washington
St. Louis
Packers and Sausage Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago Cold Storage Company
Department of Labor
Chicago
British PM says govt seeks coal strike solution in Commons
London April 4 The Lloyd George government vows to probe every suggestion to end the coal crisis and hopes to open full debate within 24 hours. Labor leaders meet informally as press clings to hope that peace negotiations may avert a general stoppage and resolve the miners dispute.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Commons
Baker to Be Sworn In As U S Judge in West Virginia
W. Be Baker, appointed days ago to the northern district of West Virginia, will be sworn in at Martinsburg and assume duties by convening the April term. He travels to Martinsburg today to take the oath and begin his judgeship.
Congressional resolution to terminate the war with Germany
Washington reports that the Harding administration plans to end the war via congressional resolution. French envoy Viviani heard at dinner with Senator McCormick that Knox separate peace is favored, with Republicans aiming for immediate action upon Congress convening, while avoiding any move that aids Germany.
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Washington
Harding
United States
Germany
M. Viviani
McCormick
Illinois
League of Nations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George Harvey
New York
Court of St. James
Jusserand
Congress
Union Employes to Answer Later After Wage Talks
Pittsburg April 4. Managers committee of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Association and unionized shop workers reached an agreement to accept a "just and reasonable" wage reduction and will consider the question and answer at a later date.
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Company Association of Workers On
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Company Association of Workers
Besler Testifies On Waste From National Agreements
W G Besler president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey testified before the Railroad Labor Board that national agreements cause a 500 million dollar annual waste. He supported a living wage and favored employee organization while opposing discrimination and rigid rules. Besler will return tomorrow as the board asks Frank McManamy of the Federal Railroad Administration to appear on Wednesday.
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Chicago
W. G. Besler
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Railroad Labor Board
Frank P Walsh
Besler
Mr. Besler
Central of New Jersey
Lesler
Beeler
Walsh
Subpoenas Served on First Witnesses in Chicago Construction Probe
Chicago reporters note subpoenas were served today on initial witnesses set to testify before the Joint legislative committee investigating alleged combinations to restrain building operations in Chicago. The hearing is scheduled for Friday April 8.
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Chicago
Joint Legislative Committee
Hoover to Lead Trade Expansion Talks With Chamber Panel
Washington reports that Secretary Hoover will start a series of conferences with a five member United States Chamber of Commerce committee. The panel, appointed at Hoover's request, aims to craft a plan for expanding American trade both abroad and at home.
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Hoover
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Secretary Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chambers
Department of Commerce
A. ©. Pedford
New York
The
New Baseball Expose Promised in White Sox Scandal
Chicago lawyers defending eight White Sox players and ten others in the 1919 World Series fix case claim a broader scandal exists. They say men not named in the indictment profited over 300000 dollars on the series.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Neighbors threaten military actions over Charles exile
Prague reports an ultimatum from the Jugoslav, Czecho-Slovak, and Romanian governments demanding Charles exit Hungary by six pm Thursday. The three states threaten severing relations and launching military operations unless Hungary settles the dynastic question, cedes western Hungary to Austria, and suppresses irregular troops.
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Associated Press
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Charles
Austria
Labor favorable to Warfield plan emerges in rail talks
New York April 4 The National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities with the Big Four railroad brotherhoods and shop crafts and telegraphers held all day talks to avert a destractively impossible railroad situation. Davies Warfield and Warren S Stone said a solution is practicable through cooperation among all parties and government agencies. They indicated favor for Warfield plan creating a national railway service division and four regional boards to supervise management and operation for greater efficiency.
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New York
National Association of Owners of
Davies Warfield
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
National Railway Service Division
Commission
Labor voices reach Harding on railroad issue
President Harding listened to labor views in Washington as A. B. Garretson and B. M. Jewell presented their positions on the railroads. They said the talks were exploratory and no stance from the president was given. Officials expect railway executives to be heard before Congress opens.
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Washington
Harding
Nows of Labor
A. B. Garretson
Order of Railway Conductors
B. M. Jewell
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Garretson
White House
Congress
Peonage Probe Urged in Jasper County and South
James W. Johnson of the NAACP urged President Harding to authorize a Justice Department investigation into alleged peonage in Jasper County Georgia and other southern areas. He also requested the president back anti lynching legislation in congress.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Jasper County
South
Harding
James W. Johnson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Johnson
Congress
German German American reparations talks outline loan plan
Berlin signals willingness to back an international loan to ease European economic and financial woes. Germany offers to shoulder part of allied debts and rehabilitate devastated regions with aid to France, while the United States cites moral obligation and seeks a feasible settlement. The exchange, transmitted via Walter Simons and Diesel, marks a formal development in ongoing reparations negotiations.
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Washington
United States
Germany
State Department
Europe
France
Soll
Walter Simons
Diesel
Berlin
Simons
Currency Shipments Safeguarded by Post Office Plan
A two inspector and one post office representative panel devised safeguards for currency shipments during the crime wave. The plan is now in effect following a conference here with Postmaster General Hays and postmasters from eleven large cities. They discussed methods to speed mail deliveries and improve service.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Hays
Women Delegation Seeks Support for Mother and Infant Bill
A delegation led by Mrs Maud Wood Park of the National League of Women Voters called at the White House to urge administration backing for a mothers and infants protection bill akin to the Sheppard Towner proposal. They reported broad support from national women’s groups and discussed congressional prospects with President Harding.
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Washington
Administration
Maud Wood Park
National League of Women Voters
White House
Harding
Recognition of Ireland Convention Prep In Chicago
Headquarters of the American Association for the Irish Republic opened in Chicago today for the upcoming annual convention on April 18 and 19. National secretary Daniel Co. Minherty of Richmond Virginia and national treasurer John J. Hearn of Westfield Massachusetts arrived, announcing that five thousand delegates from forty eight states had been invited to attend the gathering.
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Chicago
American Association For the Irish Republic
Daniel Co. Minherty
Richmond
John J. Hearn
Westfield
Mass
Fiv
Attana
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Secretary of Navy
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