US urged to aid Poland against Bolshevik advance
Secretary Baker recommended that surplus U S military supplies be provided to Poland to help fend off the Bolshevik westward push. General Bliss warned of renewed European war risk as Bolshevists retake coal oil and grain areas. A $150 million loan plan for Poland and Europe was discussed, with stipulations for allied military aid. Churchill and Long were summoned to Paris to discuss the Near East crisis from Bolshevik advances.
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Washington
United States
Poland
State Department
Baker
House
Ways and Means
Oker
Gen
Tasker Hh.lise
Supreme Military Councl
Europe
General Bliss
Bliss
Glass
Lake Baikal
India
Turkey
Churchill
Ail
Walter Hume Long
Admiralty
Paris
Las
Near East
Seek Agreement on Repair Work
New York on January 16 reports eight nations have sent memorials urging an immediate conference of leading powers including Germany and Austria to restore war torn countries and revive international commerce. Nations named include United States Great Britain France Holland Switzerland Denmark Sweden Norway with possible additions of Italy Japan Belgium and South American powers. American signers cited are Frank B. Anderson Julius H. Barnes Charles W. Eliot Herbert Hoover and others.
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New York
Germany
Austria
United States
Great Briton
France
Holland
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Italy
Japan
Belgium
South America
Reparation Commission
Paris
Chamber of Commerce of
Frank B. Anderson
San Francisco
Julius H. Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
Charles W. Eliot
Emiritus
Harvard University
Herbert Fleishhocker
James EH. Porgan
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
A. B. Judson
University of Chicago
A. L. Mills
Portland, Or
J. Morgan
Elihu Root
Henry Sugallo
University of Washington
William Howard Taft
Frank A. Vanderlip
Soviet Ark To Land Radicals At Hangoe
The American Transport Buford with 249 deported radicals from the United States to Russia is believed to land at Hangoe or the southern coast of Finland. Dispatch says American agents await transfer of the detainees from the ship to railway trains bound for Russia, guarded by American and Finnish forces.
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Hangoe
London
Van
Buford
United States
Russia
Hannoe
Finland
Ita
Copenhagen
Toy
Noted alienist dies in Morris Plains at 61
Dr. Hiritton BD Evans, renowned alienist and superintendent of the state hospital, died in Morris Plains last night at age sixty one. His testimony formed the brain storm defense used by Marry Thaw in a murder case.
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Morris Plains
N. J
Hiritton BD. Evans
State Hospital
Marry Thaw
Iowa State Teachers College approves document adoption
Faculty vote results from Cedar Walla Iowa indicate strong support for the document. An overwhelming majority favored adoption with 187 in favor and 1,999 voting against or abstaining.
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Cedar Walla
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Student Nurses End Blood Strike At Flower Hospital
New York January 16. Nurses at Flower hospital began a strike demanding higher blood prices for transfusions. They sought 65 dollars per pint, 20 more than two weeks earlier, but the strike ended with donors supplying blood at old rates. A nurse completed an operation while a donor provided blood free, and two hours later the nurse returned to a clinic.
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New York
Flower Hospital
Treaty ratification urged to steady postwar commerce
William S. Colver of the Federal Trade Commission urged the United States to ratify the peace treaty to stabilize unsettled business and foreign trade. He called for extending credits to foreign buyers, trimming over inflated wage and capitalization levels, and revising tax laws to restore normal international commerce. He warned that only a fixed postwar condition could end the ongoing economic strain.
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New York
United States
William 8. Colver
Federal Trade Commision
National Wholesale Dry Goods Association
Colver
Europe
Costa
Bryan Arrives to Lead Fight on Treaty Reservations
Washington January 16 W J Bryan arrived at the capitol to personally direct his campaign for treaty ratification on possible reservation bias. He immediately conferred with Senator McKellar Tennessee, a principal author of the McKellar Henderson reservations.
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Washington
W. J. Bryan
Capitol
Bryan
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
General strike covers Italy affecting telegraph and telephone
London reports a general strike in Italy including podtal telegraph and telephone workers ordered effective at midnight. Telegraph offices suspended service as troops guard buildings. Railway workers expected to join Friday, according to the Times dispatches from the Italian border.
