Boy Hit By Car Injured Near City On River Road
Walter Devin eleven lies at Ezra McKee’s home after a Sunday accident on the river road. His left leg is broken and a possible skull base fracture is feared. He was formerly at the Orphans’ Home and was with the McKees returning from Deer Creek when a bobsled struck an unknown object and threw him into a passing car.
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Walter Devin
Ezra McKee
Walter
Orphans
Mr. Mckee
Samuel Durocher
Eastend
McKee
Cass County Boy Dies in Service on Board Vessel
Orville Rodgers 18 of Cass County died aboard a ship near Honolulu Hawaii from pneumonia while in army training. He enlisted December 8 with Arthur Stillwell and was tied to coast artillery. the body will be shipped home for interment. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Earl Rodgers and a brother Elmer of Cass County.
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War Department
Washington
Orville Rodgers
Earl Rodgers
Royal Center
Young Rodgers
Honolulu
Hawaii
Arthur Stillwell
Coast Artillery
Rodgers
Philippine Islands
Stillwell
Elmer Rodgers
Kansans Miners Strike Amid Industrial Court Law Protest
Pittsburgh Kas January 26 The United Mine Workers president in district 14 Alex Howat offered no formal plan on the 45 miners who refused to work in protest of a recently passed industrial court law. He indicated the action was unauthorized by district officials and reflected broader Kansas labor opposition. He suggested national officials may consider a national campaign in response.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Kas
Alex Howat
United Mine Workers of America
Howat
Kansas
Eral
United Mine Workers
Miltion Garrigus Dies in Kokomo Pioneering Howard County Leader
Captain Milton Garrigus aged 88 longtime Howard county resident died at his Kokomo home just before 11 PM Sunday from pneumonia. A Republican stalwart, he helped shape party politics from 1856 onward. He was born September 27 1831 in Wayne County and moved to Howard County in 1847 to farm and teach. Funeral at Main Street Christian Church Kokomo conducted by Rev D H Shields with G A R to oversee.
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Milton Garrigus
Howard County
Kokomo
Main Street Christian Church
D. H. Shields
Captain Garrigus
Republican Party
Wayne County
Indiana
Timothy L. Garrigus
William Henry Harrison
France
Milton Garrizgus
Wavgre County
Greentown
Influenza and Pneumonia Toll Rising in Cities
AP report shows Chicago 166 deaths from influenza and pneumonia in 24 hours ending 5 pm, with 1,616 influenza and 467 pneumonia new cases. Health officials, including Robertson, plan talks with Surgeon General Blue in Washington. New York reports 1,712 new cases versus 2,855 yesterday, Copeland cautious about the outlook.
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Chicago
Washington
Blue
Associated Press
Jne
Robertson
City Council Health Commission
Robert Blue
Health Service
New York
Copeland
Influenza Cases Rise in South Bend as Deaths Hit High
In South Bend Indiana 1800 influenza cases have been reported by the state health department after a Sunday completion of tests. Sixty deaths occurred in the last two weeks signaling a severe outbreak.
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South Bend
Ind
State Health Department
Air brakes failed to work blamed for Trimmer rail disaster
Testimony at the Trimmer inquiry indicates air brake equipment did not function, contributing to the wreck last Thursday that killed Conductor Ross Landis of this city and injured Brakeman Otto M. Powlen. Crews testified that sand pipes froze and thawed, with air again faulty at the final stops.
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Trimmer
Pennsylvania
Ross Landis
Otto M. Powlen
Stewart
North Court Room
Gaby
Winamac
Boone
Caproni plane to carry 160 passengers described in New York
Augustus A. Post reported to the state aviation commission that a giant Caproni aircraft near Milan will carry 160 passengers. He noted European aviation ahead of the United States and said trials are near as the 3,000 horsepower plane stands among other large passenger models for future air routes.
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New York
Milan
Augustus A. Post
State Aviation Commission
Post
Europe
Aero Club of America
England
France
Italy
Belgium
United States
Senate panel favors army reorganization bill with training plan
Washington notes the senate military committee reported favorably a bill creating compulsory four month training for boys 18 to 21 and forming three force elements the citizen army the standing army and the national guard. The measure reduces regular army strength by five percent annually for five years and provides reserve training for youths with dependents paid war risk allowances.
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Army
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Capper
Kansas
McKellar
Tennessee
Shepherd
Texas
Kirby
Arkansas
Wadsworth
New York
Warren
Wyoming
Sutherland
West Virginia
New Indiana
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Knox
Pennsylvania
Spencer
Missouri
Chamberlain
Oregon
Thomas
Colorado
War Department
Congress
National Guard
Lst
Rep
Erzberger Shot in Berlin as Enemies Again Strike
Finance Minister Mathias Erzberger was wounded by a single shoulder shot after leaving the Helfferich libel court. An assailant named Ottiwg von Hirschfeld was arrested as Wilhelmstrasse was barricaded and troops guarded government buildings. Previously Erzberger survived a June Weimar assault tied to conservative and militarist factions.
