Marine workers press for Benson wage reduction plan
Secretary Davis meets with Marine Engineers Beneficial Association to obtain the result of a union referendum on proposals from last week. Healy says an agreement could come swiftly if Benson drops his stance against any wage cuts smaller than 15 percent.
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Washington
Davis
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Thomas B. Healy
Engineers
Benson
Shipping Board
Judge Haggett Rules Lindsey Case Not Writ-Ready
Denver judge rules he cannot issue a writ of execution in Juvenile Judge Ben B. Lindsey’s contempt case. Lindsey faces a $500 fine or jail after being found in contempt for refusing to testify about a ward’s murder information. District Attorney Van Cise plans to seek the sentence by writ within ten days.
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Denver
Colo
Warren A. Haggett
District Court
Ben B. Lindsey
Lindsey
Haggett
Philip & van Cise
I. W. W. Delegates Miss Convention
Chicago delegates of the Industrial Workers of the World opened their thirteenth annual convention amid calls for harmony and plans to educate workers in scientific economies and industrial management. Amnesty for imprisoned members was a major issue as leaders face prison and exile.
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Chicago
The
Industrial Workers of the World
Leavenworth
William D
Big Hill
Jonnart Chosen as France Ambassador to the Vatican
Paris May 9 AP Charles Jon nart former allied high commissioner in Athens and former extraordinary ambassador to the Vatican has been selected by the French government as ambassador to the Vatican The mission will last six months with renewal after. Pope Benedict has chosen Monsignor Cerretti as nuncio to Paris under the same six month terms.
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Paris
Charles Jonnart
Athens
Vatican
L'Eclair
France
Benedict
L’eclair
Monsignor Cerretti
Japan figures on another session
Secretary Hughes' note signaling U S reserved rights on German possessions spurred newspaper discussion. The general view was that it virtually meant reopening the peace conference and altering wartime diplomacy as the world awaited new talks.
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Tokio
Hughes
United States
Quaker Leaders Begin Yearly Conference Series
Richmond Ind May 9 AP An important program of Quaker church workers for the next year was to be formulated in a series of conferences begun here today at the five years meeting of Friends the national version body of the church.
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Richmond
Ind
Five Years Meeting of Friends
Mories
Mrs. Mathilda Levee pleads not guilty in New Orleans
Mrs. Mathilda Levee, who shot and killed her husband Frederick Levee on a Luav Street, pleaded not guilty in city criminal court. She was held without bail. The Levees formerly resided in Los Angeles.
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New Orleans
Mathilda Levee
Frederick Levee
City
Levee
Los Angeles
Reds Execute Thousands Taking Part in Revolt
A private message claims Bolshevik authorities executed thousands of Kronstadt mutineers including women and children. Bolshevik agencies deny the claim and say only thirteen revolt leaders were executed.
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Stockholm
Favy ‘ (Ap
Boelsheviks
Kronstadt
Hesingfors
Tideningen
Crown Prince Hirohito Arrives in Britain for Three Week Visit
London rows with ceremony as Crown Prince Hirohito arrives with Prince of Wales for a three week stay. King George greets him, national honors are given, and crowds cheer along the Buckingham Palace route. Viscount Chinda serves as interpreter.
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British Empire
Hirohito
England
Prince of Wales
Victoria Station
Portsmouth
George
Duke of Connaught
Duke of York
Buckingham Palace
Victoria
King George
Order of the Rising Swan
Viscount Chinda
Great Britain
Guard of Honor
Scots Guards
Baron Matsui
France
Mary
Alexandria
Whitehall
Westminster Abbey
McNamara Out on Parole to Address Union Meeting
John McNamara, who will complete his penitentiary sentence tomorrow for dynamiting the Llewelyn Iron Works in Los Angeles, has been invited to address a meeting of his former union, the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, here on Wednesday night. He formerly served as secretary of the International organization of the union.
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San Francisco
John " McNamara
Llewelyn Iron Works
Los Angeles
The
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
McNamara
International Organization of the Union
Guaty
Doughty Draws Term Six Years in Ontario Prison
Tesense Ontario May 9 AP Jobe ty convicted of eluding bonds from Amrose Bimall, a missing theatrical man, was sentenced to six years in the provincial penitentiary. Crown authorities indicated they might drop at present the charge at Krall ieerstary.
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Tesense
Ont
Jobety
Amrose Bimall
Krall Ieerstary
Bad Aoe
Senator Spencer Replays Wilson Clash On War Aims
Senator Spencer Republican Missouri quoted a Wilson address he says proves the president spoke of sending U S forces if Roumania Serbia or other states were threatened. The senator read a verbatim text obtained from the state department and Paris dated July 1919. Spencer declined further comment and noted his Missouri victory margin of 121663 in the November election.
