Dislodged Peaks Destroy Vera Cruz Towns In Mexico Earthquake
News from Vera Cruz details a massive earthquake that crushed two towns and buried inhabitants alive. Reports describe shattered Jalapa Teocelo Ayahualco and Santito areas with hundreds dead and mountains collapsing near Platanalan and Coutlan.
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Liberty Loan
Glass
Congress
U. S
Mexico
Mexico City
Barranca Grande
Jalapa
Teocelo
Ayahualco
Exhuacan
Santito
Puebla
Huatusco
San Miguel
Cofre de Petrote
Piatanalan
Quimextlan
Bar
Ranca Grande
Guscalera
Istlahuacan
Choyula
San Jose-Alchichica
Coutlan
Saoee
Chilcota
Calcahualco
Platanalan
la Fragua
Couztlan
War Deserters Form Self Defense League in Switzerland
Twenty five deserters who reached Switzerland during the war have formed a league to defend their interests. Members are mainly Central Powers, with none American or British. Swiss authorities want to expel them, though some would face execution if sent home. An American who wandered into Switzerland in 1916 joked Europe’s frontiers could be crossed in a day.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Europe
Barnes Warns Against Price Hazard After Wheat Control Ends
New York January 11 Julius H Barnes Wheat Director warns of price hazards for wheat and flour handlers as Grain Corporation winds down in June. He urges minimal commitments and study of weekly trade data while noting large carryover, export prospects, and non government ownership of 437 million bushels. He cautions that market structure must stay prepared as guarantees fade and stabilization ends.
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New York
Julius H. Barnes
Barnes
Grain Corporation
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Canada
Northwest
United States
America
Coal Wage Board Opens Inquiries On Mines Workers
President Wilson's commission begins formal hearings on coal wages and prices in the bituminous Central district. Henry N Robinson leads the panel while John L Lewis and William Green represent miners. Operators from the Central District attend hearings as the panel prepares a plan of procedure and staff.
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Washington
Wilson
Henry N. Robinson
John L. Lewis
Bryan Presses Senate for Rapid Treaty Ratification
William J. Bryan urged Senators in telegraphs to push ratification of the peace treaty by January 16 to align with the League of Nations first meeting in Paris. He spoke at a Lincoln temperance jubilee and outlined plans to address the University of Nebraska convention and other events before returning to Washington. He did not commit to possible candidacy for delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention.
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Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
Washington
League of Nations
Paris
Bryan
Lincoln
Charles W. Bryan
University of Nebraska
Commercial Club
Omaha
San Francisco
Wood Urges Law and Order in Immigration Debate
Passaic leaders host a fundraiser where Major General Leonard Wood calls for deporting aliens, promoting Americanization, and paying teachers. he warns against degenerate elements and stresses steady, lawful government while urging better school funding and orderly integration of immigrants.
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Passaic
N. J
Wood
America
California Governor Moves to Block Dempsey Carpentier Fight
California Governor William D. Stephens said he would seek federal passport restrictions to stop the world heavyweight title bout planned for Tijuana across the border from San Diego. He warned the cross border event would violate state law and vowed to protest to Washington to enforce international boundary controls.
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California
Tijuana
Sacramento
Cal
William D. Stephens
Washington
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Mexico
Stephens
San Diego
Death Penalty Proposed for Anarchists in Sedition Bill
Washington dispatch reports the House Judiciary Committee backed a stringent sedition measure. It includes a death penalty for insurrection or violence aimed at destroying the government, with other provisions to ban seditious literature and punish support for such groups. Deportation for aliens convicted under the act is noted.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
House
Palmer
Davey
Ohio
Graham
Pennsylvania
Ma‘ls
Express
United States
Radical Plot Alleged as U S Draftees Aid Mexico Turmoil
San Antonio reports that government agents cite a Carranza backed radical program in Mexico aimed at a Bolshevik style regime. Hearings before Senator Fall will feature summons for over 200 witnesses. Americans who fled to Mexico to dodge the draft are named in Communist and I W W circles as aiding radicalism.
