Nearing Calls Wilson and Gregory to Remove NY Marshal
Scott Nearing, prominent radical and head of the People's Council of America, seeks removal of Thomas P D McCarthy, U S Marshal for the Southern District of New York, citing his statements encouraging mob violence. Marshal McCarthy warned Nearing of consequences and stated he would prevent disorder during wartime.
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Associated Press
New York
Scott Nearing
The
People’s Council of America
Wilson
Gregory
Thomas PD. McCarthy
United States
Nearing
McCarthy
Marshal McCarthy
People’s Council
Mr. McCarthy
Central
British island colonies to get food aid from U S says report
Washington January 10 British island colonies in the Atlantic dependent on the United States for food and supplies will be aided. Sir William L Allardyce governor of the Bahama Islands discussed the matter with British and American officials. The Bahamas Jamaica and Bermuda and other West Indian colonies face U S export restrictions while contributing troops at the front.
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Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic
United States
Sir William L. Allardyce
Bahama Islands
Bahamas
Jamaica
Bermudas
Seattle mayor barred from practicing law in Washington
Hiram ef ?ll, mayor of Seattle, was barred for one year by the State Board of Examiners after a hearing on charges that he allowed the Gill Hoyt Frye law firm to use his name to solicit police court business in Seattle.
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Attle
Wash
Hiram Ef Ll
Seattle
State Board of Examiners
Washington
Gill, Hoyt & Frye
Weather roundup and January 10, 1918 climate readings
Regional forecast notes snow in Ohio Kentucky and Indiana with Friday flakes and colder nights. It lists high temperatures and precipitation at stations from Montreal to Winnipeg and compares January 10 1918 temperatures and precipitation with 1917 and 1916, noting clear cloudiness and winds at 7 am noon and 7 pm.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Kentucky
Indiana
Montreal
Phoenix
Anit
Winnipeg
Omaha
Kamiloops
Denver
Jewish Prayer Books Hide American Sugar
Charges filed in federal court accuse P. Friedman, a dealer in Jewish prayer books, of criminal violations of National Food Administration regulations. Evidence suggests an underground route evading the law by importing sugar from New Orleans bypassing the International Sugar Committee. Friedman’s bookstore is described as a warehouse for smuggled sugar with about seventy barrels aboard a steamer in port.
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New York
P. Friedman
National Food Administration
New Orleans
International Sugar Committee
Friedman
Baker Defends War Department At Senate Panel
Secretary Baker testified before the Senate Military Committee detailing the Army’s rapid mobilization and defenses against delays. He acknowledged some mistakes in equipment procurement but asserted all American troops in France were adequately armed and that the United States had assumed responsibility for delays, with over 1,500,000 soldiers under arms and a substantial force in France. The session scrutinized the secret contracting system and material handling, including the rifle and machine gun supply chain.
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Washington
War Department
Germany
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Department
Chamberlain
France
Quartermaster General
Senator McKellar
U Boats to Garry Arms Reported on Indian Revolt Trial
Documentary evidence at a San Francisco trial shows Indian revolutionary leaders proposed using submarines to move arms from China to India to aid missionaries and agents. The case also cites $30,000 from the German Foreign Office, plans to subsidize Japanese newspapers, and a Chinese German secret treaty. Ram Chandra, Pacific coast leader, allegedly received $1,000,000 monthly from the German Consulate.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
China
India
Foreign Office
Germany
Java
Khelat
Ram Chandra
Revolutionary Party
Pacific Coast
Doovyvoo Fire Sparks Burlesque Show Panic
A fire at the Colonial Burlesque and Moving Picture Theater in DoovYvoo today caused a chaotic scene as performers fled in scant attire. Police escorted some individuals to a local hotel for safety while arson or cause remains under investigation.
