Senator Johnson Seeks Russia Policy Documents Probe
Senator Hiram Johnson asks the United States to disclose all documents on U S policy in Russia and troops in Russia. He also questions Soviet offers, intervention comments, and Red Cross movements as he introduces a resolution for a full inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington, D. C
Hiram Johnson
California
United States
Russia
Senate
Johnson
Siberia
East
American Red Cross
Moscow
Petrograd
State Department
Belgium Seeks U S Help As Relief Needs Grow
Interview with King Albert and relief officials shows 900000 Belgian workers unemployed and dependent on aid. War relief surveys warn that food shipments from the United States must not slacken during the critical post armistice period. The article notes rising alarm over German delays and the dire conditions in Belgium and Northern France.
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King Albert
United States
Belgium
France
Luxury Keynote Of French Quarters For President Wilson
Paris dispatch details the Wilson visit arrangements at Prince Murat residence. Electrified mansion with extensive lighting and telephones, a 35-seat dining table, gold service, and two beds for Wilson. Mrs. Wilson to sleep in a canopy bed. Georgette to assist. Dressing rooms hold vast wardrobes. soft shaded lighting enhances rooms.
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Paris
Prince Murat
War notes and local incidents in brief
Snapshots from a wartime bulletin show commercial gasoline replacing high explosives at Farrel bensal plant. Prescott Ringer of Mercer has captured seventeen raccoons this fall. Curios from the battlefield will be shown at Youngstown Public Library. Butler school pupils have bought war savings stamps totaling 75 908 dollars and outsmarted Uniontown police. A dozen war construction projects and chemical plants are abandoned in Ohio. Saloonkeepers sell liquor to soldiers in uniform. A man named Bert fell between lock gates on the Ohio River and drowned yesterday. Influenza halts Christmas entertainments for the year.
Death Record Notice and Street Addresses
Death notice mentions Mrs. William J Adams age 21 residing at 1507 Hanna Street. Fragmentary OCR lists names Darwin Cummings 122 East Long Avenue and others including Eva Haswell 14 Ellwood City and Aune Johanna Jokinen 4 708 with unclear connections.
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William J Adams
Hanna Street
Darwin Cummings
East Long Avenue
Ted Petomann
aand _ Shellenberger
Pit Dem
Meena
Eva Haswell
Ellwood City
Jury verdict in Bertha Terry murder case manslaughter
After a night of deliberation the jury found Mrs. Bertha Terry not guilty of first degree murder and guilty of manslaughter in the Eleanor Bennett case. The penalty is 12 years imprisonment with possible new trial applications anticipated.
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the Commonwealth
Bertha Terry
Eleanor Bennett
L. McCracken
L. Clark
Terry
George W. Muse
Commonwealth
Emery
Monster
Mra. Ooo
Railroad Company Faces Three Civil Suits for $3146.59
Three business firms filed claims totaling 3146.59 against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. The bills cover supplies to construction camps where employees were stationed. Mahoning Valley Breed Company seeks 658.60, New Castle Grocery 1797.69, and New Castle Nation 690.30.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Mahoning Valley Breed Company
New Castle Grocery Company
New Castle Nation Company
Expulsion From Holland Demanded For Ex Kaiser
Dutch premier tells parliament he is open to talks with the allies on a new residence for the ex Kaiser as Amerongen home is provisional. The Nieuwe Van der Tag calls for expulsion of the ex Kaiser and the former crown prince.
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International
Ondon
Amerongen
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Nieuwe van der Tag
Almira Home Receives $2000 Legacy From Mrs Kissick
By the will of the late Mrs Ester Kissick the Almira Home is left a legacy of 2000 dollars. The board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian church gets 1000 dollars, the Board of Home Missions 1000 dollars, and the Board of Church Extension 500 dollars. The remainder of the estate goes to relatives.
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Esther Kissick
Almira
Board of Foreign Missions
United Presbyterian Church
Board of Home Missions
Board of Church Extension
Soldiers Pay Delay Probed Over Overseas Troops
Washington reports an inquiry by the War Department into a telegram claim that hundreds of wounded American soldiers overseas had not been paid for months after arriving at a West Baden Indiana hospital. Representative Sherley of Kentucky pressed General Lord for prompt results and an immediate investigation was started by General Taylor of the finance and quartermaster divisions.
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International News Service
Washington
War Department
Mann
House
West Baden
Ind
Swager Sherley
Kentucky
House Appropriations Committee
Taylor
Division of Finance
Quartermaster Department
Sherley
General Lord
Lord
Gen.ord
How Envoys Authority Is Not Accepted
Allied parliamentaries at Treves may not negotiate with the German envoys over an armistice extension because the present German government is not seen as representing the people. The Berliner Tageblatt cites this view, suggesting the Reichstag may need to be summoned to provide a parliamentary basis for the Ebert regime as talks for prolonging the armistice were set to begin at Treves.
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London
Treves
Copenhagen
Berliner Tageblatt
Reichstag
Ebert
Berlin
Sensational Accusations In Berger Espionage Case
Government outlines charges against Victor Berger and four co-defendants indicted under the espionage act. They are accused of forming a revolt machine to thwart war aims and spreading disloyalty through the Socialist party. Evidence includes pro German editorials in the Milwaukee Leader and emphasis on Berlin despatches.
