Revolution in Vladivostok delays Siberian departure
Washington reports another local revolution in Vladivostok as the American expeditionary force continues to return home. General Graves said the rebels control the city and that troops patrol streets to deter crime while protesters hold foreign rule. Secretary Baker noted the revolt won’t hinder troop withdrawal.
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Washington
Vladivostok
Iiberian
Grraves
War Department
Siberia
Siberian
Baker
Helme campaign testimony reveals Newberry ties in 1918 race
In Grand Rapids Michigan on February 4 the Newberry election conspiracy trial heard James Helme recount being urged to run for US senator to block Ford in the Republican primary. He testified that campaign figures sought to spend money to influence the outcome, and that he aimed to remove a millionaire from the race. Witnesses J. G. Hayden and James Sweinhart described discussions with Cody and Newberry about campaign roles and possible pay, with Hayden noting Newberry’s wealth and urging unity among Detroit Republicans. Cody offered a political secretary job, later discussed as a paid position, but Hayden declined. The cross examination explored connections to Governor Sleeper and other political figures.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
James Helme
United States
Newberry
Helme
James ©. Murffin
Ford
Murfin
Henry Ford
William J. Mickel
Mickel
Samuel O'Dell
J. G. Hayden
Washington
Detroit News
James F. Sweinhart
New York
Sweinhart
Frederick Cody
Michigan
Frank C. Dailey
Hayden
Cody
Truman H. Newberry
Navy
Martin W Littleton
Detroit
Hlavden
Newberrys
Herrick
Oho
Oscar Marx
Milton Oakman
Oakman
Marx
Mr. Littleton
Albert F. Sleeper
Thomas Clary
A. F E. Peterman
Calumet
Roger Andrews
Menominee
Port Huron
Paul King
King
Borah Attacks Treaty Changes as Flimsy Excuse
Idaho Senator Borah described Senate reservations to a treaty as a flimsy excuse and warned they fail to protect U S independence. He cited Lloyd George and Viscount Grey arguments, opposing Lodge reservations and urging prompt U S entry into the league despite political pressures.
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Borah
League
Viscount Grey
America
Law Assemblyman Spit on Flag Trial Witness Testimony
Ellen B. Chivers, an 18-year-old Brooklyn stenographer, testified at the trial of five suspended socialist assemblymen that she saw Charles Solomon spit on the American flag during war time. She described an incident in 1917 when soldiers asked Solomon to lend his platform for volunteers, and Solomon allegedly refused, then turned away as the Star Spangled Banner played. Solomon denied the remark, and said police would not tolerate insult to the flag. Chivers said police did not arrest him. The hearing also heard Peter W. Collins claim socialism seeks to capture trade unions to overturn society with Leninist tactics and that socialists opposed war production.
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Albany
Brooklyn
Ellen B. Chivers
Assembly Judiciary Committees
Charles Solomon
Thaddeuy C. Sweet
Ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Solomon
New York
Judiciary Committee
Miss Chivers
Claims Labor Clique Runs The Government
Washington February 4 An Ohio Democrat Representative Blanton told the House that six thousand strikes during the war were settled for the strikers and accused the labor department of sending biased conciliators He charged an organized clique of five million led by Samuel Gompers aims to run the government and asserted Congress has bowed to the dictator of the slaves of this country.
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Washington
Blanton
Texas
House
Labor Department
Samuel Gompers Io Runn
Congress
No Decision In Railroad Wage Case Talks
Washington Feb 4. Prolonged wage dispute talks between railroad administration officials and 2,000,000 federal control workers yielded no tangible results as the first conference session adjourned. Director Hines had not completed his proposals when the meeting broke up amid plans to hear all union heads. Union leaders expect debate on future policies and possible changes to last July demands, with fears costs of living remain high despite government efforts to curb them.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Hines
Wilson
House Pays Attorney At Twenty Thousand A Year
Washington Feb 4 The House sub committee investigating war department expenditures chaired by Rep Johnson Republican South Dakota pays its attorney Samuel T Ansell twenty thousand dollars annually Rep Kitchin Democrat of North Carolina noted the fee and recalled a prior payment of fifteen thousand dollars to Sherman L Whipple of Boston as counsel in the leak investigation Also mention of former acting judge advocate general
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Washington
House
War Department
Johnson
South Dakota
Samuel T. Ansell
Kitchin
North Carolina
Ansell
Afetr
Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
Sheriff Cited For Contempt By Court
Springfield Ill Feb 4 Sheriff Robert T Gorman of Livingston county was ordered to appear before the supreme court next Tuesday to show cause why he should not be cited for contempt for failing to execute the court mandate in the case of Steve P Lator convicted of embezzlement The court affirmed a guilty verdict against Lator a Pontiac bond salesman December 23 but the mandate was not served before a penitentiary sentence was commuted by Governor Lowden
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Springfield
His
Robert T. Gorman
Livingston County
Supreme Court
Steve P. Lator
Lator
Pontiac
Gorman
Lowden
Debate Rules Delay Treaty Vote In Senate Clash
Washington Feb 4 Senate leaders move to clear parliamentary red tape as they plan to bring the peace treaty back to debate next week. Cloture questions loom amid calls for a modified rule and possible recommitment to the foreign relations committee to avoid stockpiled time limits. Senator Borah discusses a cablegram from Lloyd George referenced in a speech, with others claiming to have seen it, while speculation grows over the British premier's stance on American reservations.
