Disarmament Issue Reaches Campaign Stage in Congress
Washington May 18 Senator Borah presses for a call among America Great Britain and Japan to discuss disarmament while Congress faces primaries and pressure to cut taxation. Administration shows strain amid domestic and foreign policy chaos as Borah mobilizes public opinion, especially among women, for a wartime expenditure reduction.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Washington
Senator Borah
America
Britain
Japan
Borah
Senate
Harding
Hale
Gindexter
Arding
Berah
Greatritain
Orden
Arming
Great Britain
Congress
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Iisn
Hich
Alaska
Tower House of Congress
Tower House
Dying Report For Chief Justice White
The chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, Edward Douglass White, was dying after an operation Friday. Physicians issued a bulletin noting he had been in serious condition for months and that hopes for recovery were abandoned.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Toay
Edward Douglass White
United States
Cass
Waites
White
Althe
Clerk in Jail for Murder of Bride 19 Tries to Kill Self
Decatur reports W F Seay a department store clerk held on murder charge of his 19 year old bride whose body was found mutilated near Florence. Seay attempted to burn the Florence jail by lighting bonfires in his clothing and later tried to kill himself by striking his head against cell bars.
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Bride
Associated Press
Decatur
Ala
W. F. Seay
Florence
Seay
Chicago Board of Trade Placed Under State Control
The Illinois state senate approved the Lantz bill to place the Chicago Board of Trade under the state department of agriculture. Supporters say it would abolish the Chicago exchange. the vote was 26 to 22. A companion measure to ban all futures trading at once was to be voted on today. Both measures go to the house.
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Nee Ne 'Ey Sprie
State Senate
Lantz
Chicago Board of Trade
State Department of Agriculture
Chicago Exchange
Senate
House
Doctors Clash Over Germ Theory At Washington Meeting
In Washington on May 18 Dr. Walter Hadwen of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and Dr. George McCoy of the federal hygienic laboratory sparred after Hadwen claimed epidemic diseases followed preventive inoculation. McCoy called the remark a damnable lie and demanded proof. Hadwen argued germ theory would be overturned within a decade. He deprecated inoculation as the most ridiculous assumption.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Walter R. Hadwen
British Union For the
George W. McCoy
Federal
Hygienic Laboratory
National Society For Human Regulation of
McCoy
Dr. Hadwen
Hedwen
Minister to Fill Up 2 Year Old Hunger for Pork and Beans
The Rev. W. D. Marsh arriving from Australia en route to Boston says he has had a 52 year appetite for pork and beans. Marsh, 80, has served as minister and YMCA secretary since 1868 in Australia and joked about Boston baked beans before returning to Australia.
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United Press
San Francisco
Gal
W. D. Marsh
Australia
Boston
Marsh
Colonel Slaps Insurgent Leader Then Collects Rifles
Beubhen Silesia May 18 Colonel Cockerill a British control officer lectured and disarmed 15 Polish insurgents who halted his car at 3 AM The colonel shouted for names and after the youths surrendered their rifles he boxed the leader's ears and sent them home He loaded the rifles into his machine and proceeded to British headquarters.
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Associated Press
Beubhen
Silesia
Col Cockerill
Billy Sunday to preach peace in Mingo County revival
Evangelist Billy Sunday, after a Bluefield revival, accepts a one day revival at Williamson's baseball park on Monday to address warring factions in Mingo County. Clergy and business leaders extended the invitation following his plea to speak to the roughnecks in the region.
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Billy Sunday
Mingo County
Sy United Press
Williamson
W. Va
Mingo Coun
Bluefield
Baseball Park
Will Try Again to Settle Troubles in British Coal Mines
London May 18 24 000 009 working days lost. British leaders return to end the coal strike with a consolidation plan to cut production costs without cutting wages. Marquis of Londonderry sponsors the plan sent to mine owners in circular letters for their next meeting.
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United Press
London
Marquis of Londonderry
Cambria Steel Fails to Declare Dividend in May 1921
The Cambria Steel Company in Philadelphia announced it passed its quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share after similar action by parent Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co. for their quarter ending April 6. Operations for the first four months of 1921 show a substantial loss and the trade outlook is not promising.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Cambria Steel Company
Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co
Cambria Steel
Italy to Be in When Silesian Row Settled
Rome reports Italy will be represented at the supreme council session to decide Upper Silesia. Foreign Minister Count Sforza has accepted a British ambassador invitation to participate. He favors a speedy solution in the common interest.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Supreme Council
Upper Silesia
Count Sforza
Giolitti Gains Expanded as Constitutionalists Win Seats
Rome May 18 elections show Constitutionalist gains with 40 more candidates elected in support of Premier Giolitti. The returns reflect continued support for the Giolitti government in the new Italian parliament. In Halifax the British steamer Holby reportedly collided with an unidentified ship but both vessels later proceeded.
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Associated Press
Rome
Giolitti
Halifax
Cape Sable Island
Delay Notice for Courier Delivery Timetable
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, phone 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 80 7. m.
