Suffrage Victory in the House Ends Debate
The equal suffrage constitutional amendment passed the House 204 to 88 after under three hours of debate. The measure now heads to the Senate with supporters hoping for rapid action. Carrie Chapman Catt praised the House for its decisive move toward ratification.
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Washington
House
Senate
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Justice
House of Representatives
Amd
Mann
Republican of Mines
Woman Suffrage Committee
Representative Ferris
Oklahoma
Representative Little
Kansas
Those Who Voted No in the Roll Call
The record lists 80 members voting against the measure, with Republicans Brooks Pa to Watson Pa19 and Democrats including Almon Bankhead Bell Penson Black Blackmon Bland Va Brand Brinson Buschanan sroes 8 C Candler Clark Ia oady Collier Crisp Dewail Domin Doremus Daughton Eagle Floodiard Garner Garrett Hardy Tex Harrison Heflin Holland Hull Tenn Johnson Miss Kitchin Oakford Zarro Lesher Lever McDuffi Mans eld Martin Montagne Moon Tenn Nicholls 8S Overstree Park Poll Nagsdale Rayburn Jordan Robinson N Rouseby Sanders La Saunders Va Sisson Smart Stengall Stedmay Steele Riemens Miss Stevenson Venable Vinen Watkins Watson Webb Whdey Wilson La Wie Woods Va Wright TO Total against 80.
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Brooks
Pawning
Dunn
Foeht
Garland
Gene
Mass
Hull
Lampert
Uce
Moore
Mudd
Paige
Iters
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Stephens
Tilson
Inkham
Voigt
Walsh
Watson
Almon
Bankhead Bell
Penson
Black
Blackmon
Bland Va
Brand
Brinson
Buschanan
Sroes
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Candler
Clark
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Oady
Collier
Crisp
Dewail
Domin Doremus
Daughton
Eagle
Floodiard
Garner
Garrett
Hardy
Tex
Harison
Heflin
Holland
Enn
Johnson
Miss
Kitchin
Oakford
Zaro
Lesher
Lever
McDuffi Manseld
Martin
Montagne
Moon
Nicholls
Overstree Park
Poll
Nagsdale
Rayburn
Jordan
Robinson
Rouseby
Sanders
Saunders
Sisson
Smart
Stengall
Stedmay
Steele
Riemens
Stevenson Venable
Vinen
Watkins
Webb
Whdey
Wilson
Wie
Woods
Wright
Bandits Rob Bank in Cicero Heist
Five youthful bandits in a new automobile held up Baker and Son Savings Bank at 5822 1st Street in Cicero on May 22. They escaped with money Liberty bonds and other securities totaling about £10,000.
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Chicago
Baker & Son Savings Bank
1St Twelfth Street
Cicero
Mney
Liberty Bonds
Paris rumor on Mrs Wilson flight denied by White House
A Paris morning paper claimed Mrs Nilson wife of the president flew Tuesday to Versailles and suburbs. The report was officially denied by President Wilson's parts residence. Lumbermen on Trial for conspiracy to defraud the government by delivering short measure at army cantonments began in Brooklyn before Federal Judge Lewis B. Thomas.
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Paris
New York
Coastwise Lumber Company
Brooklyn
Lewis
Thomas
Washington Debates War Prohibition Repeal Timetable
The capital signals repeal measures will stay in committee until July 1 despite President Wilson's call to repeal wartime prohibition for wines and beers. Prohibition leaders push enforcement of the wartime act and constitutional amendment, while opposing substitute liquor bills and resisting any delay in national prohibition. Senator Sheppard asserts enforcement will pass before July 1 amid party divisions.
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Washington
Wilson
Sheppard
Texas
Washington County Evening Journal Highlights
Evening Journal of Washington County covers local news and community items from the region. Focuses on public notices, events, and brief regional announcements for residents and readers.
Germany Seeks Extra Week to File Treaty Objections
Paris reports a grace period granted to Germany until noon May 29 to file its written observations on the Versailles treaty. Berlin also reiterates its refusal to sign the treaty in its present form calling it a hymn of hate. The move signals a desperate public relations campaign to sway world opinion.
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Paris
Germany
Berlin
Ebert
Wilson
von Brockdorff- Rantzen
Clemenceau
German Victory Delays Armistice Signaling Longer Negotiations
Observers note a strategic win for Germany as the Allies delay on terms extends the time to sign. Diplomats Bernstein-Rantzau gain another week while German leaders face a looming threat of mobilization and economic pressure if they refuse. Marshal Foeth warns that Allied unity would push forceful action once time runs out.
