Strike Chief Claims Mob Special Used
Arkansas inquiry shifts from railroad disturbances to Harrison and Little Rock confrontations. Officials hear strikers and Citizens Committee accounts while a Mob Special armed assault is alleged on the Missouri and North Arkansas line. D. B. Robertson seeks Arkansas governor’s probe. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen allocates funds for relief and a widow’s aid.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Missouri and North Arkansas
Harrison
Citizene
Citizens’ Committee
Cleveland, O
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Citizens Committee
Brotherhood
Missouri and
North Arkansas
E. C. Gregor
Haines Talks to the Texans on Prohibition Enforcement
Austin address by R A Haines federal prohibition commissioner urges revival of belief that life is sacred and laws must be enforced. He discusses liquor law enforcement with state and local agents in the Texas legislature chamber as departments close to hear him. He notes staff reductions led to a Texas statewide revision and promises further changes soon.
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Austin
Tex
Exaa
R. A. Haines
Hr. Haines
Texas
Mr. Haines
Prohibition
Haines
Dry Navy to be added to Pacific Coast
San Francisco January 27 United States Navy will add a Pacific coast dry navy with two bases in San Francisco and Seattle, announced Samuel F. Butter, federal prohibition director for California. The unit will operate daily and feature swift motor boats as it ramps up into action.
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San Francisco
Anee Navy
Pacific
Samuel F. Rutter
Federal Prohl
California
United States Pacific Coast Dry Navy
Ses
Pacific Ocean
Klan Hearing Highlights Split Over Membership in Chicago
Chicago observers tracked the Ku Klux Klan trial process as William H. Green a city fireman admitted Klan membership and faced a civil service hearing set for February 2. Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans defended the order while alleging political motives behind Louisiana Bastrop inquiries.
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Chicago
Invisible Empire
Knights
Ku Klux Klan
William H. Green
Fire Department
Chicago Civil Service Commission
Green
Imperial
Seyferlich
Civil Services Commission
Hiram Wesely Evans
Louisiana
Bastrop
Parker
Imperial Wizard Evans
Coco
Poli Negri and Chaplin Reported to Wed in Del Monte
A surge of reporters and cameramen gather in Del Monte as actress Poli Negri and star Charles Chaplin are reported to marry. Negri, staying at Del Monte Lodge, would not comment. Chaplin is due in tonight. Rumors fix the ceremony at Gouvenor Morrin's residence near the Del Monte golf course.
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del Monte
Cal
Polo Negri
Charles Chaplin
Miss Negri
Chaplin
Gouvenor Morrin
del Monte Golf Course
Montgomery Ward Reports Large Net Profit for 1922
Montgomery Ward and Company of Chicago posts net income of 4.55 million for 1922 versus a 5.89 million loss in 1921. Net sales reach 34.79 million, up about 24 percent from 1921, aided by stronger agricultural and business conditions and over one million new customers.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Munson Named to Replace Resigning Franklin County Rep
Ezra P. Munson longtime Idaho lawmaker from Franklin county was appointed by Governor Charles C. Moore to fill the vacancy created by Thomas Preston’s resignation. The senate quickly confirmed the appointment and the house accepted Preston’s resignation. Munson, born in Richmond Utah, has served in both houses and has been a Franklin county resident since boyhood.
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Boise
Idaho
Ezra P. Munson
House
Senate
Charles C. Moore
Thomas Preston
Franklin County
Munson
Preston
Richmond
Utah
House Passes Grain Price Bill And Related Measures
The House approved Hagen and Anderson memorial aiming a $1.50 per bushel wheat price at shipping points with five votes against. Other actions include juror calling after death or illness, sheriff’s permit provisions, ten year mortgage statute, pharmacist licensing, and chauffeur license revocation for intoxication. Absentee voting extensions for incapacitated voters were proposed by Senator Disney. The Senate spent the session amending bills and hearing new ones, while tax exemptions for fatherless children and widows under county discretion were discussed. Irrigation committee sought two year terms and recall for water masters with fixed compensation.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Hagen
Anderson
Boomer
Boyle
Brandt
Whitehead
Kiger
House
Taylor
Kootenai
Disney
Senate
Committee On Irrigation
Turks resume deportations amid cholera typhus smallpox fears
In Athens 27 January AP reports Turkish authorities ordered 38 000 Greeks at Trebizon to depart immediately on three foreign ships. The refugees were sent to Greece aboard the steamship Ionia and to Macronisi hospital camp after arrival.
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Athens
Anatolia
Typhon
Near East
Constantinople
Trebizon
Greece
Ionia
Macronisi
Mixed views in Lausanne over Turkish capitulations
The Turkish delegation rejects the allies' plan for judicial capitulations. A mixed commission would oversee foreign legal councillors sitting with Turkish magistrates in cases involving foreigners. Fiscal capitulations report shows wide allied Turkish divergence as the conference remains critical. Armenian delegates push for a special international commission to tackle the Armenian question.
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Lausanne
Marquis di Garroni
America
England
France
Italy
Separate Pacts Agreed Upon Between Turkey and Greece
Lausanne Jan 27 Two separate conventions will be signed next Monday between Turkey and Greece. One provides for the mutual return of prisoners of war and hostages the other for compulsory exchange of minor population. The conventions become effective immediately with American representatives present at the commission meeting.
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Lausanne
Turkey
Greece
Norris Calls Silvers Hand in Muscle Shoals Debate
Senator Norris charges Gray Silver of the American Farm Bureau Federation with representing Ford in a dispute over Muscle Shoals dam. Silver asks the federation's executive committee to convene to address the accusation. Norris claims Ford ties have delayed dam work and raised taxpayer costs.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Gray Silver
American Farm Bureau Federation
Silver
Ford Corporation
Congress
Ford
Muscle Shoals
America
Liquor Seizures Strike Jersey Coast Bootleg Ring
Police captured a fast launch with whiskey and champagne valued at 150000 and arrested nine men at South Bend Staten Island after raids on a dry run off the Jersey coast. Other vessels reportedly slipped the blockade landing wet goods along New Jersey and Long Island shores as authorities claim the dry fleet stayed quiet for several hours.
