Hertling and Czernin Speech Spark Mixed War Outlook
London viewers say Germany seeks conquest and will accept no peace terms but its own, while Austrian stance appears more conciliatory. Pan Germans push separate peace talks. papers debate whether Hertling’s speech signals room for change or another hard line. Continuous coverage notes US ties and imperial leadership dynamics.
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Austria-Hungary
Count Wzernin
Wilson
Germany
Times
Hertling
Count Czernin
Morning Post
Hertiing
America
Telegraph
the Chronicle
Hemling
The
Daily Mail
Daily News
Paris
Oe| Hertling
von Ludendorff
von Hindenburg
Journal Des Debdats
Hert- Wag
Austria
United States
Alsace-Lorraine
British Labor Accepts Wilson as Its Prophet
Nottingham England January 26 The British labor party closed its most important convention in history on war policy The pacifist wing was decisively defeated and labor reaffirmed that aggressor militarism must be removed The party also declared President Wilson its prophet for the American public and the world.
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Nottingham
England
Labor Party
Wilson
Fleeing arrestee Davis struck by deputy in pursuit
A Black man named Davis, living at 447 Cherry Street, was fatally struck through the spine at 12 10 am by Deputy Herman T Wagner after twice fleeing arrest on bootlegging charges. The incident began when Davis was cornered near a Mobile street house after an illegal liquor sale on his porch. Davis drank whisky, taunted deputies, and attempted to draw a weapon before Wagner fired in the air and then at his legs. Davis collapsed in the snow. the sheriff returned fire as they pursued across streets and alleys. The narrative notes snow, dogs, and multiple witnesses including Sheriff Henderson and Walter French.
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Davis
Cherry Street
Herman T. Wagner
D. B. Henderson
Wagner
Mobile Street
Henderson
Lct
Sam
Alr
Sheriff Henderson
Independence Avenue
Eleventh Street
Cherry
Mobile
Beef Trust Tied to Division of Territory to Curb Competition
Washington report from January 26 reveals the federal trade commission's probe into the meat packing industry shows packers planned to divide the country into five districts for live stock purchases. The memorandum tied Armour Swift Morris to National Packing, detailing fixed shares even after dissolution, with 1913 patterns and cross ties to Sulzberger Wilson & Co and Cudahy. Evidence includes a memo labeled for H A Chat ham and a record of joint expenses and anti Borland actions tied to resisting congressional inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Kansas City
National Packing Company
HA. P
H. A. Chatham
Edward F. Swift
Nat. P. Co
A. ,and Co
S and Co
M. Send Co
Armour, Swift and Morris
Heney
Sulzberger Corporation
Wilson & Co
Cudahy & Co
United States
Walter Twombly
Trade Commission
Swift
Edward F. Stephenson
Swift & Co
Twombley
Stephenson
Washington, D.D, C
Francis J. Heney
Wilson
Detroit
Chicago Packers
Borland
New Rules for Distribution of Coal Announced
Washington announces a definite set of regulations governing coal distribution. State administrators may not divert coal destined for other states without Washington approval. Local fuel committees must obtain approval to divert coal from preferred consumers. Diversions require emergency justification and must consider payment arrangements for coke ovens and tidewater destinations.
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Washington
D. C
Atain
Tidewater
Pershing Authorized 200000 Uniforms For U S Troops
Secret senate testimony shows on December 13 Gen Pershing was authorized to buy 200000 British uniforms and 200000 blank ets for American troops. Gen Sharpe pressed for records of supply conditions as troops abroad grew, while Baker endorsed the quartermaster’s difficulties. The Oct memorandum notes near‑term needs and continued efforts to ship clothing despite shortages.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Military Committee
Pershing
Spain
Sharpe
France
Baker
Gen. Pershing
Adjutant General
War Department
Receivers Named for Rio Grande Railway in Denver
Judge Walter N. Laghorn named Alexander R. Baldwin of San Francisco and Edward L. Brown of Denver as receivers for the Rio Grande railroad. They were sworn in and posted bonds of 50010 each in U S district court.
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Denver
Colo
Alexander R. Baldwin
San Francisco
Western Pacfic Railway
Edward L. Brown
Rio Grande Railroad
Walter N. Laghorn
United States District Court
Weather forecast for Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri galleys
The forecast predicts fair and continued cold early in the week, rising temperatures after Tuesday, with a chance of snow on Wednesday and Thursday followed by fair conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Upper Mississippi
Lower Missouri
Fires Ravage Newark Bay War Property Facilities
Multiple blazes along Newark bay destroy oil barges and warehouses near the Suomaring Boat plant and Army quartermaster stores. Soldiers and thousands of workers face heightened security as three women and several men are detained amid arson suspicions. Additional incidents include a gas oil fire on a British ship, a Paterson warehouse fire with one presumed fatality, and a Buffalo electric plant fire.
