Revolt Report Emerges From Vienna Amid Bolshevik Allegations
Telegrams received by the Smolny Institute claim a provisional Austrian cabinet was named in Vienna as part of a revolutionary movement. The Bolsheviks say the report lacks names and details, while Swiss and Dutch dispatches note unrest in Hungary and a general strike mood in Austria Hungary.
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Petrograd
Vienna
Smolny Institute
Trotzky-Lenine Movernment
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Austria
Hungary
Karl
Teutons as Strong Now as Ever, Says Canadian Officer
Lieut. Andrew Naismith told 1500 attendees at a midwestern Vocational Education Association convention in Chicago that Germany is as strong today as ever. He cited two mistakes—not mobilizing enough men early and starting too late to crush France.
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Chicago
Germany
Andrew Naismith
Vonislan Field Artillery
Middle West
France
Torpedo Inspector Goes On Trial For Treason In War
Paul C. Hennig, former Bliss torpedo works employee, faces the death penalty in a U S treason case. Lieut. Francis Shea accuses Hennig of tampering with Euroscopes for American torpedoes and warns the act could have boomeranged on the vessel that fired them. Shea also cites Hennig’s son Carl Nennig, interned as an enemy alien at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
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New York
Paul C. Hennig
Bliss Torpedo Works
United States
Thomas J. Chatfield
America
Germany
Hennig
Francis Shea
Bliss Works
Wyoming Leads In Draft Rating
The Provost Marshal General Crowder report shows Wyoming with 22 896 registrants from an estimated 117 population of 245 226. 2 723 were examined and 1 347 accepted, a 59.02 percent rate the highest in the nation. The state’s gross quota was 2 083 men with 1 568 enlisting, leaving 810 to be drafted. Some counties had no draft calls due to voluntary enlistments filling quotas. Laramie county required 104 and certified 148, leaving a 46 man margin for vacancies or nucleus.
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Crowder
War Department
Wyoming
Union
Big Horn
Crook
Fremont
Hot Springs
Park, Platte
Uinta
Laramie
Chamberlain Attacks War Effort as Mismanaged
Senator Chamberlain accuses the Wilson administration of war mismanagement and epidemic failures at cantonments. He claims the president distorts facts and vows to prove the war department was inefficient while Senator Kirby counters for the administration. The hearing adjourns with no White House comment.
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Wallington
Chamberlain
Civirian
Military Committee
Wilson
Tim
Ireas
New York
Oregon
Kirby
White House
Chamberlain Rpcord
Yankee Airmen Down Hun Planes In France
American aviators in the French theater shot down German planes on January 19. Trehore of Westfield had been rejected by American ggrmtion officials due to a defective ear.
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Associated Press
MARIS
Devil Vatnam
Brookline
Mass
Austin Trehore
Westfield
Cra
Trehore
Ggrmtion
Finland in turmoil as civil strife erupts
Dispatches from Helsingfors report growing violence across Finland with large-scale clashes in multiple locations. The heaviest fighting appeared at Viborg where socialist guards were aided by Russian troops and artillery.
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Stockholm
Helsingfors
Finland
Viborg
Fighting on West Front Increases Across Fronts
On the western front in France and Belgium and the Italian front the belligerents resume unusual winter activity. Gun fire increases along the western front with raiding parties and air fighting. A German raid west of La Basser is claimed repelled west of Villers Guislain. French report recaptures ground in Nieuport raid. Ten German aircraft downed by the French January 17–20. Artillery activity rises between the Adige and Hrenta valleys with small engagements near Piave sector and Monte Spinonela.
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Associated Press
France
Belgium
Western Front
la Basser
Villers Guislain
Nieuport
French War Office
Alao
Chanme Wood
Adige
Hrenta
Piave
Monte Spinonela
Coal Distributor Appointed Zone System To Be Adopted
Washington January 26 Continued demoralization of railroad transport prompts faster coal distribution plans. Tiposille J A Morrow new general in charge of coal flow from mine to consumer, bringing prior roles at the National Coal Association and Federal Trade Commission.
