Young Men Form New Army Under Selective Draft
Washington reports Provost Marshal-general Crowder urges amending the draft law to require all men 21 since June 5 1917 to register for classification class one would cover all military needs with unattached single men and married men with independent incomes carrying most of the burden. Crowder praises the first draft, notes 9,586,508 registered between 21 and 31, estimates about 8.2 percent evaded registration, and projects 1,000,000 qualified men under current rules with extension adding 700,000 per year.
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Washington
United States
Crowder
Baker
Congress
Cabinet munitions secretary urged by senators
Washington, Jan. 4. The Senate military committee heard Charles Eisenman defend secrecy in army supply contracts. He disclosed about 128.83 million of 800 million dollars in eight months came from firms connected to committee members, most contracts signed before such ties. He backed the secrecy policy and denied secret contracts. Proposals include creating a cabinet level secretary of munitions and amending the national defense act to abolish civilian advisory committees. Nine firms and representatives were named with contract totals.
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Washington
Civilian Supplies Committee
Council of National Defense
Senate Military Committee
Charles Eisenman
Eisenman
McKellar
Chanman Chambrelain
Council
National Defense Act
Passenger trains on eastern roads will be withdrawn
Washington January 4 Hundreds of passenger trains on railroads east of the Mississippi will be withdrawn under orders to be issued by Director General McAdoo based on recommendations from eastern passenger traffic officers. The plan contemplates cutting parlor and sleeping cars on many routes while keeping those essential for major travel lines. The issue of railway labor hours and wages under government operation was discussed with union leaders, with potential overtime pay discussed. Wilson will propose legislation to compensate railroads under government control and secure continued financing. Officials emphasized no plan to disrupt daily travel and stressed careful handling of overtime costs. The conference included leaders from the New Haven, Pennsylvania, New York Central, and Central of New Jersey lines. Labor shortages and locomotive conditions were noted by inspectors, with congestion mainly limited to the eastern system and little west of Pittsburgh and Buffalo.
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Washington
Mississippi River
McAdoo
Tony
Wilson
Congress
Railroad Administration
Railroad Brotherhood
W. S. Carter
W. G. Lee
A. B. Garretson
H. E. Wills
William Clark
P. J. McNamara
W. N. Doak
Interstate Commerce
McChord
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Italians Hold Old Positions on Piave River
A.P. report from the Italian Army headquarters in northern Italy states that the enemy tried to gain the Piave west bank to offset Zenson losses but was repulsed. Italians now hold the entire west bank. a landing attempt near Intestadura failed under heavy fire. Mountain front remained inactive as air raids hit Bassano Treviso and Mestre. An official funeral for Padua raid victims drew a large crowd and officials.
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Associated Press
Italy
Piave
Intestadura
Zenson
Bassano
Treviso
Mestre
Venice
Padua
Artillery Active Haig Report Highlights Raid and Gunfire
Field Marshal Haig reports an early morning enemy raid east of Epehy repelled by machine guns. He notes increased hostile artillery activity southwest and west of Cambrai and at points south of Lens to Armentieres and near Zonnebeke.
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London
Haig
France
Epehy
Cambrai
Lens
Armentileres
Zonnebeke
McKellar Warns on Secret Contracts at Hearing
Senator McKellar accused the witness of defending secret contracts and threatened to intervene if answers misalign. Eisenman clashed, as Chairman Chamberlain urged orderly proceeding of the hearing.
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McKellar
Eisenman
Chamberlain
Allied powers may recognize Lenine in Russia
The Daily Chronicle reports that western powers may grant de facto recognition to the Lenine government in Russia as Russo-German talks continue. It notes Litvinoff could be named ambassador in London and Buchanan may be replaced by a diplomat sympathetic to revolutionary Russia.
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London
Daily
Cronicle
Lenine
Russia
M. Litvinoff
Daily Chronicle
George Buchanan
New York Battles Ice to Move Coal Amid Severe Fuel Shortage
New York endures a brutal fuel shortage as temperatures hover near zero. Dozens of coal barges are icebound from New Jersey terminals, thousands of tons stranded. Alfred H. Smith orders ice breaking by the Poughkeepsie steamer and city boats to assist. Tugboats free some barges while others remain frozen. Coal delivery from New Jersey tunnels provides partial relief to Brooklyn and Long Island.
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New York
New Jersey
Hylan
Alfred H. Smith
Hudson River Navigation Company
Poughkeepsie
Hudson River
Yonkers
Harlem Ship Canal
Staten Island
Narrows
New Jersey Shore
Port Reading
Brooklyn
Long Island
National Industrial Conference Plans War Effort Discussion
Boston January 4 Plans for a national conference on American industry and the war will be held in New York for three days starting March 7. The National Industrial Conference board headquarters here announce the gathering whose 17 industry associations form the board. Leaders expect a collective discussion of constructive measures to aid the war effort.
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Boston
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
French Academy Meets in Paris with Joffre Candidature
In Paris on January 4 the French Academy convened with former premier Alexandre Ribot presiding. A letter from Marshal Joffre was read officially announcing his candidacy for membership.
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French Academy
Paris
Alexandre Ribot
Marshal Joffre
Iron Workers Strike Ends After Wage Increase
San Francisco unionized iron trades workers totaling about 5000 ended a strike Thursday night after employers granted a ten percent wage raise for wartime the period.
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San Francisco
Protests Filed In Berlin By Pan German Group
Washington dispatch reports the Pan German protest to a general peace, signed by Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg as honorary president of the German Fatherland party. The protest, tied to Pan-Germanic propaganda, claims to represent workers' interests and targets a peace settlement with no German indemnities or annexations.
