Bryan Attacks Governor Edwards In Scathing Remarks
In Asheville on January 30 William J. Bryan criticized Governor Edwards of New Jersey for his statement defending liquor interests. Bryan accused Edwards of criminality and warned Democrats against supporting him, implying Edwards would split the party. Edwards replied by alleging Bryan seeks a party of death and a morgue-like convention.
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William J. Bryan
Edwards
New Jersey
Bryan
Ork
Democratic Party
San Francisco
Farmers foresee decreased crop output and higher living costs
Senate post office committee hears 40,000 farmer answers predicting reduced production next year due to dissatisfaction with low pay and hard toil. The vice report cites profits, middlemen, and city life contrast, with some calling farmers Bolsheviks as discourse grows dire.
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Washington
Gan
Senate Post Office Committee
James J. Blakeslee
George Ll. Wood
Blaksilee
Kolchak Escapes Bolshevik Capture in Asia
Honolulu dispatch reports Admiral Kolchak has escaped Bolshevik forces and is hiding in Manchuria after a social revolution in Irkutsk shifted government powers to the Bolsheviks. The Tokyo-based dispatch appeared in a Japanese paper.
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Honolulu
Associated Press
Kolchak
Manchuria
Tokio
Irkutusk
Aged Woman Louisa McPherson Dies at 80
Miss Louisa McPherson aged 80 died at noon yesterday at her home 1213 Green Street after several weeks illness. She is survived by one sister Mrs LeRoy Bean of Randolph County. Funeral will be held tomorrow at Pleasant Hill church with interment in the church graveyard.
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Louisa. McPherson
Green Street
Illness of R. S. Barbee Reaches Naval Hospital
A message to M. B. Barbee reports his son R. S. Barbee is seriously ill with influenza at a Philadelphia naval hospital. Mr Barbee departed this afternoon to join his son in the city.
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Philadelphia
M. 8
Barbee
R. S. Barbee
Naval Hospital
Marbee
Martens Delivers Letters to Bolshevik Probe
Ludwig C A K Martens, Bolshevik representative, offered to present true copies of all communications with the Russian Soviet government to the committee investigating Bolshevik propaganda. Attorney Senator Hardwick suggested some letters could be vetted in executive session due to possible involvement of others. Chairman Moses reserved ruling on the executive session.
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Washington
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
Hardwick
Georgia
Martens
Moses
Pretty Mary Laud Tries Suicide Over High Living Costs
NEW BERN Jan 30 Pretty Mary Laud 18 of Savannah Ga who attempted to end her life after weeks of struggling to live on a wage from a local merchant was discharged from a local hospital fully recovered. She says the fight against the high cost of living was more than she could stand and women who aided her report she has secured a good position.
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New Bern
Mary Laud
Savannah
Georgia
Imperial Press Conference Planned for Canada Visit
London reports the second Imperial Press Conference will be held in Canada during August and September. Leading empire newspapers will be invited by the Canadian Press for a tour of the Dominion to study life and resources. The UK delegation will include proprietors and editors with Lord Burnham chairing and Lord Northcliffe set to attend.
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London
Canada
British Empire
United Kingdom
Lord Burnham
London Daily Telegraph
Lord Northcliffe
The
Times
Immediate ratification urged by livestock men at Spokane meeting
Spokane Wash Jan 30 Immediate ratification of the peace treaty with reservations to safeguard American interests was urged in a resolution adopted today by the American National Livestock association convention here.
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Spokane
Wash
American National Livestock Association
Glass warns Europe on loans and conference
Secretary Glass told a U S chamber of commerce committee that Europe must rely on its own resources to regain financial balance. He said the American government has done all it can to aid Europe and that an international financier conference would sow confusion and revive undelivered hopes of more government loans.
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GLASS
Europe
Chamber of Com
Train Wrecks in Mexico Count Sixty Four Attacks
Washington report classifies sixty four train attacks and derailments in Mexico over the past year as serious. Most incidents occurred in the north along the Mexico City Vera Cruz route and the Isthmus line. Officials link many wrecks in the first half of the year to rebel activities amid U S arms shipment restrictions in the second half.
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Washington
Mexico
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Isthmus
United States
Mysterious Wireless Signals May Emanate From Venus
Washington Jan 30. Dr C G Abbott director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory doubts Mrs sending signals but considers Venus a probable source if signals come from space. He notes Mars unlikely due to planetary conditions hindering life.
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Washington
Earth
William Marconi
Venus
C. G. Abbott
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
The
Smithsonian
Abbott
Mars
Jamaica Debates State Control of Whisky
Kingston Jamaica January 30 government weighs proposal to place liquor traffic under state control. many American tourists on the island today, a rise attributed partly to prohibition in the United States.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Island
United States
Charlotte motorman dies of street car collision
Charlotte, January 30. L. D. Cook, 31, motorman, died of injuries from a street car collision Tuesday night when his car struck a standing repair vehicle.
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Charlotte
L. D. Cook
Youthful Bandit Hamby Executed in Ossining
The body of Gordon Fawcett Hamby, condemned for murdering two men in December 1915, was to be buried in a local cemetery after execution. The autopsy reportedly found his brain normal and well developed. Hamby smiled as he mounted the chair and said goodbye to companions, while three letters were handed to the warden for mailing.
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Ossining
Gordon Fawcett Hamby
Hamby
Sergeant York III C cancels lectures in Worcester
Sergeant Alvin C. York, famed World War I hero, touring for the Alvin C. York foundation to fund a mountain school, canceled his lecture tour in Worcester due to appendicitis after a Boston attack. He spoke in Worcester yesterday following a Tuesday Boston talk.
