Peace conference plans outlined for January meetings
Paris reports the procedure for the peace conference beginning with a supreme war council session on Sunday. German armistice noncompliance prompts non-renewal, then an introductory memorandum outlines objectives and order. Monday marks first plenipotentiary meeting, with Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Orlando to attend.
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Paris
Supreme War Council
Treves
Marshal Foch
Mathias Kroberger
League of Nations
Wilson
Marcel Hutin
Mcho de Paris
Poincatre
France
Associated Ideas
Supreme Inter-Allied Council
David
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Vittorio Orlando
Balfour
Pochon
Sennine
Colonel House
Secrary Lansing
Supreme Council
China
M. Clemenceau
Poincare
Georges Clemenceau
Interallied Relief Committee
Earl of Reading
Great Britain
Herbert C. Hoover
Jal the ‘Alles
Underground wireless signals used in war efforts
Washington January 12 officials disclosed underground and undersea wireless methods developed by James H. Rogers of Hyattsville Md used to receive messages from European transmitters at underground stations in the United States. Submarines underwater intercepting shore signals by submerged wires show two miles transmission. Authorities claim potential for deep water sending though not yet widespread. method slows static and lowers cost.
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Washington
Navy Department
James H. Rogers
Hyattsville
Europe
United States
Department
New Orleans
Argentine Strike Quelled After Mass Attack on Post Office
In Buenos Aires on January 11 the general strike ended after a conference with President Irigoyen and Vasena Tron leaders. Government troops fired machine guns at 200 strikers and supporters, killing 20 and wounding 60 in attacks on the post office and Vasena iron works. Suburban Armour Packing workers joined, clashing with police as meat deliveries to public institutions were escorted by cavalry amid a critical food shortage.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Irigoyen
Vasena Tron Works
Moon
Vasena Iron Works
Armour Packing
Avellaneda
Sansinena
Germans Turn Over Dreadnaught Baden
London dispatch reports the German dreadnaught Baden arrived at Scapa Flow and was interned with the German fleet. The Baden, about 27 000 tons, with eight 15 inch guns, matches Queen Elizabeth class and sails at 23 knots. A flotilla of sixteen submarines departs Germany for surrender, with seven subs in neutral waters and forty U boats in German ports awaiting surrender.
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London
British Wireless Service
Baden
Scapa Flow
Mackensen
Germany
Armenian and Syrian relief drive urged by former food chief
Chicago January 12 former food administrator Harry A Wheeler called for a statewide bulletin to county and local food administrators urging active aid to relief efforts in Armenia and Syria. He noted dissolution of the state food administration hinged on maintaining support for relief campaigns.
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Chicago
Harry A. Wheeler
Tih- Nets
Thefr
State Food Administration
Prince of Wales visits American front in Coblenz
The Prince of Wales spends a weekend with General Dickman in Coblenz after entering American lines from Cologne. He attends a private sequence of dinners and dances with American officers and plans a visit to the corps headquarters while staying near General Dickman for the duration.
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Prince of Wales
U. S
Coblenz
Jaeph T. Dickman
Cologne
Lord Claude Hamilton
Prince
Bidgehead
General Owkman
Dickman
Togght
Relief Ship Goes to Turkey Monday
The Mercurius, second relief ship loaned by the navy, sails Monday from New York to Constantinople with food clothing and medical supplies for Armenia Syria Persia and Asia Minor. A larger vessel will sail midmonth. Last week the Wertube carried 1,500,000 dollars in flour to Constantinople and Beirut.
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New York
American Committee For Relief
Asia
Mercurius
Navy Department
Constantinople
Armenia
Syria
Persia
Asia Minor
Beirut
Lawmaker Calls Dam Spending Criminel Waste at Muscle Shoals
Washington Jan 12 Representative Longworth of Ohio condemned the War Department expenditure of 14 million dollars for a dam at Muscle Shoals Alabama to supply water power for a government nitrate plant as a criminel waste of the public's money He signaled plans to pursue the matter further in the House.
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Washington
War Department
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Longworth
Ohio
Walker Hines Chosen as U S Director of Railroads
Walker D Hines appointed director general of railroads to succeed McAdoo. He favors a five year extension of federal control or early return to private hands only with remedial legislation. He backs a square deal for labor and close public government railroad understanding.
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Washington
Walker D. Hines
Railreds
William G. McAdoo
Congress
Wilson
Cable
McAdoo
Hines
Air
Railroad Administration
MccAdeo
New York Marine Workers
War Labor Board For Settlement
Finnes
Control Act licenses charged in Washington release
The Food Administration issued a Wilson proclamation releasing from the food control act the licenses of importers manufacturers storers and distributors of many staples. Wheat corn oats rye barley beef pork mutton and their products plus certain oils fats and substitutes are excepted. Grain producers storers and distributors still require licenses as do cold storage warehouse workers and related handlers.
