Wilson Plans Return to America by March 4 in Rome Visit
President Wilson travels to Rome to meet King Victor Emmanuel stay in the Italian capital to visit the pope and confer with Orlando and Sonning. The Rome talks aim to shape the alliance's next steps before the peace conference with results anticipated.
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AP Starts Daily News by Cable to New Territory Papers
The Associated Press begins sending a daily cable news report to a chamber of leading newspapers in South America newly elected to AP membership. Names include La Prensa Buenos Aires La Nación El Comercio Lima Ultimas Noticias Valparaiso Mercurio El Mercurio and more. The edition notes evening and morning runs and references continued coverage on page 3 column 5.
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Training Camps Proposed to Train Naval Reserve
The government should retain a majority of the 24 training camps for instructing the naval reserve force. Captain Lansing, acting chief of navigation, told the naval committee that the cost would be limited to maintenance and described it as the cheapest form of naval preparedness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Naval Reserve Force
Lansing
Naval Committee
Bond probe to explain Liberty bond sales figures
The county prosecutor's office will undertake a probe tomorrow to determine why Liberty bonds are selling far below par, as announced. The Associated Press reports the inquiry aims to uncover factors behind the weak bond market performance.
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New York
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Prince of Wales to Visit United States on Trip
London reports a Paris dispatch stating King George and Queen Mary assured the U S president that the Prince of Wales will visit the United States during his forthcoming trip through British dominions. The note references a planned royal journey and official confirmation may follow.
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London
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Prince of Wales
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British Dominions
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The
Mail
Harbor workers yield after strike at tugboat crew meeting
New York Jan 1 Firemen deckhands and cooks on a harbor tugboat who walked out ended their strike after attending a meeting. The workers voted to return to duty following the discussion.
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York
Tugboa
German Occupation Forces Ordered to Salute
AP dispatch from Coblenz reports a new order requiring all German troops in occupied terrain to salute American officers. Failure to comply risks arrest. The directive follows American advance nearing Treves with headquarters at Coblenz.
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Treves
Navy Plans Two Great War Games This Summer
Secretary Daniels outlined summer plans to keep the Navy fit with two fleets, one on the Pacific coast and one on the Atlantic coast, conducting joint maneuvers and war games as part of a regular training program. He argued after every war there is a tendency for the navy to retrograde and stressed continuous readiness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pacific Coast
Atle Coast
Daniels
Frail girl fires killer at her home. pedlar dead
A tear stained youth reports a man who assaulted her at home. Tomasso Troia, a pedlar, lies shot on the floor with a bullet through his heart after a frenzied morning incident at Mercer Street station. Police report the girl surrendered a revolver and declared she had acted in self defense.
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New York
Mercer Street
Tomasso Troia
Plans and machine guns turned over by Germans
The Associated Press report states forty airplanes including seven Gothas used for Paris bombing were adopted today by the American army, with two hundred machines in Coblenz or en route and soon to be taken to France. Twenty five hundred machine guns were also accepted today.
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Paris
Coblenz
France
Briton Targ Yacht Iolaire Strikes Rock Near Stornoway
The British steam yacht Iolaire, with about 300 sailors aboard, wrecked on reefs known as The Heads of Helm near Stornoway Harbor. All officers and crew are reported lost. only a fraction of survivors reached shore as many were injured. The vessel, 362 tons, was built in 1902 and was once owned by Sir Donald Currie.
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Stornoway
Tolaire
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Butte W. & 5 Scandal A Growing Rapidly
In Butte on January 1 the county attorney reports a forged check probe tied to thrift stamps at two post office booths, revealing a shortfall exceeding 93000 stamps. Names of prominent women appear in additional forged checks. J Bruce Kremer, attorney for Mrs Bradlee, calls it a terrible mistake.
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Associated Press
Butte
HH. Bradlee
Wome
Silver Baw County
Lment
J. R. Jackson
J. Bruce Kremer
Ales
Bradlee
Wreck of Troop Train Leaves Unclear Toll Near Glendynt
Details of a troop train wreck on the Transcontinental Railway near Glendynt were not confirmed tonight. Early estimates put dead at three to six, with two seriously injured and between fifty and others cut by broken glass as one coach plunged into Long Lake two miles from town yesterday afternoon.
