Blood Flows in Streets as Berlin Riots Face Police
Berlin police fire on 250 Communist Labor party protesters marking Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg deaths. Demonstrators clash near Brandenburg Gate as crowds resist barriers, shots fired, and police restore order with reinforcements.
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Berlin
Karl Liebknecht
Hose Luxemburg
Brandenburg Gate
Wilhelmstrasse
Communist Labor Party
Lutgerten
Perchstag
Ruhr
Rosa Luxenborg
Brandenburg
Mayflower Firetrap Calls for Major Wiring Repairs
Washington reports the navy board warns President-elect Harding’s yacht Mayflower faces constant danger without extensive wiring repairs. The board says crew actions prevented disaster as the wooden interior and thin paneling remain high fire risks. Estimated repair cost reaches 72000 dollars.
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Washington
Harding
Navy Board
Treasury notes oversubscribed for new issues
Washington reports show new treasury certificates of indebtedness oversubscribed by double the amount asked. Secretary Houston announced after subscriptions closed from 12 federal reserve banks. Two issues, one maturing in April.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston
Financial figures show large subscription and maturity notes
The report cites 1921 dates and a hearing on interest at 6 percent with another maturity in October 15 1921 at 6.25 percent, totaling about 250 million dollars. It notes an indicated subscription exceeding 500 million, according to the secretary.
A F L to Fight Back Against Open Shop Move
Secretary Frank Morrison said the American Federation of Labor will fight back as President Gompers calls a February 24 Washington meeting of 100 national and international unions. The move aims to consider ways to combat the open shop and unite the trade union movement against the effort.
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Washington
Amer Ean Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Morrison
Soul Release Cures Shimmy Says Washington Psychic
Washington expert Mrs. Jane B. Coats declares soul release cures urge for dancing and worldly pleasures. She explains souls travel through tribal spiritual planes, and she claims the method can calm restless desires in both girls and men.
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Washington
Jane B. Coats
Can't Pay the Government Pushes Railroads to Postpone Debts
Washington reports the Esch Cummins railpay guarantee era faces renewed strain as railroads urge postponement of hundreds of millions in government-guaranteed funds. President elect Harding will confront a rising issue as rail finances and unemployment fears touch national policy.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
British envoy recalled amid Panama Canal toll bill talk
Sir Auckland Geddes, Britain’s ambassador in Washington, was suddenly summoned home to London and sailed after plans to attend Flora MacDonald college events. Diplomats say his return signals discussions on a bill to restore free canal tolls for U.S. vessels, a measure Britain hopes to defeat.
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Washington
Sir Auckland Geddes
United States
London
Red Springs
N. C
Flora MacDonald College
Sir Auckland
Congress
Panama Canal
Great Britain
Austria May plunge into another war and Bolshevik plans
Paris January 17 Sir William Goode of Britain's Austrian reparation section warned three possible futures for Austria including a union with Germany, partition by neighboring states, or a communist reign of terror. He warned Vienna could face pressure from Hungary and Czechia along with a potential Magyar advance to protect the city.
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Paris
William Goode
Austria
Germany
Council of the
League of Nations
Czechia-Stovékia
Hunsary
Jogo-Slavia
Italy
Vienna
Carinthia
Reds Plan Coup
Fragmented OCR text discusses Bolsheviks and Austrian government collapse, hinting at British involvement and potential reactions across Europe. The passage is garbled and lacks clear events or dates to establish a concrete news item.
Oil soaked goiffures open in Paris pose
In Paris on January 17 a new form of hair art was introduced featuring women dancers wearing skull caps. The look involves hair baked and darkened, with dull, painted accents that run downward along the head to resemble a painted, oil soaked effect.
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Paris
Ich
Bert
Palmer Seeks Sugar Relief Through Trading Company
Attorney General Palmer asks the Senate Agricultural Committee for permission to distribute 18 002 tons of Argentine sugar via the sugar equalization board. He says American Trading Company held the sugar after failed delivery and faces a 1 000 000 loss. relief is proposed in a Wadsworth bill.
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Washington
Palmer
Senate Agricultural Committee
Sugar Equalization Board
Wadsworth
New York
British Forces Isolate Dublin Area Under Martial Law
Dublin reports say British troops sealed a square mile district in the city and patrolled with armored cars while house to house searches continued under machine gun surveillance. Trolley service halted and residents barred from leaving as barbed wire entanglements were erected. Two detectives were shot and wounded in Cork amid broader martial law enforcement.
