Wilson Speech Echoes Across London Press
London papers crown Wilson’s address as a key peace charter while comparing it with Lloyd George. They note similar essential policy, highlight Wilson’s sympathetic stance toward Bolsheviks, and urge open peace talks, freedom of the seas, disarmament, and end to secret diplomacy.
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London
Jan
Wilson
America
Lloyd George
Westminster Capek Babac
Germany
The
Evening News
Russia
Star
Pall Mall Gazette
Negotiators Hold Preliminary Talks in Amsterdam
Russian and Central Powers delegations met in Amsterdam on January 9 to sort procedural questions. Attending were Leon Trotzky, Dr. Von Kuehlmann, Count Czernin, Talaat Pasha, and other ministers. A plenary session was planned for the morning. Later CP representatives met with the Ukrainians.
Outbreak in Portugal and Lisbon forts bombardment
News from Madrid reports a Portuguese outbreak with mutiny among Porta pone warship crews who attacked Lisbon forts. Government loyalty to Dr. Sidvio Paez restored tranquility. Also notes Kansas University Journalism Building addition and union mid week prayer service details.
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Madrid
Spain
Portugal
Lisbon
Sidvio Paez
New British Ambassador Named to Succeed Sir Cecil Spring-Rice
Lord Reading, the lord chief justice of England, is appointed as the new British ambassador to replace Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. The move elevates Reading to lead Britain’s diplomatic mission with extensive legal and government experience guiding the post.
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Lord Reading
England
Cecil’ Spring-Rice
French Penetrate German Positions On Italian Front
French troops in the Woevre carried out a sortie into German lines east of St Mihiel. They penetrated a mile front, taking 140 prisoners and machine guns, destroyed defenses, then withdrew. Berlin says a thrust near Ammerswiler in Alsace was repulsed. Bad weather limits Italian front infantry but artillery remains active between Asiago and the Piave.
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Associated Press
Woevre
St. Mihiel
Ammerzwiler
Alsace
Berlin
Paris
Mont Tetton
Champagne
Verdun
Upper
Bullecourt
Cambrai
Boesinghe-Staden
Ypres
Asiago
Piave
Douglas Haig
Champaigne
Cape Vere
Madeira
Africa
Senegal
Bakar
New Order
Azores
Cape Verde Island
Spain
Europe
South America
Wilson
Congress
London
Phi Psi service flag shows sixty one in military service
The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity unfurled a service flag bearing sixty one stars representing members in military service. Twelve are in aviation, five or six currently in France. Superintendent Raymond A. Kent of the city schools is in Emporia today on business.
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Phi. Kappa Psi Fraternity
Aviation Service
France
Raymond A. Kent
Emporia
Kansas Weather Report Prompted By Cold Wave
A brief Kansas forecast notes snow tonight and Thursday, colder conditions in the west, and a cold wave sweeping the region. Winds shift to fresh to strong northerly, with continued cold weather expected for several days.
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Kansas
Reese
Red Cross Ambulance Trucks Tour Lawrence Before France Duty
Twelve standard Red Cross ambulances, provided by the Kansas City chapter to Ambulance Company No. 24, visited Lawrence yesterday under Journal-World invitation. The U S government approved GM trucks carry twelve seated wounded or four stretcher cases, and will be on duty in France within two months.
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Red Cross
Kansas City
Missouri
Camp Funston
Lawrence
Journal-World
Samuel Alyport
Mr. Alport
France
Massachusetts Street
Seventh Street
Sixteenth Street
Tennessee Street
Eighth Street
New Hampshire Street
Peerless
North Road
United States
General Motors Truck Company
Middle West
Agricultural War Conference Opens in Kansas
Kansas holds its first agricultural war conference with livestock men and farmers from across the state. 150 delegates attend as experts discuss farm labor shortages due to the war, with E V Wilcox outlining federal plans. Arnold Berns and Fred B Caldwell address beef and pork production.
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Topeka
Kansas
Canada
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Mohler
E. V. Wilcox
Office of Farm Management
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Department of Agriculture
Arnold Berns
Peabody
Fred B. Caldwell
Howard
University urged to vaccinate students to curb smallpox epidemic
Lawrence health officials push vaccination for University students to prevent citywide smallpox outbreaks. County health officer Rudolph cites Crumbine orders and interprets them as applying to university pupils, aiming to protect public health. By noon 527 county schoolchildren were vaccinated, with Lake View and Lawrence Business College among early responders.
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Rudolph
John ’C. Rudolph
S. J. Crumbine
Doctor Rudolph
Dr. Crumbine
Doctor Crumbine
Doctor Caunmibine
Lake View
Lawrence Business College
E. B. Cronemeyer
Board of Education
Hospital ship Rewa torpedoed in English Channel
German statements last year suspended immunity of hospital ships in the English Channel and other waters. Rewa was torpedoed during a voyage from Gibraltar on January 4, with three crew fatalities. All wounded were saved. Earlier, Britain ended special markings on hospital ships, prompting king Alfonso to broker free movement within defined areas.
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English Channel
London
Rewa
Gibraltar
Bristol
Bawlish Channel
Firitish
Alfonso
Spain
Colleges to End Baseball and Expand Athletics
Kansas colleges discussed abolishing college baseball to cut costs and extend interclass athletics to all students. A committee will draft resolutions for action soon. Chancellor Strong urged preserving athletics for all, while many reps favored ending baseball and limiting social events. Seniors in service may receive degrees. others called for proportional academic credit.
