Ten Troopships Docked Today in New York Harbor
Ten vessels arrived in New York with American troops and hospital ships from overseas. Among the arrivals were the Louisiana, New Hampshire, Guentoer, Chicago, Accomac, Calameres, Surinam, Rochester, Mercy, and others, carrying units such as the 59th coast artillery, 84th division from multiple states, engineers, trench mortar battalion, and medical detachments. A large welcoming crowd and Syracuse committee greeted the ships as ships entered the bay.
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New York
Nebraska
Iowa
South Ora
Minnesota
Ohio
News
Chicago
814Th Pioneer Infantry
Calameres
Suri‘Main
Accomac
Rochester
Brest
59Th Coast Artillery
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Syracuse
Lousiana
Brooklyn
40Th Engineers
56Th Regiment Coast Artillery
102Nd Trench Mortar
House Naval Affairs Committee Set to Endorse Daniels Plan
Washington Jan 24 Secretary Daniels plan for a three year naval expansion will likely receive a committee majority endorsement in a report to be submitted to the House tomorrow. Democrats push the increase while Republicans resist though Kelley of Michigan leans toward endorsing a stronger navy to protect American interests.
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Washington
Jan
Daniels
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Thay
Kelley
Michigan
Mayor On Trial For Conspiracy In Office
Philadelphia Mayor Thomas B. Smith faces misdemeanor and conspiracy charges. Judge Audrenried ordered morning, afternoon, and evening sessions to speed the trial. Jurors were kept at City Hall to ensure presence. Witnesses described alleged conditions of lawlessness in the fifth ward that were brought to the mayor’s attention but reportedly received little attention.
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Philadelphia
Audrenried
Thomas B. Smith
City Hall
Fifth Ward
Smith
Mother Kills Five Children Story in Sioux Falls
Mrs. Clara Hanson, believed mentally unbalanced from exhausting care for her children, shot and killed five kids aged 1.5 to 13 in Sioux Falls, then shot herself. She may die.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Clara Hanson
Daily Health Talks on Anuric Tablets and kidney health
Dr. N. B. Cook explains how foods interact with the stomach and kidneys, warning that failing kidneys can bring rapid danger. He promotes Anuric Tablets from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, detailing a simple regimen with water to flush kidneys and dissolve uric acid. The tonic claims double strength to dissolve uric acid as surely as hot water dissolves salt.
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Nature
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Robber Roundup at Westport Strikes Seventeen Captured
Westport residents report a police sweep as thirteen men were captured with four more pursued by state police. Bonds range from 2000 to 5000 dollars as Justice Hyatt set tomorrow’s trial. Among the arrestees are Myers Pugile Hagadone Pace Pep pitoni Manke Helfant Williams Elietto Hotz Reicher Allen Dikeman. The thefts include five barrels of whiskey from the Hawthorne Inn chickens and household goods. Victims Frederick Tanner and Lawrence Craufurd of New York identified goods.
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Westport
Virelli
Nicholls
Joseph G. Hyatt
Frederick Myers
John Pugile
E. Hagadone
Joseph Pace
Joseph Peppitoni
Charles Manke
James Helfant
Dominick Williams
Patsy Elietto
Joseph Hotz
Norwalk
Fred Reicher
Lewis Allen
James P. Dikeman
Easton
Hawthorne Inn
Frederick Tanner
Lawrence Craufurd
New York
Pogroms in Lemberg Reported as Jewish Deaths Rise
London dispatch cites Tageblatt reporting seventy two Jews killed in a Lemberg pogrom and 372 shot by Ukrainian troops. German massacre claim of 1,100 is said false. Thousands flee from Russia into Poland. Polish council at Posen shifts German Poland funds to the Polish treasury. Glowacki named head of Polish treasury in German Poland.
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Lemberg
Tageblatt
Russia
Poland
Posen
Glowacki
German
Four Thousand More Named for Early Return
Washington reports that more than 4,009 officers and men of the American expeditionary forces sailed from France on January 20 aboard the transports Mongolia and Samarinda. The Mongolia carries units for California, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, and other postings, plus Marine Corps personnel and a tractor artillery school detachment. The Samarinda carries casual companies for Georgia, New York, and additional officers. The War Department also announced the early convoy assignment of aero squadrons and base hospital units to support immediate mobilization.
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France
Mongolia
Samarinda
March
New York
California
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Marine Corps
Regular Army
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Georgia
War Department
Base Hospital
Air Service Casualty Company
Factories Begin Layoffs and Changes After Armistice
A street report claims Franklin Electric will shut down though the company denies any overall closure. A new system will alter running conditions with temporary pauses in some areas. Omo Manufacturing will release several war workers this Saturday night though totals remain small as many have been retired since the armistice. Middlesex Machine on Bridge Street has laid off most workers tied to war contracts, leaving about ten or more hands on regular output as adjustments are made.
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Franklin Electric Company
Omo
Middlesex Machine Company
Bridge Street
Villa Preaches Reform Among Mexican Bandits
Washington reports Villa, the Mexican bandit, now preaches labor reform. A dispatch from James B. Stewart, American consul at Chihuahua, says Villa advised releasing three Americans captured in the Santa Eulalia District and urged better mining conditions for American workers. Names given: Holmes, Matheson, and Davitt.