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Dublin
Republica Army
Dublin Castle
Tpot
Cork
Atpeets
Dublin raiders terrorize shopkeepers and loot tobacco shop
Raiders threatened death if resisted and beat victims while taking 250 dollars. Two soldiers looted a tobacconist shop in Dublin taking 100 dollars from the proprietor. Police and military pursued the raiders after an alarm. they captured one assailant who fired on officers.
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Dublin
Wen
Lands Foe in Air Battle
New York police officer James Govern broke up a chop suey restaurant riot in Brook Ivo. He pursued one rioter up to the top of the building's large sign, fighting three floors above the street until the suspect surrendered or fled.
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New York
James Govern
Brook Ivo
Govern
Frank O' Neill
Join Duffy
Frank Fredde
Fredde
Cornell expert challenges future trading regulation
Janes FE Boyle of Cornell University testifies before the house agriculture committee on proposed legislation to regulate future trading on Irish exchanges. He notes that moderate income investors form a large majority of so called speculators and urges cautious policy.
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Janes FE. Boyle
Cornell
House Committee On Agriculture
Two Girls Drown Saving Boy In Ice Pond Incident
In Utica New York on January 17 10 year olds Dorothy Clough and Anne Verity died after saving their playmate nine year old William Stout from an ice covered pond. The trio fell through while playing. William escaped after a second fall as the others perished attempting to rescue him.
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Utica
N. Y
William Stout
William
Dorothy Clough
Anne Verity
Landis Position Is Up To Congress
Senator Sherman says he will return the petition to the sender as Representative Mason files Thomas J. Sutherland's protest against Federal Judge Landis drawing a government salary and serving as baseball director. Mason notes constitutional right to petition and asks judiciary committee to review. Sherman pledges to send the petition back to its sender.
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Washington
William E. Mason
Ilinois
Thomas J. Sutherland
Landis
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Mason
America
Sherman
Illinois
Sutherland
Chicago
Harding to Call an Extra Session
President Harding announces an extra session to convene on April 4 to address pending legislation and national concerns, signaling urgency for congressional action.
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Harding
Mrs M Cormick Dies Wife of IH Director
Mrs M Cormick, wife of International Harvester director, died in Chicago this morning. A special session of Congress will be called April 4, announced by Chairman Foriney after a conference with President-elect Harding in Marion, Ohio.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Congress
Foriney
House
Ways and Teans Committee
Marion
Ohio
Harding
Mrs. McCormick Dead in Chicago
Mrs Hall McCormick wife of the chairman of the board of International Mogren Cement died in Chicago on January 17 at age unknown. The obituary notes her marriage to Hall McCormick and references the cement company leadership.
Federal prisoners pass through Washington en route to Leavenworth
A party of 66 criminals was moved this morning in a special car attached to a Rock Island train. They traveled under guard toward Fort Leavenworth Exb. They were served coffee in the Rock Island lunch room during the transfer.
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Washington
Rock Island
Fort Leavenworth
Exb
Million idle in England mounts toward the million mark
London reports unemployment in England rising toward a million as of January 1 to 8 shows 859,000 unemployed and 10,000 coal miners out of work since. Several large firms including Furness Tron mines and Belfast spinning mills have closed, with Lysgath’s St Vincent iron works to shut on January 20.
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London
England
Furness Tron
Belfast
Lysgath
St. Vincent
Bomb Thrown At Lenine Near Kremlin Killing Guards
Russian newspapers report a late attempt on Premier Lenine near the Kremlin Moscow. A bomb from a house struck the following car killing guards and wounding three civilities during the Soviet congress convoy. Twenty arrests were made.
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London
Lenine
Kremlin
Moscow
Ciyillags
Salvation Army Commander Evangeline Booth Improves
Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army, who was injured, is reported slightly improved. She hopes to attend the dedication of the new Salvation Army hospital in Greenville, but physicians say she will not be allowed to speak.
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Spartansburg
S. C
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Hege
Greenville
Fleeing Robber Killed in Wreck Near Fort Worth
Six men robbed the Jackson street and post office in Dallas. Rufus Lemon of San Antonio and Fort Worth died when the car wrecked near Fort Worth, officials announced amid quick retribution.
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Tex
Jackson Street
Rufus Lemon
San Antonio
Fort Worth
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