Upper Silesia tensions rise as German Polish clash looms
May 18 report from Oppeln details minor engagements with casualties as German irregulars and Polish forces contest mining districts in Silesia. Gen Marinus warns a broader conflict could erupt. blockade and food shortages threaten civilians while Polish and German lines diverge and international pressure grows. Lloyd George reiterates Britain’s stance, urging restraint and asserting Upper Silesia must be decided by the supreme council not by nationalist factions.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press Star
Oppeln
Upper Silesia
Silesia
Marinus
United Press
Marinis
Kreuzeberg
K Lrowitz
Beuthen
Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Supreme Council
Korfanty
Europe
Great Britain
Ray
Entente
France
U S Secretary Says War With Japan Impossible
Chicago May 18 A U S secretary back from the Orient told the international disarmament congress that war with Japan would be wiped off the map and that a real fight to a finish would ruin Japan. He argued Japan could seize territories but would be starved by America’s mobilized strength.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Japan
George Gleason
International ¥. M. C. A
Orient
Isle of Yap
Korea
China
California
Philippines
Hawaii
Europe
Lloyd George Denies Meeting with De Valera
London May 18 Premier Lloyd George denied he tried privately to arrange a meeting with President de Valera of Ireland. He said his only advances were public statements in Parliament showing willingness to meet any qualified representative of the Irish people.
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United Press
London
Lloyd George
de Valera
Ireland
High ideals urged at Iowa advertising convention
In Fort Dodge Iowa speakers pressed high ideals for advertising and business at the Associ ated Advertising Clubs of Iowa session. Frank Alyah Parsons president of the New York School of Fine and Applied Art urged applying art principles to advertising saying natural looking images like painted pickerel or grapefruit are not art. Officers to be elected tomorrow morning.
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Associated Press
Fort Dodge
Associated Advertising Clubs of
Iowa
Frank Alyah Parsons
New York School of Fine and Applied Art
Foreign trade declines and oil supply warned
American foreign trade has fallen more than 56 percent in the last six months. Secretary of Commerce Hoover informed the house appropriations committee that at the current rate oil production in the country may last only 18 to 26 years.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Commerce
Hoover
House Appropriations Committee
Six De Haviland Planes and Hangar Burn at Kelly Field
Six De Haviland airplanes and a mammoth hangar at Kelly field burned yesterday causing a $150000 loss. The origin of the fire is unknown.
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United Press
San Antonio
Tex
iSix de Haviland
Kelly Field
Enemies Dig Into Sheriff Robb Past Records
May 18 An alleged attempt to dig up deep secrets from the past life of Sheriff W. E. Robb and thus discredit the soldier-sheriff in a local police graft probe was disclosed by Robb and county officers. Two men visited Kellerton and Bedford, Iowa, seeking damaging evidence but Robb says those towns were distant from his straight and narrow record.
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United Press
Des Moines
W. E. Robb
Sherif
Robb
Kellerton
Bedford
Polk County
Rail wage cuts loom across classes on to take effect July
Chicago May 18 wage reductions for unskilled railroad workers will extend to all classes. The move, announced by the railroad labor board, could delay track work as applications from Class A roads pile up with others seeking broader cuts. Willard criticizes rail labor unions and urges his son to avoid railroads.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago Great Western
Chicago & Alton
S. M. Felton
Chicago, Great Western — Railroad
Willard
Washington, D. C
Maris
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Senate
Congress
Charles Schwab
May Plan to Merge Atlantic and Pacific Fleets
Washington May 1 8 The Navy may join the Atlantic and Pacific fleets into one American armada pending presidential and secretary of the navy decisions. If approved the unified fleet would be deployed first to the Pacific Ocean amid current international tensions.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy Department
Harding
Japan
Harding offers condolence on death of Franklin Lane
President Harding sent a message of condolence to Mrs. Franklin K. Lane in Rochester announcing the death of her husband. He called Lane an outstanding American who rendered distinguished service and expressed deep sorrow and sincere condolences on the untimely loss.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Franklin K. Lane
Rochester
Mrs. Harding
Slayers of Greek Guilty of Assault with Murder Intent
A jury found Vidal Burkish and George Marish guilty of assault with intent to kill in the February road house gun battle that killed Pete Georgivsch. The verdict came after two hours of deliberation in Mason City, Iowa.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Vidal Burkish
George Marish
Pete
Georgivsch
700 Dry Agents Laid Off Amid Funding Shortfall
Washington May 18. About 700 prohibition enforcement agents nationwide have been temporarily laid off due to lack of funds to pay salaries. The move was announced at prohibition enforcement headquarters.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Prohibition Enforcement
Franklin K Lane dies after operation in Rochester
Franklin K Lane former secretary of interior died in a Rochester hospital after gallstone and appendicitis surgery. He suffered heart disease in the past eight months and his death followed a post operative heart attack. Lane earlier left the Wilson cabinet and sought health in California before returning east. He leaves a widow and two children and died with family at bedside.
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Rochester
Minn
Franklin
K. Lane
Lane
Wilson
California
Franklin’ K Lane, Jr
Phillip Kauffman
Washington
M.A. Anderson
Oakland
Cal
George W. Lane
Mexican Petroleum
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Doheny
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Dward Island
Young. Lane
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New York
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Alaska
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International Railway Congress
Berne
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