Italians Strike on Piave and Bolshevik Arrest of Roumanian King
Italian forces repelled a four hour Piave attack near Venice, taking 150 prisoners and seizing war materiel. Lenin signed an order to arrest King Ferdinand of Roumania, to send him to Petrograd for imprisonment in Saint Peter and Saint Paul forests, as Bolsheviks claim strength on the Romanian front.
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Lenine
Ferdinand of
Roumania
Petrograd
St. Peter and St. Paul
Piave
Venice
Third Liberty Loan to Come in March
Secretary McAdoo announced a new issue of 400 million dollars in treasury certificates bearing 4 percent from January 22 to April 22. Subscriptions run at par until January 29 and can be used to pay third liberty loan subscriptions. The plan suggests the first payment around April 22 with March bond selling campaigns, and permits simultaneous subscriptions for two issues. Certificates come in 1000, 5000, 10000 and 100000 dollars, are tax exempt except for certain taxes, and may be redeemed before maturity. Governor Hobby will study the pink boll worm zone plan after Texas county representatives urged fair treatment for agricultural interests.
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Washington
McAdoo
Treasury
Federal Reserve
United States
Houston
Tex
William P. Hobby
Texas
Austin
W. J. Townsend
Fred W. Davis
Hobby
Galveston
Chambers and Jefferson
Brazoria
Harris
Liberty
Hardin
Hearne
Chambers and
Jefferson
Galveston County
Chocolate Bayou
Santa Fe
Manuel
Clear Creek
Pearland
Mykawa
Harris County
Lynchburg
San Jacinto Battlegrounds
San Jacinto River
Cedar Bayou
Texas & New Orleans Railroad
Crosby
Liberty County
Texas & New Orleans
Valley
Jefferson County
Felicia
Nome
Hardin County
Jefferson, Liverty
Kountze
Neches River
Silsbee
Sabine Bay
Little Brazos River
Weekly Record Ship Losses London
The Admiralty report issued Thursday notes another marked fall in British merchant ship sinkings by mine or submarine. In the past week only six merchantmen of 1,600 tons or more were sunk.
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London
Admiralty
Commons Rejects Irish Draft Amendment in Manpower Bill
The House of Commons voted 1366 to 48 to reject an amendment to the manpower bill that would have applied conscription to Ireland.
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Ireland
London
House of Commons
Garfield orders nationwide plant and business shutdowns
Fuel Administrator Garfield signed a five day shutdown of eastern manufacturing plants and a ten week halt of almost all business every Monday starting January 21. The move, supported by President Wilson, came as pro and anti administration protests surged in Washington and business circles. The Senate voted to delay action for five days shortly after.
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Washington
Garfield
Mississippi River
Wilson
Senate
Restriction Order Sparks Senate Protest and Action
Washington reports a wave of protest against the government's drastic fuel restriction order. The Senate adopted a resolution by 50 to 19 calling for a five day suspension. House efforts to vote were blocked by objection.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Aviator Dies in Ellington Field Training Crash
Gerald V. Carroll of the 2nd provisional cadet squadron at Ellington Field Houston Texas was killed when his aircraft pitched out of control and fell five thousand feet shortly after passing the reserve military aviator test and receiving commission as first lieutenant.
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Ellington
Houston
Tex
Gerald V. Carroll
Eillington Field
Mob Burns Negro Suspect in Hazelhurst Killing
A mob of several hundred citizens led by the alleged father of Vera Willis seized Sim Edwards from the county jail and burned him near the murder site, about a mile and a half west of Hazelhurst Mississippi.
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Hazelhurst
Miss
Vera Willis
Sim Edwards
Wildcat Well Produces New Oil Field Near West Columbia
The Tyndall-Wyoming Company No 2 Hogg wildcat well near West Columbia, Texas, came in Thursday at 2 900 feet with an initial production of 300 barrels of oil, signaling the probable start of a new Texas oil field.
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Houston
Tex
Tyndall-Wyoming Company
West Columbia
Texas
Mutiny Among Kiel Submarine Crews Reported
London reports a mutiny at the Kiel naval base on January 7 with thirty eight officers said to have been killed according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Geneva.
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London
Kiel
Geneva
German submarine captain held in England as prisoner
London reports Baron von Spiegel und Zu Peckelsheim who commanded U 202 and wrote a popular voyage narrative has been a prisoner in England for some time, a fact revealed on Friday.
