Twelve Die in Hoboken Fire at Colonial Hotel
A blaze at the Colonial Hotel in Hoboken killed twelve people, six men and six women, with several others severely burned. Names identified include Miss Mary Schuhmacher, Daisy Gray, Helen Constance Peterson, Kimo Snider, and Frank Logan. A hotel employee, Mehard Dierksen, went insane after being trapped in a third floor room.
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New York
Colonial
Hoboken
Mary Schumacher
Miew Daisy Gray
Hester Constance Peterson
Brooklyn
Kimo Snider
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Frank Logan
Jersey City
Vienna Profiteers Seized in Raid on Tabarin Palace
A Vienna police raid targeted the Tabarin, described as the city’s most fashionable dancing palace, amid a dispatch to the Daily Express dated January 1. Details mention seizure of profiteers and the crackdown on illicit activities at the venue.
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London
Daily Express
Vienna
Tabarin
We Cily Auda
Tax Defaulters Rounded Up at International Resort
Officials describe the area as a haven for profiteers and have rounded up a large number of tax defaulters. Over 500 have disclosed identity and many more are held at police stations awaiting information on fortunes and taxes avoided.
New York Girl Poet Dies By Her Own Hand
Greenwich Village artist and poet Helen McClung aged 24 died of gas after stuffing her room windows with paper and door keyholes with cloth. Neighbors said she had been married but separated. identity of her husband was unknown.
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New York
Helen McClung
Greenwich Village
Revolt in Durango prompts American evacuations
Dispatches from Torreon report large American evacuations from Durango Mexico amid Arista brothers terror. No American deaths noted as Federal cavalry rushes to quell the revolt while Francisco Villa, a former bandit, is said to be called by authorities.
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Fi Paso
Tex
Durango
Mex
Arista Brothers
Torreon
Mente
Francisco Villa
Flanagan Selected to Design Verdun War Medal
John Flanagan of New York has been chosen by the War department to design the medal presented to the city of Verdun in honor of French troops and their defense during the war.
Man Found Slain in St Francis Hotel Room
In San Francisco on January 31 a body of an unknown man was found in the room occupied by 8 G Friend of Portland Oregon at the St Francis hotel. The victim had his feet tied and had been shot three times.
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San Francisco
Portland
Ore
St. Francis Hotel
Germans Balky on Allied Terms and Reparations
Berlin papers attack Paris reparations plan as insane and extortionate. They accuse Lloyd George of yielding to French demands and warn Germany cannot pay the huge sums. Headlines say Britain would control Germany for 42 years if the plan stands, urging Germany to seek Seydoux’s path with France.
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Berlin
Paris
Berliner Tageblatt
Lloyd George
Germany
Lokal Anzeiger
Lord George
Great Britain
Vossische Zeitung
Lieve George
M. Seydoux
France
M. Doumer
England
Frances
Packers in Chicago Cut Large Melon Surplus Distributed 37 Million
Morris & Co. packers announce a large surplus capitalization with $37,000,000 in stock distributed. The closed corporation is nearly entirely owned by Nelson Morris heirs and Edward Morris estate. The year ending Oct 30 shows a deficit of $2,055,710 amid unprofitable live stock and packing operations.
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Chicago
Morris & Co
la Salle Street
Nelson Morris
Edward Morris
Maurice L. Rothechild
Maud Martineau
London
Ira Nelson Morris
Helen Neilson
Muriel and
Ruth Morris
Reading from fragmented stock notes and market terms
The passage presents a garbled stock distribution note with figures like 813,271 and references to inventory, packing house, investments, and market terms. It blends terms such as Morris, Sete, and Quick as stand with unclear context. The readable parts suggest a ledger-like summary rather than a coherent news item.
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Morris
Yale club and steel output forecast by Pfove
Charles M. Pfove predicts strong steel production in the United States, citing a 42,000 figure and noting Yale club involvement. The message reflects upbeat industry outlook and debates on output scale amid 009 era chatter.
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New York
Charles M. Pfove
Yale Club
United
Nee
Steel
Mexican President to Return Oil Properties to U S Owners
Obregon plans to restore eight properties to American leaseholders and owners. He will announce a new policy at Congress on February 4 and delay any treaty talks with the current U S administration, awaiting President-Elect Harding's approach. The Mexican regime regards U S actions following Carranza's death as hostile.
