Treaty Up Next Week in Senate
Republican and Democratic leaders plan to resume open debate on the peace treaty early next week with calls for modified cloture rules. Senator Lodge and other Republicans press for a timetable while aiming to curb lengthy sessions amid disputes over Article Ten and the Monroe Doctrine. Senator Reed cites Viscount Grey in a two and a half hour floor speech reacting to the ambassador’s letter.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Spain
Curtis
Kansas
Kellogg
Republican
Minnesota
Rules Committee
Reed
Grey
Missouri
Viscount Grey
United States
Senator Reed
Hip Pocket Case Gets Court Test
CHICAGO February 2 The United States district court will decide if Charles N. Thomas Chicago bank president can have his trousers treated as a vehicle under the dry law. Prohibition agents say liquor carried in the hip pocket makes the garment subject to seizure and sale. Thomas refused bail and awaits a hearing before a U S commissioner. decision could affect hip pocket flasks nationwide.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Charles N. Thomas
Thomas
United States
Commonwealth Trust and Security Co
Great Britain Denies Tirpitz Charges
London reports that Britain formally denies Admiral Von Tirpitz’s claim that British naval officers on Admiral Togo’s staff actively influenced Japanese command during the 1904-5 Russo-Japanese war. The denial was communicated to the Japanese embassy.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
von Tirpitz
Togo
Secretary requests funds to curb Henora smuggling
Washington reports Secretary QGQiasa has asked Congress for 2,000,300 dollars to be used to stop the smuggling of Henora into the United States. The request highlights the administration's focus on border enforcement and illicit trade.
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Washington
Qgqiasa
Congress
United States
Oil Land Leasing Bill Reaches Final Agreement
Washington Feb 3 three months of deadlock end as House and Senate conferees agree on oil land leasing bill. The measure opens about 75 million acres in western states to development for oil coal gas phosphate sodium and shale lands with minimum royalties and varied distribution between reclamation fund states and government.
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Washington
House
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Reclamation Fund
Secretary of the Interior
Naval
California
Wyoming
Clothing Men Deny Excessive Profits
Washington February 3 Negotiations between justice department officials tasked with lowering living costs and leaders in men's clothing production and sales made little progress Monday night toward a policy for lower prices The trade reps urged sharing profit margins as a path to cheaper goods but the idea sparked heated exchanges Both sides agreed big profits should go but details remained secret as sessions continued and officials prepared public statements only after assured results.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Palmer
English Mother Will Wed Uncle Of Child
English mother Miss Emily Knowels, released from Ellis Island with her baby, heads to Fall River with Mrs. Perley R. Spiker and Guy Spiker. Spiker plans to wed the mother, ceremony possibly today. A $1000 liberty bond was posted for Knowels release by Mrs. Spiker, who invited her to relocate to Baltimore with the couple. Baby Alfred Ray Knowles turns five months old tomorrow.
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New York
Emily Knowels
Ellis Island
Fall River
Maasa
Perley R. Spiker
Guy Spiker
Perley Spiker
Knowles
Spiker
Milerand Explains German Coal Shortfall to Council
Parizg February 2 Havas Premier Milerand explains coal due from Germany but undelivered. The council authorizes Austrian finance and victualling ministers to travel to Paris to reiterate Austria's economic situation.
Two Yank Pilots Light In Mexico Taken Prisoner
Lieutenants Usher and Wolf of the 12th Squadron flying from El Paso to Nogales, Arizona, made a forced landing near Nacozard, Sonora, ninety miles south of Douglas, and are held by the Nacozard municipal authorities. They mistook a railway for the route to Nogales, had engine trouble, and one plane was badly damaged. They were placed under technical arrest at the municipal president's office and allowed to telegram Fort Bliss. The town, home to the Moctezuma copper company, has a small American population and is cited as their current location.
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Douglas, Ariz
Usher
Wolf
el Paso
Nogales
Ariz
Nacozard
Sonora
Douglas
Wolfe
12Th Squadron
Fort Bliss Texas
Nogales Ariz
Fairbank
Sherman Ranch
Municipal Francisco Peraza
Fort Bliss
Yex
Presidente Peraza
Moctezuma Copper Company
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Bisbee Kidnapping Trial Opens With 120 Defendants
The first day of the Bisbee 1917 kidnapping trial ends as County Attorney French contemplates dismissing charges against three defendants due to missing witnesses. He seeks a continuance for Sandtner, Boyd, and Torre while H. J. Wotten’s trial proceeds. The crowded court faces space limits as locals and Cochise county residents mingle in a tense scene.
