Iowa Ratifies Federal Suffrage Amendment in Special Session
Des Moines July 3 Iowa's legislature ratified the federal constitutional suffrage amendment in a special session. Senate vote 48 to 0 and house 95 to 5, making Iowa the tenth state to ratify. Governor Harding urged immediate action as crowds filled the chamber and several suffrage leaders attended.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Smith
Quick
Clinton
Nickebicker
Linn
O'Donnell
Dubuque
Vance
Madison
Oertel
Lee County
Becker
Clark
Hansen
Miller
Lucas
Mooty
Nebiker
Temple
Wallace
Walrath
Harding
Union
Equal Suffrage Organizations
Hiram K. Evans
Corydon
Flora Dunlap
Anna L. Lawther
Committee On National Amendments
Hoeldege
Knickerbocker
Uprising in Turkey Deepens Allied Fears
Telegraph reports from Constantinople indicate unrest as Turkish forces resist Allied peace terms. Police state that Asiatic Turkey and the Levant remain uneasy with a possible general uprising in Asia Minor if the Suleim delegation’s demands are not met.
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Turkey
Turna Ermica
Constantinopl
Constantinople Iis
Asm Minor
Lowden Vetoes Illinois Boxing Bill for 10-Round Fights
Gov. Frank O Lowden vetoed a boxing bill that would permit 10 round fights under a three man commission, ruling the measure unconstitutional and that the legislature cannot re enact it this season in Springfield Illinois on July 3.
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Springfield
Frank O. Lowden
Elsie Janis Adopts 14 Year Old War Veteran Michael Cardi
Michael Cardi, a 14 year old war veteran awarded French and Italian crosses, is adopted by Miss Fiste Jania and brought to Tarrytown. He arrived as a Marseilles stowaway six weeks ago, with a $35,000 bond for good conduct. His Italian officer father died early in the war and his mother soon after.
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Associated Press
New York
Michael Cardi
Fiste Jania
Tarrytown
Marseilles
Caroll
Brokerage firm raid as $1 million stock shortfall alleged
United Press reports officials hunted for members of J. Frank Lilly & Company accused of more than $1,000,000 in stock shortfalls affecting 6,000 customers. Broadway offices were raided late yesterday with detectives seizing books and police reserves needed to control about 200 upset customers.
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Ing
J. Frank Lilly & Company
Broadway
Hog price records shattered across markets
Western hog markets set new highs with $22.10 in St Louis and $22.00 in Chicago as export demand boosts livestock prices. In Bronx City Edward Endir sold 62 Hampshire hogs at $21.20. previous records were surpassed as daily receipts reached about 13,000 head.
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United Press
St. Louis
Chicago
Associated Press
Bronx City
Edward Endr
Hudson, M. D
Mr. Endir
Heath
Germans Signal Ratification Of Peace Treaty Week
Paris July 3 The Germans expect to ratify the peace treaty this week and hope prisoners will be released then. A strike wave in Berlin faces martial law while railway workers threaten to halt freight cars carrying food and coal as political unrest looms.
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Associated
Paris
Ieuer
Berlin
Etrike
Guatave Nose
Fire injures nineteen as Pittsburgh blaze causes heavy damage
Nineteen firemen were injured when a blaze at the Pennsylvania Stock Company plant in Pittsburgh, Virginia, caused more than 300000 dollars in damage. Two civilians were hurt while aiding the fight as flames raged for hours.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Pegnsylvanalupe
Pwo
A-34 Making Easy Flight Across Ocean
London reports the British dirigible A-34 left East Fortune at 1 48 AM Greenwich time to cross the Atlantic. By 2 PM Greenwich time she was 53 50 N 17 50 W, making 32 knots in fog with Maj. G H Scott in command. The ship, 634 feet long with 12 000 000 cubic feet gas, carries 23 crew and a mail including a letter from King George to President Wilson.
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Associated Press
London
G. H. Scott
Royal Air Force
Zachary Lansdowne
American Naval Air Forces
France
United States Navy
United States
Roosevelt Field
Mineola
L. I
Baltic
Preparations Underway for Prince Airship Arrival at Roosevelt Field
At Mineola New York on July 3 LieutCol Frederick Lucas of the regular army said advance party at landing field is ready to receive the Prince airship now en route from Scotland. He indicated they await timing advices for the airship’s arrival at Roosevelt field.
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Oy Associated Bus
Mineola
N. Y
Frederick Lucas
Reyulary Force
Scotland
Roosevelt Field
U S Officer Aboard R 34 Sends Message To Son
East Fortune Scotland July 3 Lieutenant Commander Zachery Landsdowne U S N in the dirigible flight to America sent a message to his four year old son Falkland at Grand Rapids Michigan promising to arrive in the United States by week’s end.
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U. S
United Press
East Fortune
Scotland
Zachery Landsdowne
America
United Preas
Falkland
Grand Rapids
Wia
United States
Cheerie
Dar
R A F Dirigible R 34 Sightings Linked to Atlantic Watch
Naval radio stations along the Atlantic coast maintained a special watch to intercept messages from the British dirigible R 34. Officials said messages direct from the airship were not expected before tomorrow. General orders by Col Archie Miller safeguarded visiting airmen and guarded moored craft awaiting return to England.
