Congress Decides End of Session Saturday in Senate Vote
Washington June 3 The Senate adopted the resolution to end the present session after the House approved it amid assurances President Wilson would not call an extra session. Leaders from both parties backed the plan, while a bloc urged reconvening after conventions.
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House
Senate
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Underwood
Alabama
Turmully
Kenyon
Iowa
Trammell
Florida
Chicago
Gillett
House of Representatives
Senator Lodge
Pearl Beaver O'Dell Convicted of Second Degree Murder
A supreme court jury found Pearl Beaver O'Dell guilty of second degree murder for aiding her husband James O'Dell who awaits execution in Sing Sing for the January 6 murder of Edward J. Kneir. Judge Robert T. Thompson sentenced her to twenty years to life at Auburn prison.
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Rochester
Supreme Court
Pearl Beaver O'Dell
James O'Dell
Sing Sing
Edward J. Kneir
Robert T. Thompson
Auburn
Bolsheviks Enter Teheran Reported
A dispatch from the Persian legation in Teheran says Bolsheviks have entered Tehran the capital of Persia, marking a notable advance in the region amid ongoing upheaval.
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Teheran
Constantinople
Persan Legation
Persia
West Virginia Delegation Chosen for Republican Convention
John S Darst and Joseph H Gaines lead West Virginia at large as delegates. Darst 87022 votes, Gaines 31617, White 30872, Lakin 28786, Cooper 27925, Swisher 27681. Lakin to Chicago for arrangements. All sixteen delegates instructed for Senator Howard Sutherland except J H Davies who will not be bound by results.
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Charleston
W. Va
John S. Darst
Joseph H. Gaines
A. B. White
J. S. Lakin
West Virginia
Dparst
Gaines
White
Lakin
Cooper
Swisher
James
Chicago
Howard Sutherland
J. H. Davies
Military Movement Stalled by Peace Negotiations
General Enriquez pursues rebel leader believed mistaken as Mexican Army leadership offers terms to Villa. movement slowed while negotiations aim at peaceful retirement.
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Enriquez
US Labor Leader Flags War Over Mexico Constitution Change
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, warned that US intervention could follow if Mexico rewrites its constitution to suit American oil and mining interests. The Fall committee report calls for changes and a police force to secure routes between Mexico City and seaports, a plan he labels as paving the way to war. The piece also notes Mexican army reductions under Obregon and ongoing violence around Parral and other fronts as Villa’s forces clash with de facto government forces.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Mexico
Senate
Albert B. Fall
Gompers
Senator Fall
Republic of Mexico
Fall
Republic
Obregon
State Department
Ignacio Enriquez
Chihuahua
Villa
Parall
Queretaro
Meixuerio
Oxaca
el Paso
Texas
Parral
Francisco Villa
Jiminez
Villis
Gas plank urged at Republican convention by industry
New York June 3 inclusion of a gas manufacturing relief plank in the Republican platform will be urged at the national convention by representatives of the industry, announced tonight at the American Gas Association headquarters.
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New York
American Gas Association
Druggist George Imbo Den Found Guilty in Prohibition Case
A jury in the United States district court found George Imbo Den, former Charleston druggist, guilty of violating prohibition laws. Police raids on his Capitol Street residence uncovered a modern still with mash and related materials.
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W. Va
United States District Court
George Imboden
Capitol Street
Charleston
Presentation of Union Case in Deadlock Talks Set
Hazelton Pa June 3 The scale committee of the United Mine Workers of the anthracite field decided today that presentation of the union s case before the commission to be named by President Wilson on settlement of the deadlock with the operators over a new agreement shall be in the hands of the executive officers of each of the three districts acting with the international officers.
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Hazelton
United Mine Workers
Wilson
Barracks Fire Delights Irish City After Armed Attack
Fire destroys police barracks at Blarney and wrecks the adjoining sessions court house. Official records and law books ruined. Armed men attacked Tuesday but were repelled. building evacuated due to explosion damage and defendants moved to other stations.
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Blarney
Ireland
Sessions Court
Automobile-Train Collision Claims Four Family Injured
In Butler Pennsylvania on June 3, Mrs. Amos Reap was killed and her husband and four other family members were injured when their car collided with a Western Allegheny coal train at Kaylor.
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Butler
Amos Reap
Kaylor
Poles Launch Counter Offensive Near Kiev
Warsaw reports a Polish counterattack south of Kiev in the Ros river region as Bolshevik forces gain and lose ground. Kosciuszko aviators destroy a Bolshevik monitor while General Piludski oversees renewed efforts to check Bolshevik moves toward Kiev. Refugees move 1500 from Kiev to Warsaw with American Red Cross aid.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Kiev
Ros River
Dnieper
Kosciusko
Piludski
American Red Cross
House Votes 10 Repeal War Laws
Washington reports the house passed a resolution by 825 to 3 to repeal all wartime laws except the Lever food act and the trading with the enemy act. Democrats questioned but did not block the move, while the senate committee adjourned without final action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sims
Garrett
Tennessee
Utah
Walsh
Massachusetts
Germany
Igoe
Missouri
Senate Judiciary Committee
Reed
Brandegee
Connecticut
Sterling
South Dakota
Irish supporters denied floor in House protest
Speaker Gillette refused to recognize any member to bring up the resolution expressing sympathy for Ireland. The foreign affairs committee had favorably reported it and Rep Mason of Illinois was to handle it, but time constraints and suspension of the rules left the speaker with absolute control.
