Wilson Defends War Prep as Chamberlain Attacks
President Wilson denounces Senator Chamberlain’s New York remarks as an unjustified distortion of war readiness. He credits the War Department with unprecedented efficiency while noting delays from investigations and reorganizational proposals after ongoing measures. Chamberlain replies that his critique targeted military structure and cites Baker’s efforts and the war board plan as flawed yet improvable.
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War Board
Baker
Clear Nice
War Industries Board
Bolshevik Leader Condemns Assassination in Petrograd
Premier Lenin expresses regret over the assassination of former finance minister Shingaroff and Prof. Kokoshkerensky government state comptroller. He orders the Red Guard to hunt the city for the killers.
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Lenine
Bolsheviki
Shingaroff
Kokosh- Kerensky
Kine
Red Guard
Joseph Cailliaux
France
Paris
Politicians clash in war debate over Roosevelt and war policy
Washington Jan. 22. Senate clash between Republicans and Democrats as Stone attacks Roosevelt and War policy. Stone accuses Roosevelt of Kaiser aid and a covert campaign to discredit the administration. Lodge defends GOP wartime votes and labels Stone’s charge political.
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Senate
Lewis
Ollie James
Boies Penrose
Cabot Lodge
Stone
Missouri
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Penrose
Senator Stone
Colonel Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Boies V Penarose
Pennsylvania
Charrsman Willian R. Wilkos
Republican National Committee
War Administration
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Massachusettts
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Lodge
Kaiser
Ukraine
Amsterdam
Roosevelt and war aims spark Senate clash over policy
Senate debate centers on wartime strategy as senators criticize administration actions. Senator Penrose attacks the fuel order and Colonel House's Paris conference, while Stone and Roosevelt are cited as driving forces behind mobilization and war efforts.
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Roosevelt
Penrose
Stone
Colonel House
Fuel Administration
Bolshevik Move Sparks Mass Unrest in Russia
Chaos in Petrograd deepens as Lenin and Trotzky dissolve the constituent assembly and install armed control. Troops and red guards flood Tauride Palace while street fighting kills 15 to 20 and wounds about 100 in Petrograd and Moscow.
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Nicolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
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Antibolsheviki
Lenine
Tauride
Red Guard
Krylenko
Moscow
Coal shipments increase as homes receive more coal
Washington reports Garfield says East homes are getting more coal and bunkering for ships is rising. Rail congestion remains due to weather. Five day plant shutdown ends. industry returns to normal midweek. New York has coal for 50 vessels, Hampton Roads for 100 ships.
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Garfield
East
Seaboard
New York
Hampton Roads
Vogel Nominated Assistant Treasurer for New York
Washington announces President Wilson nominated Martin Vogel of New York to be assistant treasurer of the United States at New York. The appointment adds a key figure to the federal financial office in the city.
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Vogel
Treasury Post
Washington
Martin Vogel
New York
Wilson
United States
Beware of Spies Warning for Chicago Munitions Plants
A Chicago Justice Department warning urges vigilance against spies. Originating with the Navy Intelligence Bureau, the notice stresses secrecy to protect American ships and crews, and calls for posting at munitions factories stockyards and all military information sites.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Intelligence Bureau of the Navy
Illinois flyer killed in Kelly field collision
Cadet Frank U L Serry of Evanston Illinois was killed almost instantly and Cadet V C Dunham died later at Fort Sam Houston base hospital after two planes collided during short fight and landing practice at Kelly field. Serry's mother lives in Evanston at 1111 Foster Street and Dunham's wife is in Rochester New York.
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Frank UL. Serry
V. C. Dunham
Fort Sam Houston
Kelly Field
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Serry
Evanston
Ill
Foster Street
That City
Rochester
Floods Hit Germany as Snow Blocks Rivers and Transport
Heavy snowfall collapses flood risk in Germany. River Mulda overflows and Cassel is half under water, with Hesse villages submerged and Hanover threatened. Rhine poses danger to Cologne while Berlin tram service halts due to labor shortages.
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Hesse
Rhine
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Hanover
Berlin
Carson Resigns as War Cabinet Minister Without Portfolio
London announces Sir Edward Carson has resigned from the war cabinet position of minister without portfolio. The prime minister has urged King George to accept the resignation. The released correspondence says the move concerns the Irish question and not the conduct of the war.
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Ulster
London
Sir Edward Carson
Sir Edward
Bequest Brings New Realty to Metropolitan Museum
Through the will of the late John Hoge of Zanesville the Metropolitan Museum of Art gains realty in New York valued at 95000. The bequest creates a notable addition to the museum's assets and expands its holdings in the city.
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New York
John Hoge
Zanesville
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kerensky aides slain during hospital visit in Petrograd
Petrograd dispatch reports A IT Shingaroff minister of finance and Professor Kokoshine state comptroller murdered in beds at the Marine hospital after six bullets struck Shingaroff and Kokoshine slept. Assassins demanded their beds then fled as Bolsheviks had recently jailed the ministers.
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M. Kokoshine
Constituent Assembly
Constitutional Democratic Party
Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers’ Delegates
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council
British Win Naval Battle at Dardanelles Sinking Turkish Cruiser
The Turkish cruiser Midalla, once the German Hreslin, sank while the Sultan Yavuz Selim, formerly the Goeben, was beached during a naval action at the entrance to the Dardanelles. The admiralty announced the outcome.
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Midalla
Hreslin
Sultan Yavuz Selim
Goeben
Admiralty
French Repulse Two German Raids On Front
The war office reports two German raids repulsed southeast of St Quentin and north of Courtecon with the rest of the front seeing intermittent artillery fire. London notes the night passed quietly with nothing of special interest to report.
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War Office
St. Quentin
Courtecon
London
Haig appoints Sir Herbert Lawrence as chief of staff
The Times reports at British headquarters in France the appointment of Lieut. Gen. Sir Herbert Lawrence as Haig's new chief of staff as part of drastic changes underway.
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France
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