Harding's Mexico policy aims to guarantee American rights
President elect Harding plans to press Mexico to sign an agreement with the United States guaranteeing American rights in Mexico, aligning with current administration policy and Secretary Colby’s letter advocating a treaty. Senator Fell of New Mexico is expected to influence Harding on this issue. Colby’s stance matches the Senate subcommittee recommendations. Mexico City reports banking stabilization efforts follow Carranza era laws, with a decree allowing banks to resume, a plan for six to eight regional banks, and an estimated 110 million pesos in outstanding paper money from affected banks.
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United Press
Washington
DD. C
Harding
Obregon
United States
Mexico
Colby
Unitedtes
Fell
New Mexico
Pall
Fall
Senate
Associated Prasz
Carranza
Congress
Financial and Mining Bulletin
Banco Nacional de Mexico
Bank of London
The
Oriental de Mexico
German airship circled globe and flew over New York City
Washington reports Brig. Gen. William Mitchell testified that Germany built an airship capable of around the world flight and to have dropped on New York. He said the craft could carry 20 tons of explosives, fly at 30,000 feet, and withstand air attacks with electrically heated crew gear and oxygen. He noted ongoing design efforts for such high altitude airships.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
Wass
New York
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
House Parval Affairs Committee
Mitchell
Tis
Winnes Jury Discharged After Deadlock In Parson Case
In Harlan Kentucky on February 5 the Winnes jury failed to reach a verdict in the trial of Dr H C Winnes charged with the murder of Miss Leura Parsons a local schoolteacher. The jury had been out over ten hours with repeated urging from the court for a verdict. The foreman said ballots moved from 10 to acquit and 2 to convict to subsequent ballots showing 11 to 1 for acquittal. Judge Darisset set a new trial for April 13.
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United Press
Harlan, Ky
Darisset
Popocatepetl Rouses After Tehuantepec Quake
Associated Press reports Mount Popocatepetl showed renewed volcanic vigor after Thursday night’s Tehuantepec quake that wrecked property and likely caused many deaths. Indians near the peak feared a disastrous tremor as smoke wreaths appeared at the summit. The tremor was felt in Puebla and Mexico City.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Popocatepet
Tehuantepec
Puebla
Rush Chilean Troops Into Antofogasta
Valparaiso Chile Feb 4 Government troops rushed on special trains to Antofogasta province where soldiers and workers in a large nitrate plant fought. Six killed in latest reports, previously 23. Daniel Jones in charge of the San Gregorio nitrate plant was killed.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Antofogasta
Daniel Jones
San Gregorio
Butter And Eggs Slide Toward Prowar Price Levels
Butter and eggs drop sharply toward the prowar price level in Kansas City. The Associated Press notes a notable decline as market pressures ease. Prices move in line with wartime controls and economic expectations.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Congress Debates Naval Affairs and Tax Legislation
In today’s sessions multiple committees pursued naval affairs and budget topics. The Navy bill and emergency thrift actions are under debate while tariff revisions and reparations plans face joint scrutiny. Army liquidation and War Department expenditures are reviewed as next week’s House considers policy.
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Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
HOUSE
Ways and Means Committes
Parker
War Department
Hales
Democrats Start Halting Reorganization Effort
The article argues Democrats face a tough reorganization, proposing an advisory national committee with leaders like Wilson and Underwood to restore unity. It notes Republican gains, income tax projections, and the need for a principled opposition based on human rights, warning of a conservative GOP path ahead.
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White
Wilson
Mnis
National Committee
Brgan
Cox
McAdoo
Joan W. Davis
Col. House
Congress
Repubblicans
Senate
Old Guard
Middlewest
Bryan
The
New York Evening Post, Inc
Omaha Men Get Bath in East Costs $3600
In Pittsburgh on February 3 Nat Faber an 18 year old Omaha bellboy was held for further hearing as police investigate a hotel theft. Faber and two Omaha men F Callahan and Li Caldwell reported their rooms robbed of $3.00 while they were bathing.
