Wilson Visits Rheims Section In Peace Conference
Jan 27 report on the supreme interwar council in Paris mapping the peace program. Wilson reviews league of nations plans with Smuts and Bor, while small powers press for better representation. He tours Rheims devastation and notes desolate scenes as delegates debate Belgium and Serbia representation and the league commission structure.
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Supreme Interwar Council
League of Nations
Ral J. C. Smuts
Leon Bor
Jent Wilson
Foreign Office
Supreme Council
Wilson
Rheims
Paris
Ims
Eileau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Fison
Leof. Rheims
Belgium
League of Nations Commission
Ses
League of No Commission
H. Deer
Eco Ic
League of Commission
Apos
Serbia
Brazil
Gélonies Question Considered by Allied Powers
Diplomacy at Jan. 27 session sees England, America, Japan and Poland on the agenda with Poland discussed as morning deliberations continue. A French ambassador to Raspb saronkens is named in the allied mission.
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England
America
Japan
Germe
Supreme
Poland
Raspb Saronkens
Grand Trunk and Central Vermont Sued for 200 Million
Earl H. Fitzhugh former vice president of the Grand Trunk accuses the railroads of malicious conspiracy to ruin him and harm his schemes. The $200 million suit ties to 1911 12 battles over Massachusetts expansion and rival rail lines like New Haven and Boston and Maine. Governors mayors chambers of commerce and unions watched a dramatic clash with wide regional impact.
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Grand Trunk and
Central Vermont
Concord
N. H
New England
Grand Trunk
Earl H. Fitzhugh
New London
Grant Trunk
Charles M. Hays
Fitzhugh Tron
Fitzhugh
Canada
Massachusetts
Chambers of Commerce
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Boston
Maine
Palmer
Rhode Island
Peretta Brothers' Execution Date Reset to June
Erasmo and Joseph Peretta of New Britain have been granted a reprieve from execution by Governor Holcomb until June 27. The brothers, condemned for first degree murder in the Palmese case, await Supreme Court review of their appeal filed last September, delaying the hanging set for February 5 at Wethersfield prison.
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Frank Palmese
New Britain
Burpee
Supreme Court
Holcomb
Captain and four perish aboard the Babcock vessel
Newark reports the loss of the four-masted schooner Augustus H. Babcock after a mysterious fire near the Bermudas on January 19. Survivors Lt. Clair Wilson and crew recount that the captain J. E. Roding first mate Albert T. Black and second mate Francis perished. The ship sailed January 15 from Bayonne to Las Palmas with oil and gasoilline valued at $600,000, owned by Crowell and Thurlow of Boston.
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Newark
Augustus H. Babcock
Bermudas
Clair Wilson
J. E. Roding
Albert T. Black
Medford
Mass
Francis
Chicago
Babcock
Bayonne
N. J
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Crowell and Thurlow
Boston
Heaviest Scout Drops Dead in Baltimore Museum
Webster Rusk the so called heaviest Boy Scout in America lay in the city morgue after dying of heart failure at a local museum where he had been exhibited. The 23 year old son of Mrs. E H Rusk of Seattle weighed 575 pounds and stood five feet seven inches tall with a 104 inch waist. Several policemen needed to move the body to the morgue.
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Baltimore
Webster Rusk
America
Rusk
E. H. Rusk
Seattle
Wash
Hungarian Painter Geza de Polgary Dies In City
Geza de Polgary a well known Hungarian portrait painter died in Atlantic City New Jersey from heart failure early today He came to America in 1908 and became a citizen His portrait subjects included ex President William H Taft and the late Mrs Russell Sage
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Atlantic City
N. J
Geza de Polgary
Polgary
America
William H. Taft
Russell Sage
Mattress Bank Not Safe Sparks Mattress Heist Claim
Bridgeport residents report a boarding house owner Mrs Benjamin Zremak hid 2350 in Liberty bonds saving stamps and cash in her bed mattress after distrusting banks. The sum vanished since Sunday and she asks police to locate the missing money and securities.
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Mattress Bank
Bridgeport
Benjamin Zremak
Bolshevik Attack Fails at Shonkursk After Evacuation
Bolshevik troops in northern Russia attacked Shonkursk after a three day bombardment. American and British forces repelled the assault and evacuated the town, moving northward.
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London
Russia
Shonkursk
Cemetery Association Must Pay
The U S Supreme Court affirmed Missouri’s high court holding that public improvement assessments fall on a cemetery association, not owners of cemetery lots.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
State Supreme Court of
Missouri
American Forces Abroad Could Return in Six Months
Washington reports General March told the senate military affairs committee that 1,800,000 US troops are abroad and 785,000 in U S camps will be discharged before March. Return pace depends on allied policing deals. 300,000 troops monthly possible with new German ship use. large force abroad likely until peace treaty. Demobilizations total 915,000 since armistice.
