Allies to Rep All German Colonies
Simultaneous announcements by British colonial minister Long Japanese foreign minister Motono and New Zealand premier Massey declare no return to Germany of colonies in Africa Asia or the Pacific. The British French governments back the policy, signaling a reshaping of colonial holdings to form more homogeneous empires under Lloyd George and allied leaders.
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Germany
Africa
Asia
The
Pacific
London
Long
Mr. Motono
New Zealand
Massey
Australia
Asquith
Lloyd George
England
France
Portugal
Belgium
New York Urges National Board of Food Control
Joseph Hartigan, commissioner of the city bureau of weights and measures, called for a national board to regulate farm labor conditions and railroad distribution to ease shortages and lower prices. He dismissed embargoes and price-fixing commissions as solutions, citing farm labor shortages and higher farming costs as root causes. He even proposed considering bringing farm labor from the Philippines.
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New York
National Board of Food Control
Joseph Hartigan
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Hartigan
Philippines
Freight cars moving west to ease east backlog
Washington reports many empty freight cars rolled west at passenger train speed from congested eastern yards. The Inter State Commerce Commission says fair weather and a holiday allowed railroads to use their energy to relieve a car shortage that threatens famine in some regions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Officials Vindicated In Leak Inquiry Ruling
Washington. The house rules committee unanimously vindicated all officials named in the investigation of a leak to Wall Street on President Wilsons peace note. The ruling clears officials of any wrongdoing related to the leak.
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Washington
Wall Street
Wilson
House Ruies Committee
Fire Claims Dawson Noted Leader And Stage Driver
Mawson Y T Charles W C Ta bor to Dawson bar dean and leading Yukon figure along with veteran White Pass stage driver William Mc Adams perished in a Thursday night blaze that destroyed a business district property valued around 200000 dollars.
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Mawson
Y. T
Charles W. C. Tabor
Dawson
Yukon Territory
William McAdams
White Pass
White Horse
Conference debate on national referendum on war
Delegates at a New York conference called by the American Peace Society discussed a national referendum on war. A vote on the issue showed forty favored a referendum, Qileen opposed it, and seven declined to vote.
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New York
American Peace Society
Qileen
Food Riots in Boston Disturb West End Grocery
A large crowd of men women and children invaded a west end grocery and provision store in Boston Thursday night and carried away stock.
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Boston
Masé
West End
Train Robbery Foiled Near Memphis on Cuban Special
Three Black men halted a southbound Illinois Central train named the Cuban Special at East Junction several miles south of Memphis Thursday. They failed to obtain any loot and fled without success.
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Memphis
Illinois Central
East Junction
Bone Dry Measure Passes the House
The House approved by four to one a Senate bill to bar liquor imports into dry states, signaling the broadest federal push for prohibition to date. President Wilson was expected to sign within a week, expanding bone dry territory by about one third of the nation. Debates split both supporters and opponents over the drastic step amid a noisy roll call.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wilson
Continental
United States
Railroads to rush orders in response to coal and food shortage
Washington reports drastic measures by eastern chief railroads to meet emergency needs from the Mississippi to Maine amid freight car congestion. Rush orders target gas coal and coke shipments to eighteen midwestern towns and cities where disruption of light heat and power service could occur unless shortages are relieved swiftly.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Maine
Middle West
Idaho Training Camp Formed for Army Reserve Officers
War department announces establishment of ROTC units at University of Idaho and at Virginia Military Institute North Carolina College of Agriculture and Kentucky Military Institute. Idaho unit assigned to senior infantry division.
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Washington
Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
University of Idaho
Virginia Military Institute
North Carolina College of Agriculture
Kentucky Military Institute
War Department
Idaho
Admiral Mayo Orders Readiness for Battlefleet
Admiral Henry T. Mayo commander of the American battlefleet is ordered to hold forces in readiness for eventualities. He left Guantánamo Cuba for unspecified duties and location.
