Labor Board Hearing Highlights Labor Hostility to Officials
Timothy Healy, president of the Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and Oilers, accused a high government official of spreading despicable propaganda against labor. He warned of a campaign to force involuntary servitude through new laws, tying this to May Day violence and rising living costs.
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WASHINGTON
Timothy Healy
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and Oilees
railroad labor board
Healy
department of justice
Barton
rilway
kthor
Tiboy
Tibor
Jalor
Mr. Henry
Trying Young Girl On Murder Charge in Illinois
Urs ula Broderick sixteen stands trial in juvenile court for first degree murder of her stepfather Joseph F. Woortock in April. State witness Mrs. A R Pearson testified to threats against Woortock and Urs ula's claimed self defense. This marks her third trial for the same charge with prior mistrials. She previously shot and killed her father Thomas P. Broderick in October 1916 at age twelve but was exonerated by a coroners jury.
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LOUIS
Urgula Broderick
come here
Joseph F. Woortock
A. R. Pearson
Linder
Ursula
Mistrinis
Thomas P. Broderick
Methodists Discuss Changes at Des Moines Conference
Des Moines May 6 Proposed changes in conference limits attract delegates to the Methodist Episcopal general conference. Ohio and California figures dominate the discussion while Rev P F D Sawyer of Reno Methodist notes possible effects on Nevada conferences. He mentions talk of an Intermountain conference including Nevada and parts of Idaho under consideration at Des Moines.
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DES MOINES
Methodist Episcopal general conference
Ohio
California
PF. D. Sawyer
Reno
New Housing Scheme Draws Chicago Couples Back Home
Chicago May 6 Many young couples move back with mothers to cope with a house shortage. Mrs S S Standish of the Chicago Tenants Protective WE says the plan cuts expenses and helps ease the apartment shortage.
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CHICAGO
S. S. Standish
Maj Standish
Railroad chiefs push 500 million to build freight cars
St. Louis and San Francisco chairman H N Brown told Congress railroad executives seek a further 500 million this year to finance 100000 cars and 3000 locomotives. Railroads face shortages of 220000 freight cars and 190 locomotives while grain men urge 300 million to move stored crops.
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WASHINGTON
congress
H. N. Brown
St. Louis
San Francisco
Sam Wigs
B Brown
Che railroat
Western grain
Communist Labor Party ruling prompts deportation questions
Washington May 6 Secretary Wilson ruled that joining the Communist Labor party alone does not justify deportation. The Justice Department awaits Attorney General Palmer's study to decide future action against radicals. Senate immigration committee meets to consider immediate law amendments in light of the ruling.
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WASHINGTON
Wilson
Communist labor party
department of justices
Palmer
Garvin
department of justica
senate immigration committee
Destroyer Lardner Returns to Tompkinsville for Repairs
New York May 6 The United States destroyer Lardner, one of seven ships that sailed yesterday for Key West for possible Mexican service, was forced to return to Tompkinsville today due to minor engine trouble. If repairs cannot be completed promptly, another destroyer would be substituted for her.
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NEW YORK
United States
Lardner
Key West
Tompkinsville
Fury Rages In Gibraltar Straits Causing Fishing Losses
May 6 in Cadiz reports a furious hurricane battering the Straits of Gibraltar sinks fifteen fishing boats. Telegraphic and railway links are disrupted around the city. Tangier reports power cut as night lighting fails.
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CADIZ
Straits of Gibraltar
Tangier
nisht
Benson Says Sims Misinterpreted His Words
Washington May 6 Admiral Benson war time chief of naval operations told the senate naval investigating committee he warned Admiral Sims before and during the war not to let friendship for Britain influence his acts He denied intent to harm Britain but said the phrase attributed by Sims was misinterpreted He insisted his language was a figure of speech stressing the seriousness of the task and denied repeating the words in London He said he could not recall all details of the March 1917 interview and blamed an injustice done to him.
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WASHINGTON
Wham
Benson
senate naval Investigating
Sims
Admiral Sims
Sim
Hele
London
United States
7 uc
641 900 Veterans In Need Of Help
New York May 6 641 900 veterans of World War I are dependent on U S bounty for annual costs of 526 million dollars. Dr W C Rucker chief medical adviser reports 76 588 cases of neuropsychiatric disease among disabled veterans with detailed breakdowns and notes the total may reach 641 900 displaced men.
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NEW YORK
United States
W. C. Rucker
bureau of war risk insurance
army
navy
committee for aid
Rucker
Judge Upholds Lever Act Constitutionality in Miss Teen
In Jackson Mississippi today Judge Tudger Holmes refused to issue an injunction against J Boeke, federal fair price commissioner, upholding the Lever Act's validity. The decision centers on enforcing observance of fair price rules amid central price controls.
