Lettish advance threatens bolshevik front in Latvia region
Lettish forces reportedly broke the bolshevik line near Pyradowu and may force red army retreat along the front. Regziza, capital of Letgalen province, was said to be within reach. Meanwhile soviet gains were noted in South Russia and Siberia as preparations for evacuation intensified.
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Uited
London
Lettish
Pyradowu
Riga
Legation
Regziza
Letgalen
Deniken
Russia
Moscow
Nakhitchevan
Novocherkask
Helsingfors
Foch
Siberia
Harbin
Manchuria
Daily Mail
Irkutsk
Admiral Kolchacki
Chita
Soul uplift needs a kick of alcohol lecture in Greenwich Village
German Japanese poet Sadachi Hartmann spoke at the Greenwich Village Inn on Great Men With Whom I Have Imbibed. He praised Swinburne Poe and Whitman as writers inspired by battle and lauded Scandinavian poets as supreme. He warned prohibition would deprive the world of art and song and the warmth of imbibing. His listeners remained curious about his sources of inspiration.
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New York
Sadachi Hartmann
Greenwich Village
Hartmann
Foresee Peace From the Last Demmie Move
Senator Lodge faced a Democratic showdown on treaty compromise as Ward warned Republicans that over twenty Democrats will back reasonable reservations that avoid scuttling the treaty. The scene unfolds in Washington with leading senators and a push for peace ahead of action.
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Washington
Lodge
Ward
Highest Court Denies Wet Appeal Delaying Prohibition
The U S Supreme Court refused the New Jersey Retail Liquor Dealers Association's bid to test the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead Act. The court held it had no jurisdiction to hear the case at this level, requiring lower-court action first before any appeal to the surreys court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New Jersey Retail Liquor Dealers Association
New Jersey
Surreys Court
Railroads Lose Supreme Court Suit for 50 Million
The railroads of the United States failed in the Supreme Court to collect extra compensation from the government totaling more than 50 million dollars. The decision hinges on the government’s handling of costs and refunds in a high-stakes dispute that impacts federal rail policy and funding.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wilson to issue call for league of nations meeting
President Wilson prepares a brief call for the first league of nations meeting in Paris set for Friday. The United States will not participate, but he will issue the call once plans are confirmed with Ambassador Wallace.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Paris
White House
Wallace
League
United States
Five Hundred Ill in Skintock Miss This Malady
In Skintock, sixteen miles from Tulsa, Oklahoma, about five hundred people or a quarter of the town's population are seriously ill with a mysterious illness. Several deaths have occurred. Doctors warn the disease resembles a mild form of cholera starting with dysentery and rapid weight loss.
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Tulsa
Okla
State Health Department
National blue sky bill targets fake stock promotions
Senator Kenyon of Iowa introduced a national blue sky bill to curb fake stock promotion schemes. It requires interstate firms to file a public statement with the postmaster detailing paid promoters, underwriters, goodwill charges, and intended use of funds, with misstatements punishable by perjury.
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Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Atta
Middle West States
Dare and Heiner Arrested on Bottling Charge in Detroit
Detroit date January 12 Virginia Dare and Jesse Heiner were arrested here today on a bottling charge stemming from alleged illicit liquor operations.
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Detroit
Mich
Virginia Dare
Jesse Heiner
Athens County Schools Lead War Savings in 1919
Athens County schools in 1919 sold 4310 war saving stamps totaling 4320.50 as reported by the war savings committee. Ohio schools overall surpassed 7 million in sales with Warren County topping per capita at 65.83, Cincinnati and Columbus also high. The program continues with plans to boost 1919 figures and new banking systems in schools.
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Athens County
War Savings Committee
Ohio
Warren County
Highland County
Clermont County
Ashland County
Coshocton County
Cincinnati
Columbus
Ohio War Savings
Ohio War Savings Committee
French professors decry football excess among American soldiers
In New York on January 12 critics say American soldier students in French universities neglect study for football. Prof Arthur Gordon Webster of Clark University notes strong concern about academic discipline among the troops studying abroad.
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New York
Arthur Gordon Webster
Clark University
Miners Endorse President Wilson Plan in Strike Settlement
The United Mine Workers convention in Columbus Ohio sustains the decision to accept President Wilsons settlement proposal for the soft coal strike. The union prepares to present its case to the new soft coal commission in Washington with data and testimony. John I Lewis says the miners seek a square deal and full justice, defending American ideals amid prior public accusations.
