Democratic Convention Claims Debated by National Committee
Chicago and Kansas City presented bids for the 1820 Democratic National Convention with San Francisco as favored by Isadore Dockweiler and Miss M E Foy. Chicago promised 73000 dollars while Kansas City touted central location and broad support among states. The committee adjourned to vote on time and place.
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WASHINGTON
San Francisco
national committee
Rana City
Chicago
sus City
Kansas City
Carter Harrison
James Hamilton Lewis
Roger Sullivan
Harrison
Ham Lewis
Lewis
Ament
Ciheage
Isadore B. Dockweiler
California
Chicage
Dockweiler
Pacific coast
Foy
chums
M. E. Foy
Wheate
J. Bruce Kremer
Fred Wieming
Champ Clark
B.A. Johnson
Kansas City Post
breckenridee long
St. Louis
Jenkins
Clark
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Negress Dies in Wyeth Train Wreck In Missouri
Ruth Jackson of Des Moines dies from injuries in the Chicago and Great Western wreck near Wyeth Missouri Saturday. The disaster, which left eighty injured, is reported as the second fatality from the incident.
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ST. JOSEPH
Jan
Ruth Jackson
Des Moines
negess
Chicago & Great Western
Wyeth
Gasoline poured on him by thieves ends in death
Osceola Ark Jan W E Traneel owner of plantation stores bound to a post supposedly by robbers with his face and clothing saturated with gasoline was burned to death when his Holt store near here was set afire after being looted. Farmers roused by a negro who discovered the blaze found Traneel dying after being removed from the burning building. Holt a farming settlement six miles south of Osceola populated largely by negroes.
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OSCEOLA
Ark
W. E. Traneel
Holt
here
Pay Off War Debt Says Coolidge In Speech
Boston Jan. The need of humanizing government and industry and maintaining obedience to the law was emphasized by Gov. Coolidge in inaugurating his second term. He urged more effort in production and economy for state and individual. He advocated paying off war obligations to lessen burdens rather than funding new projects and urged humane housing, fair wages, safe conditions, and justice within reach of all. He warned against lawless resistance and stressed that government must govern and uphold freedom through obedience to law.
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BOSTON
freewon
America
Ruef Freed From Parole After Fourteen Year Term
Abraham Ruef former San Francisco political boss is completely freed from parole restrictions after serving a fourteen year term reduced to eight years and ten months. He may visit a saloon, leave the city without a permit and sign contracts for the first time in about twelve years.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
Rhode Island Files Suit Challenging Eighteenth Amendment
Three complaint bills in U S district court seek restraining order and injunction against federal officials over enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act. Plaintiffs, breweries and the James Hinley Brewing Co, argue the amendment is void and beyond federal power, alleging improper ratification and unconstitutional scope.
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PROVIDENCE
R. T
Rhode Island
United States district court
Michel 3. Lynch
James Hinley Brewing Company
Narragansett Brewing Company
Providence Brewing Company
United States
Harvey A. Baker
collector of internal revenue
George F. O'Shaunnesy
congress
states
College Receives Gift of 1 Million Dollars
Pasadena news reports a New Years gift of 1 000 000 dollars to Threon College of Technology conditioned on raising a matching amount from other sources. The donor remains unnamed. Officials call this the largest single donation to the institution in the area.
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PASADENA
Cal
Threon College of Technology
James A. B. Scherer
Soviet Starlight Caught in Raid in New York
Miss Anna Manson known as Starlight Sylph of the Soviets, twenty four, labeled an alien agitator, was arrested in a raid on the radical paper Novy Mir. Her eloquent police station speech on free thought and free love led to a ferry miss and her escort to Ellis Island for deportation.
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NEW YORK
Anna , Manson
Starlight
Eli Island
Novy Mir
Manson
Elis Island
Bolshevik advance routs Denikine forces in Russia crisis
British reports describe a split in Denikine's army as Bolsheviks push to the Sea of Azov and threaten Krasnovodsk. The capture could open northern Persia to Bolshevik control, with Baku oil at stake and supply lines severed, leaving Denikine's army hard pressed and short of Allied material.
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LONDON
Russia
British war office
tvo
Denskine
Sea of Avov
Taganrog
Kransnovodsk
Caspian Sea
Krasnovodsk
Persia
Teheran
Pest
Caspian
reds
Baku
Denikine
Premiers Go To Paris Again From London
Lloyd George Nitti and Scialoia depart London for Paris to attend the premiers and foreign ministers conference. Optimism surrounds progress on the Adriatic issue and early talks hint at possible free and independent status for Fiume and Zara.
