Huge US ship graft uncovered involving 20 magnates
San Francisco reports fraud over 1 billion dollars tied to wartime shipbuilding in Oregon Washington and California. Grand jury sessions planned in three states as government probes alleged false vouchers and 10 percent cost plus overclaims. Attorney General Palmer orders shipboard claims of about 87 million held up pending the investigation.
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San Francisco
Oregon
Washington
California
William H. Tidwell
Treasury Department
United States
Bert Schiesinger
Schlessinger
Seattle
Arking
Schlesinger
Palmer
Cope
United States Chipping Board
Bliss warns of war if Bolsheviks advance in Europe
Washington reports General Bliss warns that U S aid for Poland and relief must match potential European revival of war. He cites Poland as the bulwark against Bolshevism and opposes a $150 million food loan measure. Telegram from Switzerland notes upheaval in Kurdistan and Bolshevik activity in Turkestan and Afghanistan.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Baker
Europe
General Bliss
Poland
Eurpe Meva
Switzerland
En- Pasha
Kurdistan
Turkestan
Afghanistan
Juchistan
Baku
Italy Accepts Adriatic Plan After Settlement Talks
Aris reports January 15 that Italy has accepted a plan on the Adriatic question. The text was sent to Jugo-Slavs and forwarded to Belgrade. George and Clemenceau have taken their position and approved the new plan placing the port under Italian sovereignty.
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Aris
Adriatic
Italy
Jugo-Slaven
Iph
Belgrade
George and
Clemenceau
Indiana Senator Convicted of Second Degree Murder
In Los Angeles on January 16 Harry S. was found guilty of second degree murder in the shooting of Miss Freda Lesser. The jury reportedly deliberated for forty five hours. New considered a son of Indiana had been charged with the crime. A separate item notes Moroccan tribesmen positions near Tetuan allegedly stormed and fed by Spanish troops and locals.
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Indiana
Sp. Angeles
Cal
Harry
New
Freda Lesser
Drid
Yera
Tetuan
Four Die in Boiling Coke Still Explosion
A coke still exploded at the Sinclair refinery in Chicago Indiana on January 19 killing four workers who were burned to death. The incident occurred during refining operations at the plant. Investigators are examining the blast and firefighting efforts are underway.
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Chicago
Ind
Sinclair
Britain faces war as leaders head to Paris conference
Britain readies for possible new conflict as Cabinet Secretary of War Churchill and leaders Long Beatty and Wilson travel to Paris to confer with Lloyd George on military and naval matters amid Bolshevik gains in European Russia. The semi official warning points to Bolshevik advances threatening control of Odessa region and logistics networks.
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London
Germany
Winston Spencer Churchill
Walter Hume Long
The
Admiralty
Baron Beatty
Grand Fleet
Henry H. Wilson
Imperial Staff
Paris
Lloyd George
Middle East
European
Russia
Odessa
Hoover urges end to US relief to Austria
Herbert Hoover told the house ways and means committee that the United States should drop a world relief pledge to Austria after the immediate emergency. He supported Treasury Secretary Glass seeking authorization for the grain corporation to spend 150 million dollars to buy food for Austria, Poland, and other European countries.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
House
Ways and Mans
United States
Austria
Hoover
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
Grain Corporation
Poland
Water Power Bill Passed After Ten Year Fight
The Senate approved the water power bill ending a decade long battle. It creates a federal water power commission comprising the secretaries of war interior and agriculture. The body would issue licenses for water power development for 50 years after investigation and at a reasonable annual charge.
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Washington
Senate
House
Federal Water-Power Commission
Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture
Seven Sugar Men Indicted For Sugar Profiteering
Seven officials from three wholesale grocery houses were indicted by a federal grand jury before Judge Carpenter in Chicago on charges of profiteering in sugar.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Seven Die in Fireworks Factory Blast
Seven were killed and many injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Aix les Bains France. Three neighboring factories were destroyed and walls of several houses cracked.
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Aix Les Bains
France
Mines Scattered by North Sea Storm
Stockholm reports that many marine mines carried away by a heavy North Sea storm are now floating through the Scandinavian Straits.
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Stockholm
North Sea
Scandinavian Straits
U S Marines in fight as outlaws attack Haitian capital
Washington dispatch reports 300 bandits attacked Port au Prince. Marine forces and Haytian Gendarmerie repelled the assault outside the city with two marines wounded. More than half of the bandits were killed wounded or captured in the pursuit. Honolulu dispatch notes Japan to seek commission with China over Shan tung restoration.
