Italians Win Big Victory In Italy Offensive
Italian forces launched a wide offensive east of Asiago and toward Monte Sicemo, attacking near Brenta and Coldebrosso. They claimed to have taken 500 prisoners and pushed back German lines, with observers noting a six mile front and a major push beyond localized actions.
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London
Italy
Asiago
Brenta
Monte Sicemo
Monte di Valdella
Coldebrosso
Frenela Ravine
Berlin
Therm
Man Who Shadowed Kaiser Reveals German Morale and Food Conditions
Victor Morgan of The Cleveland Press traveled to Europe and spent weeks at the Swiss border gathering inside facts on German morale food conditions and public sentiment. The Star publishes his findings beginning Wednesday.
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Germany
Victor Morgan
Cleveland Press
Europe
Morgan
Switzerland
The
Star
Italian Front Breakthrough Seizes 1500 Prisoners
Rome reports a major Italian drive on the Asiago basin front capturing 1,500 prisoners including 62 officers. Italian guns and allied artillery dispersed enemy reinforcements in the Nos and Campomulo valleys as troops advanced on the heights east of Asiago.
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Rome
Asiago Basin
War Office
Nos
Campomulo
Trotsky Urges Congress On Imperialist Peace
Trotsky addresses Congress urging anti imperialist peace as Smolny Institute issues a statement noting 20 Don Cossack regiments revolting against General Kaldenin amid upheaval in Russia.
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Trotsky
Congress
Joseph Shaplen
Smoliny Institute
Don Cossacka
Kaledine
Teutons Moved From Eastern Front Over Propaganda Pressure
German war chiefs, alarmed by Russian propaganda, shift large numbers of Teuton soldiers to the West. The army staff says Germans are violating orders not to redeploy Eastern forces during peace talks. Twenty five cents thrift card offered.
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Teuton
West Front
Washington
Army General Staff
Jailbirds demand office rooms as Ambrose returns to jail
Joe Ambrose, jailed veteran political boss, leads 140 inmates in anti jail propaganda and letters to civic groups. He fights habeas corpus after a court denies release, while jailer Mott notes inmates press for office roles and public support remains high.
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de Luxe
Joe
F. W. E.mott
Joe Ambrose
Dees Place
Mackintosh
Lundin
Brinker
J. FE. Shrewebury
Mitzi Hajos and Pom Pom Artists Stage Noon Show for Tobacco Fund
Mitzi Hajos and the Pom Pom troupe join forces with The Star at the Metropolitan for a Friday noon vaudeville benefit for Our Boys In France Tobacco Fund. George Hood Buell and Frank Fuell organize a 13 act lineup with famed performers and a 50 cent seating price, all proceeds aiding the fund. Seats are reserved and the show starts at 12:5 with performances by Mitzi, Charlee McNaughton, Lilian Morton, Boyd Marshall and others.
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Star Tobacco Fund
France
Mitzi Hajos
Metropolitan
Mitzi
George Hood
Met
Frank Fuell
George
Frank
Tobacco
Buell
Harry Child
Harry
George Martenfalvy
Tobacco Fund
Boys In
Henry W. Savage
Charlee McNaughton
Lilian Morton
Boyd Marshall
Tom Walsh
Ben Hastings
Louise Larsson
Robert Jackson
Self-Styled Red Objects to Red Cross Men on Jury
Floyd Ramp a selfstyled revolutionist challenges all prospective jurors who are Kel Crown members. He questions Liberty Loan subscriptions and is on trial in federal district court for violating the espionage act by utterances aimed at discouraging enactments and making men subject to draft.
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Red
Red Cross
Floyd Ramp
Kel Crown
Liberty Loan
Ramp
Federal District Court
Bomb Cases Wait Mooney Decision
San Francisco January 29 The district attorney said no further bomb case trials will proceed until the state supreme court rules on whether Thomas J Mooney will receive a new trial If Mooney is granted a new trial he will be the next brought before the jury.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court of the
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
Sammy Wins A French Bride And Also 60 Lonely Days
United Press dispatch from France reports Sammy, a 20 year old American soldier, marries Louise, 18, in a village church after a whirlwind courtship. He is sentenced to 60 days labor at a wood chopping company before returning to the trenches. He plans to take her to Cedar Grove, Iowa after the war.
