Peace Declaration Proposal Delayed by Senate Panel
Washington June 26 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee withheld action on Senator Fall’s peace declaration resolution after a 12 to 4 vote to defer. Five anti league members backed postponement. Borah Johnson Moses supported immediate action. Fall said a favorable report could come Monday while opponents doubted any action before the treaty is signed.
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Washington
League of Nations
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fall
Republican
New Mexico
League
Lodge
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Moses
New Hampshire
Senate
Debate Over Immediate Peace Declaration After Treaties
Proponents argued that Germany’s acceptance of the treaty guaranteed peace and a formal declaration would speed resumption of industrial relations with Germany pending ratifications. Opponents said the declaration was unnecessary and peace conditions would wait for ratification, with some suggesting the President alone should act.
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Germany
Congress
B O Issues Bonds To Obtain Funds For Meeting Obligations
New York June 26 Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company announced the sale of a 35 million dollar ten year six percent secured gold bond issue to meet maturing obligations. The issue is backed by Reading company stock and Baltimore and Ohio mortgage bonds and was sold to Kuhn Loeb Speyer and National City. Bonds offered at 96 1 2 plus interest. The board suspended payments on common stock and declared a two percent preferred stock dividend to holders of record July 10 payable September 2 if funds arrive from the government on time. A government compensation agreement would pay 30 031 009 a year while lines are under government control, plus 3 300 000 additional income, totaling 33 331 000. After fixed charges and expenses 22 063 000 remain for taxes reserves and dividends leaving 11 268 000 for other uses.
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New York
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Reading Company
Baltimore and Ohio General
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Speyer and Company
National City Bank Company
Willard
Women Testify Against Ford Policies in Michigan Trial
In Mount Clemens Michigan on June 26 a Ford suit against the Chicago Daily Tribune proceeds with testimony from Perley Boone city editor and other witnesses. Ford’s counsel questions whether the June 23 1916 editorial was part of a conspiracy and whether editors dictated stories about employee welfare and border service. Several wives testifying describe hardship and charity received from the Ford company while noting their husbands returned to work at Ford plants or found better positions.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
Ford
Tribune
Perley Boone
William Lucking
Ford Counsel
Boone
National Guard
Ernest Pratt
Alfred J. Murphy
Texas
Ford Company
Eva Loughran
Minnie Airlie
Howard Smith
Letha Rogers
Transport With 2 000 Aliens To Sail Soon
Charleston June 26 The transport Martha Washington lies in the harbor with about 2,000 Germans aboard ready to sail for Rotterdam. The exact time of departure depends on 267 more from Fort Douglas. Passengers include enemy aliens arrested across the United States and interned for the war. Among them Capt Johannes Klattenghoff and officers from the former steam freighter Lubenfela, which they sank, who have served terms at the Atlanta federal penitentiary.
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Charleston
S. C
Martha Washington
Rotterdam
Fort Douglas
Ariz
United States
Johannes Klattenhoff
Atlanta
German Financier Now Scrubs Floors in Treves
In Treves Germany May 14 a weakened elderly German cashier of a major bank cleans the front steps and carries swill buckets as three months hard labor. A note found on him shows his hunger and defiance toward occupying forces as he lists soap candles condensed milk and other rations stolen or acquired against Army rules. Despite limited rations some Germans loot food while others endure, and more trouble arises from illicit food gathering in the occupied zone.
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Treves
Germany
Treveg
Criminal Investigation Department
Army of Occupation
Marriage License Of Willard Makes Him 36
LEAVENWORTH KAN June 26 On examining the marriage license record book at the probate office in the Leavenworth courthouse it was found that on March 13 1908 a license was issued to Jesse M Willard aged 26 and Hattie Evans aged 22 residents of Pottawatomie county Kan Willard swore to an affidavit at that time that he was 26 years old and this would make him 37 now thereby sport followers here contend settling the controversy about his age.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth Court House
Jesse M. Willard
Hattie Evans
Pottawatomie County
Willard
Lindsey's Case Heads to Higher Court Appeal
An appeal of the $500 contempt fine against Denver juvenile court judge Ben K. Lindsey will be filed with the U S Supreme Court clerk within days. The appeal argues the judge's constitutional rights were denied by the state supreme court when a hearing was refused on June 2.
