Nevada Year In Review 1919 Details State Finances
Carson reports a busy 1919 in Nevada as state officers note higher cash in banks despite Liberty loan subsidies. Elko county leads with 153,999.20 in returns, Washoe 124,085.65, White Pine 60,399.94, Mineral 16,851.13, Esmeralda 15,518.37, Douglas 12,3. Judicial filings totaled 64 in 1919 with 66 determinations and 16 cases pending. The state library expansion adds to holdings as library ties grow.
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CARSON
Nevada
Gilvert C. Ross
tax commission
Elko county
Washoe
White Pine
Mineral
Douglas
treasury
judicial department
Ubrary
supreme Justices
Libarian Pyne
Science seeks serum of fever at AAAS meeting
At a St Louis session, delegates discussed progress toward a serum to combat yellow fever and warned against meningitis and infantile paralysis. J Symon Blexner cited advances in cancer research as raising science toward strategic superiority, with Noguchi pursuing a serum to rid humanity of this plague.
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ST. LOUIS
Amercan Association for the Advancement of Science
J. Symon Blexner
Rockefeller for Medical Research
association
Noguchi
Italy Celebrates New Year With Courtly Ceremonies
Rome reports New Year celebrations in Italy mirror Christmas, with gifts, dinners, and social gatherings. The king hosted high dignitaries at the Quirinal, followed by cabinet members, senators, deputies, and officials. Camille Barrere, French ambassador, warned against secret diplomacy during a French colony reception. In Paris the Seine flood rose nearly three feet, surpassing official estimates.
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ROME
Italy
Kuirinal palace
Camille Barrere
SEINE
PARIS
New Year Messages Arrive From Many Nations to Wilson
President Wilson received New Year greetings today from heads of England Belgium Luxembourg Sweden Italy and several other European nations and most South American republics. He spent over sixteen hours in his wheat chair on the White House south portico and had a moderate meal in his room.
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WASHINGTON
Wilson
England
Belgium
Luxemburg
Sweden
Italy
White House
Government Retains Sugar Control Under McNary Bill
Washington reports President Wilson signed the McNary sugar control bill extending the federal sugar equalization board through 1920. Tumulty notes the administration retains licensing powers to curb profiteering, but purchase and distribution by the President may not be practicable. Cuban sugar imports rise while prices are believed to peak and soon ease.
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WASHINGTON
Wilson
United States sugar equalization board
White House
shiy
Tumulty
Cuba
France resumes production work in Northern factories
Lille Jan 1 Production has restarted in about half of Northern France factories hit by war. Of those active, around thirteen percent worked only a month.AP correspondent reports 30,000 plants employing 300,000 workers were razed or looted. officials call last year’s post armistice recovery creditable as authorities prepared for operations between November 11 and March 1.
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LILLE
France
Associated Press
Drunken Soldiers Shoot Four Girls in Baltimore New Year
Four girls and a boy were shot by intoxicated soldiers in a speeding car during New Year celebrations in Baltimore. Police search the shooting party as several victims recover. the girls had been returning from a masquerade. In Paris, Premier Clemenceau left for Var in southeastern France for a brief rest.
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BALTIMORE
Seca CLEMENCEAU
PARIS
Havas
Premier Clemenceau
Var
France
First Concrete Road in State Laid During Year
In 1919 Nevada laid its first concrete road from Reno to Moana Springs as part of a statewide program. Engineer Cottrell reports twenty one contracts totaling about 971 thousand dollars, with crushed rock and cement adds bringing the value to over one million. Contracts include bridges and miles of paved and gravel roads across Washoe and Humboldt counties.
