Extradition Deadlock Over German War Offenses
Berlin notes allege allies may strike if Germany refuses surrender orders. Official circles view assassination attempt on Finance Minister Erzberger as a precursor to broader coercion. Officials threaten to refuse extradition, with strikes or passive resistance likely, and Germany doubts any foreign tribunal can be trusted to try accused war offenders. The note cites economic peril and broad national strike risk if compelled to act.
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Jal
Mathing
Erzberger
Falloviat Snd
Th Finance Ministre
Germany
Tiers
Polit
Offies
Anarty
al Humbls
Surgention
Supreme Court
Leipzig
Hexico Denies Reports of Japanese Holdings
Mexico City Jan 29 Reports that Japanese interests sought petroleum lands on the Parule coast were denied by Interior Minister Calles who said no Japansese applicant had been received and that any future request would be treated the same as other foreigners.
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Mexico
Agreement Reached on Italy Railway Strike
In Rome a central report states that leaders of the striking Moray workers have reached an agreement with Italian railway authorities on the principal points of the dispute. The statement says workers are expected to return to work promptly.
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Italy
Ondos
Isaac
Rabitt
Rome
Imave Ately
Franc Drops to Record Low in France in 1910
Paris dated report notes the franc hitting a historic low with dollars at 13.405 and sterling at 47.205. Financial circles grow gloomy as the French currency slides toward the German mark and Austrian crown, with the rouble valued at zero according to Echo de Paris. Sterling had risen four francs and dollars nearly two francs since Saturday as France’s 1910 foreign trade data for January to November are released.
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Paris
France
Ays de Echo de
Sterling Exchange
Better System for Marketing Farm Products Urged
New York January 28 A three day conference of state market officials will be held February 5 to 7 to devise a malleable itemization of slate market offices to improve distribution. Dr Eugene Porter reports more than 30 states have bureaus for marketing farm products and two thirds will attend. Topics include transportation of perishable foods consumer and producer relations co operative organizations standardization of containers reducing waste in handling market reporting and intrastate shipment inspections and legislation for food distribution control.
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New York
Eugene H. Porter
Conterance
Porter
Immediate Peace Call by British Labor Leaders
London dispatch reports a manifesto signed by eighteen labor figures including John Robert Clynes James Henry Thomas and William Brace calling for immediate peace for Soviet Russia. They oppose continued war arguing war harms peasants and children while rulers stay secure. The document rejects Bolshevik ideology and accuses imperial powers of pressuring allies to prolong conflict.
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London
Russia
John Robert Clynes
James Henry Thomas
National Union of Railway Men
William Brace
Raat
Atimlen Ln
Bolshevik Cavalry Captures War Prisoners in Don Region
LONDON report says Russian Soviet cavalry led by General Dumenko crossed rivers in the Marych valley near the lower Don and captured 5000 prisoners after a two day battle. Elsewhere fighting continues along the same rivers against another force. a Bolshevik communique confirms the advance. Hungary plans to become a monarchy with a national assembly convening February 1 to elect a chief of state following a strong showing by the Watlanat Christian Party in regent elections. Erzberger’s wound shows inflammation but no immediate danger. he is in grave condition with a high pulse and requires careful management before resuming state affairs. In Saxony, the Communist Miners Union calls a strike in Salgan and Gelsenkirchen regions over a six hour day and 1000 mark extra, with about 75 percent of miners reported on strike.
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Marych
Don
Adda
Budapest
Hungary
National Assembly
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Istate
Watlanat Christian Party
Erzberger
Gerlin
Mathias Erzberger
Finance
Oltwie Vor
Iriehfeld
Jane
Walle
Herr Erzberger
Leipsh
Communist Miners’ Union
Salgan and
Gels Nitt
Saxony
No Bids Accepted for Former German Passenger Ships
Washington understands no bids for the thirty former German passenger liners offered for sale by the Shipping Board have been accepted yet. Chairman Payne said further consideration may delay action until Monday. Secretary Baker protested the sale to the Army for transport needs, but no anticipated controversy was foreseen. He expected the matter to be settled before delivery of the vessels at Campion.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Payne
Eitl
Naker
Army
Reauty
Campleion
Payno
Lawrence Washington Influenza Victim in West Virginia
WASILINGTON Jan 23 Lawrence Washington relative of George Washington died of influenza in this city. Born at Mount Vernon in 1855 he spent the last 25 years at the Library of Congress. The funeral will be held Saturday in Charleston West Virginia.
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Wasilington
Lawrence Washington
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Library of Comgress
Charleston
W. Va
Labor Party pledge limits on secret foreign commitments
Fragmentary text notes Labor Party stance on future power, asserting it will not be bound by covert military or diplomatic commitments and signaling a shift in foreign policy. Mentions satellites Japan and Poland and the party’s influence in the next year or two.
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Cating
Japan
Poland
Labor Party
Vike Labor Party
Have Janin’s Blood slogan follows Kolchak surrender
A Harbin dispatch reports Admiral Kolchak’s surrender to Siberian revolt and General Janin of the Czecho Slovak army placed in command west of Irkutsk on January 19 by Kolchak’s order. The Far East trembles at the claim, and a challenge to duel erupts as officers form a league with Have Janin’s Blood as a rallying cry.
