Red Cross Doing a Great Work in European Fields
New York reports Edward Ryan of Scranton Pa aided a British nurse in Servia during artillery threats. The American unit kept a hospital from collapse while supplies ran low. the flag was raised over the building after Ryan arrived. Washington says missionaries will ferry Red Cross aid to Siberian interior prisoners of war from Peking.
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Red Cross
New York
Edward Ryan
Scranton
T. Servia
Washington
Peking
Siberia
American Red Cross
French Capture Steinbach Amid Front Fighting
Berlin reports Steinbach, an Alsatian town between Thann and Sennheim, captured by the French after days of intense combat. German lines say French also took heights west of Sennheim but the Germans retook them in a bayonet counterattack. Paris notes intermittent fighting with rain reducing infantry attacks and confirms a French failure to seize Bourleilles while claiming progress at Steinbach.
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Berlin
Steinbach
Thann
Sennheim
Paris
Boureuilles
Meuse
French aviators bomb Brussels area injure German troops
An Amsterdam dispatch reports French aviators dropped bombs Saturday in the Brussels vicinity partly destroying a Zeppelin shed under construction and killing several German soldiers.
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London
Amsterdam
Brussels
Heavy Rains Slow World War Front Movements Across Europe
London reports an exceptionally wet winter halting large scale western front operations while eastern fronts see back and forth artillery duels. French gains near Albert Roye and east of Rheims are cautious with advances and repulses. German efforts at St Mihiel stall amid mud. The Russians hold fortified positions as weather aids defense. Austrians claim a check near Gorlice while Uzsok passes opens for Russian moves into Hungary. Austrian retreat in Bukowina labeled a rout.
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London
Europe
England
Albert and
Roye
Rheims
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Meuse
Alsace
St. Menehould
Borsimov
Gorlice
Galician
Jaslo
Uzsok Pass
Carpathians
Hungary
Bukowina
Defective Switch Wrecks Train Near Emmons Injures Twelve
Twelve people were seriously injured and likely fatally harmed when a southbound passenger train on the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad derailed at Emmons Minnesota due to a defective switch. A chair car and smoker were demolished.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Emmons
Inauguration of Gov John B. Kenrick Held in Wyoming
Cheyenne Wyoming January 4 The inauguration of Governor John B Kenrick and other state officials elected in November took place in the state capital with ceremonies and formal swearing in.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
John B. Kenrick
Eye men have fine session in Idaho optometrists meeting
District No. 2 of the Idaho Association of Optometrists held a Saturday night session at Pocatello Optical Company. Dr. O. M. Drake was elected delegate to Boise. A feed preceded business. talks and district plans followed. several doctors attended.
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Idaho Association of Optometrists
Pocatello Optical Company
0. M. Drake
Boise
Drs. A. L. Chilton
C. L. Evans
T. Bayliff
B. G. Brown
H. W. Spung
C. F. W. Marquardt
London Exchange Reopens Under Restricted Policy
London stock exchange resumes trading after July closure with severe limits to curb panic. The floor excludes aliens who fail to meet committee criteria and all transactions are cash only as the market opens with cheers and the national anthem.
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London
London Stock Exchange
President plans campaign speeches on return from Exposition
Washington reports the president expects to deliver speeches on his return trip from the San Francisco exposition this spring. He said he would accept invitations and soon map out a definite itinerary as he receives many invitations.
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Washington
Gallers
Court officials attend funeral for longtime Kentucky marshal
Washington January 4 all justices of the supreme court attended the funeral of J M Wright of Kentucky who served twenty seven years as marshal of the court Chief Justice White was among the mourners at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Supreme‘ Court
J. M. Wright
Kentucky
White
Arlington National Cemetery
Ballot Box Hunt Delays County Officials
County commissioners sent Sheriff Lowry after a missing Tyhee precinct ballot box. He found it at the home of election officer J. J. Weatherman after a snowy chase that stalled their car and forced a horse party and tow-truck plan before the box was recovered and mood restored.
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Tyhee Road
Sheriff's Office
Tyhee
Lowry
J. J. Weatherman
Dick Soule
Mercury
Big Docket Set for Next Term Court Activity Grows
The next district court term will see sixty four criminal cases on the docket with potential additions. County Prosecutor Smith Sheriff Lowry and staff reviewed the schedule and arranged preliminary hearings while Judge Knowles moved into the county building court room to hear actions. Among expected cases are Indian horse thief Jack Smiler, William Davis who shot a woman but did not kill her, bootleg matters, and possibly the Meadows or Moore case involving Deputy Sheriff Taylor's death.
