Mississippi Ratifies Prohibition Amendment Quickly
In Jackson on January 9, 15 minutes after Governor Bilbo presented the measure, Mississippi’s Legislature ratified the proposed federal prohibition amendment. The house voted 93 to 3 and the senate 32 to 5 with eight dissenters overall. Warren county representatives were the sole negatives in the house. Senate dissent came from scattered districts.
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Jackson
Miss
Bilbo
Mississippi Assembly
Senate
Warren County
Vicksburg
House
War Economy Report Shows Mixed Trends Across Districts
Government war economy survey indicates Christmas buying steady with preference for useful gifts and widespread wage-led spending. Labor shortages and coal/rail transport limits hinder activity, while overall conditions remain excellent in war industries and bank clearings rise. construction is dull. District notes: New York active with variances, Chicago good with some declines, St. Louis busy with labor scarce, San Francisco high volume and expanding industries though construction falls and labor calmer.
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Washington
Federal Board
Hare
Federal Reserve Districts
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Snow blockade in Chicago prompts citywide relief effort
Chicago faces a severe snow blockade from a storm that began Sunday. Police canvass homes urging residents to shovel to clear streets and hydrants amid shortages of milk and fuel. Fire danger rises as drifts obstruct access and forecasters warn of more snow.
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Chicago
Department of Public Works
County Fuel Administration
Great Lakes
McAdoo Calls Rail Workers to Patriotic Service in War
Washington dispatch reports Director General McAdoo urging railroad officers and employees to keep trains moving and work with loyalty as the nation fights in France. He pledged fair handling of labor issues and highlights hearings on railroad finances and government compensation.
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McAdoo
Washington
Capitol
Interstate Commerce Committees
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce
Anderson
Julius Kruttschnitt
The
Southern Pacific
United States
Germany
France
America
United America
Railroads Administration
Daniels
Congress
Interstate Commerce Committee
Retail Clothiers Favor U S Control
The National Retail Clothiers association backed government supervision of wool and cotton prices after a Chicago conference with the National Council of Defense efficiency committee. President J L Lynch of Minneapolis said government control would ensure conservation and fair censorship of selling rates, aligning with wheat and grain controls.
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Chicago
National Retail Clothiers’ Association
National Council of Defense
J. L. Lynch
Minneapols
Wilsons address distributed to all news centers worldwide
President Wilsons congress address was circulated to news centers globally using the same publicity machinery as the December 4 opening speech. The Public Information Committee and allied news agencies across continents coordinated the publishing effort, costing about 1000 dollars.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
Committee On Public Information
North
South America
Europe
Africa
Australia
Far East
Walter S. Rogers
Division of Foreign Press Service
Front Line Activity Mixed Across The War Fronts
War reports describe little large action with ongoing artillery duels and raids. Germans briefly entered a British trench near Bullecourt but were driven out in a counterattack. French positions repulsed in several small attacks. Italy witnesses heavy bombardments from Asiago to Piave with intense shelling on Monte Asolone where prior fighting occurred.
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Bullecourt
Asiago
Piave River
Monte Asolone
Fuel budget plan aims to save coal for war needs
Washington reports a voluntary coal budget plan to cut consumption by factories not directly in war work and backed by fuel administration orders. The plan targets a 60 million ton yearly reduction, with 15 to 20 million tons saved by initial groups, while 100 percent of needs would be met for war-related and essential users. Brewers and other industries pledge reductions, including boxboard cutting 1 million tons yearly.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
The
Army
Adinistration
American Brewer's Association
Haig lauds Mud and Allies as British Drive Races On
Haig’s official report on 1916 western front extends to April to November shows British gains in Flanders amid wet weather and mud. He praises American entry and notes 24,000 prisoners and 941 machine guns captured since late July while acknowledging weather as a decisive factor.
