Peace by Joint Resolution Faces Supreme Court Test
The 1920 column argues a war end by joint resolution challenges presidential powers to conduct foreign affairs. It discusses veto risk, two thirds votes, and potential Supreme Court rulings on whether Congress can end a war and dictate diplomatic terms to Germany. It notes constitutional tensions and possible legal precedents ahead.
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David Lawrence, Inc
Washington
Congress
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
House
Wilson
Senate
Presilson
Executive
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Legislative Branch
Germany
American Congress
America
Railroad Wage Talks Break Off for Labor Board
Negotiations between railroad companies and unions ended as reps refused to continue without public input on a $1 billion demand. Under the Transportation Act the dispute goes to the Railroad Labor Board, to be appointed by President Wilson, which includes three public representatives.
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Washington
Railroad Labor Board
Wilson
Father resigns job so A E F son can return
Major Bell G. Allen of Washington D. C. resumes his office as Fayette County Probate Judge in Columbus Ohio The Thirty seventh Ohio National Guard Division went to Europe and he resigned to join the unit Governor Cox accepted his resignation and appointed Frank M Allen to fill the vacancy Now the father resigns and the son returns to the judgeship after serving in France
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Columbus
Bell G. Allen
Washington D. H
Fayette County
Ohio National Guard
Major Allen
Cox
Frank M. Allen
France
Aviator and companion survive 16 hours adrift in seaplane
Major Sidney E. Parker of the British army and Miss Blanche Frazer were found exhausted yet alive after sixteen hours without food or water. They had departed Palm Beach for Bimini Island in a seaplane, ran out of fuel in fog, and were picked up by the Hilton steamship off Jupiter, Florida. Frazer, a Belgium native who served in World War I, described the voyage before authorities released details.
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Baltimore
Sidney E. Parker
Blanche Frazer
Hilton
Carey
Major Parker
Miss Frazer
Jupiter
Florida
Palm Beach
Bimini Island
Bahamas
Bimini
Belgium
Two Negroes Stage Hold Up Then Are Detained by Police
In Canton Ohio on April 1 Jesse Ford and Wesley Johnson allegedly held up three Timken Roller Bearing Co employees around midnight, obtaining a small sum and streetcar tickets. While awaiting a further victim they were identified by police and held up themselves, with a revolver seized. The pair were poorly dressed, one nearly barefooted.
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Canton
Jesse Ford
Wesley Johnson
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Man Dies After Jump From Telegraph Pole in Dayton
Dayton police report Steve Nick aged 22 of 1219 West Fourth Street climbed a sixty foot telegraph pole at the intersection of Third and Fourth streets near Broadway and the Pennsylvania Railroad and leaped to his death at 6:45 PM. The incident occurred tonight following his ascent.
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Dayton
Broadway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Steve Nick
West Fourth Street
Ferry Operators Quit New York Strike Halts Rail Ferries
In New York on April 1 more than 8,000 marine workers walked off, forcing all railroad ferries between Manhattan and the Jersey Shore to halt after the evening rush. Tug and lighter crews were called out as the stoppage spread across lines other than Lackawanna, which had previously operated through earlier strikes.
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New York
Manhattan
Jersey Shore
Lackawanna Lines
U S Mail Plane Crashes Near Sandusky Pilot Slightly Injured
The United States mail aeroplane No. 79 operated by W. J. Smith, en route from Cleveland to Chicago, crashed near Vickery southwest of Sandusky when the engine stalled. Smith escaped with slight injuries and the craft, carrying 400 pounds of mail, was not badly damaged.
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Sandusky, O
United States Mail
W. J. Smith
Cleveland
Chicago
Vickery
Here
Smith
New Orleans Trade Group Seeks Aerial Mail to Latin Markets
The New Orleans Association of Commerce voted to petition the Post Office Department to establish an aerial mail route from New Orleans to Latin American market centers with landing stations at Tampa Merida and Colon.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Association of Commerce Today
Post Offfice Department
Tampico
Merida
Colon
Banner bearers routed before Congress in Ireland protest
Western women bearing banners advocating freedom for Ireland attempted a demonstration on Capitol grounds. Police escorted them from the grounds before they could reach the Capitol.
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Washington
Ireland
Congress
Capitol
Alleged thief shot after resisting arrest in York Street alley
Herman Young alias L B Hayes, accused automobile thief and partner of Don Vestal, was wounded by Detective Albert Guethlein after fleeing a rear alley confrontation with detectives Hueftlein and Guethlein. Young confessed he expected to die by a policeman's bullet as patrols moved in.
