Pinal preparations for opening of conference
The interwar council met at the ign office to finalize the conference program opening today invite a division into committees with full authority. Five powers Britain Italy United States and Japan will have representation while smaller nations seek hearings on all questions. Delegates plan a cautious unanimous approach and discuss island and eastern European issues as the peace talks move forward in Paris.
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Supreme Interwar Council
Ign
America
England
Italy
Japan
League
Lloyd George
Russia
Romania
United States
Rah
Ar- M. Sazonoff
Paris
Lansing
Amercan
Ameri
Wilson
Stannard
Ray Baker
Commission
Great Britain
Great Fle
Great Tain
United
France
Far East
Brazil
South America
Lord Robert Cecil
League of Nations
Society of Powers
Supreme Council of Versailles
Mexico
Lora Robert
Immigration bills aim to curb German Austrian arrivals
Washington reports shed light on the Burnett and Lufkin bills designed to suspend or bar immigration for two to four years and 18 months respectively. Rep Wilson argues the move targets Austrians and Germans escaping taxation, warning Bolshevik and radical influx. Representatives Moore and Burnett criticize Labor Department for lax enforcement and arbitrary actions.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
Wilson
Louisiana
Department of Labor
Moore
Pennsylvania
Representative Burnett
Burnett
Robinson Loses Suit Over Hartford Real Estate Sale
In Hartford on January 15 Judge Donald T. Warner filed a decision in the superior court ordering the defendants to recover costs in Ernest N. Robinson versus Eli Herrup and the Sturm brothers. The case concerned a No. 137 Wethersfield Avenue sale where the Sturms agreed to complete construction for Robinson to take the property at 25000 dollars, with Robinson assuming 18800 dollars in mortgages and paying 6200 in notes. Robinson claimed the contract terms were unmet and sought 3000 dollars, but Judge Warner ruled against him.
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Hartford
Donald T. Warner
Superior Court
Ernest N. Robinson
Eli Herrup
Joseph
Samuel Sturm
East Granby
Sturms
Robinson
Wethersfield Avenue
Middletown
Herrup
Warner
Packers Oppose Control of Livestock Transport
W R Sinclair counsel for Kingan and Company Indianapolis voiced strong opposition before the House Interstate Commerce Committee to government directed transport of livestock and meat products. He argued such control is unnecessary and unreasonable and could risk spoilage of perishable goods handled by packers.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
W. R. Sinclair
Kingan and Company, Packers
Indianapolis
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Sinclair
Wisconsin Senate Ratifies Prohibition Amendment
Madison January 15 the Wisconsin state senate approved the federal prohibition amendment by a 19 to 11 vote. The state assembly did not vote immediately and a final decision is set for Friday night.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
State Senate
State Assembly
General Electric urged to take back 1777 strikers
Pittsfield Massachusetts January 15 the state board of arbitration and conciliation recommended that General Electric Co of Pittsfield take back the 1777 strikers out of work. The report cautions that deep trouble could follow if whiskey impedes judgment.
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Pittsfield
Mass
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
General Electric Co
Democrats Agree on New Chairman in Washington
Washington January 15 Joseph F Guffey Pittsburg millionaire and Democratic state chairman of Pennsylvania is slated to succeed Vance McCormick as Democratic national chairman. He has backing from McCormick and A Mitchell Palmer both dry advocates. McCormick resigned December 28, citing need to bolster the committee’s work and his hope to return after the war.
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Washington
Joseph F. Guffey
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Vance C. McCormick
Guffey
Mr. McCormick
A. Mitchell Palmer
McCormick
Palmer
Eugene C. Bonniwell
Philadelphia
Bonniwell
Europe
Propaganda Hearing Defends Stevens Swann Against Smith Charges
Senator Thomas of Colorado defended I N Stevens and Alva Swann against claims by Austin J Smith of Los Angeles that they negotiated with von Bernstorff for subsidizing newspapers. Smith, former Pueblo Chieftain and Grand Junction News manager, labeled as liar and blackmailer. Thomas urged perjury prosecution if warranted and praised the pair’s character.
