First Peace Conference Session Opens in Paris
The Italian envoys led by Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino faced the French delegation as Premier Clemenceau presided. Marshal Foch arrived, extra seats were allotted to Serbians and Belgians, and pomp surrounded the opening with guards, bands, and cheers as leaders discussed Russia and Bolshevism and the conference's procedural approach.
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Orlando
Baron Sonnino
Marquis Saionji
Clemenceaux
A. Dustata
Russia
Supreme Inter-Allied War Council
Clemenceau
President Poincare
Marshal Foch
Treves
Vie Parisienne
Berlin
Foch
Foreign Office
Quai d’Orsay
Paris
Aisne-Marne
Sambre
Meuse
Stephen Pichon
Poincare
Wilson
Lloyd George
Eiffel Tower
Versailles
Clemenceau Named President at Versailles Peace Conference
Paris January 18 delegates from 25 nations arrived for the opening of the peace talks as Clemenceau presided on behalf of France. President Wilson and Lloyd George led the delegations amid cheering crowds, with three central issues on the agenda including the Russian situation, indemnities, and postwar reconstruction.
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Paris
Germany
Clemenceart
League of Nations
Versailles
Poincare
Wes
France
Ier Clemenceau
George
League
Jaly
Lmence
Wilson
Colonel House
Foreign Office
Stephen Pinchon
Quai d’Orsay
Lloyd George
A. J. Balfour
Clemenceau
Baron Sonnino
Penceaul
Poin
Sys
M. Scare
301st Field Artillery Discharged at Camp Devens
At Camp Devens Massachusetts on January 18, 1131 men of the 301st Field Artillery were mustered out after a send-off by troops stationed there. Commander Col Brooke praised their record and devotion to duty as they prepared to depart.
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301St Field Artillery
Camp Devens
Mass
Col
Brooke
Press delegates urge secrecy as big talks begin
Paris reports that peace negotiators will hold secret deliberations with limited press access. Three reporters from each allied nation may attend general sessions but be excluded during crucial debates. American responders demand five direct press representatives and verbatim records of proceedings. The conference today allowed all U S correspondents to attend this afternoon's session.
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Paris
Wilson
Orlando
Italy
Dalmatia
America
Great Britain
Victims in Boston Molasses Flood Toll Rises to 28
Boston reports a renewed search after the collapse of the United States Industrial Alcohol Co tank. Police say fifteen more bodies may lie in the ruins, with thirteen already recovered. Experts investigate cause amid theories of collapse or no explosion.
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Boston
United States Industrial Alcohol Co
Crowley
Assignment to early convoy for American expeditionary forces
Washington reports General March announces the assignment of additional E we forces to an early convoy totaling nearly 8,000 officers and men. Units listed include the 371st infantry 2 960 strong the 372nd infantry medical detachment and second battalion complete 705 15th engineers 1 461 16th engineers 1 427 and the third evacuation ambulance company 35.
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Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
General March
1Ifth Engineers
15Th Engineers
16Th Engineers
Cotton Census Reports Mills Receipts and Production Figures
Census data covers August 1 to December 31 showing 3 218 753 tons of cotton seed received at mills and 2 217 544 tons crushed, with 1 131 647 held at mills. Crude oil production 608 841 246 pounds and refined 451 087 881 pounds. cake and meal 1 052 277 tons. hides 478 156 tons. linters 579 778 bales. hull fibre 86 719 bales. Stocks at December 31 include crude oil 103 408 881 pounds and refined 189 75 603 pounds.
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Washington
Huil Fibre
Liebknecht Murder Alleged as Deliberate
Berlin dispatch reports leaders of the independent socialists allied with the Spartacides claim proof that Karl Liebknecht was deliberately murdered and did not attempt to escape. Freiheit newspaper calls for a general strike.
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Liebknecht
Berlin
Copenhagen
Independent Socialists
Spartacides
Karl Liebknecht
Freiheit
Ship Plant Damaged in Major Maine Fire
Fire destroyed the boiler house and saw mill at the Russell Shipbuilding yards in Hast Déering a suburb of Portland Maine. The blaze threatened to engulf the shipyard one of the state’s largest.
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Portland
Russell Shipbuilding Yards
Hast Déering
Maine
Bolsheviks Would Dicker at Peace Conference
Copenhagen Jan 13 Russian Soviet representatives at Stockholm sent a communication to President Wilson stating that Bolshevik delegates to the peace conference are prepared to negotiate. The Stockholm information indicates openness to talks and possible diplomatic maneuvering before formal negotiations.
