President Wilson calls first meeting of League council
Washington January 13 President Wilson issued a brief call for the first meeting of the league of nations council to convene in Paris at 10 30 am Friday. The United States will not be represented at the meeting which will settle up commissions to carry out provisions of the Versailles treaty. At Paris the executive council will include Bourgeois Curzon Sinaliua Hymans Quinones De Leon Eliptherios Venizelos Chinda and Dr Cunha as representatives of the eight participating nations.
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Washington
Wilson
Council of the
League of Nations
Paris
Entente Nations
United States
Smith
Georgia
Lodge
William J. Bryan
League of Nations Council
Senate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
France
Leon Bourgeois
Great Britain
Earl Curzon
Keddleston
Italy
Sinaluia
Belgium
Paul Hymans
Spain
Quinones de Leon
Greece
Eliptherios Venizelos
Japan
Viscount Chinda
Bravil
Gaston D. Cunha
Packers Lawyers And Palmers Aids Meet
Representatives of the five big Chicago packers met Monday with department of justice officials in Washington to draft the decree separating packers meat packing from other activities. Assistant Attorney General Garvin said completion of the legal wrangle is unlikely before late in the week.
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Washington
Chicago
Department of Justice
Garvin
Seek To Standardize Motor Boat Racing
CHICAGO January 13 An effort to standardize American motor boat racing will be made at a meeting in Chicago next Saturday of representatives of power boat associations of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley. The call was issued by Admiral J. W. Sackrider of the Mississippi Valley Power Boat association.
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Chicago
Power Boat Associations
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
J. W. Sackrider
Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association
Western Concerns Pay Big Prices for Planes at Show
Western and southwestern buyers dominated the aeronautical show at the Coliseum in Chicago. The event featured a $2,500,000 sale of 447 ships by B. L. Brookings of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the largest deal announced. E J Johnson of Denver purchased 500 machines for the Aero Transportation company in Denver totaling $100,000. J B Humphreys bought six planes at $3,000 each for sight-seeing in Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico. An aerial coupe named The Honeymoon Express sold for $20,000 to G C Blake of Oklahoma. A Chicago buyer paid $18,000 for Model 50 Flyingboat Limousine De Luxe. Prices reflect use from air transport in the Rocky Mountains to western sight-seeing.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
E. J. Johnson
The
Aero Transportation Company of
Denver
J. B. Humphreys
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
G. C. Blake
Oklahoma
B. L. Brookings
Tulsa
Okla
Sunlay
Food Crafts Sold By Banks Plan of Hoover Explained
Washington January 13 Congress heard Hoover outline a $150,000,000 credit plan from the United States grain corporation to feed Europe until next harvest without burdening American taxpayers. He said private charities already send millions monthly and 3,000,000 American families with relatives in Europe could buy food drafts via banks to exchange for food abroad.
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Washington
United States Grain Corporation
Europe
Herbert Hoover
House
Ways and Means Committee
Glass
Hoover
Austria
Poland
Armenia
United States
Children’s Fund
Treasury and Feedral Reserve Board
Avalanche Threat Looms Over Swiss Electric Line
Avalanches threaten a Swiss electric railway near Loueche as rock slides 3000 cubic meters threaten collapse. Federal engineers plan dynamite blasts while avalanches disrupt the Orient Express and isolate Zermatt and Saas Fee. Small loss of life reported but forests and property suffer damage along the Swiss-Italian frontier.
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Geneva
Loueche
Simplon
Orient Express
Zermatt
Saas Fee
Engine Boiler Blows Up Fireman Killed
OTTUMWA Ia Jan 13 Harvey Engel of New London fireman was killed engineer F L Silvers of Goldsburg fatally hurt and brakeman Jotten of Burlington seriously hurt when a west bound Burlington road freight wrecked one mile east of Danville at 1245 PM. The boiler exploded on the engine as the train ran at a fast rate. Six cars left the tracks and plunged into the ditch.
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Ottumwa
Harvey Engel
New London
Iowa
F. L. Silvers
Goldsburg
Jotten
Burlington
Burlington Road
Danville
Pershing says Camp Funston has a future
General John J. Pershing told the Junction City Rotary Club that if universal military training is adopted Camp Funston in Kansas probably would be turned into a huge training center. He spent the day inspecting Fort Riley and enjoyed boxing fencing bouts and exhibition rides by student officers at the cavalry school, plus a banquet and reception at Camp Funston.
