Berger Attacks on W. W. Read at Trial
Congressman-elect Victor Berger testified in the espionage trial of five Socialist leaders. Henry Cochems read Berger speeches denouncing the IWW while defense attorney presented letters from Amos Pinchot alleging profiteering by war officials. Berger claimed he never refused war advert offers and said the IWW and Socialist party have nothing in common.
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Associated Prese
Chicago
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
Berger
Ll. W. W
Henry Cochems
Socialist Party
LW. W
America
Amos Pinchot
Washington
Milwaukee Leader
Lewis Defends Wilson Trip Against Republican Critics
Senator Lewis of Illinois defends President Wilson’s abroad trip and aims to reassure European negotiators that the presidency acts independently in peace talks. He contrasts presidential powers in war peer protocol with postwar peace treaties, urging bipartisan support as he speaks from abroad.
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Associated Prees
Washington
Lewis
Emerat
Ilinois
Senate
Wilson
Lodge
Massachusetts
Wicox
Peincesbvania
League of Nations
America
United States
Miinois
United
Presider
Bolshevik Prisoner Release Reported at Omsk
Bolshevik sympathizers released 205 prisoners from the Omsk provincial jail on December 21 with aid from non commissioned officers. Among those freed were 134 political inmates. twelve soldiers were executed by the Omsk government for involvement. Transport conditions in Russia are described as dire with many cars freight only. Government price controls reportedly ended at Omek with vodka production resuming at six rubles a pint.
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Germany
Jim Holsheviki
Russia
Siberia
State Department
Koleha
Omek
Viladivostok
Omsk
Fire damages American Milling plant at South Bertonville
Fire last night damaged the American Milling company plant at South Bertonville a suburb of Peoria Illinois. The facility, said to be the world’s largest mixer of animal food, suffered about 6900 dollars in losses while the concrete elevator storing thousands of bushels of grain withstood the blaze.
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Peoria. I
American Milling Company
South Bertonville
Dairy Strike Begins as Milk Prices Debated in New York
The Dairy Men's League initiates a milk strike to push for higher prices, halting shipments to New York until members’ demands are met. Distributors offer 3.60 dollars per 160 pounds of 3 percent milk for January, while the league seeks 4.91 dollars.
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New York
Dairy Men's League
Flu Rages in Frisco With Seven New Cases
San Francisco health officials report seven new Spanish influenza cases and eight deaths up to noon today. The board of health will meet to consider restrictions to curb further spread of the epidemic.
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San Francisco
Board of Health
Briggs Named President of Collier Sons After Col lier Death
T L Briggs chairman of the executive committee of the Association of National Advertisers and a member of the executive staff of Relington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge company has been elected president of P F Collier Sons Inc to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert J Collier.
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New York
T. L. Briggs
Association of National Advertisers
Relington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Company. Inc
P. F. Collier Sons, Inc
Robert J. Collier
Senator Johnson Opposes Bloodshed in Russia Debate
Senate debate centers on reports from Archangel as Archangel dispatches describe allied advances in Northern Russia. Senator Johnson of California denounces shedding American blood, urging policy against Bolshevik or autocratic tyranny and appealing to the foreign relations committee.
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Johnson
Russia
Washington
Senate
John Leau
California
Foreign Relations Committee
Archangel
Colorado House Elects Republican as Speaker
Denver Jan 2 Aliva Cole Republican of Powers county was chosen speaker of the house without opposition as Colorado's 22nd legislature convened at noon. Indications point to Senator William Hi Adams of Alamosa as acting president before adjournment. Despite bitter cold, galleries were crowded with spectators and incoming state officials attended a governor’s reception.
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Denver
Aliva Cole
Powers County
Colorado
William Hi Adams
Alamosa
Thos
Unsatisfactory Brest Embarkation Camp Conditions Prompt Report Request
January 2 reports say conditions at the American embarkation camp in Brest France were unsatisfactory. Secretary Baker ordered Major General Harbord to file a report after inspecting the rest camp in October found conditions good, but ongoing rains and mud worsened the situation for returning officers.
