Frisco Picked by Democrats
The Democratic national committee awarded the 1920 national convention to San Francisco after a unanimous 27 vote. Isadore B. Dockweiler pledged $125,000 for expenses and use of the municipal auditorium. Resolutions praise the Versailles treaty and denounce Republican delays in ratification. The party cites GOP leadership as arrogant and seeks swift treaty action.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
San Francisco
Kansas City
Chicago
Isadore B. Dockweiler
California
National Committee
Senate
Wilson and Bryan Split Over League of Nations Issue
Washington January 10 William J Bryan split openly with President Wilson at the Jackson dinner over whether the Democratic party should push the League of Nations as an election issue. Bryan said Democrats cannot go before the country on the issue and must accept possible compromises. Wilson urged a referendum style vote on the treaty.
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Washington
William J. Bryan
Wilson
League of Nations
German railways kept operating under pressure
Berlin January 12 reports say German railroads stay running only under government pressure. At Essen and Dortmund emergency trains are the only services, and no trains are operating at Elberfeld.
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Berlin
Essen
Dortmund
Elberfeld
Germany Arrests Editor Amid Ruhr Political Crackdown
Berlin January 12 reports say the editor of the Communist paper Ruhr Echo and the secretary of the Independent Socialist party of the Ruhr region have been arrested in a government crackdown. The action signals intensified pressure on leftist publications and local political groups.
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Germany
Berlin
Ruhr Echo
Independent Socialist Party of the
Ruhr
Mexico City Quake Kills Thousands Across Regions
An earthquake centered near Couztlan devastates Mexico City and Vera Cruz region. Reports from the federal military headquarters cite about 2 000 casualties with over 1 000 dead, plus extensive damage in Teocilco Ja lake Coscomatepec and Orizaba. Many roads flooded and buildings destroyed amid panicked evacuations.
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Mexico City
Couztlan
Vera Cruz
Teocilco
Barranca Grande
Port Barranca del Agua
San Francisco de la Pena
Baconda
Coscomatepec
Jalapa
Orizaba
Army camps opened to house Communist prisoners
Washington reports that the roundup of Communist party members prompted the War Department to seek Army shelter. Elllis Island proved too small for the prisoners, so Secretary Baker authorized General Bullard to allow Camp Upton on Long Island to be used for housing them.
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Washington
Communist Party
Department of Justice
War Department
Ellis Island
New York
Baker
Bullard
Camp Upton
Long Island
Court Grants Indefinite Stays for 12 Death Sentences
Arkansas Supreme Court issued stays of execution for twelve Black defendants in Phillips county murder cases tied to the recent insurrection. Appeals filings led to indefinite deferral of the death penalties.
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Arkansas Supreme Tribunal
Little Rock
Ark
Phillips County
Arkansas Supreme Court
Mexican appoints Fernandez as ambassador to the United States
Salvador Diego Fernandez, chief clerk in the Mexican department of foreign relations, is named ambassador to the United States in Mexico City succeeding Ignacio Bonillas. The announcement comes from San Antonio Texas on January 12.
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U. S
San Antonio
Tex
Salvador Diego Fernandez
Department of Foreign Relations
Mexico City
United States
Ignacio Bonillas
Harris Found Guilty in Whitefish Slaying Case
A jury in Kalispell Montana found Stephen Harris guilty of killing George Hebron in Whitefish last summer and fixed the punishment at a one cent fine. The verdict was announced January 12.
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Kalispell
Mont
Stephen Harris
George Hebron
Whitefish
Bolsheviks Seize Krasnoyarsk as War Front Expands
Soviet dispatches claim Krasnoyarsk is captured with 60,000 prisoners from the fallen enemy armies. Kurs of loot includes 400 guns 1 000 machine guns 11 000 rifles 19 armored trains 200 locomotives 10 000 wagons and large stores of food and munitions. Reports say further bolshevik advances into Bokhara Krasnovodsk and plans toward Persia and India.
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London
Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
Moscow
Russia
Tomsk
Yenisei
Caspian Sea
Trans-Caspia
European
Reds
Turkestan
Caucasus
Persia
Afghanistan
Khorassan
India
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Irkutsk
Senate House Conferees Agree Six Month Income Return Period
Washington date line reports that senate and house conferees agreed to extend the standard income return requirement for railroads for six months after federal control ends, adopting the Esch bill provision despite the Cummins bill proposing four months. The decision fixes the transition period for railroad reporting post control.
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Washington
Senate
House
Weyler May Be Sent to Barcelona to Quell Riots
Madrid reports General Weyler former captain general of Cuba may be sent to Barcelona by the government to take charge of the unrest there. Dispatches indicate the move aims to restore order amid riots.
