General German strikes spread across industries and cities
A Kiel torpedo plant report describes Friday strikes at Friedrichsport as workers join leaders joining the army. Germania dak yards also struck. Swiss and Dutch dispatches note a broader German strike movement with many Daimler Beerseg Ludwig and General Electric plants idled. Independent socialists push propaganda as unions are not leading. Strikes reach Lichterfelde Heringsdorf and Johanisthal suburbs and extend to Rhineland and Westphalia with Bochum mining affected amid Prussian reform bill dispute.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Kiel
Friedrichsport
Germania Dak
Switzerland
Holland
Bert
Germany
Berlin
Amsterdam
Daimler
Beerseg
Ludwig
General Electric
Lichterfelde
Heringsdorf
Johanisthal
Rhineland
Westphalia
Frankfurter Zeitung
Fatherland Party
Bochum
Essen
Pennsylvania Roads Clear Up Blockade
Railroads in Pennsylvania resumed freight movement after a Sunday snowstorm. Short trains operated on the Pennsylvania Railroad while one Allegany crest track remained closed by eighteen foot drifts. Reading Railroad conditions also improved Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alleghenies
Reading Railroad
Pile ointment promises cure in days
Noted drug claim for PAZO GINTMENT presents a promise of relief within days for itching bleeding or protruding piles. First application claimed to provide relief though reviewer warns the cure is not guaranteed and refunds are suggested by the seller.
Germans Violating Russian Truce Terms
Washington dispatch reports the war department charging Germany with evading the Russian truce by withdrawing eastern front troops for use on the western front. The U S Army general staff says troops are sent home on furlough, then redirected to recruiting stations and redeployed, deceiving the Russians and dispersing men into western regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
War Department
General Staff
United States Army
Defective Gyroscope Parts Highlight Torpedo Control
Ensign Joseph A Flynn testified in Brooklyn federal court that tiny defects in gyroscope parts used in torpedoes could steer the weapon off course. He described how minor variances detected under magnification, though normally tested, could alter guidance in the weapon assembled by E W Bliss & Co. The case concerns Paul E Hennig, accused of treason as a former Germany subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph AA. Flynn
United States Navy
Paul ©. E. Hennig
Genmany
Treasyn
Brooklyn
Hennig
E. W. Bliss and Company
Ensign Flynn
Italian Hospitals Attacked in Northern Italy Raid
Berlin reports a German aerial squadron dropped thirty-one tons of bombs last Saturday on Castelfranco Treviso and Mestre, with large fires seen from afar. Italy says raids hit between the Brenta and Piave rivers, especially Treviso and Mestre, damaging three hospitals in Mestre. A separate note mentions abuse of women.
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Berlin
Castelfranco
Treviso
Mestre
Italy
War Office
Brenta
Piave
Mestro
Bomb Explosion Wrecks Michigan Chemical Plant
Marquette Michigan January 30 a plant of the Pioneer Iron company suffered a $500000 damage after a bomb exploded and fire broke out destroying seven buildings and vast chemical stores used in munition manufacture for U S and allied governments. Officials investigate incendiary theory amid heavy guard and federal inquiry.
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Marquette
Mich
Pioneer Iron Company
United States
Labor Department Reorganized for War Labor Policy
Secretary Wilson orders a virtual reorganization to form a war labor administration guiding national labor policy for the war. A joint nine-member board will mediate capital and labor, with five officials from each side and one public member. The bureau will centralize under Wilson with seven new services, led by an adjustment bureau to handle disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Labor
Wilson
War Labor Administration
Council of National Defense
Reorganized and Enlarged
Labor Department
Riots in Harbin Manchuria Leave 22 Dead
Reports from Tomsk show Bolsheviks dissolving a workmen and soldiers delegates meeting, with 22 killed. FBiangovestchensk and Amur province dispatches describe wrecked assemblies, widespread fighting and robberies. Popoff, Harbin consul general, heads to Peking to seek allied support to free eastern Siberia and protest Austro German prisoner releases.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Tomsk
Fblagovestchensk
Siberia
Amur
Popoff
Peking
Revolt In Finland Ordered By Russians
Petrograd reports a proletarian revolution in Finland with a manifesto claiming working classes hold power. A general strike was declared at Helsinki with exceptions for essential services. the central workers' committee imposes a siege and arms ban except for the Red Guard. White guards are arrested and rail lines attacked in Coria station.
