Global peace treaty ratification drives unfold across capitals
Democratic opposition to the German Austrian and Hungarian peace treaties prompts Washington leaders to delay ratification while organizing a drive. Reports from Washington detail labor wage opposition, rail car idle statistics, and a push for broader executive reorganizations.
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Washington
Plowing Match Draws Thousands At Long Farm Big Rock
Weather and mud fail to deter crowds at H. B. Longs Big Rock farm for the twentieth annual plowing match. Winners include Harry Schmitz Sugar Grove in motor division sweepstakes, Hanley Thomas Big Rock second, Peter Nichol third, Leslie Minard fourth. Grownup prize to Richard Williams. Several civil and educational notes follow including Illinois crop forecasts, university projects, and public notices across the state.
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H. 8
Big Rock
Chicago
Harry Schmitz
Sugar Grove
Hanley Thomas
Peter Nichol
Leslie Minard
Ray Lewis
Burton Miller
Richard Willams
W. PD. Dorster
Geneva
Federal
Illinois
Len Small
Mdlinois Educational Commission
A.M. Sheltor
Crystal Lake
William 5. Gray
Coatsburg
Harry Wilson
Pinckneyville
C. M. Thompson
University of Illinois
M. H. Leiber
Winnetka
Department of Applied Education
Illinois Federation of Womens’ Clubs
Daniel M. Ross
Benton
Grand Outer Guard
Diinois Knights of Pythias
Decatur
Grand Lodge
Stephenson County Board of Supervisors
Small
Rockford
Freeport
Royal Arch Masons of
Ilinois
United States
Ray Tile
Rushville
University of Illinois Memorial Stadium
Central Station
C. R. Richards
Engineering College
Frank Sinnick
Riverdale
Cook
South Chicago
Rockford Baptists
Tinois State Baptist Convention
Teoria
Civic Music Federation
Knox College
Thomas Arkle Clark
Champaign County Tuberculosis Sanitarium Fund
County Board of Supervisors
Proposed 19 rail systems plan to consolidate U.S. networks
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a tentative plan authorized by the Transportation Act to merge major railroads into 19 systems. The proposal, drafted with input from Harvard professor W Z Ripley, lists system groupings including New York Central, Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio and others with several alternates and a New England Great Lakes variant. Canadian subsidiaries are excluded from the consolidation.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
The
Transportation Act
Commission
New York
Lehigh Valley
Chicago & St. Louis
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pere Marquette
Ann Arbor
New Haven
Hartford
Boston & Maine
Bangor & Aroostook
Lehigh
Hudson River
New -England-Great Lakes
Carolina
Clinchfield and Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
Minois Central Seaboard Airline
Clinchfield & Ohio
Union Pacific Lines
Chicago & Northwestern
Wabash Lines
Missouri
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Great Northern
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Colorado & Southern
Denver & Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
el Paso & Southwestern
Vicksburg
Shreveport & Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Fatty Arbuckle Freed on $5080 Bail in Rappe Case
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle walks free after preliminary hearing, released on $5,000 cash bail. Judge Lazars frees him from murder charge, ordering trial on manslaughter due to insufficient evidence. Arbuckle, joined by his lawyers, departs in a fast car.
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State Department of Registration and Education
Chicago
Horseshoers
Dixon
Springfield
Peoria
Danville
Effingham
East St. Louis
Benton
State Bank of Crete
Chiexsgs
Trae
Frank L. Hooper
Circuit Court
Henry W. Ohlendorf
Hooper
Illinois
Hoover Relief
Austria
Poland
Mlinois Agricultural Association
Illionis
Baltimore
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Illinois
Bond County
Charles Fitzmorris
David
Wanderer
Fitzmorris
Lincoln Board of Local Improvements
City of
Lincoln
Illinois Central Railroad
Clinton
Roy F. Laughlin
Bridgeport Bank and Trust Company
Bridgeport
Illinois Free Employment Office
Ilinois
State Labor Department
Traois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Moline
Board of Education
Kane County
Bankers’ Association
Old Peoples’ Picnic Association
McLean County
San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Sylvain Lazarus
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Ruswell
Phelps
Massachusetts Labor Department
National Employment Conference
Association of Railway Executives At
Internal Revenue Bureau
Prohibition Unit
Sydney Anderson
Minnesota
Taft
Canada
Supreme Court
Senate
Mees
Joint Congressional Committee On Reorganization
War
Navy
Kingston
Mass
San Pedro
Cal
Herman O. Stickney
Pacific Fleet
Tilman Montgomery
Inverness
Indianola
Miss
Iowa
A. L. Urick
Mildred K. Ilanan
Grace Lawes
Oregonian
Isamburg
Federal Reserve Bank
Nat Crestview, Fla
Putnam Ponsell
Jake Martin
John Tagle
George McCoy
Ponca City
Oklo
William Melachlin
Wash
San Bernardino
Ontario
Meyers Bros.’ Commission
District Court of Appeals
Los Angeles
Louise Peete
Jacob C. Denton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sons of Veterans
Strand Waiie
National Women’s Party
W. E. Hamilton
Simpson College
United States Railway Labor Board
Pennsylvania System
Hop Palmer
Millard Wright
Fayette
Norah Johnson Nettele
Union, Conn
Lake Mashapaug
Jesse R. Clarke
Cincinnati
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Petoskey, Mich
London
Doles
Lloyd George
Ramon Arroyo
Julio Ramirez
Jose Lanteras
Celba Mocha
Matanzas Province
Cuba
Modena
Italy
Shanghai
China
Antwer Province
Connecticut
Queen of Roumantia
Switzerland
Montreux
Mellila
Allies’ Control Commission
Berlin
Signor di Vigno
Chamber of Deputies
Bari
Fascisti
Emma Goldman
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Crooked Island
Gulfport
Porto Rico
John A. Banckerman
Mobile
A. T. Krasnotchekoff
Far Eastern
Republic of
Siberia
Collin Ogilvie Cameron
Thornton, Davidson & Co
Montreal
U.S
Interstate Commerce Body
U. S
W. Z. Ripley
Harvard
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