Cal Telephones Police He Sets Bomb
A man called the United States secret service to say a bomb was placed in the customs house on the seventh floor timed to explode at midnight. The warning triggered a rapid response from bomb squads and police across New York as officials scrambled to secure the building before the Leonard Mitchell fight.
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New York
United News
United States Secry Service
Customs House
Secret Service
Old Slip
Piynn
Madison Square Garden
Leonard Mitchell
Custom House
Legislature Probes Twine Plant at State Penitentiary
The 1919 twine plant product is under scrutiny as a senate inquiry fights to investigate prewar operations. Other items include licensing for real estate dealers, a unanimous house expense bill of 70 700, and a report urging separate girls training schools with cottage dormitories and hospital. A new drainage system bill aims to coordinate inter county projects through a regional commission. Capital punishment remains deferr ed after a senate vote.
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Pierre
State Penitentiary
Senate
Belk
Codington
House
Danforth
Minnehaha
Women's Board of Investigation
Plankinton
Budget Board
State College
South Dakota
Larson
Yankton
Seax
Senate bill imposes bonds to regulate stock sales in South Dakota
A Senate bill by Covey of Tripp requires each stock salesman to post a 10 000 dollar surety bond and each company to deposit 50 000 dollars in approved paper to prove good faith and cover potential losses. This is Covey's second term and his fraternity bill.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Senate
Covey
Tripp
Waldron’s 21 year search for his five children nears Spokane
Marion Ohio reports James L Waldron, after 21 years, heads for Spokane Washington to reunite with four of his children. His son in law John Harwood in Minneapolis says the children are there. Waldron left Minneapolis 21 years ago, gave the children to his mother in law, and continued a nationwide pursuit without notification.
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Marion
Ohio
United Press
James L. Waldron
Spokane
Wash
John Harwood
Minneapolis
Walden
Towner bill gains favorable House rules committee report
The House rules committee on Friday ordered a favorable report on the Towner bill to raise the Philippine Islands indebtedness limit from 15 million to 26 million dollars. The action came amid debate over the project and related international finance concerns.
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Washington
United Pres
House Rules Committee
Philippine Islands
Yankee farmers offer free corn to feed starving Europe
J. J. Howard president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told 1,000 Illinois farmers that United States grown corn could be given free to feed starving millions in Europe and China if the rest of the nation supplies transportation. He noted a 500,000,000 bushel surplus and urged voluntary gifts from five to 3,000 bushels.
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Caicago
United News
J. J. Howard
Illinois
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Europe
China
Howard
Iowa
New Providence
Free tolls for Panama Canal expected by Senate action
Tribune reports that free tolls for American shipping through the Panama Canal appear assured as the Senate committee has informally considered the matter. Senators vow no full effort this session, hoping for an extra session and prompt action later. Senator Jones aims to act this winter unless a vessel measurement bill arises, in which case he will add a free toll amendment. Harding supports the policy amid coast and Gulf enthusiasm, with railroads as persistent opponents.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Senate
Wilson
Jones
Veesela
Harding
Congress
Kilpatrick Reported Alive After War Injury
Washington dispatch reports Capt. Emmett Kilpatrick an American Red Cross worker, previously listed as killed by Bolsheviks, is alive and in Moscow. Advices say he was captured last October and is currently engaged in relief work at the front held by Allied forces in Crimea.
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Washington
Associated Press
Emmett Kilpatrick
Red Cross
Bolzheviets
Jatin
Moscow
State Department
Wra
Crimea
Reds Plan Trans Baikal Regime Control
Communist leaders based in Moscow aim to influence the election in the Trans Baikal region to establish a regime there, according to field reports cited by United Press. The State Department received warnings about these activities on Friday.
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Washington
Moscow
trans-Baikal Regio
Bra
State Department
Bolahew
Galli-Curci Weds Her Pianist Samuels in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis today Mme Amelita Galli-Curci marries Homer Samuels, her pianist, after obtaining a license. Both are 31. Galli-Curci formerly divorced Luigi Curci and had said she would not marry again.
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Samuels
Minneapolis
Mme Amelita Galli-Curl
Luigi C. Curci
Europe
Homer Samuels
New York
Homer
Cook County
Ill
St. Louia Park
Mary Garden
Chicago Opera Association
Nebraska Probe Kept in Secret
Lincoln reports reveal a secret inquiry by the joint legislative committee on Governor McKelvie's code commission appointees. The panel, timing unlimited, met behind closed doors to hear testimony about alleged cross fire on Leo Stuhr and H. H. Antles, with other officials largely overlooked. A Saturday session was scheduled as witnesses were called.
