War Between Germany and Poland Seen Imminent
Paris May 14 Ambassadors' council discussed a future war between Germany and Poland. Marshal Foch said 60 000 troops needed to restore Upper Silesia order. Britain and Italy refused to send forces. France opposed Poland's aims. No decision. plebiscite commission may yield German control of most Upper Silesia. Ambassador Wallace withheld judgment awaiting Washington instructions.
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C. F. Bertelli
Paris
Germany
Poland
Ambassadors’ Council
Marshal Foch
Upper Silesia
Great Britain
Italy
France
Harding
Downing Street
Upper Silesian
Wallace
Washington
Britain backs German troops to expel Poles in Silesia
London May 14 Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that Britain favors Germany using forces to restore order in Upper Silesia. He warned allies not to object and urged a steadfast, just approach to preserve European peace amid the Versailles treaty dispute. He criticized Polish moves, warned of a dark, uncertain future, and urged France to halt backing Poland while calling for renewed confidence in postwar arrangements.
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Robert J. Prew
London
Great Britain
Upper Silesia
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Poland
Europe
Germany
Inter-Allied Commission
Silesia
Korfanty
France
Italy
Britain Won’t Quickly Send Troops to Upper Silesia
Berlin dispatch reports Britain cannot immediately comply with Germany’s demand to use British troops in Upper Silesia to restore order. The British government signals sympathy but cites international and political reasons, indicating no immediate action while urging reestablishment of inter allied control and authority.
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Germany
Britain
Karl H. von Wiegand
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Fingland
Inter-Allied Control Commission
Camp Sherman orders mobilize to quell West Virginia guerilla warfare
May orders received at Camp Sherman Ohio call federal forces to prepare to move into Mingo county West Virginia to suppress guerilla activity. Major General Reed of the Fifth Army Corps Area notified Colonel Herman Hall to hold the 19th Infantry Regiment in readiness. The unit numbers 574 men and includes rifles, machine guns, howitzers, motor transport and medics awaiting transport.
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Camp Sherman
Ohio
Mingo County
West Virginia
Reed
Fifth Army Corp
Herman Hall
19Th Infantry
Who Will Win This Petition on Dempsey-Repont Fight
Editor notes the second of a series weighing petions by prominent figures on the likely winner of the Dempsey Repont bout. Observers cite public opinion, training notes, and recent performances to forecast outcome.
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Dempsey- Repont
Dempsey hailed as greatest in-fighter by Meehan
United Preau Oakland May 12 Willie Meehan California heavyweight who beat Jack Dempsey calls Dempsey the greatest in-fighter among heavies. He predicts Dempsey will stop Carpentier in less than two rounds after observing Dempsey’s fighting style and comparing him to Levinaky.
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United Preau
Oakland
Cal
Willie Meehan
California
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Levinaky
Carpentier
Des Moines Unions Open Economic Fight
Des Moines labor groups began an economic push by buying 7,000 suits of men’s clothing from union shops and selling them to union workers for 22 to 32 dollars. They also purchased 1,600 shirts for the same distribution, with the Des Moines street railway men’s union coordinating deliveries. Ben Wiley, secretary, said the effort will continue until local merchants stock only union made goods.
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Des Moines
Trades and Labor Assembly
Des Moines Street Railway Men's Union
Ben Wiley
Labor Assembly
Mail Robbers Reindicted On New Charges In Des Moines
In Des Moines on May 15 Keith Collings and Fred Poffenburger, Council Bluffs mail robbers then in Leavenworth, were reindicted by a federal grand jury on charges arising from the November theft of about 2.6 million in securities from a mail train in Council Bluffs. They will be brought here for trial on the new indictments as federal officials plan to seek longer sentences. Both men are serving under 20 years.
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Des Moines
Keith Collings
Fred Poffenburger
Council Bluffs
Leavenworth
Federal Grand Jury
Time Flies Jotting From A Dartmouth Yearbook
A collage of brief quips and stray anecdotes from various papers and journals. Notable lines reference European propaganda, a humorous restaurant miscue about saying grace, expressions of love from the Dartmouth Jack-o-Lantern, and odd snippets from the Detroit Free Press and London Opinion.