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Washington
Austin J. Smith
Los Angeles
Iar
Thomas
Colorado
I. N. Stevens
Alva Swann
Smith
Bernstorff
Senate Propaganda Investigating Committee
Pueblo
Grand Junction
Stevens
Swan
von Bernstorff
Albert
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY AT APOLLO LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Apollo lodge No 30 Knights of Pythias marks the 50th anniversary of the Grand Lodge with past chancellor degree work by 25 former officers. A T Chapman the oldest living past chancellor. lodge now lists 55 past chancellors. Grand Chancellor Manitus Norton of New Britain to attend. a banquet follows. Committee: John F Hunderland, George P Clark, Elmer C Young, Clarence S Hastings.
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Apollo Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
A. T. Chapman
Manitus Norton
New Britain
John F. Hunderland
George P. Clark
Elmer C. Young
Clarence S. Hastings
Lodge
Iowa Ratifies Dry Amendment by Senate and House vote
Des Moines reports the Iowa senate ratified the National Prohibition amendment by 42 to 7 and the house followed with 86 to 13 measures. Iowa becomes the 31st state to ratify the prohibition amendment.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House
France’s League of Nations Plan Expanded and Bold
Paris reports France has formulated a grand plan for a league of nations that surpasses American and British proposals. The government insists the organization must wield strong enforcement power and clear decisive principles to be effective.
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France
Paris
League of Nations
America
England
Spartacides Fire At Berlin Crowds
London reports Bullets raked a Berlin street crowd from a rooftop as Spartacides clashed with police. Fighting near Franzer barracks lasted about an hour amid plans for further riots to disrupt national elections. Government troops arrested over 1,000 Spartacides. quieting Berlin and surrounding provinces follows.
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London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Franzer
Spartacus
Security League Probe Highlights Loyalty Test Wording
Washington January 15 The National Security League sought to twist and enlarge the eight loyalty test measures used to judge congressmen under a bid to educate the public. Charles D Orth, chairman of the league’s congressional committee, admitted under cross examination that he authored the interpretation of the measures and had no legal training or consulted authorities on possible effects of the tests. Representative Walsh, who voted against all eight measures, grilled Orth during the congressional probe.
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Washington
National Security League
Charles D. Orth
League
Congressional
Congress
Walsh
Massachusetts
Orth
Representative Walsh
House
Boy Charged With Theft Receives Bribe Attempt Sentence
In New Haven on January 15, Moses Kemp, 19, sent $10 to Judge James H. Webb in Superior Court asking for another chance. He was sentenced to not less than one nor more than two years in state prison after the note led to a reopening of his case. Kemp faced theft from the person.
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New Haven
Moses Kemp
James H. Webb
Kemp
State Reformatory
Webb
Bay State Street Railway Reorganizes as Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co
Bay State Street Railway Co adopts service at cost act and files notice with the secretary of the commonwealth re forming as Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co Governor Coolidge names five men to serve as public trustees following the action and notification of the company This reorganizing move reflects the era public utility restructuring in Massachusetts with state oversight forthcoming.
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Bay State Company
Boston
Bay State Street Railway Co
Commonwealth
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co
Coolige
Austria Delivers 300 Million to Italian Armistice
Rome reports Austria has handed over 300 million to Italian armistice commissioners. The sum equals money withdrawn from Trieste and Trentino banks at the war outbreak, reflecting the financial settlement connected to the ceasefire.
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Austria
Rome
Trieste
Trentino
Eichhorn in Denmark Report Denied in Copenhagen
Copenhagen January 15 authorities denied reports that Robert Emil Eichhorn former police chief of Berlin fled after the Spartacist uprising collapse is in Denmark. The denial followed claims Eichhorn was hiding in the country.
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Eichhorn
Denmark
Copenhagen
Robert Emil Eichhorn
Sub Treasury Reports Weekend Bank Gains in New York
New York January 15 the sub treasury shows a Tuesday cash net gain of 23000 from banks and a Friday to Tuesday cumulative gain of 1243000. The report notes ongoing liquidity improvements and steady bank deposits contributing to the gain.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Dry Amendment Nears Ratification in Nation’s Courts
Washington, Jan 15 The eighteenth amendment establishing a dry nation is nearing ratification. National Anti-Saloon League official B E. C. Dinwiddie cites 30 of 36 states already ratifying with telegrams signaling six more today. He predicts 40 to 42 states soon approve, with Nevada the lone dry state yet to convene.
