Senate hearing cites Lansing claim on treaty defeat
William C Bullitt testified before the Senate foreign relations committee that Secretary Lansing told him in Paris last May that if the Senate and American people knew what the treaty meant it would be defeated. Bullitt described opposition to the league covenant and Shantung award, and noted three dissenters Lansing White and Bliss.
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Washington
William C. Bullitt
Philadelphia
American Peace Mission
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lansing
Paris
Senate
Armenia
League of Nations
England
France
Knox
Lodge
Henry White
Gen
Bliss
Senator Lodge
Rulitt
White
Shantung
Bullitt
Russia
Petrograd
Czardom
Trotsky
Executive Council
Harding
Republican
Ohio
Kolchak
Moscow
Lloyd George
Watertown
N. Y
Robert Lansing
Henderson Harbor
Associated Press
Galloup Islands
Pershing Seeks Missouri Quiet as Free as Youth
Washington reports General Pershing hopes to visit Laclede Missouri and be seen again as a simple Missouri boy. He would relish a long leave from duty after months of constant service, with no public statement on his next assignment.
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Washington
General Pershing
Laclede
Missouri
St. Mihiel
Mexico
Villa
Illinois crop forecast shows corn up but drought-hit crops down
Springfield report dated September 13 says Illinois corn stands at 76 percent of normal based on September 1 reports. With drought affecting August, all crops except corn deteriorated. spring wheat yield about 8.5 million bushels, generally poor. Oats dropped to 68 percent, barley 74 percent, potatoes about 9.55 million bushels, 55 percent normal.
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Springfield
Illnois
Berlin Gaming Wave To Terminate Sunday
Greater Berlin's wave of gambling will end on Sunday September 14 if Gustav Noske's sweeping order enforcing the suppression of public and private clubs is strictly followed. Violations carry fines or imprisonment and pseudo clubs are closed. The city is plagued by such gambling dens with about 300 West End apartments occupied by them. The measure covers only the military district of Greater Berlin. Earlier raids hit North Sea and Baltic watering places.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Greater Berlin
Gustav Noske
West End
Greater
North Sea
Baltic
Exploding fuses in arsenal cause deaths and injuries
In Bonhamtown New Jersey on September 13 a civilian employee at the Raritan Arsenal was killed and several others were wounded when a box of fuses captured from the Germans exploded after a worker dropped it during transfer from barges to freight cars. Investigators noted a prior explosion last month where ten men died from careless handling of explosives.
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Bonhamtown
N. J
Raritan Arsenal
Pershing Arrives in Washington for Victory Parade
Gen. John J. Pershing reached Washington amid informal welcomes from crowds of women and government officials. Vice President Marshall greeted him, paying tribute to the American expeditionary force and the spirit of liberty. Pershing saluted the soldiers, then inspected cavalry before checking into his hotel.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
John J. Pershing
Pennsylvania Avenue
France
Marshall
Wilson
Baker
Gen. March
Gen. Pershing
Lincoln
America
Wilson Addresses Voting Power and League Safeguards
Spokane dispatch reports President Wilson defends the league of nations voting rules noting unanimity would give the United States a veto in both council and assembly. He warns critics, discusses reservations to the treaty, and urges acceptance as he tours Idaho and Washington.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Britain
League of Nations’ Assembly
Wilson
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
United States
Borah
Senate
League of Nations Assembly
League
Tacoma
Take Steps To Unite Employers Of Nation
CHICAGO September 13 An actual start toward federation of employers of the country as recommended by the Our Country First conference was made by the Illinois Manufacturers association which sponsored the conference by appointment of a committee representing fifteen organizations with Charles Plez former head of the shipping board as chairman The committee will ask Chambers of Commerce agricultural and other bodies to endorse the resolution adopted at the conference which deplores the spread of radicalism urges a return to thrift and federation of employers
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Chicago
Our Country
Tllinois Manufacturers’ Association
Charles Plez
Shipping Board
Chambers of Commerce, Agricultural
Boston policemen end strike after Gompers plan
Frank McCarthy announces that the Boston police union will return to work and await the White House labor conference on October 6. Police Commissioner Curtis says orders stand. attorney general to decide if patrolmen are employees with a right to strike. Governor Coolidge not yet informed of telegram. talks with McCarthy and Boston Central Labor Union planned for forenoon.
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Boston
Frank McCarthy
New England
American Federation of Labor
Policemen’s Union
Samuel Gompers
White House
Curtis
Gompers
McCarthy
Boston Central Labor Union
Abandon Search For Two Lost Aviators
In San Diego on September 13, the war and navy department abandoned the hunt for Lieutenants Frederick Waterhouse and C H Connelly, missing since August 21 in Lower California. Only potential sighting came from Mexican witnesses of their aircraft. The operation cost the government about $100,000.
