Two Jurors Removed From I W W Centralia Case
In Montesano on January 31, two of twelve temporary jurors for the I W W Centralia Armistice parade murders trial were peremptorily challenged and excused by Judge Wilson. Emily Pattison of Aberdeen and Orton Glenn of Montesano were dismissed. Jury selection continues as prosecutors hold six challenges and the defense twelve. The American Legion has decided against instructing the jury on verdicts to Legion Posts nationwide. Court adjourns at four this afternoon.
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Montesano
Centralia
Wilson
Emily Pattison
Aberdeen
Orton Glenn
American Legion
Daeldedd
Fluctuating influEnza conditions across the United States
Influenza and pneumonia deaths rose in New York while new cases reached near the epidemic peak. Later reports showed a shift with rising deaths and falling new cases. The Navy appeals for nurses to support hospitals at San Diego and Mare Island as conditions vary by region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
New York
Health Department
Navy Department
Naval
Los Angeles
San Diego
Mare Island
San Francisco
Mount Vernon
Vladivostok
Mare Island Navy Yards
Navy Yard
Russia
Kronprifizess
Cecilic
America
Bar Harbor
Maine
Europe
Stettin
Germany
Kolchak Report Mistrusted by Bolshevists in Moscow
Central News dispatch from Moscow states Rear Admiral Kolchak was mistreated by Bolshevist followers who hoisted him on bayonets. The report suggests he was handed over to insurgent revolutionaries by a Czech commander. A Vienna cable says Bolshevists offer peace with Romania.
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London
A_ Central
Moscow
Kolchak
Vienna
Rumania
Active campaign against the hook worm in Queensland
Dr Sawyer of the Rockefeller Institute has launched a five year campaign against hook worm disease in Queensland. The project will be funded in part by the Queensland government and aims to reduce infections through ongoing public health measures and treatment.
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Sydney
Sawyer
Rockefeller Institute
Queensland
Berlin proposes idle sleeping cars as tourist quarters
Berlin officials via the Central Tourists Bureau recommend repurposing idle sleeping cars left in freight yards as temporary tourist quarters due to severe hotel congestion. The plan aims to ease housing for visitors and reduce overcrowding in central accommodations.
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Berlin
Central Tourists Bureau of
Land and Labor Party Formed in Oregon
Farmers and laborers have formed a third party in Oregon to be known as the Land and Labor Party. The Platform Committee proposed planks include abolishing the State Senate, ending public ownership of utilities and resources, higher taxes on community made values, voting by mail, extending direct primaries to initiative referendum and recall, an industrial economy, and equal rights for women.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
The
Land and Labor Party
State Senate
Agreement Near On Oil Leasing Bill In Congress
Washington Jan 31 An effort to break the deadlock between the House and Senate over the oil leasing bill succeeded as the conference reconvened Representative Sinnott of Gregor, who objected to a portion, submitted a compromise to Senator Smoot. Smoot said prospects of agreement were bright. The bill, passed by Congress, had amendments from both chambers. The Conference Committee will agree and many radical amendments are likely to be eliminated.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sinnott
Gregor
Smoot
Congress
Lawmakers Back 50 Million Food Relief for Armenia Poland
Republican members of the House Ways and Means committee agreed to support an appropriation. The plan would extend an additional 50 million dollars in credits for food relief to certain European countries, with Armenia and Poland cited as likely recipients. President Wilson had urged immediate action to aid the distressed nations.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Armenia
Poland
Wilson
Congress
Half of jury to try senator are farmers
Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 31. Twelve tentative jurors were in the box this morning when the trial of Truman H. Newberry and 121 others, for alleged election frauds, resumed. Later in the morning all were permanently seated. The jury includes six farmers, one grain dealer, one cattle buyer, two produce dealers, one grocer and one manager of a farmers' cooperative selling concern. Influenza interfered somewhat with the task of selecting jurors, many of the special venue being unable to answer summonses because of illness.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Truman H. Newberry
Government plans to end Soviet Arks deportations
Washington January 31 government will likely stop sending Soviet Arks with deported aliens. Commissioner Cominetti said the plan is to remove undesirables in small groups aboard regular passenger steam ships rather than large transports.