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LONDON
Lloyd George
Nitth
Italy
Vittorio Seialoia
Paris
Scialoia
Adriatic
Nitti
Fiume
Zara
Petit Parisien
Reds Must Raise 4 Liberty Bonds for Bail
New York January 3. Parior tolsheviki raising funds to aid comrades facing deportation must invest in Liberty bonds to obtain bail. Ellis Island officials say cash bail offers are refused due to lack of facilities for large sums. A surety firm declines bonds despite adequate cash security, citing disinterest in aiding enemies of the country. Immigration authorities will accept waiving bail for Reds once preliminary hearings before inspectors conclude.
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NEW YORK
Parior tolsheviki
Ellis Island
Wberry
Reno Census Enlists 10 000 In Six Days Of Counting
Census workers in Reno report about 10 000 residents counted in six days. Enumerators average 125 names daily in residential areas, with higher totals in hotels and business districts. The article notes delays in recording ages as some women hesitate to state exact ages.
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Reno
Harold Hale
Elko
Soviet Ark Nears Destination Announced
Washington dispatches report the Soviet Ark Buford with 245 radicals is nearing Kiel Canal entry. Destination not disclosed but Riga in Livonia is a plausible discharge port for transit to Soviet Russia. Negotiations on deportation across Baltic waters awaited Buford’s voyage outcome. Frankie Murphy and Pat Gilbert fought to a six round draw in Salt Lake City.
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WASHINGTON, Jan
Buford
Kiel, canal
Riga
Livonia
Russia
Soviet Russia
SALT LAKE CITY
Frankie Murphy
Denver
Pat Gilbert
Villa Surrounded by Troops in Mexican Desert Pursuit
Galveston Tex Jan 7 Francisco Villa is surrounded by Mexican federal troops in the Hechicero desert between Chihuahua and Coahuila and capture is expected momentarily according to a dispatch to Mexican Consul G M Ferraro Generals Murguia and Dieguez command the pursuit column.
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GALVESTON
Tex
Francisco Villa
Hechicero
Chihuahua
Coahuila
G. M. Ferraro
Murguia
Dieguez
Siamese Twins to be Counted as Two in Census
Luke and Simplicio Goding, eleven, born in the Philippines and living in Washington, will be enumerated as two persons in the census, though physically joined, per Director Rogers. The report notes their fame as Siamese twins and their residence in Washington. Isaac McNulty, a Kansas City truck driver, died from drinking wood alcohol believed to be in his whiskey.
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WASHINGTON
Luke
Simplicio Goding
Rogers
Philippines
KANSAS CITY
Issac Mc
Nulty
Knnsas’ City
New Jersey Democrat Chief Denounces Woman Suffrage
Reports from Detroit and Pawpaw Michigan cover murder hearings and political stances. James Nugent, New Jersey Democratic leader, opposes woman suffrage in a letter to the national committee chairman. Eddie Fitzsimmons and Patsy Cline are referenced in boxing notes amid broader suffrage debates.
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NEW JERSEY
WASHINGTON
James‘R. Nugent
Cummings
Democratic national ‘committee
Mir. Nugent
New
Jersey
Dry Law Reorganization In Force In Sarson City
In a special report from Sarson City Gov. Boyle announced a state police reorganization to meet national prohibition demands and improve federal cooperation. Funds limit eight in-field officers. a conference with local, state, and federal officials will set cooperative policy. Percival Nash was dropped from the force. Prison board conducted a thorough inspection to assess change and housing of federal prisoners at the state prison due to county jail reconstruction.
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SARSON CITY
Boyle
eld
Nye
Henrichs
Percival .Nash
Percival Nagh
Tonopah
Reno
George Bradigan
Maryland Opens Legislature with Prohibition Recall Proposals
Wet forces push anti prohibition agenda at opening Maryland legislature session. Representative J D Iberson filed three resolutions seeking recall of the state vote on approving the Eighteenth Amendment, a November referendum if recalled, and urging President and Congress to submit the amendment to voters of the states. Anti-Saloon League plans also discussed to secure state concurrence in the Volstead Act.
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ANNAPOLIS
Jan
J. D. Iberson
Maryland
congress
Anti-Saloon League
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