US delegates push for naval cuts at disarmament talks
Washington reports that world powers gather for a weekend conference led by Secretary Hughes to craft an agreement easing far eastern tensions and naval reductions. The United States aims to lead with a practical plan while allied nations prepare counter proposals for the session opening Saturday.
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America
Great Britain
Mranve
Japan
Ivaly
Iughes
Geraldine's Charges May Not Leak Out in Court
A garbled notice notes Geraldine Bar on an opera figure and Lau Tel fen facing a divorce case. The report suggests a court order seals all papers, with a separation agreement possibly under chancery. The text is fragmentary and unclear beyond these references.
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New York
Geraldine Baron
Hie Band
Lau
Glasgow police escort a hungry child through street
A Glasgow constable leads a child along the street toward the police station while a middle aged mother watches in alarm. The woman exclaims the child looks half starved and unwashed, asking what caused it, as she condemns the situation and questions the caretaker. The policeman counters with a rebuke about the child’s welfare.
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Mimcult
Glasgow
Cannes
Gery
Ulster Rejects All Ireland Parliament Plan
Ulster cabinet unanimou sly rejects any all Ireland parliament with Sinn Fein and prepares to present the decision to Lloyd George after Belfast talks. Sinn Fein leaders Michael Collins and E J Duggan refuse further negotiations, intensifying the political crisis.
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Lon
Cleaver Tinin
Ulster
Mee Chote
Sinn Fein
Atsother
Lloyd George
Michael Collins
E. J. Duggan
Dublin
Harding Displays Seven Tons of Jewels at Opening of Armament Conference
President Harding activated a crystal arch and lights outside Continental Hall as the armaments conference opened. Seven tons of jewels lit up the facade while searchlights and arc beams illuminated Continental Hall, the Pan American Union, and the navy department ahead of the meetings.
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Washington
Harding
Crystal Arch
Continental Hall
Pan-American Union
Navy Department
Washington Monument
CURZON URGES SUCCESS FOR WORLD CONFERENCE
Washington reports Lord Curzon secretary of state for foreign affairs of Great Britain sent a cable to the state department via Sir Auckland Geddes the British ambassador expressing earnest hope for the conference on limitation of armaments to achieve a satisfactory permanent settlement and offering full government support to realize its aims.
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Washington
Lord Curzon
Great Britain
State Department
Sir Auckland Geddes
United States
Welch and Trout Wrestle for World Title in Local Benefit
Hilly Welch of Sheldon wrestled Billy Trout of Kokomo in a three fall lightweight title match held Friday night for the Veterans of Foreign Wars benefit for the Balvatow Army. Trout won the first fall in 46 minutes 10 seconds with a hammerlock, Welch took the second in 1 hour 5 minutes with a full Nelson, and Welch captured the third in 7 minutes 10 seconds with a toe hold. A large crowd attended.
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Hilly Welch
Billy Trout
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Welch
Nelson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Balvatow
Dwiggins to Lincoln to face bank charges
Lincoln Nebraska November 12 Special Frank P Dwiggins former president of the American State Bank is returning to Lincoln in custody of Deputy State Sheriff Karl Schmitt He consents to return without a requisition Deputy Aohimiit will travel from San Francisco to Long Beach to pick up John W Tulleoya former bank vice president under arrest there
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Frank P. Dwiggins
American State Bank
Lincoln
Karl Schmitt
Thien
Dwiggins
Aohimiit
San Francisco
Long Beach
John W. Tulleoya
Arrevr
Science in the Alps by the Befence Monitor
Mr Durafours airplane landed on Mr Hime while De Abbott's solar cooker cooked meals for his party on Met Wilson in California. The Alpine Aviation Company may add a midday journey to its timetable to allow travelers to enjoy a calmer light of the sun and a provalc dae of the sun's reve.
