War in Berlin and Railways Under Government Study
Reports say fighting erupts in Berlin as Wilson departs for Paris and a Senate committee debates wartime railway control. A commission proposes government regulation of railways with pooling and state oversight, while some fear premature nationalization. The discussion centers on a reasonable transition period before any return to private ownership.
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Paris
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Luterstais
Railways Commission
Missioner
Wooley
Nation of Government
Commission
Last Cruel Blow of War Berlin Waiters Tipless
Striking Berlin waiters and their employers reached an agreement on January 7 1945 to abolish tips and establish a fixed wage scale. The accord ends the wage dispute that touched the wartime service sector.
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Berlin
Asecc A'Ed Presse
Erin
McCumber Backs League With Germany as Member
Senator McCumber urged immediate creation of a League of Nations with Germany as a member. He proposed a compact guaranteeing independent nations the right to live and work free from aggressive power. The plan would strengthen the Monroe Doctrine and may shape Versailles terms to curb Germany’s military threat.
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League of Nations
Germany
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Wilson
League
United States
Congress
Versailles
Heigham
Rhine River
Europe
Roosevelt Death Sparks National Mourning at Oyster Bay
President Wilson and President Taft send condolences as crowds gather at Sagamore Hill. Obsequies planned as simple family affair with service at Christ Church and burial in Youngs Memorial cemetery. Roosevelt family members and dignitaries arrive, plans emphasize Spartan simplicity and private funeral arrangements.
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Young’s Memorial
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New York City
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr
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Europe
Richard Derby
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Medicol Corps US
Aiken
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France
Bolshevik Revolution Rumors Stir Berlin and Europe
Wire service reports from Jant Von Lawnton say Count Von Bernstorff backs a league to limit arms and avert war as German officials worry over a potential revolution. Berlin sees street fighting between Spartacists and government forces, with Bolshevik ties to the Spartacists and Radek in the city. The Polish advance, Czech unrest, and heavy anti revolution measures fill disputed headlines across Europe.
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Amuerium Indi
Sftairs A
Berlin
Rtaccus
Wena
Wolff Bureau
Skores i
Ger
Spartacus
M. Radek
Russia
Liebknecht
Ebert
Germany
Adolf Joffe
Radek
Rosa Luxemburg
The-Pare
Resident's Party Returns From Italy Tour
Paris January 7 President Wilson with Mrs Wilson and Miss Margaret Wilson arrived this morning after a tour of Italy. The royal train paused near Santhia between Milan and Turin for a rest, with guards to ensure security during the night.
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Paris
Wilson
Margaret Wilson
Maly
Santhia
Milan
Turin
Secret Service
Dutch Grant Corridor for Allied Troop Transport
London reports the Dutch government approved British requests to allow provision transport for occupying troops in Germany via Patch waterways and passage on the Scheldt for demobilized troops. Transport must fly the British commercial flag, avoid munitions, carry arms only by officers, and require advance notice of each movement.
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London
Germany
Scheldt
Great Britain
Aviators Headed to New York After Transcontinental Flight
Four army pilots who completed a cross country flight arrived yesterday and directed repairs today before flying to New York. They will be guests at a banquet tonight hosted by airplane manufacturers.
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AIR Fiert
N. Y
Washington
PD. C
Army
New York
Paris funeral flags half mast for Roosevelt amid US actions
Reports from Paris and Washington detail President Wilson signing a declaration for funeral honors and half mast on the American flag worldwide. British troops in Russia are limited to a small number being withdrawn. Wounded in WWI total rises with most returning to duty. Archibald Roosevelt hints at memorial services for Theodore Roosevelt in New York or Washington after the funeral. The Riga port falls to Bolsheviks and Bolsheviks advance toward Reval, Esthonia.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Washington
Archibald Roosevelt
London
Riga
Esthonia
Reval
Charlotenoff
Political Fallout of Roosevelts Death In Washington
Washington dispatch notes that even distressed lawmakers and leaders could not escape a broad discussion of the political effects following Colonel Roosevelts death. The piece highlights how the tragedy shifted opinions and power dynamics among Congress and allied figures.
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Roosevelt
Washington F
P. C
Congress
Attitude on Ammiate Treaty seen in Paris talks
The Paris peace talks show unclear US stance on the Austro Italian and Franco British Russo frontiers. Col len Howse notes the frontier designation in the four nation treaty was not a fixed US position. Italy gains Trentino Trieste and other areas per Articles 4 and 5 while Mesopotamia supervision shifts to Great Britain under a France Britain accord.
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Austria
Adriatic
America
Italy
Trentino
Trieste
Gorizia
Gradiara
Istria
J’aimatia
Daltian Islands
Itale
Albania
Rone
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Great Britain
France
England
Asia Minor
Paris
American plan for League of Nations outlined in Paris
Paris edition of the Daily Mail outlines an American plan for a league of nations. The plan envisions one ambassador per nation who would sit in the cabinet and act with their government, with a separate league court and optional arbitration.
