Wilson Honored by French Senate in Paris Luncheon
President Wilson addressed the French senate after being greeted by Antonin Dubost. Senate leaders praised his vision for a new world order and spoke of shared ideals guiding peace and civilization across nations. Wilson said a new world is awakening to a common interest and urged global organization to secure free institutions.
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U. S
Paris
Wilson
Senate
Antonin Dubost
M. Dubost
France
Peples
Europe
Unofficial U S Embassy Proposed for Germany
Paris January 21 The American delegation to the peace conference is considering establishing an unofficial U S embassy in Germany. The mission would have no relations with German authorities or accreditation to the government. Its role would be to gather direct information on conditions and events in Berlin and the provinces to inform the peace discussions.
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Paris
Germany
Berlin
Reds Claim Union With Soviet Government Amid Ukraine Accession
News from Kiev and Berne reports White Russia has proclaimed its union with the Russian Soviet Republic. Dispatches note German forces in the Baltic region, with Mitau in Bolshevik hands and advances near Riga. Repatriation and eastern operations are slated from Koenigsberg under Hindenburg. Bolshevik activity along the Polish frontier appears to slow.
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Zurich
Russia
Kiev
Berne
Mitau
Bohesjani
Schaulan
Tukkum
Golduz
Riga
Koenigsberg
von Hindenburg
Warsaw
Grodno
Falkenhayn
Suwalki
Hoffmann
Koenigsburg
Allies Agree on Trans-Siberian Railway Control
Information from Vladivostok on June 21 reports an Allied accord on control of the Trans-Siberian railway. Major Stevens is named chief executive. a mixed Allied committee with a Japanese chairman will oversee. Britain runs Irkutsk to the west, France operates the Amur branch, and the United States handles the Chinese Eastern railway.
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Major Stevens
Siberian
Vladivostok
trans-Siberian Railway
Irkutsk
Amur
TO SAIL BACK VIA THE RHINE
Arrangements are reported to send the American army of occupation home by way of the Rhine to Rotterdam or another German port for embarkation. The plan calls for many barges and river steamers to transport troops and a concurrent plan to bring U S army supplies up the Rhine to Coblenz from Rotterdam to avoid a long rail haul across France.
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Coblenz
Rhine
Rotterdam
France
Rebels Rise in Portugal Proclaim Monarchy Ruler
In Lisbon on January 21 royalists proclaimed a restoration of the monarchy naming former King Manuel as ruler. The proclamation spread to Oporto Braga and Viseu as government troops moved to quell the conspiracy. Manuel is said to have tried to thwart the plot.
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Manuel
Lisbon
Portugal
Oporto
Braga
Viseu
Swedish Troops Planned for Lithuania to Halt Bolsheviki Advance
Stockholm January 21 Swedish authorities announce a military expedition will be sent into Lithuania this week to stem the Bolsheviki advance. Lithuanian forces are unable to stop the invasion.
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Lithuania
Peace conference makes progress on league plan
Ten delegates at the Paris peace conference report progress on forming a league of nations. President Wilson has about twenty five working days to craft a workable framework with allies as Orlando attends sessions on the Russian question and labor protection laws loom in the agenda.
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Paris
Vittorio Orlando
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Orlando
Rome
Wilson
Lansing
United States
Supreme Council of the Peace Congress
League of Nations
Murat
Lord Robert Cecil
Seon Bourgeois
Jan Christian Smuts
France
Society of Nations
Esthonian Troops Drive Bolsehvik Gains Near Narva
Esthonian forces northeast of Lake Peipus seize Narva and take numerous prisoners in a notable victory over the Bolsheviks. The push marks a strong tactical success amid the ongoing campaign.
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Lake
Peipus
Narva
Mrs Ida Clyde Clarke to Tour South America
Mrs Ida Clyde Clarke of Washington has been appointed by the national YWCA board to tour South American countries visiting all capitals. The organization aims to extend its work to India and begin a global campaign within years. Clarke is the first foreign representative and has been a prominent journalist for several years.