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Washington
United States
Port Au Prince
Navy Department
J. H. Russell
Haiti
Col
Russell
Honolulu
Tt. H
Japanese Foreign Office
China
Japan
Shantung
Tokyo
Nippu Uli
Berlin Riot Ends in Dozens Killed at Reichstag Steps
Defiant crowd estimated at 30,000 presses on Reichstag as machine guns fire on radicals including communists and independent socialists. Twenty slain and over a hundred wounded amid clash over factory councils law during second reading in the Reichstag. Die Freiheit reports unions urging work stoppages.
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Berlin
Noske
Reichstag
Unter den Linden
Tiergarten
400 Lost on French Liner Afrique Wreck
At Roche Bonne Shoal in the Bay of Biscay more than 400 people are feared dead after the steamer Afrique foundered. Only 57 survivors are known, and hope dwindled as hours passed since the vessel went down off the French coast before dawn Sunday.
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Bay of Biscay
la Rochelle
France
Roche Bonne Shoal
Winnipeg Dailies Suspend Publication Due to Paper Shortage
In Winnipeg Canada on January 19 the three daily papers announce a halt in publication because of a newsprint shortage. The editorial staffs will unite to publish a single one page paper.
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Winnipeg
Can
Alleged Forger Is Held In St Paul
I D Cornish of Rochester Minn arrested by United States secret service agents charged with forging federal treasury checks issued to disabled soldiers in Minneota.
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St. Paul
Minn
I. D. Cornish
Rochester
United States Secret Service
Treasury
Minneota
League Holds First Session of the Nations Council
Delegates from France Britain Italy Greece Belgium Spain Japan and Brazil met in Paris for the first League of Nations council session. Leon Bourgeois was elected chairman and Sir Eric Drummond was named secretary general. A Saar basin frontier commission was formed and Curzon urged delaying decisions until the United States could join.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Italy
Greece
Belgium
Spain
Japan
Brazil
Council of the
League of Nations
Foreign Office
League
Leon Bourgeois
Eric Drummond
Sarre
Irish Republic
International League of Peace
Léon Bourgeois
Wilson
Washington
Council
United States
M. Bourgeois
London
Lord Curzon
Bolsheviki Occupy Odessa Port
Basel Jan 19 Odessa the chief port of Russia on the Black sea has been occupied by the bolsheviki according to newspaper dispatches received here.
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Odessa
Basel
Russia
Black Sea
Ship Named by Mrs. Wilson in Hog Island Launch
The 7,825 ton cargo carrier Clearwater, Hog Island’s eighty first vessel, was launched in Philadelphia. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson named the ship and Miss Eleanor Davies of Washington sponsored the ceremony.
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Wilson
Philadelphia
Clearwater
Hog Island
Woodrow Wilson
Eleanor Davies
Washington
Townley Asks for New Trial in Minnesota Case
Jackson Minn Jan 17 Attorneys for President A C Townley of the National Nonpartisan League and Joseph Gilbert league organizer file a request for a new trial in the ongoing case. The filing signals continuing legal action and potential appeals in the political organization dispute.
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Townley
Jackson, Minn
A. C. Townley
National Nonpartisan League
Joseph Gilbert
Telling the Truth and the Birth of the Church
Lesson notes stress honesty as central to the new church, contrasting Ananias and Sapphira’s deceit with the Spirit filled, praying, bold, united, generous church. Peter and John affirm the break with Judaism, while fear, growth, and integrity shape the early Christian community.
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Peter
John
Primitive Church
Ananias
Sapphira
Barnabas
John Mark
Satan
Holy Ghost
Ihany
Moody
Spurgeon
Christ
Daily Prayer Invocation
A devotional prayer expresses gratitude for divine provision and asks for the Holy Spirit to dwell within. The writer seeks fuller confidence in God through Jesus Christ our Lord, praying for peace and steadfast faith.
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Jesus Christ
Pleasant Pellets Endorsements from Midwest Readers
In Kokomo Indiana Mrs Anna Kash of Elgin Illinois and Mrs Cora M Peck of Ludlow Place report Dr Pierce s Pleasant Pellets ease sluggish liver constipation sick headaches and provide household relief. The letters praise mild effective action and saving doctor bills.
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Dr. Piercejs
Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Kokomo
Ind
Elgin
Celery King Laxative Tea Ad from Le Roy Company
An advertisement for Celery King Laxative Tea by C. L. Wells & Co. of Le Roy New York promotes a plant based remedy described as gentle and effective for cleansing the bowels and improving health during illness and headaches with claims of clearer breath skin and appetite.
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C. Wells & Co
le Roy
N. Y
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