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Washington
Spencer
Missouri
Senate
Wilson
Roumania
Serbia
Mr. Wilson
State Department
Hughes
Department
Paris
Senator Spencer
Blood Money Paid Leaders In 1917 18 Theatre Plot
Chicago May 9 AP Labor leaders were paid 43000 to quell labor troubles during the State Lake Vaudeville theatre construction in 1917 18. George Trude former municipal judge testified he paid the money under orders from Mort Singer of New York managers of a vaudeville circuit.
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Chicago
George Trude
Legislative Committee
Trude
Mort Singer
New York
Aviator Falls 300 Feet in Flight Tragedy
Harold E. Dujardin 22 of Clenge loses control in a gust, plane drops 300 feet. He sustains a fractured skull while passenger Guy Woods of Des Moines escapes with minor bruises. The May 9 incident occurred in Marshalltown according to AP reports.
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Marshalltown
Harold E. Dujardin
Clenge
Guy Woods
Des Moines
Greeks Satisfied With Army in Smyrna District
Athens May 9 AP Premier Gounaris told King Constantine and the cabinet that military conditions in Smyrna district of Asia Minor are highly satisfactory and the morale of the Greek army there is good. The premier returned last week from Smyrna.
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Athens
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Gounaris
Constantine
Wisconsin industrial service conference opens in Confar Rence
The fourth annual Wisconsin industrial service conference began in May with about 200 employers and their supervisory and personnel staff in attendance for mutual benefit.
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Wis
Wisconsin — Industrial Service Conference
Musicians Meet in St Paul for AFM Convention Opening
More than four hundred delegates attend the opening session of the American Federation of Musicians annual convention in St Paul. Today's program features the opening ceremonies and a schedule of events for the gathering.
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St. Paul
American Federation of Musicians
Building trades accept reduction in Madison May report
Madison workers accept a pay reduction in a building trades action dated May 9. The union sided with the employers on lowering wages from 11.18 to 11.00 dollars an hour for bricklayers and related crafts as negotiations concluded in the city.
Pickpockets Cite Victims as Dishonest
Genoa reports the chief of police received a letter signed The Oral Pickpockets Association accusing victims of exaggerating losses. The letter cites cases where claimants report far larger sums than actually stolen, suggesting inflated figures strain relations with fellow pickpockets.
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Genoa
Oral
Icknocket Fraternity
Association
Alaska lands in peril without new board, says McPher
J L McPher told the house territories committee that Alaska’s white population will dwindle unless development stimulates growth. He urged passage of Curry’s bill to create a five member board to administer affairs, arguing whites and Jews cannot access lands or resources amid 32 overlapping federal bureaus.
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Washingtons
Alaska
J. L. McPher
House Territories Committee
Curry
Wallace Rejoins U S Delegation at Allied Ambassadors Council
Paris May 9 AP Hugh Wallace American ambassador took his seat at the council of ambassadors resuming representation at allied conferences. The council urged the inter allied commission to inform Upper Silesia residents of the exact state of affairs and to avoid any division decision. Poland was urged to control its people as the allies defended order against Polish insurgent activity. France replied to Germany warning of allied forces sufficiency and blamed false rumors over a disputed mining district for unrest.
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Paris
Hugh ©. Wallace
Council of Ambassadors
Wallace
Hughes
United States
Poland
France
Germany
Upper
Silesia
France warns Germany over Upper Silesia incursions
Paris reports a German plan to press Polish control in Upper Silesia as civilian guards concentrate along the Oder. The French ambassador warns Berlin incursions would breach the Versailles treaty, while the inter allied commission at Opole urges calm and pledges defense of Oppeln.
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Paris
Berlin
Matin
Foreign Office
Upper Silesia
France
Reuben
Oder River
Inter-Allied Commission
Oppeln
Sixty ninth annual convention of B Nai B rith district lodge 2
Plans to promote benevolences were under consideration in St Louis today at the sixty ninth annual convention of the Independent Order B Nai B rith district grand lodge 2. The gathering focused on expanding charitable activities and fraternal programs.
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St. Louis
Grand Lodge
Independent Order
B’nai Brith
Ogden Officer Shot During Clothing Store Robbery
Ogden police officer Charles Manzell on his first shift after war work leave was killed by bandits during a clothing store robbery in Ogden early today. Suspects fled. investigation underway.
