Senate denounces Japanese Shantung award in debate
Washington Oct. 12 Senator Norris Nebraska denounces the Shantung award in a Senate speech linking it to a broader dispute over the Japan treaty. Republican critics charge the State Department hid information on Japan's transport system and push reservations on labor and U S representation in league affairs.
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Washington
Shantung Province
Japan
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Jesus Christ
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Shantung
China
Republian
Johnson
United States
British Empire
League of Nations
Brandegee
Connecticut
State Department
Department of Commerce
Caid
Wilson
West
Prisoner Declared Insane in Poison Case
Mia Noy Lulkart confessed to administering slow poison to her daughters Edna and Sherley. The two are hospitalized in Chicago, and Lulkart was ruled insane by a circuit court in Pontiac Michigan on October 11.
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Pontiac
Mich
Mia
Noy Lulkart
Edna
Sherley
Chicago
Extend Control Act to Include Clothing and Foods
Washington reports the food control act expands to cover clothing and food containers while adding penalties for profiteering and hoarding. The measure moves to the President, who urged it as a weapon against high living costs, with a DC rent extortion provision passed 208 to 8 under a special rule.
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Washington
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Labor conference budget eyed for repayment delay
Assistant Secretary Ernest P. Greenwood told the House appropriations committee in Washington that about 200000 was requested to cover October expenses for the international labor conference starting October 20. He noted Germany and Austria sought admission but questioned their eligibility and said the United States would not officially participate without Senate ratification of the peace treaty.
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Washiuington
Reigue of Nations
Ernest P. Greenwood
Labor Department
Vtouse Appropriations Committee
Nho
Greenwood
Germany
Austria
United States
Senate
Congress
Stockade Under Construction in Gary as Radicals Remain
In Gary Indiana on October 12 a crowd of about 10 000 workers returned to Gary plants amid a steel strike with 18 000 normally employed. Federal troops police radicals with arrests and seizures of red flags while immigration officials consider cancelling citizenship of revolutionaries. Prisoners build a stockade opposite the city hall guardhouse and veterans volunteer as special policemen in army uniforms.
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Gary
Ind
Leonard Wood
Bhe
Department of Justice
Trolley Wire Melts Ford but Car Runs After Crash
Grand City brothers Dink Aranos Varta and his brother Tlassat, owners of a grocery at 1648 Maple Avenue, survived after their Ford truck struck a broken trolley wire on Ninth Street. The radiator and fenders were damaged, the car split, but they restarted it after finding the crank and drove to Market Street station. Palmer requests constitutional opinions on wartime enforcement and presidential action.
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SP. Louis
Lo Aranos Vartanian
Tlassat
Maple Avenue
Granite City
Ninth Street
St. Louis Avenue
Market Street
Behee Station
Pitiveneon
Wilson to Take Rest Keeps Bed
Washington reports the ailing President Wilson must remain in bed for an extended period as doctors say his gradual improvement continues but a full recovery remains distant. Aimed at avoiding constitutional questions officials consider how disability might be handled, while experts stress extended rest is needed.
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Washington
Wilson
Grayson
Mr. Wilson
FP. X. Dereum
Philadelphia
Stitt
Naval Hospital
Sterling Ruffin
White House
Grayson, Dercum, Ruffin, Stiy
Miners and operators fail to reach wage deal
In Philadelphia on October 12 coal operators and miners of the bituminous field adjourned without agreement after demanding a 60 percent wage increase and shorter hours. If unresolved by November 7 a strike could halt work for more than 300,000 men across western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. United Mine Workers acting president Thomas L. Lewis warned the strike would begin November, blaming operators for the impasse.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
French Senate Ratifies Peace Treaty and Defense Pacts
The French Senate ratified the peace treaty with Germany and the Franco American and Franco British defense treaties. The German peace treaty passed 217 to nil with one abstention by Senator Delahaye, while the two defense pacts were unanimously approved. Premier Clemenceau urged swift final action as the chamber concluded debate in three sessions.
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Paris
Germany
Delahaye
Clemenceau
Senate
M. Clemenceau
Week Marks Gain by Steel Concerns
Chicago reports the third week of the steel strike with most mills operating at partial capacity. Over 60 percent of workers are back, though union leaders say many strikers remain idle. Gary Indiana Harbor and East Chicago see martial law and federal and state troops curbing unrest as 1,600 regulars secure control and prisoners are held.
