Woman Suffrage Victory in House Historic Vote
The House passed the equal suffrage constitutional amendment 304 to 89 after under three hours of debate. Final enactment within two weeks was predicted, with Carrie Chapman Catt urging ratification nationwide. Champ Clark backed the measure amid bipartisan applause and President Wilson’s stance cited by supporters.
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Woman Suffrage Committee
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Oklahoma
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Kansas
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Kitchin
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Focht
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New York
Ohio
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California
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Champ Clark
Representative Mann
Lawmakers Vote Count By Name List Of Members
A record lists many names including Hawk er and Grieve Garrett Hardy Harrison Heflin Holland Hull Johnson Kitchin Lankford Lazaro Lesher Lever McDuffie Mansfield Martin Montague Moon Nicholis Overstreet Park Pell R and gs dale Rayburn Riordan Robinson Rouseby Sand ers Saunders Sisson Small Steagall Stedman Steele Stephens Stevenson Venable Vinson Watkins Watson Webb Whaley Wilson Wise Woods Wright with a total against 89 noted. The fragment presents a roll call style tally.
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Robbery on McAdoo private car in Chicago
Detectives Yancey and Fleming nab two men near the William G. McAdoo private car stored at Chicago Burlinton & Quincy yards West Fifteenth and South Jefferson. They overpowered the pair as they tried to leave with silverware valued at $500 part of a $1 500 robbery report. Names given were Harry C. Race and Richard McDonald.
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William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Yancey and
Fleming
Maxwel Street
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
West Fifteenth
South Jefferson Streets
Harry C. Race
Richard McDonald
Kerensky Appeals for World Aid to Stabilize Russia
Alexander Kerensky former Russian premier and eight associates from the Russian constituent assembly and Paris Union for the Regeneration of Russia urge democracies to act swiftly. They propose a mission of delegates from all powers and organized labor to visit Russia and explain democratic aims to the people and rival governments.
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Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Russian Constituent Assembly
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Death of Lady Arthur Paget in Paris Hotel Ritz
Lady Arthur Paget formerly Mary Stevens of Boston died at the Hotel Ritz after pneumonia following influenza. Wife of Gen. Sir Arthur H. Paget she led London society and ran a Boer War hospital ship. She earned praise from the Austro Hungarian government for Red Cross work in Serbia with the American Red Cross.
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Arthur Paget
Mary Stevens
Boston
Hotel Ritz
Paget
Arthur H. Paget
Tremont House
London
Red Cross
Serbia
Ameriican Red Cross
16 St Paul Unions Strike In Sympathy With Workers
In St Paul Minnesota on May 22 about 5000 members of 16 unions walked out at 8 a m in sympathy with common laborers striking for 50 cents an hour plus a nine hour day and union recognition.
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St. Paul, Minn
Allies seek explanation from Italy over Turkish landings
Paris on May 22 reports that the United States Great Britain and France sent a joint inquiry to Italy demanding explanation for Italian troops landing at Adelia Budrun and Maki in Turkey while Premier Orlando was abroad at the peace conference.
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Drys Push Enforcement Of War Time Prohibition Act
Washington May 22 Prohibition leaders press to enact enforcement of the war time act and the constitutional amendment despite President Wilson's repeal suggestion. Senator Sheppard expects enforcement legislation before July 1 while opposition argues against delaying national prohibition and opposes substitute liquor bills.
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Washington
Wilson
Sheppard
Texas
Prohibition
Poles Win in Galicia After Severe Fighting
Poles report captures in Drohobycz Boryslaw and Mikolayow in Galicia and cross the Dniester near Rozwadow. They say oil wells intact at Boryslaw, road and railway Lemberg to Mikolayow under Polish control, and large war material seized. Prisoners uncounted. volunteers enlisted at Sambor. Fighting described as severe between Polish and Ukrainian forces. Vienna reports ongoing clashes.
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Ex-Crown Prince Liable to Trial
London May 22 government spokesman Andrew Bonar Law said the former German crown prince and prison camp commandants are liable to trial under the terms of the treaty.
Germany to permit American mission for information access
Berlin announces officially that Germany will allow an American commission to enter for gathering information on American property in Germany, on condition that German representatives may travel to the United States for a similar mission.
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United States
Kaiser’s Son to Face Trial Under Peace Treaty
London May 22 Frederick William Hohenzollern the former German crown prince will be liable to trial under the terms of the German peace treaty Andrew Bonar Law government leader in the house of commons said that the commandants of prison camps also would be liable under the treaty's terms.
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Frederick William Hohenzollern
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Bonar Law
National League games rained out in parts. Pittsburgh and others win
National League results show Pittsburgh defeating Boston 4 to 2 and Philadelphia routing St. Louis 6 to 0 as other games were not played due to rain. American League matches include New York-Chicago postponed. Cleveland 7, Philadelphia 2. Detroit 6, Boston 5. St. Louis 1, Washington 0. American Association scores note Louisville 3 Columbus 2. Indianapolis 7 Toledo 4. Kansas City 2 Minneapolis 3. Milwaukee 2 St. Paul 3.
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Great Blaze in Mobile Destroys 200 Buildings
Fire swept twenty square blocks in Mobile near the river causing about 500000 in property damage and leaving 1500 homeless. The flames threatened docks and shipyards but were checked before reaching them. A citizens relief organization formed to aid the displaced. The devastated area was an old residential district with few modern structures.
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Ala
Citizens’ Relief
Berlin Pleads For Written Complaints Deadline Extension
Paris May 22 Germany seeks extra time to file written observations on the Versailles terms. Berlin asserts the task is vast and intricate, delaying final notes to May 29. Ebert government repeats refusal to sign the treaty, calling it a hymn of hate while Allies prepare to move against German resistance.
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Doughnuts Sell Fast in New York Salvation Army Drive
New York society leaders spent the night in Mrs. Vincent Astor’s Fifth Avenue home cooking doughnuts and spent the day selling them for a Salvation Army drive. Doughnuts at a dollar each moved briskly along Broadway and through the subways as volunteers pushed the $15 million fund effort.
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New York
Mrs Wilson Denied Flight Over Versailles
A Paris newspaper claimed Mrs. Wilson flew Tuesday in an airplane over Versailles and suburbs. The report was authoritatively denied at the President Watson's Parts residence.
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Paris Story
Versailles
Paris
Wilson
Watson
Division ships into New York after Bordeaux voyage
Forty five officers and 760 men of the Eighty second division arrived in New York from Bordeaux aboard the Sierra. Among the officers were Maj. Gen. George B. Duncan division commander Brig. Gen J R Lindsey commander of the 164th infantry brigade and Col. Robert D Walsh commander of the 163rd brigade. Detachments of the 327th Infantry for Camp Grant the 328th Infantry field and staff medical detachment and headquarters company and the 157th and 639th aero squadrons also traveled aboard.
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George B. Duncan
J. R. Lindsey
Robert D. Walsh
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