Powers Propose New Conference At The Hague June Fifteenth
Five Genoa conference powers reach a plan to form a panel of a few governments to appoint experts representing all nations. The Hague meeting on June 15 will select the panel and set an agenda for Russian relations. Russia may send representatives after the program is agreed. A three month truce pages no separate treaties while progress is made. Russians oppose any commission lacking full Russian representation.
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The
Hague
Russia
Childs
Lloyd George
Louis Barthou
Schanzer
Tchitcherin
Bessie Newell
Penth
Hart
Mrs. Water
Oceana County
G. T
Port Huron
Ann Arbor
Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association
Union
J. Bradford Pengelly
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Genesee
Livingston
Mt. Clemens
Selfridge Field
Simmons
Holland
John J. Tibbe
Macatawa
Tibbe
Iron Mountain
Dickinson County
Upper Peninsula
Muskegon
Joe Hart
Fremont
Mich
Otsego
Owego
Battle Creek
Allegan
Marshall
Tellman
Flint
Christ
St. Paul's Episcopal Chy
Spain
Mexico
Fenton R. M. McCreary
St. Paul's
Lansing
John Endicott
Detroit
Board of
State Fair Managers
Edward A. Hamer
Chassell
Groesbeck
Albion
William Neisley
Neisley
Big Rapids
Jane Moffitt
Dolly
Calhoun County
Walter H. Smith
Mike Walfe
Atlanta
Albert Vanallen
James
Deadnan
Brown
Here
Vanallen
Turner
Harding Praises Japanese at Washington Arms Conference Banquet
President Harding lauded the Japanese delegates for their considerate spirit and moderation at the Washington arms conference. Ambassador Warren read the message at a banquet hosted by the American Japan society. Secretary Hughes sent a brief personal note of appreciation, citing the fairness and moderation of Japan as key to the talks.
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Tokyo
Washington
Harding
Warren
American Japan Society
Hughes
U. S. Tariff Alarms French Manufacturers in Limoges
Paris reports protests from French chambers of commerce over the United States Senate finance committee tariff schedule. Limoges porcelain and glove makers say the proposed duties are prohibitive and would halt exports to the United States, risking extensive layoffs.
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Paris
France
Finance Committee
United States Senate
Limoges
United States
Dynamite Penn Coal Mine Blast Near Pittsburgh
A heavy blast at the Peterne coal mine in Penn township near Pittsburgh occurred on May 15, blowing up the mine with a large charge of dynamite. The report notes the event as the Penn shaft near Pittsburgh being blown up.
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Penn
Peterman
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa
Peterne
Penn Township
Ore
Meanest man case shocks immigration service
Washington May 15 United States immigration authorities designate a Spanish alien as the meanest man found yet. He traveled as a first class passenger on a liner while his mother, kept as a domestic servant, traveled in steerage. Secretary Davis issued an order to admit the mother for six months, requiring the son to post a $500 bond and to report monthly to immigration officials.
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Washington
United
Business On The Upgrade In U S Industry Survey
New York May 13 business and trade conditions across the United States show a stable definite and continuing advance. 380000 manufacturers report that we have not only turned the corner but are now leaving it far behind with business on the upgrade in practically all basic industries according to a survey by John E Edgerton president of the National Association of Manufacturers based on questionnaires returned within 24 hours.
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United States
John E. Edgerton
National Association of Manufacturers
Lansing
Grand Rapids
Public Utilities Commission
Upper Peninsula
Milwaukee
Chicago
Michigan
Flint
Jesse H. Beckwith
Ann
E. D. Black
Beckwith
Wallace H. Willett
Durant Corporation
Muncie
Ind
Bureau of Foods and Standards
Department of Agriculture
John G. Stone
Houghton
Twelfth Judicial Circuit
Patrick H. O'Brien
Groesbeck
John W. Stone
State Supreme Court
Keweenaw
Baraga
Theodore Peters
Calvin College
Ann van Eck
Jean Meyer
Petoskey
Clarence W. Green
Albion College
Hedding College
Abingdon
Ill
Bay
Willam N. Swartz
Montague
Ernest Smith
Ernest
Smith
Young Smith
Swartz
Germany to pay 9 million marks in Zeppelins toll
Paris reports the ambassadors' council has ordered Germany to compensate 9,000,000 marks in gold for Zeppelins destroyed under Versailles terms. Eight million marks goes to the United States as part of the settlement.
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Germany
Paris
Versailles
Ambassadors’ Council
United States
Prince of Wales Sustains Eye Cut in Manila Polo Match
The prince of Wales was hit by a polo ball in Manila causing a slight cut over the eye. Two stitches were needed but the injury is not serious.