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San Antonio
Texas
Carranza
Mexico
Senate
A. B. Fall
New Mexico
United States
Communist Party
Perfect Misses Duel Stuns Lower West Side Crowd
In New York on January 11 a pistol duel between two men unfolded in a Western style on the lower West Side. Both used automatic pistols and delivered ten misses, with Edward Bennett arrested after claiming he was stabbed the night before. Police seek the other duelist and a female witness suspected of instigating the confrontation.
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New York
Lower West Side
Edward Bennett
Ill of Unknown Malady Strikes 500 in Oklahoma Village
Five hundred of Shiatook's 2,000 residents in Tulsa County are seriously ill with a baffling ailment. Several deaths occur. a physician calls it a mild form of cholera starting with dysentery and weight loss. The State Health Department will deploy three doctors and ten inspectors tomorrow.
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Oklahoma City
Shiatook
Tulsa County
State Health Department
440 Planes Sold At Aero Show In Oil Boom
Chicago January 11. The world’s largest sale of commercial airplanes reportedly occurs at the aeronautical show. One company sold 440 ships to B L Brookins of Tulsa for 2 1/2 million dollars as oil field operators rush to new strikes. Show directors estimate total weekly sales at 1700 planes.
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Chicago
B. L. Brookins
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Airplane
Oklahoma Man
Six boys injured in icy bobsled crash on Hawthorne avenue
Six youths aged 13 to 19 were hurt when a bobsled coasting down Hawthorne avenue in Price Hill struck Albert Teepin’s car at Eighth street. Injuries included broken legs and arms, head cuts, and a broken collarbone. The boys were treated by Dr. O'Donnel and later hospitalized.
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Hawthorne Avenue
Price Hill
Albert Teepin
Pullan Avenue
Eighth Street
Jackson Ladttick
Summit Avenue
Wilbert Donahue
Carl Ludwick
Maxwell Meyer
Mt. Hope Road
Joseph Brennan
Edward Babbett
Teepin
Highth Street
O’donnel
Eighth and
Hawthorne
Wife of Professor X Identified as Missing Boston Doctor
Mrs. Annie Brand cried with relief after learning Dr. John L. Brand known as Professor X, is believed found. Daughter and son confirm identification from Lambertville New Jersey report as decades long mystery ends after 1916 disappearance.
35 Detroit Radicals Sent Off Aboard To Ellis Island
Thirty five aliens ordered deported left Detroit for Ellis Island after a noisy send off from a thousand friends and sympathizers. Hearings for 352 others with deportation warrants are set to begin Tuesday.
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Detroit
Mich
Ellis Island
Father Falls Dead At Son's Wedding
Michael Montefusco, 60, collapsed and died during his son's wedding ceremony in New York with 300 guests present. The event was postponed as officials investigated the sudden death.
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New York
Michael Montefusco
Soviet Ark To Unload Anarchists At Finland Port
United States army transport Buford is due in Helsingfors on Monday with passengers to be sent by train to a Finland Russia border area opposite Petrograd. Finland required aid in repatriating Finns in Russia in return for permission. The Buford repairs near Kiel delay its voyage, with no destination announced.
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Finland
Russian
Helsingfors
United States Army
Buford
Petrograd
The
Sanomat
Letvia
Kiel
Bullard
35 Lives Lost When Ship Hits Rocks Near St Albans Head
WEYMOUTH England Jan 11 Thirty five of the forty two crew of the S S Treveal drowned when the vessel wrecked on Kimmer Edge rock in a violent channel storm. The ship bound Calcutta to Dundee struck late Friday night. A tug and Weymouth lifeboat failed to reach her through heavy seas and darkness. The crew abandoned in two boats that were swamped. only seven reached shore. The captain perished. The Treveal of 4610 tons gross was built in 1909 for Hain Steamship Company.
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Weymouth
England
Kimmer Edge Rock
St. Albans Head
Channel
Calcutta
Dundee
Treveal
Coastguard
New Rocket May Reach Moon In Six Minute Flight
Washington report details Prof. Robert H Goddards plan for a multi charge high efficiency rocket designed to send recording equipment to extreme altitudes near 230 miles. The method promises sub hour ascent and straight down recovery using a small parachute improving weather data collection.
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Washington
Jan
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Robert H. Goddard O
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