Stiff Law Urged to Curb Red Activity in House Hearing
Washington leaders clash over anti-sedition bills as Francis Kane disputes Bolshevik danger while Attorney General Newton cites 500000 radicals in New York City. Lawmakers push for stricter measures and deportation to quell revolutionary activity. Johnson demands a stiff law to punish supporters and enforcement gaps.
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Washington
United States
House Judiciary Committee
Francis H. F. Kane
Philadelphia
Palmer
America
Charles D. Newton
New York
Congress
Newton
Kane
Johnson
Argentine Wealth Rapidly Growing Amid Exchange Fury
In Buenos Aires on February 6 AP reports heavy speculation in international exchange as brokers form a curb market with millions traded daily. Wealth growth appears in January exports seen at 0,000,000 gold pesos against 30,000,000 pesos in imports, boosting the trade balance and gold peso value.
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Buenos Aires
New York
Argentina
Nine Hour Order Disregarded By NP Locals
In Tacoma Washington five hundred boilermakers blacksmiths and machinists in Northern Pacific shops voted to disregard the railroad administration nine hour work schedule set to begin today.
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Tacoma
Wash
Northern Pacific
Railroad Administration
Federation to Enter Politics
Washington AP describes plans for the AFL to mount a broad political campaign in November targeting federal and state races. President Gompers presided as leaders pledged to mobilize about 4,000,000 labor voters and to oppose candidates unfriendly to organized labor.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Federation
House
Gompers
Congress
New Boards For Return Roads
Washington AP says the railroad administration begins reorganizing to liquidate and return roads to private owners on March 1. Director General Hines creates a liquidation claims division and abolishes the capital division effective February 15, with Max Phelan in charge of liquidation and capital expenditure planning before and after private operation resumes.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Hines
Max Thelan
Public Service Division
California State Utilities Commission
Phelan
Packers Claim A Great Output But Very Small Profit
The Institute of American Meat Packers reports total U.S. meat packing output in 1919 exceeded 5.0 billion dollars based on reports from over 600 federally inspected firms. It estimates industry profits averaged at about one and a half cents per dollar of sales.
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Chicago
United States
Institute of American Meat Packers
Apnoval
Wage Advances in General Trades Rise Since 1913
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 1919 general trades wage scales averaged 17 percent above 1918 and 55 percent above 1913. Regular weekly hours in 1919 were five percent lower than in 1918. Figures cover time-rate workers in bakery, building, stone, metal, mill work, printing, chauffeurs, teamsters, freight handlers, laundry, theater hands, and waiters.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Villa Demands a 20000 Dollar Ransom for American
An uncorroborated report states Joseph E. Askew, an American worker for Tlapualilo company in Lerdo Durango, is held by Villa for 20000 dollars. The U S state department has asked the Mexican government for his release through the embassy.
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Washington
Joseph E. Askew
Durango
Mexico
Villa
State Department
Askew
Tlapualilo Company
Lerdo
Two Mexicans Killed on Ranch in Colorado Texas
Investigation into the deaths of Modesto Flores and the wounding of Encarnacion Cornejo on a ranch owned by Frank M. Taylor at Colorado Texas was under way led by Alberto Ruiz Sandoval acting consul general for Mexico at El Paso.
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el Paso
Modesto Flores Mexican
Encarnacion Cornejo
Frank M. Taylor
Colorado
Texas
Alberto Ruiz, Sandoval
Mexico
Next of Kin Must Authorize Soldier Remains Handling
The War Department announced that American soldiers’ bodies returned from overseas will not be consigned to private undertakers in America except by direction of the next of kin. The statement was released in Washington on February 6.
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Washington
War Department
America
Chicago Sways Under Prolonged Smoke Shroud
Chicago endured nine smoky days from Thursday noon as dense haze kept the city in darkness. Traffic slowed, lights stayed on, and streetcars and autos struggled to navigate while weather observers called it the darkest day in memory.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Texans Can Clean Up Border Row
El Paso Feb 6 AP O C Dowe customs inspector and P F Lyches ranger said conditions along the Rio Grande rest on U S troops protection. They suggested the Big Bend could be cleaned up if civilians took over and a vigilante force pressed by authorities. Fall read into the record a denial of threats to Mexicans who refuse to testify.
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el Paso
O. C. Dowe
P. F. Lyches
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Fall
Maintenance of Way and Rail Way Laborers Demand Action
Detroit February 6 AP Formal insistence that favorable action be taken on wage increase demands of the Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers was adopted by grand officers. They authorize their Washington committee to inform Director General Hines that seven days will be allowed for action. A telegram from Vice President Malloy said Washington talks showed little promise. Failure to reach an agreement could trigger a halt by 00,906 workers, with possible appeal to President Wilson.
