Roosevelt Charged as Kaiser Agent By Senator Stone
Senator Stone in Washington accuses Theodore Roosevelt of acting as Kaiser’s most potent agent in America and a chief obstruction to the war effort. He brands Roosevelt, Willcox, and Penrose as witnesses in a partisan plot to seize government power, urging unity and condemning disloyal rhetoric.
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Roosevelt
America
Senator Stone
Senate
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United States
Col
Missouri
Chairman Willcox
Republican National Committee
Senator Penrose
Stone
Theodore Roosevelt
House
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Rose Penrose
Willcox
Denies She Is to Marry Pershing
Miss Anita Patton of San Marino California denied reports she is engaged to Gen John J Pershing commander of American forces in France There is nothing to it The Paris newspaper report prompted the denial Roosevelt attacks and calls for solidarity in Congress as Republicans seek a congress out of harmony with the president and foe to unity
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el Paso
Tex
Anita Patton
San Marino
Cal
John J. Pershing
France
Shortened Iowa Store Hours To Go Into Effect Soon
Des Moines reports a plan to curtail hours at most Iowa stores to conserve coal. The order, approved by federal authorities, limits shopping hours after 530 pm, reduces business hours, and will affect offices, theaters, bowling alleys, and cigarette shops. Churches may trim services. schools close weekends to save heat. Fort Dodge merchants also cut hours to ease coal shortage.
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Des Moines
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Webster
Flamle A. Potter
Ter
Potter
Newspaper Delivery Instructions
If the paper is not delivered by 6 00 PM due to carrier error or other cause readers should call 3330 to receive a copy. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 PM.
U S to Fight All Exemptions to Newlyweds
Government appeal agents instructed to appeal all cases where local draft boards listed deferred classifications as Class 2 or 4 for men who married after the draft law’s enactment. Provost Marshal General Crowder telegraphed governors to ensure uniform action and allow district boards to review classifications. The order aims for uniform decisions on each case, denying dependency in proven newlywed claims.
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Washington, D. C
Tan
Crowder
FOE oPIES GET ORDERS TO BLOCK COAL MOVEMENT
New York reports German agents were ordered to paralyze freight movement. Washington issued instructions to double guards at air piers shipyards and terminals, with authorizations to act quickly. The measure aims to shield Atlantic and Gulf ports from coal disruption.
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New York
United States
Washington
Atlantic
Gulf
Pottsville
Tidewater
Pennsylvania
Reading
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pittsburgh
Mail Criticises Whitewashing of Cambrai Defeat
London reports that the Daily Mail published a two column contributed piece denouncing the government and high command over the Cambrai setback. It claims the government hid the failure while Germany boasted of tanks and men lost, and calls for replacements at the war office.
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Cambrai
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The
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House of Commons
Cambrai Front
the Mail
Earl of Derby
Wilhliam Roberts
Sir Eric Geddes
Admiralty
War Office
Bolshevik Assembly Dissolved Amid Civil War Threats
Amsterdam dispatch reports the central powers and Ukraine reach a peace outline but the Bolsheviks dissolve the constituent assembly after quick hours of existence. Lenine declares no reassembly, while guards patrol the empty palace. AUSTRIA faces strikes demanding peace. Tauride Palace in Petrograd closed as Bolsheviks push for a national convention.
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Austria
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Russia
Tauride
London
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Petrograd
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Lenine
Council of Soldiers
Congress of Soldiers’ and Work
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Congress
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Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council
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Saloons in Chicago Defy Heatless Monday Rules
Heatless Monday bans across the east stir business pause and rail coal moves. Chicago saloons endure arctic conditions with dim lights and overcoats as officials report growing compliance but spot concerns.
Breslau Sunk Goeben Wrecked at Dardanelles Battle
British warships gained a decisive edge as Breslau sank and Goeben was beached after an action at the Dardanelles. Monitors were lost, and one commander’s fate remained unknown. The two former German ships had guarded Constantinople and disrupted Russian transport in the Black Sea before the clash.
