Prohibition Amendment Debate Marks Connecticut Senate
In Hartford a Connecticut Senate debate over ratifying the prohibition amendment featured roll call votes and writing motions. Senator Woodruff cited 30 years of study and Western state examples, while Senators Hazen Bowers and Brooks weighed the liquor war against national ratification. Women in galleries wore buttons as Mayor Fitzgerald, Col. Hall, and ex Senator Platt observed. The House session was brief, with most members later attending the Senate action on the amendment.
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Jem Heald
Klett
Woodruff
New York
Hazen
34Th
Connecticut
Senate
Bowers
Manchester
Brooks
Torrington
D. E. Fitzgerald
New Haven
William H. Hall
Willington
Omar Platt
Milford
Connecticut Senate rejects federal prohibition ratification
In Hartford the Connecticut Senate voted 20 to 14 at 1 45 pm to refuse passage of the resolution to ratify the federal prohibition amendment. The action means Connecticut will not ratify regardless of any action by the dry House. Senators voting for ratification included Bowers Deming Houseen Woodruff Waterman Bart Delaney Dillon Williamson Hough Hazen Heald. Opposing were ten Democrats including Koppie Mann Broder Hemenway Klett Bishop Leonard Bailey Clyne Marsden Templeton Hurley Fox Wilcox Clark Bissell McDonald Adams Brooks and Chapin. Senator Brooks warned of tepid federal control and mocked Russia going dry.
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Connecticut Senate
United States
Dry” House
Nators
Maine
District of Columbia
Brooks
Russia
Connecticut
Litchfield County
Hough
Ator Brooks
Hurley
Waterbury
Hemenway
Woodruff
State Bar Association
Taft
Cardinal Gibbons
Dillon
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Fox
New London
Senate
House
Connecticut Senate Holds Inquiries and Appoints County Commissioners
Hartford Feb 4 The senate concurred with the house to inquire into pauper administration and to appoint a commission of two senators and three representatives to report a bill for more economical handling of state paupers and their placement at Mansfield state training school. The senate also elected Middlesex County Charles Bacon and George French. Hartford County Andrew Steele and Julius Douglass. Tolland County Rufus Leonard and George Sedwick. Windham County Argle LaFrance and John Davy. Action on a ban on smoking in legislative halls was deferred. A circular from the Trades Union Liberty League urged a vote against prohibition, arguing it would raise unemployment.
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Bacon
French
Senate
Hartford
House
Mansfield
Middlesex County
Charles E. Bacon
Middletown
George B. French
Essex
Andrew Steele
East Windsor
Julius B. Douglass
Bristol
Tolland County
Rufus H. Leonard
Vernon
George Sedwick
Stafford
Windham County
Argle LaFrance Plainfield
John A. Davy
Putnam
Trades Union Liberty League of Connecticut
Cromwell Man Suicide Revealed by Mother Letter
Jacksonville police solved a puzzling case when Mrs Jane Flora Hazard of Cromwell Connecticut wrote that her son Arthur C Hazard died by his own hand after his body was found January 22 beside a creek in Jacksonville. She cited a snake bite in Everglades hunting with Indians as the motive while stolen money was sent from Jacksonville to Cromwell two days before his death. The corpse arrived with a box marked stabbed in the heart and shot through the head. Burial occurred in Plainville.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jane Flora Hazard
Cromtwell
Hazard
Cromwell, Conn
Plainville
Connecticut Hardware Association Opens Its 16th Meeting
New Haven Feb 4 The Connecticut Hardware Association opened its 16th annual meeting today and will continue tomorrow The annual dinner is planned for tomorrow night Several addresses on topics of interest to the trade were delivered today
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Hardware Association
New Haven
Connecticut Hardware Association
Monahan Poison Case Heard At Yale Witness Stand
In New Haven on February 4 Professor Frank K Underhill of Yale medical school testified in the Annie Monahan murder by poisoning her third husband. He said he found traces of arsenic in the stomach of the deceased husband.
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Monahan
New Haven
Frank K. Underhill
Yale Medical School
Annie Monahan
Americans May Leave French Army
Washington reports that Americans who volunteered for the duration with the French army may be discharged on request. The decision was announced by the French minister of war and confirmed by the State Department this afternoon.