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Finance
Herr Erzberger
Criminal Courts
Helfferich
Oltwig von Hirschfeld
Wilhelmstrasse
Erzberger
Noske
Weimar
Peace treaty fate unsettled amid bipartisan fallout
A fragile peace treaty stalls on the floor as a bipartisan committee collapses. Democratic and Republican leaders face a severed diplomatic front, underscoring renewed tensions and fragile cooperation between major parties.
Erzberger Political Figure Faces High Treason Libel Trial
Mathias Erzberger once led the German center party and backed the war effort. Accused by Dr. Karl Helfferich of high treason over the 1917 peace move, the libel suit has been bitter. Erzberger later joined the armistice delegation and became vice premier and finance minister in 1919.
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Mathias Erzberger
Center Party
Karl Helfferich
Erzberger
Marshal Foch
Bauer
Search Under Way for Pair Alleged Confidence Crooks
Authorities launch statewide manhunt for William Cassell and a woman claiming to be his wife in Elkhart county. They allegedly ran confidence games and forgeries netting over 4000 from Goshen Elkhart and nearby residents. Victims include Elkhart Mayor William E Wider and EB Fritz as well as New Paris bank customers and local farmers. The pair’s exact identities and origins remain undetermined as records are sought.
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William Cassell
Elkhart County
Goshen
Elkhart
Cassell
William E. Wider
EB. W. Fritz
New Paris Bank
New Paris
Cassel
Hisbart County
Deportation Push Planned for 3000 Suspect Aliens
Washington reports Secretary Wilson deems the communist and communist labor parties revolutionary under the deportation law. About 3000 of 3600 rounded up radicals are ready for deportation. hearings and removals will proceed rapidly while cases for others use alternative proofs. Most detainees are Russian with diverse nationalities also present. A warrant for Ludwig C. A. K. Martens will be served when he is released by a senate subcommittee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
J. D. Hoover
Palmer
Hoover
Ludwig C. A. K.martens
Martens
Senate
Wilson to move Houston from Agriculture to Treasury
Washington reports President Wilson plans to transfer Secretary Houston from the Agriculture Department to the Treasury to replace Carter Glass who will become a Virginia senator. The nomination could reach the Senate within a day or two, a cabinet first in Wilson’s administration.
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Washington
Wilson
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Treasury Department
Carter Glass
Virginia
Senate
Roosevelt
Treasury
William G. McAdoo
St. Louis
Leffingwell
Glass
Two Men Held in Jail After Noon Arrest
Ray Layton aged 34 of Fort Wayne and Jack Coughlin aged 28 of St. Louis Missouri were arrested at noon yesterday and are now held in the local jail.
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Ray Layton
Fort Wayne
Jack Coughlin
St. Louis
Destructive High Street Fire Destroys Five Buildings
A major Columbus blaze on High street destroyed five buildings in the business district. Loss is estimated between 500000 and 800000, all insured. No fatalities or injuries reported. Four buildings housed Morehouse Martens, a leading dry goods retailer. one housed Andrew Dobbie dry seeds store.
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Columbus
High Street
Morehouse-Martens Company
Ohio
Andrew Dobbie Dry Seeds
No Agreement Now In Senate Treaty Talks
Washington reports say the bi partisan conference collapsed over reservations on the Monroe Doctrine and Article 10. Senator Lodge refused any change, prompting Democrats to walk out and plan a reply. leaders warned no quick renewal of talks and a floor fight likely beginning tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Lodge
Navy awards listed by senate panel for enlisted men
The senate committee investigating naval wartime awards releases a list of twelve Distinguished Service Medals and 144 Navy Crosses to enlisted men. The panel notes officers’ awards are being compiled and will be transmitted once complete. Read of sailors on ships in the war zone and hospital units with Marine detachments in France. An Indiana man is cited for influenza death at duty station.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lei Daniels
Hale
Senate
Daniels
Indiana
Még
Naval Hospital
Marine Blade
France
Joseph B. McCrusaken
Marietta
Sic Bay
Osmond K. Ingran
Pratt City
Ala
Seeroyer
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Kokgho
Wood
M. Gould
Norman J. Gould
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Leonard Wood National Campaign Committee
Gould
New England
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Maryland
Imperial Hotel
Gurgner
Landis
Gaby Telis
Crash
Wilhelm Strasse
Flaii
William Bress Lloyd
Reds
Logansport
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