Disabled German Soldiers Attend Fatherland Meeting in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam on January 9 a gathering of Fatherland party supporters drew disabled German soldiers. Speakers described deserters from Hindenburg’s banner and derided them as cowards. Police forced the disabled veterans from the meeting after abuse and chants by annexationists and Vorwaerts supporters.
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Fatherland Party
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Vorwaerts
Hindenburg
Trotzky Sees Entente Aiming For Separate Peace With Russia
Petrograd correspondent reports Trotzky believes the entente government seeks a separate peace with Russia to pressure Germany into yielding western demands, expecting Berlin to agree more readily.
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London
Trotzky
Germany
Russia
West
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Daily News
Dire Petrograd Scene Described By Times Correspondent
The Times Petrograd correspondent reports a bleak city with dirt and disorder. He notes widespread crime and robbery amid no police authority, starvation looming, and three days of blinding snow and fierce winds.
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London
Petrograd
Times Petrograd
Ussian
Two American Sailors Held as Prisoners in Germany
Washington reports two sailors from the destroyer Jacob Jones missing after the December 6 submarine attack are now prisoners in Germany. Seaman Albert De Mello of New Bedford Massachusetts and John Francis Murphy of Newport Rhode Island are named among the captured crew.
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Jacob Jones
Germany
Albert de Mello
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New Hedford
Mass
John Francis Murphy
Cook
Newport
Nine Missing From Sunk Steamer Harry Luekenbauc
Nine sailors from the American steamer Harry Luekenbauc remain missing after a torpedo attack on January 6. Navy officials, citing Vice Admiral Sims, report that twenty two crew members were rescued.
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Washington
Harry Luekenbauc
Navy
Sims
President Wilson Urges Open Peace Terms in Congress
President Wilson sets forth war aims calling for open covenants, freedom of navigation, removal of economic barriers, and proportional colonial arrangements. He argues for a world of justice, declares Russia’s voice vital, and outlines a plan including Russian evacuation, Belgian restoration, Alsace Lorraine redress, Italian frontiers, and Polish independence under international guarantees.
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United States
Russia
Society of Free Nations
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France
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Rusela
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Terridea
Balkans
Northwestern YWCA War Campaign Sets $144000 Goal
The YWCA National Work Council aims to raise 144000 across Oregon Washington Montana and Idaho during January 21 to 27 to fund Hostess houses for army camps and aid war area women. A sectional conference in Tacoma opens the drive with state meetings in Montana and Idaho and leaders from national and regional offices plan the organization effort.
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Young Women's Christian Association
National Work Council
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Idaho
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Montama
R. C. McCredie
Washington Federation of Women's Clubs
Washington State Board of
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
National
McCredie
Young Women’s Christian Association
Gertrude Griffith
Grace Maxwell
Helen Barnes
Ruth Dennen
Los Angeles
Sada Johnson
Y. W. CC
Julia Tolman Lee
France
Fire kills four as theater wall collapses in storm
In Chicago, January 9, four firemen died and four were injured when the moving picture theater on Chicago Avenue and Jeavitt Street collapsed during a blaze. Heavy snow blocked streets delaying response, allowing the fire to grow beyond control. Two of the dead were buried in snowdrifts. In Los Angeles, January 9, arms and munitions valued at 285000 stored in the federal building were offered for sale to spark a Mexican revolution. An undercover buyer exposed the plot. two men were arrested. Also in Los Angeles, January 9, A Myles, held on espionage charges, was released then rearrested for conspiring to sell munitions.
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Moving Picture Theatre
Chicago Avenue
Jeavitt Street
Los Angeles
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Mexico
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Nicholas Senn Zoger
N. A. Myles
A. Myles
Fort McArthur
B. F. Bledsoe
United States District Court
Myles
Wool price rise fears drive textile group meeting
Chicago January 9 The National Association of Retail Clothiers heard predictions of a radical rise in men s clothing prices as wool growers hoard for higher returns. Members discussed plans to memorialize Congress for government control of wool and cotton prices.
