Austria Strives for World Peace Amid War Strife
The Brest-Litovsk talks pause until January 29 as Trotzky travels to Petrograd. Austria Hungary pledges no new territorial demands and workers resume or suspend strikes while labor leaders call for ending the conflict. Rumors say Dr Seydler may resign and Count von Toggenburg seeks a new cabinet. Fronts see limited action with Bulgarian gains west of the Vardar and British circles debating Carson’s war cabinet position amid Irish home rule talks.
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Seydler
Charles
Austria
Berlin
Count von Toggenburg
Interior
von Seyciler
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Trotzky
Selecting the Meeting Place for the Bankers in 1918
W A J Idol cashier of the Commercial National bank traveled to Raleigh to join the executive committee of the North Carolina Bankers' association. The committee will decide the 1918 meeting location, with Wrightsville Beach the prior year's venue.
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W. A.J. Idol
Commercial National Bank
Raleigh
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
Wrightsville Beach
Increased Lumber Rates Suspended by Commission
Washington reports the interstate commerce commission suspended increased lumber rates from Virginia to central freight association territory via the Southern railway. The pause runs from January 29 to July 29.
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Washington
Virginia
Central Freight Association
Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Survivors Arrive From Sunk Steamer Lackenbach
Survivors of the American steamer Lackenbach arrive at an Atlantic port after being torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the war zone. They will return to the port where they signed onto the vessel.
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Atlantic
Lackenbach
Venice
Tagliamento
Venetia
American corporal reported killed in action
Washington January 22 General Pershing reports Corporal Walter Roberts infantry was killed in action on January 20 no details of the engagement were given His mother Mrs Kate Roberts lives at Hartline Washington
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Washington
Pershing
Walter Roberts
Mia
Kate Roberts
Hartline
Wash
Rebels Fire On Gunboat Near Yangtse Keep
The American gunboat Monocacy was attacked near Kien-Lih-Sien on the Yangtse with one sailor killed and two wounded. The gunboat returned fire. the attackers hid behind a dike on the riverbank. Monocacy later reached Hangchow, and a Japanese steamer Tayuen also faced fire.
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Peking
China
Kien- Lih-Sien
Yangtse Wiang
Hangchow
Tayuen
Chinese attack on Monocacy near Yochow on Yangtse
Secretary Daniels released a statement saying the U S gunboat Monocacy was fired on January 17 about 40 miles above Yochow on the Yangtse river. Chief yeoman HL OBrien was injured and WN Donnelly wounded. fire was returned and silenced. Chinese rebels likely anchors or revolutionists.
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Washington
Daniels
Monocacy
Yocohow
Yangtse Xiang River
HL. O’brien
Yeoman
Vite
W. N. Donnelly
Sen Wing
Big Industries Blamed For Help Shortage
Washington, Jan. 22. The department of labor sent directions to large industrial concerns to cease widespread advertising for help. The move follows claims from Virginia truck farmers that competition from city jobs hurts labor supply and risks losses of one million bushels of potatoes due to recruiting ads.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Virginia
Post
Near Zero in Nashville as Heatless Monday Begins
Nashville Tenn January 22 heatless Monday started with temperatures at three degrees above zero. The closing order is observed by lines affected. Public schools were crossed. Tobacco warehouses in Sumner Trousdale counties and Warren Simpson Allen Logan counties closed their plants for the day.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sumner
Trousdale
Tennessee
Warren
Simpson, Allen and Logan
Kentucky
Heatless Monday Shuts Charleston Businesses
In Charleston, January 22, a fuel order left the city with a Sundaylike quiet. Temperature nears freezing as stores and offices close. merchants and many professionals observe a holiday by agreement.
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Charleston
8. C
Fuelless Monday Closes Most Columbia Businesses
Fuelless Monday in Columbia South Carolina brings widespread suspensions with many firms shut for the first time in history. Only newspapers theaters drug stores groceries and banks stay open as officials enforce the fuel restriction.
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Columbia
S. C
Government Control of Meat Urged in War Time
Chicago packing house workers call for government control of the meat industry extending to all U S plants. Frank P Walsh argues national necessity while Levy Mayer contends seizure lacks justification as mediation on the Chicago pact proceeds with workers claiming Packers failed to honor the agreement.
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Chicago Packing Plant
United States
Chicago
Frank P. Walsh
Commission
Levy Mayer
Widespread harbor bombing plot report disproved
Washington reports that an alleged plan to blow up every ship in U S harbors was investigated and found baseless by government agents. Officials say the rumor originated from an irresponsible crank and reached high circles. Naval guards have been increased independently of the false claim.
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Washington
Secretary Daniels Praises Labor in War Rally
Secretary Daniels lauds labor for its wartime response at a Washington demonstration by the Washington navy yard and government gun factory workers. President Wilson thanks the labor movement for pledging devotion to winning the war, praising duty over demands.
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Washington
Daniels
Washington Navy Yard
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Army of Labor
Labor
Sabbath Observance Ordered for U S Service Members
President Wilson directed all men in the military and naval service to observe the Sabbath. Sunday labor should be reduced to strict necessity, with guidance issued from the White House on January 22.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Clearing of Congestion Hampered by Weather
Washington reports show coal moving freely to eastern households and trans Atlantic shippers after a fuel administration order. Railroad congestion remains worsened by bad weather as factories east of the Mississippi enter a fifth day of shutdown and the first heatless Monday is observed. officials offer limited details on suspension duration.
