British View of League Plans Delays for Discussion urged
Lord Robert Cecil presented to the peace congress a British draft on the league of nations. He argued against a fully binding international tribunal as impracticable now and urged a permanent international council to protect sovereignty while relying on world public opinion to enforce peace. He proposed an upper superior council of premiers meeting regularly to guide future peacemaking.
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Lord Robert Cecil
Peace Congress
London
Reuter
Paris
League of Nations
League
Cecil Robert
Seitzerland
Saloniki
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Wwer
Souko
Lord Robert
New York Assembly Ratifies Federal Prohibition Amendment
Albany Ny Tan The New York Assembly votes to ratify the federal prohibition amendment by a margin of 71 to 67 in the session at Albany. The action marks a statewide alignment with the national dry movement as the year progresses.
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New York Assembly
Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Britons Seek 40 Hour Week Amid Labor Talks
The National Federation of General Workers representing nearly a million workers resolved to demand a 40 hour working week. An accord between employers and the engineering trade ended with men resuming work while next week’s conference will discuss worker grievances.
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London
National Federation of General Workers
2568 Troops Landed and Ship Movements Reported
The Orizaba returned 25 troops to New York amid about 380 sick or wounded. The ship carried the fifty second ammunition train and twelve casual companies of signal corps chemical warfare and other branches. Mercy arrived with the sick or wounded from France aboard the Suriname, bringing thirty six officers. Louisiana carrying troops and New Hampshire with troops were expected to reach port today by wireless.
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Orizaba
Signal Corps
Chemical Warfare Service
Army
Brest
Mercy
France
Suriname
Louisiana
New Hampshire
1918 Exports Fall While Imports Rise in U S
Washington reports 1918 exports at 7 000000000 dollars, about 55 000 000 below 1917, while imports total 7 0517 000 090 dollars. In Fort St Paul Minnesota the senate endorses a memorial to congress for a national suffrage amendment by a 1 to 7 vote. the house previously approved the measure.
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Washington
America
Fort
St. Paul, Minn
Congress
House
Hoover Defends Food Policies Against Critics
Paris Jan. 24 Herbert Hoover, US rep on the inter allied food council, replies to Senate critics and cites Swift & Company blaming the food administration for a $10 million profit cut. He recalls the October joint conference with farmers and packers to set export pork prices, aims for a square deal and small packer protection, notes desire to extend wartime measures into armistice. The British government seeks release from these arrangements.
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Paris
Herbert Hoover
Interallied Food Council
American Senate
Chicago Packers
Swift & Company
Food Administration
British Miners Resumed Work After Short Strike
London reports one hundred fifty thousand coal diggers returned to work after a brief but serious strike. The miners won their dispute and resumed operations nationwide.
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London
Truce Is Red Victory Says Ex Minister In Paris
Prince Lvoff former Russian premier denounces the peace council decision as dangerous and aiding tyranny while the allied commission forms to meet Russian factions at Princes Islands. The supreme council meets with all members present and early Polish government recognition expected. agenda items include labor law and accountability.
War reparations and port regime on wartime agenda
The meeting considered reparation for war damage and an international regime of ports waterways and railways. The supreme war council will convene Friday at 10:30 with Marshal Foch Field Marshal Waig and General Diaz joining Allied military reps at Versailles.
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Supreme War Council
Foch
Texas Senate Backs Statewide Poolroom Ban
Austin dispatch reports the Texas Senate approved a state wide antipool and billiard hall bill by 22 to 5. A House vote is expected to follow. if approved, all public pool and billiard halls in Texas would close by May 1, 1919.
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Senate
House
Austin
Tex
Texas
Peace Pact to Be Ready in June Says Echo de Paris
Allies accept the American plan to debate the Kaiser fate and punish those responsible. The supreme war council discussed appointing a special commission to investigate culpability from the Kaiser downward and to consider multiple forms of punishment to deter future warmakers.
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Varia
Intest
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Kaiser
Supreme War Council
Archduke Louis Victor Dies at Salzburg Home
Paris news wires report the death of Archduke Louis Victor youngest brother of former Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary He died at his home in Salzburg on January 24 according to official announcements.
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Francis Joseph of
Austria
Hungary
Paris
Archduke Louis Victor
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Salzbure
Petrograd Loyalists Face Bolshevik Evacuation and Retreat
Reports from Helsingfors claim Bolshevik forces are evacuating Petrograd and removing stores while Trotsky shifts headquarters to Nijni Novgorod. Zinovieff allegedly ordered surrender without siege if attacked, as Estonian advance guards near Petrograd press east toward the Luga and Pskov rivers and claim armored train loot. Unconfirmed chatter links Orenburg fall to Bolsheviks as the Russian-Siberian army remains separated.
