House Passes Woman Suffrage Resolution by Wide Margin
The House approved the woman suffrage constitutional amendment by 304 to 88 after under three hours of debate. The measure now goes to the Senate where supporters seek swift action and final enactment within two weeks. Champ Clark urged passage and praised Woodrow Wilson’s stance on equal rights for women.
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Washington
House
Senate
Representative Mann
Illinois
House Suffrage Committee
Representative Saunders
Virginia
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Jones
New Mexico
Fine new strata at famous old Spindletop Hill
Beaumont Texas May 22 The Gulf Production Company struck a gusher about a half mile from Spindletop opening a new oil stratum The well down 2900 feet vs Spindletop gushers at 1000 feet It confirms deep oil near Spindletop prompting a lease scramble and excitement in the city The well has strong gas pressure and is producing pipe line oil It blew in before sealing and may rise greatly once completed
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Beaumont
Texas
Gulf Production Company
Spindletop
British troops win new Afghan advances in mid May battles
London reports British forces gained a new success over the Afghans on May 16 17 and 18. The Dakka region west of the Indo Afghan frontier near the Khyber Pass is described as satisfactory by the commander of the first Indian division in advices to the Indian government.
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London
Dakka
Khyber Pass
Dawgone Business And A Late Night Paper Streak
A chaotic eyewitness account describes a rushed night with a missed train, papers tangled in a belt, and persistent hecklers. The narrator recalls a high cut and a last minute ad, causing delays and confusion.
Daring NC-3 Crew Survives Atlantic Drift and Storm
Commander J H Towers recounts the NC-3 sea plane’s 53 hour drift after a Saturday water landing off Trepassey Newfoundland. The crew endured gale force winds and a radio failure while conserving 170 gallons of fuel awaiting rescue near Pico and finally reaching Ponta Delgada.
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Ponta Delgada
Trepassey
J. H. Towers
Towers
NC-3
Corvo
Pico
Government ships silver to India guarded in secret trains
The Mint director revealed wartime shipments from Philadelphia to San Francisco were guarded by two armed guards per car. In the year ending April 23, eighteen treasure trains moved silver bricks weighing 62 pounds each, valued at 1000 dollars apiece, with total transfers per train between 5 and 10 million dollars. Over 265 million silver dollars were melted and sent to India to meet coinage demands.
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Washington
India
Mint
Baker
Philadelphia Mint
San Francisco
United States Treasury
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Soviet Introduces New Chronology System
Helsingfors reports the Soviet government has adopted a new chronology starting the year on October 25, the Bolshevik regime’s founding date, with the year containing 280 working days.
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Soviet
Helsingfors
Victory Loan the Hardest
Editor Eagle Dallas Texas May 21. The liberty loan campaign which has just closed was the hardest of all. The response of the newspapers saved the effort from being even harder. The government and public thank you and the Eagle for your work and support. Cordially yours, F P Clayton Director of Publicity.
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Eagle
Dallas
Texas
The
F. P. Clayton
Bombing Flight Aims to Drop Papers on Crowell Ship
An army bombing aircraft departed Washington for New York to attempt a record flight. The plane carried four passengers and important papers for Assistant Secretary of War Crowell, who sails for Europe today. An attempt will be made to drop the papers on Crowell’s ship as it passes New York harbor.
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Washington
Martindale
New York
Crowell
Europe
New York Harbor
Battle of Cambrai added to major operations list
Washington reports the battle of Cambrai has been added to the official list of major operations for which victory medal clasps will be awarded.
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Washington
Battle of Cambrai
Italy Asked 10 Explain Landing Troops in Turkey
Paris dispatch reports that the United States Great Britain and France sent a note to Premier Orlando asking for an explanation of Italian forces in Turkey. The incident ties into the Smyrna district mandate and allied landings with resistance from Turkish forces.
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Paris
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Turkey
Orlando
Venicelos
Greece
Smyrna
Adalia
Asia Minor
Budrum
Rice Trustees Open Hearing on Edwards Bolshevism Case
Houston May 22 Threshing out the Doctor Lyford Edwards bolshevism case was expected to begin at today's Rice Institute trustees meeting. The Axson club resolutions urged immediate dismissal and a sweeping inquiry into the university teachings, claiming to speak for city mothers and to fund a women’s scholarship at Rice.Mrs A R Howard lauded the action. the Axson club, founded in 1917, seeks a women’s scholarship at Rice.
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Houston
Texas
Doctor Lyford Edwards
Board of Trustees of
Rice Institute
Doctor Edwards
Axson Club
A. R. Howard
Beaconsfield
Rice Insti
What 1 Family Thinks of the Brazos County Demonstration Work
A county resident praises the Brazos County Demonstration Work and Bryan Women's Club. She notes how the program helps her family, especially her seventeen year old daughter, by teaching canning and year round food preservation, prize incentives, and market skills.
