Japanese ships escort arms to Mexico raise suspicions
Antonio dispatches report shipments of arms to Mexico accompanied by Japanese cruisers. Senate committee examination continues. In Mexico City Carranza officials arrest three men accused of murdering Americans Earle Bowles and F. J. Roney. American consul in Tampico believes Mexican officers will pursue punishment.
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Carranza
Gan Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Senate Committee
Congress
Mexico City
Survivors Accounted For After French Steamer Sinking
Paris reports the French steamer Afrique with 465 passengers and 100 crew members sank in a Bay of Biscay storm. Twenty six survivors were accounted for in two lifeboats, leaving many still missing.
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Paris
Afrique
Bay of Biscay
Warren forecasts Alaska railroad completion in two years
Colonel Warren told the transportation club in Seattle that the Alaska government abroad would be completed in two years if Congress cooperates with the Engineering Commission and provides the needed funds.
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Col. Warren
Senator Thomas accuses profiteering over fallen soldiers
Senator Charles B. Thomas of Colorado charged in the Senate that relatives of American soldiers buried in France face attempts by undertakers and others to commercialize their grief as the plan to repatriate bodies gains momentum. He warned of organizing efforts to profit from the movement.
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Louis Gaubert
Lving
Harry Hawker
Roy N Francis
American Air Service
Paris
Wilbur Wright
Gaubert
Tis
Nau
Daedalus
Greece
Washington
Charles 8. Thomas
Colorado
Senate Today
France
Amer.ca
America asks for aid to free captured minister
The State Department directed the American Legation at Peling to ask the French consul at Yanan Fu to help secure the release of Rev. A. L. Sheldon, a missionary seized by brigands in Thibet and held for ransom.
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Washington
State Department
Peling
Ching
Yanan Fu
A. L. Sheldon
Thibet
Sugar Price Hit Record 18 Cents a Pound
Portland report states sugar is to rise to 18 cents per pound, the highest price ever paid in the United States, signaling a sharp jump in the sugar market and consumer costs.
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Portland
Ore
General Railway Strike Announced by Madrid Employees
Madrid January 13 The National Federation of Railwaymen issued notice of a general strike to take effect January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
National, Federation of Railwaymen
Fifteen Girls Reported Missing in Chicago
Chicago Jan 13 Fifteen girls are reported missing over the past two days. Seven came from other cities. Frances Rock of Missouri is among them, last seen at Union Station awaiting her fiancé’s parents and feared lured away after arrival.
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Chicago
Frances Rock
Missouri
Union Station
Duncan Runs for Mayor as Labor Bloc Backing Grows
Seattle January 13 James A Duncan secretary of the Central Labor Council and leader of the general strike here and in Winnipeg has filed as a mayoral candidate. He is expected to secure Triple Alliance and labor support. Mayor Fitzgerald vowed that if elected the city hall would gain efficiency and less politics.
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Seattle
James A. Duncan
Central Labor Council
Winnipeg
Triple Alliance
Fitzgerald
Pioneer Woman of Washington Dies at 86
In Yakima Wash a pioneer woman aged 86 passed away after a life spanning eight decades of early Washington settlement. Born Mia, she moved from the plains to Wash years ago and witnessed the region’s formative experiences alongside her people.
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Washington
STAT
Yakima
Wash
Plains
Oregon suffrage amendment ratified by both houses
In Salem Oregon the legislature’s special session completed ratification of the woman suffrage amendment as both houses formally approved the measure. The action confirms the state’s support for granting women the right to vote.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
Victoria Wins Hockey Game In Vancouver
Victoria defeated Vancouver 5 to 4 in a hockey game played last night in Vancouver B C. The contest featured a close score with both teams exchanging leads before Victoria pulled ahead in the final period.
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Victoria
Vancouver
B. C
Legion Posts Fire Volleys at Dempsey Across States
Multiple American Legion posts in Spokane Fort Wayne Cleveland and Indianapolis on January 13 passed resolutions criticizing Jack Dempsey for limited war service in shipyards while praising Georges Carpentier. The national Legion said no action was planned. posts act independently.
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Spokane
American Legion
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Texas
Dempsey
Fort Wayne
Ind
American Legion Post
Cleveland
Meuse-Rhine
National Order
Indianapolis
National Organization of the American Legion
G. H. Rennick
Fred Fulton Triumph Here in Newark Bout
Fred Fulton of Rochester Minn outfought Frank in Newark on January 13 in a boxing match that drew cheers from local fans and showcased Fulton’s superior endurance and punching sting.
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Fred Fulton
Newark
Rochester, Minn
Frank
Mysterious disease reported across several cities
In Kansas City on January 13 a secret intestinal illness is feared to have appeared in Kansas and Oklahoma and possibly other cities. About 1,000 cases are reported in Toledo and 300 in Muskogee with four deaths so far. Some doctors think it is a form of dysentery while others see a reappearance of influenza.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Toledo
Muskogee
Western Republicans map women's suffrage outreach
In San Francisco Western Republicans gather with Will Hays to plan an eastern women voters drive using Western suffrage models. In Washington Former Representative Miller assumes headquarter duties as new Republican National Committee secretary, replacing James Reynolds who shifts to Coolidge campaign management.
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San Francisco
Will Hays
National Republican Committee
East
West
Washington
Miller
Republican National Committee
Jas. P. Reynolds
Calvin Coolidge
Repubican
Americans to Leave Siberia in Short Time
Washington reports eight thousand American troops will begin leaving Siberia in mid February. The mission to guard railways and loyal Russians shifts to Japan, while the Army Commission ends its railway operations by mid next month. Unclear later lines mention a returned company and unspecified notes.
