Clemenceau Withdraws From French Presidency Race
Paris January 16 Premier Clemenceau formally withdraws from the contest for the presidency of the republic in a letter to Leon Bourgeois. In a caucus the senate and chamber of deputies chose Paul Deschanel as the candidate, defeating Clemenceau by 19 votes.
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Clemenceau
Leon Bourgeois
Republic
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
M. Clemenceau
Paul Deschanel
Chamber
Navy morale labeled broken by decoration policy clash
Admiral William S. Sims told a Senate subcommittee that naval morale was knocked to pieces by how awards were made. He blamed Secretary Daniels for lacking a definite policy toward the Knight medal board and urged withdrawal of restrictions on critical articles.
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Washington
Daniels
William S. Sims
Senate
Sims
Knight Medal Board
Admiral Sims
Department
Knight Board
Nation-wide Prohibition Becomes Law with Federal Enforcement
The United States moves to enforce the constitutional amendment at midnight under the Volstead act. Secretary Glass approves the new regulations and John F. Kramer says a 1,500-strong federal force is ready. Treasury officials report bond storage thefts and pledge tight supervision of distilled liquors as enforcement begins nationwide.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Department of Justice
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Glass
John F. Kramer
Treasury Department
Kramer
Prohibition
Internal Revenue
Treasury
Department
Applied Thrift To Be Taught In One Week Drive
A nation wide seven day campaign named National Thrift Week starts this morning and ends Saturday night. It promotes practical thrift through concrete applications with support from bankers realty men insurance writers and churches. The drive uses daily themed days and ads highlighting bank value life insurance home ownership wills budgeting and thrift in industry.
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Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
National Life Insurance
Thrift
Sugar hoard tied to big pipeline feeding 400 men
Joseph M. Fabian secured permission to store food consignments for a pipe line project from Big Hole basin to Butte. He has bought sugar, flour, potatoes, spices and groceries worth over 11000 dollars to feed 400 workers for about 220 days starting in March.
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Butte
Joseph M. Fabian
Mr. Fabian
Excelsior Avenue
Butte Water Company
Butte Wholesale Grocery Company
Water Company
Fabian
Peace Treaty Vote in Colleges Compromise
Advocates of ratification by compromise led the intercollegiate referendum returns tallied tonight in New York. The poll covered 410 colleges with 139,788 votes cast showing 49,653 for compromise, 48,232 for ratification without reservation, 27,970 for Lodge reservations, and 13,923 opposed in any form.
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New York
City Health Chief details steps to curb pneumonia and influenza
Chicago health officials report 12 pneumonia deaths and seven influenza deaths as more than 500 influenza cases and 125 pneumonia cases are tallied. Health Commissioner John Dill Robertson says extensive measures are in place, with influenza at Great Lakes naval station checked and Camp Grant cases halved in 24 hours.
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Chicago
John Dill Robertson
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Camp Grant
Illinois Waterway permit advances Desplaines and Illinois rivers
Gov. Frank O. Lowden received a War Department permit for a $20,000,000 Illinois waterway project from Lockport to Utica. The plan links Chicago to New Orleans and the Northwest, enabling 15,000 miles of inland water routes and billions in economic benefits. The project includes river improvements, power returns of about $1,000,000 annually, and coal savings of half a million tons per year.
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Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
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Utica
Middle West
New Orleans
Ereat Lakes
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Minneapolis
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St. Louis
Rock Island
Davenport
Pittsburg
Ohio
Father Marquette
Memphis
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Southwest
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Lowden
W C T U Expands Reform After Prohibition
Chicago report notes midnight implementation of constitutional prohibition. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union plans broad reform efforts including world prohibition Americanization and women’s welfare. Branches in France England and 40 other nations to be reinforced by U S workers.
