Reds bent on revolt and force Washington
January 25 report from secretary of labor declares the communist party of America a revolutionary group bent on overthrow by force. Engelbert Preis, Austrian immigrant, faces deportation under the 1916 act. The opinion outlines that membership in the party and affiliation with the communist international qualifies an alien for deportation if it advocates force to overthrow the U.S. government. Page 3 continuation referenced.
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Washington
Communist Party of America
Wilson
Labor Department
Revolutionary Party
Engelert Preis
Communist Party
United States
Englebert Press
Austria
Port Huron
Mich
Quebec
Collan
Communist International
Secretary of Labor
The
British Press Not Sorry That Dutch Protected Kaiser
Liverpool editorial notes Holland’s refusal to surrender Former Emperor William keeps the trial from becoming a world ridicule. The Post says Holland’s stand preserves its rights and avoids making Britain look eager to prosecute. The Guardian adds that being prosecutor and judge in one’s own quarrel has moral drawbacks. Swiss circles view Holland’s stance with interest while criticizing Hohenzollern’s attitude.
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Liverpool
Holland
William
The
Post Today
Post
Manchester Guardian
Western Front
Geneva
Switzerland
Conant Hohenzollern
Ship Board Evolves Plan to Sell Boats
The plan before the Senate Commerce Committee proposes disposal of all Shipping Board vessels to private interests. H Sumner Merrick of Boston outlined regional groups to back operation, potential government aid, refueling stations, tax exemptions, and a national policy toward the merchant marine. The board has 517 vessels over 5000 gross tons for sale plus 327 ships under construction.
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Washington
Ocean
United States Chamber of Commerce
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
H. Sumner Merrick
Boston
Chamber
Congress
Merrick
Postage Stamps Use Sugar Coating Despite Bitter Taste
Washington on January 24 the Government explained that stickum on postage stamps remains sweetened though sugar prices are high Director Wilmeth of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving said critics at post offices taste bitterness. The mixture uses ten gallons of corn syrup daily Cassava Dextrine from Java is the base a yellow powder with a slight sweetness The stickum is described as clean and slightly nutritious nobody need fear licking the stamps
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Washington
Wilteeth
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Wilmeth
Java
Soviet Forces Take South Russian City
London reports Soviet authorities say Perekop, sixty miles southwest of Kherson, has fallen. A British War Office note from January 22 said Bolsheviks neared Perekop Esthumses and Chongar on the Crimean front. Perekop sits on an isthmus at the Gulf of Perekop.
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London
Perekop
Kherson
Russia
Moscow
British War Office
Esthumses
Chongar
Gulf of
Army transport Martha Washington arrives with 3 officers and 220 men
New York reports the army transport Martha Washington has arrived from Antwerp carrying 3 officers and 220 enlisted men, the next to last contingent of the American Expeditionary Force to depart France. The final Yankee troops sailed earlier aboard the Northern Pacific.
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New York
Janu
Martha Whahington
Antwerp
Leo PE
France
Northern Pacific
Change in Two Bills Debated by House Rules Committee
Washington hearings on anti sedition measures ended with the rules committee signaling return of bills to the House judiciary panel for modification. Witnesses included Jackson H. Ralston of the AFL and the National Popular Government League opposing the bills. Blanton and Davis urged enactment.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
House
Jackson H. Ralston
American Federation of Labor
National Popular Government ‘League
Palmer
Department of Justice
Blanton
Texas
Davis
Ohio
Congress
Samuel Gompers
Federation of Labor
Labor Department
Gompers
Ralston
Stoner
Johnson
South Dakota
Department
United States
Campbell
Wells
Four Sailors Freed Reach Shore On Ice
Four sailors from the freighter Sidney O Neff freed after a week trapped six miles off Chicago harbor reach shore on Saturday morning after a perilous trek over ice. They carry an urgent appeal for help and food for the 14 sailors still aboard. Captain John Anderson and coast guard members at the river mouth prepare a lifeboat loaded with food to attempt rescue.
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Chicago
Frieghter
Sidney O. Neff
John Anderson
Coast Guard
Colder Weather This Week Forecast Across Regions
Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday show much below normal temperatures in the Great Lakes region with occasional snow. Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys expect cold weather early with some moderation later and occasional snow.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Wississippi
Missouri
Hungarian Future Dark But Peoples Spirits Kept High
Budapest reports a resilient Hungarian spirit despite defeat and Bolshevism. Soldiers are loyal, nightly demonstrations sing the national anthem, and Cross of St Stephen parades oppose a peace deemed dishonorable. Potential regent plans mix with Archduke Joseph’s popularity amid border tensions and political intrigue.
