Debate on League of Nations Stirs Senate Ground
Washington June 20 Debate on the League of Nations again shifted into political ground in the Senate with party lines sharpening and calls to observe Senate rules. Senator Williams Mississippi a Democrat charged Republicans stacked the committee against the league while Senator Moses New Hampshire a Republican denied it and Senator McCormick Illinois charged the Paris peace mission was stacked with Democrats. Vice President Marshall halted out of order remarks as Senator Thomas Colorado Democrat resumed attacking the Knox resolution to examine the treaty without the league incorporated. The debate continues with plans for further remarks by Senator Sheppard Democrat Texas and Senator Sherman Republican Illinois.
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League of Nations
Senate
Williams
Mississippi
Foreign Relations Committee
League
Moses
New Hampshire
McCormick
Ilinois
Paris
Sheppard
Texas
Sherman
Illinois
Vatican
Big British Dirigible R-34 Postponed Flight to America
London reports that the British airship R-34's planned flight to America is postponed until Germany decides on peace terms. If Germany refuses to sign, the voyage may head eastward. R-33 and R-34 currently over Germany will return to base tonight. Bombs and machine guns were said unnecessary now.
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London
America
Germany
Foch Forms New Allied Front Across Central Europe
June 19 report says Marshal Foch forms a single front from the Rhine to the Danube joining forces with units from Czecho-Slovakia Romania and Poland. The allied commander will direct operations across this widened area to counter German advances.
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Nattle Link
Havas
Marahal Foch
Rhine
Dan‘ue
T 'S
Day Raging: Ottawa Senate Adopts Prohibition Amendment
Ottawa June 19 The senate adopted an amendment to the prohibition bill delaying the prohibition order from becoming effective until peace is signed instead of remaining for one year after that date.
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Ottawa
Senate
Orlando and Italian cabinet resign amid confidence vote
The Italian government led by Premier Orlando resigned after a 259 to 78 defeat in the chamber of deputies over a motion on foreign policy. Orlando cited the need for greater confidence and outlined policy aims while King Victor Emmanuel reserved acceptance.
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Associated Press
OME
Chamber of Deputies
Orlando
Victor Emmanuel
Chamber
Italy
Germany
Austria
Signor Orlando
Wilson
Adriatic
Car Foundry Workers Attacked By Strikers
CHICAGO June 19 Two men were seriously wounded and nine others arrested after a riot by striking workers at the American car and foundry works. About 200 employees had been on strike for three weeks seeking wartime pay and union recognition while non union workers labored under police protection. As workers were escorted home, over a hundred strikers and their supporters attacked police and guards, shots were fired, and regular police dispersed the rioters.
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Chicago
American Car and Foundry
New York Troops Demonstrate City Guard Duty
New York June 20 Ten regiments of the state guard demonstrated their guard duty capabilities by mobilizing for a test drill. Armed guards cordoned public buildings power houses car barns utilities and the homes of prominent citizens as autos filled with guardsmen rushed from armories to key sites. The drill was conducted grimly and sparked belief that guard duty could be extended to protect the city from potential outbreaks.
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New York
New York State Guard
Car Barna
Airplane Patrols On Border Watch Reported
In El Paso Texas on June 20 regular airplane patrols along the Mexican border by the eleventh aero squadron under Major Tobin were maintained. An eastern patrol to Fort Hancock Texas found no rebel activity, while a western patrol to Columbus New Mexico reported armed bands below the border. Brig Gen Erwin ordered planes not to fly into Mexico.
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Texas
Eleventh Aero Squadron
Tobin
Fort Hancock
Columbus
N. M
Here
Erwin
Mexico
Deportation trial expected next week in Winnipeg
Details of the deportation hearing for arrested strike leaders were arranged at a conference in Winnipeg. Aimed at charging the eleven men with sece during the sympathetic eight week strike, the hearing date was not set but expected as soon as possible, likely next Friday, with government officials and labor leaders in attendance.
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Winnipeg
Man
J. Andrews
Dominion
G. D. Robertson
Manitoba
Jas. Winning
Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council
Dr Haiselden Dies On Visit To Havana
Chicago mourns Dr Harry J Haiselden known for declining to operate on the Bollinger baby. He died in Havana Cuba from cerebral hemorrhage while on a long overdue vacation. Word of his death reached friends in Chicago Wednesday night.
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Chicago
Harry J Haiselden
Bollinger
Havana
Cuba
Haiselden
Murder in Galena Ends Fatally in Broad Daylight
Marl A. Fitch 387 cashier of Merchants National Bank was shot and killed in front of his home at noon Thursday by neighbor Frank Wiley. Four shots were fired two went wild. Fitch, a former prominent figure in Galena, had ties to the Corn Exchange National Bank of Chicago.
