Memorial arouses ire of president in Maryland
President Wilson rebuked a Maryland League for Nations Defense delegation for attacking the national guard and pressing universal military training. He said disciplined attitude and voluntary training can improve the militia and defended congressional efforts to strengthen military service.
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Washington
Wilson
Maryland League For Nations Defense
National Guard
Randolph Barton
Congress
Brotherhood leaders present compromise on railway legislation
Railway leaders submit a written proposal to President Wilson proposing a mixed board of employees and employers to investigate disputes instead of a law to prevent strikes or lockouts pending inquiry. Wilson began considering the ideas.
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Washington
Railway Brotherhood
Wilson
Root Sees Wilson War Readiness in Peace Address
Elihu Root interpreted President Wilsons Senate address as admitting no path to peace but preparation for war and denouncing Germany while expressing sympathy with the speech purposes and noting noble idealism.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Elihu Root
Germany
Cincinnati men charged in election fraud indictments
Eleven men including two city councilmen an assistant clerk of the city council and a Hamilton county deputy sheriff were named in federal grand jury indictments returned Thursday over alleged frauds at the last presidential election and were taken into custody.
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Cincinnati,o
Hamilton County
Federal Grand Jury
Lumber group backs aid for homeless Belgian children
Denver officials report that five percent of receipts on the first Mondays in February through June will be donated to aid homeless Belgian children, under a resolution unanimously passed by the Rocky Mountain Lumber Dealers' association.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain Lumber Dealers’ Association
Public Funeral Honored Pauper Patrick Riley in Avon
Residents of Avon Illinois held a public funeral for Patrick Riley a friendless tramp who died of exposure. Villagers closed shops for half a day bought floral offerings and followed the hearse to the cemetery marking the solemn burial.
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Avon
Ill
Patrick Riley
Emperor dissolves Japanese House of Representatives
Tokio reports the emperor dissolved the house of representatives as Premier Terauchi moved to end the chamber’s existence before any vote of lack of confidence could take place. The act stakes the future of the ministry and government.
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Tokio
House of Representatives
Terauchi
Paris Faces Record Cold Sweeps Across France
Paris endures an exceptionally cold period with temperatures near 17 degrees Fahrenheit. Southern cities such as Marseilles and Bordeaux report multiple degrees of frost and chilling conditions nationwide.
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Paris
France
Marseilles
Hordeaux
Rural post road aid distribution announced
Washington announces the second annual distribution of ten million dollars in federal aid for rural post road construction. Allocation aims to assist states in building and improving rural routes under the federal aid road law.
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Washington
Earthquake Hits Hall Island Kills Fifty In Malay Archipelago
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports a major earthquake on Hall Island in the Malay archipelago killing fifty natives and injuring about two hundred. The quake also destroyed around a thousand houses.
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London
Hall
Malay Archipelago
Amsterdam
President Wilson Calls for Peace League and Concert of Power
President Wilson urged a world peace league and a concert of power in a Senate address. He argued lasting European peace requires collective security, nonentangling alliances, and consent of the governed to deter aggression and preserve freedom of the seas. He tied these U S principles to universal modern ideals and global cooperation.
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Europe
America
Washington
United States
Congress
Wilson
Senate
Adams
Madison
Sde
Captain Steever to Lead High School Military Training
Captain E Z Steever will soon assume charge of military training in Chicago high schools. The move places him in charge of overall instruction and program administration across the district.
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E. Z. Steever
Chicago
Benson Heads Naval Board in Exoffice Role
Admiral Henson chief of operations and standing navy rank ing officer since Admiral Dewey's death is named president ex officio of the navy general board in Washington.
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Benson
Naval Board
Washington
Henson
Navy
Dewey
Navy General Board
Smallpox Cases Reported in Payson Utah
Health officials in Payson Utah discovered thirty cases of smallpox on Monday and imposed strict quarantine for those infected to prevent spread.
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Payson
New York Stock Exchange Schedules Full Records Request
The NYSE board asked all members to provide brokers records covering December 10 to December 23 after a threat from the house rules committee to compel production. The records concern alleged profits from advance information on the president's peace note during that period.
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New York
House Rules Committee
Board of Governors
New York Stock Exchange
Japan Faces Internal Crisis as Opposition Grows
Japan confronts a presidential style crisis as Count Terauchi’s cabinet faces a vigorous campaign. The Constitution party allied with the Nationalist group in the lower house to challenge the premier, accusing the non-partisan cabinet of violating constitutional spirit.