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Budapest
Hungary
Austria
Turkey
Janos
Harry Bandholtz
Interallied Military Commission
Joseph
French Cardinal Bans American Dances Spark Debate
Paris January 24 Cardinal Annette's pastoral letter condemning modern dances provokes fighting talk from dancing instructors. Delegations seek compromise while some rename or modify dances such as the Fox Trot to Haberna and the American Polka amid crowded dance halls reinforcing a charged cultural clash.
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Paris
Annette
Calls Assembly Act High Handed Affair
Washington January 25 Representative Dallinger Republican Massachusetts chair of the special elections committee denounced the New York Assembly action as a high handed proceeding He said there is no similarity with Victor Berger Milwaukee Socialist who was twice denied a seat and that the five are charged only with being Socialists and subscribing to the Socialist platform
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Washington
New York Assembly
Dallinger
Massachusetts
Special Elections Committee
Victor Bergr
Milwaukee
Victor Berger
Socialist Party
Sleeping sickness hits Rand Thomas in Plainfield
Rand Thomas, brother in law of Dr. Flexner head of the Rockefeller Institute, has slept for two weeks at home in Plainfield New Jersey from a severe sleeping sickness case. Dr Flexner and Professor Thomas of Johns Hopkins University have brought physicians to study the case calling it the most pronounced in the country. Kirk Thomas is in serious condition and has been nourished by injection.
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Plainfield, N. JT
Rand Thomas
Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
Professor Thomas
Medical Department
Johns Trooking University
Kirk Thomas
Decreased Influenza and Pneumonia in Chicago
Influenza cases in Chicago fell to 1 808 on Saturday from 2 230 Friday with 51 deaths, while pneumonia added 307 new cases and 46 deaths, down from the day prior. Dr Robertson urged the governor to modify nurse entrance rules to ease the hospital shortage amid the epidemic.
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Chicago
John Dill Abertson
Robertson
Gvernor Lowden
Chicago Telephone Company
San Francisco Welcomes Pershing With Parades and Dinners
General Pershing visited Letterman hospital at the Presidio causing smiles among wounded soldiers. He recalled the 1915 fire that killed his wife and three children near Officers Row. San Francisco greeted him with a formal welcome at Oakland Mole, a Market Street parade, a Civic Auditorium speech, and a club dinner.
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San Francisco
Pershing
Letterman General Hospital
Presidio
Eighth Brigade
Oakland Mole
Army
Navy
Market Street
Civic Auditorium
Have Trouble Towing Vessel Into Halifax
HALIFAX Jan 24 The transport Powhatan drifted in a stiff northeast gale after tow lines parted earlier. Heavy cross seas and intense cold hindered recovery with ice forming on the disabled ship. The Canadian steamer Lady Laurier could not reattach another line. The US Coast Guard cutter Gresham remained close by.
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Halifax
Lady Laurier
United States Coast Guard
Gresham
Magistrate Fined On Gaming Charge in Urbana Case
Urbana police magistrate Moses Reynolds was fined 50 dollars and costs after being found guilty of keeping and maintaining a gambling house. The unusual case saw the judge presiding at a related matter the day before his arrest. He appealed to the circuit court. A woman in the same raid pleaded guilty.
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Urbana
Moses Reynolds
Reynolds
Famed New York hotel closes doors at the Battery
Prohibition shuttered the Eastern hotel at the Battery, a landmark dating to just after the War of 1812. Its mahogany framework from the African coast showcased its age as one of Manhattan’s oldest structures. Prominent guests included Robert Fulton, Daniel Webster, Commodore Vanderbilt, Jenny Lind, P T Barnum, and General Grant.
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New York
the Battery
Manhattan
Battery
Robert Fulton
Daniel Webster
Commodore Vanderbilt
Jenny Lind
P. T. Barnum
General Grant
Census Deadline Extended in Washington Report
Director Sam L. Rogers of the census bureau announced a time extension for the decennial census. Officials now expect completion regardless of the extended schedule, despite earlier hopes to finish by the fifteenth day.
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Washington
Sam L. Rogers
Census Bureau
Entente Strategy Shapes Soviet Economic Push
Moscow dispatch from the third all Russian congress of national economics reports 225 delegates attended. M Bukharin urges utilization of live forces in Russia’s economy and cautions on observing Entente attitudes. He says Entente’s blockade removal aimed at dissolving Russia, forcing faster work to overcome economic disorganization and set a model for others.