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Dicker
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Wilson
Two Bolshevism Spreaders Held
Paris police report two Polish Jewish brothers Morris and Samuel Stern charged with spreading Bolshevism and inciting American soldiers to desert near Le Mans. They lured a sergeant to their home, discussed aiding desertion with false papers, and attempted to take Private Wilman to Paris for bogus passports, demanding 1000 francs upfront. They were arrested at Le Mans station after claiming they only wanted to show him a good time.
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Paris
le Mans
Morris
Samuel Stern
Stern Brothers
Livinski
Lieut
Dussel
Dussell
Wilman
Ubinovitch
America
Sterns
Packers Inquiry Highlights New York Oleomargarine Legislation
Washington reports Heney of the Federal Trade Commission testified before the senate agricultural committee about legislative favoritism toward the big five packers in New York. He cited profits from Armour Morris Swift and Wilson rising from 18.7 million in 1912 to 95.6 million in 1917 and described a coloring method that made oleomargarine resemble butter.
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Washington
New York
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Albany House
Francis J. Heney
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Agricultural Committee
Stuart Case
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
Wilson & Co
Heney
New York State
France
Maryland
Henry Veeder
Chicago
Wadsworth
Albany
Murder in Waterbury Rocks Albanian Quarter
Waterbury on January 18 reports the murder of Musa Gani an Albanian resident at an Albanian restaurant. Moses Hamded a close friend is the alleged shooter now at large. Hamded fired five shots as Gani staggered through the hall and gutter before dying en route to hospital. Four Albanians have been arrested and a broad search for Hemded is under way.
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Waterbury
Musa Gani
Moses Hamded
Gani
Hamded
Hemded
Hunger Strikers Released By Washington War Party
Twenty eight members of the Woman's National party, arrested five days earlier for a disturbance in front of the White House, were released this morning. They said they endured a hunger strike. Leaders warned of more watch fire meetings and demonstrations in Washington until the senate recognizes woman suffrage.
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Washington
Woman‘s National Party
White House
Suiffs
Senate
Labor claim on Youngstown bread lines disputed
In Washington on January 18 Representative Cooper of Ohio read letters from employment agencies in Youngstown denying Morrison of the American Federation of Labor. The letters counter his statement that local labor conditions would lead to bread lines by May.
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Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Youngstown
Ohio
Representative Cooper
House
Morrison
Ebert Likely to Be German Republic President
Berlin reports Chancellor Ebert’s position strengthened enough for him to be elected the first president of the German republic. Supporters say his victory is likely as the government promises compensation for damage from street fighting.
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Ebert
Berlin
London
German Republic
Signed death warrants by Bolsevik official described in Moscow report
Copenhagen reports that commissioner Uritzky signed 8,000 death warrants during his Bolshevik government tenure in Russia. The Moscow sourced note says his successor Rolkin was dismissed for not maintaining this ghastly average.
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Copenhagen
Uritzky
Russia
Moscow
Rolki
Taft Seeks Bethlehem Steel Wage Rulings Enforcement
Former President Taft as joint chairman of the national war labor board urges enforcement of the board’s wage increase and bargaining right for Bethlehem Steel. He asks Secretary Daniels to involve the navy department, which vows to support the board but regards no fixed procedure. Bethlehem had not complied when armistice halted wage policy. $10,000,000 dispute cited. Taft to meet with Baker and others.
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Washington
Taft
National War Labor Board
BethLehem Steel Corporation
Daniels
Navy Department
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Baker
Yonkers Man Confesses to Richmond Hill Murder
Patrick O'Donnell, 30, of Manhattan, confessed in Yonkers court to killing Miss Mary Riddell in Richmond Hill last Wednesday night. He described attacking her with an iron bar after she screamed, then discarded his overcoat. Police will await homicide captain's arrival.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Court of Special Sessions
Patrick O’donnell
Manhattan
Mary Riddell
Richmond Hill
Queens
Cooper
Miss Riddell
O’donnell
National Roosevelts Day Memorial Plans February Ninth
Washington dispatch reports nationwide memorial services for Theodore Roosevelt on February 9 to honor his passing. Telegram from Grosvenor B Clarkson directs state and local councils to organize observances and a congressional service is also planned. The message stresses a non-partisan tribute transcending party lines and personal prejudice.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Councils of Defense
Grosvenor B Clarkson
Council of National Defense
Congress
Great Council of Defense
Y M C A In France to be reorganized amid Army occupation
The Y M C A in France plans a reorganization with wholesale transfers and dismissals anticipated. Paris workers' social life will be probed as officers and enlisted men in the American army of occupation follow Paris disclosures. The arrest of Rev Hugh B Atkins on misappropriation charges and confessions by two other Y M C A workers signal further revelations expected.
