Indictment of 85 Communists Over Sedition Charges
A Chicago grand jury indicted 85 Communist party members for conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the government and violating the Illinois sedition law. Rose Pastor Stokes and numerous National Executive Committee members are named. bond set at 5,000 per count. Hourwich, editor of Novy Mir, linked to Trotzky.
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Chicago
Communist Party
Rose Pastor Stokes
Communist Labor Party
John J. Ballem
Boston
A. Bittleman
New York
Maximillian Cohen
Chas. Dirba
Minneapolis
Daniel Elbaum
Detroit
Isaac E. Ferguson
Louis €. Fraina
Nicholas J. Hourwiehh
K. B. Karosoes
Philadelphia
Jay Lovestone
Paul Petras
Charles HE
Ruthenberg
Cleveland
John Schwartz
Alexander Stoklitsky
Mexico City
Oscar Twyerowsky
Henry M. Wicks
Portland
Ore
Crown
Nicholas Hourwich
Novy Mir
Leon Trotzky
Modifying Volstead Act Proposed To Permit Low Alcohol
Representative Adolph Sabath of Illinois introduces a bill to allow sale of wine under 9 percent and beer under 8 percent, permit withdrawal from bond of prewar whisky, and let physicians prescribe two quarts of whisky monthly. The act would take effect 60 days after Supreme Court upholds constitutionality.
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Washington
Adolph J. Sabath
Illinois
Sabath
Supreme Court
Knight rejects naval awards rule for ship loss cases
Washington Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, chair of the Naval Decorations Board, told the Senate Investigating Committee that the board could not agree officers who lost ships to the enemy deserved high decorations unless they had engaged the enemy. He clashed with Secretary Josephus Daniels over the issue of naval awards.
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Washington
Austin M. Knight
Naval Decorations Board
Josephus Daniels
Senate
Knight
Kidnapper Jimmy Boyle Dies in Riverside Prison
Jimmy Boyle known for the 1909 kidnapping of Willie Whitla of Sharon Pennsylvania died of pneumonia at Riverside Penitentiary in Pittsburg. Boyle had contracted pneumonia last week. His wife Helen Boyle, imprisoned for the same crime, was notified at her Chicago home. she had been pardoned last year.
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Pittsburg
Jimmy"” Boyle
Willie Whitla
Sharon
Riverside
Boyle
Helen Boyle
Chicago
Dam Break Drowns Four Men in Monongahela River
Robert Elsie assistant superintendent of the Vesta Coal Company and three other rivermen drowned near Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, when a dam break released water and sank the towboat Sailor on the Monongahela River.
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Pittsburg
Robert Elsie
Vesta Coal Company
Monongahela River
Elizabeth
Vesta Company
Elsie
One Page Papers Planned For Winnipeg Newspapers
Winnipeg Conn Winnipeg's three daily papers suspended for several days plan to resume by publishing sun sheets. Newsprint supplies arrived and will be pooled so each paper issues a two page edition of equal size.
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Winnipeg
Conn
Factions Clash in Albany Trial of Five Socialist Assemblymen
Tense moments as the trial of five suspended Socialist Assemblymen unfolds. The defense and court discuss calling witnesses and marking documents for identification before evidence is introduced.
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Albany
Assloyaty
Coungel
Assembly
Gom
Holland Refuses Allied Demand on Extradition of William of Hohenzollern
The Netherlands rejected the Allied Powers demand under Versailles Article 227 to hand William of Hohenzollern over for trial. Paris reports quote the Dutch reply stating Holland cannot be bound by Germany’s treaty obligations and must act within its own duties and sovereignty.
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the Hague
William of
Germany
Paris
Netherlands
Holland
William of Hohenzollern
Cleveland Man Held as Fugitive in Detroit Arson Case
Joseph J. Shupe, head of a Cleveland automobile body company, is held as a fugitive from justice from Detroit on arson charges. He has lived in Cleveland since September 1918 after his Detroit plant burned, with losses estimated between $100,000 and $200,000. Shupe denies responsibility, claiming most of his capital was destroyed.
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Cleveland, O
Joseph J. Shupe
Cleveland
Detroit
Shupe
Appeals Court Rules Street Railway Fares Can’t Exceed Franchise
The Appellate Division holds the Public Service Commission lacks authority to raise street railway fares beyond the franchise cap. An order by Justice Finch restraining Public Service Commissioner Nixon and the Manhattan and Queens Fraction Company receiver from fare increases is affirmed.
