Berlin Riots as Spartacists Seize Police Headquarters
Berlin reports say Karl Liebknecht and Spartacists control police HQ and parts of the royal palace area. German government braces for attack with troops, machine guns, grenades as hundreds are reported killed in street fighting. Field Marshal von Hindenburg rumored to have arrived. barracks seized and arms distributed to supporters.
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Hindenburg
Ebert
Berlin
Karl Liebknecht
Seelatiat
Royal Palace
Wilhelmstrasse
Germany
Central Executive Committee
Potsdarmmer
Belshevks
Spartacans
Old City
Anhatter
Silesian Raailway
Pioneer Regiment
Kopenickerstrasse
Wilhelmastrasse
Mallesche ‘Tor
Spartacnes
Caopal
Rellute
Brandenburg Gate
Spartacus
Spandau
Londom
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph
Exchange Telegraph Company
Marshal von Hindenburg
Cain the Upper Hand
Independent socialists claim political traction with Cain as the focal point of a rising left aligned movement. They promote policy reforms and rally volunteers ahead of local elections.
Keeps army for emergency demands restrengthening Rhine
London reports Prime Minister Lloyd George warns demobilization is not complete despite fighting ending. He cautions Germans may still mobilize and urges maintaining a strong Rhine force as 300000 have already been demobilized. Washington notes government cash needs at a record 125 million dollars in ordinary disbursements.
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London
G.dremler Lloyd George
Rhine
Washington
Twenty one states ratify federal prohibition amendment
The Idaho senate joined the lower house in suspending rules to ratify the federal prohibition amendment. Tennessee Maine West Virginia Oklahoma City all ratified, bringing totals to twenty one states supporting nationwide prohibition. The pace follows a Jan. 0 start across several state legislatures.
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Boise
Idaho
Senate
Nashvillee
Tenn
General Assembly of
Tennessee
House
Augusta
Jan
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
7 703 Yanks On Way Home From France
The transport President Grant with 284 officers and 7 419 men sails from France to New York accompanied by the battleships Montana and South Dakota and the hospital ship Comfort.
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President Grant
Montana
South Dakota
Comfort Sail
Washington
Comfort
France
New York
Americans First to Break Through Hindenburg Line
London Jan 9 The Daily News cites Field Marshal Haig’s report detailing the September 20 breakthrough by the 30th and 27th American divisions north of Bellenglise and Bellincourt. It notes heavy fighting at Jolly and other positions, with strong enemy resistance overcome by American and Australian troops. Haig commends Marshal Foch and the “splendid fighting qualities of the American forces.”
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London
Hindenburg Line
Daily News
Douglas Haig
Bellenglise
Bellincourt
Nouroy
Gillimont Farm
Haig
Foch
Marshal Haig
Marshal Foch
Loyalty and Unity Secure Allied Victory Says Command Leader
A wartime official lauds absolute loyalty among allied armies and describes decisive operations that broke the enemy front and severed communications. He notes the armistice reduced German defenses to the point where continued fighting would have doomed German forces.
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Ger
US ships bring 2650 troops home from France to New York
Battleships Georgia and Kansas arrived in New York carrying 2,650 U.S. troops from France. Herman Scheffauer a San Francisco born poet and author of German parents was indicted by a federal grand jury for treason.
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Georgia
Kansas
Newport News
France
New York
Herman Scheffauer
San Francisco
Premier Lenine Arrest Reported in Moscow Dispatch
A Moscow dispatch to the Gothenburg Gazette says Bolshevik Premier Nikolai Lenin has been arrested by order of War Minister Leon Trotzky who has declared himself dictator. The crisis stems from Lenin wanting a coalition with moderates while Trotzky seeks ongoing red terror.
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Copenhagen
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Imarine
Moscow
Gotherburg
Sweden
Trotzky
Lenine
Trotsky
Stockholm
Riga
Lettish Soviet
Kica
Warsaw
Jan. C
Vilna
Flags at half mast for Roosevelt death tribute
President Wilson cables a Paris dispatch proclaiming Theodore Roosevelt’s death on January 6 1919 at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay New York. The proclamation lauds his public service from police chief to president and his role in warning against private control of industry and finance.
