Tariff Bill To Be Passed By Saturday
Washington May 19 final agreement by senate and house conferees on the emergency tariff measure reduces the life of the war trade board license system for import of dyestuffs from six to three months. Only Republican conferees signed the report with Democrats reserving right to oppose adoption. Senator Penrose predicted passage before week end and White House signature. The Kellogg bill granting the president power to block landing of foreign owned cables also passed the house without a roll call and goes to President Harding for signature amid a clash with Western Union over a cable connecting British owned lines in Miami.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
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Supreme Court
Western Union Company
Pardadoes
Telegraph
Miami
Navy
Wilson
Compny
Sait
Hand
Federal Circuit Court of New York
Bergdoll Aid Backed Down After Contempt Threat
Harry Weinberger of New York, former counsel for draft evader Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, told a House investigating committee he would answer all questions and produce any documents demanded under threat of contempt proceedings before the bar of the house.
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Washington
Bar of the
House
Harry Weinberger
New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Weinberger Refuses Testimony On Bergdoll Case
Weinberger challenges the House investigating committee on its authority to probe Bergdoll escape, arguing he was never inducted into the army and thus not subject to the inquiry about fees paid by Bergdoll’s mother.
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Bergdoll
Weinberger
Fleet to Stay in Pacific Under President Harding
Washington May 19 The Pacific fleet will not be withdrawn and will remain consolidated with Atlantic naval forces. President Harding affirmed the plan after Representative Henry J. Osborne of California presented telegrams protesting a withdrawal, stating to inform supporters to forget the reports and rest in perfect security.
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Atlantic Ocean
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Henry Z. Osborne
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White House
Mording
First Mail Leaves Dawson City Opens Yukon Navigation
The first mail voyage of the year for the outside work departed Dawson City marking the opening of navigation on the Yukon River.
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Dawson City
Dawson, Y.T
Yukon River
American Delegates Abroad Decline Silesia Talks
Secretary Hughes states that U S representatives abroad will not take part in the discussion of Upper Silesia. The note says boundary disputes are a European matter and the United States will not influence Versailles treaty settlements or the plebiscite results.
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Poland
Upper Sziewia
Hughes
State Department
Upper Silesia
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Supreme Council
Council of Ambassadors
Reparations Commission
Europe
fate of Upper Silesia left to supreme council
Lloyd George reiterates Britain views on the Upper Silesian question and criticizes distorted French reports. He says fate must be decided by the supreme council, not Korfanty, and warns the French press about misreading allied opinion. He cites broad support from Britain America and Italy for fair interpretation of the Versailles treaty.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
Upper Silesia
Supreme Council
Korfanty
Europe
Great Britain
France
Versailles Treaty Links and World Future in Cautious View
The speaker urges that France not be offended by the Bilesian issue and insists the Versailles treaty should be applied justly by all, regardless of Germany's stance. He warns that unpredictable events and shifting alliances will shape Europe’s future and warns against hotheaded dismissal of the treaty’s significance.
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Bilesian
France
Germany
Europe
Union Leaders Denounce Railroad Wage Cuts Across Nation
Samuel Gompers of the AFL condemns the railroad labor board for wage reductions as unwarranted and provocative. He claims employers influenced the board to slash pay, risking worker sustenance and stirring unrest, with parallels drawn to West Virginia. J F Anderson of the Machinists warns a cut could trigger strikes among railroad workers.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States Railroad Labor Board
Gompers
Labor Board
Mr. Gompers
West Virginia
Railroad Labor Board
Washington
J. F. Anderson
International Association of Machinists
Anderson
Lane Dies in Rochester After Operation
Rochester Minn May 19 Frank W Lane former secretary of interior died at a local hospital from heart disease after gall stones and appendicitis operation May 6. Lane had resigned from the Wilson cabinet to become vice president and legal adviser of a Mexican petroleum company. He was born July 15 1864 near Charlottetown Prince Edward Island and educated at the University of California.
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New York
Lane
Wilson
Ia California
Covada
Pranklin K. Hane
United States
Interior
Warrington
Edward L. Doheny
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Young Lane
University of California
Franklin Lane Life and Career Highlights
The text notes Lane’s rise from Tacoma Daily News editor to part owner, his 1905 appointment to the Interstate Commerce Commission by President Roosevelt, later chairmanship, and his service as secretary of the interior. It mentions his 1898 marriage to Anne Mintermute of Tacoma and two children Nancy Lane Kauffman of Washington and Franklin K Lane of Los Angeles.
