Two Forces Drive Creation of League of Nations
Paris January 15 reports show two rival approaches shaping the move to form a league of nations. One faction demands backing by the league’s physical power, while the other seeks enforcement without a world police force. Discontent rises over delegates allocation to Brazil, Serbia, and Belgium following the supreme council session.
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Associated Press
Paris
League of Nations
Supreme Council
Brazil
Thirty States Ratify Pro Amendment In Prohibition Drive
Thirty state legislatures have ratified the federal amendment for prohibition of liquor manufacture and sale. Final action is expected today in four more states. Eighteen states have taken no action. Six additional states are needed for a three fourths majority.
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Associated Press
Chicago
English Army Feeds Vienna Women Folk
A small British force arrived in Vienna with a trainload of foodstuffs for the city’s women and children, a gift from the British army in Italy. Separately, the Korean association sent resolutions to President Wilson and the foreign relations committee urging U.S. support against Korea’s annexation by Japan and the application of peace principles.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Italy
Washington
Kresolutions
Korea
Japan
Wilson
New Korean Association
Foreign Relations Committee of Congress
Mexican Bolsheviks Urge Serious Incident
Hand bills printed in Spanish and signed Mexican bolshevists were distributed in El Paso urging the passage of Carranza Villa Felix Diaz Estaban Cantu governor of Lower California and all other political leaders and rich men of Mexico.
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el Paso
Carranza
Villa
Felix Diaz
Estaban Cantu
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Mexico
Col House Suffering Indigestion See Improvement
Paris reports Col. House remains in bed with a slight indigestion attack but shows improvement. Gordon Auchincloss, his son in law, says he will be up in a few days after the AP statement.
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Col. House
Voy
Associated Press
Paris
Gordon Auchincloss
Army planes return from Houston to Detroit via Dayton
Three army airplanes that recently flew from Houston to Detroit left the city today for the return trip. Dayton, Ohio, is scheduled as the first stop.
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Detroit
Army
Houston
Texas
Dayton
Ohio
Wilson May Return via England for Submarine Flotilla Visit
Paris reports President Wilson may travel to England on his return to the United States next month. He plans to sail from a British port, likely Queenstown, to reach America and inspect the base of the American flotilla that achieved notable anti submarine warfare.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
England
United States
America
Quenstown
Russia teeters toward barbarism without international aid
A British officer who escaped Russia tells AP that unless outside help arrives by 3 years, Soviet Russia will revert to primitive, mediaeval conditions. He says the better classes adopt peasant garb and villagers live dull, constrained lives under bolshevik control. He compares Lenin’s leadership unfavorably to opposition forces.
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Associated Press
Russia
Congo
Lenine
Texas Legislature Sets Debate On League of Nations Issue
Austin January 15 The Texas House discussed a concurrent resolution endorsing Wilsons fourteen points and a league of nations with debate on referral to foreign relations. The same day a Senate committee heard on a constitutional amendment to make Texas dry forever with testimony on scope and possession of intoxicants.
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Associated Press
Austin
Wilson
League of Nations
Representative Fry
Gonzales
Committee On Foreign Relations
Marshal Hicks
San Antonio
Archie Parr
Claude Pollard
Walter J. Crawford
Houston
D. W. Glasscock
Crawford
Hobby
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Texas
John C. Townes
T. H. Ball
R. H. Kirby
Hortense Ward
N. A. Stedman
M. M. Crane
Dallas
Nannie Webb Curtis
Crane
Senate introduces woman's suffrage joint resolution
Austin a woman’s suffrage joint resolution was introduced in the senate by Senator Dean and nineteen others. It was referred to the committee on constitutional amendments.
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Associated Press
Austin
Jan
Senate
Dean
Committee On
Molasses Tank Explosion Kills Ten in Boston
An explosion of a molasses storage tank in the Copps Wharf freight yards near Commercial Street Boston today killed at least ten people and wrecked several buildings. A freight car was blown from the tracks and about a dozen horses perished in the incident.
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Associated Press
Boston
Copps Wharf
Commercial Street
Peru Strikes Brought Under Control In Lima
Lima authorities claim control of the city after a general strike began Monday. Reported arrests include a dozen strike leaders and officials state the backbone of the action has been broken.
