Russian Counter Blow Stuns German Lines in Walachia Front
Reinforced Russian forces strike along a fifteen mile front between Focsani and Fundeni, forcing the Germans to cede ground near Obilechti while other offensives in Mitau Galicia and the Carpathians show mixed results. British gains reported near Arras after heavy shelling, with Berlin claiming repulse. Simultaneous actions revive in Verdun and Vosges.
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Teutonic
Bailkans
Mittau
Berlin
Arras
London
Sereth
Roumania
Focsani
Fundeni
German War Office
Obilechti
Wallachia
Mitau
Galicia
Mitan
Carpathians
Ostutz
Putna
Beaumont-Hamel
Ancre
Verdun
Vosges
Paris
Dead Man Hill
Lowden inaugurated as governor before large Springfield crowd
Governor elect F O Lowden was sworn in today before the joint legislature in Springfield Tl The simple ceremony drew three former governors, the retiring governor, three U S senators and two former senators There was no inaugural ball but a public reception occurred at the governor mansion.
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Springfield
F. O. Lowden
United States
Campaign to Limit Cotton in Arkansas Initiated
The extension division of the University of Arkansas with government and state groups opened a campaign to limit the 1917 cotton acreage. It will cover two thirds of the state urging farmers to grow more feed and food crops and less cotton.
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Fort Smith, Ark
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
Bandits Kill Two Police Posse Members Near Nowata
Two members of a posse were killed and one wounded in a fight with robbers eighteen miles northeast of Nowata Oklahoma. John Garretson and Marshall Pollock of Delaware were shot dead and Garretson's son was wounded in the gun battle.
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Oklahoma
Nowata
Okla
John Garretson
Marshall Pollock
Delaware
Garretson
Gray Resents Wilson Attack
Philadelphia January 8 Judge George Gray of the Mexican joint commission refused an invitation to speak at a protest meeting against Belgian deportations His refusal follows a bitter attack on President Wilson's attitude by James M Beck and others in the same controversy
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Gray
Wilson
Philadelphia
George Gray
Mexican Joint Commission
James M. Beck
Secretary Lensing Probes Germany on Roumania Conduct
Secretary Lensing cabled Minister Vopicka in Bucharest asking for a statement on Germanys charge that he aided Roumanias neutrality violations. The message circulated from Washington and referenced Vopickas accreditation to Romania and Bulgaria.
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Vopicka
Washington
Jan
Lenning
Bucharest
Roumania
Berbin
Bulgaria
Germany
Thomas W. Lawson Book Critique Headlines Capitol Steps
A report notes Thomas W. Lawson’s Frenzied Finance and Taken moving through public attention on the Capitol steps. The piece highlights its impact on contemporary debates over finance and governance.
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Capitol Steps
Wealth, tariffs, and caution from Elbert Gary
Elbert H. Gary, head of United States Steel, warns that sudden wealth risks extravagance and calls for cautious economic prep. He urges nonpartisan tariff reform to protect producers and workers, supports reasonable duties on luxuries and comparable rates with foreign nations, and favors anti dumping or reciprocity to ensure fairness.
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New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Entente Reply Believed Altered Before Return to Washington
Washington reports that European sources indicate changes were made to the entente powers reply to President Wilson's peace note after initial drafting. The note is expected in Washington within the week, with officials wary over potential delays and a loophole for negotiations at the President's initiative. Secretary Lansing declined to discuss the peace situation.
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Washington
Wilson
State Department
Lansing
Cox Is Inaugurated In Ohio
Columbus reports the induction of James M. Cox to a second term as Ohio governor with a formal ceremony on the state house steps. Republican Frank B. Willis leaves office after a parade and civic receptions, marking the transition in January.
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Columbus
Ohio
James M. Cox
Dayton
Frank B. Willis
Delaware
Cox
State House
Premier Slayer Attempts Death by His Own Action
In Vienna on a January day Dr. Friedrich Ad s designated Premier Stu ereich of Austria tried hanging himself in his cell. He was cut down in time to save his life.
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Vienna
Friedrich Ad
Stuereich
Austria
Eight Hour Case Arguments Begin in Supreme Court
Washington January 8 arguments on the constitutionality of the eight hour law for Interstate Commerce Commission workers have begun before the Supreme Court. Adamson et al are plaintiffs challenging the act as applied to railway employees.
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Washington
Preme Cour
Deutschland Submarine Approach Noted at New London Dock
Indications Germany may next send the merchant submarine Deutschland to New London arrive as more than twenty stevedores begin unloading merchandise from cars at the Eastern Forwarding Company wharf.
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New London Dock
New London
Deutschlandia
Germany
Eastern Porwrerding Company
Diver Sinks Eleven Ships in Eleven Days
Berlin reports a German submarine sunk eleven Entente steamers in eleven days. Five coal laden vessels of 15 000 tons were bound for France and Italy. A second statement says a German sub sank an enemy transport over 5 000 tons December 23 in the eastern Mediterranean. The London press bureau counters that no transport was sunk in that period.
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Berlin
Bay of Biscay
France
Tely
Mediterranean
London
London Press Bureau
Dee
Drowned on Way to Marry in Indiana Creek Tragedy
A Paris Crossing delegation dredges Dixon Ford to recover Ralph Lloyd a 21 year old farmer who drove into the creek with a buggy and two horses while en route to marry Miss Clarice Buckles. The couple planned to wed in North Vernon with both families prominent in the county.
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North Vernon
Ind
Paris Crossing
Dixon Ford
Ralph Lloyd
County
Joliet Truck Driver Killed In Texas Crash
Joliet man William H. Fitzgerald a truck driver with Motor Detachment No. 2 was killed when the automobile he rode in overturned on the Corpus Christi road two miles south of San Antonio Texas. His body was taken to Fort Sam Houston morgue where initials W N I appeared on his hat as the only clue to identity.
