Wilson Outlines Fourteen Peace Steps For Global Order
President Wilson, addressing Congress, sets forth open covenants and a world peace program. He urges evacuation of Russia and Belgium, free navigation, removal of trade barriers, disarmament, and autonomous development for nationalities, with a league of nations to ensure security. He emphasizes aid to Russia and a transparent peace process.
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Wilson
Russia
Belgium
France
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
Italy
Austria-Lhungary
Balkans
Roumania
Serbian
Montenegro
Balkan
Ottoman Empire
Dardanelles
Association of Nations
Germany
Pacific
Heroism in the Great War and the quiet bravery of support roles
J. B. Brand in the Wide World notes many acts of bravery beyond frontline combat. Ambulance crews, army service corps drivers, and military bands repeatedly face danger, keeping hope and momentum alive amid bombardment and chaos. The piece recalls Russo Japanese campaigns where bands steadied troops under fire.
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J. B. Brand
Army Service Corps
Cavivas Shoes and Car Brakes and Alarm Devices
The article notes future shoes built from cavivas and composition, a car emergency brake that drops curved plates to lift drive wheels, and a burglar alarm firing five blanks. It also mentions Japan banning alcohol containing wood alcohol and related labeling rules, plus a two part baggage check patent and fruit composition facts.
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Japan
California
Seaweed as fuel source and novel two wheeled vehicle
An English scientist reports seaweed yields seven gallons of fuel oil per ton of vegetation when supply is exhausted. A new two wheeled auto style machine uses two side wheels to stay upright. A finance expert finds that all but 20 American millionaires began life as poor boys.
Peace Parley Halts to Mobilize Labor
Berlin suspends Brest-Litovsk talks after Russian demand to move negotiations to Stockholm. Revolt erupts as 25 000 German soldiers east of Kovno desert over westward draft. authorities struggle to cut food and quell armed mutiny. Washington orders mobilization of 3,000,000 workers for agriculture shipbuilding and war contracts through the United States Employment Service with 400,000 mechanics to shipyards and a nationwide labor network planned.
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Berlin
Zurich
Brest-Litovs
Stockholm
Russia
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
Brest- Litovsk
Kovno
Western Front
Washington
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Department
John B. Densmore
Montana
Employment Service
Wilson
Robert Watson
Massachusetts
Charles T. Clayton
Maryland
Samuel J. Gompers
New York
Mr. Watson
Bureau of Immigration
Federal Employment Service
Federal Service
Public Service Reserve
War survey urges all large food handlers to report
Washington reports all dealers manufacturers and warehousemen with substantial food holdings must report their December 31 inventories to the war emergency food survey. They should file even if not mailed a schedule and may request copies from the Bureau of Markets or local offices.
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Brest-Litovsk
Lloyd George
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Charlies J. Brand
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Brand
Goethals Named Director of War Department Transportation
Washington on January 9 Secretary Baker appointed Ma George W Goethals acting quarter master general to also serve as director of war department transportation and storage The reorganization of the war department follows the earlier creation of a war council of high general officers last month.
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Washington
War Department
War Council
Baker
George W. Goethals
War Department Transportation and Storage
Soldier Wounded in Action Named Snedeker
Washington reports General Per thing says Private Arthur Snedeker of the engineers was seriously wounded in action on December 1. His father, O Snedeker, resides in Columbia Missouri.
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Washington
Perthing
Arthur 7. Snedeker
O. Snedeker
Columbia
Thirty Killed in Rail Wreck Near Traiserlautern
A railway disaster near Traiserlautern in Bavaria Germany leaves more than three dead and about 100 injured according to a dispatch received Wednesday afternoon Thursday report from Amsterdam.
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Asterdam
Traiserlautern
Bavaria
Germany
Mayor’s House Painted Yellow After Aid Refusal
Citizens visited Mayor John Glotfelty and Isaac Newlands in Ottumwa Indiana to protest their refusal to aid Red Cross and Liberty loan campaigns by painting their names yellow.
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Ottumwa
Tan
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
John Glotfelty
Isaac Newlands
British Restore Lines After German Breach East of Bullecourt
London reports Field Marshal Aing says German troops gained a footing in British trenches east of Bullecourt. A counter attack restored the line and prisoners were taken.
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London
Aing
Bullecourt
Supreme Court Upholds Selective Service Act
The Supreme Court declares the selective service act constitutional. Chief Justice White delivers a unanimous opinion stating Congress has power to compel military service at home and abroad, dismissing most contentions as imaginary.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
White
Mississippi ratifies federal prohibition amendment
Jackson Miss Jan 10. Fifteen minutes after the subject was presented in Governor Reilbo's message both houses ratified the proposed prohibition amendment to the federal Constitution. Only eight dissenting votes were cast. Mississippi assembly is the first to act on the proposed amendment.
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Jackson
Miss
Reilbo
Mississippi Assembly
National Rifle Practice Board Reorganization Announced
Washington January 11 the war department announced a reorganization of the national board for promotion of rifle practice aimed at stimulating rifle shooting interest nationwide.
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Washington
National Board For Promotion of Rifle Practice
War Department
Washington senator tackles profiteering in military supplies
Senator Jones of Washington introduces a bill to curb profiteers who extort excessive prices for military equipment as the Senate denounces the practice.
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Washington, Jan. Jr
Senate
Jones
Washington
French Drive Off Raiders Near Verdun
Heavy artillery fire near Bezonvaux and Breuettes northeast of Verdun was reported. A German raid on French trenches north of Hill 304 on the Meuse was repulsed by French forces.
