Bolsheviki Informally Recognized by England
London reports informally recognizing Bolshevik envoy Litvinoff as Russian ambassador to Britain to gain Russia condition insights. Trotzky says peace remains a Bolshevik aim despite entente resistance. Russia continues separate Brest-Litovsk talks after central powers’ shifts. Dispatch notes Bolshevik stance on democratic peace and no annexations. Brest-Litovsk talks proceed with Stockholm not used.
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Associated Press
London
Maxim Litvinoff
Daily Mail
Alds
Russia
Stockholm
Brest-Litovsk
Leon Trotzky
Trotzky
Thirteen Indian Boys Die in Marble City Dormitory Fire
Thirteen Indian boys were burned to death in a fire that consumed the Dwight Indian Training School dormitory at Marble City Oklahoma, forty miles southeast of Muskogee, in the early hours.
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Muskogee
Okla
Dwight Indian Training School
Marble City
Pere
Former Chicago police chief cleared in conspiracy case
Charles C. Kealey former chief of police Detective Stephen Garry and saloonkeeper William Skitmore were found not guilty by a jury of conspiring to protect illegal resorts in Chicago.
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Chicago
Charles C. Kealey
Stephen Garry
William Skitmore
Patriot Is Threatened with Death
A letter threatening to dynamite the home of Will C. Wool, commissioner of secondary schools, for advocating patriotism in public schools was turned to police in Sacramento for investigation. Mailed from San Francisco, it used red ink and rubber stamp lettering with the signature T. M. T.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
Will C. Wool
San Francis
Rich Woman Is Slain by Thief
Mrs. Clara Wedge, a wealthy Mason City resident, was murdered tonight in her home and the house set on fire. Her throat was cut and one side of her head smashed. the room showed a struggle. Robbery is believed to be the motive.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Dan
Clara Wedge
Noted Musicians Interned by U S
Erest Kunwald former director of the Cincinnati orchestra was ordered interned at Fort Thomas Kentucky following instructions from the department of justice in Washington.
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Associated Press
Columbus, O
Dan
Erest Kunwald
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Fort Thomas
Department of Justice
Washington
Congressmen blamed for phelays in shipbuilding
Washington January 12. William Denman former shipping board head charged that members of Congress shared responsibility for the loss of more than fifteen steel ships to registry under the American flag.
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Washington
Congress
William Denman
Shipping Board
40 000 000 Germans Starving Report in Congress
Representative London of New York quoted socialists claiming 40 million Germans starving amid rising death rates and cabinet resignations. He praised Wilson and urged an international peace conference while criticizing wartime German requisitions and propaganda. He cited reports of disappearances of children under five in Polish-occupied provinces.
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Washington
Social Democrats
Germany
London
New York
Congress
House of Representatives
Wilson
Patagonia
Africa
Kalamazoo
Colleges to Take Up Rifle Practice
Rifle practice was adopted as an intercollegiate sport by the Rocky Mountain conference at its annual meeting in Denver. The conference voted to abolish sweaters or emblems as gifts, except the letter to athletes, and placed Colorado Teachers College of Creede on the accredited list for conference competition. Brigham Young University at Provo was admitted as a member, with Wyoming represented by Coach Corbett.
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Rocky Mountain Conference
Colorado Teachers’ College of Creeley
Brigham Young, Wniversity
Provo
Rth
Wyoming Universality
Corbett
Wilson urged to close bars in Wyoming meeting
Robert Carey of Careyhurst Wyoming named temporary chairman of the state council of national defense. The council urged President Wilson to close all saloons in Wyoming as a wartime measure and discussed expanding agricultural agents and continuing home canning demonstrations.
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Robert Carey
Careyhurst
Wyo
State Council of National Defense
State House
Carey
Henry G. Knight
Kuleht
KR. A. Morton
W. EK. Chaplin
Wilson
Wyoming
Toameniang
State Council
Baker Opposes New Bureau Munitions Chief
Secretary of War Baker testifies before the Senate investigating committee opposing a separate department of munitions calling it an industrial dictator and unnecessary. He cites reorganization for efficiency and promises immediate distribution of 1200 Lewis machine guns held in storage amid delays.