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Associated Press
Washington
East
Railroad and Fuel Administration Officius
Tiposille
J. A. Morrow
National Coal Association
Pittslarge
Fuel Palministration
Oal
Morrow
Federal Trade Commission
Cowl Association
Pittsburg
Distress Signal From Bay Steamship Haykerian Reported
An Atlantic coast naval station received a distress signal from the British steamer Haykerian of the Bay Steamship Company, London. The vessel was picked up late yesterday afternoon and details remain scarce as officials confirm the call for help.
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Atlantic
Haykerian
London
Roosevelt Defends War Policy and Attacks Senator Stone
President Roosevelt denounces Senator Stone as aiding Germany and asserts his duty to expose inefficiency hindering war production. He backs Senator Chamberlain’s plan for a war cabinet and munitions department, arguing a proper administrative scheme depends on appointing the right men.
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Associated Mira
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Reselub
Stone
Missouri
Germany
Soosevelt
Chamberlain
War Cabinet
Munitions Department
War Bread to Be Eaten by Chicago Officials
Chicago will serve its first war bread by Beb 1 under state food administration guidance. City officials and Platemen's clubs anticipate two wheatless days and bread made with 75 percent wheat and 25 percent substitute ingredients such as rye barley forms and soy bewn meal.
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Chicago
State Food Administration
Platemen’s Clubs
Bliss to Represent U S on War Council in Washington
General Tasker Bliss arrives in Washington as Chief of Staff to join the supreme war council. He is to be advised by high officials from every branch of the service on questions that may arise.
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Washington
Dian
Tasker Bliss
Piel
Toilay
Unclear Petrogad Demonstration Turns Violent
Reporting from Petrogad on January 24 indicates deaths and hundreds injured after a violent demonstration at University celebrations tied to a bloody display. Police say security forces intervened as crowds clashed following the event.
Flood Destroys City in Germany
A German city, Sebonnheny Das Deri, was leveled by a devastating flood today. Rescue crews and local authorities rushed to the gate at Cove Pronkfort to assess damage and coordinate relief efforts amid rising waters.
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Germany
Tennam
Sebonnheny
Pronkfort
Cold Wave Forecast For Tomorrow
Weather bureau warns of a cold wave arriving tomorrow with strong winds and low temperatures. Officials urge residents to prepare for chills, frost, and potential heating needs as the cold front moves in from the north.
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Boewl
US Whoowl States Weather Burewn
Russians reject Brest-Litovsk terms and face renewed war
Petrograd dispatch reports Russian delegates unanimously refuse German terms at Brest-Litovsk. If Germany insists, hostilities resume with potential swift German advances. final decision rests with soldiers and workers delegates. Continued coverage notes demoralization of Russian forces and Bolshevik uncertainty.
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Petrograd
Russia
Mrest-Litovsk
M. Kameneff
Keval
Kameneth
Congress of Soldiers’ and Workmen’s
Kameneff
Brest-Litovsk
Trotsky
London
Brest-Litovek
Germany
Kaiser Wiil
Herlin
Holehe Viki
Huns Confer On Hertling Reply
A crown council in Berlin presided by Emperor William discussed Hertling’s Reichstag speech and set its terms. Hertling stated hope for a satisfactory Brest-Litovsk settlement date as talks resume.
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London
Amsterdam
Crown Counsel
Berlin
Emperor William
Vom Hindenburg
von Ladensdorff
von Hertling
von Kuehlmann
Hertling
Reichstag
Premier to Confer With Irish Convention Leaders
London date January 24 Premier Liosd Goeee invites leading members of the Irish Convention to confer with the cabinet. Reports from Washington claim the United States may loan 2100 billion to aid the settlement while American capitalists back measures. Dublin dispatches note Sinn Fein policy criticism and rising disrepute as Uriah convention discussions continue.
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London
Dublin
Chaloe
Emrby
Cornet
Hublin
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