Explosion of Dirigible in Chicago Claims Dozens Amid Inquest
July 23 Chicago crash inquiry probes cause of the fire that killed twelve and injured twenty eight while the Goodyear dirigible exploded above city streets. The coroner's session heard four leading theories from witnesses including spontaneous combustion burning oil from the motor, a leaky valve, static electricity, and open exhaust sparks. Pilot Boettner and Goodyear official Young refused to testify, as officials weigh criminal negligence and responsibility. Continued coverage on Page 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Lowry
John Boettner
W. C. Young
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Thomas Atkinson
Motor Transport Corps
US. A
Montford Morrison
Lowry
Goodyear Company
Pilot Boettner
Young
Refuse Indictments For Deaths In Riots
CHICAGO July 23 The grand jury decided not to vote indictments for the killing of three workmen in strike riots at the Corn Products Refining company plant at Argo Illinois Two weeks ago Thirty witnesses testified Some accused the company guards of firing the fatal shots Many workers who struck for a closed shop have returned to work but union officials say several hundred remain on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Corn Products Refining Company
Argo
Alton Man Sews Stockings on Cow in Odd Tale
Alton man Joed Herman claims he dressed his cow in stockings to curb fires and spillage. He says fires in Alton are worse than in Paris or New York, despite the odd plan. The cow kicked over milk buckets, valued at 14 cents a quart, prompting the improvised fix using rubber bands and cut feet on the stockings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Joed Herman
Alton
New York
Paris
Herman
Introduce Bill For German Deportations
Washington July 23 The house immigration committee unanimously reports a bill to deport 513 enemy aliens for violations of war statutes. The aliens now interned at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia and Fort Douglas Utah would receive hearings by the justice department before deportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Immigration Committes
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Douglas
Utah
Department of Justice
House Passes Drastic Dry Bill That May Incur Veto Or Amendments In Senate
The House approved a stringent enforcement bill aimed at ending the liquor traffic, supported by 287 votes to 100 opposed by prohibitionists. One hundred members abstained, while debates continued on potential Senate edits and possible presidential veto. An alternative liberal measure was defeated 255 to 136, and key votes by Hustead and Classon were noted. Representative Poll opposed the bill, arguing extreme penalties make enforcement impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Washington
Igoe
Missouri
Lowell Defends Shantung Clause as Informed View
Dr A Lawrence Lowell president of Harvard argues before the League to Enforce Peace that Shantung objections are unfounded. He says Germany ceded only rail concessions and a 99 year lease of a strip around Kiaochow with China retaining sovereignty and that the United States would trust Japan to return ceded territory per Sino Japanese agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard Universality
League
Shantung
Germany
Japan
China
Kiao- Chow
Lowell
America
United States
Inconsistency on defending Japanese possession of territory
The remark argued that it would be wholly inconsistent with any agreement to assume an obligation to defend Japanese possession of the territory. It framed the stance as a clear contradiction to negotiated terms and obligations.
Italy Strike Fails Amid Broad Public Calm
Reports from across Italy state the proposed general strike failed completely as public services ran normally. The Popolo Romano called the outcome a fiasco and praised the anti revolutionaries for keeping Italy from chaos, ruin, and starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Popolo Romano
Building Strike Talks In Chicago Spark Resumption Hopes
In Chicago on July 23 intimations arose that talks between the Building Construction Employers Association and a building trades council committee may yield a basis to resume work for over 100,000 idle laborers. No party issued a definite statement. Carpenters seek $1 an hour while contractors offer 94 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Building Construction Employers’ Association
Building Trades Council
Senator Moses Warns Big Five Pact Harms U S
New Hampshire Republican Senator Moses tells the senate the peace treaty makes the United States a full partner in a Big Five framework, not a league of nations, risking entanglements and ignoring the fourteen points. He blasts provisions on trade, annexations, and sovereignty as greed and power plays from Paris. He notes a split between the Big Five and the rest, with commissions replacing league action on borders and frontiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
League of Nations
Moses
New Hampshire
Republican of Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Europe
Paris
General Association of Nations
Germany
France
Italy
Japan
Costa Rica
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Central Rhine Commission
Poland
East Prussia
Danzig
