U S Roundup Seizes Reds Appeals for Deportation
Federal agents sweep across major cities arresting radicals in a vast roundup. Officials say the operation targets Communist and Communist Labor party members with warrants issued nationwide. Evidence includes a seized Communist party manifesto detailing goals of ending capitalism and building a workers state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garvin
Department of Labor
Department of Justice
New York City
Palner Persenally
United States
Communist party aims to unite workers in race and class struggle
The text defines the Communist party as guiding workers against capitalism, shaping mass revolutionary action and uniting race and class struggles. It frames the negro question as an expression of economic bondage, intensifying oppression while remaining a proletarian issue. It pledges agitation to unite negro workers with other class-conscious workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Communist Party
Communist Party of America
Communists of America
Commounist Party
Lisai
Commmunist Party
Premier thanks Rockefeller for Canadian medical education gift
Sir Robert Norden confirms receipt of a five million dollar donation from John D. Rockefeller to advance medical education in Canada. The premier’s letter praises the donor’s generous motive and notes the gift will greatly aid the profession and the country’s medical foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
Robert Norden
John TD. Rocckefeller
Roeckefeller
Bank Heist Nets $10,000 in Indiana
Four well dressed men arrived by a large touring car at noon and entered the Farners' and Merchants' bank in Highlands Indiana five miles south of Hammond. They restrained Cashier H. S. Taugher and escaped with about 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary, Ind
Younes
Farners’ and Merchants’ Bank
Highlands
Hammond
Taugherty
Escapet
Bolsheviks Call For Peace Talks Amid War Warnings
London teletype reports Bolshevik Foreign Minister Tehiteherin proposing a resumption of relations with Soviet Russia arguing the Black Sea coast seizure by the Soviets would open the route to Italy. In Dorpat M Klishke says the Bolshevik army now numbers about 3,000,000 and would disband if world peace were achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
M. Tehiteherin
Linly
Russia
Black Sea
Italy
Moscow
Dorpat
Denikine
M. Kilshke
Mr. Klishke
Germany Builds Up Armed Forces In Perilous Totals
A World War II era report estimates Germany's armed forces at about 1.0 million personnel. The regular army tops 400000, navy land forces 12000, armed constabulary around 4000, temporary volunteers and reserves contribute further. Civic guards total roughly 300000.
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Janvien
Jan
Germany
Byuiel Wer
Oosilion
SLODO
Census Begins as 85,000 Enumerators Track U S Population
Nearly 4 000 enumerators start the fourteenth decennial census counting men women and children across the United States data gathered on resources and industry. Washington leads from the census office under Samuel L. Towers and expects national totals within two months with city estimates by mid March. New York faces heavy challenges from shifting population and foreign born residents as 4 900 enumerators brace for tough assignment with wartime priority for workers.
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Washington, Dan
United States
George Washington
Washington
Samuel L. Towers
New York
Census Bureau
Manhittan Island
Heroit
Eutmerriers
Brooklyn and Manhattan population estimates rise after census
Brooklyn shows a near full military honor roll with ex service workers shaping a large workforce. Brooklyn’s population is estimated to reach about 2,250,000 while Manhattan may dip under 2,000,000. The 1915 state census had Manhattan at 2,087,747 and Brooklyn at 1,708,572.
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Brooklyn
Arthur G. Dore
Sce
Manhattan
Erin Post Office Robbery by Masked Raiders
A group of twenty masked men raided the Limerick post office at midnight seizing cash and treasury orders. Twelve staff were held during the raid and warned not to pursue the perpetrators who escaped. British troops or authorities occupied the building thereafter.
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Limerick
Ireland
Joan
Arituary
Michigan Attorney General Takes Charge in Brown Murder Case
Detroit area murder case seen as statewide issue as Attorney General Groesbeck assumes personal oversight. A secret court of inquiry is convened with warrants issued for murder, led by Justice William F. Sant. Cecil Vester, 16, remains the only named suspect connected to Lloyd V Preston and J. Stanley Brown.
