Red Persian sway seen possible in Soviets advance
British reports warn Denikin's army is split by Bolshevik pushes to the Sea of Azov, with Krasnovodsk and Baku potential Bolshevik gains. A Bolshevik capture would threaten Persia and open Caspian access, complicating Allied positions.
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Caspian
Krasnovodsk
Baku
London
Russia
British War Office
Denikine
Sea of Azov
Tagnigo
Teheran
Persia
Devikine
Lkely
tGen
Liberty Bonds Only Bail Good for Reds at Ellis Island
New York January reports say detainees held on deportation charges can only obtain bail by investing in liberty bonds. Ellis Island authorities refuse cash bail due to lack of facilities and a surety company refuses to back bonds for enemies of the country. Immigrant officials will accept liberty bonds and release radicals after preliminary hearings.
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Associated Press
New York
Parlar Bolaceviki
Ellis Island
McAdoo Leaves Adviser Post With Movie Big Four
Los Angeles January 8 William G McAdoo resigned from the United Artists association where he served as legal adviser since its inception The move follows reports that McAdoo has left the position but the reason was not announced The four leading figures named are Mary Pickford Charlie Chaplin Douglas Fairbanks and David Wark Griffith each regarded as central to the film group
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Los Angeles
Cal
William G. McAdoo
Lite Four
United Artists’ Association
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chaplin
Douglas Fairbanks
David Wark Griffith
McAdoo
Big Motion Picture Corporation
General Motors Capital Increase Records Delaware Tax
A Dover certificate of amendment filed by General Motors increases capital from 1 070 000 to 5 610 000 000. Delaware collects a 229 600 tax, the largest such fee to date. Bank acceptances boosted by the New York Federal Reserve with a new purchase rate of 47 8 percent for 30 and 60 day periods.
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General Motors
Wilmington
Del
Jan
Dover
General Motors Corporation
Delaware
Associated Press
New York
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Allies Envoys Arrested in Hungary Report
Paris dispatch from Prague via Geneva says allied military mission in Hungary was arrested by a Romanian officer at a concentration camp. The diplomats aimed to inspect prison camps and report alleged atrocities, but no further details reached Paris or diplomatic circles.
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Paris
Stygraj
Lae
Hungary
Prague
Geneva
Five Die on Ship of Flu in Quarantine
The French steamer Marie arriving from Havre and Vigo to Rio Janeiro and this port reported five passengers dead and seven dangerously ill with influenza on board. A large number suffer from violent influenza and the ship has been ordered into quarantine.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Marie
Havre
Vigo
Rio Janeiro
Motor Truck Movie to Advertise U S Industry in Indies
The Dutch East Indies will see a traveling water truck cinema advertising American products. The film shows manufacturing, health measures, and U S army and navy work, totaling fifty thousand feet. The unit originated from a wartime White House loan to officials, and will be sent with the truck for promotional purposes.
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Associated Press
New York
America
Dutch East Indies
White House
Wilson
Army
Navy
Women Jurors Not Necessary, New York Judge Rules
Justice Lazarsky of the New York Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus to compel Brooklyn juror officials to include women on juror lists. He said federal and state practice has long limited jury service to males and changing this would ignore longstanding convention.
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New York
Justice _Lazarsky
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Lazarsky
1000 Estimated Dead By Mexican Wake Unchanged
Mexico City reports a rising toll from the Vera Cruz earthquake with about 2900 or more dead, while stricken areas offer little data on damage or missing villagers. Survivors live in fear after shocks, as relief bureaus and military ambulances distribute aid amid scarce official lists. Catalonia Proclaims Martial Law in Spain
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Gov Coolidge Urges Humanized Government and Law
Massachusetts governor Coolidge, inaugurating a second term, urges humane government and industry, effective laws, and a fair wage. He says prosperity must rest on service, not mere money, and condemns strident voices seeking freedom through lawbreaking while stressing obedience and national unity.
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Boston
Mass
Gov. Coolidge
Buncombe
Poet's Fiume Envoy Denies Disagreement on Annexation Wish
Major Guariati, ex-chief of D Annunzio's cab in Fiume, left for Paris on a mission and said there was no disagreement with D Annunzio on Italy's aim to annex Fiume. He pledged unwavering resolve, noting a trainload of food reached Fiume and that they would stay faithful to the end to push their cause.
