Troops Rescued From Stranded Transport Northern Pacific
Jan 3 report from Fire Island area says the Northern Pacific rests on a sand bar with 600 to 700 troops evacuated to warships and shore. Debarkation proceeds at dawn as life guards, coast guards, and naval tugs aid rescue and hospital transfer to Hoboken aboard the Solace.
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New York
Northern Pacific
Fire Island Light
Associated Press
Connelly
Hoboken
Gleaves
Sandy Hook
Rockaway
Solace
Columbia
Bay Shore
Naval Air Station
Reacuers
Ibland
Ivire Island
Great South Bay
Camp Upton
Long Tyland
Red Cross
Wilson Train Speeds Past Historic Alps
On board President Wilson's special train the Franco-Italian frontier was crossed at Modane at 10 30 this morning. The presidential party was met by American Ambassador Page Count Macchiavelli Italian ambassador to the United States and the Prince of Udine who will accompany the party to Rome. The party caught its first glimpse of the western Alps at breakfast time as the train crawled through the passes. President Wilson rested today from his English visit and looks forward to Rome.
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Associated Press
Wilson
Modane
Page
Macchiai Cellere
United States
Prince of
Udine
Rome
Alps
Bolshevik Agents Challenge Vilna Province Control
War report from Warsaw describes Vilna in Lithuania as a critical battleground with Bolshevik propaganda spreading through the northeastern area under soviet rule. German troops numbering about five thousand refuse Polish pleas for arms to defend the city, promising to turn Vilna to the soviets.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Vilna
Lithuania
Germany
Werner
Berlin
German Appeals on Armistice Terms Reviewed at Luxemburg
At Marshal Foch headquarters German appeals to separate occupied German territory from the rest were reviewed. A German delegation was told that, within military limits, appeals are granted. Germans will supply fuel and machinery to the occupied zone as in 1918, while the Allies will appoint a commissioner to secure raw materials across the Rhine. British troops allow imports of food, raw materials, and certain goods from unoccupied Germany into the Cologne occupied area.
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London
Germany
Foch
Luxemburg
Rhine
Cologne
Ford Seeks Recount Order In Michigan Senate Race
Detroit January 3 Henry Ford seeks a court order to show cause why ballots cast in the United States senator election in Michigan should not be restrained from destruction. The suit targets every city village and township clerk in the eastern district of Michigan. Judge W Warrington issued the action from the Cincinnati court of appeals. Ford alleges the official count masked the race result with Truman H Newberry defeating Ford.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Michigan
Michian
W. Warrington
United States Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Henry Ford
Truman H. Newberry
Mr. Ford
Paderewski Arrives in Warsaw Amid Celebrations and Tragedy
Poles greet Polish leader and pianist Ignacy Paderewski as he arrives in Warsaw from Posen amid cheering crowds and Allied flags. A balcony collapse during the celebrations kills 25 people and raises concerns over security and political changes as conservatives push for recognition from the allies.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Tynace
Jan Paderewski
Posen
M. Paderewski
Poland
Father Of Girl In Piper Case Dies by Own Action
Chicago January 3 a coroner's jury found Gustav Luckow father of Frieda Weichman who died after Milo Piper was charged with murder committed death by gas. Luckow despondent and financially troubled after the tragedy. Deputy Hansen questioned Mrs Piper widow. friend Abernathy denied writing a letter alleging Piper married Weichman.
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Chicago
Gustav Luckow
Frieda Weichman
Milo H. Piper
Luckow
Peter Hansen
Muskegon
Weichman
Defaulting Cashier Exposed By Inventory
Chicago January 3 recounts James Grannan known as Jimmie cashier of a La Salle street grain brokerage who is believed to be $55,000 to $60,000 short. He says the deficit arose from speculation and his family lived modestly with no dissipation claims. Emmanuel Rosenbaum head of the firm says he will give him another chance.
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Chicago
James Grannan
la Salle Street
Jimmie
Grannan
Womer
Emmanuel Rosenbaum
President Wilson arrives in Turin on official visit
President Wilson's special train arrives in Turin this afternoon. He is met by the province prefect, the mayor, the general commanding the troops, and other officials. The city decorates in Italian and American colors as Star and Stripes fly beside the Italian flag. The reception is warm as the train departs amid cheering crowds.
