Russians Insisting On Change At Brest Litovsk Peace Talks
Brest Litovsk negotiations resume with Leon Trotzky leading the Russian delegation. Reports say Trotzky urged moving talks to Stockholm and declared Russians act as revolutionists, warning of the weight of democracies and arms if no concession is made. German delegates reportedly did not specify a location for continued talks. Germany seeks a Swedish intermediary with Britain France and Italy.
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Amsterdam
Pus Gan
Brest-Litovsk
Trotzky
London
Brest Litovsk
Leon Trotzky
Stockholm
Evening Post
Petrograd
Sweden
Great Britain
France
Italy
Blizzard Will Protect Wheat Crop In Texas Snowstorm
Chicago, Jan 11. A major blizzard centered over Texas and moving into the central west is forecast to save millions of dollars in winter wheat. Accompanying zero temperatures and heavy snowfall will shield wheat from freezing and add needed moisture to Kansas and Nebraska, where seven inches fell. Grain experts, citing government reports on record winter wheat acreage and poor conditions, caution that heavy snow likely means no high crop record despite the moisture.
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Chicago
Texas
West
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska
Monroe County Ill Holed of Sedition
In Monroe County Illinois a sweeping investigation is planned after information to US District Attorney Charles A. Barch alleging pro German sentiment. Reports say teachers were told not to discuss the war except favorably to the Central Powers, plans to hamper military obedience, and Red Cross support has waned. Several Waterloo officials are under surveillance.
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ST. Louis
Jan. H
Chas. A. Barch
United States
East St. Lome
Monroe County
Winois
Red Cross
Waterloo
Karch
Advertising and newspaper reach in Quincy trade
Mr W T Duker notes a citys daily paper grows its advertising territory as it extends its sphere of influence The Whig reports a daily circulation of 2800 in Quincy and 4400 in surrounding homes, highlighting education driven buying power for advertisers and community benefits
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the Whig
Quincy
Wheat Export Plan Faces Food Shortage Threat
Washington reports ship losses and crop failures abroad push a serious food situation. The Food Administration plans to export 90 million bushels of wheat, asking Americans to cut consumption. Legislation to enforce wheat saving and wheatless days is under consideration, with a goal to reserve 30 percent of mill output for allies and military needs.
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Washington
United States
Food Administration
Representative Lever
Night bombing planes urged for U S airmen plan
New York January 11 Lieutenant Colonel WE Clark head of the army aviation engineers division told the Society of Automobile Engineers convention that a fleet of 500 night bombing planes could end the war. He noted four types in use in Europe observation combat pursuit and night bombing aircraft. Night bombers fly nightly strike unseen and drop heavy explosives while Major Jesse G. Vincent touted a new Liberty engine for heavy bombers.
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New York
United States
WE. Clark
Army Aviation Engineers
Society of Automobile Engineers
Europe
Jesse G. Vincent
Liberty Aircraft
Germans Admit Heavy Air Loss in December Front
BERLIN, via London, Jan. 11 The general headquarters reports a lively artillery duel southwest of Ypres and a failed British reconnoitering attack west of Zandvoorde. It adds that in December enemy air losses on the German front totaled nine balloons and 119 aircraft, with 47 crossing behind German lines. German losses in battle amounted to 82 airplanes and two balloons.
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Berlin
London
Ypres
Zandvoorden
West Texas in Grip of Severe Blizzard
West Texas suffers one of the fiercest blizzards in years with fear for cattle in ranching areas. Reports indicate the storm spans from Altus Oklahoma to Alpine Texas. San Angelo records a 12 degree reading and one inch of snow at 6 pm Thursday.
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Dallas
Texas
Altus
Oklahoma
Alpine
Tex
San Angelo
German reprisal plan for French civilians in Alsace Lorraine
An Amsterdam dispatch to Central News quotes a German official stating that as reprisal for keeping inhabitants of Alsace Lorraine against international law, French people will be moved to Russia, beginning January 6, with 400 French women slated for Holzminden camp in the Duchy of Brunswick within a few days.
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London
Amsterdam
Central News
Alsace-Lorraine
Russia
Holzminden
Duchy of Brunswick
Marshal Tells Scott Nearing How Mobs Form
New York January 11 Scott Nearing former university faculty member and head of the People’s Council of America asks President Wilson and Attorney General Gregory to remove Thomas D. McCarthy U S marshal for the southern district of New York over claims of overt mob violence. McCarthy at a People's Council meeting warned Nearing that he would help mobs discipline him and warned of hemp picnics in Central Park if the war lasts. Nearing replied in a letter that McCarthy’s call for mob violence, as a Justice official, shows a danger to public order.
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New York
Scott Nearing
People’s Council of America
Wilson
Gregory
Thomas D. McCarthy
United States
Nearing
McCarthy
Marshal McCarthy
People’s Council
Marshal
Mr. McCarthy
Central Park
Department of Justice
Hamburg officers must go ten prison in war probe
United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the conviction of four Hamburg American line officials including Karl Buenz for violating customs laws by sending supplies to German cruisers in World War I. Adolph Hachmeister George Kotter and Joseph Poppenhouse also convicted. sentences ranged from one year and a day to eighteen months at Atlanta federal prison.
