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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1920
Page
1
Portland January 7 Officials say treason charges may be filed against alleged American Reds arrested as principals from Communist labor parties after raids netting 40 citizens and 11 aliens. Officers await Washington advices on charging actions.
A warrant has been issued for Ludwin Martens a Bolshevik self styled Ambassador to the United States. He is believed to be the real leader of the communist party in America.
New York on January 7 reports Senator Clay Lusk stating over 20,000 alien enemies of the communist party are in the city. He claims they organized to overthrow the Government under Bolshevik leadership in Russia. Secret Service men accused in Washington on January 7 by S Nuort van of involvement in forming the communist party and bomb plots.
Socialist Congressman elect Victor Berger and lieutenant Oscar Ameringer were escorted out of Jersey City by Chief Battersby upon arrival to address a Socialist Educational Club gathering. Police barred the speech and cleared the venue.
January 7 reports that Victor Berger congressman elect of the Socialist party will have his appeal heard here on February 19. He was sentenced to 26 years in jail on sedition charges. The case draws national attention as a major legal battle over political speech.
Vancouver Washington January 7 The trial of Attorney George Vanderveer of Seattle counsel for the alleged killers charged in the Centralia Armistice Day deaths will begin January 15 after a penal offense hearing held in the county jail.
London Jan 7 report states a Soviet center has been established in Glasgow with backing from American communists. The action signals growing cross Atlantic ideological ties and a shift in British political-cultural outreach amid Cold War tensions.
Due to weak pelts and slow arrivals in the market the annual midwinter auction of the New York Auction Sales Corporation is moved from February 9 to February 16. The last date for receiving shipments now is January 24.
Louisville January 7 The Kentucky Legislature has ratified the national women's suffrage amendment marking a milestone in state history and extending voting rights.
Stockholm dispatch says Nickola Lenine, Russian Soviet Premier, will send Col. Tallente to London with a new peace offer. Terms include abolishing terrorism in Soviet tribunals. Amsterdam report claims Lenin funds propaganda via confiscated jewels routed through Germany to Holland, with diamonds sold to sustain the communist campaign.
A devastating January 7 earthquake devastates the Veracruz region. Rivers flood many towns and oil wells spout petroleum as aftershocks worsen damage. Authorities rate casualties as likely in the thousands.
London Ontario residents cheered as 300 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry soldiers, led by Col Willetts, arrived home from the war area in a large homecoming welcome this January.
Paris Georg e Carpentier the European heavyweight champion has agreed to a $400000 purse for a bout with Jack Dempsey. Des Camps, Carpentier's manager, seeks a 10 to 15 round match and argues the title deserves a shorter, decisive bout.
Galveston dated Jan 7 reports the Mexican Consul General learns that General Learns with federal troops has surrounded Villa on the desert between Chihuahua and Coahuila.
On January 7 report that the 91st Aero Squadron, famed for western front work, will be moved during the summer from Mather Field Sacramento to Puget Sound for patrol duties.
Jean Parsons aged 25 a printer for the Post Intelligencer and Lucille Corbett aged 20 were killed when Parsons stalled while making a turn near Silver Lake on the Everett road at midnight. Their car struck a telephone pole resulting in both fatalities.
Seattle January 7 C J Erickson president of the Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding Company was struck by an automobile today and seriously injured.
Paris January 1 Prince August and Prince Joachim two sons of the former Kaiser are suing for divorces in a notable royal family move.
Manager Jack Kearns said Carpentier’s acceptance fixes the bout in Tia Juana near San Diego, with Dempsey Cocroth and Kearns backing a one round limit and a July 4 date. They aim to draw $800,000 if Carpentier wins and $100,000 if he loses as the gamble.
In Los Angeles on January 7 it was announced that Dempsey and Carpentier will split 60 to 50 on movie rights. The deal covers distribution in America as well as London and Paris.
Billy Wright of Seattle defeated Travis Davis of Everett by decision in six rounds to win the coast welterweight championship last night.
Washington Jan 7 Senator Reed Smoot of Utah introduced a bill to abolish the War Insurance Bureau and transfer its work to other departments. The move would reshape how insurance duties are managed within the government and affect related agencies.
