Wilson Arrives in Rome to Vast Republican Welcome
President Wilson arrived in Rome amid a vast public greeting as thousands cheered along the route to the Quirinal. He was welcomed by King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena, with ceremonies, a banquet planned, and promises of talks with Italian leaders and the pope. The city lit up and troops lined the streets as aircraft roared overhead.
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Wilson
Europe
Victor
United States
Bassy
Benedict XV
Duchess of
Aosta
Italy
London
Orlando
Baron Sonning
Tempo
Torre
Mesgagero
Society of the Nations of
Quirinal
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
D’aosta
Esedra
Trent
Trieste
Fiume
Bealf
Via Nationale
Fine Arts
Embargo Halts Exports From Three Atlantic Ports
A ten day embargo on all exports and overseas shipments from New York Boston and Philadelphia began at midnight amid labor unrest and port congestion. Grain shipments from Boston are exempt. Officials foresee possible lifting within days as labor issues are resolved. A meeting of army navy food and railroad officials was planned to discuss the embargo.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Railroad Administration
New York Harbor
Atlantic
J. A. Martin
The
Food Administration
Army
Navy
German U boats failure as 1914 submarine war falters
Capt Persius in Berliner Tageblatt recalls the German submarine campaign's faulty performance. He notes Germany lost 5 submarines in 1915, 25 in 1917, and 66 in January last year, with most steamers officially protected and only two ships sunk among 98 encountered at sea.
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Washington
Persius
Berliner Tageblatt
Berne
French High Commission
Germany
President Wilsons Belgian Trip Details Released
Washington dispatch reports details of President Wilson's January trip to Belgium. He will be hosted by King Albert and stay at Princess Clementine's former palace. A state banquet at Palais d Xiver and a ministers dinner at the US embassy are planned for the president.
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Belgium
Washington
Wilson
Carvel
Seattle Sails From France With Expeditionary Troops
The U S cruiser Seattle sailed from France on December 31 carrying about 53 officers and 1,456 enlisted men of the American expeditionary forces. It heads for New York and is expected to dock January 10 as announced by General March, chief of staff.
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Washington
United States
France
New York
General March
Saff
Metal Prices Review Gains and Quotes by Month
New York today notes lead market stability with East St Louis bids listed for January at 0 and 575 after quiet. East St Louis spot price offered 780, January 760, February 765, and March 750 with no clear upward movement observed.
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New York
East St Louis
Rescue Effort for Stranded Transport Northern Pacific
Amid a violent northeast gale rescuers began removing 2232 American troops from the stricken Northern Pacific off Fire Island. The process used breeches buoys, small boats, and a pontoon bridge plan as 900 plus men were taken ashore and more vessels stood by.
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Northern Pacific
Fire Island
Murphy
Army
Navy
Coast Guards
Pacific
F. ©. Roberts
Philadelphia
Colgy-le-Roi
France
Lieut. Prince
Boston
Lafayette Escadrille
Robert Wilson
Brooklyn
C. W. Woolwine
Los Angeles
Highth Infantry
Tharp
Hagerstown
137Th Infantry
Naval
Solace
Navy Department
Northern
Formal Peace Session Contemplated For Next Week
Paris reports a shift toward a single formal sitting at the end of next week to speed up peace preliminaries, though most expect sessions to start the week of the thirteenth. Procedure has largely been agreed, pending President Wilson's Rome talks. unsettled Russian and central power conditions may delay work.
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Paris
Wilson
Rome
Russia
Czecho-Slovak Troops Advance Toward Vienna
Reports from Geneva state Czecho-Slovak forces push toward Vienna with Austrian Hungarian rail links severed. Pressburg now in their control, about 30 miles from Vienna. Budapest erupts in riots and widespread panic follows the move today.
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Geneva
Vienna
Pressburg
Budapest
American 34-inch shell cannon to join coast artillery
London dated January 3 reports the American coast artillery prepared to deploy a 34 inch shell gun with a 40 mile range, part of armament set to be used before the armistice was signed, according to the Manchester Guardian.
