Roosevelt Defends War Efforts and Senate Probe
Colonel Roosevelt praises Congress and the Chamberlain led war department investigations. He urges truth telling and rejects partisan politics while defending officials who serve the country and criticizing inefficiencies in the war administration.
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Roosevelt Seres
War Department
Olonel Roosevelt
Congress
Executive Department
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Chamberlain
Poeta
Senate
Utah growers seek nine dollar beet price season
Logan January 26 A Utah growers committee set a flat rate of 9 a ton for sugar beets and presented the proposal to Utah sugar companies. President D D McKay of the state farm bureau said factory reps will seek board approval and noted the decision could affect the intermountain sugar beet industry. Any government price rise will be shared equally between growers and manufacturers. current price is 7 45 with 2 percent cash deduction.
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Logan
Utah
D. D. McKay
State Farm Bureau
Food Edict Aims Greater Food Saving This Sunday
President issues proclamation calling on Americans to conserve food to aid the army and allies. Includes the 1918 food conservation plan and new regulations from the food administration limiting wheat and flour sales and distribution.
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Washington
White House
Food Administration
Packers Tried to Pull Strings in Meat Packings Probe
Washington January 26 special counsel Fran cy J Heney of the federal trade commission charged that big packing interests sought to influence President Wilson to halt the investigations He said a telegram from Detroit bankers protesting the probe was inspired by the packers He also cited packers influence in the tin industry as the inquiry widens to canned foods
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Washington
Francy J. Heney
Federal ‘Trade Commission
Wilson
Detroit
Heney
Murdock
Case Dismissed Against Chief Sutherland in Preliminary Hearing
The case against Chief of Police George Sutherland facing assault charges was dismissed after a preliminary hearing. Witnesses showed Neibour was beaten before entering the station and Sutherland did not strike him with a fist. the evidence was insufficient to bind him over to the district court. Several officers testified to Neibour’s intoxication and injuries. defense argues the state failed to prove a crime.
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George Sutherland
Roy Neibour
Hyde
Neiboer
Sutherland
Neibour
Neibsar
Anna Bowers
Boston
Meyers
Swain
John Pattis
George Smith
Hamlin
Bowns
C. E. Hamlin
Jack Blake
Mr. Gutherland
Fire in Newark Bay Destroys Over a Million in Property
A Newark New Jersey blaze destroyed oil barges, pier, warehouse and freight cars on Newark Bay near a plant and army quartermaster depot. Officials suspect German spies caused the fire, with damage exceeding one million dollars.
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Néwark, N.-J. Jah
Newark Bay
Same Boat Corporation
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Rio Grande Receivers Named by President
Denver January 2 Alexander Baldwin of Law and President Brown of the Denver and Rio Grande are noted as receivers of the Rio Grande. The order naming the receivers and vesting powers in McAdoo, director general of railroads, does not interfere with or modify this action.
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Denver
Alexander Baldwin
President Brown
Denver and Rio Grande
Rio Grande
Denver & Rio Grande
McAdoo
Explosion at Newport torpedo station injures many
An explosion at the torpedo station in Newport Rhode Island began as a fire and spread to a for loading detonators. Officials estimate about forty injured and sixteen workers present at the time, with fears of multiple deaths.
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Newport
R. I
German Raid West of St Goabin Fails On Ipst On
Report notes a failed operation during a German raid west of St Goabin, with details on the thwarted objective and surrounding tactical context. No further specifics on forces or outcomes are provided in the fragment.
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Ipst
St. Goabin
Maxim Gorky Shot in Neck in Cab Incident
In Petrograd on January 26 Maxim Gorky, noted author, was struck in the neck and slightly wounded by a stray bullet while riding in a cab. The attack appears accidental with no further injuries reported.
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Maxim Gorky
Petrograd
Train wrecks kill and injure four in Sheridan and Cascade
Four people died and four were hurt near Wyola Montana when a Burlington freight crashed into passenger train No 44 en route from Billings to Denver. In Cascade Colorado H H McLean J T Hawkins and Charles Anderson were killed when a Colorado Springs Cripple Creek automobile stage was struck by a Colorado Midland engine. two others were injured.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyola
Montana
Burlington
Denver
Billings
Cascade,Colo
H. H. McLean
Chicago
J. T. Hawkins
Colorado Springs
Charles Anderson
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs& Cripple Creek
Colorado Midland
Warn Public on Cosmetics Poisonous Ingredients
Washington warns to beware of hair dyes rouge removers and similar cosmetics as many contain poisonous ingredients. The bureau notes vermillion mercury salts in rouge can cause mercury poisoning and hair removers may be corrosive with calcium arsenic compounds. It urges treating all such materials as poisonous.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Concerted discussion planned in New York churches for prohibition amendment
The Anti Saloon league completed plans for a concerted discussion in about 500 churches across New York State tomorrow. The aim is to create public opinion to pressure the state legislature to ratify the federal prohibition amendment.
