President Wilson vetoes Republican peace resolution
President Wilson returns the joint resolution 2327 without signature saying it omits essential aims and would harm U S sovereignty. He cites the Versailles Treaty as fulfilling the war aims and warns a separate peace would stain the United States and undermine civilization and rights.
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Mroes
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Germany
United States
House of Representatives
House
Versailles
Senate
Belgium
France
Ottoman Empire
Woodrow Wilson
White House
South Water Street Market District to Soon be But Memory
Chicago May 27. Commission merchants in the South Water street market district have contributed 1,000,000 to abolish the famous wholesale market and move elsewhere. Warehouses along the south river bank will be removed and a plaza laid out. South Water will become a two level street with the upper deck for pleasure cars. Plans with railroads call for a scientifically planned market with elaborate switching facilities. Refrigerator cars will be collected at a suburban yard and switched to the downtown market in solid trains.
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Associated Tress
Chicago
Commission
South Water Street
South River Bank
South Water
Doctor Warns Against Premature Death at 100
Chicago May 27. Dr W S Sadler urged the Illinois Women's club silver jubilee that dying before age 100 should be treated as a serious offense. He predicted coroner inquests for anyone dying under 50 and advocated public registration of human stock and eugenic marriages to improve national health.
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Associated Press
Chicago
W. S Sadler
Ilinois Women's Club
Armenians Ready for Treaty with Bolshevik at Moscow
Paris report says Armenians accept invitation to send delegates to Moscow for talks with the Bolshevik government. Georgian government reportedly agrees to bar use of Georgian territory as a base for attacks, aiming to secure northern border. motivations include relief from Turkish nationalist and Bolshevik pressure. Flour market rises as Minneapolis mills quote higher wheat and 98 pound sacks of flour at $14.85 per barrel.
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Associated Mess
Paris
Moscow
Tiflis
Allive
Associated
World altitude record flier to cross continent
Maj. W. V. Schroeder, holder of the world altitude flight record, told Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce members that within months he expects to fly coast to coast. He plans to breakfast in San Francisco and dine in New York, flying between meals.
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Cincinnati
Maj
W. &. Schroeder
Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
New York
Wilsons Armenia Mandate Request Adversely Reported
The senate foreign relations committee approved a resolution disapproving President Wilsons proposal for an American mandate over Armenia. The panel voted 17 to 4 in favor of reporting the measure, indicating Congress would not grant the executive power to accept a mandate.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Armenia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Pope to receive Knights of Columbus delegation at Vatican
The pope plans an unusual honor by setting aside a day in early September to personally receive a special Knights of Columbus delegation. It will be the first time he leads visitors through the Vatican, a move described in a cable from K of C European commander Edward Ta Hearn to William J. McGinley.
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Associated Press
New York
Knights of Columbus
Edward Ta Hearn
William J.mcginley
Vatican
Poland Expects $50 Million Aid For Currency And Goods
Prince Lubomirski, Polish minister to the United States, outlined Poland’s plans for a $50 million aid package. About $20 million would back a new currency possibly a one billion marks issue. The remainder would buy necessities including cotton, wool, tractors, railway gear, and seeds, while Poland seeks wheat from Ukraine to address unplanted fertile land.
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Prince Lupomirski
United States
America Polish Chamber of Commerce
Poland
Prince Lubomirski
Ukrainia
Booze Raids Target Chicago Gold Coast Homes
Federal officials raid more than 300 homes in Chicago's Gold Coast area amid prohibition enforcement. A week earlier arrests in a downtown office yielded tips on alleged illegal liquor sales and permit fraud. William Dewey, manager of an exclusive North Shore hotel, says he warned of a visit and was told of the raid.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Gold Coast
William Dewey
North Shore
Salaries Spark City Losses in Chicago Council Action
Chicago May 27. A city council resolution says salaries paid to politics staff were inadequate and sent to Chicago representatives and senators. Businesses suffer financial losses due to inexperienced help blamed on low wages, as resignations of trained workers reduce efficiency.
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Chicago
Half Million Raised for Wood Campaign Financing
Dan Hanna of Cleveland agreed to raise 500000 to fund Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood's campaign, a Connecticut witness told the senate committee. The plan was formed in New York with Hanna and William Loeb but Wood was not discussed. Harding fund totals reached 113105 raised, 107704 spent, with testimony noting Harding's desire for a modest campaign and limited paid organization. The proceedings cited other state spending and key donors, including Carmi A. Thompson and Nicholas Murray Butler’s presidential campaign financing.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Dan Hanna
Cleveland
Leonard Wood
Senate
John T. King
Connecticut
Gen. Wood
King
New York
Hanna
William Loeb
Col
Theodora Roosevelt
Henry C. Frick
Ohio
Cincinnati
Indiana
Senator Harding
Daugherty
Jin Ohi
Hard ‘Ing
Durst
West Virginia
Gen
Carmi A. Thompson
Nicholas Murray Butler
John R. Davies
New York City
Must Pay to See Admiral Kolchak in Captors Cage
Vancouver May 27 Admiral Kolchak former head of the all Russian government after his capture by revolutionists was placed in a new cage at Irkutsk and exhibited for a nominal charge, according to N Deberg a former member of the Admiral's staff who arrived yesterday from the client on the steamer Manila Mars.