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Washington, St
Obregon
Mex
State Department
Sener Obregon
Congress
Colby
Harding
Carranza
Bergdoll Abduction Case Probed by German and U S Authorities
German officials refuse to release Neuf and Zimmer to American authorities for trial on the Bergdoll kidnapping charge. Colonel Cresson declares Bergdoll extraditable under war crimes articles and says if caught he should be shot. The case involves U S demand for extradition and German court refusals as the dispute unfolds.
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Bertin
Coblenz
Neuf
Zimmer
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Ruckers
Eberbach
Sehlimm
Allen
Cobleng
Schlimm
Whitte
San Antonio
Tex
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Charles C. Cresson
Fort Crook
Neb
Cresson
Leavenworth
Bergdoll Case Probed by U S Over Arrests
The report notes U.S. inquiries into the Bergdoll case, with officials examining the Baden landtag incident and German authorities not presenting representations to the United States commissioner. The State Department and War Department are investigating the fate of two Americans arrested on charges of abducting Bergdoll who claims German citizenship.
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Baden
Burglars Bootleggers Owe U S Tax Bill Hit
The internal revenue bureau estimates 1920 income taxes from burglars and bootleggers at 44.9 million dollars as 5,000,000 returns are readied. Poker winners and similar winnings contribute about 80 million to the national kitty with bootlegger profits around 6 billion. Winning bettors total about 2.0 million.
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Washington
Jan
Internal Revenue Bureau
Railroads arrange loan of engines to Mexico
Houston Jan 31. A conference with representatives of several railroads and Francisco Perez general director of the National Railways of Mexico led to arrangements for loaning American motive power to the Mexico lines.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Francisco Perez
National Railways of
Mexico
Britain Ready to Enforce Debts and Collect Tax
London notes quote Prime Minister Lloyd George saying Britain will show goodwill in debts settlement but will not hesitate to act. He foresees no trouble collecting Germany's export tax under the reparations commission and warns against severing ties with allies if Germany refuses the arrangement.
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Paris
Trench
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Hythe
France
America
Reparations Commission
Loyd George
Germany
Maarihermere
Cut of Half Billion If Necessary Becomes Policy Shift
Government contemplates a drastic cut of half a billion if required while roads infrastructure maintains solvency. Officials caution that budget reallocations may affect projects and funding timelines across states and municipalities.
Railroads Face Solvency If Wage Cuts Are Made Now
W. W. Atterbury, chair of the American Association of Railway Executives, told the federal wage board that U S railroads must immediately implement wage cuts totaling about 500 million dollars annually. He urged abrogation of prewar national railway agreements from the government control period to keep the rail system in business.
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Chicago
United States
W. W. Atterbury
American Association of Railway Executives
Federal Railway
Wilson declines to commute Debs espionage sentence
Special report from Washington notes President Wilson refused to commute the ten year sentence of Eugene V. Debs for violation of the espionage act. The Department of Justice recommended commuting the sentence effective February 12.
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Evening Journal
Eugene Debs
Department of Justice
The
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Eugene V. Debs
Missing Wife Found on Riverside Sheep Ranch
Mrs. Gladys Witherell wife of W H Witherell vanished last Tuesday and was found today a prisoner on a Riverside county sheep ranch 70 miles from Los Angeles Two men cousins of the woman are in custody charged with the kidnapping.
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the Evening Journal
Gladys Witherell
W. 8. Witherell
Riverside County
Los Angeles
Supreme Court Reverses Berger Espionage Case Conviction
The Supreme Court reversed Victor Berger and four Socialist Party members convictions for espionage act violations. The ruling avoids the case being heard by Judge Landis, whose eligibility had been attacked.
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Washington, D. C
Victor Berger
Socialist Party
Supreme Court
Landis
U. S. Battleships Declared Safe From Aerial Bombs
Washington reports that modern battleships cannot be destroyed by bombs after tests on the old Indiana. Secretary Daniels released the findings based on Capt. W. D. Leahy’s memo. Leahy led the October bombing of the Tadlana as part of ongoing aerial warfare experiments.
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Washington
Indiana
Daniels
W. D. Leahy
Attorney W B Crisp Dies in New York at 61
William Beaton Crisp, renowned patent lawyer, died in New York at sixty one. His notable case involved Henry Ferd against the Selden automobile interests with Selden claiming to have invented the motor engine and contested by Ford and Crisp.
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New York
William Beaton Crisp
Henry Ferd
Selden Automobile
Selden
Ford
Crisp
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