Labor Strikes in Austria and Hungary Spark Wider Crisis
Geneva January 23 reports indicate a sweeping labor strike across Austria and Hungary, with over a million workers halted in war industries. Citizens press for peace and cheaper food as food shortages bite, while authorities seek calm and a possible peace without annexations. The unrest tests the dual monarchy amid wartime weariness, censorship tightens, and a Leipsic paper hints at naval officials seeking understanding with Britain.
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Geneva
Austria
Hungary
Itas
Germany
Austria Hungary
Leipsic
Advertising drives ready made clothing industry growth
Industry leaders credit educational advertising as the key factor elevating the sector to sixth in national manufacturing. While the exact number of retailers selling ready-made clothing is unknown, those selling most of it consistently advertise their own or rival brands. The Whig, with paid daily and Sunday circulations totaling about 14,200, offers a channel to reach roughly 15,000 men and young men in its readership.
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America
the Whig
U S air pilots collide three fall to death
Washington reports three American airmen killed in a Sunday collision over an American aviation school in France. First Lieutenants William J T Cheney and Oliver Po Sherwood and Private George A Beach were identified with home towns Peterboro New Hampshire Brooklyn New York and Port Collins Colorado. French War Cross awarded to Sergeant Henry Sweet Jones of New York for downing a German aircraft in October and notable combat with two German airmen. Jones has served at the front since May last year.
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Washington
William JT. Cheney
Oliver Po Sherwood
George A. Beach
France
War Department
General Pershing
Lieut
Cheney
Peterboro
N. HH
Sherwood
Brooklyn
N.Y
Beach
Port Collins
Colo
Gen. Pershing
Paris
Henry Sweet Jones
New York
Lafayette Flying Corps
Jones
Arhmen's Extra Pay May Be Curtailed
Washington report notes possible suspension during war of extra pay for aviation service personnel. Civilian casualty data reframes aviation risk, with first lieutenants achieving captaincy upon aviator rating, boosting base pay to about $2,400 yearly plus 50 percent for regular flights and 20 percent for foreign service, exceeding $1,000 additional annually.
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Washington
War Department
ORDER SEARCH OF CITY FOR ASSASSINS
Petrograd dispatch reports Lenine and Bonen- Bureviteh ordering red guards and soldiers to hunt the city for the motor car tied to the killers of Shingareff and Kokosh kine. The murder shocks Bolshevik officials who fear loss of control while the Petrograd council denounces summary justice and urges soldiers to pursue the perpetrators. Sailors who helped the assassins arrived from Finland, not from Petrograd fleets.
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Petrograd
Lenine
Bonen- Bureviteh
Shingareff
Kokoshkine
Finland
Baltic
British naval action in Dardanelles raid ends with ships sunk
British admiralty details a Sunday morning engagement near Imbros in which the Turkish cruisers Sultan Selim and Midulla attacked enemy forces, sinking the Breslau after mines and air attacks severely damaged Goeben. British destroyers Lizard and Tigress engaged four enemy destroyers, Goeben beached at Nagara point, with periscope sightings hindering rescue amid ongoing aerial bombardment.
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Constantinople
London
British Admiralty
Dardanelles
Sultan Selim
Midulin
Imbros
Raglan
Midulla
Lizard
Island
Goben
Breslau
Admiralty
Cape Cephalo
Goeben
Kusu Bay
Tigress
Toa. Am
Cephalo
Nagara Point
Cape Telles
Germany
Constantinope
Haig Reports Air Sallies on Monday
London datelined dispatch summarises Field Marshal Haig headquarters in France reporting last night’s patrols east of Ypres yielding two machine guns. morning raid south of St Quentin, artillery activity on Cambrai front, and Monday night bombing raids over Courtrai Bowers Rumke and Germany including Phionville Berns torf and Arnaville railway junction.