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Peru
Associated Press
Lima
Russian Nightmare Tales Reach Archangel Front
Archangel reports daily tales of terror under the Bolshevik regime with quotes from Lenine Trotsky and Bukharin. Citizens and officials allege disappearances executions and forced requisitions as bolshevik leaders push for a world wide revolution amid weak power at home.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Duma
Moscow
Russia
Nikolai Lenine
Europe
All- Russian Investigating Commission
Commission
Trotsky
Lenine
Central Soviety
Zinovieff
Petrograd
Smolny Institute
Neva
Red Guards
Ural
Romanoffs
Bukharin
Germany
Austria
England
America
First Woman County Attorney for Hood County Texas
Nellie G Robertson of Hood County becomes Texas first woman county attorney after a stenographer confirms the name. The ruling allows women to hold county offices, marking a historic legal milestone in Austin.
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Hood County
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
Nellie G. Robertson
Texas
Proposal to Form Another Republic in North German Federal State
Copenhagen reports that Brunswick’s government issued a proclamation calling for the formation of a Central North German Federal republic with a preliminary Swiss style constitution. Soldiers and workers councils in districts are asked to vote on the proposal.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Brunswick
Switzerland
Beaumont Trouble Prompting Labor Department Deal
Washington reports the labor department sent a commissioner to Beaumont Texas to adjust a dispute between contract machine shops and machinists amid ongoing trouble in the area.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Labor
Beaumont
Texas
France to Put 200000 German Prisoners to Work in Devastated Areas
Paris reports the cabinet decides German war prisoners will be employed in reconstruction in liberated districts. A minimum of 200000 prisoners will work in devastated regions by March 20.
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France
Associated Press
Paris
Gompers Opposes Arbitration in Senate Hearing
Samuel Gompers AF of L president testifies against compulsory arbitration before the Senate Education and Labor Committee as it considers the administration labor reconstruction bill. He warns that forcing workers to stay at work shackles freedom and cites New Zealand’s rejection of compulsory arbitration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Gompers
New Zealand
Mr. Gompers
Congress
Department of Labor
W. S. Kenyon
Iowa
Labor Department
Nueces County Asked to Make Road Survey
Corpus Christi Texas January 15. County commissioners were asked to survey roads in Nueces County as a preliminary step before bonding and to arrange for federal aid.
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Nueces County
Corpus Christi
Tex
Two and a Quarter Million Worth of Food for Poland
The first U.S. food relief shipment to Poland in four and a half years departs New York soon aboard an American steamer carrying a 7000 ton cargo valued at $2,225,000. Funds come from Polish and Jewish organizations in the United States.
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Washington
Poland
United States
New York
Weather forecast note for tonight and Thursday
Tonight will be cloudy and colder with a likely freeze. Thursday expects generally fair skies and milder temperatures.
Texas Legislature May Propose Radical Department Changes
Austin reports the legislative investigating committee backs major reforms to the legislative department. Findings cite sloppy bookkeeping, overprinting of journals, inflated material costs, and excess staff such as mailing, notary, and clerical positions. Proposals include restricting postage stamp disbursement to members of both houses.
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Associated Cress
Austin
Tex
Legislative Investigating Committee
Legislative Department
Senate
Doctors Charged With Profiteering in Cleveland
The Ohio state board of medical registration will investigate profiteering by Cleveland physicians and nurses over the past two months. Dr L E Siemon announced the inquiry to be held in January amid prior probes by the Cleveland Academy of Medicine led by Dr J E Tuckerman.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
L. E. Siemon
Cleveland Academy of Medicine
J. E. Tuckerman
Academy
Zuckerman
Cotton in Morocco: Spanish trials in Tetuan show promise
In the Rio Martin plain a Spaniard conducted cotton experiments using seed from Louisiana Egypt and Gomera. Results are satisfactory with Louisiana cotton yielding best. He believes the climate may support future cotton growth in Morocco.
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Morocco
Tetuan
Rio Martin
Louisiana
Egypt
Gomera
School for aliens at Corpus Christi to teach citizenship
A citizenship school for alien residents will open in Corpus Christi under W. D. Notley. Prominent men volunteer as teachers. Free textbooks provided and English taught with focus on patriotism and love of America.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Tex
W. D. Notley
America
Muller named professor of military science at A and M College
Col C H Muller, former commandant at A and M College in 1916 17, who served in France with the 822nd Infantry of the Wildcat division, has been designated by the war department as professor of military science and tactics at A and M College and will arrive this afternoon to assume duties. He is a Brenham native, West Point graduate, and long time army officer.
