Cossacks Rebellion Fights French at Tehatalja
French dock troops opened fire with machine guns on mutinous Cossacks of General Wrangel's former army at Tehatalja near Constantinople after the Cossacks disarmed officers. Ten Senegaleses killed and twenty wounded. Leaders are under arrest and to be court martialed. 1,700 Cossacks moved to Lemnos for barracks.
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Constantinople
Wrangel
Tehatalja
Mudiros
Lemnos
Locaton
U. S
Straits
Angora
Harding Conferences End in Marion as He Heads to Florida
President elect Harding wraps up Marion conferences then plans personal matters in St. Augustine. He will travel via Cincinnati Chattanooga and Jacksonville to Florida, where he will cruise the St Johns River aboard the Victoria for two weeks and prepare his inaugural address before March 1.
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Marion, O
Harding
Marion
St. Augustine
Fla
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Tai
Jacksonville
Florida City
Victoria
Joseph Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
St. Johns River
Congress
Wireless Traps Former Spy Aboard Ocean Liner
Government wire leak stations flashed messages to halt the Manchuria's passage toward Germany. Former German spy Walter Oesterle is aboard with $16,000 of his bride’s funds. He claimed to be an American agent for a French motor car firm while German propaganda was found among his effects.
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Chicago
Tan
mid-Atlantic
Walter Oesterle
Manchuria
Germany
Oesterle
Man Claims Royal Lineage in War Era Confession
The report cites alien files showing Oesterle saying he belonged to a royal German family. He claimed internment during the war and later complained to Commissioner Mason about conditions in an upscale apartment.
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Mason
Oesterle
Denies Kaiser Ordered Out Amid Revolt Rumors
The Hague dispatch says officials deny reports that Hohenzollerns were ordered to leave Holland after allied diplomats informed the Datel government of a counter revolution plan. Empress Augusta Victoria is reportedly in serious condition after a relapse following the crown prince’s visit.
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Hague
Holland
Datel
Germany
Augusta Victoria
Wleringen
Ford's Net Gain Tops 1500 in Michigan Senate Race
Henry Ford's lead over Senator Newberry rose to 1531 as the senate election committee released recount figures from 84 of 2223 precincts recanvassed. The tally included 179670 of 482538 ballots and showed Ford widening his margin in Grand Rapids.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Newberry
Michigan
Senate Election Committee
Grand Rapids
Ford
Special Mexican Congress Session Starts February 7
President Obregon issued a call for a special session of the Mexican congress to begin February 7. The agenda includes a new banking law petroleum laws a new labor law army reconstruction and international commerce measures.
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Mexico City
Obregon
Arctic Cold Wave Grips Northern New York
The first winter cold wave hits northern New York with temperatures plunging to 16 below in Watertown and lower readings across several towns. Big Moose records 34 below, Lyons Falls 24 below, Newton Falls 22 below, and Potsdam 16 below.
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Lyons
Watertown
N. Y
New York
Lyons Falls
Newton Falls
Potsdam
Gompers Again Heads Federation After Row
American delegates to the Pan American Federation of Labor will depart Mexico City after deciding to close pending business. Samuel Gompers faced Spanish speaking critics who challenged US policy and temporarily ceded the chair before being unanimously re elected president.
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Pan-American Federation
Mexico City
Congress
The
Pan- American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Gombers
Federation
United States
James Lord
Gompers
Japan Calls American Plan Selfish Move to Save Money
Tokyo reports reflect mixed Japanese reactions to U S British and Japanese talks on a naval pause. Marquis Okuma says Japan will only consider such proposals after an American British accord. Articles in Kokumin Shimbun Hachi Shimbun Yamato Shimbun debate the incident surrounding Lieutenant Langdon in Vladivostok and the sentry’s role.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
United States
America
Shigenobu Okuma
Hachi Shimbun
Langdon
Yamato Shimbun
Vladivostok
Albany
Overcrowded Moscow Jails Hold 100000 Latvian Hostages
Latvian hostages report from Riga that Moscow jails exceed 100000 inmates, about one fifth the city population. Monasteries and even a rubber works upper floor house prisoners, with indescribable conditions described by the evacuees.
