League of Nations debate in Senate over Taft and Lamont
July 1 at WGTON reports a wide Senate clash over the League to Enforce Peace and the Covenant. Senators accuse banker Thomas W. Lamont of funding propaganda via the New York Evening Post. others defend ratification citing labor, farmers, and public support. Some cite polls, church groups, and ministers backing the Covenant amid partisan lines.
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Covenant
Tass
Inpul
Republican
Idaho
Thomas W. Lamont
Organ Banking House
New York Evening Post
Senate Ite
League To En- Peace
Pressfaft
Nator Hitchcock
Taft
Eld
Farmers
People
Nater
Om. Boral
Thomagiant
Morgan Ss
League of Nations
Borah
Europe
Willard Rabbit Punch Ruled Out For July 4 Fight
Toledo July 1 Jack Kearns manager of Jack Dempsey demands banning the rabbit punch before he allows the challenger to meet champion Jess Willard in the heavyweight title bout here July 4. The punch, a backhanded blow, is barred in close embraces under Toledo rules, though some officials have allowed it in other contexts. The dispute intensifies as training and odds shift amid heavyweights and promoters’ push.
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Toledo
Jess Willard
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Willard
Kearne
Avery Ig
Toledo Boxing Commission
Muldoon
New York
Res
Dempsey
Bill Tate
Jock Ma
War Prohibition Act Extends to Beers in War Period
Attorney General states after today it will be unlawful to sell for beverage purposes any distilled spirits or beer wine or other intoxicating malt or vinous liquor except for export The prohibition remains until wartime end and demobilization. Government argues act bans beer with as little as half to two and three quarters percent alcohol based on pending court rulings and district court rules. Local authorities urged to arrest violators and United States attorneys to issue warrants with federal support.
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Congress
Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Bureau of Investigation
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
United States
LINEMEN TO STRIKE ON PACIFIC COAST
Springfield July 1 a Pacific coast strike begins as eighteen hundred electrical workers including linemen and orators from Washington Oregon enter sympathy action. The move seeks to back California Nevada workers with a broader Pacific coast district spread possibly reaching Arizona. The Electrical Workers union reports heightened federal oversight as the Burleson order enforcements arrive from Washington and a government inquiry into strikes is expected.
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Springfield
Ill
International Brotherhood
Washington
Oregon
Sec
Charles P. Ford
Rkers
Ford
Calwornia
Nevada
Arizona
Pacific Coast
Noonan
Electrical Workers
Postmaster General
Burleson
New Council Of Four Holds First Meeting
The council of four including Stephen Pichon Robert Lansing Arthur J. Balfour and Thomas Titont will meet tomorrow afternoon in Paris to outline the peace conference procedure. Missing Austrian treaty clauses likely delivered before week’s end but signing before July 31 appears unlikely.
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Paris
Stephen Pichon
Robert Lansing
Arthur J. Balfour
Thomas Titont
Irish Delegates Appeal to Clemenceau Over Irish War Burns
Irish American delegates in Paris sent a note to Premier Clemenceau accusing Britain of bombing Irish towns by air, murdering women and children, and issuing frequent banishment orders. They urged the creation of a sustained inquiry commission to investigate the conduct.
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Associated
Proes
Paris
Jung
Clemenceau
Wan- Yonty
Ohilaren
Epeater
Judicial committee says percentage of alcohol is a fact not law
Washington July 1 the judiciary committee in a report to the house on prohibition enforcement held that defining what percentage of alcohol makes liquor intoxicating is a fact for Congress not a court. It endorsed defining intoxicating liquor as over one half of 1 percent and noted states already use that threshold. The war time enforcement plan was split into three parts with enforcement machinery discussed and officials urged new legislation. They doubted prohibition ending soon and foresaw continued profiteering until constitutional prohibition begins next year.
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Washington
Hiquor
Judiciary Committee
House
Congress
Volstead
Palmer
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
Americans Break Record in Inter-allied Games Dash
At Pershing Stadium on June 30 Americans set a new world best in the 800 meter relay, finishing in 1 minute 80 4-5 seconds, down from 1 minute 83 1-5. C. W. Paddock led off for Pasadena with a three meter gap, Edward Teshner of Lawrence solidified the win as the team swept the podium with Canada second and Australia third. Also American teams swept the discus with Lieut. Joseph Higgins winning at 0.883 meters and all three U S entries reaching the 400 meter semi finals.
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C. W. Paddock
Pasadena
Calif
Edward Teshner
Lawrence
Mass
Australia
France
America
Lieut
Joseph Higgins
Tumble Leads to Fall in Springfield Secretary of State Office
Fragmentary text from a Springfield scene mentions an employee named L James H Murphy of Peoria in the corporation department of the secretary of state's office. The brief line hints at a trip and a fall, with unclear surrounding details and quotes.
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Nis
Tully
L.james H. Murphy
Peoria
Corporation Department
Secretary of State
Earthquake Toll Grows Near Florence and Vicchio
The quake killed 497 people and wounded many as it centered near Vicchio, a town of 11,000 north of Florence. Destruction hit railway stations, churches, and factories at Borgo San Lorenzo with planes in every direction seeking word. Relief centers are Florence, Arazzo, Muzénécan Siena with Arazzo about 25 kilometers southeast of Florence and Siena about the same distance south.
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Vicshio
Iin
Vicki S Beverely
Borgo
San. Lorenzo
Vicchis
Taanes
Arazzo
Muzénécan
Siena
Illinois General Assembly closes after long session
Springfield July 1 The fifty first general assembly of Illinois adjourned sine die at 4 55 PM after sessions since January 6 Only a few house members and a dozen senators returned for the windup Forty one veto messages from Governor Lowden were received without comment The boxing bill and a pay raise for teachers were among items vetoed The governor signed a bill permitting farmers and others to engage in collective sales despite constitutional questions and urged court review on the matter He argued against depriving farmers of collective bargaining rights in effect depriving them of bargaining power
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General Assembly of
Illinois
House
Lowden
Overnor
Brundage
Senate Agriculture Committee
Attorney General
Governor appoints new tax commission members
Springfield July 1 Gov Lowdon announced the three appointees to the new tax commission created to supersede the state board of equalization Frank F Noleman Centralia chairman Col James B Sanborn Chicago and C C Craig Galesburg Democrats and Republicans named to earn six thousand dollars annually The panel begins work as the law takes effect Justice Craig previously served in the Illinois House and on the Supreme Court bench Col Sanborn led a regiment in France formerly a National Guard unit and known as the Dandy First Illinois Infantry Noleman is a banker lawyer and Southern Illinois political figure
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Ill
Lowdon
Tax Commission
State Board of Equalization
Frank F. Noleman
Centralia
James B. Sanborn
Chicago
L31st Infantry
C. C. Craig
Galesburg
Illinois Supreme Bench
Craig
Noleman
Southern Illinois
Col. Sanborn
France
Dandy
Illinois Infantry
House of Representati
Suy
Washington President's arrival and ship sighting noted
An afternoon wire report describes President Wilson enroute to the House in Washington with Rear Admiral Greyson and Tumulty aboard. Early this morning a sighting attracted attention as the President’s ship spread signals. The dispatch mentions important supply bills in consideration.
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U. Washington
Governor approves roads bill amid civil service reform drift
A garbled state policy note outlines approvals for road work and patented materials, referencing military service lists, public works, and state engineering departments. It mentions taxes, health funding, and regulatory rules on vehicle tires, hinting at broader governance debates and budget items.
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Eventis cCarthy
F. Agreat Ancy Commission
Moents
Beohm
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