Senate calls thorough probe into Sims Jackass speech
Washington June 10 The Senate voted to investigate Admiral William S Sims remarks in London with a resolution directing the naval affairs committee to report findings and recommendations. Rep Ryan demanded a rigid inquiry to ensure no pigeonholing and punishments if quotes prove true.
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Washington
William &. Sims
United States Navy
Jackass
London
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Admiral Sims
Ryan
Thomas J. Ryan
New York
Harrison
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Wadsworth
Denby
Secretary of the Navy
William 8. Sims
Union
America
Foreign Relations
LaFollette
Norris
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Senator Lodge
Amendment to immigration bill to admit earlier arrivals
Chairman Johnson proposed an amendment to the immigration restriction bill to allow landing of all immigrants who sailed from foreign ports on or before the specified June date. The move aims to release Italians detained at Ellis Island amid U S government protests and a letter from Secretary Hughes urging passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Ellis Island
United States
State Hughes
Congress
Grand jury empanelled for investigation of Tulsa race riots toll
Tulsa reports the grand jury was empanelled to probe the Tulsa race riots that killed 34 and caused up to 2 million dollars in property damage. Attorney General Prince Mreeling presented evidence as the inquiry began.
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Tulsa
Oto
Prince Mreeling
Beyan
Death of Col Galbraith In Auto Crash Near Indianapolis
Col Frederick W Galbraith veteran leader of the American Legion dies when a roadster carrying him and Col Mitton Foreman and Henry Ryan plunges down a 16 foot embankment near Indianapolis. Ryan drives and Foreman survives with injuries. Galbraith crushed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frederick W.galbraith
Fighting First
France
American Legion
Galbraith
Mitton J. Foreman
Chicago
Illinois American Legion
Henry
Miners Return to Atlas Mine After Labor Stand
PetersBurg Indiana June 10 Four weeks ago Atlas coal mine with 400 workers closed over dirty coal from miners. On Monday eighteen locals returned to work. Thursday 207 cars and five trucks brought 1 400 miners from Princeton Bicknell Bacoevilp and nearby towns to the mine. At 3 PM the eighteen miners pledged to quit work again.
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PetersBurg
Ind
Atlas
Princeton
Bicknell
Bacoevilp
Maryland Posse Seeks Negro Who Hit Woman
Aberdeen Maryland June 10 Mis Lilian Singleton 22 on a farm near here was badly beaten and criminally assaulted by a negro while her three children watched. A posse of armed men searched the woods as state police were notified. Mrs Singleton is in serious condition from a head blow inflicted by the assailant.
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Ryan
The
Legion
Indianapolis
Galbraith
Foreman
Theodore Roosevelt
Indianapolis Country Club
Chicago
General Ryan
Cincinnati
North Port
Mich
Colonel Galbraith
Insana Avenue
Veterans’ Organization
Cleveland
Franklin D. Oller
Philadelphia
France
City Hospital
Aberdeen
Lillian Singleton
Moon
Singleton
Cleans Up $900000 On May Wheat
George A Roberts known as the Corn King of Omaha reportedly cleared 500000 in May wheat last week. Leo G Moser of United States Grain Growers Inc said Roberts earned over 3000000 in grain during the war. The remarks came at a meeting of a new cooperative farmers association opposing short selling planning to float 100000000 in stock for farmers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George A. Roberts
Omaha
Leo G. Moser
United States Grain Growers’ Inc
Mower
Roberts
Co-Operative Farmers’ Association
Moser
Bernard M. Baruch
Wall Street
Star Shells and Potentials in a Noisy Hearing
The column quips on Mr Joy testifying in the Newberry hearing despite heart issues. It jokes about Prince Hirohito and US Japan cooperation and coins an amused note on cooperative coal mining. It references Rear Admiral Sims, the bonus bill, and a farmer finding gold, finishing with a jab about graduation gowns priced at 15 dollars.
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Mr. Joy
Newberry
Sims
Congress
Queen Mary backs old waltzes in royal praise
Paris dispatch reports Queen Mary praising the old waltz at a London reception and denouncing the modern dance craze. She applauded American tango dancers but condemned fashionable new dances, leading to a nobility ban on fox trot, shimmy, and variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Queen Mary
Leonora Hughes
Maurice
Lady Curzon
London
Hughes
Paria
Prince of Wales
Excursionists Rescued in Minnesota Mississippi Incident
Winona Minnesota reports the steamer Minnesota rescued the first group of about 700 excursionists from the stranded Majestic of the Wisherd Line near Alma Wisconsin after it grounded on a sandbar in the Mississippi River. The text also notes a university official opposing the term co ed and wage talks in London affecting 4 million workers with varied proposed cuts.
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Winona
Minn
Minnesota
Majestic
Wisherd Line
Mississippi River
Alma
Wis
Roosevelt International Highway Completed to Portland
Organization of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway Association is finished and most of the route is paved except for a few miles of unimproved road in Glacier National Park. The slogan Portland Me to Portland Ore has been realized.
