Week in Review: Dvinsk evacuation to Versailles talks and Siberia standoff
The Russian soviet report says Dvinsk on the Dvina was evacuated under pressure. Baron Eichoff warns Austria against mass perishings. The supreme council plans January 10 ratification of Versailles and agrees on Scapa Flow. Admiral Kolchak pledges Siberia to Japan unless Allied aid. Nitti travels to Paris for Adriatic talks with Clemenceau and Lloyd George. German ships seized during war offered for sale.
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Dvinsk
Dvina
London
Moscow
Supreme Council
Baron von Leisner
Francesco Nitti
Paris
Rome
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Oil Men Murders Prompt Demand for Mexican Action
State department receipts report two American oil workers F. J. Roney and Earl Bowles murdered by Mexicans in Tampico district. Embassy urged to press Mexican government for capture and punishment. Other items note Palmer seeks rapid action on his proposed DOJ bureau, price violations by Chicago coal merchants, and a Salt Lake City arrest tied to a mass meeting agenda.
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State Department
F. J. Roney
Earl Bowles
Tampico
Mexico
Palmer
Congress
Ggan
Department of Justice
Domest ic Return of Col E M House From Paris
Col E M House has recovered from illness and will return to Austin Texas for further rest after attending the Peace Conference in Paris. The piece also notes massive meat industry losses in the Southwest and cites Senator Capper urging relief in a public letter to the Secretary of Commerce. The article claims a large government roundup of radicals across 33 cities, detaining over 2 000 Reds.
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E. M. House
Paris
Austin
Tex
Senator Capper
Department of Com
World News Roundup Dominant Disasters and Political Moves
An earthquake devastates Couztlan with thousands dead and two thousand casualties while floods on the Seine displace seven thousand people and leave twenty one thousand jobless. Canary Islands quakes report dramatic ground fissures and smoke columns. Prince Von Buelow faces Rome’s unwelcomeness amid Italian tensions. Rear Admiral Day dies in Nice at seventy one. Seine refugees flood Paris upper stories as rail traffic ceases. Panama Canal traffic in 1919 hits record with 2 396 ships and 7 128 000 tons plus naval tonnage. cargoes total 7 711 000 tons.
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Panama
Twenty Reds Taken In Raids Across St Louis Areas
National round up of radicals directed by the U S Department of Justice involves 34 arrests in St Louis and East St Louis. Stephen Antonich 46 a Croatian and secretary of the Communist Party in the United States is among those seized with radical literature from the Melting Pot offices. Authorities raid legal office of Sigmund S Ren co and other sites. S Ren co not arrested. In Missouri politics E E McJimsey announces candidacy for governor after Republican Central Committee backing.
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St.Louis
St. Louis
East St. Louis
United States
Department of Justice
East St
North Eleventh Street
East St Louis
Melting Pot
Pontiac Building
Henry
M. Tichenor
Sigmund S‘renco
Times Building
S’renco
Missouri Divorces Involving Double Spouse Claims
Mary 8 Whaley files for divorce from her second husband Frank C. Whaley in Hannibal. Fred C. Haas also sues Whaley’s wife, asserting he married her while she remained married to Whaley. Ralls county farmerWhaley near Hannibal named in both suits.
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Hannibal, Mo
Mary
Whaley
Hannibal
Gardner backs local judge for presiding county court
Governor Gardner expressed satisfaction with John C. Bunch of St. Clair county for the presiding judge position after Judge John H. Lucas of Kansas City and St. Clair county recommended him. Bunch has lived in Missouri for 75 years and is described as intelligent and honest.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Gardner
John H. Lucas
Kansas City
St. Clair County
John C. Bunch
Missouri reports strong finances with $671289 balance
Jefferson City Missouri proclaims a healthier year start as a $2.25 million debt from the Major administration is wiped out and the revenue fund stands at $671,289.66 with a treasury balance of $5,791,823.68. Total receipts for 1919 reach $25,062,337.22, up from 1918 by $3,987,494.47. The revenue fund shows $855.20 in total collections, up $1,128,372.62 from 1918.
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Jefferson City
Missouri university honors Jewell gift for journalism
President A Ross Hill announced that H S Jewell owner of the Springfield Leader donated 5000 to the University of Missouri School of Journalism in memory of his son John W Jewell who died at Camp Funston in January 1918. The gift is held by the curators and the 250 annual interest funds five journalism scholarships of 50 each.