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Washington
General March
Senate Military Affairs Committee
United States
March
Wilson
Europe
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Hurley
War Department
U S Paper Contracts for Three Months Supply
Washington January 27 joint congressional committee on printing awards contracts for the next quarter. Strathmore Paper Co of West Springfield to supply wrapping paper ledger and paraffin. Southworth Co to furnish fine writing paper and colored ledgers. American Writing Paper Co to deliver colored commercial ledgers and smooth covers. Carter Rice Corp and Carew Mfg Co also awarded varied pounds of white paraffin and ledgers.
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Joint
Congressional
Washington
Congressional Committee On Printing
Strathmore Paper Co
West Springfield
Southworth Company
White House
American Writing Paper Company
Carter Rice Corporation
Carew Mfg. Company
Commercial
Missionaries Arrive After Sea Hurricane Strike
The steamship Traffora Hall from Calcutta docked in Boston after a 40 foot wave struck during a hurricane at sea. A Chinese sailor was swept overboard and died, four other seamen were seriously injured, and 39 passengers including missionaries and their families were frightened as deck fixtures were washed away. Injured sailors were taken to the Marine Hospital. Rev. Benon Baker of New York, returning from 14 years in India, predicted a new India emerging postwar with Christian ideals finding a warmer reception.
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Calcutta
Boston
Traffora Hall
Marine Hospital
Bombay
Benon Baker
New York
India
Rivers and Harbors Bill Excludes Connecticut Project
The rivers and harbors bill reported to the Senate carries 32.7 million dollars in total appropriations, higher than the House version. Senate amendments allocate 3 million for the Ohio River and 1 million for the Allegheny improvement, while the Connecticut River project urged by Senator Weeks and Representative Gillett is omitted. Boston Harbor receives 40 thousand for maintenance and 183 thousand is set for Fore River completion.
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Connecticut River
Washington
Senate
Commerce Committee
House
Ohio River
Weeks
Gillett
Boston Harbor
Fore River
Benajah Douglas Dead in New Haven Area
Benajah Douglas, 61, known as the Yankee drummer across New England and especially Connecticut, died at his home late yesterday from apoplexy. He long represented a Pittsfield, Massachusetts house and had previously worked in wholesale confectionery in this area.
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New Haven
Benajah Douglas
New England
Pittsfield
Mass
Warns Against Return of Roads in Ohio
W. G. McAdoo, former director general of railways, warned in a telegram from Santa Barbara that private railroad ownership would destroy water transportation. He urged a five-year extension of government control and coordination of rail and water systems. The message was sent to the Miami and Lake Improvement Committee of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce in Defiance, Ohio, as they met to advocate building a canal from Toledo to Cincinnati with a branch from Fort Wayne into Lake Michigan.
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Defiance
Ohio
W. G. McAdoo
Santa Barbara
Cal
Miami and
Allied Troops Enter Kiev Reported by Zeit An suisse
French and Roumanian troops are said to have entered Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, according to a Vienna dispatch. The report notes the advance as part of Allied operations and reflects wartime developments in the region.
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Kiev
Vienna
Ukrainia
Zeit
Unemployed Army Demonstration in New Haven
About 200 unemployed march to City Hall with placards reading We want work and Hire help. By arrival 300 were present as Mayor Fitzgerald spoke on public works and a million dollar bond issue for improvements. City to start employing men tomorrow on grading and related tasks. crowd dispersed after report of interviews.
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New Haven
United States Employment Bureau
Fitzgerald
Board of Aldermen
Central Green
Liquor Dealers Optimistic On Connecticut Prohibition Vote
About 200 members of the State Liquor Dealers association gathered at the Hotel Garde in New Haven for their annual banquet. They voiced belief Connecticut will not ratify the federal prohibition amendment, arguing that individual liberty is being eroded by prohibition advocates. Postmaster Philip Troup spoke on liberty, war, and the potential reach of prohibition into other personal choices.
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Connecticut
New Haven
State Liquor Dealers’ Association
Hotel Garde
Philip Troup
Postmaster Troup
United States
Admiral Chadwick Dies in Newport at 80
Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick U S N retired died in Newport Rhode Island last night. He served in the Spanish American War as chief of staff to Rear Admiral Sampson and played a key role with the North Atlantic squadron in 1898. Born Morgantown West Virginia February 29 1844 he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1864 and later commanded ships and led many naval investigations before retiring February 28 1905 after 15 years at sea and more than 25 years ashore.