The French liner Latouraine arrived in New York with several windows missing and a smashed port side deck after a voyage described by officers as the roughest in the ship's crossing history. The ship carried 700 passengers.
Representatives of the National Association of Clothiers and Shoe Dealers and Dry goods will confer with the Department of Justice on January 19 in New York to lower costs of goods, boost production, and cut waste. In Cincinnati, I B Byrne, president of the National Shoe Travelers' Association, predicted a 50 percent price rise for consumers soon.
New York January 7 Supreme Court Justice Mullan refused to grant a divorce to a husband who sued his wife over smoking. He declared that it was not immoral for a woman to smoke noting some of the best women in the world smoke. The comment underscored a conservative social standard in the era.
Paris January 1. The French presidency successor will be elected January 17. The Parisian Press infers Premier V iemen ceau will resign his Cabinet on that date and run for the presidency, implying he will be the candidate and likely the election winner in effect.
Washington January 7. Camouflage is among subjects for a competitive examination on January 20 for civic service commission positions. Vacancies including one in the army and service, open to both men and women, pay from 2100 to 5000 dollars yearly.
Paris Jan 7 Allied note to German delegation refuses troop reductions in regions to hold plebiscites. It cites America’s absence as cutting occupied forces by a fourth and claims Germany’s expenses have fallen accordingly.
In Dublin on January 7 police raided Sinn Fein and Irish Parliament headquarters and arrested Michael Staines, a member of the.
Seattle January 7 A H Green burg a University District furniture man was shot in the neck by two thugs in his garage at Ravenna Boulevard and seriously injured.
Frank Andrade of Manao valley warns Honolulu faces a growing milk shortage as island population rises and dairy production falls. He has already reduced his herd from 100 to 50 cows and plans to shrink further.
Delegates of the United Mine Workers of America ratified their international officers coal strike settlement backed by President Wilson. In Washington, Senate factions awaited Wilson's Jackson Day message before action on the treaty as a Democratic committee prepared to endorse the President.
Sacramento Cal Jan 7 Herbert Hoover urged that under no circumstances should further loans be made to foreign countries from the U S Treasury He said the time has come to confine commercial relations to business processes He noted Algeria faces a European food crisis and warned against hysteria on either side of the Atlantic stressing no government aid internally or externally Just business.
Rome reports Ignor Murialdi, food controller, says Italy produced 16,000,600 quintals of wheat this year versus 12,909,000 last year. Civil needs run at 42,099,000 quintals yearly. Army needs about 2,060,000 quintals. Government sales fed the people but caused state losses, likely raising wheat price to Hire per quintal and doubling bread prices.
Washington reports subscriptions of over 700 million dollars to the new issue of certificates of indebtedness dated December 15 and maturing June 15, 1920 with interest at 4 1/2 percent.
In El Paso Texas automobiles trucks and trailers worth over six million dollars supplement railroads in developing regional commerce. A radius of five hundred miles spreads activity into Arizona Texas and northern Mexico with four million dollars spent on automobiles past year two million seven hundred fifty thousand on gasoline and five hundred six thousand nine hundred on tires.
New York Jan 7 The Bryan League of this city has swung its support to former Ambassador James W Gerard for the Democratic nomination for president according to an announcement made last night It was also announced that the secretary of the navy will be the chief speaker at a dinner to be given by Augustus Thomas where the Gerard boom will launch.
Gov William L Harding the Iowa Republican presidential hopeful urged continued American leadership and warned against relying on foreign councils as he praised U S war efforts. Columbia president Nicholas Murray Butler also urged Americanism while a letter from Gen Leonard Wood was read.
The Atlantic fleet, led by Admiral Henry Wilson, sails from Hampton Roads today for winter maneuvers in southern waters. It includes seven dreadnoughts and five destroyers, plus submarines, but manpower limits restrict participation. Not more than 35 of 108 destroyers could muster crews.
American supplies and stocks left in France after the army left were sold for 750 million dollars. France is to take 400 million dollars worth. Army officials deny rumors that France made America pay for the trenches.
Juarez Mexico January 6 tax on automobile traffic to cross the international bridge disappeared after gambling resumed. Owners of concessions pay 72000 for six months. The 25 cent tax on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande was dropped while the American side still collects it.
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