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Welheimstrasse
Germany
Marshal Foeh
Rome
U S Eighty second Division Arrives From Bordeaux
Forty five officers and 760 men of the Eighty second division landed in New York from Bordeaux aboard the Sierra. Commanders include Maj. Gen. George B. Duncan and Brig. Gen. J. R. Lindsey with Col. Robert C. Walsh leading brigades. detachments from multiple infantry units also disembarked for Camp Grant and other posts.
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New York
Bordeaux
Sierra
George B. Duncan
J. R. Lindsey
Robert Cpd. Walsh
Three Hundred and Twenty-seventh Infantry
Camp Grant
Three Hundred and Twenty-eighth Infantry
French Can't Play Ball Says French Skewer
New York report quotes Bert Loury editor of the San Francisco Bulletin who arrived from France and attempted YMCA work to teach baseball. He says the French are too slow to step in front of a pitch and duck when miners come, and Chicago White Sox player Bill Lanse adds that teaching them the game was a mistake.
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New York
Bert Loury
San Francisco
France
Loury
Bill” Lanse
Chicago White Sox
German Peace Terms Rejected by Cabinet in Berlin
Berlin May 22 Germany refuses to sign peace terms, saying they threaten economic destruction and moral degradation for the nation and unborn generations. A cabinet authorized statement cites Wilson's fourteen points as the basis for peace and urges American support to enforce that framework.
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Berlin
Germany
Lansing
United States
Versailles
Washington
Wilson
America
Read Named Vice President of Emergency Fleet Finance
Washington May 22 election of Waldo S Read former New York banker as vice president of the Emergency Fleet corporation in charge of finance announced by the shipping board.
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Washington
Waldo S. Read
New York
Emergency Fleet Corporation
The
Shipping Board
Poles Fight Hard in Galicia and Advance
Poles report capturing Drohobycz Boryslaw Mikolayiv and crossing the Dniester near Rozwadow in Galicia. They claim control of the Lemberg to Mikolinyof road and railway and seizure of war material. Premier Holubowicz blames allies for the conflict as fighting intensifies in eastern Galicia.
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Drohobycz
Boryslaw
Mikolajow
Galician
Dniester
Rozwadow
Galicia
Milkolajow
Lemberg
Mikninyof
Sambor
Vienna
M. Holubowicz
West
Ukraine
Chaloner Wins $30000 Libel Verdict in Post Suit
John Armstrong Chaloner secured a $30,000 verdict from a federal circuit court jury in his libel suit against the New York Evening Post. The decision was returned in New York on May 22.
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New York
John Armstrong Chaloner
New York Evening Post
United States
Allies Question Troop Deployment in Turkey
Allies seek explanation for the presence of troops in Turkey as a formal note to Italy requests information on the matter. The request highlights international concerns over regional security and military posture.
Italians Land Troops in Turkey During Conference Absence
Paris May 22 The United States Britain and France jointly demanded an explanation from Italy for landing troops at Adalia Budrun and Makri while Premier Orlando was away from the Peace conference. The move was done without notifying the Allies.
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Evening Journal
Paris
U States
Britain
France
Italy
Turkey
Adalia
Budrun
Makri
Orlando
Kerensky appeals for world action to aid Russia
Alexander Kerensky former premier of Russia and eight colleagues from the Russian constituent assembly join the Parisian Union for the Regeneration of Russia in a plea to world democracies. They propose a mission of delegates from all powers and organized labor to Russia to explain the democratic programs to the people and governments.
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Paris
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Russian Constituent Assembly
Parisian Union For the Regeneration of
Robbery Incident Ties to McAdoo Private Car in Chicago
Detectives Yancey and Fleming seized two men near the William G. McAdoo private car as it sat in storage at the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul yards. The robbers, named Harry C. Reevie and Richard McDonald, attempted to flee with silverware valued at 3500 after burglary of the car belonging to the former treasury secretary.
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Chicago
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Yancey and
Fleming
Maxwell Street
Ily
Wall
Chicago, Ton & Quincy
West Fifteenth
South Jefferson Streets
Harry C. Reevie
Richard McDonald
Denver Elects New Mayor Bailey Wins Big in Denver
Denver voters elected Dewey C. Bailey commissioner of safety and excise as mayor by a plurality of 8269 votes. His supporters promise to restore streetcar fare. All charter amendments failed except a fire and police pay raise. Denver maintains a nonpartisan city government.
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Dewey C. Bailey
Denver
Safety and Excise
Bailey
Kaiser’s Son May Face Trial Under Peace Treaty Terms
London May 22 Frederick William Hohenzollern the former German crown prince may be tried under the terms of the German peace treaty. Andrew Bonar Law stated in the House that commandants of prison camps would also be liable under the treaty.
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Frederick William Hohenzollern
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Mons
Bonar Law
Godar
Vermis
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