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London
Kolchack
Siberian
Ionisis
Janin
Irkutsk
Kolchak
Harbin
Tailys Mall
Far Bael
Ban
Semenoff
Secretary Daniels Sparks Speculation on Next President
Secretary of the Navy Daniels stirred speculation in Philadelphia by saying he could tell who would be the next U S president but not which party. He spoke at a graduation event and singled out Mayor J Hampton Moore, suggesting the candidate must be progressive and able to meet new conditions.
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Philadelphia
Secretarl
Navy
Daniels
Aelg
United States
Glerce School
The
United
Bates
Deadlock in Senate Peace Treaty Talks as Conference Set
Negotiations between Democrats and Republicans reach a near deadlock over the peace treaty reservations. A bipartisan committee, postponed due to Senator Yonrott’s absence, plans another conference tomorrow to push tentative changes on reservations to Monroe doctrine and voting strength. Revisions include preamble changes, congressional approval for league actions, and withdrawal procedures.
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Washington
Democratic
Repub
Wenn Teadhere
Senate
Yonrott
Wisconsin
Andresta
United States
Annant
Japan
China
Shantung
League Jbe
League
Congress
Cartridge Cloth for Attractive Blouses
Washington January 24. War department experts transform cartridge cloth into attractive goods for women’s wear. Samples fashioned into blouses with fetching designs are offered for sale in New York to gauge popular appeal. If proven popular, additional creations will be produced.
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Washington
War Department
New York
Mores
Milady
Paula
Five Times Better For Child In City Than In Country
New York Jan 29 A New York Teachers College doctor reports city born children have five times better odds of maturity than country peers. Dr Thomas D Wood spoke at a Belvidere New Jersey teachers conference citing a 600 000 child survey. City children show more teeth defects and malnutrition but defendants blame country conditions for health issues.
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New York
Thomas D. Wood
Teachers’ College
Belvidere
N. J
Wood
Millionaire Rockefeller and Labor Leader in Protestant Conference
John D. Rockefeller Jr and Prink Moytieon of the American Federation of Labor were named as principal speakers at a conference in Utorsburg to discuss the entire Protestant church movement. The event, planned by Dante! Poting, will last five days with about 260 delegates representing a broad range of denominations.
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Puptshurg
John T. Rockefeller, Jr
Prink Moytieon
American Federation of Labor
North America
Dante
Poting
Poting, Dractor of the Laymen's Activitied Department
Lansing urges Senate action on trade and state department overhaul
Secretary Lansing tells the Senate that the war has shifted U S policy toward stronger diplomacy and trade promotion. He argues the State Department was under equipped to track and interpret international events and calls for a reorganized foreign trade program with interagency cooperation. He warns reforms are needed to prevent future surprises and to align diplomacy with wartime realities in Washington.
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United State
Senate
Germany
United States
Lansing
State Department
Pahlema
United
Fm Tou
T.ing
Department of State
Tim Barn
Confessor of Many Crimes Faces Death Tonight at Sing Sing
Ossining, N Y January 29 Gordon Fawcett Hamby the two year old confessed killer known as the robber and Tesla bandit faces the death chair at Sing Sing tonight. He earlier planned to die by his own hand but altered course after favorable treatment from Major Dawes the death watch reports. Hamby has been linked to multiple robberies and murders from coast to coast culminating in a Brooklyn district attorney confrontation. He reportedly spoke of his crime career and claimed involvement in several killings during breakfast at the prison.
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Ossining
N.Y
Gordon Fawcett Hamby
Iie Rabber
Tesla
Wil Xo
Sing Sing
Taroemia
Wash
Tio
Mine shaft flood imprisons eight at Aplerbeck mine
A dispatch from Tortmund reports that eight miners were trapped when a shaft flooded at the Aplerbeck mine. Wives and relatives, many hysterical, gathered around the mine entrance as rescue efforts began.
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Berlin
Tortmund
British Chancellor Seeks Experts on International Finance
London June 29 The chancellor of the exchequer invited leading experts on international finance to meet next week to discuss exchange problems and the general financial situation The chancellor also considered an international conference of experts to study remedies for the present situation The Daily notes the U S government is considering widening aid to Britain and certain European states and Britain signals openness to broader plans.
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London
Adv, & Sugeeation
Sipylay
United Stated
Widing Auatee
Hritate
America
France to mark loans of nations at Sorbonne ceremony
Paris January 2 President Foincare will preside at a solemn Sorbonne ceremony January 30 to celebrate the establishment of the loans of nations. School teachers continue to spread the word about the event.
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France
Paris
Foincare
Sorbonne
Senate report urges unified foreign affairs service
A senate report urges consolidating diplomatic and communal services into an interchangeable system. It recommends a common head for both general and diplomatic secretariat to oversee trade and governance, seeking to recruit trained personnel through a formal promotion path.
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Domein
Senate
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