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London
Government Orders Five Day Factory Shut Down East of Mississippi
The government directed nearly all manufacturing plants east of the Mississippi to suspend operations for five days to ease a fuel famine. A Monday holiday for ten weeks will pause heated buildings, except for essential services. shipyards and munitions may differ.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Wreck after effect spans multiple victims and rescue
Seventeen killed and seventeen injured in the Houston & Texas Central wreck near Hammond station. Victims include three women and six civilians with many bodies badly mangled. Steam burns caused further fatalities and injuries as survivors faced scalding steam from a released locomotive. An investigation details car separation, brake beam fall, and subsequent steam exposure.
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T. CC
Hammond
Houston
Texas Central
Hammond Siding
Bremond
Valley Vegetables Damaged by Freeze in Mercedes
A severe freeze has damaged about 50 percent of 2,700 acres of winter vegetables in the Mercedes valley including cabbage onions lettuce beets carrots peppers spinach beans tomatoes turnips and kohlrabs. Only cabbage remains moving in moderate quantities with maturity of hardier crops delayed by thirty days or more.
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Mercedes
Tex
Captain McDonald Dead a Texas Ranger and U S Marshal
Captain William J. McDonald a famed Texas ranger and bodyguard to President Wilson died from pneumonia in Wichita Falls Texas. He served nearly thirty years as a frontier detective and was named head of the Texas Rangers by the Texas government and twice appointed United States marshal of the northern district of Texas by President Wilson.
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Bill) McDonald
Wichita Falls
Tex
W. J. McDonald
United States
Texas
President Wilson
William J. McDonald
Southwest
Texas Rangers
Wilson
Over Million Women in War Work In Wartime Surveys
National League of Women's Service surveys across fifteen states estimate 1 266 061 women in the United States engaged in essential war industrial work. About 100 000 women are employed in munitions factories nationwide.
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Washington
National League of Women’s Service
United States
Stefansson Discovers New Land Northwest of Banks Land
Captain A Lane reports Vilhjalmar Stefansson discovered several large Arctic lands northwest of Banks Land in spring 1916. Stefansson, who is in Bartel Island waters for 1917 18 winter, claims the new lands for Canada.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Banks Land
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
A. Lane
Arctic Ocean
Bartél Island
Canada
Livestock Men End Convention Back Wilson Support
The American National Live Stock Association closed its twenty first annual convention in Salt Lake City pledging full support to President Wilson. It approved government concentration of power for national mobilization and raised nearly 30000 dollars to fund a Washington delegation to work with the food administration and other agencies. Denver was chosen as the site for the 1919 meeting.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Wilson
American National Live Stock Association
National Association
Washington
Federal Food Administration
Federal Trade Commission
Denver
Colo
Marriage Advice Fails to Secure Happiness, Court Records
A brief legal notice notes a marriage dispute with references to a wife's counsel and a judge's ruling, indicating marital tensions and questions of divorce likelihood. Names are unclear due to fragmented OCR but the case centers on marital dissatisfaction and court consideration.
Recipe for Gray Hair Tonic Advertisement
A home remedy recipe specifies mixing Ba Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with water to darken gray hair. It claims the solution colors only hair, not the scalp, and leaves hair soft and glossy without stickiness. Available from druggists or in Barbo Compound boxes.
Crushed Tragedian of Today Tour of Museums Recalled
L. R. McCormick recalls Murray a veteran tragedian who once supported Edwin Forrest Fanny Kemble and Edwin Booth. After thirty years on stage he has toured every leading opera house and is now touring museums across the country.
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L. R. McCormick
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Murray
St. Louis
Edwin Forrest
Fanny Kemble
How Did She Welcome Him
A Kansas City judge found his wife briefly voiceless after a slight threat. The judge waited until breakfast then phoned his office, later calling home to ask about her voice. A servant replied she could talk again and the judge said he would be home soon.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Ten Mexican Army Officers Executed in Toluca Plot
Ten officers including General Leocadio Parra were executed at Toluca after summary courts martial for a plot to kill General Alfredo Novo, commander of the Mexico state district, and Governor Augustin Millan. Forty five arrested. remaining 35 released after the trial. The plot aimed at looting Toluca. execution followed discovery last Thursday.
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Mexico City
Leocadio Parra
Alfredo Novo
Mexico
Augustin Millan
Toluca
Need of Fast Shipbuilding
Senator McCumber of North Dakota warned in the senate that the United States must accelerate shipbuilding to support allies. He argued England bears most wartime strain and urged sending 5,000,000 troops to offset central powers, with 7,000,000 needed to force a German retreat.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
United States
England
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