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Washington
State Department
Yale Crews Put In Early Harbor Practice
Four Yale rowing crews practiced on New Haven harbor today marking an early start, about a month ahead of the usual season. The activity signals preparation for spring races with Coach and team members seen on the water.
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Yale
New Haven
Hall Makes Final Effort for Life
Saco Maine Feb 4 A grilling cross examination of Rev Henry H Hall evangelist charged with murdering his wife brought the trial to a dramatic climax. After five hours on the stand Hall confessed his frailties and virtues while defending his innocence claiming he was devoted to his wife and never struck her. He described daily routines from 430 am breakfasts to bread making and housework including a past incident with a woman described as a vampire at a church festival in Portland.
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Saco
Maine
Henry H. Hall
Hall
Portland
Siegel Pushes Immediate Probe of War Dept
Representative Siegel of New York urges an immediate congressional investigation into charges against the War Department and overseas officers. Aimed at the Leavenworth clique, his resolution seeks a rules committee vote before the weekend and to seat only members who will serve in the next congress on the investigative panel.
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Washington
Congress
General Pershing
Siegel
New York
House
War Department
Leavenworth
House Rules Committee
Siegl
Congressional Investigating Committee
Army
Control of Teschen fields amid Czech Polish tensions
Paris February four signatories to a truce agreement include President Wilson Premier Lloyd George Premier Orlando Premier Clemenceau and Polish delegate Dmowski. A commission of control is to be sent to Teschen coal fields to prevent clashes while the peace conference settles rival claims. Guards will patrol the Teschen railway and civil administration is outlined.
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Paris
Teschen
Austrian Silesia
Wilson
Lloyd George
England
Orlando
Italy
Clemenceau
France
WM. Dmowski
Sinn Fein Leader Valera Escapes from Lincoln Prison
London reports Prof. E de Valera M P president of Sinn Fein escaped from Lincoln prison where he was held on a political charge. John Mc Garry and another Sinn Feiner also escaped. De Valera, once returned to Parliament after election, had taken part in the Dublin uprising and faced death before a commutation and subsequent arrest on political plotting charges.
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de Valera
Dublin
Ireland
Warns Against Bolsheviks Invasion Warned By Senator
Washington February 4 senator Kellogg of Minnesota warned in the senate that Bolshevik propaganda is sweeping into the United States and making headway. He said the crucial point is to give the American people a real understanding of what Bolshevism means. When that is done he expressed no fear for the result.
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Washington
United States
Kellogg
Minnesota
Senate
New President of Armistice Commission in Berlin
Berlin February 4 General Baron von Hammerstein succeeds General von Winterfeldt as president of the German armistice commission. Winterfeldt resigns due to new armistice terms imposed by Marshal Foch.
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Armistice Commission
Berlin
Baron von Hammerstein
General von Winterfeldt
von Winterfeldt
Marshal Foch
Corbett Dead Founder of Providence Telegram and Tribune
Charles C. Corbett, noted newspaper founder, died in New York at about age, after shaping the Providence Telegram and Tribune and other publications. He launched the Lynn Mags and the Theatrical Journal in Chicago and planned a new trade paper in the current city.
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Charles C. Corbett
New York
Providence
Telegram
The
Tribune
Mr. Corbett
Lynn, Mags
Chicago
First Steps in War Legislation Repeal Debate
Washington February 4 The Senate faces the first test of repealing wartime restrictions on speech press and assembly as Senator Borah of Idaho moves to repeal the espionage act postmaster general powers. He pledges a fact filled speech and a push for old time democracy. The progressive plan also calls for withdrawing American troops from Russia, with Senator Johnson ready to put the Senate on record favoring the policy. Some leaders want more troops to Russia, but trends show growing support for withdrawal according to war department notes linked to General Foch.