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Brest
Washington
Irip
France
Baker
Harbord, Chiet
American Expeditionary Force Supply Service
Lucy Gaston Quits Anti Cigarette League Leader
Lucy Page Gaston resigns as head of the Anti Cigarette League of America she founded in 1899 in Chicago. She refrains from commenting on tensions with the Y M C A over army canteen policy, declaring the war is over and the cigarette is a poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Gaston
Anticigarette Spagtuy
Chicago
Lucy Page Gaston
Anti-Cigarette League of America
Gaston
Record coal output breaks all national production marks
Washington, Jan 2. The National Coal Association says U S bituminous coal production in 1918 reached 587 500 000 tons, about 36 600 800 tons above 1917. The wartime demand was met in full as the industry set new records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
United States
National Coal Association
US Marshal to Guard Kansas City Street Cars
O Wood United States marshal for Kansas will guard street cars in Kansas City Kansas Leavenworth and the interurban line linking the two cities during the car strike. Federal Judge Pollock ordered the guard action to protect transit and maintain order as the dispute continues.
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UC. S
Topeka
Kans
O. Wood
United States
Kansas
Pollock
Kansas City
Leavenworth
New York Saloon Closures After New Year’s Eve
New York saloon keepers closed doors voluntarily after New Year’s Eve. Crowds roamed Broadway and Park Row seeking drinks, but bars stayed dark. Merchants hoped to curb intoxicated soldiers and sailors flocking to the city, leaving the streets quiet and orderly.
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Associated Press
New York
Broadway
Park Row
Bowery
Inquiries Extend Over Hog Island Shipyard Actions
The Senate commerce committee extended its probe to cover overall Shipping Board actions and a possible shift in Hog Island Shipyard programs. Charles Piez testified that delays aimed to assess peace impact on specs while costs rose due to weather and site topography. first 54 ships ran costly and Pacific coastal yards were cheaper.
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Inashington
Hog Island
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Nelson
Minnesota
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Charles Pier
The
Fleet Corporation
Street Corporation
Hoy Island
Piez
Moudey
American International Shipbuilding Corporation
Pacific Coast
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Johnson
California
Pacific
Pier
Berlin Welcomes New Year With Tango And Confetti
Berlin rings in 1919 with dancing and revelry as crowds fill downtown streets while police report orderly behavior and no Bolshevik scare from the New Year celebrations in the wake of wartime tension.
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Associated Wrees
Berlin
Homeseekers Bureau Opens Under Railroad Administration
A homeseekers bureau is established in Washington to provide free information on farming stock raising gardening and related opportunities in western and southern states. J L Edwards head of the agricultural section leads the service with assistants J F Jarrell Seagraves and W W Croxton in respective cities.
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Homeseekers
Washington, D. C
Railroad Administration
J. L. Edwards
Agricultural Section
J. F. Jarrell
Washington, D. S
Seagraves
Chicago
W. W. Croxton
Atlanta
Railroads Digging Out After Snow Blockade
Clear weather aids railroads in resuming service after a major snow blockade. The Rock Island reports its Colorado line is open and its El Paso line, with several trains snowbound, likely to be opened today.
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Topeka
Kan
Rock Island
Colorado
el Paso
Carmania Arrives With Notables From Halifax
The British liner Carmania docked in New York from Liverpool via Halifax carrying about 3 000 Canadian troops. It also brought 166 passengers including S. Grouitch the Serbian minister to the United States A B Legata a former president of Peru and Sir Arthur Pearson the blind philanthropist on a mission for blinded soldiers welfare in America.
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Carmania
New York
Liverpool
Halifax
Grouitch
United States
A. B. Legata
Peru
Arthur Pearson
Surplus Food Stocks Ready for January Army Needs
Washington reports surplus food stocks in army warehouses will cover 80 percent of January requirements for all camps and cantonments in the United States. Only small extra purchases were needed, though some domestic surplus was sent overseas to support troops in France.
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Washington
United States
France
Four Minute Men to Push Campaign for War Savings
War savings organizations nationwide will form speaker corps like the four minute men to preach thrift in 1918. The plan was announced today after a conference of district War savings managers held in Washington this week.
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Four Minute Men
WAR Savings
Washington
Liberty Loan
War Savings Managers
ANTA FE OFFICIAL DIES AT SLATON TEXAS
Frank J. Evans, divisions superintendent of the Slaton division of the Santa Fe railway with headquarters in Slaton, dies from pneumonia. Evans, a native of Valley Falls Kansas, will be buried there after the body is sent for burial.
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Anta FE
Slaton
Texas
Frank J. Evans
Sarita’ Fe Railway
Poneumonia
Evans
Vatley Falls
Kans
Soldiers Nerd Letters Paris Urged From Home
Letters from home were urgently needed by American soldiers and sailors in Paris as a statement from the headwar writers urged relatives of those in service to write regularly until their return has been arranged.
