Chinese Fire on Gunboat Manocacy Attack Near Yangtse
The January 17 attack on the American gunboat Monocacy near Hankow on the Yangtse Kiang wounded Seaman W. O. Donnelly and fatally injured Chief Yeoman H. L. O'Brien. The Monocacy returned fire and silenced the Chinese with multiple volleys. Foreign vessels retreated as the assault continued along the river.
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Waslington
Moreecy
Fio Ree
Daniels
United States
Morricacy
Yochuw
Yang Tec Kiang
H. L. O'Brien
W. O. Donnelly
Hankow
Yang Tse Lang
Sis
Pro war bill faces Senate opposition in Washington
President Wilson vows to finish the war bill amid denouncements and party divisions. Democratic and Republican senators meet the military committee to push the measure despite President Wilsons disapproval.
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Bill
Wilson
Nshington
Cena
Benator Cromty
Minmeac
Baker
Senate
Chamberlain
Hitchcock
Wadsworth
Senate For Committee
Martin
Opera
Military Committee
Crozier
Sharpe
Military
House
Walch
Algo
Internment Expected for German Agent Belting in Chicago
Max Breitung of New York held in Chicago on a Washington request to detain a German suspected of bomb plots. Arrest followed a hotel guest recognition. internment as a dangerous enemy agent expected. Also reports on Mexican immigrant tax and Senate war cabinet debate and confirmations.
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Chicago
Max Dreitung
New York
Washington
Breitung
Hus Ween
Wiberly
Vy York
Max Breitung
United States
Belting
Robert Fay
Deltung
Department of Justices
Nuffalo
Dallimore
Milwaukee
Detroit
Francis G. Caffey
Brettung
Scores After Bandits Police Search for Automobile Thugs
Police with rifles and shotguns sweep streets in pursuit of armed bandits suspected of auto thefts. Patrols intensified after a string of robberies targeted vehicles, with officers issuing warnings to residents to stay indoors during the operation.
Police hunters chase car bandits in Los Angeles
Chief John J. Butler led rifle armed officers in a citywide search for auto bandits. A grocer, J. Metz, was wounded during the robbery and died later in hospital after a confrontation with the robbers. Another victim, Herbert Mans, was seized and shot as bandits abducted a woman. Clef Cutler offered rewards and ordered his men to shoot to kill.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John J. Butler
ThIop J. Metz
Israyong
Herbert Mans
Hel
Clef Cutler
Deadly Weapon Newest Device For Submarine War
Washington Jan 22 The latest anti submarine weapon is a depth charge that dives on surface impact and can explode at a set depth, increasing hits on subs and periscopes. Britain France and the United States have adopted the device though publication of details is forbidden.
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Wasitington
Navy
Navy Department
Three Men Rob Jewelry Store in Detroit Heist
Three men robbed a Detroit jewelry store, bound the proprietor, and escaped with valuables valued at about $60,000. The Jan 22 incident occurred in the downtown district, with authorities seeking leads on the suspects.
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Detroit
Mith
Threspandita
Ralph Newsy
Clashes Between Soldiers and Civilians Spark Peace Cry
Reports from London and Vienna describe clashes between hungry civilians and soldiers in Austria Hungary as workers demand peace. Censorship allows some dispatches from Vienna while newspapers debate whether peaceful demonstrations signal a Bolshevik influence or a genuine push for ceasefire ahead of Brest-Litovsk talks.
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London
Don
Austria-Fungary
Newa
Sfrike
Brest-Litavek
Hayaen
Thn
Vienna
Wnwontor Bigkesta
Dalibe Serato
Dicenna
The
Daily Mail
Iiolence
Austria
Switzerland
Gratz
Erman
Ivon Seidler
Haa
Wekerle
Pranner
Nos
Inenta
Teiness' Husband Made Baron in English Peerage
Almerle Hugh Paget, husband of the New York heiress Patmes Synttney, is made a baron by King George of England. Brest-Litovsk talks suspended to January 29. Despite fighting on the front, Turkish and Bulgarian actions and Greek aid shift the Vardar battles as Entente rumors swirl about Irish and Ulster tensions.
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Almerle Hugh Paget
New York
Patmes Synttney
Hon
Ninda
George of England
Brest-Sievek
Stusbary
Forden- Mililate Trotzky
Rasalan Delege
Vardar Hearby
Vardar
Dern
Edward Corson
Ireland
Edward Hesborg
Ulster
Storm disrupts traffic across eastern states
A major storm horned in from the northeast disrupting transport from New England to Georgia and extending to the Mississippi River. Snow fell steadily overnight, with warnings from Jacksonville to Eastport and forecasts of rising northeast gales. Warmer trends appeared in parts of the Ohio Valley and South Atlantic states, while the Gulf states grew colder.
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Washington
Grorgia
England
Atlantic
Georgia
Mississipp
New England
Ohio Valley
Loka
Middle
Atlantia
Gulf States
Near Northwest
Federal Reserve Board on War Time Monetary Policy
Washington release outlines that despite price rises during war, the Federal Reserve admits price expansion is not solely due to credit, urging restraint on banking credit and stronger savings. It calls for government intervention in corporate financing, a stronger reserve system, and careful management of currency and liquidity to support war finance and stabilize the economy. It notes reserves rose with state banks joining and highlights 1927 figures and the cost of gold reserve administration.
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Washington
Ethel
Atic Credit
Tha Boar
Srogenk
Readtiva Banka
Tha Board
Rocn
Ile
Patie
Tha Béard
Nanda
Ayatem
Baya
Congress
Board Fa
Nota
Ori
Intendad
Haing
Iwelya Federal Reedorve Banke
Dtate
Weather and Ice Jam Reports from Early January
Warmer conditions were noted in parts of the south with colder air forecast for the Atlantic coast and upper Midwest. In New York Harbor an historic ice jam prompted ongoing rescue and bunker coal operations as ships were prepared before more ice movement. Baltimore experienced the heaviest snowfall of the winter, disrupting railroad traffic and freight clearance.
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New York
Transporta
Finn Offiells
Veloran
Haltimore
Peace Parleys Postponed at Breal-Lite avak
Peace negotiations at Breal-Lite avak are deferred for a few days as Foreign Minister Trotzky returns to Petrograd. Evening papers report preparation of another note by the Entente allies. Meanwhile rail operations in Omaha and Chicago cut meat shipments, reducing twelve daily trains to two, lengthening schedules to forty-two hours.
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Omaha
Chicago
Heavy snow halts trains as coal traffic rises coastward
Heavy snows halted passenger service nationwide while rail executives divert trains to coal shipments. Fuel Admin says empty cars reach mines in Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio and nearby regions and loading continues ahead. Railroads curb passenger service to free equipment for coal and freight moving to Atlantic seaboard ports and shipping hubs.
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Washington
McAree
Baasenger
Atlantic
The
Fuel Administration
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Cal
Taent
Planta
Tutt
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Cry For Peace
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Ententa
Miniatera
Avakia-Hungary
Digerdera
Dr. von Seyler
Count von Tostgenberg
Interior
London Newpaper
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Yon Seydler
Thueria
Teiness
Baron Paget
Mississippi River
Federal Reserve Charter
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Calder
Aintes
Upper-Dake
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Locomotives
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