Wilson pressures for self rule in German colonies
Paris reports President Wilson advancing the American line on postwar mandates with a belief that a compromise plan acceptable to the United States will be formed. Australia opposes ceding New Guinea and Italy’s stance keeps Adriatic and Balkan issues unsettled as the peace conference nears a decision.
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MMTIC
Turkey
Paris
Jan
Arabia
Mekopo
Agi
Cn ‘Ers
Wilson Agaiay
Gygvrr
Wilson
United States
U. S
Supreme Council
Australia
Daily Mail
New Guinea
Clemencent
Italy
Adriatic
Germany
Saar Valley
Associated Press
Supreme Council of the
Eace Conference
Prints Ex Kaiser Kept In Exile And Sword Over Head
Berlin via Copenhagen January 34 sympathy for the ex Kaiser in exile is openly expressed by the ultra conservative press The Local Anzeiger says lonely and broken the Kaiser an involuntary exile deepes over the threshold into old age Behind Wilhelm lies a rich life ending in the four years of war Victors may cut the thread of the hanging sword on his sixtieth birthday The world history will judge his punishment and the German people seek to console him with the truth that accusers bear the guilt and the punishment cannot stand before history Consolations come from congratulatory messages to the ex Kaiser and a minority that resists defeat and armistice terms
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James M. Tuohy
World
the Press Publishing Co
New York World
Courier
Berlin
Copenhagen
Lokal-Anzeiger
Wilhelm
Damocles
Germany
Humanity
Altho
Hove
Tight Skirt Delays Trains in Philadelphia Report
In Philadelphia on January 31, the Pennsylvania railroad reported that tight skirts worn by women passengers add about 17 seconds to average train stopping times. Officials blamed fashion for slower schedules and warned that local running times may lengthen if styles do not change soon.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Jersey
Wool Looms Idle Across Nation as Activity Drops
The Associated Press reports only 62 percent of wool looms were operating in January, down from 77 percent in December. Causes include strikes, canceled government orders, and plant closings for inventories. The report comes from the Bureau of Markets, Agriculture Department.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Courier delivery cutoff and replacement request notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o clock. If through error of the carrier boy or other cause you fail to receive your paper by that time, please phone 390 and a copy of the paper will be sent. Phone calls must reach this offices before 6 30 p.m.
Union Leader Guides Irish City as Police Are Helpless
A Belfast style revolution spreads through industry in Gluggow as strikers control the city from the Artisans Hall. Police are unable to stop disturbances while the strike committee prescribes limited work and seeks to keep essential services running amid growing unrest.
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Irish City
London
Belfast
jEven
Reds Surround Allied Column Near Onega Front
Archangel dispatch reports Bolsheviks massing troops between the Vologda railway and Yaga river to trap the allied column or cut through toward the Dvina. An enemy force of about 1000 attacked west of Tarasovo, forcing evacuation of Alexeevskaya. Allied aircraft over Shenkursk noted no burning of the town. Shegovarsk on the Vaga, evacuated days earlier, is now held by enemy infantry and cavalry with five guns. On the Dvina near Tulgas allied artillery dispersed an enemy patrol. In Onega sector, allied raiders hit Peretema killing nine enemy and taking prisoners without losses.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Vologda
Yaga River
Dvina
Tarasovo
Alexieffskaya
Shenkursk
Shegovarsk
Vaga
Tulgas
Onegal
Peretema
Navy Plans Expand To Ten Battle Ships And Ten Scout Cruisers
Secretary Daniels in Annapolis announced a naval expansion with ten battle ships costing up to 21 million each and ten scout cruisers at up to 4 million each. The plan drops 130 smaller craft to allow congress to decide vessel types next session while pledging no recession in naval strength and continuing wartime construction to keep the U S navy modern. He warned against surrendering naval power and tied duties to the Monroe Doctrine and world peace. Commissions were given to 163 reserve officers, signaling ongoing expansion and professionalization of naval leadership.
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Associated Press
Navy Department
Congress
Annapolis
Mda
United States Naval Academy
Daniels
Naval Secretary
Naval Construction
Wilson
League of Nations
America
Naval Academy
Brazil Points War Claims On Coffee For Germany
Paris Thursday Jan 30 Brazil’s Epitacio Pessoa outlined two wartime claim matters at the peace conference. Germany must repay 120,000,000 marks for Brazilian coffee seized after the war began, deposited in Berlin, plus interest. Brazil also seizes 423 German ships interned in Brazilian ports, 40 later loaned to France.
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Associated Press
Paris
Brazil
Germany
Berlin
Brazilian
Epitacio Pessoa
Temps
Gran
Dr. Pessoa
Hamburg
Bremen
Triasse
Antwerp
Freneca
Bleicheroder
France
Security Holders Envoy Urges Rails for Private Handling
Washington January 31 The security holder's envoy Davies Warfield president of the National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that railroads should be returned to private operation as soon as possible with a plan for federal supervision. He stressed that federal control has not comforted advocates of government ownership representing about 20 million railroad security holders and proposed profit sharing for employees a federal financing corporation to unify facilities traffic rerouting and labor dispute arbitration while preserving state commissions and limiting future issuances by the Interstate Commerce Commission. He rejected cabinet‑level department control for railroads. Men tempers and other details follow in the issue.
