Wage Claim Suspended as Rail Unions Await White House Reply
Washington February reports say union railroad employees will suspend wage protests until rail properties are back in their hands. Officials refuse to reveal President Wilson’s reply or details of the wage offer, while conferences end and further action awaits the White House decision.
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Peter Rabbit Reddy Fox Johnny Chuck Come to The Tribune
Thornton W Burgess classic characters including Peter Rabbit Reddy Fox and Johnny Chuck will appear exclusively in The Tribune in New York starting next Tuesday Enter a standing order with your newsdealer for The Tribune to read the bedtime stories nationwide audience reflects Burgess popular series in Green Meadows and Green Forest.
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Women Voters Welcome National League Born in 1919 Era
President Wilson sent a telegram to the fifty first annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Chicago. The message praised merging the suffrage effort into a League of Women Voters to promote citizenship and democracy. The event featured a celebratory procession, trumpets, flags, and shouting as Carrie Chapman Catt and delegates celebrated the end of federal suffrage efforts.
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Lankey
Alfred B. Busehmar
St. Louis
Mary Semple Scott
George Getthorn
Missouri League of Women Voters
New York
Frederick Nathan
Nathan
Frank Vanderlip
James Lees Laidlaw
Louis Slade
Adelly Potter
William G. Willcox
Katharine B. Davis
Ielen Aiken Sturrett
Portland
Ore
Washington
Mary E. Bundy
Slice Stone Blackwell
Lucy Stone
Heing
Olympia Brown
Rielory
Aid Reaches U. S. Ship on Fire Off Coast of Jersey
A Panaman reported towing the crippled U S Shipping Board vessel William Henry Webb three miles off Beach Haven New Jersey where a heavy sea impeded Coast Guard access. The Webb with a crew of forty sent urgent wireless pleas for help as flames raged aboard and time ran short before potential abandonment.
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Legislature to Vote War Service Bonus
Albany Feb 13 A state bonus for every New York World War veteran will be prepared by the Legislature Speaker Thad Deus Sweet announced after a conference with Republican leaders They plan to introduce a bill as recognition of veterans service and will confer with officers of the African Legion of New York for details There are 33 veteran benefit bills before the Legislature but leaders expect an entirely new program including memorials tax exemptions and civil service preferences.
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Snow Choked City Faces Food Famine and Street Clears
Manhattan confronts a swelling food and fuel crisis as snow blocks streets. The Board of Estimate votes 2 290 000 to clear routes, the American Legion aids with shovels, and a market delivery conference seeks emergency food supply methods. Fire hose crews perform rapid street clearance, with mayor Hylan praising the effort.
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Canada to Cling To League Vote
Ottawa reports Canada objects to any change in the league covenant that would strip the Dominion of its full member rights and voting power in the assembly. The cabinet targets the Lenroot reservation and considers withdrawal if its vote is removed, though no action has been taken.
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1921 Tax Rate To Be Raised Ten Or Eleven Points
Comptroller Charles L. Craig warned the budget makers the 1921 city budget will rise by more than 25 million dollars due to street improvements, higher teacher salaries if Albany acts, and increases for other city employees. Tax collections would rise about 17 million despite a 760 million real estate valuation gain, pushing the rate up ten or eleven points.
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Maurice Branolly
Snmate
Joseph Maag
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Comptroller
Maeterlinck Praises Western Civilization Over New York
Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck, en route to the Pacific Coast, says Western American towns show more civilization than New York. He notes Americans resemble Europeans in manners and praises cleaner towns between Cleveland and Detroit while criticizing jazz music as vulgar and nerve jangling.
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Letters Precipitating Lansing's Retirement
The White House letters from February 7 1920 show President Wilson questioning Secretary Lansing about informal conferences with cabinet heads arguing only the President and Congress may summon or seek views on public questions Lansing replies acknowledging informal cabinet meetings during Wilsons illness but denies any unconstitutional power grab and offers resignation if the President loses confidence.
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President Calls for Resignation in Washington Letter
A 1920 White House cable reveals President urges resignation after tense exchanges over cabinet meetings and foreign affairs. Secretary of State Lansing responds by offering to resign, citing diminished trust and inability to act without full presidential input.
Lansing Resigns as Secretary of State in Paris Dispatch Row
Washington February 13 Robert Lansing resigns immediately as Secretary of State at President Wilson's demand. The dispute centers on Lansing inviting Cabinet meetings and acting with apparent presidential authority during Wilson's illness. The White House released the letters and resignation after a Paris dispatch period.
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