Lisbon Crown Rebellion Crushed As Monarchy Fails
In Portugal the royalist uprising in the north is being suppressed by republican troops aided by marines and volunteers. In Lisbon, Monsantos forts fell after bombardment, 12 killed and 51 wounded, while Ex King Manuel’s envoy Ayres Ornellas was killed in fighting. Manuel may be in London with no plan to return.
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Vigo
Spain
Manuel
Portugal
Minho
Caminha
Oporto
Lisbon
Ayres Ornellas
Monsanto
Braga
Monsanto Hill
Muque
Republic
Vianma
Vizeu
England
Food Aid Ship Westward Ho Heads for Danzig
The steamship Westward Ho with a $2,000,000 cargo of foodstuffs and clothing for destitute Poles sailed from Hoboken to Danzig. The navy attached vessel was sent by the joint distribution committee of the American Fund for Jewish War Sufferers.
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New York
Westward Ho
Hobokken
Danzig
Navy
Joint Distribution Committee
American Fund For
Wilsons Visit Chateau Thierry Amid Storm in France
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson with Rear Admiral Grayson and French and American generals left Pavia by car for a Chateau Thierry region visit. A heavy storm began about the same time as departure, dampening the plans of the party.
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Paris
Wilson
Grayson
Urican
Pavia
Automobile
Expect Red Attack
The New Berliner Zeitung reports Berlin preparing for a Bolshevik invasion in spring. It says the government seeks authority from the national assembly to mobilize two armies for East Prussia and Silesia, while reorganizing volun teer battalions and shielding troops returning via the Ukraine. Officers show reluctance to reenlist after the revolution.
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Berlin
Berliner Zeitung
National Assembly
East Prussia
Silesia
Near East
Ukraine
Germany and Russia to join League of Nations by stable politics
Berlin reports from Paris say Germany and Russia would be admitted to the League of Nations only after their political situations reach stability. Count Lernstorff told a correspondent that foreign office officials and other high figures expect the issue to be resolved by the assembly meeting.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Paris
Germany
Russia
League of Nations
Count von Lernstorff
Peace conference preliminaries due by late March
Paris reports in the London Daily Mail that preliminaries for peace are expected to be finished and ready for submission to the French chamber between March 16 and 31. The Paris edition notes rapid conference organization and comments that the second plenary session has been characterized by speed.
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Paris
London Daily Mail
The
Figaro
Huns vow to defend borders amid Czech Polish clashes
Vorwaerts reports Germany will not allow its territory to be used for Polish or Czech rivalries. The government aims to shield the people from Polish and Czech adventures and ensure security at the borders.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
Germany
Fanna Oe
Ebert's Position Unknown on Surrender Demand for Former Emperor
Paris January 27 Robert Lansing named to American peace committee on responsibility for the war with a second member to be drawn from the mission experts. German position holds no urgent surrender demand has been made while Clemenceau outlines peace conference committees on responsibility reparations labor law ports waterways and railways with national delegates listed for each area.
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Paris
Robert Lansing
Ebert
William Hohenzollern
Holland
Clemenceau
Peace Congress
Congress
Great Britain
Gordon Hewart
France
Andre Tardieu
Ferdinand Lamaude
Italy
Vierro Scialoia
Ramondo
United States
B. M. Baruch
John W. Davis
Vance McCormick
William Morris Hughes
Sir John Simon
Baron Cunliffe
L. Klotz
L. P. Locheur
A. F. Lebhrup
Antonio Salandra
General Badoglio
Japan
Baron Makino
Baron Nobuaku
E. N. Hurley
Samuel Gompers
George Nicol Barnes
Ian Malcolm
Three Hundred Thousand Soldiers To Be Returned Monthly
Washington dispatch reports General March stating arrangements will allow 300000 U S soldiers to be returned from foreign lands each month. Demobilization could be finished in six months according to the general with the plan taking effect soon.
Allied forces shorten line south of Archangel
British and American troops retreat from Shenkurk under Bolshevik pressure and fall back to a shorter line north of the town. The force, mainly Americans and Russians, fights along the Archangel front in the Soviet war theater.
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Archangel
Kurck
Bodies of Liebknecht and 33 others buried near Berlin
Berlin, Jan 27. The bodies of Dr Karl Liebknecht and 33 comrades killed in the recent disorders were buried at Friedrichsfelde. Soldiers manned central Berlin streets while thousands of workers paused work to join a demonstration with no serious clashes reported.
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Berlin
Karl Liebknecht
Friedrichsfelde
Wilson frames women’s vote as domestic policy question
President Wilson addresses a Paris delegation of French working women at the Murat mansion. He thanks Mile. Thomson and others, acknowledges the honor, and says the right of women to participate in politics is a domestic matter for each nation. He warns a peace conference should not dictate internal policy to states.
