House for Suffrage 304 to 89 in Congress
National women’s suffrage gained House approval for the second time as the Susan B. Anthony amendment passed 304 to 89. Supporters plan to push the measure to the Senate, confident of a two thirds vote with changes in membership ahead.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
House
New England
Clark
Florida
Saunders
Virginia
Mondell
Wilson
Congress
Illinois
Hull
Lowa
Doremus
Michigan
Crampton
Curry
Fordney
Hamilton
Keeley
McLaughlin
Mapes
Nichols
Scott
Smith
Britten
Brooks
Cannon
Copley
Denison
Fuller
Graham
Treland
Juul
King
McKenzie
McKinley
Madden
Mann
Mason
Rodenburg
Wheeler
Williams
Yates
Ilinois
Dickinson
Good
Dowell
Green
Boise
Haugen
Kennedy
Ramseyer
Sweet
Towner
Iowa
Gallagher
McAndrews
T. Rainey
J. W. Rainey
Sabath
Tlineis
James
Kitchin
North Carolina
Mann Oflinois
Prohibition Leaders Planned Protest Against Beer Ban
National leaders of the prohibition forces will stage a protest against Congress removal of the July 1 ban on beer and light wines as urged to President Wilson. Speakers include Williams Jennings Bryan former Governor Malcolm R Patterson Richmond Pearson Hobson and others on a long speaker list.
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Cihhcago
Prohibition
Wilson
Williams Jennings Bryan
Malcolm R. Patterson
Tennessee
Richmond Pearson Hobson
N. C.-4 Prepares Dawn Flight to Lisbon from Ponta Delgada
Lieut. Commander A C Read announced that the engine trouble delaying the N C 4 flight to Lisbon has been fixed and the plane will start at daybreak if weather allows. The wrecked N C 3 has been moved to the beach for dismantling prior to shipment to the United States. Commander John H Towers estimated it would take one hundred mechanics three months to restore the machine.
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Associated Press
Ponta Delgada
A. C. Read
Lisbon
United States
John H. Towers
Improvement Noted in Winnipeg Strike
Winnipeg Man May 22 A sharp change in the general strike that halted local industries since last Thursday occurred Wednesday as city officials citizens committee and merchants secured public convenience facilities The city water pressure rose offices reopened essential deliveries resumed fire and police protection improved Merchants began deliveries and Mayor Gray and the council won approval to abolish union permission placards Unionists at the water works refused to raise pressure and were replaced by provincial engineers No conference was held with union leaders Gideon Robertson master of labour and Arthur Meighen expected from Ottawa
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Winnipeg
Man
Citizens Committee
Charles PF. Gray
Gideon Robertson
Arthur Meighen
Interior
Ottawa
Lifelong inmate wins libel suit against New York Evening Post
John Arm strong Chaloner of Merry Mills Virginia, jailed years ago, recovered an $80,000 verdict from the New York Evening Post in a $100,000 libel suit. The Post asks the judge to set aside the verdict while Chaloner’s claim centered on a 1916 Evening Post report about a killing of John Willard at Merry Mills ten years earlier.
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New York
John Armstrong Chaloner
Merry Mills
Millonaire
New York Evening Post
Judge Hand
Chaloner
Evening Post
John Willard
Santa Fe One Of Few To Earn Federal Fund
CHICAGO May 22 The twenty fourth annual report of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway company for 1918 shows it was one of the few railroad systems to earn the government guaranteed compensation. Gross earnings were 187,659,222 compared with 165,529,519 in 1917. Operating income was 44,024,928 with a government guarantee of 42,885,310 versus 18,346,700 in 1917. After corporate expenses and taxes, there remained 28,348,432 for dividends, down from 38,185,447 in 1917.
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Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Bolshevik Drafting Force In Petrograd
Swedish reports from Petrograd say the Bolshevik regime has formed a committee for the defense of the proletariat and ordered mobilization of men up to age 40. The military commissariat is empowered to requisition horses and arms, with owners who refuse to deliver requisitioned materials to be executed.
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Washington
Petrograd
State Department
Military Commissariat
Offers Refund Bill For Liberty Bonds
Washington May 22 A bill introduced in the house by Rep Husted New York Republican provides for issuing a new series of government obligations to retire bonds from the first through fourth Liberty loan issues. The proposed bonds would run up to thirty years, bear 3 1/4 percent interest and be non taxable.
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Washington
House
Representative Husted
New York
Illinois House approves Jewell bill on prohibition enforcement
In Springfield on May 22, anti liquor forces passed the Jewell bill strengthening enforcement in dry areas but fell four votes short of approving the Rice bill creating a prohibition commissioner and deputies. Abbey's licensing proposal for dram shops outside municipalities also passed. All wet bills were tabled. The session heard memorials for the late J. P. O'Brien. In the Senate, Brady tax rate revisions for Chicago and other cities moved forward after reconsideration. The Buck motion picture censorship bill passed the judiciary committee. The Senate plans adjournment in early June with next week brief sessions.
