Eberts Shoot-to-Kill Edict Throttles Berlin Uprising
Berlin reports confirm government forces tightened barred zones and linked provincial troops with city units. They issued a no procession order and pledged to fire on Spartacists. By Jan 9 heavier fighting left over 200 dead, with hospitals treating dozens. The Chancellor's Palace became an armed hub as workers and press offices faced assaults.
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Lokal Anzeiger
Vorsische Zeitung
Wolff Bureau
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Pionier Guards
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Imperial Bank
Wilson weighs partial backing of Italy at peace table
President Wilson reportedly told Premier Orlando his stance on Italy's claims, leaning toward partial endorsement and internationalization to guarantee sovereignty for Italy while addressing Adriatic concerns. Close aides say he favors no Italian control of the Adriatic, with safeguards ensuring no eastern military threat.
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Associated Press
Wilson
Italy
Rlando
Adriatic
Peace Conference Delayed As Informal Talks Begin
London reports postpone actual assembling date for delegates to the peace conference with informal conferences favored while leaders seek quick economic accord. Baruch McCormick join Paris talks and Samuel Gompers sails to help form an International Federation of Labor, signaling urgent questions dominate the agenda.
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George W. Wickersham
New York
Rhune the
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Paris
League of Nations
Bernard Baruch
Medill McCormick
American Peace Commission
Europe
Samuel Gompers
International Federation of Labor
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Dictator Named To Quell Riots In Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires faces a grave crisis as General Dellepaine is named dictator to crush rail strikes and restore order. Battles rage at police stations and post offices while the city girds for further violence. Soldiers, police, and a White Guard of 10,000 rally to support the government amid widespread casualties and looting.
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Interior
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Trigoven
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Jonaulate
Radical Party
Delle Fiane
Garibaldi
Elasn
Snitkin Barred From Practice By Appellate Division
Justice Leonard A. Snitkin of the Municipal Court, convicted in Indianapolis last May of draft law violations, was disbarred yesterday by the Appellate Division on Bar Association grounds. He remains under sentence and on bail during appeal. The board refused to allow him to sit, yet he kept drawing salary until Governor Whitman was urged to stop payment. Snitkin, a longtime East Side practitioner, had served in local politics.
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Municipal Court
Indianapolis
Bar Association
Snitkin
Althouch
Board of Municipal Court
Avernor Whitman
Mylan
Saltkin
Tame Thung Politi
Luxemburgers Demand Abdication of Duchess
A large crowd marched before the Grand Ducal palace in Luxembourg demanding the abdication of the Grand Duchess and a republic. A public safety committee was formed and order remained. Marie Adelaide, 24, reportedly plans to leave the country amid a shifting political scene.
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Luxemburg
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Wilson Will Accept Allies League Plan
Rome dispatch reports from Rome Paris and London that President Wilson plans to accept an Allied league of nations proposal. He aims to finalize an agreement in February and push for a plan with three core principles: rights of peoples to self determination, disarmament, and immediate arbitration of disputes.
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Spidotal
Servien Capisigns
Roosevelt Memorial Day Proposed by Republican Committee
January 10 Chicago report: National Committee appoints Colonel William Boyce Thompson to lead a memorial effort for Theodore Roosevelt. Proposes observing January 19 as Roosevelt Memorial Day nationwide with potential for a large fundraising campaign. Hays notes a possible million to ten million in subscriptions. Continued on page seven.
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Jonal Committee
Congress Hotel
William Boyce Thompson
New York
National Committee
Roosevelt
Will H. Hays
Thompson
Colonel Thompson
Hays
Sullivan
Ind
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Republican Party
United States
Haya
Theodore Roosevelt
William Boyes Thomason
Republican National Committee
Earle
Vermont
Roosevelt Memorial
Strike Put Up to Wilson, Union Rejects Armistice
FRALROAD men were playing checkers with food laden freight cars on both sides of the Hudson yesterday to move into New York by rail the 1 000 carloads necessary to feed the city daily. The boatmen's strike cut off cars from floats from the Jersey side and only about 500 carloads of perishable foodstuffs reached the city.
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Jersey
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Jersey City
Jonathan C. Day
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New York Harbor
Longshoremen's Association
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Brooklyn
A. H. Smith
Railroad Administration
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Albany
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Hudson Tubes
Staten
Cable Seizure Row Tests Hand in War Era Case
In federal court Judge Learned Hand refused to dismiss lawsuits by Clarence Mackay’s companies seeking return of seized cable lines from Postmaster General Burleson and Western Union. The case questions legality under the 1918 joint resolution after World War I ended, the power to seize critical communications and compensation due to national security needs. The decision preserves merits questions about government seizure power and compensation pending further rulings.
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Federal District Court
Clarence Mackay
Commercial Cable Company
Pacific Cable Company
Morleson
Newcomb Carlton
Western Union
Mackay Concern
Seised
Army
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United States
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Charles B. Mughes
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Hand
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William J. Deegan
Mackay Company
Burleson
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