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Detroit
Workers’ Brotherhood
Washington
Hines
J. D. Malloy
Brotherhood
Wilson
Malloy
Three killed in Pine Bluff shooting affray
Three dead and at least six injured in a violent clash between possemen and a Vicksburg man who barricaded himself in a house after fatally shooting City Detective Lynn. A 65 year old spectator Mrs. Sam Soltz died from a stray bullet two blocks away.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Possemen
Vicks
City
Cr. Lynn
Sam Soltz
Connie Mack Optimistic On Baseball Season Outlook
Philadelphia manager Connie Mack characterized as hopeful the prospects for an American League season. He noted only certain members of the league gave the impression the season might not start, and he expects a successful year for the Athletics.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Pretty Girl Accomplice of Adventurers in Italy
Naval Lt Augusto Tesi and Giovanni Trenton were arrested at Brindisi for trying to lure the submarine commander to Fiume. They allegedly captured the steamer Tranta carrying about 2,000,000 lire in gold for Italian troops in Albania. A twenty year old woman was also arrested as a suspected accomplice.
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Bari
Italy
Augusto Tesi
Giovanni Trenton
Brindisi
Fiuma
Fiume
Tranta
Albania
Profiteers in Food Net 895 Arrests 28 Convictions
Washington reports 895 arrests in the campaign against food profiteers and hoarders. So far 28 convictions with penalties up to 5009 dollars and one year imprisonment. Over 100 sugar profiteering arrests and eleven sugar convictions. few cases have gone to trial.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Bandits Barred at Mexican Election
El Paso report says President Venustiano Carranza orders his chiefs to intensify efforts against rebellion and banditry to ensure peaceful elections next July, per Excelsior of Mexico City.
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el Paso
Texas
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
Republic
Excelsior
Mexico City
Vigorous Campaign Across Mexico Reported
El Paso Feb 6 local reports say forces will push rebels with vigor in Vera Cruz where Felicistas operate in the north petroleum region, and in central Chihuahua where Villa bands remain active amid threats from Manuel Pelaez, per Excelsior.
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el Paso
Vera Cruz
Felicistas
Manuel Pelaez
Chihuahua
Excelsior
Washington Snowstorm Delays Travel Along Atlantic Coast
A major snow and high wind storm drenches the Atlantic coast from Maryland to Maine with heavy beach damage and disrupted rail traffic. New England reports up to 20 inches of snow as ships ride out rough seas and towns like Atlantic City and Wrightsville Beach suffer.
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Washington
Atlantic
Maryland
Maine
Weather Bureau
New England
Canadian
Virginia
Ohio Valley
Carolina
Atlantic City
Coney Island
Ocean City
Ocean View
Buckroe Beach
Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina
Railroad Administration
Storm and blizzard devastate Atlantic coast area
New York reports gale and high tides easing after two days of snow and ice. Damage exceeds two million dollars as houses wash into sea and towns flood. Vessels in distress and ice jams strand ships. coal shortages threaten traction and rail service amid chaotic conditions.
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New York
North Atlantic
Long Island Sound
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Seabright
Long Island
Jersey Points
A Simple Caution on Digestion and Remedies
A brief tip advises sparing use of meats and thorough chewing, followed by taking a Chamberlain's Tablet after supper. Says the product is sold everywhere and references a sour stomach remedy.
Germany debates dignity code and extradition terms in Berlin
Berlin reports indicate Premier Sauer will meet party leaders to decide if a national assembly is called to debate a peace treaty extract. Government hopes for a treaty modification on extradition but may yield if talks fail. German officers assigned to the entente commission have refused duties. Belgium and France seek surrender of array leaders from 1914. The Tageblatt questions why Grand Duke of Hesse appears on the list.
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Berlin
Sauer
National Assembly
Rerfuse
Entente Commission of Control
Belgium
France
West Front
von Heeringen
Grand Duke of
Hesse
Tageblatt
Extradition Denied as German Officers Refuse Cooperation
Berlin reports Field Marshal Von Buelow says Germans on the Allied extradition list did their duty to the fatherland and would not submit to surrender. Meetings January 7 concluded evading the Versailles clause aligns with German honor, with objections to arrests to be lodged.
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Berlin
von Buelow
Lokal Ansieger
Goveernment
National Assembly
Swiss Policy Aligns with Holland on German Extradition Demands
Geneva reports Swiss authorities will mirror the Dutch approach in handling Allied demands for extradition of Germans. Among those on the extradition list are former Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and several minor officers now in Switzerland.
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Geneva
Federeal
Holland
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Switzerland
Sale of estrays and auction notice in Pocatello Idaho
Notice that a mare with brand J-O on the left shoulder is impounded and may be claimed within forty days of first publication. If not claimed, a public auction will be held per law. Also an offer to sell a one yearling pure bred china boar at J W Evans old Black place two miles north of town.
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J. W. Evans
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