Supreme Court Could Decide League Covenant Question
The piece argues the Supreme Court may end the debate on the League of Nations by ruling on constitutional compatibility. If the Senate ratifies, Congress must fund the league secretariat in Geneva, else a taxpayer suit may challenge U.S. participation as unconstitutional. Test actions by Hannis Taylor and others are noted.
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WY Ashington
Senate
League of Nations
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Congress
United States
League
Geneva
Hannis Taylor
Spain
McKinley
Dust migrates from Southwest dust storms to snowfall sightings
Reports from Madison Wisconsin to Florence Vermont New Hampshire note snow turning yellow dusty or reddish brown as fine dust travels across the eastern United States. Government scientists confirm dust from Arizona New Mexico Kansas moved with weather systems carrying spores and soil elements, prompting study of migratory dust and health implications.
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Madison
Wis
Florence
Vermont
New Hampshire
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Kansas
Albuquerque
N. M
Washington to Drive 15000 People Out of Alleys
Washington faces a housing crisis as more than 15000 residents live in alleys. Congress will be asked to provide 6 million dollars to build 3000 sanitary homes after an alley abolition act becomes effective. The plan aims to improve health and beauty of the capital and rewoven city life.
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Ashington
Germany
Congress
Washington
Alley Improvement Association
District of Columbia
England
Belgium
Scotland
Go to Russia Young Man to Make a Fortune
The bureau of education urges young Americans to study Russian language and geography to seize Russia’s coming economic boom. Despite chaos, 180 million Russians need railroads, factories, and resources, and Western traders, engineers, and capitalists will lead development.
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Russia
Bureau of Education
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Big Bertha May Reform and Be of Use to Science
French astronomers push to convert the Big Bertha artillery used against Paris into a scientific tool for atmospheric study. M. de la Baume-Pluvinel leads the effort to hand over German heavy guns for upper atmosphere experiments, asserting a vertical shot could reach 80 000 yards in about 125 seconds.
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Paris
M. de la Baume-Pluvinel
The
Astronomical Society
Big Bertha
Earth
Senate Receives Franco American Treaty With France
President Wilson sent to the senate the Franco American treaty pledging U S aid to France in unprovoked German aggression and seeking early ratification with the Versailles pact The pact mirrors a Britain France agreement except the U S commits immediate aid while Britain consents The measure ties to the League of Nations and recalls aid France gave America in its struggle for independence with the pledge of mutual debt and friendship.
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Wilson
Senate
France
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Trance
Council of the League of Nations
League of Nations
The
Council of the League
Interurban workers strike threatens Chicago line
Aurora and Elgin men on the Chicago interurban line voted to strike at two this morning causing a complete tie up of service. Elgin West Chicago Wheaton Glen Ellyn Villa Park and Lombard would be without light as factories lose power from interurban dynamos.
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Chicago
Aurora
Elgin
West Chicago
Wheston
Glen Ellyn
Villa Park
Lombard
Indian farmer's son-in-law kills father-in-law in Iowa field
Sam Bloom of Kesley and his wife were attacked as Bloom went to work. Anton Boelkes hid in the haymow and shot Bloom, then shot Mrs Bloom in the house leaving her in critical condition. Boelkes was arrested.
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Watertoo
Sam Bloom
Kesley
Anton Boelkes
Bloom
Boelkes
Mrs. Bloom
Tragedy in Pontine as Couple Die in Field
In Pontine Michigan on July 31 George Near twenty two of London Ontario fatally shot his young wife and then killed himself in a field near the state hospital for the insane Mrs Near had left him three weeks earlier Nearby authorities report the double death ends a troubled marriage
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Pontine
Mich
George Near
London
Ont
State Hospital
Endowment Funds Planned for Presbyterian Colleges
Stony Brook Aug 1 a special endowment fund of 2 000 000 for Presbyterian colleges in the United States and another of 1 000 000 for aged and disabled pastors will be included in next year's budget.
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Presbyterian Colleges
Stony Brook
N. Y
United States
Hinerson suicide ends murder conviction appeal wait
Hoy F Hinerson, convicted July 79 of murdering his mother, hanged himself in Creston Iowa after being at liberty a week while awaiting his appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court. He had been released pending appeal.
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Creston
Hoy F Hinerson
Hinerson
Iowa Supreme Court
American loan of 100 million obtained by Berlin Deutsche Bank
Berlin dispatch reports Martin Nordere secured a loan of 100 million dollars for Deutsche Bank of Berlin. The arrangement, linked to Germany, was confirmed in London on the date in July 80. The funds advance a major financing operation with broad implications.
