Huns’ Action Clouds Peace Talks Amid War News
Air raids on Padua injure six as German diplomacy prompts dispute among central powers. Paris and Brest-Litovsk talks stall with German rigidity drawing criticism from Austria Bulgaria and Turkey. Western front sees limited infantry activity while air forces clash. American aviators to reinforce in France.
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Associated Press
London
Altho
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Brest-Litovsk
Poland
Lithuania
Courland
Reichstag
Germany
Russia
Cambrai
France
Belgium
Italy
German War Office
Weather overview for Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia
Weather outlook shows fair and warmer conditions across Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia for Saturday and Sunday with possible snow flurries near Lake Erie. The report lists station readings including high and low temperatures and precipitation measures for January 4 1917 and compares with the prior three years across major cities.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
She
Six Die and Sixteen Hurt in Dorval Station Wreck
Montreal Jan 4 Six people were killed and sixteen injured when a collision occurred at Dorval Station on the Canadian Pacific Railway tonight.
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Dorval Station
Montreal
Associated Press
Dorval
Canadian Pacific Railway
Train hits car. three killed in Indianapolis crossing
At 5:30 pm an eastbound Big Four passenger train struck an automobile on a crossing in Indianapolis. Killed were A. N. Jenkins 40 E L. Dellinger 25 and Morgan H. Evans 50 all locals. Car driver E M. Bronson cut but not seriously hurt. another occupant uninjured. Two construction workers at an aviation camp nearby were among the dead.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Big Four
A. N. Jenkins
Harry L. Dellinger
Morgan H. Evans
Carpenter
E. M. Bronson
Bronson
Montreal
Pointe Fortune
Vancouver
Million Dollars Net From Confidence Game by Five Swindlers
Five swindlers led by Joseph Weil and F. K. Buckminster were indicted for running a confidence game that defrauded two Indiana businessmen of 116000. The syndicate allegedly netted over 1 million from similar schemes. Indictments name John Smith James W. Head and Michael with Weil and Buckminster, targeting Albert A. Charles Kokomo Steel and Wire Works and Charles H. Worden First National Bank of Fort Wayne with losses of 100000 and 15000 respectively.
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Chicago
Joseph Weil
F. K. Buckminster
Indiana
Weil
Buckminster
John Smith
James Ww. Head
Michael
Albert A. Charles
Kokomo Steel and Wire Works
Kokomo
Ind
Charles H. Worden
First National Bank of
Ft. Wayne
Lehman Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree
A jury in Wauseon returned a first degree murder verdict against Frederick Lehman after forty hours deliberation The panel recommended clemency saving him from the electric chair with a life imprisonment sentence to follow Lehman’s lawyers plan to seek a new trial
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Wauseon
Frederick Lehman
Lehman
Power Shifts Highlight Commanders in Chief Roles
Washington reports reveal sweeping authority of top U S military leaders in Europe. Rear Admiral Fletcher is replaced by Wilson for specific duties while General Sibert returns home as Pershing reassesses division training needs. Officials cite pre sinking decisions and naval craft limits in the reshuffle.
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Associated Press
Washington
Europe
William B. Fletcher
Naval Department
French
William Sibert
France
Fletcher
Wilson
Sims
Altho
War Department
Sibert
Pershing
Admiral Fletcher
Navy Yard
Antilles
Admiral Sims
Hindu men commit death by own action in jail
Magu Ram and Harman Singh, two Hindus held in Jacksonville, reportedly died by hanging in jail today. They were among several Hindus indicted in 1914 in San Francisco for alleged revolutionary plots against the British during wartime. Singh to be deported tonight from Havana to Colon, Panama via New Orleans.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Magu Ram
Harman Singh
San Francisco
Havana
Key West
India
Singh
Colon
Panama
New Orleans
Wilson outlines water power policy plan in Congress
President Wilson, at a House leaders conference, backs a bill to establish a national water power policy and create a single House committee to oversee all water power jurisdiction. The Ferris bill framework guides the measure, with Interior War and Agriculture Dept input and support from the administration. Secretaries Lane Baker and Houston join in endorsing rapid enactment to advance development and reduce fuel and transportation strain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
House
Senate
Interior, War and Agricultural Departments
Lane
Baker
Houston
Wilson Urges Railway Legislation and Federal Wage Board
President Wilson spoke to Congress seeking laws to regulate railroads and guarantee carriers pay based on three year average operating income. A half billion dollar revolving fund was proposed and bills introduced for quick passage. Director General McAdoo set plans to form an advisory board of four to study Brotherhood wage demands with binding effect from January 1, while other labor groups may follow the same process.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Wilson
McAdoo
Interstate Commerce . Commission
Interstate Commerce
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Government Control Bill Delays Carrier Reassignment Decision
The bill proposes government control until Congress decides to return the carriers, delaying any immediate transfer or management changes. It outlines a temporary control framework and a final decision timeline by legislative action.
