Prohibition Aide Presses 0.5 Percent Alcohol Cap in Beverages
Wayne B Wheeler, Anti Saloon League counsel, told a Senate judiciary subcommittee that Congress has authority to fix a maximum of one half of 1 per cent alcohol in beverages. He argued a 2 per cent beer standard would revive the liquor trade and hinder national prohibition, urging amendments to limit private liquor storage and empower seizures. He pressed for broader search warrant powers and strict penalties, while committee members urged caution on warrants and malice provisions.
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Washington
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Anti-Saloon League
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Samuel Untermeyer
Wheeler
Friends of Prohibition
Wheeeler
Eid
Unteringer
Prohibition
Mr. Er
Sterling
Senator Walsh
Montana
House Judiciary Committee
Levi Cooke
National Distillers’ Association
Teofares
Washington County's Oply Daily reports burning incident
Washington County officials log a major blaze at dawn, detailing the firefighting response and the suspected cause. Residents nearby are evacuated as emergency crews contain the flames and assess damage to homes and streets. No fatalities reported.
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Washington County
Oply Daily
British Deny Irish Plea In League Covenant Context
Andrew Bonar Law said in the House of Commons that the British government does not view actions by the US Senate or other American bodies regarding Ireland as a violation of Article 10 of the League of Nations covenant. He also stated the question of Ireland's future government will not be placed on the League council agenda.
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United States Senate
Ireland
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Roosevelt Now a Candidate for State Assembly Nomination
In Mineola New York July 17 Theodore Roosevelt accepted the Republican nomination for the state assembly in a brief speech to the Nassau county Republican town committees of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay He pledged to work for the district's best interests at all times without detailing a platform.
Proclaimed Republic in Birkenfeld in German Occupation Zone
Coblenz reports a republic proclaimed in Birkenfeld with a provisional government formed Monday and full separation from Oldenburg announced. In Dublin, the Irish Nationalist association, aligned with late John Redmond, votes not to march in London’s Victory parade this Saturday.
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Dublin
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London
Journalist urges leaving Kaiser alone in postwar view
A. G. Gardiner of the Daily News argues the Kaiser should be left alone unless dangerous. He says public opinion in London opposes trying William Hohenzollern and predicts the trial will be forgotten amid reconstruction, warning conviction could rally German reactionaries.
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A. G. Gardiner
London Daily News
England
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Gardiner
Lloyd George
William Hohenzollern
Bar of Justice
Gardner
Germany
Wilson invites Republicans to White House for treaty talks
President Wilson plans meetings with fifteen Republican senators to discuss the peace treaty and the League of Nations. Senator Lodge, chair of the foreign relations committee, is identified as a key participant in the talks.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
League of Nations
Tumby
Lodge
Federal grand jury probes vast food price ring
Chicago July 17 Federal grand jury to investigate a $100,000,000 food trust said to control fruit, vegetable and canned goods. District Attorney Clyne orders full Justice Department and FTC aid as alleged 15 percent price boosts advance toward next delivery. Evidence includes blanket increases across canned foods and other products.
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Chicago
Clyne
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Walter BB
Wooden
Charlies F. Moore
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Ben P. Epstein
Frederick M. Dickinson
Casis Trade Commission
Mr. Clyne
President Signs Order Raising Wheat Price to 2 20
In Washington on July 17 President Wilson signed an executive order increasing the guaranteed price for the 1919 wheat crop to 2.20 dollars per bushel. The measure affects shipments at Galveston and New Orleans.
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Washington
Wilsop
Galveston
New Orleans
Wisconsin labor urged to adopt farmers tactics for progress
The Wisconsin State Federation of Labor legislative committee urges organized labor to imitate farmer organizing methods to advance progress. The report notes North Dakota farmer successes and warns against mutual benefit groups and radical labels used by labor opponents.
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North Dakota
Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
General Executive Board
Henry Ohl, Jr
Wisconsin Federation
Indiana Aviator Killed in San Diego Tail Spin
Lieut. Charles G. Mauzy of Fowler Indiana an army aviator from Rockwell Field San Diego was killed in Los Angeles when his airplane caught fire at about 900 feet and then spun into a fatal fall.