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Christian Befence Monitor
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Met. Wilson
California
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Alpine Aviation Company
Administration Has Dispersed Half Its Diplomatic Positions
Washington dispatch reports that about 28 of 46 listed postings as Embassies and Legations have been filled by President Harding. Remaining posts include two embassies and many legations, with Argentina and Belgium still awaiting ambassadors and Germany Turkey posts pending peace treaty ratifications.
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Harding
United States
Brazil
Wilson
Edwin V. Morgan
Chile
W. Miller Collier
France
Myron T. Herrick
Great Britain
Col
George Harvey
Indy
Richard Washburn Child
Spain
Cyrus Woods
Japan
Charles B. Warren
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Germany
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Vienna
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Bulgaria
Charles W. Wilson
China
Jacob Gould Schurman
Czecho-Slovakia
Lewis Einstein
Denmark
J. D. Prince
Finland
Charles L. Kagey
Guatemala
Roy Davis
Nicaragua
John BE. Ramer
Panama
John G. South
Romania
Peter Augustus Jay
Salvador
Montgomery Schuyler
Siam
Edward EF. Brodie
Switzerland
Joseph C. Grew
Venezuela
Willis C. Cook
Netherlands
William Phillips
Luxemburg
J. Morton Howell
Cairo
Egypt
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Greece
Honduras
Haiti
Liberia
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Norway
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Persia
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Sweden
Uruguay
Morocco
State Department
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A Vision of Peace and World Union Elevating Nations
An older poetic plea calls nations to embrace service and science for a united world. It envisions peace circled lives in homes schools mills and markets, a global commonweal led by justice and law, with the United States rising to guide peaceful world triumph.
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High Court of Nations
The Chameleon and Aunt Maggie’s Chair Poem Snippet
A fragment from a verse by A. W. Herbert references a chameleon’s imagined life amid apples and peaches and a caution about Aunt Margaret's chair. The passage shifts to general notes on Pershing in France and Rome's food prices and rising prosperity, distorted by OCR.
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A.W. Herbert
A Dark Suspicion From the Birmingham Age Herald
A jumble of racial and social phrases notes tensions in the South with lines about black speech and white authority. The piece references a minstrel like scene and a Washington era dynamic, then shifts to education in Minneapolis and a Jewish Telegraph Agency report from Jerusalem about partition of land beyond the Jordan and a potential British peace move.
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Jordan
Palestine
Field Artillery Questions Spark Hawaii Commissioned Personnel
Command officers in the field artillery branch debate proper wear and carry of spare gear as the nearseless feld artillery phrase unsettles Hawaii units since the motor era began, prompting questions about uniforms and equipment discipline.
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Servies Wiallonsd
Hawaell
Cyclones Defeat Kansas Aggies 7-0 on Slippery Field
Ames Iowa November 12 Maury Kent's Iowa State college team wins 7 to 0 over Kansas State after a steady march in the second half. Young the Ames left halfback and Higging with kickoff return key the scoring drive from the five yard line. Snowy field and fumbles marked the game as Bry an repeatedly punted for Kansas State.
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Maury Kent
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Winter
Marshal Killed in Kentucky Feud Gunbattle
In Middlesboro Kentucky a gun battle over the Ball Turned feud left deputy marshal Doyle Colson dead and Clay Colson plus Ira Ball wounded. Family members from Virginia arrived as authorities feared further clashes with Ball supporters reportedly heavily armed. The Colson clan is related to the Turner family once linked to the feud.
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Middlesboro
Doyle Colson
Kentucky
Clay Colson
Ira Ball
Ball
Colson
Virginia
Colsons
Turner
Would Limit Births to Preserve Peace
A telegram from the first American birth control conference urged limiting world offspring as the sole permanent path to peace. Over 200 delegates from around the world gathered in New York at the Hotel Plaza for the conference first session, with a mass meeting planned for Sunday night.
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Hotel Plaza
Call for united effort to ease war pressures and costs
A. B. Chrisman of Whiting Iowa argues cooperation among bankers merchants farmers and officials is needed to lower freight rates wages and construction costs. He compares business to a wreck requiring swift collective action and urges proactive stances to revive the economy.
