Capper urges jail profiteer curbs in senate speech
Senator Capper Republican Kansas urged jail bars for profiteers and urged Congress to curb profiteering while citizens organize to boycott inflated prices. He cited Woolen, Leather, Crucible Steel, US Steel and sugar price hikes, warned of sandbagging by big corporations and noted a 108 percent rise in onion prices. Meeker and Palmer discussed continued high cost of living with retail food prices reaching record levels in December.
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Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Senator Capper
Kansas
Senate
Congress
Capper
American Woolen Co
Central Leather Co
Crucible Steel Co
United States Steel Corporation
National Wool ‘Growers Association
Heather ‘Issac
National Shoe Travelers’ Association
Leather Trust
América
Cuba-American Co
United States
Washington, D. C
Royal S. Meeker
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Atttorney General
Deaths by own action rise since armistice, report says
New York reports a rising number of personal crisis deaths since the armistice. The Save-A-Life league cites 5521 cases in 1919 in the United States with lawyers leading at 43, including 42 judges, 66 physicians, 26 teachers and 11 clergymen, 20 presidents, 51 wealthy women, and widespread misery.
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New York
New Save-A-Life League
Germany
Russia
Syria
United States
Smarttel
Pan Germán press lauds Dutch stand on extradition
Pan German and socialist papers praise the Dutch reply to extradition requests regarding the former Emperor William. Berliner and Vorwaertz applaud Holland as upright and defiant, noting the note will enter national history. The press questions whether the victorious powers will risk coercion to force action.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Holland
William
Lokal Anzeiger
Vorwaertz
111, W.W. Members Face Murder Charge in Washington Today
Montesano Wash Jan 2 The case of 11 alleged J W W s charged with murder in connection with the shooting of four former soldiers at Centrali Wash last November during an armistice day parade moves toward trial A third change of venue is sought affidavits claim sentiment in Grays Harbor county would deny a fair trial Ten defendants are charged with the murder of Lieut Warren C Grimm Elmer Smith Centra lis attorney is charged as an accessory before the fact for allegedly aiding inciting and abetting the others in the conspiracy to shoot the former service men
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Associated Press
Montesano
Wash
Centralia
Grays Harbor
Warren C. Grimm
Elmer Smith
Kolchak
Harrris
Ver
khul-Udinsk
Semenoff
Messovaya
Verkhni-Udinsk
Harris
Chita
Japan
Tokio
Siberia
Hara
Diet
China
Far East
United States
Great Britain
He Bolsheryiki
Texas Anti Poolhall Law Grip Limited by Court Action
Austin reports the Texas anti poolhall law has seen limited enforceability since May 1, 1915. Federal injunctions and a December 1919 Fort Worth ruling halted enforcement, then a January 26, 1920 Supreme Court stay. Licenses paid for 2831 tables in 1919. penalties include fines from 25 to 100 dollars or 30 days to one year in jail.
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Austin
Tex
Dallas
Fort Worth
United States Supreme Court
Bolshevik Peasants Reach Chinese Frontier Near Kobde
An official Soviet statement from Moscow says Bolshevik peasants' comships reached the Chinese frontier near Kobde on the western border of Mongolia, according to the Associated Press dispatched from London on January 26.
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China
Associated Press
London
Moscow
Kobde
Mongolia
Kansas industrial court bill passes amid miner strike
Pittsburg and Topeka reports show 400 miners idle at Franklin and Dunirk mines as Kansas moves to empower an industrial relations court with three governor appointed members. The law, published Saturday, grants broad powers over wages conditions and collective bargaining. The reaction from Gov. Allen and court leaders promises action as needed. United States leads global petroleum output at over 61 percent of world crude and rising.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Kansas
Western Coal & Mining Company
Franklin
Wear Coal Company
Dunkirk
H. J. Allen
Altho
Gov
Ahen
Topeka. Miran
Conference Committee
Public Utilities Commission
Census Coupon for Anson T. Hukiil in Waterloo
A census coupon urges residents to mail to supervisor Anson T. Hukiil at 404 Syndicate Building Waterloo. It notes a 1920 inquiry about enumerating a resident at a given address, but states the person believes they were not enumerated there or elsewhere. The text includes garbled name and address fragments.
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Anson T. Hukiil
Syndicate
Waterloo
Waterloo census slip urges proper mailing for count boost
A battered OCR fragment urges residents to mail a census slip from Waterloo to boost the tally. It mentions over 100 additions, contact with Mr Hukill’s office, and a last-week deadline to avoid undercounting the city population.
Council of Ambassadors Tackles Kaiser Reply and Adriatic Talks
Paris press report says the ambassadors' council opened with a focus on the Dutch refusal to surrender the former Emperor William. French experts to draft the reply for approval. The meeting also extended the Jugo-Slav disagreement timeline on Fiume and the Adriatic settlement, while Poland urged defences against Bolshevik threats. German plenipotentiaries raised boundary commission issues due to US non-ratification. French to act pending American status. another session planned.
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Associated Press
Paris
William
Council of the Ambassadors
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Frenc
Jaan
Miller
Hugh ©. Walllace
Adriatic
Fiume
Poland
Stanislas Patek
Foch
Teuts
United States
Teseken
Girl Confessing She Slew Father Alleged Killer of Stepfather
Ursula Broderick, 16, confessed to killing her stepfather John F. Wondlock in 1936 during a juvenile court trial in St. Louis Missouri. She had earlier killed her father Thomas P. Broderick in 1916, claiming defense of her mother amid abuse. If convicted of murder as an adult she faces minimum 10 years. manslaughter could send her to an industrial school until age 21.