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C. H. Muller
A. and M. College
France
822Nd Infantry
Wildcat
Camp Bowie
War Department
Brenham
West Point
Army
Starving Thousands In Petrograd Beg Soviet Troops to Shoot Them
Hunger riots hit Petrograd with ten thousand marching for bread as soviet troops fired on crowds. Desperate hunger and bread shortages were reported, with dispatches noting no bread available in the city.
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Petrograd
Associated Press
Stockholm
Martial law possible in Argentina after deputies pass bill
Buenos Aires reports that martial law could take effect nationwide if the senate approves a bill, placing the military in control for thirty days. Five provinces have requested troops as officials acknowledge troubling reports and insist troops are needed to restore order.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Texas Jackrabbits Rise as Diet Staples in Dallas
In Dallas, jackrabbits shift from pests to food with eggs at about a dollar a dozen and chickens around two dollars each. Demand rises due to wartime conservation. The Dallas freight committee seeks transit privileges for rabbit carloads to interstate points, with a hearing after January 18.
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Dallas
Tex
West
Texas
Dallas District Freight Traffic Committee
Interesting Spy Story Never Solved
Philadelphia January 15 A tale from Frank H Gaskill assistant chief of the Protective league recalls wartime spy work. The league interned a man caught spelling dangerous messages with a trip hammer in a large industrial plant on the Ra River. A Palmyra New Jersey telegraph operator detected hammer codes indicating troop movements and raids before news broke of German submarines. The operator’s contact source remains unsolved.
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Philadelphia
Frank H. Gaskill
Protective League
Mr. Gaskill
Rae River
Palmyra
N. J
New England
Gaskill
Pink boll worm infestation found in western Texas
Houston on January 15 reports another pink boll worm infestation in Texas cotton fields. W. D. Hunter of the federal horticultural board says the latest discovery lies in western Texas, over 400 miles from the previously released quarantine area, indicating a likely origin from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. The affected region is sparsely cottoned and isolated, centered near Boquillas in Brewster County with distant links to the former quarantine zone at Sandy Point, Brazoria County.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Cotton
W. D. Hunter
Federal Horticultural Board
South
Rio Grande
Hunter
South Texas
Boquillas
Brewster County
Big Bend
Rio Grande Valley
Sandy Point
Brazoria County
Von Hindenburg to Command German Troops in East Germany
Copenhagen January 15 reports say Field Marshal Von Hindenburg will soon command German forces opposing Polish troops in eastern Germany. Advices received here from Srombers above the provincial newspapers note the reinforcement plan.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
von Hindenburg
Germany
Srombers
Kansas to Build Good Roads After War
Topeka Jan 15 Now that the war is over and materials may be obtained for road work Kansas launches a $60,000,000 program to construct 4000 to 5000 miles of highway linking every county seat and market center. The Kansas good roads association outlines the plan and seeks constitutional change to allow state aid. A lobby is organized to push legislature and voters at the next election with an education campaign.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Good Roads Association
Good Roads Builders
Berlin’s Week of Bolshevism Ends Amid Turmoil
Berlin reports the end of a week of Bolshevik unrest with scattered firing from rooftops and failed revolts by Leibknecht supporters. Dr Liebknecht’s sister was arrested as hundreds await trial. Police reinstate and arm to combat crime. property losses reach tens of millions of marks with about 200 killed and 1000 wounded on both sides.
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Berlin
Dr. Leibknecht
Liebknecht
German Cabinet Considers New Constitution
Copenhagen Jan 15 The German cabinet met to discuss the new constitution and proposals for the national assembly. German participation in the peace congress was also on the agenda. The meeting will continue today.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
National Assembly
Chile Seeks German Ships Interned in Territorial Waters
Buenos Aires Jan 15 reports from Santiago say Chile would press to seize German ships interned in its territorial waters if the Allies auction the vessels. Chilean government would act to secure ships that were in Chilean territorial waters.
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Chile
Associated Press
Brenos Aires
Santiago
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