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Denver
Coly
Ben K. Lindsey
Neal Wright
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Leader of Strikers Will Meet Burleson
Washington June 26 S J Konenkamp president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America conferred with the special committee appointed by the AFL convention at Atlantic City to seek through representations to Postmaster General Burleson a removal of the alleged causes of the strike. The committee is expected to hold its first conference with the postmaster general today.
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Washington
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
Burleson
Allies Will Demand Reparation On Sinking Of Fleet
Paris June 25 The council sent two notes to the German peace delegation at Versailles. One concerns German actions in Poland tied to a telegram intercepted by Poles. The other asserts that reparation will be demanded for the sinking of the German fleet in Scapa Flow.
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Paris
Havas
Versailles
Poland
Resent Higher Fare Wreck Street Cars
More than 2,000 Toledo Ship Building Company employees refused a street car fare increase and damaged cars and windows. Toledo Railways and Light raised the fare by one cent, from five cents to six cents with transfer rising to two cents.
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Toledo
Ohio
Toledo Shipbuilding Company
Toledo Railways and Light Company
Paroled Woman Helen Boyle Leaves Penitentiary
Helen Boyle, once sentenced to 25 years for involvement in the Billy Whit kidnapping, is released on parole from the Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh. The 1900 case centered on the abduction of Billy Whit, a boy from Bharen, Pa.
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Pittsburgh
Helen Boyle
Billy Whit
Bharen
Navy enlistments shift to schools for next fall term
Washington June 4 Young men who enlisted in the navy to serve during the emergency and wish to pursue further study will be entered into schools and colleges for the next fall term, according to an announcement by Secretary Berle.
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Washington
Navy
Biele
Rioting in Berlin amid red speech incitements
Mobs in Berlin rioted and plundered after speeches by agitators in Alexander Platz. Pedestrians and soldiers were attacked while crowds robbed shops and pockets. Troops fired on crowds, later cleared streets, with renewed unrest by noon. Rail stations at Goerlin and Stettin occupied as 4000 workers struck.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Alexander Platz
Stettin
Hochstrasse
Badstrasse
Gruene
Wald
Goerlin
Vocational Courses For Soldiers Open
Soldiers disabled by war would start immediate vocational training at government expense under an amended senate bill. The bill, passed unanimously by the house, appropriates 6 000 000 dollars and estimates 7000 men will enroll next year. Monthly education stipends rise to 80 dollars for single men and 100 dollars for those with dependents, plus government family allotments.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tulsa Boy Outpoints Kid Herman In Peoria
In Peoria Illinois Earl Pur year of Tulsa outpointed Kid Herman of Pekin in ten rounds. Pur year carried the fight with four rounds won and two by Herman, while four were even. Pur year's aggression and solid wallops earned him the verdict. In a separate bout, Stanley Everett of Pekin KO'd Kid Russell of Frankfort in the second round.
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Peoria
Ill
Earl Puryear
Tulsa
Kid Herman
Pekin
Furyear
Kerman
Puryear
Herman
Stanley Everett
Kid Russell
Frankfort
Ind
Eighty Saloon Men In Chicago Get Licenses
CHICAGO June 26 Eighty saloon keepers and ten wholesale liquor dealers have paid the internal revenue tax for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Anti-Saloon League officials concede June 30 could rival New Year celebrations, but will not pursue law violations that night. They say possession of a federal tax receipt is prima facie evidence of compliance under the Illinois search and seizure act, while liquor men hope for postwar respite and have not conceded federal amendment validity.
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Chicago
Anti-Saloon League
Billy Miske and Bill Brennan Battle To Eight Round Draw
St. Louis contest ends in a draw after eight rounds between Billy Miske of St Paul and Bill Brennan of Chicago. Both fighters press early and exchange punches with no decisive outcome, as judges rule the bout even.
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ST. Louis
Billy Miske
St. Paul
Bill Brennan
Chicago
Automatic Phones Soon in Chicago Switch
Chicago leaders announce automatic telephone service soon as large city companies adopt automated exchanges. B E Sunny, president of Chicago Telephone, says machines will cut manual labor by about 60 percent while retaining all 7 550 local operators. Automatic will replace party lines currently in use.
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Chicago
B. E. Sunny
Chicago Telephone Company
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