Seat of German government shifts to Weimar seems complete
Rail headlines describe Berlin government moving to Weimar to meet the National Assembly. Reports from Coblenz reflect mixed feelings about Kaiser Wilhelm II with sympathy among some and a wish for his return by others. Commentary questions responsibility for the war and notes ongoing political turmoil.
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Berlin
Count Brockdorff
Rantzau
Coblenz
Wilhelm II
Rhine
Wilhelm
Germany
Red Guard to Hold Conference of All Workmen
Lenine issues proclamation calling Bolshevik committees in Germany Austria Poland Baltic Provinces and Finland to convoke a communist conference designed to eclipse the Paris Peace Conference and the Berne socialist meeting. He asserts Bolsheviks alone may take the initiative at the current Peace Conference.
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Stockholm
Fremier Lenine
Germany
Austria
Poland
Baltic
Finland
Paris
Berne
Petrograd
Lenine
Mackinnon Praised for Christmas Anthem This is the Month
In a December New Music Review the Christmas anthem This is the Month by Hugh Mackinnon receives high praise. The piece, adapted from Milton and woven with Adeste Fideles, spans eighteen pages for chorus with a solo quartet moment. Organists compliment its lofty sincerity and promise for future church music.
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New Music Review
Hugh Mackinnon
New York
The
H. W. Gray Co
London
Novello & Co
Milton
Mackinnon
Fideles
Brick Presbyterian Chhurch
Fifth Ave
87Th Street
No Cause to Worry on the Restless Firth Boat
A small open boat battles heavy waves as a man and woman struggle to reach shore. She clings to the frail craft while he urges calm and persistence, insisting they are not in their own boat and remains focused on reaching land. The scene captures fear, determination, and a vow not to repeat such peril.
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George
Sarah
German Propaganda Tactics Hit Allied Soldiers In Occupied Areas
Reports from Coblenz and Paris detail German propaganda methods including postcards and watch fobs sold in shops to influence occupied troops. Trials convict shopkeepers of distributing misleading images. Paris discusses the army revolution relation, urging order to secure food from America, while hints of potential control by von Gröner and Ludendorff successors. Mrs Roosevelt sails to France to visit Quentin Roosevelt and war workers, with plans to see her sons Theodore and Kermit.
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Suouw
Treves
Paris
America
Lansing
Germany
Hindenburg
von Groener
Ludendorff
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosvelt
Lorraine
France
Quentin
Emily Carew
Italy
Theodore Sapere
Kermit Roosevelt
Red Guard Drives Allies Back in Northern Russia Action
Archangel area reports a violent Bolshevik attack on American Russian and British positions at Taresovo forcing a retreat of about forty miles to the village of Srdmakrenga. Gas shells used marking the first such munitions in Northern Russian warfare. Bolsheviks aim to strengthen forces to about 15,000 with increased artillery. Also notes January 1919 as a snowless month with Boston recording only 4.4 inches total.
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Archangel
Associated Press
Taresovo
Srdmak Renga
Moscow
Boston
Dr Grimes Must Settle For 1750 Says Higher Court
Newport February fifth after a 20 hour wait the jury returned a verdict of 1750 for the plaintiff in the case of Baldwin Gaines. The suit was filed in March 1917 after an earlier jury awarded 2500. Gaines physician resident of Trasburg appealed to a higher court and the case was retried on January twentieth.
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Newport
Baldwin Gaines
Gaines
Trasburg
Such is life for the F. C. A. with out their Hall
The F. C. A. plans weekly gatherings at members homes to preserve spirit among about 60 active members. The next event is the Smox ing Concert under secretary Ryno Brunelle on Thursday Feb 6 at A J Dutil 8 Bagley Street. Father Mooney will present an important question to members.
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United
Ernest Laferriere
Ryno Brunelle
Father Mooney
A. J
Lawson Escapes Tax In Superior Court Ruling
Judge Sisk orders Winchester to refund Thomas W. Lawson 6845.45, covering 5520 paid under protest as a 1916 personal property tax plus costs and interest. Lawson contends he was a resident of Scituate when the tax was levied.
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Sisk
Superior Court
Town of
Winchester
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Scituate
Wilson presides over formation of big nations league
Paris Feb 4 President Wilson presided at the commission of the Society of Nations as it reviews the complete project for the league. Two plans are studied with features from American British French and Italian sources. The first plan favors a democratic legislative branch an executive council two from each great power and nine small power members and an arbitration system. The second plan keeps the legislative branch but tightens the great power control and replaces the arbitration with an executive council to judge international questions.
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Associated Press
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Commission of the Society of Nations
League
Supreme Court
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Council of the Great Powers
Executive Council of the
Great Powers
International Supreme Council
The True Mountain Spirit in Wartime Farewell
A Kentucky father abandons his corn patch and moonshine to bid farewell to his son joining the army. He recalls past Union service, expresses pride in the Federal uniform, and urges bold action against German foes abroad, warning to show no mercy if confronted.
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