Russia Plans Trade Reopening With Allies At Paris
Paris January 20 elaborate plans for resuming commercial relations between Russia and Allied nations were laid out. Bolshivik leaders are expected to permit free exchange of goods. Russian surplus wheat flax and lumber await export once ocean tonnage is available, with terms given by two members of the Russian cooperative union who negotiated with the supreme council.
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Russia
Associated Press
The
Russian Cooperative Union
Supreme Council
Saskatchewan dairy gains lure settlers to Canada
Saskatchewan dairying rose 18.70 percent for the year ending April 20 1919 with butter output at 5 009 000 pounds of which 2 425 000 pounds worth 1 215 000 were exported mainly to the United States. Cremeries investments near a million dollars follow a shift from wheat dominance as diversification grows livestock and dairy wealth. Homeseekers rush to Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta lands as Hudsons Bay Company sells remaining tracts opening vast opportunities for settlers in spring.
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Saskatchewan
United States
Hudson's Bay Company
Manitoba
Alberta
North Saskatchewan
Seizure of Millions in Liquor in New York
Federal prohibition agents seized whisky, wines and cordials valued between 5 million and 10 million dollars in New York over the last 45 hours. About one hundred officers searched saloons, warehouses and piers for contraband liquors.
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New York
Passengers Still Aboard Powhatan
Halifax January 20 The transport Powhatan disabled about 350 miles from port reports 271 passengers will be taken off by destroyers as weather moderates. Cedric nears to assist while Bardio lines up, both fire rooms flooded to waterline and parkheads shoved up. Northern Pacific due tonight and asked to standby.
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Cedric
Bardio
Northern Pacific
Palmer says no coal price rise tied to miners wage rise
Washington January 20 Attorney General Palmer said he has received no information that coal operators increased coal prices by the 14 percent wage rise for miners authorized by President Wilson while the wage dispute remains unsettled.
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Washington
Palmer
Wilson
Influenza Spreads Mildly in Chicago With Rising Cases
Chicago reports influenza in a mild form spreading at about 1,100 new cases daily. Over the last 48 hours 2,279 influenza cases were recorded with 26 deaths. pneumonia adds 382 cases and 66 deaths.
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Chicago
Goldman and Berkman Welcome Reception by Soviets
Russians deported from the United States receive an official welcome near Terwokoi Finland as Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman join the group. M. Zorein of the all soviet executive committee confirms they may enter Russia and be housed and fed before work. Madame Gorky says Russia opens arms to political persecuted. Transfer occurs with Finnish guards, some carried by sleighs.
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Terlwoki
Finland
United States
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
M. Zorein
All Soviet Executive Committee
Berkman
Russia
Mayo Opposes Sims on Knight Board Awards
Rear Admiral Mayo told the senate committee that his December 23 letter to Secretary Daniels asserting the Knight board ignored sea service should not be treated as a protest. He contrasted his view with Admiral Sims who argued shore records were underweighted. The inquiry narrowed to naval decorations with broader cooperation and allied charges deferred.
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Senate
Hale
Admiral Mayo
Admiral Sims
Knight Board
Navy Department
Sims
Liggett Defends Armistice Day Attack Policy
Lieutenant General Liggett testifies before a House committee that American troops could not halt the Meuse Argonne advance as two divisions guarded the Meuse river. He praises the staff work that relayed orders to stop fighting by 11 o clock and notes the 400 mile front with units in detached positions.
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Ican Army
House War Investigating
Meuse Argonne
Bronze Medal From Harvard To Scientist For Health Discovery
Harvard College will award a bronze bas relief medal gifted by M. Douglas Flattery to the scientist judged to have made a discovery that best serves humanity in disease prevention or health conservation. The Frye bronze bears the Tree of Knowledge design with the Muse and medical figures on the panels.
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Cambridge
Mass
M. Douglas’ Flattery
Harvard University
Harvard College
Frye
Maurice Douglas
Arab Slave Tale Reaches New York from Beirut
Miss Varienousch Karaghousian, said to be the first American girl held as an Arab slave, arrived in New York after surviving a Turkish march near Mesopotamia. She escaped a Turkish hospital at Wartenousch, reached British lines, and was sent to the American relief station at Beirut where her brother John Karaghousian, a rug merchant from Minneapolis, met her.