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Henry T. Mayo
Guantanamo
Cuba
Three Killed In Wreck Near Garretson
Three men were killed and nine injured in a northbound Great Northern freight train collision near Garretson 8 D. The crash involved two freight trains with two serious injuries and multiple casualties reported.
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Sioux Palla
Great Northern Railway
Garretson
Pershing Succeeds Funston in Southern Command
Major General John J. Pershing was formally appointed commander of the southern department, succeeding Major General Frederick Funston. The appointment takes effect immediately.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Southern Department
Frederick Funston
Wilson Mulls Ending Ancient Senate Special Session Practice
President Wilson considers skipping the traditional early Senate special session at the start of his term to avoid inaugurating ceremonies in the Senate chamber with the vice president and dignitaries. Abandoning the session would alter inaugurations by removing one half of the ceremonial proceedings and delay possible cabinet confirmations.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Capitol
Congress
Houses of
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Women Fight for Bread at Philadelphia Sugar Riot
In Philadelphia a food riot erupted at the Franklin sugar refinery after wives and mothers protested for bread. Police clashed with strikers and strikebreakers as bricks and bullets flew, one man killed and nine others badly hurt as hundreds joined the fray.
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Philadelphia
Franklin
Explosion at Archangel Kills Fifteen Hundred in Russia
Overseas News Agency reports an Archangel ammunition explosion in Archangel Russia killing about 1500 people and wounding 8000. Damage is estimated at 60 million rubles.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Archangel
Russia
Reed Smoot Proposes Rename of Mukuntuweap Monument
Senator Reed Smoot introduced a bill to rename the Mukuntuweap national monument in Utah to Little Zion national park, aiming to redefine the site's designation. The proposal reflects a shift in naming and status for the area under federal protection.
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Washington
Reed Smoot
Utah
Little Zion National Park
Swedes seek Berlin details on Hugo Hamilton sinking
Stockholm reports the Swedish government has asked Berlin for particulars about the sinking of the Swedish motor ship Hugo Hamilton, a development made known here Sunday via an official Berlin report.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Hugo Hamilton
Boxer Moore Fares Poorly in Cleveland Bout
Pat Moore of Memphis bantamweight broke his left arm in the fourth round against Jack Wolf in Cleveland. Wolf won the decision after the ten round scheduled bout.
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Cleveland
Pat Moore
Memphis
Tuesaday
Jack Wolf
Wolf
Cowboys Plan Hunt for Bandits in Mexican Border
El Paso report says Hachita district cattlemen plan a punitive expedition into Mexico to pursue bandits who killed three cowboys at the Corner ranch last week. Leaders aim to raise about 500 men, securing arms and ammunition. Lem Spillsbury allegedly organized a posse but could not muster more than fifty.
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el Paso
Texas
Hachita
New Mexico
Mexico
Lem Spillsbury
Pershing
Southwest
Berlin to Send Children to Country for Food Relief
The Berlin Vorwaerte reports a planned mass deportation of Berlin children to rural areas to ease city food shortages. Officials believe relocating the children will improve feeding conditions and welfare.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
William Phillips rises in state department ranks
William Phillips named assistant secretary of state to succeed John Osborne. Since entering service in 1903 as secretary to Ambassador Choate in London, he progressed rapidly, heading European affairs during the European war as third assistant secretary, behind only Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Fletcher.
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William Phillips
John €. Osborne
State Department
Lansing
Fletcher
Ambassador Choate
London
Flussia Faces Coal Famine Amid War Demands
Vladivostok reports a coal famine as demand for ships to carry ammunition rises. Under government policy all hotels and public buildings endure limited fuel supplies.
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Flussia
Vladivostok
Thin City
End of Congress Shifts Focus to Tax and Defense Bills
With the sixty fourth congress nearing its close, administration leaders are concentrating efforts on enacting revenue measures and national defense legislation.
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Washington
Brits Repel German Attack in Miramont Sector France
British war office reports heavy German assault in the Miramont sector on the Ancre front repulsed with no British casualties while 780 German officers and men are said to have been captured. Artillery duels continue across France and Belgium as other fronts see limited action.