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London
Russia
Italy
Enemiv
Marshal Haig
France
Belgium
Haig
Arras
Cambrai
United States
Flanders
Fes
Reichstag Extends Best Wishes to Finland for Independence
Amsterdam Jan 9 President Fehrenbach in the Reichstag opened the main committee session by offering Germany’s best wishes to Finland for independence and recognition by Russia Sweden and Germany. He expressed hope for lasting Germany Finland relations especially in economic affairs. The committee's war deliberations resumed.
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Amsterdam
Reichstag
Fehrenbach
Finland
Germany
Russia
Sweden
Deny Threat to Mistreat All U. S. Prisoners
Berlin reports deny a German claim that American prisoners would be mistreated more than others. The Wolff bureau says no official statement supports that accusation and promises Americans will be treated as kindly as other prisoners.
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U. S
Amsterdam
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Prohibition Party Calls March National Convention in Chicago
Virgil G. Hinshaw, chairman, issues a call for a special Prohibition party convention in Chicago on March 5 to urge dry governors and states moving dry to ratify the constitutional amendment. The 1918 gathering will precede the party merger aims and outline a campaign for prohibition, suffrage, public utilities reform, and other measures. He cites Allied soldiers' degradation over liquor and claims national prohibition could save about 17 million dollars yearly.
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Chicago
Prohibition Party
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Mr. Hinshaw
New National Party
Europe
Hinshaw
United States
United States to Match German Submarine Fleet
St Louis January 9 Chairman Padgett of the house naval committee said the U S would have a submarine fleet as good as Germany within a year. He noted 138 subs are under construction as part of the August 1916 program and many more larger than 800 tons, some 1,200 tons costing about 1.4 million dollars each.
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ST. Louis
Padgett
House Naval Committee
United States
Germany
Guatemalan Quake Casualties Reported Near Six Thousand
A traveler from Guatemala reports estimated deaths at about 6000 from the recent Guatemala earthquakes. He says more than a hundred were shot during looting and many Guatemalans flee to Mexico and El Salvador. Dispatches since Christmas have varied widely in casualty estimates from 50 to 2500.
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San Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Salvador
Wilsons Speech Triggers Stock Decline After War Aims
Wilsons restatement of war aims before Congress spurred a stock market drop Tuesday with declines of 2 to 5 points after an early gain of 1 to 3. Traders priced in a potential Central Powers refusal to meet terms, especially on evacuating territory and abandoning Alsace Lorraine, implying peace would be distant.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
Alsace- Lorraine
Vienna Rejects British Peace Offer
A Vienna dispatch to the Pester Lloyd says British prime minister peace terms are regarded as impossible of acceptance in political circles.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Pester Lloyd
Budapest
Senate War Inquiry Delayed To Hear Baker Report
Senate military committee will pause its war inquiry to hear Secretary Baker later this week on war ordnance and supplies. The panel plans to report progress and propose legislation, including a bill creating a department of munitions with a civilian head. Eisenman defended the supplies committee while criticizing the war department purchasing system. Centralization of authority was labeled a key problem with decentralization urged. witnesses also testified on shoddy garments.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Chamberlain
Department of Munitions
Charles Eisenman
Council of National Defense
A. L. Scott
David Kirschbaum
Philadelphia
Eisenman
War Department
Sharpe
Nathaniel Stevens
North Andover
Mass
National Association of Wood Manufacturers
Public speeches signal dawning world peace parley
New York reports public peace negotiations underway between Allies and Central Powers. The open declarations show democratization of talks, with Kaiser era terms moving to public discourse and democratic, televised style negotiations. Democracy, not secret plenipotentiaries, guides peace.
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New York
Kaiser
Germany
Lloyd-George
President Wilson lays out U S terms for war and peace
President Wilson addressed Congress outlining fourteen concrete proposals for open peace covenants. He called for free seas, removal of trade barriers, armament reduction, and autonomous development for nations, plus a federation of nations to safeguard independence and borders. The speech was framed as a response to German aims and linked to Allied unity.
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Washington
America
Wilson
Congress
United States
Germany
Brest- Litovsk
Russia
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraina
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Romania
Serbia
Montenegro
Balkan
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Poland
General Association of Nations
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