Army and river projects dominate congressional action
The house foresees a 150000-strong regular army with a total appropriation of 328,861,123 a cut of 63,697,242 from current funding. West Point receives 2,861,488. rivers and harbors total 15,250,000. The Frelinghuysen anti interlocking directorates bill moves after senate approval with tweaks. Senate leaders debate Fordney tariff amid claims of a filibuster to stall the measure.
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Washington
House
War Department
Philippine Scouts
Germany
Anthony
Appropriations Committee
National Guard
Guard
West Point
House Appropriations Committee
Frelinghuysen
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
Frelinghuysen Hill
DIL
Unknown Man Jumps to Death in Niagara River
An unidentified man from Cleveland is reported to have jumped into the Niagara River above the fill at 2:18 AM and was swept over the American brink. He spoke with a reservation officer, W Rhoades, minutes before his act, saying he planned a farewell jog before returning home. In Albany, a bill asks Congress to authorize transporting the body of an unknown soldier, preferably a New York state man, for burial with honors under the capitol rotunda.
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Niagara Falls
W. Rhoades
Rhodes
Cleveland
Park
Albany
Congress
New York State
Nicholas M. Pette
Allied Governments to Probe Austrian Trouble
Paris, Jan. 26. Allied supreme council to appoint a commission to thoroughly inquire into the European economic situation with emphasis on Austria. Sir Robert Horn, Louis Louchar, Sig. Clannial and ministers of commerce of allied nations named to represent the group. Austria’s future tied to neighboring economies. a proposed $25,000,000 yearly advance was not acted upon.
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Paris
League of Nations
Allied Supreme Council
Europe
Austria
Robert Horn
Worrd
Louis Louchar
France
Sig. Clannial
Belgium
Reparations Commission
Young Crane Confesses to Attack at Lincoln Park
Herbert Prentice Crane Jr. sits in North Halsted station after confessing to assaulting 13 year old Louise Sturm in Lincoln Park. He nervously pleaded, offered a bribe of 500 dollars to be released, while his father’s divorce and alimony arrangements surfaced in the case.
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Chicago
Herbert Prentice Crane, Jr
Herbert P. Crane
R. T. Crane
The
Crane Company
North Halsted Street
Louise Sturm
Lincoln Park
Crane
Hha Jong
Youn Crane
Elida Isa Crane
Vanderbilt nuptials add to society ties in New York
Catherine Nelson Vanderbilt former wife of Reginald C. Vanderbilt married Sydney Janey Colford in a quiet ceremony at the bride’s New York home. Supreme Court Justice Hotchkiss performed the ceremony in the presence of a few friends tying two notable society lineages together.
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Reggie
New York
Catherine Nelson Vanderbilt
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Sydney Janey Colford
Newport Club
Supreme Court
Hotchkiss
First Modern Census Reveals Japan Empire Population
The census bureau announced figures showing the empire's population at 77,005,510 with Japan proper excluding Korea and islands listing 55,061,140. This marks the first census taken by modern methods in Japan and its empire.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Saghalien
Schwab Cleared of Expense Payment Charges by Walsh Panel
Washington report says Charles M Schwab was cleared of claims that he received government payments for expenses while leading the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Rep Steele of Pennsylvania announced the committee found the charges unproved and not true based on testimony and documents. Schwab welcomed the ruling and called it the best news he had ever heard.
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Washington
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Walsh
Representative Steele
Dem
Pennsylvania
Schwab
New York
Steele
Select Committee
Shipping Board
Walsh Committee
Japan Says Army of 1,000,000 in Regulars
War correspondent Frederick A. Smith reports from San Francisco that Japan maintains an army of 1,000,000 regular soldiers and has a record military budget. He notes feverish war preparations, garrison towns producing poison gases, and swift assembly of photographic materials for naval aviation, with Formosa heavily fortified. Smith aims to relay sensitive information to Washington.
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San Francisco
Frederick A. Smith
A. Shelton
Unan
Ching
Jinois
Japan
Smith
Formosa
China
Maorida
Langdon Blameless in Vindivostok Shooting Verdict
Washington January 27 The United States naval court of inquiry reported that engineer officer Lieutenant W H Langdon of the cruiser Albany was the victim of an unwarranted attack. Langdon was found blameless and evidence supported his ante mortem statement that the Japanese sentry fired first.
