Wilson unveils fourteen peace terms open to open covenants
President Wilson outlines a fourteen point program to end the war, calling for open covenants, free seas, removal of economic barriers, armament limits, and national self determination. He emphasizes evacuation of Russian and other territories and a general association of nations to guarantee peace.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Ars
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Hebi
Sithin
Reichstag
Germany
Lkely
Belgium
France
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Balkans
Roumania
Serbia
Montenegro
Balkan
Ottoman Empire
Hmfe
Dardanelles
Heroism in the Great War and the unseen brave
The piece argues that brave deeds include passive roles in battle such as ambulance work and supply transport. It highlights military bands and service corps as vital under fire, noting how bands steadied troops in danger while playing to motivate fighters. It recalls Russo Japanese campaign bands guiding Russians into fire. Spain enjoys a shipbuilding boom.
Indiana Agriculture Board Reorganizes At Annual Session
Indiana state board of agriculture re elected eight of sixteen members for two year terms as county fair managers and old board members fill posts. John Isenberger named president. L B Clore succeeded. New motor mail routes planned from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne Goshen and Chicago with daily trips, bids due January 15.
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County Fair Heads of
Indiana
Qid State Board of Agriculture
Indianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
F. W. Taylor
Boonville
J. W. Pickhardt
Huntingburg
Charles M. Lindley
Salem
Leonard B. Clore
Franklin
Samuel J. Miller
C. N. Lindley
Charles Kennedy
William Jones
Fairmount
Fort Wayne
Goshen
Chicago
Robert E. Springsteen
Washington
Waste of Corn Ties to Indiana Hog Production
G I Christie Indiana food director warned at the Indiana Swine Breeders Association meeting that more than 40 percent of the 1917 corn crop will feed hogs. He urged better feeding floors to save every grain and reduce losses as farmers haul corn to fields and tramp it in mud. The group adopted resolutions backing the state defense council and federal pork-production goals.
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G. I. Christie
Indiana
Association
Indiana State Council of Defense
Urged to Produce More Hogs at Indiana Swine Breeders Meetings
Hog raisers were urged to boost meat production for the next year at meetings of the Indiana Swine Breeders associations held at the English hotel. Speakers linked pork supplies to winning the war and feeding American troops, noting fats and meat from hogs are vital. About 100 attended the Indiana Duroc Swine Breeders’ gathering and around 75 joined the Indiana Poland China Swine Breeders’ session from across the state.
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English Hotel
Indiana Swine Breeders’ Association
Germany
Austria
Indiana Duroc Swine Breeders’ Association
Indiana
Poland
China Swine Breeders’ Association
Indiana board cites former office holders for owed funds
The state board of accounts reported to Governor Goodrich that about twenty former office holders in Indiana owe money to various government divisions under their control. The governor will forward the reports to the attorney general, who will send them to the appropriate prosecuting attorneys for civil action. If prosecutors do not act, the attorney general is responsible for collections.
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State Board of Accounts
Goodrich
Indiana
William Borkschulz
Evansville
Borgschulz
Indiana Scottish Rite Consistory
Indianapolis
Margaret Ada Wilson
Rossville
Purdue University
Lafayette
George L. Lispy
David S. Byers
State Board of Health
Fort Branch
Enon
Indianapolis Hotel and Restaurant Keepers’ Association
George W. June
State Food Administration
Louis P. Rose
Shelbyville
Hendricks Township
Rose
Jessie Rucker
George M. Crane
Editors' War Service Session Held in Indianapolis
The fourth annual meeting of the Indiana City Editors association will take place in Indianapolis January 19 and 20. President Charles Timothy Jewett says the war service session will focus on nation and state war efforts, while other program topics address professional challenges.
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Indiana City Editors’ Association
Indianapolis
Charles Timothy Jewett
The
Terre Haute Star
Potato Days Planned Across Indiana By Federal Food Administration
The Indiana drive unites grocers to push weekly potato days as Irish potatoes rise in use. Housewives to buy a week’s supply on the day with fewest deliveries. H E Barnard says potatoes should be in every family menu daily. Conscription report shows 70 948 conscripts examined. 51 981 fit, 19 017 unfit. Exemption claims total 35 455 with 18 544 allowed. 4 288 married men accepted. 13 608 alien registrants by category. Industrial exemption grants total 1 304. Average cost per man certified for service is 3 57 dollars.