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Columbia
A. Ross Hill
University of Missouri
H. S. Jewell
Springfield
John W. Jewell
Camp Funston
Kan
Missouri 1919 crop contributions total 505 million
Jefferson City reports Missouri field orchard and garden crops contributed 505 408 000 to world demand, rising 42 552 000 over 1918. The New Year inventory by BE A Logan and Jewell Mayes of the US Bureau of Crop Estimates and the Missouri Board of Agriculture notes the figure covers farm orchard and truck crops only, excluding other farm products and live stock.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Be.a. Logan
Jewell Mayes
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
Missouri Board of Agriculture
Sedalia Judge Backs Leonard Wood for Presidency
Sedalia Missouri reports former Supreme Judge Henry Lamm declining to seek governor and endorsing Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood for the presidency. He praises Wood as a capable executive and notes he is not an ultra army man and rose from the ranks with untarnished integrity.
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Sedalia
Henry Lamm
Leonard Wood
Rail Road Men To Try New System
Washington reports railroad workers plan cooperative buying production and distribution to lower living costs. Four major brotherhoods and the AF of L affiliate seek direct worker relief, forming an all American farmer labor cooperative commission. A Chicago conference February 12 to 15 will refine details.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Department of Justice
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
all-American Farmer-Labor Cooperative Commission
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Co-Operative Commission
Howard Figg
Bert M. Jewell
Railway Employees’ Department
The
Federation of Labor
Jewell
Clark Lieut. Harold L. Jordan Kills Himself Near Town
Clark Missouri Lieutenant Harold L. Jordan aged 29 from Springfield Iowa shot himself on a public road with an army revolver. He served in Germany and returned last August. He had come to spend the winter with friend Smith Edwards. No motive found. Doniphan Missouri Sow Attack Injures Boy
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Clark, Mo
Harold L. Jordan
Springfield
Here
Army of Occupation
Germany
Smith Edwards
Justice to raid profiteers in sugar price case
The justice department plans nationwide raids with arrest warrants on sugar profiteers after red raids against Bolshevism. Wholesalers and retailers profiting from high sugar prices, especially using Louisiana sugar as a benchmark, will be targeted. Prices for Cuban and beet sugar should be at least six cents lower.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Red
Long to Seek Democratic Senate Nomination in Missouri
Breckinridge Long of St Louis informs Dr Burriss A Jenkins publisher of the Kansas City post that he will be an active candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States senator. He will shortly make a formal announcement of his intention.
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Long
Kansas City
Burriss A. Jenkins
Kansas City Post
Breckinridge Long
St. Louis
Jenkins
United States
Three Sedalia Area Farms Bring Total $60 000
The Morris farm of 220 acres northeast of Sedalia sold to John R. Elwell for 35000. The Steelman Farm of 112 acres near Beaman sold to W M Hyatt for 11475. The Fitchen farm of 190 acres in Lake Creek township sold to Andrew W Rankin for 13687 50.
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Sedalia
Morris
John R. Elwell
Steelman
Beaman
W. M. Hyatt
Fitchen
Lake Creek Township
Andrew W. Rankin
Prison terms for two men in Missouri murder case
A jury in Forsyth, Missouri found Eric Smith and Pres Rozell of Taney county guilty of second degree murder in the killing of Abner Holcomb. The verdict fixed 15 years for Smith and 10 years for Rozell after 18 hours of deliberation.
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Springfield
Eric Smith
Pres Rozell
Taney County
Smith
Rozell
Forsythe
Abner Holcomb
Trappers Clean Up In Ozark Fur Trade Surge
Fur buyers from Newton county Springfield and Joplin visit Hollister Missouri to purchase coon possum and mink hides. Hunters and trappers expect at least fifteen thousand dollars in furs shipped from the region by next April.
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Hollister
Newton County
Springfield
Joplin
Ozark Country
Appleby Sues Railroad Over Wife’s Death at Private Crossing
Sedalia Missouri resident Herman Appleby of Clifton City sues Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway for 10000 dollars and costs claiming the railroad caused the death of his wife Mary Appleby when crossing a private track near City hours earlier.
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Sedalia
Herman Appleby
Clifton City
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
Mary Appleby
City
Safeblowers Take $300 From Ramsey & Kemp Store
In Brandsville near West Plains Missouri robbers blew open the Ramsey and Kemp store safe and stole $200. The incident occurred twelve miles southeast of West Plains. Authorities investigated the burglary.
