New York Republicans Back Severe League Reservations
The New York state Republican convention endorses immediate ratification of the peace treaty with reservations to preserve U S rights to withdraw from the league and protect the Monroe Doctrine. It rejects Article X, calls for an international high court, and urges swift ratification of the constitutional amendment about women's suffrage.
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New York
Senate
United States
League of Nations
New York State Republican Convention
Congress
Council of Foreign Powers
Republican Party
International High Court of Justice
American Institute of International Law
Havana
Republic of Cuba
House of Repesentatives
Comment on President Is Caustic
Berlin dispatches note unusual U S coverage of the Wilson Lansing episode and the Adriatic question. Editorials suggest an insurrection against Mr Wilson at home and abroad.
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Berlin
United States
Minnesota Supreme Court rules on Indian allote guardianship
The Minnesota Supreme Court decides that adult full blooded Indian allottees in Minnesota are not subject to federal guardianship and that state probate courts have jurisdiction to administer their estates and determine their heirs.
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St. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota
Holden Heads Colorado Road Reorganization for Private Control
Hale Holden, president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, announced that directors completed the executive staff reorganization in preparation for private control resumes on March 1. He was elected president of the Colorado & Southern railway and would resume the presidency of the Fort Worth and Denver City, and the Wichita Valley railroads. F. E. Clarity will be elected vice president of the three lines with Fort Worth headquarters. The Burlington Great Northern and Northern Pacific merger talk was not discussed.
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Chicago
Fort Worth
Burlington, Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Gunman Pays the Penalty
Chicago February 20 AP John Smiling Jack O'Brien a 21 year old gunman was hanged in Cook county jail for the murder of Patrolman Richard Burke. The execution was delayed as a grand jury requested to see him. O'Brien confessed in court to the shooting in a saloon gun battle.
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Lexington
Geneva Hardemann
Wil Lockett
Edward P. Morrow
Chicago
John
Jack
O’brien
Cook County
Richard Burke
Raid Near Grafton Street In Dublin Involves Tank And Armored Cars
Dublin reports say a tank and two armored cars conducted a raid near Grafton Street arresting several people after early morning clashes between civilians and police. A constable was killed and another constable and a civilian wounded in the unrest.
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Dublin
Grafton Street
Three Girls Injured as Conti Powder Fire Spreads
An explosion at the Conti Powder company in Newcastle Pa. injured three girls and burned three small buildings after a stove toppled causing a fireworks flare up. Loss estimated at 5600 dollars. Six girls fled home believing they were dead.
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Newcastle
Conti Powder Company
Mexicans Turn Yankee Loose
Wilson Welsh Adams, an American mine superintendent, has been released by bandits who abducted him from the Providencia mine in Mexico and has reached Saltillo. The ransom demanded was $25,000, with no detail on payment or if Mexican troops aided the release. Adams' wife resides in Los Angeles.
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New York
Wilson Welsh Adams
Providencia
Mexico
Saltillo
American Metal Company
Adams
Los Angeles
Teen girl charged with murder in Utah cousin slaying
Jennie Scardino, 16, is under arrest in Ogden charged with the murder of her cousin Mike Tearman. She says Tearman threatened to kill her unless she married him and that she shot in self defense. The coroner notes a loaded pistol in Tearman’s hand. She says she bit Tearman’s wrist to escape, then shot him three times.
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Ogden
Jennie Scardino
Mike Tearman
Tearman
Switzerland to join League of Nations if parliament agrees
Berne February 19. The Swiss government recommends adherence to the League of Nations in a message to parliament. The so called American clause linking Switzerland’s entry to U S action has been dropped, and approval would make Switzerland a member at once.
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Berne
Switzerland
League of Nations
League
United States
Islands Dropped as Coal Stations
Washington Feb 20 Abandonment of the Virgin Island and its capital St Thomas as coaling stations for Shipping Board vessels was investigated today by the joint Congressional committee studying Virgin Islands administrative problems. Captain Thomas Foley shipping board bunkering expert explained St Thomas lies 400 miles farther east than Barbados and Kingston the British coaling bases, involving a detour of 800 miles for South American bound ships.
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Washington
Virgin Island
St. Thomas
Shipping Board
Joint Congressional Committee
Thomas Foley
New Bill Would Make It Duty To Be President
Washington February 20 AP reports Representative MacArthur Oregon introduced a bill to require the vice president assume presidential duties after thirty consecutive days absent from the continental United States or due to disabling illness for a like period. The measure would take effect March 4 1921.
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Washington
Representative MacArthur
Oregon
Continental
United States
Lobbying in Washington over railroad bill sparks clashes
Representative Blanton voices charges that Gompers led a strong labor lobby while saying wage boards under the Anderson amendment would shape labor, capital and public interests. Huddleston warns the Esch Cummins compromise could bring defeat for supporters.
