Logan Leads Boston's Own on Homeward Return
Boston plans a grand homecoming for Colonel Edward L. Logan and the 101st Infantry as reinforcements are restored to command. Bert Ford of the International News Service reports the reinstatement signals an immediate return, with preparations described as among the city’s greatest military events.
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Boston American
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International News Service
France
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War Skeena Afloat in Fire Off Irish Coast
The American steamer War Skeena, a wooden 1416 ton vessel, is on fire 12 miles east of the Blackwater Light Vessel near Wexford. Naval ships are aiding. War Skeena sailed January 17 from Newport News bound for Glasgow.
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Queenstown
Newport News
Glasgow
U S Forces to Return Home on Five Transports
The War Department announced the departure from France of five transports carrying more than 650 officers and 15,000 men. Aboard are the 371st and 372d Infantry complete units plus parts of other regiments and the 68th Coast Artillery Regiment. They are due in New York Boston and Newport News between February 12 and 18.
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France
War Department
68Th Coast Artillery Regiment
New York
Boston
Newport News
The Leviathan Arrives With Two Thirds Of Returning Troops
The Leviathan is due in New York February 15 carrying about two thirds of the total returning troops. It includes units from the 98th Division and 368th Infantry, plus convalescent detachments. The Regina with 2000 troops sails to Boston February 12 carrying part of the 2d.
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Will Visit Belgium Before Sailing to Reach League Points
American and British officials plan talks this week to settle vital points of the League of Nations while the Russian situation remains a major threat as Bolsheviks gain strength. America and Britain stand together on key issues as the journey approaches.
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Belgium
League of Nations
America
Britain
Boston to host New England congress opening with Taft and friends
A party of 13 speakers arrives in Boston this morning to open the New England congress with former President Taft Secretary of War Baker and former ambassador James W. Gerard among the distinguished participants.
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William Howard Taft
United States
New England
League of Nations
Clinedinst
Taft
Baker
James W. Gerard
German Empire
Boston
New England Congress
Rhode Island Senate Rejects Prohibition Amendment
The Rhode Island Senate defeated the federal prohibition amendment on a 25 to 12 roll call. This marks the state’s third refusal to ratify a federal amendment after the 16th and 17th amendments earlier adopted or rejected.
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Providence
Rhode Island Senate
United States
Bremen Riots Leave 85 Dead and Hundreds Wounded
Paris dispatch from Bremen reports Tuesday clashes in the city resulting in 85 killed and several hundred wounded. Local authorities vow investigations as security forces restore order.
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Paris
Havas
Overcoats Offered at Reduced Prices by F. Gray Co
Heavy coats in olive, box, cheviots and tweeds ranging from $20 to $11.90. Entire stock on sale at F Gray Co located at Washington corner Hanover Street. Limited stock highlighted in brisk local advertisement.
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First death in Lawrence strike rocks city scene
Biaggio Benturo, 41, of 50 Common street, was shot to death near Essex and Common streets while returning from a strikers meeting. Patrolmen and reserves cordoned off the area as investigators sought the killer, Benturo dying en route to Lawrence General Hospital. A relative said Benturo supported the strike but was not in sympathy with it.
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Essex Street
Bartlett
Drummond
Lawrence Mill Strike Dwindles as Return of Workers Expected
Lawrence reports a dwindling strike among 28 000 of 35 000 mill operatives with predictions of a steady influx back to the mills starting Monday morning. Officials indicate renewed work and adjusted schedules as the labor action winds down.
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Fire and Gas Kill Five on Paris Metz Train
Five people died and sixteen were injured when two coaches filled with noxious gases exploded into flames as the Paris Metz railway train entered a tunnel. Authorities face puzzling circumstances over how the disaster occurred after the coaches were handed over by Germany.
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Paris-Metz
Germany
Two German handed railway coaches trigger deadly tunnel crash
Train No 47 bound for Metz traversed a tunnel at Nanteuil when two coaches handed over by Germany released noxious gas. Passengers opened windows and air brought a fire, causing panic and a collision with an oncoming train. Five killed and 16 injured, eight with gas effects. Hospital treatment at Chateau-Thierry. An official railroad statement followed.
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France
Germany
Metz
Nanteuil
Chateau- Thierry
President Wilson’s Paris visit and League talks
President Wilson plans to leave Paris soon after a hurried Washington visit to end Congress. He aims to wrap up key League of Nations points with Britain’s Lloyd George and Balfour before returning to Belgium and then America. The talks indicate continued U.S. and British unity on the League.
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Paris
Wilson
Washington
Belgium
America
League of Nations
Lloyd George
Balfour
United States
Great Britain
Anniversaries and War Dates Highlight 1812 to 1917
Highctine today lists Dickens birth in 1812 and major events such as Japan declaring war on Russia in 1904, Allied bombardment at the Dardanelles in 1915, and the California torpedo attack in 1917. It notes a SpainGERmany protest from a year ago over looting and torpedoing of a Swedish grain ship.
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Russia
Dardanelles
California
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Germany
Giraldo
United States
Boston Area Weekend Forecast Promises Fair Skies
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather Friday and probably Saturday with gentle westerly winds turning variable. In New England the outlook remains fair with near normal temperatures. The Atlantic States expect fair weather Friday and Saturday with moderate northwest to west winds and no big temperature change.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Mayor Peters Hopes Wilson May Land in Boston
Mayor Peters said a recent private letter from President Wilson suggests a hopeful sign he may choose Boston as his debarkation port on return from Europe. The letter marked Personal remains private, but the mayor sees possibility despite no formal commitment.
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Boston
Peters
Wilson
Europe
German aviator who shot Roosevelt killed in January
Burlington Vermont dispatch reports Christian Donhauser, the German aviator credited with shooting down Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, died January 13 after his plane went out of control and plunged to the ground, according to Ben Braker who witnessed the death at a German air field.
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Quentin Roosevelt
Ben Braker
Germany
Roosevelt
Christian Donhauser
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