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New York
Jersey
South Bend
Staten Island
Long Island
Appleby
Dry Navy
Wilson
Idaho Weather Brief
The clumsy fragment suggests a weather note for Idaho mentioning tonight with warmer temperatures expected. No clear entities or specifics about dates, locations, or figures are available.
Coblenz Area Turned Over To French Command
Coblenz area of occupied Germany, held by American troops since the allied Rhine watch began, was transferred to French control at noon today. General Henry T. Allen and General Marty of France witnessed the brief ceremony as the Americans handed over authority and discipline for the Rhineland is expected to mirror French practice.
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Coblenz
Germany
Rhine
Henry T. Allen
General Marty
Marty
Allen
Rhineland
Reed asserts invasion view in reparations debate
Washington sends word as senators press reparations amid the Ruhr crisis. Senator Owen calls for U S guarantees to France and German rights, urging world economic pressure on Germany. Senator Reed urges a pro American stance, condemning forgetfulness of the German threat. Senator Oddie recalls German insurance repudiations after San Francisco, arguing France seeks legitimate reparations.
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Washington
Senate
Owen
Oklahoma
Ruhr
United States
France
Germany
America
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Belgium
Oddie
Nevada
San Francisco
Convoys Formed to Shield Rum Runners Reported
Seattle agents say bootleggers operating between British Columbia and Puget Sound now travel in convoys with a pilot car to warn of danger. Four men were arrested and two cars with whiskey were seized in the crackdown.
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Seattle
Wash
Columia
Puget Sound
Yellowstone Trail Changes Quarters in Chicago Hub
The Yellowstone Trail association moves its information bureau from Minneapolis to Chicago. J. R. Hubbart of Aberdeen South Dakota is elected president and W. J. Julvaney of Billings Montana is vice president. H O Cooley of Minneapolis remains general director and manager. $60,000 is appropriated for the trail service this year.
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Chicago
Yellowstone Trail Association
Minneapcolis
J. R. Hubbart
Aberdeen
S D
W. J. Julvaney
Mont
H. OO. Cooley
Minneapolis
Trail Association
Cooley
Trail Service
French Tightening Control in Ruhr
Associated Press report notes French efforts to tighten control in the Ruhr region amid disruptions. Industrial traffic appears hindered as rolling stock is halted and workers threaten action, signaling tension between French authorities and local operations.
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Ruhr
Associated Press
Val
Duesseldorf
Eat Loyes
Egraph
Vasily
Ue Astates
Cea
Misquoting Japan Premier Over Naval Pact Alignment
Tokyo reports an official statement denying Premier Kato stated an informal US UK Japan consensus on naval budget steps if France and Italy fail to ratify. The Diet record shows no formal pact, though discussions among the three powers regarding possible actions were noted.
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Tokio
Kato
America
England
Japan
France
Italy
Associated Press
Great Britain
Fred Woolworth Dies in London at Ritz Hotel
Fred Moore Woolworth, prominent American businessman and London director of the Woolworth chain, died at the Ritz Hotel in London after a period of illness. His wife, Mrs Woolworth, led the London subsidiary of the U S chain and had fallen ill last October.
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London
Fred Moore Woolworth
Shop Crafts Begin Battle Over Union Representation
In Chicago on January 28 AP reports the start of a clash between the Federated Shop Crafts and new unions forming to replace it. A U S labor board order requires Grand Trunk railroad shop craft employees to vote in a general election to decide which organization will represent them.
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Chicago
Federated Shop Crafts’ Organization
United States Labor Board
Grand Trunk Railroad
Labor Board
Federated Shopscrafts
Grand Trunk
Veteran actor last Ford Theatre cast travels home
W J Ferguson 78, the last surviving cast member of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre during Lincoln's assassination, was on a train to New York today. He had acted in motion pictures until July when he broke his hip, remained hospitalized, and now travels on a stretcher with wife and daughter.
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Tos Angeles
W. J. Ferguson
Lincoln
Ford
Washington, D. C
New York
French Ready to Institute Martial Law
Dusseldorf Jan 27 AP reports France prepares stricter measures after Ruhr police chiefs meeting. Occupation forces close public venues and patrol transit while rail workers aid operations. martial law implied as German industry feels impact ahead of reparations deadline. A court martial awaits trials for officials charged with maintaining order.
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Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Neuss Jusetion
Cologne
Germany
Et. Bur
Schmidt
Mayence
Czechs Offer Mediation Between France and Germany
In the name of the Little Entente, Czechoslovakia is set to propose mediation on the reparations issue between France and Germany Pravda reports. The Belgrade dispatch says the Czechoslovak minister to Germany arrived in Belgrade on the matter.
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Paris
France
Germany
Pravda
Matin
Belgrade
One Refugee Ship Is Lost off Formosa
Manila reports a lone ship from the Russian refugee fleet wrecked off Formosa. Other vessels are in quarantine at Mariveles or en route from Far East. Admiral Stark expects four ships to reach soon, holds their crews in trust for a future stable Russian government. About $10,000 in gold aboard the ships. Governor General Wood questioned Stark on ship titles.
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Manila
Formosa
Mariveles
Philippine Islands
Farmost
Stark
Wood
Admiral Stark
Kagensky
Bis
Russia
Coe Se
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Iron Wolf Corps
Fom
Me East Prazia
League of Nations
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Fred Woolworth
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