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Paris
Bezonvaux
Chambrettes
Verdun
War Office
Hill 304
Meuse
U. S. Aviator Escapes Death in Camp Kearny Crash
Capt Roy Knoggle junior aviator narrowly avoided a fatal crash after his airplane struck a bathhouse at Camp Kearny in San Diego on January 9. The craft was wrecked but Knoggle escaped unharmed.
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U. S
San Diego
Cal
Camp Kearny
Roy Knoggle
Wilson Endorses Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment
President Wilson announced support for the federal woman suffrage amendment after a White House meeting with a 12 member delegation led by J E B Baker of California. He argued suffrage is a matter of constitutional authority and noted wartime service by women merits favorable consideration.
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Washington
Wilson
Taylor
Colorado
White House
Congress
John EB. Baker
California
J. K. Campbell
Allen W. Berkley
Kentucky
Edward T. Taylor
Alexander W. Gregg
Marvin Jones
Texas
J. Charles Linthiclum
Maryland
Thaddeus P. Caraway
Arkansas
James P. Mayes
Utah
William A. Ayres
Kansas
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Clement Brumbaugh
Ohio
Mayes
SUSPENDS COMMUNITY GUARD
Secretary Baker announced a reorganization suspending the United States Guard. The special protective duty will be performed by army troops aided by 1 800 federal Guardsmen, enrollment now limited. Changed conditions cited in the order.
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Washington
United States Guard
Baker
Germans Level 130 Villages Behind Western Front
Rome press dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg ordered a scorched earth policy. About 130 villages, mainly near St. Quentin, were leveled to deny Allied use and strengthen German defenses to the rear.
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von Hindenburg
Paris
Rome
The
Matin
St. Quentin
United States to Control Oil Under Fuel Administration
Washington January 11 The government prepares to take control of the oil supply under the fuel administration A man is chosen to head the program and his name will be announced with the policy decision
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Fuel Administration
Washington
The
British Ship Losses Rise as Submarine Attacks Hit Merchants
London reports the sinking in the past week of 18 merchant ships over 1,600 tons and three smaller vessels by mine or submarine. The tally underscores ongoing maritime losses amid wartime activity.
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London
British Admiralty
British Capture 114,544 Prisoners and 781 Guns in 117 Fronts
War office summary shows 114,544 prisoners and 781 guns captured on all fronts. Losses total 28,879 prisoners and 166 guns.
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London
War Office
Deserters From Canada Captured
Privates James and Warry McComas brothers in the Canadian army faced a firing squad moment as they began return to Toronto after deserting at St Johns. Authorities pursued them from Chicago.
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Canada
Chicago
James and
Warry McComas
Toronto
St. Johns
British Casualties In Week Ending Monday Reported
British casualties for the week ending Monday totaled 18,998. Officers killed or died of wounds numbered 113, officers wounded or missing 448. The remaining casualties were 14,605 men.
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London
Governor Capeper Seeks Half Fare for Soldiers
Topeka Kansas January 9 Governor Capeper appealed to the secretary of war to grant half fare railroad rates for soldiers traveling home on furloughs He stated the country owes the boys that much and urged action to ease their return home.
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Topeka
Kan
Capeper
Secretary of War
Baltic Sails Survive German Submarine Chase Off England
A letter recounts the Baltic voyage with Arthur Balfour aboard when a German submarine attacked. An American warship launched a counterstrike, enveloped in smoke, and destroyed the submarine as the liner neared the English Channel.
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Kansas City
Arthur J. Balfour
England
United States
H. P. Wright
Wright
Canada
English Channel
Checking Leaks to Germany Sparks New Port Inspections
New York reports drastic port measures by Byron B. Newton to overhaul every vessel in or out of the harbor with selected squads. Passengers and crew may be searched and steamships to entente allies scrutinized to prevent enemy communications. Washington notes a claim that ammunition for Germany is manufactured in America possibly under German officers and secretly exported to Copenhagen.
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New York
Byron B. Newton
Washington
Americas
Copenhagen
Defeat Germans at Verdun as French Repel Assault
Paris reports German troops attempting to advance on the Verdun front were driven back by French fire with heavy enemy losses. French artillery fights continue on the Champagne front. The French claim a successful incursion west of Rouvenilles with no losses. French airmen bombarded German targets, downing or damaging six enemy planes over the weekend.
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Paris
Verdun
Champagne
Hnes
Rouvenilles
WADOO CUTS OFF 400 TRAINS
Announcement by Director General McAdoo states about 400 passenger trains were cut on three main eastern roads since midnight Saturday. Engines freed by the cut will haul coal and ease freight congestion.
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Washington
McAdoo
Pittsburgh
German Language Ended in Topeka Public Schools
Topeka Kansas January 9 The board of education abolished the teaching of German in the public schools after the present term.
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Topeka
Kan
Board of Education
U.S. Plans Rate Adjustments for New Railway System
Washington on January 11 officials indicated early government operation of railroads will prompt a general readjustment of the country’s rate system to fit the new noncompetitive conditions.
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U.S
Washington
Jan
Two Women Kill Girl Flee From Hospital
Miss Elene Branstitter twenty years old was smothered to death at Jacksonville state hospital by two patients Marian Menika of Springfield and Stelia Coppa of Chicago.
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Jacksonville
Misselene Branstitter
Jacksonville State Hospital
Marian Menika
Springfield
Stelia Coppa
Chicago
British Aviators Destroy Eight Planes on Italian Front
British aviators on the northern Italian front destroyed eight Austro German aircraft and forced two more to the ground during the last week, according to the British war office.
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London
British War Office
Former Tiger Captain Dies in San Antonio
Lieut. Walter Foulke Kellfeld, former Princeton football captain, died at the base hospital in San Antonio Texas after a third attack of pneumonia.
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Tiger
San Antonio
Tex
Walter Foulke
Kell
Feld
Princeton
Penumonia
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