Turbulent Russo German News from Petrograd Amid Frontline Struggles
Reports from Petrograd indicate fighting inland near Rufela and shifting control along the Rostov Ekaterinostay railway line as Cossacks and Bolsheviks clash. General Kal edines advances north while Ufa and Sebastopol face Bolshevik action and muttered shortages. International diplomacy shows a fragile armistice extended to February 18 with Lenine guiding negotiations. German propaganda and troop movements stir central front tensions.
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London
Inn
Petro
Regier
Rufela
Bharkov
Aaximilsts
Rostov Cays
Dabshrovo
Ekaterinostay
Genral Kaledines
Ufa
Russia
Mosaay
Fyelye
Foshevikt
Zestore
Petrograd
Vally Mall
Syitee
Sachelt
Falora’ Revolutionary Union
Grave meeting held in Berlin among rulers and generals
Jan 14 reports from Berlin say major conferences occurred there with Emperor, Crown Prince, Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General von Ludendorff meeting traders. Discussions with Chancellor von Hertling followed and an audience with the Emperor and Hindenburg is noted. Rosanders summoned to Berlin for possible foreign policy talks. Chancellor expected to speak before Reichstag committees and the Prussian upper house.
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Amsterdam
Berin
Teis
Marshal von Hindenburg
Vor Ludendorff
von Hertling
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
von’ Rosanders
von Kuehlmann
Berlin
Zeitung Am Mit Staga
Army of workers aids Chicago snow crisis
Chicago faces a fuel and milk shortage as coal yards freeze and rail service slows. Officials divert coal to available yards and mobilize trucks to move supplies while schools stay closed. Union stockyards thaw gradually as cattle and hogs harden in frozen cars and Calumet and South Chicago harbors remain ice bound.
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Chicago
Jolay
Taymond B. Durham
Fuel Administration
Union Stock Yards
Calumet River
Validity of New Bill Questioned
Washington Jan 14 The validity of the administration’s railroad bill to appropriate 400 million dollars to carry out government contracts was questioned today before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committees by Senator Tinderwald and other committee members. They suggested railroads were taken as a war measure and that constitutional appropriations for army support are limited to two years.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce
Readable fragment hints at anticipated statements
The fragment suggests an advance stance or expectations before forthcoming statements. It mentions awaiting remarks by involved parties and indicates preparatory anticipation ahead of a formal address or declaration.
American Ambassador Delivers New Year Message to Russians
In Petrograd on January 14, the American ambassador presented President Wilson’s New Year message to the Russian people. The message urges friendship with America and warns that German negotiations for a separate peace could jeopardize Russia’s liberty and the Bolshevik cause. The full text, sent to Petrograd via the Russian press, is cited by officials and foreign ministers, including Trotzky, as part of ongoing Brest-Litovsk communications.
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FMS Associates
Obavite Perein
Inishe Tey
Ings
Wilson
Sulesrader
America
Russia
Germany
Francis
American Senate
Congress
Petrograd
Trotzky
Brest-Litovsk
Prince Kes
von Hindenburg
von Tadendorf
von Ffertling
Brest-Litovak
von Hertling
Witton
Primfor Loyd -George
Don
Dol- Bhovik
Alronghold
Wspaine
Iaiadin
Ati Radi
Kitta Ane
Tugalan Goldiers
Lo Fteo
Franale Soya
Aisne
Patrala
Artiillery
Playo
May Have Encountered Iceberg Disaster Puzzles Authorities
An Atlantic port report says the Texan a steamship of 144 000 tong was sinking at sea with 43 aboard. Naval authorities offered no location or collision specifics, suggesting uncertainty about a possible iceberg impact amid conflicting messages from vessels and rail stations.
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Atlantic
Atherican Ateamship Texan
Tong
Loday
York
Armytaps Aberg
Tod
Texao
Texandeantd
Taxan
Eho
Williametta
Senate honors dead Idaho senator Brady with cremation planned
Washington January 14 adjournment of the Senate in honor of Senator Brady of Idaho who died of heart trouble last night. His two storm-bound sons will join the arrival in Washington. Brady’s body will be cremated here likely after Wednesday services, ashes to be taken to his former home in Pocatello Idaho.
