Titles and Money Grants for British Military Chiefs
London reports Karidoms may be conferred on Field Marshal Haig and Vice Admiral Beatty for wartime service with grants likely. Generals Horne Plumer Byng Rawlinson Erdwood and Allenby could be elevated to the peerage. Waig may not be announced until peace treaty and army unity planned.
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Associated Press
London
Haig
Beatty
Horne
Plumer
Byng
Rawlinson
Erdwood
Allenby
Waig
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchner
Veatty
John R. Jericoe
Marquis
Milford Haven
Admiralty
Traction Official Shot During New Year Car Strike Incident
Thomas C. Trigg assistant superintendent for the street railway companies was accidentally shot by a motorman while inspecting a switch during a strike. The shot likely fatally wounds Trigg and adds to ongoing talks before the war labor board in Omaha. An explosion at a car barn in Kansas City Kansas shattered windows and intensified disruption to street car service since December 11.
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Kansas City
Thomas C. Trigr
Street Railways
Trigg
War Labor Board
Omaha
U S Gets 4 of U-Boat Surrenders from Germany
German submarines surrendered are being allocated among the Allies. The Mail reports 15 to France, 6 to Italy, 7 to Japan, and 4 to the United States. The U boats to the U S are said to be new on their way across the Atlantic. The rest of the 127 surrendered subs are not specified.
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London
Ealv
France
Italy
Japan
United States
Atlantic
Arizona Troops Ordered to Camp Refarly and Camp Kearny
Orders issued today transfer 27 men from Camp Lewis to the Presidio San Francisco and 78 men to Camp Kearny California for discharge. The San Francisco contingent originated there and in Northern California while the Camp Kearny group comes from Southern California and Arizona. The detachment will leave Tacoma next Thursday.
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Arizona
Tacoma
Camp Lewis
Wash
Predio
San Francisco
Camp Kearny
Calift
California
Iowa Board Sues Express Start Over Rate Hike
The Iowa state board of railroad commissioners filed suit to prevent the American Railway Express Company from enforcing higher intrastate express rates that take effect nationwide today.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa State Board of Railroad Commissioners
American Railway Express Company
Remedy Promises Blood Purity for Rheumatism Sufferers
An advertisement from Atlanta Georgia markets a topical blood cleansing remedy claimed to purify the blood and relieve rheumatic and related conditions. The copy touts decades of use and urges readers to seek the product at local stores or through a medical department.
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CPOE
Atlanta
New Year Greetings From Poincare To U S Troops
President Poincare sends New Year greetings to American troops via Baker stating 1919 will show America’s continued contribution to peace. He notes demobilization is underway orderly with patience, praising soldiers for their wartime pride and urging continued duty in peace.
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NEW Year Greetings
Poincare
U. 9
BAKER
Tedas
America
Six Die in Bucharest Bolshevik Outbreak
Official dispatches report a January disturbance in Bucharest where Bolshevik groups aided by Russian anarchists and Budapest revolutionaries clashed with troops. Six people were killed and fifteen wounded as soldiers fired on demonstrators. ringleaders were arrested for prosecution.
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Associated Press
Paris
Bucharest
Budapest
Girl of 12 Kills Man and Surrenders to Police
A 12 year old girl walked into Mercer Street station with a pistol and said she killed a man who attacked her at home. Police corroborate much of her story. Massos Trojia, a peddler, lay dead on the floor with a bullet through his heart.
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Associated Press
New York
Mercer Street
Tomasso Trojia
Open House revived by Baker and Daniels in Washington
Secretary of War and Mrs. Baker and Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels revived the New Year custom of open house in Washington. They held informal gatherings at their homes on New Year’s Day drawing a large number of guests. The Baker event followed Baker’s recent illness.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Baker
The
Navy
Daniels
Re Baker
Comiskey Names Kid Gleason White Sox Manager
Chicago Jan 3 Charles A Comiskey owner of the Chicago club of the American league announced that William F Kid Gleason a famous old time player had been appointed manager succeeding Clarence H Rowland who piloted the White Sox to the world championship in 1917.
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Chicago
Charles A. Comiskey
Chicago Clab
William F
Kid) Gleason
Iarence H. Rowland
White Sox
Fred Toney Sentenced After Plea in Nashville
Fred Toney former pitcher for the Cincinnati Nationals received a four months fall sentence in Nashville Tennessee after pleading to a federal charge. He will be tried tomorrow on a charge of attempting to evade the law related to the Main act.
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Fred Toney
Nashville
Tenn
Cincinnati Nationals
Seaver Dies After Confessed Magdalena Slaying
Ian Alien, said by police to have confessed to shooting Magdalena city attorney Horace T. Bray on December 27 and then killing himself, died late last night in Magdalena New Mexico.
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Seaver
Magdalena
N. M
Ian Alien
Horace T. Bray
Bandits Halt Train Near La Jarta Loot Silver
Six masked men stopped a train near La Jarita eighteen miles south of Nuevo Laredo last night. They aimed to seize silver shipments aboard the train, but a special armed guard on board repelled the attack and drove the bandits away.
Neuralgic Pains Wizard Oil Ad Claims Fast Relief
An old advertisement touts Hamlin’s Wizard Oil as a safe headache and neuralgia treatment. It promises quick relief by soothing nerves and notes antiseptic benefits for wounds and skin issues. The offer includes a 30 cent bottle with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Hamlin
Petroleum production tops 345 million barrels in 1917
Preliminary geologic survey estimates show U S petroleum marketed from wells and field storage totalled over 345 million barrels in the year, about a three percent increase from 335 million barrels the previous year in 1916.
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Washington, D. C
Geological Survey
United States
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