Daylong House debate on prohibition bill in Washington
The July 12 session in Washington featured a five hour House debate on the prohibition bill. Drys argued enforcement is impracticable and beyond Congress’s powers, while wets pressed for amendments. Representative Moon labeled the measure unconstitutional and risky, as the debate extended without a final vote and prospects for Senate changes remained unclear.
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Washington
House
Volstead
Judiciary Committee
Igoe
Missouri
Congress
Representative Moon
Tennessee
Moon
Prohibition
Senate
Gard
Ohio
Anti- Saloon League
Ben
Maine
Fitzgerald
Massachusettts
Upshaw
Georgia
Steamship Lines to Germany Planned to Start Soon
The Shipping Board announced lines to Hamburg and Bremen will be established as soon as cargoes are available at American ports. From Boston New York Baltimore and Philadelphia ships will operate with one vessel to run between Philadelphia and Hamburg immediately. Cotton shipments will also run from southern ports to Hamburg and Bremen.
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Washington
Hamburg
Bremen
Germany
Shipping Board
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Congress Cannot Define Liquor Strength in Prohibition Fight
Washington July 12 in the house debate on prohibition enforcement legislation Representative Dyer of St Louis challenged congresses right to define intoxicating liquor arguing the determination is a fact for the courts to decide He cited Deputy Internal Revenue Commissioner Gaylords testimony and treasury decisions as evidence that the 05 percent beer standard was an revenue tactic not a legal rule Newton of St Louis supported the view that Congress could not fix intoxication standards and warned future congresses could raise the limit to extreme levels highlighting the power should rest with the courts.
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House
Congress
Nquoria
Dyer
St. Louis
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Hr. M. Gaylord
Senate Judiciary Committee
HM. Gaylord
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Gaylord
Three Transports From Brest Reach New York Harbor
NEW YORK July 12 The transports Valacia Saxonia and Toloa all from Brest arrived Friday carrying 221 officers and 3,345 men. The Valacia carried Sith depot service companies and the 114th guard company Army Service Corps. The Saxonia carried the 550th detachments largely from southern states. The Toloa carried groups 8 C and D 308th repair units HQ and medical detachment 41st motor truck company 828th motor transport company 225th and 273rd military police company 414th service park unit 503rd meat handling section and a number of casuals.
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New York
Valacia
Saxonia
Toloa
Brest
Sith
114Th Guard Company
Army Service Corps
41St Motor Truck Company
828Th Motor Transport Company
De Valera Leaves For Chicago to Speak
New York July 12 Eammon De Valera president of the Irish republic left New York for Chicago where he will deliver speeches. He was accompanied by Edward F. Danne former governor of Illinois and Frank P. Walsh former joint chairman of the war labor board, two of the four legates sent to Paris by the Irish societies in the United States to plead the cause of Ireland before the peace conference.
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New York
Eammon de Valera
Irish Republic
Chicago
Edward F. Danne
Olinvis
Frank P. Walsh
Jomnt
War Labor Board
Paris
Irish Societes
United States
Ireland
Denver Street Car Strike Settled After Wage Agreement
Denver's street car strike, which began Tuesday, ended when the executive committee of the union accepted a 48 cent an hour scale and agreed to submit their higher wage demand to arbitration.
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Denver
Tenure on Phones to End August 1
President Wilson signed army and navy appropriation bills and a wire resolution returning wartime telephone properties to owners. Measures retroactive to July 1 become law. inter state telephone rates remain in effect for four months unless state bodies modify them. Agriculture bill and sundry civil measures also signed. daylight saving repeal rider under consideration.
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Washington
Wilson
Paris
Army, Navy
Deficiency
District of Columbia
Shipping Board
Nebraska Wheat Crop Falls Short of Forecasts
Lincoln July 12 Nebraska's wheat crop underperforms forecasts per the July crop report from the Nebraska board of agriculture. Spring wheat averages 89 percent, totaling about 12,141,000 bushels, while winter wheat shows a 25 percent shortfall from prior expectations due to premature ripening heat, rust, and abrupt color change during maturation.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Nebraska Board of Agriculture
Lansing Leaves Brest For Homeward Trip
Associated Press Paris July 11 Robert M. Lansing secretary of state of the United States said good bye to President Poincaire tonight. He will leave tomorrow evening for Brest where he will board a ship for America.
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Associated Press
Paris
Robert M. Lansing
The
United States
Poincaire
Brest
America
Daniels Will Not Go With the Fleet
Secretary Daniels will not accompany the Pacific fleet to the west coast but will join the fleet at San Diego around August 10. The fleet’s sailing from Hampton Roads was moved from July 19 to July 22, and it is expected to reach San Francisco around August 15 where President Wilson may review it during his league of nations tour. He will also attend the opening of the Pearl Harbor dry dock in late August, a major facility designed to accommodate any ship afloat, having been built after extensive earthquake damage repair work.
