Major marine workers strike shuts New York harbor
About 16 000 mariners walked out at six this morning crippling boats lighters coal barges grain ships and harbor craft. Fire and police boats joined the walkout as ferry and rail traffic stalled across Manhattan and outer boroughs, delaying transit and cutting fresh food and coal supplies.
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Rail executives push private rail plan with strong federal oversight
T DeWitt Cuyler, chair of the Association of Railway Executives, outlines a comprehensive private ownership plan for railroads under strict government regulation. Proposals include system unification, rate controls via regional federal tribunals, federal incorporation of interstate carriers, and continued wartime guidance by Director General McAdoo.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
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Association of Railway Executives
United States
Secretary of Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of Review
Department of Transport Gien
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Senate
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Congress
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Tucson Favours Meeting of Legislative Session
Governor Campbell favors holding the state legislature outside Phoenix if needed to ease influenza risks. Debate centers on timing and location with health officials planning to balance safety and legislative duty as cases rise.
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Campbell
Board of Health
HK. Beauchamp
Dr. Beauchamp
Pr. George 8. Goodrich
Dr. Goodrich
Peace conference agendas and leaders outlined in Paris
A French plan presented to American and allied delegations details the peace conference procedure. Premier Clemenceau and Venizelos discuss with Wilson while Allied leaders prepare for a simplified process and a league of nations as the first step toward lasting peace.
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Cemenciau
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Andre Tardie
United States
Jules Cambon
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Switzerland
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Nikolai Po Pachktteh
Serbia
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Germany
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Bulgaria
Turkey
League of Nations
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Bloody Berlin battles renew. troops deployed to quell unrest
Wireless reports from London say Berlin is torn by bloody fighting as the government moves to crush the reign of terror. Some districts lack light and water after depots are stormed by Spartacans, interrupting meals for soldiers and civilians.
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London
Berlin
Spartacans
Strike actions loom as rail and labor boards meet
In Washington on January 9 representatives from railroad administration and labor boards conferred to seek definite action on a rising strike. Officials indicated the war department might assume operation of several half arteries, while labor board heads said they had exhausted powers to adjust the difficulties and could only watch the strike unfold.
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League
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Cox Asks Congress Rename Panama Canal Roosevelt Canal Proposal
Lieut. Gov. Channing H. Cox telegraphed Senator Lodge proposing renaming the Panama canal the Roosevelt canal to honor the former president and his world contribution. The request ties the canal’s identity to Roosevelt’s legacy as a lasting tribute.
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Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Recoc
Boston
Channing H. Cox
Lodge
Roosevelt Canal
Cox
Deserter Heroism Confirmed in Verdun Rescue Efforts
Private Richard Stierhein of the 316th Infantry, 79th Division, faced execution for desertion but was praised for repeatedly risking his life to rescue wounded soldiers under fire in the Verdun fighting before the armistice. A war department review disapproved the death sentence and ordered return to combatant duty after desertion plans to reach Spain were halted. He aided wounded men from Nov 2 to Nov 11 and carried water to the dying and injured despite shell and machine gun fire.
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Stierhein
Pershin
War Department
France
Spain
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Blockade Against the Central May Be Mitigated
Paris January 10 representatives of allied nations consider mitigating the blockade of the Central Powers to allow movement of food supplies for Czecho Slovakia Poland and parts of Russia and other regions inaccessible except through Central Powers held territory.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Russia
Allied alerts and political notes from January 9
On January 9 reports describe Allied warnings to Turkey over Medinax forts and armament, a failed assassination attempt on Dr Karl Kramarz Shoslovaker, renewed American Allied actions on Kadish Front burning villages and advancing, Bavaria fearing Berlin unrest and potential armament intervention, U S Senate defeat on reporting privileged status for Europe relief bill, and Earl of Reading not returning as British envoy to Washington per London dispatch.
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United States
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G. O. P. Committee Honors T. R. At Chicago Meeting
The Republican national committee will drop all social events in Chicago to honor Colonel Roosevelt while keeping the business session as scheduled. Will H. Hays announced the move upon arrival, noting Republican women will have headquarters in the city.
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Associaen Press
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Will H. Hays
George W Sharp Dies Twin Brother of Ambassador
George W Sharp died at his mother Mrs M Vurenll s home in Elyria Ohio on January 9. He was twin brother of W G Sharp the American ambassador to France. The notice confirms the death at the family residence.
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George W. Sharp
Elyria, O
George W Sharp
W. G. Sharp
France
M Vurenll Hava Tadav Tinath Wae
Revolutionary upheaval grips Berlin as Spartacists seize key points
Reports from Berlin via Fort Zeitung and Frankfurt Nachrichten describe heavy street fighting and a proclaimed revolutionary government. Government troops under Gustav Noske prepare to retake the capital as civil strife spreads to Bavaria and other provinces. Liebknecht and Liebmann lead the Spartacists in attempts to establish control.
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Bavaria
Artillery Used In Battle In Berlin Report
Berlin dispatches describe severe fighting near the central telegraph office and renewed Spartacan attempts on the chancellor's palace. Casualties totaled about thirty killed and forty five wounded as troops concentrate in Berlin to restore order after Spartacan occupation of government buildings. Spartacans reportedly seized government printing and 8,000,000 marks in paper money.
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Anhalt
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Berlin upheaval delays progress in government talks
London reports from Copenhagen and Amsterdam say negotiations between the government and revolting Berlin elements continued without a clear result. Local leaders lack control amid sporadic street fighting as the Spartacus group calls a general strike for January 19 and vows to obstruct elections to the national assembly.
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