Paris Conference Sees Move Toward German Reparations
Prime ministers Lloyd George and Briand met at a London hotel with Count Sforza to press for a German reparations settlement. A figure around 200,000,000 marks was discussed as a social cost to curb reconstruction, with Geddes relaying American views on the treaty and indemnities. The talks aimed to craft a unified proposal for the Allied Supreme Council amid shifting positions on Germany’s payment burdens.
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John Peganodt
Faris
Lioyrd George
Great Britain
Briand
France
Proneedmwtty
Germany
Sforas
Geddes
U. S
Auchiird Geddes
United States
Lloyd George
Lioyd George
Villape Ja
Viemilios
Colongae
Ciermany
Bel- Blum
Dlacusmigeriantes
Supreme Council
Urriany
Wahu
Navy Officers Open to Public Views on Arms Policy
Wusehmeton January 25. High officers of the United States navy are openly willing to express views on disarmament and capital ships though not permitted to speak publicly. Senator Borah and others argue Congress may want a public hearing to gauge opinions on the 60,000,000 dollar program before commitments.
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Wusehmeton
Eintredh States Navy
Chipa
Congress
Papa Eeid Mon
Sereview
Syem
Britain
United States
Filibuster Debate Delays Tariff Vote In Senate
Wookington Jan 28 Republicans weigh clots to end a filibuster over the emergency tariff as pending Senate business stalls. Democrats mount speeches and tactics, blocking a vote.
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Wookington
Probe Reveals $250000 Fire Damages Chicago Factory
Fire investigators linked the blast to a short circuit at the Pull monter Company plant, causing about $260,000 in damage. A wage dispute among workers is under review to determine responsibility for the blaze. Authorities cited electrical faults affecting repair shops and widespread outages across the facility.
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Toy
Chicago
Pullmonter
Tere
International incident over Bergdoll kidnapping in Germany
Berlin reports a kidnapping attempt on Drever Bergdoll sparked an international dispute. Germany demands satisfaction from Washington as Interior Minister Remmele condemns the act, noting Germany’s impotence before foreign action. American detectives Neal and Zimmer aided German police in Coblenz. Bergdoll and chauffeur Lugene Steeher, now German citizens, were involved.
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John Seldes
Berlin
Drever Bergdoll
Germany
Baden
Nemuele
Washington
Remmele
Obaden
Eberbach
Neal
Baltimore
Zimmer
Denver
Coblenz
Bergdoll
Lugene Steeher
Philadelphia
De Valera to Return to America From France
London report states Eamonn de Valera, leader of the Irish republic, plans a trip from France to the United States after completing discussions with Irish leaders on policy and peace proposals. Lloyd George in Paris unlikely to be briefed. Lord Dunsany, briefly detained over an old munition find, was rearrested and unspecified.
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Ireland
France
U. S
Lord Dunsany
Chin ‘Steele
London
Che Ty
Eamonn de Valera
America
Lloyd George
Paria
County
Meath
Ulster Plans to Leave Emerald Isle
Ulster prepares to separate from Ireland and seek self governance by Christmas. Sinn Fein counters with plans to elect members to an Ulster parliament and suspend activities to block a quorum, triggering political turmoil. Ulster actions spark debates as Northern counties push for home rule, operation by December.
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Ulster
Emerald Isle
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Counties
Sinn Fein
Belfast
Tennessee Senate kills Cooper Sundry blue law bill
In cubwille Tennessee the senate voted 45 to 19 to kill the Cooper Sundry blue law bill, the harshest measure south of the Mississippi-Dixon line. The proposal would have banned Sunday public attendance at theaters and similar venues. Salt Lake City Utah observers labeled a proposed antecheurt bill as freakish and ridiculous during a legislature meeting with local officials.
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Cubwille
Tenn
Tennessee Senate
Cooper
Bneebail
Makin Clurch
Salt Lake City
Utah
Thuradey
Spocattera
Bandits Rob Man Of $20 In Their Car
Local report from Watts on January 28 describes two bandits who accosted a man, stole $20, and forced him into their car. He was escorted home and the assailants fled, according to police in Thureley.
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Filome
Watts
Stevens
Slim
Levens
Vonpartisan leaguers told to leave Nelson county
Immature garbled report shows Viparthan league organizers ordering named locals to depart Nelson and not return. The fragment mentions a count and an unverified list of individuals but provides no clear dates or affiliations beyond the conflicting names and place.
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Nelson
Neh
Thunday
Viparthan League
Dorothy’s New Husband James Rennie Weds in Greenwich
Dorothy appears with her husband James M. Rennie, married recently at Greenwich, Conn. Rennie, who plays Pancho in Spanish Love at a New York theater, faces admiring crowds as Constance Talmadge also weds John Piagolo coincidentally at about the same time.