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Washington
Food Administration
Wilson
Iowa farmer violent murder suicide tragedy at breakfast
John Hoskins a farmer near Prescott killed his wife Gladys 18 and stepson Roy Campbell 16 with a club at breakfast. He also struck his daughter Irene 15 who escaped. Hoskins then attempted suicide by cutting his wrists and throat. Domestic trouble cited by neighbors. The crime occurred Saturday. a neighbor interrupted the scene.
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Creston
John Hoskins
Prescott
Czar's Men Lead Army of Bolsheviks on North Front
Allied intelligence and Bolshevik prisoners reveal a capable yet unsettled Bolshevik force on the north Russian front. The Sixth Army under General Gettis includes four groups with officers from former Russian imperial units and Austrian Bolshevik adventurers, facing American and allied troops near Vologda, Archangel, Krasnoborsk, and Vyatka. Commanders change often. desertions rise among sailors. bread and meat rations noted.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Allied Intelligence Department
Denose
Sixth Army
Vologda
Gettis
Parski
Twelfth Army Corps
Russia
France
Paris
Humanite
Acion
Great Britain
The
Temps
M. Pinchon
Roosevelt Letter Echoes War Losses in March Remarks
Ashington January 12 General March read a letter from Col Roosevelt to the time Gen Marchs son was killed in an airplane accident. Roosevelt acknowledged receipt of Kermits artillery captain appointment and wrote that they both share bitterness yet keep their heads high for their sons.
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Quentin Roosevelt
France
Michigan convicts tunnel to liberty
Seven prisoners escaped from Jackson State Prison Saturday night by tunneling under the north wall. They dug 12 feet down then northward beneath the wall, opening after dark. Guard Ralph Malnix halted two fugitives but others fled into rail yard areas. a posse pursued late into the night. Captured were Louis Berkowitz and Walter Moran. at large are William F. Stone William Ernsky Co B Henderson Louis Snyder Ernest Laude.
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Ralph Malnix
Malnix
William F. Stone
Calhoun County
William Ernsky
Max Miller
Detroit
Co. B. Henderson
Louis Snyder
Ernest Laude
Jackson
Liberty
Louis Berkowitz
Walter Moran
Poultry Men Send Fowls to France for War-Affected Regions
Chicago officials announce a great poultry breeding plant will launch in northern France to support reestablishing poultry farming in war ravaged areas of France and Belgium. Professor Kilpatrick of Ohio State will lead 2,000 pure bred American fowls to France. Auction sales at the show will raise funds for overseas work. 36 states and Canada send entries. A hen that laid 308 eggs in a year, owned by John W Welch of Omaha, Nebraska, is showcased, along with what is claimed to be the tallest game cock on record at 36 inches.
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Chicago
France
Belgium
D. F E. Hale
John Kilpatrick
Ohio State Agricultural College
States
Canada
John W., Welch
Omaha
Nebr
Wrist Watches Meant For Soldiers in Judge Landis Court
Chicago January 12 Federal Judge Landis ordered that only lawyers who had seen military service may wear wrist watches in his court room. A young attorney wearing a watch argued a motion and was challenged by the judge who asked about his service and discharge. The attorney admitted he had not served and the judge declared he did not want wrist watches from those without military service.
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Chicago
Landis
Spartacan Crew Sues For Peace In Berlin Clash
Paris reports Berlin dispatches of a Spartacan defeat as workers in Liebknecht affiliated factories seek an end to bloodshed. London says Spartacans suffer heavy losses at Sil esian station and Tiergarten. Liebknecht reportedly killed, but AP notes no confirmation. Government gains army and public support in struggle.
Strike Ends as New York Marine Workers Return
The New York port’s three day shutdown ends as marine workers vote to resume work following a cable request from President Wilson. Stephen J. Condon says the affiliation’s strike committee ordered members to return to work as soon as possible and that wage dispute will be settled by the national war labor board, meeting by Monday.
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New York
Marine Workers
Wilson
Stephen J. Condon
National War Labor Board
Spartacist Leader Karl Liebknecht Reported Killed
London dispatch reports Dr Karl Liebknecht Spartacist leader killed in street fighting Thursday evening. Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph says this with AP Berlin correspondents noting many Friday reports concern provinces or press comment and no definite Berlin developments are confirmed.
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Paris
Havas
Berlin
Dr. Liebknecht
Associated Press
London
Silesian
Unter den Linden
Tiergarten
Hallensee
Potsdam
Karl Liebknecht
Germany
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Co
Liebknecht
Spartacans
Exchange Telegraph Company
Despondent Over His Part In Riot Resulted in Death
ST LOUIS January 12 Wesley Banter of Collinsville Illinois reportedly killed himself after feeling despondent over his role in a riot. Witnesses described an anxious mood as police investigated the incident at the Portes harbor area.
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St, Louis
Wesley Banter
Collinsville
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