Ulster Will Accept Bid to Peace Meet
Washington reports the supplementary agreement to remove the rape homeland from the four power Pacific treaty was ratified by the U S Senate. Debates centered on whether the domestic rights reservation was part of the treaty and Senator Hitchcock warned Japan could refuse to ratify if the declaration remained separate. Lodge offered multiple plans before final inclusion in the ratification resolution.
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Washington
United States Senate
Jawiet
Hitebeork
Portgaix Repubicans
Lodge
Ratifention
Senate
Hitchcock
Japan
United States
Pacific
Debate on immigration plan and Japan in four power treaty
senators warn immigration row with Japan remains the main obstacle in the four power treaty negotiations and could shape binding status while a separate amendment to drop Kara Futo from protection was defeated in a key Senate vote.
Harding Nominates Phillips and Harrison for State Posts
President Harding nominated William Phillips of Massachusetts as undersecretary of state and Leland Harrison of New York as assistant secretary of state. Phillips, U S ambassador to the Netherlands, succeeds Henry P Fletcher named minister to Belgium. Harrison is connected with the State Department.
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Washington
Tarding
William Phillips
Massachusetts
Leland Harrison
Hiness
Phillips
Netherlands
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Belgium
Harrison
State Department
Harkness Left 151 Million Estate Including Stocks
William D. Harkness, Standard Oil official, died May 10 1919 leaving a net estate of 151 500 210 with bulk in industrial railroad and public utility stock. Appraisal in the state tax commission office cited the value and composition of his holdings carried by Standard Oil stock and related interests.
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New York
William PD. Harkness
Standard Oi Company
State Tax Commission
Bank Scheme Charged Over Liberia Loan Plot
Testimony before the house ways and means committee describes a proposed 5 million dollar American loan to Liberia as a scheme to pay international bankers one million dollars for nearly worthless Liberian securities. U.S. banks named include National City Bank and J P Morgan & Co with French Dutch and German restraints cited. Officials Pred Morris Deering and Harry A Mc Pride testified for the State Department as Fordney pressed Secretary Toughes to appear.
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Washington
Liberia
African Republic
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
National City Bank
J. P. Morgan & Co
Kahn, Loeb & Co
First National Bank of New York
Morris Deering
Harry A. McPride
State Department
Pordney
Toughes
Fordney
Treaty Amendments and Irish Unrest in London and Ireland
In London a senate treaty amendment unfolds as Irish leaders meet after Ulster acceptance of a London conference invitation. Across Ireland fierce sectarian tensions flare with threats and a weekend toll reaching seven deaths and fifty-six killed this March. A three hour rifle clash at Newtown Cunningham ends with six prisoners.
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Belfast
Ireland
Ulster
Churchill
London
James Craig
Dundalk
County Louth
Sinn Fein
Free State
County Lourh
Londonderry
Newtown Cunningham
Union Head to Meet Operators in Wage Scale Parley
In New York and Springheld Wisconsin the union leader arranged talks with three coal operators associations. Frank Farrington pledged a conference in Chicago at ten o clock Wednesday to discuss wages and avoid a separate miners wage scale. Labor negotiators returned from Cleveland to continue discussions to avert a strike set for next Saturday night.
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Springheld
Frank Farrington
Iinois Union
Chicago
Farrington
New York
Cleveland
Whelh
Brooklyn Father Wins 2500 Damages Over Baby Death
James F D Cochenour of Brooklyn wins 2500 damages against landlord George H Jackson for the death of his four month old son William in January. He blamed the lack of heat and an unlightable furnace in the apartment basement for the tragedy.
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New York
James F. D. Cochenour
Brooklyn
George H. Jackson
Williaim
Mr. Cochenour
Three Die In Texas Freight Wreck Near Royse City
Three men were killed and one seriously injured in a freight wreck near Royse City Texas. The dead are Fiving Hill of Denison Texas Rey Collett and Bruce Frazier both of Peoria Illinois. A fourth man was injured.
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Royse City
Tex
Here
Hill
Denison
Rey Collett
Peoria
Bruce Frazier
Fire Causes $130,000 Loss at Toledo Novelty Co
A Toledo blaze, started by ignited celluloid toys from an unknown source, damages the Nathan Brothers Wholesale Novelty Co stock downtown. Estimated loss stands at $130,000 as firefighters battled the flames on March 28.
