Lewis accuses Lodge and Knox of plot to defeat Wilson
In a fiery Senate speech Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois charges a conspiracy to defeat Wilson's war aims and force a 1920 Republican president. He names Senators Lodge and Knox as key agents seeking to discredit the president, oppose the peace treaty, and mislead European negotiators.
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Washington
United States
Senate
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Henry Cabot Lodge
Philander C. Knox
Lewis
America
Ratifica
Senator Lewis
Senator Lodge
Senator Knox
Massachusetts
Lodge
Knox
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
McKinley
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Paris
De _Roosevelt
T Wilson
Cee
Waldo
League of Nations
United
Faiil
Ireland
United States Senate
Woodrow Wilson
EXIT ANKLETS IN PARIS AS SILK STOCKINGS PRICE RUNS HIGH
Paris observers report Parisiennes have abandoned ankle chains due to silk hosiery prices. Stockings run 40 francs per pair with tax, up to 75 to 100 francs for transparent types. Anklets are rare, wrists and bracelets rising in popularity as fashion shifts away from American style hosiery.
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Paris
Parisiennes
Rue de la Paix
President Wilson Enters Italy Aboard Special Train
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson crossed into Italy this morning aboard the special train from France en route to Rome. A Modena crowd cheered as the frontiersmen halted briefly, with the couple waking early for a glimpse of border scenery. The schedule planned a layover at Turin later today.
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Rome
Paris
France
Italy
Modena
Turin
Strike Settled at International Silver Company Meriden
The strike of International Silver Company workers, begun October 4, 1915, has been settled. An announcement was made by the strikers committee and terms will be made public after tonight’s meeting for former employees.
Paris Paper Explains League
Paris report details the League of Nations and instruction for readers on Wilson's proposal with copious extracts from the president's speech published by Petit Parisien on January 2.
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Paris
League
League of Nations
Wilson
Petit Parisien
Removal of 2000 Troops From Stranded Transport Northern Pacific
New York Jan 2 In rough seas the removal of over 2000 troops from the transport Northern Pacific ashore at Fire Island began before noon. Small boats ferried soldiers to cruisers destroyers and hospital ships while Red Cross workers brought food medical supplies and blankets. The ship remained in no immediate danger but may break up. preparations continued to evacuate men with breeches buoy and ferries to Hoboken expected for debarkation.
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New York
Northern Pacific
Fire Island Beach
United States
General McManus
Hoboken
McManus
Fire Island
Red Cross
Dong Island
Naval Air Station
Bay Shore
L. i
Navy
Gleaves
Cruiser
Port of
Connolly
Mallory
Seneca
Solace
Coast Guard
Chicago Janitors Strike Amid Coldest Morning
Chicago faced the coldest morning of the year as 230 janitors, managing 6000 apartments, refused to work demanding a 16 percent raise. About 25,000 tenants awoke to heatless homes while Chicago Renting Agents Association expected a swift end as owners agreed to the wage rise.
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Chicago
Chicago Renting Agents Association
Purchase of Lower California and Senora Lands Proposed
Washington January 2 negotiations for the United States to buy the Lower California peninsula and 10,000 square miles in Sonora would be authorized by a senate resolution introduced by Senator Ashurst of Arizona this afternoon.
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California
Washington
United States
Mexico
Senora
Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
Ex Kaiser’s Condition Worsens at Amerongen Castle
Amsterdam January 2 The ex Kaiser’s health declined with a cold progressing to a cough and high fever. A throat specialist is constantly in attendance at Amerongen castle where he lies ill.
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Amsterdam
Amerongen Castle
Revenue Bill Sent to Conference Sparks House Clash
Washington dispatch reports a rules committee decision to send the pending revenue bill to conference without delay. The move unsettled Republican leaders who feared a separate house vote on the postal zone substitute, while Democrats pressed to manage conferees and pursue votes on child labor, bone dry and campaign contribution amendments.
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Washington
House
Kitchin
House Rules Committee
Senate
Rome Welcomes President Wilson With Colorful Pageantry
Rome gathers in a wave of flags and bunting as President Wilson arrives from Paris, to hold meetings with Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino. He seeks Italian backing for a league of nations and peace plans, with a Vatican audience planned and tours to Milan, Turin, and Paris to follow.
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Wilson
Paris
London
Orlando
Baron Sonnino
Italy
League of Nations
Benedict XV
Vatican
Milan
Turin
Suffragists Hold Watchfire at White House Vigil
Two National Women's Party representatives resume harassing tactic by guarding an iron wash tub watchfire near the White House gate to burn President Wilsons speeches abroad while soldiers overturned the tub once. The vigil continues as the bell at suffrage headquarters rings during changes and medill mccormicks family illness paused a planned flagging.