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Fowler
San Diego
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Los Angeles
Charles G. Mauzy
Ind
Rockwell Field
Harvester Works Hit by Sudden Strike Across Plants
Four thousand International Harvester employees at the McCormick reaper plant and related facilities walk out after noon and fail to return. Officials report no demands. union recognition is suspected as related to contemporaneous Crane’s Company walkout.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
McCormick Harvester, Tractor and Twine Works
Weber Steel Company
McCormick Reaper
Uunion
Crane
Authorities to lift story on two murders. Brien links Wilkins case
In Freehold New Jersey Edward Brien twenty boasts to prisoners of killing Gardiner Hull in New York and claims responsibility for Mrs Julia Wilkins murder. Doctors Wilkins and Hull were connected by crime and friends with August Deppisch a former clergyman. The police doubt Brien’s tale but will investigate. Count Ulrich von Brockdorf Rantzau named German minister to Austria.
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N. J
New York
Edward Brien
Gardiner C. Hull
Manhattan
Hull
Julia C. Wilkins
Walter Keene Wilkins
Mineola
O'Brien
Wilkins
August Deppisch
Doctor Wilkins
Long Beach
Hult
Rantzau
Austria
Vienna
Count Ulrich von Brockdorf-Rantzau
Germans in U S dye fight details licensing opposition
Washington July 17: Former German dyestuff agents seek to reestablish American markets and oppose government control of dye imports. Francis P. Garvan, alien property custodian, said letters from former German agents show firms pressing the trade to view licensing as harmful to their interests.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Francis P. Garvan
Garvan
President Holds Hearts To Heart Talks With Senators
President meets with senators for private discussions described as heart to heart talks.Officials did not release detailed agenda but noted focus on key policy concerns and legislative cooperative effort.
Hohenzollerns Suffer Illness Amid Quiet At Amerongen
July 17 report from Amerongen says former German Emperor and empress lie ill with colds and heart trouble. Dr. Forster, their physician, stayed overnight as bad weather is blamed for their condition. In Washington Wilson meets Republican senators trying to win support for the peace treaty and league covenant.
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Forster
Hohenzollerns
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Wilson
American Commission
France
McCumber
North Dakota
Nelson
Minnesota
Federal raids seize seven in New York drug store sweep
Federal officials launched action against habit forming drug traffic in New York City. Seven arrests resulted from two raids on drug stores, six charged under the Harrison anti drug act and one alleged addict held as a material witness. Spanish Cabinet Resigns in Madrid
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New York
Ford Admits Being an Ignorant Idealist in Libel Case
Henry Ford in a $1,000,000 libel suit against the Chicago Tribune at Mount Clemens Michigan on July 18 declared he was an ignorant idealist but later retracted. The exchange covered preparedness, terms like bally-hoo and Benedict Arnold, and broader questions of his character and beliefs.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Elliott G. Stevenson
The
Ford
Mr. Stevenson
Alfred Lucking
Mr Lucking
Borah Resolution Passes Senate Over Shantung Protest
The senate adopted the Borah resolution requesting the president to provide a copy of the written protest against the Shantung settlement signed by American peace commissioners Lansing Bliss and White, without a record vote.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Senate
Lansing
Bliss
White
Boston Street Subway Strike Shuts Car Service
The car service on the street subway and the electric lines in Boston and twelve nearby towns is tied up by a strike today.
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Evening Journal
Boston
Manufacturer's Heated Admission During Trial Sparks Contention
In a courtroom exchange, Mr. Ford faces questions aimed at challenging his grasp of common terms as the defense pushes for a verdict. Mr. Stevenson cautions that an admission could end further jury consideration while the witness shows evident irritation at the line of inquiry.
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Mr. Stevenson
Stevenson
Ibelous
the Tribune
Huns to Keep Their Nobles in German Assembly
Weimar July 17 The national assembly rejected the socialist motion to abolish ranks of nobility but supported a constitutional provision for equality of men and women and denial of any special birth based privileges. The constitution bars Germans from accepting foreign decorations.
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Weimar
National Assembly
House Set To Adjourn August 1 Amid Lawmaking Plan
Washington July 17 Prospects for vacation by the House of Representatives around August 1 are tied to a packed schedule of Republican led legislation. The GOP plans to complete pending measures and return to district work as summer recess approaches.
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House of Representatives
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