U.S. Mandate Over Armenia Spurs Senate Split
Washington May 25 Republican Senators anticipate the presidents request for a mandate over Armenia will linger on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee calendar. Senate leaders Lodge and Harding oppose mandates while Bryan condemns any mandate and calls for Armenian Republic recognition and League of Nations entry as alternatives.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Armenia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge
Congress
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
William Jennings Bryan
League of Nations
U S Signs Treaty Protecting Salmon Fisheries
Washington May 25. A treaty between the United States and Canada protecting sockeye salmon fisheries in the Northwest is signed at the Department of State. It aims to protect preserve and propagate sockeye salmon and to regulate fisheries in waters adjacent to the United States and Canada and in the Fraser River.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Northwest
Department of State
Frazer River
Rapid rise in living costs across 13 cities
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports from December 1917 to December 1919 shows the largest cost of living increase in Denver Colorado at 38.19 percent while Richmond Virginia averaged 32.02 percent. Other cities rising include Kansas City 38.16, Atlanta 37.89, Scranton 37.10, Indianapolis 36.53, Pittsburgh 36.17, Cincinnati 35.24, Memphis 35.23, Birmingham 34.32, St Louis 34.24, New Orleans 33.86.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Denver
Colo
Richmond
Kansas City
Atlanta
Scranton
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Memphis
Birmingham
St.Louis
New Orleans
Stoic Watches Till Crushed Arm Freed
Portland, Ore. Hans Oberg, 60, stood for half an hour on a steel beam of a draw bridge over the Columbia river with his wrist caught under a steel lever as police freed him. He refused anesthetic, endured pain, and the lever was melted away with an acetylene torch. Doctors fear amputation may follow.
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Portland
Ore
Hans Oberg
Columbia River
Lumberman Confesses After Boy's Body Is Thrown Into Bay
In Oakland on May 25 F L Parker a local lumberman said a gun in his office accidentally exploded killing 14 year old Theodore Wick. Parker panicked and dumped the body into San Francisco Bay before informing police who recovered the body. He faces probable manslaughter charges.
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Oakland
Cal
Theodore Wick
F. L. Parker
San Francisco Bay
Parker
Plea for League of Nations at Presbyterian Assembly
A report from the Committee on Friendly Relations to the Presbyterian General Assembly in Philadelphia urges strong support for the League of Nations. The plea emphasizes international cooperation and continued advocacy at the assembly.
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Gue
Philadelphia
Haestrong
League of Natinso
Committee On Friendly Relations
Presbtyerian General Assembly
Penrose Improves After Illness In Philadelphia
United States Senator Ross Penrose of Pennsylvania, long ill in Philadelphia, had a relapse yesterday but today was reported improved as doctors monitor his condition.
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Penrose
Philadelphia
United States
Ross Penrose
Pennsylvania
British Pirates Victims Denounce Passport Control In Crime Ring
About 300 passengers of the French steamer Soulrah arrive in Constantinople in rain to denounce the Batum passport office and British authorities for failing to disarm Black Sea pirates before boarding. They blame the ship’s negligence for allowing the robbery and report robbers acted courteously, with hints of a jewel examination team and a non masked leader in a Tartar uniform.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Batum
Black Sea
James Wool
Glasgow
Scotland
France
Wood
Gold producers ruined unless help extended
H W Seaman of Chicago testified before the House Ways and Means Committee that gold production, already vastly cut by rising costs, would nearly stop unless relief is granted. He urged a bill imposing a ten dollar per ounce excise tax on gold used by jewelers and trades, noting production costs exceed the government price by eight to ten dollars per ounce.
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Washington
H. W. Seaman
Chicago
Trojan Mining Company
House
Ways and Means
Seaman
Prepare for Future Wars Warns Fo ch at Paris Meeting
Paris May 25 Marshal Foch warned that France must prepare for future wars while in peace. He spoke at the annual Polytechnic school for army engineers, saying the peace program includes economic struggle first and war preparations second. He argued Germany will keep up strong armies and frontiers due to historic realities and racial appetites.
