United States Seizes German Ships To Offset Submarine Losses
In twelve months of unrestricted warfare, 69 American vessels totaling 171 061 gross tons were sunk. The Shipping Board seized 107 former German and Austrian ships totaling 686 494 gross tons, a net gain of 515 433 gross tons. Over 300 lives were lost, while many seized ships have undergone repairs and now run routes for Allies and American forces abroad. Three former German ships survived attacks, while Armenia was damaged.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
United States
Shipping Board
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Welland’ Canal
Actaeon
Adamsturm
Owaseo
Allemannia
Armenia
Weather Summary Across States Confirms Cloudiness and Snow
The bulletin reports increased cloudiness for Ohio and Kentucky and Indiana Wednesday into Thursday with colder conditions Thursday. It lists current highs and lows at multiple stations including Montreal Denver Spokane Chicago St Louis Seattle Cincinnati and Omaha and notes zero or trace precipitation at several sites. A January 29 1918 record for Cincinnati with hourly readings shows temperatures 7 am 10 Humid wind directions and no measurable rainfall.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Longworth Declares Public Right to Criticize Upheld
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribone Cleveland January 29 Congressman Nicholas Longworth tells Tippécanoe Club criticism helps speed war effort. He urges Republicans to lead, not trail, and says Congress has acted for nearly a year while the public questions current contributions to win the war. (Continued on Seventh Page.)
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Cleveland
Nicholas Longworth
Tippécanoe Club
William McKinley
Congress
Shoofly System Abolished for New York Police
Police Commissioner Enright announced the shoofly system would be ended and every policeman tied to an honor code. The practice had used plainclothes officers to report on captains lieutenants and patrolmen, dating back to Mayor Strong and Theodore Roosevelt era reforms.
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New York
Enright
Strong
Theodore Roosevelt
Board of Police Commissioners
Arthur Woods
Frisco Bank Official Arrested as German Agent
George Boden, longtime head of a San Francisco bank foreign exchange unit, was arrested on a Presidential warrant as a dangerous enemy alien. Investigators say he acted as Pacific coast representative for the German Imperial Bank of Berlin and had prior ties to Deutsche Asiatische Banks in Japan. He allegedly received 500 dollars monthly for activities beyond finance, including running two German propaganda newspapers and arranging war loan subscriptions in Japan and the United States.
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San Francisco
George Boden
Foreign Exchange Department
Boden
Pacific Coast
Imperial Bank of
Berlin
Japan
Deutsche Asiatische Banks
Germany
United States
German Imperial Bank
Four Victims in Canton Trolley Crash Die
The fourth victim Mrs. William J. Krause aged 38 died late yesterday from injuries in the Pennsylvania crossing collision on Tuscarawas street. A train struck a stalled local street car on the tracks Saturday night.
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Associated Press
Canton, O
William J. Krause
Pennsylvania
Tuscarawas Street
Shipyard Guards Prove a Problem for Military Men
Washington, Jan 29 Officials report a flood of requests for troops to guard shipyards and war plants. Secretary Baker delegated Brigadier General J Mel Carter to pass on all such applications to avoid halting training schedules and overloading troops. Army officers favor internal security with detectives among employees over wide troop detachments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Baker
J. Mel. Carter
Bureau of Militia Affairs
War Department
Stop Importation of Mexican Liquor for Use of Indians
Washington January 29. Senate Indian Affairs Committee heard a push to bar toyota a Mexican liquor made from cactus blossoms used in Southwest Indian religious celebrations. Mrs Gertrude Bonnin urged Congress to block imports to protect Indians from receiving toyota, despite objections citing religious freedom. Indians from the far West attended in native dress.
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Washington
Toyota
Mexico
Southwest
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Gertrude Bonnin
Society of American Indians
Congress
Far West
British Recruiting Mission Recruits 18 000 Men in U S
Brigadier General W A White announced in New York that the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission has recruited 18 000 men in the United States since last June.
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New York
United States
W. A. White
Drowning on a Barge In Ironton Amid Ohio River Floods
Lloyd Sutherland, 18, swept into the Ohio River near Ironton while on a barge. He jumped for a cake of ice to escape drowning but fell in and was lost. Floods spread across Kentucky with rising rivers, ice jams, and property damage. Cumberland River at Burnside reached a record high. Somerset submerged. many farms and towns under water. gas supplies at risk.
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Lloyd Sutherland
Ohio River
Louisville
Kentucky
Ohio
Green River
Louisville Weather Bureau
Cumberland
Cattlettsburg
Big Sandy
Burnside
Nashville
Tenn
Somerset
Frankfort
Louisville & Nashville
Jackson
Breathitt County
Licking River
West Liberty
Corbin
West Virginia
River shipping losses mount with sinkings
Paducah Kentucky reports ice gorges tearing from moorings along Lower Ohio and Tennessee rivers. Dozens of steamboats tow boats and at least two dry docks valued up to 1 million dollars were sunk or trapped in ice near the Ohio Mississippi junction. Major craft like Spread Eagle and Grey Eagle valued at 100000 each were lost near Metropolis Illinois.