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Junction City
Kan
Camp Funston
John J. Pershing
Rotary Club
General Pershing
Fort Riley
Cavalry School
Lawyering for insanity in Los Angeles murder trial
Harry New accused of murdering his fiancée Freda Lesser faced a defense bid for permanent confinement as insane. Jud Rush argued New showed no criminal mind, urging asylum for life, and attacked prosecution witnesses including Dr. Louis Weber who deemed New sane.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Harry New
Freda Lesser
Jud Rush
Rush
New
Miss Lesser
Louis Weber
Weber
Veteran Missionary Hunter Corbett Dies in China
A Chefoo China cable reports the death of Dr Hunter Corbett S4 a Presbyterian missionary who served in China for 47 years He taught preached fed thousands during famine and organized churches in Shantung He baptized over 1000 converts and sailed to China with his wife Lizzie Culbertson in 1863 after six months at sea.
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Aurora
Chefoo
China
Hunter Corbett
Presbyterian Church of the
Lizzie Culbertson
America
Daniels Urges Naval Base at San Diego Facility
Secretary Daniels urged before the House naval committee the establishment of an extensive San Diego base for repairing destroyers submarines and other small craft. Opposition argued against a large plant while noting Mare Island already undertook extensive improvements.
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Washington
San Diego
Calif
House Naval Committee
Daniels
Butler
Mare Island
Navy Yard
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Return of German Prisoners Arranged At Paris Meeting
Four members of the German delegation met General Gassouin and the French repatriation commission to discuss plans for sending German prisoners home. Repatriation will start 24 hours after Germany supplies rolling stock into France as per treaty, with an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 Germans leaving France daily.
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Paris
Gassouin
Germany
France
Take Yank Force Out of Siberia
The American government has decided to withdraw U S troops from Siberia after repatriation of the Czecho Slovak forces next month. Japan is to be notified of the cancellation of the pact affecting the expedition. Major General Graves will lead the troops home when transports are available.
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Associated Press
Washington
Siberia
United States
Japan
Siberian
American Railroad Commission
Russia
Vladivostok
Graves
Tokio
Railway Workers In Italy Reject Wage Settlement Offer
London dispatch reports Italian railway workers rejected government concessions in the wage dispute. Government proposed three workers on the state railways administrative council and a 100,000,000 lire distribution to employees pending wage regulation. Telecommunication operators aligned with the workers' decision.
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Italy
London
Rome
State Railways
Hide In Laad Of Hay Try To Snap Wilson
Washington, Jan. 13. Enterprising camermen tried to photograph President Wilson by hiding in a wagonload of hay driven near the White House lawn. Secret service officers halted the wagon and questioned the men who admitted they had not had time to take pictures and were released.
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Wilson
Washington
William Hohenzollern
Amerongen
White House
Secret Service
Reorganization of Eighth Regiment National Guard
Springfield January 13. Reorganization of the Eighth regiment National Guard, formed of Negro troops, is announced by Adjutant General Frank Dickson. Companies A through H and support units reassigned to Chicago Springfield Peoria Danville Quincy. First Lieutenant Lyle Russell of Peoria promoted to major, succeeding the late Major Harry M Powell. Company K commanded by Captain Joshua James, Company L by Captain W H Beeler, Company M by Captain Wilbert W Fields. Roy B Tisdell named first lieutenant of Company K Peoria.
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Springfield
Tlineis National Guard
Frank Dickson
Chicago
Peoria
Danville
Quincy
Lyle Russell
Harry M. Powell
Joshua James
W. H. Beeler
Wilbert W. Fields
Roy B. Tisdell
Bryan Urges Vote On Treaty Before The League Meets
Lincoln reader call by William Jennings Bryan urges ratification of the peace treaty before January 16 to avoid prolonged war. He predicts Senate ratification by next Friday and warns against Republican accusations of a Democratic split. Bryan also advises trusting the people, economy in government, and opposition to prison plants and private corporate encroachment.
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Lincoln, Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln Commercial Club
Bryan
Senate
United States
League of Nations
Nebrasa
Federal Industrial Body Studies Kick s
The industrial relations commission resumed sessions after adjourning upon delivering a preliminary report on its program for industrial peace in the United States. A mass of material and criticism was presented as members convened, with plans to summon leaders and scholars to discuss comments and suggestions. Subcommittees will study sections of the report, and continuous sessions over a long period are anticipated.
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Washington
Wilson
Industrial Relations Commission
United States
Stuents
Chicago Police Raid Shows Crime Drop in Citywide Sweep
Chicago police report only one attempted hold-up in the last 24 hours after a city wide roundup netted 412 suspects. Deputy Chief Alcock says crime decrease proves raid success and vows continued action. Of those captured, 155 held prior police records, with some linked to recent robberies.
