Rail bill reaches White House as President weighs action
Washington Feb 26 The rail road bill was sent to the White House with the President expected to act before 12 01 a m Monday when roads return to private control. Rail unions oppose the measure while farmers organizations urge approval on grounds of transportation stability and private property protection. The President has until March 8 to act or it becomes law without signature.
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Washington
White House
George R. Hampton
Farmers National Council
Big Farmers
Wilson
Hines
Senate
House
Department of Justice
Bil
International Farm Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Nationla Grange
National Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ National Congress
National Malk Producers’ Federation
American Cotton Association
Farmers’ Unions
Dairyvi Men’s League of New York
Farmers’ Representatives
Changed Methods To End Olive Poisoning
Washington February 26 ripe olives that caused many deaths from poisoning may be eaten safely within months as new canning methods revolutionize the trade. Dr Carl Alsberg head of the bureau of chemistry says packers cooperate with the bureau and will remove dangers next season by abandoning glass containers which hinder sterilization. All poisonings traced to olives packed in glass. none from tin cans or green pickled olives.
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Washington
Carl Alsberg
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Alsberg
What Does a Man Want With Beer Bottle Caps
In St Louis on February 26 a shopper found a sudden, unexplained demand for beer bottle caps. He visited three stores, each sold out, with buyers in line at the last shop. The article raises the mystery of why caps are in demand though home brewing seems absent.
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ST. Louis
Deco
Deep Doubt Over Treaty Situation
Washington February 26 The peace treaty will be called before the Senate again today under agreement to keep it under consideration until a vote on ratification. Republicans and Democrats see a mix of predictions and deadlock with private talks likely to continue as the chamber weighs reservations particularly on article ten and potential compromises.
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Washington
Senate
Messages From Newberry To Detroit Read In Conspiracy Trial
Telegrams between Tru man H Newberry and campaign managers in Detroit were read into the elections conspiracy trial records. Messages discuss Lincoln City and Grand Rapids political figures, support from William Alden Smith, a liberty loan ad, and thanks to Wayne County Republican committeemen.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
Truman H. Newberry
New York
Detroit
United States District Court
Allan A. Templeton
Detroit Board of Commerce
Newberry
Cody
Paul H. King
King
William Alden Smith
United States
Smith
Fred Po Smith
Liberty Loan Committee
Liberty Loan
Milton Oakman
Wayne County Republican Committee
Labor Board Denounces British Rule in Ireland
London reports the commission of milder men denounces British misrule in Ireland as provoking deep discontent. It calls Ireland utterly estranged, framing the problem as political pathology while noting urgent social needs in housing wages and education being obscured by politics.
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London
Liller
Ireland
French Rail Strike May Tie Up Railroads
Paris February 25 Notwithstanding a railway employe strike the Paris Lyon and Mediterranean railroad ran limited suburban service and a few through trains. Freight from other lines was refused except for fuel newspapers and non perishable goods. The seriousness of the situation would be known after tomorrow morning when engineers and firemen are ordered out by a union. Other employees quit on all lines this afternoon. Railways seek new crews around a core group who refused to go.
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Paris
Lyon and Mediterranean
Call Off Rum Raids In Iron River Iron County
A clash in Iron River ends as Major Dalrymple and federal agents halt their armed raid. District Attorney Walker orders no action until further investigation. Iron County officials warned against hostilities, wine barrels destroyed, and Dalrymple's actions criticized by Iron River leaders.
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Iron River
Mich
Michigan State Constabulary
A. V. Dalrymple
Central States
Iron County
Dalrymple
Washington
John Kramer
Upper Peninsula
Iron Belt
Kramer
Martin S. McDonough
Major Dalrymple
United States
Myron H. Walker
Grand Rapid
Prohibition
Leo J. Grove
Northern
Michigan
McDonough
Enrly
Palmer
Red Cross Workers Released by Bolshevik Captors
Release of Edward Charette of Stockton California and Dr Frederick L Barnum of Brooklyn New York, members of the American Red Cross commission to Siberia, was reported from Vladivostok. The cable said three other Red Cross men were safe and news of their release delayed by telegraph disorganization in Siberia.
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Wartington
Edward
Charette
Stockton
Calif
Frederick L. Barnum
Brooklyn
N.Y
American Red Cross Commission
Siberia
Red& Cross
Vladivostok
Red Cross
Barnum and
Colby Named Secretary of State by Wilson
Washington reports President Wilson selected Bainbridge Colby a New York attorney with Roosevelt ties as secretary of state. Colby, 51, has legal practice in New York and prior service on the shipping board including a Paris conference role. He supported Roosevelt in 1912 then backed Wilson in 1916.
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Washington
Wilson
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Lansing
Senate
Colby
Dlay
Shipping Board
Calder
St. Louis
ING
Ameri
Paris
Charles Evans Hughes
Equitable Company
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
No Instructions To Iowa's Delegates
DES MOINES Feb 26 Iowa's delegation to the Democratic national convention will go uninstructed and bound by the unit rule. E T Meredith United States secretary of agriculture was named a delegate at large. The state has twenty six votes eight men were chosen eight with one half vote to represent the state generally.