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New York
Public Service Commission
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Justice Finch
Nixon
Manhattan
Queens
Wage Boost Granted To Teachers In Chicago
Chicago school teachers who sought a 0 percent raise will receive a blanket increase of 300 to 400 dollars per year. George P. Arnold, chairman of the Board of Education, announced the award as temporary relief. Teachers said they would continue to push for salaries at least equal to common laborers, noting laborers currently earn more than highly trained teachers.
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Chicago
Board of Education
George P. Arnold
Severe sleet and ice storm cripples Kentucky
Louisville reports the worst sleet ice storm in years with telegraph and telephone outages isolating many areas. AP leased lines into Louisville down for four hours and Western Union lines limited to a single Chicago wire. Hopkinsville Danville Harrodsburg and Lebanon report heavy damage and Centre College loses historic trees and power plant outages.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Associated Press
Western Union
Chicago
Hopkinsville
Harrodsburg
Danville
Lebanon
Centre College
Clash Near Posolsai Records American Russian Engagement
January 10 clash near Posolsai left two American soldiers dead and one wounded, while five Russians were killed, one wounded and 55 captured. Major General Graves reported in Siberian operations that Russians in an armored car attacked unprovoked. Americans repulsed the attack and captured the car and crew. Graves believed the incident could be resolved peaceably with General Semenoff.
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Washin
Semenoff
Posolsai
War Department
Graves
Siberia
State Banks Complain of Regional Bank Methods
Representative Reavis of Nebraska told the House that state bankers complain daily about regional bank officials. He charged agents and employees have started a policy of oppression toward state banks that can only disaster, noting the trouble stems from a difference in banking systems.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Congress
Reavis
Nebraska
House
New York Teachers Leave Posts Over Low Pay
Superintendent William L. Ettinger reports 1300 NY public school teachers left positions in 1919 due to inadequate pay. He calls the situation acute with daily resignations and class disruption from instructor shortages. Questionnaires show near unanimous demand for a living wage.
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New York
William L. Ettinger
Ettinger
D Annunzio Leadership Criticized By Zanella Over Fiume Rule
Riccardo Zanella leader of the Fiuman people’s party attacks Captain Gabriele D Annunzio for disastrous control of Fiume. He cites food shortages disease and suffering and says Italians should replace D Annunzio with a status favorable to Italy while noting funding and security crises.
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Fiume
Gabriele D’annunzio
Riccardo Zanella
D’annunzio
Fiuman People’s Party
Italy
Signor Zanella
Wilson
Fiumans
Jugo-Slavia
Spalato
D'Annunazio
Saloon Workers Fined in War Prohibition Cases
In Covington Kentucky United States District Court fined 38500 after indictments of 118 saloon keepers bartenders and waiters from Kenton and Campbell counties for violating war time prohibition law. There were 110 pleas of guilty one conviction after a jury trial two indictments with hung juries and five cases to be disposed of at the April 5 term.
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Covington
United States District Court
Kenton
Campbell
Kentucky
Indiana Women Barred From Presidential Primary
Indiana women will not be permitted to engage in the presidential preference primary unless the national suffrage amendment is ratified by the required number of states before May. The opinion was submitted to the Women’s Franchise League of Indiana by W. W. Spencer of the State Board of Election Commissioners.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Women's Franchise League of Indiana
W. W. Spencer
State Board of Election Commissioners
Porkless Bill Passes House With 12.4 Million Allocation
After attempts to derail the measure, the House approved the porkless rivers and harbors appropriation bill with 12.4 million dollars for maintenance and ongoing projects. The final vote was 167 to 26, following prior efforts to recommit the bill.
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Washington
House
Atlanta Girl Confesses Identity in Jeanne de Kay Case
A young woman arrested in Atlanta on suspicion of being the missing Jeanne de Kay admitted she was Helen Wylie of Elkins West Virginia. Police received a telegram from Fairmont West Virginia requesting detention for authorities there.
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Atlanta
Jeanne de Kay
Chicago
Helen Wylie
Elkins
W. Va
Fairmont
Rice Found Guilty of Grand Larceny in Three-City Case
New York stock broker George Graham Rice was convicted of grand larceny for stealing 721 dollars sent by Rudolph W. Hartman of Mansfield Ohio for securities. Hartman testified to an $85,000,000 business volume in two years. Rice faces up to 10 years in state prison and will be sentenced next Thursday.
