Fearful charges against captain and crew in deadly wreck
An official investigation was ordered into the conduct of the captain and crew of the schooner Felicidad after her grounding at the Ago river mouth in Pangasinan. Thirty-six lives were lost, mostly women and children, when survivors say the captain ordered all aboard to jump overboard as the ship broke on the rocks. Fourteen survivors, including the captain and four crew, report the disaster and the loss of thirty-three passengers and three crew members.
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Manila
P. S
Felicidad
Ago River
Pangasinan
Experts to Fix Indemnity Question of Reparations
Germany reparations again sent to a committee of experts to study details and report to the supreme council before a final decision. France's M Doumer proposed 212 billion gold marks, a radical sum that drew British resistance and did not seem realizable. The committee includes Loucheur and Doumer for France. D'Abernon and Worthington-Evans for Britain. Theunis for Belgium. Giannini for Italy. Mori for Japan.
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Paris
Supreme Council
M. Doumer
Germany
Messrs. Loucheur
Doumer
France
Baron D'Abernon
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans
Great Britain
Colonel Theunis
Belgium
Signor Giannini
Italy
Kengo Mori
Japan
Borah urges naval policy split between holiday and build
Senator Borah told the senate that the United States should either seek a naval holiday with Britain or Japan or ensure a modern navy. He warned against wasting the $640,000,000 slated for sixteen capital ships and cited British experts saying capital ships are obsolete in favor of submarines and air power.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Borah
Idaho
Senate
America
Tke
Initiation Ceremony Draws Large Alabama Crowds
In Birmingham crowds observed a Klan rite as many candidates waded through water into a cave ceremony. The event marked the fifty fourth anniversary of the oath taking by General Bedford Forrest and the founding of the original invisible empire in January, with references to the Kuklux Khan’s ascendancy.
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Birmingham
Alio
Kuklux Klan
Bedford Forrest
Tenneson
Rival Florida Negro Lodges Face Court Ruling
Justice C George Okell ruled Thursday on a suit brought by one lodge to stop the other from using emblems and symbols tied to Masonic or compass imagery in Florida. The dispute centers on lodge rights and the display of insignia.
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Florida
Envio
Cgeorge
M. Okell
Harding Urges Adequate Navy for National Defense
President Harding writes that the nation must maintain a strong navy. American naval officers edited and published the letter stressing the need for adequate defense and national security.
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Harding
New York
Aleet Harding Ion
Victim of Strange Accident In Explosive Pocket
Russell Van Atta a chemist lies in serious condition in a hospital after detonating a quantity of explosive matter he carried in his pocket when he brushed against a steel door the incident is reported as a strange accident involving the victim Franciato.
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Franciato
Russell van Atta
Germany to Disband Civic Guards Under Versailles Plan
Paris Allied experts presented to the supreme council a disarmament plan for Germany to curtail civic guards and security police. Two thirds of the disarmament must be done by March 1 and the full work by July 1, with Britain granted a delay on parts of the decision. Premier Lloyd George lodged a protest over a Paris newspaper critique.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Einwornenwehr
Briand
Federal education department urged to raise U S schooling
Washington report from the house committee on education says the United States ranks ninth among nations in general educational level. It backs the Smith Towner bill to create a federal department of education with federal aid to expand facilities and coordinate agencies, noting illiteracy is a national issue across regions.
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Washington
United States
House Committee On Education
Smith-Towner
Department of Education
Bandits Take 855000 In Non Negotiable Checks In Bank Robbery
Three daylight bandits robbed messengers of the Drovers National Bank in Kansas City and escaped with 855000 in non negotiable checks. Bank officials said the only loss would be a few hours of extra bookkeeping.
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Kansas City
National Bank
William Denny Named Delaware Governor Succeeding Town eond
New photograph appears of William D Denny who succeeds John G Towneond as governor of Delaware. Flow of rem grants from Europe will break records before July unless steps are taken to check it. Anthony Caminetti, immigration commissioner general, declared Wednesday.