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Riga
Moscow
U S Supplies Go At Big Cut
Excess clothing for United States Shipping Board officers and crews, stored in Boston, valued at 244000 dollars, was sold for 80000 dollars. Byron C. Baker, district ...
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U. S
Big
New York
United States Shipping Board
Boston
Byron C. Baker
Board at Heston probes Walsh congressional inquiry
A witness told the committee he protested to a superior officer against a sale tied to the Walsh congressional matter as the board at Heston faced scrutiny in a formal inquiry into its affairs.
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Heston
Test
Walsh Congressional Om
Uys Sale
Train Crash injures about twenty in Greenville
A day coach on the Mound Pennsylvania line from York to St Louis derailed at noon and collided with an east bound freight, injuring about twenty persons, three or four seriously, in Greenville.
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Greenville
Pennsylvania
York
St. Louis
Senate stalls on Wilson nominations block for time
Democratic leaders push to break a Republican blockade on confirmations for army and navy officers named by President Wilson. The Senate votes to refer nominations to military and naval committees as Lodge vows to block filling war bureau posts before Harding’s inauguration. Robinson says inaction harms army reorganization and risks serious service disruption.
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Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Post Office Committee
Fletcher
Florida
Wilson
Army
Wilson Eyes Quick Action On Cork Lord Mayor Deportation
President Wilson and his cabinet agreed that acting Secretary Norman Davis and Secretary of Labor Wilson would implement the law regarding the deportation of Lord Mayor O Callaghan of Cork. The move follows a President approved ruling for immediate deportation for lacking a U S passport.
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Washington
Wilson
Norman Davis
O'Callaghan
Cork
Edsel Ford Undergoes Operation for Appendicitis
Detroit January 19 Edsel R B Ford president of the Ford Motor company underwent an appendicitis operation. At the hospital it was announced his condition was favorable.
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Detroit, Mich
Edsel RB. Ford
Ford Motor Company
Tax Briber Ends Life Over Gas Bribe Case
Albert L Lauer secretary treasurer of Briggs Turivas committed suicide by gas at his home after a failed bribery attempt to cover tax evasion. Federal investigators allege $500000 in taxes were dodged across years of company operations. Lauer faced prison for offering $15000 to tax collector Charles Callner. a second $15000 was promised.
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Chicago
Albert L Lauer
Briggs & Turtoar
Margate Terrace
Lauer
Hoffman
Landis
Cousin
Riggs & Turivas
Charles Callner
Callner
Federal
Girl Scouts Open Seventh Annual Convention in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Ohio the National Council of Girl Scouts opened its seventh annual convention with Mrs Arthur Schoate of New York presiding. Twelve hotel rooms host the exhibit representing ninety six branches of the national council. Lady Mark Kerr of Great Britain will attend as a guest, representing Baron Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement.
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Cincinnati
National Council of Girl Scouts
Arthur ©. Schoate
New York
National Council
Mark Kerr
Great Britain
Baron Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Mail theft probe expands across Chicago area
Chicago police, postal inspectors and federal investigators intensify the search as mail theft spreads citywide. Officials say numerous victims report missing parcels and suspected thefts during the holiday mailing period.
Mail Truck Robbery Stuns Union Station in Chicago
A U S secret service agent was turned out during a morning search in Chicago for four youths who held up a mail truck at Union Station and escaped with 12 registered mail sacks valued at more than 100000 dollars.
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Ermanment Secret Service
Chicago
Union Station
Bodies of Russian Grand Duchess Olga Said Aboard Ship
London reports the Devanha may carry Grand Duchess Olga and her maid, believed ex-Tsar Nicholas II’s daughter. The bodies were said to be disinterred at Yekaterinburg and smuggled via Persia to Shanghai, then to be disembarked at port and sent to the Holy Land for interment.