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New York
Hamburg-American Line
Karl Buenz
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ene
Buenz
Adolph Hachmeister
Hamburg American Line
George Kotter
Joseph Poppenhouse
Hachmeister
Kotter
Atlanta
Poppenhouse
South Atlantic
Berwind
Lorenza
Gladstone
Bulgar Russia pact signed reported from Berne
The Bund reports a separate peace agreement signed by Russia and Bulgaria. Bulgaria opposed peace terms without annexations and indemnities, seeking to retain territories gained in Serbia and Romania. King Ferdinand reportedly disagreed with annexationless terms, while Premier Radosloveff said Bulgaria accepted Russian proposals to end the war and restore prewar treaties.
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Berne
Jan
Russia
Bulgaria
Bund
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Drest-Litovsk
Brest-Litovsk
Ferdinand
Serbia
Rumania
Radosloveff
Sofia
Danube
Fulton Wins Fight in Joplin Bout
St Fred Fulton of Rochester Minnesota knocked out Harry Texas Tate of Nowata Oklahoma in the second round of a scheduled twelve round bout Tate was floored twice before a decisive jaw blow ended the match in Joplin Missouri on January date.
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Fulton
Joplin
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Minn
Harry
Texas
Tate
Nowata
Okla
Secretary Baker Defends War Preparations Before Senate Panel
Secretary Baker outlined and defended every phase of war department preparations for battle with Germany before the Senate military committee. He asserted the U S army was rapidly raised equipped and trained with strong provisions for health and comfort while acknowledging some delays and mistakes. He cited the Browning machine gun decision and Enfield rechambering as compensating factors amid supply hurdles. More than 1 500 000 Americans under arms and a sizable army in France were noted as ready for active service.
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Washington
War Department
Germany
Baker
Senate Militry Committee
Department
Chamberlain
Paker
France
Mr. Baker
General Sharpe
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Jenkin son Bode wholesale grocery house burns in Jacksonville
A Jacksonville fire destroyed the Jenkin son Bode wholesale grocery plant, with losses estimated around 100000. Snow and cold hampered fighting, main effort saved adjacent properties. large stock including sugar flour and coffee burned. George Meyer of St. Louis, vice president of the company, holds the same post with twenty six wholesale grocers.
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Jacksonville
Jenkinson-Bode Company
George Meyer
St. Louis
Suffrage Test in Peers Women Win Out 134 to 69
London January 11 The house of Lords rejected Lord Loreburn's amendment to exclude women from the parliamentary vote by 134 to 69. Debates showed opposition from Curzon Lansdowne and others arguing the wartime mandate and age 30 standard, while the Bishop of London supported women’s suffrage.
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House of Lords
Lord Loreburn
Earl Loreburn
Marquis of Lansdowne
Baron Finay
Earl Curzon
House of Commons
Lord Curzon
Revolt Story Tied to Costa Rica Oil Concession
Testimony in New York supreme court ties an American industrial plot to Costa Rica oil deals. Manuel E. Lardizabel, Nicaragua, says Washington S. Valentine bought a concession from Dr. Montaf or, then sold 9,000,000 acres of oil land to H. F. Sinclair interests to back a revolution that ousted President Gonzales and seated Federico Tinoco. He details letters with Mrs Tinoco and a 1,000,000 dollar deal.
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New York
Costa Rica
Gonzales
Supreme Court
Manuel E. Lardizabel
Nicaragua
Washington S. Valentine
H. F. Sinclair
Lardizabel
Valentine
Montafor
Federico A. Tinoco
Sinclair Interests
Lord Cowdray
Stand On Liquor Sales To U S Soldiers Explained
London January 11 The Rev Dr Joseph Fort Newton former Iowa pastor spoke at City Temple about the American view on liquor sales to service members He said the government may conscript conduct as well as bodies and that it is a crime to sell liquor to men in uniform in America He urged British aid in enforcing similar rules and noted a 40 percent improvement in drinking since two years ago while warning against increasing brewery output to avoid a backward step.
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London
City Temple
Joseph Fort Newton
Iowa
America
Snow in Nebraska Boosts Wheat Prospects
Snow fell on every Nebraska wheat field and will raise grain production. Depth varied but was light and still accumulating. Cold wave blankets the state with temperatures from 10 to 20 below zero expected before morning.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Firemen Close Convention Elects President
JOLIET Jan 11 M S Phillips chief of the Chicago Heights fire department was elected president at the closing session of the Illinois Firemen's association Granite City was selected for the 1919 convention.
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Firemen
Joliet
M. S. Phillips
Chicago Heights
Illinois Firemen’s Association
Granite City
House votes to send amendment to states
In a 274 to 136 vote the House adopted a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. Speaker Clark pledged to vote from the chair if needed, while allies Mann and Sims delivered key votes amid illness. Senators face a tougher path, but suffragists press for action before adjournment.
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Mann
Baltimore
Sims
Tennessee
Senate
Capitol
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United States
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More
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Moore
Austin
Dominick
South Carolina
Suffrage Roll Call Shows 274 To 130 Vote Split
The roll shows Democrats for suffrage at 104 with 165 Republicans in favor, totaling 274 for. Democrats against 130, with 102 Republicans opposing. paired votes noted between Reed and Fairchild and others.
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la Guardia
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Cooper
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