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Chicago
Evanston
France
England
League of Nations Holds First Historic Meeting in Paris
In Paris the League of Nations council met in the clock room with representatives from France Britain Greece Belgium Spain Japan and Brazil. They approved letters seeking extradition of the former German emperor and surrender of war crimes suspects and heard a protest from the envoys of the elected Irish republic challenging the English league of peace claim.
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Great Britain
All
Greece
Belgium
Spain
Japan
Brazil
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League of Nations
Foreign Office
League
Holland
Irish Republic
International League of Peace
Bolsheviki Occupy Odessa Port Reported
Basle dispatches say Odessa the chief port of Russia on the Black sea has been occupied by Bolsheviki. London reports the Paris conference leaders Lloyd George Churchill Long Beatty Wilson may decide on defensive action against Bolshevik military aggression.
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Basle
Slavas
Red forces hold North Siberia and Lumesky district
Irkutsk advices received from Moscow report Soviet forces occupy all of North Siberia from Tulin and the Lumesky district, with the central soviet government present in conjunction with local authorities. The dispatch is dated January 16 from London.
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Siberia
Tulin
Lumesky
Red
Central Soviet
Irkutsk
Moscow
Word of Advice by Enumerators
Helena January 16 police will accompany census enumerators tomorrow to several city places where information was refused today under federal law. Refusal carries up to a fine of 10090 dollars or up to one year in prison or both. One young woman enumerator was insulted in a local hotel. a husky policeman will verify the motive when she returns.
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Helena
India not menaced by red armies say British reports
London dispatch notes there is no immediate military menace to India despite concerns about the red armies threatening Persia and neighboring regions. It asserts there is no direct threat to India at the moment.
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London
Persia
India
Lodge to outline peace treaty views at dinner
A letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge will be read at a dinner honoring Senators Hiram Johnson William Borah and James Reed. Lodge is expected to outline his views on the future of the peace treaty in his reply to President Wilson's Jackson day message.
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New York
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Wilson
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
California
William E. Borah
Idaho
James A. Reed
Missouri
Senator Lodge
Lake Ellerslie Sets Sail With Liquor to Nassau
Baltimore report notes the shipping board steamer Lake Ellerslie, last of the city liquor ships, sailed for Nassau in the Bahama islands with whiskey valued at 5.5 million dollars. In the last two days liquor exports total about 12 million, while 4.5 million gallons remain in storage for Maryland distillers unsure of future disposition.
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Baltimore
Shipping Board
Lake Ellerslie
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Maryland
Billy Sunday Walks
Norfolk Va Jan 16 Billy Sunday preached John Barleycorn's drinkers and urged temperance in a brief sermon highlighting prohibition themes during his visit to the city.
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Billy
Norfolk
John Barleycorn
Funeral March of Barleycorn Ends in Chicago
The death march of John Barleycorn in Chicago ended at midnight with the eighteenth amendment as the tombstone. Government agents served as pallbearers and guarded the cemetery while few mourners attended. Police sought six armed bandits who robbed a train crew of about 100000 pounds of liquor earlier.
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Chicago
John Barleycorn
Uncle Sam
Pennsylvania
Murder trial opens in Spokane for McDonald trio
Seventeen witnesses testified on the first day of evidence in the Spokane superior court murder case against Marie Fay and Ted McDonald. They face first degree murder charges in the death of W. H. McNutt last June.
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Spokane
Jan
Marie, Fay
Ted McDonald
W. H. McNutt
Berger Loses Again as Berger Seeks Special Election
Milwaukee report states Vige for L Berger appeals to Gov. Phillip to call another special election after losing a seat in congress twice. The plea follows earlier rejections and notes ongoing vacancy politics in Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
L. Berger
Congress
Gov. BR
Phillip
Integrity of the States Challenged by Amendment
Senator Thomas of Colorado warned the New York State Bar Association that the national prohibition amendment threatens state sovereignty. He argued the 18th amendment could permanently embed federal power over manufacturing and distribution of alcohol, eroding state authority and redefining constitutional balance.
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New York
Colorado
New York State Bar Association
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