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Phil Torre
Steve Swedich
Texas
French
G. E. Kellogg
Shelton
Washington
Bisbee Telephone
Kellogg
Sandther
Boyd
Touren
H. J. Wotten
Bisbee
Cochise County
No Special Session On Teachers' Request
Springfield Ill Feb 3 Gov Frank Lowden told a delegation of Chicago teachers he would not call a special session of the legislature to provide Chicago's board of education more revenue for higher teachers wages Miss Magaret Haley of the Chicago Teachers federation presented the case The governor cited a change in property assessment basis from one third to one half plus rising property values and larger school funds to be allotted among counties from 4 000 000 to 6 000 000 as sufficient to raise teachers salaries until the regular 1921 session
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Springfield
Ill
Frank
Lowden
Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Misa Magaret Haley
Chicago Teachers’ Federation
Board of Education
Estonia Makes Peace Prack London Announcement
Feb 2 Esthonia and the Ruslan soviet government reached a definite conclusion this morning, announced via wireless dispatch from Moscow. The development marks a critical step in the ongoing tensions between the Baltic state and Soviet authorities.
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Esthonia
Prack
London
Penca
Ruslan Sorviet
Moscow
Enmity of U S Stirred London in Press
London papers debate American British relations amid Viscount Grey and Secretary Glass letters. UK press like The Times and Daily Mail urge fair U S consideration for joining the League of Nations, while Morning Post warns of reservations. Liverpool Post backs guarded U S participation to avoid a failed league.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Viscount Grey
Glass
Times
Morning Telegraph
Daily Mail
the Mail
America
League of Nations
The
Chronicle
Paver
Morning Post
League
Lord Grey
Times and Telegraph
Sinn
Liverpool Post
Europe
Washington
Advices Europe to lay heavier taxes says Medill McCormick
New York February 3 Senator Medill McCormick of Illinois urged England France and Italy to raise tax burdens or sharply curb expenditures to restore import export balance and a normal rate of exchange He called for a national budget system and reform in public administration arguing taxation drives cuts waste elimination and legal social progress
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New York
England
France
Italy
Medill McCormick
Ilinois
Young Republican Club
Meredith Sworn In as Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, Feb. 3. Edwin T. Meredith of Des Moines became a cabinet member Monday, succeeding David F. Houston as secretary of agriculture. Houston was sworn in at noon as secretary of the Treasury, replacing Carter Glass who moved to the Senate to fill the late Senator Martin of Virginia's vacancy.
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Meredith
Washington
Edwin T. Meredith
Des Moines
Agriculture
Houston
the Treasury
Carter Glass
Senate
Martin
Virginia
Exchange Down to New Low Levels In Money Centers
New York on Monday saw record lows for British, French, Belgian, Italian and Danish exchange as pressure to sell returned. The pound traded at 3.4318 dollars, a 4% drop from the prior mini mum, with Paris and other currencies displaying steep discounts. Montreal kept its 12 1/4 cent premium as grain bills offered heavily. Japan and East Indies rates edged higher, while Vanderlip and other financiers warned of weak overseas conditions, fueling the global market collapse.
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New York
Paria
Montreal
Japan
East Indies
Frank A. Vanderlip
American association plans mission to Soviet Russia
New York February 3 The American commercial association to promote trade with Russia will send a mission to Soviet Russia to foster commerce. Details of the commission and departure date were left to the executive committee. The group plans to pressure the federal government to lift trading restrictions with the Bolsheviks. Emerson P Jennings president of the association and Lehigh Machine Company announced small firms need not send reps as a Soviet government commercial representative is available locally to negotiate. Mrs Katherine Clemmons Gould urged resumption of American trade, saying it would aid America and Russian women and children.
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New York
American Commercial Association
Russia
Soviet Russia
Emerson P. Jennings
Lehigh Machine Company
Lehighton, Penn
Jenning
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Women’s Chamber of Commerce
America
Details of Baker Ship Protest Before Senate Panel
Washington Feb 3 Details of the War Department stand against selling former German passenger vessels were to be presented to the Senate commerce committee today. Brigadier General Hines and R A Dean would testify as Secretary Baker's protest limited eight of 30 liners under purchase proposals.
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Washington
War Department
The
Shipping Board
Army
Army Transport Reserve
Senate Commerce Committee
Hines
Transport Service
R. A. Dean
Shiping Board
Payne
Bakers
Airmen Treated Well By Mexican Captors
Lieutenant E. F. Davis and G. E. Grimes, American army aviators, said they received every courtesy from residents of Guerrero, Mexico, near where they landed after fuel failure. They reported they were not guarded or confined during their stay before returning to the United States.
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Laredo
Tex
E. F. Davis
G. E. Grimes
United States
Mexico
Guerrero
Mex
Rare wines auctioned in Paris from Prince Orloff cache
In Paris at the Hotel Brauat on Friday, 2,400 bottles of rare vintages and liquors once owned by the late Prince Orloff were sold over four hours for 75,000 francs. The average bottle price was 31 francs, with ten bottles of 1870 and 1885 brandy fetching 300 francs each.