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Mowat Clemen
Mich
Wander Groesbeck
Michigan
J. Stanley Brown
Groesbeek
Une
Mount Clemens
Spacedit
Lynn Johnston
Lert Vo Numngley
Eliy
Nuvnngler
Johnston
Sas
Justice of the
William F. Sant
Cecil Vester
Lloyd V Prevost
Young Brows
Bolshevik Forces Push Denikine On 600 Mile Russian Front
London reports show Gen Denikine in south Russia retreating along a 600 mile front as Bolshevik pressure concentrates against the center. Reds threaten Central Asia from Trans-Caspia while Kolchak is deemed no longer a factor. Allies weigh prisoner exchanges and British hopes for a settlement grow dim.
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London
Denikine
Russia
War Office
Donets
Moscow
Bikhioat
Liaganusk
Red
Lugansk
Novacherkasky
Tiker
Rerordhing Ter Sevier
Hlovayskoye
Central Asia
Trans-Caspia
Djebel
War Offee
Kolchak
Copen
O'Grady
Admiral Kolchak
Gen. Denikine
Buford Passes Into 1920 on Meditative Atlantic Voyage
The Buford carrying Enina Goldman Alexander Berkman and other deported radicals toward Russia sails into 1920. A New Year wireless places the ship about two thirds across the Atlantic as it follows a northern route past the Azores amid a slow, contemplative passage.
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New York
Enina Goldman
Alexamder Berkman
Buford
Russia
Atlantic
Acores
Coroner's Jury Cannot Identify Death of Office Girl
In Louisville Kentucky a coroner's jury could not determine who killed Elizabeth Ford Griffith age seventeen, found in Dr. Christopher G. Schort's office December 2 with a bullet through her heart, leaving the case unsolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Miss Griffith
Jay
Elizabeth Ford Griffith
Christopher G. Schort
Prisoner Crowd Witnesses Hangings of Double Murderer Durrage
About 200 prisoners watched the execution of Raffaelo Durrage at the county jail in Chicago after Gov. Lowden refused to intervene. Durrage killed Onofrio Gargano and his wife Mary during a quarrel at their home, then fatally wounded two others before his swift sentence.
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Chicago
Gev. Lowden
George Sutton
Darrage
Durrage
Can
Gargano
Freight Car Collision Injures Crew Early This Morning
A freight car collision early this morning left several injured and disrupted rail operations. Reports indicate damage to rolling stock and a temporary halt to nearby freight movements as investigators catalog the scene.
Train Ers in Missouri Causes Fatal Wreck
A Chicago bound Great Western electric train derailed a freight car that had fallen from a viaduct, killing two and injuring seven. The crash occurred at 2 am as the freight car toppled onto electric tracks. the passenger train continued unaware, later colliding with the obstruction.
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Speciato
Elgin
Cufcasgo
Great Western Railway
Great Western
Five coaches derailed as limited train derails near Wyeth
A Chicago Great Western limited train between Minneapolis and Kansas City derailed near Wyeth Missouri last night. Five coaches overturned in the incident reported from St Joseph Missouri with no further details on injuries or cause.
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Eventing Journal
ST. Joseph
Chicago Great Western
Wyeth
Missouri
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Denikin Government Overthrown in Southern Russia
General Romanovsky chosen to replace Denikin as Anti Bolshevik leader after the overthrow of Denikin's government in southern Russia.
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London
Denikine
Russia
Romanovsky
Assessors Gather at Court House for Year’s Instructions
Assessors from each town and township in the county meet at the court house to receive instructions and supplies for the coming year. They plan to begin work next week and have brought out books and blanks for making their returns. Various problems in collection and administration were discussed at the meeting.
Dix to resign as Crawfordsville bank cashier
R S Dix will leave the First Savings Bank of Crawfordsville effective soon after January 1. He has served ten years as cashier and the bank reports prosperity with surplus equal to capital stock and regular dividends. Dix and his family will pursue a new line of work, successor not yet chosen.
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Dix
First Savings Bank of
Crawfordsville
Ana Ran
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