Reds Message To Comrades In Detroit
A dispatch describes a coded appeal to Detroit Communist members urging readiness to mobilize and support a revolutionary effort. It notes statements by officials and alleged plans to sanction or deport radicals, with mentions of Detroit leaders, New York investigations, and public officials discussing the fate of deported Russians and sympathizers amid wartime repression.
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United States
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Statin Bay
Patmiae Corky
Delvete
Danny
de Wiessige
FOIE
Mie
Crossiage
Detroit
Hee Party
Wkowa
Hsemburg
Brewers to file large claims for damages
Washington Jan 7 Claims against the United States totaling hundreds of millions will be filed by large brewing corporations after a Supreme Court ruling that the government overstepped authority by prohibiting near beer sales before the Volstead act. Attorneys say the ruling deprives brewers of property and may force payment for near beer made or sold from July 1 to October 28.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Congress
Court of Claims
Hauer
Landlady bans anarchist tenant and deportations rise
Report details landlady blocking an anarchist household citing reputational harm. A mother with a child is cared for by friends after deportation, while wages and bank withdrawals hindered. In New York, 58 more alleged alien radicals were added to deportation hearings, including leaders linked to Trotsky and Lenin. Combat leaders warn Europe needs reform to avert Bolshevism. bankers urged to oppose unrest.
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New York
Intris
jJustice
Novy Miyor
Commununism
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Victor Pachaeksky
Paige
Tratsky
Philadelphia
Europe
George Puish
Pyudsh
Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association
Paish
Gov. Sproul
Palmer explains agreement with Big Five Packers
Washington lawmakers questioned Palmer about his deal with the five meat packers. He agreed to drop federal prosecution in exchange for withdrawal from unrelated lines as senators debate broader regulation and a federal livestock commission plan. The FTC and court actions move forward as dissolution of the packers’ control proceeds over two years.
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Palmer
Jsenate Axrenttmne
Palte
Chatrmai Gronna
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Chicago
Earthquake Toll Seen Over 1000 in Mexican Regions
Mexico City January 6 official advices report at least 1000 deaths from Saturday night quake in Casaitlan Vera Cruz with wider destruction across Jalapa district. War Department indicates hundreds dead in Barranea Grande and Chicoholte as floods and fires compound distress. Railways crippled, homes destroyed, many homeless and at risk of starvation amid reports of bandit plunder.
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Ralph HH. Turner
Mexico
City
Con
Janecisco Urquize
Casaitlan
Vera Cruz
War Department
Barrane Ea Crande
Chicothle
Jalapa
Vera Crux
Compromise on Peace Treaty Debated in Senate
U S senator Underwood warned that if a quick conciliation is not reached the resolution for a conciliation committee will be pressed. Democrats and Republicans weigh reservations by Kendrick McKellar Swanson and Lodge as pivotal votes are debated. President Wilson's stance and Bryan's involvement are cited as key factors shaping the path forward. The peace conference in Paris nears its end with remaining issues likely deferred to a new French cabinet and later sessions.
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Underwood
Senate
Wishington
Jay
Senator Lodge
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Kendrick
Swanson
Wilson
Hitchcock
Reed
William J. Bryan
Bryan
White House
Lodge
Senator King
King
Paris
France
Sophie Lyons Returns to Detroit with $500 Christmas Gift
The famed New York escape artist Sophie Lyons, once Queen of the Underworld, visiting Detroit, sends a $500 Christmas gift. Authorities note her milestone escape from Sing Sing nears its 47th anniversary.
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New York
Sing Sing
Sophie Lyons
Princess Cantacuzene Speransky cites Russian death toll
The granddaughter of Ulysses Grant, Princess Cantacuzene Speransky, told an American Central Committee for Russian relief audience in New York on January 7 that about 30 million Russians have died in three years from violence famine and disease. She noted five million soldiers died on the Allied front. The princess, wife of a former czar guard commander, witnessed events surrounding the rise of the Soviet regime.
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Grant Weiss
New York
Russia
Empire
Cantacusene Speransky
Ulysses Grant
American Central Committee For Russian Relief
Cantacuzene Speransky
American Citizen Shot by Mexican Officer at Tampico
Washington January report states Gabrielle Porter, an American citizen employed by the Penn-Mexico company, was shot and killed instantly by a Mexican federal army officer at Tuxpam on December 21. The state department was advised by the American consulate at Tampico.
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Washington
Gabriele Porter
Penn-Mexico
Tuxpam
State Department
Tampico
Federal Officers Confer in New York Over Wood Alcohol Murders
Massachusetts and federal officers plan a conference in New York City on Friday to decide where to prosecute the wood alcohol death cases. District Attorney Charles H. Wright and Assistant Rufus H. Tilson indicated defendants will be tried in courts where justice will be meted out. The grand jury began hearing evidence behind closed doors in Springfield as a new slate of officials took office.
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Dan
Hamnden County Court House
Chicopee
Holyoke
Charles H. Wright
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York City
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Joseph J. Itty
Rufus H. Tilson
Pred O. Bearse
Robert O. Morris
Judea Richard W. Irwein
Prund
Connts
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Lloyd Prevost's Helo for Murder of Stanley Brown
Lloyd Prevost stands charged with the murder of his friend J Stanley Brown whose body was found December 24 along a road near Clemens Michigan. Authorities say circumstantial evidence ties Prevost to the crime while releasing Mrs Cecil Vester amid new leads.
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Mit. Clemens
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Lloyd Provost
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Prevost
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Groshbeck
Macconty County
Cecil Neatrice Vester
Gladys Summit
Brown's
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Marion
Wolison
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Asher
Weather forecast for New England and New Haven area
Forecast for New England calls for snow or rain tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures tonight. New Haven and vicinity may see light snow or rain tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions. Connecticut expected to have snow or rain tonight and Thursday with moderate south and southwest winds as a western disturbance forms a trough from Texas to Upper Michigan bringing cloudy, unsettled weather. light snow in the north and rain in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. temperatures rising in eastern districts.
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Ohio
Mississippi
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Ruth Will Don Yankee Uniform Next Season
New York January 7 Babe Ruth will wear a Yankee uniform next season. Miller Huggins visited Ruth in California and word comes from club headquarters. The Yankees are understood to honor the $10,000 contract Ruth had with Boston, with bonuses meeting his demands.
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Babe Ruth
Miller Huggins
King Slugger
California
Yankees
Babe
Boston
Ends Decay of Fruits in Earth Current Preservation
Los Angeles reports Dr. Henry Barringer Cox unveils a method to preserve fruits and vegetables indefinitely without ice or chemicals. Food is sealed in a tin can connected to earth currents via a small vitalizer, claimed to maintain odor flavor and vitality at low cost.
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Los Angeles
Henry Barringer Cox
Cox
Ludendorff Warns Europe Faces Disaster in Europe
Paris dispatch quotes General Ludendorff stating that misled Allied policies threaten a disaster for Europe. He condemns the Entente for Germany's suffering under the Versailles treaty and predicts financial ruin and a forthcoming catastrophe unless Entente policies change.
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