Snow sets big fraud case back in Michigan
Trial of Truman H. Newberry and 123 co defendants on election fraud and conspiracy charges faces further delay as snowbound trains block juror selection between Grand Rapids and the Straits of Mackinaw. Dozens of potential jurors are missing as defense and prosecution adjust to the weather and a stricter trial schedule aims to begin jury selection, possibly delaying evidence until February 9.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Truman H. Newberry
United States
Here
Straits of Mackinaw
Michigan
Talesmen
Willis V. Capron
Frankfort
Frank Guinan
Manistique
Ernest C. Smith
Kalkacka
Albert Taylor
Harbor Springs
John Wagley
Crosa Village
Taylor
Wagley
W. He Etchhorn
Rinffton
Ind
Frank C Dailey
Martin W. Littleton
George C. Nichols
James QO. Murfin
Detroit
Trace
Mr. Littleton
Clarence W. Lessiey
Finnery
Sessions
Kansas Miners Strike Ends Tuesday
Pittsburg Kansas January 28 The Kansan miners strike involving about 450 workers in protest of the industrial court law passed last week ended Tuesday with most men back at work by mid afternoon Attorney General Richard J Hopkins who visited Pittsburg to check for conspiracy said witness questioning failed to show the strike was caused by a conspiracy and that the law had not been violated through the stoppage
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Pittsburg
Kansas
Richard J. Hopkins
Steamer Alabama Battles Ice Floes Near Evanston
Chicago Jan 28 The steamer Alabama attempts to break up ice floes around the Sidney Neff sighted about nine miles northeast of Evanston. The Neff has been ice bound more than a week and earlier drifted out of sight of land. The fate of seven men who left Sunday for the Neff over the ice is still uncertain.
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Chicago
Alabama
Sidney
Evanston
Senate and House Clash Over Universal Military Training
Washington January 28 Senate and House leaders clashed over universal military training as the plan was added to the reorganization bill by the Senate military committee Representative Mondell accused party leaders of risking political oblivion for opposing the plan The bill would cost about one billion dollars funded by bonds and require 50 000 more officers with camps cantonments and equipment costs Mondell and Wadsworth presented contrasting estimates on army reductions and expenses The controversy widened with Rep Harreld resigning from the military committee citing not wanting to be at the center of a dispute and objecting to his appointment keeping effort to implement universal training in doubt
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Military Committee
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Mondell
Wadsworth
New York
Military Committee
Representative Harreld
Oklahoma
House Military Committee
Harreld
Committee On Committees
Laguardia
Contracts signed by 232 railroads under govt control
Wase lington Jan 28. Compensation contracts between the railroad administration and 232 railroads under government control were signed on January 1. Underwood said these involved 717,153,182 dollars, about 1 percent of total annual rentals of 917 million paid by the government to the companies.
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Waselington
Railroad Administration
E. Marvin Underwood
The
Hines
Underwood
Plane Drifts Ashore With Her Crew Safe
A navy seaplane overdue on a flight from the Bahama Islands to Palm Beach drifted ashore near Vero north of Miami. All aboard are reported safe, including Rodman Wannamaker of Philadelphia Gurnee Mann of Washington Phil Boyer Caleb Hragg and David Hf McCulloch, per a telephone message.
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Miami
Fla
Navy
Bahama Islands
Palm Beach
Navy Department
Vero
Rodman Wannamaker
Philadelphia
Gurnee Mann
Washington
Phil Boyer
Caleb Hragg
David Hf. McCulloch
Wine Growers Beaten In Initial Skirmish
California wine interests lost the first skirmish in their legal fight against the eighteenth amendment as Judge Frank H. Rudkin denied a habeas corpus petition for J. J. Dillon, a truck driver arrested while transporting liquor after January 16 in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Calif
California
Frank H. Rudkin
United States District Court
J. J. Dillon
Wages Dispute Gathers Pace In Coal Hearings
Washington January 28 coal miners and operators clashed over wages as hearings resumed before the coal strike settlement commission. Operators’ spokesman Don Rose argued the 14 percent increase already granted yields higher earnings than most workers while miners’ statistician Van H. Bittner contended purchasing power is 35 to 40 percent below prewar levels. John L. Lewis condemned the 30 hour week remark and stressed miners’ allegiance to American institutions. Bittner cited War Labor Board figures showing bare living costs require $2,243 for a family, noting profits could fund higher wages with rising coal prices.
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Washington
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
Don Rose
Pittsburg
Freeport
Rose
van HH
Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Collect Mine Workers
Exchange Collapses Again Rates Say To New Bedrock Level
New York January 28 news reports a sweeping exchange collapse amid a rush of discounts on major European currencies. The downturn spread to remittances to Scandinavian centers as exporters struggle to finance shipments due to Federal Reserve Board rigidity. Sterling at 3.55 under par, Paris at 13.02 francs per dollar, Belgian francs 13.52, Italian lire 15.14, all deep discounts.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Paris
Houston Advanced To Treasury Post Iowa In Cabinet
Washington January 28 two more changes in President Wilsons cabinet were made Tuesday and a third is expected soon. David Franklin Houston of St Louis Missouri who has been secretary of agriculture since the beginning of the Wilson administration was given the treasury portfolio and Edwin L Meredith of Des Moines Indiana was named to succeed him as head of the department of agriculture. The third cabinet change expected soon is the appointment of a secretary of interior to succeed Franklin K Lane who desires to retire to private life. Lane figures not yet replaced.
