League of Women Voters Endorses League of Nations
Chicago reports the League of Women Voters endorses the league of nations and favors US adhesion without delay while opposing universal military training. Debates cover reservations to safeguard interests, anti radical measures, free speech, and readies a plan for universal physical training for ages 6 to 18.
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Associated Press
Chicago
League of Women Voters
National Suffrage Association
League of Nations
United States
E. N. Munson
Pittsburg
Kan
Raymond Brown
New York
Ethel Hurd
Minneapolis
Fletcher Dakins
Republic
Central
Europe
Asia
National Woman Suffrage Association
League
Maud Wood Park
Boston
George Gellhorn
St. Louis
Richard Edwards
Peru
Ind
Solon Jacobs
Birmingham
Ala
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Miss Hay
Mary Garrett Hay
Woman's Division
Republican Party
George Bass
Women’s Democratic Commajsine
Democratic Party
Adriatic Reply of Allies Reaches Washington
The allied supreme council reply to President Wilson on the Adriatic situation arrived at the state department via Ambassador Davis. It will not be released publicly or summarized for now, with brief London dispatches noting a modification of the original note. officials say the note was dispatched without discussion in the council, and Washington warned that proceeding without U.S. consent could threaten the Versailles treaty and the France United States agreement.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Allied Supreme Council
London
Wilson
State Department
Davis
Washington
Supreme Council
United States
Senate
France
Seven Navy Men Drown In Barge And Dory Sinks
Five enlisted sailors died when a naval water barge sank off the Cuban coast. Another two men perished when a motor dory capsized from the U S Hovey near Harwich England. Admiral Knapp said a formal inquiry would investigate the dory sinking.
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Washington, D. C
Cuban
Navy Department
U. S
Harwich
England
Knapp
Abolition of Grain Corporation Backed by Summers
Representative Summers told the Senate Agriculture Committee that abolishing the grain corporation would harm wheat growers and the public. He warned no exports would occur and a flood of cheap wheat would depress prices, reducing future wheat acreage and hurting consumers. Trade boards and chambers of commerce in 11 major cities also opposed the bill.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Grain Corporation
Granna Bil
Representative Summers
Republican
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce
Wilson Ordered Yanksto Rualsa Blis Opposed
Washington February 18 President Wilson sent American troops into Russia and Siberia despite Gen. Tasker Bliss opposition while Bliss sat on the allied supreme war council. Gen. March testified before a House committee on medal awards backing promotion by selection and noting seniority often yields inefficient officers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Russia
Siberia
Wilson
Tasker H. Bliss
Supreme War Council
Peyton G. March
House
Bliss
March
Staf
Kiddle
Biddle
England
Stam
Des Moines Lawyers Race To Cedar Falls In Legal Saloon Case
Three Waterloo attorneys sped to Cedar Falls at 60 mph to attend a justice hearing on alleged intoxicants. Des Moines lawyer S Huntley lit a symbolic lantern like Paul Revere to signal the defendants’ arrival, with defense counsel claiming a continuance and potential briefs as the case stretched into the afternoon.
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Gramey
Waterloo
Paul Revere
Boston
Phil Sheridan
Winchester
Cedar Falls
Office of Justice
S. Huntley
Huntley
H. BH. Sawyer
Falls Avenue
Des Moines
Sawyer
Huntler
Guy P. Linnville
State Department, of Justice
Linnville
Germans Credit Spirit Change For Extradition Attitude Shift
Berlin reports allied note to Germany leads to mixed reactions. Tageblatt cites awakening democratic spirit in England and Italy as easing extradition stance, while Vorwaerts calls note sane and careful. Vossische Zeitung says leaders could not act otherwise, pan Deutsche Zeitung rejects it and demands a firm No.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Geremany
Tageblatt
England
Italy
Vorwaerts
Vossische Zeitung
pan-Deutsche Zeitung
Reject Bids In Liner Sale Sows Paynes Opposition
Washington February 18 Rejection of all bids for 30 former German passenger slips offered by the shipping board was urged today to the senate commerce committee by Chairman Payne who sought authority to pursue new negotiations for sale for operation under the American flag. A district supreme court ruling on Hearst’s injunction against the sale was awaited. President Wilson prepared to deny Senator Brandagee's secret-accord charge. Shipping board members voiced disappointment over the bids. A bill by Senate Commerce Chair Jones would bar sale until Congress acts and require repairs using funds from other board vessels. The measure was sent to the commerce committee.
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Associated Press
Washington, d
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Payne
District Supreme Court
W. BR. Hearst
New York
Wilson
Brandagee
Great Britain
Jones
Senate
Commerce
Congress
Lcommerce Committee
Rose Stokes Enters New York Congress Run
Chicago Feb 18 Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes a New York billionaire communist and former Socialist indicted by a special grand jury ran 2% for advocating overthrow of the U S government today announcing candidacy for Congress from the fourteenth New York district She was brought to Chicago by a policewoman and said she may win to represent the constituency of her people She is at large on bond pending appeal from a 10 year federal sentence for obstructing the draft.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Rose Pastor Stokes
New York
United States
Congress
Mining Experiments to Determine Best Digging Way Urged
J. J. Rutledge of the U S Bureau of Mines urged demonstration mining at the American Institute of Mining College meeting in New York. He proposed mines in principal coal regions to test mining methods under a board of engineers and miners as operators lack of capital and labor concerns hinder such trials.
