France Seeks Specific Knox Pact Favoring Reparations
Washington dispatch reports M Viviani and the French mission in Washington seek a precise declaration in Section V of the Knox peace resolution to name Germany responsible for the war and to demand reparations. Senate leaders resist tying a universal policy to a Germany specific resolution, while some oppose Section V entirely. The timing and wording of the Knox action remain uncertain as diplomacy continues.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D.C
League of Nations
American Senate
M. Viviani
America
Europe
France
Knox
U. S
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Germany
Senate
Hughes
House
United States
Friends of Civilization
Viriani
Secretary of State
The
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Wedding guests clash during honeymoon bride hospitalized
Mrs Earl Coppinger, honeymooning in Belvidere, was hospitalized with a skull injury after wedding guests attempted to kidnap the bride. Hazel Simons, from the same city, helped trigger the scuffle by joining the abductors, and two physicians attended her care.
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United Press
Belvidere
Earl Coppinger
Thinks U.S. Misled in Oil Question by Sowers of Discord
London reports the Daily Telegraph asserting Americans are misled over Mesopotamian oil policy. The Telegraph praises Britain’s note exchange with the United States and questions if Americans would show similar self denial. It warns that discord builders seek to undermine UK policy and U.S. understanding.
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U.S
Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
United States
Daily Telegraph
Washington
President May Pay Official Notice to High Rent Question
Washington April 7 The high rent situation across the country has been brought to the attention of President Harding by Secretary of Labor Davis Belief was expressed in certain quarters that the president may take up this problem in his message to the forthcoming special session of congress Rents are stationary while costs of food clothing and other necessities decline according to figures from the labor department The real question is now the greatest obstacle to mediation of industrial differences.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Davis
Ger Pearen
Congress
Department of Labor
Iowa Bays War Camp Property Sold for 24800
Des Moines April 7 Gov Ken blends and Adjutant General Louis Lasher signed a contract calling for the sale of government property including a 400000 water plant at Camp Dodge to the state for a contract price of 24800. The property was originally valued at 2066000. The contract goes to the secretary of war for final approval. The tract will be the permanent home of the Iowa national guard.
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United Press
Des Moines
Kenall
Louis Lasher
Camp Dodge
Secretary of War
Iowa National Guard
Furniture Man Raps Shabbiness in Homes
At the Chicago Retail Furniture Dealers convention on April 7, John L. Tourg of Cleveland argued the American home is shabby. He criticized working girls and cited a farmer’s life, noting women place $15 shoes under a dilapidated bed and farmers dine at worn tables.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John L. Tourg
Cleveland
Mr. Young
Bergdoll to Seek Writ Rehearing for Habeas Corpus
Erwin Bergdoll, brother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, will file an appeal for a new hearing on writ of habeas corpus seeking release from Fort Leavenworth federal prison. Attorneys filed notice with the U S district attorney in Kansas City Kansas on April 7.
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United Press
Kansas City
Kan
Erwin Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland Bergdol
Fort Leavenworth
United States District Attorney
Stokes Divorce Case Resumes Amid Witness Delays
New York April 7 A divorce suit brought by W E D Stokes millionaire hotel owner resumes after a weeks long recess for defense witnesses. Ragar Wallace California oil producer named as co respondent in a separate suit may testify he never met Mrs Stokes as alleged while she was seen with him in a downtown apartment. Stokes Jr and a $10 million estate transfer to his son feature in evidence strategy.
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United Press
New York
W. E.D. Stokes
Ragar
B. Wallace
California
Mrs. Stokes
Mexico
Martin Littleton
Stokes
W. E. D. Stokes, Jr
Londoners Growing Round Headed Idea of Anthropologists
London reports that anthropologists claim locals are growing round headed due to intermixture with peoples from the Middle East. They estimate a two percent change in cranium globularity over two centuries, noting long headed Britons excel in initiative and colonizing prowess, while round heads show greater capacity for patient labor.
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United Press
London
Hu‘Tepe
Germany to Propose Reconstruction Plans for Devastated Regions
Berlin April 7 The Allied supreme council will receive a German note outlining proposals for reconstructing devastated northern France regions. The note will reiterate Germany’s wish for rapid reconstruction and offer German labor and materials to assist, with dispatch planned before May 1.
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Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
Allied Supreme Council
France
Nickel Cigar Comes Back with Price Cut
Chicago reports a return of the nickel cigar with a price cut as cheap labor and a tobacco surplus ease wartime price spikes. Dealers say the 5 cent smoke reappeared after stores announced drastic reductions across several brands.
