Strikes Across Germany Roil Cities In Massive Labor Relief
News from the German front and Europe notes heavy labor stoppages in Berlin Kiel Hamburg and nearby regions affecting hundreds of thousands. The report describes socialists leading the movement with demands for general peace freedoms and democratic reforms while military authorities suppress demonstrations.
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Germany
Berlin
Kiel
Rhine
Bavaria
Hamburg
Hugo Haase
Independents
Philip Scheidemann
Interstate Commerce approves 15 percent railroad rate increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission on Wednesday in a final decision raises about 15 percent on railroad commodity rates from the East and interior points. The ruling aligns through rates to the coast with higher rates for Spokane Denver Salt Lake City Reno and other intermediate cities, ending long standing rate discrimination protested by merchants.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spokane
Denver
Salt Lake City
Reno
British Shipping Losses Rise in Last Week
London reports an uptick in British shipping losses with official figures showing nine vessels over 1,600 tons destroyed and six smaller vessels sunk during the past week.
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London
Perhaps He Wonders Too
A Galveston News commentary ponders marriage choices and fear in a wife who worries about missing a new firm, reflecting on domestic dynamics and gender roles in slow changing times.
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Galveston News
Hood Reflects on Poem Style and Identity
The note quotes Tom Hood preferring serious verse like The Bridge of Sighs and adds his cheeky remark that the livelihood of a Hood requires a lively Hood, as cited by the Boston Transcript.
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Tom Hood
Hood
Boston Transcript
Von Hertling on World Peace Terms and Armament Limits
Berlin reports Count von Hertling addressing the Reichstag committee on Wilson’s fourteen points. He says Russia matters only to Russia and central powers, supports open talks on arms limits, and insists Alsace Lorraine remains German while France and Germany settle its fate. Czernin notes Austro-Hungary and U.S. share principles for postwar arrangements.
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Berlin
London
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
Russia
Germany
Poland
Austria-Hungary
Alsace-Lorraine
Wilson
England
Gibraltar
Aden
Hongkong
Falkland Islands
France
Lloyd George
United States
Count Czernin
Vienna
Gulf Coast Oil Field Completions Yield Substantial Testing
In Gulf Coast Oil Fields Houston Texas several completions occurred last week but total initial production stayed under 1000 barrels. By week end several wells were testing with potential as producers.
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Gulf Coast
Houston
Tex
Germans Loot Spanish Steamer Gioraldo Sunk by Sub
The Spanish steamer Gioraldo of about 4400 tons was looted by Germans on Saturday and then sunk by a German submarine. The crew were saved.
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Madrid
Travis Local Option Election Declared Void by Judge
District Judge George Calhoun ruled the November 15 1917 local option election in Travis County Texas void with one precinct excepted The antis held a majority of 83 votes The judge voided votes by enemy aliens not naturalized before the war and aliens not naturalized within seven years of declarations He noted irregularities but not enough to overturn the case and ordered a new election to be held.
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Austin
Texa
George Calhoun
Travis County
County Commissioners Court
Antis
Calhoun
United States
Germany
Mexican Bandit Gang Raid On El Paso
About forty armed Mexicans crossed the Rio Grande into southern El Paso Friday night. Soldiers and police rushed to the scene. Private Linn was wounded by a bullet. After hundreds of shots the raiders retreated across the river. U S infantry near the Santa Fe bridge fired at the retreating forces. no clear report of hits. Patrols were mounted along the river in case of renewed assault.
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el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Linn
United States Infantry
Santa Fe Street International
Fire Hits Humble Texas Businesses Naming Many Losses
A Friday blaze in Humble Texas damaged multiple establishments including Black's fish and oyster parlor and rooming house barber shop of John Beard H F Bozarth butch er shop pool room Kit Pettigrew's saloon and restaurant Corley Jackson's grocery Tom Watson's grocery Uncle Ben Heror's fish and oyster parlor and Dave Sayers saloon The burning building was owned by E M Isaac.
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Huble
Tex
Humble
Black
John Beard
H. F. Bozarth
E. M. Isaac
Kit Pettigrew
Corley & Jackson
Tom Watson
Ben Heror
Dave Sayers
Ice Gorges Sink Steamboats Near Paducah
More than a dozen steamboats and several smaller vessels plus at least two dry docks were torn from moorings by ice gorges at lower Ohio and Tennessee river points. Values range from $600 000 to $1 000 000 as ships drift and threaten near the Ohio Mississippi junction.
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Paducah
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississippi
Bryan Sees Nation Dry Before He Dies
William Jennings Bryan addressed the Protestant ministers union in New York City saying he expects the entire country to be dry before he dies. The remark underscored his temperance advocacy and the ongoing prohibition era debates in the city.
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Bryan
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Protestant Ministers
New York City
Turkish cruiser Sultan Selim refloated into the Dardanelles
Officials announce that the Turkish cruiser Sultan Selim formerly the Goeben has been refloated and entered the Dardanelles, signaling a new deployment after repair and transit from Berlin via London.
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Berlin
London
Iit
Sultan Selim
Goeben
Dardanelles
President Wilson appeals to nation’s farmers at Urbana
President Wilson spoke at an agricultural conference in Urbana Illinois urging farmers to back the war effort as the decisive crisis of the conflict nears. He recalled Lexington and urged nationwide resolve while noting the draft and minimizing farm labor disruption.
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Washington
Urbana
Ill
Wilson
James
University of Ilinois
Germany
United States
Lexington
War Department
New Rules Set for Bakers by President Wilson
Washington announces expanded licensing for bakers including hotels and clubs with in house baking. Proclamation covers bread and bakery products, with new flour and ingredient limits, sugar guidance, and the use of victory bread names on two wheatless days to aid shortages. New licenses due by February 4. thresholds reduced to three barrels for licensing.
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Washington
Wilson
The
Food Administration
Slender Type Rising Linked To Health Risk
A historical note says slender individuals are more prone to disease. An investigation shows 50 years ago only 20 percent were slender, while today 60 percent are of the slender type.
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Vorwaerts
Berlin
Recipe for Gray Hair Treatment with Barbo Compound
A home mix uses one half pint water one ounce Ba um and Barbo Compound plus 14 ounces glycerine. Drug store or home preparation yields a darkening hair remedy that softens and glossy but does not color scalp or rub off. Full directions come with Barbo Compound. Adv.
Booze and vacation misadventure in a river tale
A temperance speaker recalls a man who vanished into a Boston steamer bar during a vacation. His wife later entreats him to enjoy the scenery, but after his ninth beer he complains that hills and woods won’t redeem his trip.
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Boston
George
Pathfinder
Salmon for Eastern Streams Stocked from Pacific Coast
Thousands of humpback salmon native to Puget Sound were released into Pembezro, Dennys, Penobscot, St. Croix and other eastern Maine rivers as part of the Fisheries Bureau plan. The fish return to spawn in two years, dying after spawning, and a five year program has shipped eggs from Washington and Alaska to stock the East.
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Pembroke
Dennys
Penobscot
St. Croix
Maine
Fisheries Bureau
Washington
Alaska
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