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Villa
James B. Stewart
Chihuahua
Santa Eulalia
Holmes, Mathewson
Davitt
Mrs Lebaudy Gets Administration In Nassau County
Mme Marie Augustine Lebaudy widow of Jacques Lebaudy the self styled emperor of the Sahara was granted letters of administration for his estate by Surrogate Leone D Howell Nassau county The widow valued the real estate at about 30000 and the personal property at 200000 with the date of Jan 24 in Mineola L I He was killed at their Westbury home on January 11.
Russian Symphony Concert Delights Middletown Audience
The Russian Symphony Orchestra performed at the Middlesex Theatre last evening in the fifth Middlesex Musical Association season. Conductor Ippolitoff-Ivanoff Rijtschuler led a program of Stravinsky Saint-Saens Rimsky Korsakov and Dvorak with strong brass and a memorable clarinet viola duet.
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Russian Symphony Orchestra
Middlesex Theatre
Middlesex Musical Association
Stravinsky
Saint-Saens Elias Breeskin
Czar-Saltan
Rimsky- Korsakoff
Ippolitoff-Ivanoff
Modest Rijtschuler
Middletown
Altschuler
Elias Breeskin
Breeskin
Hartford
Obituary notices for Mrs Lillian Griffin and John Quinn
Mrs Lillian E Griffin widow of James Griffin died at her mother Mrs Joseph Gannon residence on Schuyler avenue after a short illness. She is survived by her mother and sister Mrs William Laverty and many friends. Funeral Monday morning. John F Quinn died at his Durham avenue home after a short illness. He worked many years at Good year Rubber Co. Survived by daughter Miss Nellie Quinn and three brothers James Patrick in city and Michael in Ireland. Funeral Saturday morning at 15 and St Francis church at nine with burial at St Johns cemetery.
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Joseph Gannon
Schuyler Avenue
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John F. Quinn
Durham Avenue
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James
Patrick
Michael
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Forest City
Knights of Columbus
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St. John's Cemetery
Y. W. C. A. to Entertain Wilson in Paris
President Wilson will be guest of honor at a Paris reception hosted by the Y W C A of America on January 27. Noted Americans on the reception committee include Mrs Frances McNiel Bacon, Mrs Robert Mansing, and Miss Harriet Taylor, leaders connected with Y W C A work in France.
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New York
Young Women’s Christian Association of America
Paris
War Works Council
Frances McNiel Bacon
Provisional Council
Robert Mansing
Secretary of State
Harriet Taylor
France
Illness from Gas Saps Soldier on Fifteen Day Leave
Carl J. Johnson of Home Ave who enlisted in the Medical Corps at Base Hospital No 66 is on a 15 day furlough at home He was gassed in France and sent to a general hospital in Waynesville North Carolina to recuperate He has been there nine months friends glad to see him well after a long siege of sickness
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Carl J. Johnson
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Medical Corps
Mustarine claims pain relief and cold cure in one effort
An advertisement touts Mustarine as the original non blistering prescription that ends chest colds and sore throats overnight and relieves neuralgia lumbago neuritis rheumatic pains and swollen areas. It compares favorably to Grandmother’s mustard plaster and warns Begg’s Mustarine comes in a yellow box.
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Begg
Congress Asked to Report on Wheat Price Plan for 1919
In a House resolution, Representative Steenerson of Minnesota asks President Wilson to inform Congress, if not against the public interest, of all actions taken or planned toward carrying out and enforcing the guaranteed price of wheat for the 1919 crop. The request was introduced in the House this afternoon.
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Wilson
Congress
House
Steenerson
Minnesota
Expert Camoufleurs Arrive Home From France Goentoer
Seven hundred camouflage experts, artists and architects, from the 40th engineers of the 83rd division, returned to New York aboard the British transport Goentoer. The unit lost three men and 14 wounded in action. The group, formed at American University in 1917, included Homer St Gaudens and other noted painters and sculptors who aided military deception by masking terrain and battery locations.
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New York
France
Goentoer
40Th Engineers
America
40Th
Everett Tracy
American University
Washington
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Homer St. Gaudens
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New Asthma Cure Method Offers Free Trial At Your Expense
A publisher promotes a new asthma cure promising rapid relief for all severities and climates. It claims to end wheezing and paroxysms and urges readers to mail in for a free trial without sending money, targeting those unsatisfied with inhalers douches opium preparations or patent medicines.
Two German Armies to Defend Eastern Frontiers
A Berlin dispatch reports two German armies are assigned to eastern frontiers, one ordered to Breslau and the other to Koenigsberg, as Germany strengthens defensive positions.
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Hague
Breslau
Koenigsberg
Berlin
Celery King Laxative Tea Promises Overnight Relief
A health claim advertises Celery King as a pure vegetable laxative tea. It urges taking it yourself and giving to children for prompt bowel relief with no distress. It asserts overnight cure for colds and feverishness and claims cures for headaches, biliousness, dizziness, and liver issues. A generous package costs only a few.
Germans aiding Sinn Feiners in Ireland
Geneva reports Germans are aiding Sinn Feiners in Ireland by sending funds through America and neutral countries, with constant communication and active support observed.
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Sinn. Feiners
Geneva
Sinn
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