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London
Martin Nordere
Deutsche Bank of Berlin
Berlin
Five Million Eggs Decay on Genoa Dock Dockside Cargo
Five million eggs aboard the American steamship Sun were unloaded at Genoa in July and have since decayed on the dock. Authorities say the consignments were bound for Switzerland.
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Genoa
Sun
Switzerland
Pacific Fleet Reaches Pacific Through Panama Canal
The Pacific fleet travels from Hampton Roads to the west coast of the United States and enters the Pacific after successfully passing through the Panama Canal on July 20.
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Panama
Pacific Fleet
Hampton Roads
United States
Pacific
Panama Canal
Armenia in Peril as Turks and Tartars Advance
Dispatches from Major Joseph C. Green report Turkish and Tartar forces halting Armenian relief supplies in Russian Armenia. Relief head Herbert Hoover flags the crisis to the peace conference. Green notes Azeri Tartars under Khalil Bey advancing in Karabagh and Alaghez with relief depots surrounded.
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Joseph C. Green
Cincinnati
American Relief Administration
Tiflis
Herbert Hoover
Relief
Green
Peace Conference
Major Green
Karabagh
Alaghez
Russian Armenia
Khalil Bey
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Alaxbet
Charges of bias in army inquiry prompt reform push
In a letter to George T. Page of the American Bar Association, S. T. Ansell claims the special committee on army court iniquities was packed against reform. Ansell, ousted from the service after criticizing the system, urges President Page to direct overhaul of committee proceedings or risk further congressional investigations.
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Washington
Bar Association
Congress
Wheat sales rise across markets in week ending July 18
Washington reports 33,793,000 bushels of wheat received in markets from farms in the week ending July 18. The United States Grain Corporation figures show movement of wheat and flour nationwide, up from 17,493,000 bushels the prior week and 22,516,000 for the same week in 1918.
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Washington
United States Grain Corporation
Germans Vote Extra Wealth Tax in Weimar
The council of state voted in favor of an extraordinary wealth tax proposed in Weimar on July 31.
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Weimar
Council of State
Explosion Kills Entire Family in Denver Home
A house in Denver destroyed by an explosion and fire killed fruit peddler E. Molonsky, his wife, and two children, a nine year old girl and an eighteen month old boy.
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Denver
Calro
E. Molonsky
Bank Robbery at Emington Narrowly Misses Residents
Ponti ac Illinois July 31 The Taylor State Bank at Emington northeast of Pontiac was robbed. The safe blowers opened 200 private safety deposit boxes and took Liberty bonds valued at 10 000.
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Pontiac
Taylor State Bank
Emington
Here
Liberty
American pays ransom for Mexican bandits release
Washington reports J. W. Thompson, an American near Mexico City, paid 1,500 pesos to bandits to secure the release of his fourteen year old son after their kidnapping.
Illinois Corn Drought Worsens in Bloomington Area
Bloomington Illinois farmers note entering week three of extreme heat and no rainfall. They warn corn damage could reach tremendous proportions unless relief arrives soon.
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Linois
Bloomington
Minois
Moron Murders Girl in Chicago Flat
Thomas Fitzgerald killed six year old Janet Wilkinson enticed her with candy then choked and buried her in a basement coal pile. He confessed to Acting Lieutenant Fred Howe after an all night interrogation described as a brutal fourth degree grilling with a detective in disguise.
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Chicago
Thomas Fitzgerald
Janet Wilkinson
Fred Howe
Chicago Avenue
Janet
Fitzgerald
Howe
Ransom Paid For American Rancher’s Son Release
Washington reports Acting upon John West Thompson an American ranchman near Mexico City paid 1500 pesos in ransom for his four teen year old son after bandits abducted him. Mexican authorities feared the child would be killed without payment.
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Washington
John West Thompson
Mexico City
State Department
Strike Throws 100000 Out
The Lackawanna valley industrial scene in Scranton Pennsylvanias July 31 strike has nearly halted the Scranton Electric companys operations with many industries idle. It is estimated more than 100000 workers are idle due to the stoppage.
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Scranton
Lackawanna Valley
Scranton Electric Company
Chicago Transit Walkout After Hour Demands
Chicago reports a walkout by trolley workers after a week of failed talks with company officials. The union seeks 85 cents an hour eight hour day 60 percent of runs to straight time and overtime pay. Separate item notes Yorkshire coal strike talks in Leeds failed.
