War Developments Across Fronts and Naval Losses
Twenty seven British two Italian and one French ship were sunk in the past week. The German government announces extending the submarine barred zone. Paris reports fifteen German planes and one captive balloon downed by French pilots from Jan 1 to 10. The American ship Harry Luckenbach torpedoed with eight missing crew. Russia withdraws demand for Stockholm talks and pursues Brest-Litovsk negotiations. Civilian and military losses and a midwinter quiet on fronts are noted along with a British raid east of Loos and the destroyer Racoon wreck off Ireland.
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Paris
Piave
Harry Luckenbach
Russia
Stockholm
Brest-Litovsk
London War Office
Verdun
Beaumont
Bezonvaux
Loos
Racoon
North Irish
Foreign developments and war news from the era report major elections and diplomacy
The bulletin notes elections of 261 social revolutionaries and 185 Bolsheviks, France outlines war aims, Finland gains independence credits, Rostov proclaims the Don Republic, and Litvinov named Russian ambassador. It also covers Wilson’s peace terms, a mine disaster in England, the Lords voting on female suffrage, Churchill urging Allied troop deployment, Canadian Victoria Crosss, Lenin warning of mobilization, Argentina’s stance toward Germany, and a Petrograd peasant federation plan for January 21.
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Pichon
Chamber of Deputies
France
Yoshihito
Japan
King George
England
Petrograd
Santiago
Chile
Mercurio
Wilson
Finland
Germany
Rostov
Republic of the Don
Gen. Kaledine
Maxim Litvinoff
London
Not Guilty Former Police Chief Healey in Chicago
Westbound and all railroad operations in Chicago halted Saturday and Sunday due to a severe storm. Snow from Flagstaff to Boston marks a rare winter in the West with 2 to 4 inches covering ground. Rotarian elder Charles Ainsworth Woodward dies in Boston aged 96. Colorado and New Mexico beans inventories show 90 million and 110 million pounds of pintos unsold. Freight movements crippled across Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan and the Pittsburg Buffalo St Louis corridor amid the great storm, per A H Smith assistant director general of railroads.
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Charles C. Healey
Chicago
Charles Ainsworth Woodward
Boston
Mass
Denver
I. M. Sutton
Woodward
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Pittsburg
Buffalo
St. Louis
A. H. Smith
Senator Brady Dies in Washington of Heart Disease
Senator James H. Brady of Idaho died at his Washington home from heart disease. The brief notice notes his death during wartime politics and health concerns at the national level.
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James H. Brady
Idaho
Washington
Chicago hosts pro indoor ice skating final as McLean wins
Bobby McLean of Chicago defeats Oscar Mathiesen of Norway in the final events of the professional international indoor ice skating championship in Chicago. The Indianapolis club loses its manager with Jack Hendricks’s departure, and Herman Bronkie may take the role. In boxing history, five former world champions—John L. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, James J. Jeffries, Tommy Burns, and Jack Johnson—remain alive.
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Bobby McLean
Chicago
Oscar Mathiesen
Jack Hendricks
Indianapolis
Herman Bronkie
Indians
Robert Fitzsimmons
John L. Sullivan
James J. Corbett
James J. Jeffries
Tommy Burns
Jack Johnson
Four wounded and one dead in Arizona home gunfight
William Evans a teamster was killed and four others slightly wounded in a revolver fight at a private home between Miami and Globe Arizona. The incident follows reports of a heated dispute in a rural setting with multiple injuries and fatalities.
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William Evans
Miami
Globe
Ariz
Union Pacific
New York
Washington
Cleveland
Ohio
Elmer Hupp
Charles L. Joyce
Hupp
Chicago
Joyce
Lakewood
Central Committee For the Relief of
Chambers Street
Wilson
Metal price roundup from Western Mining and Oil News
Prices for metals reported by Western Newspaper Union News Service show bar silver at 90 percent, copper at 23.1744, lead at 6.50, and spelter at 7.63. Tungsten concentrates priced per unit with varied percentages and crude ore bids listed for Boulder markets.
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Boulder
Mining activity and outputs across Western mining districts
The Commonwealth mine in the Warren district resumes work. New Cornelia Copper Company at Ajo reports satisfactory progress. Cactus Queen Copper near Rawhide Mohave county has about thirty miners. Bisbee district miners and smelters earned bonuses near $300,000 over six months. Western promoters eye silver mining while Boulder’s William Mitchell sells Katy mine to Tungsten Metals. Royal Flush mine at Hahn's Peak linked to Steamboat Springs by telephone. Granite Gold Mining Company declares a 1 cent per share dividend totaling $16,500. Colorado copper and gold mining shows varied activity with output value comparisons for 1916 and 1917.
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Commonwealth
Warren
New Cornelia Copper Company
Ajo
Cactus Queen Copper Company
Old Rawhide
Mohave County
Bisbee
William Mitchell
Boulder
Katy
Tungsten Metals Corporation
Royal Flush
Hahn’s Peak
Steamboat Springs
Granite Gold Mining Company
Leadville
Colorado Central Mines Company
Georgetown
Colorado
Charles W. Henderson
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Copper Production Totals for 1917 in United States
Copper valued at over 500 million dollars was produced in 1917. Anaconda Copper Mining Company shipped 22.6 million pounds in December, with prior months ranging from 11.2 to 22.3 million pounds. East Butte Copper Mining Company produced 2.5 million pounds in December, with year total of 20.25 million pounds after a July shutdown.
