Foreign Change Market Collapse Hits European Currencies
New York reports a sharp crash in the foreign exchange market with British, French, Italian, and other European units plunging to new lows. Analysts blame uneven trade balances and deflation from tighter Federal Reserve credit, with rumors of shifting frozen credits toward liquidity to stabilize domestic prices.
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Federal Reserve Board
France
Italy
New York
United States
Yones
Carpentier to Reach U S Mid February for Dempsey Bout
Private advices indicate Georges Carpentier the heavyweight champion will arrive in the United States mid February. He is expected to sign for a title clash with Jack Dempsey, with promoters already posting 500000 for the fight. Managers seek terms allowing limited ring activity while negotiations continue.
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Pranee
Carpentier
Trepeua Ny
Jack Dempsey
United States
Hile Curpentian
Amps
Ehfi
Carpentier F
Dempecy
Ceasefire on Trade Talks Advances Between Czecho Slovakia
An official director from Prague reports progress in Czech and Slovak negotiations to revive commercial intercourse between the two nations. The Jan 21 milestone signals hoped for unity and broader trade agreements.
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Jhide
Prague
Weather Forecast For Thursday And Friday
Daily forecast shows fair conditions east of the mountains with increasing clouds toward evening. Temperatures rise to near seasonal levels with light winds from the southwest and a chance of late-day showers.
Senate Debates Naval Decorations Controversy Spurs Filibuster
Washington reports show the naval decorations award controversy heating Senate floor debates twice and subcommittee hearings continuing with Major General George Parnett and Rear Admiral A W Grant as witnesses. Senator Walsh criticizes Rear Admiral Sims for confidential testimony. Lodge objects as the resolution stalls. The hearings adjourn late day with Admiral Knight to testify Friday. General Barnett disputes need for a new policy, while Rear Admiral Grant credits officers McDowell and Libbey for submarine detecting devices, noting they were not awarded Navy Crosses.
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WY Morning Journal
Washington
Senate
George Parnett
Marine Corps
A W. Grant
Atlantic
Walsh
Montana
Sims
Lodge
Massachusetts
Maine
Tlale Bnterroyptes
Hinle
Austin M. Knight
Daniels
Barnett
Thomas A. Fadison
Grant
8. McDowell
Miles Libbey
Dutch reply on ex-emperor extradition to allies prepared
The Dutch government drafts a reply to the allied demand for the former German emperor's surrender for trial. The text will be sent to Paris this week, with Holland sticking to diplomatic protocol and likely declining to accede to the request. The ex-emperor has not been informed of the extradition demand.
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Associated Press
Paris
Holland
Supreme Council
Clermans
Fire destroys Neaceneer Plant and Tribune building in New York
A blaze today destroyed the Neaceneer Plant in Burns and burned the Gimmarek Tribune Headquarters, the economy league offices and publishers of the Ited Plume, an anti socialist organ. Loss estimated at over 150000 dollars.
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Neaceneer
Burns, Tisai Io
N.Y
Pire
Gimmarek Tribune
Economy League
Ited
Fall Committee Notes Mexico Threat In Senate Hearing
The senate subcommittee heard of Mexico's warning to prevent testimony and discussed handling passports and protections for Mexican nationals willing to testify. EF L Turner and W Hinckley testified about 1915 raids in the lower Rio Grande valley as part of the planned sessions on the San Diego plan.
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IG Journal
San Antonio
Tex
Senate
Foreign Office
Henry Forres
Mexico
Committee
Williseness
Carranza
State Department
EF. L. Turner
W. Hh. Hinckley
Rio Grande Valley
San Diego
Totay
Japan Goods Not Serious Rival to U S Markets
Washington reports say imports from Japan rose mainly in value during the eleven months to November 1919, but low grade paper cotton goods silk oils and bamboo products form the bulk. Officials see Japan expanding cheap lines while American machinery and office appliances remain in demand.
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OY Mommiing Journal
Special Legged Wire
Washington
Japan
Department of Commerce
America
United States
Far East
Department of Commeres
Europe
Hair tonic deaths in Texas club incident
In Childress Texas seven men drank hair tonic believed laced with wood alcohol at Minpys club thirty five miles west of here. Three died and six were hospitalized or recovering after drinking Monday night according to today’s reports.
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Minpys
Here
Carranza Grants Provisional Permits for U.S. Oil Firms
President Carranza issues temporary permits to American petroleum producers to resume drilling in Mexico. The permits allow a temporary stay of the November suspensions while awaiting new oil legislation from the Mexican government. Officials warn the permits do not concede rights or foreclose a future settlement.
