Broadens Senate Naval Bill Disarmament to Land and Sea
The House Foreign Affairs Committee reports the Porter disarmament resolution expanding Borah’s naval amendment to include land disarmament and a wider conference scope. President Harding backs it, Borah opposes, and the Flood substitute directs the President to call a disarmament conference in the United States with a $100,000 appropriation.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Harding
House
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Borah
Congress
Representative Flood
Virginia
House of Representatives
United States of America
H. Congress
Governor Shoup Thanks Harding for Sympathy and Aid Appeal
Governor Shoup of Colorado telegraphed President Harding expressing gratitude for his sympathy. He noted it might be necessary to seek federal aid but did not specify an amount or direct appeal for rehabilitation of flood districts.
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Washington
Shoup
Colorado
Harding
U S Sends Pueblo Relief From Military Posts
President Harding and Secretary Weeks discussed flood relief for Colorado. Weeks ordered corps area commanders to forward blankets medical supplies and other relief materials to Pueblo from Salt Lake City and Texas military posts.
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Weeks
Washington
Harding
War Weeks
Colorado
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Texas
Jail Delivery Blocked at Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Iowa June 8 A jail delivery was frustrated when Sheriff George Bassett aided by two men captured a prisoner under sentence of death who had escaped from the county building on the fourth floor. The prisoner reached the edge surrounding the fourth floor before capture.
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Fort Dodgge
George Bassett
Supreme Council Delays Silesian Meeting
The supreme council postpones the meeting to resolve the Silesian issue indefinitely with no new date set for resumption. Names Janus and June appear in the terse notice.
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Supreme Council
Janus
Silesian
Divorce Trial Set To Resume In Stillman Suit
In New Rochelle Justice Keogh ordered the Stillman divorce case to resume on June 14 with the stay extended until then and the stay vacated thereafter. Mrs. Fifi Potter Stillman may file another amended reply in the suit by James A. Stillman, seeking absolute divorce. A fourth day is allowed to name co respondents, with a new potential respondent, a woman identified as Clara, possibly added if amendment proceeds. Florence A. Leeds was previously named. counsel John F. Brennan says further amendments could follow if evidence suggests more women involved.
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New Rochelle
Stillman
Martin Keogh
Supreme Court
Fifi
Potter Stillman
James A. Stillman
Gleason
Poughkeepsie
Mrs. Stillman
New York
Clara
Anne A. Stillman
John F. Brennan
Florence A. Leeds
Pueblo Flood Devastates Business District and Homes
Pueblo Colorado endures a second devastating flood with the Arkansas river overrunning Main and Fourth streets. Authorities report hundreds killed or missing, with 1,000 feared dead and property losses up to 20 million. Relief stations, martial law, and aid from Denver struggle to reach stranded residents and refugees.
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City
Fourth
Main
Grove District
Peppersiuce Creek
Arkansas
Second
Court
Fountain River
Pueblo
Joseph M. Daly
Grove
Arkansas River
S. W. Pressley
Congress Hotel
Mike Studzinski
Denver
Colorado Springs
Red Cross
John Osborne
Poles Beaten in Attack on Silesian Towns
Polish insurgents using three armored trains and artillery attacked Kosel and Kandrzia in Silesia but were repulsed. They held Wattowitz station as British General Wanneker warned German volunteers to halt. French evacuated Pless. Germans fear Voles may seize the city.
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Berlin
Kosel
Kandrzia
Oppeln
Wattowitz
Wanneker
Silesia
Hoefer
Pless
Risk Quiz Brings Results in Insurance Inquiry
New York June 8 the Lockwood legislative committee suspended its inquiry into five insurers after Samuel Untermyer announced that forty three leading companies agreed to recommendations for legislation to end objectionable practices.
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New York
Lockwood Legislative Committee
Samuel Untermyer
Wage Conference Opens in Atlantic City
Wage conferences began in Atlantic City between the Western Sheet and Tin Plate Manufacturers' association and the sheet and tin division of the association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. The worker group will seek a slight change in conditions, likely a small pay increase.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Western Sheet and Tin Plate Manufacturers’ Association
Sheet and Tin
The
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
FIXES GERMAN CASUALTIES
Germany's total World War casualties were reported at 6 888 982 by Commander William Bainbridge of the naval medical corps in an address to the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. Losses: killed in action 1 531 148, missing 991 840, wounded 4 211 481, died of disease 155 013. A separate item notes the Norwegian schooner Mount Hamilton burning off Cape Florida after a two hour blaze. crew of thirteen rescued at Miami.
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Boston
Germany
William
Bainbridge
Naval Medical Corps
Association of Military Surgeons of the
United States
Florida
Miami
Fla
Cape Florida
Indiana News Roundup Reflects Prohibition and Education Changes
Governor McCray pushs salary raises for state house staff with a $10,000 fund and $20,000 yearly thereafter. Indiana League of Women Voters plans to push suffrage amendments. State livestock board ends term. new board July 2. disease report shows fewer livestock issues. Bartholomew County wool pool and St Joseph County co op plan to manage and market 1921–20 clips. Purdue gala week for 2000 graduates ahead of June 8 commencement. Honey and potato crops harmed by drought. bee swarming noted. Third district Indiana Federation of Clubs sets 1922 meeting at Jeffersonville. High schools to be ranked under new state system. commission class established. South Bend forms better business bureau to curb false advertising. State highway bids for bridges and culverts expected mid June. total contracts may reach 1–2 million. Porter County cows show butterfat production. drainage enterprise totals cited. Moonshine seizures reported before funding lapse. Ferret licensing fees set at 10 dollars per ferret. county fair planned in Vanderburgh. Wealthy Indy magnate Frank H Wheeler commits suicide. Evansville tax rise for Allen Gray estate. Marion rejects city manager plan. Indianapolis plans higher teacher salaries up to 1900 a year.
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Indianapolis
McCray
Statehouse
Indiana
Indiana League of Women Voters
Board of Directors
State Livestock Sanitary Board
General Assembly
L. E. Northrup
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Bartholomew County Farmers’ Association
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Ohio Wool Growers’ Association
South
Chicago
F. Stewart
Bloomington
Indiana Rainbow Division Veterans’ Association
Sidney F. Miller
Charles Gift
Henry Springer
Byron Young
Herschell M. Sanders
Paul Yfechtmin
Toledo
Anthony Gorek
New Chicago
Ind
Wanda Urbaitis
Albert Morgyn
Whiting
John Prulek
Indiana Harbor
Stanley Bartinkowski
James J. Epps
Lesh
State Department of Conservation
State Conservation Commission
Lake Michigan
State Department
State Board of Pardons
Lafayette
Purdue University
Evansville
Vanderburg
State Board of Education
Better Business” Bureau
United States
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
South Bend Advertising Club
State Highway Department
Valparaiso
Porter County Cow Testing Association
Washington, D. C
Bureau of the Census
Prohibition
Prohibition Enforcement Department
R. H. Abel
Conservation Department
Fyansville
Scott- Vanderburg County Fair Association
Frank H. Wheeler
Wheeler-Schebler
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Riverside Drive
Allen Gray
Citizens’ National Bank
State Highway Commission
Marion
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