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The
Theodore Roosevelt International Highway Association
Glacier National Park
Portland, Me
Portland, Ore
Murder Plot Tale Unfolds In Kaber Case At Lakewood
Cleveland reports a chaotic Kaber murder mystery with a Sandusky woman in custody and Mrs Mary J Wade testifying about a plot involving a fortune teller and a professor to kill Daniel Kaber. The string of visits, spiritual appeals, and alleged offers of funds reach back to 1919 and center on an alleged plan to murder the wealthy publisher.
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Cleveland
Kaber
Trai
Lakewood
Cuyahoga County
Sandusky
Edward C. Stanton
Frank W. Smith
Mrs. Wade
Mal
Daniel Kaber
Smith College
Searese
Drury Acquitted in Bank Funds Loan Trial
Charles Drury was acquitted in Tacoma Washington on June 10 of illegally loaning 200000 dollars of Scandinavian American Bank funds to the Scandinavian American building company.
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Drury
Tacoma
Wash
Charles Drury
Scandinavian-American Bank
Scandinavian-American Building Company
Sugar prices fall to four-year low on Costa Rican sale
New York headlines report raw sugar at 4.26 cents a pound after 6,700 Costa Rican sacks were sold with import duty paid. The decline marks the lowest level in more than four years as market activity highlighted the weaker price trend.
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New York
Governor Halts Execution With Ten Day Sanity Probe
Osanning New Jersey June 10 Paul La Guidice condemned to die in the electric chair for a Rochester murder was wed by Governor Miller on Thursday night. The prisoner arrived at the prison three hours before the scheduled execution. He has raved for ten days and acted violently, was placed in a straight jacket, and now receives a ten day reprieve to permit an insanity investigation.
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Osanning
N. J
Paul la Guidice
Bitty Ging
Rochester
Miller
Skinner ousts Skinner from Skinner Packing in Omaha
Federal judge Woodrough signed an order abrogating the 1920 contract making Paul I. Skinner manager of Skinner Packing. The resignation followed, with Skinner assigning $260000 worth of stock to Keith Neville, former governor and the court-appointed receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Federa
Woodrough
Lato
Paul I. Skinner
Skinner Packing Company
Skinner
Sleinder
Keith Neville
Romance of War Bays Culminates in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska Justice of Peace L N Bunce joined Miss Eugenia G Marx of Mobile Alabama and Melvern D Metcalfe of Sioux Falls South Dakota in marriage. The couple met in France where Marx worked in welfare and Metcalfe served with Company C of the 126th machine gun battalion. They studied at Beaune Burgundy American university after the war and later lived in California before moving to Omaha. They plan to settle in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
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Omaha
Beaune Cotecor
Burgundy
France
America
Marx
California
Sioux Falla
8. D
Nebraska Supreme Court Hands Down Decisions
Lincoln Neb June Special the supreme court handed down opinions including Sebriger appelleant versus Wood Rock county affirmed Roy versus Francisco Ante lope county affirmed Wagener appelleant versus Macks Boone county reversed Tyler vs Ulrich appellant Knox county affirmed Roebling versus Nebraska Electric company appellant Knox county reversed The court sustained the conviction and removal from office of She stf Dyson Morrill county for failure to enforce the liquor laws of the state.
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Sebriger
Appelant
Ve. Wood
Rock County
Roy
Francisco
Antelope County
Wagener
Ve. Macks
Boone County
Tyler Va. Ulrich
Knox County
Roebling
Nebraska Electric Company
She
She Stf Dyson
Morrill County
Levy limits set for county levies in Nebraska
Lincoln Neb June 6 County boards must follow new levy limits authorized by the last legislature when making August levies. The circular from Tax Commissioner Osborne lists limits: General fund 3 mills road 1 7-10 mills bridge 1 6-10 mills sinking 1 mill mothers pension 1-10 mill soldiers relief 1-10 mill plus a % mill for agricultural societies. Total limit 36 cents per $100 valuation.
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Lincoln
Neb
County Boards of Supervisors
Osborne
General Fund
Bridge Fund
Mothers’ Pension Fund
Soldier’s Relief Fund
Pershing Urges Fraternal Spirit at Nebraska Commencement
General Pershing addressed the University of Nebraska commencement in Lincoln on Monday. He urged graduates to foster a greater fraternal spirit, urging sympathy with neighbors including foreign born residents and to lead them toward worthwhile pursuits for mutual welfare.
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Lincoln, Neb
Pershing
University of Nebraska
Monday King
Railway Commission to Locate Two Townsites in Nebraska
The Nebraska railway commission will hold a hearing in Gering on June 10 to decide the townsites along the Union Pacific extension westward from the city. Two sites are proposed seven miles west of Haig and eight miles farther west designated as Lyman.