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Chicago
Wisconsin Steel
Interstate Steel and Iron Company
Gary
Indiana
Leonard Wood
Indiana Tlarbor
East Chicago
Goodrich
Department of Justice
Sugar Shortage Debate In Senate Highlights Foreign Control
In Washington on October 12 the Senate discussed the sugar shortage. Senator Smoot reported Hawaiian sugar was bought by Japanese interests and removed from American markets. Senator Sherman noted 27 million pounds bought by the government would be sold abroad. Senator Pomerene cited a sugar board letter about Cuban sugar refined for shipment overseas.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Sherman
United States
Pomerene
Ohio
Sugar Equalization Board
Fighting in Petrograd Reported Amid Bolshevik Opposition
Copenhagen dispatch citing Helsingfors reports that serious fighting erupted in Petrograd between bolshevik supporters and counter revolutionary factions. Rebels seized key government buildings as Moscow bomb outrages against Bolshevik leaders suggest deep internal opposition.
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Petrograd
Copenhagen
Helsingfore
Moscow
Bolshevista
Maynard First Pilot To Cross Country In 2 01 Mile Marathon
Lieut Belvin W Maynard the flying parson won the first coast to coast leg of the army race covering about 2701 miles from Roosevelt Field New York to San Francisco. Unofficial times list Maynard 78 hours 47 minutes with Major Carl Spatz and Lieut Kiel close behind as the race faced weather and logistical delays.
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W. E. Kine
B. W. Maynard
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Trixie
Maynard
New York
Belvin W. Maynard
American Flying Club
Army
Minsola
N. Y
San Francisco
Reno
Nev
Flying Club
Lieut
Emil Kiel
Carl Spatz
Spatz
Kiel
Longest cross-country flight astonishes San Francisco crowd
First Lieutenant Belvin W. Scou, an army aviator and Baptist minister from Kerr NC, completed a 2,701 mile round trip from Mineola NY to San Francisco in about 24 hours 48 minutes. Sergeant W E Kline observed as the two were helped from the De Havilland No 4 craft by excited admirers including high ranking army officials.
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San Francisco
Belvin W. Scou
Kerr
North Carolina
Mineola
N.Y
de Haviland
Kiel Beats Spatz Into Mineola
Lieut. E. C. Kiel first eastbound transcontinental flyer to finish from San Francisco lands at Roosevelt field at 6 35 to 10 p m Saturday. Maj. Carl Spatz lands twenty seconds later at Hazelhurst field after earlier error at a Hazelhurst field. Kiel left Binghampton at 5 06 p m eight minutes after Spatz took off on the final leg. Col. Archie Miller urged both pilots to finish by night as flying conditions were excellent.
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Mineola
Lb. 1
Kiel
Spatz
de Haviland Four
Major Spatz
de Haviland Rhtelord
Emmett Tanner
Hazelhurst
Lieut. Kiet
Frank McKee
M Wis
Binghampton
Roosevelt Field
Boyertown
N. Y
E. C. Kiel
San Francisco
Maj
Carl Spatz
Hazelhurst Field
Lieut
Hundreds Watch The Pilots Come And Go In Race
Chicago October 12 Hundreds of observers watched the trans continental air race as west and east bound leaders landed and departed Grant Park and surrounding fields. Many planes circulated between coasts with weather mix of winds and rain in scattered locales. Major Bartholf’s craft No 41 completed in Chicago. several flyers arrived and departed through the day including West bound leaders such as Bowen Sheridan Nelson Reynolds Torney and Kirby with times ranging from morning to late afternoon. In Lovelock Nevada Capt Drayton and Lieut Sweeley suffered an engine stop and landed four miles south of town causing minor radiator damage with repairs expected today. San Francisco coast report incomplete.
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March
H. C. Drayton
Battle Mountain
Nev
Reno
San Francisco
Luley
Desert
Chicago
Grant
Ray . Fay
PL Bartholf
G. B. Newmn
Marine Corps
Priday
T. S. Bowen
H . Sheridan
A. m
Fred C Nelson
John N. Reynolds
ST Alim
S. W. Torney
P. m
T. Ge Hines
N. M. George
H. E. Hartney
H. B. Wright
R. S
Worthington
Lovelock
Jarry C. Drayton
L. Js. Sweeley
Rogers Ranch
Drayton
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North Dakota
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Palver
Gopinton
Wasteington
Palmer
Great Britain
Hiel
Army Air Service
Armiy Air Service
A L.S. Hostetter
L. S. Webster
J. O. Donaldson
Alexander Pearson, Jr
Salduro
Donaldson
Lieut. Pearson
E. M. Manzelman
Salt Lake City
Harry Smith
Chevenne, Wrc
Manzelman
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