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WORLD’S NEWS

IN MIDOET FORM

Long Stories of Big Events ToW in Brief Paragraphs for Quick Reading.

NATIONAL CAPITAL SNAPSHOTS

ClMnlnga of Interest Fra

of Sporte—Foreign and Do-

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WASHINGTON

nu«« bills offered la Congress to tree political prisoners. The tariff debate went again into , with the senate acting

Sigh* Indicted for murder In Cklcago crime dean-up; Judge rules State shin to war prevails there at reabtt of' outrage* by radical labor elemact; city determined to end l»« le**aeaa. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America launch plan t«. operate Russian factories. Children crusaders In Washington to plead for amnesty for political prisoner* got the mnmps. College of the City of New Tork celebrates seventy-fifth anniversary. The co-operation of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange la the fight of the New Tork Stock Exchange against unsound brokerage houses and methods hat been guaranteed by President Melbourne F. Middleton. Jr. The Am oilcan Booksellers' ‘saoclation adopted a resolution endorMng the Stephene-Keily price standardisa-

tion bUL

Henry P- Davison is buried t.u Long Island after simple ceremony. Blsbo, Manning urge* church con•Mion t< uphold prohibition law. Reprraentatlve Alice Robertson of Oklafioma “declared war to the finish* the American League of W<

Harding's visit to New Jersey regarded as move to aid Fretlnghuysen te Senatorial contest. Inventory of Engraving Bureau reesala no ground for rumors that country has been flooded with duplicate

Attorney General Daugherty, to forsrtall a proposed congressional Investi-

gation Into alleged war profiteering, announced that the government baa in preparation more than 200 cases. In solving *100,000,000, which will be

wheat crop of 584.783,000 s forecast by Deportment cf Agriculture ; 2^39,000 bushels under 1821 yield. The administration emphatically denied the report that It bad changed it* attitude toward Mexico, or baa made

at the welterweight Unit of 147

Senators. Impatient over the soldiers' bonus delay, threatened to move‘for discharge of the Finance Committee from further consideration of the blU. The President Invited railroad ex •cutives to conference May 20 oa a general railroad policy.

NATION’S BUSINESS

Sdesulfic development of foceii trade urged at Philadelphia cuare

Shipping Board policy held by E. F. Lackenbach to restrict sale of

reduced New Tork state factory employment 2 per cant in April

Secretary Hoover aunts trade association* subject to United Slates apyrovaL

of business

itself solely with the obstruction and confusion of business processes asd bring Itself Into cu-opermtlon, declared Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey In an address before the National Manufacturers' Association In convention at New York. Department of Agriculture forecast the winter wheat production this year at oS4.783.0Q0 bushels. The price of gasoline baa been advanced by Standard Oil Company of Louisiana and other refiners in Louisiana 1 cent a gallon to 24 cents.

Secretary Hughes wants patent treaty with Germany revived; Secretary Weeks says It would injure Amer-

• steel In the United States.

Former Secretsry of State Lanring. discloses Germany was on point of seizing foothold in Haiti When European war began. Me Soo. representing Canton government. defends Gen. Chang Tao Lin denounces Gen. Wu Pel Fa as traitor.

Beany Leonard and Jack Britton are going to pvt <’n their Itttic act once more. This time the pair will go to It

pounds. They *rv .--heduled to get started on June L the distance and

place to be determined later.

Now that Georges Carpeatler baa succeeded in knocking the daylights out of Ted Lewis, do not be sarprlsed

to see the gang try for another

of a mere welterweight la not much, but then It wO' aerve sufiJdeatly to rib up another tin t for the long green be-

Kepoct* from Moo tree! had It that Jack Doapao and Harry Wills Vould battle la that city cm July L U is real win promote end that only the of the article* by Jack la needed Jack Sharkey, the West Side bettier of New York, oa his debut In the

twelve-round contest at the aim. New York. He evened an old •core with hi* rival, who stopped Urn

Fordham win* over Columbia. 4 to L< Edgar T. Applebv. world's amateur balkline champion, defeated Julian Bice by a score of 250 to 1X7 In the continuation of ffce play *or the Puggenb jrg cup at the Recreation Billiard Academy. Brooklyn. Bobby Watthour. Or, defeated Jack Magtn In two straight beats of a match bike race at the

frated Reggie McNamara and Alfred Grends tn a team match race, while Frank Kramer defeated Willie Spencer two out of three beets at one-mile each. Jimmy Kelley say* that be baa *10.-

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sa* nos orrv. it. a.