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Congress
Enac
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Russia
Johnson
California
Lodge
Knox
War Department
Foch
Revenue Bill 10 Be Reported Today Washington
Washington February 4 Uncle Sam's new revenue bill totaling six billion dollars was to be reported today and likely called in the house Friday as conferees resolved all disputed points. Debate is expected to continue with efforts to trim luxury taxes. The senate trimmed many house provisions to ten percent and removed the tax on men’s suits. Ten percent applies to a long list of apparel items and jewelry. The senate kept the present second class postage rates. A child labor amendment was accepted. another would place the District of Columbia in the bone dry class prohibiting liquor shipments into the district.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
House
Senate
District of Columbia
Clash Between Prussia and South Germany Predicted
Amsterdam reports on the February 6 opening of the German national assembly at Weimar amid rising Prussia vs South Germany tensions Bavaria may secede. Weimar seen as Bavarian victory though assembly may move to Berlin after about two weeks. Ebert expected as provisional president.
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Amsterdam
National Assembly
Weimar
Bavaria
Munich
Berlin
Ebert
Bolsheviki Call Out 29 45 Class for War
London reports the bolshevik government calls all classes ages 29 to 45 to the colors with a congress of soviets order preparing for war on all fronts. Dispatches say bolshevists aim to spark a general revolution.
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London
Russia
Congress of Soviets
Helsingfors
Times
Bolshevists
French Delegation Calls For Repudiation Of Bolshevism
The French delegation at the socialist conference in Berne today urged repudiation of Bolshevism and defined just peace conditions. The conference opened yesterday and is in session.
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Berne
Bolsheviks Massacre 300 at Kharkov in Ukraine
Helsingfors dispatch reports that Bolshevik troops massacred 300 people at Kharkov Ukraine with the order issued by a newly established Bolshevik government that has just seized control there.
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Stockholm
Kharkov
Ukrainia
Helsingfors
Cuba liberal party seeks U.S. supervision of 1920 vote
Washington dispatch reports Cuba liberal party authorities authorize their executive committee to invoke United States supervision of the 1920 Cuban presidential election. The note comes from Havana via state department sources this afternoon.
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Washington
Liberal Party of Cuba
State Department
Havane
Discharged Nurses In Auto Ride Scandal
Julia Raymond 18 and Florence Gould 17, former Connecticut and New Jersey nurses, were returning to New Jersey seeking hospital jobs when a chauffeur Rothman and mechanic Healy offered a ride. Gould fled, Gould found unconscious in Astoria woods, rescued by residents. Magistrate chastised both girls, discharged the men for disorderly conduct.
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Julia Raymond
New Jersey
New York
Midetown
Grand Central Station
Y. W
Lexington Avenue
Broadway
Morris Rothman
Thomas Healy
John E. Cunningham
Astoria
North Beach
Rothman
Cunningham
Miss Raymond
Fittler
Healy
Lodgmen
Long Island
Kocherdorfer
Raymond An
Iss Gould
Trenton
Kuchendorfer
Missing
Girls Released from Hospital After Escapade
Superintendent Haviland identified Julia Raymond and Ruth Caton as two girls connected to the incident. Raymond, born in New Haven and linked to Hartford address 35 Putnam Street, was dismissed February 3 for slapping a patient. Caton, claiming New Jersey roots, left with Raymond and may have used an alias.
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Haviland
Julia Raymond
Putnam Street
Hartford
New Haven
Middletown
Ruth Caton
Raymond
Caton
New Jersey
Five Bandits Rob Trolleys in East Elmhurst Heist
New York police hunt five armed bandits after they halted two trolley cars at East Elmhurst and Flushing. They held up crews and passengers and fled in a large green automobile.
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New York
Long Island
East Elmhurst
Flushing
Propaganda Probe Nears Its Final Hearing
Washington reports the senate propaganda investigation, after three and a half months of hearings, is to close today with Clyde P. Steen testifying on foreign language press. Major Humes presents an anti spy bill while Bradford Merrill submits Hearst editorial pamphlets for review.
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Senate
Clyde P. Steen
New York
National Association of City Editors
United States
E. L. Lowery Humes
Department of Justice
War Department
Bradford Merrill
Hearst
United States Brewers’ Association
Heinrich Albert
Military Intelligence Division
Germany
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Telephone Company Report Reveals Net Income Under Government Control
Southern New England Telephone Co reports for seven months under government control ending Aug 1 show operating revenues of 2 928 886 83 and expenses 2 151 530 52 yielding net operating revenue 775 306 33. Assets total 21 370 709 44 with unappropriated corporate surplus 629 693 97. Total company stations in state 152 931, up from 146 164. Wire mileage rose to 455 783 from 439 919. Employees grew from 3 413 to 3 521 with 216 furloughed into wartime service. Directors note contract with American Telephone Telegraph Co. to maintain property and guarantee finances during federal control.