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Chicago
London
Leeds
Spain Considers League Admission Under Versailles Treaty
Madrid August 1 The foreign minister introduced a bill in the senate authorizing the government to join the League of Nations and the international labor agreement as incorporated in the Versailles treaty.
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Spain
Madrid
Foign
Senate
Four Ex Soldiers Feared Drowned Near Rice Lake
A capsized towboat on Rice Lake near Lake Linden prompts belief that four Lake Linden ex soldiers and their guide were drowned. The men have been missing since Monday noon.
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Calumet
Mich
Rice Lake
Lake Linden
Italy Recalls Malian Ambassador to United States
Rome July 29 reports from Popolo Romano that Count Dt Cellers the Malian ambassador to the United States will be recalled home by the Italian government.
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Italy
Rome
Popolo Romano
United States
Count Dt Cellers
Blast on Ship Kills Six Aboard US Ship Melville
Six sailors died in a boiler explosion on the U S S Melville, a naval tender with the Pacific fleet. Captain Twining, the chief of staff, has been advised of the incident.
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U. S. S. New Mexicco
U.S. S. Melville
Twining
Deputy Kills Constable in Pettendorf Whisky Search
On July 20 in Pettendorf Deputy Marshal Mike Azizian shot Constable Elva Cooper in the head after Cooper found two whisky cases at Azizian home. The shooting followed an enraged confrontation over the discovery.
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Davenport
Elva Cooper
Mike Azizian
Pettendorf
Cooper
Graft Scandal Leads to Navy Punishments in Third District
Washington July reports seven officers and enlisted men in the Third naval district punished for graft schemes. Demeanors and prison terms from one to twelve years were imposed after recent investigations.
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Washington
Third Naval District
Japan Hints Conciliatory Stance On Shantung Issue
Tokyo reports a conciliatory mood in the Japanese press over the Shantung question amid U S Senate debates and anti Japanese remarks.
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Japan Press Conciliatory
Tokyo
Shantung
United States Senate
Fattest Man in World Dies in Brooklyn
New York July 29 Jack Wilson billed as the fattest man on earth died of paralysis at Holy Family hospital Brooklyn He weighed 850 pounds and stood five feet five inches tall.
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New York
Jack Wilson
Mann
Holy Family Hospital
Brooklyn
Wilson
Soldiers rule city of Chicago amid violent riot
Governor Lowden orders state militia to take charge of Chicago rioting in the Black Belt. Eight thousand troops mobilized as Adjutant General Dickson reports mobs and sniping, food shortages, and rising tension. Police, constabulary, and veterans work to restore order while federal investigators prepare actions.
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Chicago
Lowden
Biack Belt
Dickson
Black Belt
State Constabulary
Bert Hazleton
Walter Stuart
W. J. Brennan
Bureau of Justice
Department of Justice
Seven-Cent City Street Car Fare Extensions
Orders by the public utilities commission extend seven-cent cash fare for Alton Granite City and St. Louis Tractions affecting Alton Brooklyn and Venice until October 31 1919. Six-cent fare remains for Rockford street railway service and East St. Louis. Temporary interurban rate set for Sterling Dixon route by Sterling Dixon Eastern Railway.
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Springfield
Public Utilities Commission
Alton, Granite City and St. Louis Tractions Company
Alton
Brooklyn
Venice
Rockford
East St. Louis
Sterling and
Dixon
Sterling, Dixon & Eastern Electric Itailway Company
Plan for National Labor Party Delegates Meet in Cleveland
Delegates from ten states representing over 2.6 million organized workers will convene in Cleveland after Labor Day to organize an American labor party. The gathering may pick a 1920 national ticket and consider a platform plank calling for repeal of the national prohibition amendment.
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Cleveland
American Labor Party
House Military Committee Approves Pershing and Murch General Rank
Washington August 1 favorable reports from the house military committee authorize the appointment of General John J. Pershing and Chief of Staff Peyton C. March to the permanent rank of general.
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Washington
Kdins
John J. Pershing
Peyton C. Murch
House Military Committee
$106 Million Belgian Loan Arranged Through U S Government
Brussels Aug 1 The Lohr announces the 106 million dollar loan to Belgium will be made through the American government. The loan is concluded with American banks and the U S government asked that the loan be reserved.
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Belgium
Brussels
The
Lohr
Conflicted Vote Tests Eb Weimar Government Confidence
The national assembly votes on government confidence with a 248 to 0 margin and faces a fractured process. A motion to reject the government follows a controversial debate amid party lines and uncertain support.