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Turin
Wilson
Potash Imports From Alsace Face Shipments Debate
Washington officials report O G M McCormick heads to Europe to review Hurley shipping board plans. The plan seeks to move 500000 to 600600 pounds of potash from Alsace to the United States amid Nebraska producer protests urging imports be halted until policy on potash production is set.
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Washington
Jan
War Trade Board
Ogus M. McCormick
Tourope
Woul
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Alsace
America
Slidhnocks
Nebraska
Cold Weather Persists with Warmer Outlook for Saturday
Weather across the west, southwest, northwest, and middlewest remains deeply cold after a New Year freeze. Temperatures reach 20 or more below zero in some areas, with Chicago near zero and Williston reporting 28 below. Montana highs plunge to thirty below in places, while California nerves endure the harshest winter in a year with widespread frosts and damaged fruit. Denver joins with milder plains readings as stockmen warn of cattle losses if snow hinders grazing.
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Chicago
West
Southwest
Northwest
Middlewest
Weather Bureau
California
Montana
Williston
N. C
Clinton
Iowa
Denver
Plains
Texas
Milk famine from Dairymen strike endangers New York children
Health Commissioner Copeland warns the Dairymen's league strike on a 4.01 per 100 pounds price threatens public health. The milk bureau fell short, supplying 9000 of 20000 daily quarts, risking nourishment for 11000 poor children and many hospital patients. Dr. Josephine Baker notes 140000 under one year and about 1,000,000 under ten could suffer if it lasts.
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New York
Dairymen’s League
Copeland
Health Department
Josephine Baker
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Michigan Sixteenth Ratifies Prohibition Amendment
Michigan becomes the sixteenth state to ratify the federal prohibition amendment on Thursday. Twenty more states must act to adopt the measure proposed by Congress. Ratifications listed include Virginia Kentucky Mississippi South Carolina North Dakota Maryland Montana Arizona Delaware Texas South Dakota Massachusetts Georgia Louisiana Florida and Michigan.
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Chicago
Michigan
Virginia
Kentucky
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Dakota
Maryland
Montana
Arizona
Delaware
Texas
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Georgia
Louisiana
Florida
Wilson Given Great Reception In Italy
From the frontier to Rome, President Wilson’s journey became a triumphal procession as mountain folk and villagers rushed to greet the presidential train. Crowds cheered with waving hats and flags while sunshine and a green landscape framed the scene.
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Wilson
Italy
Associated Presse
Rome
America
Vivas
Want Ads Offer Homes for Sale in The Whig
The article urges buyers to read The Whig Want Ads to find homes for sale. It highlights the pride of home ownership and presents affordable options for men who want to own but cannot build or buy immediately.
British Leaders Support Wilson Plan for League of Nations
In Paris Jan 3 American officials say British leaders coordinate with U S views to back a League of Nations as outlined by President Wilson. Balfour and Lloyd George will join Wilson in Paris after his return from Italy, as informal talks build toward the inter allied conference and peace congress.
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Paris
Wilson
London
League of Nations
Balfour
Lloyd George
Italy
Baker to Congress on camp purchases
Secretary Baker said he would seek congressional views on buying land for army cantonments. The War Department favors some camps becoming permanent at an estimated cost of 12 million dollars. He plans to ask the House Military Committee for hearings and noted flying fields are not involved.
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Washington
Baker
Congress
War Department
House Military Committee
General Staff
Army War College
Military Committee
Army Air Service
Embargo on Freight To Eastern Seaboard
New York Central officials report an embargo on freight from interior points to New York terminals due to a pier laborers strike. Most railroads are affected except the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Long Island. Workers demand an eight hour day time and a half overtime and a wage increase to 50 cents an hour.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
New Haven
Hartford
Long Island
Congress critic pins war dept policy as conscription in peace
Washington Jan 8 Representative Green of Iowa Republican denounced the war department policy of maintaining a large army as conscription in peacetime. He urged passage of his bill to fund an army of occupation to be supplied by voluntary enlistment among troops in Europe.
