Victory In Sight Face Test Year
Atlantic Port January 2 The Entente allies face a hard winter but expect decisive results in six months says Captain Andre Tardieu French high commissioner to the United States He warns of a possible German offensive while expressing confidence in another Verdun He urges a large economic effort from America including melts wheat oil ships and locomotives He praises Col House for his role at the Paris inter allied conference and notes the US will direct its Europe war effort from Washington He declines a cabinet post to keep the commissionership to the United States
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Atlantic
Andre Tardieu
United States
Washington
France
Tardieu
Western Front
Verdun
America
Col. House
Col House
Paris
Col
Hitzee
Europe
Clemenceau
Sugar supply near normal in nation
The Food Administration announced plans to restore a normal sugar supply for the nation. Confectioners and manufacturers of non essential foods will receive an 80 percent allotment as supply normalizes, up from 50 percent during shortages. Continued rationing depends on reducing sugar content by substituting other sweeteners.
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Washington
Food Administration
Waterloo police arrest I. W. W. thug
Fred Thomas, an I. W. W. member claiming German parentage and residing in Mexico City, was picked up after a partner tipped off a planned streetcar robbery. Police found I. W. W. literature and a Savage .32 caliber pistol in his room. He is held for identification.
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Waterloo
Fred Thomas
Mexico City
Mexico
Spe Five Lancernages
Russian Leader Arrested in Petrograd Riot Crackdown
Petrograd on January 2 reports M Avsken tieff former president of the council of the republic has been arrested and moved to the St Peter and St Paul fort authorities state he faces charges in connection with unrest.
Gompers Urges Labor To Do Its War Work For Nation
In a New Year message Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor urges organized labor to make clear the war issues to workers and to safeguard democratic rights at home while fighting for democracy abroad. He calls it a people’s war with labor’s victory essential and stresses continuous production and full discussion of policies before adoption.
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Gompers
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor Movement
Labor
Buffalo
American Federation of Labour
Organized Labor
Congress to Hear Wilson on Rail Policy Friday
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson will address Congress on Friday to outline legislation for a government run railroad system and carrier compensation. Directors McAdoo and Lovett halted all existing priority orders to ease coal and freight congestion, and McAdoo ordered Hudson tunnel use for supplies and more ships to haul coal to New England.
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Washington
McAdoo
Robert S. Lovett
War Industry Board
Wilson
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Pennsylvania Company
Hudson River
New York City
Shipping Board
Hampton Roads
New England
Three Towns Raided by Mexican Bandits
Reports from Nogales Arizona say three towns along the line between Nogales and Cananea were raided and looted by bandits. A Southern Pacific train was held up Monday and about three hundred federal soldiers were ordered from Hermosillo to pursue the raiders.
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Nogales
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Here
Cananea
Sonora
Hermostilo
Three Generals Back In America To Train Troops
Major Generals George A. Mann William L. Sibert and Richard M. Blatchford of the U S Army, long with the American expeditionary forces in France, returned on a French steamship to assist in training the United States troops for overseas duty. Mann reported the Rainbow division is billeted, progressing in intensive training, and sent a hearty New Year greeting to the homeland.
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Atlantic
George A. Mann
William L. Sibert
Richard M. Blatchford
United States Army
France
Mann
Union
English Queen Sends Greeting To U S Women
Queen Mary sent a telegram from Sandingham to Dr Anna Howard Shaw, leader of New York women suffragists, expressing satisfaction and thanks for support to the Allied war effort. The message stressed kinship among English speaking women and the role of women in aiding sailors and soldiers, with prayers for blessings on their efforts.
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London
Queen Mary
Sandingham
Anna Howard Shaw
New York
Women’s Committee
Council of National Defense of America
British Empire
Mary, R
Arrest of Reverend Morrill Over Mexican Book
Rev. G. L. Morrill, pastor of the People's church in Minneapolis, was arrested by federal officers on a charge of sending improper matter through the mails. He pled not guilty and posted $3,000 bond for an April hearing after a book he authored on Mexico drew reprints and anti American commentary. He condemned conditions under the Carranza government in his writings.
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Minneapolis
G. L. Morrill
The
People’s Church
Morrill
Mexico
Carranza
Norfolk Fire Toll Tops Two Million Amid Explosions
A series of fires and three violent explosions devastated Norfolk's business district, killing three firemen and injuring scores. The Monticello Hotel and Granby theater were destroyed as naval troops and marines patrolled the city, with at least two suspected German agents detained. The estimated loss exceeds 2 million dollars as authorities probe incendiary causes and coordinate rescue efforts.
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Norfolk
Monticello
Mayo
Hugo Schmidt
Hf. K. Lessing
Department of Justice
Granby Theater
Monticello Hotel
Charles McCoy
Lenox
Portsmouth
Suffolk
Schmidt
Lessing
Canada’s First Draft Will Report Thursday
Ottawa Ont Jan 2 the first draft under the military service act will join the colors Thursday commissioned noncommissioned officers with act as war experience have been secured to give preliminary training and the men will thus be familiarized from the outset with warfare under modern conditions It is expected however that the greater part of the training will be given overseas
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Ottawa
Germans Teardown Bronze Exchange Door At Brussels
Washington dispatch reports Germans dismantling the Brussels Exchange bronze dome doors to ship to Germany as part of wartime metal requisitions. Bell metal in high demand for munition manufacture is noted in the French dispatch.
