Italians Repel New Piave Crossing by Austro German Forces
Rome reports a fresh Austro German attempt to cross the Piave River was smashed as about twenty enemy vessels were dispersed at Intestadura on the western Piave. Snow and cold aid Italian defense while Allied unity and rapid American deployment were urged at Paris conference.
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Weather brief outlines state by state forecast and temperatures
Ohio fair with continued cold, cloudy and warmer Friday and possible snow. Kentucky fair and warmer Friday, West Virginia fair with mountain snow, Indiana fair then warmer and cloudy. Temperature table shows city readings including Denver Jacksonville Seattle Chicago Portland St. Louis San Francisco Omaha Winnipeg and others with highs and lows. Cincinnati January 2 record at 7 p m with wind and precipitation notes.
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Guatemala Earthquake Death Toll Reported Rises in San Salvador
Reports from San Salvador on January 2 indicate at least 2500 deaths from the Guatemala earthquake. Earlier figures had varied from 1000 to a few fatalities, while Guatemala City dispatches warned of uncertainty as telegraph links remain cut and residents rush to find missing acquaintances.
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Hoover urges federal sugar control and food limits
Washington, Jan 2. Food Administrator Hoover urged Congress to grant government purchase and sale of all sugar and to regulate foods in public eating places to meet wartime needs. He noted disappointing hotel and restaurant conservation results and suggested a three pound per month per capita limit for nonessential products.
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German Industry Breaks Down. Swiss Engineer Reports
A Swiss engineer, long employed in a large factory at Magdeburg, reports to Washington that German industrial machinery is breaking down rapidly. He cites shortages of lubricants, rubber, and rare metals used in steel alloys, with grease shortages cutting output from about 80 percent to under 30 percent of full capacity.
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Crew of Seth Jr. Reaches Port After Sinking
Captain Weston Keeping and the crew of the British schooner Seth Jr. of Liverpool Nova Scotia arrived in Philadelphia after being rescued from their waterlogged vessel on December 26. The Seth Jr. was en route from a South American port to Canada when it sprang a leak and sank shortly after a passing steamer saved the crew.
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Yaqui Attack Kills Dozens on Southern Pacific Train
A train 32 miles south of Empalme Sonora was attacked by Yaqui Indians killing about 30 passengers and injuring many more. The rear car was raided as federal soldiers on board were outnumbered. two Americans among the wounded.
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Southern Pacific
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U-boat Sinkings Reported Rise in Early Week Losses
The Associated Press reports a sharp rise in Allied shipping losses from U boat attacks. Eighteen merchant vessels over 1,600 tons are sunk this week, with three under 1,600 tons also lost, marking a notable increase from prior weeks.
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Three L N Officials Indicted After Kentucky Wreck
Bullitt County Grand Jury indicts Louisville and Nashville Railroad executives B M Starks W F Sheridan FR J Fishback and engineer William Wolfenberger for creating and maintaining a common nuisance connected to the December 20 crash near Shepherdsville in which over forty died The indictment notes no statute defines voluntary manslaughter for willful negligence by railroad officials.
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War Department reorganizes Ordnance Bureau plans
General reorganization of the Ordnance Bureau to create a major working unit with business leaders at key divisions was announced by the War Department. Major General Crozier remains Chief. Brigadier General Wheeler continues as Acting Chief. Colonel Samuel McRoberts is named head of the procurement division. a civilian head for production will be announced soon.
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National City Bank of New York
Coal trains ordered eastward to relieve New England freight delay
Washington reports rapid coal movement despite a blizzard as Director General McAdoo directs priority shipments from nearby mines and moves locomotives and workers from less congested regions to the East. An army of laborers may unload freight at congested terminals, with nonessential products barred temporarily.
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British Ambassador Cecil Spring-Rice to Take Leave
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British Ambassador in Washington since May 1916, will go home on leave. Reports from London indicate a sweeping British diplomatic reorganization affecting embassy personnel, with no policy changes. Colville Barclay is expected to serve as Chargé dAffaires until a successor is named.
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Foreign Office
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Prospect of Resumption of Parley Said Unlikely by Foreign Minister
Petrograd dispatch reports over 200 Germans and Austrians at a New Year dinner. no talks as German holiday. Baron Keyserling and Count von Mirbach demand direct lines to Berlin. prisoner exchange and mail service to be arranged. Brest-Litovsk terms judged annexationist. Russia says peace with people not German imperialists.
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Perjury charge over translation of Freie Presse articles
Reinhold Kintzi was arrested in Glencoe Minnesota on a perjury charge based on alleged inaccurate translations of items in his paper Die Freie Presse. The case centers on translations that reportedly differed from sworn versions and included material of a seditious nature amid Austrian forces praised in an Italian offensive report.
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Reinhold Kintzi
Joseph Buisson
United States
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United States District Attorney's Office
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Troops to France Urged by Allied War Council Delegates
Washington dispatch reports American delegates headed by Colonel E M House urged rapid, constant troop shipments to Europe. They called for coordinated shipping, expanded merchant shipbuilding, and closer co operation among co-belligerents to present a united front to Germany.
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Physician Denies Knowing Murder In Own Home
Louisville January 2 Dr Harry H Lewis a Louisville physician now jailed on murder charges denies knowledge of events at his home between midnight and 8 am Tuesday morning Mrs Susan Lewis was found dead in her bedroom by Dr Edwin T Bruce With Dr Bruce reporting a disorderly room and Lewis appearing intoxicated Acting Coroner Kammerer ordered the suspect arrested An autopsy determined death by strangulation
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Jefferson County
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Irish political leader P J Sheridan dies at 77
Monte Visba Cel January 2 P J Sheridan Irish political leader who played a prominent role in the Parnell treason trial in 1890 and once wrote editorials for The New York Herald died at his ranch home near here Monday at age 77.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
England
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Here
Bolshevik Peace Talks Stall Over German Demands
Petrograd reports show Bolshevik Foreign Minister Trotsky and allies balk at German terms at Brest-Litovsk. Kameneff says the central powers push annexation plans, prompting Russia to threaten peac e with German Imperialists if not revised. The delegation cites occupied Baltic pressures and notes prewar treaties would lapse if war ends.
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