Congress to Probe Charges Against Army Officers
Representatives Johnson and Galvin demand congressional inquiry into treatment of American soldiers and National Guard units arriving from overseas. The House Military Affairs Committee plans hearings with Major General Frank McIntyre and others to address alleged mistreatment at Camp Merritt and the 26th Division command changes.
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House Ini
John
South Dakota
Camp Merritt
Tera_J
Galun
Massachusetts
National Guard
R. Edwards
26Th
Aative Hubert S. Dent, Jr
House
Representative Johnson
Dent
Frank McIntyre
Peyton C. March
Johnson
Labor Opposes Immigration in AFL stance
Washington delegates report Organized labor refuses unrestricted immigration urging prohibition for now. AFL secretary Frank Morrison warns inflow risks overloading the labor market and fuels radical elements within the movement amid Burnett bill hearings.
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Washington
United States
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
Casualty List Shows Connecticut Soldiers among 627 Names
Casualties today total 627 with 44 killed in action 142 died of wounds 6 died from accident and other causes 41 died in airplane accident 111 died of disease 286 wounded severely 2 wounded degree undetermined 2 wounded slightly and 20 missing in action. Connecticut entries include Privates Matthew Connor Hartford Raymond W Edwards New Haven Jack Majewski Meriden Stephen Waterbury Theodore Mead Greenwich R Hermanson Ansonia Lipshitz New Haven Harry Crosby Waterbury John Grajewski New Britain Salvatore Nores New Haven Raymond M Roberts Middletown.
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Connecticut
Mathew A Connors
Hartford
Raymond W. Edwards
New Haven
Jaeen Majewski
Meriden
Stephen
Waterbury
Theodore F. Mead
Greenwich
R. Hermanson
Ansonia
Lipshitz
Harry Raymond Crosby
John Grajewski
New Britain
Salvatore Nores
Raymond M. Roberts
Middletown
LENINE IN GLOOM OVER BOLSHEVISM REPORTS
London dispatch cites a Helsingfors source quoting premier Lenine as gloomy about Bolshevism. He warns to avoid last year’s mistakes or face death this year. Also notes reports of his arrest on orders from Trotzky amid turmoil within the regime.
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London
Nicholas Lenine
Vik
Russia
Helsingfors
Daily Mail
Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Trotzky
American Sailors Visit Coblenz on Rhine Leave
The first American bluejackets to reach the Rhine arrived at Coblenz from the Carola in Brest. Harold Snow, Frank B. Rypka, and J. A. Linkins recounted pocket money woes, freight-train travel, and a pricey hash meal in Epernay, with guides like Robert F. Harris guiding their tour of German sites and the Ehrenbreitstein fortress.
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Nancy
Rhine
Coblenz
United States
Carola
Brest
Harold Snow
Philadelphia
Frank B. Rypka
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Linkins
San Francisco
Kaiser
Ehrenbreitstein
Epernay
Sailor Snow
Germany
Linkins
Robert F. Harris
Harris
Fargo
N. C
Bob
Sixth Marines
Kentucky
Paris
Rypka
Eisner’s Party Defeated in Bavarian Election
Reports from Munich indicate a heavy Bavarian national assembly defeat for Kurt Eisner’s independent party. Results show Eisner’s group with four seats, centrists clericals 54, government socialists 50, democrats 22, and peasants’ association 18.
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Eisner
Geneva
Kurt Eisner
National Assembly
Munich
Isner
Democrats
Peasants’ Association
Hood's Triple Combination Treatment for influenza recovery
After influenza and related fevers the best restorative is to purify the blood and strengthen the nerves. Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood, Peptiron iron tonic boosts iron levels, and Hood's Pills provide mild cathartic relief. Used together they aid convalescence and help prevent future illness.
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Hood
Major General Barry to head Eastern Department at Governors Island
Washington reports General Thomas H. Barry of the Central Department based in Chicago is ordered to Governors Island to lead the Eastern Department succeeding the late General Franklin Bell. It is also reported that General Leonard Wood will take Barry’s place in the Central Department.
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Thomas H. Barry
Central Department
Chicago
War Department
Governor’s Island
Franklin Bell
Washington
Leonard Wood
Barry
Baker Soon to Quit as War Secretary in Reports
Washington reports say Secretary of War Newton D. Baker plans to resign to resume private law practice in Cleveland. Some advisers favor retirement to pursue a speaking campaign. If true, he would be the sixth Wilson cabinet member to leave and follows earlier departures of Bryan Garrison McReynolds McAdoo and Gregory.
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Washington
Newton D. Baker
Boston bank teller held for larceny
Boston January 15 William Roniker a bank teller at Manufacturers National Bank of Cambridge was arraigned in federal court charged with larceny of 27000 most funds recovered he confessed and police say he previously served a forgery sentence after taking money to buy furniture furs clothing diamonds and other items he fled to Canada was arrested in Montreal and returned to Boston for custody
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Boston
Roniker
Canada
Montreal
New York
War Savings Plans Focused on Connecticut Factories
Hartford Jan 15 Plans for continuing War Savings work in Connecticut factories during 1919 were announced by Mrs. Richard M. Bissell the state director. Work will begin in large cities urging weekly stamp purchases and the savings idea will be pushed. Soon the program will extend to smaller cities and towns with the aim that a large proportion of industrial workers will buy War Savings stamps regularly.
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Hartford
Richard M. Bissell
Connecticut
Transportation solves Europe food crisis say Allies
Paris January 15 Allies agree world food surplus exists for Europe but transport to northern France Belgium and central and southern Europe is the bottleneck. United States France Italy and England will finance shipping to this side of the Atlantic. An inter allied food council meeting was held yesterday unofficially hinting England may lift the blockade proportional to German merchant ships handed over.
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Europe
Paris
France
Belgium
United States
Italy
England
Atlantic
Inter-Allied Food Council
Germany
City elections show Republican sweep and multiple results
In a clean sweep Republicans won all mayor and council seats with C. G. R. Vinal mayor elect by 606 votes and Wallace K. Bacon council winner with 481. Henry H. Sherman led councilmen with 632 votes. Dr. F H Sage led Democrats. Weather notes record 51.87 inches rainfall at Middletown in 1893.
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C. G. R. Vinal
Wallace K. Bacon
Henry H. Sherman
Dr. Frederick: . H. Sage
Charles H. Hubbard
Middletown
Methodist Church
Bradford P. Raymond
Briggs
Bee Society of the North Church
George Watson Burr
Charles A. Boardman
Henry H.smith
Samuel T. Camp
James K. Guy
C. W. Coffin
Edward Payne
Salvation Army
Duck Holow
Jonathan Cook
Russell Mfg. Co
South Farms
F. E. Clark
Society of Christian Endeavor
Middlesex Union Societies
North Church
It’s Your Step That Attracts
A lively step and fashionable high heels are linked to beauty, but corns spoil grace. The ad promotes frozone from drug stores to remove corns and calluses with simple drops that drying instantly shrivel the corn, easing pain and restoring a smooth, youthful step.
Bargain Textile Prices Listed For Reductions
The notice details reduced prices on various fabrics and notions including 54 inch Mannish Sultings, 64 inch Mannish Sultings, Mercerized Sateens, Percalines, Spun Glass, Cambric, Canvases, Braids, Snaps, and Hook and Eyes, with amounts ranging from 64 inch sultings to 5 cent hooks.
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