World War Era News Roundup From Washington and Abroad
Secretary Daniels defends not giving anti British orders to Admiral Sims before U S entry. Italian king decorates seven American officials via Italian consul in Washington. AFL opposes sedition bills in Congress per Samuel Gompers. One thousand American deserters remain around Duris. Baker recommends surplus arms to Poland. Admiral Koontz urges 638 ships for wartime fleet. Senate passes water power bill 52 to 18. US shipping board cases show about 100000 per vessel in 1919 with 1200 ships operated. Marines and Haitian forces repelled a Port au Prince attack. 300 bandits neutralized. US rejects taking from Germany two percent of ships as retaliation for Scapa Flow losses.
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Wilson
New York
Knox
Senate
House
Rochester man arrested for forging federal treasury checks
Dorestic N. D. Cornish of Rochester Minnesota was arrested in St. Paul by United States secret service agents on charges of forging federal treasury checks issued to disabled soldiers in Minnesota.
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N. D. Cornish
Rochester, Minn
St. Paul
Minn
United States Secret Service
Treasury
Minnesota
League of Nations opens as world eyes on postwar order
Edward W. Pickard surveys the first League of Nations council meeting in Paris with Italy Britain Japan and others represented. He notes American delay on joining vows to follow the covenant and bitter debate in the U.S. Senate over the treaty especially article 10 and the push for moderate reservations. The piece also covers postwar upheaval in Germany Italy and Yugoslavia plus U.S. deportation and prohibition actions.
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Edward W. Pickard
League of Nations
Paris
Wilson
United States
Russia
Germany
America
League
League Council
Irrance—Leon Bourgeois
Great Britain
Earl Curzon of
Senate
Global Conference Aims to Restore Normal Conditions Worldwide
Plans advance for a major educational, financial and industrial conference to restore normal conditions globally. Leaders seek support from entente and neutral European nations and the U S Chamber of Commerce with potential invites to Germany Austria Japan and Latin American republics.
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Europe
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Germany
Austria
Japan
Demonstration in Berlin Over Government Councils Law
Thousands of communists in Berlin rallied against the government measure to legalize workers councils. They attempted to force their way into the Reichstag while Noske and security forces faced the protests.
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Germany
Berlin
Reichstag
Noske
Poland seen as bulwark against bolshevik flood
Secretary Baker urged the United States to supply surplus military aid to Poland to help repel bolsheviks. General Bliss told the Ways and Means Committee that a $150 million European relief loan should trigger allied surplus military support to Poland to prevent bolshevik expansion in Western Europe.
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United States
Poland
State Department
Washington
Baker
Bliss
House
Ways and Means Committee
Europe
Americans Beset in Siberia as Return Promised
A Harbin correspondent reports an American detachment in trans-Baikal clashed with General Semenoff's troops near an armored train. Two Americans were killed. The Czecho Slovaks aiding the U S have also clashed with Semenoff's forces amid the Siberian intervention.
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Siberia
Harbin
trans-Baikalia
Semenoff
Bolshevik Spread Alleged in Central Asia and India Aim
Report claims Enver Pasha, former Ottoman minister and proclaimed king of Kurdistan, launches a bolshevist revolt in Turkestan Afghanistan Baluchistan with Moscow funding. Observers say the aim is India and Britain may face trouble, though some view the movement as anti British.
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Enver Pasha
Kurdistan
Turkestan
Afghanistan
Baluchistan
Baku
Caucasus
Black Sea
Turkey
Moscow
Enver
India
Great Britain
Adriatic settlement reached pledging Italian influence
Agreement settles the Adriatic dispute with mutual concessions. Fiume will be governed by a municipal council under an Italian high commissioner, forming a small independent surrounding state. Italy gains Zdira but yields on neutralizing the Dalmatian coast and receives a mandate over Albania.