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Paris
Atk
Mne
Timne
Warships Lead World Says Daniels
Secretary Daniels told the House naval committee that electric drive in the New Mexico dreadnaught promises superior capital ships. The turbo electric system delivered 31,000 horsepower and 21 knots, with fuel economy at cruising speed about 25 percent better than the best turbine ships. The ship could sustain 21.5 knots if at designed displacement, and would keep speed longer with fuel.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
America
Daniels
House Penal Committee
Menxico
New Mexico
Cand
London Clearing House Report Shows Large 1918 Increase
The London Bankers' Clearing House annual report shows 1818 totals at 21.1989 billion pounds sterling, up 2.9 billion from 1917 and 4.7619 billion above the pre war 1915 record. The rise reflects heavy government borrowing and disbursements and higher commodity prices.
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London
London Bankers’ Clearng House Association
Prance Votes Millions to Reestablish Railroads
Paris Jan. 2 The chamber of deputies voted to authorize government spending of 1.900 francs for the postwar railroad revival. 480 million francs will go to employees and 126 million to repairs and rolling stock.
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Prance
Paris
Chamber of Epations
House Uses Special Rule to Force Revenue Bill Conference
Washington Jan 2 House leaders adopted a special rules measure to bind the war revenue bill to a conference without debate on demands for votes on Senate amendments. The rule passed unanimously from the rules committee and was approved without a roll call amid few scattered opposing votes.
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HOUSE
Washington, D.C
Rules Committee
British Troops Train Collisionin Belgium Injures 30
Thirty British soldiers were injured when a locomotive operated by German railway men collided with a train of British troops on the Namur Sharterni line in Belgium. The German operators were arrested.
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Germaans
Basle
Switz
Namur-Sharterni
Belgium
Charge against Governor Graham outlines unaccounted funds
The report by a firm of accountants, released by the state board of control, accuses Governor Graham of failing to account for 24 755 drawn on the state treasurer during his 14 years as auditor. He faces indictments for grand larceny and embezzlement and awaits trial.
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Montpelier
Graham
State Board of Control
Congress Back on Joe After Holiday Break
Congress resumed work after a holiday recess with the Senate expected to discuss peace and other subjects while House leaders prepared to push the war revenue bill to conference.
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Congress
Joe
Washington
D. C
Senate
House
Earthquake Felt in Spokane Area Reported by Gonzaga Seismograph
An earthquake shock approximately 2,400 miles from Spokane was captured by Gonzaga University’s seismograph. The first tremor arrived at 7:12 a.m. and the strongest at 7:33 a.m. The quake moved from north to south and was recorded here today.
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Spokane Records
Spokne
Wash
Spokane
Gonzaga University
Harbor strike ends as union votes to return to work
Firemen deckhands and cooks on harbor boats in New York voted to resume work after a Harbor Boat men's union meeting. They were told the War Labor Board would review their demands next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harbor Boat Men’s Union
War Labor Board
Destroyers Tucker Drayton and yacht Isabel Return from Overseas
The destroyers Tucker and Drayton and the converted yacht Isabel arrived in Boston today from overseas patrol duty. The vessels completed their voyage after operating abroad, returning to U S waters.
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Boston
Tucker and Drayton
Isabel
Doug P Au
Wilson and Creel Welcomed to Italy
It is reported Wilson and Creel are welcomed in Italy as part of their claim to a new republic with a Slavic majority and access to the coast. A London dispatch notes King George and Queen Mary assured President Wilson that the Prince of Wales will visit the United States during his forthcoming tour of the British dominions.
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Prince OF Wales
U.S
Wilson
London
George
Mary
United States
Paris
Wilson Expected in Brussels Early This Month
President Wilson is due in Brussels early this month per diplomatic advices from France. He will stay with King Albert and take residence at the former palace. A state banquet at the winter palace is planned in his honor with Colonel House's secretary arranging the trip during a four day stay in Brussels.
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Wilson
Brussels
Washington, D. C
France
Albert
Princesslementine
Winter Palace
House
Carvel
Enlist School Pupils as Health Crusaders
Millions of U S school children will be invited to join a four month national tournament in personal health and community sanitation by the Junior Red Cross and the National Tuberculosis Association starting February 9. Awards will be offered to schools and classes for best work based on health chores including tooth brushing, hand washing, and outdoor activity.
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Surreines Press
New York
United States
Red Cross
National Tuberculosis Association
Milwaukee Strike Off Pending Commission Action
Milwaukee Wisconsin January 2 The strike of the employees of the Milwaukee Electric Light company was off pending results of efforts by a committee of businessmen to have the Wisconsin Railroad Commission settle the controversy over the company's right to increase street car fares.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Electrics — Light Company
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
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