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Tokio
Japane
Count Terauchi
Terauchi
Constitution Party
House of Peers
Viscountato
Washington Guardsmen Ordered Help for Job Replacements
Commissioner Caminetti issued orders to all officers of the immigration service to assist unemployed guardsmen returning from the border and finding their jobs filled by helping them secure other employment.
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Washington
Federal Bureau Ofmmigration
Caminetti
Fur Prices Rise at New York Auction
Nearly $906,000 worth of furs were sold over three days at a New York fur auction. Prices for almost all fur classes have advanced since last September, the organizers announced on Wednesday.
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New York
Potatoes Debut At Aurora Exhibit Market
Potatoes priced at six dollars a bushel appeared in Aurora on Tuesday. USL-Potatoes displayed six bushels touted by dealers as better as exhibits than as commercial produce.
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Aurora
Usl
Severe European Cold Grips Central and Northern Regions
Reports from London and European papers note the harsh winter cold stretching across central and northern Europe with temperatures around 36 degrees Fahrenheit in East Prussia.
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London
Europe
East
Prussa
Wilson urges Senate action on administration measures
President Wilson pressed the Senate steering committee to push reforms by March 4. He met with Senators Kern Williams Thomas Reed James and Chamberlain to discuss the clogged calendar and urged swift action on railroad labor, water power, conservation, corruption reform, Webb foreign service, Porto Rican citizenship, big appropriations and revenue bills.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
White House
Kern
Williams
Thomas
Reed
James
Chamberlain
Webb Colective Foreign Service Agency
Richards Sentenced to Three Years for Parole Violation
Baltimore. Samuel L. Richards former secretary of the Sing Sing prisoners mutual welfare league and trusted aide to ex Warden Thomas Mott Osborne, received a three year term in the Maryland penitentiary for parole violation.
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Baltimore
Samuel L. Richards
Sing Sing Prisoners’ Mutual Welfare League
Thomas Mott Osborne
Maryland
English potatoes flood Chicago market in wage price push
Chicago market sees high potato prices due to large shipments from England to rival American grown goods. The statement was released publicly on Monday detailing the international competition affecting local prices and supply.
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Chicago
England
Young NY Banker Guy Emerson Named VP at National Bank
Guy Emerson, age thirty, is elected vice president of the National Bank of Commerce of New York. He is the youngest man in New York to hold such a responsible position after graduating from Harvard Law School in 2011.
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Guy Emerson
National Bank of Commerce of
New York
Emerson
Harvard Law School
Vopicka Cleared as Charges Withdrawn
Washington announced that Germany has withdrawn charges of unneutral conduct against Minister Vopicka, who is accredited to Romania, Serbia, and Bulgaria. The state department disclosed the decision on Friday.
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Washington
Germany
Vopicka
Roumaniia
Serbia
Bulgaria
State Department
Public Buildings Bill Passed in House Despite Veto Threat
The House voted 234 to 92 for an omnibus public buildings bill carrying 38 million dollars for construction nationwide. President Wilson has issued a veto notice for the measure.
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Washington
Wilson
Hogue
Doctor in Montana Accused of Killing Wife to Test Life Restoring Method
Dr J C Hunter a Johns Hopkins alumnus and Heidelberg student is said to have killed his wife in Hysham Montana while claiming to revive her with incantations and drugs. The couple reportedly used drugs for years. the wife lay dead for five days before discovery and poison is suspected. The doctor was deemed insane and committed to the asylum.
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Phyaic
Hunter
Mary
Captured Ship Now a Raider In South Atlantic
Dispatches from Rio Janeiro report the British steamer St. Theodore captured by a German raider in the south Atlantic. It is said to be armed with two guns and manned by a German crew and cruising as an auxiliary to the raider.
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Washington
State Department
Rio Janeiro
St. Theodore
South Atlantic
Admiral Dewey Placed in Tomb
From a granite tomb atop a grassy knoll in Arlington cemetery, the mortal remains of Admiral George Dewey were laid to rest. President Wilson led government officials in the somber funeral procession as the nation mourned its Manila Bay hero.
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Admiral Dewey
Washington
Arington
George Dewey
Wilson
Manila Bay
Forces clash near Parral in Villa follower rout
Gen. Francisco Murgula received a dispatch from Gen. J Hernandez in Parral district reporting that his forces defeated Villa followers at Rancho El Aguaye near Parral. Several opponents were killed, including El biano Contreras.
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Chihuahua City
Francisco Murgula
J. Hernandez
Parral
Rancho el Aguaye
Elbiano Contreras
Daniels Defends Navy Contract Award to British Firm
Secretary Daniels issues a Sunday statement defending his action in awarding Hadfields Limited a large navy armor piercing projectiles contract. The price is reported as about $200 per unit below the lowest American bid.
