Women’s rights bid in Presbyterian assembly defeated
May 20 Winona Lake Ind The Presbyterian general assembly rejects women commissioners to the assembly. Dr S Hall Young long campaigner for women’s church participation sees no gain. Dr Henry C Swearingen moderates the opening of the second session as a contest for the stated clerk post continues with moves to postpone and extend terms.
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Carl Victor Little
Winona Lake
Ind
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Hall Young
Presbyterian
New York
Henry C. Swearingen
Hugh MacCauley
Paterson
N. J
In Gemmill
Philadelphia
Man Hanged for Murder in Wethersfield Execution
Blwood B. Wade, 23, wore a rose in his buttonhole as he was executed by hanging in Wethersfield for the murder of George B. Notti of Bridgeport, a crime tied to Wade’s love for Notti’s wife.
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Wethersfield
Conn
Blwood B. Wade
George B. Notti
Bridgeport
He Wants to Live Now for Wife and Baby
A severely injured man, after 32 years of marriage, struggles to survive for his wife and infant son. He drags himself from a wrecked house to seek aid, and his baby boy finds him at the hospital, where the man says the child called him daddy and he vows to live for the boy and his mother.
Mongol Princeling Plans American Education
Mongol princeling Prince Hu Shik Kwang, grandson of In obua Hariett, arrives to study mechanical engineering and agriculture at an American university. He states I come I see I go back as he outlines plans for education in Northwestern aria.
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Hu Shik Kwang
Kwang
Court orders return of money in disputed marriage case
Money advanced by Alexander Wilson to his housekeeper Core Ritter at 15 26th Ave with hopes of marriage must be returned, ruled Superior Court Judge BE M Card. The judgment totals 1832 dollars as Ritter had become Mrs Wilson, while Wilson’s first name is Frank.
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Alexander Wilson
Core Ritter
26Th Ave
BE. M. Card
Superior Court
Wilson
Frank
Boy Dies One Year After He Is Shot
Funeral services for Ted Johnson, 14, were held in Morton after he died Monday from a spinal injury caused by a bullet a year earlier. He was shot when he refused to give Hanford Davis an apple knocked from a tree.
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Morton
Ted Johnson
Haneford Davia
Penn Expedition Plans Bethshan Excavation in June
An expedition from the University of Pennsylvania will travel to Palestine in June to extend digs at the biblical city of Bethshan Beisan aiming to uncover relics from several ancient cities believed to have stood in the same location.
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ILIG
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Palestine
Bethshan
Beisan
Thetis Survivors Reached After Collision Event
Fifty three survivors of the British steamer Thetis were brought here by the schooner EB Douglas after a collision.
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Miami
Thetis
EB. Douglas
Philadelphia Girl Receives Carnegie Medal
Helen F. Dodge, an 11 year old Philadelphia schoolgirl, has received the Carnegie medal for rescuing a chum from drowning.
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Helen F. Dodge
Philadelphia
Change Judge for Soldiers at Camp Lewis Case
Superior Judge William B. Askren will not try the four Camp Lewis soldiers charged with first degree murder in the killing of taxi driver Karl Timba. He grants a change of judge after affidavits of prejudice. case to be reassigned to Presiding Judge Chapman.
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Tacoma
William B. Askren
Camp Lewis
Askren
Chapman
George H. Rummeng
Seattle
Edward Filton
James KB. Sparks
Carl C Perrin
Scott Henderson
Roudebush
George Sharp
Perrin
Surmmit
Fillion
B. Filion
Winsor
Ontario
Sparks
Mounds
Sharp
Tuhiequah
Panhandle State Steamer Fire Damages Vessel
The Panhandle State, a 10,500 ton passenger steamer, burned after a fuel leak and was beached off Ellis Island. Fire began after 300 strikebreaking sailors boarded the ship. total damage estimated under $10,000 as repairs to Brooklyn drydock are planned before next Tuesday’s England voyage.
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New York
United States Shipping Board
Wenatchee
North River
Ellis Island
Marine
Panhandle State
England
Mud Flata
Brooklyn
Francia R. Mayer
United States Mail Steamship Company
Martial Law Declared in Mingo Mine War
Charleston May 20 Gov E F Morgan proclaimed martial law in Mingo county over the mine war between union and nonunion miners. State troops will enforce the law while civil authorities remain on duty and civil courts handle civil infractions.
