Short Big Shells In Navy In 17
Washington March 25 Naval preparedness came under fire as Captain Harris Laning testified the Navy Department lacked a comprehensive war plan when the United States severed relations with Germany. He said Secretary Daniels blocked key plans amid personal interests and that chaos prevailed at declaration of war. He cited shortages of 14 inch shells and delays in contracting, with broader claims of reduced early wartime effectiveness and failure to advocate needed legislation. The hearing also addressed letters between Admiral Sims and Secretary Daniels and their implications for wartime readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
United States
Germany
Daniel
Bureau of Operations
Harris Laning
Senate Investigation Committee
Laning
Loan'ng
Department
Pittman
Demiocrat
Nevada
Adiral
Luis
Hale
Daniels
Bliss
Sims
Senate
Trammell
Florida
Admiral Sims
Thammell
Draft Resisters Given Prison Terms in 1919 case
Barney Miller and William Miller, sons of a wealthy Spring Grove farmer, were sentenced to six months in jail by Federal Judge Carpenter after pleading guilty to draft evasion. Arrested June 1919 following a clash with three Department of Justice agents, they had escaped for over a year. The judge said the war is over but punished those who avoided service. the defendants cited religious convictions for not registering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citcago
Barney
Micheal
Willian Miller
Spring Grove
Til
Carpenter
Miller
Tune
Department of Justice
College Students In Kansas Normal Use Ducking Pond
In Hays Kansas on March 25 Fort Hays Normal School faces a student soviet that hunts professors for ducking them in the campus lake. Two near drownings reported as students organize a running track while female students fetch water and meals. Faculty and students vowed to duck if not report to the coliseum at 1 pm Tuesday. Professors Start and Lindquist both wrestled with safety fears. Start declined to yield to threats. Authorities intervene as the English professor Harvey and the attorney general seek action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays
Kansas
Fort Ways Normal School
P. Casper Harvey
English Department
Topeka
Protetsion
Richard J. Hopkins
W. A. Lewis
Normal School
John Lindquist
James Start
Start
State Board of Administration
Harvey
Lindquist
Real Food Shortage Warned As Farmers Flee Towns
Senator Capper Cites tens of thousands of farmers leaving the country for cities this spring warning of a real food shortage unless the exodus is checked. He cites a drift of 35,000 in New York State and cites hog prices and farm-labor costs as driving factors amid debates on agricultural funding and a proposed $32,000,000 annual agriculture appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Capper
Kansas
Capper
Trade Capper
Congress
New York State
Middle West
Missouri Candidate Is Triple E as Names Go
Springfield, Mo March 24 There has been speculation among politicians as to what the three E s in FE E McJimsey stand for Elmer Edgar Ellsworth Ellsworth a war hero in India where MeJimsey was reared His Democratic opponents have used the nickname Triple to Me Jitney during past campaigns
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Springfield
FE. E McJimsey
Elmer Edgar Elsworth Ellsworth
India
MeJimsey
Madore
Fire destroys large part of Missouri town
Springfield Mo March 25 the greater part of the town of Col ins in St. Clair County was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon. Twenty business houses and 13 homes were said to have been destroyed. Only a few structures remained standing. The Burnside Men's Club is arranging to house those made homeless. Property loss was estimated at 140 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Colins
St. Clair County
Battle in Delaware and Connecticut on suffrage vote
In Delaware a legislative clash erupts over ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment with lawmakers debating postponement and committee referral while organizers plan demonstrations. In Connecticut Governor Holcomb rejects a special session to push ratification, citing constitutional limits and urging state electors to decide via the general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Delaware
Senate
House
Hartford
Conn
Marcus H. Slolcomb
Connecticut General Assembly
Connecticut
Holcomb
General Assembly
Close Arguments On Valuation Methods On Railroad Return
Hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission on railway valuation for rate adjustments ended with carriers security holders and most shippers backing investment accounts as a minimum value basis against state railroad commissioners opposition. Final arguments by S. T. Bledsoe and J H Wood asserted book accounts best reflect value, bidders noted shippers favor service over exact rates, and classification groupings received minor emphasis. Southwest shippers urged a separate division for rate adjustments, while others supported maintaining current Western classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
S. T. Bledsoe
Chicago
JH. Wood
New York
Association of Railway Executives
Shippers of
Southwest
Western Freight Classification Group
Northwestern Shippers
Stocks Plunge on Market Reactions in New York
New York March 25 speculative structure over the stock market evaporated after early promise of gains. General Motors led a wild session rising to a new high then falling sharply. Other motor shares and industrials reversed morning gains, ending in losses as call money spiked to 14 percent. Foreign remittances steadier, with French and Italian rates showing pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Federal Reserve Bank
General Motors
Shorts