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Paducah
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississippi
Paducah Harbor
Spread Eagle
Grey Eagle
Eagle Packet Line
St. Louis
Metropolis
Italians Make Dash and Recover Ground
Italians break through on the mountain front as violent artillery duels are described by Berlin as forerunners of a heavy attack. Premier Czernin and von Kuehlmann wait on decisions while Trotzky debates course to pursue.
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Czernin
von Kuehlmann
Trotzky
Berlin
Leon Trotzky
Congress of Workmen and
Petrograd
Rumania
Moscow
Steherbatcheff
Rumanian Front
Ohio to loan farm tractor funds via county banks
Governor Cox directed the State Industrial Commission to halt a $1,000,000 bond investment and instead send the funds to county banks to loan to farmers for purchasing tractors. The move aims to ease financing delays and boost tractor adoption while a tractor school will open February 11 at the Coliseum, State Fair Grounds, under the State University College of Agriculture.
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Columbus
Cox
State Industrial Commission
Ohio
State Fair Grounds
State University College of Agriculture
Wealthy New York women launch honor system for rationing
In New York City wealthy women join Federal Food Administrator Sloover to create an honor system for voluntary rationing aimed at housewives of affluent families. The effort, begun at Mrs. William Douglas Sloane's home, seeks 60,000 households and features a pledge enforced by the family mistress with guidance from Mr. Hoover.
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Associated Press
New York
Sloover
Federal Food Board
William Douglas Sloane
Deep Sea Tragedy Aboard Swedish Steamer Anglia
The Swedish steamer Anglia arrives with second officer reporting Captain A B Waerns shot first officer G R Furst then killed himself after an argument at sea. Waerns vanished overboard. body not recovered. Swedish inquiry to be held with US guard aboard. ship bound from an Atlantic port to South America.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Anglia
A. B. Waerns
G. R. Furst
Customs and Justice Departments
South America
Justices Wear Carnations for McKinley Birthday
Chief Justice White and the Associate Justices appeared in red carnations on their robes today at the Supreme Court in Washington. The flowers were presented annually by Associate Justice Day from Canton Ohio, former President McKinley’s home.
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Washington
White
Supreme Court
McKinley
Day
Canton
Merchants Protests Over Monday Closing Reach Washington
Retail merchants from the East and Midwest arrive in Washington to oppose the Monday closing order. Fuel Administrator Garfield repeats he will not modify the rule without specific strong cases. Merchants propose a six hour six day week to save coal and are told to submit figures to the Conservation Department for review.
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Associated Press
Washington
East
Middle West
Garfield
The
Fuel Administration
S Conservation Department
Three Assistants Proposed for War Secretary Post
Washington January 29. An administration bill introduced by Chairman Dent would raise the number of Assistant Secretaries of War from one to three. The measure was presented to the House Military Committee.
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Washington
Dent
House Military Committee
Decoy Package Sent Traps Ford Adversary Blackmailer
John C. Slusarsky, 25, was arrested on a federal charge of sending a ransom demand to Henry Ford. He pleaded guilty before a U S Commissioner and awaits action by the grand jury. A decoy package was used to trigger the arrest. Slusarsky claimed he sought a few hundred dollars to cover debts, not to harm Ford or Edsel.
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Detroit
Mich
John C. Slusarsky
Henry Ford
Slusarsky
United States
Ford
Edsel
Villa bandits kill over hundred in Juarez area attack
Reported by Associated Press from Juarez on January 29 describes Villa followers dynamiting a work train south of Santa Rosalia killing or executing Mexican workers and federal guards after eight hours of battle. Villa leader Francisco Villa and Martin Lopez commanded the assault as troops pursued the band.
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Associated Press
Juarez
Mex
Villa Folowers
Santa Rosalia
Villa
Bellano
Francisco Villa
Martin Lopez
Chihuahua City
Torreon
Mechanician Torpedoed and Sunk in English Channel
The armed escort vessel Mechanician was torpedoed and stranded in the English Channel on January 20 and has become a total wreck. Three officers and ten men of the crew were lost.
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London
Admiralty
Mechanician
English Channel
England Again Raided by Enemy Air Attack Over London
The early morning report says a second hostile air raid over Eastern England began at 9 30 last night and continues. No enemy planes penetrated London's defenses despite bombs reportedly falling on the outskirts of the city.
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Associated Press
London
England
Bolsheviks split on peace terms as war rages
A Petrograd telegraph report says Bolsheviks mostly oppose peace on German terms and favor a holy war. A coalition of Socialist factions was proposed as the government struggles to sustain the war. Trotzky debates Brest-Litovsk talks while others travel to brief Entente powers.
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Associated Press
London
Petrograd
Brest-Litovsk
Leon
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