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London
Manchester Guardian
Sub Treasury Report Shows Cash Net Gain for Banks
New York January 3 The sub treasury reports cash net gains totaling 113000 from banks on Friday pushing the week’s total to 251000 in gains.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Corporal Fortin Completes Wartime Service After Wounds
Camp Upton New York June 8 Corporal J A Fortin of Lawrence Massachusetts is in action again after wounds and the loss of ribs. He served on the border before the war and overseas with the 102nd field artillery 26th division. He fought on multiple fronts including Chemin des Dames Soissons and Chateau Thierry and was wounded on the Toul and again at Chateau Thierry. He expects discharge soon and will return to his parents in Lawrence Massachusetts.
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N. Y
J. A. Fortin
Lawrence
Mass
Fortin
102Nd Field Artillery
Chemin Des Dames
Soissons
Foul
Apremont
Seicheprey
Xivray
Paris-Metz
Belleau Woods
Chateau Thierry
Toul
Bellay Woods
Second Engineers
9Th Infantry
23Rd Infantry
John V. Fortin
Perkins Square
Lawrence, Mass
US Admiral outlines fate of German Navy in war talk
Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman told the House Naval Affairs Committee that most of the German fleet could be sunk in 200 fathoms of water in the North Sea. He recalled Britain’s help and King George’s visits, stating the Royal Navy’s role could have altered the war’s outcome without British flotilla support.
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North Sea
Hugh Rodman
House
Naval Affairs Committee
United States
Rodman
George
Britain
Germany
Creel Rejects Press Delegation After Departure
George Creel, head of the Committee on Public Information, told reporters in Paris he wished to have nothing to do with the press delegation after reaching Europe. He said he informed newspaper representatives before sailing for France that he would avoid involvement with the delegation.
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Paris
George Creel
Committee of Public Information
United States
America
Europe
France
Trail of Murderer Intensifies in Maine Case
In Rockland Maine January 3 the theory linking Mrs Carolyn West Brown murder to the earlier August attack on Mrs Emily Small gains traction. Special agent Fred A Tarbox offers a 1900 dollar reward for Ali Turlaine, the suspect described in circulars sent nationwide. Turlaine reportedly bought a railroad ticket to Hartland Maine.
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Rockland
Carolyn West Brown
Emily Small
Fred A. Tarbox
Attorney-General’s Office
Ali Turlaine
Hartland
Roumanian Rulers To Visit Western Europe
Washington dispatch reports Roumanian king and queen will sail on a battleship to western Europe after Orthodox Christmas. They will visit Constantinople Athens Rome Paris and London. A second dispatch says King Alexander of Greece will visit Paris London and Rome later this month.
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French High Commission
Bucharest
Constantinople
Athens
Rome
Paris
London
Alexander
Greece
Corporal Scott Charges German Officers With Cruelty
Waterbury, Jan. 3 Corporal Earl Scott of Company A 102nd Infantry says he was beaten with a sabre by a German sergeant major in a Ras tatt camp and claims German officers practiced cruelty during his months as a prisoner in Germany.
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Waterbury
Jan
Earl Scott
Company A
102Nd Infantry
Germany
Rastatt
Troops Debarked At Newport News
Nearly 2,600 troops aboard the transport Antigone debarked in Newport News Virginia today after arrival last night. The units include members of the 52nd artillery corps commanded by Lieut Col Merrill of Cincinnati.
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Newport News
52Nd Artillery Corps
Col
Merrill
Cincinnati
Quantico Wrecked Off Tablas Island In Typhoon
Manila January 3 The 1800 ton American steamer Quantico was wrecked today during a typhoon off Tablas Island. There was some loss of life and the crew's fate remains unclear as rescue efforts unfold.
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Manila
Tablas Island
Aged Durham Man Burned to Death in House Fire
Edwin P. Merwin, about 74, living alone east of Durham Main Street, died when his half of a double house burned at dawn. Neighbors and Paul P. Wilcox battled flames. remainder of structure smoldered. W C Newton and wife escaped in nightwear from the other half. House valued at 3000 with 1000 contents. 1200 insured. Newton employed by Merriam Manufacturing.