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New York
George Graham Rice
Rudolph W. Hartman
Mansfield
Influenza Cases Reported in Havana Cuba
The Public Health Service reports six thousand influenza cases in Havana Cuba with steps to prevent spread to the United States. New cases are listed in Kansas and across 16 counties in North and South Dakota.
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Washington
Havana
Cuba
Public Health Service
United States
Kansas
Mexican Invasion Fiction vs Fact Says Reports Overstated
Western Newspaper Union dispatch notes mixed reports on a planned February invasion by American businessmen into Mexico City. It argues Mexico is not as hostile as portrayed and suggests such visits could ease tensions and foster cross border business relations. The piece also covers New York Albany efforts to loosen prohibition with a bill to allow light wines and beer.
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New York
Mexico
Mexico City
United States
Carranza
Chamber of Commerce
Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
William H. Hurst
New York Brewers’ Association
New York City Society of Restauranteers
Anti-Saloon League
Pugilist Willie Lewis Shot in New York Cabaret
Former middleweight Willie Lewis, credited with helping Georges Carpentier rise, was shot three times in a New York cabaret. He was wounded in the left side leg and groin while in a telephone booth, taken to a hospital in critical condition. the attacker and a lookout fled.
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Willie Lewis
New York
Georges Carpentier
Lewis
American engineers and Red Cross captured by Bolsheviks
Colonel Blunt and seven other American engineers along with Miss Ford Captain Charette and several Red Cross workers and an entire Polish army of former prisoners have been captured at Khuchinskaya by Bolsheviks. The garbled telegram cites Joseph H. Hay and notes the dispatch from beyond Nizhnyudinsk dated January 14.
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Red Cross
Chita
East Siberia
Blunt
Miss Ford
Charette
Red Crosss
Khuchinskaya
Joseph H. Hay
Irkutsk
Mr. Ray
Nizhnyudinsk
National Loan For Belgium Opens Doors To Cities
A Belgian bankers group agrees to subscribe 50 percent of the national loan totaling 2.5 billion francs. The government plans to take over city loans as the large national loan opens, enabling financing for Belgium's communities.
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Belgium
Brussels
Fifteen Die As CP Express Wrecks Near North Bay
Fifteen people are dead and many injured after two sections of the Canadian Pacific express for Vancouver wrecked about eleven miles east of North Bay Ontario. The rear sleeper of the first section stalled and was telescoped by the second section’s locomotives, eight killed immediately and seven later died from injuries.
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North Bay
Ont
Canadian Pacific Express
Vancouver
Here
Armenian Plans Rescue Wife From Turkish Harem
Assdour Derboghes, an Armenian from Racine Wisconsin, will sail this week to Turkey to rescue his wife held captive in a Turkish harem for about four years. The Near East Relief Association assists in the effort.
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New York
Assdour Derboghes
Racine
Wis
Turkey
Near East Relief Association
Steamer Puna Strays 1500 Miles From Course in Storm
The Norwegian steamer Puna, en route from New York to St Johns, N F, was driven 1500 miles off course by a four day storm. One crew member was washed overboard. Departing December 7, the vessel reached the storm center mid Atlantic and turned toward the Azores for fuel.
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New York
St. Johns
N. F
Ohio Folks Who Made a Discovery
Urgent testimonial column from Cleveland area readers praising Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery. Mrs M M Minsker of Urbana credits two bottles with full recovery from severe weakness after overwork. Mrs Flora D Barnett recounts long illness cured after early use of the same remedies.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Dr. Pierce
M. M. Minsker
Whitman Ave
Urbana
Flora D. Barnett
Orange St
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Pain Relief
Promotes Sloan's liniment for stiff joints sore muscles sciatic pain rheumatic twinges and lame backs. Claims warming soothing relief without skin staining or mess. Large bottle advertised for economy with price points of 35c 70c and 140.
Dr King’s New Discovery Ad
A vintage medical ad urges prompt use of Dr King’s New Discovery for colds and grippe. It claims fifty years of helping loosen congestion and coughs with no after-effects, priced 60 cents to 1.20 dollars per bottle at druggists.
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Dr. King
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Daniels
Massachusetts
Uncle Sam
Deer Island
Wilhelm
Netherland Haven
Entente
Zanella
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Sloan's
Sloan
Wilhelmina
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