Special West Virginia Session Called By Governor Cornwell
Governor Cornwell announces a February 27 special legislature session to ratify the equal suffrage amendment and address high living costs. The call includes six other topics, including local charters and non par stock, plus funding for the session.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cornwell
West Virginia
Independent
Ravenswood
Jackson County
Martinsburg
West VI
Unanimous Vote Sought on Suffrage Ratification
Mrs. Ellis A. Yost Morgantown chair woman of the state suffrage committee says 31 states have ratified the amendment. Oklahoma calls Feb 23 and West Virginia Feb 27 for a special session. Delaware Washington Vermont and Connecticut expected to act soon to join the 36. They seek unanimous legislative ratification.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ellis A. Yost
Morgantown
Iinal Suffrage Association
Tech
New Mexico
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Delaware
Washington
Vermont
Connecticut
Wilson finalizes Adriatic note reply to entente premiers
President Wilson prepared a terse reply to the allied note on the Adriatic issue and sent the draft to Acting Secretary Polk for personal study. The message, likely shorter than the 4000-word prior note, reiterates self determination, warns of potential U S involvement in Versailles terms, and awaits formal diplomatic form before dispatch. Albania’s representative Chekrezi attacks the plan. London reports expect purification of Wilson’s Adriatic note and allied reply.
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Polk
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate Department
Entente
Jie
Paris
White House
Davis
London
Adriatic
United States
State Department
Constantine A. Chekrezi
Albania
Great Britain
France
Italy
Poland
Jugo- Slavia
Serbia
Greece
England
Farmers to pool efforts in exploring past forbidden ground
Victor Murdock, head of the federal trade commission, told the National Board of Farm Organizations conference that organized agriculturists will pool efforts to study and employ trained researchers to probe areas previously forbidden in farming, amid plans for an international farmers congress and investigations into trade issues.
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Washington
Victor Murdock
Federal Trade Commission
National Board of Farm Organizations
Murdock
Commission
Charles 8. Barrett
National Farmers’ Union
Iil
Legal fight looms over sale of German liners
Washington February 19 prospects of a court clash grow as Associate Justice Gailey grants a temporary injunction against the sale on a Hearst taxpayer challenge. Hearst may seek bond to cover idle ships while the government vows to press its legal right to proceed.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Gailey
District Supreme Court
William Randolph Hearst
John Barton Payne
Hearst
Stevens
Senate Commerce Committee
John D. York
Chicago
Leviathan
Germany
L. Hague
Jones
Senate
Russian Situation Discussed in London Session
The defense council continued discussion on the Russian situation this afternoon and adjourned again until the return of French premier M Millerand on Monday.
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London
Defense Council
Pre Asier
M. Millerand
New Mexico Ratifies Woman Suffrage Amendment
New Mexico lawmakers ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment with 36 to 10 in the house and 17 to 5 in the senate. Governor Larrazolo is expected to sign the resolution on Saturday, making New Mexico the thirty second state to ratify.
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New Mexico
Santa Fe, WN
House of Representatives
Senate
O. A. Larrazolo
Opening Gun Firing Marks New York GOP Rally
Mile L Root delivers keynote at unofficial New York state convention speech denouncing Wilson administration and urging centralization of executive power ratification of the peace treaty and universal military training. Delegates and alternates named including Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore of Yonkers. Miller selected for delegates at large as Elihu Root shifts to league covenant planning.
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New York
Mileu Root
Root
Wilson
Chicago
Arthur L. Livermore
Yonkers
League of Nations
Manan
United States
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
William M. Calder
William Boyce Thompson
Miller
Elihu Root
International Court of Justice
Trade program cut threatens American outreach abroad
Secretary Alexander denounced the appropriations committee for slashing foreign trade estimates from 1 655 000 to 490 000, calling it the severest internal blow to U S foreign trade. He warned the reduced funds would remove commercial attaches and cut foreign trade commissioners as rivals in Europe and Asia intensify efforts.
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Washington
Appropriations Committee
Department of Commerce
Alexander
Far East
Japan
Germany
England
East
Europe
Newberry Fraud Charges Stir Bitter Senate Debate
The Senate focused on fraud charges against Michigan Republican Senator Newberry, as Senator Sherman attacks on Henry Ford widen tensions. Debate included calls to recount Sallot election, with leaders signaling delays until Newberry and campaign workers’ Grand Rapids trial concludes.