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Eering
Robbers Blow Fremont Standard Oil Safe. Loot $1240
Robbers blasted the safe at the Standard Oil filling station in Fremont Nebraska on Sunday night and escaped with 1000 dollars in cash and 240 dollars in gasoline coupon books. The blast destroyed the door and front of the small building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Fremont
Neb
Patent suit dismissed over postage stamp book patent
The U S court of claims on Monday dismissed Frank F Farnhams suit against the government for 1 000 000 claiming infringing a pocket sized stamp book patent dated 1808 The court ruled the patent invalid and Farnham loses his claim in the case filed in Washington on June 7
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Washington
United States Court of Claims
Frank F. Farnham
Farnham
President to Confer With Western Bankers
Washington June 1 bankers of the middle west and northwest will likely be invited within the next week or ten days to confer here with the President on financial problems arising from the islands and related issues.
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Washington
Northwest
Widow Remarries After Reading Complicated Will
A widow, puzzled by her late husband's will, learns that taking a second husband could forfeit her claim to the estate. She investigates, locates a relative, and proceeds with remarriage, triggering the will's provisions.
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Mle Mont
Fragmented London item hints at names and dates
Readable phrases point to a London context with scattered names and time markers. Details are incomplete, but the fragment suggests correspondence or a note about a person or event and a request to save time.
Pueblo Rises After Floods as City Plans to Grow
Pueblo Colorado reports show sun returns and flood relief underway. Health officials have sprayed disinfectants as crews clear mud and debris from the business district. River drains and rail service slowly restore while citizens, Red Cross, and Elks aid refugees. Eighteen dead in La Junta area. 437 missing listed by Red Cross chapter in Pueblo.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
Union Station
Chamber of Commerce
Clubs
Fountain Creek
Oliver Shoupe
The
Red Cross
Heiress Dellora Angell Denies Early Marriage Plan
Miss Dellora Angell 18 heiress of John W Gates 38 million fortune says she has no marriage plans soon. She will return to school next autumn and rumors linking her to C Wilson Campbell 23 of Pasadena are unfounded for now.
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Aurora
Ill
Dellora Angell
John W. Gates
C. Wilson Campbell
Pasadena
Cal
St. Charles
Here
Posse hunts highwayman after brutal assault of girl
In Huron North Dakota on June 10 a posse of about 300 armed men searches along the James river and surrounding area for a highwayman who assaulted 17 year old Miss Dore Schroder driving sheep to her home. She was found unconscious with head injuries near Hitchcock and is reported in serious condition.
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Huron
James River
Dore Schroder
Hitchcock
Here
Bonus to be pressed in Senate
Washington June 10 The soldier adjusted compensation bill will be pressed for passage in the Senate immediately. Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania said the sub committee chaired by Senator McCumber has the bill ready for the finance committee which will take it up early next week. Penrose says revenue features were eliminated and the bill can be pushed rapidly without House origin. He added that he would confer before it is reported to the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Penrose
Pennsylvania
M'Cumber
North Dakota
House
Benate
Conbie
Oil strike reported near Arkansas City
Arkansas City has word that the Marland Refining company struck oil at 4 400 feet in its No 2 well about seven miles southeast of town. The oil shows good in the hole and scouts predict a commercial producer as crews test the well this week.
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Marland Refining Company
Ita No. 2
Arkansas City
George M Cohan to Quit Theatrical Business
New York reports that George M. Cohan has decided to quit the theatrical business. The article notes his retirement follows discussions about the Equity closed shop affecting performers.
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George Cohan
New York
George M. Cohan
Equity
Stated Legion Stand on Disarmament Debate
Indianapolis June 9 Colonel Galbraith voiced the Legion’s stance opposing unilateral disarmament as foolish and dangerous. He said plans are under way to promote nationwide US disarmament to set an example, while pursuing world peace with allied veterans groups.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Galbraith
Unea
United States
American Legion
Senate Votes Probe of War Risk Bureaus
The Senate adopted the Walsh resolution to form a five member committee to investigate government bureaus aiding soldiers and private groups performing similar relief work. Senator Overman urged cutting red tape delaying urgent appeals and Walsh said care of ex servicemen should lead reconstruction tasks before tax and tariff reforms.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
Overman
North Carolina
Benator Walsh
Parliamentarian Nugation Report In Cascho Biovakia
A brief note reports the nomination of a member of Cascho Biovakian parliament. No further names or dates are provided in the readable text. The fragment describes a formal constitutional process related to parliamentary membership.
Eight Paintings Bring $220,000 in Paris Auction
In Paris Galleries Polit sale, eight paintings by Robert drew about $220,000, with an unknown buyer paying $30,000 cash for the work titled Vien Capraola For eat in a fierce bidding contest against Henri Doucet.
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Paris
Rt Robert
Polit
Vien Capraola Foreat
Henri Doucet
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