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United Press
Pitusburgh
Nat Faber
F. J. Callahan
Li Caldwell
Omaha
Neb
Pilsudski Promises Evacuation of Vilna Under League Deal
Paris reports that Vilna will be evacuated by Polish irregulars once the Lithuanian plebiscite date is fixed and an international occupation contingent is present. The pledge, conveyed to Leon Bourgeois, head of the League of Nations, was delivered yesterday by President Pilsudski of Poland, according to Petit Parisien.
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Paris
Vilna
Leon Bourgeois
Council of the
League of Nations
Pilsudski
Poland
The
Petit Parisien
Greenway hopes oil dispute with Britain to be amicably settled
London reports Sir Charles Greenway of Anglo-Persian Oil says an embargo on American oil to Great Britain could permanently lose that market for US producers. He argues open doors in Mesopotamia should be respected and warns an embargo would push Britain toward independence from American oil, risking long term ties. He expresses belief that the oil problems will be amicably settled.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Charles Greenway
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Greenway
Amercan
Mesopotamia
Anglo- Persian Oil Company
Byeun
AnAnUbe
Une Wat
Airman
Legahy
Standard Oil
Palestine
United States
England
Dawes Declares No Cabinet Job for His Dawes Declares No Cabinet Job for His
Charles G. Dawes, president of the Central Trust Company of Illinois, returned from Washington and stated he will not join the Harding cabinet. He joked that recordings would strike out curses he uttered. Dawes recalled cry or swear responses during war hearings, and contrasted Charley Schwab’s crying with his own remarks.
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Chicago
Feb. S
Charles G. Dawes
Central Trust Company of
Illnois
Washington
Senate
A. E.F
Dawes
Harding
Hells
Mr. Dawes
Charley Schwab
Fleets Head North for Battle Practice
The U S Atlantic fleet, led by Admiral Henry S Wilson on the Pennsylvania, left Callao harbor after a week at anchor reviewed by President Lesuia with officials watching. In Valparaiso, Pacific fleet battleships prepared to sail for Panama, moving supply ships and destroyers north toward joint drill grounds for combined maneuvers.
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Associated Press
Callao
Peru
Henry S. Wilson
Pennsylvania
Callao Harbor
Lesuia
United States
Gonzales
Vanguard
Valparaiso
Chile
United States Pacific
Panana
Nevada Moves to End One Minute Divorces
Carson City Nevada February 5 United Press reports Nevada legislature proposes to tighten divorce law ending the speed divorce era made famous by Mary Pickford. If approved and signed by the governor the bill would require six months bona fide residence in Nevada before a divorce can be granted.
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United Press
Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Mary Pickford
Scohill
Soverdor
Forces Frog From Winter Quarters in Fish's Stomach
Boston residents recount a curious tale of Harry Fairbanks who fished through the ice at MIN Pond in New Hampshire. He dislodged a frog that had taken residence in a pickerel’s stomach, then the amphibian recovered and hopped to a new warm spot behind a sleigh.
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Associated Press
Boston
Harry Fairbanks
Min Pond
N. H
Wife Confesses to Hidden Waifs in Family of 13
Atlanta report says Fea South 60 faced a wife 52 admitting their 11 children were waifs adopted from foundling and maternity hospitals over 14 years. Nine of the children live at home. South, stunned, considered leaving but then paused to think.
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United Press
Atlanta
Fea South
South
Widow of Parnell Dies in Brighton at 76
London reports the death of Mrs. Charles Stewart Parnell widow of the Irish leader. She was 76 and died at her Brighton home after a lingering illness. Known as Kitty O Shea she rose amid scandal surrounding Parnell and the O Shea divorce, later publishing The Love Story and Political Life of C S Parnell in 1924.