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Washington
House
Gompers
Blanton
Texas
House Today
Congress
Huddleston
Alabama
Hoover Name May Not Appear On Georgia Primary Ballot
Atlanta February 29. A Georgia Democratic committee ruling bars Herbert Hoover from the April preferential president primary ballot unless he declares as a Democrat. Petitions were received and the secretary was asked to contact Hoover to confirm eligibility under the avowed Democrat rule.
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Atlanta
Herbert Hoover
Georgia
State Legislative Committee
Hoover
Farmers to demand clear stances from presidential hopefuls
Washington February 20 AP Entrance of 7,060,000 American farmers as a unit into politics was forecast as the national board of farmer organizations decided all presidential candidates should record their positions. The move aims to force clear answers via a questionnaire and highlights cooperative buying trends in Kansas Nebraska Michigan Wisconsin and Oregon.
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Washington
National Board of Farmer Organizations
C. O. Drayton
Farmers Equity Union of
Greenville
Ill
Free Institutions of America
Organized Labor Union Trust
Organized Farmer Trust
Kansas
Nebraska
Michigig
Wisconsin
Oregon
Regce
John Wcheler
South State Farmers Association
House Agricultural Committee
Wilson
Prince of Wales Sets March Departure for Antipodean Tour
The Prince of Wales will sail March 5 aboard the Renown from Portsmouth to begin a voyage to Colon on March 23 then progress through the Panama Canal. The ship will reach San Diego on March 31 and continue to Honolulu April 6, Fiji April 13, and Auckland April 17.
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London
Prince of Wales
Antipodes
Portsmouth
Colon
Panama Canal
San Diego
Californa
Pacific
Honolulu
Fiji Islands
Auckland
Big Stock Booze Is Not Confiscated
Chicago officials say the largest Chicago liquor stock worth over 1 million dollars will be released today after being seized yesterday following the arrest of two lawyers in a plot to put the whiskey on sale. The warehouse sold 400 cases on forged permits issued by a clerk in the internal revenue department who has vanished. a warrant for his arrest is held by the department of justice.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue Department
Dalrymple
Department of Justice
Warship repairs funding moves in Senate deficit bill
Washington February 20 AP The Senate acts on a second deficiency bill proposing 3 million dollars for warship repairs to keep about 14 000 yard mechanics employed after chair Warren noted the house rejected a 9 million request following naval committee action The bill totals 90 million with 2 million for prohibition enforcement and now goes to the house
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Navy Department
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Warren
Appropriations Committee
House
Naval
Eleven I W W Found Guilty in Washington Trial
Eleven alleged I W W members were found guilty by a Montesano jury in Superior Court before Judge Sheeks. Thirteen were charged initially, one dismissed for lack of evidence, and another dropped from the case.
Witnesses in Britain France and Belgium May Testify Remotely
Berlin dispatch reports that British French and Belgian witnesses against German war crime defendants need not travel to Germany. Commissioners will travel to the witnesses' countries to conduct examinations.
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London
Britain
France
Belgium
Germany
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Holland Willed to Harbor Wilhelm Doorn Settlement Sought
The Dutch government weighs replying to the allied note on former Emperor William with a pledge to guard him at Doorn for life and to prevent any threat to world peace The exile Count Hohenzollern is reportedly ready to accept Doorn as a lifelong haven, with consultations possible before any decision.
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The
Hague
William
Doorn
Count Hohenzollern
Holland
William of Hoheng
Lansing
Wilson
United States
European press on Wilson Adriatic note sparks debate
Rome reports reactions from Epoca El Tempo Popolo Romano and Messagero on President Wilsons note to the supreme Allied Council regarding the Adriatic question. Epoca criticizes U S advisory reach while El Tempo supports stronger Allied union. Popolo Romano thanks Wilson claiming he saved Italy from renouncing rightful Adriatic rights. Messagero calls for publication of Wilsons correspondence and laments secret diplomacy.
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Rome
Wilson
Supreme Allied Council
Adriatic
Epoca
Europe
el Tempo
Dutch vote signals Holland to join League of Nations
The Hague February resolution by the Dutch second chamber backs Holland entering the League of Nations with aims for reduced armament a permanent high court and admission of neutrals. Lawmakers say first chamber will approve and several European neutrals rush to join despite U S indecision.
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Hague
High Court of Justice
Holland
League of Nations
America
United States
Admiral Peary dies at 64 after transfusions and Arctic feats
Rear Admiral Edwina reports Peary’s death at his home after years of illness. The physician cites five blood transfusions in two years. Peary, born in 1856, charted Arctic exploration, led seven expeditions to the pole, and disputed Cook’s claim before the pole was recognized as Peary’s achievement.
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Edwina
Admiral Peary
H. F. Strise
Nicaragua
United
Arctic
Academy Science
Philadelphia
Peary
Pole
Frederick A. Cook
Attax Aviation
Os Antiale
Hagen
Cook
United States
Tithe
Wi Peary
Peary the Pole
Greenland
Cresson
Tesk
Portland
Bowdoin
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