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Washington
Russia
Cominetti
Florida ranchers in clash with deputies ends in killings
In Tampa on January 31 three prominent Florida cattlemen were killed and another captured after deputies witnessed ranchers cutting fences illegally. The violence marked the culmination of longstanding bitterness over encroachment of fenced public land by cattlemen.
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Tampa
Fla
Grand jury returns indictments against 37 industrial workers
Chicago January 31 a special grand jury returned indictments against thirty seven industrial workers including William D Haywood and Thomas Whitehead Whitehead succeeded Haywood as general secretary.
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Chicago
William Dpd
Haywood
Thomas Whitehead Whitehead
Citizen Plant Burns Down in Fairbanks Fire
Fire destroyed the Alaska Citizen newspaper plant and adjoining buildings in Fairbanks on January 31. Losses totaled about 60 000 dollars with 40 000 tied to the Citizen plant. fire spread from the business office to a chop shop restaurant and dwelling. Firefighters saved other property despite frigid weather, and the Citizen plans to publish temporarily in the Fairbanks News Miner offices.
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Fairbanks
Alaska Citizen
Citizen
Davis Machine Chop
Chena River
J. Harmon Caskey
The
Fairbanks News-Miner
Royalty settlement tops oil well conference brief
Washington reports final settlement of royalty distribution for oil wells remains the unsettled point and will be adjusted. Seattle notes John Clausen arrives from New York as vice-president of the Union national band. Seattle reports a rising mild flu epidemic prompting health officials to urge common sense measures such as sterilizing dishes and utensils. Armenia Poland and Austria to divide fifty million dollars for food relief after committee approves the appropriation.
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Washington
Seattle
John Clausen
New York
Union National Band
Armenia
Poland
Austria
Open shop plan to run BC logging camps Monday
Vancouver British Columbia reports that logging camps will operate under the open shop plan starting Monday. The shift signals a change in workforce rules and labor relations across the province in the wake of ongoing negotiations.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Robbery at Seattle Grocery Leaves Elderly Owner Bluntly Beaten
At daylight two youths robbed 87 year old A Filman at his Seventh avenue Seattle grocery near Pine street. They beat him with revolvers and escaped with fifteen dollars. The aged owner required medical attention.
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Seattle
A. Filman
Seventh Avenue
Pine Street
Art Treasures Burn in Great New York Fire
A fire at the annex of the American Fine Arte building in New York destroyed art treasures valued at 750000 dollars. The total loss is nearly a million dollars.
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New York
American Fine Arte
Miss Leila Skinner Dies in Seattle Social Circles
Miss Leila Y. Skinner, prominent in Seattle social circles, died yesterday at her home. She was the sister of D. E. Skinner, a shipbuilder, reflecting a noted local family.
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Seattle
Leila Y. Skinner
D. E. Skinner
Judge threatens jail for violators in Seattle booze case
United States district judge Jeremiah Neterer said from the bench that jail sentences will be handed to prohibition law violators, stating fines had no effect. The remark came during a Seattle hearing on enforcement actions against illicit drinking.
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Seattle
Jeremiah Neterer
United States District Court
Detzer Freed After Court Verdict Likely Reprimand
Captain Karl Detzer of the 308th military police company was released from quarters on orders of Major Kelley after a general court martial found him guilty on one specification but recommended no prison or dismissal. The War Department will review findings before release becomes official. Detzer, a former Indiana newspaperman, was accused of cruel treatment of prisoners at Le Mans, France, during the AEF period.
