Death of Chief Justice Edward D White Shocks Nation
The nation reels after the death of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White at 7 am following surgery for bladder trouble. Justice McKenna notified President Harding and others, praising White as a jurist of broad experience, generosity, and tenderness in a long tenure on the Supreme Court.
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Edward Douglass White
United States S Court
Supreme
Deati
Supreme Bench
Ann Montgomery
Mise Mary Lee Brossard
S J. Creeden
Georgetown Universality
Justice McKenna
Supreme Court
Harding
Coolidge
Gillett
Unter
White
Supremes Court of the
United States
Noriffy
McKenna
Maraident Coolidge
Ellis Island Quarantined for 48 Hours
New York May 19 Ellis Island the main immigration hub was quarantined for 48 hours due to typhus aboard a Hugo Slav boy five years old and 1700 immigrants were moved to Hoffman's Island detention station while the station remained closed.
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Llis Island
Ae Opiere
Fen Gryerly
Hoffman's Island
Wallis
Ellis Island
Tragic Motorcycle Accident Claims Carter Toddler
Lawrence Carter two year old dies from a broken neck and injuries after a heavy motorcycle falls onto him near the Cummings home. The accident follows the family’s previous year of loss and the mother’s critical condition. Funeral plans are pending relatives’ arrival from Iowa and Nebraska. A separate note mentions enormous transatlantic trade costs requiring many livestock and goods for a single trip.
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A. H. Carter
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T. A. Cummings
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Cummings
Geo Carter
Mesa
Towa
Nebraska
Germany Presses Adherence to Reparations Terms
Berlin May 19 The cabinet under Chancellor Wirth aims to stay ahead of reparations deadlines as ministries study the allied ultimatum and terms. The Reparations Commission seeks surrender of German rights in mines oil fields and similar ventures under Article 260 and 269.
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Associated Press
Wirth
Germany
Pershing to Visit Civilian Training Camps This Summer
General Pershing plans to inspect several citizens military training camps run by the War Department this summer. He said in a letter to Grenville Clark that such institutions support national defense and that all Americans should assist and encourage them.
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Washington
General Pershing
War Department
Grenville Clark
Military Training Camps Association of the United States
Maternity Act Wins Support From Senate Panel
The Sheppard Towner maternity bill won favorable reporting from the Senate Education Committee with only minor changes. It calls for cooperative action by the federal government and the states in maternity and infancy care, each state meeting act requirements receiving an annual federal appropriation of 10000 dollars.
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Washington
Senate Education
Sinn Feiners Use Train as Shield in Dublin Attack
Rebels adopted a new tactic traveling by train to strike police barracks at Balcon. Trainmen forced to halt the train where attackers fired on the barracks. police returned fire, wounding a passenger. Attacking party pursued. belief that one member was killed.
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Balcon
Survey on New Salt Creek Casper Pipeline Starts Monday
The Western Pipeline Company prepares to begin a field survey next week for a Salt Creek to Casper pipeline. Chief engineer J C Lindsay arrives to plan route surveys and supervise pipe laying and pumping facilities. Details on oil sourcing at Salt Creek and end-connection disposition are not yet available. The company, incorporated for 1,000,000 dollars, has offices in Denver.
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Beer Shortage Warns of Wider Crisis in Britain
London May 1 reports a national beer shortage caused by coal shortages from the miners' strike. The shortage prompts Punch to warn that a serious consequence may follow as the country suffers from fuel and supply disruptions.
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London
Punch
Must Have Work to Care For Dependent Left By Hero Son
An elderly man, nearing eighty, seeks work in Casper to support his wife and a dependent grandchild after losing all possessions in a fire and through misfortune. Once a railroad worker, he was dismissed for age, later widowed by war as his son died in the influenza epidemic. They had rebuilt a homestead in Wyoming, but a Sunday visit ended with finding their home destroyed by fire, forcing a painful continuation of their search for stability.
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Casper
Jawne
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Caspe
Fleet Line
France
Wyoming
Cooper
Fomal
Briand and Lloyd George clash over Upper Silesia
Franco British war of words intensifies with Briand accusing Lloyd George of a fit of temper. Paris dispatches note Britain’s stance on German forces and the Polish frontier as tensions rise over Upper Silesia and the Entente’s role. The Allies seek a united approach during a looming supreme council meeting.