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London
Marshal Maig
France
Ypres
St. Quentin
Cambrai Front
Courtrai
Bowers
Rumbeke
Germany
Phionville
Bernstorf
Metz
Arnaville
Six Iowa towns must observe heatless day
Des Moines Jan 23 The fuel administrator Charles Webster issued a closing order against six eastern Iowa cities Keokuk Fort Madison Burlington Davenport Clinton and Dubuque after merchants complained river trade favored the town side and heatless day rules were needed to curb consumption.
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Des Moines
Hhinovis
Mississippi River
Charles Webster
Iowa
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Burlington
Davenport
Clinton
Dubuque
English Women Send Greeting To The World
English women of the British Labour party at a Nottingham conference sent greetings to U S women urging joint action to make the League of Nations a reality. They endorsed disarmament, condemned private armament firms, and called for police power limits and abolition of conscription.
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Nottingham
England
British Labor Party
United States
America
League of Nations
Ada Solner
London
Germany
Laber Warams
English Speakers Will Tour America
New York Jan 23 British statesmen and churchmen invited to tour the United States to unite American and European allies during the war and drum up support for a postwar league of nations. Eminent figures including Herbert Asquith Bishop Gore Viscount Bryce Viscount Grey Arthur Henderson and George Adam Smith are named to be sought by the national committee on the churches and the moral aims of the war with the committee on public information coordinating the tour.
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New York
America
League of Nations
Ambassador Page
United States
Herbert Asquith
Bishop Gore
Viscount Bryce
Viscount Grey
Arthur Henderson
George Adam Smith
Committee On Public Information
Republicans Invite Women In the Party
Washington January 23 Measures to conciliate Progressives and enlist women in party organizations were adopted by a Republican subcommittee by 3 to 4. Recommendations include continuing the 1916 campaign committee, inviting progressives and the advisory committee to the St Louis conference, and creating an advisory committee of women for future campaigns. Five supported the measures with proxies from Calder and Willcox. four opposed. The subcommittee was formed over a year ago to unite anti Democratic forces. The chair will resign at St Louis. successor not discussed.
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Washington
Republican National Executive Committee
National Executive Committee
St. Louis
Central Committee
William R Willcox
AT. Hert
Kentucky
R. J. Howell
Nebraska
Herbert Parsons
New York
Calder
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Willcox
John T. Adams
Iowa
James A Hemenway
Indiana
Alvah EH. Martin
Virginia
Fred W. Estabrook
New Hampshire
Carson resigns from war cabinet sparks Ulster fight continues
London dispatches report Sir Edward Carson resigns from the war cabinet and travels to Ulster for talks with leaders while Ulster papers frame his move as a renewed push against home rule. Lieutenant Colonel James Craig also resigns as lord treasurer, signaling alignment with Carson in opposing Home Rule.
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London
Tan
Edward Carson
Belfast
Ulster
Carson
James Craig
Eastdown
Househoard
Sir Edward Carson
Trish
Col. Craig
Sir Edward
France Receives Thirty German Ships From Brazil
The United States reports that Brazil has seized thirty German ships and France will charter them for war use. The 120000 gross tonnage fleet will assist France’s provisioning and food imports, with Brazilian coffee crews to be moved. The arrangement aims to prevent troop movements from delaying Allied supply lines.
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Washington
Brazil
State Department
France
America
Brasil
Argentina
New York Faces Critical Coal Shortage After Snow
New York officials warn the city’s fuel supply is at risk as heavy snowfall disrupts ships and trains. Fairy T. Peters, chair of the conservation committee, says there is not enough coal to meet priority orders and industrial needs despite a five day closing.
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New York
New York City
Fairy T. Peters
Conservation Committee
Embargo urged on rail freight except coal and food
Washington Jan 23 an urgent recommendation to declare a brief embargo on all freight moved by rail except coal and food was sent to Director General McAdoo by the fuel administration. The aim is to assure fuel shipment during a midwinter congestion period as deep snows and cold weather strain rail lines east of the Mississippi.
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Washington
McAdoo
Fuel Administration
Garfield
Mississippi
Tidewater
Dr. Garfield
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburgh
Seaboard
Pac Tle
Atlantic
United States
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