Hughes Declares Armament Treaties Limit Navies
Washington reports final approval of two treaties capping capital ship strength among the five powers and banning unrestricted submarine warfare and chemical weapons. The conference also advances Shantung settlement terms and Chinese questions while Britain signals return of Weihaiwei to China.
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Japan
France
Italy
Shantung
China
Weihaiwei
Kwangchowwan
Pacific
Mae
Armament Committee
Secral
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English cattle menaced by foot and mouth disease
More than a thousand cattle have been slaughtered since the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in England. The disease has attacked leading dairy herds and many pedigree flocks of sheep. Fox hunting across northern England has been halted to prevent infection of hounds.
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London
England
Briand Calls Golf No Game for Schoolboys at Cannes
Paris report says former French Premier M Briand dismissed golf as no game for schoolboys after playing at Cannes under the guidance of Lloyd George. The exchange occurred as the British Prime Minister, an avid golfer, tutored him.
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Lloyd George
Cannes
Paris
M. Briand
America
Great Britain
War Debts Bill Up to President Harding
Washington report says the senate approved a bill to appoint a five member commission to negotiate refunding wartime allied debts. White House and administration differ on authority but President Harding will accept the bill with three cabinet officers and a Senate-House representative on the commission. Mellon, Hughes and Hoover expected among cabinet appointees. Treasury believes refunding can proceed without an overseas mission.
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House
United States
Harding
Mellon
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White House
Legislative
Hughes
Hoover
Treasury Department
World News Condensed From Across The Globe
A multi item condensed dispatch notes Landru’s appeal denied and his execution by guillotine. Gas explosion at Gate Mine in Brownsville kills twenty four. Desmond Taylor found dead at Famous Players studio home. Prince in Berlin signals safe return to Germany. German rail strike blocks locomotive engineers and firemen. Cardinals move toward Vatican imprisonment for papal succession. London reports Princess Mary home at Chesterfield House undergoing upholstery work. Tribich Lincoln not extradited by Germany over 1920 Kapp revolt. Corset comment reflects female attitudes toward stays.
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Court of Cassation
Bluebeard
Guambais
Brownsville
Gate
EEG
Frick Coke Company
Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Famous Players-Lusky Studios
Benlin
S.fe
Germany
Professor Zorn
Berlin
Teuton
Rome
St. Peter’s Square
Vatican
Benedict XV
London
Chesterfield House
Princess Mary
Visecount Lasceles
Ignatius Tribich Lincoln
Kapp
Craig Collins Deadlock Over Boundary Commission Crisis
Dublin reports a near two hour private conference between Sir James Craig and Michael Collins ended with no new agreement on the boundary commission. The deadlock alarms political circles as Ulster and Irish Free State tensions rise and three Derry prisoners face Feb 6 executions. Belfast correspondent Michael Tobin of The Dublin Freeman's Journal is detained after reporting an Archbishop Gilmartin sermon.
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Irish Free State
Ulster
James Craig
Michael Collins
Craig
Collins
Colonel Spender
Boundary Commission
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lord Heutenant
London
Derry
Belfast
Michael Tobin
Dublin Freeman’s Journal
Irish Republican Army
Westport
County Mayo
Gilmartin
Tobin
Ireland's First Lady Likely Asks American Roots in Role
The article discusses an American candidate, Ogden Mills daughter and Mrs Mills of New York, as potential first lady of the Irish Free State. It notes Earl Granard’s wealth, Catholic faith, and residence near Longford, with hints of Sinn Fein leanings and possible governor general succession.
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Miss Mills
New York
Dublin
Ballywil Ham
Ile
Lord FitzAlan
London
Public debts cut drop of fifty millions in January report
The public debt fell by about 50 million dollars in January. The Treasury announced a January 31 total of 23,388,544,236 compared with 23,438,984,351 on December 31. Decreases occurred in both federal expenditures and receipts versus December.
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Washington
Treasury
The
Was a Man a Monkey Debate Shocks Kentucky
In Lexington Kentucky a fierce clash erupts over teaching Darwin's theory in state funded institutions like the University of Kentucky. The state senate has ordered a public hearing as supporters and opponents of the bill mobilize.
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Kentucky
Lexington
University of Kentucky
State Senate
Harding considers suspending work on doomed ships
Washington reports President Harding has asked Secretary Denby for full information on ships under construction as the United States prepares to suspend work on capital ships slated for scrapping under the naval treaty. The move may occur within days, with six 40 000 ton battleships and four battle cruisers affected, and decisions on which West Virginia class ships to retain.
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Harding
Denby
Navy Department
Colorado
United States
Japan
Mutsu
West Virginia
Washington Notes on Treaty Limits and Diplomatic Moves
Representative Bourke Cochran questions treaty limits amid arms conference fallout. Attorney General Daugherty and Dis tri discuss Morse case handling. Ways and Means objects to Allied debt refunding as amended. Senator McKinley praises Great Lakes to sea waterway. Italian Ambassador Ricci to retire amid private affairs. GOP effort for American Legion recognition falters as Harford Mac Nider declines candidacy. Fordney delays action pending White House talks.
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United States
Daugherty
Distri
Gordon
Charles W. Morse
New York
Italy
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Wether
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House
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McKinley
Illinois
Signor
Rolandi Ricci
American Legion
Harford MacNider
Legion
Kenyon
Iowa
Cuse Ways Or Means
Fordney
I.arding
White House
Night Work for Women Sparks Fierce Jersey Hearing
A heated hearing in Trenton on Assemblyman Evans's bill to ban night work for women drew delegates from both parties and waves of night workers from Passaic mills. Proponents, led by women’s groups and labor, argued for rest and future generations, while manufacturers opposed it citing unemployment and hardship.
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Jersey
Judiciary
Evans
Passaic County
Assembly
Mothers
Lillian F. Feickert
Feickart
State Committee
H. N. Simmons
Democratic Committee
Edwards
New Jersey
Arthur Quinn
Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
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Manufacturers’ Association of New Jersey
Passaic
Robert M. Reinhold
Forstman-Hofman Company
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Essex
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Newark
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