Treaty Reading Sparks Senate Clash Over Johnson Amendment
In Washington on September 16 1920 a heated Senate session pitted Senator Lodge against acting Democratic leader Hitchcock as Administration forces pressed to read the Versailles treaty. Lodge sought to delay for Borah and other allies to return and push the Johnson amendment, but Hitchcock insisted on timely consideration. The clash ended with the amendment briefly approved, signaling a party victory though no final treaty decision was made.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
League of Nations
Hitchcock
Borah
United States
Great Britain
League Assembly
League Assembly and Council
Lodge
Mr. Hitchcock
Wilson
Massachusetts
Sherman
Illinois
America
McKellar
Tennessee
Chamber
Smoot
Utah
Bellans in Hot Water Advertises Indigestion Relief
Ad promotes SLX six Bellans in hot water quickly relieving indigestion. Plain advertising copy emphasizes rapid relief and breakfast solution.
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Uickly
Peace Delegation Affirms Support for Treaty
The American Peace Commission in Paris declares its mature judgment endorses the Peace Treaty and the Covenant of the League as signed at Versailles. The statement was issued after questions following Bullitt testimony, as commissioners decline further interviews on unauthorized quotations.
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Edwin L. James
New York Times Company
New York Times
Paris
Frank L. Polk
Bullitt
Washington
Mr. Polk
House
American Peace Commission
The
League
Versailles
TOKIO Pledges Free Shantung Seek US Memorandum
The United States asks Japan for a memorandum denying aggression in Shantung and waiving exclusive rights to Tsing-tao, plus dates for Shantung's return to China and Japanese withdrawal. Direct negotiations between Japan and China will fix the timelines. Honolulu reports US asks for a definite date for Kiao-Chau's return to China.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Jiji Shinpo
United States
Japan
Shantung
Tsing-tao
China
Honolulu
Nippu Jiji
President Wilson on Special Train Receives Shantung News
Dispatches from Honolulu report Japan may be asked to set a date for returning Kiao-Chau to China. President Wilson declined comment en route to California. Officials in Washington note no State Department briefing on Shantung actions and debate on the Peace Treaty hinges on a definite Japanese timetable.
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Wilson
Sisson
Cal
Associated Press
Honolulu
United States
China
California
State Department
Shantung
Washington
Lansing
Japan
Senate
Moore Nominated in Republican Mayor Race in Philadelphia
Representative J. Hampton Moore won the Republican nomination for mayor over John M. Patterson by 1 736 votes from a 296 326 polled total. Moore had Penrose backing and broad newspaper and civic support, while the administration ran officeholders. The Bloody Fifth Ward gave Moore 689 votes amid past terror associations.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
J. Hampton Moore
Republican Party
John M. Patterson
Ware
Moore
Penrose
New York
Pall Mall Famous Cigarettes Cork and Plain Ends Ad
Advertisement notes Pall Mall cigarettes with cork and plain ends. Promotional line highlights product variety and branding.
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Pall Mall
Rome Seizes Censorship On Fiume News Amid Mutiny Turmoil
Rome authorities bar publication of any news about the Fiume military events. A special official will supervise censorship and can seize newspapers that defy the order. Messagero blames Allies for denying Fiume and warns Italy faces risks with potential conflict with the Allies.
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Rome
Fiume
Messagero
d’Annunzio
Italy
Peace Delegation Reports No Armed Conflict at Fiume
The Jugoslaviy peace delegation says no clash occurred Sept 12 13 as 1000 Italian troops arrived from Istria and Slavonia. D'Annunzio's volunteers joined rebels who controlled Fiume and Sussak while foreign patrols withdrew. French Americans and British left by ship amid fears of Italian regulars allying with rebels.
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Paris
Associated Press
Jugoslavy
Fiume
Istria
Slavonia
Dante Alighieri
d’Andunzio
America
Great Britain
France
Jugoslavia
D’annunzio
Sussak
Italy Faces Stiff Task in Fiume Exit For D Annunzio
Paris dispatch reports Italian support for d Annunzio in Fiume and the Peace Conference delaying action. Rome hints a Paris settlement awaits American guidance, while 26 000 rebels hold the city and Allied troops withdraw. Officials fear a ten day window may fail.
