War Department blamed for mail delays to soldiers in France
Praeger told a Senate post office committee that eight to ten carloads of mail for American soldiers in France were undelivered. Thousands or millions of letters will be sent to the dead letter office from New York to be returned to writers. He urged sending experienced mail clerks to France to improve overseas delivery. He cited War Department failure to maintain an index system as the main cause of mail delays and other administrative holdups.
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France
Praeger
Sonaste Post Office Committee
New York
War Department
Postoffie
Hoboken
Department
Thirtieth Division to Sail for Home This Month
Washington reports eight to ten ships will sail Brent between January 20 and 25 and reach America within ten days. The division is expected to land at Hoboken and be sent directly into camps around New York including Camp Dix and Camp Totton. Men will be quarantined eight to fourteen days, then moved to southern camps for muster out with new clothing and back pay.
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Washington
Brent
America
War Department
Hoboken
Norfolk
New York
Camp Dix
Totton
Governor's Foland
Camp Sevier
Camp Gordon
Old Way Favored for Secus Glass and Burleson
Washington officials Secretary of the Treasury Glass and Postmaster General Burleson prefer horse drawn carriages to cars. In deference, the house appropriations committee amended the legislative bill to provide carriages for their personal use while furnishing automobiles to other cabinet members.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Glass
Burleson
House Appropriations Committee
J Bryan Conference With North Carolina Suffragists
In Raleigh William Jennings Bryan spoke as a special guest at a suffrage league conference. The group agreed on a program to seek legislation granting women the right to vote in party primaries and to elect officers for the next year. Bryan discussed national prohibition as an accomplished fact and democracy’s role in it.
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Raleigh
William Jennings Bryan
North Carolina Suffrage League
General Assembly
Bryan
Twenty six Tons Insurance Records Are Received Here
Washington reports twenty six tons of insurance records from the American expeditionary forces were received by the bureau of war risk insurance in the treasury department. The records cover government insurance written for American soldiers overseas totaling $1.6 billion, and will be merged with existing files to reach a grand total exceeding $38 billion in insurance.
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Washington
Amercana Expeditionary Forces
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Treasury Department
Campaign 18 Aims to Aid State School Garden Work
Washington reports a vigorous campaign to support school garden work initiated by Commissioner Claxton. The drive seeks congressional funding to continue the program which has expanded into an important war service in recent years.
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Washington
Comminioner of Education
Claxton
Congress
German Civil War in Berlin Endangers New Government
Spartacans led by Liebknecht clash with Ebert forces in Berlin after seizing military sites and attacking government buildings. Loyal troops, police fortify, with uprisings spreading to Bavaria and the Rhineland as the Allies watch and discuss a path to peace and a postwar order.
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Edward W. Pickard
Ebert
Germany
Liebknecht
Berlin
Spandau
Brandenburg Gate
Ebert-Scheklemann
Ledebour
Liegmann
Trek
Blekhorn
Ers
Radek
Russia
Spartaeana
Spartaeans
Gustav Noske
Bavaria
Rhensh
Munich
Brunswick
Lietknecht
Tores
Partacana
National Assembly
Alliea Ns
Spartacans
France totals war losses for French army up to Nov 1
Official figures released by the French high commission tally 4 702 800 casualties up to November 1 including 1 028 000 killed or wounded on the main army. Missing and given up for lost reach 290 000. Wounded total 3 000 000 with 435 000 prisoners. Three quarters of the wounded have recovered and about 700 000 are unable to work.
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French High Commission
Protectorates
Attorney General Gregory Resigns From Post
Gregory resigns as attorney general amid reshuffle reports. A second member of Wilbon’s official staff secures a new post, while others complain the pay is too low for the duties expected.
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Wilbon
Attorney General Gregory Resigns From Wilson Cabinet
Attorney General Thomas Watt Gregory has resigned citing pecuniary responsibilities and plans to return to law. President Wilson will retire him by March 4. Possible successors discussed include F L Polk and Senator James H Lewis of Illinois.