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JACKSON
Tederah
Tudger Holmes
J. Boeke
fede
al fair price
Probe on Presidential Campaign Expenses Urged by Borah
Senator Borah proposes Senate inquiry into all presidential campaign expenditures by Republicans and Democrats. The plan includes extending inquiry to use of federal prohibition agents and patronage, with committees to conduct investigations without written district attorney approval. The resolution follows Borah's talks with prominent Republicans and Democrats and parallels a broader anti corruption push.
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WASHINGTON
Borah
CHICAGO
Idaho
senate
eitizena
ag orterday
promis patronal Hieers
wb BS SEM
Johnson
California
phe
Growing support for Hasan in California primary
Early California returns show Hiram W. Johnson leading with 450,525 delegates to Hoover’s 190,020 from 57 of 58 counties. Indiana results pit Gen. Bernard Wood ahead with 31,074 votes, Johnson 72,432, and Lowden 39,682 as the race narrows toward state conventions and delegate instructions.
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SAN FRANCISCO
California
Hiram W. Johnson
Herbert C. Hoover
Johnson
Hoover
Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS
Bernard Wood
Frank ©. Lowden
Clinois
Warren Heraine
Ohio
Wood
stile
Johnson way
Lowden
Abren
Harding
Marion county
Cpaiananalis
Weel
Tohnson
Lake county
Calumet
Chicago
Charge man with killing daughter in Alliance trial
In Alliance Nebraska on May 6 the trial of Lawrence Lackey opened for murder of his seven year old daughter Pauline by giving her candy laced with poison. Two doctors testified to strychnine poisoning signs and the girl died in convulsions four hours after eating the candy. Otto Gurwinkle testified on chemical tests of the stomach. Jury completion occurred last night.
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ALLIANCE
Neb
Lawrence Lackey
Pauline
Lackey
Otto Gurwinkle
Gov. McKelvie
Lincan
Confession by Bond Robber Sways New York Case
In New York on May 6 the police described a confession by alleged bond thief known as Big Ba Furey as a key development in multi million dollar bond thefts. Testimony by Furey before Saul B Myers revealed details of a plot tied to James Kean and a fire set in Montreal last June. Authorities also cited an extortion attempt against Fitch over 5000 for destroying a vessel. A separate note confirms a Plymouth landing celebration commission to plan the centennial observance.
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NEW YORK
Big Ba" Furey
Furey
Saul
Myers
office of Assetant
Dooding
Davis Joseph Haines
Montreal
James Kean
Oceanic
Dauvais
Eastern man wins interstate position
Mark W. Potter of New York, president of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railroad, was nominated today by President Wilson to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Potter, a 52 year old Democrat, has long been involved in Appalachian development and earlier worked as a railroad brakeman and telegraph operator.
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WASHINGTON
Mark W. Potter
New York
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railroad
Wilson
intersate commerce commission
Senate
Potter
Une Appalachian highlands
Shipping bonds proposed to fund veteran bonus in Louisville
Samuel H. McMeekin of Jefferson Post Louisville urges the American Legion committee in Washington to fund the veteran bonus by issuing interest paying Shipping Board bonds. He asserts bonds backed by Shipping Board vessels would provide immediate financing without new taxes, with interest earned by ships supporting the plan and protecting American ship ownership and operation of a large merchant fleet.
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LOUISVILLE
Shipping board
Samuel H. McMeekin
Jefferson post
American Legion
Washington
McMeekin
wWcMeekin
Coolidge Vetoes Near Beer Bill in Massachusetts
Boston May 1 Gov Coolidge vetoed a bill to legalize beverages containing up to 2.75 percent alcohol. His veto urged restraint and warned the act would mislead the public and supply no beer now, suggesting waiting for the Supreme Court ruling.
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BOSTON
Coolidge
supreme court
Compromise Mission to Angora Heads by Grand Vizier
Constantinople May 5. Damad Ferid Pasha decides to send Nazim Pasha and Nouredine Pasha to Angora to press a compromise with Mustafa Kemal Pasha. Turkish troops show strain as three thousand recruits under training face pay issues and desertion. Observers doubt the emissaries will return to Constantinople.
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CONSTANTINOPLE
Associated Press
Damad Ferid Pasha
Nazim Pasha
sufi
Nouredine Pasha
Smyrna
Angola
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Mustapha Kemali
Angora
Belgian War Medal For American General
Coblenz May. The Belgian war medal has been conferred by King Albert on Maj. Gen. T2Adn, commander of the American army of occupation.