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England
Archie Miller
Washton
Naval
Atlantic
Barbor
New York
Efurt
Navy Department
Eastern Europe Epidemic Field Report Describes Typhus Struggle
London reports a Lausanne Gazette writer notes chaos in Eastern Europe as famine fatigue weakens resistance to infection. Prisoners and refugees wander east and west across Poland Ukraine and Hungary amid shortages of linen coal and soap. Disinfection efforts rely on bathing and clothing treatment while people evade stations to avoid capture.
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London
Europe
Lausanne
Switzerland
Germany
Russia
Poland
Ukraine
Hungary
Forest Fires Cause Major Financial Loss Reported
Reports from Sault Ste. Marie indicate only financial losses from widespread forest fires as winds abated. Communication remains disrupted but preliminary notes suggest danger has lessened.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Saulte Ste. Marie
Theodore Roosevelt Declares Hat in the Ring in Nassau County
Mineola Long Island July 1 Edward J Conlin Oyster Bay Republican chairman announced Theodore Roosevelt has thrown his hat in the ring for the Republican nomination as assemblyman from Nassau County s Second district Roosevelt agreed to seek the post and address the party in the near future
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United Press
Mineola
L. I
Cal
Theodore Roosevelt
Edward J. Conlin
Oyster May
Republican Town Committee
Conlin
Roosevelt
Nassau County
Elite of London's Society Attracted To Movie Roles
Elite of London's society shows growing interest in cinema work as a spare time occupation. The Weekly Dispatch cites women volunteers polishing charity aims while adopting glamorous costumes and late studio hours. Notable entrants include Miss James Maitland Makill Crichton and Mrs Arthur Hamilton, connected to Sir Charles Fairne Cunninghame.
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London Times Calite
Public Ledger Bor
London
Weekly Dispatch
Amo
Oro Me
James Maitland-Makill Crichton
Mru
Arthur Hamilton
Charles Fairne Cunninghame
Pariame
Ello
Een Esa
Hoover Resigns Chairmanship of Grain Corporation
At the New York annual stockholders meeting the food administration grain corporation was reorganized as United States Grain Corporation. Herbert Hoover resigns as chairman to pursue retirement from public life while Julius Barnes becomes chairman and others are reassigned including Edwin P. Shattuck as vice president and general counsel. The capital for the 1919 wheat crop is set at 500 million dollars.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
The
Food Administration Grain Corporation
United States Grain Corporation
Hoover
Julius Barnes
United States
Frank G. Crowell
Kansas City
Edwin P. Shattuck
Gates W. McGarrah
Edward M. Flesh
St. Louis
London
R. A. Lewin
San Francisco
W. A. Starr
Waton S. Moore
Duluth
A. W. Frick
Graves of 373 351 Allied Men Identified in Europe
The Lenton Times notes 373 351 Allied soldiers' graves identified in France and Belgium, with 154 823 other burials. Last month 2 125 graves were registered. many graves remain lost or unmarked due to shell fire. Photography staff reduced by demobilization hampers work. extra photographers are sought. Access to graves limited, with permits rare and travel conditions difficult.
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London
France
Belgium
Australia
Canada
Taxicab Tyranny Shocks London During War Years
Londoners endured an iron handed taxi system driven by shortages. A driver’s arbitrary control over fares and pickups angered riders, with crowds demanding service and a passenger briefly winning an empty cab after a standoff on the Strand.
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London
Strand
Hinchef Charged Under Passport Law After Border Crossing
El Paso dispatch reports Hinchef crossed the border last week and is now in U S custody charged with violating the passport law. The case is being handled by United States authorities.
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Villa, Cay
el Paso
Hinchef
United States
Property purchase offer for Sioux City lot at Fifth and Iowa
The Godfrey C Nehma estate proposes selling to the Sioux City Investment Company the southwest corner of Fifth and Iowa streets for 910000. The lot fronts Iowa Street and runs 100 feet deep, with annual rent of 000?
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Godfrey C. Nehma
Sioux City
Fifth and
Lowa Streets
Lowa Street
Keymen Back to Work End Telegraphers Strike
United Prose reports that President J. Konenkamp of the telegraphers union announced the Western and Postal Telegraph companies workers will return to work this afternoon. He blames Postmaster General Burleson for government aid to the companies and says the fight will continue along lawful union lines until rights are secured.
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United Prose
Chicago
J. Konenkamp
Telegraphers’ Union
Western and Postal Telegraph Companies
Konenkamp
Burleson
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Censorship Ends on Yank Army Dispatches
Coblenz July 8 All censorship over dispatches of correspondents with the American army and censorship of soldiers mail and telegrams ceases the day by order of General Pershing.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Pershing
New Romanian King Ferdinand Receives Transylvanian Welcomes
King Ferdinand and Queen Marie were greeted with ovations and flowers at railway stations across Transylvania during their entry into Romania as sovereigns. Rallying crowds cheered “Long Live the Royal Family” as the procession moved by train and car, signaling renewed unity after Austro Hungarian rule. The journey included Arad and Nojgorad stops with large crowds expressing loyalty and hope for the Creator Romania.
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Associated Press
Predeal
Rumania
Berdinand
Marie
Transylvania
Transylvanian
Romania
Ardent
M. Braiulescu
Ferdinand
Thumania
Noagovorad
Muncipal
Memorial to fallen friend adorns Pemberton hotel
In Pemberton New Jersey on July. a memorial to a friend John Pateycorn and W J Iman the hotel owner with reroofing and black painted trim is described. The hotel was draped in black and the priest plans to honor the memory with ceremony.
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Pemberton
N. J
Bla
John Pateycorn
W. J. Iman
Re Rion Ton
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