Wood treated like German spy by high command claims
A letter read by Representative Gallivan from 40 wounded officers alleges National Guard and Reserve officers were elevated over regulars, with Maj. Gen. Wood mocked as a German spy. The signatories, listing eight National Army, four National Guard and several reserves, accuse the Leavenworth clique and high command of bias and jealousy in promotions and front-line officer removal.
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Washington
National Guard
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Asg
Arny
Hamilton
Michigan
Leavenworth
High Command
Wood
United States
Flo
England
Lloyd George
Wete
National Guard Coloel
Hhe
National Army
Naional Guard
War Revenue Bill Put In Final Form
Washington Feb 2 The war revenue bill was put in final form after Senate and House conferees agreed on all tax rate changes It aims to raise about six billion dollars in the current year and four billion annually thereafter The measure will be sent to the House Wednesday and is expected to pass before adjournment The final report excludes the campaign contributions tax and relies on a future enforcement date with President Wilson absent delaying immediate effectiveness.
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Washington
Senate
House
Simmons
Wilson
Treasury
Why Passports Of Women Cancelled
Washington reports two women had passports cancelled after the state department learned they had engaged in activities of the Women’s Party before the White House. The cancellation followed discoveries of their work assignments and travel plans connected to political activity.
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Washington
White House
Bolsheviks Using Gas Shells Along Archangel Front
Archangel front report says Bolsheviks attacked Taresvo, forcing Allied retirement and using gas shells. Allies race north, Karelians reach Ondozero to recruit volunteers. Washington monitors the crisis as Allied and American forces in the Archangel region total about 6,000, with 4,500 Americans and 1,200 Russians under British command.
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Bolsheviks
Archangel
Associated Press
Taresvo
Taresevo
Murmansk
Ondozero
Notozero
War Department
Washington
General Marchief
Taresovo
Mandatories For German Colonies Have Wide Power
Paris reports a broad, detailed agreement on German colonies and Turkey region mandates. Units like Armenia, Syria, Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Arabia will be detached from the Ottoman Empire with the League of Nations supervising, while advanced nations act as mandatories. Provisions vary by region, from light oversight to strong administration to curb slave trade and arms trafficking.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of the Great Powers
Turkey
Asia
Germany
Armenia
Syria
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Arabia
League of Nations
League Nations
Central
Africa
German
South Pacific Islands
Troops Safe After Narrangansett Grounding Off Isle of Wight
The navy department reports sixty American troops were aboard the steamer Narrangansett when it grounded off the Isle of Wight Friday night. Tugs evacuated all aboard without casualties. Admiral Sims confirmed in a dispatch that other troops were British and no casualties occurred.
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Washington
Navy Department
Narrangansett
Isle of Wight
Admiral Sims
The Germany That Met Defeat
Written in Paris after a two weeks tour through Germany Mr. Corey visited many cities travelled 1200 miles and interviewed German leaders from Hindenburg to Haase.
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Paris
Germany
Corey
Hindenburg
Haase
Refuse 10 Deal With Old Enemy
Paris dispatches detail a two day Associated Press report on the American Federation of Labor led by Samuel Gompers backing Belgian Socialists and Trade Unionists who refuse to meet Germans until peace is signed. The Berne congress gathers delegates from 22 nations as the fault lines widen over postwar dealings.
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Associated Press
Paris
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Berne
Russian Empire
Mr. Gompers
Edward N. Hurley
United States
Deadlock Over Oil Bill Broken At Last
Washington February 2 The oil and leasing bill deadlock in Congress was broken Saturday night as senate and house conferees agreed in principle The measure has been stalled since May and would open about six million acres of oil land and forty million acres of western coal lands for development plus other mineral tracts It calls for leasing or outright purchase and involves more than fifty million acres of public mineral lands
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Pittman
Predicting March 1 Closing Of Food Board
Washington officials commented on W A Glasgow Jr statements to the senate agriculture committee that the food administration would cease to exist within three weeks with the grain corporation handling the 1918 wheat crop. The grain corporation would continue until last year’s wheat is liquidated, and take over ongoing price agreement obligations after this month.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Grain Corporation
W. A. Glasgow, Jr
Senate Agriculture Committee
New York
Rescue of all hands from Piavea wreck near Gull Lightship
Washington February 1 rescue of all crew from the steamer Piavea wrecked off Gull Lightship, Dover Straits, was announced to the navy department. The message said the vessel probably was a total loss.
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Washington
Piavea
Gull
Dover Straits
Navy Department
Bavarian Queen III in serious condition in Munich
Feb 1 in Munich reports former Queen Mary Theresa of Bavaria is gravely ill. Authorities fear the illness may be fatal and seek to monitor her condition closely.
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Munich
Mary Theresa of
Bavaria
Bernstorff Acceptable To U S Men
ARIS Feb 1 The American delegates to the peace conference will raise no objection to Count Von Bernstorff the former German ambassador in Washington as one of the German delegates to the peace conference He will not speak for the entente delegation and it is said that no government can veto a representative chosen by the other side.
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Aris
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Troops in Glasgow Prevent Disorder
Glasgow, Feb 1. Crowds filled the streets but no disorder occurred as soldiers guarded key sites. Highland regiments protected railway stations, bridges, power and gas works while strike leaders faced police magistrate charges for riot incitement and unlawful assembly. Fresh troops entered the city. unions pledged support for the forty hour movement and denounced authorities’ brutality. Employers’ statement blamed extremist workers for misbehavior and said they would not bargain with them.
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Associated Press
Glasgow
Council of Scottish Trade Unionists
Official Report On Day s Deliberations
Paris February 1 The supreme council released details of todays session. Leaders from the United States Britain and other allied powers met with Japanese representatives at the Quai dOrsay from 3 to 615 pm. The conference approved the provisional Czechs Poles accord on the Tuschen district and set instructions for the inter allied commission to Poland. Romanian delegates Bratiano and Mishu were introduced with Bratiano outlining Romanian claims. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday at 11 am.
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Paris
Supreme Council
United States
Quai D‘orsay
Tuschen
Inter-Allied Commission
Poland
M. Bratiano
M. Mishu
Perfect Discipline Shown By Soldiers
In a February blizzard the American steamer Narragansett ran aground off the Isle of Wight with 2 000 soldiers aboard including sixty Americans. Bugled to decks, troops boarded life belts as tugs failed to free the vessel. Destroyers evacuated the crew to Southampton. salvage officers say the ship will be a total wreck. The captain and crew are praised for their conduct.
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Associated Prear
Southampton
Isle of Wight
Deadly toll in France tops forty thousand
Official casualty tables released from Washington show 40,709 battle deaths for American forces in France through January 10, with 15,469 missing and 2,83 prisoners. Marine additions bring total deaths to 40,709, as Pershing’s divisions bore the heaviest losses.
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Germany
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War Department
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Scheidemann
Council of Six
von Groener
House of the Council of Six
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Gompers
Food Board
Bernstorff
U.S
Pennsylvania) National Guard
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