Legislature Tackles Radicalism Bills Amid War Talks
Lawmakers introduced multiple measures including H B No 2 for $61 700 expenditures and H B No 8 for appropriations as rules were suspended. The session opened with motions, committee readings, and remarks by Premier Clemenceau and President Wilson, stressing war responsibility and labor legislation. Delegations from many nations gathered around a large horse shoe table.
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Kelly
House
Orier
Business
H. B
Culesceedings
Sunnie
Wisen
George
Presdentt Poinc
Clemoncnau
Congress
Wife Says She Was Present At Husband’s Murder
Queens wife testifies that she accompanied Patrick O'Donnell to his workplace Tuesday night and that he killed her husband. Officials cite time clock corroboration and the suspect’s confession as key evidence. The assistant district attorney calls for continued detention on the homicide charge as investigators pursue further details.
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New York
Jam
Patrick O'Donnell
Yorkersey
Eizabeth Bary
Riddle
of Queens
O'Donnell
Paderewski Gains Broad Polish Support Amid War Strain
Warsaw reports Paderewski’s ministry draws near unanimous approval with only radical opposition. He says 90 percent of Poles back him as he plans a regular army of roughly 500000 men under conscription, while allies may provide needed matériel to fight the Bolsheviks.
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Poen
Warsaw
Polis
Paderewski
Poland
Wolshevik
Teast
Piost
Paderowski
Red Guards
Lemberg
Delegates Open Important World History Gathering
Jan 18 Pari dispatch reports opening of a global assembly where the most crucial work of history unfolds. The ceremony emphasized the central role of delegates and their positions as the forum focuses on key decisions.
Malcontent Parliament Next Tuesday Plans Revealed
Reports say Sinn Feiners will hold a parliament of malcontents next Tuesday. Press statements promise access for the press and public only on receipt of tickets from party headquarters. Dublin Castle officials, including the lord lieutenant and legal officers, met today amid divergent views on whether to ignore or suppress the assembly as legal.
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Preas
Dublin Castle
Ceutenant
Ees
James B True Prominent in Settlement Congress Work
Associated Press reports James B True takes a leading role in the Settlement Congress conference in Salt Lake City amid talks on settling soldiers and sailors on government lands. The group discusses cooperation between states and the federal government, a settlement fund, and possible action by all sitting legislatures. Members include state engineers and irrigation leaders from Nevada New Mexico Colorado Arizona California Utah and Wyoming.
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Otis K. Baum
Arizona
Francis Cuttie
California
Clyde
Dawson
Griffith
Nevada
W. ST
New Mexico
James B
Wyoming
W. R. Wallace
George Alfred Smith
National Irrigation Congress
Mile
Seymour Chase
A. Wiariffith
C. M. Reach
Oswald
Colorado
Industrial unrest grows in Britain amid wage and hour demands
Widespread labor strife spreads across Britain with calls for shorter hours and higher pay. Postal workers, miners, shipyard crews, carpenters, and laundry workers push for shorter weeks and wage boosts, risking strikes as beer shortages provoke dock workers and ship delays.
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London
J. & Thomas
Poateworkers
Bock
Liverpool
Oia
Wage Gongs Given Federal Employes Under WEW Plans
Washington January 18 The House passed the 1920 legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill voting a wage bonus of 249 for nearly all government employees earning 2500 or less. The measure allocates 96 million dollars for the bill with total government cost about 14 thousand dollars. postal employees are not covered.
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WEW
Washington
House
Wyoming Man Sums Conflicted War Dispatch
Walter M. Buck, previously of Cheyenne and Sheridan and now in Coalmont Colorado, pens a letter to the State Leader recounting a trip to San Francisco and remarks on discharged soldiers aboard a Denver train, insults to officers, and international troops. Buck notes pay due, allotments, and frontier hardship, then reports his appointment as local manager for Balvador Silver Mines and imminent move to Central Americas.
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Walter M. Buck
Cheyenne
Sheridan
Coalmont
Colo
Ran Francisco
United States Army
Denver
Mont
Buck
Balvador Silver Mines Company
Gentral Amorles
Departant de
Grandmother of the Russian Revolution Arrives in Seattle
Catharine Hreah known as the grandmother of the Russian Revolution arrived today from the Orient aboard the Kara Maru. She plans to travel to Seattle then Washington and Boston, urging aid to Russia and warning of a potential yoke at the peace congress.
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Eed
B.C
Catherine Hreah
Orient
Seattle
Washington
Boston
Russia
21 Percent of New York City Children Underfed
Associated Press report from New York outlines that 2.6 percent of the city’s children are underfed, with testimony claiming 10,000 kids are cared for by the city. It cites that one in twelve city deaths are buried in Potter’s Field and questions pay for postal workers and clerks amid rising living costs.
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Potter's Field
Associated Prods
New York
Cty
den Howes
Louis
New York City
Stiel Climbing Subscribers Watch Net Grow
A brief note shows subscriber counts rising with a January 17 addition of two and January 28 addition of two more. Total for the day reaches 97, with 824 subscribers charted on Saturday as the watch list continues to grow.
Job Drive Aims for Wartime Coast Labor Pool
Plans for a regional job drive across Washington Oregon Idaho Wyoming and nearby states seek positions for the first division. Lawrence Wood Seattle federal director for Washington of the U S Employment Service says employers must provide jobs for men stepping from transports on the coast to make the effort work.
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Associated Press
Beautlm
Ian
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Mexiana
Wyoming
Min
Lawrence Wood
Seattle
United States Employment Service
Communist Troops and Koreans in Control Russia
A Berlin dispatch reports that starving workers face arrests as Chinese forces and Korean troops seized control of Petrograd. The armistice agenda stalled, and the situation in Russia drew international reactions as troops moved into key areas after a ceremony in Treves.
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Russia
Ty Associated Press
London
Berlin
Petrograd
Ching 4
Packers Blacklist Allegations Brought Before Senate Hearings
Washington hearing excerpts show Franck I Heney detailing alleged packer ties to the food administration and campaign committees through letterheads and private company actions. Senators question executives over improper influence and price schemes affecting midlevel workers and producers.
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Gore
Food Administration
Norrin
Nebraska
Iggover
Heney
Byeraman
Vv. Skigworth
Wicon & Co
Haney
Mioged Wee
Puelors
Feat Worth
Leyrea
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Russian Revolutionares Seatle MD
Stiel
WANG
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