Senate Hearing Highlights Cash Bonus for Veterans
Senate finance committee opened hearings on the House bill to adjust former soldiers' compensation. Senator Smoot argues 98 percent would choose cash, citing veterans cards. Legion chief Bettman warns cash would overshadow other options like soldiers' certificates and vocational aid. Capper-Emmons bill exempting farmers' co operatives from Sherman antitrust law passes in Senate.
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Emmane
Farmers’ Associations
Washington
Senate Finance
House
American Legion
Smmoot
Utah
Gilbert Bettman
Ohio
Legion
McCumber
New Dakota
Bettman
Department of Interior
McLean
Connecticut
Farmers’ Co-Operative Marketing Associations
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Lock Out Garment Workers In New York Shops
The dispute between the Clothing Manufacturers' Association and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Union peaked with a new piecework schedule in all member shops. Pickets guarded entrances but no disorders were reported. Union workers call the move a lockout and say it ends work for many employees.
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New York
Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union
Major Fire Destroys Madison Plant in $1 Million Loss
St Louis dispatch reports a blaze at the Helmbacher Porge and Rolling MHI company plant in Madison Illinois. The fire, driven by strong winds, burned 24 homes within an hour and caused about 1 million dollars in property damage.
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St. Louis
Helmbacher Porge and Rolling Mhi Company
Madison, Til
Here
Roosevelt son fined for speeding on Staten Island
New York date line December 16 Kermit Roosevelt son of the late Col Theodore Roosevelt was fined 25 dollars after pleading guilty to speeding on Staten Island. He said his speedometer was broken.
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New York
Kermit Roosevelt
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Staten Island
W. B. Crawford Freighter Towed to Milwaukee Port
The 00-foot freighter W. B. Crawford went ashore off North Point Monday and was released through the combined efforts of five tugs and towed to Milwaukee port.
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Milwaukee
W. B. Crawford
North Point
United
Express wreck in Penn Valley kills fireman and injures passenger
One man is killed and one injured when the Southern express on the Pennsylvania railroad wrecks near Penn Valley. Fireman William Preacher of Philadelphia is burned alive in the ashes and scalding heat. George Gibbety of Virginia is the sole passenger burned.
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Trenton
N. J
Southern Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Valley
William Preacher
Philadelphia
George Gibbety
Virginia
France Will Retain German Ships Under Versailles Terms
France will keep all German ships it has been managing under the Versailles terms. The Matin reports new Franco British talks led to an agreement. The ships total about 430000 tons.
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Paris
France
Matin
Auto deaths rise in 1919 census area totals
Washington December 16 Deaths from automobile accidents continued to rise in 1919 with 7 960 deaths in the census bureau registration area comprising about 80 percent of the nation's population statistics just completed.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Aliens Increase Greatly Last Year in U.S. Arrivals
The annual report of Secretary Wilson shows 683 371 aliens arrived in the last fiscal year, with 430 001 classified as immigrant and 195 575 as non immigrant. Departure totals 428 062, yielding a net immigrant population rise of 198 514, including 16 174 Japanese entrants and 15 658 departures. Among admissions 193 were male and 6 081 female.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Relief urged for Ireland as Cork mayor seeks aid
Lord Mayor O Cahillaghan of Cork cables Irish Americans asking they organize a relief fund for Ireland and appeal to the American Red Cross to send a contingent to Cork. Lloyd George replies to Sinn Fein leaders regarding a possible truce and communications with De Valera and Griffith. Canon Magner, parish priest of Dunmanway, is shot. The House of Lords passes the third reading of the Irish Home Rule bill amid debate.
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Sinn Feir
Griffith
de Valera
Priest
Sinn Fein
Irelauid
Paes 1
Cepecettens
Thor Griffith
America
Cork
Central News
Canon Magner
Dunmanway
County Cork
House of Lords
Lord Dunraven
Lord Birkenhead
British Labor Commission
London
Ireland
Irish Parliament Hails Possible Peace Talks Despite Martial Law
The parliamentary labor party supports Premier offers to negotiate but laments martial law as harming peace prospects. Cork fires prompt calls for a judicial inquiry and an impartial civil investigation. Cork officials deny crown-force arson and urge independent inquiry.