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Herman Young
L. B. Hayes
Hotel Elmer
Albert Guethlein
York Street
Freeman Avenue
Young
Hueftlein
Guethlein
Don C. Vestal
Indianapolis
Grand
Hayes
Huethlein
Detective Guethlein
Wilson directs U S troops in Rhine to armistice terms
President Wilson told the House that American troops in the Rhine remain under armistice terms and his orders. Field Marshal Foch has no authority over them, with Major General Allen commanding the occupation forces under treaty limits.
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Germany
House
Washington
Wilson
Rhines
Marshal Foch
France
Rhineland
United States
Clemenceau Kills Crocodile in Nile Chase
Cairo March 31 Georges Clemenceau ex prime minister of France shows vigor after travels in Egypt and the Sudan recounting the Nile crocodile kill. He jokes about his tiger nickname and notes a bullet struck the croc in its open mouth. He says reptiles should keep their mouths shut.
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Cairo
Egypt
Georges Clemenceau
France
Upper Nile
Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Delaware House votes down suffrage resolution 22 to 9
The Delaware House defeated a ratification resolution to join the woman suffrage amendment, 22 to 9, with three members changing votes to nay to enable reconsideration. The Senate still has a similar resolution, and suffragists hope for action in the next three legislative days, while anti-suffrage supporters celebrated.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
United States
House of Representatives
Votin
House
Senate
Lloyd
Charlotte Rowe
New York
Henry B. Thompson
Henry P. Scott
Sufficient States Advancing Woman Suffrage in Louisiana Vote
New Orleans reporters say Louisiana will likely become the thirty sixth state to ratify the federal suffrage amendment as the Legislature meets on May 10. Washington observers note Maryland seeks court injunction to block proclamation if ratified, a move discussed by the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage with potential implications for the November election.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Washington
Maryland
Supreme Court
Secretary of State of the
United States
National Association
Ohio to Put Suffrage Referendum to Voters in November
The Ohio Legislature approves ratification of the federal suffrage amendment and submits the issue to a statewide referendum at the November general elections unless the U S Supreme Court rules the plan invalid. State courts have upheld the referendum provision.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Oklahoma Referendum Claim On Woman Suffrage Question
Oklahoma City on April 1 failed to verify opponents’ assertion that a referendum on woman suffrage would occur in the state this year. No official confirmation or dates were announced.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
North Carolina Legislature Won’t Call Special Session Until July
Raleigh April 1 Governor Bickett announced the North Carolina Legislature would not be convened in a special session before early July.
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Raleigh
N. C
Bickett
North Carolina
Flyer Missing in Everglades Rested After Return
Lieutenant Omar Niergarth of Battle Creek Michigan, who had been missing in the Everglades for ten days, was brought to Arcadia Florida and ordered to bed for twenty four hours rest by doctors after his condition was assessed.
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Arcadia
Fla
Omar Niergarth
Battle Creek
Mich
Everglades
Wood Champions to Candidacy as Military Man
General deplores present tendency to point fidget of scorn at the uniform for political purposes.
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Wood
Wood denounces favorite son candidacy at Ohio rally
General Leonard Wood rejected the favorite son approach as a national issue, urged universal military training, and defended a broad Republican platform. He argued the public must choose from the nation, not state, and condemned attacks on the uniform for political purposes.
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Cleveland
Leonard Wood
Ohio
America
Wood
France
Harding
Name of President Taken Off Petitions of Georgia Primary
The Georgia presidential preference primary list shows President Wilson’s name withdrawn by signers. With the entry deadline noon today, official certification reveals Wilson not on ballots. Palmer Watson and Senator Hoke Smith are the certified candidates.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Wilson
Palmer
Thomas E. Watson
Hoke Smith
Trainmen Prepare To Strike On Norfolk & Western
In Roanoke Virginia the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen votes to strike tomorrow at 4 pm halting passenger service with twenty six trains affected. Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen pledge not to work with scab crews as talks with railroad leaders loom. In Columbus Ohio unions on the Norfolk & Western division meet to debate a broader walkout in sympathy with clerks.
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Roanoke
Brotherhood of Railway
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Columbus
Bowles Strike Prompts Wife to Fill Norfolk & Western Role
In Lynchburg Virginia on April 1 C E Bowles assistant ticket agent for the Norfolk and Western went on strike his wife occupied his post amid his protest details indicate a family substitution during labor action and company service continuity observed.
