House Votes to Keep Membership at 435 in 1920
President Wilson sent about 2,000 postmaster nominations to the Senate as the House rejected an amendment to raise the seating to 483. The reapportionment gave California, Michigan, Ohio two extra seats, while Missouri Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Mississippi Nebraska North Dakota Rhode Island and Vermont lost one each. The agricultural budget, coal regulation debates, and a flat profits tax were discussed along with measures to curb pests and bolster industry.
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Overcrowded Moscow Jails Hold Latvian Hostages
Latvian hostages returning home report Moscow prisons overcrowded with prisoners exceeding 100,000, with monasteries and a rubber works converted to cells. Inmates are described as moving into halls described as indescribable.
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Riga
Moscow
Cossacks Revolt Tamed by Black French Guards at Tehatalja
Trench black troops fired on mutinous Cossacks of General Wrangel's former army encamped near Constantinople. Ten Russians killed and twenty wounded, two officers among them. French forces surrounded the mutineers and the leaders were arrested and court-martialed. 1,700 Cossacks sailed to Mudros as Wrangel consents.
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Lemnos
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Constanti-nople
Angola
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
United States
Smyrna
Dardanelles
Thrace
Biggest Trade on Record for United States in 1920
Washington reports 1920 foreign trade the largest in U.S. history with exports about 22,828,000,000 and imports near 14,270,000,000. Trade balance rund around 8,000,000,000 in favor of the United States, marking substantial gains from 1919 and noting exports were one third higher than the prior wartime year.
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United State
United States
Thase Fivara
CIA
Japan to Make Reparations for Viadivostok Shooting
The Japanese government has received from the American government a comprehensive communication on the shooting by a Japanese sentry at Vignivostok of Lieut. W. Th. Langdon. Satisfaction is asked and Japan will make every reparation once full reports are received from the army authorities.
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Viadivostok
W. Th. Langdon
Vignvosiok
Japan
$100,000,000 ship graft charged in intel and audit
New York reports an ongoing audit will reveal at least 100 million dollars in improper payments to shipbuilders by the United States Shipping Board. Col. H H Abadie alleges irregularities linked to Bethlehem Shipbuilding and Charles M Schwab. Audits may cost about 1 million as shipments and contracts are reviewed nationwide.
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New York
United States Shipping Board
H. Abadie
Walsh Congressional Committee
Charles M. Schwab
Congressional Committee On
Schwab
Eugene H. Abadie
Colonel Abadie
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Gays
Abadie
Bethlehem Corporation
Abadle
Payne
Bethlehem
Aludic
Martin J. Gillen
Shipping Board
Green Star Line
Fillien
Japan Asks US Britain To Halt Naval Build Up
Tokyo reports Marquis Shigenosu Okuma former prime minister says US proposals for a naval pause show effort to curb American spending. He argues America should seek British agreement before Japan will consider suspending programs, with Japan fixing minimal defense needs. Bokumin Shimbun criticizes US handling of Langdon death incident.
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Japan
Great Britain
United States
America
Shigenosu Okuma
Langdon
Viedivestok
Bokumin Shimbun
U S Fleets Are Combined Balboa Panama Jan 24
The Atlantic fleet, after passing through the Panama Canal on Thursday, joined the Pacific fleet here in Balboa Panama. The coordination marks a unified U S naval force status as of January 24.
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Bow
Harding to Call Extra Session of Congress
Washington January 18 Congress will be called into a special session on April 4 according to members of the House. Fordney, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, discussed with President-elect Harding tax aid and tariff questions upon his return from Mario where he conferred with Harding. The date influences tariff revision hearings then in progress.
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Trotsky to wed dancer in Moscow romance tale
Paris reports Leon Trotsky the Russian war minister is engaged to Mile Spezipytzova, a New York ballet dancer. Officially known to Moscow since October, the romance began last spring when the twenty year old blonde beauty first appeared in the Moscow opera in a minor part of The Rosa Dream Ballet.
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Leon Trotsky
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Spezipytzova
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Moscow
Hone
Trotzky
Senate Vote Sets Army at 175000 Men
Washington reports the senate, by 41 to 33, rejected reducing the army to 150,000 and defeated the 160,000 option. It adopted a resolution directing the secretary to pursue recruitment until the force reaches 175,000, rather than 275,000 as proposed by Senator New of Indiana.
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Steel Workers Accept Cut at Indiana Harbor
Obiengo Jan 21 unionized Illinois Steel workers met in secret at Indiana Harbor and agreed to accept the company wage reduction for now. The cuts, ranging from 17 to 20 percent by department, were endorsed after AFL organizers counseled against prolonged absence from work.
Five Bigham family shot dead in South Carolina area
Discovery of two more bodies raises death toll to five members of the Bigham family found shot Saturday near Pamptico. Authorities say revolver gear and band of L. & Bigham linked to the killings as searches continue for motive and suspects. Oldest Elks member, Col Wil T Tuker, 96, dies in Springfield after long service in Bolivia and Wind conventions.
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Bodiee
South Carolina
L. & Bigham
Elks
Springfield
Wil Yar T. Tuker
Order of Elks
United States
Bolivia
Christian County
Schwab Testimony Details 1918 Fleet Corp Expenses
Charles Schwab testified before a committee about October 1918 personal expenses charged to the Shipping Board totaling 200000. He denied improper intent and said he paid his own costs. he did not take a salary and handled travels without compensation. The testimony described irregularities linked to his dual roles, with Bethlehem Steel denying any improper payments. Next witnesses include Hurley Pier Gatewood Hague and others.
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Charles Schwab
Walab
Eee Btates
Schwab
Shipping Board
Echwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Behwab
Fleet Corporation
Abadie
Abddie
Wilson
Mr. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
Edward N. Hurley
Charles Pier
Chicago
R. D. Gatewood
Division of Construction and Repairs
Robert Hague
Hardings Refuse March Fourth Charity Ball
President and Mrs. Harding declined an agitation to attend a charity ball set for March 4 as a substitute for the discarded inaugural ball. The committee said Harding could not attend any ball at the time due to opinions already expressed against an inaugural ball, but the charity plan will not be abandoned.
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Washington
Assassination Attempt on Lenine Near Kremlin
Report from Moscow says a bomb was hurled at Premier Lenine as his guarded car moved toward a soviet congress meeting. The blast hit the following car, killing six guards and wounding three soldiers as twenty arrests were made in the aftermath.
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Lennie
Wartime Laws Repeal Move Advances in Senate Panel
Washington reports the senate judiciary committee approved a house resolution to repeal most wartime laws while amending to keep the food and fuel control act. In Pittsburg Kansas a high school senior and student paper business manager Wallace Bingle killed himself after being arrested on robbery and related charges.
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House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Pittsburg
Kan
Walace Bingle
Bingle
Fragmentary Thoughts on Women and Charity in a Dated Tale
The passage presents fragmented lines about women, factional loyalty, and social conduct. It includes quotes about Violet, Margot, and others, alongside cautions on constipation remedies and moral behavior, ending with a reflective line about misers versus generosity.
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