Rescue Efforts Amid Northern Pacific Sinking
Recount of chaotic rescue operations as Northern Pacific remains ashore off Wiveteland New York with 2,454 soldiers aboard. Coast Guard crews rig a trolley boat system to move 660 wounded to Bay Shore and nearby relief vessels amid heavy seas and ongoing night shifts.
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Associated Press
New York
Jan
United Press
Five Island
Talon
Joseph Tuttle
Coast Guard
Bay Shore
Long Island
Army Medical Corps
Col
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Luehner
Coast Guards
Purchase of Lower California Proposal in Senate
Senator Ashurst of Arizona introduced a resolution urging President Wilson to start negotiations with Mexico to buy the Baja California peninsula. The measure also directs the War Department to investigate American claims for property damage associated with the Vandlis unrest since December 1910.
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Washington
Wilson
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Lower
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Ashurst
Arizona
War Department
Beean Vandlis
Cold snap grips the Midwest with extreme low temps
The Midwest experiences its first severe cold spell of winter with temperatures from 10 below to a few above in the western and midwestern states. Snowfall is limited and traffic is reported unimpeded as relief is forecast for Friday.
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United Press
Chicago
Mid-America
Leon
Dakotas
Baron Barth View on Groener as Leader of Counter Revolt
Richard Barth secretary of the German independent socialist party says Groener leads a militaristic counter revolutionary movement. An interview via Berlin correspondence suggests secret orders to restore the monarchy, though Barth cannot confirm if the Hohenzollerns would return after the former emperor's defeat. He adds the German public shifts quickly in political loyalties.
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London
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German Independent Socialist Party
General Groener
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Berlin
Barth
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Herr Barth
Government losses on railroads in 1918 near 160 million
The government faces a deficit of about 160 million dollars for railroads in 1918 after rental guarantees to private firms and net income from the rail system. Officials foresee six more months of receipts from higher freight rates to recoup losses, with larger loaned sums未 repaid later. The total anticipated government compensation across all lines stands near 950 million, with net railroad income just over 800 million. Through November 1, net government income from railroads reached 605 million.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Congress
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milwaukee Strike Ends On Fare Dispute
Milwaukee workers ended their strike after a committee of business leaders urged the Wisconsin Railroad Commission to resolve the controversy over street car fare increases. The firm refused to raise wages from 4 to 6 cents an hour from current earnings, while workers demanded the higher pay.
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Milwaukee
Jan
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Russia Causes Trouble at Peace Conference Start
London reports Russian affairs cause anxiety in the British foreign office. A definite allied policy on Russia must be formulated, with the Russian question set to open peace conference discussions. Allies reportedly oppose armed intervention, preferring stable government in Russia, while forces on the Russian coast remain stationed.
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London
Foreign Office
the Mall
Russia
Threaten the Radicals: Armistice Commission Warns on Peace Talks
Berlin dispatch reports the allied armistice commission may end preliminary peace negotiations if radicals seize the German government. Also noted is the University of Minnesota adding a new course titled Democracy and the Peace Congress.
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Copenhagen
Allied Armistice Commission
Berlin
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Frost Damages Reported Across California Citrus
Citrus fruit sustains frost damage in Pomona, the weather bureau says. Paso Robles recorded a 16 degree frost, the coldest in the state overnight. Heavy killing frost forecast statewide tomorrow.
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Pomona
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Kaiser Is In And the Crown Prince Weary
Wherengen Holland January 3 Fried rich Wilhelm Moonenzollern made an unsuccessful escape from exile. Baron Leu Belditz friend of the former crown prince seeks permission for his return with guard if needed. Friederich Woliucia believed willing to do only work he is fitted for. Kaiser very ill Amsterdam January 3 William Hohenlohe is very ill with a bad cold and high fever. eminent Utrecht specialist attends.
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Wherengen
Holland
Friedfrich Wilhelm Moonenzollern
Maron von Leu Belditz
Germany
Friederich Wilhelm
Friederich Woliucia
Isling
R Kaiser
Asterdam
William Hohen‘ilern
Amerongen
Utrecht
Packer Interests Covered the Globe
Washington D C Jan 3 Five leading packers hold interests in 750 concerns, the federal trade commission chair said. The big five control 656 meat and food concerns while other interests may lead to control. Large packers span 9000 commodities, mostly unrelated to meat. Questionnaires show fear they threaten wholesale grocers with rapid dominance. one dealer warned packers could wipe out U S wholesalers in five to ten days. Packets include canned goods breakfast foods fruits groceries and a coal branch. Grocers say prices were cut 10 to 25 percent to crush competition. Southern Wholesale Grocers Association passed a resolution denouncing the packers.