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Toledo
Nathan Brothers
Mexico Reds Clash With Catholics in Guadalajara Riots
In Guadalajara Jalisco five people were killed and eleven wounded as radicals attacked pedestrians and motorists and fired on Catholics who sought refuge in a church. A violent demonstration targeted El Informador and Restauracion before federal troops restored order.
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Guadalajara
Mexico City
Jalisco
el Informador
Restauracion
Unrest in Punjab prompts troop moves around Delhi
A Reuters dispatch from Delhi reports troops being moved into outlying districts amid unrest caused by non co operators. It notes military dispositions in the Punjab and that Gandhi’s imprisonment has caused little disturbance so far, though authorities fear trouble brewing.
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London
Delhi
British India
Punjab
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Servant of Gen Grant Adason Holmes Dies in Gary
Adaison Holmes, body servant to General Grant during his presidency, died in Gary Indiana at ninety six. Born and raised a slave he joined the Union army at the start of the Civil War and later married three times, fathering thirty two children.
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Gary
Ind
Adaison Holmes
Gen. T. &. Grant
United States
Flo
Holmes
Government moves to dismiss Sherman case against billposters
Washington March 28 The government asks the Supreme Court to dismiss its antitrust case against the Associated Billposters and Distributors of the United States and Canada saying a satisfactory settlement has been reached.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Associated
United States
Canada
Strike Ends for Georgia & Florida Railroad Trainmen
Augusta witnesses a traintmen strike draw to a close after a conference between railroad officials and union representatives. The agreement ends the planned Monday walkout. In Chicago a man named James O'Brien, age 45 of Davenport Indiana, was shot and wounded resisting five attackers who ambushed him on West Harrison Street and South Racine Avenue.
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Georgia & Florida Railroad
Augusta
Georgia & Florida
Chicago
James O’brien
Davenport
West Harrison Street
South Racine Avenue
States Admit Two States to Union in January
The record lists Georgia ratifying the Constitution on January 24, 1788 and Connecticut on January 6 of the same year with Michigan on January 20, 1887 Kansas on January 28, 1861 Utah on January 4, 1806 and New Mexico on January 6, 1912 admitted to the Union in January.
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Georgia
Connecticut
Michigan
Kansas
Utah
New Mexico
Rivers and Harbor Funds Raised in House Vote
Resentment against the appropriations committee surfaced as the House approved an increase in rivers and harbors funds from 28,625,200 to 42,515,061 by a 158 to 54 vote. The move signaled disapproval of the budget system and drew criticism from Floor Leader Mendell amid targeted cuts in State and Justice appropriations including the judiciary and prohibition enforcement programs.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Mendel
Mendell
Riot in China Causes U.S. Fatality and Injures Tourists
A riot in Shanghai involving tourists leaves one U.S. citizen dead and two Koreans wounded as fire erupts among crowds of travelers just arriving in the city. Local authorities investigation underway.
Attempted assassination of Japan war minister shocks Shanghai crowd
An unsolved assault in Shanghai left Baron Tanaka, Japan's minister of war, en route home from Manila, and eight others wounded after two Koreans opened fire on tourists from the Pine Tree State liner. An American woman named Spyder was killed in the melee.
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Evenine
Shanghai
China
Spyder
American Shipping Board
Pine Tree State
Baron Tanaka
Japan
Wmwinister of War
Manilla
Wood
Illinois court upholds tax on Hump Hairpin firm
Washington March 28 The Illinois court decision affirming the foreign corporation act holds that the Hump Hairpin Manufacturing Company can be taxed on its entire capital stock of 1 000 000 as its properties and business are within the state. The state argued for a license fee based on authorized capital stock.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Siamese Twin Near Death at West End Hospital
Josefa Blazek lies near death at the West End hospital in Chicago with her sister Ross Nosa in the same bed. Doctors fear a separation could kill both. the planned surgical severing has been abandoned as jaundice threatens the weaker sister and survival hinges on both twins.
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Chicago
Josefa Blazek
Sleuth
West End
Bright
Ross
Nosa
Seymour J. Cox Charged in Major Fraud Case
Seymour J. Cox, of Houston Texas, a former promoter, was taken into custody by federal officials who accuse him of complicity in a million dollar fraud tied to the sale of worthless stock. The case centers on sales practices and alleged misrepresentations.
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Seymour J. Cox
Houston
Tex
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