RETKLEHEMTO BUmCUWINNl

Merger of Two of the Urged Steel independents Is Otfi- ■ cialty Announced.

DEAL INVOLVES $60,000,000

Purchase Gives Bethlehem a Rail Sap-

HARRY A. BALDWIN

New Dei agate te Con-

New York.—The Bethlehem Steel : Corporation will acquire by purchase the properties of the Lackawanna Steel Company, thus uniting under a single ffanagemaat two of the largest

each a merger

would take place la the Immediate feture was made by Eugene G. Grace

U. S. TO HESS ns nuun cases

200 MILED IN BOMB WRR

Chicago Police Head Declares He Win Meet Enemies Shot for Shot in Finish Fight

BOOKS AND PAPERS SEIZED

Labor Chtefa Saiwd in Raid on Union OfBco»-42M00 Reward for Slayers of Twe Policemen—Arsenal Dlsco'. trod in Worker"a Safe.

and especially te the other Indepeh- ! OauNherty to Speed Prosacution

parts, of tbs

irion." In Wall street It was not generally known that such a merger would take place until fifteen minutes before the market closed, bat the-stock of both corporation* rsepemded vigorously to tbs rterelop-

Directors of hock the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and the Lock*wanna Steel Company will ir.ast to settle the final details of the deal. It M sahL however, that all matters pertaining to The consolidation have bami

of Two War Suits *of

first Magnitude.’'

Chicago.—Mors than 230 la her Usden. Including “Big Xlm" Murphy, called Chicago's labor “czar;'’ Corns11 us Shea, former bead of a teamsters' ■rrlke. and Fred (“French y") Madtr. president of the Building Trades Council. were arrested In raid* following the bombing of several buildings and the slaying of two policemen a* tbs climax of outbreaks attributed by the police to the war la the building trades. Charles C Fltsmorrla. chief of police. denounced some of the labor leaders as being ' Just as guilty of the "nurder of the two policemen as were the anarchists of the Haymarket riots" He called a number of them “hoodlum* and ex-convlct s" Not since the Haymarket riots has the city been so aroused as by the new

ready lor to the courts. AtDsughety tb»d the to the Capitol by P.vsldent Harding.

era! |

agreso «pon. o« ny como mg ■ larMK ,us principals, * P * >1 ‘ C I great many others who Iters been lurk

taken by tbe officials of both com

pantos At .the same time conferences - - . ,, ... -tw , nf , n . * O- r ’ , “ I 1 n*rt& j w esiwetw) u> ftiu*, b* MwnwL

I . twrt « b. fa,

“ u» pr^auoo ttonlr.-Itt-«»»!>'«• nm art Crtfartr -ro»W fall. h of .TOrtlo. rtl cofa P*”- , .. . . . - . I tlnoe throughout tbs aummer, Mr. la announcing the Bethlebem-Lacka- | Daugherty promised Coagraaa. More wanna merger the following formal : tbaD 300 war most of which -ore statement was Issued at tbe office rtf dvU cUlmg without tbe etoment of tbe former company: figiud ate being prepared by the De“E. G. Grace, president'of tbe Beth- 1 p,rtnjentof Justice, be add. He estilebem Steel Company; Moses Taylor, mated 'be poatibie aggrugate jocovcbalnnan of tbe board of directors of eries at $10t>J)00,<IOQ, adding that tbe the Lackawanna Steel Company, and | War Departaaent with tbs asatetanre the committee appointed by It to deal C f tbe Department of Justice, already

tire boards of directors and stockholders for the purchase by Bethlehem of the Lackawanna properties. “Tbe transaction involves tbe use of Bethlehem 7 per cent preferred and Ossa B common stocks in payment for tbe properties “Tbe details %re being prepared for prompt presentation to tbe stockholders of tbe respective companies." As all tbe authorized capital stock of tbe Bethlehem Steel Corporation, except FSu.OOfiJMO Class B common, reserved for conversion of the 8 per cent preferred, la outstanding, it will be necessary for tbe stockholders of lbs Bethlehem Steel Corporation to

npital

authorize additional capital stock i

carry out tbe Lackawanna deaL

which he stands ready to pv-t i Sbotdd there be any need for under-

as a forfeit for a match between Pep-

writing new securities, it Is understood

P " " , ” b “ , KUt *“ “ r i U>« thi, «ll fa 4.™ I,; 1» uunmij. Johnny Dund.e. ; c<«ni»siiy and tbe Bankers'

several Olympic, and nations, swimmlng championships, fcoc* will desen

4 amateur swimming ranks

Henry P. Davlaus will, made ten Bay* before death, leaves loAUU.OOU to wife and children. Bethlehem Steel atworhs Lackawanna. big figure In pn posed merger of ■even competitor*. Tbe s-sr department announced riianges In army distribution to conf,rm to cut in enlisted strength to J5QJM> men. Secretary of the Navy Denby at tbe President's request la going to Japan with the survivor* of Annapolis of 2881 as a guest of tbe Japane*. Admiral Uriu. who was a member of that