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Associated Press
Sproledo
Ture
Bomb Planes Could End War, Col Clarke Avers
New York January 10 Lieutenant Colonel W E Clarke head of the army aviation engineers division told the Society of Automotive Engineers convention that a fleet of 500 night bombing planes could end the war by striking enemy lines. He described four types of U S planes in Europe and praised night bombers for their stealth and payloads. F Kettering of Dayton Ohio was elected President of the society.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
W. E. Clark
Army Aviation Engineers’ Division
Society of Automotive Engineers
Europe
F. Kettering
Dayton, O
Revolution in Costa Rica Oil Concession Trial in New York
Manuel F. Lardizabal testifies in the New York Supreme Court that American interests funded a Costa Rican revolution to oust President Gonzales and secure an oil concession. He cites ties with Valentine and Monta and claims Sinclair interests bought 9,000,000 acres of oil land via the deal.
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Associated Press
New York
Costa Rica
Gonzales
Supreme Court
Manuel F. Lardizabal
Nicaragua
Washington, S
Lardizabal
Valentine
Montafor
Frederico A. Tinoco
Mme. Tinoco
Sinclair Interests
Lord Cowdray
Won't Raise Babies Without the Vote
Representative Meeker of Missouri, a Republican, opposes political expediency in the suffrage debate. He notes President candidates Hughes and the suffrage movement’s tactics, denounces White House picketing by the Woman’s Party, and recalls their jail terms and reception. He cites the remark about not raising babies without the vote.
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Meeker
Missouri
Hughes
New York
White House
Woman’s Party
Hamburg America Line officials held for aiding German warships
The U S Court of Appeals affirmed convictions of four Hamburg America Line officials including Karl Buenz for sending supplies to German cruisers in 1914. Hachmeister Kotter and Poppenhouse received prison terms. the line was fined $1. The case hinged on false manifests concealing ship destinations chartered to aid German warships.
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Associated’ Press
New York
Hamburg-American Line
Karl Buenz
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Et Buenz
Adolph Hachmeister
Hamburg- American Line
George Kotter
Joseph Poppenhouse
Buenz
Hachmeister
Kotter
Atlanta
Poppenhouse
Atlantic
Berwind
Lorenzo
Gladstone
Italy Names War Committee And Brest Litovsk Talks Continue
Premier Orlando of Italy will preside over a new Italian War Committee including Sonnino Meda Alfieri and Delbono. Brest-Litovsk session resumes with Trotzky pushing for a move to Stockholm while Russia claims resolve as a revolutionary state. Reports note German and Austrian delegates warn of action by central powers democracies and arms. In Russia fighting persists between Bolsheviks and Cossacks as snow halts Italian fronts and supply movements.
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Underwood & Underwood
Orlando
Italy
London
Brest- Litovsk
Leon Trotzky
Trotzky
Stockholm
Brest-Litovsk
Evening Post
Petrograd
Sweden
Great Britain
France
Bizhenko
M. Joffe
M. Kameneff
M. Pokrovsky
Nikolai
Lenine
Finland
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Russia
Turkey
Kaledines
Dutoff
Germany
Duchy of Brunswick
Alsace-Lorraine
House approves federal Equal Rights amendment vote
The House passed a joint resolution to propose an amendment granting women the right to vote, 274 for and 136 against, sending the Susan B. Anthony proposal to the Senate and then to state legislatures for ratification. Speaker Clark pledged to vote from the chair if needed, as supporters celebrated amid gallery scenes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Susan B. Anthony
Clark
Mann
Baltimore
Sims
Tennessee
Senate
Capitol
Wilson
United States
Congress
Navy League Elects Forbes President
New York January 10 W Cameron Forbes former Governor General of the Philippines was elected President of the Navy League to succeed Colonel Robert M Thompson. Thompson declined re election after fifteen years due to ill health and was made Honorary President for life.
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New York
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
Navy League
Robert M. Thompson
Thompson
President's Bodyguard McDonald Stricken By Pneumonia
Captain W. J. McDonald United States Marshal for the Northern District of Texas once served as President Wilson's bodyguard and is seriously ill with pneumonia in Wichita Falls Texas on January 10 according to Associated Press reports.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
W. J. McDonald
United States
Northern District of
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