Seven Killed In Tug River Miners War Flares Up
Across the Tug river valley in West Virginia and Kentucky heavy fighting between miners, deputies and guards continued Friday night. Reports say at least two more were killed bringing deaths to three with four more feared dead. Federal troops were reportedly being sought as state police fight both sides with machine gun rumors and snipers on hills. A U S Army probe was ordered as governors pressed for federal intervention.
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United Press
Williamson
W. Va
Carl Butcher
Charles Stafford
Spriggs
Kentucky
West Virginia
Karl Smith
Pike County
Henry Heatley
Tug River
Cr.w. Smith
Alburn
J. R. Brockus
Ele
Willis Branch
Camp Sherman
U. S. Army
United States
War Department
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
House Sends Tariff Bill to Conference
Washington May 14 By a 232 to 95 vote the House sent the emergency tariff bill to conference to reconcile differences with the Senate. Democrats opposed the direct conference route, wanting Ways and Means to review Senate amendments. House conferees named are Fordney Green of Town Longworth and Gerner Collier.
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Green
Town
Longworth
Gerner and Collier
Countess Replaces Striking Stewardess Aboard Aquitania
London May 14 Marguerite Countess of Suffolk daughter of the late Levi Leiter volunteer to become a stewardess on the Aquitania sailing for New York Saturday She will replace one of the striking stewardesses Sir Percy Bates a Cunard director will take a dishwasher post Arthur Villiers brother of Lord Jersey becomes steward of many state rooms A nameless American volunteers as bartender in the smoking room during the voyage.
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London
Marguerite
Countess of Suffolk
Levi Leiter
Washington
New York
Boores
Percy Bates
Cunard Line
Arthur Villiera
Lord Jersey
Wilson's Cains Surprise M D
Washington May 14 Woodrow Wilson shows improved condition and sleep after breakdown. He reads well and quietly observes from back rows or watches games, signaling real progress beyond expectations.
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Norman Hapgood
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Postal Clerks Implicated in $75000 Swindle
New York May 14 two postal clerks James J Dunsy and Ralph Rosenberg are arraigned on embezzlement charges for pilfering postal saving certificate book blanks to gamble on horse races. Both held on $25000 bail. They allegedly stole about $75000 over nine months, replacing current book blanks with older ones to hide the theft.
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New York
United States
Hitchcock
James J. Dunsy
Th Post Office
Ralph Rosenberg
Postoffice
James A. Feeney
Schwartz
Griffin Fights to Kill Tinder Bill Grains Exch Change
Chicago May 14 President Joseph P Griffin of the Chicago Board of Trade condemns the Tinder bill as undemocratic and destructive to business. He says exchanges may withdraw from business rather than submit to arbitrary powers and urges that foreign markets be opened to ease farmer distress amid looming harvest risks. The bill faces Senate action and possible White House veto.
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House of Representatives
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Chicago Board of Trade
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House Agricultural Committee
Ays
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Congress
House Aemcatural
Herterefore
Europe
50 Years Bandit Drops Dead as Cop Pursues
In St. Louis Frank Cavanaugh, famed for a 60 year record as a safe blower, died of heart failure Friday after a robbery of August Smith. He fled down a side street with $21 in hand as a pursuing officer watched him crumple. The money remained clutched at the morgue.
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St. Louis
Frank Cavanaugh
August Smith
Nice Little Snake Warned By Roosevelt Double
Middletown N Y May 14 Editor William Jones who runs a country newspaper promotes keeping a snake as a pet and watchdog for children inspired by Theodore Roosevelt's double He argues snakes help control pests protect homes and should be treated kindly not killed while noting scripture and public health claims to support his view
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William Jones
Theodore Roosevelt
Immigration Bill Goes to Harding
The conference report on the emergency immigration restriction bill was adopted by both chambers on Friday and the measure now goes to President Harding for approval.
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Harding
Washington
Senate
House
Tincher bill clears House and heads to Senate
Washington May day with few dissenting votes the Tincher bill passes the House enabling a tax on all grain sales in futures trading. The act also creates a government agency to license and regulate boards of trade where such trading occurs. It proceeds to the Senate for approval and potential changes.
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Washington
May
Beonata
Divorce Granted to Iowa's "Prettiest Girl" in Chicago
Chicago May 14 The so called prettiest girl in Iowa, daughter of a Des Moines manufacturer, was divorced after she admitted affection for a man named Mack and disclosed infidelities with others. A letter from Mack received after marriage was cited in the decree.
