Texas Ranger Condemnation Sparks House Hearing
Texas Representative J. Canales accused the Rangers of a string of outrages as he defended a bill to reorganize the State Ranger service. He cited arrests, disappearances, a death with three gunshot wounds, jailhouse abductions, and unburied corpses. The bill was postponed to the next day.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas Rangers
J. 42. Canales
State
Ranger Service
Canares
Mr. Canares
George L. Terrell
Miller
Canales
Question of Territory and Russian Peace Conference Agenda
Paris reports the Supreme Council meeting at Versailles as it outlines four main topics for Saturday’s plenary session: international labor legislation, war damage and punishments, indemnities, and international control of ports waterways and railways. The United States signals a cautious stance on punishments while preparing to compile reparations figures.
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Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Joint Allies Commission
Altho
Hoh-El
Joe Vest
We Vrlticatl
Tueul Reaus
United States
Rle
Supreme War Council
Foch
Haig
General Diaz
Versailles
Council of the Great Powers
Wilson
Germany
Marshal Foch
Marshal Haig
Pershing
Diaz
War Council of Versailles
Bolsheviks Evacuate Petrograd and Swap HQs in War Report
Dispatches report Bolshevik forces evacuating Petrograd removing stores as Leon Trotzky shifts headquarters to Niizhny Novgorod and anti Bolshevik resistance grows. Zinovieff linked to Lenine faces surrender talk. unconfirmed reports say Orenburg captured, raising risks for allied Transcaucasian forces.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Berlinske Tidende
Helsingsfors
Leon Trotzky
Nizni- Novgorod
London
Zinovieff
Sinoveff
Russia
Bolshevik Trussia
Orenburg
Ural River
Black Sea
Denitkine
Transcaucasia
Baker Wants Capital Tq Ott Rainbow Men
A garbled item references Baker seeking capital and Rainbow Men in Washington. The text is fragmented and names may be misspelled, leaving unclear specifics about the event or entities involved.
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BAKER
Capital
Rainbow Men
Food relief bill in Europe heads for quick passage
Washington reports predict the administration food relief bill for Europe will pass tomorrow after a day of debate with lawmakers sparse in their seats. Bipartisan Trumpet of support grows with Hitchcock Smoot and Kellogg backing the measure while Cummins leads Republican opposition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Europe
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
Smoot
Utah
Kellogg
Minnesota
Cummins
Peace Congress Move Draws Mixed Russian Reactions
Sergius Sazonofff former Russian prime minister now representing Yekaterinar and Siberian governments at Omsk says he will not attend the conference proposed by the Supreme Council with Bolshevik representatives. The hoped for tranquilization of Russia by the great powers remains uncertain with no reply from Bolshevik or other factions.
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Associated Press
Sergius Sazonofff
Yekaterino@ar
Siberian
Omsk
Supreme Council
Russia
Weather Summary by Region and Temperature Readings
Ohio and Indiana show partly cloudy or warmer conditions through Friday and Saturday with increasing sunshine. West Virginia and Kentucky expect fair weather with rising temperatures, while Kansas City and Omaha report 40s with no precipitation. Dallas readings indicate a mix of cloud and rain from prior days. A January 23, 1919, observation notes a nine meridian time comparison with prior years, recording highs around 50 and lows near 36 with occasional rain and cloudy conditions.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Kansas City
Er Pee
Orleans
Omaha Seseemee
Galveston
Denver
Nashville Aidans
Francisco
Winnipeg
Neimati
T & SW
Return of Twenty-seventh Division Sets Parade Plans in U.S.
