Wilson expected to end New York Harbor strike now
President Wilson and Secretary Tumulty moved on a plan to end the New York Harbor strike by Marine workers as 16 000 aboard the harbor workforce halt movement. A 48 hour armistice was rejected by strikers while a conciliation board formed by harbor owners drew criticism.
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Wilson
New York Harbor
International News Service
Washington
White House
Tumulty
Cable
New York
New City
Marine Workers
New Jersey
A. H. Smith
Hudson Tubes
Joseph J. Glatz Mayer
New York Boat Owners’ Association
Berlin Hopes Yanks Will Occupy City
Berlin grows hopeful that American troops will occupy the city and keep order through the January 19 election, per an Amsterdam dispatch to a London newspaper.
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Berlin
Yanks
City
International News Service
London
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Italy May Oppose Claims at Peace Conference
Paris dispatch reports the United States United Kingdom and Japan ready to oppose any undue Italian territorial gains along the eastern Adriatic coast. Wilson backs limits while urging restraint as Lloyd George expected to arrive Saturday for Big Four talks set to begin Monday with Japan's envoys due January 14.
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Paris
U. S
England
Japan
Italy
Wilson
Orlando
Lloyd George
Baron Sonnino
Adriatic
London
France
League of Nations Idea Gains Favor
London reports a growing conviction that a league of nations is practicable. Paris discussions at the peace conference frame the issue as a leading topic among statesmen. Lord Cecil arrives to present the British view on creating an international authority for both war prevention and peacetime coordination.
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International News Service
London
Wireless Press
League of Nations
Times
Paris
Robert Cecil
News Snapshots From Quake to Prohibition Era
The Workmen's Compensation board will meet in Pittsburg January 14 to 16. Thieves robbed Charles Brosie’s Sharon home of several Liberty bonds. War Trade Board removed all corn and rice import restrictions yesterday. Miss Viola Langelier of Brockton Mass is said to be the youngest church organist in the country. About 45 000 acres in Pennsylvania were devoted to tobacco last summer. Elizabeth Collins of Butler was seriously injured when struck by a car after school. Tunnelton Pa shook as 1000 pounds of dynamite exploded at a powder company plant. Net profits of Swift Packing Co were 21 157 277 at the Chicago annual meeting. A four year prohibition on taxation after the signing of the peace was introduced in Congress. Frank Sauer, owner of Penn Film Exchange building in Pittsburg where ten people burned, was summoned to explain alleged violations. An applicant for an automobile license in Maine who drew 1323 expressed willingness to pay for another number.
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Frank Sauer
Penn Film Exchange
Pittsburg
Eagles Club Cleared of Debt After Mortgage Burn Event
The Eagles lodge held a jollification meeting to celebrate paying the last obligation on their club house purchased in August 1913 for 7500. Mortgage burning led by Samuel Gregg followed a banquet and speeches by Lawrence Kirker Q A McBride and others. The property now valued at 40000 with no debt.
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Eagles
L. W. Wilson
Samuel Greggs
Lawrence Kirker
R. G. Rostamp
Q. A. McBride
Lewis Genkinzer
Samuel Gregg
T. W. Dickey
Justice
Mr. Richards
Lewis Genkinger
William Kauffman
Walter Linderman
Youngstown
Shenango Tin Mill
Wm. Jones
Dan Jenkins
Ed Koonce
Frank Parks
Senator Craig Swamped by Mail Over Teacher Pay Measure
Beaver Lawrence district Senator W. D. Craig visits the city amid a flood of mail on the teachers pay raise before the state legislature. He notes receiving 60 to 70 letters daily and says a large clerical staff is needed as the vote nears, with higher volumes expected.
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W. D. Craig
Beaver Lawrence
Berlin Spartacists In Turmoil Amidriots And Siege
Delayed bulletin reports Karl Liebknecht mobbed in Berlin as Spartacists clash with government forces. Government troops with planes bomb rail hubs. siege proclaimed and many killed or wounded near Wolff bureau and Althant Station.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Silesian
Ebert
Wolff Bureau
AlJhant
Amsterdam
von Hindenburg
Cassel
Hindenburg
Zurich
Robert
Richhorne Bolsheviki
Robert Hilliard Cited For Bravery
Robert Hilliard of Prospect Butler county learns his son John Hilliard a former Troop H member of the 1033rd U. S. engineers has been cited for conspicuous bravery at the second battle of the Marne. John helped in the capture of a German machine gun. His brothers Albert and Edward serve in Europe and at Camp Sherman.
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Robert Hilliard
Prospect
Butler County
John Hilliard
1033Rd
U. S. Engineers
America
Marne
Young Hilliard
Albert Hilliard
France
Edward Hilliard
Camp Sherman
Insurrection Breaks Out in Montenegro Reported
An insurrection has broken out in Montenegro according to Montenegrin consulate reports. The Yugoslav usurpers are said to have been expelled from the region amid the January unrest.
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International News Service
Montenegro
Councilman Horton Ill at Home
James A. Horton city council member is confined to his home in serious condition after a sudden illness. He was taken ill unexpectedly today.
