Red Cross workers and engineers captured in Siberia
Vladivostok reports list American Red Cross workers captured at Kiuchinskaya station along with seven railway engineers. Names include Dr W H Kingston Oklahoma and Dr J N Medill Jarosa Colo, pharmacist W O Lowe New York, E H Charrette Stockton Calif. Further reports say some escaped to Irkutsk and consular officials seek confirmation and release negotiations.
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Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Irkutsk
Red Cross
Hansey
Irkinsk
Colonel Blunt
Stevens Commission
America
Kliuchinskaya
Tuishet
Associated Press
Cheta
East Siberia
Uol- Riant
Khuchinskea
Amercan
Washington
Am- Red Cross
Kinchinskasa
Siberia
Chita
Natonal
Blunt
War Department
Frank Roscoe Blunt
Plato, TV
Stevens Mud Wear Commission
Chicago and Great Western Road
Charette
Edward Delues Charette
Stockton
Cal
French Cabinet Crisis Involving Steeg and Daudet
Premier Millerand’s interior minister Jules Steeg faces accusations from Deputy Leon Daudet editor of VAction Francaise. Daudet claims Steeg is an accomplice of Louis Malvy, ex minister of the interior banished for communicating with the enemy, risking the government’s collapse.
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Millerand
Jules Steeg
Leon Daudet
Vaction Francaise
Tion
M. Steeg
M. Daudet
Steege
Chamber of Deputies
Louis J. Malvy
Interior
Ice Bound Vessel Drifts With Wind Into Outer Harbor
Chicago January 27 still a prisoner in ice floes the lake steamer Sidney Q C Neff drifted out of sight of land as the wind shifted the ice jam. The Alabama flagship of Gendrich Transit Co broke through the ice and docked after leaving Muskeg Friday night. Officials sent two ice breaking tugs to reach the Neff but they stalled near the mouth of the Chicago river. The fate of Captain Olson and five men who set out Sunday remains uncertain as searchers failed to find their trail.
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Chicago
Sidney QC
Alabama
Gendrich Transit Company
Neff
Chicago River
Olson
Four Mile
Bergdell Trial Set to Start Friday in New York
The trial of Grover C. Bergdell of Philadelphia, accused draft dodger and prisoner on Governors Island, will begin Friday morning. The War Department assigned Captain Bruce R. Campbell to defend Bergdoll, a member of a wealthy Philadelphia family, who was captured at his home after a two year search by military intelligence officers.
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New York
Grover C. Bergdell
Philadelphia
Governors Island
Bruce R. Campbell
War Department
Bergetoll
Bergdoll
PARDONS ARMY OFFICER BY PRESIDENT WILSON
Washington Jan 27. By direct ion of President Wilson Lieut en HS Rule convicted at Camp McClellan Alabama on charges of selling his services to enlisted men to fraudulently obtain their discharge had been released from arrest and restored to duty.
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Washington
Wilson
Een
HS Rule
Camp McClellan
Have You Been Counted Census Coupon Request 1920
Public appeal urging residents to be counted in the census. Instructions to mail a completed coupon to census supervisor William Schrafer in Quincy Diinofa, noting unenumerated status and providing name street and city where applicable.
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William Scrhaefer
Quincy
Exchange Breaks To New Low In Cent Value
New York January 27 foreign exchange rates sank to new lows as French and other currencies devalued amid global rate crashes. Sterling fell to 3.58 dollars under prior lows, about 26 percent below par. Francs traded at eight cents, marks just over one cent, Austrian crowns near one third of a cent, with most pressure traced to London.
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New York
London
Senate passes bill to curb illiteracy and education mandate
The Senate approved the Kenyon Americanization bill by 86 to 16 to require residents and aliens aged 16 to 46 who cannot speak read or write English to attend at least 200 hours of schooling annually. Administration would be via the interior secretary through the Bureau of Education with funds apportioned by state based on illiteracy.
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Kenyon
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau of Education
Secretary of Labor
Senate
Washington
Reds Push Ahead In South Russia Drive
London Jan 26 Bolshevik headquarters at Moscow report occupancy of Elizabethgrad and ongoing advance westward. Elizabethgrad lies in Kherson government on the Balta Kremenchug railway, about 178 miles northeast of Odessa.