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Associated Press
London
Charles Stewart Parnell
Brighton
Evening Standard
Parnell
Kitty O'Shea
William Henry O’‘Shea
County Clare
Itty O'Shea
Gladys W. Witherell
Los Angeles
Russian money used on U S contracts says Bakhmeteff
Paris February 5 Boris Bakhmeteff Russian ambassador to the United States testifying before a Washington committee said thirty nine million dollars drawn from the U S loan to Russia and deposited by National City Bank was all spent on Russian government contracts in the United States He asserted every penny was used for contracts and any deviation was unknown to him He noted some obligations remain and claimed a gentleman’s agreement with the State Department after the Kerensky government fell He also mentioned that the total funds drawn were insufficient leaving a gap of fifty nine million dollars He said he explained the matter fully to a U S Senate committee
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Associated Press
Paris
Boris Bakhmeteff
United States
Washington
Russia
National City Bank of New York
Bakhmetefi
United States Senate
Ruth Gordon Wins Chance to Wear Short Stage Dresses
Chicago, Feb. 5. Actress Ruth Gordon, once crippled by bowed legs, had casts removed from both legs after surgery by Dr. Edwin Fryson who called them perfectly straight. She will need a few weeks in a wheel chair before leaving it, but she accepted the result with a smile. Six weeks earlier she consented to the operation to avoid long stage dresses and to rise in her profession.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ruth Gordon
Edwin Fryson
Air Fleet Urged to Meet Possible English Attack
United States faces risk of aerial attack from England, Brig. Gen. William Mitchell told the House Naval Committee. He urged offensive aerial control and the construction of two aircraft-carrying ships to project air power from naval ships, arguing sea fleets could dominate air space and push the fight inland. The committee planned votes on transferring funds to plane carriers and debated merging war and navy into a single defense ministry.
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United
House Naval Committee
Butler
Mitchell
Britton
Illinois
Oliver
War and Navy
Defense
Residence Terms of Bonus Bill Are Clear and Liberal
Des Moines reports that Iowa ex servicemen who served in the U S military or naval service between April 6 1917 and November 11 1918 and who were Iowa residents at entry are eligible for compensation under a proposed bonus bill. The bill specifies eligibility for those honorably discharged or currently serving or retired, with the sole restriction being that no one may receive a bonus from Iowa if already paid by another state.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Yenter
U. S
Chicago Police Seek Big Tim Murphy in Mail Robbery Case
Federal authorities hunt Tim Murphy a politician and labor leader in Chicago charged in the $100000 Mail robbery at Pullman Illinois months ago. Vincenzo Cosmano his lieutenant was arrested in the same case. Both had been jailed earlier over the Moss Enright murder but released for lack of witnesses.
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United Press
Chicago
Ak ‘Tim’* Murphy
Pullman, Til
Vincenzo Cosmano
Murphy
Cosmano W
Interstate suspension on grain rate hikes to Duluth
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended pending investigation proposed rail rates for grain and four in carlots from Council Bluffs and Omaha to Duluth. The increases would raise grain by 3.5 cents per hundred pounds and flour by 2.5 cents. The rates would apply on the Minneapolis & St. Louis line.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Interstate’ Commerce
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Duluth
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Reds Start Drastic Action Against Antis
London reports drastic Bolshevik moves to stamp out anti Soviet activity in Russia and near territories. The Times says a Moscow flecree appoints M. Djerjinsky head of the all Russian extraordinary commission, issued December 1.
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Associated Press
London
Russia
Moscow
London Times
Nikoisi
M. Djerjinsky
all-Russian Extraordinary Commission
Chicago Welcomes MacSwiney's Sister
Miss Mary Mac Swiney sister of the former lord mayor of Cork is welcomed in Chicago by Midwest Irish leaders the priory council and an official committee. She will spend two days in the city.