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New York
Karl Detzer
308Th Military Police Company
Kelley
Governor’s Island
General Court
Detzer
Army
War Department
Indiana
le Mans
France
United States
Soy Die
Detzar Se von
Col
Frank Halstead
League will be issue in Gallatin congressional race
Gallatin Missouri January 31. The League of Nations is likely to be a campaign issue in the February 14 special election to fill Joshua W. Alexander's seat as Secretary of Commerce. Leading Democratic candidates are Charles Yancy of Liberty and Captain J. L. Milligan of Richmond. Republicans are Frank B. Klepper of Clinton County and John I. Frost of Plattsburg.
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Gallatin
League of Nations
Joshua W. Alexander
Congress
Commerce
League
Charles ‘. Yancy
Liberty
J. L. Milligan
Richmond
Frank B. Klepper
Clinton County
John I. Frost
Plattsburg
Klepper
Frost
Wesley R. Robertson
Farmers Dissatisfied, Official Tells Senate
Washington Jan 31 Jas Blakelee Fourth Assistant Postmaster General told the Senate Postal Committee that reduced production and higher prices threaten the country. He cited 40 000 responses from 200 000 farmer questionnaires showing unsettled conditions and warnings of disastrous consequences.
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Washington
Jas. Blakelee
Senate Postal Committee
Australian finday in Papua yields small oil量
Melbourne January 31 The Australian government has long sought offshore oil in Papua British New Guinea. British experts report only about 3 000 gallons secured so far to date, hindering expected supplies and revenue.
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Melbourne
Papua
British New Guinea
Treaty Move Up Feb 10 In Senate
Senator Walsh of Montana notified the Senate that on February 10 he would move to proceed with immediate consideration of the German peace treaty. He spoke for treaty ratification leader Senator Hitchcock who was absent. The notice followed the collapse of compromise negotiations yesterday.
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Washington
Walsh
Montana
Senate
Hitcehcock
Officers Only Rule Blocks Distinguished Service Medal
Washington January 21 Brigadier General Robert C Davis former Adjutant General told a House committee that a War Department ruling barred enlisted men from winning the Distinguished Service Medal. Headquarters at Chaumont had urged equal opportunity with officers but the recommendation was ignored. Enlisted men were also barred from receiving the Certificate of Merit now done away with. The DSM was for meritorious service while the DSC honored heroism. ninety percent of DSMs went to officers at or above colonel.
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Washington
War Department
Robert C. Davis
American Expeditionary Forces
House
Pershing
Chaumont
France
Davis
Uniform Warning Signals to Be Installed at Crossings
Philadelphia January 31 Uniform warning signals are to be placed at all railroad crossings in Pennsylvania as part of a public service drive to cut avoidable accidents. The standard signals, adopted by the American Railway Association, will stand 300 feet from crossings. A 24 inch metal disc with a white field bears "R R" in black five inches high and 34% inches wide, with black cross lines and a heavy border to attract attention. Posts will be five feet high to catch automobile headlights at night.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
American Railway Association
Leters “R. R
Pestered by House Hunters Sparks Police Complaint
Sawtelle California January 31 Mrs S J Edson reports a new disturbing the peace case to Sawtelle police claiming she is harassed by house hunters. She says people come to inquire if the house is for rent or sale up to fifty times a day and no sign is posted. She demands the nuisance be stopped.
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Sawtelle
Cal
S. J. Edson
Regular Oil Carriers Will Serve Galveston Dock
Galveston Texas January 30 A new Texas City dock will host a regular line of vessels to move crude oil to the north Atlantic and foreign ports. Three or four ships are expected to join the fleet. The dock spans 600 feet with a loading capacity near 20,000 barrels per hour. Oil travels to the dock via pipelines from nearby fields.
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Galveston
Texas
Texas City
North Atlantic
Governor Riggs Arrives in Washington for Alaska Conference
Governor Thomas Riggs Jr of Alaska arrives in Washington with John L. McPherson and Maurice D. Leeher to discuss Alaskan matters over six weeks. McPherson is to prepare facts on the Alaska railroad for the Interior Department and may appear before the Appropriations Committee.
