Plan for Arbitration of Russian Debts Advances at Genoa
Delegates at Genoa arrange mixed arbitral commissions to handle debts owed by Russia to foreign bondholders. Taft may name the chairman of the central commission. each nation will have a tribunal for foreign property, with restoration or compensation through these bodies. Belgium protests on property restitution while others accept provisional administration and deferred Russia courts.
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Genoa
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Russia
Europe
Belgium
Trance
Great Britain
London
Irish Armies Sign Pact To Settle Differences
Representatives of the regular war and irregular branches of the Irish republican army at a conference signed a statement proposing a basis to avert catastrophe. It calls for accepting the peace treaty, an election to form a government, and army unification. Roy O’Connor notes some signers also held irregular roles and may speak after reviewing details.
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Dublin
Regwar
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
Roy O'Connor
Land Act Struck Down by California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the clause barring aliens ineligible for citizenship from acting as guardians of agricultural lands held by their American born children. The ruling centers on the alien land law's restrictions and upholds guardianship rights for qualifying individuals.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Marines Rushed to Peking Amid Asian Fleet Movements
The Asiatic fleet sails toward Chinese waters with reinforcements for the legation guard in Peking. Ships move to Ching-Wan-Tao where landing parties will proceed to Peking due to deeper water than nearer ports. Admiral Strauss commands the Huron flagship.
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Peking
Washington
Ching-Wan-Tao
Navy Department
Strauss
Huron
Supreme Court Upholds Packers and Stockyards Act
Washington The 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court. The justices ruled stockyards interstate in character and treated as national public utilities to regulate commerce, aligning with the Swift decision and Congress’s aims to curb conspiracies via federal supervision.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Taft
Chicago
Secretary of Agriculture
Swift
Packers and Stockyards Act
Flood Menace Increases in New Orleans Relief Efforts
Relief organizations continue aid to thousands homeless in flood zones of Louisiana and Mississippi. Central eastern Louisiana bears a 1400 square mile lake on fertile lands and towns after the Mississippi river levee broke near Ferriday.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Ferriday
Settlement Not in Sight in Coal Work Stoppage
Indianapolis reports the second month of the national coal work suspension with United Mine Workers officials saying no settlement is in sight. About 680,000 workers have joined the stoppage, including 75,000 non union miners. peak strength not yet reached and efforts to close non union fields continue.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Senate debates veteran bonus plan as president to rule
Washington reports the senate finance committee agreeing to send the new bonus proposal to President Harding for his views. The plan retains adjusted service certificates with no taxes, adds vocational training and cash payments, estimates total cost near 4.0 billion and outlines staged payments and bank loans, depending on foreign debt funds.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Harding
Treasury
Joseph S. McCoy
War Fraud Gases Investigation Begun by Government
Washington reports steps by the executive and legislative branches to pursue war time fraud. President T Warding requests a 700000 dollar special appropriation for DOJ to investigate and prosecute war related cases. Attorney General Daugherty appoints TRosene C. McCulloch to lead the probe into war camp contracts and expenditures. House rules panel weighs privileged status for a special committee on navy and war department contracts and government claims.
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Washington
T Warding
House
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Trosene C. McCulloch
Ohio
House Rules Committee
Johnson- Woodruff
Navy and War Department
Powell kills wife then shoots self in summer home
Newton Massachusetts authorities report William B. Powell manager of R G Dun in Boston shot and killed his wife in the library of their summer house before taking his own life in an upper room. A servant witnessed the pursuit with a pistol and friends suspect temporary insanity.
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Self
Newton
Mass
William B. Powell
R. G.dun & Company
Boston
Powell
Lady Astor Receives Warm Welcome in Virginia Return
Richmond crowds greet Lady Astor on her return to Virginia after winning high political honors in England. She is met with enthusiastic reception from the moment she alights the train through her addressed remarks to a packed auditorium.
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Richmond
Lady Astor
England
Socialist convention adjourns sets GOP platform task
The national Socialist party adjourned and will have its executive committee meet in New York on May 20 to map the campaign and adopt a congressional platform. Key resolutions urge full U S recognition of soviet Russia with resumption of trade and diplomatic relations.