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COBLENZ
Alsert
T2Adn
Watson pleads guilty to first degree murder in Los Angeles
Walter Andrew Watson pleaded guilty in the Los Angeles Superior Court to a jury-indicted murder of Nina Lye Dabney. He faces sentencing Monday and will undergo court-appointed mental competence examinations by two physicians.
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LOS ANGELES
Walter Andrew Watson
Nina Lye Dabney
Watson
Goal Combine for Illinois Coal Merger by Syndicate
In St Louis on May 6 New York interests are pursuing a syndicate owned consolidation of about forty Southern Illinois coal mines. Stifel Nicolaus vice president J Nicolaus says options cover about 50 percent of output from roughly thirty mines already under deal. Merger aims to stabilize coal prices and provide steady mining employment by year end.
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LOUIS
Ilinois
New York
Lows J. Nicolaus
Stifel- Nicolaus Investment
Nevada Divorces Critiqued By Rev Henry R Sanborn
Kansas City May 6 An overseas veteran Rev Henry R Sanborn of Nevada attacked Nevada divorce laws in an Episcopal Conference address. He said what he witnessed in Nevada has driven him to oppose divorce in any circumstances.
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KANSAS CITY
Nevada
Henry R. Sanborn
Kansas
Episcopal Church
Nivada
McCall Named To Tariff Board By Wilson
Washington May 1 Samuel W McCall former governor of Massachusetts was nominated today by President Wilson to be a member of the tariff commission He will fill the chair recently declined by former Senator Theodore E Burton of Ohio now president of a New York bank Money 18 missing Los Angeles May 5 Police reported that H J Robbins retired Nebraska banker killed Monday night near his home in a fashionable district and the missing 5000 drawn from a bank last Saturday remains unfound.
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WASHINGTON
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Wilson
starff commission
McCall
Theodore EB. Burton
Ohio
New York City
LOS ANGELES
Cal
H. J. Robbins
Nebraska
Anthrax Deaths Reported at Chicago Factory
Health officials investigated three anthrax deaths at a Chicago factory with two linked by the car liner and one by the county hospital. The Chicago Company manufactures its products, with five percent of raw materials imported from Argentina. Bernard Horwich, the company president, called the cases the first he had heard of in twenty five years in the business. Anthrax described as a worker disease. the firm did not process sheep or wool.
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CHICAGO
Robertson Jolvery
atufiinze i company
Bernard Horwich
Torreon Garrison Joins Secession Movement in Mexico
May 6 dispatches report Torreon garrison joined the Mexican revolutionary movement. Generals Gonzales and others reportedly gained, sought cabinet changes, and left Mexico City with followers. Rebel strength consolidates southeast of the capital as Carranza forces mobilize.
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TORREON GARRISON
MEXICO
WASHINGTON
Mexican revolutionary
Cirrangi
vison
Torreon
Pesario Castro
eles
Celso Castro
gener
Mexico City
Carranza
Gonzales
talay
Pablo Gonxiles
Ygnacio Bonillas
Bonillas
Bopllhus
Carray
Gena. Gonzales
Sigfonio Mendez
Manuel W .Gonzales
Lloyd George dismisses US Ireland message as political maneuver
Premier Lloyd George will not consider a message from American congressmen criticizing Ireland policy. An official in 10 Downing Street told the Associated Press that resolutions from America have little weight and are seen as political maneuvers. The Pall Mall Gazette noted eighty eight members of Congress informed Lloyd George of objections to detaining Irish prisoners.
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LONDON
Lloyd George
Ireland
Associated Press
America
Pall Mall Gazette
United States congress
Corfe
Americans Safe In Batum Region Amid Turmoil
In Batum Georgia May 6 All American women workers with the American Committee for Relief in the Near East have been ordered into tiffles by Col William N Hagkell after the capture of Baku by the Russian Bolsheviks. A few relief workers remain north of the Caucasus. Georgia blocks Armenian rail oil shipments as relief traffic stalls, with alignment with the Bolsheviks expected soon and potential Armenian soviet alliance if Allied control does not arrive.
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BATUM
Caucasia
Associated Press
American committee for relief in
Near East
Tifles
William N. Hagkell
Baku
Caucasus mountains
Georgia
Armenia
Famous singers dead at age 82 years
Hortenne Schneider Helene Offenbach opera Paris first produced 1864. Noted singer Helene died at age 82 with background in Paris and Offenbach works.
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PATUS
Hortenne-Schneider
Helene
hhs
oper
Paria
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