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Washington
Jaffa
White House
National Women’s Party
Wilson
Suffrage
Medill McCormick
Restrictive Patent Medicine Rules Spark Purchase Scrutiny
Washington readers learn that Senate provisions in the new revenue act would require retailers wholesalers and manufacturers to keep detailed records of sales for remedies containing small percentages of certain drugs. Pharmacists must log purchase quantity buyer name and address and sale date for each transaction.
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Washington
Jan
Little Johnny
Mary
Senate
Dad
Wilson Not to Visit Switzerland Headline
Berne January 2 The Swiss government was notified by the American minister that President Wilson regrets his inability to visit Switzerland.
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Wilson
Switzerland
Berne
American Steamship Lake Weston Ashore in Bristol Channel
London reports the American steamship Lake Weston is ashore in the Bristol Channel. The incident occurred near Bristol with authorities assessing damage and logistics for salvage and safety operations. No crew details were given in the dispatch.
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London
Lake Weston
Bristol Channel
Coolidge Urges Immediate Survey of Street Railways
Governor elect Calvin Coolidge calls for an expert survey of Massachusetts street railways to assess revenue deficiencies and methods to meet them. He argues public ownership would not raise revenue, proposes grants, tax relief, or controlled fares, warns against large rate hikes, and favors keeping public utilities separate from politics. He also outlines aims for veteran aid, port use, education, and economic efficiency.
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Boston
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Coolidge
State Guard
New England
Plymouth
Maine Inauguration Urges Dry Amendment Ratification
Governor Carl E. Milliken’s inaugural message for a second term in Augusta calls for ratification of the federal prohibition amendment. He also urges equal suffrage and uniform definition of intoxicating liquor with the federal standard. He seeks higher workers compensation, two thirds wage coverage, more liberal medical benefits, state employee pensions, and sick benefits.
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Augusta
Maine
Carl E. Milliken
Milliken
United States
Past Masters at Cromwell Elect Officers at New Year
The Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Past Masters Association of the Seventh Masonic District was held with Washington Lodge No. 81 Cromwell. Officers elected for 1920 include President Arthur L. Clark St John’s No. 2 Middletown, Vice President W A Hull Trinity No. 43 Deep River, Treasurer Frank E Potter Warren No. 51 Portland, Secretary Burt M J Hale Washington No. 81 Cromwell. About seventy members attended. The next meeting will be with St John’s Lodge No. 2 Middletown on New Year’s Day 1920.
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Washington Lodge
Cromwell
Congregational Church
Cromwell Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Arthur L. Clark
St. John’s
Middletown
W. A. Hull
Trinity
Deep River
Frank E. Potter
Warren
Portland
Burt ™ J. Hale
Washington
St. John’s Lodge
Ford raises wages and retires as president
Ford Motor company announced a new minimum wage scale of six dollars a day effective today, raising pay for about 28 000 employees including Ford tractor workers. Coinciding with the raise, Henry Ford resigned as president and his son Edsel Ford was elected to succeed him at a salary of 100000 dollars a year.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford Tractor
Ford
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
War Craft Arrive in Boston From War Zone Return
Boston on January 2 welcomed destroyers Tucker and Drayton, first war craft to return directly from the war zone since hostilities ended. Crowds lined the waterfront as the grim grey hounds, escorted by the yacht Isabel, steamed to the Charlestown navy yard amid bells and whistles.
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Boston
Tucker
Drayton
Isabel
Charlestown Navy Yard
France warns Germany over radical power seizure
London dispatch from Cede reports France warning that if the Radicals seize power the allies will deem the preliminary peace as affairs ended. The message underscores European tension as the exchange of dispatches notes possible shifts in postwar arrangements.
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France
Germany
London
Cede
Poles gross German line on their way to Bridgeport
Bridgeport announces a merger of the Bridgeport Post Telegram and Sunday Post with Standard American. The Post Publishing Company leases the Standard American plant and will publish one morning one evening and one Sunday paper. Edward Flicker and George C Waldo Jr take joint publishers roles as Flicker runs business and Waldo heads news and editorials.
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Bridgeport Standard- American
Bridgeport
The
Post Publishing Company
Bridgeport Post
Telegram and Sunday Post
Standard American
George Co. Waldo, Jr
Edward Flicker
Post, Telegram and Sunday Post
Flicker
Waldo
Messrs. Flicker
Mhartford Post
Hartford
Jan
Cincinnati Enquirer
George C. Waldo, Jr
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Post
Bartlett Seeks Salary Cuts to Fund Roads and Education
Concord New Hampshire January 2 Governor elect John H Bartlett republican laid out a plan to reduce salaries of state officials to free funds for major programs. He called for abolishing trustees of state institutions cutting public service and tax commission staff, expanding governor council oversight, and allocating 300000 dollars for a national Americanization program led by General Streeter with Dartmouth President Hopkins and Manchester clergy among supporters.