Senators, In tbe light of Attorney General Daughterly* ruling that there Is no limit on expense f r Senatorial campaigns, want to make a Senate rule placing a limit of $10,000

The Holland Sate* general has pawed a new law modifying the labor act Increasing tbe time of labor one

and a half hours daily

Chang Tso-Un to make last stand at Luanchow, where Wu's forces are closing In on him. Foreign ministers fear possible complications. Dali K! rearm Instructs factional peace commission to resume efforts to reach agreement that will stop war. The Soviet government has notified Germany It will prosecute Russian* responsible for tbe assassination of Count Mlrbarh. German envoy, killed

at Moocvw la 1818.

frith factions uual.lt to reach peace

basis; but truce continue*

Great Britain and United States rea.-t. agreement on ;>anlclpatlug In world's tel supfdy outside of Russia.

Allied •toman for

Mr. Grace said that negotiations' lending to tbe taking over of Lackawanna started last December, when officials of tea company Inspected the Lackawanna plants and the Lackawanna official* Inspected the Bethlehem plants. He pointed out that tbe acquisition of the Lackawanna not only would give tbe BetbIHieiu a.

to tbe markets' In New Eng-

“slao tea in nicely with tbe plan* that Betteebrtn has tor the future.” Tbe Lackawanna acquisition, he said, gives tbe Bethlehem additional capacity for cosimerctal bars, which tbe company “would have bad to spend money to develop at Sparrows Point." I: also give* the Bethlehem an upj«,r tunlty to extend Its ojirratlon*. as the Lackawanna a 111 supply the New England and lake statra with steri rails

DIVORCES “GOLF MANIAC"

John LJnd, wao wss one of W personal representatives lu Mexico. I thinks tbe United Ha cs should recug- |

size the Obregno gov. Nat Goldstein, w Louis Revenue Collector,

name In the face <rf heavy fire Democrats because of the Prm'dantial campalga coutrlbutl'n rcaodaL MaJ. Gen. A^eonartl Wood w'l. mu ate governor of the Philippine Islands until the end of 1822, be declared. Court rules George Gould cannot prews suit for income frorn fa-her" r

Mrs. Lae Gets Ocorae After Tailing

Hia Frsfsrsaoa f«- Game.

Del raff. — Mrs. Helen Bourne Joy rka a'ldltlonal take* Janirhier ,.f Il.crj B. Joy. was

tnurat.-riu.o. g'anted a decree of divorce from HowBalfour asks'League '..uoea to cot ,ir4 11 ^ Judge Moynihan. Mrs. firm Br.. air 's mandat, ovur Palewlnr ' ^ ^usl-and was a “golf ma-

N -rtb< !lffe warns Britain embargo U

Few withdrew tes

defrnw sprang a surprise at tbe trial of William Blizzard and other Uffirijls oj tbe United Mine Workers charged with treason by Intdodoclng in evidence at Charles Town, W. Va., one of the bomb* which It alleged were di-rpped ou luinmg t-.wn* tn the tabor • artire of last aummer Uy aviators In the servlc* of Sheriff Cafin of iagan •runty.

lanlne intervenes- 1. Russian ucaulock fit Genes, demanding firm* r Soviet attitude and thereby eattxing furtlier delay. Americuns at Ch! Knng Shan. China are In peril as a mult of a fresh outbreak of insurrection sgainat Gen. Wu ' Pel Fu. To Chun Cl.aotL mtlltarv govenior of Bo-Nan. ha* revolted ! against the victorious central com

mander

Gen. Wu baa cleared Tientsin of all Fcngatein troops. Gen. Chang is trying to reach a seaport 10 sell tor Dairen Effort* at conciliation give promive of avoidteg break et <;e*i'm conteceac* over IIusolan question; Belgium shows aigt.s ..f modifying demand 00 private which brought forth 1 end.

b!U before the

• came to trial and did not content wife'* petition. She got tbe rustof tbrlr three children. She did not

fur aUmot.y.

millions of daUarsi'Yr-MO

tn Grimte which folio woo the reading of tbs letter. The dtecuaaiou centered about Democratic Innuendoes that the letter was written to stifle tbe Investigation. Representative

Garrett, Democratic floor lewder, facing Representative Mondell asked; “la this the end of tbe chapter? We are ready to support tbe Woodruff ree-

ever backed away from an tewtiga tion. WUl youraT" v Mr. Mood ell anewerad: “That will be told at the proper time In the proper manner."

appropriations for 1

t Department of

work could be greatly accelerated by granting the special appropriation if 8500,000 asked to maintain the invest! gallon force.