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Lincoln
Neb
Joint Legislative Committee
McKelvie
Code Commission
House
Senate
Joint Convention
Leo Stuhr
Public Welfare
H. H. Antles
George E. Johnson
Department of Public Works
Phillip F. Bross
Department of Finance
J. E. Hart
Department of Trade and Commerce
Cronin
Clark Jeary
Lancaster
W. T. Fenton
State Penitentiary
Jeary
Anties
Legislative flurry as 215 bills born in Nebraska session
Lincoln Neb Jan 14 Special reports a wave of new bills flooding both houses. 117 items are in the house hopper and 98 in the senate. Fifty three stem from the children code commission with child welfare committee support. A proposed measure would allow women to serve on juries alongside men despite the constitution granting them full electors.
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Lincoln, Neb
Senate
Children’s Code Commission
Child Welfare Committee
House Membership Bill Up Tuesday
Washington reports the measure to raise House members from 496 to 468 will be taken up Tuesday. Republican Leader Mondell cited anticipated strong opposition and a heated debate ahead in the chamber.
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Washington
United Press
House
Mondell
Doughty Pleads Not Guilty in Small Theft Case
John Doughty former secretary to missing millionaire Ambrose J Small pleaded not guilty at arraignment on four counts of stealing 106000 in Victory bonds from his employer Doughty Sepp cool not guilty to a charge of to kidnap Small The text notes vague ship and horseshoe references amid confusing wording from the source.
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Toronto
United Preas
John Doughty
Ambrose J. Small
Doughty Se PP
Small
Harringtons pledge to fast through winter for evangelist wife
Danville Illinois January 15 United News Mrs Sadie Harrington fasts at her bedside for 47 days to urge her husband Ernest Harrington a Danville egg merchant to become a Church of God evangelist Sister Myrtle Baker reports the couple aim to be saved by the cleansing fast Brother Ernie continues chores and says he will not weaken as his wife endures the long fast at home
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Danville
United News
Sadie Harrington
Church of God
Ernest Harrington
Ind
Sister Sadie
Sadie
Sister Baker
Garden of Eden
Brother Ernie
Ernie
Missing Iowa co ed found at chaplain's home
Des Moines January 15 United Press The search for Ruby Goff a Guthrie Center Iowa co ed missing since December ended when she was found at the Fort Des Moines home of an army chaplain where she worked as a domestic Misa Goff said she knew of the search but would not reveal her reasons for running away or her whereabouts
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Des Moines
United Press
Ruby Goff
Guthrie Center
Fort Des Moines
Misa Goff
Michigan Hop Canceled Over Booze Drinking Concerns
Ann Arbor authorities announce the annual University of Michigan K hop is discontinued due to drinking at the event. The decision cites past years of alcohol-related issues and the hop's long role in campus social life.
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Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Two Children Die in Fire at Empire Canyon Home
Vilate four and Clyde two children of Arthur Burgener of Empire Canyon near here perished in a blaze that consumed the house Friday while their parents were away. The report also notes Entre Rios province in Argentina spans 39 341 square miles, and mentions London police training in jiu jitsu.
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Jan
Associated Prews
Vilate
Clyde
Arthur Burgener
Empire Canyon
Here
Entre
Ries
Argentina
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Maryland
London
British to Arrest All Irishmen of Military Age
Sinn Fein abandons peace hopes with Lloyd George and the government vows bold action. Authorities plan to arrest every Irishman of military age and intern them to crush the Irish republican army. Martial law expands in Longford as pursuit methods tighten and ambushers are hunted. William McGrath dies from injuries after a Thursday attack in Dublin.
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Irish Republican Army
Irish Officn
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Sinn Fenners
Longford
Dublin Castle
County Longford
Cratloe
County Clare
McGrath
William McGrath
King's Counsel
Dublin
Hero's sister elopes with instructor in wartime affair
Eldridge Phillips who taught Private Merle Hay, one of the first American war casualties, was arrested in Omaha on charges of eloping with Hay's sister Mrs Opal Cromwell 17 of Glidden Indiana The infant Merle Hay Cromwell accompanied them Phillips said he protected her after her husband threatened to kill her following a Hay family reunion in Glidden
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Omaha
United Press
Eldridge Phillips
Merle Hay
France
Camp Funston
Hay
Opal Cromwell
Glidden
Mary Garden Shakes Up Chicago Opera Debut as Director
Mary Garden delivers a subdued Monna Vanna in her first performance in the Chicago Opera Company director role. The audience responded with mixed astonishment, applauding her restrained, dignified approach and prompting notes on a potential revamp toward more American and French artists.
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Chicago
United News
Mary Garden
Monna Vianna
Chicago Opera Company
Diamond Cirere
Fang
Georges Baklinoff
Wld
Mahlanof
Cotruell
Miss Garden
Missing suitcase of jewelry valued at ten thousand pounds
Police in San Francisco searched Friday for a suitcase containing jewelry and valuables worth £10,000 owned by Harley Wilson of New York. Wilson said he handed four guitar cases to a porter at Oakland when transferring to a night ferry, and the suitcase vanished between Oakland and San Francisco.