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Washington
Wilson
David Franklin Houston
St. Louis
Treasury Portifolio
Edwin L. Meredith
Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
Interior
Franklin K. Lane
Lane
Houston
Glass
Meredith
Successful Farming
Farmer's Tribune
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury Department
Senate
Martin
Virginia
the Treasury
Mr. Houston
Daniels
Navy Department
Labor Department
Burleson
William J. Bryan
Robert Lansing
Lindley M. Garrison
Newton JD. Baker
James Clark McReynolds
A. Mitchell Palmer
Commerce
William C. Redfield
Joshua W. Alexander
The
Treasury
Wiliam G. McAdoo
Carter Glass
David F. Houston
Military Pay Bill Blocked in Senate
After five unsuccessful attempts to reach a quorum the Senate adjourned amid discussion on a military pay bill reporting about 59.5 million dollars for higher pay across the army navy marine corps coast guard and public health service. Senator Wadsworth noted riders about officers families stretched for funds and that pay rises would be roughly 31 percent for officers and 20 percent for enlisted personnel.
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Washington
Senate
Military Affairs Committee
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Wadsworth
Republican
New York
Five socialist assemblymen face disloyalty trial verdicts
Albany report details prosecution strategy to prove unfitness of five suspended socialist assemblymen by showing oaths taken with mental reservations. Evidence includes radical documents and pledges endorsing Lenin and Trotzky, plus speeches and letters tied to Soviet Russia and U L M Martens.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly Judiciary Committee
John L. Stanchfield
Chicago
Lenine
Trotzky
New York
Socialist Organization
L. C
Soviet Russia
Willard B. Bettome
Michael J. Driscoll
Joint Legislative Committee
Use Steel Doors To Guard Wine Stocks In St. Louis Homes
In St Louis, Prohibition spawns new business for reinforced steel wine cellar doors. A local safe company sold 65 doors in the last month, each about 700 pounds and priced 150 to 200 dollars. Standard cellars are basement enclosures with minimal exterior access, now fortified with steel doors and combo locks to deter theft.
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St. Louis
St, Louis
National Prohibition
St. Louisans
Many Radicals Freed On Bail From Elis Island
New York January 28 Of the 582 extremists sent to Elis Island for deportation hearings after federal raids, 275 remain held while the rest are out on bail. An average of six per day are released. Sixty three perfect cases await deportation, 43 arrested in Detroit and twenty from the soviet ark Buford. Most freed on bail expect to stay at liberty, say their attorneys.
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New York
Elis Island
Detroit
Buford
Wood to seek Pennsylvania delegates in all districts
Major General Leonard Wood will enter the fight for delegates in all congressional districts in Pennsylvania. Under state primary laws the last filing day is in April and the primary election is set for May 18.
Bullet Lodged In Erzberger's Shoulder
Berlin report states a bullet splintered part of Matthias Erzberger's shoulder blade after he was shot outside the criminal courts building. He suffers extreme pain with bleeding but no fever. removal of the bullet is not advised now. The Erzberger-Helfferich trial adjourned to next Friday with tightened court searches.
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Finance
Oltwig von Hirschfield
Criminal Courts
Herr Erzberger
Flesch
Erzberger
Germania
Strike Hits Steel Dividends Across 1919 Quarter
New York January 28 1919 impact of the steel strike drags United Steel Corp final quarter earnings to 33 79L million dollars a drop of 4 385 930 compared with prior quarter. Net income 23 040 275 and surplus 5 222 288 versus 29 111 429 and 11 105 167 last quarter. For the year earnings reach 143 813 219 and net income 93 330 239 compared with 138 631 56 in 1918. In 1917 earnings peaked at 295 292 190 and net income 244 738 908. December results show recovery and exceed some estimates. Common earnings 2 27 per share this quarter versus 3 43 prior. Regular dividends of 14 and 1 0 per cent on preferred were declared with no extra dividend.
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New York
United Steel Corporation
Influenza deaths hit record mark in winter surge
CTOWAGO NY Jan 28 Deaths from influenza and pneumonia rose to new winter highs while new cases fell from Monday. Influenza deaths 93, pneumonia 91 in last 24 hours. Total influenza cases 1,378 down 238. pneumonia 360 down 107. Health officials cite relapses after apparent recovery and note no deaths tied to vaccination. In New York City, 57 deaths and 3,683 new influenza cases were reported as health officials warned of continued spread.
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Ctowago
Health Department
Koehler
New York
Royald Copeland
Sedition measures face fresh setback in House rules
Washington Tan 28 anti sedition measures were blocked as the House rules committee refused to grant legislative preference. No further hearings are planned and the judiciary committee is expected to rework a new measure echoing the Dewey bill as urged by the department of justice.
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Washington
Tan
House Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
Peace treaty talks limp on with 48 hour extension
Washington January 28 negotiations over the peace treaty hung on article Ten and the Monroe doctrine. Democrats accuse Republicans of reversing course after tacit approval of a compromise draft. After two hours of wrangling the conference set another meeting for Thursday as private talks continued.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
League of Nations
Congress
Hitch=cock
United States
Kellogg
Minnesota
Lenroot
Wisconsina
Senators Lodge
Massachusetts
New
Indiana
Labor Minister Barnes Resigns From British Cabinet
London Jan 27 George Nicholls Barnes minister without portfolio has resigned from the cabinet. His departure marks the final withdrawal of labor from the coalition government as the party seeks peace ratification. It is expected the food ministry will end within months and George H Roberts, the remaining major labor figure in government, may resign next.
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London
George Niet
Barnes
Hig
Labor
Labor Party
Asustice
Labor Ministre
Food
George H. Roberts
Mr. Barnes
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