French Shipping Loan Offers Easy Terms for Ship Owners
Paris reports a government bill to Parliament to authorize a treasury loan of 100 million francs to ship owners to buy allied or neutral steamers. Advances cap at 70 percent for large firms and apply for up to one year after the war with staggered repayments. Also note Bulgarian authorities recruiting arms in Serbian-occupied provinces, causing unrest.
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Parla
Chamber of Deputies
Treasury
Ministry of Marina
Bank of France
Paris
Athens
Havas
Obituary notices from 1916 1918 including Duvall Lindsley Parkinson Rice and others
A compilation of obituary notices dated January 1916 and January 1918 listing deaths, addresses, and funeral details. Names include Ellen C Duvall, Emily V Lindsley, Caleb Parkinson, Anna Eliza Rice, Martha Sisson, Ada Virginia Watson, and Georgie H Wright with residences in Washington DC and other locations. Each notice states date, age, and funeral arrangements with times and places.
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O Baker
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New Brooomfield
New Broomfeld
Sisson
Ts Pom
R A Croxton
Frying Street
Martha Sisson
Watson
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Ada Virginta
Hugh Watson
New Orleans
Lynchburg Va
Rock Creek
Natchez
Miss
Wright
Ziba Bennitt
Pine Bluff
Ark
Georgie H Wright
John W Wright
Tennessee
Washington
Mra Marcue Wright
Frank Lyon
R E L Yellett
J. W Craig
Goods for Swedish Cruiser Held By Britain Along With Mail Bags
Swedish newspapers in Berlin report an interview with English foreign office officials about British seizures of Swedish parcel post and mail. The Stockholm bound Swedish steamer carrying seized parcels is held by Britain on return from the United States. Seized items include parts for the Swedish Ironclad Sverice, with Sweden lodging protests under The Hague rules and international law. England has also seized mail on the Dutch steamer Euterpe en route from Lisbon to Holland.
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International News Service
Berlin
Foreign Office
Dagens Nyeter
England
Messares
Sweden
Stockholm
United States
Euterpe
Lisbon
Holland
$60,000,000 Worth of Autos Used Along the French Battle Fronts
At the French-Belgian Army headquarters in Flanders on January 13, a reporter notes automobiles valued at over $60 million are used to move troops and materiel between front lines and rear areas. One camp per army supports on-site factories, electricity, and around-the-clock mechanics with vast spare parts stocks, while only about 25 percent are under repair.
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Bertells
Flanders
France
Avery Sizxe
Allies Defy Greeks and Blow Up Struma Bridge
Baloniki Greece Jan 13 The iron railroad bridge over the Struma River at Demir Hissar has been blown up by French engineers as a precaution. The Greek guard resisted the entente troops aim and withdrew as the bridge fell. A second railway bridge at Kilindir was also destroyed.
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Baloniki
Greece
Demir-Hissar
Kilindir
Prussian Diet Hears Bethmann Hollweg Victory Rally
Berlin Jan 13 Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg opened the 1916 Prussian diet declaring the spirit invincible and blaming enemies for the war while praising German industry and unity. He announced plans to raise the income tax and said railroad building would continue despite the war. The address stressed mutual trust among Teutonic nations and dedication to the Fatherland.
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International News Service
Berlin
Sayville Wireless
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Prussia
von Bathmann-Haellweg
Germany
William
Proussia
Peace board chosen for European mission in Hague and Stockholm
The Ford peace expedition names American members for a permanent board to settle the war in Europe. William Jennings Bryan Henry Ford Miss Jane Addams Rev Charles F Aked and Mrs Joseph Fels will sit in Europe with pay and expenses likely at 600000 yearly. Judge Zen B Lindsey declines nomination but may stay in Europe for war orphans aid.