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Reds
South
Russia
London
Elizabethgrad
Moscow
Kherson
South Russia
Odesaa
Breakup of Fix Terms Breaks Up Washington Treaty Talks
Jan 27 The peace treaty ratification question collapsed as Senate leaders broke apart a bipartisan conference over reservations to Article ten and the Monroe doctrine. Democrats accuse Republicans of intractable stance. talks resume on the Senate floor with no immediate path to agreement. Senator Lodge warns against any change to key reservations. Hitchcock cites Republican revolt as a cause for breakdown. The split ends hopes for a conference compromise and sets up a floor fight likely to begin today.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Hitchcock
New Brasks
McNary Republican
Oregon
Lodge
Tie
Senator Ledge
Detzer Trial Closes Hear Arguments Yet
The court martial of Captain Karl W. Detzer at Le Mans France will terminate Wednesday with final arguments after today’s testimony. Colonel O E Aleshire and Major Thomas W Campbell testified Mahon was not an efficient officer and Mahon was transferred for wholesale reductions in rank amid an assertion that the lieutenant governed men by bullying.
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New York
Karl Www. Doetzer
LeMans
France
O. E. Aleshire
Port Sam Mousten
Texas
Thomas W. Campbell
Hartford
Conn
Iheonard Mahon
Campbell
Mahon
Leutenant
Erzberger Wounded as Berlin Security Tightens After Attack
Mathias Erzberger, longtime German Center Party leader and finance minister, was wounded by a shot outside the criminal courts in Berlin. An arrest was made, and the government reinforced security amid rumors of a monarchist insurrection on the eve of the former emperor's birthday. The incident follows earlier threats and clashes related to the Helfferich libel suit and Erzberger’s role in the 1917 peace efforts.
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Finance
Herr Erzberger
Criminal Courts
Helfferich
Oltwig von Herschfeld
Erzberger
Weimer
Helfferich-Erzberger
Treeptain
German Center Party
Narl Helfferich
Helifferich
Germany
Foch
Bauer
Daniels Directs 156 Naval Awards To Enlisted Men
Secretary Daniels released a letter to Senator Hale detailing 156 naval awards to enlisted men during World War I. The package includes twelve Distinguished Service Medals and 144 Navy Crosses, with Daniels noting few such honors had been given to enlisted personnel. He recalls directing a wider study after a limited board report suggested many courageous acts by enlisted and officers alike.
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Washington
Daniels
Hale
Senate
Knight Medal Awards Board
Board of Awards
Iedal
Abe. Daniels
Senate approves compulsory training for youths in 1920s plan
Washington January 27 Senate military committee voted nine to five to back provisions for compulsory military training for youths aged 18 to 21, plus a framework for a national defense system. The plan includes a citizens army, a 280000-strong standing army, 18000 officers, and a reserve, with annual training and cost reductions projected over five years. McKellar plans a minority report opposing parts of the measure.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Capper
Kansas
McKellar
Tennessee
Sheppard
Texas
Kirby
Arkansas
Wadsworth
New York
Warren Wyoming
Sutherland
West Virginia
New
Indiana
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Knox
Pennsylvania
Spencer
Missouri
Chamberlain
Oregon
Thomas
Colorado
Citizens Army
National Guard
Republican
Baker
General Pershing
General March
War Department
Army
Hint Of Bolshevism Aboard The Powhatan
Secretary Baker was asked to inform Congress on the Powhatan disaster, linked to Bolshevism aboard the ship. Representative Britten introduces a resolution demanding copies of masters reports on other transports, notably the America, and cites mutiny theft gambling and insubordination reportedly aboard transports.
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Washington
Baker
Congress
Britten
Republican
Hainois
America
Sedition bills fate in Congress doubtful
In Washington on January 27, House leaders remained uncertain about the future of anti sedition legislation blocked by the rules committee. Hearings before task committees will resume and Republican leaders plan to meet to decide if the anti sedition bill will be reported to the House. Banks sell food drafts in New York: 800 banks nationwide cooperate with the American Relief administration to finance famine relief in central and eastern Europe, with a publicity campaign in foreign language press.
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Congress
Washington
Tan
House
Feaders
Rules Committee
Tos
Cay
New York
American Relief Administration
Europe
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Oklahoma
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Ford
Claude Thompson
Oklahoma State Medical Society
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Empire
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Guarine Brigade
Rathom
Navy Department
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Providence Journal
Senate Committee of Naval Affairs
United States Navy
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Navy
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Quincy Whig Information Bureau
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