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Ogden
Charles Manzell
Ogden Trolman
Public Open House at Local Hospitals Invitation
Public invited to open houses at local hospitals on Zhoreday fth marking Nightingale Day. Mayor Budge proclaims the event to honor Florence Nightingale and to educate citizens about trained nursing care and hospital services.
Historic forts and army posts slated for abandonment
Secretary Weeks recommends Congress abandon more than sixty obsolete forts and posts with no military value. The list highlights Fort Townsend in Washington and islands such as Three Tree Point Vashon Island Brothers and Sisters Marin Islands Molate Island in California as part of the historical holdings slated for disengagement.
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Washington
Congress
Weeks
Fort Townsend
Senators Scrutinize Panama Canal Toll Exemption
Washington May 9 AP The drive to repeal 1914 Panama canal free tolls act gains Senate Interoceanic Canals Committee attention Senators Knox Walsh Poindexter Borah press for specifics while noting British denial and railroad interests. Bills propose exempting American vessels from tolls with focus on coastwise tonnage under Hay Pauncefote treaty rights.
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Washington
United States
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate Interoceanic Canals Committee
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Walsh
Montana
Poindexter
Washngton
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Ly Republican
Igton
Borah
Idaho
Jones
Great Britain
Germany active in metal market negotiations in Europe
St Louis May 9 AP Germany is taking steps to regain dominance in non ferrous metal markets pending reparations talks. Stephen S Tuthill of the American Zinc Institute said Germany and Belgium are negotiating to restore former relations and Germany aims to re establish its metallgesellschaft with hubs at Hanover and Liege and offices in major cities.
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St. Louis
Germany
Stephen 8. Tuthill
New York
American Zinc Institute
Belgium
Metallgesellschaft
Han Bwz
Liege
Packer Bill Urged in Senate by Agriculture Panel
Washington May AP Enactment of the Norria packer regulation bill is urged in the senate by the agriculture committee. The measure would treat a livestock commissioner in the department of agriculture and aim to remove distrust in market methods. The committee says livestock marketing and manufacturing companies are publicities and thus subject to federal regulation.
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Washington May
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Committee
Commission to Settle Old Row Irrigation Dispute
Topeka Kansas May 9 The governor announced after a conference with Attorney General Richard Hopking that he will appoint a commission to meet with a Colorado commission to resolve the longstanding interstate irrigation water controversy.
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Topeka
Kan
Michard J. Hopking
Ken
Colorado
British recognize Russian Soviet government
Copenhagen May AP reports the British government has given de facto recognition to the Russian Soviet government, citing a Russian source. No confirmation from other authorities has been received.
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Copenhagen
State announces new committee appointment
An official statement from the state government announces a new committee appointment. Details are sparse due to the fragmented OCR, but the release confirms a named individual and the creation of a leadership body.
Upper Silesia tensions threaten wider war
Berlin reports alarm in entente circles over Polish clashes in Upper Silesia and possible German response. Allies poised to decide division as Korfanty leads insurgents. German troops not yet dispatched. Paris states June 30 deadline for German disarmament under allied reparations pressure.
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Berlin
Upper Silesia
Europe
Silesia
Paris
Rada
German parties near agreement on allied terms
Berlin reports sentiment in Germany favors the allied reparation terms. A supplementary coalition is to be formed and will accept the Allied ultimatum within the next 24 hours.
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Berlin
Etna
British pressure on Poland over Silesian issue
London May 9 AP Premier Lloyd George told the house of commons he would not back the view that Germany's reply to reparations would be shaped by the Silesian troubles. He said Britain is exerting maximum pressure on the Polish government to settle the dispute as Germany considers disarmament demands.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Germany
Geremany
Great Britain
Bill to control state primaries
Senator Johnson introduces a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to regulate state primaries, citing Supreme Court limits shown in the Newberry decision. Senator Newberry returns to his seat in the Senate.
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Washington
Johnson
Ome
Supreme Court
Newberry
Congress
Senate
Anti Opium Pills Sold To Poor In March Scam
A delayed AP report from Bhanghai notes an Anti-Opium council campaign opened in March to curb narcotic drug traffic. Investigators found so called anti opium pills contain powdered herbs and were sold mainly to poorer classes.
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Cam
Aesnelat
Three Die as Plane Crashes Near Abilene
Abilene Texas reports three fatalities in a plane crash. B A Leckmester, a mechanic named Margaret Pai, and the unnamed operator were identified among the victims. The wreck occurred yesterday near the area.
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Abilene
Tex
Leckmester
Min Margaret Pai
Son
Saing
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