Germany Accepts Four Points From Wilson Peace Plan
Berlin reports Count Von Hertling said four of President Wilson’s fourteen points could be agreed upon without difficulty, including abolition of secret diplomacy, free seas navigation outside territorial waters, removal of economic barriers, and equal trade conditions. He noted reluctance to abandon Alsace Lorraine and warned against annexations by force. The chancellor also signaled that Germany would defend its interests on points affecting Austria Hungary and the Balkans, while indicating Turkey’s fate tied to strategic straits. He reserved Austria’s role on point 9 10 11 and stressed the need for a global league of peace after settlement of major questions. A separate note from Berlin via London quoted Hertling saying evacuation of Russian territory concerned Russia and the Central Powers, and that Germany would discuss a broader peace league only after other issues are settled. A local item notes S D B Bishop traveling to Oklahoma City to pursue a $37000 breach of contract suit for Mutual Oil.
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Berlin
London
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Wilson
England
Gibraltar
Aden
Hong Kong
Falk Islands
Joyd George
von Hertling
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Serbia
Monte Negro
Balkan
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Dardenelles
Russia
Congress
Poland
Austria-Henry
France
Alsace Lorraine
Lloyd George
Count Czernin
America
Austria-Hungary
Czernin
Copenhagen
Cunt Szernin
Fot
Shooting at Supreme Cafe Ends in Arrest
J L Shanty Newhouse, after a scuffle with Andrew Christ, fired six to seven shots in the Supreme Cafe and was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill. One bullet pierced an ice box. Newhouse posted $1,000 bond and awaits a hearing set for Tuesday at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Cafe
J. L
Newhouse
Andrew Christ
Christ
Ofelork
Plans to Continue Peace Negotiations With Russia
Count Czernin says Austria-Hungary will press peace talks with Russia on the basis of no annexations and no indemnities. He cited an exchange with America as a potential starter for broader discussions and noted initial harmony with Wilson’s war aims. Poland’s fate and free-action rights were touched on as factors in postwar arrangements.
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Count Czernin
America
London
Austria
Russia
Reichsrat
Soldiers Near Recovery From Camp Doniphan Hospital
Four Lawrence soldiers A F Hudson Carl Achning Alvin White and Melvin Goff have improved after weeks at Camp Doniphan Army Hospital. Achning and White recovered enough to sit outside while Goff and Hudson are out of danger. The hospital staff, including a nurse in every ward, provides excellent care and clean facilities despite multi-patient rooms.
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A. F. Hudson
Carl Achning
Melvin Goff
Alvin White
Lawrence Soldier
Army Hospital
Camp DonIphan
M. F. Hudson
Merchants National Bank
Lawrence
Soldier
Achnine
White
Hudson
Goff
Call Registrants for Examination in Douglas County
Physical examinations begin Monday at 10 am to assess national draft classifications. Dr. Jy T. Jones leads the process as Oliver Schultz of Lawrence and 30 others are listed in Class 1 and 2 awaiting testing. Names include Ellis, Houk, Lee, Titterington, Hodge, Van Meensel, Georgii, and many Lawrence residents with several Baldwin and Eudora entries.
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Douglas County
George Brune
Carl Phillips
Jy. T. Jones
Brune
Oliver R. Schultz
Lawrence
Robert John Ellis
Rudolph Andrew Houk
Lecompton
Walter Harrison Lee
Lawrence W. Titterington
Harold Francis Hodge
Staris van Meensel
William P. Georgii
Lawrence Strong Nelson
Kansas City
Robert Ellie Roe
Eudora
Arthur E. Ott
Frederick Achning Noll
Fernando I. Wilson
Fred Douglas Macey
Bert Williamson
Harvey Albert House
Walter Hertha Walborn
Eimle J. Landon
Dave Harris
Baldwin
Irineco
Fedora
John Pratt Baker
Otis Murray
John Armstead Thompson
Chester FE
Lawson
Leonard Newland
John Perkins
John O. Slonuker
John Tapper
Ross D. Jones
Kingfisher
Okio
James Uttinger
Morgan H. McKean
Wilhelm Oscar Olson
Theodore Spires
Arthur F. Weeks
Nay Bennett Vaughn
Clayton Cooper
William Burl Hackley
Mike Had
Clinton
Gustav Wilhelm Prune
Bernie W. Skaggs
Overbrook
Warren B. Hanson
Noble Delmont Messer
Elza Wiley
John William Shrimpiin
Isaae N. Jordan
Kuan
Lee
Tulsa
Okla
Charles Woodford Terrell
Ralph W. Nelson
New Haven
Conn
Harry John Swartz
Arthur Mackay Spalding
Alfred Winters
John H. Elm
Robert M. Norwood
Leroy Ferris
Rewitt Runsdell
Charles Felix Pennell
Lawrences
James Franklin Shirek
Henry P. Simmons
Oscar John Nuffor
Ivin D. Viets
J. Groft
Camp Meade
Baker Answers Senators Charges
Secretary Baker asks Senator Chamberlain to arrange a full congressional hearing to present a statement defending the army and detailing America’s wartime efforts. He emphasizes duty to officers and men and to business leaders aiding the war, and invites attendance by all members of Congress to hear the account.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
Chamberlain
Congress
Senator Chamberlain
War Department
Washington
America
Senate
House of Representatives
Stubbs Boosters to Topeka Seek Senate Win
Business and professional leaders from Douglas County plan to join twenty five to thirty others at the Kansas Day Club annual meeting in Topeka. The event aims to rally support for Stubbs in the senate race, with representatives from across Kansas attending to push the booster message and bolster chances of victory.
