House Rejects Plan to Expand House to 483 Members
Washington January 19 The House voted 198 to 77 to keep its size at 435, defeating an amendment to shift 12 seats among 11 states as part of the reapportionment bill. The defeat means Missouri loses two seats while several states gain or lose one seat each including California gaining three and Michigan Ohio Connecticut New Jersey North Carolina Texas Washington and others losing or gaining a seat.
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Connecticut
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Texas
Young robbers reveal plots in Hyde Park spree
In Chicago Hyde Park vigilante groups dissolved after four youths confessed to more than 100 robberies and kidnapping. The 18 year old leader Fred Loomis described a six nights per week operation. Victims included University of Chicago students.
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South Side
University of Chicago
Fred Loomis
Carol Denies Press Gossip in Athens
Prince Carol of Romania dismissed rumors about Princess Marie of Roumania visiting Prince Regent Alexander and about his sister's marriage, calling the stories fantastic and laughable. He also rejected reports of his own marriage to Princess Stelene of Greece and Elizabeth to Prince George of Greece as love matches, not political unions.
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Roumania
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Prineggs Stelene
Greece
Wiesieter Eilizabeth
Prince George
Curious Crowd To Hear Trial In Los Angeles
More than four thousand men and women gathered today to hear the trial of Mrs L Peete Denver charged with the murder of mining promoter Jacob Charles Denton. Police reserves were called to help deputies disperse the crowd.
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Philippines Seeks Independence Declares Paths Open
Mancuel Queson told the assembly that the people of the Philippines want independence in every form achievable. He delivered the address amid calls for self rule and national sovereignty.
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P. L
Tt Philippines
Mancuel Queson
Philpines Pants
Wilson Appoints 2000 Postmasters Across Nation
President Wilson sent nominations for about 2,000 postmasters to the Senate today. This enlarges the already long list of nominations this session, with Republican leaders pledging action only in emergencies.
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Senate
Wilson
Cork Lord Mayor Callaghan Ordered Into Custody
Secretary Wilson ordered Donal Callaghan lord mayor of Cork turned over to the immigration inspector at Norfolk for departure. Labor officials call the action a formal notice, while a cabinet conference reaffirmed the president’s decision not to intervene in the interdepartmental dispute.
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Davis
State Department
Debates Over Cork Mayor Deportation Unclear
Harry Boland says there may be doubt Donal O Callaghan the Cork lord mayor will be surrendered to U S immigration authorities at Norfolk as ordered by Secretary Wilson. The lord mayor’s counsel protests deportation and O Callaghan is said to be registered in a New York hotel but unmapped at noon.
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Eamonn de Valera
Donal O’callaghan
Cork
Norfolk
Wilson
Boland
O’callaghan
O'Callaghan
Railway unions seen as key to Irish economy
Frank Dempsey, chairman of Mallow urban council and locomotive engineer, told the commission of the one hundred investigating Irish conditions that Irish railway workers not carrying armed English troops and ammunition was a mistaken policy causing economic ruin. He said the unions’ decision to operate troop trains flowed from this conclusion, not a weakened resolve for an Irish republic. He stressed that railways transport food and necessities for the Irish people.
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Washington
Ireland
Frank Dempsey
Mallow
Profit sharing plan rejected at Pan American labor congress
In Mexico City resolutions urging profit sharing in plants were rejected by the Anal meeting of the Pan American Federation of Labor. Delegates favored first securing legislation on minimum wages and planned broad union propaganda in Central American countries. Several delegations, including American reps, departed for home.
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pan-American Federation of Labor
Taxi Driver Named Main Witness in Lynching Case
Jasper, Alabama, January 19. Leslie West, a taxi driver and principal witness against ten National Guardsmen held over the lynching of miner William Baird, was escorted by state troops to the courthouse to testify before the grand jury. The panel reportedly nears completion.
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Ala
Leslie West
National
Violence Policy Debate Rocks Italian Socialist Congress
Vincenzo Vaeirea, a Sicilian Socialist deputy, drew a knife and faced extremist leader Bombacei who brandished a revolver in a chaotic session. Vaeirea condemned violence as a failure while moderates and radicals clashed. a vote on the violence policy was expected the next day.
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Rangers Kept on Job in Galveston After Neff Order
Governor Pat M. Neff orders Texas rangers to remain on duty in Galveston indefinitely after former Governor Hobby withdrew them at term end. Rangers supervise city police following the October 8 withdrawal of the Texas National Guard amid a dock workers strike that has since been settled. Adjutant General W. D. COpe n announced no need to remove the rangers.
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Riot follows strike at Inter-State Packing plant
Winona Minnesota January 19 Adjutant General W F Rhinow arrived from St Paul to investigate a strike riot at the Inter State Packing plant where a riot last night caused minor injuries to several people About 100 men are on strike over a ten cent hourly wage cut by the firm Labor leaders say the strike has lasted more than a week.
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Inter-State Packing Commission
American Falls dam project advances reclamation plan
The Interior Department issues a $6,000 payment to Rob. Tusker and Helen Tucker for land in the American Falls townsite as part of the dam and irrigation redevelopment. Major Reed notes the project unlocks reclamation potential across the upper Snake and falls counties, with surveying and boring work proceeding and strong federal support aiding the endeavor.
