Senator Tom Watson Stormy Petrel of Washington
Washington reports Senator Tom Watson of Georgia is a fiery disruptor in the Senate with a long record of controversial charges and anti-Catholic activity. He has clashed with colleagues, supported Ku Klux Klan figures, and led efforts opposing war measures while remaining a charming, engaging speaker in private.
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Senator Tom Watson
Washington
Tom Watson
Watson
Congress
St. Louis
Bryan
Georgia
Senate
Moses
Penrose
William J. Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
House Rules Committee
National Catholic War Council
League of Nations
America
Senate Chamber
White Women Outnumber Men by Eleven Million Worldwide
A London dispatch reports that about 11 million more females than males exist among whites today, up from 4.09 million before World War I. The study notes the greatest female excess is among ages twenty to sixty, with emigration unlikely to balance sexes in the old and new worlds. It projects gradual shifts by 1921 but highlights ongoing gender imbalance and demographic pressure across Europe and America.
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International News Service
London
Old World
New World
Urene
Balkan States
Bukaria
Greece
Timania
Serbia
Poantu-Hergegovina
Luxemborg
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Italy
America
Europe
Maeeeerty
Nature
Lithuanian Streets Grow More Americanized
Knoyno Lithuania December 23 reports drastic American influence in Kovno’s main street. Many leaders in government and business are Lithuanian Americans who returned after independence. American clothes and English dominate, and tens of thousands of Lithuanians have spent time in the United States. American capital fuels local industry with ventures such as a large textile factory in Vovno.
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Knoyno
Lithuania
Kove
Vilna
America
United State
Penneplvania
Tlinois
Pr. Zaunius
United States
Doctorieea
Yovno
Kovno
Scanton, Pa
Jarkest Trading Concern
Chicago
Ilinois
Syria adopts four state federation under French mandate
The article notes Arabic names kept in Syria while French designations spread, reporting Gouraud's proclamation of a new constitution. Syria is divided into Damascus Aleppo Alouites and Great Lebanon states with a federation plan and local autonomy for Beirut and Tripoli. High Commissioner appoints governors and an advisory council, amid Arab opposition and questions of Western power legitimacy.
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Moisem
Syria
Marshal Gouraud
Damascus
Aleppo
Lebanon
Beirut
Tripoli
Great
Unil
East
Saya
Near East
France
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Denmark
Spain
Pittsburg
Priscilla
Colonial Lady
Ashesmith and Plug
Liberal
Dollis and Toys
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Rocker
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Phonograph
Bont
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New York
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Heydey
Alexander R. Peacock
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Schwab
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