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Brady
Idaho
Pocatello
Tila
Balloon Breaks Cable At Fort Omaha Trial Flight
A new sausage balloon from Company B Fourth Baltsea Squadron broke its holding cable during a trial at Fort Omaha. It rose to 8000 feet before an automatic vent opened and it descended, landing near Walmut, Ta.
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Baltsea Squadron
Fort Omaha
Viegas Bag
Walmut
Derailment Tragedy Near Brewton Leaves Many Dead
Houston dispatch reports a northern Houston and Texas Central passenger train derailed near Hammond six miles south of Brewton on Sunday. Twelve to seventeen white passengers were killed and nine injured as two steel coaches telescoped behind the mail car. Rescue workers labored through darkness with help from locals and wreckage was described as heavy. An ex-drops car was modified for Waco to aid the recovery.
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Houston
Tex
Parsons
Houston and
Texas Central
Hammondawitoh
Brewond
Tie
Three Colored Men Executed in Butte Courthouse Yard
Three colored men Sherman A Howell Ray Guillch alias O Neil and Frank Fisher were hanged in Silver Bow county jail yard Butte Mont today for murder. The trap dropped once and all died within seven minutes. About one hundred officials witnessed the execution while a mob of nearly one hundred men gathered outside the yard barrier. Washington County artillery men were called to hold the crowd in check.
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Mont
Sherman A. Howell
Ray Guillch
O'Neil
Prank Fisher
Silver Bow County
Aingle
Phyelclane
Ncene
Washington Coane Artillery
Triple Hanging Executed at Butte in One Day
Butte Montana January 14 The triple A arrangement here for Fisher John O Neil and Sherman Powell carried out the first execution of three men at the same time in the state.
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Mont
Fisher
John O'Neil
Shermand Powell
Bow County
Finner An O'Neil
Horn
Thomas Mwegins
Uvi
Weging
Fisner
O'Neil
EU Prema Court
Staty
Supromt Court
Internoc Ontact
John V.dwyer
Powvell
Powell
J. A. Montgomery
Ain Great Northern Railway
Grapment
Montgomery
Fire destroys army supplies at Washington barracks
A large quantity of army supplies including $1,900 worth of food was destroyed when a fire damaged the Washington barracks used by engineer troops. A portion of a warehouse and several other buildings burned after an explosion of stored gas cartridges. An ordnance building with ammunition was endangered but secured by soldiers. Clothing and shoes were lost in the blaze. Investigation by authorities is ongoing.
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Washington
Uur
Washington Barracks
Cfty
Repatriation of Poles Demanded in Peace Talks
Russian delegates at the Brest-Litovsk talks demand immediate repatriation of deported Poles and Lithuanians and the release of all Soviets jailed for pacifist activity. Trotzky asserts Russia will not abandon these demands as negotiations drift toward a possible break. Armistice on the eastern flank extended to February 18 amid tension over propaganda and internal divisions in Petrograd.
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London
Zepeniland
Drest-Litovak Vonféerenes
Petrograd
Exe Ichange Telegraph Company
Poland
Eclt
Trotzky
Drest-Litovak
Warsaw
Nikolai Lenine
Te Teporlad
Gtrtan
Norlin
Bulgars Welcome Wilson Address
Amsterdam reports from diverse journals welcomed President Wilsons speech to Congress. Observers note similarities between his terms and Bolshevik ideas while urging him to resolve ethnic questions. Proporetz calls for a Serbian outlet to the Adriatic based on nationalities and historic tendencies.
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Amsterdam
Presa
Fiofin
Wilson
Taddresa
Ipeaca
Mfr
Narod
Dofa
Proporetz
Serbia
Adriatic
American trawler reported lost in European waters
An American trawler operating in European waters has been reported lost by Admiral Sta. The sinking occurred at sea with all crew members feared dead. No exact location or cause was disclosed, though Admiral Sims mentioned a possible torpedo strike.
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Washington, Dan
Admiral Sta
Navy Department
Admiral Sims
Auilking A Tock
Uncertain Russia Situation Confounds British View
Sir George W. Buchanan says Russia's fate remains in flux as Bolsheviks consolidate power and promise changes while the rest of Europe debates recognition. He notes Bolsheviks likely to rule via worker and soldier councils with Trotzky pursuing peace and leveraging German weakness. He foresees Britain recalling him on leave as Russia’s wartime participation winds down.
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George W. Buchanan
Russia
Stockholm
The
Daily News
Baleheviki
Sir George
Trotzky
Grorga
Merd
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