Senate Debate Over Russia Recognition Extends Three Hours
In Washington the Senate waged a lengthy three hour fight over recognizing the Soviet government. Senator Lodge urged non recognition citing propaganda and interlocking directorates. Senator Borah argued recognition would stabilize conditions and open trade. Senator Lenroot claimed propaganda would grow if recognized and urged continued negotiation through Hughes for related reports.
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Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lenroot
Rep
Wis
Senator Borah
Idaho
Coolidge
John
Frank W. Stearns
Communist Party
The
Communist Internationale
Borah
Thtge
Lodge
Lea‘root
Russia
Hughes
Senate
William Boyce Thompson
Raymond
Doctor shoots wife then turns gun on self in Glens Falls
Dr Robert Lee of Hartford Washington County hamlet killed his wife and wounded his cousin Fred Norcross before fatally shooting himself. Norcross, 30, is in critical condition. the motive cited is sudden insanity from overwork. The couple's four year old daughter survived unharmed.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Robert Lee
Hartford
Washington County
Fred Norcross
Norcross
Les
Lee
Cotton broker Kills wife then shoots self in New York
Frederick H Erasmi a Brooklyn cotton jobber shot his wife Lillian Erasmi as she slept and then killed himself. He was a half owner of the Hispanic Textile Co of New York where partner John Giebel said the firm lost about $50,000 in four years due to exporters not paying bills.
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New York
Oss
Fortune
Frederick H Erasmi
Brooklyn
Lillian
Erasmi
Hispanic Textile Company of
John Giebel
Klan Appeal Sewn on Dress in Philadelphia Trial
KathErine Miller, a rooming-house keeper, is sentenced to ten to twenty years for the fatal shooting of Harry Kaber nagel on a West Philadelphia street corner. After sentencing she displayed white K K K letters on her dress, shouted that Mrs. Rosier killed two and got away free, and was taken away.
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Philadelphia
Katherine Miller
Harry Kabernagel
Warry S. McDevitt
Rosier
Thieves Enter Barred Door After 23 Years of Trust
In New Rochelle New York Motzkin Bros cleaning and dyeing shop was robbed last night after 23 years of being kept locked at night. The burglars took gowns valued at several thousand dollars belonging to prominent women and left behind forty uniforms of policemen and firemen.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Motzkin Bros
New York
Auto strike injures woman as pastor surrenders
Mrs. Marie LeJune, 40, was struck by a car driven by Rev. Albert Waters after alighting from a street car at Jonathan and Montgomery. She suffered a skull fracture and severe injuries. physicians say condition is critical. Waters surrendered to police after the incident.
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Marie LeJune
Montgomery Avenue
Jonathan
Montgomery Avenues
Albert Waters
Spokane Avenue
Cincinnati Methodist Episcopal Church For the Deaf
Wesley Chapel
Sree
Flora Bhi Ors
Isiting
Nurses’ Association
West Seventh Street
Clifton-Ludlow
Otto Kuratis
Fred Bruckman
Pullen Avenue
Bruckman
Shoemaker
Harry Downey
Clinton Street
Central Avenue
Fifteenth Street
General Hospital
Fred Horstman
Spring Grove Avenue
John B. Sprang
Crosley Avenue
Norwood
Nover
Rose
Rosemont Avenue
West Eighth Street
Price Hill
Raymond Sheppard
Groesbeck Avenue
College Hill
Joseph Hart
Alaska Avenue
Resor
Clifton Avenues
John E. Brown
Moorman Avenue
Brown
Gilbert and
Elsinore
Paul Less
Waotish Avenue
Thomas Conners
Conners
Grand Hotel
Novelist Nina Sanderson Denied Plot to Divorce
New York reports Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson denied attempting to induce Ellsworth Bassett of Madison Connecticut to divorce his wife so she could marry him after her own divorce. Bassett, her business manager, described her as eager to have him and bound to wed, reflecting her stated views on marriage.
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Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson
New York
Contghe
Wise Pelilla
Nifia “Pico
Putea Sanderson
Ellsworth Bassett
Madison, Conn
Bassett
R. I
Rhode Island
Georgia Dry Leader Signs Pledge on House Floor
On January 7 in Washington, Representative Upshaw of Georgia signed a liquor abstinence pledge on the House floor during a heated exchange with Representative Hill of Maryland. Upshaw received a Lincoln-Lincoln pledge card from a page and declared he would sign, challenging Hill’s call to renounce intoxicants and laws enforcement.
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Georgia
Washington
Representative Upshaw
Dem
Representative Hill
Rep
Upshaw
Hill
Mr. Upshaw
Ain
Mystery in shooting of five year old William Gentile
Cleveland dispatch reports a 5 year old, William Gentile, found dying at his home after a neighbor heard a gunshot. He died after surgery from a bullet through the left lung. His seven year old brother Jacob could not explain the shot. Police suspect accidental discharge by a child. parents were away.
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Cleveland
William Gentile
Jacob
William
Last Hope of Remus Dries as Supreme Court Refuses Review
George Remus known as the King of Bootleggers and thirteen associates face sentences from three months to two years at Atlanta Penitentiary after the U S Supreme Court declined to review their conviction appeals. They contended lower court errors including indictment specifics and jury eligibility among issues. Sentences on the conspiracy charges included two years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.
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U. S. Supreme Court
George Remus
Eighth Street
Hermosa Avenue
Price Hill
Atlanta
John Weld Peck
Death Valley
Fairmount
United States Supreme Court
Remus
Supreme Court
District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Anti-Saloon League
Atlanta (Gay) Penitentiary
1800 Letters a Minute Submarine Cable Promises Fast Links
Western Electric and Western Union announce a new submarine cable using inductive loading with a magnetic alloy to vastly speed up transatlantic and transpacific communications. The system, claimed to carry 1800 letters a minute over 2300 miles, links New York to the Azores and Italy, boosting Southern Europe service and enabling long direct cables without speed loss.
