Rescue of Yanks at Fire Island Coast Under Way
Troops aboard the stranded Northern Pacific, a 2480-strong force, were being brought ashore after a failed noon drag attempt. Wounded sailors landed. rescue ships circled offshore as waves pounded the vessel near Fire Island.
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New York
Northern Pacific
Bar ‘Om
Fire Island
Navy
McManus
Hoboken
Coast Guard
France
Gleaves
Cruiser
Federal court takes charge in Kansas City
United States marshals, under Judge John C Pollock, took control of Kansas City Railways streetcars and property in Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas to protect against a December 11 strike. Trainmen and guards were sworn in as federal officers, with 150 applicants awaiting oath. Captain J B Carter and wife were visiting in town before his return to Camp Pike.
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Kansas City
John C. Pollock
Federal Court
United States Marshals
Kansas City Railways Company
Kan
Pollock
Chamber of Commerce
Street
C. G Jackson
Topeka
United States
C. T. Wood
Kansas
S of Kansas
American Ambassador to meet Wilson at Italian frontier
Rome on January 2 reports Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page traveling with embassy naval attachés to join President Wilson at the Italian frontier. The New Year's reception centered on Mr Wilson's Rome visit, with King Victor Emmanuel greeting cabinet members and officials. The king praised the army's discipline and extended salutations to America and the allies.
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Rome
Thomas Nelson
Page
Wilson
Victor Emmanuel
Qurinal
America
Local Funston discharge smirch sparks bond access protest
Marmaduke McConnell, eight months at Camp Funston, brings forward a discharge note marked Liberty Bonds on men’s records. He and other soldiers say monthly allotments and war risk insurance left none for bonds, ruining future records. Local businessmen seek congressional investigation and new discharge papers without the note. Congressman Ed Little is being asked to review the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Funston
Lawrence
Marmaduke McConnell
Medical Corps
McConnell
Ed Little
David Lubin Dies in Rome on Pneumonia at 76
David Lubin of San Francisco founder of the Prominent Institute of Agriculture and American representative on its permanent board died in Rome today after a bout of grip and pneumonia. C C. Carl spent yesterday in Kansas City on business at the stockyards. A weather discussion follows with unrelated questions.
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David Lubin
Rome
San Francisco
Prematenst Institute of Agriculture
C. C. Carl
Kansas City
House as Wilson go-between for peace talks
Col E M House acted as intermediary for President Wilson reporting to Clemenceau and Balfour on the peace conference. England and the United States reportedly share aims on freedom of seas and the League of Nations. Talks hint at expanded Allied representation and ongoing scheduling for January discussions in Paris.
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England
United States
London
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Wilson
Manchester
The
Times
M. Clemenceau
France
America
House
Paris
Col. E. M. House
Peace Congress
Petit Journal
A. J. Balfour
la Vendec
Lloyd George
Arthur J. Balfour
Balfour
Herbert C. Hoover
Edward N. Hurley
War Board Leaders Near Arrival To Visit Here
Admiral Benson Bernard Baruch and Vance McCormick head the war board and are en route to the city, with Baruch and McCormick expected to arrive as part of a high level delegation led by Bernard M. Baruch coordinating wartime efforts.
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Ping Board
Bernard M. Baruch
Admiral Benson
Vance McCormick
The
War Board
New Lutheran Officers Elected At Lawrence Synod
The Kansas Lutheran Synod met in Lawrence with Rev Paul Stennenoeh of Eureka elected president for the coming year. Other officers named were Rev L H Harshman of Ottawa secretary Rev Louis T Bang Emporia treasurer and Rev J H Utesch New Cambria statistical secretary. Dr H L Yarger of Chicago urged unity in a large missions program noted by improved benevolence funding. Attendance was down from prior years due to influenza concerns.
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Kansas Lutheran Synod
Paul Stennenoeh
Eureka
L.H. Harshman
Ottawa
Louis T. Bang
Emporia
J. H.utesch
New Cambria
H. L. Yarger
Chicago
Lutheran Church
Iate
Shlima
Lawrence
Synodical Missionary Society
Abilene
Polish Army Invades Hunland With 30,000 Marching On Berlin
Polish forces launch invasion of Hunland as 30,000 troops move toward Berlin amid German retreat. Assemblage signals widening conflict in Europe with nations mobilizing for decisive action.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Gustave Noske
Fhert
Polish Army Marches on Berlin in Posen Crisis
Geneva reports a 30000 strong Polish force advancing toward Berlin with infantry artillery and cavalry, crossing near Skalmierzyce. German demobilization and rearming continue as Warsaw orders demobilization while fighting persists in Posen with Poles occupying key centers and the fortress.
