Smith May Call Session To Curb Reds
Lusk Committee may urge an extraordinary session to curb foreign language press propaganda. Investigation notes radical publications distribute seditious material and seeks legal action, with Swann to lead grand jury prosecutions. Rand School papers face court rulings on use in investigations.
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Lusk Committee
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Attor
Newton
Swann
Rand
Samuel Berger
Lusk
Justice McAvoy
Supreme Court
Rand School
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Burger
Tate
Income Tax Defects May Cause an Extra Session
Albany dispatch reports the Legislature may be recalled for a special session to fix constitutional defects in the new state income tax law. Governor Smith plans to announce a conference Monday with Attorney General Newton and Comptroller Travis to decide the course. Opposition argues the tax impairs the right to tax nonresident incomes, while New Jersey protests the measure as discriminatory against cross border workers.
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Albany
Smith
Newton
Troller Travis
Bertone
New Jersey
Jersey
New York
Man Killed as Auto Climbs Wall
Ossining July 19 An automobile en route from New York to the Cats kills skidding this morning in front of the Tumble Inn Croto on Hudson. The car struck a concrete telegraph pole then vaulted a hillside and climbed a stone wall before overturning and crushing the sixth occupant to death. Max Bens of 840 Whitlock Avenue New York is identified as the deceased. Herman Goldberg of Teller Avenue and William Vererka of East 1ands Street New York suffered severe injuries and were taken to Ossining Hospital. J J Goldsang of Ryer Avenue New York and a man named Healy driven home after treatment. Edward W Landers of Teller Avenue The Bronx the car’s owner escaped unhurt.
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Ossining
New York
Catskills
Tumble Inn
Croto-on-Hudson
Max Bens
Whitlock Avenue
Herman Goldberg
Hylan Orders Fare Fight in Transfer Case War
Mayor Hylan directs Corporation Counsel to seek to stop transfer charges by transit companies and to take the case to the highest courts. He argues for keeping transfers free, cites company profits on capitalization, and signals a broader battle with Governor Smith and Tammany allies versus independent forces led by Hearst.
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Public Service
Nixon
New York Railways Company
Burr
Eighth Avenue Railroad Company
Twenty-third Street Railroad Company
Grand Street Railway Company
United States Supreme Court
City Hall
Public Service Commission
Smith
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Organization
William R. Hearst
John H. McCooey
Brooklyn
Mr. McCooey
Mexican Shipboard Feat Sparks U S Flag Joy
A dramatic incident aboard a Mexican vessel in London ends with a person flying a flag of the United States amid cheering spectators. The State Department has requested clarification from local authorities on the event and its diplomatic implications.
Most Serious Incident Since Vera Cruz Sparks U S Flags Trouble
July 6 near Tampico, a sailing launch from the U S S Cheyenne carrying enlisted men was halted by armed Mexicans nine miles from Tampico. Robbed of a ring, watch, and shoes, the sailors faced an international furor as the State Department and Navy investigate. Carranzista control in Tampico raises tension as protests demand swift inquiry and accountability.
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Drihann
Washington
Buyeau
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Tampico
State Department
Ias
Vera Cruz
Department of State
Tathesi
Mexico
Mexico City
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Daniels
Navy Department
B. P. Finney
United States
Topeka
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Cheyenne
Banditsuly
Occu
Jane
Carranza
War Department
Scott
Marietta
Dry Bill to Cut Neutrals to Aid Sales of Liquor
Washington dispatch reports passage of an amendment to the Volstead act aimed at restricting physicians from prescribing liquor. The measure would bar doctors from offices in liquor-selling venues unless the office had existed there for at least one year. The move reflects the drys’ opposition to loosening liquor restrictions amid ongoing congress debates.
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Germany
New York Tribune
Washington Bureaue
Washington
House
Miller
Good
Tyoe
Mingouri
United States
Five Thousand Chinese Troops Move to Front Against Semenoff
Peking July 16 The Associated Press reports an expedition to defend the northwestern frontiers against General Semenoff's alleged aggression. About 5,000 troops drawn from contingents maintained by Japan for the national defence army are dispatched toward Urgu. Automobiles are now used for troop transport, with airplanes expected to aid.
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Peking
Associated Press
Semenoff
China
National Defence Army
Urgu
20 000 Hostages Taken In Petrograd In Three Weeks
Helsingfors reports twenty thousand hostages arrested in Petrograd over three weeks. Newspapers in Petrograd publish daily lists of 50 to 100 executed individuals. Lists also name those in charge of foreign legations archives. A Russian general, about seventy, is said to have been shot for keeping weapons as trophies.
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Helsingfors
Petrograd
French Cabinet Seeks Confidence Vote After Chamber Ruling
Paris July 18 The Cabinet will demand a vote of confidence next Tuesday after last night's Chamber of Deputies decision. A general debate on government policy is likely. Noulens, former ambassador to Russia, to succeed Victor Boret as Food Minister. Boret supported by critics over cost of living. Clemenceau introduced Noulens to President Poincare this morning. Boret argued lower living costs abroad, France facing worker losses and a "wave of laziness." The chamber rejected the government's policy 227 to 213.
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Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
Joseph J. B. E. Noulens
Russia
Victor Boret
Chamber
M. Noutens
Fremier Clemenceau
Poincare
Victor Horet
Boret
France
M. Boret
M. Augagneur
Belgium
England
Menses Bhig Ordey
Senate to Press Changes on German Peace Pact
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson faces Senate insistence on lucid treaty language and refuses reopening Versailles talks. Pressure mounts on Japan over Shantung while minutes of key conference meetings are sought. Norris and Hitchcock meetings outline strategy as the White House leans toward secrecy and swift clarification.
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Wilson
Senaté
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Shantung Peninsula
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Shantung
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Able
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League
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