Illinois Negro Troops Honored in WWI Victory Return
More than 400 Illinois men, many wounded, were among 5,100 soldiers arriving on the hospital ship Comfort and transports. The Eighth and Three Hundred Seventieth Infantry regiments, famed for defeating Prussian Guard forces in Champagne, were decorated, including Lieut. Harvey J. Taylor who earned the Croix de Guerre. The units, led by Gen Mangin, halted a Kaiser's counterattack, earning lasting fame for their actions.
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New York
Comfort
Lapland
Wilhelmion
Sterrs
Eighth Onnels
Minas’ Negro Battiers
Blackhawk
Wilhelmina
Champagne
France
Hilnois
Eighth
Fien. Mangin
Harvey J. Taylor
Chicago
Taylor
Soissons
Highland Park man killed in midnight sledding accident
Martin Kehoe Jr a prominent investment broker died at Highland Park Hospital after his skull was crushed in a fall from a steep Racine avenue ravine while sledding. Frederick K MacKenzie of 410 North Sheridan Road Highland Park was hospitalized with two fractured ribs from the same incident.
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Highland Park
Martin ©. Kehoe, Jr
Highland Park Hospital
Racine Avenue
Frederick K. MacKenzie
North Sheridan Road
Presbyterians label theology schools as infidelity hotbeds
In Lienver Colorado on January 20 the Presbyterian elders and clergymen adopted a report declaring the Tifo School of Theology and Denver University to be hotbeds of infidelity.
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Lienver
Colo
Pitty Presbyterian
Tif
School of Theology
Denver University
Big Five Dominate Paris Peace Conference Talks
The five nations of America Britain France Italy and Japan will join all meetings and commissions at the peace conference. Other war Allied powers Belgium Brazil China Greece Poland Portugal Romania Serbia and the Czecho Slovaks attend sittings. Russia status will be decided as matters concerning Russia are examined. Germany and Austria are not named but presumed included under states forming.
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Paris
America
Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Brazil
China
Greece
Poland
Portugal
Roumania
Serbia
Russia
Germany
Austria
War contractor convicted over bribe bids for nitrate bags
Samuel Swenson of Cambridge Massachusetts was found guilty in federal court of bribing Loyal Fox a government store inspector at the nitrate plant in Perryville May. Swenson was sentenced to 15 months in Maryland penitentiary. Swenson sought preference on bids for unused nitrate soda bags.
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Baltimore
Samuel Swenson
Cambridge
Mass
Loyal
Fox
Perryvill
Mayw
Maryland
Swenson
Plans to Charge Billions to Write Off War Shipping Costs
Washington officials forecast early action on a proposal to write off about eighty percent of war costs for American shipping. The plan, formulated by Chairman Hurley, would charge nearly a billion dollars of three billion spent to build merchant ships to profit and loss. A shipping board order could sharply reduce freight rates, with President Wilson's approval viewed as likely.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Hurley
France
Off Cials
Wilson
Congress
Conference of Shipping Interests
Thousands march on Boston city hall over unemployment
Hundreds protest unemployment in Boston with about 300 ex-army chauffeurs leading the crowd. City officials summon reserve police as the demonstration threatens violence and the mob is kept in check.
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Boston City Hall
Boston
Reserve Police
Punishment Demanded Over Mexican Attacks on Americans
Representative Stephen Porter of Pennsylvania pledges action if reports prove Americans were murdered in the Tampico oil fields. He urges punishment of Mexican bandits and insists money cannot compensate for loss of life, signaling rising congressional demand for accountability.
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Porter
Pennsylvania
Matter
Washington
Tampico
Stephen G. Porter
House Committee On Foreign Relations
Congress
Mexico
American Citizens Protection Urged. Inquiry Planned
Statement asserts Mexican citizens receive full U S legal protection and calls for reciprocal protection for Americans in Mexico. It notes about six Americans were killed in Tampico oil fields in 1918, cites an oil journal, and cites a plan to ask Congress for an official inquiry.
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United States
Mexico
LT Am
Tampico
Congress
Rochambeau All Right After Engine Trouble Reports
The Rochambeau with 888 American soldiers aboard was believed missing but wireless reports say she will reach New York late Tuesday. Repairs to machinery caused the delay, and the troops are from the Eighty-Eighth Division, a Middle Western unit.
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New York
Halifax
Eighty Eighth
Ship Workers May Strike in Tacoma and Seattle
Tacoma and Seattle metal trades councils vote to strike next Tuesday to press for a wage scale. About 9,000 Tacoma workers and 25,000 Seattle workers would be affected. nearly all metal plants would close except sheet metal shops. Mechanics seek $7 and semi skilled workers $5.50 minimum.
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Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma Metal Trades Council
Seattle Metal Trades Council
Seattle
Train Kills Flu Victim In Nightgown
Delirious from influenza Mrs. Mabel H Brown Ing age 65 of 1131 Green Bay road escaped quarantine and wandered onto Chicago and Northwestern tracks where she was struck and killed instantly.