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Charleston
W. Va
E. F. Morgan
West Virginia
Mingo County
Columbia Valley Floods Reach Record Crest
The Columbia River at The Dalles Oregon exceeded last year’s peak with crest not yet in sight and houses along river bottom lands swept away. Portland reports steamers loading with difficulty as Willamette floods flood lower docks and freight is moved from upper areas. In Warsaw Red Cross expedition trauma drives Capt Emmett Kilpatrick to insanity.
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Dallws
Ore
Columbia River
Portland
Willamette River
Warsaw
Red Cross
Emmett Kilpatrick
Uniontown
Alabama
Woman alleges broken marriage promise by Starkey
Effie Keene accuses H M Starkey of pressuring her to marry after years of companionship and boarding house help. She says he promised a Des Moines ranch and urged creditors to claim against her, damaging her finances. Starkey denies the charges in a case heard without a jury.
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Effie Keene
H. M. Starkey
Starkey
Des Moines
U S Histories May Be Purged of Old Strife
London hosts Anglo American history professors in July to discuss revising American public school histories. Proposal aims to remove passages exaggerating Britain and United States conflicts and the War of Independence. Over 30 U S teachers expected. Earle B Babcock of the American University Union in Paris to represent New York University.
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London
Britain
United States
Earle B. Babcock
American University Union
Paris
New York University
Murder Case Dismissed for Letta Pogona Baby Bride of Ozarks
The murder charge against Letta Pogona of Farmington Missouri was dismissed as she was deemed too young for circuit court. She remains in custody and will face a fourth degree manslaughter charge in juvenile court for the slaying of her stepdaughter Lilly. The age dispute centered on whether Pogona is 13 or 18, with prosecutors favoring 18 to seek circuit court trial and possible death sentence.
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Farmington
Letta Pargona
Ozarks
Lilly
Latta
Oxarka
Mennonites Prepare to Leave Canada for Mexico
Eighty thousand Mennonites plan relocation from Canada to a Mexican colony funded by a five million dollar land purchase from the Obregon government. The group seeks religious freedom once found in Holland Germany and Switzerland and across central Europe.
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Canada
Swift Current
Sask
Mexico
Obregon
Holland
Germany
Switzerland
Europe
Capt. H. M. Pierce of Olympia Dies
Olympia mourns Capt. H. M. Pierce, famed hotel man and pioneer, who died last night. He earned his title after operating the steamer Doctor in early days and later managed the Hotel Olympia, predecessor to the Mitchell hotel and other ventures. Funeral preparations moved forward today.
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Olympia
H. M. Pierce
Capt. Pierce
Olympian
Mitchell
New Dimock's Agin Central Garage Plan
City Engineer A. H. Dimock and department heads reject a central garage plan for municipally owned garages calling it inefficient and not economical in a council report.
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Dimock
Agin Central
A. H. Dimock
Prairie dog dish featured at Seibert banquet
Seibert Colorado May 20 a banquet honored White Cloud Mining officials with prairie dog as the principal dish served to 20 citizens. The meal included mashed potatoes gravy and salad and attendees noted the meat was better than expected after years of passing it by.
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Seibert
Colo
Seibert Ii.cently
White Cloud Mining Company
Special session urged to reform Washington tax system
The speaker argues Seattle’s high taxes stem from a flawed system that exempts a billion dollars of wealth in Washington while taxed in California. Reform requires constitutional amendments and a special session within two years, otherwise delays could reach four years. Officials’ payroll cuts are only a surface remedy.
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Washington
California
Disarmament Up in Senate and Britain Watches
In Washington on May 20 the senate moved toward Borah's three power naval disarmament plan as an amendment to the navy appropriation bill. The measure would authorize the president to invite Britain and Japan to a five year program of naval armament reduction. London followed the progress with keen interest while cautious about leading in disarmament amid looming war threats.