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Seattle
The
Post-Intelligencer
Washington
National
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Alaska
John L. McPherson
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Maurice D. Leeher
Seattle Alaska
Territorial Shipping Board
Riggs
McPherson
Lane
Interior Department
Appropriations Committee
Stecher Wins World Heavyweight Wrestling Title in New York
Joe Stecher of Nebraska defeated Mark Craddock of Iowa at Wilson Square Arena to claim the world heavyweight wrestling championship after a two hour match. Stecher pinned Craddock with a body scissors and arm lock to secure the victory.
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New York
Joe Steteher
Nebraska
Wilson Squae @akden
Mark Craddock
Iowa
Steteher
Legion Honors Dempsey in Milwaukee Post ceremony
In Milwaukee on January 31, after a lively clash between Dempsey supporters and opponents within the American Legion post, the prizefighter was made a life member of the Milwaukee post and granted an honorary commandership. The post condemned charges that Dempsey was a slicker as unfair.
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Milwaukee
Dempsey
American Legion Post
Milwaukee Post
Robber Bypasses War Savings Stamps in Mail Heist
A lone bandit boarded Union Pacific No. 2 between Omaha and Fremont and held up postal clerks with an unloaded pistol. He rifled registered mail pouches but left war saving stamps in a sack marked $7,000. He escaped, leaving the pistol on the car floor. no arrests reported.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Here
Fremont
Stanford Triumphs Over Washington Aggies In Final Minute
In Palo Alto on January 31 Stanford University basketball team edged Washington State College 30 to 29 in a dramatic finish before a large crowd, with the decisive points scored in the last minute of play.
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Stanford
Washington Aggies
Palo Alto
Cal
University
Washington State College
Seattle Five Triumph Over Oregon Aggies 21 to 20
Seattle university basketball team edged Oregon Agricultural College 21 to 20 with a tense finish last night. The contest featured tight defense and a deciding late score by the home squad.
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Seattle
Oregon Agricultural College
San Diego invites UW crew to June races
San Diego has asked the University of Washington to send the varsity crew to race against California and Stanford on the San Diego estuary in June. No action on the invitation has been taken.
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Seattle
Wash
San Diego
University of Washington
California
Stanford
Seattle Leads Hockey Standings With 4-2 Victory
Seattle beat Victoria 4 to 2 to move two games ahead in the league standings. The win extended Seattle’s lead as of January 31 in the Victoria, B. C. matchup.
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Seattles
Victoria
B. C
Seattle
Five Hulls Sold To National Oil Company For 775000
Seattle Jan 31 United States Shipping Board sells five wooden hulls moored on Lake Union to National Oil Company of New York for 775000. Purchase price includes machinery and equipment. Company paid 70000 per hull.
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Seattle
Lake Union
United States Shipping Board
National Oil Company of New York
Washington gets bronze medal from Paris University
The University of Paris presents the University of Washington with a four inch bronze medal as a token of friendship and appreciation for Washington men who served in World War I. A letter signed by President Wincaire accompanies the award, now housed in the Washington State Museum near campus.
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University OF Washington
Paris University
Seattle
University of Paris
Washington
Wincaire
Washington State Museum
Seven Die In Blaze At Clairton Steel Plant
Seven people were killed as a fire swept the Clairton plant of the Carnegie Steel Company last night. The blaze also destroyed fifteen temporary residences on the site, prompting investigations into the cause and safety measures.
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Pittsburgh
Clairton
Carnegie Steel Company
Campaign to limit California national parks size
In Davis California on January 30 the California Woolgrowers Association decided to start a campaign against any increase in the size of California national parks. Delegates argued that expanding park areas would reduce grazing space for ranchers.
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Davis
Cal
California
California Woolgrowers Association
Carnival planned to rival Mardi Gras in Juarez
Juarez officials and citizens led by J Felipe Valle collector of customs plan a spring carnival. The three day event aims to rival New Orleans Mardi Gras and will occur in the early spring this year.
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Juarez
Orleans
J. Felipe Valle
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Cable Briefs
Miss Skinner
Missouri
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Mare Island Navy Yard
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Shipping Board
Oil Company
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