Baker reports 1 000 000 men in arms ample weapons for France
Secretary Baker testifies before the senate war committee that America has built a large, well equipped army in record time. He notes training, supply lines, modern arms, and a massive war budget with vast ordnance and cantonment programs, stressing efficiency and unity of effort.
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Senate
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America
Baker
Senate War Investigating Committee
War Department
Pershing
Five Die in Water Street Hospital Fire
A blaze leveled the east wing of the Catholic general hospital in Waterstreet in Ottawa on January 10, killing four children and one woman. The fire caused about 100000 in property damage. Government printing office employees aided firemen and nurses in rescuing nearly 200 patients and staff.
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Ottawa
Catholic General Hospital
Waterstreet
Allies Call for Bread Flour Shortage in Sight
Washington reports a looming bread and flour shortage as the Food Administration plans to release 90 million bushels of wheat to meet Allied demands. Officials warn of possible May shortages in flour and are considering compulsory wheatless days, with legislation and coordination with millers and bakers.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
Food Administration
United States
Saving Food Administration
Congress
Representative Lever
Paris
Baker Explains Senate Rifle Delay and War Readiness
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker testifies before the Senate committee on war department activities. He defends delaying the Springfield rifle switch to the modified Enfield, saying the pause yielded a larger later supply and an improved arm. He cites England’s early war gear, asserts rifle production now leads and that training units will be well supplied. The discussion turns to machine guns with Baker insisting delays were minimal and cost concerns explain the slower program, noting a need for 200,000 guns and ongoing board reviews.
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National Guard
Washington, D. C
Newton D. Baker
Senate
Baker
Chamberlain
Ordnance Bureau
Tyne
Europe
England
McKellar
Senator McKellar
Weeks
Enemy Plot to Tie Up Industry Nipped in Bad
Washington January 10 Intercepted communications and evidence found on about 30 arrested aliens show a concerted movement to reorganize German sabotage and antiwar propaganda in the United States. Officials say the plot was broken up and activities now appear confined to sporadic cases run by pro German sympathizers with no central headquarters. Americans suspected, some under watch. Leaders unnamed, believed neutral subjects, sought to coordinate agitators mainly in eastern ports, industrial centers, and the far west. Sabotage and propaganda were to be directed by a head, with information funneled to Germany through neutrals by coded messages carried by ship crews. Hundreds of self appointed spies, many linked to I W W, are said to be at work, though no master organization is identified.
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Germany
United States
Du Pont Plants Run Out of Coal
Paterson NJ Jan 10 The Du Pont Powder plants at Pompton Lakes and Haskell halted operations due to fuel shortages. Management says the shutdown could last only a few hours if coal arrives soon. The county fuel administrator offered no relief prospects. Together the plants employ between 7,000 and 9,000 workers.
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Paterson
du Pont
Pompton Lakes
Haskell
Kenyon Warns Senate on Germany Peace Offers
Senator Kenyon, fresh from France and England, warned the Senate against Germanys peace offers and exhaustion reports. He urged rapid mobilization, quitting quarreling over arms, and pursuing unity. He proposed a coalition cabinet including Root and Roosevelt, with Taft's service used abroad.
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Kington
D. C
Kenyon
England
Senate
Germany
France
Hiim
London
Western Front
Three Killed in Granger Katy Flyer Crash
Three people were killed and 11 injured in a rear end collision between two Katy Flyer sections at Granger, Texas, about 40 miles northeast of Austin. The first section halted at a water tank. the second struck it, with two rear sleeping cars of the first section destroyed. The injured were taken to Austin. none were fatally hurt.
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Austin
Tex
Perrsons
Granger
Here
Peace talks shift as Cossacks routed in Petrograd area
Reports from Petrograd note German envoys seeking a Sweden broker for talks with Britain France and Italy. Amid Brest Litovsk negotiations Russia and Bulgaria sign a separate peace per Bund, with Bulgaria resuming relations and navigation. Trotzky demands Stockholm venue. Turks reject separate peace. Agreement possible on neutral site as negotiations resume.
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Evening Post
Sweden
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Italy
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Russia
Bulgaria
Bund
Radoslavoff
Brest Litovsk
Odessa
Germany
Austria
Turkey
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Aidvicas
Brest .Litovsk
Ferdinand
Serbia
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Sofia
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Trotzky
Ian
Leon Trotzky
Stockholm
London
Okla Town Blown Up Wipes Out Patterson Plant
Fort Smith Ark Jan 10 The powder and dynamite plant at Patterson Okla eighteen miles east of McAlester exploded at noon today. Reports say a heavy loss of life and that the town has been wiped out as the blast was heard for miles. The explosion shattered Bokoshe and blew out glass in Growder. Authorities fear many deaths.
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Ark
Patterson
Okla
McAlester
Bokoshe
Growder
Woman Fatally Bit on Crossing By Train Incident
Mrs. Sma Gorton, 67, deaf, lies dying at St Francis Hospital after being struck by a Chicago Great Western passenger train at the Barclay street crossing between Glenwood and Maple Streets. The victim, dragged several rods, suffered a broken left leg and internal injuries. shock is expected to hasten death. She resided near Mobile street and had recently been treated for street car injuries.
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St Francis Hospitel
Chicago Great Western
Barclay Street
Glenwood
Maple Streets
Waterloo
Des Moines
Kansas City
Gorton
Mobile Street
St. Francis
Two Camp Dodge Men Die in Long Trouble Report
In January 10 report from the base hospital says Private F. J. Davis 27 of Diamond Ohio Co B 352nd infantry died last night of tuberculosis. Davis was drafted from Duluth Minnesota. Private Melvin Will Jr of Fayre Alabama from 266th colored unit died from lung trouble.
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Camp Dodge
F. J. Davis
Diamond
Co. B
352Nd Infantry Regiment
Davis
Duluth
Minn
Melvin Will, Jr
Fayre
Ala
266Th Colored Infantry Regiment
Sprinter Hoyt Joins the Navy from Grinnell College
Des Moines reports Charles Hoyt, the Grinnell College sprinter holder of the world 22 yard dash record on a curved track, has enlisted in the navy. He travels with his brother Cress Hoyt, a Grinnell football man, as a landsman in the quartermaster aviation corps.
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NAVY
Des Moines
Charles Hoyt
Grinnell
Cress Hoyt
Quartermaster’s Aviation Corps
Californian Mark Requa Heads New Oil Division
Washington January 10 Mark Requa of Oakland California was named head of the new oil division within the fuel administration to oversee government control of oil. The initial task is a comprehensive investigation of the petroleum situation.
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Washington, D. C
Mark FE. Requa
Oakland
Cal
Oil Division
The
Fuel Administration
House Begins Final Debate on Suffrage Victory Hopes Rise
Washington D C Jan 16 Suffragists buoyed by President Wilsons backing endure a dramatic House debate on the Susan B Anthony amendment with galleries packed and a 5 to 6 pm vote anticipated Speakers applause and Billy Sunday prayer open the day as leaders from both sides attend the session and a Senate move faces an uncertain path toward final passage in a closely divided chamber
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White House
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South
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Helen H. Gardiner
Maud Woolpark
Rose Young
Woman’s Party
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T Cabinet
Senate
Curtis
Kansas
Hollis
New Hampshire
Jones
New ~ Mexico
Senate Woman Suffrage Committee
Foster
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Katy
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