Pittsburgh Film Exchange Explosion Kills Dozens
In Pittsburgh at 804 Penn Avenue a film exchange building explosion killed between fifteen and twenty people, mostly women and girls, with over twenty injured. Eight bodies were recovered, and fire crews report more remain buried under the wreckage.
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Wilson Plans Return From Europe Then Home Trip
President Wilson intends to leave Europe around February 12 to address Congress and outline a durable peace plan. After March 4 he will return to France, while his royal party travels via Milan and Turin and stops for rest. The journey spans Rome to Washington, with Allied fronts in Russia and ongoing relief efforts in Belgium and northern France.
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Gregory resigns as attorney general amid pecuniary concerns
Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory resigns citing financial responsibilities and plans to return to law. President Wilson accepts the retirement for March 4, with Polk or Lewis speculated as possible successors. In a separate session, Postmaster General Praeger urges sending experienced mail clerks to France to fix overseas deliveries and index delays blamed on the War Department.
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Bolsheviks May Be Allowed to State Their Grievances
London report says Britain proposes that all Russian parties including Bolsheviks present programs to the peace congress to seek possible understanding with a responsible authority in Russia. The Sunday Express notes France is not hostile and British and French policies are aligned, with no invitation to Russian delegates to the peace conference.
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Peace Conference Opens With Wilson And Allied Premiers
Paris reports the Supreme Council of the Peace Conference met at the French foreign office with President Wilson and the premiers and foreign ministers of Great Britain France the United States and Italy. The gathering aimed to finalize terms for extending the armistice and to decide delegation sizes for the congress sessions beginning soon.
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Assassin Attempts To Kill Paderewski Life
London report says Ignace Jan Paderewski the Polish leader was slightly wounded by a single shot fired in his hotel room in Warsaw. Several Bolsheviks linked to the plot have been arrested as he works with Polish leaders to form a multi party government.
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Insurrection Power Diminishing Across Berlin and Provinces
Berlin advices say the Ebert government holds with loyal troops under Field Marshal von Hindenburg. Insurrection seems weaker in the city while fighting shifts to the provinces as Spartan forces appear stretched.
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THIRTIETH DIVISION SAILING FOR HOME FROM BREST
War era notice says the THIRTIETH DIVISION will sail from Brest between January 20 and 25 and arrive in seven to ten days. It is expected to land at Hoboken New Jersey and move into camps near New York such as Camp Dix and Camp Totten then be quarantined before transfer to Southern camps like Camp Sevier or Camp Gordon for muster out. Units will receive new clothing and back pay on leaving New York.
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Old Way Favored for Secus Glass and Burleson
Washington officials Secretary of the Treasury Glass and Postmaster General Burleson favor horse drawn vehicles over cars. House appropriations committee amends the bill to provide carriages for their personal use while furnishing automobiles to other cabinet members.
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J Bryan with suffragists in North Carolina conference
William Jennings Bryan spoke at a Raleigh gathering where the North Carolina suffrage league outlined a plan to seek from the legislature a measure giving women the right to vote in party primaries. The meeting also elected officers and drew a large crowd at the city auditorium. Bryan discussed national prohibition as a completed fact and democracy’s role in it.
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Wilson focuses on minority rights in peace treaty
Paris reports President Wilson prioritizes safeguarding minority nationalities in the peace settlement. Occupied territories with mixed races face majority-rule decisions, and the treaty must secure protection for minority races with guarantees.
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Twenty-Six Tons of Insurance Records Arrive in Washington
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance receives twenty-six tons of records from American expeditionary forces in Washington. The files cover government insurance on American soldiers overseas totaling $1.6 billion. When merged with existing records the grand total exceeds $38.6 billion in insurance.
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