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New Haven
Southern New England Telephone Co
Federal War Service
American Telephone « Telegraph Co
Narragansett in danger after grounding off Isle of Wight
The Narragansett US 6 went aground January 31 during a heavy snowstorm off the Isle of Wight and is in grave danger of breaking up. A cable from Vice Admiral Sims to the Navy Department says salvage attempts by the British Admiralty are ongoing but feared futile. American and British troops aboard were removed with no casualties.
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Narragansett
Washington
Isle of Wight
Sims
Navy Department
More Than 7000 Troops Homeward Bound
Washington announces more than 7000 additional American troops are homeward bound aboard the cruisers Charleston and Seattle and transports Madawaska and Pastores. Charleston due New York February 10, Seattle February 13, Madawaska and Pastores due Newport News February 12 and February 10 respectively.
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Washington
United States
Charleston
Seattle
Madawaska
Pastores
General March
New York
Newport News
Professor Edward Pickering Dies After Brief Illness
Professor Edward Charles Pickering, director of the Harvard Observatory and renowned astronomer, Cambridge Massachusetts, died yesterday after a brief illness. His career spanned decades of stellar research and contributions to astronomical optics and photometry.
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Pickering
Cambridge
Mass
Edward Charles Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Sub Treasury Gains From Banks in New York Monday
Sub Treasury reports a $26,844,000 cash gain from banks on Monday, increasing the net rise since Friday to $4,538,000.
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Treasury
New York
Sub-Treasury
Alleged Murderers Captured in Hoboken Saloon Raid
New York reports three men wanted for the murder of William F. Madden, chief of the private police at Cheney Brothers, were captured in a Hoboken saloon linked to the crime. Besseler, McDonel, Murphy, and Klein are held, with extradition sought by Captain Hurley of Connecticut. Several others were released after the raid.
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New, York
Hoboken
Barnet Batt
Manchester
Conn
William F. Madden
Baff
Wild Bill” Besseler
Besseler
Michael J. McDonel
Garden Street
Frank Murphy
Grove Street
Jersey City
Fred Klein
Bloomfield Street
Madden
Klein
Raia
Hartford
New York
Hayes
Thy
Martin’ Baker
Edward J. Foley
George Hanrahtan
Greece May Grow Population With Territorial Claims
Paris reports Greek premier Venizelos presenting territorial claims to the peace conference. If granted, Greece would gain about 3.25 million people across Epirus Thrace the Constantinope district the Aegean Bulgarian area and Minor vilayet Dodekaness and Cyprus included. Venizelos urged all claims plus internationalization of the Dardanelles and making Constantinople a free city.
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Paris
Council of Ten
Véniclos
Epirus
Thrace
Aegean Sea
Bulgaria
Vilayet
Minor
Dodekaness Islands
Cyprus
M. Venielos
Big Five
Greece
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Disagree on War Contract Bill Washington
Feb 4 report shows a dim agreement between house and senate conferees on the war contract bill. The Senate panel notes a section creating an appellate commission and grants the War Secretary authority to settle claims. The core provision allows a repeal to the Court of Claims if the secretary’s award is unsatisfied.
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Washington
House
Frey
Senate
Secretary of War
Court of Claims
Clearing House Statement for New York Feb 4
Clearing the statement lists sub-treasury debit 246,160 exchanges 139,271,080 ances 61,540,134. The figures reflect daily balances and transfers across clearing house operations in New York on February 4.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub-Treasury
Exchanges
Ances
London Strike Spreads to Hotels in February Push
London workers extend walking out to hotels as of February 4. Carlton players and others joined the action, signaling a wider labor protest affecting hospitality venues and related services.
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London
Carlton
BRT Introduces New York Line Replacing Hamburg Avenues
The board of aldermen approved renaming the city line to 1 gon avenue, shifting from the former Hamburg avenue line. The platform’s financial plank emphasizes pin money for women.
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New York
Amburg Avenue
of Aldermen
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Arthur G. Hazard
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Trical Workers Union
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Orks
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