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Washington
Ditter
Newberry
Michigan
Senate
Sherman
Illinois
Henry Ford
Watson
Indiana
Newperry
Grand Rapids
Mr. Ford
Ford
Stanley
Kentucky
Walcott
Delaware
Republican
Meat Packing Dissolution Date Set for February 27
Attorney General Palmer announced that February 27 is fixed as the filing date for the government bill the defendants answers and the final decree in the meat packing dissolution case. The jurisdiction is not disclosed but is expected to be Chicago or New York.
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Washington
Fed
Palmer
Chicaro
New York
Not all Newberry workers got pay in Michigan case
Grand Rapids Feb 19 testimony in the Newberry elections conspiracy trial revealed that several workers did not receive promised money. Louis Burr said Paul King promised reimbursements for trips but Burr never saw the funds. Willard Smith testified Charles B Carpenter gave him $10 and buttons but no further payment. Dewitt Brown mentioned a $30,000 figure connected to Roger Andrews, with John B Harris passing the claim.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Milton Oakman
Detroit
Chase 8
Ossorn
Newberry Committee
Michigan
Osborn
Montgomery
Oakman
Newberry
Louis Burr
Houghton Lumberman
Paul King
Burr
Willard ©. Smith
Charlies B. Carpenter
Carpenter
Smith
Dewitt Brown
Claire Higbee
Grand Jury
John B. Harris
Roger Andrews
Menominee
Newberry Com
Eighteen Pneumonia Deaths Reported in West Virginia
Eighteen deaths from pneumonia following influenza were reported to the state health department. The weekly summary lists 578 influenza cases, with distribution across Bluefield Charleston Fairmont Huntington Keyser Morgantown Moundsville Princeton Ravenswood Romney Sutton Weston and New Cumberland. Deaths occurred in Fairmont Huntington Morgantown Moundsville Princeton.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Health Department
Wluefield
Pairmont
Weston
New Cumberland
Preumonia
Blueheld
Fairmont
Huntington
Keysor
Morgantown
Mounteville
Princeton
New Comerland
Huttfortten
Moundsville
Socialist Leader Warns of Paced Reform Not Bloody Revolution
Morris Hillquit testifies before the New York Assembly on socialism. He says the party seeks peaceful legislative action and constitutional reform, while warning that a privileged minority may resort to force if reforms threaten its power. Otto Pranstetter later refutes claims of alien domination and resignations.
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Albany
N. Y
Morris Hill
United States
Hoda Party
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Hillquit
Martin Corriew
Victor L. Berger
Su Cialma
Uw Bullets.” Mr. Hillquit
Berger
Blugene V. Debbs
Debst
Hilquit
Otto Pranstetter
Th Socialist Party
National Party
Wilde Knocks Out Russell In Jersey City Bout
English Flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde knocked out Mickey Russell of Jersey City in the seventh round after Russell’s manager threw in the towel. The bout lasted eight rounds in Jersey City New Jersey.
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Jersey City
N. J
Fee
Jimmy Wilde
England
Mickey Russell
Largest Allegheny County bond payment seals vault deal
A $4,904,122.40 check, the largest ever received by Allegheny County, was handed to County Controller J. P. Moore by Colonial Trust Company in Pittsburgh on February 19 for the South Hills Tunnel bond issue.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny County
J. P. Moore
Colonial Trust Company
South Hills
Rail wage bill battle sparks protest and party split
Kentucky Representative Barkley denounces conference compromise as favoring carriers and raising costs. union leaders press for continued government control and a wage data committee. Labor and railroad executives clash over the reorganization bill amid heightened tension in Washington and Detroit meetings.
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Culler
Gompers
Morrion
American Federation of Or
Fae
Wilson
Hines
Coperess
Sanders
Repullican
Indiana
Coveress
Congresses
Sandc Ald
Teaden
Folster
Sanj
Mead
Dorecrat
New York
Meade
Detroit
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Railway Brotherhoods
Washington
Yishouss
Allen
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State Department of Mealth
Morris Hillquit
Wilde
Russell
Congress
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