Five Want Wine Beers Ban Lifted In House Report
Washington July 8 Five members of the house judiciary committee in a minority report on the prohibition enforcement bill urged repeal of the war time act or at least lifting the ban on the manufacture and sale of light wines and beer. The report, signed by Igoe Misouri Steel Pennsylvan ia Gard Obhn and Dyer Missour and Classon Wiscon sin, argued the act defines intoxicating liquors beyond the original law, creating new legislation and overstepping Congress. They urged recognition of concurrent state powers and noted wartime controls were ending, calling for repeal or at least lifting the ban on light beverages.
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Judiciary Committee
Congress
Volstead
Igoe
Misouri
Steel
Pennsylvania
Gard
Obhn
Dyer
Missour
Classon
Wisconsin
Republians
New York
Ex Kaiser Extradition Not Yet Officially Raised
London July 7 The allies have not made official representations to the Dutch government about extraditing the former German emperor but steps are being taken. Andrew Bonar Law said in the house of commons he would rather not say if any official communication had been sent. A member asked if the spokesman knew that nobody particularly wants the ex Kaiser brought here, to which the chamber cheered.
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I.ondon
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Grocers Say Packer Gets Big Preference
Chicago dispatch reports the Wholesale Grocers Association of America charging the U S railroads favor packers over grocers. The petition claims tariff changes let packers load fresh meat cars with other food products for faster delivery, threatening grocers’ distribution control.
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Grocers
Packer
Chicago
United States Railroad Oo Administration
Interste Commerce Commission
Whelesale Grocers’ Association of America
Supply Profiteer Is Arrested In Albany
Monroe L Bardach of Albany was arrested by a U S deputy marshal and arraigned on charges of conspiring to defraud the government and to bribe an army officer. He posted $3000 bond. A federal grand jury indicted Bardach and five Michigan men for conspiring to purchase $60000 worth of government war materiel via arranged bids and improper influence on a salvage officer.
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N. Y
Monroe L. Bardach
United States
Tearshal
United State
O'Neill
Bardard
Strait
Michigan
Coppetu Mines Add to Force at Houghton
Houghton Michigan July 7 Caliumest aml Heela and subsidiary mines announce re employment of all underground workers. Output not to rise beyond fifty percent of normal, but underground development work will increase. Three thousand men will return to work in the mines.
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Caliumestaml Heela
Rome Plot Broken Up by Police
An anarchistic plot to attack central Rome with grenades and explosives was foiled as sixteen conspirators were arrested four hours before the planned attack. Separately, anarchists tried to mobilize troops near Fort Pratalata. soldiers fired, many fled, and the city stayed quiet.
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Associated Press
Rome
Fort Pratalata
Fiume
Associated Presa
Giornale D
Italia
Argentine Senate Approves New League Entry
Argentine senate unanimously approved entrance into the league of nations without reservations. The State Department says Argentina becomes the first nation to assent via its treaty ratifying body, per Buenos Aires papers.
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Washington
Argentina
League of Nations
State Department
Buenos Aires
Republic
Czecho Slovaks Get Credit From Treasury
The Czecho Slovak republic has received a $5,000,000 credit from the treasury, bringing its total to $55,230,000 for the new government. Advances to the Allies total $9,404,525,981 of a $10,000,000,000 authorization by Congress.
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Washington
Congress
American envoy to Liberia visit to Omsk trek
Washington dispatch reports United States ambassador to Japan Roland S Morris will sail from Tokyo for Siberia to file a full report on Omsk conditions. Major General William S Graves will meet him at Vladivostok and accompany him to Omsk as Morris may tour anti Bolshevik fronts in European Russia. The outcome could influence timing of recognition of Kolchak government.
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Omsk
Roland S. Morris
United States
Japan
State Department
Tokio
Siberia
Vladivostok
William S. Graves
European Russia
Morris
Kolchak
Russia
Mr. Morris
Siberian
Paris
Admiral Kolchak
Kolcha
Decrease In Freight Shrinks Rail Deficit
Washington July 8 The decrease in freight business continues to drive a deficit in railroad operations. Director General Hines estimates a May deficit of 36 million dollars for class one roads and a five month government loss of 252 million for large roads. He notes uneven cost rises across express rates rentals and inland waterways contribute to the unified transportation deficit.