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United States Emergency Fleet Corporation
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Robert Lansing
New York State Bar Association
Wilson
United States
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
East Butte Copper Mining Company
Mogollon Mines Expand Shipping in Lordsburg District
The Mogollon Mining Company shipped twenty five pounds of gold and silver to mint in December. The Lordsburg district mines are projected to produce about two million two hundred fifty thousand dollars in 1917. The Hight Five mine tops output with Bonney second. Mike O Neill and Lydia F O Neill sold their Cerrillos mining properties to Los Cerrillos Mining Company for eighteen thousand dollars.
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Mogollon Mining Company
the Oaks Company
Mogollon
Pacific Mine
Lordsburg
Bonney
Mike O’neill
Lydia F. O’neill
Los Cerrillos
Cerrillos
Chicago
Boston
Baltimore
Alboy
Dividend
Keystone
Gray Eagle
Big Blue Lodge
Oil shows in Wyoming well near Basin in Big Horn county
The Pioneer Company reports a good oil showing at 612 feet in section 36 77 Big Muddy, Wyoming. Midwest Refining Company's casing head gasoline plant at Salt Creek and its pipeline to Jasper were turned over to the company by contractors.
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Wyoming
Renner
Basin
Big Horn County
Pioneer Company
Big Muddy
Midwest Refining Company
Salt Creek
Jasper
German Dictatorship Rising as Hertling Expected to Resign
Navy intelligence moves report Walter Speerman, linked to Boy-Ed plots, was seized near Newport News while trying to blow up a magazine. He will face a Baltimore DOJ hearing as a dangerous enemy alien. Berlin shows signs of militarist victory and possible dictatorship with Hertling’s likely resignation.
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Norfolk
Navy Inteligence
Baltimore
Walter Speerman
Boy-Ed
Army Aviation Field
Newport News
Department of Justice
London
Berlin
von Hertling
Berlin Vorwaerts
Socialists
Germany
Richard von Kuehlman
British Losses Rise as Cold Weather Delays Frontline Action
British casualties for the week ending Monday reached 24,979 amid continued winter weather hindering infantry on the front. Only small patrols and artillery duels occurred while 500,000 more recruits were proposed in the Commons. An air raid on Karlsruhe occurred in daylight. Petrograd signals warn of potential final breach in Russo German negotiations.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Sir Auckland Geddes
National Service
Karlsruhe
Baden
War Camp Bank Robbery at Camp Funston
Camp Funston Kansas police continued search for a canvas sack of money Captain Lewis R. Whisler was said to have taken after robbing the Army bank and killing four men with an ax. A fifth man was seriously wounded and Whisler killed himself hours after the murders. authorities consider a possible accomplice who fled in a motor car after the money was entrusted.
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Camp Funston
Kan
Lewis R. Whisler
President Extends Licensing System to Canners and Fishermen
President Wilson by proclamation broadens the Food Administration licensing to include canners manufacturers of wheat and rye products dealers in feed and malt and professional salt water fishermen. Affected persons firms and corporations must obtain licenses by February 15 or face penalties.
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Washington
Wilson
The
Food Administration
Colorado Supreme Court advocate collapses during argument
Judge Platt Rogers of Denver fainted in the United States Supreme Court while presenting Colorado’s case in the Colorado Wyoming dispute. Senator Delph E. Carpenter of Greeley took over the argument and completed it. Rogers is not seriously ill and expects to return to Denver in a few days as he improves.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Colorado
Platt Rogers
Denver
Delph E. Carpenter
Greeley
Rogers
Large Bonuses Granted to Bisbee Miners in Warren District
Nearly $300,000 in bonuses was paid by three Warren district mining firms, with Copper Queen Phelps Dodge leading payouts of $107,810 to 1,210 workers and others distributing funds to mine and smelter staff in Douglas Calumet and Arizona area. The Arizona firm Shattuck-Arizona and Dean-Arizona paid $11,294. Company officials offered no full explanation, while Copper Queen's G H Dowell said a permanent plan may award continuous service in the future.
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Bisbee
Warren
Douglas
Copper Queen
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Calumet and Arizona
Shattuck-Arizona
Dean-Arizona
G. H. Dowell
Parson Receives Unwanted Tenth Child Under Law
A parishioner delivers his tenth child to the parson claiming the law requires giving one tenth of all he produces. The parson sits astonished as the man departs with no further words.
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J. J. Hissey
Messengers of Death nicknamed shells from German guns
London Tit-Bits notes that about 200 distinct German shell types have nicknames given by Tommies. Big high explosives include Dirty Dicks Jack Johnsons Coal Boxes Flower Pots Crumps Black Peters and Whistling Willies. Smaller shells are Black Marias Woolly Bears whizz bangs pip-squeaks Archibalds and Little Willies.
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London
Question in Marriage Scene Reveals Household Quiet
A brief exchange shows a husband asking if his wife will go out and whether he will accompany her. The dialogue reflects everyday domestic concern and social norms of companionship.
In the Game of Life a Good Deal Depends on Trade
The line suggests that success in life hinges on making favorable exchanges and negotiations. It ties personal outcomes to decision quality, reflecting a pragmatic view of risk and opportunity.
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