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Galena
Marl A. Fitch
Merchants National Bank
Frank Wiley
Polie Say
Itch
Corn Exchange National Bank of Chicago
Old Party Lines Suit U.S. Labor
The American Federation of Labor rejected unanimously a proposal to form a separate labor party at its Atlantic City convention. It adopted a comprehensive reconstruction program aimed at broad social and economic reforms to uplift workers while endorsing greater labor participation in politics but opposing partisan alignment.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Executive Council
Liquor stocks pile up as dealers prep for July 1
In St Louis, whisky demand drops as dealers slash prices to clear stock before the wartime prohibition. Prices fall from 2.75-3.50 to 2.25-3 per quart while a case of 12 quarts can reach 36. Brews seek injunctions to block 2.75 percent beer ban after July 1. 125000 gallons whisky held in bonded warehouses plus ongoing tax stamp issuances add uncertainty to post July 1 prospects.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Brewing Association
Independent Breweries Co
United States District Court
New York
Internal Revenue Collector
Washington
Internal Revenue
Ohio voters entitled to referendum ballot
Ohio voters gain right to approve or disapprove state legislature actions ratifying federal amendments. Judge E B Dillon of Franklin county common pleas court ruled the referendum power applies to both federal prohibition and woman suffrage amendments pending higher court decisions.
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Columbus
Ohio
E. B. Dillon
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Assault on Courts Claims Labor Static Loss of Liberty
A sweeping report denounces courts and judges for undermining individual liberty by expanding injunctive decrees and unconstitutional power. It warns organized labor will resist rulings that infringe civil rights and accuses the judiciary of usurping legislative power, likening it to tyrants and monarchs and calling for defense of self government.
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Europe
America
Days of Carranza Are Numbered headline report
An extra bearing the headline Days of Carranza are Numbered was brought to El Paso from Mexico City. An American passenger said the edition was suppressed shortly after publication and that Carranza's family crossed the border to the United States aided by a Carranza relative.
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EL Paso
Texas
Carranza
Mexico City
United States
Dye Industry Seeks Protection Against Dumping Threats
German dye interests barred from France and England look to the United States and China to absorb wartime surplus. Joseph H. Choate Jr. urges a licensing system beyond tariff and anti dumping laws to shield the American dye industry. He warns of espionage risks tied to German dye interests and stresses the industry's national defense role and impact on three billion dollars in annual U S goods.
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France
England
America
China
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
The
Chemical Foundation, Incorporated
House
Ways and Means Committee
Choate
United States
Germany
Hugo Schweitzer
Imperial War Minister
Mr. Choate
Hannibal Man Struck By Auto Near Death
June 20 report from Hannibal says Lee Morris about 55 was seriously injured Thursday at ten o clock while boarding a street car near Union station on South Main. An auto driven by Richard Fielder and James Read knocked him to the street fracturing his skull. Hugh Stoops was in the auto. Morris was taken to a nearby business place then to Levering hospital. Dr W C Guss said his condition was serious. Morris lives at Fulton avenue and Oak street.
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Hannibal
Lee Morris
Union Station
South Main Street
Richard Fielder
James Read
Hugh Stoops
Morris
Levering Hospital
W. C. Guss
Fulton Avenue
Oak Street
Heavy Rains Delay Kansas Wheat Harvest
Heavy rains in the Kansas wheat belt damage wheat and retard harvesting across many localities. High winds flatten fields near Camp Funston and a inch-plus hourly rainfall floods Smoky Hill River, forcing move of horses and mules. Chanute reports fields flattened and trees blown down. Hutchinson delays tied to a telegraphers strike.
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Kansas City
Kansas Wheat Belt
Camp Funston
Smoky Hill
Chanute
Kan
Hutchinson
Kansas
Missouri oil real and personal valuation rises in 20 percent increase
Jefferson City Mo June 20 Assessed valuation of oil real and personal property in Missouri was returned Thursday by the state board of equalization at 271750992 an increase of 20 percent over the assessed valuations last year The figures reflect a statewide rise in taxable property led by oil interests and related holdings across Missouri with the board confirming the new totals and noting broader property valuation growth for the current year
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Missouri
Jeffferson Cry
Mosouri
D Board of Coalization
German Assembly Likely To Vote On Peace Treaty Saturday
Advices from Weimar indicate a possible German delay to seek a plebiscite but show the German delegation will sign the treaty if time allows. Allied forces in Coblenz state preparations for a march on Berlin possible if Germany does not sign.
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Associated Press
Paris
Weimar
Assembly
Berlin
Copenhagen
German National Assembly
Germany
Coblenz
Marshal Foch
Rhine
Cologne
Mayence
Dear petition heard by state parole body
Governor Lowden defends Earl Dear clemency hearing, stating it is Earl Dear's right under law to have his executive clemency application heard and decided, and rejecting claims that Dear influenced the governor's office. The statement underscores the normality of such hearings under the state’s legal framework.
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State Parole Body
Springfield
Earl Dear
Lowden
Dear
St Louis semi finals set in Western Amateur golf
In St Louis on June 20 L D Bromfield Denver faces Richard Bockenkamp St Louis and Larry Legg Minneapolis meets Clare Wolff St Louis in 36 hole semifinals at Sunset Hill after a day of tight matches. Bromfield beat Koepper 2 and 1 while Bockenkamp beat Standish 3 and 2 Legg eliminated Waldo 2 and 1 and Wolff defeated Thompson 8 and 6 rain soaked players during Intermission and end of play.
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L. D. Bromfield
Denver
Richard Bockenkamp
St. Lows
Larry Legg
Minneapolis
Clarence Wolff
Sunset Hill Club
Bromfield
Koepper
Sioux City
Bockenkamp
J. D. Standish
Detroit
Legg
C. G. Waldo
Wolff
Thompson
St. Paul
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