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Sammy
J. W. Pegler
United Presa
France
Louise
Cedar Grove
City plans finish fight on six cent fare
City officials vow a finish fight to block Puget Sound Traction Light Power from raising street car fares beyond five cents. Corporation Counsel Caldwell weighs two strategies including expert testimony on property valuation and a plea based on a five cent cap. He cites possible cost up to fifty thousand dollars and hints at seeking a writ of prohibition if needed.
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Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
Caldwell
Public Service Commission
Gill
Hugh Caldwell
Gott Not Mit the Kaiser Says So Himself in Interview
In a Seattle Star interview Gott Nathan N Gott vice president of a Seattle aeroplane factory disputes ties to William Hohen sollern and asserts he works for the United States and not for the Kaiser. He criticizes a rival claim while urging war material production for Uncle Sam as the city weighs transit fare authority and corporate relief.
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Gott
Sammy
The
Star
Bird
William Hohensollern
Sam
Bill
Seattle
Second Ave
United States
Nathan N. Gott
United States Navy
Girl Held in Probe of TNT Notes
Miss Theodora Pollak, arrested for allegedly aiding the I W W, is central to a federal inquiry. Agents seized letters at her home and sent a set of postal card warnings and TNT notes for handwriting comparison by expert Theodore Kytka.
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San Francisco
Miss Pollak
Theodore Kytka
Two Million Men Could Enter Draft If Bill Passes
Washington January 29 Two million men would be available for the draft in Class 1 if Congress passes a bill for automatic registration of all men who turned 21 since June 5 Provost Marshal General Crowder told the senate military committee He noted the bill would not exempt men over age 31 since June 5 Secretary Baker said such men would likely be automatically exempt.
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Washington
Congress
Crowder
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Home Folks to Hear From Sick Soldiers Through Red Cross
Washington January 29 The Red Cross will extend its hospital information service from France to U S army camps. Red Cross workers will visit hospitals, write letters for sick soldiers and forward reports of their condition to the men’s families. Orders to implement the service were to be issued at once.
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Washington
Baker
Red Cross
France
Senate votes to limit railroad control after war
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved a plan 7 to 6 to restrict government control of railroads to one year after the war ends. The move opposes Director General McAdoo’s suggestion to keep control indefinite until conditions warrant an end.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
McAdoo
Power to End Railway Control Sparks Senate Fight
Washington January 29 with an amendment to grant the president power to terminate federal control of any or all railroads a new legislative executive fight looms from hearings on the bill Commissioner Anderson of the Interstate Commerce Commission offers the administration position the measure aims to end railroad control by executive action.
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Washington
Anderson
Interstate Commerce Commission
London Bombing: Night Raids Kill Fourteen and Sixteen
An official report details two air raids over London and the coast killing 14 people and 16 children. The raids involved 15 German machines, with one reaching London and another over Essex, as Royal Flying Corps units engaged and a raider went down in flames after aerial combat. The all clear followed hours later.
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Webb Miller
United Press
London
Lor French
Home
Don
Royal
Essex
Cartridge in Paper Roll Explodes in Frisco
San Francisco investigators probed sabotage after a dynamite cartridge in a paper roll from Everett exploded when a stevedore dropped the roll onto iron. The roll caught fire but the blast did not occur in the powder factory, preventing severe damage.
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Everett
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Ett. Wash
Hercules der Co
Aviators Recover From Midair Collision Near North Island
Sergt G Lewis of Lemoore and Cadet Wayne Ledger of Angeles suffer cuts and bruises after a midair collision at North Island aviation field 500 feet above ground. Civilian Instructor Ira Biffle was stunned but unharmed. The crash occurred yesterday over San Diego.
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San Diego
Sergt. G. Lewis
Lemoore
Cal
Mng
Wayne W. Ledger
Angeles
Fort Rosecranspital
Lewis
Ira Biffle
North Island Aviation Field
Biffle
War on gambling targets fashionable New York resorts
District Attorney Swan announced a city wide drive on gambling after an investigation by Assistant District Attorney Smith found big games run in fashionable resorts. A well known vaudeville actress is believed to have lost 3500 dollars in a single night at a women only game.
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New York
Swan
Smith
Red Cross Spent 30 519 260 Dollars in France
Information received by Arthur Bh Grindell shows the American Red Cross expended 30 519 260 dollars in France. The figure is reported by the public ity division as part of ongoing relief efforts.
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RED Cross
France
Arthur Bh. Grindell
The
American Cross
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