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William 0 Denny
John G. Towneond. Jry
Delaware
Allens Pass
Washington
Europe
Anthony Caminetti
Commissioner General of Immigration
Jewels to Ald Needy Sell for Unfortunates in Chicago
Chicago society leader Mrs. Cyrus Mall McCormick leaves jewels to the alderman for sale proceeds aimed at aiding the city’s poor and needy. The plan earmarks the funds for charitable relief and welfare.
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Chicago
Cyrus Mall McCormick
Chicago Society
Philanthropiat
Reach Agreement on Coast Dispute and Nipponese Rights
Negotiations between Ambassador Morris and Shidehara on the California anti alien land law dispute have concluded. Final approval must come from both governments before a treaty can proceed. Morris and Shidehara report to Colby and the Tokyo foreign office as senators follow developments for possible prompt action amid partisan hopes.
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Washington
Morris
Shidehara
California
United States
Baron Shidehara
Foreign Office
Tokio
Colby
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Harding
Senate
House
Japan Replies to Langdon Incident Note Evades Key Points
January 26 Japan answered the American note on the Vladi vostok death of Naval Lieutenant W H Langdon by promising a thorough investigation. Washington said the reply did not address the raised points and amounted to little more than an acknowledgment.
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Langdon
Washington
Japan
W. H. Langdon
Vlndivostok
Department
Court martial Interrupted in Dublin Murder Trial
The trial of civilians Potter and Conway for Lieutenant McMahon’s murder, resumed Wednesday, was adjourned due to the principal witness’s disappearance.
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Dublin
Ireland
Civians Potter and Conway
McMahon
Soviet Troops Mutiny Report From Copenhagen Dispatch
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Telegraph reports mutiny by Soviet troops near the Lettieh frontier. Several come missaries are said to have been killed in the incident.
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London
Opotahka
Lettieh Frontier
Exchange ‘Velegraph Company
Copenhagen
Higa
Alameda May Win Prize
Washington Almaeds on Sin Bran cleco bay understoood selected by the joint congressional committees for the submarine total fleet base on the Maelfie coast.
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Alameda
Washington
Almaeds
Sin Brancleco Bay
Congnemslonn Comuiptes
Alte
Smombu Toval
Maelfie
Child Murdered Near Memphis Farmer's Son Found
The body of Frank Dalley a one year old son of a farmer near Memphis was found in a field near the Valley home with his throat cut and his tongue split. The child had been missing two days.
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Memphis
Frank Dalley
Bandit Band Arrest in Cisgo Texas Uncovers Loot Ring
Officers in Cisgo Texas arrest six Mexicans and recover a large quantity of merchandise and other loot. The seizure leads investigators to believe they uncovered a band of thieves operating across field sites.
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Cisgo
Texas
Lenine 21 Conditions Split Global Socialist Movements
Lenine demanded 21 conditions for joining the Third Internationale provoking mixed reactions across nations. The American Socialist Party rejects compulsory alignment while preserving internal policy rights. France splits among Left, Center, and Right factions after Tours convention. England’s labor leaders urge a non sectional reconstitution of the Internationale.
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New York
Nicolai Lenine
Communist Internationale of
Moscow
Socialist Party
Lenine
League of Nations
Socialist Party of America
France
Tours
Third Internationale
England
British Labor Party and
Trades Union Congress
Socialist
Communist Parties of World
Sir Horace Rumbold Named Commissioner to Turkey
Sir Horace Rumbold of England has been appointed commissioner to Turkey, reflecting a diplomatic posting arranged by the British government. The appointment underscores England's ongoing engagement with Turkish affairs during the period.
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Sir Horace Rumbold
England
Turkey
Two Negroes Lynched in Norlina North Carolina
Alfred Williams and Plummer Bullock were taken from the county jail in Warrenton by masked men early Sunday and shot to death amid race riots that erupted Saturday in the area.