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San Francisco
United Press
Harley Wilson
New York
Oukland Mole
Wilson
Oakland
Private cars ferry liquor to Ontario border spots
Windsor reports private parlor cars chartered from Montreal by rum runners have moved whisky to secluded Ontario border locations for illicit sale. Police say some of the city's notable residents are implicated in the transactions.
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Windsor
Ont
Associated Press
Montreal
Ontario
Civic Federation Opposes US Recognizing Soviet Russia
New York January 14 The national civic federation meeting denounced Lenin and Trotzky and pledged support to the Washington administration to curb social unrest. A letter from Acting Secretary of State Davis denying US aims to restore Russian borders or territorial integrity was read. The group described the soviet government as an organization seeking to undermine stable governments and democracy worldwide.
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New York
Associated Press
Russia
United States
National Civic Federation
Lenin
Trotzky
Washington
Davis
Lithuania
Latvia
Esthenia
Russian Empire
Two New Republicans Added To Senate
Washington January 14 Former Gov Frank Willis of Ohio took his seat in the Senate as Harding’s successor. Another new Republican, former Gov Gooding of Idaho, will take his oath tomorrow. Both will serve six year terms and boost the GOP majority in the Senate from 2 to 4.
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Washington
Associated Press
Frank
Willis
Ohio
Senate
Harding
Governor Gooding
Idaho
Nugent
Federal Trade Commission
Wills
Gooding
The Dollar Princess in Athens Scandal of Royal Veto
The Dollar Princess Mrs William Leeds experiences a royal snub in Athens as Queen Sophia vetoes a marriage between her son William Leeds Jr and Princess Olga. The unhappy figure leaves the palace for an Athens hotel amid palace estrangement and a distant prospect of return to America. Meanwhile German radicals threaten revolt and declare a plan to purge capitalists and undesirables.
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Pinneapolis Tribune
Christopher
Mra
William B. Leeds
Athene
Constantine
Sophia
Switzerland
William Looda, Jr
Olga
Sophie
Willie Leeds
Lea
Athens
America
Mills in Patterson NS Face Mass Closure After Short Labor Day
Workers in five silk mills at Patterson Nova Scotia were notified their mills would close after a shorter morning shift. Lew nine hundred of the mill workers in the district are employed.
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Patterson
NS. 1
Strike actions in Russia escalate with harsh penalties
London dispatch reports the Soviet government issuing a warning to strikers after widespread strikes in Huseln Maw. The decree threatens immediate imprisonment for one to five years and withholding of food cards for families until workers return to their jobs.
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Canadian Wilds
London
Associated Preas
Huseln Maw
Helsingfors
Hughes Named Cabinet Premier Pick With F actional Pushback
Washington dispatch reports President Harding has decided to name Charles Evans Hughes as premier of his cabinet with Harry Daugherty as attorney general and Will Hays as postmaster general. Harding faced opposition from Knox Brandegee Root and Hill while Dawes shows reluctance to accept treasury.
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Lowell Mellett
United News
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Warren G. Harding
United States
Oloot
Marion
Harding
Hughes
Harry Daugherty
Will J. Haye
Republican Party
Root
Knox
Brandegee
Foreign Relations Committee
David Jayne Hill
Hill
Hays
Daugherty
Burleson
Indiana
Napoleon
Rank Hitchcock
A. W. Metlon
Treasury
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Senate votes to reduce regular army to 150000
In a decisive move the Senate approved lowering the regular army to 150000, with a 1M to 28 vote. An amendment proposed by Senator Lenroot set a 110000 permanent figure, while party lines fractured as Democrats and Republicans showed mixed support and opposition.
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Washington
Dam
Senate
Tate Priday
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Air Mail Man Saved by Gas Fire Smoke
After circling Omaha in a blinding snowstorm for 20 minutes the mail plane piloted by Vo Pickup finally saw a pillar of smoke from a gas line fire near the field manager and landed safely. Manager WoT Vetaw and auxiliary pilots detected the gasoline fumes guiding the aircraft to a safe descent.
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Omaha
Neb
Associated Press
Cheyenne
Fleld
Wot Vetaw
Tu Sifery
Japan Agrees to Indemnity for Langdon Case
Matila reports Japan has agreed to indemnity in the Langdon matter following the kidnapping of Warren HL Langdon of the US overseas mission. The foreign office in Tokyo will review the arrangement.
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Japan
Langdon
Shadow escapes police again in Portland letters case
The mysterious figure known as Shadow eluded patrols near Portland on Friday after previously dodging deputies. He had arranged a rendezvous with banker J Wesley Ladd to deliver a package, continuing threats against prominent city figures.
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Portland
Ore
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