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Durham
Tynan
W. C. Newton
Merwin
Middlesex Hospital
Middletown
Paul P. Wilcox
Newton
W. P. Camp
Tme
Lucy Merwin
Fred Allen
Mr. Newton
The
Merriam Manufacturing Company
Missing Hartford Drugist Is Found In California
Charles E. Goodrich, a Hartford druggist who vanished 25 years ago and later inherited $15,000 from Ralph H. Ensign, was located in California. At 54, he is the son of former Hartford sheriff Lucius Goodrich and once worked in his uncle Stephen Goodrich’s drug store. Conflicting accounts say he was found via newspaper ads or Elk membership. the legacy reportedly went to Ensign’s son, not directly to Goodrich.
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Hartford
Charles E. Goodrich
Ralph H. Ensign
Simsbury
California
Goodrich
Lucius Goodrich
Hartford County
Stephen Goodrich
North Main Street
Ensign
Joseph R. Ensign
Charles Goodrich
Bryan Com es to Life in Baltimore Address
William Jennings Bryan urged citizens to apply wartime virtue in peacetime and defend every personal conviction. He praised President Wilson for traveling to Europe to help lay foundations for lasting peace, insisting courage of conviction determines a person’s worth.
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Baltimore
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Europe
Neby Hangs For Weston Bridge Worker Murder
Hassan Neby was executed in Toronto jail for the May 19 murder of C. P. R. bridge worker George Tucker. He protested his innocence to the end and fainted as the Lord's prayer was recited. The trap was sprung at 7:57 and death followed 17 minutes later. Neby showed agitation yesterday after a period of calm.
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Toronto
Hassan Neby
George Tucker
Weston
Neby
Six destroyers reach Boston in surprise harbor visit
Six destroyers fresh from overseas service steamed up Boston harbor today and were greeted by whistles from all vessels. Each ship hoisted homeward-bound pennants and headed to Charlestown navy yard to join three arrivals from yesterday. Today’s arrivals were the Stevens, Assassin, Jenkins, Paulding, Tripp and Cunningham.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Stevens
Assin
Jenkins
Paulding
Tripp
Cunningham
Posthumous French War Cross for Joyce Kilmer
Sergeant Joyce Kilmer, the late noted poet and one of the first American letters men killed in the war, has been awarded the French war cross posthumously with an accompanying citation from the French army.
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Washington
Jan
Joyce Kilmer
France
Hitchcock Bill Favorably Reported to Senate Today
Washington January 3 Senator Hitchcock s proposal to shift informal war contract adjustments from the secretary of war to a three member commission appointed by the president with senate consent was favorably reported to the senate by the military affairs committee. The committee also backed a resolution to allow aero engines to go to technical schools for experiments and a house bill to provide uniforms for American fighting men. Hartford January 5 Disbanding many State Guard units ordered, with mustering out January 17, following military emergency board actions. Lists specify districts and units affected, from Hartford to Bridgeport and New Haven, with transfers to State Guard Reserve and named officers.
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Secretary of War
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Military Emergency Board
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Simsbury
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Wethersfield
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State Guard
Connecticut Naval Battalion
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K. Madison
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Meriden
Cheshire
Branford
Third Military District
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Mystic, Lyme
Putnam
Third Infantry
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Noroton
Darien
Stamford
New Canaan
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Westport
Redding
Newt Brookfield
Ridgefield
Fifth Military District—Infantry
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Derby
Shelton
Torrington
Norfolk
North Canaan
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Litchfield
Wall
Sharon
Fall Village
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Middlebury
Woodbury
Sixth Military District
Clinton
Durham
Haddam
East Haddam
Portland
Middlefield
Sixth Infantry
State Guard Reserve Corps
Edgar J. Taylor
Alberts. Cook
F. P. Lewis
William B. Seeley
Samuel Russell
F. W. Prince
H. C. Ward
J. H. Callahan
C. C. Agard
Epidemic Strikes New Haven Schools And Orphanage
Influenza spreads in New Haven with 16 percent of Westville school children harboring flu germs after testing by Dr. George R. James health official. He will test all Westville pupils to match prior New Haven school testing. At St Francis orphan asylum 21 of 27 sisters and nearly all children are ill, with emergency nurses still requested.
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New Haven
Westville
George R. James
St. Francis Orphan Asylum
Brewers' Probe Delayed By Investigator No-Show
Washington reports that Charles DeWoody of the anti saloon league failed to appear before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee, delaying the probe into brewers' activities until next Tuesday. The same day the Commerce Committee postponed the resumption of its hearings into the U.S. shipping program, with hearings set to resume next Thursday.