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Paris
France
Marshal Foch
Polytechnic School For Army Engineers
Germany
East Prussian
Rhine
Chicago Meat Market Feasts On Australian Lamb Imports
Chicago now consumes meat from Australia and New Zealand as lamb prices drop two cents in the Chicago market due to large frozen shipments from the Antipodes. Chicago, renowned as a meat center, experiences a shift driven by these international supplies.
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Chicago
Australia
New Zealand
Government Nears Billion Loss on Roads
The government’s gross loss during Federal control of railroads reached 900,478,000 dollars. Of this, 677,513,000 was due to excess operating expenses over revenues for Class 1 roads, with rentals for smaller lines, sleeping cars and waterways contributing 45,460,000 more.
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Washington
Swager Sherley
Railroad Administration
Brusiloff Seizes Power From Lenine
London May 85 Gen Alexis A Brusiloff, former commander in chief of the Russian armies under the imperial regime, virtually assumed supreme authority formerly held by Lenine and other Bolshevik officials, a Daily Telegraph statement says. Rumors of a military coup in Moscow have circulated for days.
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London
Alexis A Brusiloff
Nikolai Lenine
Daily Telegraph
Associated Press
Russia
Moscow
Geneva Chosen For League Seat After Referendum
Rome May 25. The League of Nations council selects Geneva as the seat of its assembly following the Swiss referendum. A permanent commission on amendments will draft regulations that all prospective member nations must conform to.
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Rome
Council of the
League of Nations
Geneva
League Assembly
League
Bolshevism Spread Among Japanese Army Posts
Honolulu report says radicals spread Bolshevism within Japanese army posts. The Tokyo correspondent notes arrests of movement leaders in Takata Niigata Prefecture and expects further detentions. The dispatch details government actions and ongoing crackdown on the movement.
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Honolulu
Campaign Expenditures Highlight Nomination Fight
Lowden backed with vast fundraising as he seeks the nomination. Generals Villa and Calles confront a new regime after weeks of revolution. An ultimatum to Villa demands a peace or war answer, with promises of field action if refusals persist.
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Lowden
Villa
Sonora Chief Elected Ruler at Mexico City
Adolfo De La Huerta governor of Sonora was named President Ad Interim of Mexico by an overwhelming Congress vote. He will hold office until a permanent president is chosen by popular vote this year. He and other revolution leaders pledge fair elections at the earliest feasible date.
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Mexico City
Adolfo de la Huerta
Sonora
Republic of Mexico
Mexican Congress
de la Huerta
Pablo Gonzales
Venustiano Carranza
Iaoolfo Herrera
Puebla
Campaign expense hearings reveal large preconvention outlays
The Senate committee heard that Gov. Frank Lowden has spent 404,964 on campaign activity, 379,000 of it his own money, with 39,000 spent in Michigan and 48,000 in Missouri. Other contenders like Cox, Poindexter, Johnson, Hoover, Edwards, and McAdoo outlined varied contributions and expenditures, highlighting wide party spending before the primaries.
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Senate
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinois
T. E. Emerson
Lowden
Emerson
Michican
Missouri
Cox
RE. W. Moore
James M. Cox
Ohio
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Lowdon
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Howard Rice
Poindexter
New York
Brooklyn
Johnson
Angus McSween
Herbert C. Hoover
John F. Lucy
Lucy
Hoover
National
Hoover Republican Club of
Reed
James A. Reed
London
England
Walter I. Vick
Edward I. Edwards
New Jersey
Hquor
Gov. Edwards
Johnson Maintains Lead in Oregon Presidential Race
Portland Ore May 25 United States Senator Hiram W Johnson led Maj Gen Leonard Wood by 1184 votes in the Republican nomination count in Oregon Returns were still incomplete as ballots were tallied across the state The result reflects early returns showing a Nixon style lead for Johnson in the state party contest
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Portland
Ore
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
Leonard Wood
Oregon
Bandit's captive held for ransom released
The State Department reported George Miller a British subject held by General Francisco Villa at Boquillas for ransom had been released. It was unclear if any payment was made. Earlier dispatches said Miller, once named an American superintendent of a mining property, would stay at Boquillas to fulfill obligations.