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Posen
Berlin
Skalmiergce
Breshin
Warsaw
Geneva
Jan
Germany
Lausanne
Kreuz- Drieren
Pozna
Associated Press
Poland
Kaiser Is Very Ill From Bad Cold and High Fever
Amsterdam dispatch reports former German Emperor Wilhelm Hohenzollern gravely ill with a bad cold and high fever. He cannot leave his room, a Utrecht specialist attends him, and only the former empress, the doctor, and two attendants may enter.
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Wilhelm
Amsterdam
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Germany
Anterongen
Utrecht
Smash Bolshevik Army: Czecho-Slovaks Reach Perm
In the Ural mountains General Guida captures Perm area and destroys the Bolshevik third army taking 31,000 prisoners. His forces seize an armored train directing operations near Perm. Lenin escapes but several party members are captured.
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Perm
Vladivostok
iPerm
Ural Mountains
Guida
Nikolai Lenine
Lenine
Rates on news print papers cut by interstate panel
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled rate plans from International Falls Minnesota and other Minnesota points and from Chicago to Wichita Kansas were unreasonable compared with Kansas City rates. They ordered reductions from 4 to 27 cents per hundred pounds. Dr and Mrs A P Hults returned from Kansas City after spending New Year’s.
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Washington
International Falls
Minnesota
Chicago
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mrs
A. P. Hults
Faulty Casualty Lists Up To War Department
In a Senate session Senator Weeks of Massachusetts criticizes the War Department for delays and errors in casualty lists and for not aiding the Red Cross in forwarding letters from wounded soldiers. He cites Red Cross reports showing parents receiving notices of death dated earlier than letters from sons, prompting questions about office leadership and accuracy.
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WAR Department
Washington
Senate
Weeks
Maskechusetts
Red Cross
Adjutant General of the Army
McCain
Harris
Four Alarms Respond to Roof Stove Fire and Smoke Suspicions
Four alarms, two false, were answered by the Fire Department yesterday. A stove overheated at Lee's College Inn on Thirteenth Street ignited wood, burning briefly with $50 loss. Steam from a roof slope at 824 Indiana Street was mistaken for smoke twice, and a cigarette caused $100 damage when bed clothing caught fire at Sigma Nu, 1246 Oread Avenue.
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Lee's College Inn
Thirteenth Street
Indiana
Sigma Nu
Oread Avenue
Baptist Church Drives Christmas Fund For Jewish Armenian Drive
One hundred dollars has been donated by the Baptist church and Sunday school at its Christmas meeting for the Jewish Armenian fund drive. The drive begins next Monday and lasts one week. All contributions are in except a few dollars, with the $100 ready for the treasurer as the drive starts. Classes gave various amounts and some men contributed to make the total an even hundred.
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Baptist Church
Senate Rebels Against Wilson in Clash Over Peace Plans
Senator Lewis of Illinois accused Republican leaders of conspiring to discredit President Wilson abroad to thwart his aims. He said the assault by Lodge and Knox seeks to deprive Wilson of success and to signal to European negotiators that the Senate opposes his peace measures.
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Washington
Lewis
Ilinois
Senate
Wilson
Lodge
Massachusetts
Knox
Pennsylvania
League of Nations
Europe
America
Ford Declares 200 Dividend For Shareholders
Ford Motor Co directors declared a 200 dividend at the annual meeting December 31. The $4,000,000 disbursement will be paid 100 cents per share on January 1 and again on February 1 to seven stockholders, as announced in Detroit.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Leniency ends as Mayor Kreeck orders strict snow shoveling enforcement
Mayor George K. Kreeck announced that leniency regarding sidewalks must end and the police will resume strict enforcement of the snow shoveling ordinance. He accused residents of exploiting the offer and warned fines would be as severe as the prior week. Over fifty calls came to the police for shovelers, with many referred to the University Y M C A for workers.
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George K. Kreeck
City Commission
University Y.M. C. A
First Christian Church Picks New Officers for Year
The First Christian church held its annual meeting with a large turnout. Members elected officers for the coming year including G. B. Steele C. S. Tatman J. Harris and others. The congregation also approved changing the church year to start October first to align with national church calendars.
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First Christian Church
Steele
G. B. Tatman
C. S. Bolt
F. B. Stouffer
M. Lee ‘Soreyi
Crocker
E. B. Conemeyer
J. Harris
A. E. Newby
A. A. Green
A. Hunter
E. L. Charlton
Geo. Grout
J.C. Silvis
Geo. Siler
Ed Siler
Myrl Penny
C. B. Cox
W. J. Francisco
Andy E. L. Charlton
Comii
Geo. M. Grout
Trains Move On Kansas Lines After Snowbound Delays
Snowbound trains on Kansas railroads gradually resume along main lines after nearly two days of stoppage. Four Santa Fe through trains reached Topeka from the west this morning with four more expected this afternoon. Union Pacific reported remaining snowbound west of Filis, Kansas, while Rock Island trains operated on its Color and El Paso routes.
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Topeka
Kansas
Union Pacific
Filis
Santa Fe
St. Kansas
Rock Island
el Paso
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