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United Iest
Chicago
Mary MacSwiney
Nevor
Cork
Midwest
Eaders
Elry Council
Dlayor Thompson
Chicago Man Reunites With Wife in Dubuque Police Suite
Chicago man Hans Joby and his companion were found living with Joby’s wife in a Dubuque police suite after police arrested them early Saturday. Joby, who traveled from Chicago, seeks to take his wife back to Chicago. no federal action decided before police court trial.
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Chicago
Dubuque
Associated Press
Debuque
Chi Mago
Joby
United States
Army Air Men Seek Semi-rigid Airship Roma From Italy
Three officers and five enlisted men of the U S Army Air Service depart Hoboken aboard the Cantigay for Antwerp to reach Italy and recover the semi-rigid airship Roma recently purchased by the United States. Major John Darwin of Brooksfield, San Antonio, Tex., commands the expedition. dismantling and return are expected to take about three months, with final transport to Langley Field near Washington, D C.
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Associated Press
Hoboken
N. J
United States Army Air Service
Antwerp
Italy
Roma
United States
Majoy John Darwin
Dicer
Brooksfield
Senantonto
Tex
Langlevy Field
Washington, D.C
Klamath Schooner Driven Ashore Passengers Safe
The steam schooner Klamath was driven ashore near Point Arena early today. Passengers and crew have been landed safely according to a wireless message received by the San Francisco Call via the steamer Curacao, which is standing by. The 662 ton vessel had left San Francisco with passengers but no cargo and had operated in the lumber trade between here and northern ports.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Klamath
Point Arena
Dept. Hall
Curacao
Oldest Iowa Railroad Engineer Dies in Muscatine
William P. Cassidy aged 83, reputedly the oldest railroad engineer in Iowa, died at his Muscatine home. He piloted a Davenport to Iowa City train before the Civil War and made the first run on the Montezumaa branch of the old Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern road. He later joined the Rock Island line in Marengo, described as the farthest west on the railroad.
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Associated Press
Muscatine
Willian P. Cassidy
Hungary seeks ban on monarchy restoration in parliament
Budapest Feb 5 Premier Tei aks said the government plans to block any discussion of restoring the monarchy and to prohibit propaganda on the subject. The assembly approved the move by a 17 to 0 vote. In Endicott, workers at the International Time Recorder Co. accepted a 10 percent wage cut.
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Associated Press
Siudapest
Teiaks
Assembly
Endicott
Feu
International Time Recorder Company
Homemade Pajamas for Boys in France Back Again
40 000 sets of pajamas donated by American women to soldiers in France after the armistice are being sold in the United States at 2.45 a suit. L. E. Bicknell of the Red Cross testified before a House war investigating committee that the items, handed to the army by the Red Cross, were later acquired by the French liquidation commission and resold to American speculators who removed Red Cross insignia.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
France
L. E. Bicknell
Red Cross
House
Army
Railroads Press Delay in Wage Settlement Case
Chicago February 5 W W Atterbury for railroads protested to the United States railroad labor board against continuing the case. Railroads seek abrogation of shop agreements and demand an immediate decision as an economic necessity. The protest followed BL M Jewell suggestion to extend until Thursday for labor to prepare its answer.
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United Press
Chicago
W. W.anbury
United States Railroad Labor Board
Anick
Atterbury
BL. M. Jewell
Railroad Department
American Federation of Labor
Jewell
B. T. Whiter
Peete Murder Case Goes to Jury in Los Angeles
Mrs Louise Peete stands accused of killing Jacob C Denton in Los Angeles with the trial nearing its end. District Attorney Woolwine delivered a fierce final argument urging the death penalty as the jury prepared to retire for verdict in Judge Willis courtroom.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Woolwine
Willis
Louise Peete
Jacob C. Denton
Wool- Wine
Denver
Aged Woman Dies of Blazing Oil Burns
Ottumwa Iowa February 3 Mrs William Kerr aged 63 died at her Mt Sterling home from burns suffered when clothes caught fire starting a kerosene fire yesterday She is survived by her husband and three grown children.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa, Ta
Wiliam Kerr
Mt. Sterling
Rom
Governor Harrison Cables Resignation Telex
Francis Burton Harrison, governor general of the Philippines, cabled his resignation to President Wilson with a request that it be accepted on March 4. The message comes from Manila's presidential line and notes a formal transfer of authority.
