Austria Faces Political Collapse As Debt Strains Grow
Paris dispatch reports Austria may seek a $250 million loan to restart industry and avert chaos. Officials warn a government collapse within weeks is possible, with Mayr’s Conservative ministry resigning and Socialists refusing power. Bavarian police may guard rail lines if order falters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Austria
Reparations Commission
France
Baron Eichoff
Mayr
Baron Bichoff
Vienna
Bavaria
Italy
Switzerland
Redlich
United States
Legaton
Baron Feichoff
Germany
St. Germain
Baron Fichoff
Rebel General Murguia Leads Opposition to Obregon
General Francisco Murguia, northern Mexico commander for the Carranza era, has taken the field against President Obregon. In San Luis Potosi a clash left eight rebels dead and several captured as Murguia fled from federal forces. Murguia had been jailed in Mexico City after Carranza’s death and released on bail before vanishing. Agents report revolutionary propaganda in interior garrisons and a Puebla mutiny leading to court martial of three generals and three colonels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Francisco
Murguia
Mexico
Carranza
Obregon
Montes de Oca
San Luis Potosi
Mexico City
Puebla
girl wins 45000 for loss of one leg in new york
New York County's record jury award of 45000 for the loss of one leg was granted to Miss Dorothy Brende aged 20, the victim of an elevator accident months ago. Earlier in the week a Supreme Court jury awarded 42500 to a boy who lost both legs under a street car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Elevator tragedy at San Elmo Cigar building kills worker
Emil Grosse a 55 year old boss carpenter employed by D Meiniken died after pulling the wrong cable on a freight elevator on the first floor at Third and Vine. He attempted to stop the rising car and was crushed between the elevator and shaft before leaping aboard. He died at General Hospital and was taken to the Morgue. Survived by a widow and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Elmo Cigar Company
Third
Vine Streets
Emil Grosse
Grosse
D. Meiniken
General Hospital
Whetsel Avenue
Madisonville
Burley tobacco markets set to reopen in four states
At Lexington meeting of warehouse men thirty voted to resume operations January 17, ending closures since January 4. Kentucky Indiana and Ohio regions including Maysville Carlisle Brookville Aurora and Walton showed mixed stances while growers arranged a new plan to hold 1920 crop until April 15 and limit 1921 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Aurora
Ind
Brookville
Maysville
Walton
Carlisle
Tennessee
H. R. Prewitt
Mt. Sterling
Stanley Reed
James N. Kehoe
Unidentified Man Found Frozen in Black River Ice
Police discover a unidentified man body frozen in the ice of Black River at the base of a 75 foot embankment. Coroner Miles Perry delays verdict after viewing the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain, CO
Black River
Miles Perry
Langdon Shooting Sparks Japanese Apology at Vladivostok
A Japanese commander ordered sentries not to halt Americans after Lt. Langdon of the Albany was shot at Vladivostok. Admiral Gleaves reported the envoy posted sorrow and regret. Ambassador Shidehara conveyed Tokyo’s deep regret and the incident is described as an accident by Vice Admiral Kawahara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vladivostok
W. H. Langdon
Albany
Navy Department
Gleaves
Asiatic Fleet
Shidehara
Japan
Davis
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Langdon
Admiral Gleaves
Kawahara
Daniels
McGowan
General Oi
Legion Members Seek Cincinnati Help Over Cryptic Messages
Three Middletown Post American Legion members rushed to Cincinnati to enlist Robert E. Bentley Post in locating a suspect linked to cryptic messages bearing a local man’s initials and address. They aimed to obtain arrest warrants from the U S District Attorney but found no local cooperation, promising further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Middletown Post
American Legion
Cincinnati
Robert E. Bentley Post
Harry G. Williams
Robert E. Bentley
J. F. Schraffberger
Nater
United States District Attorney
Three Families Saved by Barking Fox Terrier Billy
AURONSED by smoke Billy the fox terrier woke his owner William Shaw in an East Side Dayton apartment fire. Shaw woke three families and led them to safety in their night clothes as a candle caused the blaze. Loss estimated at $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, O
Billy
William Shaw
Mary Garden Named General Director of Chicago Opera
Chicago Opera Association selects Mary Garden as General Director succeeding Herbert Johnson and Gino Marinuzzi. Garden will manage artistic and executive duties while remaining an artist with no additional compensation this or next season. She was born in Aberdeen in 1877 and debuted in Paris in 1900, later earning fame as Marguerite Carmen Salome Louise and Thais.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary Garden
Chicago Opera Association
Herbert Johnson