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Podtal
Italy
Times
Cork Mayor Attacked by Assailants After Soldier Meeting
Cork Ireland January 16 Lord Mayor W F O Connor was assaulted as he returned from a demobilised soldiers meeting. He was knocked down while a pair of former soldiers pulled him free. The attack is linked to opposition to Sinn Fein election policy.
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Cork
Ireland
W. F. O'Connor
Waa
Sinn Fein
Wilson plans to name two new cabinet members
Washington report states President Wilson intends to announce successors for Secretary of the Treasury Glass and Secretary of the Interior Lane simultaneously. Gruss left the cabinet to join the Senate today, while Lane has signaled his resignation but has not formally quit.
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Wilson
Washington
Tumulty
Italian Aviators Reach Message From Rome to Tokyo
Delayed report from Home states Italian aviators attempting Rome to Tokyo have reached a message today, indicating progress or contact in the long flight. The brief notice notes the journey's challenge and suggests continued communication is expected.
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Rome
Toklo
Fifteen Admirals Asked to Testify
Washington on January 1 9th. Fifteen admirals named by Senator Hale as witnesses in the Senate naval sub committee investigation into naval decoration awards have been summoned by Secretary Daniels. The list is led by Admiral Sime who sparked the controversy by declining a Distinguished Service Medal. He is expected to be the first witness.
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Washington
Hale
Senate Naval Sub-Committee
Daniels
Sime
Secretary Lane’s Daughter Popular Debutante at Capital
Miss Nancy Lane, debutante daughter of Franklin Lane secretary of the interior, and Mrs Lane, is one of the season’s most popular buds in Washington society, drawing attention at capital events and social gatherings.
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Lane
Bud
Nancy
Franklin Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Supreme effort to save condemned men
Lincoln Neb Jan 16 Attorneys for Allen V Grammer and Alson B Cole pressed to stop their clients execution in the electric chair set for next Friday for the murder of Grammer s mother in law Mrs Lulu G Vogt near Elba Neb A habeas corpus hearing was scheduled for tomorrow Cole s lawyers sought appeal to the US Supreme Court while another sought a federal writ of habeas corpus The Nebraska Supreme Court chief justice denied Cole a writ of error to the US Supreme Court
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Neb
Allen V. Grammer
Alson B. Colé
Grammer
Lulu G. Vogt
Near
Elba
Nebraska Supreme Court
Cole
Jruatlee
United States Supreme Court
Paroled convict roland slain by mother in law near Knoxville
Howard Roland a miner and parolee from Anamosa shot and killed at Mrs. Lon Baty’s home three miles north of Knoxville. Mrs. Baty wounded seriously and later hospitalized in Des Moines. Roland, 28, aimed at his wife and her mother after she left him with two children. A bottle of cacholic acid was found on his body as investigators suspect he planned suicide after the killings.
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Knoxville
Howard Roland
Anamosa
Lon Haty
England May Offer By Men Concessions
London report says the government is ready to concede on wages to railway workers but won’t yield on the principle of its offer. Sir Brick Geddes, transport minister, told a delegation the modified proposition will be presented to delegates at tonight’s meeting.
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London
Brick Geddes
Wool to Make Best Suits Costs Not More Than $7
East Lake City report on H B R King claim that wool prices will push clothing costs 25 to 40 percent. Dr S W McClure counters that wool today in Boston shows little rise, with clean wool fetching about 2.10 a pound and ordinary wool around 1.0 to 1.40. Using 62 ounces of wool for a midweight suit, cost of wool held to about 6.25, while typical retail prices run 60 to 75 dollars. finest wool would not exceed 7 dollars in wool content.