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Fition Association
Barry Dibble
Tes
Saske
Neers
Ida
Pin
Thépey
Ican Falls
Hundred Russians Return Home Amid Deportation Row
Fifty seven Russians left Chicago for Russia to repatriate and resume life with families abroad. They waved American flags and insisted they remained loyal to liberty, promising to submit to Soviet authority to reunite with spouses and relatives. One woman accompanied by her husband planned to visit relatives in Morocco.
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Morroco
Rty
Deportees To Board Stockholm For Return To Russia
A. A. Martens the Russian soviet official ordered deported will sail Saturday from New York on the Swedish American liner Stockholm accompanied by his wife two children and Russian soviet government employees recalled to duty. The Soviet government will pay most transportation costs except Martens whose expenses are borne by the U.S. government. Eighteen first class cabins are reserved at an estimated 180 dollars per person plus an 8 dollar war tax. The Stockholm will dock in Gothenburg then the party will travel via Stockholm to Estonia and into Russia.
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Gothenberg
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Russia
Johnson proposes inquiry on American role in Haiti and Santo Domingo
Washington January 19 Senator Johnson Republican California introduces a resolution calling for a congressional investigation into American civilian oversight of Haitian and Dominican governments. The measure was referred to the Foreign Relations Committee without debate.
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Congressional
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Santo Domingo
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California
Reparations Plans Agreed Between Allied Powers
Paris reports a Berlin dispatch says France Britain and Germany agreed to drop fixed total reparations and switch to annual payments. The plan foresees five years of payments in kind. Lloyd George plans talks with Briand on international credits starting January 25 to ease potential economic crisis.
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Cardinal Camassel Dies in Rome Former Jerusalem Patriarch
London reports Cardinal Philip Camassel former patriarch of Jerusalem has died in Rome. Born in Rome on September 14, 1248, he became a cardinal in December. The dispatch cites the Exchange Telegraph company for confirmation of his death.
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Philip Camassel
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Exchange Telegraph Company
Langdon Military Burial Held Amid Services
In Manila P I a large ceremony honored Naval Lieutenant Warren H Langdon of the U S S Albany who was shot by a Japanese sentry. General Ol the Siberian commander and Russian and foreign officials attended the religious and military services reported via Reuter dispatch from Vladivostok.
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Harding to take leave in Florida before inauguration
President-elect Harding headed to Florida for a six week stay in Miami and St. Augustine. He plans to write his inaugural address during the visit and to select cabinet members, with Upham indicating expected appointments after returning from the south.
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Shipping unions call conference to revive ship industry
Washington report states that heads of international unions in the ship building trades will meet tomorrow to discuss the low mood in American ship yards. The purpose is to cooperate with ship builders to reduce production costs and revitalize the industry.
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American Federation of Labor
Allen restraining order bars DA from enforcing agri rate rule
A federal judge granted a temporary injunction preventing United States District Attorney Allen from enforcing a Secretarial order that would stop livestock commission merchants from raising rates for handling live stock. The Nebraska commission men initiated the injunction.
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Nebraska Commission
Turks Propose a Settlement With Allies
Constantinople January 18 Turkish Nationalists say they are willing to negotiate a settlement with the allies. Hamed Mouchtar Bey, foreign affairs commissary in Mustapha Kemal Pasha's cabinet, says they are ready to accept neutral mediation and begin talks once an offer is made.
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Louisville and Nashville to Install Wireless Railroad Offices
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad announces wireless outfits will be installed soon at New Orleans Mobile Pensacola and Louisville to handle railroad business. train dispatches will not be handled.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
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Pensacola
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R. Hobbes
Two Dams Fail Simultaneously in Mexican Mining Town
In the Mexican mining center disaster two dams broke at the same time flooding lower areas. More than 100 people drowned and over 260 were injured as many were left homeless. Mines flooded and death toll expected to rise as shafts are cleared.
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Vasberdar
Shansias Frestment
Er Techef
Naval plans and canal visits amid storm relief reports
Panama January 19 AP dispatch notes naval authorities weighing the Panama Canal defense and fleet maneuvers. The antic squadron visits Cab lio and the Pacific to Valera, then reunites for exercises before returning to the canal in February. Naval officers express relief that crews of seaplanes NC and NC6 wrecked in Fonseca Bay and Nicoya Bay are safe.
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Costly Fires In Eastern City Ravage Worcester
A daytime blaze in Worcester Massachusetts caused losses exceeding 1 million dollars. Several business buildings on cas street burned and many tenement blocks were damaged, forcing residents into bitter cold. Fire crews battled multiple fires near North Foster and Union street, including the Smith corporation wood working plant with about 100000 in losses. Authorities cited uncertain origins and declined incendiary charges. The Knowles building fire alone destroyed nineteen other structures within a mile, with total losses around 2500000.
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Ing
Japanese Assurance Exempts American Travel Across Manchurian Route
The Japanese legation informs the United States that Americans traveling over South Manchurian rail lines are exempt from passport requirements. The ruling allows Americans to traverse the route without the usual passport formalities, applying to other nations as well. The notices stress upcoming restrictions and expansions of the policy.
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