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Associated Press
Paris
Hotel Brauat
Prince Orloff
Slain man was naturalized American citizen, consular report says
Juarez Mexico February 2 investigations into the death of Juan Rubal cabe of Ysleta Texas found the body on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande with a bullet hole in the head two weeks earlier. Officials of the federal court informed American Consul Edward A. Dow that the man was a naturalized citizen.
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Juarez
Mexico
Juan Rubalcabe
Ysleta
Texas
Rio Grande
Edward A. Dow
Federal
Meredith Voices Farmers View on Nation's Problems
Washington February 3 Edwin T Meredith urged elimination of useless employes in non productive business and speeding up industry to cut the high cost of living He said the solution must be shared by all business and labor Farmers must reduce drag on distribution and banks railroads wholesalers retailers factories should cut excess staff and profit taking to help both producers and laborers The goal is a mutual effort to lower living costs and raise productive efficiency across the economy It is a farmer driven call for broad based reform.
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Washington
Edwin T. Meredith
Farmers of America
Meredith
America
War record of party up 10 voters in Buffalo speech
Homer S. Cummins, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, defended the party’s war record in Buffalo. He attacked Republican delay in ratifying the peace treaty and said only in this country have critics blocked a world peace settlement. He called the period a golden era of American achievement and warned of Republican incapacity delaying reconstruction and foreign policy.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Homer S. Cummins
Democratic National Committee
House
Senate
Rural Carriers Leave Service Reported Mass Resignations
Washington February 3 rural mail carriers are resigning at about 50 a day. W D Brown representing the National Rural Mail Carriers Association told the Senate postal committee that without financial relief the service faces serious difficulties. He cited a span of about 60 percent over the present base pay of 1200 dollars per year with a minimum base of 1920 dollars, estimating the increased annual expense at roughly 73 million dollars.
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Washington
W. D. Brown
National Rural Mail Carriers’ S Association
Senate Postal Committee
Pioneering Suffrage Leader Miah Garretson Cox Dies
Mrs D Mia h Garretson Cox an early leader of women’s suffrage and prohibition movements and author of several poetry volumes died at her Montclair New Jersey home on Monday at age 91 years.
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Montclatr
N. J
Tremors Hit Brazil and U.S. Seismographs Record Strong Quakes
Reports from Minas Gerais Brazil describe an earthquake in rural areas causing panic and unprecedented intensity. Washington seismographs on Georgetown University record a very severe quake lasting over two hours, with max near 6:42 to 9:03 a.m. in the capital. Chicago notes the strongest quakes in months on its University seismograph, with shocks felt through 8:45 a.m. St Louis University instruments log tremors from 6:21 to 7:16 a.m. with a violent shock, distance unclear.
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Buenos Aires
Minas Geraes
Brazil
Washington
Georgetown University
Chicago
United States
University of Chicago
ST. Louis
St. Louis University
Wood names men 10 pilot his campaign
Chicago February 3 The Wood national campaign committee organization is announced at Wood headquarters with names for chairman vice chairmen treasurers managers and a broad executive and general committee. Notables include James G McGraw Norman J Gould Theodore Roosevelt and Peter Norbeck among many others across states.
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Wood
Chicago
Wood National Campaign Committee
William C. Proctor
Ohio
James G. McGraw
Oklahoma
Fred Stanley
Kansas
A. A. Sprague
Illinois
H. C. Stebbins
New York
Norman J. Gould
Thomas W. Miller
George H. Moses
Washington
Douglas Robinson
Harriet E. Wittum
Ilinois
Maud Wetmore
Rhode Island
Julianna Cutting
W. W. Morgan
Grace Dixon
Ilneis
Charles
E. S. Osborne
Michigan
New Hampshire
John C. Greenway
Arizona
Irwin R. Kirkwood
Missouri
Harold M. Sewall
Maine
William H. Runyon
New Jersey
O. H. Shoup
Colorado
Delaware
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt
Carl E. Milliken
Herbert S. Hadley
James R. Garfield
E. ©. Stokes
Caskets Bought For Return Of U S Dead
Washington February 3 The War Department completed purchase of 17 000 caskets for the return of American soldiers dead from Europe at a cost of 1 104 508. Deliveries to be expedited to bury bodies in the United States. A committee of the Basket Manufacturers Association condemns any plan for general return as impractical expensive and unsatisfactory.
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Washington
Europe
War Department
France
Uasket Manufacturers’ Association of America
Naval committee reshuffles subcommittee membership
Washington February 3 Senate naval committee chairman Page appoints Senator Puof Exeter Republican of Washington to the sub committee Investigating naval awards replacing Senator Newberry of Michigan who resigned to attend court proceedings at Grand Rapids.
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NAVAL
Washington
Page
Senate Naval Committee
Puofr@exeter
Newberry
Michigan
Grand Rapids
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