Schleswig
What the New Dry Law Says
A historical filing outlines the new dry law provisions effective after January 26 1920. It requires those allowed liquor to possess to report quantities to the internal revenue officials, with private dwelling possession for personal use exempt but burden of proof on legality remains. It bans manufacture, sale, and distribution of intoxicants and prohibits liquor advertisements, with exemptions for denatured alcohol medicinal preparations and sacramental uses under regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners of Internal Revenue
Weronisition
Bela Kun Hopeful of World Disorder
London July 22 Bela Kun former head of the Hungarian Soviet government, in a Reuters interview from Budapest dated July 18, says a world revolution is inevitable but Hungary will seek peace with capitalist nations for now. He rejects Entente interference in Hungary and notes his government was replaced by three leaders amid reports allies may be too weak to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Whig
Washington
L D. C
United States
Washington, D. C
London
Rbela Kun
Reuter
Budapest
Hungary
Entente
Hanpsburgs
Hela Kun
Bala Kun
Ukraine Red Troops Take Russian Towns
A Moscow wireless dispatch says Ukrainian red troops captured Konstantinograd, 40 miles southeast of Poltava, with large booty seized. It also reports Polish forces occupying Tarnopol on Monday as Bolsheviks retreat under pressure in the Psavew region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Konstantinograd
Poltava
Tarnopol
Psavew
Clemenceau Wins Confidence Vote Amid Criticism In Chamber
Paris July 22 The chamber of deputies backed Clemenceau's cabinet by 272 to 181 in a confidence vote. Francois Fournier led the debate criticizing economic policy and foreign policy, urging a closer alliance with Italy and questioning government measures. Noulens outlined steps to raise wheat and sugar, while Clementes stressed global wheat sugar controls and planned conferences with neutral nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Clemenceau
Havas
Clemenceau
Francois Fournier
M. Francois-Journier
M. Boret
Boret
M. Francois-Fournier
Italy
Chamber
M. Joseph J. B. E. Noulens
M. Clementes
Bank Ruin After Dirigible Fire Claims Nine
In Chicago on July 23 a massive debris heap from the Illinois Trust and Savings bank collapse following the Goodyear dirigible fire yielded 200000 in Liberty bonds, checks, and currency. From the same wreckage a battered watch and a discolored locket belonging to Irene Miles, a bank stenographer supporting a widowed mother, were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicago
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank
Goodyear
Irene Miles
Mexican Bandits Kidnap American Citizen Near Fresnillo
Washington reports the kidnapping of Lawrence L. Shipley, an American from Yerington, Nevada, by Mexican bandits near Fresnillo. The State Department said an investigation is ordered, amid recent attacks on Americans in Mexico and related robberies including a Tampico sailors incident and a $10,000 Puerto Lobos refinery theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lawrence L. Shipley
Fresnillo
Mexico
State Department
Shipley
Yerington
New
Tampico
Puerto Lobos
Atlantic Refining Company
Force of Troops in Capital Amid City Riots
Washington reports a seventh death from rioting that began Saturday as white and Black clashes erupt in the northwest district. About 1,500 troops patrol the streets, marines and regulars dispatched from Quantico and Camp Meade, while several Negroes are arrested for bearing firearms amid continued unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Quantico
William G. Haan
Camp Meade
Isaac Halbfinger
Halbfinger
Pacific Fleet Heads for Panama Canal Arrival July 25
The Pacific fleet under Admiral Rodman sails in single column through the windward passage and Bahama channels toward the Pacific coast. The flagship USS New Mexico leads more than 500 sailors who declined to leave the service for the voyage. Orders call for increased speed to reach Panama early on July 25 as the canal prepares to handle its first dreadnought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.S. New Mexico
Pacific Fleet
Admiral Rodman
San Salvador
Pacific
Panama
More Quincy Boys Arrive In New York
New York July 23 Quincy boys to arrive in Hoboken Tuesday from overseas service were Lieut Albert Stevens 339 South Fourth street company B 13th Machine Gun Battalion Private Joseph Edwards 319 South Seventh street company A ith machine gun battalion Private Charles Smith 328 South Third street heads quarterg treets fifth division Co 20th al Edwin 8 Joseph 212 North Twelfth Street battery A Twentieth Field ar tillery Private Harry Wood 816 North Twenty second street ambulance company 2%
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Quincy
Hoboken
Albert Stevens
South Fourth Street
13Th
Joseph Edwards
South Seventh Street
Ith
Charles Smith
South Third Street
20Th
Edwin
Joseph
North Twelfth Street
Twentieth Field Artillery
Harry Wood
North Twenty -Second Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alton Man
Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederic Vv. Hask&x
D. C
BIG O Power
Bela Kun
Ukraine
Red
Canal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!