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Washington
Borah
Senate
Great Britain
Japan
London
Congress
Britain
Japan Builds Powerful Navy Amid Disarmament Talks
Washington sources say Japan will not lead disarmament efforts and will keep a strong navy to counter potential US and British fleets in the Far East. The "eighteen eighty" program targets 16 battleships under eight years old by March 1928, though Japan concedes it cannot outbuild Britain or the United States due to finances. A Tokyo dispatch notes a new naval budget aimed at trimming expenses.
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A. L. Bradford
Washington
Japan
United States
Thas
Far East
Great Britain
Tokyo
Farmer Takes Own Life Near Redmond
C. J. Johnson a farmer living a mile and a half south of Redmond shot himself early Friday morning and died instantly. Despondent over ill health from chronic stomach trouble he leaves a wife and a 17 year old son. The Johnsons had been on the farm only a few months.
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C. J. Johnson
Redmond
Lake Washington
Johnsons
Belfast Election Rioters Disperse
Police reserves were augmented to suppress election rioting that erupted last night. Sinn Fein sympathizers clashed with unionist crowds as stones and sticks flew and revolver fire was common. Police charged through the crowds in armored cars dispersing the mobs. several persons were wounded.
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Pelfast
Sinn Fein
Hair Tonic Trade Sparks Exaggerated Demand Claims
In San Francisco on May 20, FE Gluckauf of Shanghai reports a booming demand for hair nets sourced from Chinese women. He claims hair production cannot keep pace with global orders and arrived today aboard the liner Nile from China.
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San Francisco
FE. Gluckauf
Shanghai
Gluckauf
China
George Briand May Stop Full Paris
May 20. Premier Lloyd George and Briand plan private talks in Boulogne to decide Allied actions on Upper Silesia. Briand seeks a deputies vote of confidence by Saturday. critics accuse him of weakness and Britain domination in allied affairs and reproach his handling of the German indemnity.
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Paris
Upper Silesia
Lloyd George
Briand
Boulogne
Chamber of Deputies
Palais Courbon
Andre Tardieu
Tardieu
Hiland
Britain
Journes Industrielle
France
Poles Willing to Fight Everybody
Warsaw reports that Polish foreign minister France Sapichad resigned under allied pressure over the Upper Silesian issue. The Polish press roared with anger and threatened a remobilized army to fight Great Britain Germany or anyone. Lloyd George was attacked for denouncing Polish invasion.
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Warsaw
France
Sapichad
Great Britain
Germany
Lloyd George
Upper
Ilexta
More British Troops May Go to Silesia
Paris dispatches report that two additional battalions of British soldiers are under consideration for Upper Silesia. They would join the small allied force already stationed to maintain order during the plebiscite period and to deter further incursions from Polish insurgents.
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Silesia
Paris
Upper Silesia
London
Poiteh Insurzorta
Strike Peace Plan Up Today in Washington
Secretary of Labor Davis planned to present to Admiral Benson, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, proposals to settle the strike of marine engineers and seamen. The strikers, who had asked for talks, would accept Benson’s 15 percent wage cut if rules and working conditions could be agreed.
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Washington
Davis
Admiral Benson
United States Shipping Board
Davia
Benson
Engine Troubles Delay the Admiral Watson
Negotiations continue in Washington between the Shipping Board and Secretary of Labor Davia who has full authority from the striking seamen unions. The steamship Admiral Watson, after leaving for Alaska, suffered engine trouble and was towed to Port Townsend. A hearing on the government suit against six marine workers unions and the injunction to bar picketing of Shipping Board vessels was continued for one week by Federal Judge B. B. Cushman.
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Altho
Washington
Betwenarine Shipping Board
Davia
Shipping Board
Admiral Lenson
Admiral Watson
B. B. Cushman
Democrats to Hear Oliver T Erickson at King County Meet
King County Democratic club will hold its regular weekly meeting Saturday at noon in the Meves cafeteria banquet room at Fourth and Pine. Councilman Oliver T Erickson will speak on the initiative petition authored by him to reduce street car fare. Former U S Senator George Turner of Spokane will be invited to speak.
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Oliver T. Erickson
King County Democratic Club
Meves
Fourth and Pine
United States
George Turner
Spokane
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