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East Lake City
H. BR. King
Seattle
National Retail Clothiers’ Association
Chicago
8. W. McClure
National Wool Growers’ Association
Mr. King
Boston
McClure
Hoston
Woman Sorry She Failed Killing Her Betrayer
In Los Angeles on January 16, 23 year old Mrs. Virginia Garcia confessed to assault to commit murder. She fired multiple shots at Pedro B Ramirez in his sleep, injuring him, then told police Ramirez had forced her into prostitution and threatened her and her family. She expressed sorrow over not killing him.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Virginia Garcia
Pedro B. Ramires
Ramirez
Juana
Jose Delgado
Garcia
Celia
Tony
Gonzales
Iowa Demands Longer Government Rail Operation Urged
Washington reports say Iowa delegation received telegrams from James Stedman urging a two year extension of government operation of railroads. Endorsed by labor leaders and various groups, the push claims 70 percent of Iowa voters demand it, but some Iowans oppose publicly. J W Coverdale of the Farm Bureau dissented for his organization.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
James Stedman
Fred Canfield
Iowa Federation of Labor
Marshall J. Miller
Des Moines Trades and Labor Assembly
A. J. Banks
The
United Taxpayers
J. N. Snook
Threshers’ Union
J. A. Gibson
Order of Railway Conductors
C. L. Fox
Society of Equity
Stedman
Congress
J. W. Coverdale
Iowa Farm Bureau
Negroes Seek Separate State Under U S Protectorate
In Washington on January 16 representatives of the Negro race urged the House judiciary committee to establish a separate state along the Rio Grande on territory ceded by Mexico and Texas. Dr. Moses Madden of St. Louis pushed for a Negro‑ruled state under U.S. protection.
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Washington
United States
House Judiciary Committee
Moses Madden
St. Louis
Rio Grande River
Mexico
Texas
Discredited Germans Leaving Switzerland En Masse
Geneva reports an enormous exodus of German subjects returning to former homes, many deserters from the German army, driven by Germany's annuity law. Swiss newspapers praise departures and urge expulsion of remaining infamous German nationals in Lugano.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Germany
Nlles
Lugano
Party to Start Work of Bringing Back Dead
New York January 11 The transport Powhatan sails for Antwerp Belgium with a party of 75 former service men and officers aboard to visit battlefields and begin bringing home the bodies of American soldiers. The expedition is led by Herbert Foreman, a former artillery officer of the Rainbow division.
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New York
Antwerp
Delgium
Herbert
Rainbow Division
Democrats fail to name a floor leader in Senate deadlock
Washington Jan 16 Senate democrats faced a deadlock for the floor leader to replace the late Senator Martin with Hitchcock and Underwood tied at 21 each after Hoke Smith of Georgia refused to vote. Glass abstained leaving 43 present. Glass may be seated later to alter the vote.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Martin
Hitchcock
Underwood
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Smith
Hitcheeck
Swanson
Johnson
South Dakota
Arizona
Carter Gliss
Virginia
Glass
Senate
Bankhead
Dial
Pletcher
Guy
Gerry
Gore
Harris
Harrison
Jones
New Mexico
McKellar
Pittman
Ransdell Reed
Shields
Maryland
South Carolina
Stanley
Walsh
Massachusetts
Williams
Ashurst
Chamberlain
Culberson
Henderson
Kendrick
King
Meyers
Nurgent
Overman
Phelan
Pomereme
Robinson
Sheppard
Simmons
Thomas
Trammell
Montana
Wolcott
Beckham
Owen
Bsouth
New Guilty of Murder in Second Degree Finding
Los Angeles jurors convicted Harry Newhere today of second degree murder for the July slaying of Mian Freda Lesser. The verdict follows a trial detailing the fatal confrontation and motive alleged by prosecutors.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ada
Harry
New
Mian
Freda Lesser
Distillers Seek Relief From U S Government
Cincinnati dispatch reports a committee of distillers named by George Dieterle will travel to Washington within a week to seek modified terms and relief. They aim to free holders of Moor mocks taxed at 6.40 a gallon now barred from selling and to allow sales or conversion of plans under new terms. The group will press departmental heads for relief measures.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
George ¥. Dieterle
Washington
Hungarians Insist On Arguing Their Claims
Paris Jan 15 The Hungarian peace treaty was handed to enemy delegates at 4 10 pm Premier Clemenceau presiding invited Hungarians to present their case Count Appenyl head of the delegation protested urging discussion Clemenceau agreed they may appear before the supreme council at 2 30 pm tomorrow with present explanation
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Paris
Clemenceau
Wien Lege Tiacely
Count Appenyl
Necean Iy
Supreme Council
Eflaina
American envoy Lorin to represent U S in Berlin
Paris reports 11 W op. Lorin, the American commissioner to Germany, will depart for Berlin tonight to resume diplomatic communications on arrival with Gommaar, continuing official talks in the German capital.