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Washington
W. H. Langdon
United States
Albany
Vindivostok
United States Naval Court of Inquiry
Navy Department
Langdon
Hail Liberty in 18 Tongues on a Glasgow Liner
A Glasgow liner entering New York Harbor brought 748 immigrants from eighteen countries. Passengers vocally greeted Miss Liberty in many languages as officers noted the diverse make up of the crew and crowd aboard the ship.
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New York Harbor
Glasgow
New York
Miss Liberty
Heyer
Senate Passes Gronna Packing Control Bill
Washington January 25 the Gronna bill to place the packing industry under strict government control passed the Senate by 48 to 88 and goes to the house amid opposition. It creates a federal livestock commission to curb packers conspiracies, regulate markets and prices, and ensure food supplies. The measure also requires packers to relinquish stockyard holdings within two years. DOJ actions against packers are ongoing in courts.
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Washington
Gronna
Senate
House
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Department of Justice
Greek passports forged in consulate fraud racket
Greek subjects emigrating to the United States used forged Greek foreign office signatures on passports submitted to the American consul general. Over 50 passports were filed in one day, 25 proved forged, with fears many others have entered the U.S. on spurious documents. A small Greek clique operated a regular bogus passport trade, with 8000 drachmas paid for a single document.
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Athens
United States
W. J. Lowrie
Yises
San Francisco Bar Dig Project For Deep Ocean Channel
Col. Herbert Deakyne, U S district engineer in San Francisco, reported approval to conduct an exhaustive examination and to prepare cost estimates for digging a channel through the San Francisco bar. He said the proposed cut would be as deep and wide as the entrance to New York harbor.
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San Francisco
Herbert Deakyne
United
United States
New York Harbor
Fifty Thousand Dollar Ransom Demanded In Hollywood Kidnaping
Los Angeles police report a ransom note demanding sixty thousand dollars for the return of Mrs Gladys Witherell kidnapped Tuesday evening from her home at 1843 Whitley Avenue. The note, placed under the door at the Witherell residence, was addressed to G Witherell the husband.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gladys Witherell
Hollywood
Whitley Avenue
G. &. Witherell
Plan Would Merge Allied War Debts to America
The proposal, urged by President elect Harding, would consolidate all Allied wartime debts to the United States into long term notes maturing 1922 to 1947, shifting the burden from Europe to America. Lloyd George and Briand discuss with Geddes and Sforza, while Morgan House backs the scheme as Paris bankers quantify the $24,000,000,000 accord in gold.
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Europe
America
Carnell
Harding
Geddes
Lloyd George
Supreme Council
Briand
Count Sforza
Germany
Boumer
Morgan House
Great Britain
Lord Chalmers
House of Morgan
Russia
Paris
McKinley Birthday Dispute Raised By Burke
James F Burke former Republican national committee secretary and former Pittsburgh congressman at a McKinley club dinner asked why January 29 is observed as McKinley birthday when records show February 26 or 28. He cited Burke noted McKinley told the House he was born February 26 1844 and that fourteen congressional directories list February 26.
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Pittsburgh
James Francis Burke
Repubican National Committee
Congress
McKinley Club
McKinley
Mr. Burke
National House of Representatives
Fire at Pullman shops causes huge loss in Chicago
A large fire at the Pullman company shops on One Hundred and Eighth street and Langley avenue in Chicago caused an estimated 500000 dollars in damage. Fifteen Pullman cars valued at up to 12000 dollars each and 22 new refrigerator cars valued at about 5000 dollars each were destroyed. The shop buildings suffered heavy damage.
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Chicago
Pullman Company
One Hundred
Eighth Street
Langley Avenue
Texas Senate considers bill blocking alien land ownership
Austin news reports a bill introduced in the Texas state senate to ban aliens from owning land. The measure was referred to the committee on state affairs for consideration.
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Texas Senate
Austin
Tex
Texas
State Senate
Committee On State Affairs
Housewarming Gift Dilemmas and Odd Quotations
The New York Herald notes a critique of court shipping boards and mentions a bankrupt Smith, with Enicker and Bocker as referenced figures. It adds a quip on preferring Nature's herb over drug cathartics and touches on a Garfield Tea ad. There is a Housewarming query about proper gifts, suggesting coal as a practical option.
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Miss High
Roberta Mitchell
Ossulston
London
H. Crane, JR
Catherine Vanderbilt
Deglares Schwab
Steel Man
Frederick Smith
Orient
Daniels
U.S. Court of Inquiry
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Golden Gate
Parth’ Dispatch
M’kinley
Pullman
Babs
Enicker
Bocker
the Courtshipping Board
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Yellow Sox
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C. W. Burton
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