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Washington
State Department
George Miller
Francisco Villa
Boquillas
Miller
Hoquillas
British Plot in Mexico Alleged Before Senate Panel
Charles KE Jones testified before the Senate committee on Mexican affairs claiming letters from the Felix Diaz Junta in New York described 1917 talks with British officials about financing a Mexican revolution against Carranza. He cited a March 1917 letter naming Colonel Roberts and Ellis Ashmead Barnett and an initial 590,000 pounds payment. The junta allegedly referred to Wilson as Mr Meddler and to Bryan as Mr Chump.
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Washington
Charles KE. Jones
Department of Justice
Senate Committee On
Roberts
Ellis Ashmead Barnett
Junta
Jones
Mr. Meddler
Wilson
Mr. Chump
William Jeznnings Bryan
War criminals summoned to Leipsic Supreme Court
Berlin May 25 The German war criminals listed by the Allies have been summoned by the Imperial Republic Prosecutor to appear before the Supreme Court at Leipsic between June 7 and June 20 according to the Tageblatt.
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Berlin
Imperial Republic
Supreme Court
Leipsic
Tageblatt
Carranza reportedly dies by own hand rather than surrender
Reports from Mexico City claim Venustiano Carranza, the ousted president, committed suicide rather than surrender after a telegram from General Rodolfo Herrerra via General Pablo Gonzales. In Washington, Morse and associates face dismissed indictments over McCullough transfers. In Vancouver a crash kills E H Beasley and wounds Major A Baker. Warsaw fronts report Poles pushing Bolsheviks back across the Beresina with heavy losses.
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Pablo Gonzales
Rodolfo Herrerra
Cerro Azul
Puebla
Alarming depletion of U S oil reserves sparks concern
Washington May 25 The State Department report to the Senate warns the United States faces dwindling oil supplies. US accounts for 69 percent of world oil, but 40 percent of its fields are exhausted and reserves may last about 20 years. foreign interests control most remaining holdings while Americans are largely excluded from many regions. A new US oil corporation board is proposed to develop outside resources, echoing Britain’s growing global control of oil assets.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Wilson
Senate
Australia
Barbardos
British East Africa
Guina
Burmah
Dutch East Indies
Egypt
France
Algeria
India
Japan
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Persia
Trinidad
United Kingdom
Mexico
New Board
The
United States Oil Corporation
Shipping Board
Phelan
California
Great Britain
England
Carranza Burial Quiet Over Dolores Cemetery
During the Mexican Congress selection of a new President Gen Venustiano Carranza was buried at Dolores cemetery. The ceremony was sparsely attended as the first shovelful of earth signaled the end of the modest burial for the late leader, with only the poorest Mexicans typically interred there.
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Mexican Congress
Venustiano Carranza
Dolores Cemetery
Oil Men Ponder Tax Duty in Mexico
A delegation from major American oil and mining firms sought State Department guidance on where to pay Mexican taxes. E T Doheny and W L Lamb Jr led the group, debating whether export taxes should be paid to officials in control at the export point or to the Mexico City tax office as Carranza’s government collapsed.
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Washington
Associated Press
Mexico
State Department
E. T. Doheny
W. L. Lamb, Jr
American Smelting and Refining Company
Gho
CoMyy
Carranza
Mexico City
Governor Olcott and pilot complete Oregon to Stockton flight
Lieutenant Ralph Kelly and Governor Ben F Olcott landed in Stockton California at 246 PM ending a journey from Eugene Oregon with one stop. The pair started from Blaine Washington Sunday aiming for a nonstop seven and a half hour flight but weather forced an overnight stop in Eugene.
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Stockton
Cal
Ralph Kelly
Army Auietor
Ben F. Olcott
Oregon
Eugene
Ore
Kelly
Gov. Olcott
Blaine
Wash
March to Inspect U S Troops Abroad
Washington May 25 Gen Peyton C March chief of staff will leave June 1 on an inspection tour of American forces on the Rhine Maj Gen J L Chamberlain inspector general will start in June on an extended tour of France and England to close up numerous army matters Maj Gen William M Wright will act as chief of staff during Marchs absence
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Peyton C. March
Rhine
J. L. Chamberlain
France
England
William M. Wright
March
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William G. McAdoo
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