Venice Under Fire as Hun Advance Threatens Lagoon
In France reporting from Venice on January 16, Allied forces guard the lagoon city as the Austrians press along the Piave. The population shrinks from 150000 to about 1000 while naval guns and floating batteries defend shorelines and islands. Many monuments are bricked up and shops closed, yet the Queen of the Adriatic remains calm and vigilant.
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Preas
France
Venice
Venetian
the Adriatic
Burano
Canal Silone
Salt Channel
Piave Vecchia
Porte Grandi
Piave
Flanders
San Giovanni and
San Paolo
San Marco
Doge
Colleoni
Court House Model Kitchen Installed In County
County commissioners approve Miss Gillespies plan to install a demonstration kitchen in the court house for girls and extend the program to twenty schools. They devote time to courthouse repairs and a steam heating installation nearing completion.
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Miss Gillespie
Gillespie
Record of Stamps Used to Be Kept
Austin January 16 Heads of state departments and attaches would be required to keep records showing where every postage stamp furnished by the state was used if Hudspeth proposals become law. He said no current check exists and stamp expenditures run into thousands annually.
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Associated Press
Austin
W. L. Hudspeth
Senate
House
Camp Funston Officer Convicted in Bank Robbery Slayings
An army bank audit at Camp Funston Kansas found Captain Lewis Whistler stole 62826.21 dollars during the bank robbery last Friday night that left four men dead and a fifth wounded. The figure and ruling were announced at division headquarters by Colonel G W Packer under army oversight.
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Camp Funston
Kans
Army Bank of
Lewis Whistler
G. W. Packer
Appeal Circulates to Return Iron Crosses in London
An appeal asks mutilated German officers and troops to surrender their iron crosses in protest that home warriors and fatherland party leaders wear the same insignia. The appeal drew a strong response with 1300 crosses from Berlin sent to the war minister on the first day.
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London
Fatherland Party
Amsterdam
Berlin
Red Cross Plans Monthly Income for Bryan Chapter
The Bryan Texas Chapter of the American Red Cross aims to operate on a fixed monthly income in 1918 to ensure steady, expanded work. A volunteer committee will collect monthly contributions from members starting at the first of each month, framed as a voluntary support plan rather than dues or tax.
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Bryan
Texas
American Red Cross
Red Crags
Red Cross
Hungarian Cabinet Resigns Over Military Support
The Hungarian cabinet has resigned due to failure to secure needed backing for its military program, a dispatch from London reports on January 16.
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Associated Press
London
London AP Says No News To Report Today
The Associated Press dispatch from London reports an official statement dated January 16 saying there is nothing to report. No further details or updates were provided.
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Associated Press
London
Fountain Named for Exemption Board Member in Brazos County
Dr. J. L. Fountain was appointed today to the Brazos county local exemption board replacing the late Captain P. A. Arrington. The governor acted promptly after Arrington’s death to allow the board to resume evaluating questionnaires, with Fountain taking the oath at once. Fountain, long a resident since 1875, is a wealthy former dentist familiar with local families and connections and can devote time to the work.
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J. L. Fountain
Brazos County
P. A. Arrington
Arrington
Fountain
Astin
Fountain Bros
Income Tax Help Delayed by Missing Blanks in City
Volney Reed assists taxpayers at the Astin building with making out statements but is hindered by the lack of blanks. Some forms 1030-a for 3000 dollars or under have arrived, and he has received a number of filings.
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Volney Reed
Astin
Death of D. A. Skelton Leaves Bryan Citizens Mourning
D. A. Skelton an old Bryan resident died at his home at 2 a.m. after a three week illness with yellow jaundice. A native of Walker County born May 24 1850 he was 67 years old. He served as night watchman for the Bryan compress for 18 years since 1902. Survived by his widow three children and three half brothers his funeral was at his Mechanics Avenue home at 4 p.m. with burial in Boonville cemetery conducted by Dr. M. E. Weaver of the First Baptist Church.
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D. A. Skelton
Bryan
Mr. Skelton
Walker County
Texas
Missionary Baptist Church
Webb Ward
Skelton
Willard Skelton
Cameron
M. H
H. Edinburg
Huntsville
Edinburg
Mechanics Avenue
Boonville
M. E. Weavyer
First Baptist Church
Lectures Warn on Venereal Diseases Among Soldiers
Miss Elizabeth Speer touring to alert citizens about venereal diseases revealed by wartime physical exams. She spoke at Bryan events and addressed A and M College students urging action to protect the army and public health.
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Elizabeth Speer
United States
Bryan
Woman's Club
Maloney
A. and
M. College
Miss Speer
War Department
France
Weather Outlook and Regional Temperatures
Tonight mainly fair and warm. Thursday warmer as a disturbance moves east from New England bringing heavy precipitation along the Atlantic coast and Ohio valley. Precipitation extends to Texas Panhandle, Rockies and Pacific coast with falling temperatures in the northeast. Clear Texas skies report 59 to 176 degrees, 86 at Amarillo.