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Federal Food Administration
Indiana
The
Food Administration
H. E. Barnard
Crowder
Secretary of War
S. F. Bowser
Fort Wayne
Henry F. Beadell
W. K. Noble Cooperage
Mr. Beadell
South Bend
A. Frank
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
France
A. C. Miller
Aurora
Ill
Gary &, Indiana Electric Railroad
Boosting Boys' Working Reserve Enrollment Effort
Federal state director Isaac D. Straus drives county councils of defense to enroll boys in the United States Boys' Working Reserve across the state. Reports show progress with Lake County and Indianapolis each listing 205 members, while Posey Rush Park and Hancock counties lag among 31 counties not reporting.
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Isaac D. Straus
United States
Lake County
Indianapolis
Posey
Rush
Park
Hancock
Will Ascertain Farm Needs For Seed Corn During War
A state wide survey of every farm to assess seed corn needs will be conducted in Indiana during the week of February 4. G J Christie food director presented the plan to the Indiana state council of defense which endorsed it and urged county councils to cooperate. The plan splits the state into six districts with capable leaders, Christie stressing seed quality as vital to Indiana's wartime contribution. The reference notes 1918 as a nullified year.
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Indiana
G. J. Christie
United States Department of Agriculture
Indiana State Council of Defense
State Council
County Council of Defense
Christie
Indiana Cares for 5 335 Insane
Statistics from the Indiana state board of charities and corrections show 5 335 patients across five state hospitals for the insane. They are in Indianapolis Logansport Richmond Evansville and North Madison with about 6 500 000 invested. Total operating expenses for the year ending Sept 30 1917 were 1 206 860 39 dollars yielding a per capita cost of 224 81.
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Indiana
Indiana State Board of Charities and Corrections
Indianapolis
Logansport
Richmond
Evansville
North Madison
Board Insists on English Examinations for Medical Licenses
Indiana state board of medical examiners at its annual meeting outlawed exams in any language but English. The board also reorganized naming Dr James N Dinnen of Fort Wayne president replacing Dr W A Spurgeon of Muncie and naming Dr A B Caine of Marion as vice president with Dr W J Gott of Crawfordsville as secretary.
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Indiana
State Board of Medical Examiners
James N., Dinnen
Fort Wayne
W. A. Spurgeon
Muncie
A. B. Caine
Marion
W. 3. Gott
Crawfordsville
Indiana Brevities Show Fort Wayne Ohio waterway push
Fort Wayne and Huntington businessmen back Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce action linking the Ohio barge canal with the Toledo to Chicago route. A nationwide campaign to win Congress support for both canals is planned. Also reported are ice jams on the Ohio River at Evansville, local deaths and resignations, milk price disputes in Greencastle, potential factory shutdowns in Fort Wayne, and a peculiar enclosure about a clandestine relationship in Eaton.
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Fort Wayne
Chicago
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Toledo
Congress
Huntington
Ohio River
Evansville
Carl Buck
Gary
Boy Shoots Eye With Air Rifle Incident at York
Eleven year old Charles Keech aimed an air rifle at a blank army cartridge placed on a fence. The cartridge discharged tearing out his left eye. Companions Owen Neal and Francis Spicer suffered injuries from brass fragments and a rebound bullet. All were treated at York Hospital.
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York
Charles Keech
Owen Neal
Francis Spicer
Keech
Neal Boy
Young Spicer
York Hospital
War Ends Tramp Influx in Hazleton Coal Fields
Mayor Harvey reports wartime policing cut tramp activity in the Hazleton area. Detectives monitor railroads for German-sympathizer plots and only two tramps sought lodging in the local lockup this season, far below the usual five to six per night in prior years.
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Hazleton
Harvey
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Son
Lloyd George
Great Britain
J. B. Brand
Spain
Agriculture Board Meets
Eaton
Minnie Decamp
Jacob Schmids
Schmick
Miss Decamp
A. J. Schaffer
Schaffer
Ohio
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