Compromise Plan Divides Senate Leaders Pass The Buck
Washington Jan 2 Senators from both parties renewed efforts to break the peace treaty deadlock as Congress readied to reconvene. Lodge and Hitchcock led surface talks while negotiating beneath the surface. Debate over who should move first dominated discussions as both sides prepared proposals on Article Ten and sought sentiment across the aisle.
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Washington
Congress
Lodge
Massachusetts
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate Ledge
Dismissal Cheer Sparks Courtroom Row During Xmas Parade Case
Cheers and handclapping greeted Magistrate Corrigan as he dismissed charges of disorderly conduct against three women arrested on Christmas Day during a Fifth Avenue protest for political prisoners. Defendants included Gladys Griner, Gertrude Kelly, and Mary Duffy, with an Assistant District Attorney challenging decorum. The courtroom scene grew louder as the judge maintained order amid interruptions.
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New York
Corrigan
Fifth Avenue
Gladys Griner
John P. Griner
Baltimore
United States Railway Commission of
Russia
Gertrude Kelly
Mary Duffy
Driscoll
Irish Leader Is Greeted By Greatest of Throngs
Eamon De Valera visits Bridgeport as head of the new Irish republic. A monster mass meeting at State street Casino drew thousands including diverse nationalities and dignitaries. De Valera asserted Ireland is a nation with the right to govern itself and urged recognition of Ireland’s freedom. Continued on page two.
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Eamon de Valera
Republic
America
Bridgeport
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
State Street
de Valera
Stratfield
Iater
Friends of Irish Presdom
United ‘Tush
Samuel J. Abrams
Lindsley Crawford
Toronto
Canada
Ulster Guardian
James Grattan Mythen
Protestant Friends of Ireland
Mayor Wilson
Franc
Phillips
Church of the Redeemer
New Haven
John Cornell
John .G. Dillon
Ireland
Horace Day
Treland
Railroad deficit to top sixty four and a half million
Washington data show November deficit from railroad operations near 64.5 million, a yearly low. October income was about 24 million, with losses around 435 million for the period. The Railway Economics Bureau estimates total operating loss for 23 months at 648 million and eleven months of 194? at over 231 million.
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Washington
Bureau of Bailway Economics
Soviet proposes Italy resume relations after Soviet gains
Moscow reports Bolshevik foreign minister M Tennicher in proposed resuming ties with Italy, arguing Soviet advance on the Black Sea coast will open a sea route to Italy. The note emphasizes strategic links and timing as Moscow signals potential diplomacy.
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Italy
London
M. Tennicherin
Bolshev
Russia
Black Sea
Moscow
Federal panel to supersede state railroad rate orders
Senate and House conferees reach agreement placing supreme authority over railroad rates in the Interstate Commerce Commission. The federal panel may suspend or annul state rate orders if they harm interstate commerce, while intrastate rates remain untampered if they do not affect interstate interests.
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House
Interstate Commission
Washington
Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Rate
Federal Commission
Supreme Court
Commission
Rouse
Cummins
Federal’ Commission
Passengers greet the new year at sea on Ark's Soviet Ark
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman among deported radicals aboard the Soviet Ark as Buford sails toward Russia. A wireless report confirms the voyage across the Atlantic with a two thirds progress reading and a northern route away from the war zones.
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Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
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Russia
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France
Orkneys
North Sea
New York Hotels Gift Free Champagne to Guests
New York January 2 managers at the Waldorf Astoria McAlpin and Claridge hotels distributed free champagnes wines and cordials valued at 75 000 due to current conditions as the new year began. Patrons reportedly received abundant gifts and hundreds of celebrants sent thanks for the generosity.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria
McAlpin
Claridge
Radical Roundup Snares 2000 Members Across 30 Cities
The Justice Department led a nationwide raid seizing over 2000 members of the Communist and Communist Labor parties in 30 cities including Detroit Philadelphia Boston and New York. Hundreds of radicals arrested as agents gather evidence for possible deportations. Officials expect many more arrests by daylight and say the operation targeted radicals with goods on them.
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CIPAL
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PHI Delphia
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New York
TIE Department
GE Eral Palmer
Washington
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Depar Justice
Ars
Portland
Oregon
Commi
New England
United States Secret Service
Bridgeport
Lynch
Secret Service
Fifteen Reds rounded up by federal agents in Bridgeport
Federal secret service agents plus police conducted a roundup in Bridgeport overnight arresting fifteen men and seizing radical literature and red flags. Most detainees were connected to a Broad Street meeting, with deportation proceedings likely after formal US court arraignments.
Syracuse newspapers raise price to 3 cents
The Post Standard morning and The State Herald and The Journal evening will raise selling prices to three cents starting Monday due to rising costs of newspaper production. Raids on alleged radicals were carried out simultaneously in several cities.
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Coun
Buford
Post Standard
State Herald
the Journal
A& M
Writ for Connecticut radicals denied in Hartford
January 2 report from Oneav New York states a writ of habeas corpus for John Chernoth and 17 others jailed in Hartford on deportation charges was denied by Federal Judge Garvin. An anarchist group from New England, held at Hartford, was sent aboard the ship Soviet Ark Buford.
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York
John Chernoth
Hartford
Garvin
New England
Hartsford
Ark Buford
Young Girl Jumps to Death in New York Street
A nine year old girl Mary Whurtzel jumped from the roof of a seven story building tonight. The crowd saw her fall to the pavement as police noted she had recently lost her employment and could offer no other reason for the act.
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New
New York Raids Lead to Mass Arrests Under Chief Flynn
Federal and local officers launched a dramatic roundup led by Chief Flynn targeting radicals in New York. About 410 warrants issued with over 1,000 suspected communists rounded up in New Jersey and New York City including Brooklyn and Newark. Prisoners were processed at the Department of Justice and transported to Ellis Island, with many to be held for further action.
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Flynn
Depenent of Justice Secret Service
Metropolis
Palmer
Washington
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Polis
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New Brunswick
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Miike Garvin
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Laver Party
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