Bavaria Refuses Disarmament Amid General Strike Threats
Bavarian premier Von Kahr is ordered to Berlin to protest allied disarmament terms unchanged by reparations. Munich crowds sing Deutschland Uber Alles and protest the Paris decision while the National Socialist party warns of a general strike if demands are not referred to a vote. Workers in mining districts strike in Mansfield and Ruhr agitation grows for reduced work. In Upper Silesia miners refuse overtime payments. Berlin notes a Berlin Tageblatt memo from Charles Bergmann says coal deliveries cannot continue as Spa agreement ends Feb 1.
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London
von Kahr
Berlin
Bavaria
Munich
Entente Commission
National Socialist Workers’ Party
Matthias Erzberger
German Federation of Labor
Ino
Berliner Tageblatt
Charles Bergmann
Paris
Germany
Spa
Skater 74 Drowned at Forest Lake New York
The body of Alfred T. White, 74, credited with building the first model tenements, was recovered from Forest Lake, N Y, where he drowned while aboroving. A separate item notes Hoover announcing a vast collection of Bolshevist and European war documents to Leland Stanford University, totaling 375000 volumes. A third report says postmaster at St Charles Mo reported a $100000 registered pouch stolen by five men as a mail carrier was held up, with the loss awaiting official assessment.
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New York
Alfred T. White
Forest Lake
N. Y
Leland Stanford University
Herbert Hoover
Germany
Hoover
California University
St. Ouis
William. Thornhill
Dall
St. Charles
Here
St. Louis
Court delivers heavy sentences in Near Alot Nebraska
Federal Judge T O Munger drew a near riot as he imposed the court’s heaviest narcotic penalties. Six violators received penitentiary terms up to fifteen years and one man was fined $2,000. Deputy marshals restored order while a woman fainted and a newly sentenced man attempted to leap from a window.
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Omaha
German Foreign Minister Refuses Entente Basis Negotiations
Dr. Walter Simons in the Reichstag declares Germany will not negotiate on entente terms for reparations and will present counter propositions. He notes cabinet tensions, a near-crisis over his resignation, and promises to maintain disarmament obligations while engaging with empire states. Berlin press laments reparations as a hit to central Europe’s economy.
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Union News Hervieg
Berlin
Heb
Walter Simons
Simons
Ebert
Simmons
Seydoux
Brussels
Europe
France
Belgium
Italy
India on Verge of Revolt in Calcutta Era
Onboard Colusa from Calcutta via Manila and Honolulu officers report India near a large uprising. British troops are being rushed from Great Britain to reinforce garrisons and defend key posts amid widespread unrest incited by agitators and professional revolutionists.
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San Francisco
India
England
Great Britain
Calcutta
Manila
Honolulu
Germany Violates Pact Seizure of Arms in Silbian Plebiscite
Warsaw dispatches report Inter Allied plebiscite police seized a shipment from Germany into the Silbian plebiscite area. The cargo allegedly violated the peace treaty and included 500 rifles from the 1920 model, 100000 cartridges, 2500 hand grenades, and 9600 gas bombs.
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Warsaw
Germany
Senate to Convene March Fourth for Special Session
President Wilson issues proclamation calling a special session of the Senate to meet at noon March 4. The gathering will consider cabinet and other appointments by President-elect Harding and is expected to last only a short time.
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Washington
Wilson
Harding
Senate
Negro woman runs for alderman in Chicago ward
Mrs. Lulu M. Sims becomes the first Black woman to file for aldermanic candidacy in Chicago. She seeks the Fourteenth ward once a Sullivan stronghold in the city council race.
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Chicago
City Council of
Lulu M. Sims
Fourteenth
Roger C. Sullivan
Wilson Refuses to Commute Debs Sentence
President Wilson declines to commute the ten year sentence of Eugene V. Debs for espionage act violations. He reaffirms a DOJ recommendation to reduce the term to expire on February 12.
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Washington
Wilson
Eugene V. Debs
Department of Justice
Debs
Germany to Seek Fresh Demands in Berlin Talks
Germany will not withdraw from negotiations but rejects Paris proposals as a starting point. Dr Ernst Keholz, economics minister, says Germany would not accept a pact it cannot fulfill and notes the Versailles treaty outlined a different method for determining the indemnity to be paid.
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Berlin
Germany
Paris
Ernst Keholz
Supreme Council
Japan Maintains Right To Yap and Armament Policy
Tokio reports Prime Minister Uchida told the diet Japan will pursue its claim to German rights in Yap and reiterated honor-bound restrictions on emigration to the United States. Ozaki proposals to curb armaments spark party division as Japan's budget allocates heavy military spending amid debate on whether to prioritize education.
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Tokio
Japan
Yap
Viscount Uchida
Kotaro Mochizuki
United States
M. Mochizuki
Uchida
Kensei-Kai
Yukio Ozaki
Kensei-Kai Party
M. Ozaki
Kokunlu Shimbun
England
Thenemy and Navy
The
America
Great Britain
Nichi Nichi
M Ozaki
Four Prisoners Admit Theft From Railway Freight
Four prisoners arraigned in the Court of Sessions pleaded guilty to thefts totaling 45000 dollars of freight from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in Montreal.
