Summoning the League and Wilson's Call in Debate
The piece argues that President Wilson validly summoned the leaders of nations for the League of Nations, despite the U.S. Senate not ratifying the treaty. It notes the league's reality and Wilson's pivotal role, and suggests objections reveal the depth of opposition rather than legality.
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League
Wilson
Léague of Nations
United States
Senate
League of Nations
Mr. Wilson
International and regional events mark a busy day
The Diet reassembles in Japan while Indiana University marks its centennial. Edward I. Edwards is inaugurated as New Jersey governor. Denver hosts the Western Potato Exposition and a key mining industry convention. A Dominion wide prayer service is held under Canada’s women’s mission boards. Major gatherings include New York and Memphis congresses, plus a Northwestern Lumbermen session in Minneapolis. A Louisiana gubernatorial primary shapes state leadership as top military figures are guests at a New York dinner.
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Indiana University
Edward I. Edwards
New Jersey
Denver
Federation of Women's Mission Boards of Canada
Colorado Metal Mining Association
Southern Hardwood Traffic Association
New York
Texas
Memphis
America
Madison Square Garden
Frank C. Lowden
Tillnois
Northwestern Lumbermen
Minneapolis
Frank P. Stubbs
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Army
Navy
Genral Pershing
Admiral Sims
Waldorf-Astoria
Army and Navy Club of
Storm Damages City Shops and Buildings After High Winds
A severe gale struck at 11:30 yesterday causing a 15 by 15 foot glass section to crash into a Union Pacific shop injuring no workers. Other damage included a blown brick wall, a toppled chimney, dislodged light globes, and a large sign board. Two miles of telephone poles were toppled and remote reports were hampered by storm interference from Denver.
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Union Pacific
Thirtieth
Tiaoul Landecke
O'Neil Street
Seventeenth Street
Leader
Denver
Billy Whiskers Goes Wild At The Soda Fountain
Billy the goat rampages through a soda shop chasing patrons and tipping tables. He mauls a boy with a chair, licks his face, and escapes into a yard before drinking from a bucket, then heads to a cabbage patch and settles in. Tomorrow Billy joins the Rooney family temporarily.
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Billy Whiskers
Billy
Billy Goat
Mr. Billy
Rooney
Saalfield Publishing Co
Akron
Motor Bandits and the Rise of Auto Crime
A theory links civilization’s progress to rising crime, arguing the automobile widens opportunities for bandits. The piece cites Philadelphia’s Overbrook bank robbery, with $6000 cash and $3000 in Liberty Bonds, as an example of modern motor banditry enabled by cars and city crowds. It questions abolishing the automobile, noting reformers seek new prohibitions.
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Modera Fe
Overbrook
Philadelphia
Robin Hood
Dick Turpin
Jesse James
Belgium's Recovery outlined by D L Blount after war
The article notes Belgium's revival including coal mining transport reform and Antwerp port rebuild. It cites a $25,000,000 Belgian loan and key postwar gains such as coal at 94 percent and textiles near 75-80 percent, reflecting deliberate German destruction and rapid industry resumption.
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Belgium
Antwerp
Germany
D. L. Blount
Ministry of Economic Affairs
France
After-War England Signals Tumult in British Land Markets
Kenyon Gambier portrays a troubled postwar Britain where dukes and capitalists sell estates to buy eastern Canadian land. A New York Sun cable warns of grave industrial disorders in January and February, with Labor pushing for constitutional government or national strikes. Old parties fragment, Churchill quotes cited, and unrest looms over the coming years.
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England
Kenyon Gambier
Canada
Britain
New York Sun
Winston Church
England's hangman seeks higher pay over noose sales ban
In England a hangman demands more pay arguing the ban on selling the rope after use harms his earnings. Previously the rope was sold in pieces to morbid collectors and to believers who thought rubbing broken rope bits could cure ailments.
