Senate Should Refuse Colombia Pact and Blackmail Charge
The editorial attacks the Colombia treaty with Panama, arguing the Senate must reject ratification and the $25,000,000 payment as dishonorable. It cites Roosevelt’s canal leadership, criticizes concessions to Colombia, and praises a proposed U S consolidated bond plan to replace Liberty bonds, urging decisive opposition to the pact.
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Republic of Colombia
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate of the
United States
Panama Canal
Roonevelt
Outlook
Miner
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
Colomius
Roosevelt
Colombia
Ie Bonate
Vendma
Panama
Canal
Senate
Harding
Liberty bond value guidance sparks congressional action
The depreciation of Liberty bonds and methods to value and maintain par value are attracting earnest attention from the Harding administration. It is believed Congress will soon consider a measure to address this issue and preserve bond value.
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Harding
Congress
Anti tobacco law forces dealers out of business
The new law requires tobacco dealers to pay a $50 license and post a $600 bond to enforce compliance. It applies to all tobacco products and may push many grocers who carry smoking and chewing tobacco to discontinue sales rather than bear the license cost, concentrating business in fewer hands.
North Dakota Presents an Object Lesson in Idaho Politics
Three years ago the Nonpartisan League emerged as a menace in Idaho, gathering members and funds to manipulate politics. Through agitation it gained influence, but revelations about its leaders discredited the group. By last year the league had little impact in Idaho, though its proselytizing propaganda persisted in other states.
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Nonpartisan League
Idaho
Pame
Weisn
North Dakota nonpartisan league critique spreads influence
The article argues that the league has gained traction in intelligent communities, citing North Dakota where recuts into state law target the governor, attorney general, and labor commissioner. Farmers seek financial aid to move crops, but bankers demand removal of nonpartisan league officials before any support, accusing Townley and associates of wrecking the state and expanding to other states.
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North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Labor and Agriculture
Secretary Davis Forecasts La Bor Situation Stabilized
Secretary of Labor Davis says labor agitators aim to spark a May 1 demonstration leading to strikes and violence, but recent Chicago settlement curbs actions. Labor records show 65 disputes but only 5 strikes, involving about 20,000 workers. mediation curbs violence across industries as agitation subsides. Davis notes improved industrial relations with fewer strikes and more willingness to settle disputes via mediation.
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Davis
Chicago
Labor Department
Ehate
Federal push for powder trust probe urged by mining convention
The Portland mining convention urged a federal investigation of the powder trust and asked Congress to consider reducing explosives prices. Attendees argued metal prices and wartime costs justify a price cut, seeking unbiased facts and relief for mines facing closures and tight margins.
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Vortland
Federal Trade Commission
Powder Trust
Congress
Portland
Colonel Harvey to Kill His Own Child Says He
The public reads of a dramatic claim by Colonel Harvey regarding his appointment as ambassador to Great Britain and his stated intent to kill his own child. He described the act in a cold warning to Senator Willis, arguing no alternative course.
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Harvey
Weekly
Colonel Harvey
Great Britain
Woodrow Wileron
Baker
Josephus
League of Nations
Washington
Willis
Ohio
Col Harvey’s Breezy Weekly to Fold Its Purposes End
The colonel’s vigorous Americanism and scholarly breezy style defined the weekly, which will be missed. The editor notes the paper fulfilled its purpose and hints at another Harvey possibly taking the helm, keeping a till 4 field for continuity if needed.
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London
German obligations after Versailles key to Germany’s fate
Harvey's Weekly discusses Mr. Frank Simonds's view that Germany must accept Versailles terms or face industrial extinction. If Germany refuses to pay reparations and disarm, France may seize German property to force accountability, illustrating how Germany’s postwar choices determine the conflict’s outcome.
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Harvey's Weekly
Germany
Frank TH. Simonde
Simonds
Mr. Simonds
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Vision and Matrimony in New York Eyes Bill
Anaconda Standard reports on a New York assembly measure requiring eye examinations for marriage licensing. Doctors cite rising blind births as a motive, proposing court orders to halt marriages with potential offspring defects. Critics warn of overreach and say romance should not be curtailed by medical scrutiny.
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America
New York Assembly
New York
Harding message to congress reassures nation
President Harding's first message to Congress is seen as reassuring and pleasing to most Americans. It is praised for outlining a course the country desires and for speaking in clear terms that readers can understand and apply to current issues.
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Lewiston Tribune
Harding
Congress
Waiting for Destiny in Quiet Resolve
A meditation on patience and fate penned in verse. The speaker folds hands and accepts time, trusting that what is rightfully theirs will come. Weathered by tides and winds, the poem asserts inner certainty as the world aligns with destined outcomes.
Public Policy And Representation In Democratic Governance
The passage argues that government must reflect public convictions and interests to be effective. It asserts representative government requires clear contemporary language, accountability, and alignment between words and actions. It notes President Harding offers plain meanings, urging public trust and discouraging insincerity. It compares political clarity to ability to grasp revolution and highlights Bolshevism as needing broad appeal to succeed.
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Harding
Anguage
Lenine
Women’s political stance shifts after suffrage victory
A column notes a perceived paradox as women leaders of the national league of women voters meet in Cleveland to plan advocacy. It says committees may push maternity and infant care bills, election reforms, anti profiteering measures, labor laws for women, and health regulation, arguing the push is framed by sex rather than universal voter equality.
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Cleveland
National League of Women Voters
Beauties of bolshevism debated by Berkman and Snowden
Alexander Berkman critiques Mrs Snowden’s view of bolshevism as a bourgeois mind’s failure to grasp the Russian Revolution. The exchange hints at a broader point about perception of beauty and art, suggesting intellectual cripples lack the right mind to appreciate upheaval in Russia.
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Kansas City Star
Alexander Berkman
Mrs. Snowden
Russia
Pittman Act Safe, Senator Predicts Six-Hour Filibuster
Senator Key Pittman told Tonopah supporters that the Pittman act will not be repealed. He pledged that he and Western colleagues would wage a six-hour daily filibuster for a year if needed to block any repeal. He said the government has pledged its honor to silver producers and current agitation cannot gain enough Senate support.
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Mining and Scientific Press
Pittman
Key Pittman
Tonopah
Washington
Hughes and the Soviet Note Shows Simplicity and Strength
The New York Tribune notes Secretary Hughes replied to Russia’s invitation with a concise statement on why immediate trade is unwise. He cites established production bases, safety of life, protection of private property, sacred contracts, and free labor to explain the pause in resuming trade. The piece applauds the directness and clarity of his argument.
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New York Tribune
Hughes
Russia
Lenine
Pension the Prospector in Mining Safety Debate
A prospector derides the safety movement claiming accidents cannot be fully prevented. He argues mining should reward risk takers, oppose overreliance on technical safety lore, and suggests pensions for prospectors as incentive to seek new mines while mining engineers push long reports.
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Engineering and Mining Journal
Congress
Ancient burial custom linked to dawn and Aurora
The text describes an ancient practice of burying youths at morning twilight. It explains that this ritual aimed to softly interpret death, with the belief that Aurora, who loved the young, had taken them into her embrace.
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Aurora
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