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Prince of Wales
Manila
Air Mail Service Fund Appropriations Approved
The House adopted a Senate amendment to the post office appropriation bill providing one million dollars for the New York to San Francisco air mail service for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Post Office
New York-San Francisco
Senate orders big steel quiz
The Senate unanimously adopted La Follette's resolution directing the attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission to report actions taken or planned to probe the Bethlehem and Lackawanna merger and to assess its public impact. He warned two firms could fix steel prices and control the industry, citing Kuhn, Loeb & Co. as fiscal agents.
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Attorney General
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Bethlehem and Lackawanna
Senate
la Follette
United States Steel Corporation
Threats to Burn Chicago Reach State Attorneys
A letter received by Assistant State's Attorneys Hodge and McLaughlin warned of arson against Chicago and threats to kill Chief of Police Fitzmorris and other officials involved in arresting labor leaders. It calls this the start of Chicago's greatest labor battle.
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Chicago
Fitzmorris
Hodge and
McLaughlin
Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill Pressed by Missouri Congressman
In St. Louis on May 15 Congressman L C Dyer urged passage of the Dyer anti lynching bill before the general conference of the colored Methodist Episcopal church. He noted the bill has passed the house and urged Senate approval.
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St. Louis
Senate
L. C., Dyer
Missouri
General Conference of the
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
House
Doctor of Laws for Harding at Princeton address
Princeton New Jersey May 16 The degree of Doctor of Laws will be conferred upon President Harding when he visits Princeton University on June 9 to dedicate the Princeton memorial monument, it was announced.
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Harding
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Princeton Memorial
Congress to provide 500000 for Illinois river levee repairs
Washington May 16. Immediate appropriation by congress of 500000 for the repair of Illinois river levees recently damaged by floods is proposed in a bill introduced by Representative Shaw.
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Illinois
Washington
Congress
Shaw
Rep
U S Market Report May week ending May 1 fruits and vegetables
Washington May 13 market recap shows potato prices slipping amid ample supply. Northern sacked rounds down to 2 cents per 100 pounds in Chicago, Maine greens down to 1 dollar, Texas yellow onions weaker at two dollars per crate. Strawberries falter with midwestern, North Carolina and Virginia crates 15 to 18 cents, plus Tennessee in Pittsburgh at 24-quart crates 2.75. Grain and hay prices quoted. livestock and dairy figures listed for Chicago and regional markets.
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Northern
Chicago
Maine Green Mountains
lSe
Texas
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennesara
Pittsburgh
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Timothy
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Minneapol
Memphis
Prairie
Boston
Wisconsin
Létige
Young Americas
Morvich Wins Derby in Louisville at Churchill Downs
Morvich, unbeaten as a two year old, captured the forty eighth Kentucky Derby before about 70,000 at Churchill Downs. The son of Runnymede won in 2 04 4 5 as Bet Mosic, from behind in the second flight, edged John Finn by a head.
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Louisville
Morvich
Churchill Downs
Winder
E. R. Bradley
Bet Mosic
John Finn
Amnesty bill pushed in Senate to free wartime spies
Washington May 13 A bill granting amnesty to all persons jailed in federal prison for violation of war time espionage laws was introduced in the Senate by Senator Ladd Republican North Dakota. He estimated about 113 prisoners would be affected.
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Senator Ladd
North Dakota
Washington
Senate
Ladd
Rep. N. D
Daugherty Aide Prosecution Fund Backed by House
Washington May 16 The House reported favorably an appropriation of 500000 dollars to enable Attorney General Daugherty to run a vigorous campaign against war contract frauds.
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Daugherty
Washington
House
Cox Declines to Run for Ohio Governor
Dayton May 16 Former Gov. James M. Cox longtime Democratic figure and 1920 presidential candidate declined an invitation from a political club to enter the Ohio gubernatorial race this year.
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Dayton
James M. Cox
Ohio
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Vancouver
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Ville
Basil Miles
International Chamber of Commerce
Miles
Root
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Billie Rhodes
Los Angeles
William H. Jobelmann
Pobelmann
William
Smiling Bill") Parsons
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Winifred M. Huck
Winifred Mason Huck
Ilinois
William E. Mason
Stephen A. Day
Evanston
Bureau of Markets and Crops
Cox
Wolverine News
Rochester
Winthrop A. Hayes
American
Bay City
Leonard-Crossett & Riley Co
Detroit Rapid Transit Co
Michigan Public Utilities Commission
Sparta
Jay Croninger
Croninger
Cheboygan
State Conservation Commission
Wolverine
Cheboygan County
Cadillac
Austin Berry
Alex J. Groesbeck
State Administrative Board
University of Michigan
State Regents
M. L. Burton
Monroe
Frank Gessner
Joselyn van Tyne
Claude van Tyne
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