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Congress
Public ownership of railroads moves toward certainty
Congress hears President and Wilson unveil government operation of railroads with a $500 million revolving fund and compensation tied to three years net railway income. The plan includes penalties for obstructing control, limits on dividends, and federal backing of railroad credit.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
All Records Are Shot In Apottsville Coal Town
Apottsville, Pa. faces a fuel famine as coal basins near the town run low and daily demand soars after severe weather. Retail dealers struggle to secure supply while railroad yards at St Clair and Palo Alto overflow with loaded coal cars awaiting shipment.
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Associated Press
Apottsville
St. Clair
Palo Alto
Te City
Suffrage Delay Urged By Constitutional League Leaders
Representatives of the American Constitutional League urged the House Woman Suffrage Committee to postpone action on the proposed constitutional amendment until after the war. They argued that passage now would divert women’s efforts from supporting the war. A Buffalo physician claimed women are unqualified to vote and that infant mortality requires women to remain in the home. Antisuffrage voices and Woman’s Party leaders are to testify tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Constitutional League
Charles S. Fairchilds
the Treasury
Cleveland
House Woman Suffrage Committee
Everitt P. “Wheeler
New York
League
Congress
Lucien Howe
Buffalo
The
Royal Academy of Medicine
National Association
Woman's Party
Two Billion Mark Passed For Shipping
Washington reports the Shipping Board asked Congress for authority to place 701 million dollars in additional ship contracts and an immediate 82 million dollars for extending yards and worker housing. Total shipbuilding funds would reach about 2.018 billion dollars with plans focusing on fabricated steel ships and expanded yards. The board also outlines a 35 million dollar housing program and continues existing yard activity into 1919. Senate Commerce Committee hearings examined contract profits, wooden ship construction, and housing expansion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shipping Board
Congress
Pacific
Senate Commerce Committee
Theodore E. Ferris
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Rankin introduces Ireland independence and equal pay resolutions
Washington. Jan 4. Representative Jeannette Rankin Montana introduced a joint resolution recognizing Ireland's right to political independence and listing Ireland among nations fought for in freedom and democracy. She also introduced a bill to require equal wages for women workers and a measure to equalize pay for men and women government employees performing similar labor.
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Washington
Ireland
Jeannette Rankin
Miss Rankin
Senator King proposes labor status inquiry
Senator King of Utah introduced a resolution for a Senate Labor Committee investigation to standardize wages on government work. The measure, which was laid over, envisions a presidential commission of twenty seven representatives from commercial, financial, agricultural and other sectors serving six months, with a $300000 appropriation for the inquiry.
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House
Sims
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Associated Press
Washington
King
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Jones
Officials Issued Warrants Over Coal Price Fixing
Warrants were issued for G. H. Reeves and G. W. McGill two Minneapolis coal firm officials under the coal price fixing act of August 10. They are charged with selling soft coal at a fifty five cent profit margin, exceeding the fifteen cent limit set by the order.
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ST. Paul, Minn
G. H. Reeves
G. W. McGill
Minneapolis
United States District
Jacques
Army Boys Are Short On Blouses
Secretary Baker reported to the Senate Military Committee that winter clothing shortages at National Guard and Army training camps have eased but remain for woolen blouses. He cited specific camp shortages and said emergency shipments and local purchases will continue while transport issues hinder full resupply.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Guard
National Army
Beauregard
Baker
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Camp Wheeler
Georgia
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Camp Kearney
California
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Camp Grant
Illinois
Camp Custer
Michigan
Camp Beauregard
Louisiana
Camp Bowie
Texas
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Camp Doniphan
Oklahoma
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Chattanooga
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Omaha
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Court of Claims
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