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Lynchburg
C.E. Bowles
Norfolk & Western
Marines land at Kiu kiang quell riot in China
The American marines landed at Kiu kiang China to quell a riot with no reported casualties. The American Legation in Peking notified the State Department of the action.
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China
Washington
Kiukiang
Peking
State Department
Dayton Attorney Proposes City Rental Board Plan
Columbus April 1 A licensing system for landlords would set up a City Rental Board of three city officials. The board would license landlords, hear tenant complaints, and fix a fair rental rate after hearings. Violations and excessive charges would incur fines.
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Dayton
Columbus
McConnaughey
Five Ousted Socialists Appeal To Supreme Court
New York Socialist leaders announced the five ousted Assembly members will seek relief in the Supreme Court. Albany reports say the expulsion of Waldman Claessens Dewitt Orr and Solomon followed a Judiciary Committee finding of disloyalty.
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U.S. Supreme Court
New York
New York Assembly
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
John Block
Socialist Party
State Supreme Court
United States
Ip Fantastic
Albany
State Assembly
Louis Waldman
August Claessens
Samuel A. Dewitt
Samuel Orr
Bronx
Charles Solomon
Kings County
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Thaddeus C. Sweet
Waldman
Claessens
Solomon
Dewitt
Orr
Grain Dealers Seek Reparation Over 1917 Price Fix
Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Missouri and Illinois grain dealers asked the House Agricultural Committee to reimburse losses totaling about 5 million dollars in 1917 after wheat prices were fixed at sixty cents below market. Delegates blamed Herbert Hoover and Julius Barnes for the losses, noting broken assurances and lack of authority for price fixing. No committee action followed.
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Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
House Agricultural Committee
Herbert Hoover
Julius Barnes
Government Grain Corporation
Grain Corporation
Food Administration
B. E. Clements
Texas Grain Dealers’ Association
Congress
Clements
Barnes
Hoover
McLaughlin
Lee H. Metcalf
Illinois Grain Dealers’ Association
E. J. Smiley
Railroads To Cost U S 175 Million For 6 Months
Washington reports that guaranteed railroad protections under the new law will cost the government about 175 million dollars for six months. Secretary Houston said funds are being prepared to advance loans from a 300 million revolving fund and that several corporations have filed deficit coverage requests.
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Washington
Houston
Treasury
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
F. A. Delano
Paul M. Warburg
Bradley Palmer
Boston
Interstate Commerce
Wu Ting Fang and Son Disappear Prompting Chinese Revolution Fears
Washington reports indicate rising militarism in South China with Japan funding moves. Wu Ting Fang and his son fled Canton carrying taels from customs surplus, fueling fears of a new military coup as Tang Shao Yi also departs.
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Wu Ting Fang
Son
Washington
China
North China
Japan
Canton
United States
South China
State Department
Tang Shao Yi
Rent ordinance 10 drafted for all cities plan
Ohio officials discuss a state licensed landlord system to curb rent profiteering. A committee led by Attorney General Price will explore city authority, draft a model ordinance, and may prompt a special legislative session if cities lack power to license landlords. Attending cities include Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Toledo Dayton Youngstown and others.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fox
Price
Cox
Clarence D. Laylin
Ial
Attorney General's
Scarlett
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Dayton
Youngstown
Canton
Springfield
Mansfield
Steubenville
Zanesville
Findlay
Sandusky
Circleville
Federal expert to aid Cleveland rent fight
Irving E. Magomber of Washington will arrive in Cleveland next week to assist in curbing rent profiteering and addressing the housing shortage. The move is announced by H. R. Vandeboe, president of the Cleveland Real Estate Board, and Magomber is a vice president of the United States Housing Corporation, a recognized housing authority.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Federal House
H. R. Vandeboe
Cleveland Real Estate Board
Irving E. Magomber
Washington
United States Housing Corporation
Eviction threat looms as 25,000 leases end May 1
In New York city the rent crisis deepens as more than 25,000 leases expire on May 1 amid anti rent gouging bills. City official J W Hilly says at least 50,000 apartment leases may end that day and marshals may meet to plan eviction countermeasures. Government agencies examine options for preventing mass displacement.
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New York
News York Assembly
J. W. Hilly
Chaiman
Hylan
S. Gal
Daytors Discuss Housing Problems in Dayton
Prominent manufacturers bankers and business men met in Dayton to plan steps for solving the city housing shortage. They will present findings to the Chamber of Commerce with a committee to investigate prompt actions. They deemed the postwar building slowdown worse than during the war.
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Dayton
Chamber of C Commerce
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