Debate Over Army in Russia Persists in Senate
In Washington on January 9 the Senate held a lengthy debate over American troops in Russia. Senators Hitchcock Johnson La Follette Borah France Swanson and King spoke for and against continued U S forces, with Hitchcock defending intervention and criticizing the Bolshevik government as pro German.
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Russia
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
Borah
Idaho
France
Maryland
Swanson
Virginia
King
Utah
Soviet Defenses Declared Friendly to Loyal Russians
Senator Hitchcock said expeditions in northern Russia and Siberia were purely defensive and friendly to the loyal Russian people. He claimed reports of fighting by American forces in Russia are exaggerated, noting only 126 Americans killed since Archangel landings as interallied troops were welcomed “with open arms” from Vladivostok to the Urals.
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Russia
Siberia
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Archangel
Vladivostok
Ural Mountains
Tax rates set for 1918 and 1919 income taxes
Washington reports Senate and House conferees agree on a 12 percent corporate income tax for 1918 and 1919 with a lower 10 percent rate for 1919 onward. The plan includes deductions for dividends and limits exemptions for personal service corporations with major government contract profits. Individual returns required for net incomes of $1000 or more.
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Washington
Senate
House
Elijah's Drunken Fight Ends With Fine in Central Court
Elijah Dawson testified he drank whiskey for influenza and awoke six hours later at the Relief Station after a jaw hit. Jacob Shindler, who sells kindling wood, said he shoved Dawson to avoid being hit with a cobblestone. Shindler was fined 50 dollars and appealed while Dawson declared he might dodge the grip.
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Elijah Dawson
Central Court
Thames
Atlantic Avenue
Jacob Shindler
Shindler
Dawson
John B Worcester Globe Staff Editor Dies at 37
John B Worcester longtime Boston Globe editorial staff member died yesterday at his Dorchester home from pneumonia after influenza. Born in Lowell 1888 he moved to Boston later attended Boston Latin School and Harvard earning Phi Beta Kappa. Survived by wife daughter and parents. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Boston Globe
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Dorchester
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Lowell
Boston
Harvard
Boston Latin School
Globe Office
Henry A. Worcester
Fisherman Finds Gold Coin Inside Cod Off Boston Waterfront
Tony Grandetto of the Boston fishing fleet reports a cod he caught contained a gold English sovereign in its belly. The tale sparks debate along the waterfront over how the coin ended up there, with theories citing a shipwreck or a self funding approach by the fish.
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Tony Grandetto
Boston Dury
Tony
Boston man convicted in Vermont opium case
Alfred Carmacelli of Boston was found guilty in Federal Court on two counts of smuggling opium and two counts of transporting opium into the United States. Sentence is to be determined tomorrow in Montpelier Vermont.
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Montpelier
Alfred Carmacelli
Boston
War contracts to be validated by War Secretary
The House passed a bill authorizing validation and adjustment by the Secretary of War of informal contracts valued at more than 2.7 billion dollars. About 6600 contracts in the United States and many abroad would be affected. The Senate military committee approved a similar measure, reversing earlier plans for a special adjustment commission. Republican Leader Mann argued Congress must authorize payments on contracts made in good faith.
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Secretary of War
House
England
France
Italy
Senate Military Committee
Special Commission On Adjustment
Mann
Congress Counot
Public Works to Create Employment Buffer for Demobilization
Otto T. Mallory of the Department of Labor testified before the Senate education and labor committee urging immediate measures. He proposed public works as a buffer for demobilization shock and the creation of a federal emergency public works board.
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Washington
Jan
Otto T. Mallory
Department of Labor
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Federal Emergency Public Works Board
Man Led to Theft by Ill Wife in Lynn
Stanley de los Diernier told Lynn police he stole from the American Express Company to obtain food and clothing for his ill wife, two children, and mother in law. He said his $22 weekly salary could not cover essentials.
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Stanley de Los Diernier
American Express Company
Lynn
Stomach Troubles Due to Acidity Advertisement
An advertisement explains that most stomach troubles arise from excess acid causing gas and indigestion. It recommends Bisulated Magnesia as a safe, inexpensive remedy to neutralize acidity, taken with water after meals or when symptoms appear.
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