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Washington
Charles DeWoody
Anti-Saloon League
Senate Judiciary Committee
Storm Warning Issued for Mid Atlantic Coast
Weather bureau warns of a significant storm moving from Marblehead to Hastport with strong northeast winds expected to reach gale force. Snow is forecast for this afternoon and tonight along the middle Atlantic coast.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Marblehead
Hastport
Middle Atlantic
Sinn Feiners Demand Release of 6000 Prisoners Across Ireland
Dublin reports Sinn Feiners preparing large demonstrations Sunday to press for freeing 6 000 political prisoners arrested under the Dora wartime restriction law. Lord French, Ireland's troop commander, reportedly opposes their release. Several Sinn Fein MPs elected in the recent election remain imprisoned.
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Sinn
Movie Representative Held In Waterbury Case
Robert Youngerman, listing New Haven as his home, is held for a city court hearing tomorrow on suspicion. He claimed to represent a movie concern and opened an office here advertising for young women to enter the movies. Police probe his large office business and project.
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Waterbury
Robert Youngerman
New Haven
Burglar Shot by Policeman in Hartford Shoe Store
New Britain, January 3. Salvatore Manchafire, 22, of 210 Front Street Hartford, was fatally wounded by Policeman John C. Stadler after being caught ransacking a shoe store on East Main Street. He fled, was shot twice through a door, and later taken to hospital.
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New Britain
Salvatore Manchafire
Front Street
Hartford
John C. Stadler
East Main Street
Chaplain Walter Casey Arrives From France
Waterbury reports the arrival of Chaplain Walter Casey of the city who served in France for months and recently was gassed. He was stationed at St. John's Church in Stamford before his enlistment.
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Waterbury
Jan
Chaplai
Walter Casey
Father Casey
France
St. John’s Church
Stamford
Bolshevik Forces Advance Toward Riga Vilna and Kovno
Four Bolshevik divisions march toward Riga with three units moving toward Vilna and Kovno. Ten thousand volunteer German troops are en route to the Russian Baltic provinces, according to today’s reports from Copenhagen dated January 3.
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Copenhagen
Riga
Vilna
Kovno
Mrs Castle Engaged to Tom Powers Rumor Circulates
London reports Irene Castle dancer and actress widow of Captain Vernon Castle is engaged to marry actor and aviator Tom Powers. Her mother, Mrs Elroy Foote, called the report news and unworthy of consideration. Powers arrived in New York in 1916 and later joined the Royal Flying Corps after leaving the Oh Boy company.
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Broadway Today
London
Irene Castle
Vernon Cal Je
Tom Powers
Elroy Foote
Castle
Texas
Oh Boy
Royal Flying Corps
Toronto
Canada
Captain Castle
Benbrook Field
Auto Driver Held for Death in Rockville
Coroner John E B Fahey of Tolland county ruled Rosa Young's death, caused by an auto collision on December 22, was due to omission and carelessness by Alfred Reutter, 17, and Ernest Wuettrich, 18. The two held on $750 bonds each, charged with manslaughter, with cases continued to next Monday.
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Rockville
John EB. Fahey
Tolland County
Rosa Young
Alfred Reutter
Ernest Wuettrich
Bridgeport youths sent to reformatory for robbery
George Previn aged 20, John Baronofsky 18, and Joseph Fravnickin 18, all of Bridgeport, were committed to the Cheshire reformatory by Judge Dunne for assault and robbery at Kosty Tiebor’s grocery on December 23. Bridgeport police made the arrests.
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Reformatory
Meriden
George Previn
John Baronofsky
Joseph Fravnickin
Bridgeport
Kosty
Tiebor
Cheshire Reformatory
Urges Probe of Ford Boat Co in Senate Resolution
Massachusetts Senator proposes Senate investigation into the Ford Boat Company and the Bagis vessel amid charges of failure and profits in manufacturing. Resolution seeks to reveal vessel design and construction details and contracts for semineiere held by Ford.
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Ford Boat Co
Washington
Massachusetts
Senate
Ford Oo
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