Nationwide raids seize hundreds of radicals in multiple cities
The January roundup by federal agents led to 650 arrests in New York alone and more than 880 warrants issued. Officials say hearings at Ellis Island will decide deportations while other cities including Milwaukee and Cleveland report actions against Communist Party members and organizers.
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New York
Ellis Island
Sal
Europe
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Newark
N. J
Bayonne
Passaic
Jersey City
Gan
Julius Codkind
Harlem
Communist Party
United States
Soviets press in South Russia as Tokyo faces Siberia clash
London dispatch says red armies threaten Black Sea coast and Mariupol while anti Bolshevik forces hold Irkutsk siege. Moscow reports gains in Deniken campaign with 151 guns captured and many prisoners. Meantime Japan seeks to halt Bolshevik advance in Siberia and safeguard its sphere. Soviet foreign minister Tchitcherin proposes resuming talks with Italy.
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ED L. Keen
United Press
London
Admiral Kolchak
Irkutsk
Siberia
Angara
Moscow
M. Tchitcherin
Vittoro Scialoia
Italy
Black Sea
Deniken
Russia
Red
Yuzovka
Dolia
Mariupol
Sea of
Azov
Cleveland Woman Sought Over Warren Official Embezzlement
A Cleveland woman is sought to explain a $50,000 shortage in the accounts of Charles B. Kistler former Warren city treasurer. Kistler is jailed in Warren pending investigation. A warrant for embezzlement and a precautionary warrant for the Cleveland woman were prepared. Kistler reported meeting the woman in a Pennsylvania town and gave her name and address for questioning. The case involves unclear dealings and potential charges pending further inquiry.
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Cleveland
Charles B. Kistler
Ecity
Warren
O. Warren
Kistler
John PD. McBride
McBride
Pennsylvania
Federal authorities round up radicals across Connecticut
Federal authorities aided by state and city police arrested about forty alleged radicals in a sweep that began last night and extended through the early hours in Bridgeport Waterbury New Britain and surrounding areas.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Bridgeport
Waterbury
New Britain
Changes His Plea in Athens Taxi Case Before Mayor
Cal Coss pleaded guilty to operating a taxi without a city license in Athens before Mayor Roush and paid a $25 fine plus costs. He had initially entered a not guilty plea and demanded a jury trial. the case was reset for next Monday.
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Cal Coss
Athens
Roush
Hhe
Coss
Train wreck injures passengers near Savannah Missouri
IT JOSEPH Mo Jan 3 Several passengers were injured early today when a Chicago Great Western train was wrecked near Savannah Mo six ten miles north of here Five coaches were thrown into a ditch No one is killed The injured will be brought here
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Joseph
Chicago Great Western
Savannah
Here
Prisons Linked to Bolshevik Plan in U.S. Labor Scheme
Reports say prisoners captured Friday night aided anarchists aiming to field bolshevik aligned candidates in next November elections. DOJ lists 60,000 reds. Borah denounces red hysteria while urging faster deportation law action. Labor Secretary seeks closing loopholes to expel members of anti-government groups.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Senate
Borah
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
House
Labor
Wilson
Allen Declares He Is Not Running for President
Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen told reporters in Topeka on January 3 that he is not a candidate for the presidency or vice presidency. He said the current job is large enough and he would not seek higher office while in office. He also stated he has supported General Wood, who White has launched as “Allen for president” with no second choice.
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Peka
Kans
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Wood
William Allen White
Allen
Revolution Planned By Nation Reds
Reports from Wilkes Barre describe Communists planning a January 11 mass meeting in Brooklyn as part of a nationwide revolutionary plot. Federal raids netted about two thousand radicals with literature and documents indicating a soviet regime plan. prosecutions and deportation actions were expected.
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Wilkesbarre
Com‘nists
Wallen
Brooklyn
Government roundup targets hundreds of radicals nationwide
Government agents on January 3 continued arrests of anarchists bolsheviks and other undesirables in what officials call the largest red roundup in U S history.
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Washington
Deportation Drive Expands as Radicals Are Nabbed Across Nation
Washington reports show more than 4 500 alleged radicals taken into custody in a nationwide warrant roundup led by the justice department. Officials say evidence against over 2 000 held awaits deportation, with plans to seize revolutionary literature and detain or deport most prosecuted under criminal anarchy charges. The operation targets Communist parties tied to the Moscow conference and led by Lenin and Trotsky.
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New York
Communist Labor Parties
Department of Justice
United States
William J. Flynn
Department of Labor
Secret Service
Palmer
Justice Department
Chicago
Hoyne
Communist Party
Washington
Department of ”Justice
Francis P. Garvin
Moscow
Lenine
Trotsky
Olive Thomas Seeks Lost $50,000 Diamond Bracelet
New York on January 3 Olive Thomas wife of actor Jack Pickford says she is searching for a $50,000 diamond bracelet lost on New Year’s Eve. She notes the bracelet was a Christmas present and adds she would prefer no press agent to tell the tale.
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New York
Olive Thomas
Jack Pickford
Weather Outlook for Ohio Valley Great Lakes Regions
Weekly forecasts show unsettled and moderately cold conditions for the Ohio Valley and Tennessee with possible snow midweek. The Great Lakes region is expected to see frequent snows and low temperatures.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Great Lakes
Paris delays signing peace treaty with Germany
Paris reports the signing of the protocol and ratifications to make the German peace treaty effective may not occur before January 13. The hoped January 6 conclusion of long peace talks is abandoned due to Kurt Von Leisner’s illness and Clemenceau’s vacation. Interest centers on Clemenceau’s possible presidential bid after offering to be honorary Senate member.
