Ohio plans large federal aided road program to curb unemployment
Ohio lawmakers push a joint resolution for a five year road build plan using federal aid. The total outlay would reach about 15 million dollars annually with Ohio's share near 7.4 million. The measure, tied to national labor relief efforts, awaits a vote. other items include suffrage actions and a financial audit bill for school districts.
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Associated Bross
Columbus
Ohio
Congress
Beetham
Senate Committee of Congress
Cox
James A. Reynolds
Cleveland
House Committee On Elections
McCoy
The
Elections Committee
Reynolds
Svedersky
Sandusky County
Main Market Road 7
McPherson H Gdhohorset
James _B. Moted
Indiana
Edger School
Crosser
Columbiana County
Ringleaders of Bolshevist group seized in Rochester
In Rochester two foreigners described as ringleaders of a Bolshevist faction were arrested. Heavily armed, they carried Bolshevist literature allegedly supplied from New York City. A circular urged Reds to rise and use dynamite and fire. Police, acting on tips from the pair, pursue other members for federal inquiry.
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New York City
Bolshevist
Birthday unrest as Kaiser’s former ruler faces concert backlash
AMERONGEN January 26 Former German Emperor William Hohenzollern nears his sixtieth birthday to a flood of flowers and letters many congratulatory but some abusive. Dutch authorities and a castle servant filter communications while a proposed Amerongen church choir concert in his honor drew strong outcry and was abandoned. He leads a plain routine days, bath followed by massage then simple meals and censored news briefings.
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Amerongen Castle
Germany
Holland
Amerongen
Erar
Countess von Bentinck
William Hohenzollern
Bentinck
Peace Conference Opens With Small Powers Backing Plan
At Paris on January 27 the peace conference united the small powers behind the framework proposed by the five great powers. Jules Cambon guided the session of the nineteen small powers as they joined the governance formula, with Belgium Serbia Romania and others present. The day saw the creation of new commissions on finance private and maritime law and the start of work by the Labor and Military Demobilization teams, with Wilson and House advancing League of Nations talks.
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Associated Press
Paris
Jules Cambon
Washington
Council of the Great Powers
Belgium
Serbia
Rumania
M. Cambon
Hebate
Greece
Quai d’Orsay
M. Jules Cambon
League of Nations
Paul Hymans
Epitacio Pessoa
Brazil
Wellington ‘Koo
China
M. R
Czecho- Slovak Republic
M. Benes
H. E. Thomas
C. T. Wanger
M.coromilas
M. Trumbitch
Uruguay
Carlos Blanco
Supreme Council
Wilson
Pacific
Far East
Colonel House
Robert Cecil
Labor Commission
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
James Duncan
John Re Alpine
American Labor
Mr. Gompers
Edward N. Harley
Military Commission
Maniac terrorizes Philadelphia in pistol spree
A man calling himself Omega, son of Jesus Christ, fired on crowds in central Philadelphia from a power house to a street, killing three men and wounding five before being beaten into submission by a motorcycle officer. Police identified victims as Thomas Holleran, John Knox, and George Dingall. Dingall died at the scene, Knox died instantly, Holleran died later. A notebook listed city power houses. the suspect used two revolvers and was taken to a hospital. He was known as George Lembo at his lodging, about 30 years old. Also noted: Kathleen R. Harris, a record-holding U.S. nurse, served four years in Red Cross, sailing from New York in July 1914 before war declaration.
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Omega
Son of
Jesus Christ
Thomas Holleran
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
John Knox
George Dingall
Dingall
Kathleen R. Harris
United States of America
New York
England
Liverpool
Plebiscite Sees 60 Percent Favor Union With Switzerland
In Vorarlberg and Tyrol counties near Switzerland, 60 percent of voters favor joining Switzerland. The Swiss confederation reportedly does not want to add another Austrian canton and may refuse the request.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Voralberg
Tyrol
British Forces Advance in Trans Caucasia
Amsterdam report says British forces have advanced to Baku and occupied the Transcaucasian Railway. The dispatch also claims occupation of Petrogradsk and Astrakhan at the Volga mouth, amid tensions in the region.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Berlin
Baku
Transaucasian Railway
Etrovsk
Astrakhan
Volga River
Weather Summary for Ohio Indiana and Adjacent Regions
Fair conditions persist across Ohio and Indiana Tuesday and Wednesday with mild temperatures. Kentucky and West Virginia also fair with similar mild readings. Reported station data show varied temperatures across Omaha Denver Winnipeg and San Francisco with clear to cloudy conditions and light precipitation notes.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Wales Anne
City
Omaha
Denver
San Francisco
Winnipeg
P.m
Ture
Final German Assembly election results announced
Paris dispatch reports definite results: 165 Social Democrats, 91 Centrists, 75 Democrats, 38 Conservatists, 22 National Liberals, and 22 Independents elected to the German Assembly. The figures reflect early returns from the January 27 vote.
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Associated Press
Paris
War Revenue Bill Nears Complete Bipartisan Accord
Senate and House conferees reached a basis for full agreement on the war revenue bill including wars excess profits taxes oil and gas provisions and the second class mail rate repeal. The plan retains a 30 percent rate on corporate excess profits with stepped increases and maintains a 20 percent bonafide sales exemption for oil and gas wells. A final bill is expected for passage next week before reaching President Wilson.
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Senate
House
Kitchin
Theory of murder in woman's death shocks Englewood readers
Bergen County police said the death of a young woman may be murder but later suggested suicide. A chauffeur, George White, admitted aiding an unconscious woman into a car but then denied knowing her, casting doubt on the case. The morgue scene showed bandaged head and a chloroform bottle afterward.
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Associated Press
Englewood
N. J
A .Desola
Bergen
George White
Italians Apologize for Insult to Old Glory
Admiral Niblack reported to the Navy that Italian authorities lowered the American flag on the steamer Dinara in Jelsa on January 16 due to a misunderstanding. He said the Italian commander apologized and ordered the flags restored after the incident, which involved both Allied and American ensigns being lowered.
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Navy Department
Jelsa
Washington
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Niblack
Adriatic Naval Committee
Allied Maritime Council
Naval Committee
United States
Paris Crime Wave Tied to American Troops Says Press
Paris reports claim December violence in the Seine department rose with American soldiers blamed for 34 murders 220 assaults and nearly 500 fights. The Mafin cites police reorganization boosting wholesale arrests of deserters. The Intransigeant notes rising armed attacks and jewel thefts and defends the new American police contingent.
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Paris
Department of the Seine
William W. Harts
Montmartre
TRY TO HOLD THE SAILORS
Paris January 27 American naval authorities aim to avoid adding to U S unemployment by keeping all able sailors who wish to stay. Discharge no man who does not want to leave and has no job prospect.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
Conscientious objectors released by War Department
Kansas lawmakers condemn Secretary Baker for freeing 113 conscientious objectors. In Leavenworth the 113 were discharged from Ft. Leavenworth, with two objec tors refusing to leave for religious scruples. They began to receive mileage, civilian clothes, and freedom to travel from induction onward.
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Associated Press
Popeka
Kan
Baker
War Department
Ft. Leavenworth
Washington
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Maniac
Trail OF Death
Philadelphia
Madman
Knox
Herron
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George Lembo
RED Cross
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Simmons
Pans
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Adriatic
Maxim’s
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United States Army
Associated ‘Press
Leavenworth, Kan
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