Budget reform call echoes in Chicago speech
Congressman James W. Good outlined a $5.25 billion US budget for the next fiscal year excluding the railroad administration, arguing it would cost $47 per person. He criticized department heads for extravagance, urged a practical American budget system, and warned against overstocking or hoarding government resources.
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James W. Good
Yown
House Committee On Appropriations
Tlinois Manufacturers’ Association
Press Bureau
Dun's Review Finds Few Evidences Of Lower Costs
NEW YORK Jan 10 Dun's today will say the first full week of the year showed no departure from the upward price swing of 1919. Demand in primary channels runs beyond supplies for better goods, prices firm as buyers return and retailers report ongoing sales. Yet few concrete signs of lasting reduction in living costs are evident, though weekly bank clearings reached 10,021,038.6S.
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New York
Dun
Jap uprising in Korea shocks London readers
An anti Japanese rising has broken out in Korea, according to a Bolshevik wireless communication received tonight from Moe cow.
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Korea
London
Moe
Committees Set Plans for Constitutional Convention Rules
Springfield IL Jan 10 Twenty four committees will pass proposed changes to the basic law of Illinois submitted to the constitutional convention. The rules committee adopted the procedure, its report printed for convention members, with sessions and limits outlined. Charles E Woodward Ottawa named to appoint committee members. 267 committee seats exist.
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Springfield
Charles E. Woodward
Ottawa
Chicago
Cook County
Operators Talk of Defiant Stand in Coal Strike Crisis
Washington Jan 10 The wage scale committee for Central Competitive Fields discussed how coal operators will respond to the three man Wilson commission on wages and prices. Some urged flat refusal to deal with the commission while others favored cooperation with reservations. Debate included proposals for an impartial tribunal or supplying information without binding operators to the commission’s conclusions.
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Washington
Wilson
Rail Workers Reject Government Wage Terms in UK
London January 9. The Union of Railway Workers rejected government terms for wage settlements. No deadlock or strike is expected, with conference continuing and to reconvene tomorrow to hear the government reply on proposals referred back for consideration.
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London
Union of Railway Workers
Bolsheviks Capture Krasnoyarsk in Siberia
A Moscow dispatch reports Krasnoyarsk in eastern Siberia has fallen to the Bolsheviks. Remnants of the first three armies are said to have surrendered with about 60,000 prisoners taken.
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Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
Moscow
Washington
State Department
European Russia
Irkutsk
Baikal
Taiga
Russia
Dvinsk
Poland
Riga
Lowden Pardons Man Who Helped Prevent Escape Of Prisoners
Springfield I Jan 10 Governor Frank O Lowden commuted Thom as Ryans four month LaSalle county jail term to expire at once for aiding in preventing a jail delivery. Ryan sustained severe wounds while battling escaping prisoners. Also commuted were Joel P Johnson a returned soldier convicted of wounding a man as special deputy during the Chicago steel strike and Stephen Lalor of Pontiac convicted of larceny. Johnson was sent to the house of correction and Lalor to Joliet.
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Joel P. Johnson
Chicago
Stephen Lalor
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Lator
Joliet
Lowell Asks Change In Terms Of Treaty
President Lowell of Harvard urges Democratic senators not to stand too firmly against reservations to article 10 of the League covenant. He says a compromise may be needed if it helps peace, noting that article 16’s economic boycott provisions have strong war-prevention impact.
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Washington
Lowell
Harvard
Walsh
Massachusetts
Eight Preliminary Peace Notes Signed
Paris reports eight preliminary documents on treaty enforcement signed in preparation for ratification of the Versailles pact. Five involve Entente and Germany regarding Galicia and other territories while three set terms between Poland and Germany on relations under the treaty enforcement.
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Paris
Galica
Liquor Exports to Cuba Targeted by New Ban at Ports
Atlanta Jan 9 Large quantities of liquor bound for Cuba from New Orleans and Mobile are expected to be seized under the federal prohibition amendment as export freight embargoes are enforced at the two ports by the railroad administration.
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Cuba
New Orleans
Mobile
Railroad Administration
Requests Kaiser To Return Home In The Hague
The first chamber of the Dutch parliament drafted a memorandum urging Holland to ask former German Emperor William to return to Germany. The government dismisses the memo as nonessential, and plans to retain the exiled ruler. William is supervising wood cutting at Doorn while a new landscape is prepared for his estate. No cabinet collapse is anticipated.