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Reno
Moana Springs
porton
Cottrell
Washoe County
Humboldt river
Lovelock
Persh
Dallinger Faults Berger After Espionage Bail
Cambridge Mass January 1 Representative Frederick W Dallinger chairman of the house elections committee said Berger who was released on bail after conviction under the espionage act violated his bail terms by continuing attacks on the government and the American Legion He deplored any constituency supporting a man who pledged to defend the constitution yet aided enemies and warned against allowing Berger to speak in Massachusetts about his attacks on officials and soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAMBRIDGE
Mass
Frederick W. Dallinger
house elections committee
Victor L. Berger
Berger
Mr. Dallinger
American Legion
Tris
congress
United States
Massachusetts
Swedish Prince Wilhelm Plans Early Mexico Visit
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, second son of the king, is slated to arrive in Mexico soon and tour Mexico City and other cities, per telegraphic advices received. The telegrams imply he is currently at sea. Aledo collision injures seven as a Texas and Pacific freight train and a passenger train collide. a relief train heads to Fort Worth.
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MEXICO
SAN ANTONIO
Tex
Wilhelm
Sweden
Mexico City
HIRT
FORT WORTH
Texas & Pacific
Aledo
here
American trade anxious says Fed board cautions on outlook
Washington reports December business conditions show rising prices and living costs as a menace while production falls. Retail demand stays brisk but gains are monetary, not real. Labor shortages and calls for shorter hours curb output. uncertainty about next three months slows expansion.
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WASHINGTON
Jan. i
federal reserve board
Root to Help Launch International Tribunal of Ste
Elihu Root former secretary of state will aid in launching an international supreme court under the League of Nations. Plans call for a permanent court of justice and the formation of managerial committees inviting eminent jurists from Entente nations and the United States with possible additions from late enemy states. Root is favored for his efforts to establish an international court despite the U.S. not ratifying the treaty.
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WASHINGTON
Associated Press
Elihu Root
Supreme court
League of Nations
international court of
supreme council
London
United States
tena thelr
fRtoot
Mr. Root
Roosevelt
Lane May Head Baltimore Bank President Pick In Maryland
Franklin K. Lane secretary of the interior is expected to become president of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland succeeding Edward Warfield who resigned about a month ago. Lane visited Baltimore and dined with Van Lear Black, a major stockholder, during his stay and met several leading financiers.
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BALTIMORE
Franklin K. Lane
Edward Warfield
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
Warfield
Lane
Van Lear Black
Fidelity and Deposit Company
England to seek another staggering loan for Europe
Sir George Paisch, a leading English economist, arrived to arrange a new large loan from American financiers for Britain. He warned the amount must be staggering to fund reconstruction abroad and avert bankruptcy. He cited Balkan sanitation issues as a Europe wide threat.
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NEW ‘YORK
George Paisch
formost
Great Britain
Nieuw Amsterdam
England
Unieas
Balkan states
Europe
National banks show record $1 billion resources rise
Washington Jan 1 Comptroller Williams reports an unprecedented boost in bank resources for the year with total national bank resources around $22.5 billion at the last call in November. Increases in deposits and assets were widespread including outside reserve cities, and Texas alone added about $134 million in six months, a 34 percent rise.
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WASHINGTON
Comptroerft
Williams
national bank
comptroller
Texas
Noted Actress dies in Philadelphia Auto Crash
Venita Fitzhugh, a New York actress, was killed in an early morning Philadelphia crash. She was catapulted over the windshield and fell sixty feet from a bridge. She was twenty four years old.
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PHILADELPHIA
Poison Brew Toll Awaited With Fear
Chicago authorities nationwide awaited New Year revels reports to confirm or refute predictions of more wood alcohol poisonings after about 125 deaths over Christmas. Early indications showed few celebrants heeding lessons from outlaw liquor, though officials warned a true toll may emerge only with a fall day.
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CHICAGO
No Quarter Given to Bolshevism in 1920
Washington declares 1920 an open season on Bolshevists anarchists and radical groups. Attorney General Palmer promises unflinching, persistent warfare against the red menace in the coming year, with no quarter shown to movements aiming to overthrow the government. The statement emphasizes aggressive enforcement by the Department of Justice.