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Washington
Gillett
Ireland
Foreign Affairs Committee
Mason
Ilinois
Porter
Senate probes shifting scope with Wood Harding Lowden links
The Senate committee hearing on presidential campaign financing nears a possible end as Senator Pomerene seeks to broaden jurisdiction. Witnesses including W L Cole testif y about funds from Harding and Lowden camps and a Monell led underwriting proposal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Committee
Senate
Pomerene
Congressional
Lodge
Massachusetts
Wood
Harding
Lowden
Missouri
H. Duell
New York
General Wood
Ambrose Monell
Messrs. Duell Monell
Robert Cassatt
Philadelphia
Monell
Cassatt
Duell
Reed
W. L. Cole
B. JL
Morse
St. Louis
Illinois
Cole
Harry M. Daugherty
Daugherty
Aged Civil War Vet Collapses While Walking to Greensburg
George P Sylvester, ninety three, a civil war veteran and former Wheeling resident, collapsed on a Pittsburg street after not eating for three days. He told police he would resume his walk to Greensburg to visit his daughter upon hospital discharge.
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Pittsburg
George P. Sylvester
Wheeling
W. Va
Greensburg
Would Cut President's Salary Reduction Proposal
Senator Smith of Georgia introduced a bill to reduce the president's salary from 75000 to 50000 a year and a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the president to a single six year term.
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Washington
United States
Smith
Georgia
Nomination Clashes Reported in West Virginia Races
Official returns from thirty-six to thirty-seven counties show GOP gubernatorial totals for Grosseup Montgomery Morgan and a split in the Democratic race between Koontz and Littlepage both claiming the nomination. Presidential totals list Sutherland and Wood, while George M. Ford's bid for superintendent of schools is conceded by Marsh supporters with a lead exceeding 12.
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Charleston
W. Va
Grosseup
Montgomery
Morgan
Koontz
Littlepage
Sutherland
Wood
George M. Ford
Marsh
Florida Delegate Contest Resolved for 1924 Convention
The Republican National Committee settled 62 of 137 contested Florida convention seats and ordered seating for several factions including Gerow and Anderson. The action preserves Wood's votes for a potential nomination while outlining future contests and noting remaining battles in Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Senator Johnson pushed hard for a league of nations plank as Harding prepared to address delegates in Chicago.
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Chicago
Florida
Republicaan National Committee
Charles Bb. Warren
Michigan
Southern Committee
Wood
National Commiteeman Street
Alabama
Gerow
Anderson
North Carolina
John M. Mooreshead
Charlotte
N. C
Tennessee
Oklahoma
McGraw
Georgia
Johnson
Lowden
Harding
Poindexter
Sproul
Sutherland
Pritchard
Fred W. Uphaim
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Wm. A. Rodenberg
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Washington
Senate
California
League of Nations
Colombia Treaty Debate Reaches Senate Calendar
A subcommittee led by Senator Fall says a treaty with Colombia remains on track despite a Colombian Supreme Court ruling invalidating the presidential decree. The panel warns the United States likely will wait until December for action while asserting Colombia seeks to protect American interests. The plan to pay Colombia 20.4 million remains disputed.
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United States
Supreme Court
Washington
Colombia
Panama
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Fall
New Mexico
Supreme Court of Colombia
Mexico
Bogota
State Department
Antwerp Diamond Company Fined for Profiteering in Buffalo Stores
The Antwerp Diamond Company operating three Buffalo area credit jewelry and clothing shops was found guilty in a United States court in Rochester of Lever Act violations for charging unjust prices. It was fined $18,000 after claims of overcharging from the last ten months. Judge Hazel denied the motion for a new trial.
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Rochester
Antwerp Diamond Company
Buffalo
Hazel
Pittsburg Post Office Official Charged With Misappropriation
Henry Schuster superintendent of the north side office of the Pittsburg post office was arrested on a charge of misappropriating 16004 in government funds. He waived a hearing before the United States commissioner and was released on 5000 bail.
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Pittsburg
Henry Schuster
North Side
United States
Dr Charles A Stoddard Dies at 87 in New York
Dr Charles Augustus Stoddard author and clergyman died at his home today after a brief illness in New York. He was eighty seven, editor and part owner of the New York Observer for many years and wrote numerous travel books.
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A. Stoddard
New York
Charles Augustus Stoddard
The
New York Observer
Rewards aggregate $7500 for kidnap of infant Blakely Coughlin
Rewards totaling 7500 dollars are offered in Norristown Pennsylvania for information leading to the kidnapping of Blakely Coughlin, a twelve month old child of Mr and Mrs Cearge H Coughlin, prominent local residents.
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Norristown
Blakely Coughlin
Cearge H. Coughlin
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