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Breslau
Dardanelles
Uoeben
Jarl Kitchener
Constantinople
Black Sea
Quibet
London
Paris
War Office
Plead Guilty to Keet Kidnaping Two Men Sent Up
Marshfield Missouri reports Taylor Adams and his son Cletus Adams pled guilty in circuit court to kidnapping Baby Lloyd Keet and conspiring to abduct jeweler C. A. Clement. Taylor Adams sentenced to 15 years, Cletus to 10 years. Charges against Mrs Allie Adams Mixuo Adams and Sir McGinnis were dismissed and they to be released. The state dropped kidnaping charges against the Adamses.
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Marshfield
Taylor Adams
Cletus Adams
Lloyd Keet
C. A. Clement
Springfield
Allie _Adams
Mixuo Adams
Sir McGinnis
Hungarians Seek Peace Policy Stance Declared
Premier Wekerle states in Budapest that the Hungarian government adheres to peace without annexation and indemnities and that the stance is supported by all organs of the monarchy including the king. He warns against discussing Alsace Lorraine as it weakens peace efforts.
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Amsterdam
Wekerle
Budapest
Alsace- Lorraine
Eighty Dutch Ships Chartered by U S
The Dutch government in London provisional agreement allows charter of up to 80 Dutch steamers in U S ports for one round trip. Five will carry material for Switzerland and two will carry cargo for the Netherlands Overseas Trust. Ships must deliver 150,600 tons of food for Belgium relief and may be used later for coastwise trade or other voyages possibly to Java for sugar.
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Washington
United States
American
London
Switzerland
Netherlands Overseas Trust
Jaya
Soldier Admits He Set Barracks Fire
Frederick J. Woodward, a private in the army quartermaster corps, confessed to starting a fire that threatened the quartermaster storehouse and destroyed 359000 dollars worth of food and supplies. He said he is a professed manic and previously fired a Worcester lodging house in 1916. The supreme court ordered Justice Killits to file suggestions by Feb 4 regarding contempt proceedings for alleged violations of suspended sentences.
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Frederick J. Woodward
Army Quartermaster Corps
Woodward
Worcester
Mass
Washington
Supreme Court
Aindge J. M. Killits
Taleda
Ale
Car Crash In St Louis Leaves 16 Seriously Hurt
St Louis Mo Jan 21 sixteen persons were seriously hurt in a street car collision when a northbound Grand Avenue car struck the Southampton car at Grand Avenue and Market Street. The motorman failed to stop due to obstructed rails and the Southampton car overturned after impact.
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Grand Avenue
Southampton
Market Street
McAdoo Predicts govt Rail Control After War
Washington January 21 Director General McAdoo told the Senate interstate commerce committee that government ownership of railroads should continue for some time after peace and that comprehensive laws are needed before returning them to private ownership. He approved the fuel restriction, noting weather could shorten its duration, and stressed new traffic routing reforms. He said public shippers will be used to government dealings and urged caution before restoring railroads to owners. He declined belief in private ownership but urged rational, controlled postwar operation.
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Ordara
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Art Institute and Field Museum
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N. J. McCarthy
Liquor Dealers’ Protective Association
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Gen. Ate Interstate Commerce
Hal
U. S
Wilson
Mr. McAdoo
Watson
Trafic
Mexican War Veteran Dies at Marshalltown
Marshalltown Iowa January 21 The last Mexican war veteran in the Townsdls home Isaac S Miller 15 died in the hospital here of senile debility He entered the home from Tama May 16 1916 Miller served in Company A Sixteenth United States Infantry with Gen Taylors army He claimed to have been the first white child born at Fort Dearborn now Chicago Illinois
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Marshalltown
Isaac S. Miller
Tama
Miller
States Infantry
Taylor
Old Fort Dearborn
Chicago
Miners Pledge Full Support to Garfield
United Mine Workers of America at a biennial convention in Indianapolis pledged unqualified support and cooperation to Dr. H. A. Garfield the federal fuel administrator and vowed maximum coal production in their fields. An advertisement for San Felice a Great Quality Cigar appears in the page.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
H. A. Garfield
War Cabinet Clash with President Sparks Senate Battle
Washington, January 21. President Wilson vows to fight the bill creating a war cabinet that would control all war policies and supervise all executive departments. The measure, led by Senator Chamberlain, seeks a three member noncabinet body with $500,000 initial funding and a six month life span after the war, provoking a potential historic clash between the executive and Congress.
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Senate
Chamberlain
Swanson
White House
War Council
War Cabinet
Bereaus
Secretaries of War and Navy
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