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Springfield
Ill
Antiliquor
Abbey
Thomas Curran
Jewell
Representative Rice
House
Senate
J. P. O'Brien
Chicago
Ettelson
Brady
House Judiciary Committee
Prairie Division
Shanahan
Farrington Protest Goes To Rail Board
Springfield May 22 Frank Farrington president of the Illinois United Mine Workers urged the federal rail board to change coal buying policy He said thousands are out of work in Illinois and more than half of union members are working part time He warned strikes are inevitable if the policy continues as coal orders shift to the south to employ non union workers increasing miners idleness.
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Springfield
Railroad Administration
Linois
Frank Farrington
Illinois United Mine Workers
Federal Rail Board
Illinois
Farrington
Tlinois
Pershing Abandons England Trip Plans in Paris
May 21 reports indicate Gen Pershing and several high ranking American officers along with members of the peace mission have abandoned the plan for a return to America. The decision follows broader changes in the proposed itinerary and duties amid ongoing negotiations.
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Paris
England
Pershing
America
Trotzky Sends Spartan Notes To Hungary Red
Vienna May 21 wireless messages from Leon Trotzky urge Bela Kun to hold out and fool the allies while preparing to seize Romania. Nikolai Lenine also sends hope to Kun. Hungarian Red Army allegedly orders burning Budapest and killing hostages if Bolshevik push fails, while General D Espery arrives to direct new assault on Budapest.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Bela Kun
Leon Trotzky
Rumania
Nikolai Lenine
Red Army
Scouting Aircraft Sought by Daniels
Washington May 22 The general board may urge a fleet of scouting airships and lighter than air craft as an adjunct to the navy. Secretary Daniels favors limited air expansion for now and calls for experimentation on existing types rather than mass production or new flying fields.
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Washington
General Board of the Navy
Daniels
Naval Air Policy
United States
Navy
Ile
Ham Lewis Declares People Want Wilson
Chicago May 22 Former Senator James Hamilton Lewis told an audience that if a third term were sought it would be the demand of the people for President Wilson to stay in office. He argued against a conspiracy to hide his record and defended the League of Nations.
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Chicago
Fomer
James Hamilton Lewis
Wilson
League of Nations
Socialist meeting urged on peace terms in Basel
Basel, May 21. The German Social Democratic Party executive committee has proposed to the International Socialist Bureau in Amsterdam that a meeting of the international socialist committee be called to decide the socialist attitude toward the peace terms presented to Germany.
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Basel
Switzerland
German Social Democrat Party
International Socialist Bureau
Amsterdam
International Socialists Committee
Germany
Roper Extends Tax Return Filing for Nonresidents
Washington May 23 Non residents including returning soldiers will have 90 days after the peace proclamation to file tax returns. The extension was announced by Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper.
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Roper
Washington
Internal Revenue
The Whig Want Ad Pages Meeting Place
The Whig want ads are described as a meeting place for the community where housewives domestic help employers and employees buyers and sellers of real estate owners of vacant houses seekers of homes and all buyers and sellers meet for mutual benefit. A vast amount of business is transacted easily and satisfactorily today.
Four More Men Reach U S Ports
New York May 21. The following Quincy soldiers arrived today Private Herman F Fleet 822 Washington street Co L 327th Infantry Private Ernest A Loos 515 South Twelfth street Co L 327th Corporal Louis Treifenbach 1712 North Seventeenth street Co L 327th Infantry Private Harry Fleet 822 Washington street Co E 325th Infantry. Announcement of transport Rivals in New York show that the first three Quincy men arrived on the Transport Sierra which carried one officer and 76 men of the 327th Infantry. The regiment is a part of the 82nd army division.
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New York
Quincy
Herman F. Fleet
Washington Street
Co. L
327Th Infantry
Ernest A. Loos
South Twelfth Street
Louis Treifenbach
North Seventeenth Street
Harry Fleet
Co. E
325Th Infantry
Sierra
82Nd Army Division
Mobile River Front Fire Wreaks Heavy Property Loss
Mobile Alabama May 22 Ten blocks of Mobile's river front residence district were swept by fire causing about 100000 dollars in damage. The blaze left around 1500 people homeless and probably destroyed 200 buildings. Flames were stopped before reaching docks and shipyards. A relief organization aids the homeless. The fire began in a rear trash pile of a business house and the strong wind fed the flames threatening commercial and industrial areas. The district was among the city's oldest residential sections.