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Trieste
Major Guariati
Gabriele D’annunzio
Fiume
Paris
Adriatic
D'Annunzio
Italy
Missouri Centennial Plan Ties to 1921 State Fair
A Sedalia committee of the Bedalia Chamber of Commerce outlines a massive Missouri centennial celebration linked to the 1921 state fair. Plans call for a homecoming event for Missourians worldwide during the fair’s first week, with a formal presentation set for Jefferson City on January 16.
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Associated Press
Sedalia
Bedalia Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson City
Grange presses Cummins rail bill in Senate hearing
The executive committee of the National Grange appeared before Chairman Cummins of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to urge enactment of the Cummins railroad bill and announced support for restoring private operation of the railroads by March 1, 1874.
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Grange
Cummins
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
The
National Grange
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Brewers Seek Court Restraints Over Prohibition Act
The Associated Press reports Rhode Island cases where Michael J. Lynch seeks injunctions against federal officials to stop enforcement of the Volstead Act as applied to non intoxicating malt beverages. The petitions claim the eighteenth amendment is null and void and challenge federal power to regulate such beverages. Proceedings request restraining order and preliminary injunction pending full ruling.
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Assocaated
Providence
R. LL
Janu
Rhode Island
United States District Court
Michael J. Lynch
United States
Marvel A. Baker
Collector of Internal Revenue
Congress
Aerial Mail Service Inaugurated Chicago to Omaha
The Chicago to Omaha aerial mail service begins with Pilot Walter J. Smith delivering 400 pounds of mail from Grant Park. A pig and meat shipments were included for Gen. Pershing’s banquet in Omaha. A new air mail hangar at Chamber of Commerce field is to be christened at 2 p.m. The first dressed meat shipments by plane arrive, while an air show in Chicago features Spad and other aircraft with many aviation figures attending.
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Jows City
Omniebw
Chicago
Monroe
Phair
Lawn City
Towa City
Omaha
Associated Frees
Walter J. Smith
Grant Park
Gen. Pershing
Morris
Neb
FarrsNuttery
Tefl
Nulter
Edward Morris
Morris & Co
Chamber of Commerce Field
Post Office Department
Lere
W. J. Smith
Reed Landis
United States Navy
Signal Corps
Aerial Mail Service
Eddie Rickenbacker
Five War Brides From France Held By Cash Shortage
The French liner La Touraine returned to port after a violent 24 hour hurricane voyage. With 658 passengers aboard, five French brides bound for California to marry former U S soldiers were among those detained by immigration due to lack of funds for rail fare and expenses. Capt. Jean Bordeaux praised for steering through the storm.
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New York
la Touraine
Jean Bordeaux
California
Europe’s troops inside Russia to get U.P. help home
Washington Jan 8 American ships supplied by the shipping board will repatriate Czecho-Slovak Polish Jugoslav and Roumanian troops from Siberia. The President Grant and the America will sail from New York to Vladivostok by February 16 to move about 10000 troops, with 10000 more monthly until complete. Costs borne from loans to foreign governments.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Shipping Board
Siberia
State Department
President Grant
America
New York
Vladivostok
U.S
United States
Stammering Children Declared Cured in Buffalo School Board Program
In Buffalo on January 8, the extension department of the board of education announced seventy children cured from stammering after completing a ten day course with daily hour sessions. Ten others had their stammering minimized.
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Buffalo School Board
Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Ore
Board of Education
Conree
15000 Enlist in Army of Women to Shield Girls
The New York Probation and Protective Association has sworn in 15000 women and girls to guard morals and discourage exploitation of leisure time by commercial and undesired interests. The plan uses youth sympathy to promote healthy recreation and protect girls. The Courier issues home-delivery details and contact numbers for missed copies.
