Bolshevik Letters Carried Hidden in Neckties Warn World
Bolshevist agents traveled between Berlin and Soviet Russia with false Red Cross credentials. Lithuanian authorities exposed two men and a woman involved in a global propaganda network. One German Spartacist link and a Swiss socialist courier carried letters to Moscow officials and editors, detailing plans to spread bolshevik literature worldwide.
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London
Berlin
Soviet Russia
Red Cross
Russia
Dvinsk
Moscow
Independent Socialist Party of Germany
Socialist-Democratic Organization of Young People
Switzerland
Germany
M. Tchicherin
Radek
Karl Radek
Bolshevist
Zinoviev
Berne
Hays Names G. O. P. Platform Committee
Will Hays announces the Republican national committee members who will draft the platform ahead of the June 8 Chicago convention. The list includes Charles Evans Hughes, Taft, Root, Roosevelt, Hammond, Pinchot, Vanderlip, Governor Allen of Kansas and William Allen White. He calls the committee a working body to study needs and state a constructive party program.
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Chicago
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Charles Evans Hughes
William Howard Taft
Elihu Root
Theodore Roosevelt
John Hays Hammond
Gifford Pinchot
Frank A. Vanderlip
Allen
Kansas
William Allen White
Hays
National Committee
Republican Party
Millerand Wins Confidence Vote in French Cabinet
Premier Millerand secured a cabinet confidence vote of 510 to 70 after a strong defense of his ministry in the chamber of deputies. A prior vote saw 300 deputies abstain due to objections to Interior Minister Steeg, whose past record was questioned. Millerand backed Steeg in his reply to an interpellation.
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Paris
Millerand
Chamber of Deputies
Interior Steeg
Steeg
New Denied New Trial in Murder Case in Los Angeles
Harry B. New convicted in Los Angeles of second degree murder for shooting Miss Freda Lesser. He was denied a new trial and immediately sentenced to not less than ten years with a maximum life term at San Quentin prison.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harry B. New
Freda Lesser
San Quentin
President names Iowa man for cabinet post and other picks
Edwin J. Meredith of Iowa editor of Successful Farming will become secretary of agriculture replacing Houston who moves to treasury to fill Carter Glass’s seat. Meredith, 44, from Des Moines, was former publisher of Farmers’ Tribune and a prior Senate and Iowa gubernatorial candidate. Glass will join the Senate. Houston’s successor and Dr Hugh S. Cumming are noted for surgeon general of the public health service.
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Washington
Edwin J. Meredith
Iowa
Houston
Wilson
Meredith
Senate
Glass
Senator Martin
Virginia
Hugh &. Cumming
Hampton
Rupert Blue
Public Health Service
Doctor Blue
Doctor Cumming
Hampton Roads
Europe
Smoot cites 6.3 million words in peace treaty debates
Senator Smoot reports that lawmakers have uttered at least 6,300,000 words in speeches on the peace treaty. He shows a bound volume measuring 14 by 8 by 7 inches containing 3,000 pages, with countless articles, editorials, letters, and petitions read into records, and the fight’s end remains unseen.
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Washington
Smoot
Utah
Senate
What They Owe Uncle Sam
Treasury figures show accrued interest on loans to European nations totaling about 325 million dollars. Great Britain owes 144,440,837. France 94,021,749. Italy 54,256,589. Russia 16,832,662. Belgium 11,465,278. Czecho Slovakia 1,668,083. Serbia 917,290. Roumania 609,873. Liberia 548. Interest collection may be deferred for a few years for reconstruction.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Great Britain
France
Italy
Russia
Belgium
Czecho- Slovakia
Serbia
Roumania
Liberia
Public land opening planned for Shoshone project
Washington reports about 5000 acres on the Shoshone Wyoming irrigation project will be open to entry March 13. Applications for water rights will be received from March 6 through March 18 at the reclamation service office in Rowell Wyoming.
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Shoshone
Wyoming
Washington
Lawd
The
Reclamation Service
Rowell
Wyo
Tragedy in Cleveland as Influenza Drives Fatal Shooting
Police say Martin Bullman, driven by severe flu illness, killed wife Edith Bullman and five month old Pauline before shooting himself. He died later with a bullet in his brain. the husband remains in critical condition.