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Ida Clyde Clarke
Washington
South America
India
Clarke
Proposed German constitution halves power with seven year president
London reports a wireless Berlin dispatch outlining a new Reich constitution. It creates an empire of former states plus self determined territories, with a directly elected imperial president serving seven years and eligible for reelection. The president handles representation. war and peace rest with the Reichstag. treaties need Reichstag approval. The chancellor and ministers are appointed by the president of the Reichstag and must maintain Reichstag confidence.
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London
Germany
Hugo Preuss
Ebert
Berlin
Empire
League of Nations
League
Reichstag
House of Deputies
Labor Shortage and High Wages Plague Railroads in 1919
Chicago officials report continued labor shortages and rising wages through 1919 as railroads fear competition for workers. Officials cite 2,000,000 in federal service, 75,000 needed for rehabilitation, and influx shifts since the war. Officials urge cooperative staffing and wage restraint to curb turnover and maintain efficiency.
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Chicago
Charles J. Boyd
Thellinois Free
United States
Freund
Federal Bureau
W. G. Beird
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Trains Crash in Fog Kills Two Sailors
Two Navy bluejackets, F. J. Paynter and J. G. McGinnis, die as fog causes collisions on Northwestern and Ravenswood lines. The Mayfair south wreck at 6 50 a m and the Irving Park crash at 7 30 a m injure about 70 others. engineer CC Anderson blamed for limited visibility.
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Northwestern Railway
Ravenswood
F. J. Paynter
Great Lakes
J. G. McGinnis
Mayfair
CC. M. Anderson
Paynter
United States Marine Hospital
Irving Park
Kenwood
StreetCar Strikes Home After Losing Control Injures Sixteen
A San Francisco street car on a steep residential hill ran off the track and smashed into a residence injuring sixteen people, three seriously. Passengers say the controller caught fire two blocks above a curve and the motorman jumped.
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San Francisco
Flys From Texas To Coast Arrive At Rockwell Field
Maj. T. C. Macauley flew from Taliaferro field Port Worth Texas to Rockwell field North Island covering 883 miles in four hours and forty minutes arriving Monday morning at 61 05 o clock local time.
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San Diego
Cal
T. C. Macauley
Taliaferro Field
Port Worth
Tex
Rockwell Field
North Island
Tucson
Ariz
Texas Mob Burns Negro Bragg Williams at Jail
A mob broke into the jail at Tlilishoro and dragged Bragg Williams a Black man to the square where they burned him alive. In a separate note WH. Hams awaits execution on February 21 for the murder of Mrs. George Wella and her child on December 2, 1918.
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Tlilishoro
Tex
Bragg Williams
Hams
George Wella
New Film Merger Formed In Major Theaters Consolidation
Announcement from Los Angeles states United Picture Theaters of America World Film Company and Peerless Producing Company of Fort Lee N J merge to form a new organization that will control 1 300 motion picture theaters in the United States.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United Picture Theaters of America, Inc
The
World Film Company
Peerless Producing Company
Fort Lee
N. J
Cholera Outbreak Drives Hamburg Fatal Toll
London reports a Hamburg cholera surge with seventy deaths and widespread illness, per Exchange Telegraph. The outbreak prompts health warnings and urgent efforts from city authorities.
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London
Hamburg
Exchange ‘Telegraph
Alleged Slayer Deserter Caught After Night Chase
Horace Landers, accused of killing Sheriff C. D. Barber of Jackson County, was captured by a posse near Gainesville after an all night pursuit in Georgia. The arrest ends a tense manhunt tracing to Athens where Landers was last seen.
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Athens
Horace Landers
C. D. Barber
Jackson County
Gainesville
Blaze Destroys Three-Story Building in Sioux City
A three story store and office building at Pierce and Sixth streets owned by the T. and Martin estate and occupying a quarter block burned Sunday morning. The entire third floor housed two Masonic lodges.
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Sioux City
Pierce and
Sixth Streets
T. & Martin
Confession Solves Mystery in Yonkers Murder Case
Yonkers police said Patrick O'Donnell aged thirty confessed in court to killing seven year old Elizabeth Mary, a stenographer in Queens, after his arrest following the murder. The discovery ends a citywide search as authorities pursue further charges.
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Yonkers
N. Y
New York
Elizabeth Mary
Queens
Patrick O'Donnell
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