Republicans Plan for 1920 Campaign
Washington May 23 Plans for the 1920 presidential campaign were discussed by Republican men and women from all states at the opening of a two day conference with Will Hays national committee chairman Interest centered on how the women may help the election with the central thought being separate womens organizations are not to be apart except temporarily of the Republican program Preceding a banquet at which Mr Slavs Senator Cummins of Iowa president pro tempore of the senate and Speaker Gillett of the house were speakers the women gathered with state chairmen to listen to political advice by Republican Leader Lodge of the senate and Mr Hays I will not discuss the league of nations said Mr Lodge The league of nations is not a party question It is an American question and if there is anything that the Republican party can do it is to dispose of American questions Both Senator Lodge and Mr Hays congratulated the women on their entrance into politics the latter also telling the conference that the women must not work as a womans organization but as part of the Republican organization Senator Cummins greeted the women as fellow Republicans at the banquet criticized President Wilson for alleged seizure of legislative functions of congress For six years he said there has been a continuous determined effort in the executive department to acquire all the powers of government save only judicial authority and even that has not entirely escaped unwar rantable interference
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Washington
Will H. Hays
National Committee
Slavs
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
Gillett
House
Wilson
Congress
Executive Department
Objections Centered On Reparation Clause
Paris dispatches report Berlin opposition to the peace treaty centers on the inter allied commission on reparations created for collective indemnities. Germans see this as an infringement of sovereignty and say submission to a foreign body with broad powers amounts to slavery.
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Associated Press
Paris
Berlin
Gilchrist longtime Great Lakes freighter owner dies at 68
Joseph Co. Gilchrist former head of a major freighter fleet on the Great Lakes died in Painesville Ohio on Thursday. He was 68 and had retired from active business about 12 years ago.
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Chreveland
Ohio
Joseph Co. Gilchrist
Great Lakes
Painesville
Baptist Clergy Wage Protest Spars City Missions Talk
Denver May 23 Baptist clergymen receive less than 1500 a year for day labor wages a sign of a blot on the denomination. Dr E L Tomlinson presented the ministers and missionaries board report at the Northern Baptist convention. Plans for Americanization of aliens in cities and foreign language worship were highlighted in Thursday sessions.
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Denver
Colo
Northern Baptist Convention
E. L. Tomlinson
New York
Ministers and Missionaries Board
Allies to Modify Reparations Text at Versailles
Paris May 22 The council of four agreed on a reply to the German reparations note to be handed to German plenipotentiaries at Versailles tomorrow It outlines modifications in the reparations terms as they appear in the peace treaty This marks the first modification by the plenary conference Germany's protest over the Saar valley also caused a slight adjustment of the award terms.
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Paris
Council of Four
Versailles
Germany
Sarre Valley
Sabbath Bill Would Increase Exemption
Washington May 23 Comfort for the small salaried man is provided in a bill introduced in congress by Representative Sabath of Illinois Democrat for revision of the income tax section of the war revenue act. It provides that a single man's personal exemption be fixed at 2000 or double the amount under the present law while a married man living with and supporting his wife would be entitled to an exemption of 4000 instead of half that sum.
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Washington
Congress
Sabath
Iiness
Democrat
New Members Elected To French Academy
Paris May 22 Frederic Masson elected perpetual secretary to succeed Etienne Lamy with 285 votes amid one blank. Henry Bordeaux chosen a member by 20 votes to fill Jules Le Maitre’s seat. The contest for the Seguer successor ended without result and was postponed. President Poincare and Marshal Jeffre attended.
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Paris
Havas
Frederic Masson
French Academy
Etienne Lamy
Henry Bordeaux
Academy
Jules le Maitre
Marquis of Seguer
Poincare
Marshal Jeffre
German Mine Field Reported In China Sea
German charts surrendered reveal a large mine field in the China sea large enough to be passed safely by American steamships previously unaware of its danger. Captain J E Guptill of the Senator said the field laid by the raider Wolff in September 1917 stretched sixty by two miles but was placed too deep to cause harm. Chinese trawlers under British officers are removing the mines, he added.
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Seattle
Wash
China Sea
J. E. Guptil
Pacific Steamship Company
Senator
Orient
Wolff
Guptill
Blame Both Steamers For Halifax Disaster
Halifax officials announce the supreme court of Ottawa held both steamers Mont Blanc and Imo equally responsible for the December 1917 Halifax explosion that killed about 1,600. The collision caused the blast that devastated much of the city. Imo’s solicitors said they would appeal to the Privy Council in England.
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Halifax
N. S
Mont Blanc
Imo
Supreme Court of Ottawa
Privy Council
England
Peace Treaty Debate To Begin In Senate
In Washington on May 23 the Senate will open debate on the peace treaty and the league covenant. Senator Sherman of Illinois will deliver a prepared address proposing separation of the treaty from the league covenant. Senator Reed of Missouri, a league opponent, may postpone his speech to a later date.
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Washington
Sherman
Illinois
Reed
Missouri
French pilot to try for transatlantic prize
St Johns May 22 Lieutenant Seth Jensen French pilot aviator arrives to select an airdrome site for a plane to be shipped from France as another contestant for the London Daily Mail's 50 000 prize for the first trans Atlantic air flight.
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ST. Johns
N. F
London Daily Mail
Seth Jensen
France
Hope for settlement in Winnipeg strike meeting
Open talks among leaders in Winnipeg will convene at city hall at 10:30 this forenoon to discuss the industrial dispute and aim for a settlement. The gathering includes representatives from all leading forces involved in the situation.
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Winnipeg
Man
Ireland refuses to join British peace decisions in letter
Paris May 22 Premier Clemenceau reports that Edward De Valera Count Plunkett and Arthur Griffiths Sinn Fein leaders send a letter declaring Ireland will not be bound by British delegates on peace. They seek recognition for Ireland from the peace congress.
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Trish
Paris
Clemencean
Peace Congress
Edward de Valera
Count Plunkett
Arthur Griffiths
Tris Sinn Fenners
Ireland
Great Fountains At Versailles In Play
Versailles May 22 The great fountains were turned on for a test before the grand display planned for the day the peace treaty is signed. They functioned perfectly despite not being used since the war began with German peace delegation members watching from their hotel windows.
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Associated Press
Versailles
Labor shortage warned in Albany conference
Col. Arthur Woods told state city and county officials with Governor Smith and the state reconstruction commission that unemployment issues will worsen this summer predicting a major labor shortage as the season ends.
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Albany
N. Y
Col
Arthur Woods
Secretary of War
Smith
State Reconstruction Commission
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