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Wilson Cables
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Paris
Wilson
State Department
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
United States
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Spain
America
The
United
White House
Navy
Frank L. Polk
Vessels Carrying 1007 Troops Silent to Wireless Calls
Four transports with 1007 American army and navy personnel aboard are overdue homeward. The Tolon carrying 51 officers and 954 enlisted men from Brest failed to answer wireless calls and reach New York. The Minnesota Toula and Veendijk from European ports also overdue with late December to January arrival dates.
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New York
Tolon
Brest
Minnesota
Marseilles
Nantes
Veendijk
St. Nazaire
Flag Downed as Rioters Clash In Berlin
In Berlin on January 9 rioters forced General Harris to lower the American flag raised over the Action hotel to shield entente officials. Gunfire and a crowd clash followed as rival Spartacan and government demonstrators collided, leaving scores dead and motor cars armed with machine guns patrolling the streets.
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Berlin
Harris
Action
Entente
Roosevelt Laid to Rest at Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt's body was laid to rest in a family plot at Oyster Bay New York after a brief church service. The ceremony featured an Episcopal ritual with flags and wreaths from national leaders and veterans, a wreath from Wilson, and greetings to Army General March and Navy Admiral Winslow. Captain Archibald Roosevelt led attendees into the service with assistance from William Loeb Jr.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Long Island Sound
Theodore
Rough Rider
Cavalry
Wilson
Marshall
Senate
House
Daniels
Indiana
Archibald Roosevelt
William Loeb, Jr
Roosevelt
Mareh
United States Army
Winslow
Navy
Deport Anarchists Arrest And Detention Planned
The Wilson administration announced plans to arrest and detain and deport all aliens found supporting anarchy or property destruction. The move follows upheaval in Germany where a new government has been proclaimed by the Independents Ledebour and Tleck.
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Aventage Journal
Paris
Ebert- Scheidemann
Germany
Berlin
Ledebour
Tleck
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Wilson
Marine Workers Strike Halts New York Harbor Traffic
About fifteen thousand mariners across New York go on strike disrupting ferries and harbor craft. The government had warned the harbor would be run by soldiers and sailors. The Ward Board cannot compel boat owners to arbitrate the eight hour day wage dispute.
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Evening Journal
New York
Beanae
Ward Board
BERGERS FOUND GUILTY OF ESPIONAGE CONVICTIONS
Victor L. Berger congressman elect from Milwaukee and four co defendants Irwin St John Tucker Adolph Germer William F Kruse J Louis Enedahl were found guilty by a jury in Judge Landis court after six hours deliberation of violating the espionage act obstructing military and other wartime measures through newspapers pamphlets and speeches during a trial that spanned weeks and included evidence from Socialist party raids on Madison street headquarters.
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Chicago
Jam. C
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
Reo. Irwin St. John Tucker
Adolph Germer
William F. Kruse
J. Louis Enedahl
Socialist Party
Madison Street
Plane sinks with two airmen missing near Fryetteville
An army report says an outdoor flight over Fryetteville North Carolina ended with the plane found half submerged in the Cape Fear river. Two aviators Lieutenant Pope and Sergeant Berger Camm were reported drowned after the aircraft vanished while heading toward Fryetteville.
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Cape Fear River, N. C
Fryetteville
N. C
Afr
Cape Fear
Raleigh
Pryetteville
Pope
America Led the Allies in War Munitions Output
United States production of munitions surged in the war’s final months, surpassing Britain. April to Armistice date totals show machine guns and rifles with Britain at 181,404 and 171,764 respectively, France at 220,238, and the United States 2108740 in combined outputs.
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United States
Washington
Great Britain
Arma
France
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Eichhorn
Cain
Independent Socialists
Lloyd George
U. S
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HMNS
Earth
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