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Brazos County
Liggett and Hines Recalled From London Mission
At Coblenz on May 22 General Liggett and Major General Hines were recalled to Coblenz by order of American headquarters as 900 motor trucks move toward the west Rhine bridgehead. The action forms part of a new army program should Germans reject the peace terms.
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Coblenz
Hunter Liggett
Army of Occupation
John Hines
Third Army Corps
London
West Rhine
Rhine
Liggett
Hines
American officers warn German officials over violence risk
Coblenz May 22 American officers warned German burgomasters and officials they would be held responsible for any violence or attempts to destroy American army property amid rising friction between civilians and soldiers in the occupation zone.
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Coblenz
Sinn Fein Leaders Say Ireland Not Bound by British Peace Delegates
Paris reports Sinn Fein leaders Edward De Valera Count Plunkett and Arthur Griffiths sent a letter to Premier Clemenceau stating Ireland will not be bound by the British delegates on the peace question and asking recognition for Ireland.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Edward de Valera
Count Plunkett
Arthur Griffiths
Sinn Fein
Ireland
yThey
Treland
State Treasurer Bars Personal Checks in Remittances
Austin Texas May 22 Personal checks will no longer be accepted in remittances to state departments and all payments must be made in cash post office or express money orders or bank drafts on Texas banks. State Treasurer John W. Baker said the state depository law has been in effect long enough and will be enforced.
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Austin
Texas
John W. Baker
Demand That Peace Treaty Be Signed Across Allied Nations
Berlin May 22. Greater Berlin soldiers and workers council adopted a resolution demanding the peace treaty be signed and appealed to the proletariat of all allied countries for a mitigation of its terms.
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Berlin
Greater Berlin
Workmen's Council
Hunger Makes Them Cannibals in Armenia Refugee Crisis
A telegram from Eastern American Food Commissioner Heinz reports severe famine among Armenia refugees in the Caucasus. He confirms refugees driven to cannibalism due to extreme hunger and misery.
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Constantinople
Armenia
Caucasus
Heinz
New York Proposes 10 Million Fund for Housing Relief
Herbert R. Limburg suggests a 10 million dollar fund to build model tenements and curb rent profiteering. State Reconstruction Commission finds rents rising across many building types and urges large scale construction to ease congestion by next winter. The mayoral committee forms a mediation subcommittee to settle landlord tenant disputes.
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New York
Mayor
Tate Reconstruction Commission
Herbert R. Limburg
Merchants Association
Fifth Avenue Association
State Reconstruction Commission
Waco Officers Kill Soft Drink Man
Baylis Clay a 46 year old soft drink stand and dance hall proprietor in east Waco was killed when he fired on officers Night Chief Owen and Patrolman Burton who shot him after he refused arrest.
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Waco
Texas
Baylis Clay
East Waco
Owen
Burton
Winds Stop NC-4 Flight Toward Lisbon
Washington May 22 high winds blocked NC-4 from continuing its attempt to reach Lisbon. The floatplane paused its leg as crews reassessed conditions and prepared for further steps after the gale.
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Washington
NC-4
Lisbon
Germans Propose Joint Committees on Economic Issues
London May 22 forecasts from the German press indicate Berlin will urge a joint committee of representatives from both sides with a neutral president to decide economic questions. Germany also seeks a committee to determine damages to Belgium and France and will protest any treaty that ignores German losses.
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London
Belgium
France
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Upper Silesia
Peace conference in Paris opens Saar valley talks
Paris May 22 The council of four at the peace conference discussed questions raised by Germany regarding the Saar valley. Reparation topics will be taken up in the afternoon.
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Paris
Council of Four of the
Saar Valley
Soviet Russia seeks half million bales of U.S. cotton
A telegram to W. B. Thompson from A. A. Miller claims the Soviet government wishes to buy five hundred thousand bales of American cotton to start Moscow mills. Miller says he is the U S commercial representative and purchasing agent for the Soviet government, in New York City.
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New Orleans
Moscow Mills
Ace
W. B. Thompson
American Cotton Financing Corporation
A. A. Miller
New York City
United States
Russia
Baccalaureate Sermons Set for Commencement
Dr R E Vinson of the University of Texas will deliver the baccalaureate sermon for the forty third annual commencement in Guion hall on Sunday morning June 23. Governor Charles Brough of Arkansas will give the baccalaureate address on Tuesday June 24. Vinson is noted as a learned and forceful speaker.
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R. E. Vi
University of Texas
Bizzell
Guion Hall
Charles Brough
Arkansas
Brough
Vinson
Eagle to Lead Democrats on Berger Seat Committee
Washington May 22 Congressman Joe H Eagle of Houston will head the Democratic members on the Elections Committee No 1 charged with judging Victor L Berger seat claims in the House Speaker Gillett announced a six Republican three Democrat panel to decide the Milwaukee socialist fate.
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Joe H. Eagle
Houston
Victor L. Berger
Gillett
Milwaukee
Eagle
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