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Washington, D. C
United States
B E. C. Dinwiddie
National Anti-Saloon League
Dinwiddie
John Barleycorn
Colorado
New Hampshire
Iowa
Oregon
Utah
New Mexico
Wyoming
Nevada
Bridgeport DOJ Bureau Chief Quits for Industrial Role
Charles H. Lane resigns after 17 months leading the Bridgeport bureau of investigation and part of wartime Hartford work. He will supervise personnel at Columbia Graphophone plants in Bridgeport. A 13 year DOJ veteran, Lane traveled globally on confidential matters and aided Connecticut wartime investigations. He plans to engage in Americanization efforts under the State Council of Defense.
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Bridgeport
Department of Justice
Charles H. Lane
Bridgeport Bureau of Investigation
Hartford
Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Co
Lane
United States
Connecticut
Department of Labor
State Council of Defense
New Map of Europe Studied by National Geographic Society
Washington reports the National Geographic Society is studying the forthcoming European map after the peace conference in Versailles. Boundary lines will change and surveys may rely heavily on aeroplanes for the first time in history. Noted cartographers are expected in Paris during the talks, though official plans remain unsettled.
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National Geographic Society
Washington
Europe
Peace Congress
Versailles
Paris
Starving in Petrograd as Troops Fire on Crowds
Stockholm reports Petrograd's starving crowds filling streets crying for bread. Ten thousand residents roamed the capital while troops opened fire. A massacre at Beritshev in the Kiev government erupted after peasants tried to disarm the Jewish militia, with further pogroms feared.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Beritshev
Kieve
Transport St. Louis Docks With Troops
The cruiser St. Louis arrived in New York from Brest with 44 officers and 1,655 men of the 346th field artillery. Trained at Camp Lewis Washington, the northwest majority unit stood at Freville awaiting front orders when the armistice was signed.
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St. Louis
New York
United States
Brest
France
346Th
Camp Lewis
Washington
Freville
Col E M House Improves After Paris Death
Washington dispatch reports Col E M House, who died in Paris, is improving and may be about within a few days per a state department cable. Hindenburg named generalissimo of German eastern front to lead against Poles, per Bromberg papers.
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House
Washington
Col
E. M. House
Paris
State Department
Hindenburg
Copenhagen
von Hindenburg
Bromberg
Clearing House Statement New York Debits and Balances
Clearing House statement from New York on January 15 shows sub-treasury debit 324 337 exchanges totaling 672 067 602 with balances at 67 580 581. The report lists financial movements and reserve balances across the clearing system.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub-treasury
Packers Made Gifts to Mann
Washington reports that James R. Mann Republican leader and possible speaker received gifts from packers for favors. Heney described a $3.50 steak and an old horse from Henry Veeder as payments. Mann confirmed receiving the horse and recalled asking packers if an old horse could be used in his garden.
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Washington
James R. Mann
House
Packers
Francis J. Tieney
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Agriculture Committee
Heney
Henry Veeder
Chicago
Veeder
Hugh Mesaacs
Landis
MelIsaacq
Veecer
Louis Swift
Mann
Swift & Co
Swift
Honey
Cener
Questions Five Year Clause McAdoo Rail Control Plan
Washington January 15 The constitutionality of McAdoo five year extension of federal control was questioned before the Senate Interstate Commerce committee by Judge A P Thom for the railroad executives He warned adoption would block congressional remedies and fear permanent government ownership due to escalating rail costs through January 1924 He urged the committee to examine the Railroad Administration files to verify claims and argued the issue should be decided on merits.
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McAdoo
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
A. P. Thom
Congress
Thom
Railroad Administration
Eee
Court of Claims For Relief
Tramp Killed by Auto on Providence Turnpike
Putnam January 15 coroner to investigate death of George Barry 55 a tramp weaver little is known about him. Barry was struck and killed by a seven passenger automobile driven by Alfred Robitaille of the city. Robitaille who runs a public service car says he saw two men one later identified as Barry step into the road and raise a hand. To avoid striking him he swerved and the car overturned. no injuries to occupants but the car damaged and Robitaille is detained by police.