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Baker
New Bureau
Wilson
War Department
Mexican Chief Admits Receipt of U S Arms
Gen Nicholas Zoee acknowledged a shipment of machine guns and other munitions from a southern California port to Mexico four months ago. He and two others faced preliminary examination before a United States commissioner on charges by army intelligence officers. Zoee said the transfer occurred under federal officers’ eyes.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Mexico
Nicholas Sean Zoee
United States
Zogg
Turkey in Danger of Collapse Soon
LONDON January 12 reports Turkey is on the verge of collapse amid dire domestic turmoil. Telegram from Petrograd today says proposals for a separate peace were made to Russia months before negotiations opened at Byelorussian-Lithuanian area, signaling deep instability in the empire.
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London
Turkey
Oktermanu
Russia
Bynost-Litovak
Petrograd
Cheyenne Weather Signals Sudden Temperature Jump
A chaotic Cheyenne forecast reports temperatures rising sharply yesterday afternoon, reaching 35 above zero by night and marking a rapid advance since midnight Friday. The forecast for today predicts snow and warmer conditions later.
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Cheyenne
Lansing Sees Sure Victory in War Determination
New York January 12 Secretary of State Robert Lansing told the New York State War Association dinner that until the war is declared over by President Wilson the conflict must continue. He said the United States acts as a republic to the end and urged confidence from Washington as optimism and resolve guide the nation.
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New York
Robert Lansing
New York State War Association
Wilson
Lancing
Conerien
Washington
Three Die as Big Smokestack Collapses at Lynn Plant
A sixty mile gale swept from the northeast and drove a brick smokestack through the roof of the Sprague Box Compass plant in Lynn. Three workers were killed and more than twenty injured as 200 employees were at their jobs.
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Lynn
Mass
Sprague Box Compass
Chicago Cleaved by Deep Snow Halts City Transit
Chicago is completely tied up as deep snow and winds halt passenger trains and suspend business. Rail officials say dozens of trains are stranded near Chicago and cities from Montana to Hudson Bay lose contact with the outside world. Schools close, fuel and food deliveries risk disruption as temperatures plunge well below zero.
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Lake Rae
Mountsina
Alleghenies
Mexico
Hudson Bay
Coloradoan Is Held as Alien Spy
Police arrest J. A. Kugel second-hand goods dealer after an exhaustive search of Kisel's store uncovering a vast burglary haul. Found were clothing, dresses, hats, watches, sewing supplies and two high powered rifles plus three dozen revolvers. Also recovered were United States uniforms and pro German literature with extensive correspondence. Official from Dover will handle charges.
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Kisel'a
United States
Pacifo
Mayerie
Don
Temeath
Poline
Ominy
Dover
Bolsheviki Term Wilson Hypocrite
The Pravda commentary attacks President Wilson as the head of a turbulent American empire and accuses him of hypocritical conduct unseen in history. The piece frames Wilson as a leader under international and internal scrutiny amid wartime rhetoric.
Robbery Linked to Army Post Death After Loot and Shootings
At AMP Funston Kansas the body of Capt. Lewis Whisler was found in his office after a bank raid at the army cantonment. Whisler killed himself with a service rifle following orders to report and have fingerprints taken. A note to a woman hinted at a long contemplation of self destruction. Four others were slain and a fifth wounded in the incident as money disappeared and police pursued leads.
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Amp Funston
Kan
Lewis TR. Whisler
Salina
National Army
Army Bank
Whisler
Uelaved
Dive Bend
Dollere
Hove
Kansas City
Whister
Germans Watch U Boat Victims Perish in Sea
British admiralty reported a 4000 ton merchant ship sunk in the Mediterranean on January 7 by a German submarine that stood by as crew members perished in the sea. Survivors were later rescued by passing ships. several bodies washed ashore.
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London
Wan
Mediterranean
Hothy Forces Get Bass Out In Below Zero Blast
Three people were forced from the Wright hotel in Baginaw Michigan as a blast at 6 below zero drove guests to flee in their night clothes. Two injuries followed when occupants jumped from windows to escape the cold.
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Mioh
Wright Hotel
Lene
le Gente
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