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Paris
Germany
Kurt von Leisner
Clemenceau
Department of War
Senate
Bad Luck Persists for Athens High Basketball
The Athens High Red team hosts Parkersburg at the Armory tonight at seven. Parkersburg has not lost this year and aims to stay undefeated. Coach Mackie’s squad suffers injuries with Wise turning his ankle, keeping him out along with Collins. Kircher and Hall will fill in, season tickets go on sale at the door for pupils one dollar, grades seventy five cents, and townspeople two dollars. About 150 season tickets sold so far.
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Parkersburg
Armory
Mackie
Wise
Collins
John Kircher
Hall
Prisoner Rescued After Suicide Attempt in Lima Jail
Frank Larkus alias Howard attempted hanging in Lima County Jail, but Sheriff Baxter found and cut him down. He was rushed to the city hospital and is reported out of immediate danger.
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Lima
Frank Larkus
Howard
Baxter
New's Insanity Defense Highlighted in Trial Opening
Los Angeles January 2. Harry New's mental condition dominated testimony as his trial opened. Dr BE B Hoag Pasadena mental expert and UC lecturer described New as an inferior person with psychopathic personality dementia praecox feeble minded and insane.
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Los Angeles, Caulif
Harry
New
BE. B. Hoag
Pasadena
University of California
Global Bolshevism exposed in Senate briefing
Washington dispatch reports a State Department Russian affairs unit dossier detailing bolshevism’s dangerous operations worldwide led by Moscow. The study, compiled after the roundup of over 4,500 red agitators, was sent to the Senate and House foreign affairs committees by Secretary Lansing and awaits public release.
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Washington
Moscow
Congress
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lansing
Fire destroys garage and eighty autos in Harrodsburg
Fire at J. T. Ingram garage in Harrodsburg Kentucky early today wiped out the building and eighty motor trucks and automobiles. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars. Fire started when a chauffeur lit a lantern to examine his car and an explosion followed from scratching the match.
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Harrodsburg
J. T. Ingram
Experts to Testify on Sanity of Murder Suspect
Alienists were set to testify in Los Angeles on January 2 regarding the sanity of Harry New on trial for the murder of Frieda Lasser. The defense aimed to prove insanity at the time of the shooting while the prosecution argued New was sane.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harry
New
Frieda Lesser
Exchange of Diplomats Delayed by Peace Treaty Ratification
Berlin reports say the United States must ratify the peace treaty before any charge d affaires can be exchanged with Germany. France plans to proceed toward peace, while U S ratification remains uncertain. Diesel, named as probable first charge d affaires, waits in Paris for treaty action or protocol signing.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
France
Diesel
Paris
Senate
Retired farmer Zephaniah Fulton dies in Athens home
Zephaniah Fulton a retired farmer from Lodi township and Athens resident for ten years died this noon at his son John Fulton’s 11 Oak Street home at age 83. He suffered complications of advanced age and funeral services are set for Monday at 1 p.m. in Carbon Hill with burial there. He also left a widow Mrs Fulton who died last March and several children, siblings, and grandchildren.
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Zephaniah Fulton
Lodi
Athens
John Fulton
Oak Street
Carbon Hill
Fulton
Eber M
Mill Street
John
O. L. Fulton
Coolville Ridge
J. H. Williams
Joseph of
Shade
William
Martha Fulton
Alice Bishop
Sawyer Bas
Olive Abbott
Cincinnati
Reds Arrive on Second Ellis Island Deportation Boat
A second boat carrying 101 alleged radicals reached Ellis Island from Manhattan this afternoon, including seventeen women. Acting immigration commissioner B H Uhl said a third boat with about 150 more is expected. Each person will face individual questioning and, if guilt is shown, recommendations for deportation go to the labor department in Washington. Examination of others will begin Monday.
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New York
Ellis Island
Manhattan
B. H. Uhl
Immigration
Uhl
Department of Labor
Washington
The Farmer and the High Cost of Living
An editorial argues farming must be supported to keep food supply and prices stable. It laments unorganized agriculture, urges better roads colleges and farm representation, and calls for fair prices and marketing profits for farmers to prevent decline.
Soviet raid nets 152 alleged Reds in Chicago
In Chicago on January 3 authorities arrested 152 alleged Radicals in nationwide raids. Federal agents targeted a communist organization and radical headquarters while seizing radical literature and membership lists. The operation included a Soviet college with 55 students found on the scene and several suspects were brought before Judge Hugo Palmer with bail set as high as ten thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Ill
Ro — A
Adere
Tate Iton
Ciehe
Creighton
Palmer
Washington
Hugo Pam
Grand Jury
Dr Harold Copeland Receives High Honors
Dr Harold Copeland son of Dr and Mrs T A Copeland of Athens passed the state medical exams of Delaware and Ohio last month ranking second in Delaware. He is now interning at Wilmington Hospital and graduated last June from Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia with honors. His future practice location remains undecided.
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Harold Copeland
T. A. Copeland
Athens
State Medicale
Delaware
Ohio
Copeland
Wilmington
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Lodge and Hitchcock Hold Key Peace Treaty Conferences
Senators Lodge and Hitchcock led crucial party meetings to map a return to treaty discussions when the Senateopens Monday. They reviewed Democratic proposals on Article 10 reservations and Lenroot reserve changes, aimed at balancing US and British voting power, with King pressing Hitchcock toward cautious compromise.
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Washington
Lodge
Hitchcock
Senate
Lenroot
United States
British Empire
Swanson
King
Inventor Unveils Dual-Surface Broiler Griddle Unit
An inventor introduces a combined broiler and griddle device with a ribbed cooking face on one side and a flat surface on the other, offering versatile heating for various foods. The dual-sided design aims to streamline kitchen work and expand cooking options.
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