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New York
The
Anti- Saloon League
Austria Ready for Separate Peace with Russia
London reports Austria seeks separate peace with Russia while excluding Germans. Bolshevik notes from Petrograd say demonstrations spread across Austria Hungary with workmen and soldiers forming groups and a Warsaw strike beginning. The Warsaw socialist congress aims to form a revolutionary council of workers and soldiers deputies. Copenhagen notes the Russian congress authorizes Trotzky to continue Brest-Litovsk talks.
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London
Austria
Germany
Exchange Telegraph
Petrograd
Copenhagen
National Russian Congress of Soldiers and Workmen's Deputies
Trotzky
Brest-Litovsk
Kilauea Near Overflow Prompts Volcanic Warning
Honolulu reports Kilauea, the world’s largest active crater, showing unusual activity with the lava lake within eighteen feet of the rim. Volcano Observatory director Prof. T A Gager Jr predicted an overflow. The eruption site lies in Hawaii’s southeastern island, about 180 miles from the city.
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Honolulu
T. HL
Kilauea
T. A. Gageer, Jr
The
Volcano Observatory
Island of
Hawaii
Wilson commission urges new trial for Mooney case
The mediation commission recommends President Wilson persuade California to grant a new Mooney trial if the state supreme court upholds the conviction for San Francisco bomb outrages. It says delay of Mooney's death sentence could allow prosecution under an untried indictment.
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Washington
Persident Wilson
California
Thomas J. Mooney
California Supreme Court
San Francisco
Wilson
Mediation Commission
Mooney
Warren Billings
Israel Weinberg
Mexican soldiers killed in boundary clash near El Paso
Two Mexican soldiers died in a border patrol exchange near El Paso Texas last night as American and Mexican guards fired across the line.
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el Paso
Texas
Surveyor General Gould Dies in San Francisco
In San Francisco on January 26, Surveyor General Gould of the U.S. Interior Department dropped dead from apoplexy. The sudden death shocks officials and marks the end of his tenure overseeing public surveys and land regulation. The incident draws attention to the federal land administration office and its workers.
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San Francisco
General Gould
Department of the Interior of
United States
German Position Diplomatic Strike Seen by Press
AP summary notes war aims dominate public discussion as military actions stall. Reports quote Hertling and Czernin responding to Lloyd George and Wilson, with London and Paris views split on German aims and a possible split among Allies. Some see a combined diplomatic offensive targeting the United States.
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Associated Press
Count von Hertling
Czernin
Lloyd George
Wilson
London
Germany
Austria
Hertling
Alsace-Lorraine
Tors
United States
Scheidemann warns military leaders over peace with Russia
Amsterdam reports Scheidemann, leader of the Social Democrat party, threatens that if the imperial government's military chiefs fail to secure peace with Russia they will be hurled from power. Romanian troops reportedly surround Kishinev, with heavy fighting described between Bolshevik forces and Romanians. Bolshevik officials say a Kamensky front congress formed a military revolutionary committee to wage war on Kal edines and arrest officers, while Cossacks vow to end Kal edines with haste.
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Amsterdam
Scheidemann
Social Democrat Party
Hertling
Germany
Russia
Petrograd
Kamensky
Likhaia
Zverevo
Fulton Is Sued By His Brother in Nebraska
Lincoln Nebraska January 26 Papers served on Fred Fulton heavyweight pugilist as defendant in a 1600 damage suit brought by his brother George Fulton. The suit stems from a Beatrice Nebraska confrontation last night when George Fulton says he was struck after presenting a claim for 100. He alleges injuries and seeks damages.
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Lincoln, Neb
Fred Fulton
George Fulton
Beatrice
Neb
Buying Supplies Abroad for Army
Secret testimony before the senate military committee reveals that on January 13 General Pershing was authorized to buy 200,000 British uniforms for American troops and 200,000 blankets in Spain. Tentative arrangements at the capitol would allow Secretary Baker a broad hearing with all senators and representatives invited, in a large room instead of a small committee chamber.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
General Pershing
Spain
Capitol
Baker
Cork and oats Chicago market update tease
Cork and oats report from Chicago on January 26 notes corn at 91.20 and oats at 83.44 in a terse price listing.
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Chicago
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