Possible Senate Move to Resume Treaty Debate in Open Session
Washington officials outline a plan to revive discussion of the peace treaty with a vote to resume consideration in open Senate on Tuesday Feb 40 following the collapse of a bipartisan negotiations group. Senator Walsh signals renewed debate as Senator Hitchcock is absent.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
Montana
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Smoot
Utah
Aviators Davis Grimes In Mexico To Explain Landing
Lieutenants I F Davis and G E Grimes United States Army aviators forced a landing near Guerrero Mexico due to fuel exhaustion. They travel under military escort toward Monterey for examination by Mexican authorities as to why they landed on Mexican soil. Governor Gonzales ordered their removal from local civil jurisdiction to Monterrey for interrogation. Randolph Robertson American consul accompanies the group traveling by automobile with Carranza officers assisting.
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Grimes
Davis
Gonzales
Nuevo Leon
United States
Monterey
Randolph Robertson
Nuevo Laredo
Guerrero
Carranza
Robertson
Murgia
Carranza Army
Trial of Senator Newberry Ends Jury Sworn for 1918 Fraud Case
In Grand Rapids Michigan on January 31 a jury is sworn for the trial of United States Senator Newberry alongside 122 co defendants on charges of fraud corruption and conspiracy in the 1918 election. The next session is set for Monday afternoon with opening remarks by Frank Dailey special assistant attorney general. The jury includes six farmers two produce dealers a cattle buyer elevator manager a grain dealer and a grocer.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Newberry
Frank
Dailey
Gompers and Capital Now in One Camp
The second industrial conference prepares a final plan for settling industrial disputes. King reports executive session hearings nearly finished after six weeks of criticism of the tentative regional adjustment boards plan. The two camps, representing labor and capital, oppose the program’s grounds and public business concerns.
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Gompers
Washington
Stanley B. King
City Plans Readjustment of Valuations to Boost Revenues
Cheyenne officials move to revalue property to 100 percent of actual value to equalize assessments and raise revenues. A city county meeting approved hiring a assessor to start in Cheyenne with possible later appraisers to fix differences. The effort aims to lift total valuation from 10 million to about 12 million, reflecting new construction and value gains. A paralytic man, A Hibsch werlen, claims heirs tricked him out of property while hospitalized and sought county aid after a suicide attempt.
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A. Hibschwerlen
Cheyenne
King Lear
City of Cheyenne
State Board of Equalization
Oil land leasing bill near agreement reached by conferees
House and senate conferees on the oil land leasing bill reached a virtual agreement to settle the public dispute over amendments to the remedial provisions of the oil section. The remaining disagreement concerns royalty distribution from oil wells to be resolved by Senator Smoot of Utah and Representative Sinnott of Oregon.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senator Smoot
Utah
Representative Sinnott
Oregon
Smoot
Why Go to California in Search of Mild Climate
A late January spring day defies the calendar with a mean 46 degree temperature and a high of 61 as a sunlit day. The text notes a 21 degree departure from normal and warns the groundhog to wear a hat against sunstroke when he emerges.
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California
G. H
Moel
Nation reports seven hundred million red ink from Operation Roads
The article notes a large red ink figure of seven hundred million tied to Operation Roads. It mentions weather forecasts fair for Sunday and Monday.
Deficit Total From Federal Control of Transport Sectors
Official calculations show that two years of federal control cost the nation about 700 million dollars. Railroads alone posted a 549.2 million dollar loss, with Pullman lines waterways and express companies adding 100 million in costs. November and December deficits are tied to the coal strike.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Diamond Minnie Gurtz Born On Train Near Diamond
Baby Diamond Minnie Gurtz was born on a train near Diamond on January 23. The name Diamond, suggested by a Leader article and linked to the birth location, honors the unusual event and the stork’s “jewel” tale. The mother Mrs. George Gurtz and the thirteenth child were later moved to St. John’s Hospital.
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Miss Gurtz
George Gurtz
Diamond
Cheyenne
Leader
St. John’s Hospital
Chugwater
Minnie
Diamond Minnie Gurtz
Asne
Cox Declares Run for Democratic Nomination
Ohio Governor James M. Cox officially announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. The public declaration appeared in the Hamilton Evening.
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Cox
Ohio
Columbus
James M. Cox
Hamilton
Demand defeat of assemblymen who suspended five Socialists
A labor and civil conference adopted unanimously a resolution demanding the immediate seating of the five Socialist assemblymen suspended during their admissibility investigation. It calls delegates and constituencies to pledge defeat of every assembly member responsible for the non American and unconstitutional ousting of these elected representatives.
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Albany
Labor, Civil and
Poisoning Reported After Dinner Olive Consumption
Two women, Mrs. Klay and Mrs. Hagar, who checked into a Casper hotel, were taken to a hospital Friday night in precarious condition. Doctors attribute their illness to ripe olives eaten at dinner, marking the first such poisoning in the area.
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Casper, Wyo
Klay
Hagar
Influenza may recur in cycles of 33 or 66 weeks
Washington report notes a census study by Dr John Brownlee proposing influenza epidemics recur every 66 weeks, with Chicago New York City and Washington cited as currently experiencing outbreaks. The notice links past epidemics of 1889 1890 1898 1948 and 1920 to a common etiology and cyclic contagion.
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Washington
Bureau of the Census
John Brownlee
Chicago
New York City
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Mexico
Wade
Mexico City
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Tex
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Michigan
Mr. Steele
West Twentieth Street
Pioneer Avenue
Vineyard Haven
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Walter P. Phillips
Columbia Graphophone Company
United Press
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