Rescue Efforts Tug-Sea Plight Of Princess Anne Crew
Old Dominion steamship Princess Anne with 104 aboard stranded off Rockaway Pier amid a blinding snowstorm and heavy seas. Coast guard cutter tugboats and police boat fought to reach within hail, but nightfall forced temporary withdrawal. Rescue by breeches buoy or naval airship may be attempted at daylight if weather improves.
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Associated Press
New York
Old’Dominion
Rockaway “Point
Guard
Old Dominion Line
Naval
Rockaway Air ‘Station
New York Weather Brews Transit Crisis Amid Snow
New York faces prolonged storm conditions with transit near collapse. Subways stay on schedule while surface cars stop. Mayor Hylan orders drivers to shift to essential deliveries and snow removal. Dozens injured by falling cornices and awnings as crews struggle to clear the streets.
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New York
Hylan
Pasi‘nessa
Tony
Fred
Davis
Ion
Seuirnore
Island
Mondell Calls for Federal Action and Rigid Economy
The speaker urges Congress to pass constructive measures and to practice strict economy. He stresses the need for federal leadership, trimming sails and economizing to bolster securities, credits, and national finances.
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Paes Ublian
Deel
Gounees
Pponagh
Congress
Mondell
Detzer Acquitted Of Charges Of Cruelty
New York reports Captain Karl W Detzer acquitted by a court martial of cruelty to American soldiers at Le Mans. The court found him not guilty on all charges after a December 10 1919 proceeding. He said threats will not deter him from identifying the letter writers mailed in Indianapolis Chicago and St Louis.
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New. York
Governon’s
Asland
Karl W. ‘Detzer
Arcourt
LeMans
Pele
West
Detzer
Robert “Hee
Bullard
Department of the East
Jas
Inedianapolis
Chicago
Liberty Bonds Messenger Vanishes With Cash Seized
Chicago police seek George Franze missing at 26 after he vanished today with 38 000 dollars in Liberty bonds owned by Harris Trust and Savings Bank. Reports say he was last seen exchanging bonds at the Federal Reserve Bank and later at a downtown restaurant where he boasted of funds before departing with the bank case.
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Chicago
George Franze
Harris, Trust and Savings Bank
Fraanze
Poke Bers
Franze
Federal Reserve
Balke
Lve
Harri Bank
Murder, Rampage and Destruction Prevail in Mexico
General Robert Lee Howze testified before a Senate subcommittee that conditions in Mexico have grown steadily worse for ten years. He described the apex of shamefulness and horror as seen from an American justice perspective and stated the Mexican government has not done a genuinely friendly act in that period. The War Department approved his public statement.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Weigestad
Robert’ Lee Howze
Senate
Olly
Department
Howze
Tye
Rio Grande
Storms disrupt eastern rail traffic and freight
Severe storms across the eastern half of the United States cripple rail service. Director General Hines said trains run late and maintenance crews work to resume schedules as influenza spreads among railroad workers and tracks wash away. Some midwest movement improves while overall freight car backlogs slow shipments nationwide.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Hines
Mississippi River
New York Central Lines
Canadian
Kansas
Colorado
Track workers plan nationwide strike for wage increase
Detroit February 8 report states general chairmen of the maintenance of way union plan a national action to press for higher wages and improved conditions, signaling coordinated strike plans across rail lines.
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Presa
Detroit
Attorneys Differ Over Sedition Law In Washington
Washington, Feb 6. Attorneys General of New York and Pennsylvania urged harsher sedition laws and education combined to curb radical movements. Newton warned of 500000 radicals aiming to overthrow the government, while Kane called much of the rhetoric bunk and pressed education to counter radical influence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ireb
New
New York
Congress
Labor federations plan nationwide push to elect friend lies
A labor movement via the American Federation of Labor announced plans for a nationwide, bi partisan campaign to influence Congress and state officials. Samuel Gompers said a public explanation would follow. The plan targets representatives unfriendly to labor, with all AFL crafts mobilized and primaries canvassed to build support across districts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
American Federation: of Labor
Labor
Samuel” Gompers
P ‘Dent
Federation
Orro
Gompers
Labo
Aleouiy
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Miss Knowles
America
Aare
Newton
Jeanne DE Kay
American Federation
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