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Hhansas College Association
Topeka
Strong
Kansas University
Kansas Agricultural College
Emporia Normals
Plot to Start Revolution Unearthed Hidden Armory
Federal officials offered for sale in Los Angeles 288000 worth of arms and munitions once stored in the federal building to spark a revolution in Mexico. Army intelligence exposed the plot after an ad seeking "ten husky men" led a buyer to the basement. Two men are jailed, Nicholas Sean Zogg and N. A. Myles, with two federal officials implicated. The munitions were allegedly seized two years earlier amid a failed scheme linked to American landowners. An undercover ad hid the scheme, tracing it to profit-driven appointees.
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Los Angeles
Federal
Mexico
Army
Nicholas Sean Zogg
N. A. Myles
Overlooks Gas Supply Under Kansas Natural In Paola Field
Arthur Davidson vice president Racine Oil Co says three million cubic feet of gas daily near Paola Kansas is being overlooked by Kansas Natural. He claims offers to sell gas at fair prices have been ignored while Kansas Natural builds pipelines into Oklahoma to secure a new supply. He asks the State Public Utilities Commission for guidance on disposing of production and notes nearby field gas is accessible and connected but undispensed.
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Kansas
Miami County
Kansas Natural
State Public Utilities Commission
Topeka
Arthur Davidson
Racine Oil Company
Oklahoma
Davidson
State Commission
Paola
Haskell Season Opener Set Against Cooper College
Haskell Indians basketball opens tomorrow night at Haskell Court against Cooper College at 8 pm, with coach Venne unsure of Cooper’s strength after a previous large loss abroad. The lineup features Murdock and Carpenter forwards, Davis center, McLemore and Dupoley guards, with Bates, Black, Bowman as backups.
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Venne
Haskell
Cooper College
Haskell Court
Cooper Five
Cooper
Cooper Court
Ottawa University
Baker
Camp Funston
Murdock
Carpenter
Davis
McLemore
Dupoley
Bates
Black
Bowman
Examination for West Point and Annapolis Applicants
Applicants for West Point and Annapolis will be examined at Kansas University at 9 o'clock January 12. The tests cover Algebra and Geometry. Candidates must submit a physician's certificate of soundness and letters from reputable citizens confirming good character, being bona fide residents of the district and within ages 16-20 for Annapolis and 17-22 for West Point.
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West Point
Annapolis
Kansas University
E. C. Little
Y M C A Elects New Board Members at Annual Meeting
The City Y M C A annual meeting elected W. C. McConnell Ed Klein A T Olson and J M Boyd to the Board for three years. Hugh Blair was chosen as trustee.
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Y. M.C. A. Board of Directors
W. C. McConnell
Ed. Klein
A. T. Olson
J. M. Boyd
Hugh Blair
Truster
Local Draft Board Ranks Registrants by Classification
The local draft board will center its efforts on classifying registrants rather than calling in order of daily lists. Yesterday forty eight men were classified, with first class registrants not necessarily called in order due to errors found in names. The board will proceed by the order questionnaires were sent out, listing names in Class 1 3 and 5, including Elmer Herbert Lanon Eudora Richard Gleed Lawrence Earl Carr Lawrence William Mitchell Lawrence John Forest Lash Lawrence and others, with delinquents noted for failing to return questionnaires.
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Viserday
Boar
George Lamne
Ted Hat
Elmer Herbert Lanaon
Eudora
Richard Gleed
Lawrence
Earl Carr
William Mitchell
John Forest
Lash
Walter Holt
Wallace Clark Harris
Gus MM. Mears
James Leon Metcalf
Carl Greene
Ray L. Landon
Vinland
Yease
Milton Kring
Baldwin
Ollie
Nene Lawrence
Forest Nelson Lawrence
William
Earl Hinseley
Stephen Dimery
Henry Albert Broeker
John Charles Zebulon Fishback
William Edwin Hoffman
James He Childs
Brion
Henry Douglas Wise
Lecom John Thomas Ice
Richland
Thos
H. Hout
Clinton
Kans
Arthur Lamont Kraus
Charles Otto Walkkuhle
Lecompton
Carl
William Johnson
Fred Eugene Johnson
Josepancompton
Harvey
Elston
Lawcompton
Thurston Cooper
Ralph Madison Guthrie
Arvid E. Erickson
Renze
George C. Hendricks
Charles H. Watson
Karl Aldrich
Milton L. Baker
Angel Lev Na, Jr
Dana Moninguis
Waldo Monroe
CALLED TO COLORS The University of Kansas loses Captain Haskins
Captain C A Haskins, long time sanitary chief and Sanitary Engineer for Kansas, has enlisted for war service. He received commission as a Captain in the Sanitary Corps and orders to report to Fort Ogilthorpe Georgia. He is praised for forceful accurate administration and broad state work on sanitation.
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University of Kansas
C. A. Haskins
University
W.C. Hoad
Sanitary Department
State of Kansas
Sanitary Corps
Fort Ogiethorpe
Haskins
Snow prospects for Kansas cold wave forecast
Topeka January 9 a cold wave with sub zero temperatures and likely snow is the Kansas forecast for the next twenty four hours. Temperatures fell to six degrees above zero at Concordia and ten at Topeka this morning. No snow in central and western areas yesterday though some flurries occurred in the southeast and eastern parts. Thursday morning temperatures are expected from five below zero in the north and west to zero to five above in the south and east.
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Kansas
Topeka
State
Concordia
Weather Bureau
Printing rotation honors church leader in 1918 event
The Official Printing outsides the county printing morning awarded the coin for the year 1918 to the Gases. The policy of rotating between daily papers is cited. Rev Frank Jennings of the Baptist Church is in Chicago attending a meeting with religious attendees.
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Prinling
Frank Jennings
Iatist Church
Chicago
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