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Daniels
West Coast
San Diego
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Wilson
League of Nations
Honolulu
Chinese Protesters Attempted Self Harm Over Shantung
A group of Chinese patriots in Peking attempted death by own action in the presence of China’s president to protest Shantung being given to Japan under the peace treaty. The delegation, made up of merchants teachers and students, wounded themselves severely before palace guards intervened. President Hsu urged signing of the treaty, according to a transmitted message.
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San Francisco
Peking
H. C. King
Chinese National Welfare Society
Eisu Shih Chong
China
Shantung
Japan
Hsu
Mrs Elliott Death Verdict At Inquest In London
London July 11 Mrs Arthur Elliott found shot dead in her home last Wednesday committed suicide. Inquest jury ruled the death self inflicted while she was of unsound mind, delivering the verdict today at the coroner's inquest.
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London
Arthur Elliott
R 34 Airship Progress Near Scotland After Engine Failures
The R-34 dirigible, 1,600 miles from London, travels at 43 mph after a breakdown. It reports position near 46 32 N 38 38 W and plans to land at East Fortune. A later Azores report says at 4,000 feet and near sea inspection, despite a disabled engine, all well.
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London
East Fortune
Scotland
Azores
Air Ministry
Ponta del Gada
Greenwich
New York
Steel Workers 10 Take Strike Vote
Washington July 12 representatives of 24 affiliated international steel unions recommended a strike vote to enforce recognition and bargaining. Action will be decided at the July 20 Pittsburgh conference. Unions cite unreturned AFL letter to judge Gary as reason for the vote. Membership has grown to 23 to 90 percent across major plants.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Elbert H. Gary
American Iron and Steel Institute
Atlantic City
Tittoni reassures Italian deputies on Paris talks progress
Italy’s foreign minister Tittoni addressed the chamber amid applause, predicting a Paris settlement within a week and promising to inform the country then. He noted Asia Minor would wait for Wilson, but Adriatic, colonial, and economic questions should be settled, urging calm and unanimous parliamentary support for a truly Italian peace.
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Associated Press
Rome
U—Tomasso Tittoni
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Asia Minor
al. Tittoni
Wilson
Conchus
Council talks to Foch about Hungary drive
Paris July 11 Marshal Foch and reps of Czecho Slovakia and Yugoslavia appeared before the supreme council of the peace conference for a discussion of the movement of Bela Kun's Hungarian communist forces against Czecho Slovakia and Austria. They were asked to confer with their governments to gauge readiness for military action. No decision will be made until reports are received.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Supreme Council of the
Peace Conference
Bela Kua
Austria
Bela Kun
Motive Sought In New Case As Hunt For Lesser Migrates
In Los Angeles on July 12, investigators search for Emil Lesser, former German Consul, amid focus on motive behind Frieda Lesser's death. Harry S. New Jr. and his mother meet as detectives scrutinize Miss Lesser life, past relationships, and events at Topanga Canyon. Authorities trace Lesser’s four-year disappearance to Catalina Island, while new leads seek a dancer seen with New and possible visits to the girl’s father. Mrs. Burger vows full use of resources. funds for New’s defense reportedly supplied by an Indianapolis figure.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harry S. New Jr
Lulu M. Burger
Indianapolis
District Attorney's Office
Emil Lesser
Birmingham
Ala
Department of Justice
District Attorney’s Office
Lesser
Catalina Island
Topanga Canyon
New
Frieda Lesser
Miss Lesser
Topang Canyon
Topanga Camp
Burger
Senator New
Parachute Rope Snaps. British Airman Dies
Lieutenant Frank S Caldwell, 28, of Belfast, Ireland, a Royal Air Force officer, is killed in Dayton after a 700 foot fall at McCook Field during parachute tests. He had earlier made several successful descents and spent four and a half years on the French front.
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Dayton
Ohio
Frank $. Caldwell
Belfast
Ireland
Royal Air Forces
McCookfield
Caldwell
France
Call Paris Workers To Join July Strike
Paris July 11 The national council of the miners federation issued a manifesto asking all groups affiliated with the organization to observe a 24 hour general strike on July 21. The move aims to pressure authorities over rising living costs and food speculation.
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Paris
National Council of the Miners’ Federation
Clemenceau Rebuffs Turkish Demands at Peace Conference
Paris July 11 The reply of premier Clemenceau as president of the peace conference to the Turkish mission has caused despair in Turkey according to advices from Constantinople. The grand vizier is likely to resign.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clamanceau
Turkey
Constantinople
Open Door for Trade With Teuton Lifts Blockade
Paris reports the five council will raise the blockade against Germany tomorrow after legal experts confirm the peace treaty and journal publication. Washington says trading will resume with licenses for American firms and a credits system to pay for goods, with no strict quotas on most commodities.
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Associated Presse
Paris
Council of Five
Germany
Washington
United States
Polk
Clemenceau Praises League Virtue and Peace Pact
Paris July 11 Premier Clemenceau appeared before the chamber of deputies committee reviewing the peace treaty. He said the treaty aimed to preserve world peace through the four allied powers and urged backing for a league military and naval staff proposal. He affirmed accountability for war responsibilities and the Entente’s stance on punishment of responsible parties.
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Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
France
Rerse
Germany
League of Nations
League
Leon Boorxoise
Entente
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