Wilson Delivers Nominations for Postmasters and House Size Vote
President Wilson sent Senate nominations for about 2,000 postmasters as Republicans resist expanding the House beyond 445 members after a 108 to 77 vote. A reapportionment plan would raise seats for California Michigan Ohio Connecticut New Jersey North Carolina Texas and Washington while several states would lose. A separate measure to drop membership to 307 failed. Farm appropriation bill totals 83.5 million for next year, with cuts from estimates and funds for forestry disease control pest eradication and agricultural development. Opposition to federal coal industry regulation cited by J D A Morrow, with price cost data challenging the measure.
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Ohio
Comnecticut
New Jersey
North Carolina
Texan
Washington
Lowe
Feta Kanes
Kentucky
Maine
Mississippi
Nebraska
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Vermont
House
Department of Agriculture
National Forest Reservation Committee
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Texas
Calder
Senate Manufacturers’ Committee
J.D. A. Morrow
National Coal Association
Calder Committee
Department of Justice
Reed
Dem
Missouri
Roosevelt 2 Cent Coin Favored by House Committee
The Michigan representative system introduced a proposal to abolish the £ 2,000 exemption for businesses. A Roosevelt 2 cent piece gains support from the house coinage committee which endorsed a senate bill to authorize the coin. The committee cited a genuine need and said it would honor a great American.
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Michigan
House
Senate
Ward Copper executive found dead near Teller Alaska
Jan 20 report says Thomas Ward president and general manager of Ward Copper company of New York was found frozen to death near Teller Alaska on January 12 according to word reaching Nome.
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Nome
Thomas Ward
The
Ward Copper Company of
New York
Teller
Alaska
Bank Hold Up in Houston Nets Cash and Bonds
Two masked men robbed Citizens' State Bank in Houston on Wednesday, taking about $7,100 in currency and $12,500 in Liberty bonds before fleeing. Police pursue leads as the incident spurs a citywide security review.
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Houston
Tex
Citizens’ State Bank
Allies May Take Up Austria At Next Week's Meeting
Paris reports say the Austrian question could be raised by allied premiers at their upcoming talks. If Lloyd George cannot return to London, discussions would cover German reparations, disarmament, and Near East issues while Austrian reparations and financial stalemate are reviewed.
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Paris
Lloyd George
Lomson
Near East
Disaster at Pachua Leaves 100 Dead and 1000 Homeless
Mexico City reports say more than 100 people drowned and over 200 injured when two dams above Pachua breached. Torrents swamped the lower mining district, leaving around a thousand residents homeless.
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Mexico City
Pachua
Langdon Case Sparks Diplomatic Tension With Japan
Washington officials warn against overreading Japanese press claims on the Langdon case. They cite a potential shift in wartime diplomacy as Tokyo asserts rights in Vladivostok while Secretary Daniels says U S ships may enter port unimpeded.
Palmer Defends DOJ Actions Before Senate Inquiry
Attorney General Palmer told a Senate committee he welcomes a full investigation of the Department of Justice methods in rounding up radicals and defended the department against charges of brutality. He cited statistics on wartime prosecutions, noted pardons by President Wilson, and contrasted DOJ leniency with that of judges and district attorneys.
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Washington
Palmer
Senate
Department of Justice
National Popular Government League
Mr. Palmer
Selective Service
Wilson
Rickard denies Dempsey Carpentier bout called off
Tex Rickard, promoter, says the heavy weight championship between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier is not cancelled. All principals have posted deposits, plans continue, and the bout is now expected for July 2. Rickard notes deposits are in bonds and a promoter’s share bond may have replaced a check.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
France
Richard
Rickard
William A. Brady
Charles RB. Cochrane
United States
Chicago mayor's plan for people's ownership advances
Chicago moves forward as the city council approves Mayor Thompson's plan for surface ownership and restoration of the scent. The vote is 60 to 1, with City Clerk James T. instructed to send the scheme to the legislature. Officials expect legislative consideration by February and aim to have the plan ready for the February 22 primaries.
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Chicago
Thompson
James T
U. S. Seizes Danish Royal Art Assets in New York
Customs appraisers remove Danish art believed worth 200000 dollars said to be two hundred years old. Frederik VIII Hedegaard Ferlov led the treasure seizure intended to aid royal finances. The items were part of a 2 million dollar catalogue.
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New York
Tan
Rederick Viil
Shipping Board accounting methods described in testimony
Col EB Abadie former general comptroller testifies before Walsh committee on the Shipping Board fund exceeding 3 billion dollars. He cites 217.796 million due as of November 1 1919 with over 2 million due from foreign governments and notes lack of supporting documents. He details depreciation charges and early abuses such as high traveling expenses and expert fees with no proper controls.
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New York
Shipping Board
Abadie
Walsh Committee
Certified Public Accountants
Hurley
Loot Likely Tops Half Million In Chicago Mail Robbery
Loot from a Union Station mail robbery is reported to exceed 500000 and may reach 1000000. Blair & Co brokerage lists losses around 415000 while Continental and Commercial National Bank shows 67000 in bonds and Harris Trust and Savings Bank 8000 in bonds. Further losses await full check of registered mail contents.
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Chicago
Union Station
Blair & Co
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Harris Trust and Savings Bank
Inaugural Plans Formally Adopted for Harding
The joint congressional committee adopted simple inaugural plans mirroring Lincoln's 1861 ceremony. Elliot Woods shared Harding's views, and a small stand on the east portico will host the oath administered by White. Most spectators will stand. roped sections may reserve space for Congress.
