Upper Silesia Turmoil and Allied Strife Report
Berlin May 7 Polish commissioner Adelbert Korfanty has proclaimed himself military and civil dictator of Upper Silesia. Polish forces threaten allied neutrality and plebiscite police reforms as Italian and French units clash with Polish insurgents amid heavy casualties and shifting control across cities east of the Oder.
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Berlin
Upper Silesia
Adelbert Korfanty
Warsna
Upper Silesian Free State
Ttallan
Oppeln
Ratihbor
Doles
League of Nations
Generel Martinil
Ttalian
Lokal Anzeiger
Tarnowitz
France
Poland
Lublivitz
Oder River
Rosenberg
Breslau
Halings
Ratibor
National League and American League Scores Brief
Baseball results show Chicago and Cincinnati 7 6, Pittsburgh and St Louis 6, Brooklyn and New York fielded, Philadelphia at Boston rain. In the American League Cleveland tied Chicago, Philadelphia 6, Boston and New York play, Washington 2, Detroit and St Louis 7.
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National Lea — Pet Teen
Iphia
Clevelain
Waington Coreseeee
Racoseus
New York
Philadelphia
Louis - Seereeee i
Chicago
Cincinneti
Piltsburgh
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
St. Loui S
War talk and coalition proposals on Upper Silesia
A German debate discusses declaring war on Germany's enemies while an allied plan would send the reichswehr to Upper Silesia under Allied oversight. Nationalist speakers oppose offering a Franco German alliance as France mobilizes on the western front.
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Germany
Ebert
Reichswehr
Upper Silesia
France
MacNary Bill Endorsed for Western Reclamation Fund
Washington May 7 Commissioner Spry of the general land office and Richard Jones editor of the State and Stripes endorsed the MacNary bill for a western reclamation fund of 2 million dollars to aid soldiers. The plan would give ex servicemen preference in distributing 20 million acres of western arid land.
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Washington
Spry
General Land Office
Richard Jones
State and Stripes
Lan
Ban on Gambling in Government Office Sparks Scandal
Washington May 7 report says betting on horse races and making duplicate sheets during office hours has become a public scandal. Public printer George Carter warns any employee found gambling during work will be dismissed.
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Washington
Orew
George Carter
Craig Turns Down De Valera as Ulster Rejects Concessions
Ulster Unionists meeting led by Sir James Craig declares Ulster cannot make further concessions after accepting the Government of Ireland Act. Craig reports no extra talks with De Valera and urges loyalist electors to press the stance in six Ulster counties. Rumors of a London Sinn Fein conference surface amid the impasse over an Irish republic.
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Belfast
Ulster Unionist Party
James Crey
Ulster
Ramonn de Valera
James
de Valera
Council of Ireland
Sion Fein
London
Lewton
Eamonn de Valera
Sinn
Stillman Not the Father of Guy Stillman
New York May 6 Dr Hugh Ross a Buffalo chiropractor testified at the divorce hearing of James A Stilman a New York banker that Anne A Stilman told him her husband was not the father of her expected child. The child Guy Stilman born November followed. The evidence was admitted despite defense objections and next cross examination is set for May 18. A Beauvais letter to Mrs Stilman was admitted after handwriting was verified.
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New York
Hugh Ross
Buffalo
N. Y
James A. Stil UN
Anne A. Stiliman
Guy Stiliman
Pred Beauvais
Sinn Fein Attacks and Ulster Unionist Stance in Ireland
The report details Sinn Fein attacks, including 39 incidents with 28 casualties and one fatality, 12 failed assaults on barracks, three Sinn Fein murders, 42 mail raids, and 2708 internments and releases. It notes Ulster Unionists at a Belfast meeting adopting a stance of no further concessions.
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Sir James
Ireland
James
Sinn Fein
Dublin Castle
Whisky Theft at Dowling Distillery Reported
May 7 Louisville police report the theft of whisky valued at $5,000 from Dowling distillery in Tyre Andersen county. The article notes two suspects described as wearing ragged clothing.
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Louisville
Dowling
Tyre
Andersen County
Building trades unions open to wage arbitration says labor head
William Hutcheson, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, urged arbitration to settle wage reductions after AFL meeting. He said unions would consider equitable adjustments in line with cost of living, while opposing arbitration on working conditions or jurisdictional issues. He noted strikes in major cities might be settled if employers submit the wage question to an impartial commission.
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William Hutchesen
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Hutcheson
U.S. to Sit in Allied Councils on Postwar Affairs
The United States accepts the allied invitation to send representatives to the supreme council and reparations talks. A White House note to Lloyd George states the policy of abstention from European matters remains, but the U S will cooperate in economic adjustments and world settlement discussions. Senator George Harvey will be instructed to participate upon arriving in Britain.