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New England States
Atlantic Coast
Eastern Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Texas Panhandle
Rocky Mountain Region
Pacific Coast
Texas
Brownsville
Amarillo
Houston
Oust No Men To Give Women Place In Field Of Labor
Washington announces plan not to replace men with women where men are available and to avoid wage reductions. Secretary Wilson forms a national war labor board of six men and one woman to advise on centralizing and guiding the war labor program.
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Associated Press
Washington
Labor Administration
National Labor Administrator
Wilson
National War Labor Board
Advisory Counciloil
Council of National Defense
Secretary of Labor
Department of Labor
Allied planes drop Wilson message in occupied Belgium
Amsterdam reports in Les Nouvelles that a number of allied airplanes last Thursday dropped about a thousand copies of President Wilson's message to Congress on occupied areas in Belgium.
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Amsterdam
Les Nouvelles
Wilson
Congress
Belgium
Deaths Reported in County Clerk Records
Death certificates filed list Tony Fazino aged about 78 who died January 12 of senility and Vincia Patrinella Coroba aged 22 who died January 5. Coroba was born in Texas.
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Ferguson
Tony Fazino
Vincia Patrinella Coroba
Texas
Caillaux tied to German agents in 1915 records
Intercepted 1915 correspondence shows French premier Caillaux communicating with German agents in Argentina. Despatches warn France and discuss a ship sailing from Argentina to be captured for documents. Caillaux faces treason trial in France related to the Bolo Psasha revelations.
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United States State Department
Associated Press
Washington
State Department Today
Caillaux
Argentina
Bernstorff
Argentine
Germany
France
Lenine Shot At While Riding in Auto
In Petrograd on Monday night the car carrying Nikolai Lenine premier and Koshelviki officials was fired upon. Four shots were fired but Lenine was unharmed. one party member suffered a minor hand wound.
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Lenine
Auto
Associated Press
Petrograd
Nikolai Lenine
Koshelviki
Council of the People’s Commissioners
Camp Funston Officer Whistler Cash Recovered
Money totaling over 62000 dollars stolen from the army bank at Camp Funston was recovered today hidden in the walls of Captain Whistler s quarters in the barracks. The find is said to close the case regarding the accomplice theory.
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Associated Press
Camp Funston
Kansas
Army Bank
Whistler
Farmers Report Good Ground And Peanut Prospects
A town farmer reported wet ground to two feet while digging post holes, predicting a better season than last winter. He thresh ed 150 bushels of peanuts and put up 500 bales of peanut hay last year on a small acreage, and plans to plant 40 acres this year, arguing peanuts offer the best feed and could solve the feeding problem.
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Eagle Reporter
Distribution on a New Basis Endangers Fuel Supplies
The Fuel Administration plans an order to cut off supplies to less essential industries and restrict distribution to important sectors until the eastern fuel famine is eased.
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Washington
Jan
Fuel Administration
Romanian minister freed after Bolshevik arrest
London reports that the Romanian minister to Petrograd and his staff were released Tuesday afternoon after being arrested by Bolshevik forces Sunday. A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd confirms the release.
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London
Petrograd
Reuter Petrograd
Peace talks resume at Brest-Litovsk after delay
Amsterdam January 16 Associated Press notes that peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk resumed Monday afternoon per the Berlin Volkssche Zeitung. The report emphasizes a renewed push toward a settlement following an earlier pause.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin Volkssche Zeitung
State rate laws to stay in effect under government control
Washington January 16 Associated Press Director General McAdoo announced that all state rate laws and regulations will remain in full effect by government operations.
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Washington
McAdoo
French Penetrate German Trenches on Vosges Front
Berlin reports that French troops after hours of artillery preparation launched an attack in the Vosges region and temporarily penetrated German front trenches. The official notice confirms the maneuver in the ongoing offensive.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Vosges
City Fire Marshal Inspects Business District for Hazards
Fire Marshal John Daly Jr began an inspection of the business district to locate hazards likely to cause fires and have them removed. Dangers were noted and proprietors asked to fix them. noncompliance will be prosecuted. Cooperation may greatly reduce fire losses.
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John Daly, Jr
Court Denies Rehearing in Watson Case
The Court of Criminal Appeals overruled the motion for a rehearing in the J. B. Watson case from Freestone County. Anette.
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Associated Press
Anette
Court of Criminal Appeals
J. B. Watson
Freestone County
Seven Million Needed to Drive German Retreat
Senator McCumber warned in Washington that the United States must accelerate shipbuilding and raise five million troops to match central powers manpower. He asserted seven million would be required to force a German retreat and argued England bears the war’s brunt.
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Great Britain
United States
Senator McCumber
Associated Press
Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
England
Bomb found beside Navy yard dry dock in Atlantic Port
A metal tube six inches long with a fuse and wiring was found by the dry dock in the navy yard at an Atlantic port. An official said the device bore the inscription This is a twenty five second explosion bomb.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Tan
Navy Yard
Willard Resigns War Industries Board Chairmanship
Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad resigns as chairman of the War Industries Board citing demands of his railroad duties and will proceed with full focus on B and O work in Washington on January 16.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
War Industries Board
Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
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Millican
DA. Skelton
New Labor Commission
War, Navy and Agricultural Departments
Shipping Board
Beanstorff
Gaillauk
Cach
Daly
Watson
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