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United Press
Chicago
Bronze Will Mark Wilson Ship Suite
Boston April 7 The steamship George Washington will depart tomorrow for Newport News to be refitted at an estimated cost of 850000. The former German liner has been berthed here over a year. A bronze tablet will be placed at the site of former President Wilson during his 1918 19 European trips.
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Associated Press
Boston
George Washington
Newport News
Wilson
Europe
Dawes 10 Report Urges Veteran Service Agency Plan
A Dawes commission proposal urges creating a Veteran's Service Administration to consolidate treatment of disabled veterans. A director general would head the agency under the president, with independence from existing departments to avoid conflicting authority. The commission submitted the report to President Harding after its executive session in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington, D
Veteran’s Service Administration
Harding
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Special Commission
Gener
White House
Highway report lists towns served in Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin
The Weather Bureau report dated April 7 1921 covers a territory including Albert Lea Minn Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault Minn La Crosse Wis Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly.
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Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
Crosse
Wis
Mason_City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
England's miners strike sparks triple alliance and crisis
London April 7 the national union of railwaymen voiced unanimous support for the coal miners and planned talks with transport workers to back strikes. Lloyd George failed to move miners who rejected a key demand to flood protection. Premiers appeal to public while Britain readies manpower and resources. naval units at Queenstown await page two continuation.
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Associated Press
London
National Union of Railwaymen Today
Railwaymen's Union
Transport Workers’ Organization
United Press
Lloyd George
Britain
Russia
England
Miners’ Federation
Herbert Smith
Queenstown
Ireland
Sentiment grows for punishing Bergdoll in US return
Hundreds of telegrams and letters urged the United States to bring Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the Philadelphia draft evader now in Germany, back to face punishment. American Legion officials said the public leads the drive with support from Pacific coast posts and Kansan legions. National commander F W Galbraith Jr telegraphed from Washington saying he will press government officials and hasten Bergdoll’s return behind prison bars.
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Associated Preen
Indianapolis
Ind
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Germany
American Legion
Legion
Pacific Coast
Kansan
Bergdolch
F. W. Galbraith, Jr
Washington, D
Harding
Committee For Relief of
Duchess of Manchester Refuses Comment on Divorce
Duchess of Manchester arrives in San Francisco with 27 pieces of luggage and a crew of maids, closing doors to press. Rumors swirl of an impending divorce action against William Angus Montague, Duke of Manchester, with no sources providing confirmation. The former Helena Zimmerman from Cincinnati plans an eventual trip to the Orient.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Duchess of Manchester
William Angus Montague
Duke of Manchester
Helena Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Paso Robles
Ial
Orient
G A R Ladies Send Smokes to Prisoners
Dubuque April 7 prisoners at the county jail have received a flood of tobacco after the board of supervisors ended free tobacco. Ladies of Woman's Relief corps No 299 G A R have organized to supply the men with tobacco, arguing confinement is punishment enough without removing their solace.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Board of Supervisors
Ladies of Woman's Relief Corps
Lawyer Resents Li ar With Blow in Face Des Moines
Des Moines April 7 Judge Lester Thomp son courtroom scene left W H McHenry a former district judge struck in the face by Harold S Thomas another lawyer witnesses report the pair argued before a jury on a four damages case with Thomas called a liar and court attaches separating them.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
W. H. McHenry
District Court
Harold S. Thomas
Lester Thompson
Thomas
Iar
Mystery in Body of Man Found in River
An unidentified man was found dead in the Des Moines river with a scar above one eye. Police consider foul play possible as he may have been slugged and dumped, or may have struck his head entering the water. Another theory links him to a recent bank robbery in Stuart Iowa.
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Des Moines
Stuart
Body of Man Found After Suspected Murder Near Elgin
Elgin, April 7. The body of a man, likely a murder victim, was found on the river bank north of Elgin this morning. For a time it was thought to be Tommy O’Connor, sought for Detective O’Neill’s Chicago murder, but officials now believe the man was murdered and robbed during the night by a gang or tramps.
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Associated Press
Elgin, Lll
Elgin
Tommy O'Connor
O'Neill
Chicago
Dope Ring Suspect Held in Des Moines Arrest
William Davis alias W M Rhodes of St Louis is detained for inquiry in a major midwest cocaine ring centered in Des Moines. He was nabbed at a downtown hotel and police report a large quantity of cocaine found in his possession.
