Senate and House reach rail rate control agreement
The inter state commerce commission would gain power to set and override state rate orders that harm inter state commerce, under Esch Cummins railroad reform. State commissions retain intrastate rate duties unless these affect interstate commerce or prejudice outside interests. The deal adopts Senate provisions and clarifies federal supremacy over interstate tariffs. The arrangement aims to resolve Supreme Court doubts about federal authority over local rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Senate
House
Lula
Supreme
Supreme Court
Commission
Federal Commission
Cumming
Indianapolis Wins 1920 Tournament City Title
Cincinnati Jan 3 Indianapolis selected as the 1920 tournament city at the Central States Bowlers association annual meeting. The association territory was increased from 175 to 208 miles, expanding regional coverage and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Detzer Denies Striking Prisoners in Army Court Martial
NEW YORK January 3 Army prisoners who resisted arrest were roughly handled but not struck according to Captain Karl W. Detzer who testified at his court martial for brutal treatment of prisoners in Le Mans France. He described breaking into a hotel room and threatening two men with pistols and claimed he did not order beating prisoners though he shouted and pounded tables to extract talks. He denied giving any order to lift embargo on rules forbidding prisoner abuse. He recounted capturing AWOL soldiers operating a sales commissary in Mamers with stolen goods from freight cars and said allied soldiers were barred from Mamers while Americans profited with the French. He stated army intelligence and CID kept three plain clothes men in Mamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Karl W. Detzercourt
LeMans
France
Detzer
Mamers
Army Intelligence Department
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Lowden Stands On Senate Position Amid League Debate
Springfield Jan 3 Gov Frank C Lowden has not replied to Senator Borah Idaho on where he stands regarding the league of nations He is expected to reiterate his platform supporting ratification with reservations as proposed by the foreign relations committee and opposed to the Paris pact His California letter says he favors ratification with reservations adapted by the Senate and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Frank C. Lowden Faday
Borah
Idaho
League of Nations
Ins
Lowden
South Dakota
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Gov. Lowden
Paris
Caliornia
United States Senate
Methodist Campaign For Higher Salaries Bears Fruit
A Methodist Episcopal church finance leader said the movement for higher clergyman salaries has produced results with eight conferences agreeing to a 1500 dollar minimum. Others will pay 1400 or 1800, with many pastors receiving rent-free parsonages.
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New York
J. W. van Cleve
Chicago
Finance Commission
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Des Moines
Detroit
Illinois
Nebraska
Ohio
Iowa
Rock River
Upper Town
Dakota
North Dakota
California
Colorado
Columbia River
Erie
Genosse
Idaho
Indiana
Minnesota
Montana
Oklahoma
Puget Sound
West
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Urge Health Centers To Combat Disease
In St Louis on January 3 the AAAS closing session urged nationwide community health centers to boost physical health and efficiency through organized local effort. Prof C E A Winslow warned scientists and doctors cannot defeat another influenza surge alone, but centers could prevent epidemics. an eight member executive committee was named to replace the policy committee, with Dr H Ward of Illinois elected to the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ward
University of Illinois
Soviet propose Italy repairs ties over Black Sea route
London dispatch says Mikhail Tchitcherin proposes resumption of relations with Italy. Bolshevik forces claim imminent Black Sea coast capture will open a sea route to Italy. Moscow wireless notes Yusovo and Dolia taken, advance toward Mariupol, and capture of guns, booty, and the Markoff division from General Denikin's corps.
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London
M. Tchitcherin
Italy
Russia
Black Sea
Moscow
Yusovo
Dolia
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Markoff
Denikine
Rockefeller Gifts Support Baptist Missions
New York, Jan. 3. John D. Rockefeller donated 2,000,000 as part of an eight million campaign total. He gave 1,000,000 to the American Baptist Home Mission Society and 1,000,000 to the Foreign Mission society. This adds to 2,000,000 already given to the Baptist Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board for the 100,000,000 foundation. The program for the next five years aims at Americanization work for foreign-born, educational aid for American Indians and Negroes, organizing family groups in local churches for social and civil purposes, and higher ministers salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
National Committee of Northern Baptist
Rockefeller
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Foreign Mission Society
Standard Oil Company
Baptist Ministers’ and Missionaries Benefit Board
Baptist Church
Admiral Jellicoe Makes New York Honor Visit
Admiral Viscount Jellicoe former first sea lord of Great Britain arrives in New York for a post war world tour guest of Charles M. Schwab Bethlehem Steel chairman. He tours the New York Stock Exchange with business suspended and visits the Brooklyn navy yard with Rear Admirals Glennon and MacDonald and Captain O. G. P. Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Viscount Jellico
Great Britain
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Mr. Schwab
New York Stock Exchange
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
James H. Glennon
John B. MacDonald
OG. P. Jackson
U.S. N
United States
Deported Anarchists Nearing Journey's End
Emma Goldman Alexander Berkman and other deported radicals aboard the Buford sail toward Russia as 1919 ends and 1920 begins. A New Year wireless update shows the ship about two thirds of the way across the Atlantic on a northerly route past the Azores.