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Paris
W. Lorin
Germany
Berlin
Gommaar
Simul
Violinist Elman Applies for First Naturalization
Alecia Biman a violinist in New York filed his first naturalization papers on January 16. Born in Tomnol Kiev Russia he is 28 years old and resided in New York. He arrived in the United States from London on September 16 1914 and described himself as a violin artist.
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Elman
New York
Allecia Biman
Kiman
Tomnol
Kiev
Russa
United States
London
Hoover May Be Made Candidate on Either Side
New York and Washington dispatches report Julius H. Barnes stating Herbert Hoover could be the Republican nominee or run as a Democrat if the GOP adopts a non progressive platform. Democrats and reporters react as Hoover concentrates on his political future amid mixed signals from party leaders.
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Hoover
New York
Herbert Hoover
Julius H. Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
National Wholesale Drygoods Association
Barnes
Herbert
Teket
Washington
Julius Barnes
James W. Gerard
Ambalaador
Germany
Champ Clark
House
Clark
Moses
Genral Leonard Wood
Congressamin
Bermes
Armour & Co Moves to Drop Sidelines Leather Split
Armour and Company directors announced steps to segregate leather and tanning properties into the Armour Leather Company in compliance with a government agreement. The first subscription will be offered to Armour 6 percent debenture holders who convert to 7 percent preferred stock, with stock books closed February 3 to 10 and record dates February 2.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Armour Leather Company
Armour & Company of Record
Armour
Enti
Leather Company
Paris Treaty Ceremony Set for Tomorrow Afternoon
Paris reports a peace treaty ceremony scheduled at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The event will be private and not open to the public.
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Paris
Sangha Stout
Ign
Germany fears further riots at early date
Berlin report notes a communist manifesto urging immediate election of revolutionary councils in all industrial establishments. Noske bans communist and Independent socialist newspapers and a Thursday memorial meeting. Rioting followers may mark Liebknecht’s death anniversary with police firing at a mob at the Reichstag. Premier Bauer defends police restraint while Reichstag debates the workers councils bill. Allies weigh withholding lists of war criminals amid unrest. discussions push surrender plans until internal conditions calm.
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Berlin
Gustav Noske
Karl Liebnecht
Reichstae
Bauer
Reichstag
Zeitung Am Mittag
Workers’ Councils
Germany
Lloyd George
Clemencea
Teuton Republic
Germain
Supreme Court
Me Yanks And Japs Clash Rumor In Siberia
Harbin dispatch reports a clash between Japanese and American troops in Siberia. Bolshevist communiqu e from Moscow mentions a movement by social revolutionaries with the Czechs, isolated by an American meet leaving the Philippine Islands for Vladivostok to prevent fresh Japanese troops.
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London
Harbin
Siberia
Bolshevist
Moscow
Social Revolutionaries
Philippine Islands
Vindivostok
Usal
Semenoff
Biberian
Obi
trans-Caspian
Turkestan
Carranza to Disband Obregon Army in Honora State
Washington reports Carranza plans to reduce Obregon aligned forces by 6000 troops in Honora. The region would be under military law with new governor Ignacio Penqueira, replacing De La Huerta seen as sympathetic to Obregon’s presidential bid.
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Carranza
Obregon
Washington
Carransa
French birth rate continues to fall in Paria after war
Paria reports reveal the birth rate remains depressed compared with prewar levels. Data from the prefect of police show births per thousand of population down, with poorer quarters like Anoestya showing higher rates than wealthier areas.
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Paria
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