Peace talks at Brest-Litovsk face renewed strain
Reports from Petrograd indicate a potential final breach in Russo German negotiations. The armistice may extend to February 18 while Warsaw prepares to host future talks. Lenine returns to Petrograd and aides steer talks with the central powers amid internal Strain among extremist factions.
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Brest-Litovsk
Petrograd
Artice
Warsaw
London
Daily Mail
Lenine
Comet
Trotzky
Bolshevik Forces Clear Don Basin and Capture Ekaterina Slav
Petrograd reports Bolshevik soldiers have cleared the Don River basin of General Kal edin’s troops and seized key coal fields. Ekaterina Slav is also said to be captured. London dispatch describes Sebastopol disorders with sixty two naval officers killed in days of unrest linked to Kronstadt sailors.
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Petrograd
Don River
London
Times
Odessa
Sebastopol
Kronstadt
Sailors’ Revolutionary Union
Gallows Await Wife Murderer in New Hampshire
Frederick L. Small, a former Boston baker, faces execution in Concord if no last minute reprieve is granted. He killed his wife Mrs. Small on September 28, 1916, in a cottage by Lake Ossipee, strangling and beating her to death and attempted to destroy evidence. An insured policy motive is suspected.
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Concord
N. H
Frederick L. Small
Boston
Union Men Demand Resignation Over Insurance Board Votes
Labor unions in Pocatello and across Idaho seek the removal of majority members of the state trial insurance board for voting to allow casualty companies to issue workers compensation insurance. The unions have issued urgent commands to the governor to act.
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Insurance Board
Pocatello
Anl
Ns Trial Insurance Board
Railroads Resume Limited Service After Snow Blockade
Chicago officials report all railroads have resumed limited service and anticipate full passenger schedules in two days. The heavy snow drifts hindered travel while relief efforts begin as milk shortages ease and a large mobilization continues.
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Chicago
British casualties during the past week report 24,979 officers and ten
London reports British casualties for the past week ending today total 24,979 officers. The tally includes a large number of wounded and missing, reflecting ongoing wartime losses.
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London
Murders Hang in the Jailyard in Silver Bow County
Frank Fisher John O Neil and Sherman Powell were executed together in Butte Montana the first triple hanging in Silver Bow county Powell a Black man Fisher and O Neil convicted of the October 1916 Higgins murder Higgins aided by Powell's alleged confrontation and murder of J A Montgomery in the Great Northern railway dining car service following a card game dispute
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District Court
Supreme Court of
State
Supreme Court
John V. Dwyer
Powell
J. A. Montgomery
Great Northern Railway
Montgomery
Supreme Court Backs Some Draft Convictions
The Supreme Court did not sustain the Gold man and Berkman convictions tied to blocking selective service. It affirmed Louis Kramer and Morris Becker on conspiracy to hinder draft registration in New York, with Kramer sentenced to two years and a $10,000 fine and Becker twenty months. Ohio decrees stand against Ruthenberg Wagenknecht and Baker, each jailed one year.
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Washington
Goldman and Berkman
Selective Service
Supreme Court
Louis Kramer
Morris Becker
New York
Kramer
Becker
Ohio
Charles E. Ruthenberg
Alfred Wagenknecht
Charles Baker
Sixty year old vet joins naval reserve in Colfax
Colfax Washington January 14 J J Ossler aged sixty has been accepted into the naval reserve after five prior rejections due to age. He has two sons in military service one in the navy and one in the army. He passed the medical with ease and notified relatives in Colfax, his former home.
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Colfax, Wash
J. J. Ossler
United States
Naval Reserve
Mr. Ossler
Navy
Army
Ile
Colfax
Federation Gets a Knockout on Butte Affair
Federal court decrees deny the western federation of miners possession of Butte miners property. Supreme Court declines to review. Suit arose from withdrawal of the Butte union from the federation.
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Federation
Butte
Washinon
Western Federation of Miners
Butte Miners
Supreme Court
Butte Union
Twenty First Annual American Livestock Association Meet
Salt Lake City hosts the Twenty First Annual Convention of the American Livestock Association with topics on live stock and the war. Officials from across the country attend sessions on marketing conditions forest reserves and war policies while experts discuss livestock transport disease prevention and meat production.
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Salt Lake City
American Livestock Association
Musije
P. A. Simpkin
Utah
Simon Bamberger
Mont. Ferry
M. K. Parsons
John W. Springer
American National Livestock Association
Denver
Colo
Phoenix
Ariz
Elmer I. Goshen
Joseph P. Cotton
U. S. Food Administration
Frank J. Hagenbarth
National Woolgrowers’ Association
E. L. Burke
A. E. de Fates
Cole
Geological Survey
National Forests
Will C. Barnes
National Advisory ‘Board
E. W. Nelson
Biological Survey
Washington, D. C
B. F. Potter
Oregon Agricultural College
Jlints
John T. Caine
Eextension
Utah Agricultural College
R. Garner
Amarillo
Texag
British demand higher funding for troops in wartime
London reports Sir Auckland Geddes states in Parliament that 420 000 to 600 000 pounds must be raised immediately for national service. The minister says this is the absolute minimum and could require more men to leave civil life for the army during the year. The government decided not to introduce a new conscription system.