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England
Reckless spending tint boosts prices illustrated by Wight
Carol Wight in the Atlantic Monthly recounts a shipyard laborer pulling open his shirt to display a silk undershirt and declare he paid 18 dollars for it, vowing not to wear anything worse.
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Carol Wight
Atlantic Monthly
Postponement of Long Trousers to Save Cloth
The International Association of Clothing Designers says delaying the age of long trousers would save millions of yards of cloth each year. The piece questions whether cloth savings would offset stocking costs, noting Germany is finally at peace with the world except the Hifed Statue.
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International Association of Clothing Designers
Germany
Ostrich Method Aims to Ban Films Showing Crime
Oklahoma reformers push a bill to bar importation and distribution of any depiction of ex convicts criminals or outlaw figures. The proposal argues such content corrupts morals, claiming it would erase historical films and literature by avoiding evil in contrast to good.
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Oklahoma
Senate
Gore
House
Representative Hastings
Underwood Opposed by Drys and Labor Allies
Washington gossip says Senator Underwood faces opposition from drys aided by organized labor in his renomination bid. He supported the Gummins bill anti strike provision calling a railway strike a social action under government, arguing it harms the public and disrupts national life.
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Underwood
Washington
Gummins
America
Railroad Consolidation and Proposed Public Oversight
Director General Hines calls for consolidating railroads into a few large systems with shared management including public labor and capital representation. He urges a standard rate framework and excess earnings reserved for resilience, warning private control without reform could fail and prompt government ownership. The New York Sun supports the idea, suggesting weak roads need propping up while strong roads may stand alone.
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Hines
New York Sun
Oil Leasing Bill Remains Delayed By Political Debates
The oil land leasing bill awaits action as amendments shuffle the measure. Despite changes it faces scrutiny and possible shelving, with most parties expecting eventual passage in a compromised form. Public interest centers on four decades of delayed oil development and ongoing political friction.
Bank Money Is at WYRK The Muskogee Times-Democrat
A Mrs. Murphy finds eight hundred dollars missing from a fruit jar bank reducing idle cash. The piece argues deposits strengthen individual and community credit and support industry and farming, while touchpoints on global events and odd observations provide a broad commentary.
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Wyrk
Muskogee
Racing and sports events listed for Havana to Des Moines
A daily sports calendar lists racing in Havana and New Orleans, a Pinehurst shooting handicap, a Duluth curling bonspiel, and boxing matches in Boston and Des Moines. In news, Franklin D. Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the Navy, is cited as a potential successor to Senate hopeful James W. Wadsworth Jr., with Harvard and Columbia background noted.
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Cuba- American Jockey Club
Havana
Business Men's Racing Association
New Orleans
Pinehurst
N. G
Northwestern Curling Asociation
Duluth
Tommy Murphy
Mike O'Dowd
Boston
Bob Martin
Jack Moran
Des Moines
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
United States Senate
United States Navy
Mr. Roosevelt
Dutchess County
N Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard University
Columbia Law School
Albany
New York State Senate
Navy Department
Today’s anniversaries span births and historic events
The listing recalls Susannah Wesley born in 1669 and Richard Henry Lee born in 1730s, both linked to Revolutionary-era figures. It notes Daniel Trowbridge’s New Haven fortune, the 1850 Franklin search ships Enterprise and Investigator, the 48771 European Conference end at Constantinople with Turkey’s rejection, and actor Edward A. Sothern’s death in London with a Liverpool birth.