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Gencoe
Mabel H. Brown
Green Bay Road
Chicago & Northwestern
Youngest son of King George dies at thirteen
London January 2 Prince John youngest son of King George died in London at age thirteen. He had been ill for some time and his death follows a period of royal attention to his health. The prince was a member of the royal family and his loss casts a pall over the court.
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London
Prince John
George
Gompers Reacts to Growing Red Influence in Europe
Samuel Gompers arrives in London and hears of unseen French labor unrest, including a Lyons demonstration likened to Bolshevism. He weighs prospects for a world federation of labor as he plans to meet the French Federation of Labor in Paris and attends events arranged by British unions.
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London
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
France
Lyons
Bolshevistm
Labor Party
Radical Socialist Party
World Federation of Labor
French Federation of Labor
Paris
Trades Union Congress
Hotel Grosvenor
Luwiv
Did it Ever Occur to You That A Girl Can Be Forward
A provocative question about gender and conduct raises tensions in public discourse as a columnist explores social expectations and behavior on street transportation. The piece challenges stereotypes while examining how a woman’s actions are judged in urban life.
Appropriation Bills Dominate Congressional Week
Washington lawmakers prepare to advance the European relief food bill at 100 million dollars despite opposition. Senate debates a Penrose proposal shifting fund supervision to a commission. House opens with the diplomatic and consular bill funding the foreign service. Naval and army bills are slated for committee action this week.
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Washington
Senate
House
Penrose
Herbert Hoover
Naval Affairs Committee
Military Affairs Committee
British Prisoners Starved In German Camps
Dispatch from Copenhagen reports many British soldiers being returned from German camps are emaciated due to harsh treatment and some will not see home again. Nineteen were buried in Danish graves. Budapest figures through July show 24,000 officers and 815,000 other ranks killed, with 41,000 officers and 1,900 other ranks wounded. There were 22,000 officers missing or captured, and 150,000 other ranks missing or prisoners. The note questions why more officers are missing than other ranks.
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London
Copenhagen
Budapest
Amsterdam
Grain men hold meet in Illinois
Chicago January meeting announced by Frank C Crowell acting head of the Food Administration Grain corporation to discuss distributing government wheat to Midwest and Southwest millers. They plan to supply enough wheat to keep mills running at 12 cents above basic government price, with responses due January 27.
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Chicago
Frank C. Crowell
Food Administration Grain Corporation
Food Administration
Crowell
Middle West
Southwest
Mr. Crowell
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Cleveland
Congress
United States
Lever
House Agricultural Committee
Wilson
Elections and Disorder Reported in Officials Statements
Officials report serious disorders linked to ongoing elections. Statements describe disturbances at polling sites and related concerns raised by authorities and observers. No further details available in the readable text.
Strike in Leip sic halts gas and water services
London reports grave election riots as Germans vote for a national assembly. Leipsic declares a general strike amid opposition, leaving the city without gas and water. Amsterdam notes Ebert Scheidemann government may cancel the assembly elections following the Spartacist deaths. Berlin socialist appeal fails.
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London
Germany
National Assembly
Leipsic
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Lokal Anvieger
Berlin
Ebert-Scheidemann
Karl Liebknecht
Roza Luxemburg
Spartacan
Filipinos to Seek Freedom Mission to United States
Manuel Quezon announced a 25 member Philippine mission of legislators and professionals will visit the United States to promote trade and press the case for independence. Quezon, leader of the independence party, is named chairman and is in Seattle on his honeymoon.
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Seattle
Wash
Philippine Islands
United States
Manuel Quezon
Senate of the Islands
Independence Party
Merger Formed Among Major Film Firms in A Capped Market
Los Angeles announces the United Picture Theaters of America Inc World Film Company and Peerless Producing Company of Fort Lee NJ form a merger to control 1300 motion picture theaters. In Yonkers New Jersey Patrick O Donnell confesses to murder of 17 year old Elizabeth Mary Riddell after arrest and court appearance, NY police continuing search for additional suspect.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United Picture Theaters of America, Inc
The
World Film Company
Peerless Producing Company
Fort Lee
N. J
Yonkers
Newnat
Elizabeth Mary Riddell
Borough of
Queens
Patrick O'Donnell
Italian Envoys Named for Peace Conference Table
Paris January 20 Italian envoys to the peace congress are set Antonio Salandra former premier and interior minister and Signor Barselial deputy for Rome join the delegation at the peace table.
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Rome
Paris
Aristonio Salandra
Signor Barselial
Blaze Destroyed City Store Building in Sioux City
A three story store and office building at Pierce and Sixth streets in Sioux City was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The T. B. Martin estate owned the structure which occupied a quarter block. The entire third floor housed two Masonic lodges.
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Sioux City
Pierce and
Sixth Streets
T. 8. Martin
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