Johnson Accepts Call to Gate Ratification to People
Senator Hiram W Johnson of California vows to carry the peace treaty issue to the people, challenging Republican leaders to join him or risk public verdict. He defends free speech, warns against censorship, and urges lawful, constitutional action amid calls for immediate ratification with reservations.
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New York
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Brooklyn
Wilson
United States
Johnson
Republican Party
Suffrage Bill Clears Senate For Presidential Ballot
Ohio women may vote for President this fall and for delegates to the National Conventions after the Senate passed the Reynolds bill 22 to 4. The measure, already approved by the House, awaits the governor’s signature. its fate hinges on referendum challenges and possible court action.
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Columbius
Ohio
Senate
Reynolds
House
Cox
Bellew
Cincinnati
Coal Strike Settlement Commission Opens Hearings in Washington
The Coal Strike Settlement Commission began its work in Washington as operators in the central competitive field agreed to participate and abide by its decisions. John L. Lewis acting president and mine workers representatives presented demands for a 60 percent wage increase, a 30 hour week, and other concessions. Lewis said the goal is permanent living standards not just wartime adjustments. Operators’ counsel Ralph Crews announced consent to participate with a caveat on price-fixing.
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Washington
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
John L. Lewis
Lewis
William Green
Tne
Philip Murray
Pittsburg
Commission
Ralph Crews
Central Field Committee
Dr Christian Holmes dies urging Cincinnati medical cent
Eminent Cincinnati physician Dr Christian R Holmes dies in New York After years of work he dictated on his death bed a plea to Cincinnati to endow and sustain a world class Medical College. He urged Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations support and asked faculty and trustees to unite for the future of the institution.
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Cincinnati
Christian R. Holmes
Post Graduate Hospital
New York City
Dr. Holmes
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Medical College of Cincinnati
Medical College
Abram Flexner
Rockefeller Foundation
Henry Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation
University of Cincinnati
Holmes
Evelf
Ohio
Medical College of
Henry Pinchett
Medical School
Nothng
Leaders unite to end Senate treaty deadlock
Washington January 13 Republican and Democratic leaders Senators Lodge and Hitchcock say both sides aim to end the Senate treaty deadlock and avoid election interference. Delegations urge rapid ratification with reservations to win a two thirds vote while ongoing talks seek common ground and feasible interpretative changes.
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Washington
Lodge
Massachusetts
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Smith
Georgia
Wilson
Senator Lodge
Legation
Women Politicians To Maintain Lobby In National Capital
Washington January 13 appoint ment of a Committee on Educational Legislation to track education policy and push the Smith Towner bill creating a Department of Education with Cabinet status was announced by Mrs George Bass chairwoman of the Woman's Bureau of the Democratic National Committee. Miss Charl Williams of Tennessee heads the committee with Miss Mary Owen Graham North Carolina Mrs William Hickey South Dakota and Miss Caroline Ruutz Rees Connecticut as associates.
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Washington
George Bass
Woman's Bureau
Democratic National Committee
Charl Williams
Tennessee
Mary Owen Graham
North Carolina
William Hickey
South Dakota
Caroline Ruutz- Rees
Connecticut
Girl Clad in Trousers Wins Waitress’s Love
Ellen Vallery of Youngstown wore men's clothes to work as a bus boy in a St. Louis restaurant. She won a waitress’s affection, was arrested and fined ten dollars when the truth came out. She planned to travel to Los Angeles in male dress to collect material for a book. She returned to feminine attire and had previously served as a mail carrier during the war.
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Youngstown, O
Ellen Vallery
Youngstown
St. Louis
Miss Vallery
Los Angeles
Wilson Calls League of Nations First Council Meeting
President Wilson issued the call for the League of Nations Council meeting in Paris, stating it marks a new era in international cooperation. The text, sent via the State Department, requests the gathering of Great Britain France Italy Japan Brazil Belgium and Spain as part of the Versailles covenant implementation.
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Washington
Assembly of the Council of the League of Nations
Paris
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Brazil
Belgium
Spain
Wilson
State Department
United States
London
League of Nations
Council of the
Berlin Reichstag protests erupt as troops fire on demonstrators
Berlin reports say troops bayonetted and fired on crowds trying to reach the Reichstag to protest the exploitation law. Die Freiheit urged workmen to take part as public order deteriorated with streets blocked, factories closing, streetcars halted, and ten dead reported.
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Basle
Berlin
Reichstag
Die Freiheit
Koenigplatz
National Assembly
Fehrenbach
Cosmopolitan bank leadership overhaul marks annual elections
Cincinnati banks reshuffle boards after annual vote. Edward F. Romer is ousted as president of Cosmopolitan Savings Bank and Trust Company, while Citizens National names Charles W Dupuis as president. The Fifth Third National adds Jay R. Edwards as vice president. Minor changes occur at Lincoln National and others. Hartsough succeeds Romer as Cosmopolitan president. Dorger and Hess named secretaries. Meiners and Flanagan named treasurers amid a broad new director slate.
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Cincinnati
Edward F. Romer
Cosmopolitan Savings Bank and Trust Company
Romer
Citizens’ National
Edward Goepper
Charles W Dupuis
Jay R. Edwards
Lincoln National
National Bank Examiner
State Banking Department
Mr. Romer
Meyer Newhoff
L. J. Oehler
Vincent H. Beckman
William Roegge
J. A. Manischewitz
Joseph G. Steinbicker
John H. Meiners
John Flanagan
Walter Seinsheimer
James H. Rieckelman
Charles H. Hess
Charles B. Erhart
Edwin G. Gerdes
H. W. Hartsough
Falmouth
Norwood National Bank
Winchester National Bank
Winchester
Dorger
Opposi
College Students Favor Treaty Compromise Amid Reservations
Students at St. Xavier College voted on the League of Nations treaty with 260 of 460 ballots backing a compromise between Lodge and Democratic reservations. The Inter Collegiate Treaty Referendum aims to involve 1,500,000 students nationwide. Other propositions drew smaller support. Results from Cincinnati and university groups were pending at press time.
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St. Xavier College
United States Senate
Lodge
United States
St. Xavier
League and Treaty
A. C
Universiy of Cincinnati
University News
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Separate Women's Party Opposed by Miss Taft
Miss Helen Taft Acting President of Bryn Mawr College told the Pennsylvania League of Women Citizens that a separate women's party would be disastrous. She urged women to work through established political channels while pursuing issues like child labor and protections for women.
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Philadelphia
Helen Taft
Bryn Mawr College
Pennsylvania League of Women Citizens
Harding 1 Win Rum Lowden Relly Predicts
E Mont Reily of Kansas City Western manager for General Harding predicts the nomination of Senator Harding at the Republican National Convention in Chicago next June. He says the race is Harding versus Wood, but will end with Harding and Lowden, citing Lowden as a strong contender in Illinois and a Pullman son in law.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
E. Mont Reily
Kansas City
Harding
Senator Harding
Chicago
Reily
Roosevelt
Arene
Republican Party
Leonard Wood
Lowden
Massachusetts
Illinois
George M. Pullman
Leonard
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