Polish flag incident in Posen sparks street fighting
Reports from Copenhagen and Berlin describe German fire on an allied auto bearing the American flag triggering hours of fighting in Posen. Casualties include 38 women and children and about 100 Germans and Poles. Paderewski’s visit linked to a proposed Polish republic with him as president.
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Associated Press
London
Posen
Exchange
Copenhagen
Warsaw
Schimmelfeng
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Ebert Cabinet Questioned in Germany Crisis
Berlin dispatch reports the German cabinet faced a cross examination by the Council of Soldiers and Workers as independents retreated. Haase Dittmann and Earth resigned. Ebert Scheidemann Lansberg assume control as the revolutionary government solidifies amid economic strains.
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Soldiers and Workers’ Council
Ebert
Scheidemann
Publicity
Lansberg
Council of the Cabinet
France Sets Peace Terms and Defends Alsace Lorraine Frontiers
Paris reports Russian troops captured Perm with 18 000 prisoners and M Pichon outlined France's peace terms in the Chamber of Deputies. He said intervention in Russia would be defensive, vowed publicity for the peace conference, and that France seeks a league of nations without annexations while guarding Alsace Lorraine.
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Associated Press
Paris
Perm
M. Pichon
Chamber
Clemenceau
M. Franklin-Bouillon
Committee of Foreign Affairs
Tribune
Marcel Cachin
League of Nations
M. Bracke
Alsace-Lorraine
M. Franklin-Bouilon
Vatican
Russia
Weather forecast for Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Indiana
The forecast notes fair and warmer conditions in Ohio and Kentucky on Monday, with rain or snow likely Tuesday and cooler temperatures later. West Virginia sees partly cold and somewhat warmer weather, with possible rain or snow Tuesday. Indiana expected fair but warmer Monday, followed by rain or snow and a drop in temperatures Tuesday.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky—Fair
Indiana—Fair
Berlin urged to show resolve by peaceful Sunday protest
The Majority Socialists appeal to Berlin residents to gather peacefully to reject terror and prevent occupation by Entente forces. The central council of 27 majority Socialists seeks to align with broader German views, while Die Freiheit notes left wing cabinet members press for central council accountability for Tuesday street clashes and threaten to resign if Ebert is cleared.
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Havas
Basel
Berlin
Central Council
National Congress
Germany
Die Freiheit
Board of Twenty-Seven
Ebert
Berlin braces for Sunday open air meetings unrest
Berlin anxiously awaits Sunday as dispatches from Copenhagen and Amsterdam warn that large open air meetings in the capital could provoke serious trouble. The reports indicate growing concern among the bourgeoisie about potential demonstrations.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Reed Wallops League Again
New York tonight Senator James A. Reed of Missouri attacked the proposed League of Nations at a Society of Arts and Sciences dinner. He warned it would surrender revolutionary rights, transfer Congress powers, and place vital U S interests under European control and prejudiced tribunals.
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Associated Press
New York
James A. Reed
Missouri
Society of Arts and Sciences
League of Nations
Reed
Fathers of the Republic
Congress of the
United States
League Or International Court
Sinn Fein's Latest Outrage Over Cork War Monument
Sinn Feiners in Cork blew up the monument to South African War soldiers after the election results were announced. London reports note huge margins for many winners and the new franchise bars deposits for those with less than an eighth of votes polled.
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Cork
Sinn
Bristol Fire Ravages Five Business Houses in Dominion Bank Loss
Bristol Virginia January fire destroys five large business structures on State Street including the Dominion National Bank. Kingsport fire units aid after explosions and a power plant loss plunges the city into darkness, with no lives reported.
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Associated Press
Bristol
Tenn
Dominion National Bank
Kingsport
State Street
Mitchell-Powers Hardware Company
Bristol Gas and Electric Company
U S Transports Bring Home Officers and War Equipment
The United States Transports Sherman Cartago and Sixaola arrived from France with about 250 officers and men of the army and navy and a quantity of equipment and explosives. Notable arrivals include Brigadier Generals W. J. Nicholson Daniel B. Devere and John A. Johnson and officers who earned the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Sherman, Cartago
Sixaola
France
Army
Cartago
Bordeaux
Sherman
Mar
W. J. Nicholson
Daniel B. Devere
John A. Johnson
T.S. Whiting
Hampton
Italy
E. M. Shinkle
Chevy Chase
John B. McCord
Pittsburgh
M. G. Baker
Peabody
Kan
Stewart
Edward White
San Francisco
R. M. Pugh
Wayne, Pa
J. H. Payton
Charlottesville
Thomas A. Watson
Fond du Lac
Wis
128Th Infantry
Fismes
128Th
Paul D. Coles
Seattle
Valentine A. Browning
Ordnance Department
Kaiser War Innocence League Proposed in Berlin
In Berlin on a Saturday in late December a League for the Protection of the Personal Liberty and Life of the Kaiser is formed. It plans to appeal to former act visers of the ex Emperor and associated diplomats to submit documents proving the Emperor's innocence of causing the war. Prince Henry of Prussia was named as possible president with von Hindenburg also proposed.
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Beieve
Berlin
Prince Henry of Prussia
Nurse Grace McBride Dies of Typhus in Vladivostok
Shanghai born nurse Grace McBride from Mansfield Ohio died of typhus at Tiumen as typhus cases reach Vladivostok with one patient found at a crowded railway station and another in Red Cross refugee barracks.
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Shanghai
Mansfield, O
Tiumen
Vladivostok
Red Cross
Zionist Campaign Plan Aims 1 Million Signatures
The Zionist organization of America announced a nationwide drive to secure at least one million signatures on a petition urging peace commissioners to endorse and aid the development of a Jewish commonwealth in Palestine under British trusteeship. The campaign will run for twenty days.
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Associated Press
New York
Palestine
Great Britain
Zionist Organization of America
Exchange Rate Set For Occupied Zone
Associated Press reports that starting Saturday the exchange rate in the occupied area will be 166 marks for 100 francs, as arranged by the American Army of Occupation.
Collection of War Damages Proves a Knotty Problem
Paris in late December discusses the postwar financial settlement and the proposed Interallied Financial Society to liquidate allied war debts. Debates in the French Senate and Chamber focus on financing duties, potential entry of enemy powers, and per-nation payment shares including Germany, Austria, Turkey, and Hungary.
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Senate
Bank of France
Chamber
Financial Society of Nations
Germany
Austria
Turkey
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