Nation Faces Peace Talks and Radicals Roundup
With Congress reconvening after the holidays, pressure grows to break the peace treaty deadlock as both sides seek first offers. A massive radical roundup on January 2 nets about 4,000 communist and labor party members in 42 cities.
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Congress
Department of Justice
Portland
Maine
Oregon
New York
New England
Federal Reserve Board
Post Office
James H. Knight
Cleveland
Bellefonte
Interstate Commerce Commission Supremes Authority
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kerwood
Terschelling
Holland
Hamburg
United States
Leviathan
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Bureau of Railway Economics
Washington
Bureau of Economics
George Washington
Notorious jail hanging shocks Chicago crowd
A 200 prisoner audience witnessed the hanging of Rafaelo Dirrago in a county jail yard as guards aimed to deter future crime. A shouted question from a top tier echoed through the gallows area and drowned out the sheriff, marking a grim, controversial display amid broader disaster and crime reports across the nation.
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Chicago
Rafaelo Dirrago
Durrago
Juneau
Alaska
Alaska Juneau Mining Company
United States
Kane
Philadelphia
Vienna
Morgen
New York
White House
Lincoln
Wilson
People's Freedom Union
Fifth Avenue
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court Upholds Wartime Prohibition Authority
The Supreme Court, by a 5 to 4 vote, sustained Congress power to define intoxicating beverages under wartime prohibition. The decision upheld injunctions against Jacob Ruppert for beer over 0.5 percent alcohol and allowed prosecutions of vendors who sold beer since October 28 under the Volstead act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Brandeis
Day
van Devanter
McReynolds
Clarke
Jacob Ruppert
New York
Standard Brewery
Baltimore
American Brewing Company of
New Orleans
Frierson
Department of Justice
American Reds May Be Charged With Treason
Portland officials indicate treason charges, carrying the death penalty, may be filed against alleged American Reds linked to a communist labor party group. Investigations follow raids that netted 40 citizens and 11 aliens, with federal guidance awaited from Washington. Local authorities prepare to present evidence to immigration authorities for deportation. The state grand jury has begun probing American Communist Party activities and may return criminal syndicalism charges if warranted.
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Portland
Ore
Communist Labor Party
Washington
Communist Party
Bolsheviki Capture Maripool Seaport
London dispatch reports Bolsheviki seize the seaport of Maripool in Ekaterinoslav government, located 63 miles west of Taganrog. The action broadens Bolshevik control in the region amid ongoing conflicts.
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London
Maripool
Ekaterinoslav
Taganrog
Allies Refuse Troop Reductions For Plebiscite Zones
Paris note handed to German delegates rejects lowering troop numbers for territories to be plebiscited. It cites US nonparticipation has cut Allied forces by a quarter and argues Germany’s cost savings negate any request to reduce troops.
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Paris
United States
Germany
Dempsey Accepts $400,000 Offer for Carpentier Bout
Jack Kearns, manager of heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, said he accepted a $400,000 purse from James W. Cof froth for a 45 round fight between Dempsey and Georges Carpentier at Tia Juana in Lower California.
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Los Angeles
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
James W. Coffroth
Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Tia Juana
California
Carpentier Accepts Dempsey Bout Terms in Paris
Deschainps manager Georges Carpentier, in Paris, wired James Corroth that he accepts the terms for a championship fight with Dempsey in America. The sole dispute concerns fight length as Carpentier refuses more than 15 rounds, preferring 10.
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Carpentier
Paris
Descamps
Georges Carpentier
James Corroth
Dempsey
America
Bryan League Shifts Support to James W. Gerard
The Bryan league of New York, revived to back William Jennings Bryan, now endorses James W. Gerard for the Democratic nomination after Gerard filed his candidacy in South Dakota. Augustus Thomas plans a January 15 dinner in New York to launch Gerard’s campaign.
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New York
Bryan League of
William Jennings Bryan
James W. Gerard
Germany
South Dakota
Augustus Thomas
Mr. Bryan
Gerard
Minneapolis grain market report shows varied prices
Wheat prices range from $3.16 to $3.50 for No. 1 grades, Montana dark wheat at $3. The corn market lists No. 3 yellow at $1.44 to $1.46 and No. 3 mixed at $1.39 to $1.97. Oats read 82 to 84 percent for No. 2 white, barley at $1.50 to $1.55, rye No. 2 around $1.81 to $1.90, and flax No. 1 at $4.81 to $4.86.