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Chicago
Iowa
Des Moines
Christopher Frank
Mr. Frank
Priday
Mack
Hubby's Diary Enables Her to Get Divorce
In Chicago Delaware May, a divorce case grants Mes Migonette Horn a divorce from Helle Horn after evidence from a diary. The diary listed men and telephone numbers and described her plans to visit relatives. a detective investigation led to proof read at the scene considered by the court.
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Mes
Migonette Horn
Helle
Horn
Meg
Elie
Bergdoll Wife Recalls $105,000 Transfer To Germany
Mrs Emma Bergdoll testifies before a House committee about escaping son Grover Bergdoll and the conversion of treasury certificates into 105000 dollars. She describes sending 10000 dollars to Germany for Grover and the role of treasury funds in the escape.
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Washington
Emma
House
Cleveland Bergdoll
Treasury
Treasury Department
Cermuny
Grover
War secretary orders probe into Mingo County gun fighting
Washington May 1 Following a cabinet meeting Secretary of War Works announced he directed Mal Gien George W Reed commander of the Pilthaemy Gorges area to investigate the gun fighting in the Mingo County West Virginia coal regions.
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Secretary of War Works
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Guorge W. Reed
Pilthaemy Gorges
Mingo County
West Virginia
Von Simons Named German Ambassador Contingent on Relations
Informants say Bertin Von Sim ons former foreign minister likely will become German ambassador to the Unity States when diplomatic ties are renewed. The report notes the appointment hinges on resumed relations and was learned locally today.
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Ee - von Simons
Bertin
Waltery von Simons
Louisville Girl Sails Alone to England to Visit Grandparents
Four year old Phyllis Tocque of Louisville Kentucky waved cheerfully to her father as she boarded a steamer in New York for England to visit her grandparents. Her mother died last year and the father could not leave his business, but watched her depart safely. This is her third trip across.
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Phyllis Tocque
Louisville
New York
England
Phyllis
Trial by Court Martial for Deserter Linn Gale
Washington reports Linn A. E. Gale a draft deserter deported by Mexico will be tried by court martial at Port Sam Houston Texas. The case includes grave charges beyond desertion and notes Gale published Gale's Magazine in New York in 1917 while drafted. Gale fled to Mexico and continued publishing, with alleged German propaganda.
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Linn
A. E. Gale
Mexico
Port Sam Houston
Tex
J. P. Wilson
Harris
Wilson
Gale
Cale
New York
Ciale
Averal
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Department of Justice
American wages cut 6.4 per cent in year
Washington May 14 Wages have been cut 6.4 percent in the year and by April 1 the number of men employed in industry reduced by one fourth during the same period Federal Reserve Board reports show on April 4 1920 there were 1 737 717 employees on payrolls while on April 1 1921 the total had declined to 1 003 TH Every district reported cuts in the number of employees.
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Federal Reserve
Humber
Sinn Fein Candidates Run Unopposed in Key Races
London reports Sinn Fein candidates running unopposed as nominations close for two Irish parties under the new regime. Universities nominate eight members and the National University selects forces in Poine era while Trinity College returns four conservatives. The focus shifts to electors in Ulster where Sinn Fein candidates were nominated for twelve seats including four independents and Unionists, Nationalists, and if my tionalists. unions expect a majority of twelve.
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London
Ornanents
Lome
Bing Pein
Universitie
Poinera
Trinity
Two convicts killed after prison riot near Dodge
Report says two escapees from the state penitentiary riot south of Huhteville were not to reach a rural wood near Dodge Northeast, as guards reported the incident. Authorities describe the escapees as two convicts killed in the confrontation with guards during the riot.
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Vies
State Penitentiary
Briday
Woode
Dodge
Von Simons Named Berlin Envoy as Relations Resume
Walter Von Simons, former fore minister, is slated to become ambassador to Berlin if diplomatic relations are resumed. The appointment follows the relocation of the German capital and signals a revival of formal ties.
Southard extradition case and coast of evidence reported
A Southard case centers on a wife suspected in multiple deaths and a police probe. Extradition papers are to be pursued as the husband waives travel rights, with authorities seeking certificates to confirm the spouses’ alleged complicity and the timing of the killings.
Unclear fragment hints at local notice or event
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Partial OCR Note on Meriter Chemistry History
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Tiene
Harry Thier
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