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Des Moines
Towa
E. T. Meredith
United States Secretary of Agriculture
World Council to Take Up Adriatic Question
The World Council in London will consider President Wilsons reply to the allied note on the Adriatic issue. A rejoin der may be drafted immediately. Seven notes form the diplomatic series, with public disclosure still under discussion.
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London
Supreme Council
Wilson
Adriatic
Nitu
Rome
Washington
Council of Allied
Paris
United States
Jugo-Slavia
Thefts Of Liquor At Warehouses Increase
Washington reports that liquor thefts from bonded and distillery warehouses have risen since Prohibition started. A bill seeks federally guarded special warehouses to store 59 million gallons of visible supply to curb illicit trade. Alfred Van Buren cited 16 thousand gallons stolen since July 1 with tax paid on those volumes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Federal Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Alfred D. van Buren
Council For the
Federal Prohibition Commissioner
W. B. Young
Prohibition Statician
Ealf
Shoe dealers fix necessary profits at 33 1/3 percent
In Dallas on February 25 the Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana retail shoe dealers association adopted a resolution stating that 33 1/3 percent gross profit is necessary for shoe dealers to stay in business. The measure, to be sent to the federal Department of Justice, claims this level would secure an average net profit of six percent.
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Dallas
Texas
Texxas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Government Flu Bulletin Promises Guidance to Public
A government free bulletin outlines current knowledge on influenza treatment and prevention. It urges readers to submit letters to the free information bureau in Washington for guidance and updates on flu management.
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Free Information Bureau
Washington
Quincy Whig Inforation Bureau
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Road bids open show highway costs rising sharply
SYRINGFIELD, Feb 26. Bids opened for highway work indicate the average cost per mile has jumped to 50,000 from 42,000 on Feb 11 and 23,000 last year. Officials may delay plans to build 11000 miles this year as they review bids. Contractors blame higher sand and gravel costs. no contracts let yet.
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Syringfield
Ik- Nois
Department of Public Works and
Highway Department
Embassies End Liquor Imports Despatch Over Dry Law
Washington society mourns the liquor drought as embassies announce no import of spirits to honor the dry rule. Hosts and hostesses fret about unavailability, while undercover courting of under secretaries rises. The Volstead act limits embassy imports, and a pending Anti-Saloon League plan seeks to bar foreign ships selling liquor. Wayne Wheeler pledges swift passage if needed.
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Wasitington
Washington
Miss Smith
Anti-Saloon League
Congress
Wayne B. Wheeler
Wheeler
Pogroms Reported As Denikin Retreats
Paris reports fresh anti Jewish massacres in Southern Russia as Denikin's retreat continues. Mass executions at Kriveche-Ozero total about 200, with fifty plus killed at Golovankevsk. Panic spreads through Odessa region as five day pogroms drive people toward the city.
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Paris
Russia
Denikine
Kriveche- Ozero
Golovanevsk
Odessa
Bogopol
Golia
Okinopol
Rector's and Pekin Cafe in New York Closed
Prohibition shut Rector's on Broadway near Forty second street and led to an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Pekin. Rector's, long famed from Chicago oyster house roots to Broadway, moved to Cafe de Paris after late hour liquor ban reduced patronage.
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New York
Cafe de Paris
Rector’s
Broadway
Pekin
John Barleycorn
Rectors
Forty-second Street
Charles E. Rector
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gaynor
Attempted assassination wounds Serbian regent and premier
A dispatch from Trieste reported by Central News Rome correspondent says Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia and Premier Protiveh were wounded in an attempt on their lives. The report notes the attack occurred in London with both officials injured.
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Regent
London
Prines the
American Kidnapped by Mexicans Reported
Washington Feb 26 An American citizen Barry Ilo Karty was kidnapped by Mexicans at Matimi Deran go and is held for ransom the State Department reports received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barry Ilo. Karty
Matimi Derango
State Department
Defense rests as police deny flag incident during socialist trial
In Albany on February 26 the defense of five suspended socialist assemblymen argued the Brooklyn flag incident never happened. Police officers testified they did not see Solomon spit on the American flag at the 1917 meeting, and prosecutors faced questions about officers turning their backs during the recruiting scene.
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Albany
N.Y
Charles Solomon
Brooklyn
Louis Waldman
Waldman
Solomon
Allen B. Chivers
Charles A. Zanes
Edward T. Cody
Miss Chivers
Cody
Cof
Training Camp Plans Abandoned This Year
Washington war department announces no training camps for reserve officers this summer and no calls without consent. General March cites prior war experience of reserve corps officers as justification. Future training will depend on army organization. aim to recruit more reserve officers from top former commanders. About 750,000 appointments already made, roughly half of emergency officers had requested reserve commissions.
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Washington
War Department
March
Reserve Corps
War Emergency Laws in Canada Questioned in Parliament
London Feb 25 Canadian press reports continuance of war emergency laws being debated in the House of Commons report stage. An agreement to exchange prisoners with Russia was noted, along with expected announcement of an ambassador to Washington. Churchill said German army reductions provisions were being satisfactorily adhered to. Lords discussed labor questions amid criticism of government.
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London
House of Commons
House
Russia
Washington
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Lords
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