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Morning Journal Bretial
Washington
Carranza
American Association of Petroleum Producers In
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Mexico City
Mexico
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Mexican Congress
House
Congress
Supreme Court Disbars Attorney Shane Barth in New Mexico
Santa Fe reports the New Mexico Supreme Court permanently disbarred Albuquerque attorney Shane Barth after finding him guilty on four of nine counts. The charges stem from the Flournoy estate and the Mitchell matter, with the court deeming Barth's conduct unprofessional. The decision, written by Justice Roberts, was issued today after earlier bar association hearings in 1918–1919.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
Shane Barth
Albuquerque
New Mexico
State Supreme Court
Barth
Flournoy
Mitchell
Justice Roberts
Mr. Barth
State Bar Association
Supreme Court
Women leaders join committee for church unity conference
New York announces Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Mrs. Lansing and Mrs. Daniels accept seats on a 250 woman committee to organize an inter church world movement conference in Washington February 7 9. Helen Barrett Montgomery of Rochester will chair the conference with Mrs Paul Sraymond of San Francisco as secretary.
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Motning Journal
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Robert Lansing
Josephus Daniels
Interchurch World Movement
Washington
Helen Barrett Montgomery
Rochester
Paul Sraymond
San Francisco
Senate Cannot Request Income Tax Secrets Ruling
Washington January 21 The Senate has no authority to demand Treasury information on individuals under the income tax act Vice President Marshall ruled out of order a resolution by Senator Harris Democrat of Georgia seeking earnings and income data for bituminous lignite coal operators in 1918 The point of order was raised by Senator Thoman Democrat of Colorado
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Worning Joumnl
Washington
Senate
Secretary of Treasury
Marshall
Renuter Harris
Georgia
Benator Thoman
Colorado
Adrian Castrejon Surrenders in Morelos Rebel Action
Adrian Castrejon, a rebel leader in Morelos, surrendered after a night of activity. Alberto Ruizmandoval, Mexico's acting consul, received the surrender at Ll Vase, according to the report dated January 21.
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Adrian Castrejon
Morelos
Pebert
Alberto Ruizmandoval
Attorney admits to socialist leaders in New York capital
Martin W. Littleton and Morris Hillquit engage in a bitter discussion in Albany over socialist influence. The exchange centers on the 13 revolutionaries and the party's tactics. Both lawyers defend their positions as political tensions rise in the capital.
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Socialists
Martin W. Littleton
Morris Hillquit
New York
Socialists Under Fire At New York Trial
Albany January 21 A trial before the assembly judiciary committee examined the loyalty of five suspended socialist assemblymen. Martin W. Littleton argued the case ties socialists to an invisible empire and alleged alien influence. The hearing featured clashes between Littleton and Morris Hillquit with motions still undecided as the day ended.
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N. Y
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Martin W. Littleton
United States
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Littleton
Trotzky
Lenine
America
Socialist Party
Morris Hillquit
Ex-baseball scout wins $800 verdict vs Phillies
Willbare Doyle, a former Phillies scout, secured an $800 judgment in common pleas court for back salary claimed under a cancelled contract tied to the national work or fight order. The case marks a test of the order's application to baseball work contracts and involves Doyle now with the Milwaukee club.
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OY Morning Journal
Philadelphia
Willbare
Doyle
Partemouth
Philadelphia National League Baseball Club
Common Pleas
Phillies
Milwaukee
Democratic Committee Denies Plans for $20 Million Campaign Fund
Washington January 21 Chairman Cummings of the Democratic National Committee publicly denied claims that the party aimed to raise twenty million dollars for this year’s presidential campaign. He said no one in the committee’s leadership speaks for the finance department and that only enough contributions are sought for a legitimate campaign amid rising costs and a larger voting base due to women’s suffrage.
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Washington
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
New York ‘Tribune
Mystery Woman in Aviator Uniform Held by Atlanta Police
A young woman wearing a masculine aviator uniform was detained in Atlanta amid uncertainty whether she is Jeanne Anna De Kay, Hull House protégé. Police noted bobbed hair and a tattoo reading Helen. She alternately claimed and denied being De Kay, sparking ongoing questions about her identity as officers pursue verification.
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Atlanta
Jeanne Anna de Kay
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Miss de Kay
Helen
Jeanne de Longe
Iowa Man Killed in Automobile Accident
Ross C. Peterson of Marshalltown Iowa died when his car struck a concrete abutment eleven miles east of Deming New Mexico. George Maynard his passenger was slightly injured and found beside the overturned vehicle by rancher Clarence Hon.