Washington outlines how the Twenty-seventh Division will be demobilized after WWI. A substantial portion may parade in Chicago or Washington, with Camp Upton as the demobilization point. Sick and wounded will travel by ambulance while troops return with side arms but no artillery yet shipped home.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
New York National Guard
Pershing
Baker
Black Hawk
Chicago
Camp Grant
Oif
Rhine
War Department
Camp Upton
Twenty-seventh
France
Gunman wounded after hour long Dayton police chase
Howard Conway, 22, of Wheeling, Virginia, was shot in the back and captured after an hour clash with Dayton police. Police say he and Ben Maxwell, 19, from Clarksburg, West Virginia, escaped a Graf ton reformatory and stole jewelry from Cambrian and Bellaire stores. Both suspects are in custody with multiple burglaries attributed.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Charles Ferris
Howard Conway
Wheeling
WW. Va
Conway
Ben Maxvwell
Clarksburg
W. Va
Bolshevik Propaganda Ties Cited by U S Witness
Archibald Stevenson of the Military Intelligence Bureau told a Senate committee that Bolshevik leaders in the United States have organized soviets in industrial centers and aim to seize the government. He cited a New York Staats Zeitung editorial and said money for propaganda came from Russia. He named John Reed and Albert Rhys Williams, and reported schools teaching Bolshevik doctrine to children.
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Washington
Senate
Archibald Stevenson
Military Intelligence Bureau
Stevenson
United States
Germany
New York
Staats Zeitung
John Reed
Albert Rhys Williams
Hutchings Hapgood
Leonad D. Abbott
8Evenson
Russia
Reed
Williams
Senator Overman
Frederick ©. Howe
Immigration
Ess
Howe
Swift asserts need for Food Administration control amid meat surge
Louis F Swift testifies before the House Interstate Commerce Committee that the Food Administration stabilizes meat markets and should continue strong oversight. He cites profits at risk from price declines and opposes federal licenseing of packing plants, urging government access to packers' books as safer than broader controls. He denies collusion charges by the FTC and notes Swift & Co has 25 000 stockholders with a broad family leadership in meat packing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Food Administration
Swift
Federal Trade Commission
Preacher’s Invocation Triggers Senate Debate in Indiana
In Indianapolis on January 23, State Senator Charles Hagerty of South Bend challenged the opening prayer by Rev. W. H. Lock of Columbus, protesting what he called an effort to sway Senate policy through prayer. Hagerty was ruled out of order by Lt. Gov. Bush as the chamber voted on his appeal, and a motion later removed the minister from further sessions.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Charles A. Hagerty
South Bend
W. H. Lock
Columbus
Ind
Senate
Hagerty
Bush
Conventions May Be Revived In Ohio Legislature
Ohio lawmakers debate replacing direct primary with party and public conventions for nominating governors and state officers. Plan, supported by some Republicans, would have voters elect delegates directly to a state convention with safeguards. Also discussed are influenza research funding and a state hospital survey for dispensary planning.
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Harding
Warren G. Harding
Capitol
McKinley
Roosevelt
House
Weist
Tuscarawas County
Congress
Talley
Delaware County
State Board of Health
Submarine captures blind tiger craft in Mississippi Sound
A naval submarine chaser overhauled and captured the gasoline launch Tim carrying whisky valued at 15 000 in Mississippi Sound. Two shots were fired before the craft yielded. Wilfred H Merifed and Louis J Lallamen were taken ashore charged with violating federal laws.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Tim
Mississippi Sound
F. S. Pendleton
Department of Justice
Mobile
Wilfred H. Merifed
Louis J. Lallamen
Britons Face Wide Strikes Over Meal Breaks
In England serious strikes spread as 147,000 Yorkshire coal miners idle after employers refuse a twenty minute meal break for surface workers. Shipbuilding and Clyde yards threaten action over breakfast time amid a push for a thirty hour week within unions.
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Associated Press
London
England
Yorkshire
Clyde
T.’dock
Shipbuilding
Villa charges new outrage detains Americans at Santa Eulalia
Francisco Villa with about 150 followers seized Santa Eulalia in Chihuahua region late yesterday killing four federal soldiers and looting mines and homes. He detained Americans tied to the local mines before releasing them as his forces moved toward Mapula and the near Chihuahua City. General Castro reported Villa’s actions and subsequent disappearance.
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Juarez
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Santa Eulafia
Chihuahua City
Santa Eulalia
Villa
Mapula
Jesus Agustin Castro
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