Government to prosecute war profiteers and recover profits
Attorney General Daugherty outlines a crusade against war profiteering and contracts abuses. He says civil suits will recover vast sums and a special justice bureau will pursue frauds in war supply contracts, with criminal prosecutions for profiteers and draft dodger links. He emphasizes returning unearned gains to the Treasury and hard targeting of big firms.
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Department of Juris conference
Everest Explorers Penetrate Tibetan Plains On Frontiers Route
Col Howard Bury leads Mount Everest expedition from Phari in the Indian Tibetan frontier. The party climbs past Sikkim to Chumbi valley and visits Galinka and Donka monasteries, noting Ronglha plains, Chomolhari view, and arrival at Phari at 14,300 feet en route to real Tibetan country.
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Tibetan
Male
Phari
Washington
Mount Everest
Darjeeling
Simla
HOWARD BURY
Gnatong
Sikkim
Sikkim- Tibet
India
Chumbi
Shigatese
Donka
Geshe Rimpocke
Khambre
Lingmatang
Phair
Chomolhari mountain
Honce
Arabs to rule in Mesopotamia under elected Arab ruler
London June 14 The British government plans to replace the Mesopotamian administration with an Arab assembly and an Arab ruler elected by the people. Churchill announced a supplementary £27,000,000 for Middle East government expenses and said Emir Feisal would have Britain’s support if elected. France and Britain would cooperate to avoid harming regional interests.
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Associated Press
Mesopotamia
Winston Churchil
house of commons
Churchill
Middle East
Emir Feisal
Hedjaz
Harding's Bills Relief for Leaders at Capitol
The White House announced the administration plans focus on tariff and internal revenue taxes, easing pressure on Congress to pass broad reform. Alaska reform and centralization will wait until December with a push for stronger executive power and coordinated governance.
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The
Washington Post Co
Congress
White House
Capitol
Alaska
Interior
Army
Navy
ways and means
Senate
Kaiser to Face Trial Demand Stalled by Absence
Paris June 14 Premier Briand’s absence blocked an interpellation in the French senate on executing the Versailles treaty to bring former Kaiser William II to trial for crimes against humanity. Senator Duplantier pressed for a fixed date. parliamentary uproar followed as proceedings were postponed indefinitely.
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Preas
Duplahtier
William Hohenzollern
Germany
Alexandre Berard
senate
Leon Bourgeois
Briand
Duplantier
Calilauz
M. Duplantier
Leipsic court
M. Berard
Girl Expelled, Suit Ensu es From Bryn Mawr
Margery Barker of Michigan City Indiana sues Bryn Mawr College and president M Carey Thomas for reinstatement after alleged expulsion during Nas tor vacation. Her mother files mandamus petition in Montgomery County Court seeking readmission.
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Norristown
Bryn Mawr
Montgomery county
Margery Barker
Michigan City
Ind
M. Carey Thomas
Peace measures go to conference in Senate action
The Porter peace resolution was sent to conference by the Senate to adjust differences with the Knox resolution. The Senate voted to disagree with the House amendment which struck Knox and substituted Porter. Conferees named were Lodge, Knox, Hitchcock and Underwood, with Underwood signaling he prefers the House amendment but will vote again after conference.
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Massachusetts
Knox
Pennsylvania
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Underwood
Alabama
Belgian Red Cross Buys One Gram Radium
The Belgian Red Cross announced in Brussels on June 14 that it purchased one gram of radium in Colorado for 4,000,000 francs.
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Colorado
Propagandists Warned of Dismissal in Reform Effort
Cabinet meeting announces that federal employees who propagate to obstruct the reorganization plan may be dismissed. The administration anticipates creating a new Department of Public Welfare to oversee health education and child labor, with Justice handling secret service work.
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Washington Post Co
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Navy Department
jis
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Tea Center
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Denby jokes of weight war as Navy chief jokes at Georgetown
Secretary Denby told Georgetown graduates that war would trim his waistline, claiming he loses about 20 pounds per campaign. He recalled shedding more pounds than any Marine recruit in his first month as a buck private. He also noted a cabinet pledge to buy American goods for government needs.
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McDonald
rom Yatung
Phart
allpretty
Galinka
United States
Fatty Arbuckle
Denby
marine corps
corps
Dry Law No Joke Says Haynes Calls for Enforcing Prohibition
Roy A. Haynes new prohibition commissioner urged Americans to unite for strict enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. He warned that winking at violations harms law respect, appealed to editors and writers to support enforcement, and pledged full energy to the patriotic program of law enforcement.
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Associated Press
Roy A. Haynes
prohibition
prohibition administration
America
Murder of Haiti probe witness shocks U S officials
Harris Lipschitz, a New York businessman and naturalized American, was murdered in Haiti. Gen. Lejeune ordered a full investigation with provisions to care for Lipschitz’s wife and child. Lipschitz had testified in the Port au Prince naval inquiry and had pressed for changes to travel limits imposed by Col. Russell.
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Harris Lijsschitz
N. Y
Harris Lipschitz
New York
Haiti
Siegel
Lipschitz
Lejune
marine corps
republic
naval court of inquiry
Port Au Prince
marines
John E. Russell
Col
Rusell
Lipechus
Navy Must Maintain Strong Fleet to Keep Trade Open
Secretary of the Navy Edward Denby told Georgetown Universitys first School of Foreign Service graduates that a perpetual navy is essential to keep sea lanes open for American goods. He urged ethical foreign trade and noted each package bears the American flag abroad. The ceremony awarded honorary degrees to Isaac Scott Stone and Gilbert H. Grosvenor as hundreds gathered outdoors for the diplomas and medals.
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Navy
America
Secretary of the Navy
Edward Denby
Georgetown university
Denby
school of foreign service
university
United States
Smith, Jones & Co
China
Isaac Scott Stone
Gilbert H. Grosvenor
National Geographic society
Richest lead strike reported in Dubuque mine history
In Dubuque Iowa Vai Kies opened a new vein in the Wilde property cutting 40 feet deep in a 160 foot shaft. The find, believed the richest lead strike in the city’s mining history, marks the first local mine operation in many years.
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Iowa
Vai Kies
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