United States and Japan Stand Firm on Yap Mandate
Washington and Tokyo issued memoranda and notes asserting opposing claims to Yap. Japan says the May 7 1919 Paris mandate awarded the island. the United States states it cannot be bound by any supreme council or League of Nations action and will not recognize the mandate. Allies seek a common reply with France awaiting council guidance.
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Supreme Council
League of Nations
Washington
Pacific
Yap
Tokio
Japan
Wilson
Paris
Hughes
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mr. Mine
Harding
Caoun
London would settle strike as Lloyd George seeks conciliatory path
London reports a calmer mood amid the coal strike as Premier Lloyd George shows restraint and hints at wage reform. He rejects rapid curbs on unions while backing a national wage settlement in principle and urging a conference with miners. A vote of confidence for Frank Hodges could trigger a new conference, following the Triple Alliance walkout.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Frank Hodges
Miners’ Union
Triple Alliance
Life Insurance Dividend Declared by Mellon
Secretary Mellon announced a dividend on government life insurance of not less than one dollar per thousand of coverage. The notice dates from Washington on April 18. The policyholders will receive the benefit as the government expands its life insurance program.
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Washington
Mellon
Harding greetings extended to D A R at congress
Vice President Coolidge delivered the president’s greetings to the Daughters of the American Revolution during the thirteenth continental congress session in Washington. He cited sacrifices at Bunker Hill and Lexington and praised liberty to be treasured. Sir Auckland Geddes urged Anglo American unity.
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Harding
Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Congress
Coolidge
Sir Auckland Geddes
Jules J. Jusserand
Bunker Hill
Lexington
Paul Revere
Sir Auckland
Supreme Court rules curtailment of property rights justifiable in public need
Washington April 18 the supreme court upheld broad public interest as justification for laws regulating leases in the District of Columbia and New York state. Five to four majority supports Ball act and New York sea laws limiting dispossession and mandating landlord services. Dissenting justices challenge if constitutional guarantees permit such drastic government intervention.
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Washington
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
New York
Congress
Holmes
Rents Commission
United States
McKenna
Senate rejects dozen men named by Gov Cornwell
In Charleston on April 18, twenty six Republican senators caucused to reject twelve governor Nominated appointees for state health and labor posts. Vinson and Peters were singled out as not properly before the senate. Other candidates for health and pharmacy boards also failed to win approval. An additional caucus was planned to decide further action.
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W. Va
John J. Cornwell
Senate
L. T. Vinson
H. E. Peters
Cornwell
Public Health Council
W. J. Davidson
Parkersburg
FE. H
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J. I. Pyle
Chester
Walter M. Babb
Keyser
W. T. Henshaw
Martinsburg
B. F. Shuttleworth
Clarksburg
H. PF
Samuel B. Montgomery
Morgan
Jack Smith
Huntington
House of Delegates
John Moore
Workmen's Com Department
F. F. Farnsworth
United States Public Health Service
Dr. Rutherford
Williamson
United States Steel stockholders pledge support to Gary in labor conflicts
At the New York annual meeting stockholders unanimously endorsed Ebvert H. Gary and associates to manage the company in any future labor conflicts. They affirmed the right of every American to enter contracts without hindrance, while discussing the labor question. No reference to the planned June 19 campaign to unionize the steel industry was made.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Ebvert H. Gary
Germany Calls Versailles Treaty Violated by New Customs Regime
Paris April 18 An Allied occupied territory regime under the Rhineland commission is called a new flagrant violation of the Versailles treaty. Berlin April 18 The reparations commission demands Reichsbank gold be deposited by May 1 in Cologne or Koblenz as security, unless Germany grants permission. Reichsbank gold holdings total 1 091 602 000 marks as of April 7.
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Germany
Rhineland Commission
Council of Ambassadors
Associated Press
Berlin
Reparations Commission
German War Gardens Commission
Reischbank
Cologne
Coblenz
Reichsbank
Boy of Ten Electrocuted Near Graham in Tragic Accident
A ten year old boy, Buddy Frye, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Frye, was electrocuted at 11 40 Sunday morning after climbing near transformers behind the Graham Hardware and Graham Mattress Company. He touched a high voltage wire carrying about 2200 volts, died instantly, his left hand badly burned. Billy Leedy witnessed the accident. Drs. Castile and Phelgar were among responders as the Appalachian power company cut the current from Bluefield. The youths stood on a platform with three transformers. Buddy lay across the middle one when removed.
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Buddy” Frye
O. M. Frye
Graham Hardware Company
Graham Mattress Company
Buddy
Billy Leedy
Leedy
Drs. Castile
Phelgar
Appalachian
Bluefield
G. KE. George
8. J. Gibbs
J. R. Clifton
Former Kaiser Overwhelmed by Grief at Augusta Victoria Death
Doorn Holland April 18 The former German emperor endured a night of nervous low mood delaying his attendance at the funeral train departure for Augusta Victoria's body. He later recovered to join a special service before Princess Victoria Louise and Duke of Brunswick, while Prince Oscar left for Potsdam.
