Rioting in Thurles spurs government action and patrols
Dublin reports heightened security after the shooting of Assistant Police Commissioner Redmond. In Thurles gunfire hit Policeman Finegan, sparking hour long troop raids, window smashing, grenades, and a panicked town as soldiers and police searched homes and ordered civilians off streets. Sinn Fein activity grows in Londonderry amid elections and flag raising.
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Dublin
Redmond
North Ireland
Harcourt Street
Thurles
Finegan
Charles Culhane
Thurles Sinn Fein Club
Culhane
Londonderry
Flu cases in Ohio not signaling epidemic return
Columbus Jan. 22 Dr Freeman head of Ohio health department says there are no indications of a flu epidemic return. Many grip cases reported but resemble ordinary winter illness and not the 1918 1919 influenza outbreak. Freeman believes the grip has passed its crest and will decline.
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Columbus
Ohio
Freeman
State Department of Health
Seek Home Atmosphere Boston Prohibition Officers Applicants
James T. Pursell and Dennis McCarthy, both liquor dealers, have applied for positions as prohibition enforcement officers in Boston. The pair are associated with the liquor dealers association and seek government jobs enforcing liquor laws.
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Boston
Mass
James T. Pursell
Liquor Dealers Association
Dennis McCarthy
Prohibition
Icy Streets Claim Two Lives in Cleveland
Icy streets in Cleveland yesterday caused two deaths and nine other casualties. Thomas D. Dixon, 34, slipped and was crushed by a street car. Frances Cullen, 30, died when a street car split a switch and crushed her between cars. Liston G. Schooley, 32, suffered a skull fracture in a collision and may die. The rest were injured.
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Cleveland
O. Jan
Thomas D. Dixon
Frances Cullen
Liston G. Schooley
Fa Jz
Professors’ Hours Exceed Eight in Ohio Colleges
Columbus report from the legislative reorganization committee cites several state professors with extreme workweeks. One Ohio State professor reportedly works 92 hours weekly, while others log 70 60 and 50 hour weeks, far beyond the eight hour day.
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Columbus
Legislative Reorganization Committee
Ohio State
Dancer Vera Fokine Insures Hands Only
Vera Fokine the Russian dancer sought insurance on her feet and hands. Insurance firms would insure either hands or feet but not both, so she insured her hands to guard against accidents.
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Vera Fokine
Vera
Athens High School Clash Sparks Big Cheer
A large crowd gathered yesterday at 2:30 P M for a lively rally at the Athens High School before the Hancock game. Students sang cheered and built pep while Hancock’s squad also roared with energy. Athens prepares for Huntington Friday while Hancock faces New Straitsville.
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Athens
Hancock
Huntington
New Straitsville
Spain’s Educators Say Jazz Dances and Gum Chewing Like Americans
Two arriving members of the Spanish educational commission report that jazz dancing and chewing gum are becoming nearly national pastimes in Spain, highlighting the influence of American customs on daily life.
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New York
Spain
Spanish Educational Commission
Censure Motion Seeks Rebuke for Admiral Sims Disclosure
Senator Walsh of Montana urges the Senate to condemn Rear Admiral Sims for publicly releasing his memorandum to Secretary Daniels. The resolution faults the disclosures as highly confidential and deserves universal reprobation. Objections delay action. Borah questions voluntariness and Lodge cautions against judgment without defense.
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Washington
Walsh
Montana
Senate
Sims
Daniels
McCormick
Lodge
Borah
Hale
Naval Affairs
No Agreement Reached On Rail Measures
Washington January 22 Conferees on the Esch and Cummins railroad bills may report to the house and Senate that they cannot agree and seek instructions. House conferees after failing to agree on guaranteed returns indicate no early breakthrough. Senator Pomerene, a conferee, says prospects of breaking the deadlock this week are poor.
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Washington
House
Senate
Pomerene
Officers Cite Navy Bias On Naval Awards
Major General Barnett and Vice Admiral Grant testified before a Senate sub committee that their awards recommendations were given little weight by the navy department. Grant said Edison had little to do with submarine detecting devices though he received a Distinguished Service Medal while others who provided effective devices were denied. He also said only Captain Chase of the Minnesota received a DSM among battleship commanders.