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London
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Leon Trotzke
Nijni Novgorod
Trotsky
Zinovieff
Copenhagen
Russia
Bolshevik Russia
Lenine
Moscow
Bolshevists
Mall
Artisatel
Luge
Pliusa
Pskov
Kine's Force and Orenburg Threat to British Forces
A fragment notes that Kine's force is increased and the capture of Orenburg would threaten the small British force in trans Caucasia. The text implies strategic concerns against British troops amid regional maneuvers.
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Kine
Orenburg
trans-Caucasia
Portuguese Navy Loyal Amid Oporto Bombardment
Madrid reports Portuguese war ships bombard Oporto while the navy stays loyal to the republic and most of the army joins the insurgents. Rumors say Don Manuel may land nearby to cross into Portugal as a naval cordon blocks disembarkation. The Spanish government says it received a message from Portuguese Republicans hoping to quell the revolt quickly.
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Madrid
Oporto
Don Manuel
Portugal
German Headquarters Moves to Kolberg Pomerania
London reports a German wireless message stating main headquarters shift to Kolberg in Pomerania. Field Marshal von Hindenburg to direct operations defending the eastern frontier and vows to prevent Danzig's separation from Germany.
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London
Kolberg
Pomerania
von Hindenburg
Danzig
Germany
Poles May Be Recognized Briefing from Paris
Paris reports expected recognition of Poland's new government soon. In New York, Judge Mayer ruled stock dividends are not taxable under federal income tax law, clarifying treatment for investors.
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Paris
Poland
New York
United States
Julius M. Mayer
First Premier of Ireland Is Named
Dublin reports that after Ireland's parliamentary meeting a temporary premier was elected along with four ministers and a temporary chairman. The cabinet names were not announced, but a constitution reportedly provides a premier elected by parliament with power over finance home affairs foreign affairs and defense. The parliament plans nationwide suffrage for elections.
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Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Sinn Fenners
Sinn Fein
American citizen Reed linked to Bolshevik propaganda
Archibald Stevenson of the military intelligence bureau testified before the Senate propaganda investigating committee that John Reed, an American citizen, served as consul general for the Russian soviet government in New York and disseminated Bolshevik propaganda with funds from Russia and other sources.
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Washington
Archibald Stevenson
Military Intelligence Bureau
Senate Propeganda
John Reed
New York
Russia
Bolshevik Leaders Deprived of Direct Power in Livonia
Narva pursuit ends as both Bolshevik leaders fail to escape. Local authorities in Livonia assert full control after the incident. The setback marks a decisive shift in regional power dynamics amid ongoing unrest.
Americans Battle January Fight at Ust Padenga
Special dispatch reports intense combat near Ust Padenga in Ust Padenga Archangel area as American artillery shells Bolshevist positions to inflict five hundred casualties on January 19 while American losses are under fifty. Bolshevik leaders Trotzky and Li vonia are mentioned in context of broader war updates.
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Archangel
Ust Padenga
Lithuanian Troops Defeat Bolsheviki Near Koszedary
Lithuanian forces routed Bolsheviki near Koszedary capturing six thousand five hundred fighters. The Bolshevik army of about sixty thousand joined Esthenians on the Marva Front, signaling a major battlefield shift.
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Paris
Koszedary
Marva Tront
Arrival of Four Thousand Troops in New York Harbor
Four thousand troops arrived in New York today aboard battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire, the steamship Chicago, transport Goentoer, steamer Acco mae, and other vessels, as part of a large wartime mobilization.
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New York
Louisana
New Hampshire
Chicago
Goentoer
Accomae
Monarchy Proclaimed in Lisbon News Update
Madrid reports a monarchy has been proclaimed in Lisbon. Paris cites Echo De Paris that President Wilson may be offered the presidency of the League of Nations Commission.
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Madrid
Lisbon
Paris
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Echo de Paris
Russians Agree to Peace Plan Conference
In Paris on January 24 the Russian representatives in exile met Sergius Sazonoff former foreign minister and now foreign minister of the Omsk government to discuss the supreme council decision to send a commission to various Russian elements. They resolved to urge supporters in Russia to back the proposed conference.
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Paris
Sergius Sazonoff
Omsk
Princes’ Islands
Supreme Council of the
Sergius Sagenoff
Supreme Council
Russia
Cow King Loses Appeal in Kane County Fraud Case
James Dorsey known as the millionaire cow king of Kane county must serve eight years in Leavenworth federal prison and pay a $3000 fine. The U.S. circuit court of appeals denied his appeal after hearing arguments. Dorsey was convicted in Federal Judge Landis' court and sentenced January 31, 1918.
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Chicago
James Dorsey
Miilionaire Cea King
Kane County
Tll
Leavenworth
Kan
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Baker
Mack and Evans
Dorsey
Landis
Rice Added to Restricted Imports Notice
Rice imports again restricted as the War Trade Board announces controls on shipment of rice used in feathered imports. Officials cite trade diversion and policy aims to curb strategic material flows amid wartime needs.
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Washington
War Trade Board
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