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Wash
Daily News
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Lane
Kaiser’s Son a Smuggler Found Guilty in Export Case
Eitel Friedrich son of former Emperor William was fined 5000 marks for exporting capital to Holland via the firm Whillippselm Grusser & Company. The Reichstag had earlier charged that 100 eminent persons including him and relatives smuggled 250000000 marks into Holland and called for severe punishment.
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Eitel Friedrich
William
Holland
Whillippselm, Grusser & Company
Eltel Friedrich
Hermann Mueller
Reichstag
Hbilel Friedrich
Chief Justice Appointment Recalls 1894–1910 Timeline
A brief note recalls the sequence from 1894 to 1910 when the subject became chief justice in 1910. The reference highlights a Friday occurrence linking early career milestones to the eventual top judicial role.
Taft May Succeed as White’s Vacancy Opens
Special to The Evening Journal reports Chief Justice Edward Douglass White died at Garfield hospital after bladder surgery. Born in 1845 in Louisiana, White was the son of former Louisiana governor Edward Douglass White and educated in Catholic institutions. The death creates a vacancy potentially filled by Taft.
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Evening Journal
Washington
D. C
Edward Douglass White
Supreme Court of the United States
Garfield Hospital
White
Louisiana
Eight Are Slain in Erin Amid Reprisals and Attacks
Dublin reports claim two civilians killed during an attack on police at Ballymena. A former soldier was found dead and another wounded in Kilkenny. Victims were taken from beds to a quarry and shot. Houses in Trove and Barrowhouse incidents tied to reprisal actions by armed groups.
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Heer Ehor
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Kilkenny
Trove
Benson W Us
Barrowhouse
Senate approves Lantz bill to control grain market
The Illinois senate passed the Lantz bill by 26 to 22, sending it to the House. supporters say it reflects farmers wants to market grain cooperatively, while opponents warn it would drive the Chicago Board of Trade to Milwaukee and harm jobs and taxes.
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Springfield
Senate
State Department of Agriculture
House
Lantz
James J. Barbour
Chicago
Board of Trade
Milwaukee
Itate
England
Europe
Senator and Judge White’s Successor Discussed
The text notes a Louisiana lawyer admitted in 1868 who served in the state senate and was sent to the U S Senate in 1891, later appointed to the Supreme Bench in 1804. It also mentions a possible Taftointment to succeed Mr. White.
Robbers Compelled From Bank Raid In Chicago
A wild bank raid on the Division State Bank in Chicago ended when the robbers wrecked their car. Two were captured and two were shot. The cashier was wounded in the hand and ten thousand dollars were recovered.
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Chicago
Division State Bank
Polish rebel leader calls for arms surrender in Silesia
Adalbert Kerfanty, leader of Polish rebels, issues a proclamation to people of upper Silesia urging surrender of arms, resumption of work, and avoidance of military contact with Germans, as reported by Spectal to The Eventing Journal in London May 119.
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Eventing Journal
London
Bentsen
Adalbert Kerfanty
Upper Silesia
Summer school staff named for five ISU extension programs
Director I. H. announces selections for the Muscatine summer school and four other sites. Appointments include D. Wilson of Cornell Bluffs, Supt. J. A. Jeesup of Hedrick, Eulalie Turner of Iowa City, Eva Burnet of Allerton, Supt. Misnie Comnor of West Chester, Anita Yates of Osage, Marie Purdy of Independence, with A. C. Fuller directing the ISU extension plan.
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Iowa State Teachers College
I. HH
Muscatine School
D. ©. Wilson
Cornell Bluffs
J. A. Jeesup
Hedrick
Eulalie Turner
Iowa City
Eva Burnet
Allerton
Misnie Comnor
West Chester
Anita Yates
Osage
Marie Purdy
Independence
A. C. Fuller
Washington Visitor Miss Wilma Lease
Miss Wilma Lease of Crawfordsville is visiting Washington today as a noted traveler and local resident.
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Miss Wilma Lease
Crawfordsville
Washington
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