Bolshevik Influence in U S Reported by Senate Probe
Archibald Stevenson of the military intelligence bureau testified before the senate committee that Bolshevik organizers already run soviets in American industrial centers and plan to seize the government. He cited leaders John Reed and Albert Rhys Williams, state schools for Bolshevik teaching, and funds from Russia funneled through the Staats Zeitung. He urged deportations, law-based penalties for agitators, and counter propaganda education.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Archibald Stevenson
Military Intelligence Bureau
Sov
Stevenson
United States
Germany
New York
Staasts Zeitung
Mr. Stevenson
John Reed
Albert Rhys Williams
Hutchins Hapgood
Leonard JD. Abbott
Howe
Senator Overman
Frederic C. Howe
Immigration
Staats Zeitung
104000 Men In Hospitals Overseas Declares Smith
Colonel W. H. Smith of the surgeon General's office told a senate committee that about 104000 American soldiers are in hospitals overseas. He said many will not be brought home until they recover, and that 4500 beds in U S hospitals are vacant to be used as wounded return.
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Washington
Janie
W. H. Smith
Surgeon General’s Office
Senate
Smith
Bolsheviki Evacuate Petrograd and Move War HQ
Copenhagen dispatch reports Bolsheviki forces evacuating Petrograd and removing stores. It says Leon Trotzky, minister of war, is moving headquarters to Nizhni Novgorod and notes the anti Bolshevik movement is gaining ground daily.
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Copenhagen
Petrograd
Berlinske Tidende
Helsingfors
Leon Trotzky
Nizni-Novgorod
Hitchcock Defends Bill For European Food Relief
Nebraskan Senator Hitchcock leads bipartisan push to pass the European food relief appropriation urging aid to President Wilson at the Paris peace talks. Opponents warn against internationalism while praising Hoover and the food administration for stabilizing meat prices.
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Associated Press
Washington
Europe
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Democrat
Foreign Relations Committee
Smoot
Utah
Kellogg
Minnesota
Cummins
Iowa
Sherman
Lilinois
Senate
Wilson
America
Hoover
Food Administration
Martin
Germany
War Department lists AEF division commanders date Jan 2
The War Department released locations of American Expeditionary Forces divisions as of January 2 with current commanders. Several generals were relieved and many divisions moved, listing 1st through 78th divisions with their posts and leaders, noting some on priority or skeletonized status.
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War Department
Associated Press
Washington
Charles D. Rhoades
Peter E. Traub
Leroy
Lyon
Charles E. Martin
87Th
William F. Martin
80Th
John P. O'Neill
92Nd
James B
Montabaur
E. F. McGlachlin
Heddesdorff
John J. Lejeune
Andermich
Robert L. Howzee
Bertrich
Mark L. Hersey
Escheur Alsette
Hanson E. Ely
Aignley le Dux
Walter H. Gordon
Commercy
Thomas B. Dugan
Cheney
W. R Smith
Wormhoudt
Lemans
Charles B Farnsworth
Ahrweiler
Clement A. F. Flagler
Karolyi Warns Territorial Integrity Key to European Peace
Count Karolyi, president of Hungary, said maintaining Hungarys territorial integrity is essential to peace in Europe. He warned about loss of Hungarian lands after World War I and proposed autonomy for detaching peoples, plus the idea of a Danubian federation, noting limited foreign policy contacts.
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Karolyi
Hungary
Budapest
Count Karolyi
Soughet
Swift Says Meat Surplus May Cost Swift 2.5 Million
Louis F. Swift told the House Interstate Commerce committee that a one cent per pound pork price drop could cost his firm about 2.5 million dollars due to meat already prepared for export. He favored government supervised price controls to avoid class legislation and argued for car access and rail support to aid small packers.
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Packer
Ay Associate
Washington
Louis F. Swift
Swift Company
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Food Administration
Swift
Swift & Company
Federal Trade Commission
Outrage Claims Spark Texas Rangers Debate in House
In Austin on January 23, Representative J. T. Canales cited alleged Ranger abuses in Cameron County as he defended a measure to reorganize the ranger service. He alleged a man missing for six months after arrest, a dead body with three gunshot wounds found, and others allegedly taken from homes and buried without honor. Representative George H. Terrell echoed fears of border-area citizens about Ranger murders surpassing outlaw bloodshed.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas Rangers
House of Representatives
J. T. Canales
Cameron County
Canales
George H. Terrell
Border Counties
Railroads earned about 718 million in 1918 under government control
Rail lines under government control in 1918 earned about 718 million dollars, roughly 250 million less than 1917 and well below the 1916 record, with 11 months of data from 195 principal railroads and December estimates pointing to smaller earnings. Operating expenses rose sharply to about 3.971 billion, up 1.119 billion from the prior year, while freight and passenger traffic declined as war shipments to Europe ceased. Officials estimate 1918 net railway income around 25 to 30 million, far below December 1917’s 59.2 million.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Administration
Europe
Bizsards
Barnes outlines plan for international labor commission
George Nicoll Barnes presents Britain's labor internationalization proposal to the Associated Press in Paris. A global commission of labor and capital would be created under the league of nations to settle labor issues and oversee an international labor conference. Noncompliant nations could face loss of trade privileges with fellow states.
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Associated Press
Paris
Great Britain
Associated Preps
George Nicoll Barnes
League of Nations
Peace Conference
Labor Conference
Central International Commission For the Betterment
International Labor Commission
International Labor Compise Sion
Bureau
Barnes
Four Main Subjects for Saturday's Allied Conference
The Associated Press reports Paris discussions focus on four topics for Saturday. International labor legislation, responsibility for war and punishments, indemnities, and internationalization of ports waterways and railways.
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Great Powers Siesta
Wilson
Huen
Germany
Marshal Foch
Haig
Pershing
General Dine
War Council of Versaiiles
Russia
Poland
China Wants Treaty Revisions At Peace Conference
The Chinese agency says the 1915 China Japan treaties, forged after Japan’s 21 demands, should be revised at the peace conference. It likens them to Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest settlements and accuses Japan of coercion, arguing the treaties harmed China’s independence and territorial integrity. The statement notes US protest and predicts Japan’s attitude toward China will affect conference decisions.
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Associated Prec
Washington
Japan
Trs
Brest- Litovsk
Bucharest
China
Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Huchares
America
Uwe Tmes
United States
Viscount Uchida
Visccount Uchida
Ching
Ehhee
Thetatement
Viscount Uehida
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