Seize Munitions At Spandau Plant
Berlin battles rattle London dispatches report hundreds killed as Spartacan forces clash with Berlin government troops. Ebert and Scheidemann urge unity while street fighting erupts near the Wolff Bureau and Foreign Office. Armaments seized at Spandau factories fuel the combat as reports vary on who controls the streets.
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Herr Ebert
National Assembly
Germany
Ma Ition
Spandau
Aoteen Army
Berlin
Ser
Wolff Bureau
Spartacans
Foreign Office
Chanelles Palace
Minuit
Eichhorn
Grocer
Ebert Forces Refuse Parley With Reds Amid Crisis
Berlin dispatch reports that a Spartacan delegation, led by Wilhelms Dittmeath and including Carl Kautsky, met with the government but was rejected. The regime declares a state of defense and asserts military leadership as counterinsurgents occupy public and private buildings. Troops patrol Wilhelmstrasse as authorities extend martial powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Associated Press
Wilhelss Dittmeath
Carl Kautsky
Hore Hreltsheid
Wilhelmstrame
Major General J Franklin Bell Dies in New York Hospital
Major General J Franklin Bell commander of the Department of the East dies at Presbyterian Hospital from heart disease aged sixty three. A West Point graduate class of 1878 Bell rose through the ranks, helped rebuild army schools at Fort Leavenworth, led the 77th National Army Division at Camp Upton, and served abroad during World War I.
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Department of the East
J. Franklin Bell
Department of the Mast
Presbyterian Hospital
Bell
Hell
Regular Army
Fort Leavenworth
Army
77Th National Army
Camp Upton
France
Five Socialist leaders found guilty of conspiracy
CHICAGO Jan 8 Five Socialist leaders including Congressman-elect Victor L Berger publisher of the Milwaukee Leader and Adolph Germer were found guilty late this afternoon in the Federal Court of conspiracy to violate the espionage law. They faced potential sentences up to twenty years and fines up to ten thousand dollars. The verdict followed five hours of juror deliberation amid heightened security as the court prepared to hear motions for a new trial.
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Chicago
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee Leader
Arthur Brisbane
Adolph Germer
National Socialist Party
William Fo Kruse
Young Socialist
Irwin St. John Tucker
J. Louis Engdahl
American Socialist
United States
K. M. Landis
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
Isto Ofclock
Theodore Roosevelt
Berger
America
Charler &. Clyne
Bolshevium
Germany
AT. Hendee
Waukeegan
Ayia
Socialis Party
St. Gouin
Tony
Renaid
Hs Pamphrate
Beriui
Milwasiken Lander
War Minister Seizes Power in Bolshevik Split
A Moscow dispatch reports Nikolai Lenin arrested on Trotsky’s orders, Trotsky declaring dictatorial control as Lenine favors a coalition with Mensheviks while Trotsky pushes continued red terror. The rift widens amid clashes with Radek Bucharin and factions, marking a pivotal Bolshevik power struggle.
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Copentiagen
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Leon Trotsky
War and Marine
Moscow
Gothenburg
Sweden
Trotzky
Lenine
Mensheviks
Trotky
Congress of Soviets
Radek
Buchurin
Sheerore
Trotzky-Radek-Buchurin
Trotsky
Twenty two States ratify bone dry prohibition plan_today
Twenty two states have ratified the national prohibition amendment. Additions today are Maine Tennessee and Idaho. Several states including Kentucky Virginia Mississippi South Carolina North Dakota Maryland Montana Arizona Delaware and others approved the prohibition legislation. The Tennessee General Assembly ratified the amendment in both houses, and Maine also completed ratification after a Senate recall. Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa legislatures are acting or poised to act as drives continue. Dry forces in Albany plan to begin their fight tomorrow as regulation to ratify the amendment is introduced in both houses with expectations of support from Republican members.
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Maine
Tennessee
Idaho
Kentucky
Virgrinia
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Dakota
Marylaid
Montana
Arizona
Delaware
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Georgia
Lousiana
Florida
Michigan
Ohio
Oklahoma
Mane and Innessee
Tennessee General Assembly
House
Senate
Senate of
West Virulvis
Ilinois Senate
Tomrorrow
United States
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Chicago
George C. Dampsey
Boston
Juli Keastern
New York
H. M. Naylon
Rochester
N. ¥.; George TP. Dieterle
Cincinnati
Samuel Woolner
Peoria
George Beuxe
St. Paul
Minn
Marion Taylor
Louisville
Albany
George F. Thompson
Niawam
Walter S. McNab
Schenectady
Tli
Assembly
Wilson Seeks Swift Progress Toward Peace Conference
Paris reports indicate President Wilson, after returning from Italy, aims to quicken the peace conference work. Informal talks with Col. House and Lansing have updated views from Clemenceau and Cecil. Japan's delegates participate. preparations focus on the league of nations, international waterways, and freedom of the seas as key issues for early formal meetings. Continued on page five.
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Paris
Wilson
Italy
England
Colonel House
Clemenecu
Robert Cecil
House
Lansing
Lord Robert
Fuet
Presid Wilson
Aids
Fontente
Entente
Temps
Clemenceau
United States
League of Nations
Dardanelles
Scheldt
Danube
Silage
Vance McCormick
War Trade Board
Pacis
Harbor Strike Ordered Tieup Begins Today
New York faces a tighter embargo as 15,000 members of the Marine Workers' Affiliation of the Port of New York vote to strike at 9 o'clock this morning. The walkout, in a dispute over wages and an eight hour day, will halt harborside work including tugs and ferries, and may delay troop landings and shipments of coal, grain, and perishable goods.
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New York
Marine Workers
Thomas L. Delahunty
Marine Affiliation
Park Place
National War Arior Board
City Hall
Boat Owners and Railroad Administration
Harbox
Demet
Labior
Basil M. Manly
Priv
Delahanty
Dolshanty
Delahunty
Navy
Terry
Manhattan
Tribute Paid Ex-President By All Ranks
A New York obituary recounts Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral at Oyster Bay with widespread homage. Presidents, generals, senators, and citizens from across the nation gathered in sorrow as the nation mourned the former leader, honored for his soldiering and world leadership.
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F. F. van de Water
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Jon
Theodore Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Congress
U.S. A
Sage
America
United States
New York
New York City
Avenue End
Long Island Truck Farm
Roosevelt
Sagemore Hill
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Karl Liebknecht
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Enllx
Brest-Litovsk
Trotzky Kittery
Buchayin
Pravda
Stnd
Buchanin
Ministry of War
Soviet of People's Commissaries
Europe
Martoff
Axelrod Wid
Vrotzky
Levine
Bourgeise
Gra
Colonel Roosevelt
Hylan
Cecil
Marine Workers’ Union
Theodore
Rector
Otto Raphael
Polles
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