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Weimar
Tional Assembly
Americans Captured in France Total 4480
Rechecking by the War Department through June 3 shows 4,480 Americans captured in France, including 316 officers.
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Mington
War Department
France
House Adopts Vacation Recess Resolution
The House, without a record vote, approved a recess from August 2 to September. The Senate is expected to continue debate on the peace treaty during this period.
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House
Washington
Senate
Senate approves expansion of army officer corps
In Washington July 83 0 the senate passed the administration bill to raise commissioned officers retained in the army from 9 500 to 16 000 without a recorded vote. The measure moves to the house for action.
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Army
Washington
Senate
House
Japanese Losses in Kuanchenghu Clash Reported
Tokyo reports to Washington list sixteen Japanese officers and men killed and seventeen wounded in a July 19 clash at Kuanchenghu with Chinese troops. Three Japanese policemen were also killed. Chinese casualties are not disclosed. Chinese authorities were dismissed or reprimanded.
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Washington
Kuanchenghu
South Manchuria
Meng An Yuan
Kirin Province
South
Peking
Kirin
China
Shipbuilder Strang Charged in $1 Million Fraud
New York Aug. 2 Charles A Strang a shipbuilder was arrested in West Brighton on a federal indictment accusing him of conspiring to defraud the government by a fraudulent payroll The Emergency Fleet Corporation which runs the Duval Shipbuilding Co in Florida where Strang worked says when co conspirators are rounded up the government will be shown robbed of $1 000 000.
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New York
Charles A. Strang
West Brighton
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Duval Shipbuilding Company
Florida
Strang
Mayor Reveals Planned Riot District Fire Plot
Chicago July 2 statement by Mayor Thompson says a Wednesday night was chosen for a widespread plot to start fires in the riot district prompting him to call out state troops. He notes police weariness from long duty and says the action was guided by that knowledge.
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Chicago
Thompson
British Bombard Kronstadt as Six Army Hospitals to Close
British planes bomb Kronstadt for 40 minutes as Bolsheviks evacuate the port. Washington announces the closing of six Army General Hospitals in Ontario North Carolina Biltmore North Carolina New Haven Connecticut Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana Fort Doughis Utah and Fort Snelling Minnesota on September 30.
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Finland
Kronstadt
Army Hospitals
Washington
Army General Hospitals
Ontario
N. C
Biltmore
New Haven
Conn
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Fort Doughis
Utah
Fort Snelling
Minn
Coca Cola sale to New York investors valued at 25 million
Atlanta reports the pending sale of the Coca Cola Company of Atlanta to New York capitalists for 25 million dollars. Finalization hinges on auditor reports from the New York firm.
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Atlanta
Coca Cola Company of
New York
Mayor Sells War Department Bacon in Newark Sale
Newark mayor announces city sale of bacon released by the war department. Bacon depots open at 11 fire houses and a downtown engine house to handle the distribution.
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Newark
N. J
Galen
War Department
Plan to Bar Foreign Ships Faces Senate Vote
Washington August 2 plan to repeal wartime coastwise trade permission. Lawmakers target foreign ships with partial exemption for the Kawalian islands.
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Washington
Kawalian Islands
Liberty Motor Justified in Airplane Use
Washington August 2 Secretary Baker says time spent perfecting the Liberty motor for American airplanes was justified and there is no waste of appropriations for aircraft.
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Washington
Baker
Foch Opposes Posing for Photographers in London
Marshal Foch in London rejected photo sessions declaring the terrors of peace surpass the horrors of war and that he hates all this posing as photographers press for images.
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Foch
London
Marshal Foch
Five anniversary noted as Vinton celebrates incorporation
Iowa state items report Vinton marking its fifth year of incorporation. Other notes include the 60th annual state fair dates August 20 29 with premiums totaling 106 911 the largest yet, plus various appointments elections deaths and legal notices across counties.
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Vinton
Iowa
Story County
Burton H. Sweet
Hampton
Charles City
J. M. Dowell
Bedford
Farm Bureau
R. Miner
Marion
James Bradley Orman
Colorado
Pueblo
J. B. Heerner
State Board of Health
H. R. Horning
C. J. Buckley
Roy Emerson
Kate Emerson
Creston
George Taylor
Des Moines
Sac City
Mystic Toilers Fraternal Insurance Company
A. C. Savage
Clinton Brann
Knoxville
Germany
Dental College
State University of Iowa
Martinsdale
Mildred Preston
Melbourne
Marshalltown
Traer
Iowa Railway and Light Company
United States Crop Service
Charles D. Reed
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