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London
Auckland Geddes
British Armored Ship Britannia Tours United States
An effort to boost enlistments in Allied forces launches with the British armored ship Britannia sailing to New York for an allied relief exhibition. A recruiting tour begins today with speakers and pipers aboard, supported by a submarine used in liberty loan and victory loan campaigns in Canada. The tour starts in the South, then the Middle West.
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Canada
South
Middle West
Illlinois Central Rail Battle over Two Cent Fare
Washington dispatch reports Illinois Central and 28 other railroads challenging a supreme court decision to set aside a two cent fare. The dispute centers on fare policy and the impact on rail traffic and rates.
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Washington
Illinois Central Rail
Idaho forey in packing plants shutdown sparks snow toll
Packing plants Ar mour and Swift close due to coal shortages. Workers shovel snow from railroad tracks into stockyards. Reports say hundreds of cattle and logs perished as railways could not move them.
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Chicago
Armour and
Swift
Derailment Kills Dozens Near Bremond Switch
A Houston and Texas Central passenger train derailed near Hammond switch six miles south of Bremond on Sunday night. Twelve to seventeen people died and nine were injured as two steel coaches behind the mail car collapsed into wreckage, with the victims all aboard those cars.
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Houston
Houston and
Texas Central
Dallas
Hammond Switch
Bremond
Sack Flour of Shriners Still Going
The Shriners Red Cross sack of flour travels 9000 miles and has sold thirteen times led by Clarence F. Pratt. Largest sale was Bagdad Temple Butte Montana for 7160 dollars. Proceeds go to the American Red Cross as the sack visits temples across North America.
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Shriners’ Red Cross
Clarence F. Pratt
Bagdad Temple of Shriners
Butte
Montana
Algeria
Helena
Alhoa Temple
Honolulu
California
Ohio
Iowa
Alabama
Mortana
Wyoming
American Red Cross
Korein Temple
Rawlins
Khedive Temple
Norfolk
Virginia
Kentucky
Michigan
Kansas
Shriners of Islam Temple
Red Cross
John D. McGilvray
of Islam Temple
Imperial Council of Shriners
Atlantic City
Fire damages Washington barracks and food supplies
A blaze at Washington barracks occupied by engineer troops destroyed a large stock of army sap and food valued at about a million dollars. The fire damaged the quartermaster's warehouse and several buildings within the facility.
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Washington
Guiney
Washington Barracks
German War Factions Fight On Every Plane
London reports from January 14 that German newspapers show Berlin conferences among military and political leaders aim to align war aims. The Munich Post notes a death struggle between the reformist majority and the military annexationists, with uncertainty over government support and peace prospects.
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London
Berlin
Munich Post
Excess Coal to Be Taken for Redistribution Plan
Washington reports the fuel administration will requisition coal supplies of certain industries for distribution to households as part of curtailment plans. Garfield is expected to announce the general plan to reduce coal use by less essential industries, likely tomorrow.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Garfield
National Guard Meeting In Pocatello District
A YMCA gathering tonight will discuss forming a district national guard unit. Adjutant General Moody will speak and explain the militia proposition in detail. Governor Alexander planned to attend but may be delayed. Local registrants remain hopeful as many Pocatello men have signed up. Prominent speakers will address businessmen and interested residents.
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National Guard
Moody
Illinois Elks to Discuss War Aid at State Convention
Decatur January 14. Illinois War Council meets as the Illinois Elks' association opens its annual convention with hundreds of members from across the state in attendance.
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Decatur
Illinois Elks’ Association
Texas Steamship Sinks in Atlantic Collision or Ice
Atlantic Port Jan 14 Agents report the American steamship Texas of 14 000 tons is sinking at sea. She was rammed in collision with another ship or struck an iceberg. The crew of forty three took to the boats.
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Atlantic
American Steamship
Texas
Senator James H. Brady Dies in Washington Honors Paid
Washington notes span a tribute to Senator James H. Brady of Idaho who died last night. The body will be cremated after services likely Wednesday and ashes returned to Pocatello. Additional details for Washington services are being arranged as the community and local institutions observe a period of mourning.
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United States
James H. Brady
Idaho
Washington
Brady
Pocatello
Elk Club
Citizer
Senator James H Brady Dies After Ill Health
United States Senator James H Brady died at his Washington home after an acute stomach ailment aggravated heart trouble. He had spent a busy vacation in Pocatello remodeling the Bannock hotel and planning city projects. Friends say he intended to retire from politics after his present term.
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United States
James H. Brady
Washington
Shert Munesn
Walter ©. Gregory
Washineto
Pocatello
Congress
Bannock Hotel
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L. A. Nares
P W. Jenkins
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William Follman
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