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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1923
Page
2
Pretty Miss Gladys Jones of Eagle River Wisconsin has been named national outdoor girl champion by judges at the National Travel and Outdoor Life exposition in Chicago. She previously held the Wisconsin state title.
A dialog between Howell and Powell explores gender norms and social rituals. They discuss whether a woman should smoke and how sharing cigars resembles a reciprocal courtship gesture around Christmas.
A Paragon, Let Her Tell delves into themes of ambition and chosen paths within marriage. The work contrasts rival expectations with personal desires as the narrator ponders what could have been.
The piece covers Britain’s political shifts with Baldwin succeeding Curzon as Prime Minister candidate and Curzon remaining foreign secretary. It notes German Communist strikes in the Ruhr, alleged French support, and Krassin’s note to Curzon signaling Soviet concessions. It also mentions Fosdick case outcomes and Presbyterian assembly actions. The article contrasts European tensions with domestic church and financial matters.
Andrew Bonar Law resigns as prime minister of Great Britain after a France trip failed to restore health. Conservative leaders fear a party split with Lord Curzon and Stanley Baldwin as leading contenders. Curzon faces opposition over his peerage status as Labour threatens to block parliamentary government.
Fourteen foreigners including six Americans remain detained by Chinese bandits in Suchow. Peking and foreign powers fail to secure safe release and face minimal leverage. Direct negotiations urged with the outlaws. Chinese troops pull back from the bandits lair as they demand guarantees that government pledges will be fulfilled. Majors Pinger and Allen and Lee Solomon are confined on a mountain summit.
William Jennings Bryan and fundamentalists spar in Indianapolis over liberalism. Bryan failed to become moderator but pressed his Darwinian evolution resolution amid heated debate.
Judge E B Parker named to succeed him as umpire of the American German Mixed Claims Commission. The United States leads with claims totaling 336 113 000 dollars, while the smallest is one dollar. Individual Lusitania related claims total 22 806 000 dollars.
Delegates from major nations gathered in Hamburg to form a united Socialist International with the Second Internationale, while Russia and the Baltic dissenters were left out. In New York the Socialist Party rejected joining a national labor party but will pursue independent state level labor parties. Also noted: E. W. Hooper re elected chair of the US railway labor board. railroads report voluntary wage hikes totaling hundreds of thousands annually, including a $4 million yearly rise for 55 000 Pennsylvania shopmen.
An international banking group led by J. P. Morgan & Co. and the Mexican government are negotiating a debt adjustment plan. American and Mexican commissioners working toward resuming diplomatic relations report steady progress but expect to continue work for about another month.
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