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Ienousch Karaghousian
America
Mesopotamia
Wartenousch
Beirut
John
Minneapolis
New York
Nelson bill may raise district attorney salaries
The Nelson bill before a senate committee today would raise district attorney salaries by about 500 dollars annually.
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Washington
Nelson
Senate
Marble play signals end of winter for city kids
Small boys gathered on sidewalks to shoot marbles today, a sign observers say that winter is finished. The scene captures a brief daily ritual as the season shifts.
Durham Firemen Quit Over Unmet Pay Demands
Durham firemen resign after Aldermen fail to grant the wage increase requested by the firefighters union.
Suits Likely From Texas Oil Explosion
Greensboro residents report that lawsuits arising from the Texas Oil storage explosion will probably go to trial in the March term of court.
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Greensboro
Dan
Texas Oil Company
Seales Elected State Chairman of Interchurch Movement
Greensboro report states Senator A. M. Seales was chosen state chairman of the Interchurch Movement by the advisory board at a meeting held yesterday.
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Greensboro
A. M. Seales
Interchurch World Nvvement
Kinston Forms Large Juvenile Band With New Uniforms
Kinston reports a juvenile band of nearly 100 members with uniforms ordered for the boy musicians as part of a local music program.
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Kinston
County officer fees boost draws claims of profits
In Asheville on January 20 the fee system for county offices is praised as profitable with the sheriff's office reportedly earning about $6,000 last year and the clerk of court more than $3,000.
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Asheville
Sheriff
Divorce mill grinds 11 couples in Greensboro session
In Greensboro on January 20 the divorce court heard 11 divorces with three additional cases on the docket. The proceedings proceeded steadily as petitions moved toward final settlements.
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Greensboro
Death of Noted North Carolina Judge Osborne
Charlotte Jan 20 Former Superior Court Judge F I Osborne died suddenly at his home He was one of the state s most widely known jurists and native to the city.
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Charlotte
Superior Court
F. I. Osborne
British steamer Bardio to tow Powhatan to Halifax
A radio dispatch from the army transport Powhatan said the British steamer Bardio had stood by and would tow the transport to Halifax. The report noted no transfer of passengers was mentioned.
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Washiington
Powhatan
Bardio
Halifax
Allied demand for surrender of former Emperor William
The Hague January 20. Formal announcement from the foreign office that the Allied powers have submitted their demand for the surrender of former Emperor William of Germany for trial.
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the Hague
William
Germany
Foreign Office
Germans Planned Surrender Offer Before Revolt
Otto Landsburg, a German socialist leader, says the 1918 German cabinet headed by Prince Maximilian von Baden planned to offer surrender to the Entente four days before the November revolution. He made the remark at a meeting of minority socialists in Switzerland, stating disclosures were withheld until peace was secured.
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Otto Landsburg
Cologne
Herr Landsburg
Germany
Cony Stout Dies in Randleman at 14
In Randleman on January 20 the local Methodist ladies aided an entertainment at the auditorium. Cony Stout, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Stout, died yesterday after days of pneumonia. His funeral set for Holy Springs Friends' church at 3 PM today. Rev Farrington spoke at Naomi and St Paul yesterday. Other pastors filled appointments. Mrs Pickard is near death amid widespread illness.
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Cony Stout
Charles Stout
Holy Springs Friends’ Church
Farrington
Naomi
St. Paul
G. C. Lowdermilk
Mt. Lebanon Church
G. W. Fitzwater
Buckhannon
West Va
Flolines Church
Judiciary panel omits bar group at socialist trial opening
Albany January 20 The assembly judiciary committee trying five suspended socialists refused to note the New York City Bar Association committee led by Charles F. Hughes which sought admission to represent the public interest at the trial opening.