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Concord
N. H
John H. Bartlett
Bartlett
Public Service
Executive Council
Hopkins
Dartmouth College
Patrick J. Scott
Manchester
George Albert Guertian
Boxer Charged With Manslaughter Faces Warrant Refusal
Boston January 2 Judge Haydon refused an application for a warrant charging Frank Pacheco Frankie Young Britt of New Bedford with manslaughter. Hearing continued to an indefinite date to allow Captain Goode to seek further evidence. Britt remains free on $2000 bail in connection with the death of Terry McGovern after a boxing bout in Boston.
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Boston
Frank — Pacheco
Frankie Young Britt
New Bedford
Mass
Haydon
Roxbury
Hayden
Thomas F. Goode
Back Bay
Britt
Terry McGovern
Philadelphia
Boston City Hospital
Yale in Pre War Status Resumed at New Haven
Yale University reopened and resumed its prewar status with six hundred students in the two lower classes returning to work under the corporation’s reorganization. Chapel exercises restart Saturday and the annual sophomore-freshman rush is set for tonight. The Yale artillery Reserve Officers’ Training Corps will resume, providing three hours practical and three hours theoretical instruction weekly under Col Is A. B of the war department.
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Yale
New Haver
Yale University
Yale Artillery R. O. T. C
Col
A. B
War Department
New Haven Lawyer Mendel Dies After Illness
New Haven Jan 2 A 27 year old lawyer Harry Mendel died yesterday after a three days illness from pneumonia. He practiced with Attorney Joseph Koletsky at 42 Church Street and had just taken Yale‑University exams in Hartford when fever struck. A Yale graduate of 1912 he tutored locally and joined the Hargrove School staff in Fairfield. He is survived by his wife Lillian.
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New Haven
Harry Mendel
Joseph Koletsky
Church Street
Mendel
Hartford
Yale
Hargrove School
Fairfield
Lillian
Resignation in German Cabinet Sparks Federal Empire Plan
London dispatch reports Secretary of Supplies Wurm resigned from the Berlin government in solidarity with independent socialists who quit earlier. Bavarian Württemberg Baden and Hesse met at Stuttgart to pursue a federal German empire based on the revolution, with opposition forming to disintegration as southern states urge Prussia to reassert control.
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London
Wurm
Berlin
Bavaria
Wurttemburg
Baden
Hesse
Stuttgart
German Army Faces Invaders as Bolshevik Tides Rise
London reports a triple disaster for Germany as Poles under Paderewski advance toward Berlin and Bolshevik forces push east. A 12 million mark fund allegedly funds anarchist propaganda while Spartacist groups urge strikes. Noske introduces a new volunteer army, vows to keep Poles from German lands, and Kiel sailors rally to support the government amid demobilization efforts.
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London
Germany
Foch
Paderewski
Berlin
Carl Radek
Spartacus
Carl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Herr Noske
Rotterdam
Daily News Today
East Front
Unter den Linden
Daily Express
Noske
Kiel
Poles Control Posen District Across East Prussia
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports Poles have taken control of the Posen district in East Prussia. The article notes that the men are said to be retiring everywhere.
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Posen
Vinces
East Prussia
Copenhagen
Named After Pershing Brightens Stamford Couple
Stamford January 2 Mrs Harry Millett of 29 Hawthorne Street received a personal letter from General John J Pershing commander in chief of the American expeditionary forces. The letter expressed gratitude for naming their son John Pershing Millett in his honor. The Milletts welcomed a son born September 13 and also have a baby daughter. Mr Millett is an iron moulder employed in a Hartford foundry.
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Stamford
Harry Millett
Hawthorne Street
John J. Pershing
Millett
John Pershing Millett
General Pershing
Electrical Battleship a Success in Navy Reveals
Secretary of the Navy Daniels told the house naval affairs committee that the United States battleship New Mexico, the world’s only electrically propelled capital battleship, has proven a complete success. He disclosed the remarkable achievement, long kept secret, to congressmen as hostilities were ceasing.
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Washington
United States
New Mexico
House Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Daniels
America
Clearing House Statement from New York January 2
Clearing statement shows sub-treasury debit of 1,404,279 dollars and exchanges totaling 1,12 balances of 104,064,929 dollars. The report lists financial movements and balances as of the date, reflecting currency transfers and reserve adjustments.
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Clearig House
New York
Sub-Treasury
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