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Associated Press
New York
Western Electric Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Azores
Italy
Europe
Ess
World Communications
F. B. Jewett
Pacific
Jewett
Western Electric
Western Union
Auction Set for Rare Mongolian Dinosaur Egg at Museum
The American Museum of Natural History plans to sell one of twenty five fossilized dinosaur eggs found in Mongolia last July by Prof. Roy Chapman Andrews. Proceeds will fund a $250,000 expedition to the Gobi Desert seeking remains of primitive man. The eggs, about 10,000,000 years old, vary in size and stage of development, and one is the size of an eyeless potato.
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Associated Press
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Andrews
Mongolia
Roy Champman
Division of Exploration
Gobi Desert
Peking
American Museum
Hell Creek Basin
Mont
Altar Mountains
Djoch
Embargo on Arms for Mexican Rebels Prompts Wilson Message
Western Pennsylvania Democrats at the Jackson Day dinner received a message from former President Wilson offering to aid the party in restoring high principles and just action. Senator Harrison attacked the Mellon tax plan as favoring big business and urged broader tax relief, while Tumulty promised bipartisan action to reduce taxes. Wilson urged an aggressive effort to redeem the nation’s purpose and restore prestige. A Marion Ohio note expressed hope that the Democratic Women’s Club may aid in national redemption.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Harrison
Mississippi
Joseph P. Tumulty
Mellon
Democratic Party
Tumulty
White House
Marion, O
Marion County Democratic Women's Club
Woodrow Wilson
E. J. Hollandshead
Reichstag member Frau Schreiber sits Senate floor
Washington Jan 7 Frau Schreiber a member of the German Reichstag was given privileges of the Senate floor today. She was introduced to Senators by Senator Owen and discussed German political and economic conditions with several of them.
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Washington
Frau Schreiber
Reichstag
Senate
Owen
Okla
Philadelphia vows rapid vice cleanup under new administration
January 7 1920 Philadelphia inaugurates Mayor W Freeland Kendrick and Brigadier General Smedley D Butler as Director of Public Safety in a sweeping reform pledge. Butler orders resignations, promises eight hour clean up, and targets graft and organized corruption within police and fire bureaus.
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Philadelphias
W. Freeland Kendrick
Council Chamber
City
Hall
Smedley D. Butler
Marine Corps
Department of Public Safety
Butler
Marines
Director of Public Safety
Kendrick
Philadelphia
Ince
Federation Firemen
Fire Bureau
Pogany suit fails slander claim over Pogany Willie lines
Will ie Pogany Hungarian painter loses $200000 slander suit against Fania Marinoff and producers over the Pogany Willie lines in Call the Doctor. Jury finds lines not slanderous and awards no damages. Testimony describes alleged marital harm and disputed authorship of the phrasing.
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New York
Pogany
Willie
Fania Marinoff
Willie Pogany
Supreme Court
Birmingham Ax Murder Ring Said End as Five Face Confessions
Birmingham officials report that five Black suspects have signed confessions linking them to numerous ax attacks and twenty four killings over three years. The group allegedly operated by drawing lots to appoint executioners. The chief solicitor says leaders remain sought with officers pursuing them in Central Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
James G. Davis
Jefferson County
Alabama
Davis
Boy Coaster Dies After Breaking Thin Ice
Charles McDaniel a 13 year old boy from Portsmouth Ohio drowned after breaking through thin ice on Brush Creek near the city Sunday. The tragedy occurred while he was coasting on the back waters.
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Portsmouth
Charles McDaniel
Brush Creek
Here
Yeatman Defends Protests Against Vice in Walnut Hills
Municipal Judge Meredith W. Yeatman told the Men’s Club of the First Presbyterian Church that citizens should be free to protest vice without being accused of seeking office. He cited closing twenty four cafes and four poolrooms as his three month Police Court incumbency. A resolution praising his courage was adopted unanimously, urging other judges to follow his example and mail copies of the resolution to all Municipal Court judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith W. Yeatman
First Presbyterian Church
Walnut Hills
Yeatman
Armament Embargo on Mexico Ties to Obregon Aid
President Coolidge signed a proclamation imposing an immediate embargo on arms exports to Mexico with penalties up to 10000 dollars or two years imprisonment. The move follows a Justice Department inquiry into arms shipments to rebel factions and directs Treasury and customs to bar any shipments without specific approval. Civil authorities along the border would handle enforcement, with potential naval and army support if needed.
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Washington
Coolidge
Obregon
Mexico
Hughes
State Department
United States
Department of Justice
de la Huerta
New Orleans
Congress
Calvin Coolidge
United States of America
Secretary of State
Treasury Department
Customs and Revenue Cutter Service
Revenue Cutters
Navy
Weeks
Thermy
Six of Bandit Gang Sentenced to Death in Ukraine Pogroms
In Zhitomir, six followers of Petlura, blamed for 1919 1920 Ukraine pogroms, were sentenced to death after trial. Others received prison terms as the bandit Peraluk confessed to leading the Chernikov massacre where scores were killed maimed or assaulted.
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Moscow
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Petlura
Ukraine
Zhitbmir
Peraluk
Chernikov
New York pardons last criminal anarchist prisoner
Albany Jan 7 Gov nor Smith today pardoned Harry Initski convicted in New York in March 1920 of criminal anarchy. He is the last of prisoners convicted on this charge to be released, the others including James Larkin having been pardoned last year.
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Albany
N. Y
Govnor Smith
Harry Initski
New York
James Larkin
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