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Washington
Senate
Marshall
Foreign Relations Committee
Rules Committee
George
Lloyd George
Borah
Viscount Grey
Clothing men tell how 10 cut prices
Washington report on a two day clothing trade conference where dealers urged production and distribution improvements to lower clothing prices. Howard Figg directs a justice department campaign to reduce living costs and a committee from each group will assist in carrying out the panel recommendations. The National Association of Clothiers warned that wage increases may limit any material price reductions.
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Washington
Howard Figg
Department of Justice
Figg
National Association of Clothiers
Crown Prince Heads War Criminals' List
PARIS February 4 The allies prepare to demand extradition for Germans deemed war criminals with the list led by former Crown Prince Frederick William. The document names Dr Theobald Von Bethmann Hollweg Field Marshal Von Hindenburg Gen Erich Ludendorff and other princes including Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and the Duke of Württemberg among those listed.
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Paris
Frederick William
Kurt von Levener
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Hinderburg
Erich Ludendorff
von Mackensen
Rupperdht of Bavana
Duke of
Worttemberg
Flu Epidemic Update Hits Chicago Deaths and Cases
Chicago health reports 109 flu deaths and 782 new cases in the last 24 hours. Commissioner Robertson announced 330 Penumenia cases with 7 deaths, amid ongoing public health concerns in the city.
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Chicago
Robertson
Mrs Leeds and Prince Christopher of Greece Marry Abroad
Mrs. Leeds weds Prince Christopher of Greece in Europe, making the bride a cousin by marriage of King George of England and Queen Victoria of Spain and an aunt of King Alexander of Cireece. Prince Christopher, son of the late King George of Cireece, is linked to Cleveland through his bride.
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Leeds
Prince Christopher of
Greece
Europe
George
England
Victoria
Spain
Alexander of
Cireece
Christopher
George of
William C. Stewart
Cleveland
George H. Worthington
William B. Leeds
New York
Prince Christopher
Constantine
St. Moritz
America
Rioting in Limerick as troops fire on crowd
In Limerick a night of violence left one man dead, Richard Dwyer, a publican, and a mortally wounded woman. Several others injured as armed demonstrators clashed with a military patrol and constabulary on Cullen street after the crowd booed the troops and shots were exchanged.
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Dublin
Limerick
The
Star
Richard Dwyer
Cuonneil
Nearer Agreement on Railroad Bill
Senate and House conferees reached a glimmer of progress on railroad reorganization after weeks of deadlock. They agreed to drop compulsory consolidation and create a transportation board within the ICC, while retaining Esch’s permissive consolidation. Labor and anti strike provisions remain to be resolved before month end. The long and short haul rules were also discussed to prevent smaller rates for longer hauls.
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Washington
Senate
House
Transportation Board
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
British bankers in conference on exchange threat
London February tensions over the adverse rate of exchange dominated a meeting chaired by Chancellor Chamberlain with leading bankers and political figures. The session, held in secrecy, aimed to review a bankers memorial urging an international finance conference and European revenue restraint to unlock public and private credits. Chamberlain said a cabinet report would follow, with Lloyd George not attending the meeting.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Europe
Cabinet Council
Lloyd George
Esthonia Recognized by the Soviet Treaty
At Reval on February 4 the Russo Esthonian peace treaty grants full independence recognition to Esthonia and renounces Soviet sovereignty over the country. It obliges both sides to forgo war expenditure claims, permits prisoner repatriation, fixes no border charges, and allows Esthonia to build a railway to Moscow and acquire 2,500,000 acres of woodland, with Russia paying 15,000,000 rubles in gold.
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Reval
Esthonia
Russia
Esthenia
Moscow
Tomcat Dick Killed After Fight With Polecat in Palm Beach
Palm Beach Florida February 4 John R Bradley’s famed tomcat Dick died after a Sunday night fight with a skunk. He was buried on the Beach Club property where he guarded the area for ten years. Bradley seeks inscription ideas from Dick’s friends and notes the cat’s famed unbeaten streak and many newspaper features and photos.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John R. Bradley
Ile
Beach Club
Bradley
America
Edward R. Mclean
Newport Niper
Hamilton Cary Dick
Moss Enright Shot Dead in Front of Home by Enemies
Maurice Moss Enright 41, famed as Chicago gunman chief, was shot eleven times as five men in a curtained car opened fire outside his home Tuesday night. Police say the killing stems from labor conflicts. Eugene Geary, described as a labor gunman, was arrested hours later. Enright had long been known to police for past shootings and two murders.
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Chicago
Maurice (Moss) Enright
Enright
Eugene Geary
Rose Pastor Stokes Taken Into Custody
New York, Feb 4 Mrs Rosa Pastor Stokes a noted socialist was released on $5 600 bail to appear for examination February 16 as a fugitive from justice She was taken into custody after testifying in the Gitlow trial in Chicago and then collapsed needing assistance to sit up in a chair She had been ill in bed for ten days.
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New York
Rosa Pastor Stokes
Chicago
Dental science bans gold fillings in dental care
The American academy of dental science condemned gold crown work as unsanitary and unhealthy and called it out of date. The resolution also condemned nerve removal from decayed teeth before fillings or bridge work, urging safer modern practices.
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Chicago
American Academy of Dental Science
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Cot Helme
Ashington
Grey
Republican
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Law Assemblyman
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Victor
Polecat
Moss Enright
Rose Pastor Stokes
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