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New York Times Company
Paris
Supreme Council
d’Annunzio
Fiume
d’Annunzijo
Italy
Rome
Wilson
Washington
Missing Bronx bonds and teen messenger mystery
Police search near Wall Street for about 39500 dollars in Liberty bonds and notes stolen or missing from L. M. Prince & Co along with Elias Teaman a 16 year old courier who disappeared Monday en route to deliver securities. Investigators question an auto linked to the theft and note a guard line of firms handling the bonds as detectives pursue leads in a case touching bank and broker crimes.
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L. M. Prince & Co
Wall Street
Elias Teaman
Financial District
Teaman
Prince
East 105Th Street
Theodore Prince
National Surety Company
A. M. Birdsall
Wilson & Co
Laidlaw & Co
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
C. M. Keyes
Pynchon & Co
New Orleans
Texas
L. F. Rothschild & Co
United States Liberty
Ware & Leland
Southern Pacific
Finch & Tarvell
Guaranty Trust Company
Sadie Teaman
Navy
Willamsbridge
Bronx Borough
William L. Dotts
Pelham
New York Athletic Club
Enright
Swann
Max Levine
East Seventieth Street
Edna Gruber
Madigan Street
Miss Gruber
Delancey
Ludlow
Levine
Grand
Division Streets
Gulf Storm Death Toll Surges Past Two Hundred
Corpus Christi reports forty seven fatalities, while fifty six more die near Portland across Nueces Bay. Officials warn the total storm death toll will exceed two hundred as searchers press into darkness after the hurricane damaged coastal Texas towns.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Portland
Nueces Bay
Corpus Christi 1919 flood toll and relief efforts
In the Corpus Christi area the death toll is feared near seventy five with many buried unidentified. Relief trains bring food bedding and medical supplies while more trains are delayed by washouts. 175 refugees are reported rescued at Odem as the city recovers from widespread damage and a heavy property loss is estimated at ten million dollars.
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Corpus Christi
Linton
Texas
Bay Territory
Alice
San Antonio
Port Aransas
Odem
Here
Nueces Bay
W. P. Helcher
F. W. O'Connor
D. Prater
Prater
Henry Spiker
North Beach
Federal
Kingstown
Robstown
Brownsville
Red Cross
St. Louis
Brownsvile
Mexico
Laredo
National Fund
Alfred Fairbanks
Unions Push for Delay in Pittsburgh Steel Strike
Pittsburgh report says officials debate postponing the strike to after the October industrial conference in Washington. Amalgamated Association supports delaying while Wilson favorably weighing the move. Gompers slated to be absent but represented.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
National Committee For Organizing Iron and Steel Workers
Ion and Steel
Wilson
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated Association
Unio
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
National Committee
Gompers
Foster
M. F. Tighe
Iron and ‘Steel
W. Z. Foster
Caillaux Ordered to Face Charges in High Court
Paris report states the High Court commission has ordered former Premier Joseph Caillaux to face charges of intriguing to bring about a premature and dishonorable peace with Germany. Louis Loustalot and Paul Comby were discharged from custody in the case. Caillaux, held for a year and a half, has been moved from prison to a hospital for health reasons per the commission.
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Paris
High Court
Joseph Caillaux
France
Germany
Louis Loustalot
Paul Comby
Caillaux
Commission of the High Court
Labor Gains Ground In Macon Police Fire Deunionization Fight
In Macon Georgia labor forces won a key gain as Chief Warren McWilliams resigned and Lt Martin Thompson from the Police Union became acting chief. Civil Service Commissioners refused to resign and questioned the resolution to deunionize, while firemen and police kept duty. Textile mills plan reopening with 2000 workers returning. strikers face loss of October bonuses.
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New York Times
Macon
Warren McWilliams
Martin Thompson
Thompson
Civil Service Commissioners
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Angers Lodge
Johnson
Judge Patterson
Jugoslav
Care
City and Sussak
Ment
London
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Venice
Council
Nitti
L. M. Prince
Bronx Bank
bers—Auto
Chauf
Feur
Corpus Christ
Bay
May
Heads of Great Publications
State Board OF 9 For Labor Peace
Albany
Tion Commissioners
New York Allied Printing Trades Union
New York Publshers Association
John Adams Thayer
New York Publishers’ Association
Periodical Publishers of
New York City
Leon Rouse
Typographical Union No. 6
Allied Trades
Thurston
GLOBE
Advi
State Reconstruction Commission
Nw York
James P. Holland
New York State Federation of Labor
Oal
Amalgamated For
Ers
Gary
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Macon Police Union
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