Bryan Wants Code Body to Put L&R Into Constitution
In Springfield on March 25 William J. Bryan urged including labor and reform provisions in a new constitution and backed a board of investigation for industrial disputes. He argued the people are the source of power and supported recall of judges and streamlined court procedures. He called for collective bargaining rights with force prohibited and government retaining coercive power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Willian J. Bryan
Brean
Tie
Mr. Brean
Bryan
Shoots His Sister To Save Daughters From Her Influence
Lyons Kansas March 25 coroner inquest into the death of Mrs George Regan at her breakfast table. W B Bast her brother confessed the shooting was not accidental claiming he killed her to save his four nieces from abuse and improper rearing. Regan husband at work nearby. Bast held without bail and to be charged with first degree murder. Bast has a brother in the Bloomington Illinois police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Kansas
George Regan
W. B. Bast
Bast
Bloomington
Illnois
House May Take Vote for Peace
Washington March 25 Republican leaders in the House discuss speeding a declaratory peace resolution. No final form or date yet but an agreement likely within days. Resolution expected to go through foreign affairs committee then to the House under a special rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Gillett
Mendell
Itase
Lodge
Massachusetts
Thomas
Deleraide
Wilson
Congress
Labor Paper Publishes Candidate Campaign Expenditure Questionnaire
Washington March 26 Labor, a weekly paper by fourteen recognized railroad labor organizations, released a new questionnaire for presidential hopefuls focusing on campaign expenditures. The letter asks candidates how they are financed, current and projected spending, and whether they will disclose sworn expenditure statements and contributor lists before the convention, while noting no indictment of any candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Radlioad
Labor
Congress
Townsend Sice gives up Senate committee chair
Senator Townsend of Michigan resigns as chairman of the interstate commerce sub committee tasked to investigate alleged radical activities of a federal trade commission employee. Rumor says Senators Cummins of Iowa or Frelinghuysen of New Jersey may be named to lead the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Townsend
Michigan
Interstate Commerce
Federal Trade Commission
Cummins
Iowa
Frelinghuyseh
New Jersey
Charge Agitators Worked in Legion To Arouse Hatred
Washington March 25 Representatives of the American Legion told the House Ways and Means Committee that agitators are trying to recruit former service men into the I WW. J B Molden Utah testified that W W W propaganda discredits government aid and the Legion. Halden said ex servicemen in hospitals faced IWW literature urging them to join. Mrs Birney and Gilbert Bettman urged aid for heirs and timely use of the discharge bonus. Representative Gallivan said soldiers faced a raw deal after returning from France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Legion
House
Ways and Means Committee
I. W.W
Congress
J. B. Molden
Utah
I. Wo
Chicago
Holden
Herman H. Birney
Philadelphia
War Mothers of America
Gilbert Bettman
Cincinnati
Legion
Gallivan
Massachusetts
France
Wood Leading In South Dakota on Partial Returns
Returns from 1185 of 1740 state precincts show Wood with 27 666, Lowden 23 385, Johnson 21 735 for the Republican presidential endorsement. Johnson leads in 13 counties, Lowden in 10, with Poindexter gaining about 850 as an independent write in. Republican nominees for U S senator and governor were Miles Poindexter and WL McMaster respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stgqmn
Lowdon
Miles Poindexter
Poindexter
Peter Narbeck
WL McMaster
United States
Income And Profits Tax For Quarter Totaled
Washington March 25 Income and excess profits taxes aggregating 908,820,172 were paid as the first instalmment of the nation s tax bill for 1919. Officials said the figures indicate a yearly total near 3 500 000 000 while the first period reduces treasury certificates of indebtedness and supports the ongoing financial program. Collections for 1918 were about 1 200 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Wisconsin
Soldier saved from dissecting table at Bloomington hospital
Hammond dispatch reports Indiana Attorney General Stansbury intervened to spare Joseph Marino a dissecting at the state medical school after his influenza death at the penitentiary. The 21 year old former soldier, gassed in battle, was to be buried with military honors locally. He had been sentenced to a year in prison for killing a man in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Stansbury
Indiana
Joseph Marino
State Medical School
Bloomington
Marino
Truce Talks Open as Wesel Frontline Shifts
Reports from Voblenz say Wesel captured rumors later denied by German officials. Fighting continues near Wesel with troops fortified behind the Lippe river and negotiations underway south of Wesel. Belgian and British observers enter Wesel while workmen and rail links fortify defenses amid ongoing heavy fighting and a 24 hour truce stance.
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Praga
Thuringia
Halle
Ohrdruff
Saxe, Coburgeotha
Associated Press
Buderich
Rhenish
Prussia
Mar
Rhine Bridge
Wesel
Civil Control Commission
Rhine
Muenster
Crefeld
Nehes
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Capt. Laning
Missouri
Friends
Opa
Democrata
Representative McNabb
Code Body
L&r
Labor Paper
Wood
South Dakota
Coblenz
London
London Times
Rotterdam
Red Army
Telegraaf
Essen
Telegraat
Berlin
Berlim
Bertin
Enatdinet
Cis
Kapp
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