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Associated Press
Doorn
Holland
Maara
Augusta Victoria
Victoria Louise
Duke of Brunswick
Prince Oscar
Potsdam
Germany
Wilhelm
Princess Louise
Frederick William
Doorn Castle
Germans Becom e Citizens in Pittsburg
For the first time since the United States entered World War I, Germans and Austrians in Pittsburg were granted citizenship. Judge Charles P. Orr admitted twenty four individuals to naturalization, with about 2,200 eligible in the district.
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Pittsburg
United States
Charles P. Orr
Special Tax on Women Voters Defeated in West Virginia House
In Charleston April 18 the lower house defeated an amendment to a Senate bill that would levy a one dollar capitation tax on women voters for school purposes. Four votes backed the amendment with speakers arguing male voters would bear the cost. The bill's main provision on tax commissioner salaries and other reforms advanced, and other measures passed or debated included a Charlestown charter change and a marriage license notice rule. A Senate tribute honored late former Senator Adolph Scheer.
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W. Va
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McClintic
Greenbrier
MecClintic
Keatley
Moore
Marshall
Lentz
House
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Charles City
Judiciary Committee
Adolph FE. Scheer
Cincinnati
Chicago
Wallace B. Gribble
West Union
Godbey
Harmer
Shaffer
Morton
Dinsmore
Paling
Staats
California under a Menage Debate on Immigration Restriction
Washington reports a favorable immigration committee forecast for a bill restricting alien admission from May 1 to June 30 next year to three percent of each nationality in 1910. The panel will likely report tomorrow and seek immediate House action, with priority ahead of army and navy measures. Sacramento's Mr. McClatchy urged Japanese exclusion as essential to national interest and warned California faces grave menace from Japanese penetration.
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House Immigration Committee
United States
House
Army
Cal
Final phase debate on Colombian treaty in Senate
Washington April 18 Republican Senators Poindexter and Townsend opposed the treaty in its final phase while New Indiana and Williams Mississippi supported ratification. Speeches limited to one hour. Poindexter called the proposal to pay Colombia 25 million without U.S. consideration.
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Washington
Poindexter
Townsend
Michigan
New
Indiana
Williams
Mississippi
Panama
Colon
Colombia
United States
Eastern roads push wage cuts before railroad labor board
Eastern railroads opened their wage reduction drive before the United States railroad labor board, citing a long cost of living decline and proposing cuts for unspecific labor as well as shop and train service workers. The board, despite vacancies, set hearings with ninety three witnesses filed from across the region. Tomorrow, another division will present evidence as New York Central Erie and New England reps lead cases. The board had extended time limits after employee protests and noted carriers claim wage cuts range ten to thirty percent. Additionally the board ordered restoration of pay for St. Louis Southwestern section foremen and track laborers who had protested a wage reduction.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Congress
Harding
Carrier
Score
New York Central Erie
New England Roads
J. G. Walker
Bureau of Information of Eastern Railroads
United States Railroad Labor Board Today
St. Louis- Southwestern Railroad
Molasses Delays Williamson City Commission Meeting
Williamson West Virginia April 18 molasses was the direct cause for the postponement of the last monthly meeting of the city commission The city fathers found molasses poured on the seats of each chair used by the executives and adjourned to a later date
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Williamson
W. Va
Ccity
Fathers of
Zionist Split Ties In New York Fund Clash
The Zionist Organization of America led by Judge Julian W. Mack announces severance of negotiations with Dr. Chaim Weizmann, head of the World Zionist Organization, over demands for safeguards on Palestine fund expenditures. The break follows Weizmann’s failure to meet American Zionists’ financial safeguards.
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New York
Zionist Organization of America
Julian W. Mack
Knight
der. Chaim Weizmann
World Zionist Organization
Palestine
Mack
Dr. Weizmann
War Fears Rise Over Isthmus Boundary Dispute
Washington reports say the Panama Costa Rica border clash risks war but the United States will not tolerate hostilities. The U S position emphasizes treaty obligations to safeguard Panama and notes Central American allies may aid Costa Rica as Costa Rica joins the Confederation of Central America. troops and ships are deployed in the region.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panama
Costa Rica
United States
Panama City
San Jose
Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
Panama Canal Zone
Central America
Rica
Death toll from southern tornadoes around one hundred
Memphis April 18 reports show the death toll from Friday and Saturday storms lingering near one hundred. The known dead total rises to ninety four with several missing in Mississippi Arkansas and Texas. Relief work by Red Cross state militia and civic groups continues in Hempstead and Miller counties Arkansas, while Alabama and Mississippi conduct debris cleanup and restore rail service.
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Tenn
Dean
Assansas
Hempstead
Miller
Ark
Red Cross
Arkansas
Texas
Alabama
Colbert
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Rome
Mississippi
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