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Petrograd
Finland
Social Democratic Committee
Helsingfors
Central Committee of Workmen
Red Guard
Coria Station
Ice Gorges Sweep Tennessee River
Ice gorges sweep down the Tennessee River causing heavy losses to river steamers and craft. Fifteen boats were taken by ice floes, with two said to have sunk. City of Cairo damaged, Paducah dry docks moved, and several vessels carried away or wrecked along the current.
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Metropolis
Tennessee
Paducah
Cairo
Alfred
Foreign Credits In Hands Of U.S. Board
Washington January 30 Foreign exchange transactions under regulations by Secretary McAdoo fall under the supervision of the Federal Reserve Board. The Board will license dealers via Federal Reserve banks and require periodic reports on each purchase or sale to prevent credits aiding enemies. The rules, signed by President Wilson under espionage and trading with the enemy acts, aim to regulate foreign exchange traffic and gauge its flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAdoo
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Wilson
Ukrainian Rada Ousts Bolsheviki
Bolshevik headquarters report that the Ukrainian Rada Secretariat General has resigned. A new secretariat will be formed from Left Socialist Revolutionaries, and Bolshevik reps at Brest Litovsk will be replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tetrograd
Bolsheviki
Rada
Social Revolutionaries
Brest Litovsk
Brief Personals and Local Notices Overview
Dr. Hi F Lafler offers chiropractic treatments at 201 204 Ul State Bank Building. An auto owned by T E Lane collided with a Maine street car at Sixteenth and Maine. no injuries, minor damage to both. K L S whist Wednesday at N O F hall with six prizes and lie admission. A Turner Vereine masquerade planning stag party at Turner hall Thursday night. big dance set for Feb 11. New worsted yarns in khaki and gray offered at $1.00. Meyer Wilms Co Snyder’s Taxi phone 101 of 201. Mrs Pearl Jones and children from Crete Neb., visiting seven weeks with Mrs W F Clark. N S B C complimentary dance Jan 30. Red Men meeting in Herman Stormer parlors. Stormer to attend Moosehall meeting for thrift stamp drive. Eye Ear Nose Throat Dr Stannus 601 603 Hampshire St. Mrs George Francis of Camp Point visiting and attended YWCA supper at Masonic temple. Wanted: four women for telephone advertising work at home for a few days. Mr and Mrs John L Miller hosted Rev George Jones, Rev George Shaw, and Rev Summers with a bounteous supper. H W Ellis family returned from Enid Okla due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. F. Lafler
State Bank
T. E. Lane
Maine
Sixteenth
Maine Streets
N. O. O. F. Hall
Committee of Qourncy
Vereine
Turner Hall
Meyer- Wilms Co
Snyder
Pearl Jones
Crete
Neb
Quincy
W. F. Clark
Jersey Street
Herman Stormer
Stormer
Moosehall
Stannus
Hampshire St
George Francis
Camp Point
Masonic Temple
Meyer-Wilms Co
John L. Miller
Vermont Street
George Jones
Springfield
George Shaw
Mr. Summers
H. W. Ellis
Enid
Okla
Adams County Dental Society Holds Routine Meeting
An Adams County Dental Society supper was held at the Quincy hotel Tuesday evening with only regular business discussed. A man who had a son returning with him underwent adenoid removal surgery Monday morning and is recovering rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County Dental Society
Quincy Hotel
Folk Quits Federal Job Returns to St. Louis
Joseph W. Folk former Missouri governor and long time head counsel for the Interstate Commerce Commission has resigned to join the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce as counsel. He aims to lead a campaign against the free bridge arbitrariness and push railroad rate equalization affecting St Louis trade. The notice includes a medicinal ad for Grip using Bromo Quinine tablets with Be Groves signature at 80 cents.
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ST. Louis
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Farmers Elevator & Exchange
Palmyra
Michigan Chemical Plant
the Karamoid Manufacturing Co
American Mineral Production Co
Karamoid
Quincy, Ill
Majestic Bidg
U.S. Board
N. Fifth St
Peoria
Adams
Hannibal
S. Main
Price
Reids
Folk
BE. W. Grove
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