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WASHINGTON
Bol Shevista
Palmer
department of justice
Irkutsk Besieged Americans Safe
Irkutsk is under martial law after a December uprising by Social Revolutionary troops. The city remains in Kolchak hands with Czecho Slovak troops maintaining order. Americans will be evacuated to Verkne Udinsk as pontoon bridge and river transport are disrupted. Cabinet ministers have been arrested.
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IRKUTSK
Associated Press
Social Revolutionary
Kolchak
Verkne- Udinsk
Angara
Armencan Red Cross
atain
Krasnoyarsk
American Legion reports 6666 charters issued
Indianapolis Jan 1 A Legion headquarters report says 6666 charters were issued by year end with 360 charter applications awaiting approval. Thirty six charters were granted to posts in Illinois in ten days and other states show Reed counts including Washington seventeen Texas fifteen Wisconsin fifteen Kansas thirteen and California ten. Canada to buy autos to meet 1920 demand officials say.
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INDIANAPOLIS
the
American Legion
posta
Illinois
Washington
Texas
Wisconsin
Kansas
California
WINNIPEG
Canada
Dudley Field Malone Barrett Rejected by American Legion Post
In New York on January 1 Dudley Field Malone Barrett, former collector of the port of New York, had his application for membership in the Croton post of the American Legion rejected. Charles H. Duell Jr. announced the Westchester county Legion committee unanimously upheld the post’s decision, citing Malone’s associations with radical agitators as failing to meet Americanism standards. Malone had lately acted as counsel for L. C. Martens, alleged Soviet ambassador, who spoke at protests against a joint legislative investigation into seditious activities.
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NEW YORK
Dudley
Figid penne
port of
Croton
American Legion
Charles H. Duell, Jr
Westchester
the Legion
post
Malone
Legion
Revelry Undimmed in East or West as New Year Arrives
San Francisco reports a lively welcome to the New Year despite Prohibition. Private stocks fueled celebrations in California and western states, with many patronizing entertainment venues while others roamed streets in holiday mood. Los Angeles and Seattle limited private drink, spurring some to cross into nearby towns or Canada for supplies. Hotels ran at capacity and dining rooms filled as celebrations continued into the night.
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SAN FRANCISCO
California
Los Angeles
Seattle
bos Angeles
CF cins
eedakinA
Vancouver
Victoria
Mine inspector Shaw faces board over dereliction of duty
In Little Rock on January 1, officials said Thomas H. Shaw, mine inspector, will appear before the miners qualification board at Fort Smith. The board will consider revoking his certificate at inspector. Shaw, who has continued in office since December 20, is charged with dereliction of duty during the recent miners strike, per the governor’s office.
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LITTLE ROCK
Ark
Thomas H. Shaw
Fort Smith
Shaw
Gov
Bank Officials Held to Answer in Halsey Neb
Stockholders learned that F. M. Riddings of Minneapolis president of the closed Halsey bank and Eo N. Dion cashier were bound for the district court on a charge of conspiracy to wreck the bank. Both waived preliminary hearings and posted bonds of 325,000 for the March term. A charge of embezzlement was added against President Riddings. County Attorney Rejster said he would pursue other alleged conspirators in the closing of the bank.
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HALSEY
Neb
Janu
bank of Halsey
Tedford
F. M. Riddings
Minneapolis
Riddings
Rejsiter
Armistice Signed Between Estonia and Soviet Russia
Esthonia and the Soviet government signed an armistice today in Dorpat. The agreement sets the truce into force in seven days with both sides agreeing to cease hostilities. Reports from Berlin note Brazil may assist German agricultural migrants by paying steamer fares to Brazil, with repayment to follow.
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DORPAT
Associated Press
Esthonia
Russia
BRAZIL
BERLIN
Brasilia
Amsterdam
cording
Germany
Vorwaerte
Brazil 2
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U.S. RESERVE BOARD
ROOT
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reat
League
International Jurists
BALTIMORE BANK
VENITA FITZHUGH
DUDLEY FIELD-MALONE BARRETT
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