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New York
French Ensor Chadwick
Newport
R. I
Chadwick
Samson
North Atlantic
Admiral Chadwick
Morgantown
W. Va
Naval Academy
Navy
Pension Budget Cut After Civil War Vet Deaths
Washington reports a recommended $215.03 million appropriation for next year's pensions of veterans who served in wars before World War I. The request is $5 million below this year due to 30,000 Civil War veteran deaths, about one tenth of survivors, and total pensioners dying last year reaching 50,068.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Pensions Bureau
Kendrick Bill Set To Regulate Packing Industry
Washington January 27 Kendrick bill provides regulatory controls for the packing industry and is described as free from many constitutional objections by Levy Mayer counsel for J Ogden Armour. Mayer told the senate agriculture committee the bill is before the committee and he will speak further this afternoon.
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Washington
Levy Mayer
J. Ogden Armour
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kendrick
Mayer
Would Set Aside Roosevelt Day
Washington notes a bill introduced in the House on Saturday by Rep Bachrash New Jersey proposes making October 27 Theodore Roosevelt birth day a legal holiday. The measure seeks to honor the late president with a formal holiday observance.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
House
Bachrash
New Jersey
Think Aviator Is Lost Over Mediterranean Flight
Paris January 27 Col Roget the French aviator is believed dead after a flight over the Mediterranean He was to land at Marseilles today but failed to do so officials say and the search continues for him and his plane
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Paris
Col. Roget
Mediterranean
Marseilles
Pershing Boom Will Fail Here in New England
Boston dispatch reports Massachusetts state Treasurer Charles L Burrill endorses a full inquiry into the demotion of National Guard officers before the armistice, arguing the Pershing for President movement cannot succeed without justice for guardsmen. Burrill tells Senator Dick he expects a thorough investigation as sentiment grows in Massachusetts and elsewhere.
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Boston
Pershing
New England
National Guard
Charles L. Burrill
United States
Ohio
Ny Republican League
John J Pershsing
Alc
Burr
Burrill
Massachusetts
France
Packers Buyers Tie In To Regulate Market Say Federal Counsel
Washington January 27 a vast army of buyers based in stockyards nationwide kept in constant telegraphic contact with home offices to maintain prices and steady the market during cross examination of J Ogden Armour before the senate agricultural committee Armour admitted the buyers stayed in touch hourly and were reprimanded if bids rose above Chicago bids while not acting in concert for other packers The system influenced the market but did not control it.
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Washington
Francis J. Heney
Federal Trade Commission
J. Ogden -Armour
Senate Agricultural Committee
Armour
Chicago
Swift Attorney Attacks FTC Over Pack- ers Use of Files
L D H Weld of Swift & Co accuses the Federal Trade Commission of sinister motives in its file handling before the House committee. He says the Sims bill rests on biased, one sided data and ignores letters challenging the commission’s conclusions.
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Swift
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
L. D. H. Weld
Commercial Research Department
Swift & Co
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Weld
Carpentier Not Likely to Fight Willard Next July
Georges Carpentier, the French idol, is unlikely to meet Jess Willard in defense of the title next July. W. H. Robertson reports the boxer does not expect to be mustered out of the navy until peace treaties are signed. He also suffers an insured thumb injury from a post Christmas soccer match and remains in splints.
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Willard
New York
Georges Carpentier
Jess Willard
United States
W. H. Robertson
Robertson
Carpentier
Georges
Colombes
Girl Seeks Death In Hartford Poisoning Attempt
Miss Gladys Hansen nineteen daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Hansen of Willimantic attempted suicide by taking poison in her room at 288 Trumbull street last night. She was rushed to St Francis hospital where doctors said she will recover. Police report she had been missing from Wy hentai Willimantic for three months and arrived in Hartford last week from New Haven. No reason for the act could be assigned by authorities.
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Hartford
Gladys Hansen
Elizabeth Hansen
Willimantic
Trumbull Street
St. Francis Hospital
Miss Hansen
WyYylimantic
New Haven
Royalist Decree Repeals Post-Revolution Legislation in Portugal
Oporto royalists issue a decree revoking all laws passed since the monarchist revolution began while treaties remain in force. Northern Portugal reports Coimbra Villareal Braganza and Vizeu in royalist hands as leaders officially announce the move.
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London
Oporto
Daily Mail
Coimbra
Villareal
Braganza
Vizeu
Portugal
Shortage of Matches Triggers Fire Keepers in France
In France a severe match shortage has towns keeping fires burning to supply firebrands. Disabled wounded soldiers run these braziers and have been given the official title of Fire keepers. They are paid by the towns that employ them.
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France
Paris
Andrew Shanley Dies in New York Restaurant Family
Andrew Shanley, one of four brothers behind Shanley's Broadway eateries, died in New York from pneumonia. The Longtime restaurateur's passing ends a prominent dining era in the city.