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London
Miraumont
Ancre
France
British War Office
Belgium
Champagne
Ripont
Berlin
Oituz
Roumania
Petrograd
Dvinsk
Carpathians
Okina
Women Mob Peddlers Clash With Police in New York
In New York food rioters clash with police at city hall and tenement districts as Commissioner Hartigan vows to boost food supplies from across the country. Desperate women drive pushcarts into stalls, attack peddlers in the East Side, and damage carts and produce amid price tensions.
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New York
Joseph Hartigan
Upper East Side
Austria Must Answer On Submarine War Stand
American Ambassador Penfield in Vienna has delivered an aide memoire to the Austro Hungarian foreign minister seeking a clear final stand on submarine warfare. It asks whether assurances given after the Ancona and Persia incidents are changed or withdrawn. The foreign ministry will review the memo and reply after examination.
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London
Frederic C. Penfield
Vienna
Reuter
Amsterdam
Ancona
Persia
Foreign Ministry
Lindberg tells panel no direct evidence for impeachment
Representative Lindberg of Minnesota told the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday he had no direct evidence to support impeachment charges against the Federal Reserve Board. The affair is considered closed.
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Washington
Lindberg
Minnesota
House Judiciary Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Vienna Aims to Find Hope in Austro American Ties
Officials in Vienna stay cautiously optimistic about improving Austro American relations despite hostile press tone following the severance of ties with Germany.
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Vienna
United States
Germany
German Casualties in January 1917 Reported
London reports the German casualty total for January 1917 as 17 5384 officers and men excluding colonial troops. The figure reflects battlefield losses across engagements during the month.
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London
Beattie to Build Six Cunard Freighters in Seattle Deal
Beattie Construction and Dry Dock of Seattle wins Cunard Inc contract for six steel freight steamships at a total price just over 6 million dollars. Announcement came Saturday detailing the agreement and scope of the yard’s work.
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Beattie
Cunard Inc
Beattie Construction & Drydock Company
Seattle
Massive steel net guard protects New York harbor entrance
A large steel net was deployed at the harbor entrance of New York to shield the port from submarines and hostile war craft in the event of war.
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New York
Funston Dies Suddenly at San Antonio Hotel
Major General Frederick Funston commander of the U S Army southern department died after dinner in a San Antonio hotel He collapsed in the lobby while talking with friends and playing with a Des Moines Iowa guest child Death was nearly instantaneous He was 61 years old Funston gained fame during the Philippine War and had a storied early career in Kansas and Arkansas.
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San Antonio
Texas
Frederick Funston
Southern Department
United States Army
Inez Silverberg
Des Moines
Iowa
General Funston
United States
Kansas
University of Kansas
Funston
Lawrence
Kan
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Young Funston
Santa Fe
Munson's bold career spans Cuba to Veracruz and beyond
The account traces Frederick Funston and his actions from WWI era exploits. It notes a cowboy’s train incident and a rock throwing chase, Funston’s Cuban artillery command under Gomez, 22 battles with three wounds, and a forced resignation over retaliatory executions. It covers his escape from Spaniards, his rise with the Twentieth Kansas, Aguinaldo capture, Rio Grande crossing, San Francisco order keeping during 1906, martial law at the Presidio, Vera Cruz command, and promotion to general at age 49.
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Twentieth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Munston
Aguinaldo
Rio Grande River
Columpit
Funston
San Francisco
Presidio
Vera Crux
Firemen Crushed to Death by Wrecked Walls
Quebec reports a blaze that wrecked building walls crushing three firemen to death and injuring five others. It was the seventh serious fire in Quebec within a month, with a search inquiry underway.
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Quebec
Wader
Secretary Baker Thanks Guardsmen for Border Service
Secretary Baker sent a letter of thanks on Monday to the commanders of all National Guard units that can service to the Mexican border.
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Washington
Baker
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