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Worcester
Alvin CC. York
United States
Alvin C. York
Boston
Cotton futures drift steady as early trading unfolds
In New York on January 30, cotton futures opened steady with March at 36.40, May 34.58, July 32.46, October 29.90, and December 29.54. The market showed unsettled action with late cables disappointing and renewed selling on foreign exchange weakness. Old crop slipped from near 24.57 while May and October traded variably, finishing slightly lower in early activity.
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New York
Hotel plan to house 500 workers sparks Danville talks
Danville Virginia January 30 representatives of a large contracting firm seek to rent an entire hotel to house about 500 surveyors engineers staff and workmen for a new mill project. They offered to rent the Morgan hotel en bloc but were refused and now negotiate for a full hotel floor. Wooden bunkhouses will house some workers near the site. All labor will be imported.
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Danville
Morgan Hotel
Army mobilization plan could reach 2 million in five years
Senate report by Chairman Wadsworth outlines a 2,000,000 man organized field army within five years of passage at a cost not exceeding 560,000,000 yearly. The plan adds a permanent 298,000 standing force with citizen army and National Guard, and envisions mobilization of 1,198,000 next year and 3,345,200 by 1926 with the per man cost dropping from 509 to 176 dollars. The committee backs buying supply base real estate in Norfolk New Orleans and Brooklyn and opposes Charleston and Boston bases inclusion.
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Washington
Senate
Wadsworth
Senate Military Committee
Citizens Army and National Guard
A Anet
Citizens Reserve Army
War Department
Norfolk
New Orleans
Brooklyn
Spencer
Republican
Missouri
Hoover Name Petition Filed For Democratic Presidential Primary
LansingJanuary 30. Petitions to place Herbert Hoover on the democratic presidential preference primary on April 4 were received by the secretary of state. The petition lacked 100 signatures but indicated that additional names would follow.
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Lansing
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of State
Thieves Slaughter Four Hogs Then Abandon Thefts
Delaware Ohio January 30. Zimmer brothers awoke to squeals from their hog pen and found four hogs killed with throats cut. Night intruders vanished leaving dressed hogs hung by the barn. By breakfast the four dressed hogs were gone.
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Delaware
Ohio
Zimmer Brothers
Here
Nunda Mariners form anti chicken thief association
Albert Lea Minn Jan 30 Mariners of Nunda near here organize an anti chicken thief association to stamp out fowl robberies. Members say progress has been slow but they are on the trail of suspects and expect results soon.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Nunda
Anti-Chicken Thief Association
Golf Has Right of Way Over Trains Run Here
Mrs EF Metcalf Keating of the Agawam Hunt club hooked her drive to the railroad tracks near the clubhouse as a train neared. The engineer applied air brakes and stopped the train before it crossed the tiny pile of cinders forming a risky lie. Passengers were shaken but the ball remained undisturbed and the train later resumed its journey northward.
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Pinehurst
N. C
EF. Metcalf Keating
Agawam Hunt Club
Damage Suit Grounds Public Apology Row
Lincolnton. A $30,000 damage suit by S. P. Hauser against nine prominent Lincoln County citizens seeks redress for being required to apologize and salute the United States flag on January 5, 1918 amid alleged Germany sympathy. Trial began with jury selection and evidence. Congressman Koey represents the defense.
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Lincolnton
S. P. Hauser
Linecounten
United States
Germany
Lincoln County
Steamer Mielero Sinks After Splitting in Two
The American steamship Mielero, en route from Matanzas to Philadelphia, broke in two and sank at sea on January 23. One lifeboat with the chief officer and 17 men was picked up by Ozette. the other lifeboat with the captain and 20 men was missing.
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New York
Mielero
Matanzas
Cuba
Philadelphia
Naval Communication Service
Haseen
Ozette
Detzer Court Martial Verdict Not Announced
New York January 30 The court martial of Captain Karl W Detzer for alleged cruelties to American expeditionary force soldiers at Le Mans ended today. The officers delivered a verdict in under five minutes but the decision will not be announced until forwarded to the War Department in Washington.
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New York
Karl W. Detzer
le Mans
Governor's Island
War Department
Washington
Sheriff reports three more stills seized in Kinston area
The Kinston sheriff's office says three additional stills have been captured in the area, two by revenue and local officers and one by county officers. Two plants lie near the Jones and Lenoir county line and one northeast of the city. No arrests were made. Stills varied in size, bringing the seven day total to nine.
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Kinston
Jones
Lenoir
Dublin cheers for new Sinn Feiner city council
Dublin crowds welcomed the first meeting of the new municipal council, mostly Sinn Feiners, as the republican flag was hoisted on Dublin City Hall and the session opened with strong public enthusiasm.
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Dublin
Influenza Fatalities Rise in Roanoke D 614 Cases
Roanoke January 30 five more deaths from influenza were reported to health officials bringing total cases to 614. Three of the deaths occurred in one family. Nineteen pneumonia cases noted and officials warned of a shortage of trained nurses.
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Roanoke
Health Department
Melton Rhodes plant to open in High Point by April
Mr Rhodes of Melton Rhodes Greensboro firm announced the company will begin operation of a High Point plant no later than April 1. The Greensboro plant makes book cases and filing cabinets. The site was bought to expand capacity and 150 Greensboro workers will relocate with 100 more needed at opening.
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Melton-Rhodes
Rhodes
Melton-Rhodes Company
Greensboro
Southern Car Company
Gate City Corporation
Greens
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