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Andrew Shanley
New York
Shanley
Bolshevism Taught to Young Boston Pupils
In a new Boston institution three schools enroll over 200 pupils aged four to fourteen where Bolshevism and socialism are taught. Harvard prodigy William James Sidis lectures as Citizen Cs of Hesperia while nursery rhymes introduce revolutionary ideas. Courses cover economics biology and sexology with play based experiments and a push for an eight hour day. Funding comes from parents and state socialist party funds.
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Boston
William James Sidis
Harvard University
Silis
Hesperia
Uto
Sidis
Hig-ley
Hig-Ley-De
Boss
Jack
Jill
Higley
Miss Starobin
Emily Michton
The
Socialist Party of the State
Agricultural Legislation Move Clears House Panel
Hartford January 27 a joint agricultural legislative committee representing state bureaus and agricultural associations approved a final draft of agricultural legislation. Provisions include permits for private tuberculin tests, road takings by towns under highway control, a 4 12 foot farm fence height standard, dog law enforcement adjustments, oleomargarine fee increases, bonding for milk and produce agents, changes in stray dog hold times, slaughtering rules outside cities, meat infection controls, and using 30000 from dog licenses for a demonstration sheep flock and prizes for children’s sheep raising.
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Hartford
Agricultural Legislative Committee
Capitol
Milk and Produce Commission
Dublin residents declare island a republic near Dublin Bay
A small uninhabited island near Dublin bay was declared a republic by a few Dublin residents who prepared an address to the free nations of the world. The Mail commented that such jokes show political leaders have blundered.
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London
Dublin Bay
Dublin
Free Nations
A Mail
Belfast Shipping Strike Demands 44-Hour Week
London reports a Belfast shipping strike with 10 000 ship repairers walking out demanding a 44 hour week and a wage rise of 15 shillings weekly. Partial shipyard walkouts occur on the Clyde and Leith yards are affected as sailors and workers press for the same 44 hour standard.
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Belfast
London
Clyde
Leith
Spartacus Republic Set Up in Northwest Germany
Berlin via London Jan 27 reports a Spartacus republic established in northwest Germany with a Spartacus congress to be formed at Brunswick. Twelve provinces and cities are to be represented but decisive action is to be withheld pending the national assembly’s outcome.
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Spartacus
Berlin
London
Germany
Spartacus Congress
Brunswick
National Assembly
Supreme Court Upholds City Ban on Menace Tanks
Washington January 27 The Supreme Court ruled a city can forbid keeping menace such as tanks of petroleum within 300 feet of a residence and that such regulation does not violate the constitution The decision reversed the Arkansas Supreme Court and denied Pierce Oil Corporation of Hope Ark a decree.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pierce Oil Corporation
Hope, Ark
Arkansas Supreme Court
Packer Morris Tells His Tale Before Luce Committee
Edward Morris the third of the Big Five testified about Morris & Co the cage packers growth from a 50 cent capital to a vast three generation business. He denied any price fixing or combination to restrain trade and urged a square deal while criticizing proposed legislation as ruinous to the industry. He pointed to profits and bank borrowing, defended packers and attacked the market committee and Heney's FTC inquiry as biased.
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Washington
Morris & Co
Ht Cage Packers
Edward Morris
Luus
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Ite Sims
Kndrick Bi
Aramwar
Morris
Amour
Swift
National Livestock Association
Walter I. Fisher
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Heney
California
William Kent
Burke
Market Committee
Kent
Commission
United States
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Agree on famine bill reaches conferees in Washington
Conferees on the 100 million famine fund bill report full agreement. Funds to buy American wheat and not be spent on Germany or Turkish areas. Relief to Armenians Syrians Greeks and other Asian Minor Christians and Jews. An itemized expenditure account to Congress. Bill sent to president after Senate and House accept report.
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Senate
Washington
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Asia Minor
Hotel fire alarm triggered by melted extinguisher cap
A hotel kitchen fire alarm sounded Sunday morning when heat melted a cap on an automatic extinguisher, causing water to spray around until the system was shut off. The valve remained closed and damage was limited to surrounding area.
States certify ratification of prohibition amendment
Four states, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Utah and Kansas, certified to the state department this afternoon their ratification of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution. This completes the 36 states required, though several others are expected to certify soon.
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Washington
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Utah
Kansas
State Department
Blackstone Mills Reject Eighthour Day Demand
Providence R I reports that the Blackstone mill manufacturers refused the workers demand for an eight hour day starting February 3. The decision mirrors actions by Pacific mills in Lawrence Massachusetts and Lewell Massachusetts. An active candidate is described as running ahead of his ticket.
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Providence
Blackstone
Pacific Mills
Lawrence
Mass
Lewell
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