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St. Bouts
Ursula Broderick
John F. Wondlock
Woodfork
Liberty
Thomas P. Broderick
Broderick
Missouri
Republicans In Senate Pat Qn Reservations
Washington June 26 Republican leaders in the Senate debate Lodge reservations on the Covenant of the League and the Monroe Doctrine. Discussions with Hitchcock Lamont and Mitchcock aimed at a compromise, with Lodge insisting no change to reservations in articles 1 5 10 and the Monroe Doctrine and warning no two thirds would be secured otherwise.
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Washington, D. C
Lodge
Hitchcock
Semittor Lodge
Hiehcock
Senutor Lodge
Hitchvouk
Senator Lodge
Senate
World Labor Body Governors Meet in Paris
The International Labour Organization governing body opened its first meeting in Paris, confirming credentials of government, workers, and employer delegates. Canadian delegates were delayed and the American delegate absent due to treaty ratification issues tied to Versailles. German representatives attended as part of the delegation.
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Associated Forees
Paris
International Labor Organization
Washington
Inter’ al
Rand
Americ
Versailles
Canning Economy to Be Topic of Three Association Meets
National convention opens in Cleveland with nearly 5000 delegates from the National Canners Association, the Canning Machinery and Supply Association, and the National Canned Foods and Dried Fruit Brokers Association. Joint sessions will seek ways to save pounds of food by boosting production while lowering costs.
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Cleveland, C
National Canners Association
Canning Machinery and Supply Association
National Canned Foods and Dried Fruit Brokers’ Association
Collision halves of transcontinental train kill eight
Montreal Jan 26 reports say a collision of two sections of a Canadian transcontinental train at Corbeil Ontario yesterday left eight or more dead. The disaster is blamed on railway workers failing to hear warning detonators or pedoes explode.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Corbeil
Ont
Catcadian Pacific Railway
Weather forecast for week begins with cool temperatures
Weather predictions indicate cooler than normal temperatures across Upwear Missisimi and lower Missouri. The first half of the week brings fair skies and below average readings, while the second half could see mixed precipitation with possible snowfall.
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Washington, D. C
Missisimi
Missouri Water
Ice Bound Wedge Drift Thwarts Chicago Six on Lake Michigan
Six men who walked onto the ice to reach the schooner Sidney O Neff near Chicago Harbor are missing. Coast Guard Captain Anderson believes they reached the vessel after drifting in the lake ice. The Goodrich Transit flagship Alabama with a 50 crew left Muskegon and became stuck six miles from shore but is not in danger.
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John O. Anderson
Coastguard
Goodrich Transit Company
Alabama
Muskagon
Mich
Powhatan Tows With Halifax as Port
The Army transport Powhatan, adrift for days about 100 miles from Halifax, is in tow by two American tugs and headed for the port. Earlier reports said Relief, a wrecking tug, reached the disabled liner and officials hoped pumps would keep her afloat until towage to port. The Powhatan, once a German liner, is on sale via the shipping board list.
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Associated Press
Halifas
Powhatan
Washington
D. C
Relief
War Department
Army Transport Headquarters
Shinning Board
Snow Costs 27133 for Removal From Minneapolis Tracks
Minnesota report says heavy snow and freezing conditions shut 1100 street cars, sidelined 100 passenger cars, and cost the street railway company 327253. Poster Pannaford, manager, cites 20000 for repairs, 3082 for snow removal, 1200 for extra power, 2900 paid to municipal workers. Eleven plows ran four days, ice harrows used, 16 to 30 men per car station shoveling. Total 1917 snow-removal outlays reported at 541800.
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Minnneapolis
Minn
Minneapolis
Street ‘Railway Company
Poster Pannaford
St. Paul
Hannaford
Sapsucker Signals Spring on Third Street
A sapsucker was spotted on Third Street near Wellington today, its song celebrating sun and warmth. The sighting, tied to seasonal signs like crocuses and robins, sparks chatter about spring and mild weather, while some joke about groundhog shadows delaying warmer days.
Double Epidemic Toll Raises Health Costs Debate
Washington policy action and city health efforts amid a deadly influenza pneumonia surge. A Senate resolution proposes 3 million dollars for public health. reductions reduce it to 2.5 million. Minneapolis and New York report high case counts and deaths. nurses urged to bolster care. Supreme Court recess noted.
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Chicago
Robertson
Middlewest
Canada
G. Dodds
Health Department
N. Y
New York
Totel
Courier delivery by 6 30 according to carrier notice
The notice explains home delivery by 6 30 and that if a pager is not received by that time due to carrier error or other case, readers should call 3330 and a copy of the paper will be sent. Phone calls must reach the native before 8 50 p m.
Bolshevik Captures Include Polish Army Corps in Siberia
Garbled telegram from Joseph H. Ray reports Col Blunt and several American engineers, Miss Ford, Capt. Charette, and a Polish army corps captured by Bolsheviks at Kluchi nkaya in Siberia. Red Cross workers and others believed captured. reports vary and no capital advices yet.
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Associated Press
Siberia
Wurlda
Manchuria
Col Blunt
Miss Ford
Charette
American Red Cross
Kliuchinskaya
Joseph H. Ray
Irkutsk
Washington, D. C
Greu
Red Cross
Kluchingkaya
Chile
State
War Departments
Col. Blunt
War Department
Frank Roscoe Blunt
Blanc
Stevens Railway Commission
Qonco
O.G. We
Stevens Commission
Blunt
Miajor
Engineer Reserve Corps
Chilean National Railways
Chicago Great Western Road
Edward Hercules Charette
Stockton
Cal
Ned Cross
China
Kolchak
Krasnoyarsk
Messovaya
Semenoi
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