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League OF Nations
Paris
Whater
Lotion Daily Mail
Daftio Mail
Belgium
Holland
Court
The
League
Greeks Demand Release of Girls by Bulgarians
The Greek military mission in Bulgaria demands the immediate release of young Greek girls taken from Eastern Macedonia. Prominent Bulgarians including General Petroff M Stancoff and M Angheloff are named as holding some of the captives.
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Saloniki
Bulgaria
Sofia
Macedonia
Petroff
M. Stancoff
Paris
M. Angheloff
Kavala
Poles defend Lemberg as Bolsheviks besiege city
Report from Warsaw describes Polish defense of Lemberg as Bolsheviks with Ukrainian and German aid press the city with fire and artillery. Archbishops and officials warn of prisoner abuse and call for Allied protection while food supplies shrink and civilians flee. An attempted overthrow of the Pilsudski government is reported with arrests denied. The American food commission arrives in Warsaw and sets up offices in the Blue Palace.
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Vilma
Lemberg
Kiel
Huseia
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Holeheviki
Trestworth
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Holubowfer
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Bora
Ablenese Bane
Monsignor
Rattxs
Rome
Vilna
Lithuania
Pilsudski
American Food Commission For
Poland
Bine Palace
Stars and Stripes
Polish Army Denied March on Berlin
Berlin reports claimed a Polish army was marching on Berlin but the Polish bureau denied the threat. The bureau said the claim served German propaganda aims and noted French and British correspondents in Berlin were recalled at their governments' request amid propaganda concerns.
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TOLES
Berlin
Washington
Ruthenian Forces Surround Lemberg Also Attack Luba Choff
Central News dispatch from Copenhagen reports Ruthenian troops surrounding Lemberg defended by Poles. Poles retreat from Lubachoff northwest of Lemberg amid a 12 mile front attack with 20000 rifles. includes a Polish women division that suffered severe losses.
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Lemberg
London
Copenhagen
Vienna
Lubachoff
Spartacus Group Demonstration in Berlin Faces Bloodshed Risk
Tens of thousands of Spartacus followers march in Berlin routes Unter Den Linden and Brandenburger Strasse to protest the government. No shots fired yet as marchers, mainly bedraggled women and young girls, are reported. the American flag flies over Hotel Action housing American officers. A miracle is said to be needed to avert violence.
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Spartacus
Berlin
Karl Liebknecht
Unter den Linden
Brandenbergerstrasse
Prisoner and Food Commission
Miner Crisis Deepens as Councillor Takes Own Life
Jan 7 in Silesia reports Herr Jokiszke, a mining councillor, committed suicide after failed attempts to calm striking coal miners. He left a letter to Upper Silesia miners saying their anxiety was worse than death and that sacrificing a life would prove their demands impossible.
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Kaiser Kattowiz
Silesia
Jokiszeh
Upper Silesia
Jokiszck
Ludendorff Reportedly Living on Swedish Farm
Swedish home minister T A V Schotte confirms reports of General Ludendorff living on a Hassleholm farm in Southern Sweden. He resides with a man named Edgar Miscan, according to recent wire reports from Copenhagen.
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Sweden
Copenhagen
Ludendorf
T. A. V. Schotte
Ludendorff
Hassleholm
Edgar Miscan
Wilson Hails Turin Welcome As United States Bond Deepens
President Wilson accepted the freedom of Turin and told the city that United States and Italy share a pledge of friendship. He spoke from the balcony thanking Mayor and citizens, stressing that America’s role was to aid freedom worldwide. Viva Italia.
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Italy
United States
American Republic
America
Wilson
Turin
Italia
Red Cross Christmas Roll Call Totals by Region
In complete Pacific division returns, Red Cross shows 780,076 members nationwide with California at 117,894 Arizona 42,699 and Nevada 19,489. The campaign continues through January 10 with ongoing enrollment in 42,693 from Arizona.
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San Francisco
Red Cross
Pacific Division
California
Booze Main Revenue Payer Holds Treasury Report
Internal revenue tax collections for five months July 1 to December 1 1918 totaled 62169760 with whiskey and other spirits contributing 116892690 tobacco 7598800 and beer and other fermented liquors 46179060 according to the treasury report.
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Internal Revenue
Treasury
Mrs Delra Gates Will Probated in Port Arthur
The will of Port Arthur widow Mrs Delra Gates was probated in Beaumont. It lists about 50 beneficiaries with amounts from 500 to 7000 each to employees and others, totaling 1.3 million dollars. The remainder goes to her niece Delora.
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