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James A. Horton
Last Man's Club Plans Annual Banquet Tradition
A nine member group described as a gruesome club by a member meets each February to observe a banquet on the third Thursday. The Last Man's Club has existed 27 years with no membership changes and asks who among them will be the first to cross the Great Divide and attend the anniversary banquet alone.
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Delta Chapter
Harry L. Dunlap
E. L. Smith
E. E. Leavy
Death notices for Myrtle Parker and others across three states
The record lists Myrtle Parker aged 8 of Pittsburgh with Mrs Susan and Taylor Mason 50 of 262 West Falls street. Also noted are Dr Joseph F. Long 83 of New Wilmington Pennsylvania Chauncey Hosier 82 of Sharon and George Kyser of Columbiana Ohio.
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Susan
Taylor Mason
West Falls Street
Joseph F. Long
New Wilmington
Chauncey Hosier
Sharon
Boost Plans For Road To Mt. Jackson
A Thursday evening meeting at the Mahoning town Commercial club formed committees from the Commercial club and North Beaver and Bessemer districts to push a highway from Seventh Ward to Mt. Jackson linking with Route 77. Residents of North Beaver, Bessemer, Seventh Ward, and nearby areas urged rapid action with county commissioners and state officials. Representatives include Frank W. Wallace J C Norris Frank Nugent W C Shanafelt A C Hyde and W S McGinnis Robinson and Clark.
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North Beaver Township
Bessemer
Seventh Ward
Mahoningtown
Commercial Club
North Beaver
Frank W. Wallace
J. C. Norris
Frank Nugent
W. C. Shanafelt
A. C. Hyde
Pennsylvania Legislature Delays Vote on Prohibition Amendment
Pennsylvania lawmakers will not vote on ratifying the federal prohibition amendment until mid session or later, with February earliest possible. Across the nation 22 states have ratified, as West Virginia joins and Colorado is excluded due to timing.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Mrs. H. C. Turner Named Pension Board Trustee
Mrs. H. C. Turner of Lincoln Avenue was commissioned by the governor as a trustee of the Mothers Assistance fund in Lawrence County. Other members include Mrs. A. D. Mornes, Mrs. J. W. Cunningham, and Miss Alice Hope of New Wilmington, with three more appointments planned to complete the county board.
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H. C. Turner
Lincoln Avenue
Mothers Assistance Fund
Mother’s Pension Fund
Lawrence County
A. D. Mornes
J. W. Cunningham
Alice Hope
New Wilmington
Lawrence Co
Butler Church Burned Down in Early Morning Fire
The first English Lutheran church in Butler, Pa. was destroyed by fire at an early hour today. Estimated loss reaches 235,000 dollars with crossed wires suspected as the cause.
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Butler
James
Fourth Day Reports No New Flu Cases
The health department reports no new influenza cases in the last 24 hours, marking the fourth consecutive day with no new cases. Gladys Mu Cracken of 1707 Wilson Avenue is reported to have scarlet fever.
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Health Department
Gladys
Mu Cracken
Wilson Avenue
Valuations Reduced After Local Objections
County commissioners as a board of appeals set a fair valuation for this year at a 10 percent increase over 1918 assessments. They note many earlier increases approached 100 percent and say Assessor Walker used a full value standard. the plan avoids singling out South New Castle borough for excess burden.
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South New Castle
Board of Appeals
Walker
South New Castle Borough
Berlin Turmoil Grows as Troops Clash in Streets
The report says Ebert troops control police HQ in Berlin while Spartacists struggle to hold areas. Mutinous police chief Eichhorn fled as loyal soldiers tightened grip. Munich fears Spartacist agitation spreads and civilians stockpile water reserves amid warnings of Bolshevik aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Berlin
Robert
Emil Eichhorn
Munich
Germany
Fire Stations Battle Blazes Across City Buildings
At noon a Seventh ward firehouse chimney caught fire but no building loss. A 1.55 am blaze at 1211 Howard Way damaged the kitchen roof and weatherboard at David Jenkins home. Gas leak sparked a small loss at 125 Lawrence Street. A Moore block chimney fire on North Mercer and North streets prompted use of the aerial truck with no damage reported.
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Seventh Ward Company
Eighth Ward
David Jenkins
Howard Way
N. G. Nader
Lawrence Street
Moore Block
North Mercer
North Streets
Five Floaters Are Sentenced in Mayor’s Vagrancy Crackdown
Mayor Newell pursues a hard line against vagrants described as floating in the city. Five individuals faced him and admitted demeaning views of themselves as less than human, with each facing unspecified costs.
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Adriatic Sea
Workmen's Compensation Board
Charles Brosie
War Trade Board
Viola Langelier
Brockton, Mass
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Tunnelton
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Swift Packing Company
Chicago
Poe
Congress
Maine
Eagles Club
Craig
Liebnecht
Karl Liebhecht
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Last
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Pittsburgh
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Columbiana
Ohio
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Seventh Ward Commercial Club
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