Congress Ends Two Session Work Amid Mixed Cheers
The Sixty sixth Congress adjourned its second session in Washington with a short ceremony and calm mood. Speaker Gillett released members for a long vacation as the Senate debated a national budget measure and President Wilson signed several acts before adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
House
Gillett
United States
Senate
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Representative Garrett
Tennessee
Pomerene
Ohio
Elections Committee
Wilson
Armenia
Porter
Chicago
San Francisco
Mondell
Garrett
Central figure in international row at Seneca
Four year old girl of Mrs Frances Scoville de Mumm becomes central in an international financial tangle after her mother dies in France and is buried in Seneca Kansas. Jewelry seized by French authorities from Mrs Townsend sister of de Mumm, valued at thousands, to pass to the child amid ongoing litigation. The child's grandfather Mr Scoville, a banker, oversees the case.
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Seneca
Kan
Frances Scoville de Mumm
Baron de Mumm
Gremany
Potato Prices Reach Nation's Highest Quotation
In Chicago on June 56 the Federal Bureau of Markets reports new potatoes up $2 per hundredweight from yesterday and old potatoes up 70 to 75 cents. Prices show new potatoes at 11 to 17 dollars per hundredweight and old at 9.25, with grocers facing costs near 13 cents per pound and retailing around 18 to 20 cents in many markets.
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Chicago
Federal Bureau of Markets
Earthquakes Strike Ferrara Italy Shocking Rome Dispatch
Two violent shocks hit Ferrara Italy causing panic among residents. A heavy quake centered near 3 800 miles from Washington was recorded on Georgetown University seismographs with tremors starting at 11 41 pm lasting to 1 30 am.
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London
Ferrara
Italy
Rome
Bologna
Ialy
Washington
Georgetown University
Diamonds Stolen From New York Dealer in Broad Street
In Nassau Street the Schonfeld Manufacturing Company was robbed as two men blinded a proprietor with pepper spray and fled with a wallet containing about $100,000 in diamonds. Police and workers on the ninth floor responded, summoning an ambulance for the injured man.
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Heart of
New York
Schonfeld Manufacturing Company
Nassau Street
Samuel Schnfeld
Credit Men Urge Banks to Fight Profiteering
The National Association of Credit Men, meeting in Atlantic City, adopted a resolution urging bankers and business leaders to back a campaign against profiteering in life essentials. They condemned law limits on profits as dangerous and opened avenues to extortion. A second resolution backed the Esch Cummins railroad measure and support for the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Association of Credit Men
Esch Cummins
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Senate
Pomerene
Ohio
Smoot
Utah
Ie Pra
Kenyon
William Loeb, Jr
Alfred J. Greenbaum
Hiram Johnson
California
Missouri
Colonel Green
Warrants for Arrest of 5 000 Slackers Issued
Boston June 5. Federal District Court issued warrants for the arrest of 5 000 men listed as slackers for failure to answer draft questions. Attorneys plan individual investigations before arrests, as some classified may already be in service overseas or locally.
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Boston
Federal District Court
Thas
Train Plunges Through Bridge Near Kerr Station
The south bound Hocking Valley passenger train from Columbus plunged through a trestle near Kerr Station three miles north of Gallipolis at noon today injuring twelve passengers none seriously. The engine baggage and mail car and one passenger went through the...
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Gallipolis
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Kerr Station
Porter Wing Inaugural Rage at Latonia Track
The Porter, E B McLean’s five year old bay by Sweep Ballet Girl, won Latonia’s Inaugural Handicap over Be Frank by a neck with Atta Boy II third and General Haig fourth. Jockey W J O’Brien rode, trainer Johnny Schorr. Time 1 48 1 5 in muddy conditions with a $5,000 added purse.
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E. B. McLean
Ballet Girl
Latonia
Johnny Schorr
W. J. O’brien
Porter
Be Frank
Atta Boy II
General Haig
Regalo
Brannon
Garrison
Ginger
Atta Boy
Haig
King Gorin
Blackie Dan
Willie O’brien
Garner
Bolsheviks report gains on Poland and Russia front
Moscow issued an official statement on Friday claiming Bolshevik forces inflicted severe losses on Polish troops south of Bialatserkiev and reported successes along the front. It cites fighting near Orissa and Dnieper crossings, cavalry actions, and the occupation of Krayzhpol station as troops press advances southwest of Kiev.
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London
Bialatserkiev
Kiev
Moscow
Orissa
Vitebsk
Molodetchno
Dnieper
Skvira
Vapniarka
Kieve
Krayzhpol
Japanese Naval Force Seizes Nikolaeivsk Siberia
The American Embassy in Tokyo reports to the State Department that a Japanese naval force occupies Nikolaeivsk in Siberia. The operation followed an uprising that killed a Japanese patrol, Consul, and several Japanese nationals.
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Washington
Nikolaeivsk
Siberia
State Department
Tokyo
Japan
New York City Leads World Population Race Over London
Census Bureau figures show New York City at 5 621 151 on January 2 with a 7.9 percent growth since 1910 while London 1917 estimate stands at 4 026 901. War immigration stoppage and emigration curtailed New York growth. boroughs Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens and Richmond show varied changes. London population lags behind as estimates compare city and county designations in a world population contest.