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Albany
Assembly Judiciary Committee
New York City Bar Association
Charles EF. Hughes
Distillers Arrested for Illegal Whiskey Tax Evasion
Louisville distillers R. E. Wathen and company president R. E. Wathen and general manager William Knebelkamp surrendered to federal officers on warrants accusing them of attempting to defraud the government of taxes on distilled spirits. They pleaded not guilty and were released on $2,000 bond for a preliminary trial next week.
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Louisville
R. E. Wathen
William Knebelkamp
R. Ee. Wathen and Company
Louisville Distillers
Polish Take Thorn West Prussia Town From Germans
The town of Thorn in West Prussia, ceded to Poland by the Versailles treaty, was evacuated by German forces yesterday and seized by Polish authorities in the Baltic gateway region.
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Berlin
Thorn
West Prussia
Poland
Baltic
James T. Ryan Leaves on Washington Business Trip
James T. Ryan secretary of the High Point Furniture Manufacturers Association departed late last night for a business trip to Washington.
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James T. Ryan
High Point Furniture Manufacturers Association
Washington
Mrs E Reid Toms Visiting High Point Guest of Mrs Smith
Mrs E Reid Toms of Wilmington visits High Point as guest of Mrs J W Smith.
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E. Reid Toms
Wilmington
High Point
J. W. Smith
Women to blame for clothes cost
Helen Louise Johnson, editor of the General Federation Magazine, told Columbia University institute of arts and sciences that women should abandon the idea of dressing to attract men or outdo others. She urged standardized costumes to lower prices, saying a man can dress properly with a limited number of suits and that beauty is often found in simplicity.
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New York
Helen Louise Johnson
General Federation
Columbia University Institute of Arts and Science
Ian
Johnson
Marsh Car Found Near Greensboro
The automobile of J. E. Marsh High Pointer stolen from in front of Greensboro Normal College was found abandoned near the city outskirts early today. Marsh’s son J. E. Jr. drove the car to Gate City. no arrests or damage details were provided in the message from Greensboro police.
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J. E. Marsh
High Pointer
Normal College At
Greensboro
Marsh
Gate City
Cotton futures open barely steady in New York
In New York on January 20, cotton futures opened barely steady. Prices showed early declines of 15 to 55 points with March at 36.05 and July at 32.40 after the call amid a Liverpool break and southern selling pressure.
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New York
Liverpool
Southern
Manchester
Governor Pushes Legislation On Prohibition Refusal
In Trenton on January 20 Governor Edward J. Edwards urged the Legislature to refuse ratification or acceptance of the 18th Amendment. He called for acts by Republicans to restore public rights under conditions acceptable to the people and proposed a Supreme Court filing to determine the amendment's legality.
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Trenton
Edward J. Edwards
United States Supreme Court
Conferees Near New Treaty Break In Washington
Senate leaders in bi partisan peace treaty talks reported near suspension over foreign relations committee voting equality in the League of Nations. Republicans and Democrats said a near break awaited one more effort toward adjustment late today.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
Drewery Secures Unopposed Virginia Fourth District Nomination
State Senator Patrick H. Drewery of Petersburg was today named the Democratic nominee for Congress in Virginia’s fourth district, a position considered effectively elected. The nomination follows the death of Representative Watson on December 24, creating the vacancy.
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Petersburg
Patrick H. Drewery
Democratic Party
Congress
Virginia
Watson
New Orleans Baptists Oppose Interchurch Unionism
Baptist ministers in New Orleans declared firm opposition to church unionism. They adopted resolutions denouncing the inter church world movement as run by self designated men at enormous expense.
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New Orleans
Baptist Ministers of
Interchurch World
Revenue agents seize 35 barrels aboard Cabo Menor
New York January 20 revenue agents seized 35 barrels of water on the Spanish steamer Cabo Menor at Erie basin Brooklyn, on the supposition they contained liquor.
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New York
Erie Basin
Brooklyn
Lersner Sees Holland Defy Extradition of Kaiser
Paris reports Barenburt von Lersner Germany’s representative says the Dutch government will not surrender the former emperor William for trial. He believes public opinion in Germany opposes extraditing German subjects for acts during the war and urges allied statesmen to seek a peaceful solution.
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William
Holland
Baremburt von Lersner
Germany
Streomwty
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