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Briand
United Press
Upper Silesia
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Jance
Berlin
Germany
Silesia
Britain
Altenna
Poland
Brenham Report On Ku Klux Klan Parade In Texas
About 500 Klan members in white garb paraded Brenham streets last night. They arrived by special train led by a horse and cartier banners bearing slogans such as Law-abiding negroes need not fear and Speak English on the streets of Brenham. The visit reportedly began from Houston and officials gave no explanation.
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Texas
Ku Klux Klan
Houston
Conditions in the East Improve Says Sullivan
Patrick Sullivan reports improving conditions in the East as spring returns. He returns to Casner and denies traveling to Washington with Casper product supplies for Harding’s machinery. He predicts smooth operation and continued optimism as unemployment falls and manufacturing activity resumes.
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Sullivan
Patrick Sullivan
Washington
Caxner
Casper
Harding
Air Mail Graft In Evidence Reported In Chicago
A telegram supporting charges of inefficiency and graft in the air mail service was received by committee head Eversole from pilot William H. Jones. Jones, a former Pacific Coast director, cited defective parts and bad engines and incompetency among officials in the central and Pacific divisions.
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William H. Jones
Presfly
Eversole Jones
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Eversole
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Court Conscience Dulled in Enforcing Contracts
Washington Bay 19 reports the Controller of the Currency criticizes courts for dulling contract enforcement. He warns that some courts evade constitutional limits via police power, urging renewed observance of business contract validity and implying increased civil action to repudiate contracts.
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Washington
Bay
Cryanid
Taft Praises Chief Justice Waite in Death Remarks
Former President Taft commented on Chief Justice Waite's death saying the nation will mourn a great justice. He noted Waite's service on the Louisiana Supreme Court, his fight against the lottery evil, and his 17 years on the US Supreme Court including 1010 as chief justice.
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Funeral services set for late Chief Justice White
Edward Doug las White chief justice of the United States died early today in a Washington hospital. Private rites will be held at 10 am Saturday at St Matthew s Catholic Church on Rhode Island Avenue with interment in Oak Hill Georgetown. Supreme Court justices will be honorary pallbearers and cabinet members will attend as Senate adjourns in respect.
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Edward Douglase White
United States
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Baseball scores from National League games
National League games show New York ee 003002000 five runs nine hits five errors Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Boston Cincinnati at Philadelphia St Louis Philadelphia details list runs hits and errors with battery lines for each game.
Baseball Scores and Battery News Across Leagues
In Chicago the American League game ended with 11 to 16 as Hoyt Schang Mulennan Hodge Davenport and Schalk led for the home side while Detroit struck 6 runs with Thormahlen Russell Ruel Holling Middleton and Ainsmith in their battery. Cleveland scored 3 against Philadelphia 4 with Perry Perkins Bagby and O Neill sharing the battery duties. St Louis saw Washington win 8 to 5 behind Zachary Charrity Boland Burwell and Severeid as the Battery.
Resolution on Peace Urged by House Leader
Washington May 19 Chairman Porter of the house foreign affairs committee opened proceedings after a conference with President Harding. The president hopes for rapid adoption of a peace resolution by the house and said he would not influence congressional debate or act as arbiter between the senate and house.
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Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Harding
House
Senate
New England YWCA A A Championships At Harvard Stadium
Harvard Stadium hosts the New England YWCA A championships with young women runners leaping and jumping events including weight throw as competitors vie for titles.
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Harvard Stadium
New England
Sorrow over dead girl leads mother and fiancé to death
Crief stricken over the death of Miss Helen Porton of Dewitt, whose funeral was held yesterday. Her mother and fiancé Carl Porton and Albert Bowman committed death by their own action last night. Their bodies were found in a car on the banks of the Wapsipinicon river south of Dowili. They had taken poison.
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Crief-strnen
Helen Porthon
Dewitt
Carl Perthon
Albert Bowman
Wapsipinicon
Dowili
Arrest Made in New York Bomb Plot Case
A federal warrant was issued for Ghuseont Filippo of Bayonne New Jersey charging an attempt to destroy the United States assay office. Police later announced three identifications linking Giusepps Vilpoo to the driver seen near the deadly cart in Well Street.
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Wall Street
United States
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Charles H. Scully
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