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Washington
War Department
Representative Green
Iowa
Department
Europe
Bureau Heads Kept Bankers' Hours Cited in War Dept Critique
Washington dispatch reports Republican Leader Mann blasting the War Department for delays in paying soldiers and allotments to dependents. Rep Dan Madd en denounces the War Risk Insurance Bureau as a “stench” and accuses Washington officers of inefficiency with five government cars idle at 10 am while officers delayed briefing.
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Washington
Mann
House
War Department
Department
Baker
Madden
Illinois
Army
Navy
Denver Crowds Tie Up Tramway Lines
Demonstrations against the seven cent street car fare approved by the state public utilities commission halted Denver Tramway traffic. Crowds pulled trolleys from wires, cut ropes, and formed a street bonfire. Motormen were ejected. police arrested a man amid a crowd of about three thousand.
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Denver
Colo
State Public Utilities Commission
Denver Tramway Company
Mmen
Stock Yard
Hamilton Armstrong
Berlin Paper Calls For German Unity Before Aid
The Vossische Zeitung argues that Germany must form a stable government and establish guarantees to avoid returning to despotism, urging the rapid assembly of a national convention as the condition for allied assistance. The piece says German complaints over armistice terms distract from the core issue and that allies will help only with visible guarantees.
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London
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Germany
Veteran Banker of Burlington Retires
John T. Remey, oldest Iowa bank president, sold the National State Bank of Burlington to local businessmen including C. E. Perkins and William Carson. Retired January 11 after 66 years in banking and 48 years with the bank, he is brother to Admiral George C. Remey.
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Burlington
Iowa
John T. Remey
National State Bank of
C. E. Perkins
C. B. and Q. Railroad
John Blane
William Carson
First National Bank of
H. &. Rand
A. J. Churchill
Remey
George C. Remey
New York to Seek Custody of Thaw from Pennsylvania
District Attorney Swann of New York asked for an exemplified record in Philadelphia lunacy proceedings that led to Harry K. Thaw’s commitment at the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. The move signals a possible requisition for Thaw’s surrender while he faces an indictment in New York for assaulting Frederick Gump, a Kansas City high school official.
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Philadelphia
Swann
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Pennsylvania Hospital
Thaw
Frederick Gump
Kansas City
2000 Soldiers Reach Budapest Amid Castle Clash
Two thousand troops have arrived in Hungary's capital Budapest. A detachment seized Count Karolyi's castle where Field Marshal Von Mackensen is interned. Reports also note brawls between Romanians and Magyars in the city.
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Paris
Budapest
Zurich
Temps
Count Karolyi
von Mackensen
Polish Premier Denounces Bolshevism Amid Polish Hardship
Warsaw report quotes Premier Moraczewski stating Bolshevism exists among the rich and the poor as Poland faces unemployment and hunger. He describes Poland between Russia and Germany, condemns the Minsk sale, and outlines a program including land division at pre war values, government mine control, and state ownership of key utilities.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Andreas Moraczewski
Poland
Russia
Germany
Minsk
Petrograd in Need Outbreak Feared in Bolshevik Rule
A Danish businessman returning from Russia reports widespread despair in Petrograd under Bolshevik rule. He cites near starvation, nationalized banks halting money, Red Guard control restricting parcels, and fuel shortages as causes of mounting unrest.
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London
British Wireless Service
Petrograd
Russia
Red Guard
Red Guards
Berlin Narrow Escape From Bombs Hidden in War Report
London dispatch reports Major General Trenchard detailing a near miss of Berlin by a Canadian led squadron under R H Mullock of Winnipeg. The 7th group, formed in England, prepared to bomb Berlin and other centers, receiving aircraft by late October as crews raced to readiness before armistice.
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London
Montreal
Trenchard
Independent Air Force
Berlin
R. H. Mullock
Winnipeg
England
Trenchard Ander
Mullock
Insurance records reveal vast wartime damage totals
Fragmentary notes from Washington indicate huge insured losses linked to the war effort. Officials tally billions in damage claims through the War Risk Insurance program, with figures reaching into the tens of billions, reflecting widespread destruction and complex federal coverage.
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Marshal Foch
Ford
Paderewski
Maire
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Eastern Seaboard
Houd
Karolyi
Mackensen
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Wevernmost
France
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