Western Front Stalemate Deepens in Alsace Fight
London reports fierce fighting around Alsace Steinbach as both sides reinforce. village nearly wiped out and surrounding area littered with dead and wounded. Rome says major powers agree to exchange prisoners who are too disabled to fight. Trieste notes 800 wounded arrive from the front with 200 needing amputations due to frost at the northern battle line.
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Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Austria
Servia
Turkey
Cullop protests quarantine impact on Indiana livestock
Representative Cullop of Indiana argues the foot and mouth quarantine harms farmers in the southwest by raising packer prices in Indianapolis and Chicago. He cites losses of 15 to 20 cents per 100 pounds on hogs cattle and sheep and asks the president to refer the matter to the secretary of agriculture after a Knox county farmers petition.
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Chicago
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Wheat Takes Big Jump at Chicago
Chicago January 4 Wheat futures opened for the day at noon with May contracts reaching a new season high of 1.33 1/3 cents per bushel, up one and an eighth cents from Saturday's closing for the same option.
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Ghigago
Chicago
London Stock Exchange Reopens After War Closure
London stock exchange reopened after a five month wartime closure. An enormous crowd gathered for the opening ceremony. Members cheered and sang God Save the King before the formal proclamation.
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London
London Stock Exchange
God
King
170 Men Return to Work at Southwestern Shops
About 170 workers were recalled to the B. & Co. Southwestern shops this morning on a seven hour day six day week. The locomotive department now has 48 360 men and the yard department 135, totaling 495. This is a little over half the regular force.
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Lawmakers clash over military bill during Wilson era hearing
In Washington on January 4, Representative Gardner accuses the military affairs committee of obeying President Wilson while Howard counters that Gardner misstates the panel's actions. Chairman Hay notes witnesses testified earlier as Gardner blasts the army's wartime readiness claim.
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Gardner
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House
Howard
Hay
Tab
America
Paris
Mounce Receiver Appointed for Winona Assembly
Judge Anderson in federal court appointed Finley Jack Mounce as receiver for the Winona Assembly at Winona Lake Indiana. The hearing lasted about thirty minutes and a creditors committee with attorneys expressed satisfaction with the appointment.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Anderson
Finley Jack Mounce
Winona Assembly
Winona Lake
Beech Grove Shops Open in Indianapolis with 1306 Workers
Indianapolis Ind Jan 4 The Beech Grove shops of the New York Central lines reduced operations today and began employing 1306 men. Only former employees are being taken.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Beech Grove
New York Central Lines
William Hadley 15 Released On Bond In Federal Case
William Hadley of Terre Haute was released today on a $2,500 bond after being held on an indictment by the federal grand jury. Two men remain in custody in Indianapolis.
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Haute
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Twelve Seriously Hurt In Minnesota Wreck Near Albert Lea
Twelve persons were seriously injured in a wreck on the Minnesota Northern railroad near Albert Lea. Relief trains were rushed from the Twin Cities. Train light and daughter Miss Nel ite left today for St Louis to visit relatives for a few days.
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Albert Lea
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Minnepollis'& St. Louis
Twin Cities
Tra. Light and Daughter
Nel Ite
St. Louis
Doctors and police probe Mattoon death of Mrs Ronalds
Coroner heads to Chicago with Mrs Ronalds stomach for analysis while three physicians debate suicide poison or fatal injuries. Arrests of Ida Purcell and husband on state warrants follow as Dr Ronalds is guarded at home. He maintains his wife killed herself.
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Dr. Ronalds
Hayti National Bank Closed in Port Au Prince
The National Bank of the Republic of Hayti was closed by the government and vaults sealed. Desrue, manager and French director, has resigned. Charles Williams is mentioned in connection with the action.
Bank closure sparks Haitian crisis as troops seize institution
Reports say a bank official connected to powerful interests will be arrested. Government troops and officials enforce the closing order amid hostility to bank officials who held about $500,000 in gold coins. The Ma Hohtan gunboat stands by as Port au Prince spirals with no banking traffic and the government unable to raise gold.
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Hayti Board
Maohtan
Port Au Prince
Belgian Exemption in Immigration Literacy Bill Vote
The immigration bill with the literacy test passed the Senate 70 to 7 despite Wilson and Taft opposing including the education test. The House passed it February 4 by 241 to 126. In Detroit a store company offers interest free loans to laid off workers to tide them over until reemployment.
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Taft
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O’gorman
Ransdell
Reed
Walsh
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Detroit
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Michigan Store Company
Skulls and Bones Found Linked to Dennis Nelms Case
Hunters found two skulls and large bones in a dry creek near Devine Texas thirty miles south of San Antonio. The remains, in a sack, are believed to be Elois Nelms Dennis and her sister Beatrice Nelms of Atlanta. Teeth descriptions partially match Mrs Dennis. The sisters left Atlanta in June to investigate land deals in Texas and Mexico. They traced to New Orleans Houston and San Antonio before vanishing. Victor E Innes and his wife had been jailed for the murders but were recently acquitted.
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Elois Nelms Dennis
Beatrice Nelms
Atlanta
Devine
Dennis
Nelms
Texas
Mexico
Orleans
Houston
Victor E. Innes
Japanese Aviators Reported Killed in Flight Mishap
Two Japanese aviators died in a crash while flying an aircraft between Kyoto and Osaka. The incident occurred on January 4 and was reported from Kyoto.
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Kyoto
Japan
Ō Sake
Adee
British Shipping Statement Clarifies Contraband Rules
The British embassy in Washington released its first shipping statement since the U S note. It confirms that turpentine and resin shipped before the contraband declaration were paid for or released and that no cargoes for Italy have been held at Gibraltar since Dec 4. Italian ships with prohibited exports are not interfered with unless fraud is evident.
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United States
Buj
Italy
Gibraltar
London
Great Britain
United Gh
German Push In Polish Front With Vistula Move
Petrograd reports renewed German attacks along the Warsaw sector and toward Nowa Georgiewsk and Ivangorod. Austro German forces near Konskie and Cracow bolster defenses as Berlin cites western front artillery duels and a French counterattack repelled in the Argonne.
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Rawa
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Rver
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Konskie
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Cracow
Missouri Solons Forecast Senate and House Leadership
Jefferson City Mo January 4 members begin to assemble for the opening session at noon Wednesday political leaders predict Carter M Buford Ellington will win the senate presidency pro tem over Michael E Casey Kansas City Casey to finish second if caucus pledges hold James P Boyd Faris expected to be nominated unopposed for speaker with requests for committee chairmanships Joshua Barbee Saline County to be named judiciary committee chair after withdrawing from the speaker contest
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Carter “M. Buford
Ellington
Michael E.casey
Kansas City
Senate
Buford
Casey
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Boyd
Faris
House
Joshua ‘Barbee
Saline
Judiciary
Bridal Couple End Their Lives at Mother's Home
A 19 year old bride and another person died after being found at the mother’s home. Authorities say the couple sparried and ended their lives. a sister assisted a dying person with him. The details remain unclear as investigators review the scene.
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