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Norlina
N. C
Alfred Williams
Plummer Bullock
Moonshiners Kill Officers in Saturday Battle
Prohibition enforcement officer Alan Des Stephenson was killed during a clash with moonshiners. Two other officers were seriously wounded and three remain missing after the battle Saturday in Provence.
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Provence
Alan Des Stephenson
Disarmament Plan Hangs on Allied Representatives Action
The Supreme Council including Britain Italy France Belgium and Japan met in Paris on January 24 to hear military experts on German disarmament and to discuss enforcement of Versailles clauses. British PM Lloyd George and French Premier Briand seek talks on reparations before full council decision.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Great Britain
Italy
France
Belgium
Japan
Germany
David Lloyd*George
French Council
Aristide Briand
Herr Bergmann
Louis Lapcheur
M. Loucheur
Austria
Greece
Treaty of
Serres
Russia
Moscow
Schwab Cleared of Accusation by House Committee
With Chairman Walsh approving, the house committee investigating the shipping board said it was satisfied the charge that Charles M Schwab received government funds for personal expenses while wartime director of the emergency fleet corporation was not proven and not true.
Fordney Tariff Bill Faces Early Senate Filibuster
The Fordney emergency tariff bill opened in the Senate on Tuesday but was met with a brief filibuster. Senator McCumber of North Dakota outlined merits and urgency before Senator Harrison of Mississippi launched a sustained attack until adjournment.
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Bill Bumpe
Snag
Washington
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Harrison
Mississippi
Stara Forecast Predicts Surging Birth Rates
Astronomer Professor Charles Kirschoff predicted on Tuesday that the next six years will see a surge of twins triplets and quadruplets globally. He cited the conjunction of specific stars with the new moon as proof that fecundity will rise, especially over the next four years.
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Stara
Stork
Milwaukee
Charles Kirschoff
Bandits Snatch Baby in Alma Chicago
A baby is kidnapped by bandits who seize the child from a mother in Alma Chicago and demand money. The abduction ends when the mother pays ransom. the child is dropped and the bandits flee.
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Gabe
Alma
Chicago
Itan
Seed Appropriation Voted by Washington House
The house approved an $800000 seed distribution appropriation for members of Congress, $120000 more than the current year's final allotment. The vote reflects intended free seed distribution by lawmakers.
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Washington
House
Congress
European debt to rise to US by 2024 says Cornell economist
George F. Waren of Cornell University told tariff revision hearings that Europe’s debt to the United States will climb to 0, 000,000,000 by 2024.
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Europe
Washington
United States
George F. Waren
Cornell University
House Comiltive
Beliefs About Dogs In Folk Beliefs And Omens
A summary of Southern folk beliefs about dogs including omens of marriage, fire disasters, evil, wish fulfillment, and death. The text notes superstitions about barking dogs at dawn, stepping on dogs, mastiffs becoming friends, dogs in Lent, graveyard dirt to mask tracks, and dogs baying at the moon as death omens.
It Is Never Too Late to Embrace Truth and Kindness
The passage urges timely self-improvement by choosing love over resentment, offering apologies when wrong, smiling after frowning, and choosing honesty. It stresses acting with integrity and generosity, aligning behavior with hopeful effort and betterment.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Local Success
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming it locally heals catarrh and improves health. It asserts broad efficacy and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio as the makers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Tolédo
Obie
Woodman, Spare That Tree Inspires Pulp Change
The Louisville Courier Journal cites a poem urging less wood pulp and more poetry. The playful message advocates reducing paper use and boosting literary output.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Qypress and Walnut Wood Rot When In Contact
When Qypress and walnut touch each other they cause mutual decay. The pair undergoes accelerated rot due to chemical interaction affecting both woods. Further study may reveal safer pairing or protective coatings.
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William D. Denny
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