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London
Moscow
Congress of National Economics
M. Bukharin
Pravada
Russia
Entente
Russa
Democratic Women Convened in 20th District Meeting
Jacksonville Illinois January 25 a conference of Democratic county and district committee women of the twentieth congressional district met Saturday Mrs Howard T Wilson state chairman of Democratic organization of women Mrs Idah McGlone Gibson publicity chairman and Miss Elizabeth Mayo Pittsfield district committee women were present Also listed were Mrs J Y Baker Mt Sterling Mrs T J Schneer Beardstown Mrs Thomas Henshaw Carrollton Miss Martha L Swing Havana Mrs A L Waring Petersburg and Mrs Mabel Williams Wheeler Pittsfield Plans for organizing the district were discussed after a luncheon at noon.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Howard T. Wilson
Virden
Democratic Organization of Women
Idah McGlone Gibson
Elizabeth Mayo
Pittsfield
J.Y. Baker
Mt. Sterling
Brown County
T. J. Schneer
Beardstown
Cass County
Thomas Henshaw
Carrolton
Green County
Martha L. Swing
Havana
Mason County
A. L. Waring
Petersburg
Menard County
Mabel Willams Wheeler
Pike County
Trial Causing Boom In Small Lumber City
Montesano Washington January 25 Conditions like a boom sweep the mining camp atmosphere grips the town as eleven IWW defendants stand trial for the murder of Warren Grimm one of four ex soldiers slain during the Armistice Day parade at Centralia last November Prosecution plans to subpoena over two hundred witnesses while the defense expects about one hundred witnesses Juror lists number 1380 and city hall will host lodging for witnesses jurors and counsel in a vacant hall now used by the defense for housing.
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Montesano
Washa
Warren O. Grimm
Centralia
French Captain Freed After Espionage Case
Paris January 24 Captain Mathieu, once sentenced to three months for divulging government secrets, has been reinstated to his former post by a special court. The case, linked to the Bonet Rouge affair, involved sharing a General Sarrail report on Saloniki with unauthorized persons. Sergeant Paix-Seailles faced related charges.
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Paris
Mathieu
Chamber of Deputies
Paix-Seailles
Sarrail
Saloniki
Munsey to Merge New York Sun and Herald
Frank A. Munsey announces the New York Sun and the New York Herald will amalgamate on February 1 per his plan. The Sun plant will publish both papers in the Sun and New York Herald name due to upcoming expiration of the Herald building lease.
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Frank Mungey
New York Sun, Herald
New York
Frank A. Munsey
New York Sun
The
Evening Sun
New York Herald
Evening Telegram
James Gordon Bennett
Sun
Herald
Minser
Cyrus Towns Ep Brady Dies In Yonkers Home
In Yonkers New York on January 25 Reverend Tug Town Brady a noted author and social clergyman died at his residence. The obituary notes Brady’s prominence in faith and civic circles and his contributions as a writer and community leader.
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Cyrus Towns
Brady
Yonkers, N
Tug Town Brady
Socpal
Sacur
Plans for Peace Upheaval in Senate Over Lodge Protests
Washington, Jan. 25. Peace treaty talks halted as Republican senators reassess after protests by Johnson and Borah and others. Lodge cancels bipartisan conference. new meetings planned Monday. Outlook for quick settlement dim. talks mix with mild reservations and possible independent action if Johnson Borah opposition continues. Reed criticizes secrecy and praises Bryan for opposing article ten and mandatory power.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Johnson
California
Borah
Idaho
Lodge
Republican Committee
Reed
Missouri
Bryan
William J. Bryan
America
Mr. Bryan
Railway Strikers In Italy Given Warning
Rome January 23 warning was given to railway strikers that they will be dismissed if they do not resume work by January 27. An attack on a Florence to Blagna train failed when a tunnel filled with gas. the driver kept the train moving and no further injuries were reported. A general strike in support of the railway men has been proclaimed at Bari Salerno and Cagliari. No serious disturbances are reported.
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Rome
Strékers
Florence
Blagna
Inc
Rari
Salerno
Agia
Cuabria
Mules Sale in Mexico Fulton Doctor Sells Six
Mexico Mo Jan 25 Dr BMO Riggs of the state hospital in Fulton has sold six mules to a Tennessee buyer for 2750 dollars an average of 4153 dollars a head
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Record Frich
Mexico
Bmo Riggs
State Hospital
Fulton
Tennexssco
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Ship Board
Merchant Marine of America
Count Apponyi
Theiss
Vienna
Danube
Italy
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