Treaty talks hinge on Article Ten stumbling block
Washington Jan 1 Republicans and Democrats in the Senate pressed for changes to the peace treaty while still clashing over Article Ten. Negotiations continued with Lodge and Pomerene exchanging views. Tumulty conferred with Hitchcock as Democrats met to craft a unified revision plan. Voting power in the league key issue alongside Article Ten.
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Bhington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Lodge
Massachusetts
Pomerene
Ohio
Tumulty
Hitchcock
Pomerone
League of Nations
No Decision Reached On Railroad Reorg Provisions
Senate and House conferees adjourned with no decision on the financial provisions of the Cummins and Esch railroad reorganization bills. They discussed a minimum rate provision but left that issue open. The panel did adopt a Senate clause authorizing railroads to force physical connections at docks or wharves of water carriers.
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Washington
Cummins and
Esch
Senate
House
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Judge Samuel Barney Dies In Milwaukee
Samuel S. Barney, 73, former congressman and recent judge of the court of claims in Washington, died in Milwaukee on January 1 after a year of declining health. He retired from the bench last March. Barney served four terms in Congress before his judicial service. He is survived by one son and three daughters.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Samuel S. Barney
Court of Claims
Washington
Barney
Gompers Calls Workers to Full Duty in 1920
In a New Year message AF L president Samuel Gompers pledges America’s workers to play their full part in solving the nation’s 1920 problems. He stresses equal opportunity, general rights for wage earners, and a production system benefiting producers and starving nations, urging cooperative effort and restraint from speculators. He ends with wishes for freedom, glory, and happiness in the new year.
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Wiseington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
America
Gompers
Quiet New Year Observance at Capital
Washington welcomed 1920 with no public watch party at the White House due to President Wilson's condition. New Year messages from Vice President Marshall and cabinet members urged faith, hope, charity, and duty, with Lincolnian view urged for 1920.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Marshall
Republic
Lane
Lincoln
Railroad Earnings Hit by Strike Across Months
Director General Hines forecast substantial reductions in railroad earnings for November and December due to the coal strike. He warned that losses to the public from mine labor stoppages would total millions, and that rail operations in those months may lose their value as a measure of current earning capacity. He noted railroads used precautions to curb costs, but strike conditions created new problems.
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Washington
Hines
State Supreme Court Asked To Review Illinois Search Decision
Attorneys for Harvey Marquis appeal McHenry County conviction under the act and file notice with the Supreme Court Clerk of intent to seek a rehearing. The brief cites the Illinois high court’s recent ruling on search and gesture as constitutional questions awaiting review.
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Renearing
Springfield
State Supreme Court
Ihs
Illinois
Harvey Marquis
McHenry Coun
Supreme Court
Vall
Federal Reserve sees prices set to ease as demand wanes
The Federal Reserve Board's December review notes anxiety over continued price rise, with expected price cuts tied to weakened buying power and uncertain future demand. Real estate peaks in Chicago, construction to rebound, grain shipments down due to fuel shortages, and labor unrest easing yet production still lagging.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Chicago
Mississippi River
Federal Reserve
Elihu Root Urged to Help Form International Supreme Court
Washington reports Elihu Root, former secretary of state, may assist in launching the league of nations court plan. London secretaries have prepared invitations for a managerial committee to organize the permanent court and define its scope. Root’s past efforts toward a real court and his influence for broader representation among nations are highlighted, though the US peace treaty remains unresolved.
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Washington
Elihu Root
International Supreme Court
League of Nations
International Court of Justice
Supreme Council
London
United States
bin. Koolame
International Court
Roosevelt
Root
Mr. Root
Trade outlook unchanged after Versailles ratifications
Washington officials say the Versailles treaty ratifications will not immediately affect U S German trade. Most trade rules remain, with dyes coal tar products and wheat exports restricted. exchanges and German import controls limit purchases of American goods while Germany stabilizes its economy.
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Washington
Germany
War Trade Board
America
State Department
Ellis Loring Diesel
Berlin
Wallace
Paris
United States
Department of Commerce
Widow Charged in Brown Murder Case at Town
Ruth Prevost Brown, widow of Stanley Brown, was brought before Prosecutor Lynn Johnson and Sheriff Wicsiton Coldwell by Cecile Vester who arrived on a warrant claiming Brown was murdered. Vester says Brown feared for his life and planned a decil provision delaying widow's payout. will filed today leaves family home to Mrs Brown with estate income split with elder daughter.
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Aake Saro Regetion
Ruth
Prevost Brown
Stanley Brown
Lynn ,Johnson
Wicsiton Coldwell
Cecile Vester
Brown
Caldwell
Find Plant Where Wood Alcohol Was Made
United States Marshal Power said he found the wood alcohol whisky operation of John Romannelli, a Brooklyn undertaker, and Samuel Saleeby, a Brooklyn druggist, tied to poison liquor distribution in New England. The Brooklyn garage contained registers, chemicals, and empty barrels once holding wood alcohol, with several people detained for examination. A later raid on a Brooklyn saloon owned by M Harris yielded fifteen gallons of liquor and Harris was arrested. Wood alcohol is highly poisonous and indistinguishable from ordinary alcohol to all but a chemist, Dr. Reid Hunt of Harvard warned, urging avoidance of any beverage claiming to be wood alcohol.