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New York
United States Department of Agriculture
American Institute of Mining College
J. J. Rutledge
United States Bureau of Mines
Rutledge
Harding proposes home ownership fund to ease unrest
Governor W L Harding urged a revolving fund to loan money at low interest so most residents could own homes and reduce discontent. He favors financing via a one mill state levy with 2 to 3 percent loans and cited a road fund precedent, speaking at a rural schools conference in Cedar Falls.
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Cedar
W. L. Harding
Rural Consolidated Schools Conference
Harding
Tle
Sim Wuld
Hampshire sow sale sets world record prices in Nebraska
Nehawka Nebraska February 18 buyers from 28 states attended a Hampshire sow sale. A fathead sow averaged just over 523 dollars, while one sow sold for 2650 dollars, a new top for the breed.
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Associated Press
Nehawka
Neb
Hampshire
Tapan Seeks To Avoid Quarrel With Semenoff
In Vladivostok on Monday February 1 negotiations between Gen Krakowiliski head of Semenoff army and M Mat sudaira representing Japan led to orders for Japanese troops to stop moving westward. The move is seen as Japan wanting to avoid conflict with Russia.
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The
Associates Press
Vladivostok
Gen. Krakowiliski
Semenoff
M. Matsudaira
Japan
Crime reduced by liquor shortage shuts two Chicago courts
Two criminal branches of Chicago's municipal court were closed due to whisky scarcity reducing petty crime. Judges were reassigned to civil cases, with Chief Justice Olson noting no setup for the switch and offering no further details.
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Chicago
Olson
Packers Attorneys See Palmer on Pact to Let Go Sidelines
Washington, Feb. 18. Attorneys for the meat packing firms met with Department of Justice officials to finalize a decree requiring packers to cease handling products unrelated to meat. Attorney General Palmer will announce the court to file the agreement and obtain an injunction enforcing the provisions.
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Packers
Palmer
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Senator Reed Travels to Cedar Rapids for Mother's Funeral
Senator Reed of Missouri left today for Cedar Rapids to attend the funeral of his mother Mrs. Nancy Reed, who died last night at age 92. The report notes a separate Allied note to Germany on extradition, filed midday yesterday.
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Senator Reed
Cedar Rapids
Associated Press
Washington, DC
Missouri
Nancy Reed
Allies Soften Reply to Wilson on Adriatic Settlement
London Feb 18 The supreme allied council sent a reply to President Wilson regarding the Adriatic settlement to Washington. The note suggests no reopening of the issue and states that decisions reached last December will be carried out if Wilson indicates how. Paris reports of tone change are denied and the message to Ambassador Davis is not identical to the premiers first draft.
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Associated Press
London
Supreme Allied Council
Wilson
Washington
De‘clare
Lloyd George
Nitu
Clemenceau
Jugo-Slavia
Paris
Ths
John W. Davis
Miller
Tax Bribe Charged In Chicago Case
Albert J. Lauer, secretary treasurer of Briggs & Turivas, held on $15,000 bribe claim to shield $150,000 in income taxes. He posted $30,000 cash bond, claiming innocence. District Attorney Clyne and Justice officials hint at broader Chicago tax fraud probes involving several major firms.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Albert J. Lauer
Briggs & Turivas
Iron and Steel
Lauer
Charles Cailnet
Internal Revenue Department
Callner
Charles F. Clyne
Briggs & Turi
Laver
United States
Clyne
Uncle Sam
San
George Murdock
Department of Justice
Washington
Wolf Pack Invades Duluth West End for Week
Wolf pack roams Duluth Minnesota nightly in mid February. Trappers and residents lay out for the wolves and kill one while wounding another and trapping a third from a pack of 12. Two policemen with snowshoes and rifles patrol Portius avenue west and Eighth street for days but fail to shoot any wolves.
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Duluth
Minn
Ho Weell & Wolf Pack
Portieth Avenue
Eighth Street
Altho
McAdoo Backs Unpledged Delegates in Primaries
Former Treasury secretary W G McAdoo announced he will not allow his name on presidential primary ballots and urged sending unpledged delegates to the Democratic national convention. He said leadership should emerge from national interest, not individual candidacies, and spoke of avoiding the appearance of a candidate amid citizen obligations.
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Associated Press
New York
W. G. Mc Adoo
Lowden Invades South Dakota Campaign Start
Sioux Falls Feb 18 Gov Frank G Lowden of Illinois minority Republican candidate for president arrives in Sioux Falls to launch his South Dakota campaign as the first 1920 presidential hopeful to speak there Maj Gen Leonard Wood leading the majority Republican ticket will start Feb 24 with expectations that Sen Hiram W Johnson California independent Republican trails Wood in the state race
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Associated Press
Sioux Falls
Frank G. Lowden
Illnois
South Dakota
Leonard Wood
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Chicago Supreme Court upholds seven cent fare on Chicago surface lines
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the seven cent fare valid, reversing a Sangamon County Circuit Court decision. The court said the Public Utilities Commission may set dates and adjust rates, including temporary increases without full hearings, and may change rates fixed by contracts between the city and utilities. The ruling cites the Quincy case and clarifies emergency-rate provisions under the Public Utilities Act.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Chicago
Sangamon County Circuit Court
Jssue
Chicago City Railways Companies
Sangaman Circuit Court
Public Utilities Commission
Quincy
Public Utilities Act
Rail Wage Provisions Tie to Septembers Deadline
Washington February report on the railroad wage settlement outlines six month wage maintenance, a compulsory federal labor board, rate adjustments, and a $500 million revolving loan fund. The House and Senate managers plan quick action on the conference report, while opposition is expected to be limited. The plan also includes government guarantees, permissive consolidation, and a detailed dispute resolution framework for carriers and employees.
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