Hitchcock Walks Out Of Parley In Treaty Talks
Washington Jan 31 Negotiations to break the peace treaty deadlock failed as Democrats walked out after Senator Lodge refused concessions on article Ten. Senator Hitchcock announced plans to move the treaty for ratification February 10, seeking reservations previously agreed in committee. Lodge criticized proposals, saying no changes to the Monroe doctrine or article Ten reservations would be adopted. The conference dissolved after attempts to reach a compromise ended without progress.
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Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Taft
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Hrehcock
Comiv
Quarteleven
Monroe
Leake
Hitchcoch
Great Britain
League
Paris
United States
Palmyra farmer fears famine if labor flees to cities
Washington reports indicate a widespread farmer unrest over rising living costs caused by labor migration to urban areas, middlemen profits, and weak farmer consumer links. Excerpts from 40 000 questionnaire replies show farmers considering leaving the land or reducing acreage as unions and urban wages pull workers away.
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Palmyra
Washington
Post-Office Department
George L. Wood
Post Office Department
Senate Post Office Committee
J. J. Blakslee
Seid
Oficul
Borah Questions GOP Promise to Cut Government Spending
Idaho senator William Borah warned there is no evidence Congress will follow through on Republican vows to reduce government expenditures. He opposed a bill creating a unified government air service due to cost and urged both parties to honor wartime pledges to curb spending. He criticized platform committees shaping a record he argues voters should trust.
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Jan Oko
Borah
Republican
Idaho
Senate
Congress
Republican Party
Berah
Republican Congress
Wets devise labels to discourage drys in Britain
London Jan 30 A caricature of Uncle Sam with an elongated proboscis bearing the word prohibition will appear on labels on all beer wine and whisky sold in Great Britain Five million labels have been printed with the warning If prohibition wins there will be no more beer Some dealers oppose the work arguing it is vulgar A second label for grocers shows an inverted designated prohibition and warns Local option is the thin end of this wedge Don’t let them drive it home
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London
Sam
Great Britain
Senate Again Fails to Reach Quorum on Pay Bill
Washington January 31 Senate did not obtain a quorum for the third straight day delaying consideration of the army and navy pay bill. The chamber adjourned about two hours early as the stalemate continued and no progress was made on the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Cabinet Men Clerks Eat Too Much in House Speech
Representative Rucker of Missouri attacked the state department, opposing a 310000 appropriation for auto upkeep, declaring cabinet officers and their chief clerks are always at lunch and eat too much, with calls at 11 a.m. and a return at 3 p.m. to lunch.
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Washington
Tan
Representative Rucker
Missouri
House
Mr. Rucker
Ski Jumper Clears 118 Feet Wins Interstate Event
Glenwood Minn Jan 20 Tarsney Riley of Virginia Minn won first place in the professional event of the interstate ski tournament today. Frans Hansen of Minneapolis was second and Lars Haugen of Chippewa Falls Wis third. Hansen won the long standing jump with 118 feet. Anders Halgren of Colorado, the world champion, arrived late for main events but made 119 feet in an exhibition.
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Glenwood
Minn
Tarsney Riley
Virginia
Frans Hansen
Minneapolis
Lars Haugen
Chippewalls
Wis
Hansen
Anders Halgren
Colorado
Inoan
Influenza Figures and Funeral Restrictions Reported
INFLUENZA NEW CASES 1015 in 24 hours in Chicago with 112 deaths. pneumonia 340 new cases and 50 deaths. Health Commissioner Robertson reimposes funeral and wake bans. attendance limited to ten. Dr. Robertson criticizes use of whisky in treatment as improper for public health officials. Influenza sweeps Texas Northwest with 500+ cases in Wichita Falls area. Burkburnett 200, Lowa Park 100. Topeka Kansas reports 1441 new cases across 52 counties, compared with 1424 yesterday.
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Chicago
Robertson
Clyne
Texas
Wichita Falls
Tex
Wichita Pall
Burkburnett
Lowa Park
Salt Lake
Salt Lane City
Utah
Kansas
Topeka
Kas Fan
State Board of Health
London Report Signals Siberian Trouble and Strikes
London reports eight American and two British officers captured by Bolsheviks. Daily Mail dispatch from Harbin notes fifteen thousand Czech troops along a four hundred mile stretch west of Irkutsk and that Kelchak government gold worth 20 million pounds sterling remains in Bolshevik hands. Louis Jacobs, a cigarmaker in Jepeer son City Maine, died Friday of sleeping sickness after a long coma.
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London
Daily Mail
Harbin
Irkutsk
Kelchak
Lake Baikal
Atchison Official Dies Former Rail Leader Passes Away
The former general manager of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway, a prominent railroad figure, dies in January. He was well known in the industry and held key leadership roles in Topeka and Denver associations.
