Great Battle Expected as Austrians Hit Russian Lines
London reports an unnamed British battleship sunk a German supply ship in Pacific Australian waters with crew imprisoned. Petrograd notes bloody Cossack clashes as Russian forces press toward Thorn and Kielce. Austrian shells destroy a railroad station housing hundreds of Russian soldiers in southeastern Poland with heavy casualties.
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London
Admiralty Office Today
Pacific
Petrograd
Thorn
Kiko
Poland
Vienna
Hfe
Nida
Kielce
Durward Carried Food For Belgium First Submarine War Victim
London January 23 The British steamer Durward the first victim England believes of Tirpitz submarine warfare carried in part foodstuffs consigned to starving Belgium. The ship’s loss was revealed today in a report tied to a United Press interview.
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London
Durward
England
Admiral von Tirpitz
United Press
Belgium
Candidate for Congress Arrested in Texas
Dallas on January 23 J B Goode a candidate for congressman at large in the last election was arrested on a federal charge for sending a letter threatening to blow up city hall to Mayor W W M Holland He was indicted by the federal grand jury last Friday
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Dallas
Tex
J. B. Goode
W.W. M. Holland
Goode
Thaw Returns to New York After Matteawan Escape
Concord New Hampshire January 23 Harry K Thaw was today on his way back to New York and the Tombs prison following his sensational escape from Matteawan almost a year and a half ago.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
New York
the Tombs Prison
Matteawan
Thaw Extradited From Dutchess County After Brief Hearing
The Thaw case moved quickly as extradition papers were granted. Judge Aldrich reversed a prior ruling and Thaw, without counsel, was handed to the sheriff of Dutchess County New York. The entire proceeding lasted about ten minutes.
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Stanford White
Manchester
Aldrich
Thaw
Rit
Dutchess County
New York
Usial
Steamship Dacia to sail this afternoon from Galveston
The steamship Dacia, a former German ship now under American registry, faces British immunity issues but will depart with a cotton cargo this afternoon. A northwest gale delayed her, and Captain McDonald signaled an attempt to pass British cruisers awaiting her in the Florida straits. Several newspapers sought crew roles but were rejected.
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Galveston
Tex
Dacia
England
McDonald
Florida
Ohio paper found in contempt over court coverage
The Toledo News-Bee and editor N. G. Cochran were fined for cartoons and editorials relating to ongoing court cases. The paper faced $7 for the publication and $200 for Cochran after criticizing the court's handling of a street car case. Attorneys filed for a new trial.
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Ates Forns
Toledo News-Bee
Bop
N. G. Cochran
Senator Lodge Warns War Risk If Ship Purchase Bill Passes
Senator Lodge told the senate that buying interned German ships would bring the US within distance of war with multiple powers and breach neutrality. He cited McAdoo hearings as evidence the bill's aim is naval asset seizure and warned of grave political and economic consequences. The Spectator in London echoed alarm over the move.
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Washington
Amerian
Senator Lodgé
Senate
England
France
Russia
Japan
House
McAdoo
Boston
New York
Senator Lodge
Spectator praises Britain while condemning US indifference
An article laments drift toward a ceding of the United States to Britain and contrasts current policy with 1861 arrests of Slidell and Mason. It argues British and American leaders then erred equally, but Queen Victoria and Lincoln restrained war.
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United States
Great Britain
Spectator
Lincoln
Council of Grain Exchanges Maps Corn Plan to Avert Wheat Shortage
At the sixth annual meeting of the Council of Grain Exchanges in Chicago the plan to feed Europe corn bread corn cakes and fried mush was proposed to spare U S wheat for domestic use. John W Snyder Baltimore Chamber of Commerce treasurer supported the idea noting Europe cannot match U S corn production and that selling corn there would create a large new market.