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New York
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Buford
Russia
Atlantic
Azores
Thereford
France
Orkneys
North Sea
English Channel
American Opera Makes Its Debut In Chicago
Chicago on January 3 reported the Chicago Opera company offered Reginald De Koven's Rip Van Winkle in English based on native folklore. Percy MacKaye wrote the libretto while Cleofonte Campanini planned operas for the American public, a dream not lived to see. De Koven blends grand opera with light opera melodies to create tuneful numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Opera Company
Reginald de Koven
Percy MacKaye
Cleofonte Campanini
de Koven
Where They Got 1,500 Radicals
Reports from various cities detail arrests and warrants issued in a crackdown on alleged radicals. Up to midnight, cities outside Washington sent in notices of official actions, listing those detained and lines of authority behind the raids.
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Washington
New York Roundup Raids 800 Reds Sought in City
New York began a nationwide sweep as 4,000 federal warrants were executed to arrest radicals. Attacks targeted the Communist Party and Communist Labor Party with Palmer directing from Washington. The effort aimed to purge aliens seen as plotting against the government, amid reports of propaganda reach and education efforts by the party.
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New York
Department of Justice
New York City
Flynn
Department of Justice Secret Service
Palmer
Washington
United States
Communist Party
Communist Labor Party
Alienist Swears New Was Mentally Wrong
In Los Angeles on January 3, Harry New's murder trial shifted to a scientific frame as Dr. Ross Moore, alienist, testified New was insane when he shot his fiancée Freda Lesser. Moore said New could not distinguish right from wrong or grasp the act’s consequences, citing puzzling behavior including talking of a "dry bath" and rising at 1 AM to sit in an empty bathtub while dressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Harry New
Freda Lesser
Ross Moore
New
Lesser
Tragic Crash Kills 13 Year Old In Decatur Area
In Decatur on Friday afternoon a car carrying George Lanier 13 of Lodge Artesia Bartley and Marine Lanier collided with an interurban streetcar near Monticello Miss Bartley believed fatally injured and Lanier killed instantly.
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Decatur, Ill
George Lanier
Lodge
Artesia Bartley
Marine Lanier
Monticello
Miss Bartley
Nationwide raids round up 1500 radicals in 33 cities
The United States government conducted extensive raids in 33 cities, arresting over 1,500 members of communist and communist labor parties by Friday night. New York led with 300-plus arrests, while Des Moines, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Buffalo, and other cities reported significant captures. Des Moines detained 12 men and 4 women, all Lithuanians, in addition to seized radical literature.