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Weyler
Madrid
Cuba
Barcelona
May Become League Chief
Paris reports Albert Thomas French labor leader will resign from the chamber of deputies to lead a department in the League of Nations according to Echo de Paris.
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League
Paris
Albert Thomas
Chamber of Deputies
League of Nations
Echo de Paris
Rear Admiral Decker disputes Navy Cross claim in Madrid role
Rear Admiral Benton Decker, U S N, refuses the Navy Cross saying his efforts as naval attache in Madrid helped keep Spain from joining the central powers in 1918. He argues he deserved the Distinguished Service Medal rather than the lower award.
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Benton’ Co. Decker
Navy Cross
Madrid
Decker
Spain
Colver Defends Aids Soviet Claims Before Senate Panel
Washington charges that Ludwig Martens and S Nuorteva claimed successful meat deals with American firms despite the blockade. William Colver of the FTC testified that ex secret service men framed arrests to smear the commission as Bolshevist. He accused Armour & Co of concealing stockyard ownership to dodge taxes and hinder revenue enforcement.
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Washington
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
United States
S. Nuorteva
Russia
Senate Agriculture Committee
William B. Colver
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Secret Service
Chicago
Agriculture Committee
Colver
Armour & Co
Packers
Mr. Colver
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Lenin offers new peace terms to Allies via Tallents
Russian premier Nikolai Lenin has sent a fresh peace offer to the Allies. The proposal, delivered to London by Colonel Tallents, includes a pledge to abolish terrorism and revolutionary tribunals, as reported by an Estonian newspaper in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Nikolai Lenine
London
Tallents
Baltic States
Prevost Formally Arrested in Brown Slaying Case
Lloyd Prevost was formally placed under arrest in Mount Clemens Michigan on a warrant charging him with killing J. Stanley Brown. Brown's body was found in his car on a country road near Mount Clemens two weeks earlier. The warrant accuses the crime of deliberate premeditation.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Lloyd Prevost
J. Stanley Brown
Here
Prevost
Prohibition Enforcement Seeks Extra 2 Million
Washington January 10. The Internal Revenue Bureau asked Congress for an additional 2 million dollars to enforce national prohibition, matching a prior appropriation of the same amount.
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Washington
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Violinist Maud Powell Dies in Pittsburgh Tour
Maud Powell, famed violinist from New York, died in Pittsburgh on January 10 while on a concert tour. Overwork is believed to have caused her sudden collapse.
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Maud Powell
Pittsburgh
Maude Powell
New York
Tremors Wreck Vera Cruz Region In Major Mexico Quake
A powerful earthquake rocked Vera Cruz and surrounding towns striking Saturday night into Sunday. It caused extensive property damage with many believed dead as rail and wire lines failed cutting details. Regions from Vera Cruz to Cordoba were affected with lava, gas exposure, and a relief train wreck near Casautlan.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
New Volcanic Crater
San Miguel
Cordoba
Rinconada
Coscomotepec
Jalapa
Casautlan
Aguilar
Chicholtla
Gulf
Bryan Urges Senators to Ratify Peace Treaty
William J. Bryan at his Lincoln home pressed for ratification by mutual concessions and urged Washington senators to act by January 16. He tied the date to the first League of Nations meeting set for Paris on that day.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Washington
League of Nations
Paris
Government outlines tax on fortunes in Austria Hungary
Vienna reports the Reichs Post outlines a bill taxing capital with no tax under 15 000 crowns. Fortunes from 20 000 to 100 000 crown surrender 144 percent, from 100 000 to 1 000 000 crown surrender 644 percent, and over 1 000 000 crown surrender 1744 percent. The tax fee decreases to nearly 638 percent for fortunes segregating 100 000 000 crowns.
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Vienna
Germans Hide Arms Amidst Citizen Guards, Freheit States
The Freheit cites British statistics on German military strength and asserts arms and ammunition beyond permitted limits are being concealed widely, especially by citizen guards, prompting questions about Entente reactions.
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Berlin
Freheit
The
Entente
Countess of Warwick Seeks Labor Party Seat
London January 12. The Countess of Warwick announced she will run for the house of commons as the first woman candidate for the labor party.
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Countess
London
Countess of Warwick
House of Commons
Labor Party
The Misery of Backache in Muskegon Woman
Mrs G Schoon of 240 Wood Ave Muskegon Michigan recounts six years of back pain that left her weak. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and now does all her work and urges others to try the remedy.
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Muskegon
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Woman's health urged as vital yet often neglected
The piece stresses women should guard their health and cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for ailments unique to women. It offers confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Einkham
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