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Columbus
Ohio
International Convention of the
United Mine Workers of America
Wilson
Soft Coal Commission
United Mine Workers
Washington
John I. Lewis
Allies Demand Kaiser Trial From Holland
Paris reports the supreme council will press Holland to surrender the former Kaiser for trial by the Allies. The Big Three plan to resume talks on peace matters and decide Fiume's status by midweek. M Demarcillus is appointed French chargé d affaires in Berlin and will depart for Germany to restore relations.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Holland
Fiume
M. Demarcillus
Berlin
Germany
Wall Street Broker Trades Sugar for Gin Whiskey and Burgundy
J C Horter, a New York broker, swapped 110 pounds of sugar for two bottles of gin, two of whiskey, and four of Burgundy wine in a notable midtown trade.
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New York
J. C. Horter
Wall Street
Moonshining Evidence Seized In Dallas Stunt Confiscation
Dallas police said a tin dipper a wash basin and a spoon may serve as convicting evidence after confiscating a set. They described sweet spirits of nitre as a jag producer when properly mixed.
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Dallas
Tex
Democrats Meet to Seek Quick Ratification of Treaty
Twenty Democratic senators gathered at Senator Owen's home to press for a quick ratification with interpretative reservations that President Wilson could accept. The group included Hitchcock Underwood Hoke Smith Geor gis and McKellar and Kendrick, aiming to craft a compromise not yet drafted. White House officials said the treaty situation looks better and the meeting did not signal a break from the president's leadership.
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Washington
Wilson
Owen
Oklahoma
Hitchcock
Underwood
Hoke Smith Georgis
McKellar
Kendrick
Senate
Bryan
White House
Senator Owen
Clemen ceau Nears French Presidency After Senate Wins
Paris Jan 12 Premier Clemenceau appears assured of the presidency as senate election returns show a majority of his supporters winning seats. The chamber of deputies and the senate will convene January 17 to appoint the new president.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Whiskey theft called real crime by judge to grand jury
Go to Toledo Ohio January 123. Whiskey is not contraband. The theft of whiskey is as real a crime as the theft of money, clothing or property of any kind. Common Pleas Judge John Monton urged the Lucas county grand jury Monday that theft of whiskey must be stopped.
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Toledo, CO
Common Pleas
John Monton
Lucas County Grand Jury
Soviet Ark’s Repair Advances as Transit Plans Hinge
Berlin Jan 12 The American transport Buford known as the Soviet Ark may sail from Kiel Monday after repairs in the Kiel basin. The ship carries 249 radicals deported from the United States and the commander bans visitors aboard. Uncertain destination listed, with possible arrival near Reval and transport to Russia by special train.
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Berlin
Buford
Kiel
United States
Kiel Basin
Reval
Russia
Time to Stop Dr Strecker Attacks Modern Dance
Dr Lloyd Strecker delivered a Sunday evening broadside denouncing modern wiggly dances among youths. He warned that close proximity in dancing risks moral physical and spiritual danger, contrasting with his view of thirty years ago when dancing was tame.
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Lloyd Strecker
Strecker
Quake Devastates Mexican Villages Near Orizaba
A new earthquake near Cosautlan Vera Cruz reportedly killed over 100 people. Six villages on Mount Orizaba’s slopes vanished, refugees reached Puebla, and relief efforts faced rebel disruption as General Gandido Aguilar threatened federal troop concentration if aid workers were harassed.
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Ralph H. Turner
United Press
Mexico City
Cosautlan
Vera Cruz
Puebla
Mount Orizaba
Gandido Aguilar
Earthquake District in Vera Cruz Faces Devastation
UNESCO CITY reports ongoing relief after floods and quakes in Vera Cruz region. Barranca Nueva shows a fissure swallowing a house while survivors hear cries below. Casautlan residents refuse relocation, citing sacred ground and ancestral deaths amid 32 shocks in two days.
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Unesco
Vera Cruz
Barranca Nueva
S.oldiers
Casautlan
Inventor Develops Concentrated Ink for Watered Mixtures
A inventor concentrates ink into tubes and develops a method to squeeze and mix with water for use. The process promises simplified dilution, enabling portable ink preparation for comics, drafts, or printing needs.