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Washington
Social Democratic
Germany
France
John Albert of Mecklenburg
Party of the German Fatherland
Seed Supply Shortage Warns Houston
Secretary Houston warned Congress for urgent deficiency funding to buy and sell seed at cost to farmers to prevent crop shortfalls. He cited drought hitting the southwest and northwest, including Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and eastern Montana, and noted a serious seed corn outlook in the northern corn belt. He urged ensuring soy beans and white navy beans seeds are available for next planting season.
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Washington
Houston
Congress
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Northwest
North Dakota
Montana
United States
Corn Belt
Author of Famous Hymns Dies at 83 in Bennington
Annie Sherwood Hawks aged 83, famed author of gospel hymns including I Need Thee Every Hour, died at her Bennington home. Born in Hoosick Falls New York she published verse from age 14 and later lived in Brooklyn with her late husband Charles Hill Hawks before moving to Vermont.
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Bennington
Annie Sherwood Hawks
Fanny Crosby
Troy
N. Y
Hawks
Hoosick
Troy Seminary
Charles Hill Hawks
New York
Brooklyn
Robert Lowry
Cat Old Gal and Bugsy Shine in Whig’s Cat Tales
The Whig highlights Cat Old Gal not of the Thomas variety and her partnership with Bugsy in Cat Tales on the sport page. Their daily feature is light, harmless nonsense that fans of clean humor enjoy, with publicity adding to the charm.
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Thomas
Whig
Bugsy
Sport
Collapse of Peace Talks Sparks Renewed Russian Front Fears
The near collapse of peace negotiations with the Bolsheviks raises fears of renewed fighting on the eastern front. Trotzky rejects central powers terms, urging defense of the Russian revolution, while German and Austrian leaders seek to moderate the crisis. Hungary's seventh loan undercuts expected funds, with only three billion kronen subscribed. Bombardments continue on multiple fronts though Italian gains on Piave hold. Britain considers compulsory rationing to curb waste amid shortages.
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Berlin
Vienna
Brest-Litovsk
Leon Trotzky
Russia
Poland
Lithunian
Courland
Trotzky
Bolsheviks
The
Council of Workmen's and
Stockholm
Hungary
Belgium
France
Italy
Piave
Zenson
Castel Franco Veneto
England
England Adopts Compulsory Rationing Plan
London news reports Lord Rhondda the food controller announced England would implement compulsory rationing pending cabinet approval. He warned of continued shortages but expected steady improvement and supported communal kitchens with government grants. He noted Lady Rhondda used such kitchens for Christmas dinner.
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London
England
Lord Rhondda
Silverton
Rhondda
Mexican federals killed by bandits near Empalme
Nogales Ariz Jan 4 The official dead and wounded list from Yaqui attack on a train near Empalme Sonora includes Lieut M Almada Capt Jose Almada Col I G Galaz Lieut L P Gonzalez and others with five unidentified Mexicans and Americans among the dead. Wounded include eleven civilians and thirteen soldiers with Albert Joffrey seriously hurt and Ralph Snovil among the listed Americans.
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Nogales
Ariz
Empalme
Sonora
M. Almada
Jose Almada
Guaymas
L. P. Gonzalez
Lencho
I. G. Galaz
Esperanza
J. J. Poe
Los Angeles
Manuel Parades
E. J. Rivera
Navajoa
Augustin Sepulveda
Wells Fargo
T. Tapia
Albert Joffrey
Ralph Snovil
Mazatlan
Red Cross Carries Relief to Sardinia
The American Red Cross sent the first relief from the United States to Sardinia. Captains Carroll and J P Stevens arrived December 17 and toured the island by motor. In towns crowds waited for their arrival and greeted them with Viva America. Sardinian officials sent thanks after relief was delivered.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Sardinia
Rome
Carroll
J. P. Stevens
Red Cross
America
Stevens
Slow Progress Reported On Hog Island Shipyard
Washington reports a slow start at Hog Island Pa a fabricating steel shipyard delaying government ship deliveries. Newark Bay and Chester Pa plants are expected to meet their contract timelines while delays in wooden ships are blamed on timber size shortages. Ferris criticizes scattered fit out contracts and urges centralized engine and equipment installation. Profiteering housing near yards is denounced as labor shortages blamed on housing and transport. calls for commandeered housing and better train service.
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Washington
American International Corporation
Hog Island
Theodore E. Ferris
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Newark Bay
Chester
Ferris
Meyer Bloomfield
The
Industrial Service
Bloomfield
Paris War Report Shows No Fighting
The war office reports intermittent artillery activity along the front with more action on the right bank of the Meuse near Bois Des Fosses Thiaumont and Louvemont. A raid northeast of Fort De La Pompelle netted prisoners. In the eastern theater January 2 both sides fired on the British front while other sectors remained quiet.
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Paris
War Office
Meuse
Bois Des Fosses
Thiaumont
Louvemont
Fort de la Pompelle
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F. R. Edington
Wellington
Sears and Company
Mr. Baily
William Iselin and Company
Lincoln Cromwell
J. Spencer Turner
A. L. Scott
Turner Halsey Company
U. S. Rubber Company
A. W. Lawrence
W. H. McElwain Company
J. F. McElwain
U.S. Bunting Company
George Stevens
Cleveland Worsted Company
Frelinghuysen
Department of Justice
Navy Department
Senator McKellar
Were
New Haven
J. P. Anderson
R. E. Wright
L. F. Vosburgh
New York Central
W. C. Hope
Central of
Consults Brotherhood
Chiects
Piave River
Wroth
Island
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