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Atchison
Denver
Jan
Shee
Mudgee
Atcchtison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Sriday
United States All Right memorial from farmers groups
Washington January 31. A memorial adopted by seven national farm organizations declares there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the U S government and no need for social or economic changes. It urges return of railroads to private ownership with minimal safeguards and condemns price fixing and profiteering while supporting collective bargaining and Capper-Volstead rights.
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Washington
United States
Congress
International Congress
National Farmers’ Congress
National Grange
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farmers’ Union
American Cotton Growers’ Association
National Federation of Milk Producers
Capper-Heisman
Death sentence for bandits reversed in Indiana
Indiana supreme court reversed Lake County criminal court ruling sentencing four bandits to death for the Tolleston bank cashier murder. The justices ordered a new trial after finding error in denying the defendants the chance to withdraw guilty pleas without counsel. Defendants named Batchelor Batchelor Parker and Trkuija argued lack of legal representation violated constitutional rights.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Supreme Court
Lake County
Tolleston
Lake Count
Thomas M. Batchelor
Alberto Batchelor
James H. Parker
Dan
Airmen to Fly Back From Mexico After Forced Landing
Lieutenants KEFF. Davis and GG. E Grimes US aviators who made a forced landing in Mexico near Zapata county Texas are expected to return to American soil today with Mexican sanction. They will be sent fuel and supplies by automobile from Zapata and are expected to fly back to McAllen Texas.
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Brownsville
Texas
Keff. Davis
GG. E Grimes
United States Army
Mexico
Zapata County
Aviateurs
Zapata
Grimes
Davis
McAllen
Erzberger Gains Doctors Report On Recovery
Berlin Jan 30 physicians attending Finance Minister Mathias Erzberger said his temperature is normal and his general condition satisfactory There is no reason to doubt he will resume duties in a few days after being shot several days ago
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Finance
Erzberger
Soviet Couriers Faced Death in Europe Says Martens
Soviet agent Ludwig A. K. Martens testified before the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that couriers carried funds to the United States to finance Soviet propaganda. He said seven of twenty couriers survived barriers and that nine were captured in Germany while others were shot in Finland. He described contracts with American firms, including 4.58 million in printing presses, none shipped yet, and claimed diplomatic immunity.
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Washington
Russia
America
Europe
Ludwig
A. K. Martens
United States
Senate Foreign Relations
Martens
State Department
Moscow
Finland
Germany
Couriems
Marteng
Soviet Russia
Lehigh Machine Company
Lehighton
Moses
Woisen
Hardwick
Georgia
Reds Show Leniency To Cossack Captives
Associated Press reports a Bolshevik proclamation spread among Red troops in north Russia urges leniency toward prisoners especially Cossacks. The British war office notes the document divides Whites into two groups with harsh penalties for those linked to the civil conflict and calls for mercy toward others.
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Associated Press
London
Russia
British War Office
House Military Committee Remains Unchanged
Washington January 31 Republican leaders agree not to fill a vacancy on the House military committee as it frames an army reorganization bill. The vacancy arose from La Guardia's resignation. Representative Herretd declined after opposition to universal military training. The committee of twenty is evenly divided on universal training.
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Washington
House Military Committee
House
la Gardia
New York
Herretd
Oklahoma
Charles B. Kistler Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement
Charles B. Kistler former Warren city treasurer pleaded guilty to embezzling city funds and was fined 390640.10 dollars double the amount embezzled and sentenced to one to twenty years in the state penitentiary by Common Pleas Judge C A L Wilkins.
Relief aid vote: Senate committee approves $50 million line
Washington January 31 Republican leaders in the House Ways and Means conference favor authorizing a $50,000,000 credit to European food relief. Poland Armenia and Austria were initial targets with later country decisions to be set. Final action expected today as committee discusses administration through the United States Grain Corporation and fund use for buying abroad.
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Washington
Treasury
Poland
Armenia
Austria
Glass
Wilson
Fordney
Full Committee
Representative Kitchen
North Carolina
Garner
Texas
Republican Legislative Steering Committee
Budapest
France
England
United States Grain Corporation
Albania Wiped Off Map Under Adriatic Settlement Proposal
A letter from OCAL Chekrasi, on behalf of Albanian delegates in America, denounces the supreme council plan for Adriatic settlement as a violation of pledges and international accords. It asserts that Mibama would be erased from maps and that Albania, an Adriatic state, is ignored in the proposed territorial assignments.
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Washington
Supreme Council
Lansing
Ocal Chekrasi
Balkans
Supreme Alunet
Adriatic
Albania
Red Cross Forces in Siberia Sent to Vladivostok
Three trains carrying Red Cross workers including 100 women are en route to Vladivostok with arrivals due tomorrow and at Harbin and Chita. Women staff will depart Siberia on the earliest transport while volunteers are recruited to distribute 3 million dollars in supplies and care for 900 refugee children from Petrograd.
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Vladivostok
Red Cross
Harbin
Chita
Siberia
Petrograd
Russia
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