Far Eastern Theatre of War Shifts as Fronts Move
Western front developments dominate reports with Austro German forces reinvigorating in the Carpathians to block Hungary and threaten Bukowina while Turkish advances loom in Egypt and Caucasus fronts. Dispatches note renewed Turkish activity and shifting momentum across Galicia, Sinai, and the Mediterranean routes. King Ludwig of Bavaria begins a two week tour of eastern front troops. Belgian editors face imprisonment as Berlin issues indicate strained diplomacy with China. Russia outlines a tax budget shift reducing alcohol revenue to fund industrial needs.
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London
Jon
Alicia
Egypt
Caucasus
Erison
Carpathians
Hungary
Bukowina
Vienna
Petrograd
Etrograd
RKS
Canal
Sinai Peninsula
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Anther
Vet
Kabah
Flanders
Great Britain
Lion
Berlin
Iueder
Ludwig
Amsterdam
Ludwig of
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Southern Slavs in Serious Riots
Geneva reports a rising among southern Slavs after Austro Hungarian mobilization orders. Clergy led the resistance at Lahabic near Trieste, with crowds shouting antiwar and anti German sentiments. Gendarmes fired, cavalry charged, and officials' properties were damaged as mobilization notices were torn down in Agran and Karlstadt. Rioting also reported at Susak near Fiume with armory plundered.
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Geneva
Paris
Laibach
Trieste
Agran
Croatia
Slavonia
Ftill
Karlstadt
Susak
Fiume
Landwehr
Fierce Fighting on Bzura River Near Sochaczew
Petrograd reports fierce fighting along the Bzura near Sochaczew with German forces breaking into Russian trenches before being repulsed after a day of charges. At Atlanka two miles north of Sochaczew a 30 minute battle saw about 500 Germans killed.
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Petrograd
London
Sochaczew
Bzura
Atlanka
War operations in Galicia widen along Carpathian passes
Petrograd via London reports Galicia battles expanding along a 100 mile front in the Carpathians. Both sides place high importance on the outcome. Hungarian forces have concentrated in the Carpathian passes since December awaiting Bavarian reinforcements.
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Petrograd
London
Galicia
Carpathian
Francis Joseph Plans Abdication Amid Rift With William
Reports from Innsbruck claim Emperor Francis Joseph intends to abdicate due to discord with Emperor William over military policy and a tense peace stance. The move follows Archduke Charles Francis and Baron von Burian’s Berlin visit, aiming to leave a free hand to his successor.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Paria
Innsbruck
Triol
Francis Joseph
Austria
William
Intscuck
Berlin
Charles Francis
Baron von Burian
Emperor William Declares One Man With God Is The Majority
Emperor William spoke to war correspondents at the field general headquarter declaring his guiding principle from John Knox that one man with God is always in the majority. The birthday observance followed with a simple service as high-ranking officials attended.
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Emperor William
God
Kaiser Wilhelm
General Headquarters
John Knox
Berlin
Vis
London
William
Scotland
Prince Oscar
Friedrich Leopold
Prussia
Waldemar
Prince Henry
Falkenhayn
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Tirpitz
Formal Panama Canal Opening Likely Delayed to July
Washington report says formal opening ceremonies may move from March to July. President Wilson plans rail trip to San Francisco in March and to Panama later for naval review. Gov Goethals' warning on ship passage influenced the change. Wilson may skip a Guilford Courthouse monument event on July 4 in North Carolina due to Panama duties.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Wilson
San Francisco
Panama
Altho
Daniels
North Carolina
Nathaniel Green
Guilford Courthouse
N. C
Rush Cleaning of Stockyards Open Monday
Chicago, Jan. 28. Three hundred more men joined the forces disinfecting the stockyards after an embargo by government and state officials to prevent foot and mouth disease. A G Leonard, president of the Union Stockyards and Transit Co., said full operations would probably resume late Monday. No case of the disease had been reported in the yards or packing houses.
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Chicago
A. G. Leonard
Union Stockyards and Transit Co
Waterloo to the Front in The Improvement Bulletin
The current issue of The Improvement Bulletin highlights Waterloo as the sole city featured. Quoted are Mortimer B. Cleveland and S. D. Moore, with mention of Harvester that Mild Havana cigar branding.
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Waterloo
Improvement Bulletin
Mfoneapedia
Mortimer B. Cleveland
S. D. Moore
Havana
Federal inquiry to probe national transportation problems
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the federal commission on industrial relations, announced a Chicago investigation into the country’s transportation conditions. The probe will examine railroad relations with employees and worker conditions and begin a few days after hearings in New York conclude, with witnesses yet to be named.
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New York
Frank P.walsh
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Chicago
Walsh
Intense Cold Breaks Drive Wheel on Fast Train
In Muscatine Iowa on January 28 the intense cold shattered the drive wheel of the southwest limited Milwaukee fast train at 65 miles an hour. The engine stayed on the rails as the train slowed near a stop, averting a serious wreck. Temperature dropped to 25 below, the coldest in 20 years.