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Siberia
Washington
Siberian
Japan
Army Commission
Three Italians Detained After Auto Chase
Tacoma Jan 13 Deputy sheriffs captured three Italians accused of operating a large still after an exciting auto chase. The officers punctured the tires of the pursued machine with their revolvers during the pursuit.
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Tacoma
Italian steamer Principosa Mafalda reports all aboard safe
On January 13 in Buenos Aires it is reported that the captain of the Italian steamer Principosa Mafalda, once believed to have struck a mine with 700 passengers aboard, has wirelessed that all are safe on board.
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Buenos al
Voting rights may be denied to radicals in constitutional push
Lincoln Neb Jan 13 A Constitutional Convention in Lincoln considers a constitutional amendment denying voting privileges to anyone convicted of belonging to or conspiring with organizations advocating overthrow of the American government by force.
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Lincoln
Neb
America
Socialists Expelled From New York Legislature Vote Reconsideration Fails
Albany January 13 motion to reconsider a vote expelling five Socialists from seats in the New York State Legislature failed by 34 to 71.
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New York Assembly
Albany
N. Y
German ex-attaché arrives in San Francisco amid divorce and engagement
Lieut von Bricken former German attaché released from McNeil Island lands in San Francisco on the same day Mia Abercrombie announces engagement to Lieut L K Swenson of the American army. Bricken, who served in Germany and was convicted for violating U S neutrality, seeks reconciliation and says he will fight deportation to stay in the United States as he pursues American citizenship.
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San Francisco
Lieut
von Bricken
McNeil Island
Mia Abercrombie
L. K. Swenson
Bricken
Supreme Court Refuses Review in Hauser Espionage Case
Emil Hauser, sentenced to ten years on McNeil Island in June 1918 for espionage, had his conviction denied review by the Supreme Court. The record notes he allegedly called soldiers murderers.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Emil Hauser
McNeil Island
Three men plotted jail uprising in Dallas prison farm
In Dallas on January 13 three men described as wobblies planned to free all inmates at the prison farm. Officers thwarted the effort, preventing an uprising.
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Dallas
Texas
Six Wobblies Indicted for Criminal Syndicalism
Portland Oregon January 13 six alleged communists were indicted by the grand jury on criminal syndicalism charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Ore
Oregon Supreme Court Keeps Olcott Governor Through Term
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that God. Olcott shall retain the governorship for the remainder of Withycombe's unexpired term. Withycombe, elected in 1918 for four years, had argued Olcott should run for election next November.
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Salem
Ore
State Supreme Court
God. Olcott
Withycombe
Olcott
Korean National Army Crosses Frontier in Korea
Shanghai advices report the Korean National army crossed the Siberian frontier into Korea and captured Eschin from Japanese provisional government forces, with the development noted from Honolulu on January 13.
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Honolulu
Shanghai
Siberian
Korea
Eschin
Porter Re-Elected Mayor of Victoria by Acclamation
Victoria British Columbia January 13. Mayor Robert J Porter has been re-elected mayor of the city by acclamation.
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Robert J. Porter
City OF
Victoria
B. C
Lippy Named Head of Seattle Port Commission
Seattle January 13. T. S. Lippy has been named head of the Port Commission of Seattle, enhancing leadership for the city’s harbor operations and development plans.
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Lippy
Port Commission OF
City OF Seattle
Seattle
Turks to be offered reforming chance in Constantinople
Paris dispatch reports Allied Premiers plan Turkish sovereignty over the port after major administrative reforms. In Washington, Republican and Democratic leaders say ratification of the peace treaty cannot wait beyond the League of Nations meeting in Paris next Friday. Democrats aim to ratify within the month and caucus Thursday to elect a minority leader.
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Paris
Constantinople
Washington
Council of the
League of Nations
Wilson Signs Call For League Council In Paris
At the League of Nations inaugural meeting in Paris on Friday President Wilson signed the call. The first topic will be to establish commissions to implement the treaty terms.
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Washington
Council of the
League of Nations
Paris
Wilson
Bryan urges immediate ratification of treaty in Omaha speech
William Jennings Bryan told Omaha listeners that a compromise should secure immediate treaty ratification. He argued the Democratic party is more capable than Republicans of solving current global and national economic problems.
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Bryan
Omaha
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic Party
Republican Party
America
Leffingwell Likely Succeed Glass Treasury Chief
Washington January 13 President Wilson consulted Carter Glass who agreed to stay as Secretary of the Treasury after his U S Senate nomination from Virginia. Treasury officials expect R C Leffingwell of New York First Assistant Secretary now in charge of the Fiscal Bureau to become the next Treasury Secretary.
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Washington
Wilson
Carter Glass
Treas
Virginia
United States Senate
Glass
Treasury
R. C. Leflingwell
New York
Fiscal Bureau
Agreement Reached on Surrender of the Kaiser
Paris reports Premiers of Allied nations are in full accord and will ask Holland to surrender the former Kaiser for trial of war crimes before an international tribunal.
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Paris
Holland
Speakers Selected for Alaska Dinner in Seattle
At the annual Seattle Chamber of Commerce Alaska Bureau dinner the speakers will include Bishop Peter Trimble Ed Russell Col Warren W Gilmore and J P Daly.
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Seattle
Alaska Bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Hhide Bishop
Peter Trimble
C. Russell
Col. Warren
J. P. Daly
Poughkeepsie Steam Ship in Trouble Off Cape Heary
The steam ship Poughkeepsie operated by the Federal Shipping Board is reported to be in trouble off Cape Heary near New York, with details unclear and authorities monitoring the situation for guidance and rescue options.
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New York
Poughkeepsie
Federal Shipping Board
Cape
Heary
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