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Ing Chateatin
Catero
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Happe
Parliment
Ireland
Cork
Jewelry Raid on Sam Rubenstein’s Store in Chicago
Four masked gunmen bound and gagged owner Sam Rubenstein at 719 South Crawford Avenue in Chicago and robbed the jewelry store of valuables valued at $25,000. The heist targeted Sam Rubenstein’s shop as the suspects fled with the loot.
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Bindster
Chicago
Dee
Sam Rubenstein
South
Crawford Avenue
Brennan Aims For Rematch After Dempsey Bout
New York December 16 Bill Brennan says he will seek another fight with Jack Dempsey after their Madison Square Garden bout. Brennan felt he proved himself and disputed the referee’s count while Dempsey admitted Brennan was tougher than expected. Dempsey, who trained hard, plans a Pacific coast stay until February then a New York return to train for a St Patrick’s Day match with Jess Willard.
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New York
Bill Brennan
Jack Dempsey
Madison Square Garden
Dempsey
Ben
Pacific Coast
Jeas Willard
St. Patrick’s Day
League Acts on Opium Traffic and Armenian Plea
The assembly discussed the opium convention of 1912 and suggested the League of Nations take over duties once held by Holland. It noted the absence of the United States and Germany from the league and urged continued data sharing through Holland. Dr. Wellington Koo praised U.S. aid to China’s anti opium efforts.
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League of Nations
Holland
United States
Germany
Wellington Koo
China
America
Chicago Millionaires Plead For Time To Pay Taxes
Scores of Chicago millionaires and heads of large corporations urged Henry W. Mayer the internal revenue collector for more time to pay their income taxes. Wealthy men argued they lack funds to meet the tax demands and hope leniency will be granted.
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Chicago
Henry W. Mayer
Internal Revenue
Women candidates fare poorly in Massachusetts municipal votes
Delayed returns from 16 Massachusetts cities show women candidates excluding school committee posts fared poorly in the municipal election. Stormy weather kept many voters at home, with Attleboro reporting 84 votes for mayoral contender Eliza Daggett in a total over 5,000. Other women candidates at Woburn Beverly and Malden faced defeat.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Attleboro
Eliza Daggett
Sara Clark Meadum
Woburn
William M. Kirby
Beverly
Arabella W. Wilson
Malden
British Ambassador’s Wife Resigns Opera Patronage in Washington
Lady Geddes wife of the British ambassador resigns as a patroness of the Washington opera to protest Mrs Peter Drury hostess to Mrs Terence Mac Swiney widow of Cork’s mayor. British flag removed from allied emblems at Pell's theater opening and society circles react.
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Washington
Ireland
Congress
Lady Geddes
Washington Opera
Peter Drury
Terence MacSwiney
Jord
Cork
Drury
Opera
Geddes
Four Nations Admitted to League Today
Four nations are admitted to the league today with Garia taking part in the Geneva event. The development adds new entrants to the competition and expands regional representation in the circuit.
Nations Admit Four to League as Bulgaria Joins
In Geneva four nations Bulgaria Costa Rica Finland and Luxemburg joined the League of Nations today France abstained on Bulgaria's admission The action marks a significant expansion amid ongoing global tensions and diplomatic shifts observed by Special to The Eventne Journal.
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Eventne
Geneva
League of Nations
Bulgaria
Costa Rica
Finland
Luxemburg
France
Earthquake Reported Near Georgetown University
Special to The Evening Journal reports the most severe quake in two years was recorded today at Georgetown University, about 2 800 miles from Washington.
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the Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Washington
Georgetown University
Gambling mania drains millions across the nation
Treasury officials estimate about 2 million dollars changed hands this year amid a gambling frenzy. Secretary of the Treasury Houston and Director William Mather Lewis consider a moral appeal to curb betting. Nearly 1 billion dollars was won in card games and over 3 million in card taxes yearly, with millions more wagered at race meetings and through distant betting networks.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
United States
Lewis
Washington
Sands
Conway Battle Ignored by Jury
Bedford Iowa December 16 the grand jury adjourned without indictments in the Conway street fight over a girl between Lester Dhappart and Lester March in which Dhappart died. About forty witnesses testified but the proceedings remain secret. Witnesses said Dhappart was the aggressor and the fight lasted about fifteen minutes. The town marshal separated the youths and they washed blood from their faces in a hotel bowl.
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Conway
Lester D’happart
Lester March
D'Happart
D'Heart
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