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Washington
Thomas Watt Gregory
United Atts
Wilson
Gregory
Parl
Trunk J. Polk
State Department
Lansing
Europe
James Hamilton Lewis
Ilinois
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Bryan
Garrison
McRey Ness
Supreme Court
McAdoo
Bolsheviks May Be Allowed To State Grievances
The Sanday Express reports the British government proposes that all Russia parties including the bolsheviks present programs to the peace congress to test possible understanding with responsible Russian authority. The French government reportedly shares no opposition, but Britain has not invited Russian delegates to attend the peace conference.
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Japan
Siberia
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Archangel
Siberian
Baltic
Riga
Omsk
Kolchak
Copenhagen
Supreme Peace Conference Meets at French Foreign Office
The Supreme Council of Peace Conference, led by President Wilson, met with the premiers and foreign ministers of Britain, France, the United States, and Italy at the French Foreign Office. The session focused on terms to extend the armistice expiring January 17 and on arranging delegations for the opening of the peace congress.
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Wilson
Paris
Italy
Adriatic
Lloyd George
London
Orlando
Japan
Poincare
Clemenceau
Pichon
Klotz
Jules Cambon
Anne Tardieu
United States
League of Nations
Paria
Pepe Congress
Great Britain
France
Maly
Foreign Office
Congress
Assassin Attempts to Take Paderewski's Life
London report says Jan Paderewski was slightly wounded when an assassin fired one shot in his hotel room. Several Bolshevik suspects have been arrested in the plot. Paderewski has stayed in War saw for days consulting Polish leaders on forming a broad government.
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London
Grace Jan Paderewsk
Policd
Warraw
Paderewski
Warsaw
Insurrection Power Diminishes in Berlin Amid Hindenburg Aid
Paris reports semi official Berlin advices that the insurrection is waning as the Scheidemann government holds with loyal troops reinforced by Field Marshal von Hindenburg. Sparta factions shift the struggle to the provinces as power weakens in the capital.
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Paris
Berlin
Ebert
Anay
Ebert. Scheidemann
Marschal von Hindenburg
Sparta
Rear Pullman Crash Kills Twenty-One Near Batavia
Twenty-one people died and three injured in a rear end collision on the New York Central at South Bryan six miles east of Batavia. Westbound Trails No. 11 the Southwestern Limited struck the rear of train No. 27 the Wolver ine as it stood ready to take on a second engine.
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Batavia
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
South Bryan
Southwestern Limited
Passover Lessons and the Blood of the Lamb Explored
A devotional outline on the Passover from Exodus and 1 Corinthians growth themes. It discusses the shift in divine order during the Passover, the symbolism of the blood on doorposts, the unleavened bread, and bitter herbs, and the call to holiness, readiness, and faithful fellowship through Christ. The piece links Old Testament sacrifice to New Testament faith and concludes with the deliverance narrative in Exodus 12.
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Christ
Israel
Egypt
California Syrup of Figs ad warns sick children dangers
An old advertisement claims California Syrup of Figs is a gentle, effective laxative for babies and adults, promising cleansing of the liver and bowels and a pleasant taste. It warns buyers to ensure the bottle is made by the California Fig Syrup Company and to beware counterfeit products. A Smithsonian note then discusses dwindling full-blood Native American populations, citing Shawnee and Kickapoo tribes and claiming some tribes are nearly extinct.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Adv
Smithsonian
Oklahoma
McLood
Okla
Kidney Remedy for Women Claims Benefit for Many
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble without realizing it. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is advertised as a cure aiding kidneys, liver and bladder. Readers urged to send ten cents for a sample bottle and to buy medium or large sizes at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer &Co
Binghamton
Not Safe To Hint At Military Titles
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip discusses returning young officers from brief army service and whether they should be addressed as Mister. The gag notes that wives present might prevent dropping military titles, highlighting etiquette and social conventions of the era.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Cuticura Promoted for Baby Skin Care and Toilet Trio
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for soothing a baby's red rough itching skin with hot baths using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, plus Cuticura Talcum. A witty line follows about a man learning his mistake after marriage, echoing the brand’s light humorous tone.
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