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Washington
Barnett
Marine Corps
Grant
Navy Department
Senate Naval Affairs
Thomas A. Edison
Chase
Minnesota
Sugar Prices Rise After Beet Crops Price Offer
In Denver on January 22, the Great Western Sugar Company offered beet growers $10 a ton for the upcoming crop, a $2 rise signaling higher sugar costs for 1920. Retail sugar prices jumped two cents per pound to 15 cents after the announcement.
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Denver
Col
Great Western Sugar Company
River 18 Falls After Near Flood In Lowlands
The Hocking river began to fall late Wednesday night and dropped nearly three feet before daybreak Thursday. For a time another flood seemed imminent for the lowlands, but at the peak the water was only a few inches from the banks.
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Hocking
No Transfer Of Powhatan Passengers In Heavy Seas
Heavy seas prevented any transfer of passengers from the disabled army transport Powhatan five hundred miles east of New York. The Powhatan lacks light heat and steam but is not in immediate danger per navy radio dispatches. Destroyer Sharkey stands by as Ossippee nears the scene and further rescue attempts are planned.
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Powhatan
New York
Navy
Sharkey
Ossippee
State tightens workers compensation law in Ohio
The Ohio House passed a strengthened workers compensation bill requiring all employers to fall under its provisions or face receivership. The measure, already approved by the Senate, now awaits Governor Cox's signature. Attorney General Price led the effort with unanimous support from labor and capital.
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Columbus
Senate
Price Drew
Capital
Cox
State Board of Charities
War Department
France
Congress
Georges Clemenceau
United States
Brach
Beetham
Oriole Blows Past Buckeye Reds 65 19 in Buffalo
The Oriole Basketball Club once Buff alo Germans defeated the Buckeye Reds of Dayton, Ohio by 65 to 19 in Buffalo last night. The win shows strong offense and stifling defense as the new club proves dominant in the matchup.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Oriole Basketball Club
Buffalo Germans
Buckeye Reds
Dayton
Ohio
Modern Woodmen of America Insurance Call Notice
A notice urges paying insurance to Tom Cotton at 13 W. Union St. between 6 and 7 PM. It states no collection service is available.
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Woodmen of America
Tom Cotton
Union St
New Cause for Wilson Illness Reported by L Eclair
L Eclair of Nice claims a Balkan Blackhander poisoned President Wilson last June. The article says similar attempts targeted Premier Nitti of Italy and M Trumbitsch, head of the Jugo Slav peace delegation, but failed.
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Paris
L’eclair
Nice
Wilson
Nitti
Italy
M. Trumbitch
Former American woman decorated by Britain in nursing work
Elizabeth Ric once Miss Elizabeth Richardson of New York receives the Order of the British Empire for hospital work in London and for organizing efforts with the American Red Cross. She is now engaged in duties tied to the Bcmthens.
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Great Britain
Ielisabeth Ric
Misslizabeth Richardson
New York
Order
London
A.C
Blacksmiths Keep Teams Going Through Slippery Winter
Blacksmiths toil from dawn to dusk fitting sharpened horseshoes as unusually slick winter weather grinds on. Old timers note more slip perry days than in years, with continued efforts to maintain teams amid hazardous conditions. Notice: Red Men oyster supper on Thursday night January 22, 1920. W. D. Tucker Sachem. Co. C. Van Dyke C of R.
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W. D. Tucker
Sachem
C. van Dyke
Ohio and Potomac Division Prohibition Agents Train
Federal prohibition agents from Ohio West Virginia and Maryland wrapped a three day school in Columbus at the federal trade building They were kept secluded during sessions which explained the Volstead act by Thomas E Stone The group is known as the Ohio and Potomac Division of the enforcement organization.
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Columbus
Prohibition
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
Federal Trade Building
Thomas E. Stone
Ohio and Potomac
Enforcement
Erzberger tells armistice signing was Hindenburg directed
At Berlin on January 21 Erzberger testified in his political graft trial that Hindenburg ordered him to sign the armistice with the Allies even if concessions were denied. He rebutted Helfferich’s claim of wealth gained from the war and denied any public scandal over his finances.
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Hindenburg
Karl Helfferich
Germany
Erzberger
Helfferich
Troops Move to Dumas in Race Riots
Federal troops from Camp Pike en route to Dumas Arkansas to quell rioting after deputy sheriffs arrest a Black man near Burnis Mills. A rescue attempt led to gunfire but no casualties as 125 soldiers were ordered to en train for duty.
