One-man munition authority eyed by Senate panel
January report from Washington says the Senate military committee plans to press a one man control scheme for war supplies. The Chamberlain bill to create a secretary of munitions may be amended to place authority under a civilian administrator reporting to the President. Gifford Willard Baruch defend civilian advisory bodies and centralization while opposing a cabinet post for the munitions director. Republicans caucus to discuss war organization changes.
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Senate
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Council of National Defense
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Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Gifford
Willard
War Department
Willd
Baruch
Caillaux arrest linked to Lansing cable report
Paris reports that former Premier Caillaux was arrested due to a cablegram from Secretary Lansing stating Caillaux had contact with Berlin during 1915. The message alleged Caillaux sought to negotiate peace with Germany via Count Von Luxburg while in Argentina. The evidence is said to be published in America soon.
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Callfarx
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America
Imme Liatel
Suffrage Boost in House of Lords as Referendum Refused
London January 16 anti suffragists in the house of lords faced another setback as Viscount Halifax’s amendment to the franchise bill, seeking a referendum of the women on suffrage, was defeated 90 to 62. The vote preserves the current path to extend voting rights without a direct referendum.
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House of Lords
Viscount Halifax
Newspaper advertising indispensable to the merchant says Meyer
Mr John H Meyer argues that advertising in newspapers is essential as lines of manufacture and merchant offerings grow and commerce becomes complex. He notes the smoothing of shopping difficulties depends on trusted newspaper information, with 7200 subscribers in Quincy and nearby areas relying on The Whig for store news.
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Whig
Breakdown on Cambrai front Bonar Law says British didn't surprise
London January 16. Andrew Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that Haig's inquiry found the general staff and government did not consider the Cambrai attack a surprise and that proper dispositions were made. He said no generalissimo was appointed for either the western or Italian fronts. British forces under Gen Sir Julian Byng used tanks to surprise the Germans near Cambrai, capturing prisoners and advancing to Bourlon Wood before a German counterattack recaptured positions.
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Gourencourt
Gouvencourt
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Senate Rejects Bill Giving U S Control of Paper
The Senate rejected a resolution to grant the Federal Trade Commission authority to supervise and regulate print paper production and distribution by 36 to 32. Arizona Senator Smith intends to push a government takeover in a similar form, while opponents argued it would threaten press freedom and hinder pulp imports.
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Reed
Smoot
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Federal Trade Commission
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Department of Justice
Italians Strike In Northern Italy Heights Attack
Italian forces struck last night against Austrian positions east of the Brenta river inflicting heavy losses and taking several hundred prisoners including an Austrian lieutenant colonel and seven officers. A large amount of war material was captured.
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Fuel Administrators Plan to Ration Coal Supply
Washington reports a government plan to deny coal to less essential industries for a week or longer and to embargo shipments of nonessentials by rail. A possible eight to ten week Monday industrial holiday is considered if needed, with Garfield preparing a preliminary preferential distribution list prioritizing households, public utilities, war ships and war industries.
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Garfield
Fuel Administration
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Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Fresh Eggs Price Set at 73 Cents in Chicago
Chicago date line reports the food administration fixed a 44 cent wholesale price for cold storage eggs in carload lots to curb profiteering after a surge in rail costs. The move follows a conference between State Food Administrator Plarry A Wheeler and dealers. Prices in Chicago hit record highs as dealers bid against each other.
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Food Administration
Plarry A. Wheeler
Wheeler
Sturape Coys
No alteration in Berlin on peace negotiation instructions
Berlin reported to the London press that on January 16 Baron Von Dem Buesche Hadden told the Reichstag committee there had been no alteration in the instructions given to Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlmann for the peace talks at Lorst Litevsk.
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Baron von Dem — Buesche-Haddenhaven
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Lorest- Litevsk
Yarmouth Bombarded by Sea Strike on North Sea
Yarmouth, on the North Sea coast, was bombarded from the sea Monday night. About 20 shells fell into the city. Official reports say three people were killed and ten injured and that damage was not serious. Yarmouth is 15 miles northeast of London, a port with shipbuilding and fishing industries.
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Scarborough
Italians Press Heavy Attacks on Austro German Front
After five days of heavy snow and extreme cold, Italian forces renewed the assault on the Monte Asolone front and gained ground. They also expanded the Piave bridgehead east of Cape Sile, driving back trenches held by Austro German troops in fierce counterattacks. In the hills, Austro German defense yielded to Italian advances with heavy casualties and eight officers captured. Other fronts report raids, naval activity, and a Yarmouth bombardment with casualties, while the Allied supreme war council plans an early Versailles plenary session to discuss strategy.
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Piave River
Cape Sile
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Railroad lines partly opened after blizzard
Washington January 16. Government emergency measures pressed to move scarce coal and food as snow and ice paralyze western rails. Telephones and lines down, trains halted, officials warn some industries may close without fuel. McAdoo meets with railway leaders to plan central west transport and wage dispute actions.
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Government
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Cperatiin
Middle West
Nation's bumper corn crop still held by farmers
Washington January 16 priority orders have discriminated against corn, risking deterioration of a large 1917 bumper crop. Representative McCormick and Troover urged a railroad executive to oversee corn shipments, with McAdoo taking the matter under advisement. Cargoes must move from country elevators within weeks or shortages will hit, as Eastern roads fail to return empty cars, hampering farmers and raising prices on feed grains and other crops.
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McConnick
Illess
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Troover
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Corm Nuyn
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Food Administration
Mer Veaver
Ury
Protest by Women Around City Hall Causes Stampede
In Barcelona on January 16 an immense crowd of women gathered near the city hall to protest men’s rules. The balustrade collapsed as the crowd surged, trapping and injuring many. Thirty five women were badly crushed amid the incident.
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Spain
British labor party backs self determination for peoples
A London issued message from the British Labour Party and the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress urges the Russians to pursue self determination and no annexations for Asia Africa and India. It asserts Britain’s own pledge to no annexations, supports Arab Palestinians Armenians and aims for a postwar peace conference with international oversight. The manifesto calls for faster self government in tropical Africa and to end Ottoman domination, urging central European peoples to renounce annexations and grant self determination similar to Russia.
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