Berlin Brest Litovsk talks show no shift in policy
London reports no definite word from Berlin or Petrograd on the Brest Litovsk crisis. Baron von Dem Bussche Haddenhausen says no fresh instructions were sent to Richard von Kuehlmann, suggesting Germany will not evacuate Russian territory. German papers claim victory in the Ludendorff Kuchimann dispute. No truth to Hertling illness. he is healthy and to speak Friday as the constituent assembly meets in Petrograd.
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London
Berlin
Petrograd
Brest: Litovsk
Baron von Dem Bussche- Haddenhausen
Richard von Kuehlmann
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Germany
von Ludendorff-Kuchimann
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
Witness clashes as sugar inquiry resumes in Senate
Washington report on January 17 notes a heated exchange in the Senate manufacturers committee during the sugar inquiry. George H. Earle of Pennsylvania Sugar challenged Claus A. Speckles while Senator Reed limited testimony, with Senator Jones objecting before the examination proceeded. Barle, an independent refiner, said U S consumption rose 295 000 tons from 1916 and that supply lagged, arguing the food administration faced a tougher 1917 task than 1918.
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Washington
Reed
Senate Manufacturers Committee
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania Sugar Company
Earle
Claus A. Speckles
Food Administration
Senator Jones
New Mexico
Jones
Barle
United States
Indianapolis stores close afternoons under fuel restrictions
The Indianapolis fuel administrator issued a midday closing order adding to national fuel limits. All retail and wholesale stores except drug stores must close every afternoon at a designated hour until further notice, to relieve coal shortages.
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Indianapolis
Tan
Nine thousand plants in Chicago area to shut down
Nearly nine thousand plants in the Chicago manufacturing district will be shut down and 400,000 workers will stop work under Mr Garfield's order. The Chicago district includes bio steel plants at Gary Indiana Fast Chicago and Hammond and the Cabinet and North townships.
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Chicago
Garfield
Bio Steel
Gary
Ind
Hammond
Cabimet
North
Governor Whitman Calls It Serious Incurtailment Alert
Albany Jan. 17 Governor Whitman called the fuel curtailment order very serious. He said banks of the state may be closed or kept open but could not decide policy until after a conference with the superintendent of banks.
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Albany
N. Y
Whitman
Garfield
War Summary Shows Peace Talks And Muted Progress
Peace talks at Brest-Litovsk show continued dissatisfaction with German aims and a split among factions over annexations. Hungary resigns its cabinet amid war-program disputes, while Russia-Romania tensions rise with an ultimatum and arrests. In Italy, Austro-German counterattacks fail as air combat and raids continue. Haig reports a night raid near St Quentin with two missing.
War Bulletins From Berlin and Rome Report Front Activity
War dispatches from Berlin Rome and Paris summarize front line actions across Western Eastern Macedonian and Italian sectors including artillery duels reconnoitering encounters and several prisoner recoveries. British and Italian air forces claim multiple aircraft shot down and continued artillery activity with minor raids near St Die.
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Berlin
London
Rrupprecht
Lens
Ornes
Grand Duke Albrecht
Badonvillers
Vosges
Cerna
Brenta
Piave
Monte Asolone
Monte Fontana Secca
Montello
Vienna
British Admiralty
Asiago
Col del Roso
Lrenza
Monte Pertica
Rome
Sitnaion
Monte Solarolo
Capo Sile
Paris
War Office
St. Die
Baatern
Partial recognition extended to Russia
London January 17 Arthur J. Bal four the foreign secretary said Britain had not recognized the present administration in Russia as the government of the Russian people but business was being carried on through an agent under the embassy. He added Britain planned unofficial relations with Maxim Litvinoff the Bolsheviki ambassador in London.
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London
Arthur J. Balfour
House of Commons
Great Britain
Russia
Petrograd
Balfour
Maxim Litvinoff
Aviator Harold Blakeley and mechanician killed in B-1 plane crash
Mineola New York January 17 An experienced aviator Harold Blakeley and his mechanician Edward Higgins died when the military plane they were aboard plummeted about 200 feet to the ground Wednesday.
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Mineola
N. Y
Harold Blakeley
Edward Higgins
Community News Brief from Charleston and Quincy
Local notes report Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kibler visiting Charleston while Howard Mulcahy improves in Blessing hospital. Several residents attend events in Chicago and Jacksonville. Births, job moves, and Friday meetings at the Elks and Knights of Pythias fill a busy social page.
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Virgil Kibler
Charleston
Ill
Howard
John S. Mulcahy
Ashland
Blessing Hospital
William Heckenkamp
Western Catholic Union
Chicago
Heckenkamp
Schwagmeyer Sisters
Maine
Lorenzo Munes
Jacksonville
Earl Dumbald
Vine Street
John Rollington
North Sixth Avenue
Lula Morton
Englewood Hospital
H. D. Morton
Ninth and
Oak Streets
Fred Poepping
Hampshire Street
Wisherd
Lula Cain
Irving School
Augusta
Fred C. Scholz
North Fourteenth Street
Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine Cold Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Bromo Quinine tablets to ease cough headache and cold. It notes the product is 30 cents per box and bears Grove's signature on each box, claiming relief from cold symptoms.
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GROVE
Tremendous Piano Sale With Deep Reductions
The dealer emphasizes selling a large piano inventory and promises thousands of dollars in value even at greatly reduced prices. They state there is no obstacle to sales and pledge further cuts if needed to move the stock.
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Spreckles
Myron Robert
Brest- Litovsk
Amsterdam
von Hindenburg
von Hertling
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Austria
Charles
Rumania
Council of National Commissioners of
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Piave River
Cermo Bend
Londons
Field Marshal Haig
France
St. Quentin
J. M. Winters
John Wells
St. Louis
Margie
Edna Morris
Washington ,D. C
Edna
Dudley Ferguson
Ohio Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
F. C. Scholz
William H. Korn
Keokuk
John Korn
Floyd Shoup
Lewistown
Joe Washburn
Kearney
Neb
T. B. Brownell
South Ninth Street
Eugene O'Hare
Buffalo
Perry Thesen
State Street
The
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Burlington Railway
the Elks
Knights of Pythias
Queen of the West
Eagles
Y. M. CA
O. D. Frank
M. C. Frank
Mr. Frank
Rock Island
Quincy
Evert Whitcomb
Plainville
C. E. Delaplain
Tom Nichol
Indian Grove
C. Hoskins
Roofers
E. H. Osborn
Mr. Osborn
Globe Tent Order of Knights of Maccabees
Mooss Hall
Bell-Ans
North Fifth Street
Quincy, Ill
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