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Chicago
Congress
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Had Millions Now Bankrupt Morrison Loss Shocks Nation
Federal court decrees adjudging Edward W. Morrison a bankrupt. The Chicago millionaire, once worth about eight million dollars, had his wealth dwindled to around two million after transfers to his attorney James E. Ward. Rieman, a lawyer, obtained a large judgment for services and Morrison’s bankruptcy was sustained by the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Edward W. Morrison
Chicago
Charles S. Rieman
Supreme Court
Morrison
Rieman
James E. Ward
Rebellion Quelled as Portugal Crisis Erupts
Madrid reports another Portugal upheaval with mutinous crews bombing Lisbon forts. The Portuguese army stayed loyal, restoring tranquility as the situation unfolds.
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Madrid
Portugal
Lisbon
Wyoming Wool Growers Meet Opens Annual Convention
Douglas Wyoming January 9 wartime mutton wool and hide supplies for civilians and Allied armies will be discussed at the Wyoming Wool Growers association three day convention opening today in Douglas.
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Douglas
Wyo
America
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Fuel Controller Enforces Shorter business hours
Boston on January 9 reports drastic fuel and light conservation orders from James J. Storrow, fuel administrator for New England. The rules set 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. business hours and require theaters bars and all places of amusement to close by 10 p.m.
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James J. Storrow
New England
Massachusetts
French Drive Through German Trench Front Near St Mihiel
Paris reports from the Matin Rome correspondent that von Hindenburg ordered 130 villages near St Quent in west of front levelled to aid German defense. French forces east of St Mihiel broke German lines, took 150 prisoners and seized machine guns after destroying fortified positions. The Champagne front saw a French repulse and fighting persists in Verdun and upper Alsace.
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von Hindenburg
St. Quentin
Germany
St. Mihiel
Champagne
Verdun
Alsace
Hospital ship Rewa torpedoed and sunk off Bristol Channel
The hospital ship Rewa, 7300 tons, was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel on January 4 while en route from Gibraltar. All wounded were saved, but three crew members were killed. The Rewa bore the markings required by the Halle agreement for hospital ships protection.
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London
Rewa
Bristol Channel
Gibraltar
Petroleum makes a great record in 1917 production
Washington January 9 The Geological Survey announced that petroleum produced and marketed in the United States in 1917 reached a record 341,800,000 barrels a rise of fourteen percent over the 1916 record.
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Washington
United States
Geological Survey
Senate War Inquiry Shifts to Ordnance After Clothing Probe
Washington January 9 The senate war inquiry will likely move from the army clothing inquiry to war ordnance and supplies once the clothing investigation is completed.
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Washington
Senate
Found Dead In Salt Lake City Murder Suspects Arrested
George Haggis of Minneapolis was found dead near Saltair depot in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Police suspect murder after three head wounds. several men who played cards with him Sunday night are under arrest. A nephew resides locally, and a knife bearing John P. Solander’s name was found on the body.
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Minneapolis
Salt Lake
Saltair
George Hagis
Pocatello
Hagis
John P. Solander
Exemption Board Reports 15000 Cases Await Action
Dr. A. M. Newton, district exemption board member, returns from Boise where sessions were held Monday and Tuesday. He notes about 15000 exemption claims to consider mainly industrial and dependent categories, with Class 1 numbers likely small in several counties. A February 15 call is anticipated. Newton will attend another Boise meeting next Tuesday evening.
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Boise
National Guard
Moody
Mose
Dr. Newton
Wilson Speech Praised in London Press
London headlines hail President Wilson's address as a landmark for future peace with editorials lauding its lasting impact and calling it a magna carta for international harmony.
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London
Wilson
London Press
Federal plan on railroad simply adds to burden
Washington, Jan. 9. General adjustment of the country's rate system to fit the new non competitive situation will be an early outgrowth of government railroad operation. Many re adjustments considered inevitable involve material increases in rates.
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Washington
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