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London
United Kingdom
Bellact
Board of Trade
Clyde
The
Glasgow
Belfast
Tmpioy
Lhe
GON Tin
Associated Press
Washington
Davies Warfield
National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Todey
Warfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
U.S. Army Home Soon as Pact Signed Plan Reported
Paris January 31 The supreme council committee plans to allot troops on the western front. By April 3 fifteen American divisions may stay on the lines, with five ready to embark homeward. A month later ten divisions may remain, five on the lines and five to return, subject to the general peace treaty signing. Once signed, all American troops are likely to be withdrawn.
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Paris
Imilitary
Supreme Council
France
Asoon
Mileage script books go on sale February 10
The railroad administration announced 3000-mile mileage script books costing 590 with 7.20 for war tax will be on sale Feb 10. They will be valid on all government controlled railroads and terms mirror those of the $30 and $15 books now offered.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Railroad Administration
NAT OC Goodwin Dies After Illness in New York Hotel
Noted American thespian Nat OC Goodwin died in a New York hotel following a brief illness after an operation that damaged his right eye. Born in Boston in 1857, he debuted in 1874 and enjoyed a long career across the United States, England and Australia, with multiple marriages and a home in Ocean Park, Santa Monica.
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Associated Drees
New York
Nat OC. Goodwin
Baltimore
Boston
Goodwin
United States
Engand
Farmington
Liv
Tony Pastor
America
England
Australia
Benedict
Eliza Weatherby
Nellie Baker Pease
Maxine K.hiatt
Shakespeare
Edna Goodrich
Bessie Edna Stephens
Margaret Moreland
Ocean Park
Santa Monica
Cal
Georgia Gardner
Los Angeles
Roxbury
Mass
Kansas City Car Line Ordered to Restore Time
Washington January 31 The war labor board orders the Kansas City Railway Co to restore striking employees to duty under prestrike conditions and to pursue approval to raise fares, on which higher wages were tied.
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Kansas City Car Line
TIMEN
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Labor Board
Kansas City Railway Company
Clemenceau Receives Rail Men in Paris Meeting
Premier Clemenceau welcomed representatives of the National Railworkers Union in Paris. The union reported satisfaction with the situation after the conference. Leon Midel, secretary of the Paris Lyons and Mediterranean union, jailed after the Saturday minute strike, will be provisional released tomorrow and must appear before a court martial Tuesday on his own recognizance.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clemenceau
National Railroaders’ Union
Leon Midel
Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean
Turkish Occupation Plans Stir Rumors Across Fronts
Associated Press dispatch from Portis Manitoba notes that any Turkish occupation would be careful and limited with American troops not yet at war with Turkey. Paris reports the supreme war council seeks an early meeting to plan distribution of Entente and American forces if needed, amid complaints of Armenian admin and other races under Turkish governors.
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Luw Associated Press
Portis
Man
Turkey
United States
Paris
Supreme War Council
Missing, Injured After Nyack Plant Blast
Three workers were reported missing and about 20 were hospitalized after explosions struck the Aniline Products plant in Nyack. The plant is owned by a New York City corporation. Early reports of deaths at Nyack High School were false. injuries mainly from glass.
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Uby
Associated Press
Nyack
Aniline Products Corporation
New York City
Nyack High School
Commuters in Chicago sue U S rate boost
In Chicago a bill of complaint seeks to halt the sale of 1) and 5-cent commuter tickets amid a plan by the railroad administration to replace current commuter tickets with a 26-title family ticket at two cents a mile. The petition, filed by Matthew Mills assistant attorney general of Illinois, targets the proposal and asks Judge Landis to enjoin the change. Preliminary arguments followed the filing and proceedings were postponed until next Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Administration
Mathew Mills
Illinois
Landis
Private Agencies Press U S to End Free Service
Washington officials accuse private fee charging employment agencies of lobbying Congress to abolish the U S employment service. Officials say circulars were sent to all members of Congress in the past 10 days and manufacturers were asked to aid the campaign amid demobilization and rising unemployment.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
United States Employment Service
John B. Densmore
Federal Employment Service
Devastated France Seeks Guarantee Against Germany
Frank H. Simonds reports from France that Paris seeks assurances against Germany and aims to avoid future invasions by attacking the Rhine first. The piece, to be published in the Courier and Reporter, argues France desires Saar coal region and cites previous Lens coal losses as a precedent.
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Moselle
Sambre
Rhine
France
Saar
Germany
Lens
Frank H. Simonds
Courier and Reporter
Unbelievable Lodges Word on Americas Role
Senators Lodge Knox and Johnson attack the plan to administer German colonies and Turkish territories in Asia as reported from Paris. They doubt the dispatches true and warn it could bind the United States to a vast trusteeship. Debate centers on whether to accept league backed administration versus returning troops home.
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Senate
Turkey
Asia
Paria
Wilson
Supreme Council
Lodge
Ieader
United States
Knox
Pennsylvania
Johnson
California
Africa
Walgh
Montana
Lewis
Ilinois
League of Nations
Aoe
Paris
United State
Mr. Knox
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U.S
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Vardaman
Mississippi
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Colorado
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Department of Commerce
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Istate Department
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