Yanks Rescued From Wrecked Transport Northern Pacific
Army and navy personnel evacuated from the transport Northern Pacific after it ran aground off Fire Island. 234 soldiers and 17 Navy nurses landed. eight wounded rescued by coast guards, two lifeboats capsized. Vessel resting on sandbars with no danger per Captain Connolly.
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New York
U. S
Northern Pacific
Connolly
Red Cross
Fire Island
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Yanks Celebrate on Rhine at Special Jan New Year Dinner
Special dinner and entertainments were provided for U S soldiers on the Rhine to mark the new year. With the American Army of Occupation in Germany, a rousing wheeling to the new year took place on January 3.
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U. S
Germany
Wheeling
Goughboys Observe New Year in Rhine Occupation Camp
American troops along the Rhine mark 1919 with simple ceremonies amid cafes and cities in western Prussia. Restrictions limit cafe celebrations but a special dinner and entertainments by the Y M C A and Knights of Columbus add solemn observances. Dawn brings bells bugles and brass band music.
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Americdin
Rhine
New York
New England
Y. M. C. Aland Knights of Columbus
US Senate considers purchase of Lower California from Mexico
Senator Ashurst introduces a resolution urging the president to begin talks for the U S acquisition of Lower California and 10,000 square miles of Sonora north of 31 degrees. Senator Borah fears such a division of territory, while Ashurst jokes about Japan receiving it. Cadet Stephen Bird of Galveston Texas dies at West Point after a self inflicted wound in his room, the 19 year old is noted as suffering from temporary mental disturbance.
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Ashurst
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Mexico
United States
Lower
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Sonora
Borah
Idaho
Japan
West Point
N. Y
Stephen M. Bird
Galveston
Tex
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French Minister Explains Stance at Peace Conference
A French minister outlined that Colonel House met with President Wilson and Premier Clemenceau to relay the conference results. He also discussed talks with A. J. Balfour and the British delegation, saying the Anglo American view is aligned. A second note reports the schooner Geneva Kathleen stranded near Virginia with crew aboard and no danger.
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Lenine Escape Fails as Bolshevik Advance Is Crushed
In Baltic sea action a British squadron reportedly captures Lenine aide Baskolninov. In Perm the Bolsheviks suffer heavy losses as General Gaida, leading Siberian and Czechoslovak troops, defeats the third army and takes thousands of prisoners with vast matériel. Semenoff’s forces push toward Verkhni Udinsk while 200,000 Soviet troops are freed from German prisons to march via Omsk amid hardship.
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Budapest in state of siege after New Year disorders
Prague reports Budapest is under siege as communist era protests clash with government troops. Demonstrators and guards battle in streets and barracks with machine guns. Widespread disorder continues with looting and casualties among participants and security forces.
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Prague
Budapest
New Mexico Demonstrates Electric Drive For Battleships
Secretary Daniels told the House Naval Committee that the battleship New Mexico with turbo electric propulsion produced over 31,000 horsepower and could reach 21.34 knots despite 1000 tons extra displacement. He noted fuel savings and speed maintenance at cruising and top speeds with electric drive versus coal-fired turbines.
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House Naval Committee
Lie
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Senate clash over Wilson powers in peace talks
Senator Lewis charges Republican leaders with conspiring to mislead Europe and the public to oppose Wilson’s peacemaking. He asserts the president, as commander in chief, holds full power in negotiating peace and withdrawing troops after a treaty is agreed.
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Lodge
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Blackhawk Heroes Expected Soon
Cable reports corrected to show the eighty sixth division cadre aboard the transport Siboney due in New York Sunday. Four transports with about 2,000 troops depart France including the Toloa Ulita and Abangarez with anti aircraft units and casual officers. Antigone arrives Virginia Capes with 3,000 men and wounded.
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Siboney
New York
France
Toloa
Trench Artillery
Ulita
Abangarez
Coblenz
Robert Ll. Bullard
Rhine
Newport News
Antigone
Virginia Capes
Fifty-second Coast Artillery Regiment
New England
Camp Devens
Troops Evacuate Safely From Heavily Shelled Fire Island
Soldiers retreat to safety after heavy sea action near Fire Island as fire is exchanged and a crucial exit route is secured. No injuries reported and units regroup for further orders.
Still 1500 aboard as Northern Pacific danger eases
Navy officials reported that about a thousand troops including wounded were removed from the stranded transport Northern Pacific while fifteen hundred remain aboard. The danger of the ship breaking up remains but the immediate threat has lessened and further efforts to move the vessel from the sandbar failed.
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New York
Navy
Northern Pacific
Wilsons Meet President Wilson at Italian Frontier
Thomas Nelson Page the American ambassador and embassy attaches accompanied President and Mrs Wilson on the special train crossing from France into Italy. They were surprised by the border scenery as a large crowd cheered at the railway station. The weather was beautiful and crowds gathered in towns along the route.
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Rome
Thomas Nelson Page
Wilson
Italy
Yanks Win 13 Villages in Onega River Advance
Archangel January 3 The 839th American regiment fighting with a Polish army captured twelve villages on the Onega river in heavy snow. About five hundred Wisconsin and Michigan men struggled through the snow, carrying rifles ammo machine guns and rations to flank the Bolsheviks and surprise them much like troops 75 miles west.
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Archangel
Onega River
Wisconsin
Michigan
Americans Aboard Berlin Mission Stalls as Fugitives
Five American soldiers attached to the 125th Infantry stranded in Berlin after leaving base at Coblenz aiming to be first to reach the city for the expeditionary force. They encountered members of the American military commission handling prisoner repatriation. One man was captured and detained while authorities pursue the others.
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Lkely
125Th
Coblenz
Fighting Doors and Proper Placement in Homes
In a House Beautiful note Harry L. Shumway warns that doors must swing high enough to clear rugs and be arranged to avoid jammed pairs. He cites two doors that lock horns like animals, blocking exits, and urges avoiding such setups in homes.
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