Armada of 18 Transports Lands in France Safely
Washington reports 18 transports carrying thousands of officers soldiers and supplies reached French ports in two weeks. Convoys protected by warships, submarine threats minimized. Leviathan and other former German and Austrian ships carried troops and cargo with no submarine losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Erica
Micripe
Ferree
Barina
Timate
United States
France
Iran
Germany
Austria
Europe
Duelope
Amer ‘Iean
Leviathan
Waterhuid
Millers Association to Convene in Indianapolis
The Co operative Millers of America will hold its next annual convention in Indianapolis from June 4 to 6. Delegates will discuss meeting government requirements and the operation of mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Co-operative Willers of America
Italians Drive Ahead in Italian Front Prisoner Toll Climbs
Rome dispatch reports Italian offensive on Monday and Tuesday struck Austro German positions between the Astago Plateau and Brenta valley. Nearly 8,000 prisoners captured overall with casualties estimated 20,000 to 25,000. Rome notes continued counterattacks as Italians push lines forward. London reports prisoner total rising to 2,600 and describes the mid winter counteroffensive expanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Astago
Brenta
Monte di Val Belle
Col de Rose
Dechele
London
Asiage
Italy
Stenday
Navy seeks large reserve force reorganization plan
The Navy proposes retraining and mobilization of many reserves to fill wartime needs. The Transportation and Navy departments are coordinating to reorganize fleets, with Bolling Air Force and other agencies directing the effort.
Wells exposed to smallpox in Washington building
Nearly six hundred siege and division employees were exposed after a smallpox case was found in their workplace. Wells, a victim from Indianapolis, was moved to a hospital and authorities began vigorous containment to prevent an outbreak. The Wells case was mild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
British Losses Reported in January War Casualties
British casualties for January total 30,517 with officers and men among those killed or died of wounds 698 officers and 13,698 men. Wounded or missing include 1,205 officers and 30,777 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
French Losses Three Small Ships in Week
Three French ships of less than 1600 tons were sunk during the week ending January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Durie
Violent German Raid Hits American Listening Post
In thick fog on February 1 in France a German raid struck an American listening post 40 feet from a neighboring trench. After a 15 minute barrage, two Americans were killed, four wounded, and one captured. two Germans were wounded. A Tennessee gunner and a North Dakota National Guard member were among the wounded. The attack lasted about 20 minutes as Americans and drifting mist framed a deadly exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
California
Acty
Fritz Bean
Tennessee
National Guardstand
North Dakota
An Gee
No Man's Land
East on Coal Famine Verge
A fuel famine in large sections of the East seems imminent unless the railroad administration speeds coal movements. Snow storms hamper traffic across the region, threatening to close many industrial plants in New Atlantic seaboard districts for lack of fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
East
Railroad Administration
Mississippi
Atlantic Seaboard
Lords Amendment Rejected on Proportional Representation
London February 7. The House of Commons rejected by 223 to 115 the Lords amendment to the representation of the people bill establishing proportional representation in Parliament. The government took no action and left MPs free to vote. Previously the Commons had rejected the principle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Thehouse of Commons Therce
George N Peck Mobilizes War Production Efforts
George N. Peck, a leading industrial expert aiding the government, has been on the job just weeks yet his work shows in the steady mobilization of U S production. Factories are shifting to manufacture simple essential parts for later assembly with more intricate components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George N. Peck
Paris Bombing Kills Twenty and Wounds Fifty
German airplanes raided Paris on Wednesday night killing twenty people and wounding fifty as bombs fell across the city and suburbs. The alert sounded at 11 30 and damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Zeppelns
Wilson warns of crisis this year in war effort
President Wilson declares the European war’s outcome will be decided in the coming year. He writes to the Urbana Farmers Conference urging unity and sacrifice as the United States fights for freedom and self government against German aggression and foreign control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Conference
Washington
Wilson
Urbana
United States
Cup
Ene
Chinese rebels seize Yochow and threaten peace terms
Yochow, a strategic upper Yangtse city, fell to southern revolutionists as Hankow reports. Acting President Feng-Kwo-Chang’s southern movement suggests a push toward reconvening the old parliament to avoid war, with an expected arrival in Nanking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Yochow
Yangtse Kiang
Hankow
Feng-Kwo-Chang
Nanking
British Shipping Losses Rise In Official Summary
An official weekly summary reports increased British shipping losses with 12 merchant vessels over 1,000 tons destroyed and six under 3,000 tons sunk by submarines. It notes 220,027 arrivals, 2,309 British ships sunk or damaged, eight merchantmen unsuccessfully attacked, and six fishing vessels accounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenden
Suilines
Imie
