Senate Hopes to Pass Famine Measure Today
Washington Jan 23 opening debate on the $100,000,000 famine relief bill asked by President Wilson to aid Europe. Senator Hitchcock urged passage as essential to peace and war expediency, framing aid as good policy, not charity, and arguing denial would repudiate America’s European obligations.
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Supreme War Council
America
German Election Forecast Amid Ruhr and Berlin Turmoil
Jan 23 reports from London Basle and Basle Switzerland outline the German election outlook. Majority Socialists likely to lead the next national assembly with Democrats and other non socialist parties forming a strong coalition. Official dispatch notes armistice logistics and troop movements to Nikolayev and Halts. Premier Ebert and Scheidemann travel to Weimar to oversee theatre reconstruction as the vote count shows Socialist plurality.
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Berlin
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Syria
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German Peoples Party
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Wurttemburg Bourgeois Party
Peasants’ and Workmen's Democratic League
Ebert
Philipp Scheidemann
Weimar
Napees Eee
Minister of War Gains Control of German Army
Amsterdam January 22 Supreme command of the German peace army passes from the people's commissioners to the minister of war who will be responsible to the government with the soldiers and workers council retaining social and economic regulation power. Officers will wear a dark blue stripe on the sleeve and all other distinctive marks are abolished. The obligation to salute is removed.
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Weaneeters
Otcers
Gompers Praises Russian Decision In Peace Effort
Paris report quotes Samuel Gompers as welcoming a Russian peace move and hoping for a satisfactory result in restarting peace in Russia. In Lawrence Massachusetts a textile mill with about 49 800 workers refused a one hour reduction in the work week.
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Mase
Counsel For Packers Asserts They Were Gagged in U S Inquiry
Washington hearings before the house interstate commerce committee heard Armour & Co counsel Levy Mayer challenge the fed eral trade commission methods in the meat packing inquiry. Mayer said packers were not allowed to reply or question witnesses and that no inside view was possible. Louis F Swift of Swift & Co followed, arguing proposed bills would cripple the industry and that the commission’s hearings were unfair.
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Red Cross to Improve Service in General Hospitals
Cel H Connor assistant general director of military relief American Red Cross chairs a committee to visit forty three general hospitals treating wounded soldiers and sailors. The group aims to improve services and standardize card index systems so information can be relayed to relatives more quickly.
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American Red Cross
Special feedstuffs rates extended to drought regions
Washington dispatch reports the railroad administration ordered extended special rates on feedstuffs for drought and storm riddled sections of the southwest from January 25 to March 1. The move aims to ease freight costs for farmers and affected areas amid harsh weather.
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Wilson Receives Paris Students Gift From Sorbonne
Paris on January 22 1919 President Wilson tonight received a deputation of Sorbonne students from the departments of art and science of the University of Paris They presented him with an album bound in parchment containing photographs of the Rheims cathedral before the war He said he accepted the gift as a professor noting the gesture touched him.
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League Paper Incorporation Described in North Dakota News
Sta Corres pondent reports on the Nonpartisan league founded papers across North Dakota. Articles show voting power favors the Townley press bureau, with 500 to 600 votes for promotions and preferred stock granting voting rights, influencing control of Grand Forks American and allied papers.
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Grand Forke Ameri Can
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Board of Regents
League Press Bureau
A. C. Townley
Townley Bureau
Grand Forks American
Townley
St. Paul
Preas
F. B. Wood
Nonpartisan League
William Lemie
L. L. Grimt
Minot
J. D.hoogesteger
Rotary
Cnt
Ramsey County
Inn
Kota
Secretary of State
Thia Ist
Fargo Courier-News
McLean County Farmers’ Publishing Company
Garrison
More Ships Return From France With Troops
Washington reports the transport Martha Washington sailed from France carrying 2400 troops including 250 sick and wounded and expected at Newport News January 28. The battleship Connecticut due February 1 at Newport News with about 1000 men. The transport Gallory due New York January 31 with 1800 men of the 327th field artillery and casualties. The Orizaba returned 2568 troops to New York today with 380 sick or wounded. The Mercy hospital ship with 290 sick or wounded and the Suriname with 36 officers arrived. The Louisiana and New Hampshire, carrying troops, are expected to reach tomorrow.
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Archduke Louie Victor Dies in Salzburg Home
Paris reports the death of Archduke Louie Victor at his home in Salzburg. Born May 16, 1842 in Vienna, he was the youngest brother of former Emperor Francis Joseph and remained unmarried.
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Austria-Hungary
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Vienna
Portuguese fear loss of colonies
Paris reports Portuguese circles in the city anxious about their country. they fear the African possessions, the third largest colonial empire, may be questioned as Portugal faces anarchy and is deemed unfit to rule colonial subjects.
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Africa
Portugal
Peace Conference Moves Toward League of Nations
The supreme council of the Paris peace congress shifts focus to a league of nations while awaiting Russian outcomes. Delegates note Russia’s status delays, with Premier Lloyd George proposing an initial plan and President Wilson prepared to refine European ideas before presenting American plans.
Writ to Oust Nielson Filed by Macdonald
Bramarck Jan 23. Macdonald, ousted superintendent, serves papers on Minnie J Nielson demanding she relinquish the office. He plans to contest her qualifications in Burleigh county district court. He claims she lacks foreign language, ethics, logic, sociology, economics, domestic science, and a bachelor’s degree.
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Lemke
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Only One U. S. War Prisoner Remains in Germany
Berlin reports that among U.S. prisoners captured by Germans only one American remains unaccounted for in Germany. The dispatch, filed by a Reuters or Associated Press correspondent, notes the dwindling number of prisoners as relief efforts continue.
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Nations in Accord Shapes Russian Settlement at Peace Talks
Paris January 23 The supreme council’s acceptance of the American plan for the Russian question signals a growing Anglo American accord guiding the peace congress toward a framework for a league of nations Although Britain has not officially conceded full similarity to American expert plans observers see this as a courtesy exchange The plan also touches on relief for Russia’s debts and Bolshvist repudiation threats while France supports measures to protect Russian debt holders
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Lloyd George
Stephen Pichon
Russia
Supreme Council
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Washington War Dept Probe Ties Bennett to 100000 Grant
Washington reports link former congressman Bennett of Milton Oregon to a Chicago construction firm over a 100000 government commission. Paria General Pershing was summoned to report, with details about food shipments and Swiss ties. The Seip feteval through President Adams is noted, hinting at a broader pact with Switzerland.
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