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Cleveland, O
Edith Bullman
Pauline
Martin
Bullman
First Glik Heese in Ireland knitting era remark
The text notes Ireland’s knitting activities and hosiery trade expanding globally. It mentions women’s rebitting efforts and Spanish manufacture influence, suggesting knitting as a popular pastime among Irish ladies and a widespread hosiery industry.
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Glik Heese
Ireland
Peeee Ban
U S Says Europe Must Solve Its Own Financial Problems
Secretary Glass tells a Chamber of Commerce committee that the United States cannot finance Europe’s reconstruction. He urges Europe to live within its incomes, boost production, cut imports, and settle indemnity claims with Germany to relieve pressure on private credits and avoid new government loans. Paris notes Intransigent calls the crisis grave, suggesting debt equitation or compression if no remedy exists.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Treasury Department
Glass
Chamber of Commerce of the
Alles
Germany
Paris
Churches Gain 3 Million Members Since 1916 Census
The Year Book of the Churches reports church membership up by 2,779,687 since 1916, with 3,519 extra ministers and 5,350 church organizations. Total churches 233,854 and ministers 159,518. Protestant membership 25,980,456. Roman Catholic 17,548,824. Jewish synagogues 260,000. Two Mormon bodies total 494,388.
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New York
America
Federated Council of the Churches In Christ In America
Acting Governor Stabbed in Arkansas Hotel Incident
James T. Robertson acting governor of Arkansas was stabbed by a Black hotel porter in Little Rock after a money dispute. He survived. the assailant escaped.
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James T. Robertson
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Marianna
Gompers Attacks Bolshevik Plan in Federationist
Samuel Gompers denounces bolshevism in the current Federationist condemning it completely and for all time. He questions whether propaganda from bolshevist sources or from journals known as opinion journals in the U S has the greater effect on Americans. He argues the public knows little of Russia and warns against hasty judgments.
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Washington
Federationist
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Russia
America
Arie
Journals of Opinion
the Nation
the Dial
The
New Republic
Quien Sentenced to Twenty Years for Communicating with the Enemy
Georges Gaston Quien, once condemned to die for betraying Edith Cavell to the Germans, receives a twenty year term for communicating with the enemy. His Cavell betrayal conviction was dropped at a second trial after the appeals court ordered a new trial.
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Paris
Georges Gaston Quien
Edith Cavell
Miss Cavell
Court of Appeals
Quien
Haywood Among 37 I W W Indictments Secretly Returned
Chicago indictments against 37 members of the I W W were secretly returned before Chief Justice Crowe. The move aimed to seize the wobblies as they appeared for preliminary hearings in Judge Rugo Pam’s court on warrants issued by State’s Attorney Hoyne. Chief among those named are William D Big Bill Haywood and Thomas Whitehead.
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Chicago
Crowe
Criminal Court
Wobblies
Rugo Pam
Hoyne
Reds
William D
Big Bill
Haywood
Thomas Whitehead
Ban on Public Funerals in Chicago Influenza Case
Chicago health officials barred public funerals and wakes for influenza and pneumonia deaths and limited services to relatives and close friends not exceeding ten. Health Commissioner Robertson cited contagion risk and transportation strain from 175 hearses already at capacity.
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Chicago
Robertson
Steel workers to get 10 percent wage increase
Youngstown Sheet and Tube announces a ten percent raise for its about 15 000 employees, effective February 1, per President James Campbell.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
James Campbell
Japan blocks cotton yarn exports amid broker speculation
Japan halts shipments of cotton yarn and textiles abroad as government cites speculative dealings by yarn brokers, a buoyant market, and tightening supply. The move targets futures trading and imports of machines from the United States.
New Rules Out On Liquor Sales
Washington announces a system of permits to control all intoxicating liquor through a fixed channel. Physicians may prescribe limited amounts for medical use and hospitals and certain establishments may obtain liquor for medicinal purposes under permits.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington
Bureau
Roper
League Council to Meet in London Feb 10
Washington dispatches report the League of Nations council will hold its first real meeting in London likely February 10. The plan to launch a permanent court of international justice was decided after hesitation, reflecting U S interest in the peace program. Elihu Root is identified as the American member of the organizing committee, though his appointment awaits U S ratification of the treaty.