Rail rate rise to Pacific coast shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders a 15 percent rail rate increase effective March 15 for shipments from eastern points to Pacific coast cities. The action affects commodity cargo and reflects ICC policy changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific Coast
Interstate Commerce Commission
British raid on German trench near Epehy gains prisoners
British troops conducted a night raid on a German trench near Epehy on the Cambrai St Quentin front. The War Office announced that several German prisoners were captured in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epehy
Cambrai-St. Quentin
London
Cambrai-St. Quentin Front
War Office
Ban on Spanish Vessels Seized at New York Port
The United States government issued an order forbidding the departure of Spanish ships from New York Harbor. The directive, learned this afternoon, also reportedly extends to all American sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wnited States
Crys Defeated In El Paso Local Elections
El Paso Texas February 1 Prohibition failed to pass in both the city and El Paso county local option elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crys
el Paso
Tex
Indianapolis School Board Bans German Language in Schools
The Indianapolis grade schools ban the study of German with one dissenter, Theodore Stempfel, who warns it violates a state law. In South Bend, Thrift Day activities push war savings plans. Governor Goodrich calls churches to focus on thrift's religious and economic aspects in the days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Wiiliam the
Theodore Stempfel
South Bend
Goodrich
Trains Arrive Evansville Late from Chicago
Trains from Chicago on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad and other lines into Evansville are six to eight hours late, with delays of ten to fifteen hours on some days. Departures to Chicago have also run late for about two months, disrupting schedules locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Dan
Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Tlinois Railroad
Lafayette unit gains in France with ambulance corps arrival
Purdue unit in Europe reports Major Metcalfe commands ambulance corps men now arriving overseas. Cablegrams from the government announce their arrival but do not specify whether they landed in France or Italy. They will be put into service soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
France
Metcalfe
Europe
Italy
Humphreys Exonerated After Grand Jury Investigation
The grand jury in Bloomfield has failed to indict Guy H. Humphreys, Bloomfield attorney and former president of the Plainfield Indiana Boys' School board, who was charged with shooting Max Nidd, son of county auditor George E Kidd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Bloomfield
Tan
Guy H. Humphreys
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Max Nidd
George E Kidd
Missing Union Mills farmer sought by Chicago police
Laporte January 31 Chicago police asked to search for Charles Terry Union Mills farmer and businessman missing since Thursday after he went to South Chicago to buy seed corn. He is thought possibly murdered for money he carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Chicago
Charles Terry
Union Mills
Hammond Schoolgirl Killed Near South Shore Crossing
The body of seven year old Lois Weaver, daughter of Harrison Weaver the yardmaster of the Penassiseuia railroad, was found near the South Shore crossing in East Chicago. Police believe she was struck by an interurban while walking home from school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Lois Weaver
Harrison Weaver
Penassiseuia Railroad
South Shore Crossing
Chicago
Plans to Confiscate Coal in Lafayette Cellars
Lafayette faces an ongoing fuel crisis as Police Superintendent Scherer says confiscation of coal from private cellars will begin today to aid those without fuel if the needed funds or penes are received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Scherer
Fire damages Solsherry buildings in Bloomington area
Fire at Solsherry in Bloomington destroys the combined school building and Ma sonic Hall with estimated loss of 88,000. The residence of Doctor Beem, now a lieutenant in the army, is burned with loss around 2,006. A defective flue is blamed for the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solsherry
Bloomington
Dan
Doctor Beem
Aieutenant
Fise
Blaze at Muncie Destroys Kirby Wood Lumber Unit
A fire at Kirby Wood Lumber Company in Muncie caused extensive damage to a sash and door building while the watchman was away. Estimated loss stood at STOHO0, with insurance covering the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mimete
Miner Crushed by Fall in Sewer Pipe Mine
Walter Griggsby, a miner for American Sewer Pipe Co, was buried under slate and pulled from mud after a roof fall. Five fellow miners fought to free him as his skull was crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brangil
Jan
Walter Griggsby
American Sewer Pipe Company
Gas Plant Explosion Shocks Petersburg
A natural gas generating plant in Petersburg exploded with a roar, flames shooting 100 feet into the air and lighting the city. No one was near the plant at the time of the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Peru Farmer Knits Surplus Sweaters for Soldiers
Peru January 31 The farmer Roscoe Coomer is an avid knitter. He has knitted seven sweaters for soldiers and is teaching his wife to knit while continuing his regular farm chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Roscoe Coomer
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Unser
Vaterland
Nevy
Atlantic
Gach
Faker
Ais Tle
DR. Sangers Wekerle
Sacders Wekerle
Chastor Wekerte
Workwien
NAVY
War Department
Bebo
Nace Department
Secvier
Aviieh
Flores Bolling
Che
Wen
Signal Corps
U. S. Sector
Boches
Teutons
U. S
America
Purdue
Blaze
Muncie
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!