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Putnam
George Barry
Barry
Alfred Robitaille
Robitaille
Providence
Chaplin to Appear In Stage Play
Charlie Chaplin will temporarily leave films to stage a regular play. Edgar Selwyn, the playwright and producer, announced the plan in Boston and will collaborate with Chaplin on writing the piece on the Pacific coast. Chaplin will be absent from screen for at least a year.
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Chaplin
Boston
Charlie” Chaplin
Edgar Selwyn
Selwyn
Pacific Coast
Mr. Selwyn
Cut Off Newspaper Conference in Paris
In Paris on January 15 American peace commissioners canceled their morning briefing after the socialist Humanite published a confidential Lansing statement about Foreign Minister Pichon and Russia.
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Paris
Humanite
Lansing
Pichon
Russia
New Hampshire House Backs Federal Dry Amendment
Concord Jan 15 the New Hampshire house of representatives ratified the federal dry amendment by a vote of 221 to 121. The senate was expected to act similarly before night.
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New Hampshire House
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Senate
French Chamber to Receive Wilson in Paris
Paris January 15 The French chamber of deputies will receive President Wilson after the dinner in his honor by the senate on January 20.
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Wilson
Paris
French Chamber of Deputies
Senate
New York Chamberlain Resigns Under Pressure
New York City Chamberlain Alfred J. Johnson resigns due to pressure of private business, announced by Mayor Hylan on January 15. Johnson’s departure comes as the city faces ongoing fiscal concerns and administrative strain.
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New York
Chamberlain
Alfred J. Johnson
Hylan
Candidates Are Numerous in G O P Presidential Sweep
Washington January 15 Republican candidates for president appear as numerous as in 1908 with Taft the most frequently named early, while Harding Borah Lodge Johnson Knox and others figure in the capitol gossip. Military candidates Pershing and Wood are debated as Taft surges in leadership. McAdoo looms for Democrats with Wilson viewed as likely Opponents.
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Harding
Lodge
Borah
Johnson
Knox
Pershing
Wood
Wilson
Washington
Jan
Capitol
Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Senator Borah
Idaho
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Johnson
California
Pennsylvania
Wadsworth
New York
East
Lowden
Illinois
Whitman
Edge
New Jersey
Watson
Indiana
James Goodrich
Weeks
White House
Leonard Wood
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William G. McAdoo
Revolt in Portugal as Troops Storm Porto
News from Madrid reports a Portuguese revolution with fighting in Oporto. Troops arriving from France attempt to overthrow the government and reinstall ex-President Machado’s supporters.
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London
Portugal
Madrid
Oporto
France
Machado
Bolshevik rebellion collapses. Lisbon government regains control
Lisbon reports the Bolshevik rebellion has collapsed after several days of terrorism and the government is once more in control. The dispatch from Agence Radio to I. N. 8 notes the swift political crisis ending with restored authority.
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Agence Radio
I. N
Lisbon
John McCormack’s Illness Delays Scranton Engagement
Irish tenor John McCormack is confined to the Hotel Casey in Scranton after a performance amid a severe cold and sore throat. He was unable to continue after singing three numbers, with the manager announcing possible transfer to New York for treatment.
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John McCormick
Scranton
John McCormack
Cassey
McCormack
New York
Plot to Seize Zeppelin Plant Frustrated in Germany
Zurich reports that a plan by the German workers and soldiers council at Friedrichshafen to seize the great Zeppelin factory and redirect it to other uses has been thwarted, according to frontier dispatches today.
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Zurich
Friedrichshafen
Balloon on Last Lap Heads Toward Key West
A naval balloon C-1 en route from Island, New York, heads to Key West on the final leg of its journey. The craft left earlier today, continuing a long voyage from away Island toward its southern destination.
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Brunswick
Away Island
N. Y
Key West
Florida
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Anti-Saloon League
H. Lane
Henry
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