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Socialists Ousted From Legislature Will Press Fight
New York January 10 Republicans discussed the assembly suspension of Socialist members and the likely electoral impact while the five suspended assemblymen planned a bitter bid for reinstatement. The Socialist party and Central Federated Union denounced the action and urged restoration and political unity for workers.
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Assembly
Charles Soloman
Socialist Party
Chicago
League of Nations
America
Central Federated Union
American Federation of Labor
Hays Sees Republican Triumph in Capital Banquet
In Denver on January 9, Will H. Hays, chairman of the national committee, told the Colorado central committee that Republicans will win the next presidential election by a large margin. He criticized the administration and claimed government employees were dense in Washington. He alleged bond buyers’ names appeared on the Democratic mailing list.
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Republican Party
Will H. Hays
National Committee
Colorado State Central Committee
United States
Americans killed by rebels on Tampico coast
American F J Rodney and Earl Boles were shot on the sea shore near camps of the International and Trans Continental Oil companies in the Tampico region. Officials say rebels allied with Manuel Pelaez likely attacked after mistaking them for munitions carriers.
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F. J. Rodney
Earle Boles
Tampico
Interior Department
Manuel Pleaez
Pelaez
Tamiahua
Rodney
Jules
Prosecutor Arraigns New In His Argument
In Los Angeles on January 10 Harry S. New, on trial for the murder of his fiancée Freda Lesser, was called a cold blooded murderer as Deputy District Attorney Keyes urged the death penalty before the jury. Keyes said only three witnesses doubted New’s insanity and accused him of betrayal and accusing the victim of running around with other men. Adjournment was taken to Monday due to a juryman’s illness.
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Romanian Prince And Parents Reconciled
Paris reports complete reconciliation between Crown Prince Charles of Roumania and his parents King Ferdinand and Queen Marie. The prince, living at a Transylvanian garrison town, had earlier renounced the throne after an incompatible marriage and faced a suicide attempt when separated from his wife.
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Bucharest
Martens Eager to Make His Charges About Red Planks
Subpoenas served on Ludwig C A K Martens and secretary Santeri Nuorteva demand their appearance at the Senate foreign relations sub committee hearing on Russian propaganda. Martens, sought by the justice department, would be produced for testimony amid claims the embassys charges include planks in communist platforms framed by justice agents.
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Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
United States
Santeri Nuurteva
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Department of Justice
Nuerteva
Santeri Nuorteva
Nuarteva
Borah
Knox
Pomerene
Shields
Nuorteva
Communist Labor Party
American capital built nitro for war effort
New York January 10 An inquiry into 814 million dollars spent on two Muscle Shoals nitrate plants revealed activists and industry leaders donated vast sums and secrets to aid the government without seeking profit. Frank S Washburn said the American Cyanide Company earned no profit on over 89 million dollars of war work and faced tax implications on a government fee.
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Hcense
War Department
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Frank S. Washburn
American Cyanide Company
Washburn
Assumes Full Blame For Detzer's Course
New York January 10 Colonel Frank Halstead of Cincinnati testified he assumed full responsibility for charges of brutal treatment of prisoners connected to Captain Karl W. Detzer of the Le Mans military police company who is under court martial on Governors Island. Halstead said he did not think highly of Detzer's company efficiency and recalled seeing Detzer in disguise wearing large army shoes with socks showing beneath trousers.
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Frank Halstead
Cincinnati
le Mans
France
Karl W. Detzer
Governmer
Halstead
Detzer
Tle
Red Cross
Swedish strike spreads across the country
Swedish labor unrest spreads as of Jan 9 with 70 percent of workers idle. Iron workers and mill employees in paper and wood pulp sectors threaten to strike after Jan 15. Employers plan a counter move with a general lockout.
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Stockholm
No Outcome Yet in Versailles Treaty Talks on Campaign Block
Washington reports Friday that treaty ratification efforts remain unsettled as Democratic and Republican allies seek compromise reservations. Senate talks focus on Kendrick reservations and possible counter-proposals, with predictions of ratification before campaigning broadens. Bryan’s Jackson Day stance intensifies campaign-era debate, while Lodge supports using the treaty as a political issue. A committee plan for San Francisco arrangements is expected to be set by executives.
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Cleveland Commune Closes Headquarters
Cleveland, Jan. 16. Abandonment of the communist party of Cleveland and the closing of party offices were announced along with the Justice Department disclosure of three arrests of radicals linked to the party. The discontinuance cited heavy expenses to bond deportees and court costs as the reason for the move.
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