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Washington
Maay
United States
Sem
Supreme Council
Council of Ambassadors
Lloyd George
State Department
Allied Supreme Comnett
Aub
London
Conference of Ambassadors
Paris
George Harvey
Great Britain
Allied Conference Invitations Press US Involvement
The British premier Lloyd George informs that the Allied conference seeks continued American participation through representation at the Ambassadors conference in Paris or on the Reparations Commission. The American ambassador to France may resume unofficial observer status, and Roland Boyden may sit again in an unofficial capacity.
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Supreme Council
France
Conference of Ambassadors
Roland W. Boyden
United States
London
Paris Reds Battle Police Fight Reaches Night
In Paris on May 7 communists clashed with mounted guards in four street battles during the night. Soldiers and police were wounded by revolver shots and thrown rocks amid widespread arrests as the campaign against mobilization continues.
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Paris
Philippine probe opened with Wood and Forbes leading mission
Major General Leonard Wood and W. Cameron Forbes arrived as Harding’s special mission to study Philippine conditions. A Manila parade welcomed the commissioners as they began a program of daily 4 hour public receptions and planned visits to all 47 provinces. They stressed an impartial report to President Harding and expect the inquiry to last at least three months.
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Manila
Leonard Wood
W. Cameron Forbes
Harding
Philippine Islands
Fernandez
Philippine Independence Commission
Wood
Forbes
Wrongly Named Blindworm Reclassified as Nonblind Lizard
The blindworm is not a worm nor blind but a species of lizard. This misnomer stems from its name, while its true classification lies with reptiles rather than serpents.
Refuses Negro Vote Probe In House Vote
The House refused to order an investigation into charges that large numbers of negroes were prevented from voting in the last national election. Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts introduced a resolution for inquiry. Speaker Gillett ruled the measure not privileged. Tinkham appealed but was defeated 285 to 45.
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House
Washington
South
Tinkham
Rep
Massachusetts
Mondetl
Gillett
Tinkhbam
Bainbridge Colby in London Urges U S Peace Role
In London the former secretary of state Bainbridge Colby spoke at an American Luncheon Club event urging confidence in US goodwill toward a peacetime order. He said America would come into the peace, even if by a later path, to fulfill duties to the world and the Allies.
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London
America
Bainbridge Colby
Colby
Hill to Japan as envoy in tentative ambassador slate
Secretary Hughes has drafted a tentative list of ambassadors for submission. David Jayne Hill is named as ambassador to Japan, Richard Washburn Childs as ambassador to Italy, and Jacob Gould Schurmann, ex Cornell president, as ambassador to China. Mill, former German ambassador, was a leading candidate for secretary of state.
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Washington
Hughes
Tmarding
David Jayne Hill
Japan
Richard Washburn Childs
Italy
Jacob Gould Schaurmann
Cornell University
China
Mill
Germany
Harding
Morse Estate Valued At Up To Two Million Dollars
Chicago May 7 Charles H Morse scale and machinery manufacturer died in Florida leaving an estate valued between 1 000 000 and 2 000 000 His will named two sons Charles H Morse Jr and Robert H Morse and his daughter Mrs Elizabeth Genius Morse wife of Dr Richard M Genius Morse with attorneys Ashcraft Ashcraft handling the probate proceedings
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Chicago
Charles H. Morse
Florida
Ashcraft & Ashcraft
Charles H. Morse, Jr
Robert H. Morse
Elizabeth Genius Morse
Richard M. Genlus
Senate sets Wednesday vote on emergency tariff bill
Washington May 7 unanimous consent in Senate to vote on the emergency tariff bill at 2 pm next Wednesday. Debate on amendments will be limited to ten minutes per senator on the same afternoon.
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Washington
Senate
Sengter
Plenty of Company and the Microbial Air Reality
A Boston Transcript science note states a cubic inch of air can hold a million microbes. The item contrasts this abundance of unseen life with human feelings of loneliness among readers.
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Boston Trage Acrip
Ancient Trees Across Continents Echo Age
Yew trees at Torentain's abbey in Yorkshire were already old by 1132. California hosts mariposa grove giants thousands of years old, and Africa's baobabs exceed four centuries in age.
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Torentain’s Abbey
Yorkshire
England
California
Africa
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NO. Silesia
U. S
James Craig
Sinn Fenners
Stillman
Guy
Fies
Ganker
Lioyd George
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Ambuseadors
Reparations Commission
Paris Reds
Philippine
General Wood
Morse
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