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Paris
France
Murat
Wilson
Mile. Thomson
Pershing's Hospital Data Report on Army Infirmaries
Washington January 27 General Pershing's war department report shows on January 9 there were 105 753 American army soldiers in hospitals in France and England. Of these 72642 had disease and 83111 had wounds or injuries. The number of hospital cases is falling with a drop of over 15000 since the prior week.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
France
England
U. S. Flyers Spark Rhine Moselle Pranks Near Coblenz
American aviators entertained the Coblenz area by looping over the Rhine and Moselle valleys, skimming water, and nearly hitting Rhine steamers. They flew past Pfaffen dorf bridge near the Third Army headquarters, drawing large crowds and defying count.
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Coblenz
Rhine and
Moselle
Pfaffendorf
Third Army
Czech Troops Capture Oderberg From Poles
Prague dispatch reports Oderberg, a 1500 resident town on the Oder river at the Austrian Silesia Prussia frontier, taken by Czech forces after fierce fighting.
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Oderberg
Oder River
Amsterdam
Breslau
Austrian Silesia
Prussia
Government report shows 15 billion returned from war costs
Washington reports savings of more than 15 billion dollars in war expenditures by canceling army and navy contracts. The bill by the house appropriations committee outlines cash recoveries and reduced authorizations totaling over 24 billion for the army and navy, with armistice changes explained by Chairman Sherley.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Sherley
Navy
Wav
Department
Great Lakes to Consolidate Aviation Training Schools
Announcement from Chicago on January 27 states that the Great Lakes aviation training school will be kept intact and all other U S aviation schools will be brought to Great Lakes for concentration in one large program. Transferred schools include Pensacola Naval Air Training station Boston School of Technology Navy Liberty Motor school Detroit Navy Gas Engine school Columbia University Naval detachment at Dunwoodie Institute Minneapolis and Hampton Roads Naval Training station.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
United States
Naval Air Training Station
Pensacola
Fla
Boston School of Technology
Navy Liberty Motor School
Detroit
Mich
Navy Gas Engine School
Columbia University
Naval
Dunwoodle Institute
Minneapolis
Naval Training Station
Hampton Roads
Loot Ring in Chicago Thieves Trust Exposed in Arrests
Four members of the Team sters' Thieves' Trust confessed to stealing loot valued at 500000. The confession implicates 15 other members and receivers. About 19000 of the goods, mostly jewelry, has already been recovered. The bulk of the loot, 208000, was stolen in the last three months.
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Chicago
Jacob Jones Sunk by U-53 Off Irish Coast in 1917
Navy report reveals U-53 torpedoed the Jacob Jones off the Irish coast on December 6, 1917. Capt. vom Schrader captained the submarine at Newport with Lt. Cmdr. Bagley aboard, who was seen in the sinking dory. The U-53 later operated near Kiel and Newport, while U-152 sank Ticonderoga in 1918.
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Washington
Jacob Jones
Newport
R. L
New England
Lieuts
F. L. Mueller
J. H. Fulcher
Ticonderoga
Kiel
Navy Department
Vom Schrader
David Worth Bagley
Daniels
von Schrader
Bagley
Sims
Queenstown
Tafa
Andy Wigs
Mu Fulcher
Heeko Kiel
Bristol Channel
Amercan
Coast Guard
East Has Murder Mystery
The body of a young woman about twenty one was found in a desert woods near Lulban road Englewood by two hunting dogs. She wore expensive furs and lay face down in a shallow pool of water. The corpse appeared about a month old and showed no signs of violence, with no identification. Police in New York and New Jersey face a puzzling case.
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New York
Lulban Road
Englewood
New Jersey
Yank Mission to Poland Irrevocably Planned
Henry P. Davison, chairman of the American Red Cross war council, says from Paris that an American Red Cross relief mission will immediately depart for Poland. The group travels from Paris via Copenhagen and Danzig and is led by Dr. Walter Batley of Boston and Maj. F. B. Franczak, health commissioner of Buffalo, N Y, with a focus on Poles in America.
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Washington
Henry P. Davison
American Red Cross War Council
Paris
Red Cross
Poland
Copenhagen
Danzig
Walter ©. Batley
Boston
Maj
F. B. Franczak
Buffalo
N. Y
America
Foreign War Body to Expand Plans in New York
Plans for the expansion of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to include those who served in Europe in the war against the central powers were announced in New York on January 27.
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Foreign Ware
New York
Veterans of Foreign Ware
United States
Europe
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Princi
Pally
Shen
Bury Liebknecht
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Pershing’s Hospital Data
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Sherman L. Whipple
Gregory
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