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Montreal
Court of Sessions
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Customs Men Held In New York Indictments Planned
Indictments expected against about thirty baggage inspectors and examiners at the New York port. Collector Byron R. Newton said graft accusations arise from wealthy passengers tipping officials, who later demanded fees from travelers.
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New York
Byron R. Newton
Newton
Judge Lindsey faces jail if fined for contempt verdict
After five years of legal fight over contempt in the Berta Wright murder case, Judge Ben B. Lindsey of the Juvenile Court may face jail if he must pay a $500 fine. Denver lawyers question whether the Supreme Court ruling requires enforcement, noting changes in district attorneys and judges plus potential delay in proceeding. Lindsey says he will continue refusing to testify about confidences, upholding juvenile court principles and awaiting papers from higher courts. Newsboys previously offered to raise the fine, but he declined to acknowledge the validity of the penalty.
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Weatero Newspaper Union News Service
Denver
Ben B. Lindsey
Berta Wright
Sen
United States Supreme Court
Colorado Supreme Court
John A. Perry
Criminal Court
Lindsey
West Side
Washington
Supreme Court
Newsboys
Chicago
New Engine Spurs London New York Air Route Hope
A 1000 horsepower aero engine test marks the strongest engine yet and fuels expert talk of a London to New York service possible in a day. The note recalls Capt. John Alcock’s 1919 Newfoundland to Ireland flight in under sixteen hours using two 75 horsepower engines.
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London
Haa
New York
Azores
John Alcock
New Foundland
Ireland
U.S. Foreign Trade Rises Sharply in 1920
Washington report from the Western Newspaper Union notes record foreign trade for 1920 driven by freight to Germany, South America, the Orient, and other regions. Exports to Britain, France and Italy declined while Cuba and Germany surged, with Germany nearly quadrupling to 400 million. Major rises also seen with Brazil Argentina Chile Uruguay and Spain. detailed country figures accompany the report.
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Union News Service
Washington
Germany
South America
Orient
West Indies
North America
United States
Department of Commerce
Great Britain
France
Italy
Brazil
Argentine
Chile
Uruguay
Cuba
Spain
America
Baby Wins $50,000 Judgment in California Case
In Oakland California a nine teen months old baby Delaney Smith received a 50000 dollar verdict in Superior Court against a nurse accused of leaving him in a bath with hot water running. The court ordered funds to repair the baby's severely burned face by plastic surgery. The nurse did not defend the case.
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Oakland
Calif
Delaney Smith
Invention Completes for Mrs Page on Seventieth Birthday
A sewing machine attachment by Mrs. H. A. Page of this place enables pumping sewing machine oils and spinning yarn for knitting and thread for sewing. She notes the device is operable by anyone.
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Page
Neb
8. A. Page
Harding Faces Tax Bill After Pension Parity Claim
W G Harding will receive about 18 000 less annual compensation than Woodrow Wilson yet the treasury will pay him the same 76 000. Internal Revenue Bureau officials say Harding must return nearly a quarter in income tax. Wilson avoided income tax due to a Supreme Court ruling as he took office before the revenue laws.
Wyoming Brief News Notes Roundup
Wyoming Senate favors repeal of primary election law and return to convention nominating system. Veterans of World War I to be tax exempt up to 2000 dollars. Torrington may get a 125000 dollar high school building if voters approve bonds. Fred Cannon of Douglas loses three fingers in a planing-machine accident. Revenue raids net ten Illicit still operators in Casper. Harry Devine and Inez Collins held on bonds for owning a still. Fort McKenzie to be turned over to Public Health Service. to be used as a hospital for war risk patients if approved. UW students to Camp Lewis training camp. over 25 from Laramie State School expected. Under-18s barred from tobacco in Wyoming. bill to pass would make sales to minors illegal and possession a misdemeanor. Larimer Postmaster reports post office lobby closures at night due to lawlessness. Japan to protest U S wireless station project in Shanghai area. Dennis Hogan killed by train near Evanston. two miners killed in Popposia-Hudson mines by rock fall. Tobacco campaign ends with burial of Old King Tobacco in Cawley. Wyoming Senate memorial urges Congress to halt water storage in Yellowstone for irrigation or power. Waterworks leadership shifts from Omaha to Cheyenne. A W Woodruff elected president of three Wyoming subsidiaries. These supply water to Union Pacific and residents of Green River, Rock Springs, and surrounding towns.
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Wyoming Senate
Wyoming
Torrington
Fred Cannon
Douglas Carpenter
Casper
Ililelt
Harry J. Devine
Inez Collins
War Department
Fort McKenzie
Wyo
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House Committee On Public Buildings
University of Wyoming
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Iewis
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Laramie
B. C. Daly
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Joseph H. Neville
Big Hero County
Guy Shoemaker
Postoffice Department
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Chi-Fu
Harbin
Nichi Nicht
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China
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Hysell Construction Company
Union Pacific
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Hogan
Knight
Pat Knapp
F. Williams
Poposia Coal Company
Poposia and
Hudson
Tobacco
Cawley
Old King Tobacco
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Congress
Yellowstone Park
Idaho
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Wyoming Memorial
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A. W. Woodruff
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Rattlesnake Creek Water Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
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Port Steele
Rock Springs
Cireen Thiver
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