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San Diego
Calif
Lower
California
War and Navy Department
Frederick Waterhouse
C. H. Connelly
H. L. Watson
Rockwell Field
No Romance In Pershing's Life Unearthed
Herbert Corey contends Pershing was an ordinary boy born in Laclede Missouri the townspeople say there was no romance in his youth. He notes Civil War era tensions in the town and rejects legends of boyhood escapades as inaccurate in this postwar period narrative.
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Mr. Corey
Laclede
Pershing
Iowa
Quincy
Corey
Tomor
Little Prospect of Strike by Shopmen
Detroit September convention of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers reported no immediate strike. Officials said the strike vote was not held as talks with railroad officials continued, with a four cent an hour wage offer accepted pending government efforts to curb living costs. The group also backed plans for departmental mail order stores and entry into manufacturing to fight high living costs.
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Detroit
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
National Committee
Railroad Administration
Washington
Wilson
Railroad
Allan E. Barker
Brotherhood
Two schooners lost with all on board in Bahamas hurricane
Miami report from Bahamas arrivals says two schooners sank at Cat Island in the Bahama group with all hands lost during the hurricane. Eleurtha suffered destroyed buildings and Windward islands saw two schooners lost while Watline’s island had several houses destroyed.
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Miami
Fla
Cat Island
Bahama Group
Bahamas
Eleurtha
Windward Islands
Watline’s Island
Bogus Five Turned Twenty By Paste In Bank Scam
In Saint Louis on September eighteenth a dry goods dealer Jacob Herman reported a counterfeit five altered to twenty by pasting. The money traced to Mrs Minnie Hamm and her companions Mrs Caroline Rabbe and George Andreas who cashed the fake note using a railroad payroll payment. Federal authorities detained Andreas and the two women as the probe continued.
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ST. Louis
Jacob Herman
South Broadway
Secret Service
Iferman
Minnie Hamm
Wisa Grattan Street
Caroline Rabbe
Dillon Street
Hamm
George Andreas
Market Street
Andreas
Rabbe
Senate Passes Food Control Act of House
The Senate approved the House food control bill to curb profiteering and reduce living costs. Penalties include a 5000 dollar fine and up to two years imprisonment for profiteering, hoarding, or unjust pricing, extending to apparel and food containers plus fuels and agrimachinery. A DC rental supervision rider was added. Senate adjourned until Monday.
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Washington
House
Wilson
Palmer
Senate
District of Columbia
Stop Parcel Post Sales Cut Off Army Food
Washington postal officials announce parcel post sales of army food will end September 25 due to poor public response. At most 10 percent of the supply has been sold.
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Washington
Cigaret Sparks Fatal Garage Explosion in Harrisburg
A cigarette lit as a garage attendant finished filling a car's gasoline tank caused an explosion that killed Roy Cass and injured three companions in Harrisburg Illinois on September 13.
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Cigaret
Harrisburg
Ills
Roy Cass
Ajury
Irish government suppresses Sinn Fein in Ireland
In Dublin and across Ireland authorities raid Sinn Fein headquarters in Cork Belfast Galway and Londonderry arrest two Sinn Fein MPs and seize arms documents and Sinn Fein literature. A detective is killed in Dublin. Proclamation bans Dail Eireann and suppresses Sinn Fein organizations as unlawful associations.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Viscount French
Ireland
Belfast
Sinn Fein
Cork
Gallway
Londonderry
House of Commons
Walsh-Dunne
Dry Investigator In Paris Challenges France Wine Perception
Washington dispatch reports Deets Pickett, research secretary for the Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals, arguing in Paris that French wine is not a light drink. He asserts French per capita alcohol use is higher, wine contains 10 to 14 percent alcohol, and that generations of French habituation blunt intoxication while signaling a deeper saturation risk. He warns of a coming revulsion against alcohol to save France from its vices.
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Washington
Deets Pickett
Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals
France
Pickett
Paris
Swiss Vote To Align With World League
Berne Sept 12 Parliament convoked for deliberation on joining the league of nations. National Council committee voted 21 to 4 to propose Switzerland adjoin the league hoping for a general league expansion. Deputy Keller’s postponement proposal was rejected.
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Associated Press
Berne
League of Nations
Commission of the
National Council
Switzerland
Keller
United States
Federal Warrants Issued in Prohibition Case In St Louis
In St Louis on September 13 twelve federal warrants were issued charging violations of the wartime prohibition act following a Justice Department investigation.
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ST. Louis
Department of jJusttice Open
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