Signature on Orders to London Is Altered
Secretary Daniels accuses Rear Admiral Sims of forging a cablegram to London. He says the signature bearing his name is false and that the original shows he never sent the dispatch. Daniels cites safety of troops as a political pretext and defends his convoy policy stance.
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London
Washington
Daniels
Sims
Senate Naval Investigation
Admiral Sims
Liverpool
Daniela
Admiral Bayley
Queenstown
Man Sentenced for Jewel Smuggling
James Young, described in the report as a Black man, was convicted by a federal jury of importing two diamond rings from Canada and was sentenced by Judges Edward Cushman to 60 days in county jail and a 250 dollar fine.
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James Young
United States
Canada
Edward E. Cushman
Fair Coed Rules Spark Outcry at Washington State College
May 13. Rhoda M. White, dean of women, issues campus social rules restricting chaperones, early curfew for women at movies, and bans on late campus strolls after 7 30 p m. Rules trigger student protests and plans for an indignation meeting.
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Washington State College
Pullman
Youth to Save Ireland says Griffiths Sinn Fein
Arthur Griffith founder of Sinn Fein says emigration from Ireland has nearly ceased since the war and over 200000 people who would have emigrated remain in Ireland The Sinn Feiners aim to keep and govern the population while opposing English efforts to push emigration and citing incentives to stay.
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Webb Miller
Dublin
Ireland
Sinn
Australia
South America
Griffith
Lord French
Funeral Services for William Dean Howells
Funeral services were held at the Church of the Ascension for William Dean Howells the dean of American letters who died Monday at his New York home. He was 3 years old. After the ceremony preparations were made to ship the body to Cambridge Massachusetts for burial, with his daughter Mildred and son William Meade Howells accompanying the remains.
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New York
Church of the Ascension
William Dean Howells
Dean of American Letters
Cambridge
Mass
Howells
Mildred
William Meade Howells
Massachusetts
Lady Astor Accused of Flattery by Opponent
Horatio Bottomley, in his John Bull publication, attacked Lady Nancy Astor as being swayed by flattery in her role as a social reformer. He claimed she altered her stance on prohibition after entering the House of Commons and resented stories of his booing there.
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Astor
London
Nancy Astor
House of Commons
Horatio Bottomley
John Bull
Bottomley
Commons
Nancy
Washington healer Riley touted as miracle worker for the disabled
Joe Shelby Riley of Washington treats the blind, goiter, and invalids with hand manipulation and non surgical methods. He claims no medicine or knives, while his patients include Congressman Baer’s mother and many lawmakers and spouses visiting his office.
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Washington
Joe Shelby Riley
Altho
Riley
Champ Clark
Clark
Harry Woodyard
Texas dealers seek repeal of pistol sale ban
Hardware dealers in Texas urge repeal of the pistol sale prohibition claiming it cannot work. They recall past attempts by a pacifist legislature and note circumventing by long term leases, while shootings persist and they want to resume selling pistols.
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Dallas
Texas
Vexas
Fire Forces Out Rooming Tenants on Broadway Ave N
Twenty roomers at a rooming house at 322 Broadway Ave N owned by Mrs. Gordon Shea were awakened at 1 40 am Thursday as a fire broke out in the roof and destroyed their former home. Damages were estimated at 1400 dollars.
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Broadway Ave. N
Gordon Shea
Trusted Canine But Not Bankers
London May 13 Helen Hunt kept $16 000 in an iron box under a dog kennel saying she trusted dogs not men or banks. She testified to a bankruptcy examiner that the dog was honest and everybody was afraid of him.
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Bankers
London
Helen Hunt
Banke
Sea Burial in Lead Coffin Requested by Artist
London may 13 Miss Margery Deakin an artist directs in her will that her body be placed in a lead coffin and dropped overboard at sea with no crowd or false sorrow. A reflection on egoism and crowds appears in the remark.
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London
Margery Deakin
Hush Over Town As Underworld Quietly Shifts
A subdued hush falls over the district as vice figures retreat behind curtains and watch from cover. Rumors of mayoral observation swirl while illicit houses move goods and people, and a black marketplace thrives under renewed caution and speculation.
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Acturi
Caldwell
Sale of Southern Court apartment house authorized
Washington reports the government has authorized the sale of the Southern Court apartment house in Tremerton, built during the war, to proceed.
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Washington
Southern Court
Tremerton
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