Cruiser Rochester Brings Naval Units from Brest
Ten vessels docked in New York carrying American soldiers from overseas. The ships included war ships transports hospital ships and a medical detachment from South Dakota and New York. Two officers and 114 men of casual company from New York were aboard.
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Full Blooded Pigeons May Be Bred by the Signal Corps
Washington reports the Signal Corps seeks 60 900 to fund breeding of 24 units of 100 Blue Blooded pigeons from Belgian stock. Officers argue pigeons can deliver war messages if other means fail, preventing lost battalions and ensuring contact with headquarters in future conflicts.
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Army
House Military Affairs Committee
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Railway plan to link French frontier with Gibraltar
Madrid reports a measure introduced in Parliament to build a double tracked electric railway from the French frontier to Gibraltar. The proposal aims to connect Spain with the French border and Gibraltar as a single line project.
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Gibraltar
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Gibralter
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Today’s weather report notes partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with cooler temperatures tonight and rising temperatures on Saturday as Western Pennsylvania forecasts are issued from Washington.
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Pennsylvania
Coller
Committee to Draft League of Nations Statutes
Paris January 23. A committee representing all powers will be appointed at tomorrow's peace conference plenary to draft the league of nations statutes. President Wilson may be offered the committee presidency. Memoranda from the President and General Jan Suta's plan will guide the work.
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Paris
League of Nations
Wilson
Jan Suta
Demands Return of Boys Resents Representative
A brief notice reports demands for the return of boys and voices frustration toward a representative. The readable text emphasizes urgency and public appeal without detailing actions or outcomes.
Garland Pushes House Return of Overseas US Troops
Representative Garland of Pennsylvania and Rep Campbell of Kansas rally for an early return of American expeditionary forces from Europe. Garland recalls his France and Rhine trip urging Congress to bring troops home now, criticizing German attitudes and war conditions observed abroad.
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Germany
France
Baker and March Deny Argonne 35th Division Shortfalls
Washington reports quote Secretary Baker and General March testifying to the House rules committee that the 35th division did not lack artillery or food in the Argonne fight but that casualty totals have been exaggerated. They provided replacement troop figures and disputed a 7,000 casualty claim as overestimated.
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Argonne
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Kansapor
Hamburg Rumors of Siege and Battles in 1917 State of War
Reports from Berlin and Amsterdam describe Hamburg under siege with rioting by Spartacists, gunfire in suburbs, and troops recapturing a railway station. Seizure orders demand Spartacist weapons within 48 hours as violence spreads.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
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Naval debate on disposal of German ships at Paris talks
Reports from Paris on January 21 indicate Allied naval authorities debate distributing German submarines and small craft among navies or selling minor craft to fund indemnities. Decisions on battleships and merchant ships loom as the conference weighs transporting Allied troops home with possible food cargos.
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Supreme Council
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America
Japan
Italy
France
Moscow
Russia
Million Run to Stop Bolsheviks and Poles
Berlin reports a plan to recruit one million soldiers to fight Bolsheviks and Poles as Germany transitions. Volunteers earn seven marks daily, with no new army formation until the old is dissolved. Eichorn, once Bolshevik police chief, remains in hiding and is believed directing nationwide strikes. In the west, von Hindenburg and von Buelow halted the Polish advance near Thorn as unrest spreads from Slavonia to Bohemia.
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Riga
Robert Emil Eichorn
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General von Buelow
Poels
Thirty six women elected to German National Assembly
Berlin reports that thirty six women were elected to the German National Assembly. The Central Council of Workmen and Soldiers protests the choice of Weimar as the meeting place for the Assembly.
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Central Council of Workmen
Weimar
Poland Fights Bolsheviks as Allies Plan Talks on Princes Island
Paris reports Prof Kellogg and Prince Lovof warn that Allied talks with Bolsheviks on Princes Island risk delaying intervention in Russia. Kellogg cites Polish hardship, food shortages, and mining barriers in Danzig as Poland braces against Bolshevik and Ukrainian forces near Lemberg and Cracow.
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Enna
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Ignace Paderewski
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Lodz
Pilsudski
Crazy man runs amuck in capital
A supposed mad man attacked three women in Washington early today, two shot and one choked. Police fear more victims may be found as the suspect, believed escaped from a nearby insane asylum, remains at large. In Baltimore, Benjamin F. Sprinkle and Wade Wheeler are held on suspicion, aiding authorities in Washington.
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Pershing to Return to U S With Wilson on George Washington
General John J. Pershing plans to sail to the United States with President Wilson aboard the transport George Washington. Officials in Washington reacted with surprise at the report and noted Pershing may travel under orders or by presidential permission as commander of the American Expeditionary Force.
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Paris
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George Wington
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Lemans
Washington
Baker
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Wilson
March
Goveroy Haig
London
Four Thousand Sailors And Soldiers Travel On Two Ships
Washington January 24 more than four thousand men and officers of the American expeditionary force sailed from England on the transport Mongolia and Samarinda. The Mongolia is due January 20 and the Samarinda January 31 at New York with the next convoy to follow. The War Department announced early convoy assignments including air service base hospital casualty company and several squadrons.
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England
Mongolia
War Department
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Air Service Base Hospital Casualty Company
Mysterious murder of woman in Chicago millionaire section
The body of a woman was found today on Erie Street west of Lakeshore Drive in Chicago's millionaire neighborhood. Injuries included a broken left arm in two places and a deep gash near the right ear. Police suspect the murder occurred elsewhere and the body was moved by automobile.
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Lakeshore Drive
Germans aiding Sinn Fein in Ireland report
Geneva reports that Germans are aiding the Sinn Feiners in Ireland and maintain constant communication, sending messages via America and other neutral countries, according to new information learned today.
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Geneva
Ireland
America
Portugal Revolt Report Faces Unconfirmed Monarchist Uprising
Madrid reports northern Portugal under monarchist control as former king Manuel allegedly seeks refuge in a Madrid Jesuit monastery. Lisbon warns Santarem to evacuate as revolutionaries push toward the capital with air support and heavy artillery, while Machado Santa is said to have been assassinated.
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Senhor Coun
Lisbon
London
L .N. S.candondon Baily
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Santarem
Portugese
Santaremi
Machado Santa
Government to repurpose deadly TNT for peacetime uses
Washington officials outlined plans to dispose of 89 million pounds of TNT held by the War Department. Some will be sold to the Agriculture Department for farm blasting and to mining firms for peaceful purposes. General C C Williams testified before the House Military Affairs Committee. Thousands of tons of unused munitions stored in European warehouses will be shipped home and boxed for potential future emergencies.
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Department of Agriculture
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C. C. Williams, Chief of Ordnance, Told the Trouse
United States
France
Ordnance
House Military Avairs Committee
Bolivia Seeks Seaport Rights From Peace Delegates
Bolivia formally asks peace delegates for a seaport as league of nations talks frame conditions. It asserts historic rights to Tacna province now in Chile, arguing access to the Pacific. Claims by Peru and Chile on territory are also presented to the delegates.
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