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Smith
Lowry
Knowles
Jack Smiler
William Davis
John W. Meadows
Charles Moore
Taylor
Justice’s Court
Murder cases of coal strike begin in Pueblo
Pueblo Colo Jan 4 The trial of the LaVeta murder case linked to the Colorado coal strike began with nine United Mine Workers of America members charged with killing three mine guards a chauffeur and wounding a mine official The alleged murders occurred in November 1913.
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Pueblo
Colo
LaVeta
Colorado
United Mine Workers of America
War costs and forces reach staggering sums
London reports nearly 18,500,000 soldiers in active service and 28,000,000 with reserves. French statistician M Yves Guyot estimates daily cost per man at about $2.59, totaling about $11 billion for one year of warfare, rivaling fifty years of prior conflict expenditures.
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London
M. Yves Guyot
Belgian Commission Accuses German Army of Harsh Practices
The Belgian commission report presented to Secretary Bryan accuses German troops of wanton killings, systematic town destruction, and blanket responsibility for civilian massacre. Proclamations attributed to General von Buelow are cited to support claims of burned towns and executions.
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Washington
Bryan
Emmanuel Havenith
Liege
von Bielow
Ardenne
Belgium
Idaho's Thirteenth Legislature Organizes In Boise
The Idaho Legislature convened with Governor Moses Alexander sworn in. A. H. Conner named speaker. John W. Hart president pro tem of the Senate. Republicans hold a large majority in both houses, with 33 senators and 61 representatives. The new body features lists of members from Boise G. G. Fitz and John W. Hart among leaders. Democrats, Progressives and a Socialist are represented.
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Boise
Idaho
Moses Alexander
A. H. Conner
John W. Hart
Senate
Haines
George R. Barker
W. L. Gifford
John W. Eagleson
G. W. Allen
Bernice McCoy
Grace Sheppard
Sullivan
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Assembly
Stephen D. Taylor
Owyhee
House
Peter G. Johnston
C. F. Koelsch
Chase Clark
G. G. Fitz
Bingham
L. R. Thomas
Elmore
al B. Montgomery
Fremont
Hiram G. Fuller
Madison
Nathan Ricks
Powser
K. D. Houtz
Bannock
W. H. Mendenhall
Blaine
I. EB. Rockwell Bonner
E. K. Elliott
Bonneville
J. EK. Steele
Canyon
BE. K. Hayes
Casesia
S. T. Lowe
Clearwater
E. M. Grant
E. Sweet
Jefferson
Lewis
A. Kaliney Gooding
A. F. McCloud
Franklin
James Johnson
Bear Lake
L. W. Thrailkill
W. N. Sweet
W. N. Northrop
Power
William Allardg Bingham
P. G. Johnston
Joseph Holeland
James Siddoway
8. K. Clark
Kootenai
J. C. Hunt
M. A. Kiger
W. H. Edelblute
W. William Taylor
Twin Falls
G. W. York
D. L. Oliver
L. Hardelrode
Henry Meyer
Clearswater
T. J. LaForest
Gooding
B. R. Evans
Adams
James I. Lins
Alma Findlay
Fred Cruikshank
Larah
William A
A. R. Hicks
John Faris
Ada
Wheat Reaches Record Smashing Market Price
In Chicago on January 4 May wheat closed at 1.344 with futures rising past all prior records since the war began. May delivery touched 1.24 as fears of Argentine competition faded and European demand grew. Liverpool also quoted higher and reports of large cash sales for ocean shipments boosted prices to 1.34, up 3 1/4 cents since Saturday.
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Chicago
Ills
Liverpool
Europe
Ocean
Freight rate hearings set for mid February in Chicago
Public hearings on proposed railroad freight rate increases west of the Mississippi begin February 16 in Chicago. The ICC debates rating changes for poultry carloads from western railroads, with corn and vegetables hearings planned for March 11 as part of the program.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Chicago
Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Emily Simmonds
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William M. Morgan
Herman H. Taylor
Fred L. Huston
Joseph H. Peterson
Robert N. Bell
Bonner County
Bessie van Horten
Ada County
Frankie E. Smith
Bingham County
Jessieb. Werrington
Twin Falls County
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S. E. Fisk
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