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Cody
Czar
London
Olga
Nicholas
Russia
Devanha
Yekaterinburg
Persia
Shanghai
Holy Land
Kansas Governor H J Aller calls for aid to northern China
Topeka Kansas January 19 Governor H J Aller issues a proclamation urging Kansans to donate cash or grain to relieve starving inhabitants of northern China.
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Topeka
Kan
H. J. Aller
Kansas
Ching
Catapult launches eyed for Navy seaplanes tests indicate
Washington reports naval aviation chief Captain Craven told the house naval committee that planes may be hurled from catapults rather than taking off from ship decks. Tests at the Washington navy yard aim to demonstrate feasibility of seaplane catapult launches.
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Washington
Navy Department
House Naval Committee
T. T. Craven
Naval Aviation
Washington Navy Yard
France Firm Wins Argentine Radio Station Contract
The General Telegraph Company of France has been granted permission by Argentina to build a commercial wireless station for radio communication with other countries. The approval marks a milestone in international telecom collaboration and expands Argentina's overseas links.
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Sion
General Telegraph Company of
France
Bremen Aids Defiance Near Norderney Lightship
Assistance from Bremen reached the American steamer Defiance thirteen miles east of the Norderney lightship near the River Ems mouth. The vessel’s turbine reportedly damaged and leaking water.
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London
Bremen
Defiance
Norderney
Ems
Forty Below Zero Stuns Iroquois Falls and Ottawa
Forty degrees below zero was recorded at Iroquois Falls Ontario on January 18. Canada-wide cold wave grips all regions except the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Ottawa marked 18 below, Winnipeg 2 below.
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Iroquois Fall
Toronto
Ont
Iroquois Falls
Canada
Pacific
Atlantic
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Four Ambushers Killed in Galway Clash
London reports say four civilians were killed and seven Black and Tans wounded in County Galway during a night ambush on a Black and Tan patrol. Police also arrested six men over an arson attempt on Vacuum UA premises in Wandsworth.
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London
Uight
County Galway
Ireland
Galway
Vacuum UA Company
Wandsworth
Belfast
David Kent
Sinn Fein
House of Commons
East
Cork
Irish Republic
United States
Continent
Diarmid Lynch
Boyd
Cappawhite
County Tipperary
Dublin
Arthur Griffith
Two Buildings Destroyed by Fire Today
A blaze destroyed two buildings today, causing extensive damage in the downtown area. Fire crews battled flames for hours, with no injuries reported and investigations underway to determine the cause.
Incendiary Fires Ravage Worcester Building and City
A Knowles building fire in Worcester Massachusetts destroyed the structure and nineteen others. Fires reported across all city sections indicate incendiarism as the likely cause with total damage estimated around 2.5 million dollars.
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Worchester
Mass
Knowles
U S Trade Hurt By Report Says Meat Pact Effort Aims
The Institute of American Packers claims a Washington office circulated a Parliament report to restrain U S meat export. It cites foreign government copies of the federal trade commission big five investigation as the cause and says the State department diplomatic bureau sent copies abroad.
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Congress
Institute of American Packers
Washington
The
Trade Commission
Diplomatic Bureau
State Department
Firebug fires alarm residents across river in Covington
Residents in central Covington Kentucky alarmed by a spike in mysterious fires prepared to confront the arsonist they call the firebug. Deputy State Fire Marshal William Booth and detectives found suspected supply base in a stable including an oil soaked waste bucket linked to several fires. Vigilante mood rises as locals arm themselves to guard against incendiary acts.
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Cincinnati
Covington
William Booth
Sunday School Chiefs Meet in Indianapolis
Sunday school leaders from the United States and Canada gather in Indianapolis for the annual convention of the Sunday school council of evangelical denominations. The session includes editorial educational and publication officials and secretary staff with addresses planned. the convention runs through Friday.
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United States
Canada
Indianapolis
Ind
Sunday School Council of Evangelical Denominations
Reo
Associated Evangelical Denominations
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White House
Edsel B. Ford
Detroit
Briggs & Turivas
Peter M. Hoffman
A. I. Lauer
Girl Scouts’ Convention
Chicago Union
Sounder
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Federal Commission
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