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OUMNH
Levern Wine
Deming
N. M
Ross C. Peterson
Marshalltown
George Maynard
Peterson
California
Clarence Hon
Maynard
BiPartisan talks push toward peace treaty compromise
Washington reports a marked improvement in the bid to end the Senate deadlock on the peace treaty. Four Republicans and five Democrats in the committee show progress toward a compromise on Article XII of the League covenant and voting equality, with possible approval by the full Senate.
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Washington
Senate
League of Notons
Irish Official Shot Dead in Dublin on Harcourt Street
Assistant Commissioner of Police Redmond was killed at 6:30 PM on Harcourt Street Dublin. He fired two shots in self defense after being shot at. Redmond had been recently transferred from Belfast to assist Dublin police amid a surge in police murders and ongoing detective restructuring.
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Morning Journal
Dublin
Associated Press
Redmond
Harcourt Street
Dubin
Belfast
Nother Constable Shot in Thames Ireland Ambush
Another constable was shot and badly wounded last night returning home in Thames Ireland Armed squads swept the district searching homes and questioning pedestrians but no arrests were reported.
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Nother
Thames
Ireland
Associated Press
Influenza Death Toll Rises as New Cases Fall
Chicago reports 35 influenza deaths and 47 pneumonia deaths in 24 hours. New influenza cases total 1,725 down from 2,514 yesterday while pneumonia new cases are 191 versus 297. Four more movie theaters close and warnings go to others on ventilation and sanitation.
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Pe Mogning Journal Special Leaged Wire
Chicago
Health Department
Fifty Durango Families Prepare to Fight Vaccination
Fifty families in Durango Colorado plan to keep their children home from school tomorrow as compulsory vaccination takes effect on Thursday. Parents say they will challenge the order in court citing an Illinois supreme court ruling that compulsory vaccination was illegal.
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Colo
Supreme Court of Ilinois
British Officials Refuse To Discuss War News
London officials decline comment on Paris press reports that the supreme council will send 60,000 troops to the Caucasus to oppose Bolsheviks. No official word from the peace conference is available. The Temps says a London meeting of government heads is planned soon. Mexico City reports blame soft coal shortages on American firms controlling key mines in Coahuila.
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Otte Clule
Paris
Supreme Council
Caucasus
Millerand
M. Clemenceau
United States
Hames
Mexico City
Mexico
Fixcetsier
Coahuila
Phov CHORE LEAVES MARIS Pom LONDON
Paris reports Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain left for London this morning after plans for departure. the article notes his travel context and timing amid ongoing events.
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Phov Chore
Maris Pom London
Paris
Lloyd George
Great Britain
London
3000 Prospective Jurors to be Called in Arizona Case
Tombstone Arizona January 21 1920 millionaires mine owners shift bosses ex sheriffs and deputies laborers and others to the number of 206 residents of the Warren mining district pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnaping in Cochise County Superior Court The charges arise from the deportation of 1100 alleged IWW members and sympathizers from July 12 1917 to Columbus New Mexico The defendants were arraigned before Judge Samuel L Pattee and Judge A C Lockwood A blanket information will be used after individual cases are heard and 2000 jurors are expected to be available Drawing begins February 2 with a holiday atmosphere in Tombstone and road traffic monitored by sheriffs deputies for fines on violations.
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Morning Journal
Tombstone
Ariz
Warren
Superiop
Cochise County
I W. W
Coumbus
N. M
Samuel L. Pattee
Pima County
A. CC. Lockwood
Arizona
W .H. Burges
Kil Paso
Tex
Frank Curley
Tucson
Fisbee
Bisbee
Lowell
James F. McDonald
Mexican Guard Killed by US Army Deserters
Rosario Hernandez, a Mexican fiscal guard, was killed and another guard wounded by deserters from the U S Army near Palomas Chihuahua south of Columbus New Mexico last night authorities said a telegram from Columbus reported to acting Mexican consul general Sandoval in El Paso He planned to send a preliminary report to the Mexican embassy in Washington
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Tex
Rosario Hernandez
Palom S
Chihuahua
Columbus
N. M
Alberto Ruiz Sandoval
Mexico
Senor Sandoval
Washington
Millionaire and 37 Others Indicted as Government Enemies
William Bross Lloyd and thirty-seven alleged members of the Communist Labor Party of America were indicted by a special grand jury in Chicago on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government by force under the state syndicalism act. Two charges appear in the indictments: conspiracy to overthrow the government and advocating overthrow. Three women are named among the defendants for advocacy. some indicted are under arrest others are on bond or abroad.
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LE Mornings Journal
Epetial
Chicago
William Bross Lloyd
Communist Labor Party of America
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