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Glendynt
Navy Team Wins Service Championship Title
Pasadena January 1 The Great Oraval draining station football team won the right to claim the service championship of the United States by defeating a Mare stand team 17 to 0.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Cal
United States
Mare Stand
Pope Benedict words to America call for world peace
In a New Year message from Rome, Pope Benedict expresses hope that the Paris peace conference can found a world order with a league of nations, abolition of conscription, and tribunals to settle disputes. He prays for justice, peace, and Christian love guiding delegates led by President Wilson.
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America
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League of Nations
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Holy See
Paris
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Progress
Strikes End In Milwaukee Transit Stoppage
Associated Press reports the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company strike ended tonight after the wage protest. Workers had demanded 4 cents above the 5 cent hourly rate, delaying service since this morning. Service was immediately resumed as talks continued.
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Associated Press
Waukee
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light E Company
First Yank Soldiers Reach Berlin In Occupied Capital
Five American soldiers of the 125th Infantry who arrived in Berlin as part of the American Expeditionary Forces are reported the first to reach the German capital. They were attached to Coblenz and faced detention after an apparent absence without leave. Berlin police seek another man as authorities pursue a repatriation prisoner link.
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Record 1918 Coal Output Beats All Prior US Total
The National Coal Association reports an estimated 587,500,000 tons of bituminous coal produced in 1918, surpassing the previous record by about 36,000,000 tons. Wartime demand drove the surge, and with proper distribution, sufficient coal is expected for winter.
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Washington
Jan
United States
National Coal Association
Harden Warns Germans World’s Count Is Heavy
London dispatch from Berlin quotes Maximilian Harden urging Germany to show good faith and issue guarantees. The piece accuses Germans of denying responsibility, misreading Allied aims, and cites “fifty-one months” of brutal conduct in Belgium, France devastation, and wartime misdeeds to justify pressure on Germany.
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France
Bolshevist Leaders Await Invasion Amid German Congress
The Spartacts congress featured M Radek, Bolshevik head in Germany, praising Bolshevism and saying the Entente invasion would spread it. He claimed Russians would fight with German workers on the Rhine against Anglo-Saxon capitalism and welcomed a French occupation to aid Bolshevik progress. A German official said Radek was smuggled across the border and may be asked to leave.
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Associated Press
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Rhine
Soldiers Break Up Demonstration At White House
Washington January 1 soldiers and citizens clashed with National Woman’s party sentinels in Lafayette Park during a watch fire protest against the Senate’s failure to pass the equal suffrage resolution. Women banners were torn, police restored order, five women arrested for park violations after starting new fires in urns.
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White House
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National Woman's Party
Wilson
Europe
Two Transports Aground Near Fire Island in Fog
Two US transports are aground off Fire Island with about 2480 soldiers aboard, 1700 sick or wounded. A breeches buoy is rigged, 13 destroyers and naval tugs stand by, crews report no danger. The vessels drifted toward shore in heavy fog, conditions may improve for troop transfer. Nearby, the Tjisondari lies aground in the Delaware River with 70 sick soldiers and 18 officers aboard, not in danger.
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York
United States
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Ndbar
Fire Island
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Fort Dupont
Relief work for Belgium and northern France described
A cable from Herbert C Hoover in Paris reports relief and rehabilitation needs in northern France and occupied Belgium after the German invasion. About 3.5 million displaced in the area plus 350 thousand refugees in Belgium and France seek return to soil. Destruction is widespread with railways, coal mines, and factories ruined. Housing and food must be provided by relief commissions for months.
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Pinted Press
France
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Gram
Herbert C. Hoover
Paris
Price regulations lifted on mill feeds and margins
Washington wired report says special price regulations on mill feeds and limits on wholesalers and retailers margins on mill feed sales were removed today by the fond administration. Lifting these rules does not change provisions requiring reasonable profits or affect regulations on other feeding stuffs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fond Administration
Freak Storm Grips Wide Stretch Across Nation
A freak cold wave spreads from the northwest to the midwest, with Chicago at 10 below. Areas without snow see plummeting temperatures including 18 below in Falstaff Arizona, and Nebraska and South Dakota hit extreme lows. Train service slows in western Kansas and Colorado as the nation endures record chill.
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Nebraska
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Mexico
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Juvenile Delinquency Up As War Strains Youth
Miss Julis Lathrop, chief of the children's bureau, urges anew focus on education as the best control for child labor and delinquency. She notes 6,300,000 children weighed and graded in a bureau campaign to save 100,000 lives from preventable diseases and cites war conditions increasing juvenile issues, including concealed weapons and rising immorality among girls in Chicago influenced by soldiers and sailors.
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