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West Plains
Ramsey & Kemp
Brandsville
Chillicothe Man Dies From Wood Alcohol Poisoning
Chillicothe, Missouri records its first alcohol death as Gus Boon, 44, dies from wood alcohol poisoning after drinking tainted whisky. He returned home in a dazed state and could not speak. Police face a mystery over the poison's source.
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Chillicothe
Gus Boon
Boon
Pioneer Stephens Dies at 93 on Dent County Farm
J. M. Stephens aged 93, among the oldest Dent county citizens, died at his home on his Dent county farm where he had lived 65 years. He married Nancy A. Cape of Jefferson county 64 years ago and the couple raised nine children.
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Pioneer
Salem
J. M. Stephens
Dent County
Nancy A. Cape
Jefferson County
Senator McNary Presses Cuba Sugar Purchase Move
Senator McNary of Oregon accuses the President of failing to buy the remaining Cuban sugar crop. A cable from Cuba's president Mario G. Menocci says about half the crop remains unpurchased, with roughly 20 million tons already bought by Americans and another equal amount available to the government.
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Washington
McNary
Oregon
Mario G. Menocci
Cuba
Taxpayers Prompt in Audrain County Close of 1919
Almost $62,000 in tax money was paid to the Audrain county collector on the last day of 1919, about $27,000 more than the prior year. The report notes strong promptness by taxpayers in Mexico Missouri and surrounding areas.
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Mexico
Audrain County
Reward Offered for University Platinum Robbery
Columbia Mo University of Missouri offers 200 reward for capture of robbers who stole 10000 dollars worth of platinum from a university chemistry lab safe. The incident ends a string of campus thefts and requests public help in identifying suspects.
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Columbia
Missouri
Malden Depot and Grain Warehouses Burn in Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroys the Frisco depot in Malden along with the Matthews and Stubblefield elevator and grain warehouses. The grain firm faces a total loss of about 40 000 dollars.
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Malden
Frisco
Matthews Rand Stubblefield
Deportation Warrant Issued for Martens
Washington reports a justice department order to arrest and deport Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, who calls himself ambassador of the Russian Soviet government.
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Martens
Washington
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
Departments of Justice
Soviet Center Opens in Glasgow Ties to American Communists
Glasgow correspondent for the Daily Mail reports a Soviet Center established in Glasgow with branches in Clyde district towns. Sub committees are organized to promote pro Soviet activities, aided by American communists, per the Daily Mail source.
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Glasgow
Clyde
Daily Mail
Peaceful Living Ad Claims Cascarets Cure Ills
An old advertisement urges readers to take Cascarets to cleanse liver and bowels, promise relief from bilious feelings and constip ation, and claim the product works without griping or discomfort. It contrasts Cascarets with Calomel salts and harsh pills and notes low cost and overnight effect.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Drugstore reports show Dr Kilmer Swamp Root helps kidney trouble and is highly advertised. An insurance examiner notes many applicants are rejected due to undetected kidney disease. Sample bottle available by writing Dr Kilmer & Co at Binghamton NY. mention this paper.
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Kilmer
Dr. Mer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Youth Wrestles With First Mustache Growth
A light note reflects on a youth attempting his first mustache, finding it a rough but humorous milestone. The piece suggests persistence and growth as part of adolescence.
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Belgrade
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Omsk
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George Washington
Shipping Board
Rment
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Smodt
Republican
Utah
Finance Committee
Mme. Amelitz N. Galli-Curci
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Dc. Curci
McDonald
Superior
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Jersey City
Lane
Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Martin’s Ferry, O
United Mine Workers of America
Columbus
Cloak and Suit Industry
New York
Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers’ Association
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Royal Meeker
Labor Statistics
Bureau
Federal Grand Jury
Oklahoma City
Billy
Mr. Sunday
Kansas
Allen
John S. Cravens
Tom Ragland
Konawa
Seminole County
Frank Gralls
Leonard Suratt
Cravens
Defense Council
Couztlan
City of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Seine
Canary Islands
Las Palmas
Prince von Buelow
Italy
William Plummer Day
Nice
France
Stephen Antonich
Communist Party
McJimsey
E. E
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Wood
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Doniphan
George Pierce
Pratt
Pierce
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