Prohibition Amendment Nearly Ratified by 35 States
The Associated Press reports thirty-five states have ratified the national prohibition amendment, with five more by Wednesday. Iowa Colorado Oregon New Hampshire and Utah completed ratification, bringing total to twelve in two days. Nebraska Missouri and Minnesota race for the thirty sixth.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nebraska
Missouri
Minnesota
Iowa
Colorado
Oregon
New Hampshire
Utah
Federal
State Department
Virginia
Kentucky
North Dakota
South Carolina
Maryland
South Dakota
TexXas
Montana
Delaware
Massachusetts
Arizona
Georgia
Louisiana
Michigan
Weather across states shows fair to unsettled with rain potential
Indiana Ohio expect fair Thursday and unsettled Friday with rain possible and little temperature change. Kentucky cloudy then rain Friday night with moderate temperatures. West Virginia fair Thursday, rain or snow Friday with minor temperature shifts. Temperature and precipitation readings from multiple stations follow. Cincinnati records for January 15 1919 show at 7 p.m. meridian time cloudy to clear and varying wind and temperatures compared to prior years.
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Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Farmerettes to keep right at it after war effort
Speakers at the Woman's Land Army of America convention in Philadelphia praised the farmerettes work during the war and urged ongoing female participation in farming. The first annual convention concluded with a call for sustained involvement and rural output.
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Woman's Land Army of America
Packing by Big Five linked to Food Administration men
Francis J. Heney former chief counsel for the Federal Trade Commission told the Senate Agricultural Committee that Swift and Co had “packed” the Food Administration with dollar-a-year men receiving large salaries from the company. He said Hoover sought to stop letters critiquing W. F. Priebe while with Swift. Hoover appealed to President Wilson to avoid hindering the food conservation campaign. Priebe’s status at Swift was discussed as Heney was recalled from Chicago.
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Associated Press
Washington
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Agricultural Committee Today
Swift & Co
Food Administration
Heney
Kenrick
Hoover
W. F. Priebe
Wilson
Chicago
Priebe
Uncertain Fate of Liebknecht as Arrests Rock Spartacus
In Berlin on January 15 the wife and youngest son of Dr. Liebknecht were freed after soldiers surrounded his house and seized Bolshevik documents. The eldest son remains in police hands and Fraulein Jakob, secretary of the Spartacus Union, was arrested. Still unknown are the whereabouts of Dr. Liebknecht former Chief of Police Eichhhorn and Rosa Luxemburg.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Liebknecht
Spartacans
Fraulein Jakob
Spartacus Union
Dr. Liebknecht
Eichhhorn
Rosa Luxemburg
Traction Line Sale Postponed in Delaware Ohio
The sale of the Columbus Magnetic Springs and Northern Traction Line was postponed due to Colonial Trust Company Pittsburg failing to file an answer in cross-petition. The road will be readvertised and rescheduled.
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Associated Press
Delaware, O
Columbus, Magnetic Springs & Northern Traction
Colonial Trust Company
Pittsburg
Bethlehem Steel War Board Clash Over Enforcing Awards
The National War Labor Board faces a challenge to its wartime awards as Bethlehem Steel disputes back pay and the board’s authority after hostilities. Taft pressed the company to show good faith while urging a possible special board inquiry as machinists and electricians allege discharges for seeking their awards.