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New York
United States
United States District Attorney
Brooklyn
M Harris
Harris
Reid Hunt
Hatsvard Medical School
Report Of Prince's Death Is Unfounded
Paris date Jan 1 Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia was reported killed by an explosion in Berlin. The Paris report states he is in Paris and well and the death story has no foundation. A Montenegro hailing man, 28, was arrested in Cannes on various charges and allegedly confessed intent to assault the prince.
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Paris
Alexander of Serbia
Berlin
Alexander
Serbia
Cannes
Montenegro
Veteran Doctor Carpenter Dies at 78 in Batleyville
Freeport Illinois January 1 Dr Edwin A Carpenter aged 78 a physician for 62 years died at his home in Batleyville He was a Civil War veteran and father of Rev Charles K Carpenter pastor of Ravenswood M F church Chicago The obituary notes his long medical career and family ties
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Freeport
Ill
Edwin A. Carpenter
Batleyville
Charles K. Carpenter
Ravenswood M. F. Church of
Chicago
Carpenter
Deadly warfare for Bolshevists warned by Palmer
Washington reports Attorney General Palmer declares 1920 DOJ policy against radicalism will use unflinching persistent warfare. He terms Bolshevists and allies as criminals and misguided zealots, noting government tracing motives methods and actions of the unrest driven elements. DOJ with allied agents studying Bolshevist plans.
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Washington
Palmer
Department of Justice
Prices Rise Pose Threat To Nation’s Economic Structure
New York January 1 J H Trego secretary of the National Association of Credit Men warns that if prices keep climbing the country’s industrial system could collapse. He says once prices peak salaried workers will stop buying, production will fall and waste must be cut while economies are needed and businessmen should confront the problem.
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New York
J. H. Trego
National Association of Credit Men
Polk Expected to Quit State Department Cabinet
Rumors say Frank L. Polk under secretary of state will resign to return to private life and practice law as part of a broader state department reorganization. Polk just returned from Europe where he led the American peace commission and ended formal ties with the supreme council except for Ambassador Wallace as observer. Retirement date not fixed and may be months off. William Phillips, assistant secretary, left with his wife for New York en route to England to tend Mrs. Phillips' mother, Mrs. Haig.
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Washington
State Department
Frank L. Polk
Polk
America
Europe
Secretary Lansing
Supreme Council
Ambassador Wallace
William Phillips
New York
England
Five Killed In Grade Crossing Accident
CHICAGO Jan 1 Three women a man and a boy were killed Wednesday when their automobile was struck by two Illinois Central passenger trains at the Homewood crossing Illinois. A southbound flyer traveling 60 miles an hour caught the machine and hurled it into the adjacent track directly in the path of a northbound train. The dead are John Kasper Chicago Heights the driver Mrs John Kasper Mrs Joseph Boukious Mrs Frank Sluice John Sluice age 4 The station agent at Homewood a Chicago suburb said Kasper evidently failed to see warning signals.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Homewood
John Kasper
Chicago Heights
Joseph Boukious
Frank Sluice
John Sluice
Kasper
Safeblowers Crack Vaults For Cash And Jewels
In Chicago on January 1 four safeblowers forcibly entered the Gold Furniture Co. factory vaults at 1 am, bound the night watchman, and worked for about four and a half hours. They escaped with cash and valuables estimated between 15000 and 20000 dollars, posing by flashlight as they checked papers from the vaults.
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Chicago
Gold Furniture Co
Penny Was Greatest In Demand From Mints
Philadelphia mint records show 1919 domestic coinage totaling 500,915,000 pieces, up from 367,845,006 in 1918. There was heavy demand for all coins except fifty cent pieces, with pennies in greatest demand.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Mint
Fear Rail Confusion In Eastern Siberia
An allied railroad commission has asked the all Russian government to manage operations of the Trans Siberian railroad in eastern Siberia to avert a transport crisis like the one seen west of Irkutsk. The request warns of possible disruptions and seeks action to stabilize freight and passenger movement in the Far East region.
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Siberia
Waladivostok
Trans- Siberian
Allied Railroad Commission
Irkutsk
Ultraa Evans
Enforce Liquor Law to Letter Says Roper
Washington reports Jan one celebration notes the first Sunday as constitutional prohibition law and order Sunday. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Daniel endorses strict enforcement and appeals to public conscience for firm observance of prohibition across all laws.
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Roper
Washington
Daniel
Internal
Cau
Shaky Fragments Indicate Untitled Item from Buffalo News
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Janae Reinstein and Paris with unclear roles tied to socialists and a regime in Russia. The garbled text lacks coherent events, dates, or concrete actions to report a clear news item.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Janae Reinstein
Paris
Shapelia
Russia
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