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Dorothy
James M. Rennie
Greenwich
Conn
Constance Talmadge
John Piagolo
Rennie
Pancho
New York
Lord Mayor Fears for Life and Hides in Washington
In Washington on January 28, Dona O Callaghan lord mayor of Cork fears for his life and has disappeared, friends say. His legal adviser says he obtained a seamen's certificate allowing him to leave the United States from any port and travel to any country in a capacity as seaman or passenger, within safety limits. Friends cite state and labor rulings to support his plan to depart without government interference.
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Washington
Dona O'Calaghan
Cork
O'Callaghan
New York
Michael Francis Doyle
Jord
Commission For
Irish Republic
State
Labor Department
America
Saman
O'Callinghan
Boyles
Etate
Labor
Jom
Hhouwte
United States Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
Georgia Railroad
Byram
American Association of Railway Executives
W. W. Attebury
Pennsylvania Lines
W. G. Besler
New Jersey Central
H. K. Byram
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
N. D. Maher
Norfolk & Western
Whiter
E. Z. Whiter
Railroad Man Agora
American Federation of Labor Department of Railroad Workers
Paderewski May Stay in U S Permanently
New York Jan 28 Onnace Jan Paderewski once Poland’s premier plans to remain in the United States permanently, says his stepson W Gorski. He is now in Switzerland and will sail February 6 on La France to absord himself from the concert stage this season possibly never returning, choosing composition and making his home in New York with a Pacific coast trip soon after.
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New York
Jan Paderewski
Poland
United States
Mny
W. ©. Gorski
Paderewaski
Switzerland
Europe
la France
Paderewski
Gorski
Palmer to Recommend Pardon for Debs
Washington January 28 Attorney General Palmer will submit to President Wilson his recommendations on pardoning Eugene V Debs, the socialist leader, confined in Atlanta penitentiary. It was not learned whether Palmer recommended leniency or denial of pardon.
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Washington
Palmer
Nex
Wilson
Eugene V. Doba
Atlanta
Valmer
Debs
Mellon Selected for Treasury Post in Harding Era
Washington report says A W Mellon Pittsburgh banker, often named as Harding's potential treasury secretary, met with Benstern Penrose and Knox on Thursday. The meeting adds evidence that Mellon may have secured the portfolio. Also noted, the House committees urge government action to locate Montauk Indians living near the Sea.
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Washington
A. W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
Harding
Omaha Fight Over Water Plant Rights Reignites
In Lincoln and Omaha, R B Howell faces J A C Kennedy as water and power interests clash over self determination for Omaha’s water plant. Lincoln and suburbs consolidation ideas surface amid Nebraska budget reveals for the next two years with a 165.6 million tax appropriation goal and salary increases for top officials. Governor McKelvie presents the first budget to the legislature, noting a mill levy of 11.7 for all purposes on a 765 million valuation and higher taxes per 1060 dollars of valuation.
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Neb
R. B. Howell
Metropolitan Water District of
Omaha
House
Standing Committee On
Howell
J. A. C. Kennedy
Nebraska Power Company
Unitates Supreme Court
Kennedy
Lancaster
McKelvie
Nebraska
Judes
Leutenant
Mrs C McCormick Leaves 5000 To Her Maid
The will of the late Mrs Cyrus McCormick discloses she left five thousand dollars to her maid Celae Larsen in Chicago.
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M’cormick
Chicago
Cyrus McCormick
Cecelle Larsen
Mexican Rebels Capture Towns Advance Toward Durango City
Reports from Mexico City state that rebels led by the 12 Aricta brothers have seized several small towns including Tepeluanes where an American miner’s butler resides. Communications to the front were down, with only limited private and official messages available.
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Mexico City
Aricta Brothers
Durango City
Tepeluanes
Alleged train robber captured in California
Harold Terhune, alleged railway deserter linked to a mail train robbery and a Pullman car hold up to Atlanta, was located in EF Centro, California. He was handed to naval authorities after a local bureau of justice receipt. Missouri governor faces pressure from reformist groups calling a special session.
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Los Angeles
Harold Terhune
Atlanta
EF Centro
Cal
Departing of Justice
Naval Authorty
Beer For Cou Aone For Bad In South Dakota
Pierre South Dakota legislators debated a Richards style moral liquor bill to grant light wine and beer to moral persons while blacklist applies to habitual offenders. Ohman of Beadle pushed a constitutional amendment aligning with federal prohibition. A museum liquor relic bill seeks $40000 for a state collection guarded by ex-service gunners. Final action on hydro plants eyed for two years. Women lawmakers push jury duty for both sexes.