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Army OF Women
New York
New York Probation and Protective Association
Soviet Ark Buford Near Kiel Canal Move Hinted
Washington dispatches report the Soviet Ark Buford carrying radicals may enter the Kiel Canal, with officials refusing to name its destination though a Riga transit is a plausible guess. The Buford, carrying Emme Goldman and Alexander Berkman, left Dec 21 and wireless updates place it near the English Channel on Jan 8. A separate note urges stricter sedition laws in Congress to curb advocacy of violent overthrow of government.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Kiel Canal
Riga
Livonia
Russia
New York
Buford
Emme Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Jan
Atlantic
English Channel
North Sea
Baltic
Washington
D. C
Sterling
South Dakota
Senate
Governor Smith urges reversal of 1919 prohibition ratification
Albany reports Gov. Alfred E. Smith in his 1920 legislative message questions the legal validity of the eighteenth amendment's ratification by several states. He cites referendums as potentially overturning state ratifications and calls on New York to state its opinion for citizens elsewhere. Meanwhile a separate dispatch notes the tug Le Pluvier sinking near Marseilles with twenty lives lost.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Ress
Marseiles
le Pluvir
Foulon
Marseillés
Miners Wage Question to Be Tested Before Board
The Associated Press reports that the miners side of wage and strike issues, including benefits and November December membership clubs, will be argued before the United Mine Workers executive board. President Lewis and Secretary Green will travel to Washington to present to the president’s coal commission the miners’ view on wages and working conditions.
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Associated Press
Columbus
A. B. Anderson
International Execu Wve
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Green
Washington
President's Coal Commission
San Francisco Chosen For Democratic 1920 Convention
In Washington on January 8 the Democratic national committee selected San Francisco as the site for the party’s 1920 national convention, a decision announced after a committee session in the capital.
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Washington, D. C
Sant Francisay
Democratic National Committee
Maude Powell Dies in Uniontown Violinist’s Death
Madam Maude Powell, famed violinist, died after a nervous breakdown in Uniontown Pennsylvania. Born August 22 1868 in Penn J she studied in Aurora Chicago Delpale Paris and Berlin and debuted in Berlin in 1886. She married H Godfrey Turner in 1904 and had a long career as soloist with major orchestras and tours in Europe and the United States.
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Associated
Uniontown
Maude Powell
St. Lewis
Penn, J
Acoo
Aurora
Chicago
Delpale
Paris
Berlin
William Lewis
Henry Lehradiest
Joseph Joachim
H. Godfrey Turner
London
Thomas, Seidl, Gericke
Nikisch
Damrosch
Germany
Austria
New York Union Society
British Isles
Europe
Russia
South Africa
United States
Powell
Sects Commit to Team Work Hunt by JR Mott
Atlantic City Jan 8 Committees formed at the opening session of the survey conference of the inter church world movement began work. John D Rockefeller Jr was named to the steering committee and John R Mott presiding said the war teaches the church to cooperate. Delegates estimated a budget exceeding 506000000 is needed to carry out world evangelization plans.
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Assusiated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Inter-Church World Movement
John Dr. Rockefeller
Tra
Northern Baptist Convenion
John R. Mott
Robbery at Federal Building Stole Whisky Evidence
Thieves invaded a federal building in Chicago and stole 50 quarts of whisky from a vault in the Department of Justice offices. The liquor, gathered in federal raids as evidence, was taken a week earlier and uncovered when fingerprint experts were called in.
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Chicago
Federal
Department of Justice
Police to halt prize fights in Connecticut
The state police commission said it would use every effort to stop any prize fight attempted in Connecticut. A 20 round match between Benny Leonard and Johnny Dunitee was scheduled for January 18.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
State Police Commission
Connecticut
Benny Leonard
Johnny Dunitee
Treaty Indorsed Unanimously By Democrat Chiefs
A lengthy Washington report notes disputes over the Versailles treaty with Democrats pushing for ratification amid Republican hostility. It covers claims of con tempt of world by Republicans, debates on woman suffrage, and party conventions in Chicago San Francisco and Kansas City seeking hosting fees and venues. Chicago leads as a claims hub, with others bidding for the convention and highlighting foreign policy stakes in the 1919-1920 political landscape.
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Associated
Press
Washington, D. C
Democrats National Committee
Senate
Wasi
National “Committee
Perenne
Chicago
Carter Harrison
J.H. Lewis
Roger Sullivan
Harrison
Capre
Lewis
America
Chisago
Sullivan
San Francisco
B.dockweiler
California
Chicago’s
Dockweiler
Pacific Coast
Coast
Wilson
M. E. Foy
J. Bruce Kremer
Montana
National Committee
Miss Foy
Woodrow Wilson
Kremer
Democratic Party
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N.Y
Hunt
JR. Mott
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Comibig
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Kansas City
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Champ Clark
B. A. Jenkins
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