WORLD’S NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM

GENOA. — Russia hac sunmltted a satisfactory reply to the ait to*. PAR 18.—F. military agreement. PLYMOUTH, Masteraon, United States consul here, ffied from an attack of appendicitis. SHANGHAI.—Too

Tbe rebellion had lu foundation te a necromancer, who told Geueral Cbac Chleb that stars of destiny pointed to Chao Clileb

b. It. AND BR'TAIN AGREE

D.viamn of World Oil Supply Outelcs

I. ndon.—Great UrUal.i and t' e rnited State* hsve reached a complete agreetnent covering the control and division of the world'* c supply outside ••f Russia. This was official!co D .

flniM-d here.

rgraemeut hss be* 1 made

LONDON.--Carpentier y-«ck* c-jt Ted ("Kid") Lewis In fin round. LONDON—Th# bitter fowo ‘wtwsen Lord Northcilffe and tbe Brltlah government, which ba* reached such a pitch that it has given rise to question.. In. the House of Commons, was ascribed by tbe publisher to Us refusal to Join Uoyd George's cabinet during tbe war. PAR IS.—Ths Council of Ambaasadors ba* decided that Germany must recompense the United States to the extent of S^KXLOOO gold marks (about fTSOJX#) for one Zeppelin not d ered In compliance with the Treaty of Yeraallies. GENOA—The Belgian arid French

oa tbe formula poetscMpt to tbe

LONDON—“Our note will

loan of a billion dollars, either te money 01 in goods." G« rg Tcteu-berta. bead of the ii-jaslan.delegation iu the economic 1 onferenc*, la rsportevl to have said to the cvrrr»iM>mtont lu Gw

noa of the Daily Herald.

NEW YORK—Ths (ante Mena.

been carried out by members of ns opposed to tbe l-sndls sage

awari at liens and police accepted the challenge of tbe gunmen and bembers responsible for the campaign of terror and approximately $50,U»0 waa subscribed to a fund to run down the slayers, with the prospect that the

amount would reach $l(*J,0OQ.

Besides the killing of the two policemen. another was fbo^; a large glazing plant, tbe Henneberry Printing Company's establishment and several other 'concern* were bombed In a aeries of attacks said to have grown out of roaentment by the glaziers' and other unions at being declared “open shop" ,

trades. Tbe two assassinations cul-1 Gortkm. Both Cobh UBfl Gordon minated In a spectacular chase thtrogb j fiftnj doling tht was. Cote

West Side streets, which aided In the overseca.

escape of tbe slayers. Tbe victim* Gordon i* being haid te J*n p«» were Lieutenant Terence Lyons and j * n Investigation, bur no eharge* I’auolnmn Thomas Clarke. • been filed against him.

The big batch of suspects wen taken I Benlc Sue Cobb,

Into custody In raids on union head-1Odbta, dvciared that quarters which continued throughout | nj * hu "-S 0 Gordofl her »be day. Safes In these headquarters ; ■ tre * t * od Insulted her fasten rtl rtd I 1- rtt Cfart. I ™ '»»■ - "“»•» Irtrt fa;

Dr. P. H Bs»U*f. fl*e flD ytsrc A of the X-ray daparttesat of Johns E, Is om of 18

were badly

STUDENT OliS

ANOTHER AT C0LLE5

Stillwater,

twenty-three. Federal 1 Oklahoma Col lege b

killed J*

Earl Gordon, t

era! student, white « home at tbe polrt of a 'svolver to

•yesrffi

Co-operating for the first time since their thsagreement last fall. Stale's Attorney Oewe -and Chief Fltzmoms flung their full icrces Into the Joint drive to sweep the city dear of this type of crime. Appeals to the people of Chicago to stand behind the torcee of law and order were Issued by Edwin K. Slmv, president of the Chicago Crime Onpmlaslun, and by the C1Uxeas Committee to enforce tbe Undis

award.