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Dumas
Ark
Camp Pike
Burnis Mills
Flu Less Severe Decline Reported In Chicago
Chicago health authorities report 2000 new influenza cases in the 24 hours ending early today, down from 2500 yesterday, with 61 influenza deaths. Health Commissioner Robertson says the epidemic’s milder character is increasingly evident.
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Chicago
III
Robertson
It’s a girl aboard Cedric during gale rescue
In a gale the White Star liner Cedric assisted the Powhatan when Dr. Prior announced a new passenger, a baby girl named Cedrica born to Mrs Flora Brydson. She travels to join her husband in Vancouver.
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New York
Cedric
Prior
Flora Brydson
Cedrica
Brydson
Vancouver
B. C
New Ohio auto tax law upheld by state court
Ohio Common Pleas Judge Kinkead ruled the new auto tax law valid as an excise or privilege tax for road use. The decision says automobile burdens on highways justify the tax and immediate appeal to the Supreme Court is expected.
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Ohio
Columbus
Common Pleas
Kinkead
Supreme Court
Labor Attacks Both Sedition Act In House
Samuel Gompers told the House Rules Committee that sedition bills aim to bar strikes across industries and could apply to peaceful political action. Attorney General Palmer, after White House talks, said he does not support either Sterling or Graham bills, though favored by many.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Congress
Samuel Gompers
House Rules Committee
Gompers
Palmer
White House
Graham
Wartime Prohibition Act Indicts Local Citizens
Forty eight local residents and thirty eight people from surrounding towns face federal indictment in Cleveland Ohio for violations of the wartime prohibition act. They stand charged with manufacturing liquor and possessing yeast used to make alcohol.
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Cleveland
Santa Anes We
Bps Asntiaes
Foster Praises Civil War Veterans and WWII Survivors
In a House address, Foster lauds old Civil War veterans and 70 to 90 year old remnants in the Tenth District. He notes 1,500 survivors and urges passage of bills to aid soldiers of the Spanish and World Wars, promising support with pleasure.
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Foster
Doubt on Atlanta Girl as Jeanne DeKay Heiress
Miss Jane Addams doubts a girl held in Atlanta is Jeanne DeKay the missing heiress. She notes the Atlanta girl's description tallies only slightly with Miss DeKay and cites a January 5 call from a Jeanne Larue who offered information but could not help. The Atlanta girl was arrested for wearing male attire.
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Chicago
Jane Addams
Atlanta
Jeanne DeKay
Miss DeKay
Jeanne Larue
Miss Addams
Times Do Change musical comedies in Pittsburgh this week
Five former teachers appear in two musical comedies in Pittsburgh. The show notes say teachers once showed figures to boys and now figures are shown to the boys’ daddies.
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Pittsburgh
Early break in at Lyman Bothwell home
Thieves moved all household goods from the Lyman Bothwell residence during the family's absence, using a motor truck for the theft. Local police report indicates the incident occurred early in the year as part of a housecleaning at the home.
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Cleveland
Lyman Bothwell
Beetham tax bill changes move to passage today
Columbus reports the total taxation committee will report changes to the Beetham bill. It removes the district voting feature and shifts authority from districts to the General Assembly. Outstanding bonds due January 31 1920 remain and deficiency bonds follow the city relief law with forms similar to Gardner.
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Columbus
Total Taxation Committee
Ee Assembly
Socialist Party on Trial in Albany Assembly Seats
The socialist party faces a fitness hearing for suspended members. The proceeding probes whether socialists may join the legislature, with defense arguing about socialism's goals and methods. John B. Stanchfeld appears amid questions of state power and policy.
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Albany
N. Y
Cialist
John B. Stanchfeld
Ohio
Shooting after raid leaves man dead in Akron
Henry Crowder, 40, a Black man, was shot and killed by fellow Black man Sonny Green during a police raid on a gambling joint in Akron Ohio. Police seek Green on murder charges as Crowder fell after Green allegedly knocked him down in the rush for exits.
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Sonny
Akron
Henry Crowder
Sonny” Green
Crowder
Green
Footwear Prices Seen Rising Indefinitely in Nation
New York January 21 officials of the national boot and shoe manufacturers association predict continued price increases for footwear with no forecasted relief. They see no let up in sight and offer no specific future level.
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New York
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association
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Ohio and
Potomac
Lender
Hans
Home Brew
Io Agin
Ae Jack
Uor
Jean DeKay
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