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Associated Press
Washington
National War Labor Board
Bethlehem Steel Company
Taft
Bethlehem Company
Guy Currier
Boston
Er. G. Grace
War and Navy Departments
Mr. Taft
Currier
Labor Federation Urges Federal Control of Public Utilities
The American Federation of Labor recommends federal ownership or operation of all public and semi public utilities, plus wharves and docks. It backs child labor bans, equal pay, and extending federal oversight of corporations while expanding labor rights, taxation, and public employment cooperation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Committee On Reconstruction
The
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Executive Council
Railroad revolving fund to seek $500 million appropriation
Director General Hines plans another large appropriation for the Railroad Administration revolving fund to finance extensions and improvements. Loans will be at 6 and repayable, as the 1918 19 capital expenditure program shows about 1.627 billion needed, with 588 million spent last year and 689 million remaining for 1919.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Hines
Railroad Administration
Radicals Try to Seize Control in Labor Congress
In Chicago on January 15 radicals from Socialists and the I W W pressed for a new trial for Thomas J Mooney and Warren Billings and sought control of the National Labor Congress. The Credentials Committee delayed reports making outcome uncertain. The gallery cheered Socialist and I W W references as conservatives altered plans to counter the strong radical showing. A letter from two members was read.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
National Labor Congress
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren Billings
Committee On Resolutions
Transports From France Return with Army and Navy Units
Five more transports depart France carrying about 200 officers and 6,000 men of the army and navy. The George Washington, carrying President Wilson to Europe, leads the return fleet and docks in New York by January 20. The Chicago liner sails January 22 with the 814th Pioneer Infantry and casual officers from New York aboard.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Army
Navy
War Department
George Washington
Wilson
Europe
New York
Forty-ninth Infantry
Eightythird Division
332D
Italy
Eighty-third Division
166Th Infantry
Chicago
Pioneer Infantry
No Immediate Hope of Lower Food Prices
President of the Wholesale Grocers' Association told the annual convention that food price readjustment will take years and may never revert to the old standard. He cited increased gold production as a contributing factor.
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Associated Press
Stix
Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Orth asserts no Congress members traitors in league probe
Charles D. Orth, chairman of the National Security League's Congressional Committee, told the Special House Committee that no member of Congress betrayed their oath. He described a voter guide chart showing how to judge candidates and said the league did not seek to influence elections, only to inform voters of Congress voting records.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles D. ‘Orth
Congressional Committee
National Security League
Special
House
League
Congress
Orth
Navy dirgible completesNew York to Key West flight
The navy airship C-1 arrived in Key West at 2 45 this afternoon completing its flight from Far Rockaway New York The journey began Sunday with overnight stops at Norfolk Georgetown and Brunswick and ended in Florida indicating a successful test flight by the Associated Press report.
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Associated Press
Key West
Fla
Navy
Far Rockaway
N. Y
Norflok
Georgetown
S. C
Brunswick
Movie Stars Join Hands to Produce Their Own Films
Hollywood figures Miss Mary Pickford Douglas Fairbanks William S. Hart and Charles Chaplin forming a group with D W Griffith to produce and release their own pictures. Fairbanks indicates Griffith may be producer while plans include an in house releasing company and control from creation to exhibitor. They warn of consolidation harming the film business and exhibitors.
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Pickford
Fairbanks
Hart
Chaplin
Griffith
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
William S. Hart
Charles
D. W. Griffith
Mr. Griffith
Releasing Corporation
German Mine Sweepers Demand High Pay Increase
The crews of German mine sweepers will not serve without higher pay and a new schedule. They seek up to one hundred marks daily, excluding insurance. The proposed raise totals 400,000,000 marks. Mine sweeping in the Baltic and North Sea has halted and the fishing industry is suspended.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Cologne Volks Zeitung
Baltic
North Sea
Harmony Slogan Dominates Ohio Republican Meeting
At Columbus on January 15 the Ohio State Republican Central Committee and Advisory Committee met after a luncheon with Senator Warren G. Harding. They chose to cut the Advisory Committee from fifty to twelve to twenty members, with Harding Fullington and Fairbanks selecting the new panel.
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Republican State Central Committee of
Ohio
the Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
United States
Warren G. Harding
Republican Advisory Committee
Hamilton County
Myers
Y. Cooper
William Cooper Procter
Central Committee
Senator Harding
Harding
Edward M. Fullington
WN. H. Fairbanks
Springfield
Open versus secret peace conference debated in Paris
In Paris on January 15 the peace conference debates secrecy with a daily official communique and a gentleman's agreement to restrict meeting details. Americans and British oppose the plan while French Italians and Japanese back it, provoking protests from correspondents and pressure toward reopening sessions.
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Associated Press
Paris
Foreign Office
Lloyd George
Wilson
Delegates Named for Great Conference Talks
A joint communique from Paris reports the Allied delegations will be represented by five delegates each from the United States Britain France Italy and Japan. Additional delegates are allotted to Australia Canada South Africa India New Zealand Brazil and other states as the talks continue.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
London
British Empire
France
Italy
Japan
India
Australia
Canada
South Africa
New Zealand
Brazil
China
Greece
Poland
Porta
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