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Chicago
Europe
Council of Grain Exchanges
United States
John W. Snyder
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
Snyder
America
Stork Delivers Baby Aboard City Train
In an event on a Brooklyn rapid transit train during a busy hour a 714 pound baby girl was born after General Stork halted the car and helped passengers. The mother and infant were moved to a hospital where both are reported doing well.
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New York
General Stork
Brooklyn
Anna Schulhoff
A& New
Strong Ant American by Carl H. Von Wiega nd
Berlin reports that German papers applauded a semi official government statement protesting U S arms sales to the allies The statement condemns the move as not neutral and brands it a violation by the United States Radical papers attack the United States as subsidizing a war trade through such purchases
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Berlin
Hague
United States
French Shells Hit Bridges Near St Mihiel
Paris reports say French shells wrecked parts of bridges over the Meuse near St Mihiel. Violent cannonading against the German wedge on the west bank indicates French forces plan to renew the push toward St Mihiel, contrasting with German claims that the front was cleared.
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Paris
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Fishermen Report Fall of Airship Off Noordwyk Coast
Noordwyk fishermen report sighting a derelict airship foundering in the North Sea near the coast. Officials believe the wrecked craft was one of the Zeppelins raiding the English coast.
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Rotterdam
Noordwyk
North Sea
Navy to advertise bids for Zeppelin airship and planes
Washington January 23 The navy department will advertise for bids for the construction of a Zeppelin model airship and for a number of new type aeroplanes. All the new aircraft including the Zeppelin are to be built for the U S Navy.
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Washington
Navy Department
Sdow
Zeppelin Model Airship
Zeppelin
Navy eyes Zeppelins as U S firms enter race to build airships
The navy has long sought a Zeppelin type airship and, after no domestic manufacturers stepped forward, officials say several large firms have promised to bid, spurred by Britain’s recent Zeppelin tale and renewed interest in zeppelin projects.
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Navy
United States
Department
Zeppeling
American steamer Wilhelmina smuggles cargo to Germany
The American owned Wilhelmina, flying the U S flag and loaded with about 200 000 in food, sailed for Germany on the first such voyage since the war began. W L Green Commission of St Louis charterers protested to the U S Department claiming the cargo is conditional contraband and requesting release of ship and cargo. The cargo includes grain meats and dried fruits aimed at German civilians. Norvin R Lindheim said shippers will seek a German guarantee that only non combatants receive the cargo.
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Atlantic
Wilhelmina
Germany
Unfn
Amer
W. L. Green
Commission of
St. Louis
American Department
United States
Norvin R. Lindheim
Woman testifies of fathers fatal shooting of husband in Knoxville
In Knoxville Tennessee on January 23 a severely ill widow Mildred Seivers testified before two magistrates and four attorneys that her father W M Harrell killed her husband and his parents on March 31 last. she said his morphine habit spanned 30 years and that the killings were a joke.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mildred Seivers
W. M. Harrell
Slavers Arrested After Terre Haute Incident
Prosecutor Werneke said charges will be filed in circuit court against Phillips Howlett and Mary Connors. The janitor John Howlett allegedly posed as a policeman to aid the scheme. The three suspects are tied to trafficking rings involving three girls who had sought work and stayed at the Plaza and Friendly Inn.
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Werneke
John Howlett
Howlett
Phillips
Mary Connors
Aid
Friendly Inn
Terre
Plaza
West End
Sylve
Welfare work among big corporations to be studied
New York January 23 The United States Commission on Industrial Relations prepared to hear witnesses on welfare work conducted by large firms Dr Charles P Nell former U S Labor Commissioner and Guggenheim official will discuss management of welfare programs Louis D Brandeis publisher and lawyer also to be examined The topic centers on methods to avert labor unrest in major companies Chicago January 23 Alderman Nance announced a health concern hypermetropia with blepharitis marginalis among thousands caused by dirty car windows and stress from peering through dark glass Symptoms include eyestrain and fatigue in affected residents.
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New York
United States
Charles P. Nell
U.S. Commissioner of Labor
Guggsgenheim Corporation
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Stokes
Chicago
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