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Minneapolis
Montana
Chicago Livestock Market Slips as Receipts Rise
Chicago Livestock reports on January 7 with hogs down 60 cents to 14.60 to 14.90 while top hogs reach 14.90. Cattle receipts hit 20 000 with a weak tone and diverse price ranges from 6.40 to 20. Cattle, veal, and sheep values listed across weight classes as markets show mixed strength and weakness.
St Paul Livestock Market Reports January 7
South St. Paul hogs receipts 35,000 with market 30 cents lower. Cattle received 5,200 with kill levels steady and fat steer prices from 6.50 to 8.18. Calves up 60 cents to 6.16. Stockers and feeders steady at 5.50 to 6.12. Sheep receipts 2,000 market steady with lambs at 7.18, wethers 9.13, ewes 5.50 to 9.50.
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St. Paul
South St. Paul
Omaha Livestock Market Sees Mixed Declines Across Specs
Omaha stockyard receipts total 16 000 hogs 7 000 cattle and 9 000 sheep. Hogs mostly 25 to 35 cents lower with top at 14 50 and lighter weights around 14 20 to 14 30. Cattle show gains in killing and feeder grades with beef steers and heifers trading up to 18 50 and 13 25 respectively. cows to 13 a few lower. Sheep and feeders steady with lambs 18 25 to 17 30 per hundred, yearlings 13 50 to 15 25.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Omaha
British Rail Strike Favored Pending Conference
London reports indicate railway workers in key centers have accepted the government settlement while the Herald notes a looming conference to reject the offer. Strong calls for a national strike persist if the original wage demands are not met.
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London
Herald
Laborite
Earthquake in Mexico Kills over a Thousand in Vera Cruz Region
Official tallies report 1 300 killed across several towns in Vera Cruz after Saturday's quake. Cenral centers like Couztlan and Calcahuateo suffer heavy losses with hundreds listed dead or missing. Roads and villages collapsed, hindering communications and rescue efforts.
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Couztlan
Vera Cruz District
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Teocelo
Barranca Grande
San Francisco de la Pena
Baconda
Coscomiutepec
Calcahualco
Wilk
Calcahuateo
Gulf
Trotzky's Best Friend Grabb ed by Red Raiders
New York January 6 The Department of Justice announced the arrest on a deportation warrant of Gregory Weinstein chief of staff of Soviet Russia's ambassador Ludwig Martens. Weinstein, known as Trotzky's best friend, co operated on the Russian language paper Novy Mir and held high duties in the Soviet bureau including money control and propaganda distribution.
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New York
Gregory Weinstein
Soviet Russia
Ludwig CG
K. Martens
Department of Justice
Trotzky
Hin
Novy Mir
Weinstein
Martens
Government campaign to deport 8000+ aliens advances
Justice officials in Washington say the drive to deport more than 8000 radicals from the communist and communist labor parties will be a long fight. They warn the immigration service is undersupplied and will need funds and legal help to expand. Commissioner Caminetti urged Congress for at least 10 more lawyers to handle deportation details.
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Washington
Jan
Department of Justice
Immigration Service
Congress
Anthony Caminetti
House Committee
Two American Oil Men Murdered in Tampico District
State Department reports show two more U S oil men I J Roney and Karl Bowles were killed by Mexicans in the Tampico district. Embassy in Mexico City urged strict action to capture and punish the killers. The killings raise total U S deaths in the region since April 1917 to nineteen.
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Washington
State Department
I. J. Roney
Karl Bowles
Tumplco
Mexico
Mexico City
Tampico
Department
Bonillas to Quit Washington Post Says Mexico City
Mexico City reports Ygnacio Bonillas ambassador to the United States will relinquish his post January 25 to return to Mexico City and run in general elections. Jose Diego Fernandez is named to succeed him as ambassador in Washington, according to reliable sources.
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Mexico City
Ygnacio Bonillas
United States
Jose Diego Fernandez
Foreign Office
Senor Bonillas
Mahon Resigns as State Engineer and Highway Commissioner
Archie W. Mahon of Glasgow has handed in his resignations to Governor Stewart for both the state engineer post effective April 1 and the highway commissioner seat effective January 15. Stewart praises Mahon as highly efficient and faithful to the state.
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Mahon
Stewart
Mr. Mahon
Archie Mahon
Commission in Montana Trades Commission Downs Staff
The Montana commission has laid off its office staff pending a federal ruling on the constitutionality of the act creating the Montana trade commission. Affected are Chief Clerk Jack Stewart Miss Harriett Sanders Mrs Sykes and E C James. If the law is upheld laid off workers may be rehired. Miss Sanders and Stewart have prior overseas service with the Y M C A and Knights of Columbus. Deputy market investigators were laid off earlier.
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Jack Stewart
Knights of Columbus
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