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Stubbs
Senate
Douglas County
Topeka
Kansas Day Club
Kansas
Faculty Opposed to Six Day School at Kansas University
Faculty vote halts six day week plan at the University of Kansas with Chancellor Strong deeming it revolutionary and unnecessary. The faculty approved credit for wireless telegraphy and military science courses, each earning two hours per semester, to meet army radio operator demand. Remaining questions include graduation grading under the new letter system and balancing old and new credit methods for seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Frank Strong
School of Engineering
Robinson Gymnasium
K. U
Farm Bureau Meeting Sets 800 Dollar Guarantee
Douglas County Farm Bureau will meet in Chamber of Commerce rooms at 2 pm tomorrow to report on an 800 dollar guarantee fund to hire a farm agent. Townships report money raised, dues and pledges collected, with a deadline of March 1 to proceed before busy season begins.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
A. A. Hicks
Ice Shortage Warned By Kansas Food Admin
Manhattan Kansas January 24 1918 ice should be stored in anticipation of a possible next summer shortage. Farmers ice houses creameries and refrigeration users urged to stock as much ice as possible due to ammonia demand by the army and navy and chemical shortages impacting ice production.
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Manhattan
Kan
Division of Extension
The
Agricultural College
Army
Navy
Food Administration
Purchases Eight Dogs For University Kennels
Professor C. C. Young, director of the K. U. water laboratories, has bought eight Airedale dogs from Wollaton Kennels in Coatsville Pennsylvania. This brings his total at Nineteenth and Massachusetts streets to twenty four. One dog died en route after a ten day trip. The dog Fern Top Lady is valued at nearly $100 and was shown in 1916 at Philadelphia, taking novice and puppy class first prizes.
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C. C. Young
G. C. Young
K. U. Water Laboratories
Wollaton
Coatsville
Pennsylvania
Mr. Young
Nineteenth
Massachusetts Street
Young
Fern Top Lady
Philadelphia
Kansas Weather Update Sees Snow Likely This Weekend
A weather report notes a cold wave moving in with snow possible. The forecast calls for potentially heavy snowfall and a severe cold snap from Saturday into Saturday night, with temperatures dropping further.
Rotary Club survey aids government munitions drive
The Lawrence chapter of the Rotary Club will survey Douglas County to identify technically trained men for the government’s munitions program. Captain L H Van Dusen of the Civilian Personnel Division requests rapid recruitment of skilled workers, with salaries from 800 to 2500 dollars annually. Key roles include mechanical draftsmen, stenographers, business admins, inspectors for ammunition, steel, powders, and explosives, and metallurgical chemists.
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Lawrence
Rotary Club
Douglas County
Ordnance Department
M. H. Blanford
L. H. van Dusen
City Manager Plan Adopted In Wichita And Eldorado
Eldorado and Wichita have adopted the city manager form under the 1917 Kansas act. City commissioners become governing board with annual mayoral title, salaries set at 50 dollars, open meetings twice monthly, and a manager hired to run city affairs with civil service options and budget duties.
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Civic Improvement League
Citizens Committee
Lawrence
Citizens’ Committee
Civil Service Commission
Kansas
Wichita
ElDorado
United States
Will Find Strength in Organization at Lawrence Chamber Speech
At the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce annual meeting Hon. J D Bowersock read a broad address urging unity and steady effort to advance the city. The speaker recalls helping organize the chamber in the 1880s, reflecting on failures, floods, and eventual dam success, and notes his long tenure at the Douglas County Mill and the shift to paper and corrugated packaging as a future-driven, community effort.
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Lawrence
Red Cross
John N. van der Vries
Department of Mathematics
University of Kansas
Washington
National Chamber of Commerce
America
United States
van der Vries
St. Louis
Douglas County
New York
J. D. Bowersock
Chamber of Commerce
Geo. Innes
Geo. Lei Fand
Lawerence
Kansas River
Kansas
Mr. Bowersock
Noah
Jupiter Pluvius
Hill and
Dinsmoor
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S. DB. Bishop
Oklahoma City
Mutual Oil Company
JL Newhouse
J. L. Newhouse
U. S
Aditi
Ivan der Vries
United States Chamber OF Commerce
Merican Industries
K. H. T. Jones
Dreamining
Difford H. Wilbur
James Arthur Ellison
Camp Taliaferro
Texas
Chartes Topping
Camp Funston
John L. Fogarty
Kenneth A. Benson
Winfield
Frank H. Driggs
Ft. Sill
Carl S. Webber
Lincoln
Neb
Edward Wendall Foster
Camp
Funston
George H. Fair
Jefferson Barracks
Carl B. Spangler
Denver
Clarence Meadows
Camp Johnson
South Carolina
Farm Bureau Meeting
Haseen
Kansas Weather Report
Citizen's Committee
Kansas Cities
Council of Defense
Douglas County Council of Defense
Adrian Lindsey
George Woodward
Harry Vernson
Earl Shinn
Jack Frost
Tad Reid
Wint Smith
Harry Nielsen
W. A. Moore
R. R. Stocks
J. D. Bower
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