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Siinternational News Service
Chicago
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Landis
Socialist Party
U. S
Joseph B. Fleming
Berger
Milwaukee Leader
Berlin
St. Louis
Mayor Pushes Free Inoculation Against Influenza
Mayor A. D. Newell endorses free inoculation for all residents who want it using the anti influenza serum. He recalls a mountaintop hunting trip with Dr Atkison Stewart of West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, who praised the serum for preventing influenza and pneumonia.
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A. D. Newell
Atkison Stewart
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburg
Capt. W. L. Campbell Released From Army
A telegram from Camp Crane Allentown Pa informs the Board of Trade that Dr W L Campbell will be released from army service at once and permitted to return to his home in this city.
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Board of Trade
Camp Crane
Allentown
W. L. Campbell
Nurses And Aides Greatest Need At Emergency Hospital
Community support to the Emergency Hospital grows as eight more patients arrive including a family of five. The Red Cross thanks donors from New Castle and surrounding areas for provisions and tempting foods, while urging more nurses and nurses aides to meet the growing need.
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New Castle
Red Cross
J. J. Russell
Eastbrook
Calvin Smith
Klafter
William Bron
W. E. McLaughlin
Lydia
President Wilson Says He Is Pleased With World Situation
President Wilson declares he is pleased with the situation both here and in Europe in a personal radio message to Secretary Tumulty. He adds he is enjoying a pleasant voyage and that sea air has cured the cold causing him annoyance.
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International News Service
Washington
Wilson
Europe
Joseph P. Tumulty
Must Drive Turks Out of Europe
Henry Morgenthau of New York former U S ambassador told the American committee for Armenian Syrian relief that the Turk must be driven from Europe to relieve Armenian and Syrian sufferings. He condemned Turkish cruelties and warned against white washing crimes, urging action at the conference in Chicago.
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International News Service
Chicago
Europe
Henry Morgenthau
New York
U. S
Turkey
American Committee For
Morganthau
Revenue Bill Is Attacked as Bolshevik Plot
Benjamin C. Marsh of the Farmers' National committee on War Finance argues to senators and representatives that a revenue bill raising less than $12 billion this year would spread Bolshevikism by favoring wealthy interests over workers. He decries a $6 billion target as betraying the war effort and widening wealth concentration.
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International News Service
Ashington
Congress
United States
Benjamin C. Marsh
Farmers’ National Committee On
Marsh
Congress of the
Can Demand Surrender Of Former Kaiser
Lord Robert Cecil, as foreign secretary, stated that the allies may not extradite the former kaiser but can demand his surrender. The remark was delivered amid discussions on postwar accountability and international justice.
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International News Service
London
Robert Cecil
May meeting of Oscar L. Jackson Camp, S of V
If the influenza ban against meetings is lifted tomorrow there will be an important Camp meeting in the hall to elect officers for the ensuing year. A social time and lunch will follow.
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Oscar L. Jackson
Sons of Veterans
Actress Anne King Stricken With Pneumonia In Michigan City
Michigan City reports actress Anne King, who recently escaped a deadly automobile crash, has fallen ill with pneumonia at her sister Mrs Hugo Keppen’s home and is reported critically ill.
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Michigan City
Mich
Anne King
Hugo Keppen
Post Office Safe Dynamited. $2,000 Stolen
Three yeggs forced an entrance to the Bradley Jefferson County post office early today, dynamited the safe, and escaped with money and stamps totaling around $2,000. The raid occurred 15 miles west of Steubenville.
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Steubenville
Yeggs
Bradley
Jefferson County
Here
Taday
Constables Shot During Auto Struggle In Mercer Pa
Lem Johnston and William Armstrong disarmed Constable W. W. Anderson and Chief Kashban while being transported to Mercer jail then fled after wounding Anderson in the right leg. Mercer County sheriff and state police search the area as the suspects, recently arrested in Sharpsville, remain at large.
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Mercer
Sharspville
Lem Johnston
William Armstrong
W. W. Anderson
Kashban
Anderson
Mercer County
Sharpsville
Johnston
Armatrong
Cottage Hospital
Doctor Morrow Missing At Trial
Butler, Pa December 13 Doctor Carroll B Morrow was to be tried yesterday afternoon on an alleged offense against Dorothy Boggs daughter of W Boggs of this place His bail bond was set at 1600 dollars and county officers have failed to locate him
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Butler
Carroll B. Morrow
Dorothy Boggs
W. Boggs
Scouts Aid Red Cross by Distributing Join Cards
Boy scouts have helped the Red Cross by distributing posters to city merchants and businesses and printing large Join cards for automobiles. The workers include Walter Wilkinson Millard Greer Dudley Fynn and Jack Boyles.
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Red Cross
Walter Wilkinson
Millard Greer
Dudley Fynn
Jack Boyles
Memorial Hospital Proposal From Dr H D Boyles
Dr H D Boyles advocates a large hospital funded by a half million Memorial Fund with three fifths as endowment. He calls for free beds for soldiers and families, plus a day nursery for children of working women in a central hospital site.
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H. D. Boyles
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Ty Ana
Sen. Johnson
U. 8
America
King
Joew T. Parkerson
Satstedenel
Rountenteenlatt
National Committee
Will
Brest
Henry G. Wales
Farrel Bensal
Prescott Ringer
Youngstown
Uniontown Police
Ohio
Bert
Aune Johanna Jokinen
Railroad Company
Kaiser
Holland
Amer
Ongen
Almira Home
Tiate
Germany
Constable
Mercer CO
State Police
Doctor Morrow
BOY Scouts Aid
BR. F. Butler
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