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Chicago
Alcock
Doctor Held After Alleged Mustard Injection Death
MARKESAN Wis January 13 Dr J A Freudenberg a physician is jailed in Green Lake after a ten day continuance of his preliminary examination before Court Commissioner TH A Price for the death of his mother in law Mrs Nettie Duffries said to have been caused by injecting a mustard solution into her body Under Wisconsin law no bail can be set until the preliminary hearing is finished
Frozen widow found near kin's tomb in cemetery
In New York on January 13, police reported the frozen body of Mrs. Rose Levy a 56 year old widow of a wealthy real estate dealer was found Monday in front of a tomb she had knelt before Sunday to pray on the anniversary of her husband and daughter's deaths. Despite a heavy snowstorm she insisted on visiting the cemetery.
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New York
Rose Levy
Court Denies New Jersey Motion To Question Dry Law
Washington Jan 13 The Supreme Court denied for lack of jurisdiction motions by the Retail Liquor Dealers association of New Jersey to file an original suit seeking to challenge the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution. The denial leaves Rhode Island motions pending. Chief Justice White ruled the New Jersey filing rested on improper jurisdiction arguing citizens cannot sue a state without consent and the constitution does not create jurisdiction. Rhode Island AG Herbert A Rice challenged ratification and Congress passage, calling the amendment oppressive to state police powers and void.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New Jersey
White
Herbert A. Rice
Rhode Island
No Closed Season for Politics in Western Conference
In San Francisco on January 12 regional Republicans and women voters from six western states gathered with Will Hays. He proclaimed there will be no closed season in Republican politics before the November victory and urged continued political effort to secure top candidates. Mrs Mary Garrett Hay chaired the women’s division meeting as state chairmen reported optimism for GOP success.
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San Francisco
Will E. Hays
Republican National Committee
Hays
Mary Garrett Hay
Republican Women’s National Committee
Republican National
Territory
Hawaii
Bucket Shops Paying Tribute Witness Says
In New York on January 13, testimony at the George Graham Rice grand larceny trial included a rumor that bucket shops paid the district attorney’s office for protection. Nathaniel Bowles testified he heard of an annual tribute but could not name any payer or identify who contributed.
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New York
Wall Street
District Attorney's Office
George Graham Rice
Nathaniel Bowles
Dooling
Reclamation Delegates Plan Flood Lands Recovery
Delegates from western and southern states met in Washington to map methods for reclaiming swamp overflow and irrigable lands, described as the nation’s last great reserve of agricultural land. D W Ross of Louisiana proposed a federal appropriation of 250000000 funded by collateral bonds via the farm loan board sinking fund.
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Washington
Sisteert
D. W. Ross
Louisiana
Farm Loan Board
Death penalty for fed plots in Kentucky bill
Frankfort Kentucky lawmakers consider a bill from the Kentucky American Legion and the general assembly committee sanctioning the death penalty or life imprisonment for plots against the government that cause death. The measure also reserves 21 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for those involved in red activities.
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Frankfort
Tan
Kentucky American Legion
Legislative Committee of the
General Assembly
Japanese Narrows Arms Ship Escorted To Mexico
Government reports say a large shipment of arms and ammunition to Mexico was escorted by a Japanese cruiser. Details are being studied by a Senate committee investigating the Mexican situation. The armaments reportedly arrived at Manzanillo on December 24 aboard the Yakuma, with 800 officers and men aboard.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Senate
Japan
Manzanillo
Yakuma
Ican Department of War and i
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Study Strange Malady Hits Oklahoma Cities
Reports from Muskogee and Topeka describe a strange intestinal illness spreading in Oklahoma and nearby areas, with four deaths and hundreds ill around Skial town in Tulsa county. Physicians in Muskogee and Topeka confer to curb the epidemic. Exhaustive tests at the Oklahoma state emergency hospital are underway with results to follow.
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Kansas City
Munkogee
Okla
Topeka
Kans
Skia
Oklahoma State, Emergency Hospital
Accusers Say Detzer Treated Men Rotten in Le Mans Trial
Two army officers testifying for the prosecution at Captain Karl Detzer’s court martial said conditions under his D. C. I. company at Le Mans were rotten. Sutliffe and Moss described prisoners being struck and abused during examinations and a prisoner held in the guard house for 12 days without a hearing.
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New York
le Mans
France
Karl W. Detzer
Henry G. Sutliffe
Minneapolis
Moss
Detzer
Butler Urges National Budget Plan in Senate
Dr Nichols Murray Butler president of Columbia University told the Senate on Monday that a national budget system with cabinet officers facing both houses would place Congress in control of the financial situation and hold the President fully responsible for any administration errors or delinquencies.
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Washington
Nichola Murray Butler
Columbia, University
Senate
Congress
Government bill to turn warehouses into free cultural stores
Eons Foon Washington reports a bill proposes converting bonded stores used for intox Liquors into storehouses for akris and cultural products free to farmers. McClintle of Oklahoma backs the plan. Non producers would pay fees to fund a sales group to dispose of products at a set price to the producer.
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Foon
Washington
Akris
Eer Evens . McClintle
Oklahoma
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Reclamation Forces
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