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Washington
Council of the League of Nations
London
Permanent Court of International Justice
United States
Elihu Root
United State
Epidemic Closes Doane College and Crete Schools
Lincoln Neb Jan 20 Public gatherings prohibited and Doane College at Crete along with other schools in the region closed due to an outbreak of spinal meningitis state health department orders.
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Chrees College
Lincoln, Neb
Doane College
Crete
State Health Department
Buck Had Revenge. Tomah Wis and Timothy Donovan
Buck had revenge is a terse fragment from a Tomah Wisconsin item mentioning Timothy Donovan. The readable text points to a local or personal narrative with unclear context and likely sparse details. The fragment preserves names and places without full events.
World Happenings In Brief
Ardmore barracks attacked in Waterford over two hours injuring one. Gen Pershing tours San Diego posts before 25 000 crowd. Odessa captured by Ukrainian forces under Pawlenkog s. 100 carloads of US war materials reach Poland. Nebraska congressman Lobeck dies in Omaha. Shoshone land opens March 13. Sugar profiteering indicted in Chicago. Powder factory explosion kills three in Trieste. Ur bana jail delivery ends in Barnaby killing. IWW indictments of 37 including Haywood. Prohibition funding voted in House. Newark fire kills seven. Edwards sanitarium fire saves many patients. Europe relief funds trimmed to 125 million. U S census to start March 1. Detzer acquitted and to return to duty. Farm production fears raise cost of living. Reservations talks on peace treaty end as Democrats walk out.
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Ardmore
Waterford
Ireland
Robert Matteson Johnston
Cambridge
Mass
John J. Pershing
San Diego
Cal
Odessa
Russia
Black Sea
Pawlenkogs
Paris
Poland
Charles ©. Lobeck
Second
Nebraska
Omaha
Lane
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Trieste
Istria
Rome
Urbana
John McKinney
Lawrence Barnaby
William D. Haywood
Crowe
Criminal Court
House
Washington
Congress
Newark
N. J
Edwards
Napperville
Ill
Sam L. Rogers
Karl W. Detzer
Fort Wayne
Ind
le Mans
France
New York
Senate Post Office Committee
James I. Blakslee
Troops Guard Swiss Frontier After Vienna Loot
Austrian troops and customs workers are posted along the Swiss border to prevent exporting gems and valuables seized from the looted Vienna museum. Objects of art valued at about five million dollars were taken.
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Vienna
Berne
Markets Mix Wide Range of Grain Hay and Livestock Prices
Quoted prices cover flour grain hay and livestock items including rye, spring and hard wheats, timothy hay, clover, stockers and feeders cattle prime steers hogs and sheep. Figures show bid ranges with highs and lows across each category reflecting market volatility.
Soapy Lake Noted as Nicaragua Curiosity
A Nevada style note describes Nicaragua's soapy lake known as Scotia One Vara with brief curiosities about its properties and naming origin.
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Nicaragua
Scotia
Western Canada Corn Wins Top Prize at Kansas City Exposition
Canadian Government exhibition highlights Dent corn from John Hamilton of Kelwood Manitoba as the best in Kansas City. Officials note corn belts moving northward and Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta farms expanding forage and grain crops. Western Canada totals include 40 firsts 29 seconds and 26 thirds across wheat oats barley and potatoes with strong showings in vegetables.
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Canadian Government Information Bureau
Kansas City
John Hamilton
Kelwood
Manitoba
Mr. Hewitt
Main Street
Canada
America
Minnesota
Crookston
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western Canada
South Dakota
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tingling Tongue Fuzz Sparks Hair Tonic Inquiry
In a terse exchange a speaker reports a queer tingling sensation on the tongue while the other questions whether hair tonic has been consumed, hinting at a domestic dispute or prank. The fragmentary dialogue suggests a light or humorous misunderstanding rather than a serious incident.
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement urges readers to take Pape's Cold Compound every two hours for up to three doses to break up a cold. It claims almost immediate relief from nasal congestion headache feverishness sneezing and body aches and notes it costs only a few cents and contains no quinine.
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Pape
Scrap leather used in British road patent
A British patent proposes road surfaces using slag rock sephalt and scrap leather. Estimates indicate 55 720 pairs of old shoes seeded per mile of road construction under the patent.
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Great Britain
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