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Associated Press
Manila
Francis Burton Harrison
The
Philippines
Wilson
Fire destroys Kee hotel and garage at Alburnet
By the Associated Press Cedar Rapids IA Feb 5 fire early today destroyed the Kee hotel a garage and six automobiles at Alburnet Ia The loss is estimated at 15640 due to crossed electric wires cited as the cause
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Kee
Alburnet
Supreme Court Reconvenses in Iowa Feb Term
Desalpines Feb 5 The February period of the Iowa supreme court will convene next Tuesday. Cages from the third and fifth districts will be heard.
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Desalpines
Iowa Supreme Court
Premier Rhallis resigns over Greek delegation head
Athens reports Premier Rhallis will resign amid differences on who should lead the Greek delegation for the forthcoming London conference on Near Eastern questions. Other briefs note meat price drops in the US, British debt cancellation proposals, prohibition liquor seizures, and various international political moves.
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Athens
Rhallis
London
Chicago
Institute of American Meat Packers
United Master Butchers of America
Birmingham
England
J. A Og
Austin Chamberlain
Washington
D. C
Kramer
Berlin
Germany
Allied Financial Conference of Experts
Brussels
Geneva
Basler Nachrichten
Charles
Berne
Budapest
Paris
Vilna
Washington, D. C
Wayne B. Wheeler
Smiles and Kinks Across Today's Wires Chronicle
United Press briefs report a dramatic proposal with a revolver during a love moment in New York. In Chicago, J Ogden Armour criticizes sacred cows in India and returns a sacred cow to its owner. Dallas, Frances Hipp pleads guilty to stealing bloomers from a dry goods store, fined $1.
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United Press
New York
Vitto Clacico
Lillian Way
Vitto
Chicago
India
Melody Farm
J. Ogden Armour
Armour
Dallas
Tex
Frances Hipp
J. Legg
See's Houston Stops Financial Deals With Foreign Governments
Washington reports two phases of allied loan statutes discussed in the senate. Secretary Houston's letter to Senator Lodge said the treasury would not proceed with exchanging foreign demand obligations for long term bonds, to allow a future administration to act. Chamberlain's remarks on canceling allied indebtedness were noted as rejected. Senator Knox dismissed rumors of a remit proposal as absurd, while officials offered no direct comment on Chamberlain's statements.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Houston
Lodge
Treasury Department
Treasury
J! Austen
Chamberlain
United States
Knox
Pennsylvania
Mr. Chamberlain
President Wilson to Reply to Rail Unions Today
President Wilson plans to complete and transmit his reply to railroad labor unions in Washington D C today. He would address their request for an investigation into grounds for a statement by W W Atterbury vice president of the Pennsylvania lines that wage readjustments are needed to avert bankruptcy among carriers.
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Wilson
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Rairoad
Railroad Labor Board
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Lines
Yarriers
Modest Dress Talk At Des Moines High School Conference
Miss Maria Leonard dean of women Coe College urged less extreme styles for high school girls and recommended middy blouse dresses. She also urged moderation in college social life during the Des Moines conference dated February 5.
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Asvocifted Press
Des Moines
Maria Leonard
Coe College
Marion Zinderstein Wins Indoor Women’s Singles Title
New York Feb 5 Miss Marion Zinderstein of Boston won the single’s championship in the women’s indoor invitation tennis tournament by defeating New York state champion Miss Mavie Wagner 6 2 6 1 in the final at the indoor arena.
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Associated Press
New York
Marion Zinderstein
Boston
Mavie Wagner
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