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Fuel Administration
Mississippi
Garfield
Credit extension cited as key factor in inflation report
The Federal Reserve Board, in its annual Congress report dated January 22, says credit extension is not the sole cause of rising prices but is a major duty to prevent bank credit from running uncontrolled. It urges Americans to save goods and credit to curb price increases and free materials for wartime use.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Congress
Washington Cotton Market Shows Unsettled Sentiment
The cotton market opened with nervousness and a decline from Saturday's rally amid liquidation and local pressure. Liverpool’s failure to meet resistances helped push prices down 12 to 19 points, while better weather in the Southwest and Washington talks on price control added to the unsettled tone. Cotton futures opened steady with January 31.15, March 30.97, May 30.54, October 28.87.
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New York
Liverpool
Washington
Storm warnings issued along Atlantic coast
Washington January 22 storm warnings were issued from the Atlantic coast to Eastport Maine. A storm center over North Carolina moved northeast rapidly this morning.
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Atlantic
Washington
Atlantic Coast
Eastport
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Division A of Class One Registrants Revealed
The exemption board reviewed 123 registrants yesterday afternoon and this morning. About 20 percent or 25 individuals were placed in division A of class one, while most registrants with dependents moved to class four. A small number join the fifth class for physical unfitness or current military service.
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Army
Navy
Wilson Attack on Chamberlain Boosts War Cabinet Bill
President Wilson’s denunciation of Senator Chamberlain’s attack on the war department and his support for Secretary Baker rally Democrats to back the war cabinet bill. Chamberlain Hitchock and Wadsworth plan a straight out fight on merits when the senate acts, with House Republicans also weighing endorsement.
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Wilson
Chamberlain
Berlain
War Department
Baker
Senate
Senate Military Committee
Hitchcock
Wadsworth
Coun
Tee
House
Ccaucus
McAdoo says no non essential farm goods list
Washington January 22 Director General McAdoo advised the department of agriculture that the railroad administration has no plan to issue a list of non essential farm products and that plums now being laid would supply adequate transport for all farm products nationwide.
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McAdoo
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Merchants to Hear Government Plans at War Problems Banquet
High Point merchants and city shopkeepers will gather for a war problems banquet with speakers from government and industry. John Paul Lucas executive secretary of the state food administration will outline cooperation steps. J Norman Wills and J Frank Morris will discuss credits and related issues as part of the program. Oyster banquet follows at the Confederate Veterans Hall with reservations required by tomorrow afternoon.
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High Point
John Paul Lucas
State Food Administration
Lucas
Herbert Hoover
Wilson
J. Norman Wills
Greensboro
South
Wills
Teensboro Organization of Merchants Od
State Association
J. Frank Moris
Winston-Salem
Association of Merchants
Paul Leonard
Statesville
Merchants Association of North Carolina
Leonard
Washington
Eli Ingram
VW. Idel
Camp of
Confederate Veterans
Enterprise Building
Merchants’ Association
A. M. ‘Dol
More American Observers Serve At Front With French
More American observers have begun work at the front with French pilots. They fly in French airplanes but the article avoids naming numbers identities or their station locations. The report emphasizes shared effort and collaboration between American and French air forces in France.
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France
Associated Prews
Eddie Plank Traded to New York Americans
St Louis reports veteran pitcher Eddie Plank and Derrill Pratt were traded to the New York Americans for five players and cash. New York received pitchers Shocker and Cutlog catcher Nanamaker and infielders Mareel and Friedeon.
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Eddie Plank
New York Americans
St. Louis
Derrill Pratt
Smc
St. Laula Americans
New York Era
Shocker
Cutlog
Nanamaker
Mareel End Friedeon
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Navy Department
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Walsh
Apento
Auerio
Al-Cerman
Ank
American
Secretary
Eastern
Householders and trans-Atlantic Shipping
Ernest Reece
B. OH. Griffin
C. W. Dorsett
R. P. Reddick
W. J. Creech
H. . Williard
Albert L. Freeze
Gid Stilley
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Owen Mwarris John B. Wardell
Bruce Weathermann
Robert J. Mill Purdy H. Carrell
B. H. Poole McKinley Corbetti, Lindsay James KR. Burton
Wm. P. Miller
Charles O. Wright
Isaac Hunter
Rensy Barnett Otis Wiley Theron S. Pettiford van B. Holt
Harry Fine
R. Ponton
T. D. Culler
O. C. Morris
George Michael
Grover Barringer
Bryant
Charlie Ferguson
J. L. Rusty
Bi. F. Bedgecock
Ree Jordan
Jesse P. Burton
John Reid
C. B. Underwood
Sam Kye
Ransom Kennedy
William Parson
Joseph PL Derham
W. R. Price
Andrew Stevenson
Joh Waddell
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M I Parker
Otis W
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Larvey Speaker
O. Fitzgerald
Henry Johnson
CS. Carroll
N. E. Briggs
John R. Sanders
H W. Gray
James L. Miller
T. L. Shoemuaker
Clyde Ward
J. Coley Hedrick
Ud. W. Richardson
T. F. Wall
Robert Delopy
John E. Morgan
I Sink
Charles Roberts
CP. Holt
Gus Manos
W.E. Coltrane
Charles F. Craven
A. H. Trotter
H. Harbison
Ray Helmstetter
Briles
Murray Howie
C. Harville
W. L. Tule
H.C. Seehrest
Fred Wrightenberry
J. T. Clodfelter
Hf. Hill
Jd. J. Jester
Lowe
H. Graham
B. Cook
Fred O. Pionmer
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