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Washington
New York City
London
Census Bureau
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Queens
Brooklyn
Richmond
Canadian Base Chosen for 2500-Mile Flight
Edmonton Alberta will be the chief Canadian base for a 2,500 mile United States Army air route flight from New York to Nome next month. Captain Howard T. Douglas said the expedition seeks to establish a continental military air route and to gain experience overcoming cross continental flight difficulties.
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Edmonton
Alberta
United States Army
New York
Nome
Howard T. Douglas
Douglas
Pussyfooting Charged Against Candidates in Prohibition Debate
Virgil G. Hinshaw chair of the Prohibition party says Republican presidential hopefuls are pussy-footing on the prohibition issue. He notes Governor Frank Lowden is closest to a meaningful statement, while Major General Leonard Wood awaits Platform Committee action. Hinshaw says calls to Johnson headquarters yielded no response.
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Chicago
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Prohibition Party
Frank O. Lowden
Hinshaw
Prohibition
Leonard Wood
Platform Committee
Johnson
Oprah
Utah
Smoot
Borah
Abraham Lincoln
Kenyon
Iowa
Wilson
Robinson
Arkansas
E. H. R. Green
Hetty Green
Texas
General Wood
Congress for Public Welfare Wilson Criticizes Congress
President Wilson charges Congress with failure to act on the cost of living and tax reform amid railroad and merchant marine delays. He cites a protracted session end and warns that continued inaction burdens the public treasury and stalls relief measures.
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Wahington
Congress
Wilson
Brotherhood
the Treasury
Pub
Decision of Congress To Adjourn Pleases Wilson
The piece notes that Congress voting to adjourn pleases President Wilson and analyzes how Republican plans to leave key measures unsigned shift the political dynamic. It discusses the impact on the 1920 campaign, party unity, and the balance of power between conservatives and radicals within the GOP.
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Congress
Wilson
Lawrence
Washington
White House
National
Reublicans
Dem Ts
Repub
Funds under scrutiny as election day nears
Senate orders an ongoing probe into Presidential and Congressional campaign expenditures ahead of the November elections. The committee plans a July 9 adjournment to finish current inquiries before expanding to a broader campaign-finance probe.
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Washington
Senate
Columbus Plane Thief Faces Vehicle Operation Charge
In Columbus Ohio June 5 prosecutors charge Alwyn C Innis with stealing a airplane from Blanchard Aviation School valued at 3100. He attempted to fly and wrecked at the Olentangy River near Ohio State University. Indictment drawn under operating motor vehicle without owner's consent due to no airplane theft law.
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Columbus
Schlessinger
Alwyn C. Innis
Blanchard Aviation School
Innis
Ohio State University
Olentangy River
Hamburg Line Routes Reopened With American Tonnage
Harriman interests announce reopening four Hamburg American Line routes with American flag tonnage for twenty years. American Ship and Commerce Corporation, led by W A Harriman, gains control of ships and stock as Goethals becomes president. trade extent spanned New York to Hamburg and global markets.
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New York
Harriman
W. A. Harriman & Co., Incorporated
United States
United States Shipping Board
Harriman & Co
American Ship and Commerce Corporation
Hamburg
Hamburg- American Company
American Ship and Commerce Company
George W. Goethals
W. A. Harriman
F. Pryor
Lester H. Monks
Chandler & Co
American Ship and Commerce Navigation Company
Hamburg- American Line
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Savannah
New Orleans
West Indies
Cuba
Mexico
Africa
Arabia
Persia
Japan
China
Swift
Brazil
River Plate
Hambug- American Line
Shipping Board
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Cramp Shipbuilding and Engine Company
Farmer Near Newport Ends Life in Creek
James Clift a 52 year old farmer of Oneonta Kentucky twelve miles south of Newport killed himself by jumping into a creek Friday night but his body was not found until yesterday. He had been in ill health for three years and earlier attempted suicide by hanging after his son enlisted in the war.
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James Clift
Oneonta
Newport
Clift
Mr. Clift
Nomination Fight Shapes GOP Platform Clash
Chicago June 5 The Republican Presidential race centers on platform disputes over the League of Nations and industrial relations. Leaders seek a compromise to unite reservations and avoid repudiating Senate leaders, while governors and state leaders press to be heard amid district-level influence.
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League of Nations
Chicago
Associated Press
Indiana
Watson
Resolutions Committee
Versailles
Wilson
Senate
Congress
Beekman
Rhode Island
Wood
Lowden
Johnson
Senator Lodge
Coliseum
Captain Shoots Seaman aboard Dolphin in Cuban Port
The State Department was notified that Captain Stout of the American steam yacht Dolphin shot Claude Moore, a seaman, in Cava Ambi harbor on May 25. Moore died two days later in hospital. Stout says the shot was in self defense and he is held on $200 bond.
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Washington
State Department
Antilla
Cuba
Stout
Dolphin
Claude Moore
Cava Ambi
Moore
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