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United Press
Des Moines
William Davis
W. M. Rhodes
St. Louis
Davis
Zucker Describes Tyranny in Soviet Russia
Dr. Morris Zucker, U S Communist leader, reports from Reval Estonia after nearly five months in Moscow prison. He cites worsening conditions, widespread terror, and reports on American prisoners including Keely Flick Kalimatian Kilpatrick and Harrison. He says regime may endure but requires epochal changes to survive amid fear and coercion.
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Reval
Esthenia
Soviet Russia
Morris Zucker
Communist Party
United States
Brooklyn
N. Y
Moscow
Russia
Dr. Zucker
Wilson
Zucker
William Flick
Estes
Marguerite BE. Harrison
Henry J. la Mare
New York
Demetrius Kalimatian
Emmett Kilpatrick
American Red Cross
Harrison
Keely
Lenine
Altho
America
Santeti Nuorteva
City readers savor fountains as parched throats relieved
In Terre Haute April 7 three bandits robbed the Sullivan depot of three pouches of registered mail, fleeing in an automobile. Loss estimated in the thousands as authorities pursue suspects.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago & Eastern Minors
Sullivan
Here
Daugherty Warns Business to Play Square with Gov't
Washington April 7 Attorney General Daugherty warned business to obey the law and avoid illegal practices. He said the Department of Justice would enforce the Sherman act despite the Lever act being unconstitutional and announced a nationwide investigation of building material trades to address intolerable conditions. The tone was a call for a new day and a new way for compliance and reform.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Wan
Daugherty
Daughtery
Daugherty Isaid
Landis Seeks 50 Year Trial of Prohibition Amendment
Chicago April 7 Judge K M Landis calls for a 50 year trial of the prohibition amendment to decide if it is best for the country. He warns bureau heads threaten nullification with new rules allowing mislabeled medical booze and cites crooked saloonkeepers doctors and druggists profiteering up to 32 dollars a quart.
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Associated Press
Chicago
K. M. Landis
America
La Reau Trial Opens in Dubuque District Court
G D La Reau of Chicago faces murder charges in the slaying of prominent politician Matthew W Daly in Dubuque Iowa. He confessed the case includes an assault on Daly’s wife and a niece with an iron bar from the Daly home furnace. He said he sought his own wife Edna Daly La Beau for alleged infidelity.
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Associated Press
Duduque
G. D. la Reau
Chicago
Matthew W. Daly
la Reau
Dubuque County
Daly
Ceycelia Lahey
la Renau
Edna Daly la Beau
Howat in Court on Charge of Contempt
District President Alexander Howat and four UMWA executives faced trial before Judge Curran in Pittsburg Kansas on contempt charges for calling a strike against a court injunction at Patton mines. They had previously been convicted and sentenced to a year in jail, now out on bail pending appeal.
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United Press
Pittsburg
Kan
Alexander Howat
United Mine Workers of America
A. J. Curran
Patton
Four hurt as milk wagon and touring car crash on Sans Souci bridge
A touring car and a milk wagon collided on Sans Souci bridge at dawn injuring George Bliss, Costas Nicholas, and James Caroulas. The dairy’s draft horse died, the wagon damaged, and Bliss faced bond actions as investigators review the crash details. Jack Moran escaped injury.
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Sanitary Dairy Company
Sans Souci
George Bliss
Cedar Falls
Costas Nicholas
Waterloo
James Caroulas
Cedar Pally
Jack Moran
Redd Duarters
George Bias
Nicholas
Caroulas
Moran
C. B. Courtright
Elise
Bliss
A. Baum
Riverside
Kepford
Hints on arising four billion dollars first Mellon job
Washington D C April suggestion to raise four billion dollars for next fiscal year will go to Congress early next week said Secretary Mellon. Treasury advisers will wrap up discussions on tax sources by Saturday and Mellon plans to repeal the excess profits tax though the form of replacement is undecided. Congress may decide on certificate payments and maturing victory notes in relation to long term bond ideas tied to the war debt.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Mellon
Treasury
Cheaper meat cuts still second choice
Wage cuts have not boosted demand for cheaper cuts of meat. A report from the American Institute of Meat Packers states that decreased wages or employment have not shifted consumer preferences, as forequarter and cheaper cuts remain less favored than the so-called choice meats.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Institute of Meet Packers
Malta Fever Suspect Found in California
A suspected case of Malta fever in California is under investigation by the state board of health. The patient resides in Riverside and Dr. Walter M. Dickie, secretary of the board, will travel there to conduct the inquiry.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
California
State Board of Health
Riverside
Walter M. Dickie
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