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State Department
Austria Hungary
Germany
Russia
Kazan
Samara
Siberia
Kolchak
Omsk
United Press
Washington, D. C
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Federal Trade Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Culver
United States
The
Trade Commission
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Johnson message parts the ball
Washington reports the House military affairs committee will hold an informal probe into Representative Royal Johnson’s charge that wounded soldiers returning from war are ill treated aboard ships and after landing. General McIntyre will be questioned about Johnson’s statement that provisions for sick men were inadequate and that returning officers were denied freedom and insulted by officers in charge.
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House Military Affairs Committee
Royal Johnson
South Dakota
McIntyre
Johnson
Dent
Art Treasures of The Kaiser Rescued From Berlin Mobs
Berlin reports damage to the imperial palace totalled over 1.5 million dollars with 500 people implicated in a six week plundering spree. The former emperor’s warden safeguarded most treasures before his escape, while the emperor and wife’s wardrobes were stripped. A soldier’s old uniform was found in a dressing room as raiments changed hands. Palace damage from bombardment was light and marines moved to the royal stables after vacating the castle. A captured Meibe gun, taken in the last day’s fighting, was presented to the city.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Thia
Wire probe urged by Sen Kellogg on cables policy
Washington Jan 3 Senate Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into wire and cable policy was proposed by Sen Kellogg Republican Minnesota. He urged government advisory control over marine cables and telegraph lines, noting dependence on Britain for cable manufacture and calling for rapid expansion to Europe Brazil and Argentina.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Kellogg
Minnesota
Congress
Europe
Brazil
Argentina
South America
Great Britain
Break the coal records in 1918 wartime output
Washington reports 587,500,000 tons of bituminous coal produced in 1918, a 36,000,000 ton rise over 1917. The National Coal Association credits wartime demand, improved management, better car supply, and US Railroad Administration coordination for a record year with sufficient supply for winter and many miners drafted.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
National Coal Association
Naval Service
United States Railroad Administration
United States Fuel Administration
Bolshevism In Germany Spreads Across Nations
The Sioux City Tribune reports Spartacus activities in Germany with sabotage aims. Leipaig telegram notes Spartacus band plans wireless plants. Berlin telegram describes a strike in Silesia turning Bolshevist. miners seize managers and inspectors amid demand pressure. Nadek's Berlin presence provokes debate on Russian influence.
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Berlin
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Silesia
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Nadek
Bolsheviam
Faust Nadel
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Germans Injure British Troops in Railway Collision
Basel reports German railway men ran a locomotive into a British troop train on the Namur Charleroi line. Thirty British soldiers were wounded and the three German locomotive crew were arrested. The dispatch notes a large mineral mining total in the United States in 1918.
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Basel
Switzerland
Namur-Charelrol
Belgium
Wilson Pleased When He Hears Hello Woodie
President Wilson's Manchester visit closes an eventful day in Lancashire’s weaving heart. He rode the ship canal to the estuary of the Mersey aboard a White Star liner, greeted by mill workers and warehouse staff. A flour-mill worker led a chorus of Rule Britannia and The Star Spangled Banner, while factories and mills supplied raw materials to the United States. The president told Sir Thomas Shann he heard an American voice shouting Hello Woodie, confirming an aboard passenger’s identity.
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Printe Ledger Co
Slove City Tribune
Raymond G. Carroll
Wilson
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Liverpool
United States
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Arrest in Munich Trembles City as Teen Group Seized
Seven prominent Munich men including a non-Bavarian duke were arrested by police aided by soldiers. They met at a hotel to recruit citizen soldiery, allegedly aiming to destroy incriminating papers. A publisher and a banker remained in custody as leaders. others were released.
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Munich
Herr Auer
Workmen's Council
Soldiers
Kovr Auer
Allied forces seize Black Sea coast and Hatoum
Constantinople December 11 Allied forces now control the Black Sea coast and British troops occupy Hatoum a pipeline link to the oil center of Baku on the Caspian shore is reported in an official statement two strong entities are named and the strategic oil connection is highlighted
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Black Sea
Hatoum
Baku
Casplanach
Fainting Bertha Caught After Escape From State Hospital
Lincoln Nebraska police capture the infamous "Fainting Bertha" known nationwide as a police character after she fled the state hospital for the insane in Havelock. Previously imprisoned in the state penitentiary for larceny from the person, she was serving a term of one to seven years before transfer to the hospital.
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Balfour Talks With House On Peace Conference Details
Arthur J. Balfour British foreign secretary met Colonel B M House in Paris to discuss practical details of the peace conference. The talks followed discussions President Wilson had in England with Premier Lloyd George and Secretary Balfour.
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