Peace Congress Opens Formally in New York and Paris
New York report says President Wilson cabled optimism on a League of Nations agreement after a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall. In Paris Wilson sits beside Clemenceau at the opening of the peace congress as press reports provoke debate over secrecy and publicity.
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New York
Wilson
Henry Clews
The
Civic Forum
League of Nations
Carnegie Hall
Woodrow Wilson
Clemenceau
Paris
Peace Congress
Lloyd George
Supreme Interallied Council
Premier Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Mistral
M. Clemenceau
New York Tribune
Garet Garrett
Tribune
Censorship of Miss Frances Perkins Cable Spreads in Paris
Paris dispatch reports the cable to the Tribune shown to President Wilson and suppressed by the French government. American observers say the move is welcomed by British and American officials who seek broader public access to the proceedings.
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Tribune
Wilson
Frances Perkins
Paul Wilson
Mitchel
Smith
New York
Marshal Foch Praises American Army as Superb
In Treves Marshal Foch tells American correspondents the Rhine must be a barrier between Germany and France and praises General Pershing for concentrating forces for a decisive attack. He lauds American troops as superb, noting their vigor and gallantry in the Argonne Meuse offensive and at the Rhine.
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Marshal Foch
Pershing
Argonne- Meuse
Rhine
Germany
Lorraine
Russ Rise Against Reds in Petrograd
Reports from Reval say a counter revolution has broken out in Petrograd and Bolsheviks have begun a general retreat eastward from Estonia as of January 18 in Helsingfors.
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Petrograd
Helsingfors
Petrorad
Reval
Sthonia
Killed in Berlin Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
Berlin reports say Rosa Luxemburg and Doctor Karl Liebknecht were killed after crowds attacked them at the Hotel Eden. Luxemburg was beaten unconscious and shot after being pulled from a car. Liebknecht was shot while attempting to escape toward a prison car.
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Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxembourg
Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Doctor Liebknecht
Fraulein Luxemburg
IWW Antiwar Conspiracy Defendants Sentenced
Sentences ranging from one to ten years were imposed on 43 of 46 defendants by United States District Judge F H Rudkin in Sacramento. The only woman defendant Theodore Pollok Basile Saffores and A L Fox had their sentences held up as counsel prepared motions for a new trial.
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Cal
United States
F. H. Rudkin
Spokane
Waeh
Industrial Workers of the World
Theodore Pollok
Basile Saffores
A. L. Fox
Regular air service from London to Paris to start Monday
A London to Paris aerial passenger service connected with the peace conference will begin Monday. Several airplanes are fitted with comfortable two passenger cabins, glass enclosed table, cushions, and will fly the route in about two hours.
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London
Paris
Allied forces to occupy Rhine harbors and landing places
Amsterdam January 18 reports the commander of the neutral zone east of the Rhine in Duisberg Rhenish Prussia announces Allied troops will take control of harbors and landing places on the right bank. Two companies will occupy Duisberg.
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Rhine
Foch Threatens to Break Armistice Terms
Paris reports General Foch warned in the Matin he will break the armistice with Germany if terms are not fulfilled promptly.
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Representation of Russia at peace conference deemed impossible
Paris reports that for the time being no Russian element can participate in the peace conference. The note states that representation by any Russian faction is impossible at present.
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Paris
Russia
Represen
Paincaire Declares Peace Delegates Hold World’s Future
Paris dispatch reports Paincaire telling peace delegates that they hold the future of the world at the opening of sessions. He praises Allied nations and Germany’s iron rule, lauds America's course, and hails Wilson and the American people and army.
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Poincaire
Paris
Painaire
Germany
America
Wilson
British steamer Belgie Carries 3000 Allied Troops to Camp Grant
The Belgie arrived with over 3000 American expeditionary forces personnel, including 86 officers and 2486 men of the Forty sixth regular infantry commanded by Col. L. C. Palmer. 107 were sick. Troops had served in France. In Newport News, Virginia, battleships Virginia and Rhode Island arrived with 2000 troops from France.
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Trest
Col
L. C. Palmer
France
Newport News
Virginia
Rhode Island
Bolsheviks Offer End to Propaganda If Peace Talks Open
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Maxim Litvinov as saying the Bolshevik government would end world propaganda if the Allies agree to enter peace negotiations. Omsk reports unity of command for Siberian fronts under General Janin as he directs allied forces with aim of defeating the Bolsheviks. In Warsaw German authorities refuse entry to US agent Foster and British Colonel Wade at Bialystok, warning they would be treated as enemies if they crossed the frontier.
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Maxim Litvinoff
London
Wilson
Russia
Social Demokraten
Omsk
Siberian
Jules Janin
Warsaw
Bialystok
Reginald Foster
Peace Commission
Wade
Lapy
Tenth Army
Foster
New Laws Will Be Asked In Washington By Dry Leaders
Dry leaders in Washington foresee strong support for further statutes enforcing the national prohibition amendment. Wisconsin and Minnesota governments ratified the amendment while Congress prepares to define enforcement, penalties, and rules for legal liquor uses and drug and patent medicines.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
House
Senate
Minnesota
St. Paul
Washington
Dinwiddie
Congress
America
Supreme Court
Law-Enforcement Commission
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
End of Strikes in Argentina Amid Casualties
In Buenos Aires a 4 PM conference with President Irigoyen, labor leaders agreed to end all strikes except the harbor shipping stoppage. Casualties in the past week range from 850 to 1,000 killed and 3,500 to 5,000 wounded, with many uncounted due to rioter complicity.
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Buenos Aires
Irigoyen Law
Argentina
Ships Repartition: All American Vessels Returned Except Army Use
The United States shipping board announces that all requisitioned American ships are released to their owners, except those still engaged in army service. The decision affects vessels nationwide and marks a broad return of ships to private control.
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New York
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Tortured Priests Escape Accounts From Siberia
In Omsk reports priests who fled Perm describe brutal torture by troops under General Gaida. They claim priests were plunged into ice water then hot water, flogged, and slain by sticks driven into their backs after the battle and Perm’s capture.
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Siberia
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