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Washington
Brussels Exchange
Germany
Canadian poet Dr William Campbell dies at 56
Ottawa Ont Jan 2 Dr Willian Wilfried Campbell poet and novelist died at his City View home on Tuesday. He rose to prominence with Lake Lyrics and later produced several notable prose and poetry works. Born in Berlin now Kitchener Ontario he was 56.
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Ottawa
Ont
Willian Wilfried Campbell
City View
Lake
Campbell
Berlin
Kitchener
Ontario
Mexican Killed by Guard At Border Standoff
A Mexican attempting to cross the boundary without a passport was shot after not stopping for sentries near Nogales Arizona. Angry Mexicans gathered as two US infantry companies were deployed to the line. Crowds formed on both sides but no further disturbance occurred.
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Nogales
Ariz
United States Infantry
Missing cashier found in Denver bound for Viola
W. K. Spitt, 51, a Viola Illinois bank cashier wanted for embezzling $7,000, was captured in Denver with $47 on him. He admitted the theft and said $3,000 was given to a Peoria woman en route to Chicago. Spitt left Viola December 10 with a wife and three children.
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W. K. Spitt
Viola
Spitt
Cheyenne
Union Station
Peoria
Chicago
Shackleton Ship Lost Fears Reach London
The Daily Mail reports fear that the Antarctic relief ship Aurora, part of Shackleton's expedition, has been lost with all hands returning to England. It sailed from Wellington in June with about twenty two aboard and no contact since. Searchers found a life buoy marked Aurora and wreckage. Aurora had carried the Mawson expedition to Adelie Land in 1913. Sir Ernest Shackleton later rescued seven survivors in 1916, with three perishing.
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London
The
Daily Mail
England
Wellington
N. Z
Mawson
Adelic Land
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Taft Explains War to Camp Dodge Soldiers
Former President Taft spoke to six thousand national army troops at Camp Dodge under the YMC A war council. He outlined German outrages against the United States and argued the U S must fight to a conclusion to deter aggressive militaristic nations.
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Pes Moines
Y. M.C. A. War Council
Taft
Camp Dodge
United States
Germany
Ninety Per Cent Ask Exemption From Draft
Chicago dispatch reports that fully ninety percent of draft registrants who returned questionnaires to the Chicago boards are claiming exemption. The majority cite dependency grounds for their requests.
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Chicago
Jan
Chicago Boards
Three Days Battle Near Kursk Reported In Progress
The three days’ fighting near Kursk between Kaledine Cossacks and Bolsheviki troops continues. Casualties are reported high as Bolsheviks reportedly hold Poltava, site of Peter the Great versus Charles XII. Also: American railway men arrested in Irkutsk, Petrograd dispatch says. Washington notes no word from official sources yet.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Petrograd
Kursk
Moscow
Rostov
Don
Poltava
Peter the Great
Charles
Sweden
London
Washington
State Department
American Railway Commission
Russia
Francis
Kerensky
Representative Tinkham recalls firing first U S shot on Austrian front
Representative George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts arrived on a French steamer after visiting the Italian and French fronts. He said he fired a 149 millimeter shell on Dec 11 at the invitation of a battery commander to stem Teutonic forces along the lower Piave, accepting possible punishment if captured. He praised American troops in France and their zeal, noting equipment flaws and promising a Washington report.
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Atlantic
George Holden Tinkham
Massachusetts
Austria
Tinkham
Piave
France
Washington
Italians Praise Charge of French Troops in Monte Tomba
French forces in the Monte Tomba region achieved a successful attack with three battalions, intense artillery prep, and a 4 15 p m charge. The heaviest fighting was on the right wing as trenches fell and many defenders were captured. The victory elicits strong Italian satisfaction and honors French dash and steadiness.
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Associated Press
Italy
Monte Tomba
Alies
Rumors Say Spring Rice and Bertie to Quit Embassies
London dispatch reports Sir Cecil SpringRice and Lord Bertie are set to retire from their posts at Washington and Paris. The Daily Chronicle adds a rumor that Sir George Buchanan may resign as ambassador in Petrograd.
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London
Cecil Spring- Rice
Lord Bertie
Daily Chronicle
Washington
Paris
George Buchanan
Petrograd
Garfield Sends New Year's Cheer to Aids
Washington January 2 Fuel Administrator Garfield has sent a New Year message to the field organization of the fuel administration. He says please accept my hearty good wishes for the new year and appreciation of your continued support. He is confident that with patience courage and united effort they will achieve results of great service to the country in its present crisis.
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Washington
Garfield
Field Organization of the Fuel Administration
Postoffice sales reach 2 millions in thrift and war stamps
Total sales by post offices nationwide of thrift and war savings stamps amount to 2,758,114 dollars announced Tuesday night. New York City leads with 51,240 war savings and 309,812 thrift stamps. Chicago is second with 50,961 and 204,016 respectively.
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New York
New York City
Chicago
Italians Drive Back Invaders on Piave Front Near Venice
World War summary notes Italian forces reclaim the eastern Piave bank from the Austro Hungarian invaders after heavy artillery and rifle fire at the Zenson bridgehead. Fighting continues around Monte Tomba and the Asiago plateau with intense aerial raids on Vicenza Bassano Castel Franco and Treviso causing civilian casualties.
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Castel Franco
Treviso
Irg
France
Belgium
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Croven
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