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Newark
N. J
Newark Bay
Suomaring Boat Corporation
Quartermaster's Department of the Army
Submarine Boat Corporation
Kynamita
Becaus
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
New York
Atlantic Port
Paterson
Fidelity
Buffalo
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Locomotive Shortage Blamed on Rail Officials Neglect
Washington D C Jan 26 A Trenport report to General McAdoo cites neglect by private rail managers as a major cause of freight congestion. Inspectors found hundreds of locomotives idle in shops and roundhouses due to lack of maintenance and forethought, worsened by a shortage of skilled workers.
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Washington, D. C
Asa
Trenport
Gen
McAdon
McChord
War Rations for Seamen Begin February First
Crews of all American ships sailing from Atlantic and gulf points will adopt a special Food Administration ration starting February 1. They will eat less beef and pork and will observe a limit of ten meals fewer per week. San Felice, a Great Quality Cigar.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic and
Gulf Points
Special Food Administration
Kenyon War Message Draws Waterloo Audience
Senator Kenyon tours Waterloo urging patriotic unity to aid the war effort. He cites air power, trenches, and American resilience, asking citizens to back the nation and avoid partisan politics in wartime. The talk follows his return from Europe and features strong support from Lafayette Young.
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Sen. Kenyon
Waterloo
Tila
Wil van S
Menches
Kenyon
Trenches of
United States
Watersloo Comnuiearciat Club
Lafayetta Young
Mr. Kenyon
DY Kenyon
Q. K
Kenyou Hina
Europe
Waterloo Conmnerr Celal Club
Belgium
France
Berlin
Kalsar’s
Deadly Germ Found In Medicated German Cotton
In Springfield on January 26 Red Cross workers found microscopic organisms on a scrap of non absorbent cotton from a German newspaper. Dr Walter G Bain of St Johns Hospital called the organisms deadly though the exact germ could not be identified. The spore forming type could include tetanus and anthrax and contaminated a wound could cause septicemia and death. The paper source may have led to incidental contamination.
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Springfield
Red Cross
Walter G. Bain
St. John’s Hospital
Baln
Maxim Gorky Struck by Stray Shot in Petrograd
Maxim Gorky, renowned Russian author and editor of Stovednaia Zhizn, was slightly wounded in the neck by a stray shot while riding in a cab in Petrograd. The shot came from an unknown source, according to a newspaper report from the city.
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Petrograd
Maxim Gorky
Stovednaia Zhizn
Five States Hit by Snowstorm Across Midwest
A blizzard swept much of Des Moines and southeastern Iowa with temperatures plunging toward 10 below zero in places, while snow spread through Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Nebraska. Rail lines faced minor delays, but traffic continued as snow swepters operated in Cedar Valley. Temperature dropped sharply, with Valentine reporting 12 below zero and western Nebraska receiving up to seven inches of snow.
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Des Moines
Federal Weather Bureau
Bere
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Valentine
Waterloo
Cedar Valley
Ralph Slippy
Allies' Foodstuffs Will Get Right of Way, McAdoo Says
In Washington on January 26 Director General McAdoo assured allied representatives that sufficient railroad cars will be provided to move purchases of foodstuffs to seaports. Sir Richard Crawford Andre Tardieu and Count di Celere pressed for prompt supplies amid Europe's serious food shortage and discussed diverting export traffic to gulf ports. routing details to be worked out with Edward Chambers, traffic director.
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Washington, D. C
McAtoo
Richard Crawford
Eniire
Andre Tardieu
Count di Cellere
McAdoo
Europe
Gulf Ports
Edward Chambers
Scheidemann warns militarists over peace talk in Germany
London dispatch summarizes Scheidemann's warnings to German military leaders to end the war with Russia or face removal from power. He attacks militarist influence, asserts peace with Russia as essential, and insists Belgium and Alsace must be settled. Reports also note unrest and rumors of revolts in Berlin amid Germany's war strain.
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London
Austria
Germany
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Copenhagen
Russian Congress of
Trotzky
Brest Litovsk
M. Trotzky
Amsterdam
Philipp Scheidemann
Social Democratic Party
Von
England
America
United States
Calais
Paris
France
Assads
Herr Scheidemann
Social Democratic
Russia
Wilson
Berlin
Auto stage collision near Cascade kills three
Cascade, Colo. January 26. H. H. McLean of Chicago Charles Anderson of Cripple Creek and J. T. Hawkins of Colorado Springs were killed when the Colorado Springs Cripple Creek automobile stage was struck by a light railroad engine west of Cascade. Two others were injured in the crash near here.
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Cascade
Colo
H. H. McLean
Chicago
Charles Anderson
Cripple Creek
J. T. Hawkins
Colorado Springs
Colerain Midland Railroad
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Chan
Cellor
Gee
Entente
von Herthig
Grernin
Negro
Ed. Davis
Beef Trust
Probe
Old National Packing Company
Threay
Perching
Rio Grand Railway
William S. Kenyon
Milnois
Wisconsin
Kansans
Scheidemann
Berin
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