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Sioux City Tribune
United States
A. B. Chrisman
Whiting
Conference's Bright Outlook From the Washington Poet
The article notes U S stance on China and Russia while Britain and Japan seek harmony with the United States. It mentions alliance complications and a major question of peace, along with a separate note on Berlin matrimonial bureaus and the demand for wealthy spouses amid a changing social market.
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Ince
China
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Berlin
Fathers New Merchandising Plan Aims Across Industries
George K. Culp of New York City introduces a new merchandising scheme touted to revolutionize selling in American industries. The plan, already adopted for automobile tires and accessories, is drawing attention from leading financiers and is under study for broader application across sectors.
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George K. Culp
New York City
America
Methodists Pleased by Prohibition Results
Washington November 10 The board of temperance prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church at its annual meeting Wednesday expressed the opinion that the prohibition law has contributed greatly to the moral welfare and prosperity of the United States decreased drunkenness crime poverty and increased labor efficiency health and happiness A statement to this effect was prepared for circulation worldwide Resolutions endorsing the federal prohibition administration were adopted
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Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals
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United States
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Major Is Dismissed For French Marriage
Fort Sam Houston held a general court martial in which Major Guy H. Wyman of the 16th U. S. Cavalry was found guilty on seven specifications under the Lithar Article of War and given a sentence of dismissal. The case centered on his marriage to a French ward he adopted in France, who became his wife two days after his first wife secured a divorce in Pensacola.
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Fort Sam Houston
Guy H. Wyman
16Th
U. S. Cavalry
Aix
France
Wyman
Pensacola
Mla
Simplicity NW Social Program At Conference Dinner
United Prensa reports the Washington conference social plan centers on simplicity. President and Mrs. Harding will host a dinner for delegates and their wives in the White House, aiming for modest, nonextravagant entertainment and guidance for Washington hostesses.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Democrats Surprise House Republicans Vote on Senate surtax amendment
Democrats in the House surprised Republican leaders by offering an immediate vote on the Senate 50 percent income surtax rate amendment to the tax revision bill, triggering a heated debate as Republicans opposed the measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
Philippines Senate Refuses to Confirm Wood Appointees
Manila November 1 Senate caucus stood firm in denying confirmation of Governor General Leonard A. Wood appointees. Senators said they were not consulted as required under the Jones law and argued others are better suited for the posts.
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The
Philippines
Senate
Leonard A. Wood
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Sister Sues Brother Over Family Estate Loss
New York report states Miss Marjorie Bourne accuses her brother Arthur K. Bourne of defrauding her in the distribution of their late father Commodore Frederick G. Bourne’s estate valued at 40 million dollars. Arthur, a son of the Singer Sewing Machine Company head, was named defendant in the suit filed Wednesday seeking about six million eight hundred sixty nine thousand dollars.
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Marjorie Bourne
Arthur K. Bourne
Commodore Frederick G. Bourne
Singer Bewing Machine Company
St Paul Mayor Ejected From Street Car
Paul Minnesota November 10 L C Hodgson mayor of St Paul was forcibly ejected from a street car after refusing to pay an extra fare at wall terminal. He said he would take the matter to the city council to seek an understanding with the street car company on Loop terminals.
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L. C. Hodgson
St. Paul
Rome Strikes Halt All Rail Service In City Standstill
Rome last night faced a general strike called by the chamber of labor over a split with the Fasciati. No trains ran and electric workers stopped work, plunging the city into partial darkness as the strike was ordered to continue until further notice.
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Washington
There must be decisive voice against warfare
President Harding at Arlington on the third anniversary of the armistice urged a conscious civilization to unite against armed warfare as delegates of world powers gathered for the Washington conference. The address honored Allied leaders and fallen soldiers, emphasizing peace and sacrifice to keep peace alive.
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