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Joliet
San Antonio
Tex
William H. Fitzgerald
Corpus Christi
Here
Fort Sam Houston
Lafayette Banker Weds in Quiet Jan. ceremony
Charles M. Murdock banker and utility magnate, married Mrs. Jennie Corey Grant at his sister’s home in Lafayette Indiana. Rev. John R. Dinnen of St Mary’s Church officiated the ceremony in a private setting.
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Lafayette
Ind
Charles M. Murdock
Charles E. Corey
Jennie Corey Grant
John R. Dinnen
St. Mary’s Church
Lawson's Daughter to Be War Nurse in France
Thomas W. Lawson's daughter, an ardent Christian Scientist, will sail from New York on the Espagne to become a war nurse in France. She has studied nursing.
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Lawson
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
New York
Espagne
France
Railroads Seek Injunction Over Illinois 2 Cent Fare
Twenty nine railroads sought a temporary injunction against enforcement of Illinois 2 cent fare law. Federal court denied without prejudice and set merits trial, Judge Landis dissenting on jurisdiction. Utilities commission ordered fare suspension to 2.4 cents per mile effective Jan 15.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Public Utilities Commission
Landis, Evans and Carpenter
Landis
District of Mast Missouri
Public Utilities Commission
City Freed In Death Case In Illinois Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court held the city not responsible for an employee's accidental death when normal precautions were not taken. Policeman Harry Marshall of Pekin died from his own revolver firing when the weapon slipped from its holster. The lower court had awarded the widow $2,900 under the workingmen's compensation act, but the higher court reversed.
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Bloomington
Ill
Ilinoi Supreme Court
Harry Marshall
Pekin
Body of B. W. Lewis Is Privately Buried
The body of Bernard W. Lewis was laid to rest in Allegheny Cemetery Pittsburgh with only family present. Rev. Dr. Hugh T. Kerr officiated and flowers were omitted per the family's request. A letter from Lewis written in New York December 17 suggested he planned death by own action weeks before the Atlantic City and Philadelphia events.
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Pittsburgh
Bernard W. Lewis
Atlantic City
Allegheny Cemetery
Hugh T. Kerr
Shady Side Presbyterian Church
Lewis
Young Lewis
Mazie Colbert
Philadelphia
James S. McFayden
Beechwood Boulevard
New York
McFayden
Union Stockyards
Two Killed In Mine Blast At Wilkes Barre Coal Yard
Two men died and four were injured in a gas explosion at the Maxwell cemetery of the Lehigh and Wilkes Coal company in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on January 8.
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Wilkesbarre
Maxwell cetWery
Lehigh and Wilkes Coal Company
Diemer Case Ends as Grand Jury Drops Indictments
In Pontiac Illinois on January 5 the circuit court discharged the remaining suspects in the Christine Diemer case after the grand jury completed sessions and did not return indictments, ordering all held in the car released.
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Pontiac
Ill
Mysteriou
Christine Diemer
Grand
Denies Leak to Germans in White House Secrets Story
Secretary Tumulty flatly denies a published report that White House secrets leaked to the German embassy and others via tapped wires. The account described an international spy ring around the President. Von Hatzfeldt of the German embassy also called the story utterly absurd.
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Washington
Tumulty
White House
Sald
Conally
Prince von Hatefeldt
Matty
Officer slays robber in mistaken identity in Watseka
Francisco Bounty, grocer, was shot and killed by Assistant City Marshal A J Bailey who believed Bounty and a companion were the robbers who robbed Bounty ten minutes earlier. Bailey faces inquest as deputies hunt the fleeing suspects. the case mirrors a prior hold up at Merrill Fowler’s dance pavilion.
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Watseka
Ill
Francisco
A. J. Bailey
la Bounty
la Bounty Bros. Grocers
Merle Eastburn
Moving Picture Show
William M. Browne
Homer M. Browne
Browne
Tom Harper
Bailey
Merrill Fowler
Fowler
Baily
Vollmer Former Indiana State Treasurer Dies in Vincennes
William H. Vollmer longtime Indiana Democrat and former state treasurer died in Vincennes after gallstone surgery at Good Samaritan hospital. His estate valued at roughly one half to three quarters of a million dollars. He had served as county and district party chairman and was elected treasurer in 1910 and 1912.
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Vincennes
Ind
William H. Vollmer
Good Samaritan Hospital
Elka
Harmonie Verein
Boy in Knee Pants Enlists in U S Army at Bloomington
Otis H. Lingenfelter a sixteen year old Bloomington youth applied to Lt. KK FL Copock recruiting officer for admittance to the United States army. After a rigid examination he was accepted and ordered to Columbus barracks with parental consent in his pocket. He is noted for exceptional physique and will be placed in the cavalry. The recruiting officer instructed him to procure long trousers before departure.
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Bloomington
Ind
Otis H. Lingenfelter
KK. FL. Copock
United States
United States Army
Columbus
Vira
Obituary: John W Sage of Rockville and Lincoln
John W Sage, eighty, longtime newspaper publisher in Rockville and Lincoln, died at home after a long illness. He helped establish the Commonwealth in Lincoln and later led the Nebraska Journal. His career spanned decades in regional journalism.
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Rockville
And
Trish
Commonwealth
Lincoln
Nebraska Siol- Journal
Hughes for Union League 3rd New York Jan 8
The Haythian committee of the Union League posts C B Hughes as its choice for the presidency of the organization Ayward Elihu Roo is now mentioned.
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Hughes
Union League
New York
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