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Muscatine
Milwaukee
Readjustment talk begins as 20 nonunion steel firms meet union
In Pittsburgh on January 3 a committee from the Amalgamated Association met with 20 independent sheet and tin plate manufacturers led by W. J. Lynch. They discussed potential wage scale reductions adopted last July and a one year continuation, noting their difficulty competing with mills that hire nonunion labor.
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Pittsburgh
W. J. Lynch
Granite City
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
John Williams
Tigh
Williams
Wheat prices surge as May delivery hits 1.50
Chicago traders watched May wheat climb to $1.50 a bushel early and touch $1.507 8 before closing unsettled. The day saw price gains amid hopes of Italy joining hostilities and strong signals from Liverpool and Paris. Baltimore reported 33 steamships awaiting grain cargoes bound for Europe.
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Italy
Suez Canal
Liverpool
Paris
Baltimore
Europe
Water loo Carries Banner For Gold Record In Iowa
Des Moines and Iowa record cold temperatures as 18 below zero is official in Des Moines with other towns reporting 16 to 21 below. Nebraska and Illinois also endure record lows while a central states cold wave spreads eastward. eventueel
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Waterloo
Iowa
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Central States
Chicago
Northern Illinois
Kansas City
Kansas
Henry J. Cox
Federal Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Literacy test veto cited as departure from policy
President Wilson vetoes the immigration bill and sends a message to Congress outlining why the literacy test and related restrictions would shift the nation's tradition of open asylum and equal opportunity. He argues the measure imposes tests of opportunity rather than character, turning away potential entrants who seek education and work, and warns it departs from established U S policy.
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Whabington
D.C
Wilson
Congress
United States
Mebkage
Rockefeller Testimony Urges Freedom and Fair Wages in Industry
JOAN D. ROCKEFELLER Jr testifies before the United States Industrial Relations Commission in New York City. He argues that republican activity should serve citizens' manhood and that industry must align with individual freedom and just wages, else dividends should be deferred or the enterprise abandoned.
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Joan D. Rockefeller, Jr
King
United States Industrial Relations Commission
New York City
Steamer Parodi Adrift Since Jan 12 Reaches Port
The Italian steamship Parodi, last seen near the Itasca in fog, arrived in New York hauled by Greek steamer Crios. After exhausting coal on Jan. 19 and four days without aid, the crew of 27 faced dwindling supplies. The Itasca feared a sinking about 280 miles off Cape Henry, aided by wreckage signals. Crios then recovered Parodi on Jan. 26, marking a second rescue in its two voyages. Parodi left Maddalena for Baltimore three days earlier.
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New York
Angelo Parod
Itanea
Crios
Parodi
Itasca
Norfolk
Cape Henry
Paradi
Criogs
Piraeus
Gripwell
Gibraltar
Maddelena
Italy
Baltimore
Danish Gov I Protests Delays in Cable to England
Copenhagen reports Danish government protests British censorship causing delays in transatlantic telegraphic service to the United States. The issue harms Danish commerce as officials seek relief from London. Separately, Turkish HQ says Ottoman forces beat Russians near Olti in the Caucasus, with significant matériel losses.
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Copenhagen
London
Denmark
United States
Terres
Kerlin
Sayville
L. I
Constantinople
Caucasus
Olti
Kars
French Claim 20000 German losses in January fighting
Paris reports 20000 German casualties over Jan 25 to 27 with 6000 at Craonne and French success on Jan 27, German troops allegedly sang the Marseillaise on Meuse heights before being silenced by French fire. Berlin counters with trench gains near Dragne and retreating French at upper Alsace amid modest Russian defeats.
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Paris
War Office
William
Craonne
Germany
Meuse
Eparges
Berlin
London
Western Front
Dragnne
Alsace
Serbians Fortify Danube Defiles Against Invaders
Geneva reports Serbians brace for Austro German invasion by mining gorges of the Danube from Trebia to Belgrade and fortifying all strategic passes. A regiment of German Hussars reportedly arrives at Orsova on the Serbo Roumanian frontier. The Serbian engineer corps prepared defenses on the frontier.
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Geneva
Paris
Orsova
Danube
Trebia
Belgrade
Serbia
Women Suffrage Initiative Moves in Iowa Senate
Des Moines January 28 a joint resolution asks voters in Iowa to approve a constitutional amendment granting women's suffrage at the next general election. Senator Allen of Pocahontas introduced it in the senate and Representative Ring in the house. The secretary of state confirmed the amendment resolution had been properly published. Appointments confirmed by the State Senate include Gardner Cowles J H Henderson Warren Garst and others. William Duckworth named state custodian of hens. Krengow proposes four year terms for state representatives.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Senate
Allen
Pocahontas
General Assembly
Ring
House
Town Senate
Gardner Cowles
State Board of Lducation
J. H. Henderson
Commerce Counan
Warren Garst
Fenderson
Connon
Clarke
W. A. Duckworth
Duckworth
Krengow
Black Hawk County
Istate
Readjust passenger fares investigated by Colorado PUC
Denver Jan 23 The state public utilities commission will investigate with a view to readjustment the passenger fares of all railroads in Colorado. The commissions orders call upon the railroads to appear before it March 1.
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Denver
State Public Utilities Commission
Colorado
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