An American Views the House of Commons in Session
An American observer describes entering the House of Commons to witness debate on the Irish Free State. He notes the small chamber, the seating, attire including hats, lively interruptions, and the clear, businesslike speaking style led by Bonar Law. He reflects on the crowding, order, uncertainty, and the sense of history surrounding the proceedings.
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House of Commons
Houses of Parliament
Burke
Fox
Chatham
Pitt
Hampden
Stephens Chapel
Bobby
Barbier
Senate
Washington
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
S J. Stephen
Treasury
Austen Chamberlain
Commons
Treasury Bench
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Chamberlain
John Bull
Lloyd George
Mr. Asquith
Robert
Hugh Cecil
Lady Astor
Esmond Harmsworth
America
Guut
Congress
Bonar Law
Asquith
Churchill
Sinn Fein
Ulster
Uister
Ireland
England
Donovan M. Richardson
Batton Killed by Mexican at Hope Saturday
Sheriff George Batton of Eddy County was shot and killed at Hope on Saturday night by Pedro Valentino, an escaped Huntsville prisoner. Valentino was also killed. Wilburn was wounded. two Mexican women acting as informants led investigators to the scene and were arrested as accessories. Batton had served Foldy county nearly two years and was widely known locally.
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George Batton
Eddy County
Hope
Pedro Valentino
Texas
Huntsville
Valentino
New Mexico
Batton
Sheriff Batton
Wilburn
Carlsbad
Foldy County
Batten
Ready eight plan 10 slash wages
Washington June 5 The American Federation of Labor forces mobilize for a big fight against wage cuts with a threatened railroad strike looming near the Cincinnati conference of sixteen big brotherhoods Samuel Gompers departs to attend The wage cut issue will dominate the convention where the strike decision will be debated a week hence.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Samuel Gompers
American Federation
Attorneys agree on Henley prison term for killing merchant
FT. Worth Texas June 5 Attorneys for the state and the defense agreed to recommend a fifteen year prison term when H J Henley 68 pleaded guilty in criminal court to killing L T Martin a merchant formerly of Dallas in front of the Martin store on May 13th In Henley s defense attorneys said he would take the witness stand and tell why he shot Martin today.
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FT. Worth
Texas
H. J. Henley
L. T. Martin
Dallas
Martin
Henley
Coal Miners Win Supreme Court Victory
Washington June 5 coal miners won a great court victory as the supreme court held that the United Mine Workers need not pay damages exceeding six hundred thousand dollars to Arkansas coal mine owners from a 1914 strike and riots in the Arkansas fields.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers
Arkansas
Mrs Dabbs Returns From Texas Visit
Mrs L H Dabbs returns Saturday night from Pecos Texas where she has been visiting a daughter for seven weeks.
Valentino Is Free Charge Of Bigamy
Rudolph Valentino walked from court in Los Angeles free on a charge of bigamy after Justice J W Hanby dismissed the case. The judge ruled that cohabitation had not been proven and that conviction was impossible in a superior court. He also said the penal code section used was unconstitutional and should be amended.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Rudolph Valentino
J. W. Hanby
Valentino
Winifred Hudnut
Japan Faces Political Crisis Amid Cabinet Turmoil
TOKIO June 5 Japan faced another political crisis as the ministry teetered toward resignation. The tangled post assassination politics surrounding Premier Takahashi a cabinet caretaker after former Premier Hara’s death prompted widespread predictions of the government’s fall. Takahashi conferred with leaders as the press warned of imminent resignation.
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Tokio
Japan
Takahashi
Hara
Judge orders rigid probe into Clayton killing near Klan hall
In Austin Texas on June 5 District Judge James R Hamilton charged the grand jury to continue a rigid investigation into the death of Peter Clayton near an alleged Ku Klux Klan hall last December. The judge largely focused on bootlegging and gambling charges in his instructions.
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Austin
Texas
James R. Hamilton
Peeter Clayton
Rhine Force To Stay In Germany After July First
Washington reports that about a thousand American troops will remain on the Rhine after July first despite prior orders for their return home by June 20. The move preserves a U S military presence to oversee postwar occupation duties and prevent a power vacuum in the region.
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Washington
United States
Rhine
Rankin g Striking Coal Miners Hold Firm In Tie Up
Washington reports shows striking coal miners holding firm as the ten week mine tie up continues. The United States Geological Survey notes no great change in the number of men on strike.
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Washington
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Army board probe slaying of Lt Col Ward begins
An army board of inquiry in Oklahoma City opened further investigation into the slaying of Lieutenant Colonel Paul Buck Ward, idol of the air service, by Judge Jean P. Day. Closed session held as the board examined evidence and heard testimony.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Army
Paul Buck Ward
The
Air Service
Jean P. Day
Favorable Report for Ford Muscle Shoals Power Offer
Washington June 3 Henry Ford's bid to develop power and manufacture fertilizer at Muscle Shoals Alabama won approval from the house military committee after a 12 to 9 vote and a favorable report to the house. Opponents prepare a hard fight to defeat the offer though changes were made by agreement while preserving the main offer.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ala
House Military Committee
House
Ford
Lenine's Condition Worsens. Envoys Urgently Recalled
Berlin dispatches report Premier Lenine somewhat worse after a severe stroke last week. Soviet envoys negotiating extensions of the Rapallo treaty are urgently summoned by radio to return to Moscow, with officials declaring Leniner seriously ill.
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Berlin
Lenine
Moscow
Senate clears way for probe into gas prices
Washington June 5 the senate cleared the way for a probe into high gasoline prices by granting the the senate committee on manufactures power to subpoena witnesses and to pay for recording hearings an amendment to the McKellar investigation resolution was adopted Meanwhile household notices mention a Malone family trip to a mountain cabin and W M Atkinson returning from business in Arizona and New Mexico
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Washington
Senate
Senate Manufactures Committee
McKellar
Irish Army Retreat From Ulster Amid Pettigo Battle
In Belfast on June 5 the Irish Republican insurgents retreat from Ulster after Pettigo on the Donegal-Fermanagh border. About thirty Republicans were reported killed in the Pettigo fight, with British troops taking the town yesterday. A British staff officer warned insurgents to leave within fifteen minutes. some complied, others stayed. Once the limit passed British forces entered under machine gun fire as hills shelled the area, four shells fired, casualties unclear. The British consolidated positions and prepared for further action against Sinn Feiners.
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Belfast
Ireland
Ulster
Pettigo
Donegal-Fermanagh
Only 3 Tons of Clothing Are Needed
In Phoenix on May 26 the Near East Relief Drive reports only three tons more old clothing are required to complete the Arizona and New Mexico quota. Residents of Roswell are urged to clean closets and fill gunny sacks with clothing and shoes for shipment to Twenty Central Building, Phoenix. State Director Charles F. Willis asks for public assistance to help save Christian people from death next winter.
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Phoenix
Arizona
New Mexico
Roswell
Charles F. Willis
Cloudburst Damage Hits New York and Pennsylvania
Damage estimated at over two million dollars occurred from a cloud burst near Hancock in the Delaware river valley and from swollen streams after a heavy downpour in the Lackawanna river valley near Carbondale Pennsylvania. The report cites Saturday and Sunday as the affected dates with ensuing flood damage in the region.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Hancock
Delaware River Valley
Lackawanna River Valley
Carbondale
Pennsylvania
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