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Hague
London
Permanent Peace Board
Europe
William Jennings Bryan
Henry Ford
Jane Addams
Charles F. Aked
Joseph Fels
Philadelphia
Stockholm
Ford
Aked
San Francisco
Zen B. Lindsey
Denver
Permanent Board
New York
Miss Addams
Mr. Bryan
Portugal Budget Shows 1916 17 Deficit Marked
Lisbon budget for 1916 17 presented by Premier Costa shows a deficit of 3 million dollars with estimated revenue of 85 million and ordinary expenses of 88 million. The total needed to cover all expenses including extraordinary disbursements reaches 106 million, reflecting wartime defense costs and duties Portugal bears due to the war.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Paris
Tan
Costa
German Workers Warned To Silence Inventions Traitors
A Berlin proclamation orders workers to keep silent about new technical inventions. Those who discuss improvements openly are branded traitors. Also reported, seventy four persons will travel to Constantinople on the first Berlin to Constantinople train since the Balkan campaign, with tickets booked.
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Empire
Constantinople
Washington
Berlin
Heriin
Breslau
Budapest
Sofia
Pergena
Allies Withdraw From Gallipoli Denied Escape by Turkish Report
Reports from Constantinople detail heavy fighting on January 8 and 9 as allied forces withdrew from Gallipoli. Turkish forces reportedly discovered the withdrawal plan, bombarded allied positions, and annihilated several rear detachments as warships covered the retreat. Enormous booty was found, with Germans tightening control in Bulgaria and Mulinstalled shortages prompting compulsory exchange and renewed anti-German sentiment.
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International
Berlin
Sayville
Taz
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Danasry
Overseas
Newa Bureau
Thersfora
Ules
Germany
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
British View of Blockade by German War Measures
London reports the British foreign office summarizes the January 4 white paper on Germany’s blockade. It states that German actions prompted broader intercept powers and that from March 1915 allied governments would halt goods proved to go to or from Germany. The blockade adapts to modern war, with non confiscation of goods as the difference.
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London
Foreign Office
Germany
Stricter Blockade Decree Anticipated by England
Reports from London indicate a forthcoming decree to tighten the blockade on Germany within ten days. Observers cite Walter Runciman’s warning that Britain will further pressure Germany, potentially cutting contraband shipments from Scandinavia with certain conditions. The policy shift aims to starve Germany and reduce war supplies, with scrutiny on goods entering Sweden Denmark and Holland.
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Germany
England
London
United Tem
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Cois
Russians Again Threaten Czernowitz Front
Petrograd reports resumed fighting on the Bukowina frontier with the Czernowitz area in critical condition. Barance and Toporutz villages were destroyed by Russian artillery as Austrians evacuated Txureni to defend the Pruth line. German and Austrian prisoners testify to brutal Russian bayonet charges and overwhelming artillery that shattered Mackensen’s fortifications. The Strypen River barrage created an earthquake-like scene with deep pits and entanglements failing to halt the Russian infantry.
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Austria
International
Petrograd
Bukowina
Czernowittz
Barance
Toporutz
Txureni
Pruth
Mackelsen
Strypen
Four British AEROS felled by Germans in air fight
Berlin reports German air force shot down four English aeroplanes in yesterday's combat. Six English airmen were killed and two wounded. Lieut Boelke and Lieut Immelman were decorated with the Order Pour le Merit by the Kaiser for their victories. Other two British planes fell near Roubalz and Ligny.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Sayville
War Office
Lieut
Boelke
Tourcing
Immelman
Bapaume
Roubalz
Ligny
Huronian torpedoed off Irish coast towing into port
New York reports that the Leyland Nuer Huronian from Galveston was torpedoed December 29 near the Irish coast and towed to port with a cargo valued over 1 million dollars of cotton, corn, and wheat. It sailed December 12 from Galveston to Liverpool and was built in 1915 in Glasgow. London confirms Glengyle sank without warning, with 20 crew saved and 10 feared lost.
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New York
Galveston
International Mercantile Marine
Gelvegston
Liverpool
Glasgow
Glengyle
Knox in Senate Race Announces Candidacy in Pittsburgh
Philinder C. Knox, former Secretary of State, announced in Pittsburgh that he would run for the U.S. Senate to succeed Senator George T. Oliver, who plans to retire at the end of his term.
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Pittsburgh
Psa
Philinder C. Knox
United States Senate
George T. Oliver
South Carolina backs Wilson renomination in senate vote
Columbia Col. Jan 18 The South Carolina legislature by concurrent resolution expressed support for President Wilson's renomination and reelection for a second term. The house approved the resolution on opening day, praising Wilson's administration as eminently able, wise and satisfactory.
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D. C
South Carolina
Senate
House
Wilson
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