Bolsheviki Informally Recognized by England
London reports Britain plans informal relations with Maxim Litvinoff as Russian ambassador to London to gain information on Russia. Trotzky says peace is a cardinal Bolshevik principle and they will press for it despite entente rejection. Amsterdam dispatch says Bolshevik envoys at Brest-Litovsk will stand on previously announced terms.
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Associated Press
London
Maxim Litvinoff
Daily Mail
Alds
Russia
Stockholm
Brest-Litovsk
Leon Trotzky
Trotzky
Amsterdam
Breet-Litovak
Copenhagen
Thirteen Indian boys die in Marble City dormitory fire
Thirteen Indian boys were burned to death early today when a fire destroyed the Dwight Indian Training School boys dormitory at Marble City Oklahoma, forty miles southeast of Tulsa, officials reported.
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Muskogee
Okla
Dwight Indian Training School
Marble City
Pere
Former Chicago Police Chief Cleared in Graft 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 shield illegal resorts in Chicago.
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Chicago
Charles C. Kealey
Stephen Garry
William Skitmore
Patriot Is Threatened with Death in School Fight
A letter mailed from San Francisco threatens to dynamite the home of Will C. Wool, Sacramento commissioner of secondary schools, due to his push for patriotism in public schools. The note, printed in red ink with rubber stamps and signed "T. M. T," was turned over to police for investigation.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
Will C. Wool
San Francis
Rich Woman Slain in Home. Robbery Suspected
Mrs. Clara Wedge, a wealthy Mason City resident, was murdered tonight in her home. Her body was found in a pool of blood with a throat cut and part of the head crushed. The house was set on fire after the assault, and clues point to robbery as 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. The action followed 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
Congress Blamed for Losses in Shipbuilding
Washington Jan 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. He made the accusation public today.
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Washington
Congress
William Denman
Shipping Board
40 000 000 Germans Starving Unrest Growing Report
Representative London of New York quotes German socialists claiming 40 million Germans are starving and that death rates rise as chancellors are forced to retire. He praises Wilson and proposes him to head an international peace conference amid alleged German civilian hardship.
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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 except the letter to athletes as a conservation move. Colorado Teachers College Creeley was placed on the accredited list. Brigham Young University at Provo was admitted as a member. Wyoming University was represented by Coach Corbett.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain Conference
Colorado Teachers’ College of Creeley
Brigham Young, Wniversity
Provo
Rth
Wyoming Universality
Corbett
Wilson Urged to Close Saloons In Wyoming
Robert Carey of Careyhurst Wyoming named temporary chairman of the state council of national defense at the state house session. The group urged President Wilson to close all saloons as a war measure and planned to extend agricultural agent programs and home canning demonstrations statewide.
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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 told the senate investigating committee he opposes creating a department of munitions. He argued the War Department reorganization meets all needs and warned a minister of munitions would be an industrial dictator unable to handle all questions. He noted 1200 Lewis guns in storage and promised immediate distribution amid delays.
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Senate
Washington
Ross
Baker
Department of Munitions
Trewd
Chamberlain
Wilson
War Department
Feanker
Weeks
Senator Weeks
Mexican Chief Admits Arms From U S Shipment
Gen Nicholas Zoee admitted knowledge of a shipment of machine guns and other munitions from a southern California port to Mexico. He and two others faced preliminary examination before a U S commissioner on charges by army intelligence officers. Zoee said the shipment occurred four months ago 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 Jan 12 reports say Turkey teeters on collapse due to acute domestic turmoil. Telegram from Petrograd claims proposals for a separate peace were made to Russia months before negotiations opened at Brest-Litovsk, undertening the crisis.
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London
Turkey
Oktermanu
Russia
Bynost-Litovak
Petrograd
Weather report from Cheyenne shows record warmth and snow
The Cheyenne forecast notes a rapid warmup yesterday with temperatures rising to 6 degrees above zero by midnight. It also mentions a 9 line span of 45 degrees since Friday midnight and predicts snow with rising temperatures today.
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Cheyenne
Lansing Sees Sure Victory At New York War Dinner
Secretary of State Robert Lansing told New York War Association diners that the war must continue until the Prussian government accepts Wilson’s terms. He spoke of republic unity to the end and said Washington remains hopeful and confident as the nation pursues its aims.
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New York
Robert Lansing
New York State War Association
Wilson
Lancing
Conerien
Washington
Three Die as Smokestack Crashes into Sprague Box Plant
A sixty mile gale drove a brick smokestack through the roof of the Sprague Box compass plant in Lynn Massachusetts. About 200 workers were present. Three employees were killed and more than a score injured.
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Lynn
Mass
Sprague Box Compass
Chicago Stranded as Deep Snow Paralyses City
Chicago completely cut off by blizzard with passenger trains halted for 24 hours or more. Officials warn of ongoing drifts trapping trains near key lines as winds drive temperatures below zero and stores close.
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Chicago
West
Lake Rae
Mountsina
Alleghenies
Mexico
Hudson Bay
Coloradoan Is Held as Alien Spy
Police arrest J. A. Kugel, a second hand goods dealer, on suspicion of acting as a German agent. A vast stolen inventory is found at Kisle store, including coats, dresses, watches, uniforms, and numerous burglary tools. Officials describe pro German literature and letters, with a book outlining U S coastal defenses found among the seized materials. A federal official from Dover is to handle the charges.
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Kisel'a
United States
Pacifo
Mayerie
Don
Temeath
Poline
Ominy
Dover
Bolsheviki Call Wilson Hypocrite in Pravda Commentary
The Pravda mouthpiece in PHTROGRAD mocks President Wilson claiming he leads a hypocritical American empire. It accuses him of agitation and portrays his stance as a sign of treacherous intent to reshape world order.
Army post bank robbery linked to captain's suicide
The body of Capt. Lewis Whisler was found in his office at AMP Funston Kansas. Authorities tie the bank loot robbery and four deaths to the captain who killed himself with two shots from an army rifle. A note to a woman hints at a motive for the act. Money from Kansas City had been en route to the bank but was delayed.
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New York Central
Ths
Twentieth Century Limited
Kikhart
Here
Pennsylvania
Burlington
Vupy
Kienko
Ivestock
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
London January reports detail a 4,000 ton merchant ship sunk in the Mediterranean on January 7. The submarine allegedly watched sailors perish in the water without aid. Nine crewmen survived, rescued by Pall craft, while five more bodies washed ashore.
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London
Wan
Mediterranean
Jah
Ratoor
Eoree
Nopler
Brelaid A 2 Veloek To the Morning On Wed: Heady Durhie © Stow Ator
Three Die, Injured as Fire Forcibly Evacuates Hotel Guests
In Baginaw Michigan on January 12 a fire forced guests at the Wright hotel to flee in their nightwear into 6 below zero temperatures. Three people were injured by jumping from windows during the escape.
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Baginaw
Mioh
Wright Hotel
Lene
le Gente
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