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Mobile
Ala
Citives Relief
Lenine to Continue Class Warfare Says Lenine
Vienna May 31 Associated Press quotes Hungarian professor Ladislav Rudas who just returned from Moscow. Lenine would not make peace but would persist in class warfare until world brotherhood. He claims Wilson misrepresents his era and vows no enduring peace without revolution, predicting capitalism’s destruction may cost many lives. Rudas relays Lenine’s message to Bela Kun urging resistance as Bolshevism nears Hungary.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Nikolai Lenine
Ladislav Rudas
Moscow
Lenine
Wilson
Rudas
Loenine
Bela Kun
Rumania
Hungary
Raynham Seeks New Pilot From England
ST. JOHNS N F May 22 Captain Frederick P Raynham cabled English builders asking appointment of another trans Atlantic aviator to replace Captain Charles B Forgan declared by physicians out of the race from injuries Repairs on the Martinsyde underway here for a new craft using spare parts and the damaged plane already being rebuilt
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ST. Johns
N. F
Frederick P. Raynham
England
Charles B. Forgan
Lynch Pursuit Ends as Suspect Captured in Butler Jail
Jay Lynch, suspect in the slayings of Sheriff John Harlow and his son, Walter, finally is jailed in Butler after a long spree. He fled Lamar jail on March 3, wandered, rode trains, hid in barns, and alleged to have acquired 1010 dollars and two Liberty bonds during his flight before arrest in La Junta and transport to Kansas City.
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Jay Lynch
John Harlow
Walter Forest Harlow
Butler
Harlow
Orin Combs
Oskaloosa
Kansas City
St. Louis
Lynch
Tacksonville
Mexico
Los Angeles
Eddie Williams
Barton County
LaJunta
Colo
Hughes Protest at Pogroms Stirs Jews
New York May 22 Madison Square Garden drew 15000 Jews for a mass meeting protesting pogroms in Slavic Europe. Charles E Hughes urged America to act to end the massacres and a memorial day observed by Jewish organizations. Resolutions called on the peace conference to guarantee civil religious and political rights for Polish Romanian and other Eastern European Jewish inhabitants.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Europe
Charles E. Hughes
United States
America
Peace Conference
Poland
Rumania
Germans Asked Yank To Be Burgomaster
Capt Walter Burgess of Grand Rapids 126th infantry was billeted in Gladbock after the armistice. Germans showed friendliness by making him chief burgomaster a role he declined. Capt E B Gasen also noted 32nd division troops were the last to return with 65 officers. Six 126th men returned decorated for taking ten machine gun nests in one day. Present were Sergeant Frank I Raymond Kent City Mich Corporal William A Edsel Muskegon Mich Albert S Kravkwsa Caledonia Mich Private James A Taylor Lowell Mich Sergeant Matthew Post Grand Rapids Mich and Sergeant James D Babcock Middleville Mich.
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New York
Walter Burgess
126Th Infantry
Grand Rapids
Valacia
Germany
Gladbock
E. B. Gasen
32Nd Division
Mturn
Frank I. Raymond
Kent City
Mich
William A. Edsel
Muskegon
Albert 5
Kravkwsa
Caledonia
James A. Taylor
Lowell
Matthew Post
James D. Babcock
Middleville
War department authorizes depots at select ports
Authorization issued for vast artillery storage depots at Savannah Georgia Port Clinton Ohio and Aberdeen Maryland The Savannah and Port Clinton contracts exceed 1 000 000 each while Aberdeen project is around 500 000 The move signaling large wartime logistics expansion and funding allocations across multiple sites.
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Washington
Savannah
Port Clinton
Ohio
Aberdeen
War Department
Cleminson Paroled From Murder Conviction
May 22 in Springfield AWL Lowden commuted the Chicago man Haldane Cleminson from murder to manslaughter in 1909 and the pardons division plans to parole him.
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Springelield
Awl
Cor. Lowden
Haldane Cleminson
Chicago
Clemingon
Manchurian Arrives With Troops and Families in New York
The steamer Manchurian arrived in New York Wednesday night too late to dock carrying 4,784 troops and 15 soldiers wives. The ship's contingent included the 53rd and 5th Iowa ordnance casualty companies among others aboard.
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Manchuria
New York
Manchurian
53Rd
Iowa
German extension to May 29 on peace terms request
Paris May 21 German peace delegation receives seven day extension to May 29 to reply in full to war treaty terms. Berlin signals unwillingness to sign, while Turkish issue grows acute as powers seek a naval backed solution under Allied guidance for Constantinople. Estimates of military force for Armenia range 50,000 to 100,000.
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Paris
Versailles
M. Clemenceau
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Berlin
Brockworff-Rantzau
Associated Press
United States
Constantinople
Armenia
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