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Washington
Daniels
Hadfields, Limited
Provo Prosecutor Framings Ban On Close Dancing
Provo city attorney Jacob Coleman drafts an ordinance banning close hugging and improvised lighting at public dances in Utah County. The measure will be submitted to the county commissioners and local councils for enactment into law.
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Provo
Utah
Utah County
Jacob Coleman
Propose to Advance Clock In New York May Start
New York daylight saving committees plan to move the clock ahead one hour during five months starting May 1. The plan has been approved by the American Federation of Labor led by President Samuel Gompers and its executive committee.
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New York
British cruiser Glasgow sinks German raider near Para
Buenos Aires reports Glasgow intercepted a German raider 130 miles from Para after receiving a wireless message via Pernambuco. The dispatch notes the British cruiser’s action against enemy commerce trouble in the Atlantic theater.
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Buenos Aires
la Prenom
Rio Janeiro
Pernambuco
Glasgow
Para
Swindle Arrest Ties French Prince to Large Fraud
Philippe Simeoni of Italian origin and Prince Henrie de Brogli Nevel were arrested in a case reported as an alleged swindle with losses estimated between 2,000,000 and 10,000,000 francs. Several newspapers noted the high suspected amount and international links.
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Parle
Philippe Simeoni
Prince Henrie de Brogli-Nevel
San Francisco Artist Betty de Jong Dies From Self-inflicted Wound
Betty de Jong a leading figure in San Francisco art circles and internationally known painter died Sunday from a bullet wound to the head ruled a personal safety related death.
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San Francisco
Mias
Betty de Jong
Bulgars Driven Back by Russians in Baltic and Danube clashes
German forces pushed Russians back a mile and a half near Tirul swamp and Kalazen, with 1500 prisoners taken. A night Soviet attack repelled Bulgarians near Tultcha on the Danube estuary, leaving a Bulgarian battalion destroyed except for five officers and 332 men captured. Frontlines elsewhere show bombardments and raiding amid Austro Italian theater gains near Goriza and Italian trench loss. France sees heavy machine losses on both sides.
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London
Riga
Tirul
Kalazen
Danube
Tultcha
Bessarabia
Berlin
Petrograd
Gorizia
France
Germany Has Plenty of Men
Berlin reports Germany could sustain the war for years with about 2,000,000 total losses. The National Zeitung cites reserves of 7,000,000 from 9,000,000 to begin and notes an additional 1,500,000 men eligible by reaching conscription age, expanding the fighting force.
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Berlin
National Zeitung of
Germany
Woman presides over Oregon House for first time
In Salem Oregon a woman acted as speaker of the Oregon house when Robert N Stanfield retired early in the session and Mrs Alexander Thompson of The Dalles took the gavel The fifty nine male members abstained from smoking while recognizing and introducing their bills under her rule Stanfield cited threat trouble as the reason for his retirement
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Salem
Ore
Oregon House of Representatives
Robert N. Stanfield
Alexander Thompson
Dalles
Stanfield
US to urge Carranza to shield foreigners in occupied Mexico
As Pershing withdraws, a U S appeal to Carranza is expected to demand protection for foreigners in the ten month occupied district. Chinese traders supplying American forces are singled out as needing safety assurances.
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Carranza
Mexico
Washington
Pershing
United States
Restrictions on Brewers in London Limit Beer Output
Baron Devonport the food controller sets a 70 percent cap on this year's beer production in London to cut foodstuffs use. The limit applies to the April 1 start of the new year and follows the prior year’s output.
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London
Baron Devonport
Fortifications Bill Advances Funding for Coast Defenses
The bill reported favorably to the House on Wednesday would provide more than 60 million dollars to strengthen and maintain coast defenses.
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Washington
House
France Imposes Annual Personal Income Tax Plan
Paris reports Finance Minister Ribot outlines a new income tax of 6 francs per year for every resident of France and for foreigners with income. The plan targets individuals regardless of citizenship.
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Paris
Finance
Ribot
France
Whisky consumption rises in 1916 per treasury returns
Tax returns to the treasury department show American whisky consumption in 1916 higher than any year since 1909. The figure suggests a notable rise in distilled spirits use during the year.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Government blocks Had Aelda shell contract in war era
London report says the British government refused permission for Had Aelda Limited to continue work on a shell contract for the American navy while war conditions persist. The stance ties to ongoing wartime exigencies.
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London
Had- Aelda, Limited
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