Gino Marinuzzi
Miss Garden
Campanini
Aberdeen
Scotland
America
Miss
Traction workers agree to ten hour day in New Jersey
William Wepner, head of the Joint Conference Board for New Jersey street and electric railway locals, announced 4000 Public Service Railway employees will work ten hours daily at the same nine hour wages for six months starting next week. The move aims to ease the company's financial strains and follows improved labor relations after the last strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
William Wepner
New Jersey
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
Public Service Railway Company
Wepner
War Labor Board
Cleveland Building Trades Board Calls Wage Cuts for 32000
The Building Trades Employers' Association board in Cleveland adopted a resolution to cut wage scales as current contracts expire. About 32,000 workers may be affected with reductions from ninety to eighty cents per hour and a nine hour day in brass plants reopening after a shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Board of Administration
The
Building Trades Employers’ Association of Cleveland
Walter Klie
Klie
Cleveland Brass Manufacturers’ Association
Four-Day Week Planned for CM St P Rail Shops Staff
DuBuque Iowa January 13 700 employees in the car department of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad shops will switch to a four day week starting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
American steamship leaders urge Volstead act relief for liquor aboard ships
Officials from International Mercantile Marine and other lines told the House Judiciary Committee that allowing liquor service on ships beyond the three mile limit is essential to compete with foreign registry and save the American merchant marine. Wayne Wheeler opposed any relaxation while warning of a world trend toward prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Dyer
Missouri
Wayne Wheeler
Anti- Saloon League
Seven Seas
Great Britain
P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
Palmer
FE. A. Quarles
United States Mail Steamship Company
Abuse of Neglect in Georgia Reveals Wide Range of Offenses
U S District Attorney Hooper Alexander says peonage indictments against a farmer and two tenants, one Black, accompany a death case. He warns federal officers will probe statewide abuses. He cites magistrates aiding crimes and calls for action beyond sentiment to prevent dire consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
United Stattes District
Hooper Alexander
Todday
Lawrence Sees Check in Work of Vocational Training
Congress weighs cutting the U S army to 175000 men creating 50000 to be honorably discharged. Readiness and stability of the army education program grows with enlisted graduates becoming instructors and tradespeople drawing good wages in printing and agriculture related work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Cut
Washington
Congress
United States Army
Army Corps
United States
Liggett
Tariffs Criticized As Licensing Profit Motive Across Industries
Rep. Young of North Dakota charged that proposed import duties from 100 percent to 400 percent above Payne Aldrich would license profiteering and hit consumers. Sen. McCumber urged higher wheat duties to curb Canadian imports. Witnesses for zinc lead Quicksilver argued Mexican competition and war-price distrust demand protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Young
North Dakota
House
Ways and Means Committee
McCumber
Fordney
Canada
Payne- Aldrich
Congress
Europe
Thieves Engage to Come Back and Woman Agent Brings Them In
Mrs. H. B. Merritt, railroad station agent at Hasbrouck Heights Meadows in Hackensack New Jersey, captured two would be robbers who had promised to return. She waited in a nearby house kept watch with a revolver. She fired, the men surrendered, and she and a companion escorted them to police headquarters.
Aggused Faces Court Grilling with Stoicism in Murder Trial
In Campbell County Court Justus Murray sat for hours on the witness stand answering defense questions about the murder of his former partner Howard Phillips. His 4-year-old son Jimmie looked on as the courtroom crowd pressed for admission, police struggled to restore order, and letters allegedly written by Murray's wife and Phillips were presented as evidence during the afternoon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus Murray
Howard Phillips
Campbell County
William A. Burkamp
Murray
Phillips
Jimmie Murray
Cramer
Charles Hamilton
William Holland
Co House
Holland
Newport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cigar Company
U. S
Legion Post
Star
Cleveland Building Trades Body
House Committee
Wheeler
Igoe
Edmonds
Harris Livermore
United American Line
David Lawrence
Ninth Corps
San Francisco
C. P. Summerall
Camp Dix
Zachary Taylor
J. G. Harboard
Camp Travis
Texas
George Bell, Jr
Camp Grant, Ill
Camp Grant
David C. Shanks
First Corps
Boston
Mass
Bullard
Second Corps
Governor's Island
New York
Department of Education
Army
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!