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Susannah Wesley
England
Richard Henry Lee
Stratford
Chantilly
Daniel Trowbridge
New Haven
Conn
Enterprise
Investigator
Sir John Franklin
Constantinople
Turkey
Edward A. Sothern
London
Liverpool
Notable Birthdays on This Dateline Anniversary
Harriet Stanton Blatch born Seneca Falls New York 64 years ago today Furnifold McL Simmons born Jones County North Carolina 63 years ago today Thomas D Boyd LSU president born Wytheville Virginia 66 years ago today Lonny Rt Rev Frederick Bis bishop Marquette born near Koblenz Germany 77 years ago today Joseph Hofmann renowned pianist born Galicia 43 years ago today William H James Chicago American League pitcher born Detroit 32 years ago today
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Harriet Stanton Blatch
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Furnifold McL. Simmons
United States
North Caroalina
Jones County
N. C
Thomas D. Boyd
Louisiana State University
Wytheville
Lonny
Frederick Bis
Marquette
Coblenz
Germany
Jogef Hofmann
Galicia
William H. James
Chicago
Detroit
Socialists Challenge Suspension in Albany Assembly Case
Counsel for August Claessens Louis Waldman Samuel A Dewitt Samuel Orr and Charles Solomon arrived with clients to argue the ousted assembly can again hold office. Defense led by Morris Hillquists other lawyers claim the issue is Americanism and democracy not socialism and involve disenfranchising 65000 citizens in the Albany districts.
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August Claessens
Louis Waldman
Samuel A. Dewitt
Samuel Orr
Charles Solomon
Morris Hillquist
Seymour Stedman
John Bloeh
Eugene V. Dobbs
Victor L. Berger
Gilbert R. Roe
la Follette
Walter Ness
Deportation of Berkman and Goldman to Soviet Russia
Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman were deported from the United States to Soviet Russia at 2 p.m. They crossed the Frystevak river amid cheering Russians in the ruined town of Bielo-Ostrov. Goldman declared the moment the greatest of her life and said she would continue writing for American publications.
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Tervori
Associated Press
Alexander Berkman
Emma
Goldman
United States
Emma Goldman
Miss Goldman
Russia
America
Man of Cheyenne In Prohibition Rally Case
A Cheyenne man, retained with funds raised by Superintendent Finch of the Colorado Anti Saloon League, faced charges on the claim the Cordillos would be railroaded to the gallows.
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Man
Cheyenne
Finch
Colorado Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition
Cordillo brothers tied to murder case in Wyoming
The Cordillo brothers accused of killing Jennings near Laramie face possible binding for trial with venue likely moved out of Cheyenne. Newell of Denver and two Cordillo confessions are in dispute as authorities gather evidence and potential trials. The era’s liquor enforcement ties and a long-standing distillery seizure add to the era’s turmoil. The Wathen distillery, oldest in the state, 1798 vintage, was seized today with 35,000 barrels of whiskey.
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Gheyenne
Laramie
Gordillos
Jennings
Cheyenne
Chance Ag
Denver
Cordillo Brothers
Newell
Peter
Michael Delaney
I. N. Jennings
Cordillo
Cordillos
Wathen
Prohibition Violations Charged In Bottled Goods Case
Knebelkamp faces three wartime prohibition counts over selling 819 cases of bottled liquor. Wathen is charged with selling liquor without a license as the sale price of the goods was listed at 4130 per case. The firm reportedly had not been authorized.
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Knebelkamp
Wathen
Navy Scandal Claims Damage to Department Morale
The article reports allegations that naval seamen trapped innocent men and harmed morale, blaming Secretary Daniels for the trouble. Daniels declines to comment until he understands the charges, and defers remarks on General Wood to an oath and testimony.
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Navy Department
Daniels
Rathon
Wood
Navy
New York City Bakery Aims 3000 Loaves Daily
The System school in New York and 950 affiliated bakeries adopt a uniform bread making formula. The plant will not reach full capacity, focusing on bread and pastries. No deliveries. stores must pick up bread at the bakery. One feature offers yesterday’s loaves for 2 cents less per loaf.
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New York City
Marmola Tablets Offer Harmless Fat Reduction
Advertises Marmola Prescription Tablets as a harmless weight loss method without dieting or exercise. Claims reductions of two to four pounds per week and offers to send a large case for $1 from Marmola Company, Detroit.
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Woodward Ave
Detroit
Mich
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