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Washington
Hines
Kentuckian Arrives With Yanks Aboard
The Kentuckian transport arrived Monday from St Nazaire with 27 officers and 1825 men. The units included the 106th ammunition train casual companies 1276 and 1231, company G 22nd engineers, 131st battalion military police corps headquarters, 262 and 202nd military police, the 6th camp hospital, 9th air service casual company, first regiment air service machines headquarters, 11th signal corps casual company, and the 134th and 11th supply companies.
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New York
St. Nazaire
Military Police Corps
Y6th
9Th
Air Service
Air Service Machines
11Th Signal Corps
Veteran Scribe Adolph Deims Dies in Chicago
Adolph Deimins a renowned German journalist and former city editor of the Abendpost in Chicago, died Monday at age 13? The item notes his immigrant arrival in 1886 and his standing in the Midwest German press.
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Chicago
Adolph Deimlns
Middle West
Abendpest
Germany
President’s peace treaty message ready for Congress
Wireless to Associated Press reports on the imminent presidential message to Congress detailing about 5,000 words on the peace treaty and conference. It notes general treatment of topics with details saved for committee review, plus plans for a Carnegie Hall speech by President Wilson.
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Associated Press
U.S. S
Capitol
Washington
Naval Radio Station
New Brunswick
N. J
White House
Wilson
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Congress
Gilbert-Townsley War Speech Trial At Kenyon And Lakefield
In Jackson Minnesota district court Joseph Gilbert former Non Partisan League organizer testified he never conferred with Townley about speeches in 1917 and 1918 and that Townley made no related remarks during the war. The pair face conspiracy charges to foster disloyalty through speeches and literature. Gilbert recalled his Lakefield January 23 1918 address arguing farm boys serve war effort as much as trenches.
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Lakefield
Kenyon
Townley
New Ulm
Glencoe
Stillwater
Gilbert
Hog market climbs with new high price quote
Chicago July 8 report shows hog prices breaking the high mark three times last week and again Monday. New top quotation reached 22.40 dollars per hundredweight, up from 21.83 dollars on Thursday as trading resumed this morning after a pause.
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Chicago
France Seeks Immediate Guard While League Is Formed
Paris dispatch notes a public American British French accord to aid France if attacked unprovoked. The treaty offers quick guarantees before the league of nations is operative, with France protected until such a system is fully in place. It states no French obligation, but allies commit to supplying safeguards deemed necessary. The agreement remains until the league can guarantee security.
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Petit Parisien
Wth
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
League of Nations
League
America
England
Wilson
Lloyd George T
Yanks Make Hurried Exit From Germany
Crowded trains and booked sleepings mark the American pullout from Coblenz as divisions move toward home. The Officers' club is closed after six months of hosting dignitaries and welfare workers, with 20,000 marks left to be donated to Salvation Army and army relief funds. The American News will cease July 15 after earning a surplus of 250,000 marks for charity.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Thelt Third Army
Germany
Petts
Luxembourg
Rhine
the Rhine
Price of Wales
Gen Pershing
Salvation Army
Army Reel
American News
Army
Body Of Captain Fryatt Brought To Dover For Memorial
The body of Captain Charles Fryatt executed in 1916 by Germans for ramming a submarine was delivered to Dover aboard a British destroyer, escorted by the Dover patrol. The casket, under military guard, was placed at the railway station for the night and will be moved to London tomorrow for memorial services at St Pauls Cathedral.
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Associated Press
London
Charles Fryatt
Dover
St. Paul's Cathedral
United States urged to buy British R-34 airship
Washington July 8 Henry Woodhouse head of the Aero club of America dirigible balloon committee urged government purchase of the R-34 the big British trans Atlantic dirigible as a working model for American dirigible development The plan won support from army and navy aeronautical experts who said the R-34 could serve as a pattern for a larger U S airship and train personnel for rigid airship service.
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Washington
United States
Henry Woodhouse
The
Aero Club of America
Woodhouse
Army
Navy
R-34 completes Atlantic crossing in 10 1 2 hours
The British dirigible R-34 crossed the Atlantic in 10 hours 12 minutes, landing at Mineola New York at 9 35 Sunday. Weather earlier delayed a Tuesday takeoff and caused tense conditions as crews managed ballast and wind.
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N. Y
Atlantic Ocean
Roosevelt Field
New York
Atlantic
Los Hours
L. 1
Uder
Stops Betting Races In Chicago Amid Attorney General Refusal
An unclear report from July notes Attorney General Brundage refusing to allow certain race activities at Libertyville Lake County. a crackdown on betting and related events follows as officials seek to halt the troubling program.
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