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Adriatic
Wilson
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Fiume
Zdira
Dalmatian
Albania
Presidential race tightens as Wood Lowden and Harding lead
Early campaign chatter shows General Wood Governor Lowden and Senator Harding at the forefront with others active in outreach. Women are playing a larger role as delegates and headquarters buzz with conferences. Hoover’s status remains unsettled, with close ally Julius Barnes saying Hoover favors a progressive stance only if a clear, overwhelming demand emerges.
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Wood
Lowden
Harding
Herbert Hoover
Warwicks
Julius Barnes
Mr. Hoover
Prohibition Loss Plan to Reimburse Liquor Owners
Prohibition leaders propose government purchase of about 60 million gallons of bonded liquor. Treasury certificates would liquidate as legitimate uses are found, over ten to twenty years, with vaulting of stocks to curb illegal use. Extra guards and centralized warehouses aim to curb enforcement costs and strengthen dry policy.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Prohibition Enforcement Division
Bureau
Sabath
Illinois
John F. Kramer
Kramer
U S Charge Arrives in Berlin to Assume Duties
The Zeitung am Mittag reports Enis L. Diesel has arrived in Berlin as acting commissioner and charge d affaires for the United States to manage American interests until the U S Senate ratifies the peace treaty.
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Berlin
The
Zeitung Am Mittag
Enis L. Diesel
United States
Senate
Washington
Jellicoe Cancels Brazil Visit for England
Rio Janeiro Brazil January 20 Admiral Viscount Jellicoe has abruptly canceled his planned visit to Brazil and Argentina to answer an urgent summons to England.
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Viscount Jellicoe
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
England
Argentina
Jelicoe
Mrs William Rockefeller Dies At Rockefeller Winter Home
Brunswick Ga Jan 20 Mrs William Rockefeller is dead at the Rockefeller winter Home on Jekyl Island near here.
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William Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Jekyl Island
Brunswick, Ga
Here
Deschanel Elected France President by National Assembly
Versailles records Paul Deschanel chosen as president of France by the national assembly. He received 724 votes as Lon Bourgeois, president of the chamber, called the session to order.
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Paul Deschanel
France
National Assembly
Versailles
Lou Bourgeois
Chamber
Lon Bourgeois
Virgo Freed After Six Weeks in Michigan Jail
Lawton Michigan January 20 Joseph C Virgo was released from county jail after six weeks held on charges of complicity in the death of his fifth wife Maude Ta bor Virgo.
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Joseph C. Virgo
Lawton, Mich
Maude Tabor Virgo
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Daniels
Aiblic
Senator Page
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Admiral Sims
Red Cross
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Duris
House Naval Committee
Admiral Koontz
Shipping Board
United States Marines
Haytian Sendarmerie
Port Au Prince
Navy Department
Scapa Flow
Francis Marion Gray
San Diego
Cal
Gray
Michigan
John F. Dodge
Detroit
Ritz-Carlton
Harry S. New
Los Angeles
Cail
New
Freda Lesser
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Jack Waters
Florala
Ala
Kosciuszko
Danzig
Bucharest
Supreme Council
William
Clemenceau
Poincare
Alexandre Millerand
Alsace
Argenau
Posen
Premier Clemenceau
Lettish Bureau
Copenhagen
Riga
Basle
Arco Valley
Kurt Hisner
de Anvera
Tetuan
Aix Les Bains
Railway Men’s Union At
London
Rostov-on-Don
Moraht
Danton
Hamburg
Supreme Council At
Cork
Sinn Fein
Dorestic
Pittsburgh
Henry Clay Frick
Helen
Childs
Indiana
Indianapolis
Hamlet, CO
Baltimore & Ohio
First National Bank
Pleasantville
Mexico City
Anthony Caminetti
Boston
Cretic
Goverment
Reparations Commission
Serbia
Lloyd George
Belgrade
Wallace
John Barleycorn
Sruiday
Federal Prohibition
Supreme Court
New Jersey
Internal Revenue Office
Kremer
U. S
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