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Vancouver
B. C
Admiral Kolchalk
Kovernment
Irkutsk
N. Deberg
Manila
Sik Trade Bank in Tokio Closes Doors
The Seventy-Fourth Bank of Yokohama, with Sobel Mogi as principal shareholder, suspended yesterday, followed today by the Yokohama Savings Bank where Mogi is present. The bank closed after three weeks for examination and adjustment, triggering a closure of the Sik exchange.
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Sik Trade Bank
Tokio
Seventy-Fourth
Bank of Yokohama
Sobel Mogi
Yokohama Savings Bark
M. Mogi
Bolshevik Capture of Borisov in Polish Campaign
London May 27 A Soviet official statement received by wireless from Moscow says Borisov on the Heresing river at the Minsk Smolensk railway junction was captured by Bolsheviks in the campaign against Poland. The seizure occurred on May 28 and a Bolshevik retirement to new positions is reported in another sector.
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Associated Press
London
Borisov
Heresing River
Minsk Smolensk
Moscow
Fifty-seven coal miners and operators cleared for conspiracy trial
Fifty-seven bituminous coal miners and operators charged with conspiracy to limit coal production and distribution were ordered to stand trial November 1920 after District Judge A B Anderson overruled a demurrer by Charles Evans Hughes representing United Mine Workers officials. The indictment stems from a federal grand jury’s charges.
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Iesr
Indianapolis
Ind
A. B. Anderson
Charles Evans Hughes
United Mine Workers of America
Victor Lawson comes to rescue of small papers
Victor Lawson publisher of the Chicago Daily News released 100 tons of newsprint to aid newspapers facing suspension. The move, aided by International Paper and others, is distributed by J. L. Fearing and a committee of editors to ease the nationwide shortfall and avert closures.
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Victor
Lawson
New York
George H. Meade & Co
Mr. Fearing
Fearing
Inland Daily Press Association
Willard B. Jarpent
Courier-Herald
A. Peterson
Waterloo
Rte
W. Lindsey
Marian
Chronicle
Delivery deadline notice for Courier service
The notice states home delivery before 8:30. If missed due to courier error or other cause, call the office to arrange a copy and ensure it is sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 6:30 p.m.
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Aseard
Paris Parliament to seek freedom of workers legislation
Late May 27 bulletin reports the Union of French Peasants asking Parliament and the government to pass laws guaranteeing worker freedoms and addressing restrictive measures amid ongoing political tensions.
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Ity
Associated Press
Paris
Union of
Railroads seek higher freight rates based on reproduction costs
In Washington on May 27, the Interstate Commerce Commission heard the carriers cite reproduction cost figures to justify freight increases totaling about 1.017 billion dollars as they argue for a 5 percent return under the Transportation Act. Thomas W. Hulme of Philadelphia stated that 50 systems with 51,000 miles show reproduction costs at 1914 prices near 3.204 billion, versus a property investment of 3.158 billion on record, with inventories to rise further. He warned costs now exceed 100 percent of 1914 levels and will rise above current investments.
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Associated Press
Washington,d. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thomas W. Hulme
Philadelphia
Carriers’ Committee
Hulme
John Tamer Raises Name Psychology In Wiek Case
Chicago May 20. John Tamer, skeptic on the name proposition, tells how a three year marriage endured until letters from other men surfaced. Wife allegedly clashed with him during congestion causing injuries, and a witness's testimony led Judge McGoorty to grant the victim single blessedness with no alimony.
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Chicago
John Tamer
John
Tanner
Lnbby
Prohibition chief backs Capper and Sheppard for nominations
Virgil Hinshaw chairman of the Prohibition national committee endorses United States Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas for the Republican presidential nomination and Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas for the Democratic honor. He lauds Capper and Sheppard as Lincolns of modern achievement and moral leaders for their parties.
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Associated Press
Gubeago
Virgil
Hinshaw
Prohibition National Committee
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Capper
Stoppard
Republican Party
United States
Democratic Party
Church to Continue New Era Movement
The One Hundred and Thirty-second general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA voted unanimously to continue the New Era movement until the next general assembly and cut its annual budget from 906000 to 460000.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
General Assembly
One Hundred &Hirty-Second General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
American patron of arts guests of French govt
Mrs Adolph Spreckels of San Francisco was guest of honor at a reception in Paris hosted by the French government in the Grand Palais salon. The event honored Franco American artists during the Society of Fine Arts exhibition as plans for Altar Plaza and a Legion of Honor palace replica near the Golden Gate were outlined.
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Ine Associated Press
Paris
Adolph Spreckels
San Frantisco
Cal
Grand Palais
Spreckels
M. Honnerat
Society of Fine Arts
Franco
CANDIDATES OPEN CLOSING DRIVE FOR DELEGATES
Republican presidential hopefuls open their campaign to win 493 convention votes as 984 delegates are seated. Major Wood leads in instructed votes but trails the needed majority. Contests shaping the race include 145 filings and 14 surplus delegates. Johnson and Lowden gain in recent primaries while Harding, Sutherland, Poindexter and Pritchard pick up key allocations.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Vermont
Leonard Wood
Gen Wood
Frank
Lowden
Johnson
South Dakota
New Jersey
Indiana
Michigan
Nebraska
Republican National’ Committee
Jace Johnson
Hiram Johnson
Howard Sutherland
West Virginia
Oregon
Sutherland
Texas
Frank O. Lowden
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Judge Pritchard
North Carolina
Wood
London
Altho
National Committee
Jays
A. T. Hert
Louisville
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