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Washington
Lincoln
Joint Congressional Committee
Harding
Koox
Elliot Woods
Capitol
Marion
Woods
Oea
Elect Harding
Miami
Frederick W. Upham
National Republican
St. Augustine
Freelinghuysen
A. T. Hert
Louisville
R. M. Houston
Chattanooga
Upham
Many Fires in Worcester Strain City Resources
Worcester Massachusetts faced a major blaze day with losses exceeding 1 million dollars. Two Main Street business blocks burned, about twenty tenement roofs caught fire from sparks, and guests at Bancroft and New Park hotels rushed into the frigid streets as fire crews battled multiple blazes. A woodwork plant also burned amid the downtown fire epidemic.
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Worcester
Mass
Main Street
City Hall
Bancroft
New Park
Fire damages M. K. Smith wood plant. loss estimated at 100000
A blaze swept a wood working plant of the M. K. Smith Corporation located several blocks northeast of city hall at North Foster and Union streets. The fire caused an estimated loss of 100000 with extensive damage to the facility.
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City Hall
North Foster and
Union Streets
M. K. Smith Corporation
American freighter Defiance towed to Hamburg in fog
London Jan 20 The American freight steamer Defiance reported trouble 30 miles north of Ter Schelling has been picked up by a tug and is being towed to Hamburg. The wireless message was received by Lloyds Shipping Agency via Amsterdam.
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London
Defiance
Tereschelling
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Lloyds' Shipping Agency
Augusta Victoria's Health Deteriorates After Heart Attack
A bulletin from Doorn reports Former Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany growing weaker and more listless after another heart attack. The update comes from Amsterdam dated January 20.
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Augusta Victoria
Amsterdam
Germany
Doorn
New Party Formed in Budapest Seeks Restoration of Charles
A new party in Budapest led by Count Julius Andrassy calls for the restoration of former Emperor Charles and reunion with Austria. The Reuters dispatch from Vienna notes efforts to gain Jewish support by promising to end the anti Semitic campaign.
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London
Budapest
Julus Andrassy
Charles
Austria
Reuter
Vienna
Finances of the Germans Third Reich held in foreign hands
The German Treasury announced foreign nations hold 700 billion marks in paper currency and maintain 25 billion marks in German securities as credits.
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Berlin
Treasury Department
Impressive Services for Naval Lieut Warren Langdon
Religious and military services were held for Naval Lieut Warren H Langdon U S 8 Albany who was recently shot by a Japanese sentry A Reuters dispatch from Vladivostok reports that General Of commander in chief of Japanese forces in Siberia, Russian officials and all foreign officials attended.
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Manila
P. 1
Warren H. Langdon
U. S
Albany
Reuter
Vladivostok
Siberia
Russia
Turks Open Peace Talks Willing to Accept Neutral Mediation
An Angora dispatch quotes Foreign Minister Hamed Mouchtar Bey saying Turkish nationalists will negotiate with the Allies and seek good offices from a neutral power. Mustapha Kemal Pasha heads toward Ushak to press operations against Greek forces as calls rise to take Brusa. Greek villages in Asia Minor burnings are reported after recent victory, with nationalist claims of 27,000 prisoners versus 20,000 Greek troops on the Eskisheh plain.
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Angora
Hamed Mouchtar Bey
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Ansara
Ushak
Smyrna Front
Brusa
Mustapha Kemal
Panderma
Sea of Marmara
Balikeski
Asia Minor
Eskisheh
Handling of Radicals Questioned by Es Post's Policy
An analysis questions how radicals are managed and how Es Post executes its policy. The piece critiques enforcement methods and suggests reassessment of procedures to ensure consistent, lawful handling.
Deportation Ordered for Weinstern Our Soviet Bureau Chief
Secretary Wilson defended wartime policy on radical aliens in a public statement. He endorsed Assistant Secretary Post who has been criticized by the American Legion executive committee. The remarks respond to that attack and outline ongoing labor policy.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Wilson
Post
The
American Legion
Deported Russian Soviet Bureau Official Named
Gregory Weinstein was ordered deported today by Secretary Wilson of the Labor Department after scrutiny by the Russian Soviet Bureau in the United States.
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United States
Wilson
Labor Department
Harding Named President of Foreign Trade Financing Corporation
Gov. William P. G. Harding of the Federal Reserve Board will head the proposed foreign trade financing corporation with an initial capital of 100 million dollars. John McHugh, chairman of the organization committee, called Harding a perfect choice.
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Federal Reserve
Presidency of Foreign Trade Financing Corporation
New York
William P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Foreign Trade Financing Corporation
John McHugh
Organization Committee
Harding
Polish refugees in Dan zig en route to U S
American Red Cross reports 20,000 Polish refugees moving to the United States with 10,000 housed near Dan zig. Daily trains arrive but many are refused passports by American consuls in Warsaw and other Polish cities, delaying entry.
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Washington
Jan
Red Cross
United States
Free City of
Danzig
Warsaw
Bridgeport Soup Kitchen Opens For Unemployed
The Bridgeport Metal Trades union opened a soup kitchen in East Bridgeport on January 20 to serve one daily meal to unemployed people. The Manufacturers' Association of Bridgeport reports a 10 percent rise in total working hours across local plants.
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Metal Trades Union
Bridgeport, Conn
Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgeport Metal Trades Union
Manufacturers’ Association of Bridgeport
Earthquake Shocks Reported in New York State
Glens Falls and nearby towns felt tremors believed to be from an earthquake for about three minutes in Corinth and Lake George. In Vienna, burglars raided offices of the American Friends society stealing 1,000,000 crowns from relief workers.
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Lake George
Glens Falls
N. Y
Vienna
American Friends’ Society
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