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New York
Denver
St. Paul
Steven Tee
Boston
Buffalo
Oakland
Louisville
Philadelphia
Paley
Mass
Springfield
Worcester
Ste
O. Holyoke
Lawrence
Lowell
Nashua
N. H
Baltimore
Detroit
Milwaukee
Chicago
Kansas City
Communist Party
Nicholas Lenine
Leon Trotzky
United States
Rochester
Lusk Committee
New York State
American Communist Organization
Bureau
New York City
C. A. K. Martens
Soviet Russia
Washington
Department of Justice
Ellis Island
New England
Detroii
Des Moines
Iowa
SCO
Rockford
Ill
Harry Baldwin
Grand Rapids
Mich
G. FL R Cummerow
Western Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Cummeron
Morrow Denies Plans To Seek Nomination
Governor Edwin P. Morrow rejects reports he seeks the Republican vice presidential nomination He says he does not want his name used and such talk could confuse and embarrass his plans as governor The Louisville Times notes the denial from Louisville Ky on January 3
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Louisville
Louisville Times
Edwin P. Morrow
Alien Deportee Seeks Return to United States
Joseph Von Doucet, formerly a prisoner at Fort Douglas, writes from Salt Lake City requesting help to return to the United States after being deported last June with 230 other aliens. He says Germany is in chaos and predicts heavy fighting, calling America a paradise and expressing a strong longing to come back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Germany
Joseph von Doucet
Fort Douglas
Dave Greshon
Department of Justice
United States
von Dwucet
Forth Douglas
America
German Ships Seized by U S Put Up for Auction
Thirty former German passenger ships seized when the United States entered the war, including the Leviathan Agamemnon and George Washington, were offered for sale by the Shipping Board. Bids from American buyers due by January 20 must pledge use on designated lines. Refitting costs for passenger service are estimated at about 50 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
George Washington
Shipping Board
War Department
State Investigator Probes Brown Murder
Mount Clemens Michigan January 3 Investigation into the death of J Standley Brown near here continues as Attorney General Alex I Groesbeck joins the probe after petitions from friends. Mrs Ruth Provost Brown was questioned but released. Coroner's inquest ends with an open verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Clemens
Mich
J. Standley Brown
Here
Alex. I. Groesbeck
Ruth Provost Brown
Leader In War Work Found Dead Ambushed Near Konawa
Thomas Ragland a prominent Seminole county war work figure was found dead Friday near Konawa Oklahoma with three shotgun wounds. Officers believe he was ambushed by prisoners linked to the 1917 draft registering uprising. A typewritten unsigned note in his pocket threatened retaliation for sending men to the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konawa
Okla
Thomas Ragland
Seminole County
Raglan
Ragland
Red Cross Names Poland Commissioner Willam Boyden
The American Red Cross announced on January 3 that Willam Cowper Boyden of Chicago is appointed as the League of Red Cross Societies commissioner for Poland. An inter allied medical mission has warned that typhus in Poland could spread to Western Europe and America if not controlled. Boyden will depart for Poland this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Red Cross
Geneva
Willam Cowper Boyden
Chicago
League of Red Cross Societies
Poland
Inter-Allied
League
Europe
America
Boyden
Pilot Breaks Record With Load Of Mail
Washington January 3 post office officials believe James Knight air mail pilot has broken American nonstop flight records by delivering mail from Cleveland to Bellefonte Pennsylvania a distance of 215 miles in 83 minutes at an average speed of 146 mph the run surpasses his prior record set last September
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
James TH. Knight
Cleveland
Bellefonte
Knight
Two Decatur Papers Consolidate Friday
Decatur News consolidation completes joining the Decatur Review and the Decatur Herald. The Review published an afternoon edition while the Herald ran in the morning. An afternoon Herald edition was planned but halted after the merger, leaving one morning and one afternoon edition under a single management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Decatur Review
Decatur Herald
Review
Herald
Lodge and Foes Spar Over Pact in Senate Talk
Washington January 3 Efforts to break the treaty deadlock in the Senate resumed as senators return from holidays for the reconvening Monday. Leaders Lodge and Hitchcock led conferences while debate over who should move first raged. The issue of voting power in the league of nations and reservations remains central with both sides pledging not to weaken their positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Lodge
Massachusetts
Hitchcock
Nebraska
League of Nations
Liquor Shipments To Europe Stop Jan 5th
Louisville January 3 Movement of Kentucky liquor for export will end next Monday as shipments cannot reach seaports by January 16 when prohibition takes effect. R L McKellar Southern railroad official said exports will be halted, leaving 35,000,000 gallons in Kentucky warehouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
R. L. McKellar
The
Southern Railroad
Water Famine in Montreal Eases After Private Supply Move
Montreal Jan 3 A water famine caused by a municipal water works engineers strike eased when a private company diverted surplus water to city mains. Mayor Martin began hiring new engineers after failed attempts to placate strikers, who allegedly contemplated quitting as well. Patients in heated hospitals were kept alive by canal ice to prevent fire risks during the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Sigam
Martin
Italian Drys Secure Limit On Hard Liquor
Prohibitionists in Rome announce a decree restricting liquor sales to windows from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays until 12:00 noon on Sundays. Sales banned on holidays. The measure targets drinks above 20 percent alcohol content.
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Rome
Italy
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Hines
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Indianapolis
Methodist
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Admiral Jellicoe
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Morrow
U. S
Brown
Red Cross
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