Loyal Troops Protect Polling Booths From Disorder
Berlin election reports describe Spartacists failing to disrupt ballot boxes as troops guard polling sites across Greater Berlin. Voter turnout formed long lines with women participating. parties like Majority Socialists and German Democratic party tout gains while campaign handbills flood streets.
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Berlin
Atstriots
Greater Berlin
German Democratic Party
German National Party
German Peoples Party
Christan
Democratic Party
National Assembly
Reheldemann
Stock man testifies against government meat control
William Magiving, a St Paul stockyards figure, told Congress that government price controls would do more harm than good and that packers conspired by small testimony from disgruntled workers. He said the federal inquiry misrepresented facts and warned against price fixing in meat. Independent packers James Agar, Fred Bagg, Samuel Nash, George Hormel, and James Craig Jr. attended.
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Washington
William Ma Eyles Cosinere
Paul Union Ok
Tetity
Mittee
Seea
Magiving
Federal Trade Commission
Francis J. Heney
Louis F. Swift
Swift
Company
J. Ogden Armour
Armour and Company
Heney
South St. Paul
Berets
James A. Agar
John A. Agar Packing Company
Chicago
Fred Bagg
Jackpotville
Samuel Nash
Cleveland
British Prince John Dies at Sandringham Palace
Prince John youngest son of King George VI dies at Sandringham after a period of illness. The boy, beloved by people at Windsor, had rarely appeared in public due to fragile health and was attached to Princess Mary as a playful brother. Royal grief spreads as details unfold.
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London
Prince John
George
Sandringham
Mery
John
Tamea
Windsor
Mary
Minnesota
Unimportant Bills Before Both Houses In North Dakota
Blair correspondent reports on the twelfth legislative day in Bismarck as House Bill 13 and Senate Bill 21 top the limited agenda. The resolution for a president emeritus post at the Agricultural College for John H Worst advances, while administration bills await hearings. Contested seats of Roquette and Murtha loom, and bills ratifying constitutional amendments 6 through 12 await the governor’s signature.
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Elections Committee
Fred Roquette
T. F. Murtha
House
L. L. Stair
Howard Wood
Most U S Generals Awarded Distinguished Service Medals
Washington January 20 thally all army corps and division commanders of the American expeditionary forces together with the heads of the staff departments have been awarded distinguished service medals by General Pershing for conspicuous service The war department today made public citations of 27 officers in addition to the list of 24 given out yesterday
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Allied Relief Board Faces Question Across Regions
London reports Prince John, King George’s youngest son, dies at Sandringham. Paris notes discussions on provisioning and Wilson visits to battlefields. Prague dispatch claims Geneva under Bolshevik control. Washington plans another large war loan drive. Treves conference yields a permanent relief council committee. Coblenz electricity use to drop by half due to fuel shortages.
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Paris
Europe
Wilson
Council of Supply and Relief
Ite
Treves
France
Italian King Appoints Men For Ministry
Rome, Jan 18. King Victor Emmanuel accepts resignations of Sacchi Nitti Mililani and Villa from key posts. Facta Stringher Caviglia Giraldo Riccio De Nava named to justice treasury war pensions agriculture and transport. A premier office created during Orlando’s absence with Villa as head and a reconstruction ministry for invaded territories led by Fradeletto.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Signor Sacchi
Justice
Signor Nitti
Treasury
Signor Mililani
Agriculture
Signor Villa
Signor Facta
Finance
Signor Stringher
General Caviglia
General Giraldo
Signor Riccio
Woman Guilty Of Murdering Husband Winnipeg
Mrs. G. Shulman was found guilty by a Yorkton jury of murdering her husband with a gun while asleep on September 28. She and hired man Frank Rudka were arrested. both were sentenced to hang on April 22 by Judge McDonald.
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Winnipeg
G. Shulman
Yorkton
Sask
Asaizes
McDonald
Shulman
Frank Rudka
Bolshevists slow advance as Poland faces terror at home
Bolshevist troops slacken their push on the Polish frontier while Germans delay evacuations at Grodno. Reports say arms are sold to Bolshevists under a pretense to aid Ukrain society. Arrests at Vilna yield quick releases after ransom payments. Bolshevists vow holy war against Poland, with reports of killings and burned houses.
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Associated Press
Grodno
Falkenhayn
Buwalki
Hoffman
Koenigsberg
Society For Provisioning
Vilna
Poland
Moscow
Milwaukee Mayor Jeered by Returning Troops in Welcome
Milwaukee Wis Jan 18 Mayor Daniel W Hoan faced jeers as Governor Philipp greeted about 3000 soldiers and sailors back from rivermeas and camps. Hoan had praised socialist ideas at a prior meeting, drawing the troops’ disapproval. he later denied endorsing violence.
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Daniel W. Hoan
E. L. Philipp
Philipp
Hoan
French Ambassador To Russia Attends Peace Conference
Paris Jan 20 The supreme council of the peace conference met with Vittorio Orlando absent. British Foreign Secretary Balfour and Lord Cecil attended, while Baron Makino represented Japan. The council discussed the Russian situation and the draft communique, with Noulens addressing the session. Wilson, Bourgeois, Smuts, and Cecil led talks on a league of nations, aiming for a concrete plan within roughly 25 days.
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Paris
Vittorio Orlando
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Orlando
Rome
Arthur J. Balfour
Robert Cecil
League of Nations
Great Britain
Baron Makino
Council
Japan
Baron Matsui
Ance
Lord Robert Cecil
Foreign Oftice
Russia
Wilson
Lansing
United States
Swrmumunnue
Aruc
Supreme Council of the
Peace Conference
Joseph Noulens
United States of America
Quai Dorsay
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Archangel
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Petrograd
Associated Press
Paria
Supreme Council of the Peace Congress
Murat
Robert ,Cecil
Leon Bourgeois
Jan Christian Smuts
Supreme Council
Peace Congress
France
Allothers
Patht
League
Sposa
Pbs
William J. Ryane
Smuts
M. Bourgeois
Pata
Victory Loan to be Last Great Drive in War Effort
Washington reports Secretary Glas said only one more major bond drive, the Victory Loan, will be conducted in April not exceeding 6 million dollars. He rejects rumors of two more campaigns totaling 12 billion and notes future issuances will be quiet through banks, with no advertising campaign. Contests in Stark county election hearings and alleged conspiracies surface as officials probe alleged irregularities in local voting and central committee actions.
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Treasury Department
Glasa
Glas
Ratlofa Peter
Beall
Bismarck
Valentine Kuhnya
T. Fy Murtha
Anthony Riley
Fred Roquette
House of Representatives
Stark County
Elections Committee of the Home
Burl Carr
Elican Central
Democratic Central
Charles Cosgrove
Judge Aa
Nonpartisan League
W. J. Mosely
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