Gypsy Moth Danger Prompts Connecticut Budget Request
Hartford January 18 1918 A report to Governor Holcomb by W E Britton outlines a gypsy moth threat to Connecticut and the need for $80 000 for the next two fiscal years to fund extermination work under the state entomologist for the year ending September 30 1918 and beyond.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
W. E. Britton
Holcomb
German minister claims Spartacus uprising quelled in Berlin
Berlin dispatch reports government agents have seized evidence alleging Karl Liebknecht was a Russian agent. Minister Noska announced the demobilization effort has definitively broken the Spartacus uprising with supporters fleeing or arrested.
Guard Placed Around Amerongen Castle After Kidnap Bid
A triple guard surrounds Amerongen castle where the ex-Kaiser lives after armed men claiming to be Americans attempted to kidnap him. The attack, tied to the exiled ruler, prompted tighter security and an ongoing investigation.
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Kaiser
Amsterdam
Amerongen Castle
Wilson to Visit War Region in France
Paris January 17 President Wilson will use a break between peace conference sessions to visit the war devastated region of France officials announced in Washington and Paris reports.
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Wilson
Paris
France
Riot by discharged soldiers blocks City Hall in Boston
Three hundred former quartermaster depot workers march through downtown Boston in protest of summary dismissals. They complain that chauffeurs and helpers were replaced by civilians, seek Mayor Peters and War Department action, and note the affected wages while Camp Meade personnel take over. Jerome Sullivan of Cambridge among the crowd recalls his wedding gift dispute. Captain Brown cites civilian staffing as prior necessity and argues fresh enlistments reduce civilian posts.
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Boston
City Hall
Quartermaster Corps
Peters
Camp Meade
Army
Baker
New York
Camp Johnson
Quartermaster’s Depot
Jerome Sullivan
Cambridge
France
John H. Brown
Motor Transportation Department
Depot Quartermasters’ Corps
Relief in Germany Over Liebknecht and Luxemburg Death
An Amsterdam dispatch reports wide German relief at the deaths of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, with Berlin now crying Eichhorn next. Eichhorn, once Bolshevik head of Berlin police, is thought to have fled to Russia.
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International News Service
London Daily Express
London
Germany
Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Kaiser
Ludendorff
Amsterdam
Berlin
Eichhorn
Russia
Clemency Cuts Soldier’s Hard Labor to One Year
First Lieut. George S. Schuyler of the 368th Infantry, initially sentenced by court martial to dismissal and ten years hard labor for AWOL, will serve one year more in addition to dismissal after clemency by the reviewing board and then President Wilson. Schuyler was tried at Camp Meade. the board reduced imprisonment from ten to five, then the president further reduced to one year.
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Washington
Jan
Wilson
George S. Schuyler
368Th Infantry
War Department
Schuyler
Camp Meade
Rail Strike Paralyzes Cuban Rail and Air Traffic
A Cuba railroad strike declared Thursday night has halted all traffic on the Havana Central and Western railroad and on United Airlines routes west of Santa Clara. The strike has spread to building trades foundry men and boiler makers in Cuba, according to state department advices.
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Cuba
Washington
Havana
Reds Refuse to Disarm Spark Berlin Uproar
A Berlin dispatch says uproar exists as Reds refuse to disarm. Soviet white guard troops were ordered to seize arms held by the Spartacides, but many refused to surrender.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Czech Menace Silesia Threatens German Province
A Breslau telegram reports a 500000 strong Czech army menacing Silesia while a Polish army of 18 divisions stands ready to invade upper Silesia. Germany seeks volunteers to defend the region.
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Silesia
Agence
I. N
Berne
Upper Silesia
Breslau
Dictatorship In Berlin Reported By Central News
London reports a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam stating a virtual military dictatorship has been established in Berlin. The claim notes swift transfer of power to military authorities and outlines the political shift underway.
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Berlin
London
Says
Central News Dispatch
Amsterdam
Marshal Foch Praises American Army on Rhine Watch
Marshal Foch lauded the American army in an interview on the Rhine, saying Pershing sought a distinctly American sector and praising U.S. troops as superior and full of vigor. He noted Allied victory hinges on unity and warned Germany that the Rhine guards peace for all nations.
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Germany
Nancy
Rhine
Marshal Foch
Anl
General Pershing
Det J
Jules J
United States
Arme
Foch
Marne
Verdun
Pershing
Ameri
Argonne
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