Tbe Citizens' Committee backed its appeal with the offer of 840MIO toward for the capture of the four gunmen who killed tbe two policemen and wounded Policeman Joseph F. Moeller. Bute's Attorney Crowe and Chief FHziiiorrls Jointly offered another reward of *o.UU0, and the Chicago Tribune offered n like amount. Christian F. Withe, provident of the West Part: Board, announced a reward of KkoUU. stating that this amount probably

sesteu himself

mediately left, thateeld. The story of tbs kill Is* by Alvin Csnaea, Fodaral 1 friend of both men. ~

St* $

g Cobb and <1

1 to r 1 O 1

chapel at noon and 1

don talking.

Gordon asked C 1

room, according b walked with them. Mm try left campus, acccydlng to Cannon. Cr

aald to Gordon:

“Are you going down there *

mar

“No. 1 don't thlrk I am." 0«< replied. Cannon aald. Cobb drew a revolver. Cannon k and remtrked:

w would be raised to 85.UUU when the waIt *d a wav.

board met.

Murphy, She*. Mader and more than thirty others were arrestetd In a raid on the office of the Chicago Building Trades Council at 154 West Randolph street. About sixty more were rounded up in -Big Tim" Murphy's headquarter* and the Chicago Musidun*' Club at 184 West Washington street. In Mallei's safe were founu three revolvers, more than 100 rounds of ammunition and a quantity of fuses and cap*, such as are used In touching off bombs. A revolver sand seven feet of fuse were taken from Murphy s »afe. Following theae two raid*, detectives invaded the headquarters of tbe Glaziers’ and Marble Cutters' Unions in the Beam building, and two more wagon loads of prisoner* were herded in tbe basement of the detective bu-

reau.

Gordon then said: "Put up

gun; ni'go along."

Cannon declared bo tb--“Well, that lets mo ost if •«* * gnnpley." Cannon tniwl

LATEST EVENTS AT WASHtN^TO."

METHODISTS FOR UNION

An inventory «( ths flurwau of E"** ing and Printing la aaid to v'”- ^ the discharged btsraav «*«•«< *' 5 ^ aids of any iMwaify •' c * ,r * l rsflocting oa thole integrity «~ provs there is no vrifle MfraUW"'

duplicate Liberty hands.

RtprcMr.tatlvas Weed ruff (Mich.)

Johnson (8. O.). 1

General Daugherty'* mtpUnat.t His intent to yrchawrts alKfl^ contract frauds. Insisted to «•

llocn I

tion «» departmont of Juatle* -

tivity.

The houaa paoood the Fordney mlhcrizmi a toon of 7 s ^

_ > _ non autnonzrr Dr. Downey Toll* Southern Body “Any ! to Liberia, by _ „ 1 PUn " Wil1 Do. vote*. Th# vote wao 148 to

Hot Springs, Ark.—The couriction Tssclutton' nw> goes to the **

of tbt iletb.tilzt Eplsc.pci Cuurch for approval,

that it and the Methooiw Episcopal 1 Republican* of the senate In a Church. South, atwuld be resulted, was mited .•ffort to apeod up pro«' t: annimfited by Rev. Dr. David C- l,, w . th* Tariff bill foread the fir**- ' l'* T N * w , Y rk b,H * fllt.ir <rf aooaion, but llttio action d«vt ‘ the M. t. Church, repreauitlcg the Democratic efforu to fsdu:« 1

4.500.000 mem»K-r» of hi* deu.imiaa-

tion. at the ceutral conferanre of the The Departmont of Agriculture Methodist E&riscupal aiorch, flout: i B rouncod a plan for th# op*r»‘ ,f ^_ ccMlun here. | new rutoa te go van. Uconeed !*

inspectors.

ACCUSE CEATTLE DRYS

Charge That 7 on uses Art :»aid Then.

fnr rn.fa.rt. . ... “ 1 n *rO

has.» ritlafactor.,- t-. ill in'erest* con- I largest flying merchantman In tb* Lalt revned and covers tb# middle east sec- i ni htates, arrived from Havana, luek-tU-iis of Europe r* v ell as those of mg the trip in 17 hours 80 aiteuiv*

South America. j fij-tug Hn.«

for Conviction of Wets.

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Tlie charge* . aeo. an ag-nt f.

•rue)

Se.Ator Walsh (Maaa) Introou 1 * 4 . bill to legalUt boxing and w"-'

nation’s aagttal.

8onat« action on th* soWtor bona* hold up ponding a ostekto" 1 * 4 from President Harding. "

ere made by a. Fran- I

county prose-

have undergone no Chang#- M '

posed th* pending bill.

The cabinet discussed th* Gone*

ferenc# and Russia.

• f a drug* i*..

. durinr the trial

the policy deviate from th* batio P r,nc ‘ enunciated by this govern rr,c ''