World News In Condensed Form
Attorney General H. M. Daugherty orders a report on a Seattle plumbers heating contractors alleged combine before federal action. Eskimos near Repulse Bay face famine as Caribou herd shortage bites winter. deer herds prosper near Chesterfield inlet. San Francisco observer Kennett Low reed survives a fall into the sea near Port Seattle. rescued by Fort Liberty and Fort Barry crews. Champion Jack Dempsey trains in Summit for Georges Carpentier bout in Jersey City on July 2. Russian soviet representative Kondisa appears in report.
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H. M. Daugherty
Seattle
Department of Justice
Eskimos
Repulse Bay
Arctic Ocean
Pas
Mat
Chesterfield Inlet
T. J. Fowler
San Francisco
Cne
Tom ‘Kennett
Low Reed
Eugene
Ore
Port Seate
Sam Francisco
Fort Lerty
Fort Barry
Jack Dempsey
Summit
N.S
Georges Carpentier
Jersey City
Passports issued for talks with Krassin in London
A representative in Constantinople has a British passports vised to travel to London for talks with Leonid Krassin the Soviet minister of trade and commerce. Counterfeit American money worth about 5 million dollars seized in Lemberg. Tyrol plebiscite favors union with Germany with 94 percent turnout. Trade restrictions lifted in Soviet Russia. One killed four overcome by phosgene gas in Bound Brook New Jersey. Francis M Goodwin of Spokane nominated as assistant secretary of the interior. Australia’s League of Nations expenses total about 3400000 dollars. Liquor smugglers feared as Windsor Windsor shipments target Detroit prior to Ontario ban. Canadian liquor license inspectors check Windsor from Quebec.
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Constantinople
London
Leonid Krassin
Detroit
Windsor
Ontario
Quebec
Shipping board to press wage cuts on wartime ships
Washington April 28. The wage conference between the Shipping Board and representatives of marine workers and operators of American steam ships adjourned without a final conclusion. Chairman Benson said another meeting would be held to pursue a fair settlement and warned that those not seeking fairness must bear responsibility. He reaffirmed the demand for reductions, starting with not less than a 15 percent cut in present wages.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Tmrine Woions
Steqme
Benson
Fiaid
Fprivas
Tie
Maritime workers seek wage pact to avert May 1 strike
Chairman Benson told a conference of marine workers, shipowners, and operators that shipping interests must act to prevent a threatened May 1 strike. He argued present economic conditions justify marine wage reductions and said a new agreement on wages and working conditions is necessary after careful consideration.
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Benson
Welfare Commission Planned for Country
Washington reports outline a proposed new federal department of public welfare in early planning stages. President Harding faces cabinet and Congress input as Samuel Gompers and AFL officials meet with Secretary Davis and Brigadier General Sawyer to discuss structure and transfer issues.
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Washington
Federal
Department of Public Welfare
Ilarding
Eoubiner
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Davis
Sawyer
Harding
Welfare Department
Labor Asen
Children’s and Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Marding
Congress
Henry Clay Ink Handshake Tale in New York
The anecdote recalls Henry Clay in New York where Michael Walsh then an apprentice at a printing shop shook Clay’s hand. Walsh’s ink stained Clay’s palm and gloves, yet the great orator continued greeting guests with a grim smile as ink marks were hidden from the line.
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Clay
Joke
Henry Clay
New York
Michael Walsh
Walsh
Clev
Standardization of Wages Offered Miners
London reports a coal conference outline proposes five areas with standard wages as a first charge on industry and surplus revenue shared between owners and men. A three month temporary period would cap wage reductions and profits, with government help to meet maximum wages and July 31 as the transition end.
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London
Government not liable for errors in draft slacker lists
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty says neither the government nor any officer can be held liable for erroneous inclusion of names in war department drafted slacker lists. The opinion to Secretary Weeks leaves questions of newspaper liability unresolved and publication pending until further notice.
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Washington
War Department
Daugherty
Weeks
U. S. Census Shows Loss in Number of Germans
Washington reports census bureau statistics showing a decade decline in foreign born residents from Germany Austria Ireland and Russia totaling nearly two million. German born loss 818035 Austrian 600014 Irish 316571 and Russian 603783 amid war upheaval and immigration stoppage. Austria suffers the largest relative drop.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
Ireland
Russia
United States
Census Bureau
Mennonites Plan Mexico Settlement Talks
Rev John Wall leads Mennonite delegation from Hague Neuanlange Swift Current and Old Colony groups toward Mexico to discuss land purchase on government contract. Dispatch from Regina notes a tempting offer to settle and fewer educational restrictions.
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Mexico
Winnipeg
John Wall
Neujanlange
Sask
Hague
Newjanlange
Swift Current
Old Colony
German Note 15 Reparation Proposals Emphasize Penalty End
The German note to Washington offers to pay 50 billion marks in gold and up to 200 billion marks in annuities, with an international loan at 4 percent and payments in goods if needed. It demands the discontinuation of penalties and calls for joint Allied discussion to reach a speedy, moderate settlement.
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Hughes
Berto
Germany
Washington
United States
France weighs immediate penalties on Germany after May 1
France seriously considers applying penalties to Germany immediately after May 1 if Germany refuses to transfer 1,100,000 gold marks or provide the equivalent as demanded by the reparations commission. The move follows Berlin's rejection of the commission's demands and reflects French frustration in illy.
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Iaris
Germany
Maineland
Budget Measure Passed by Senate Without Roll Call
The Senate approved the budget bill introducing a Treasury Bureau of the Budget with a seven year term for a director earning ten thousand dollars annually. The plan would abolish the treasury comptroller offices and replace them with a comptroller general and assistant comptroller general, a shift President Wilson opposed.
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Washington
Senate Lnto
McCormick
Thingis
Senate
House
Wilson
Hoase
Treasury Department
Congress
House adjourns without vote on naval appropriation
Washington reports a daylong fight over disarmament ended with the house quitting without voting on the naval appropriation bill. An amendment blocked new construction until an international arms conference is called. Leaders expect rejection when the bill resumes.
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Washington
House
Representative Connelly
Texas
Brooks
Knox Peace Resolution Pressed in Senate and House
Washington reports the Knox peace resolution was called up in the Senate by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. A second note describes a Fish introduced resolution urging withdrawal of American occupa tion forces from Germany immediately upon Knox resolution approval.
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Senate
Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Germany
Representative Fish
Repubican
New York
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