Heiress Missing From Hull House Prompt Search
The DeKay disappearance widens as Miss Jeanne DeKay vanishes with her brother John DeKay traveling from Chicago to New York and Providence to consult legal advisers. Romanian friend Miss Dadiez Salter, who traveled with DeKay, also disappears from a New York hotel after bringing valuable art to the United States.
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Chicago
Ili
Jeanne DeKay
John DeKay
Hull House
New York
Providence
R. L
Dadiez Salter
Miss DeKay
Switzerland
Miss Salter
Wanted: Ohio farmer to teach farming in Turkish Armenia
Cleveland report shows a call for an up-to-date Ohio farmer willing to travel. One thousand acres of valley land in Turkish Armenia awaits a teacher of modern American farming methods. Brought to Dr. B. E. W. Hielster by Miss Frances Smith returning from Armenia.
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Cleveland, O
Ohio
Armenia
BE. W. Hielster
Ohio Division
Misa Frances Smith
Journalism School for Enlisted Men Opens at Camp Meade
Washington January 12 A school of journalism for enlisted men begins at Camp Meade Maryland Instructors note many trades are taught in army vocational schools yet enrollments in pure professional courses like journalism are low A student also asked to study bricklaying as a precautionary measure which may be approved
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Washington
Camp Meade
Maryland
German Prisoners in France Ordered Repatriation
Paris reports that General Ceau has ordered the immediate repatriation of several thousand German prisoners still held in France. The move follows the wartime armistice arrangements and aims to return soldiers to Germany.
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Paris
Clemenceau
France
Coal operators seek reservations before accepting wage award
At Washington on January 12 the coal operators submitted reservations to the Williams coal commission before agreeing to the award. Miners agreed to accept the commission wage order. John Lewis spoke for the United Mine Workers and Thomas Brewster for the operators. The commission said it would consider the questions and issue a statement later.
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Washington
Er Wileon
Coal Commission
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Thomas Brewster
Brewster
Henry Robinson
Sion
Robinson
Ing
Commission
Lewis
Compion
Hoover to testify on Poland Austria Armenia aid plans
Hoover was asked to appear before the house war and means committee to back Secretary Glass in authorizing up to 150 million dollars in credits for food. Funds would come from the Wheat Guarantee Fund of the United States Grain Corporation to prevent price rises and ensure the food reaches Poland Austria and Armenia.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
House
Wagge and Means Committee
United States
Poland
Austria
Armenia
Glass
Ed States Grain Corporation
Ohio Oil raises prices in several fields
Findlay Ohio Oil Company increased prices this morning by twenty five cents per barrel in the Wooster Princeton Illinois North and South Lima Indiana and Plymouth fields. The move came as a distinct surprise.
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Findlay. O
Ohio Oil Company
Wooster
Princten
Illinois
Lima
Indiana
Plymouth
Revival at First M B Church Draws Record Attendance
Sunday services at the First M B Church drew larger crowds than any revival since it began. Miss Voigt spoke on missionary movement and a related student meeting, while the pastor continued a series on Worldliness criticizing modern dancing and gambling tied to materialism. One new member was baptized. Tonight's sermon is The Price of Carelessness from I Kings 20:40.
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M. B
Athens
Lincoln brothers back Pershing campaign bid
Meenakie and Frank, Lincoln businessmen, announce a campaign for Pershing for president. They admit Pershing is not yet a candidate but express confidence he would accept if public opinion demanded.
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Meenakie
Aeack
Frank
Lincoln
Pershing
Nurse held for pedoling drugs in Columbus
Miss Glass, a nurse from Huntington West Virginia, was held for investigation by state narcotics officers in Columbus Ohio on January 12. Police say she supplied drugs to addicts and induced several Columbus physicians to provide the drugs.
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Columbus, O
Ith Glass
Une
Robinson
Glass
Huntington, W. Va
Columbus
Athens Chamber to Host Talk by Ohio University Dean Richeson
Businessmen and guests will attend a noon Wednesday address at the Chamber of Commerce with Dean Richeson of Ohio University as speaker. The topic is unannounced but likely to touch on state efforts for higher university instructor salaries as the Chamber supports the move. Secretary Bryson and C. C. Sharp of N will travel to Columbus to meet a legislative committee on the matter.
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Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Dean Richeson
Ohio University
Bryson
C. C. Sharp
Columbus
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