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Blackfist
Richards
Ohman
Senate
State Historical Society
Mobridge Boostera
Mobridge
Hydro-Electric Commission
Ford Seeks Large Bank Loan For Ford Motor Works
New York Jan 28 Henry Ford seeks 75 to 100 million dollars in a long term bond issue to finance his vast holdings. Leading New York banks with Morgan interests likely to back the issue at about 7 percent interest. Ford has expanded into forests railroads and other properties worldwide and faces thinner liquidity as his spread widens.
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New York
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Works
Ford
Soolidge Talks Tariff To Southern Congress
Vice President elect Coolidge told the Southern Tariff Congress at Atlanta that the problem is to prevent industrial isolation and submergence. He advocated a fair protective tariff as he heard southern leaders including John M Parker of Louisiana urge tariffs to shield agricultural interests.
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Atlanta
Coolidge
Southern Tariff Congress
Guy
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Slayer Must Hang Say Women Jurors
Seattle jury of eight men and four women sentences Handit John Smith, 26, to death by hanging for slaying three policemen. Deliberation lasted 60 minutes in superior court.
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Seattle
John Smith
Superior Court
Beattie Post-Intelligencer Sale Denial Reported
Jan Beattie publisher Clark Nettlon denied a report that William Randolph purchased the Beattie Post-Intelligencer. The rumor circulated locally but no sale or transfer details were confirmed.
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Beattie
Clark Nettlon
Beattie Post-intelligencer
Thurming
Wiliam Rendolph
Post-lintel
American girl bride in Athens
An American girl, Mia C sece, daughter of Jacob Drozu son, becomes a bride in Athens. The groom is O'Condon, with the bride’s father serving as attache of the American legation. The wedding marks a notable social event in the expatriate community.
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Athens
Mia
Jacob Drozuson
O' Condon
Cordon
W. Condon
Legation
Congress in session on tariff, hearings, and reforms
On the eleventh day of the filibuster against the emergency tariff bill joint House and Senate naval committee meets on a Pacific coast base. Education and labor panel hears church reps on stock industry conditions. Various committees push coal, fair labor, immigration, railroad valuation, cotton tariff, forestry, rivers and harbors, postal reclassification.
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United News
House
Senate
Naval Committee
Pacific Coast Naval Base
Education and Labor Committee
Manufacturers’ Committee
Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Interstate Commerce Committee
Ways and Means
Agriculture Committee
Snell
Appropriations
Post Office Committee
Harding to reach Miami Friday in early 1921 visit
A brief report from West Palm Beach details President-elect Harding plan to arrive in Miami by Friday after a private luncheon and golf at a fashionable winter resort. Other items include a bank robbery in Texarkana and a push for naval reserve pay cuts in Washington.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Harding
Henry P. Pletcher
Pennsylvania
Victoria
Miami
Harding Plans to Recognize Mexico After Washington Install
Jan 27 report says recognition of Mexico’s Obregon government will follow a Republican victory in Washington. Leaders claim the pathway opens once the new U S government is installed, framing the move as a shift in policy contingent on political outcome.
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Obregon
Mexico
Washington
Rail leaders push wage cuts for 2,000,000 workers
Chicago January 24 executives of major railroads gathered to urge the U S railroad board to reduce wages for about 2 million workers. They argued losses exceed revenue, costs are cut, and wage reductions are necessary to preserve guaranteed returns. Labor leaders warned of a fight to defend payrolls.
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Chicago
U. S. Board
United States Railroad Board
Reade
American Association of Railway Executives
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Labor Board
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
Jewell
Georgia
Alabama
Wheat stocks in U S reach 320 million bushels
Washington reports January 1 1921 wheat stocks at 320 million bushels, down from 417 million a year earlier. Department of Agriculture places 70 million reserved for carryover, leaving about 260 million available for export and domestic use through July 1. Kansas leads with 60,115,000 bushels and Nebraska holds 19,496,000 in farm and country mills and elevators.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Nebraska
Kaiserin Improves On Kaiser's 620 Birthday
Doorn Holland June 24 the former emperor of Germany was 02 years old Thursday For him there was at least one bright spot in the drab passing of his uneventful life in this dreary little village It was that the former kaiserin said to be slowly dying showed a noticeable improvement and was brighter than she has been in weeks
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Poelk
Joan
London
Thuruay
Sid
Doumer
Pov
Deamer
Meance
Germany
Lloyd Oorge
France
German Republic
Downer
Henjanan Pfrankiin
Agd
eCanada
Great Britain
Sonsentet
Crest Lakes
Thore
Tiger
Closesteau
Lloyd George
Rhine
Sorre
Doorm
Holland
Japan to grant equal rights to Japanese nationals in treaty
Sacramento January 28 report states an amendment to the U S Japan commercial treaty will grant equal civil rights to Japanese nationals except for citizenship and naturalisation. The news describes the agreement found by officials and scholars in Washington.
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Sacramento
Cal
United States
Japan
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