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The
Socialist Party
New York
United States
Soviet Russia
Flood Spreads as Levees Hold Face New Orleans Crisis
Water breaches three crevasses on the lower Mississippi as levee defenses are reinforced. Rescue teams search flooded areas for marooned families while Red Cross camps swell with destitute refugees. Food shortages plague Harrisonburg Mississippi and Yazoo City districts amid prolonged flooding.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Red Cross
Harrisonburg
Black River
Yazoo City
Miss
Sequena County
Martial Law Declared as Battle Nears Peking
Peking declares martial law as Gen Chang Tso-Lin and Gen Wu Pei-Fu clash near Changsvii ten, 12 miles from the city. Ma Chang yields to Chang Tso-Lin, several hundred Ma Pei Fu troops wounded or captured. The American legation asks Washington to send another warship to Tientsin. An aircraft bombed near a train with American marines en route to Peking.
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Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Wu Pei-Fu
Changsviiten
Machang
Ma-Pei- Fu
Washington
Tientsin
Chiet
Paotingfu
Fengtai
Bryan urges envoy to Genoa Conference
In a letter to President Harding, William Jennings Bryan urged that a U S representative be sent to the Genoa conference. He said the goal was to advise with European nations to promote world rehabilitation, not to bind the United States to conference conclusions.
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William Phillips
North
Beverly
Mass
Harding
Henry I. Sletcher
Belgium
Phillips
United States
Netherlands
Harvard
H H. Choate
Great Britain
Lincoln
Nebb
William Jennings Bryan
Genoa
Europe
Composer's Mother Die in Eighteenth Story Fall
Mrs Rose Grainger of White Plains New York mother of Perry A Grainger Australian composer and pianist was killed Monday by a fall from an eighteenth story window in the Aeolian Hall building. Son Perry A Grainger was said to be in Los Angeles on a concert tour when word reached him.
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New York
Rose Grainger
White Plains
N. Y
Perry A. Grainger
Aeolian Hall
Los Angeles
Two Die In Tenement Fire In Richmond Hill
Aged woman and a child perished in a smoke filled hallway when a four story Richmond Hill tenement burned Monday night. The blaze left over a dozen firemen injured and more than 20 residents, many children, hospitalized after rescues from perilous lodges.
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New York
Richmond Hill
Watercress and soup a spring health aid
The article extols watercress as a blood purifier and tonic and offers a detailed soup recipe. It notes the greens thrive in clean, shallow waters and should be served fresh, with tips on cooking without excess water and preserving minerals. It includes steps for a watercress soup and a method to flavor and garnish.
Salt with the philosophers of Greece rather than Italian courtiers
A pointed adage contrasts rustic wisdom with courtly luxury, advising prudence over ostentation. The remark favors philosophical salt over Italian court sugar as a measure of discernment and restraint.
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Greece
Italy
Everyday Economical Dishes From a Vintage Kitchen
A compact index of simple, nourishing dishes including Bean Soup, Chocolate Custard, Coconut Pudding, Spider Corn Cake, and Baked Apples With Dates. Recipes describe bean prep with soda and pork, custard methods, cake layering, and fruit fillings, ending with a note on serving and a stray garbled fragment.
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Scala
Valuable Man Gustavus Ohlinger in Toledo Legion circles
Gustavus Ohlinger a former US Intelligence officer based in Toledo Ohio is praised by American Legion members for disrupting German wartime networks and propaganda. Known as a world traveler and Roosevelt associate he is depicted as a strong anti-appeasement figure who handles Legion issues decisively.
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Gustavus Ohlinger
Intelligence Department
United States
Yoledo
American Legion
Legion
Ohlinger
Toledo
China
Theodore Roosevelt
South Africa
Gus
Hoosier Legionnaire Debuts in Indiana
The Hoosier Legionnaire, a new Legion paper, started with a 32000 circulation. Philip B. Stapp of Greensburg, formerly editor of the Hour Glass, leads the weekly publication and serves on the Legion's first national publicity committee after 26 months of World War I service.
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Indiana
H Hoosier
American Legion
Hoosier Legionnaire
Philip B. Stapp
Greensburg
Hour Glass
Seventh” Division
Insana
Paris
Legion
Stapp
First National Publicity Committee
The
Field Artillery
Indiana Legionnaires
Navy’s famed destroyers reach final voyage out of commission
The North Sea and Atlantic escort craft that once hunted German submarines are being scrapped after four years of service. Stars on their stacks signaled victories, but the Shaw meets fate with the Aquitania collision and the Jacob Jones recalls earlier losses, marking a somber end for famed ships.
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North Sea
Atlantic
Parker
O'Brien
Cummings
Porter
Davis
Navy Department
Navy
Davy Jones
Shaw
Aquitania
Jacob Jones
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