Daniels Clash Over Foreign Honors and Navy Secrets
Secretary Daniels testified before a Senate subcommittee about a rift with Rear Admiral Sims on accepting foreign honors. He cited Sims’s public articles as a factor in a change of his own promotion stance and apologized for lax submission of those writings. He also detailed a related incident involving a naval attaché and cautioned on future disclosures.
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Washington
Senate
Daniels
Sims
Admiral Sims
United States
Ims
Mavy
Trish
Department
America
Hale
Carlos V. Cusachs
Navy
Spain
Cusachs
Willard
State Department
Urgoiti
Madrid
Women Suffrage Luncheon Draws 400 in Cincinnati
Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns of Chicago addressed about 400 attendees at the Hotel Linton in Cincinnati, explaining civic duties and political participation as part of the suffrage campaign. Judges and notable local officials attended, and remarks emphasized women’s entry into political life as a continuation of wartime service.
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Cincinnati
Fletcher Dobyns
Chicago
Woman Suffrage Committee of
Greater Cincinnati
Hotel
Linton
William Littleford
John L. Shuff
Harriett Taylor Upton
Woman’s Suffrage Organization
Ben Lowenstein
Agnes Hilton
Dobyns
Mrs. Upton
Icebound for 62 Hours Trapped Steamers Reach Harbor
The sound steamers Chester W. Chapin and New Hampshire, bound between New York and New London, were trapped in ice near Execution Light for 62 hours. Water and coal ran low. New Hampshire crew survived on hard tack for a day. Ice drift freed the ships overnight. passengers continued by rail.
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Bridgeport
Chester W. Chapin
New Hampshire
New York
New London
Chapin
Spiker Plans Marriage to English Woman in Mass
Guy B Spiker of Baltimore fiancé to Miss Emily Knowles an English woman who brought her child with her and whose father is Spiker's brother Lt Perley Spiker. Immigration officials had no objection and Spiker arranged at City Hall for a marriage license to be delivered tomorrow before leaving for Baltimore.
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Fall River
Mass
Guy
Spiker
Baltimore
Emily Knowles
Perley Spiker
Miss Knowles
Washington
Middle Class Union Formed To Insure Against Extinction
New York officials report the Middle Class Union of New York State received a certificate of incorporation in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Lawyer Joseph Wolff says the group targets refined individuals neither in labor, politics, nor capital, aiming to unite a powerful bloc at risk from rising living costs and stagnant wages.
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New York
New York State
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Joseph Wolff
Mr. Wolff
Mr Wolff
Five Die From Olive Poisoning in Memphis Luncheon
Five people died and others were ill afterptomaine poisoning from canned ripe olives served at a Memphis luncheon. Mrs Max W Vunkannon the hostess and three guests died in the days around the luncheon and Max E Vunkannon died tonight. Health officials linked the olives to a brand implicated in Detroit deaths and seized a quantity found in a store basement.
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Memphis
Tenn
Max E. Vunkannon
Max W. Vunkannon
Detroit
Wood Campaign Gaining Force Says Phager
Local leaders predict strong support for the Republican nominee with Ohio primaries in August. Wood campaign headquarters to open locally within ten days as Colonel Procter tours, noting 83 percent labor support in Oregon and rapid Ohio organization. Hamilton County committees plan delegate apportionments before mid-February.
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Wood Campaign Committee
William Cooper’ Procter
National Wood Campaign Committee
Procter
Ohio
Chicago
Rudolph K. Hynicka
Captain Heintz
Misconstrued Wire Triggers Kidnap Plot Fear
In Newark New Jersey police explain a Cleveland report that Lena Stevens was being held for 500 dollars in New York. George Stevens says a telegram to his father was misread the money was to reimburse Ephraim Judson for Mrs. Stevens expenses.
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Newark
N. J
Cleveland
Lena Stevens
New York
George Stevens
John Stevens
Ephraim Judson
Stevens
South Americans Endorse Panama Canal Name Roosevelt Canal
Bolivian Chamber of Deputies president Jose Tejada urged in New York that the Panama Canal be renamed the Roosevelt Canal in honor of former President Theodore Roosevelt. He cited Pan Americanism and Monroe Doctrine principles as foundations for a united hemisphere, and highlighted Bolivia’s 1918 trade growth from exports to the United States.
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Panama Canal
Colonel Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Jose Tejada
Chamber of Deputies of
Bolivia
Pan-American Financial Conference
National Republican Club
Nejada
South America
Tejada
Mr. Tejada
America
Europe
Asia
United States
200 Page Book Holds Names of War Criminals
Paris Feb 7 The Foreign Office issued the official list of those whose extradition is demanded by the allies. A paper bound volume of more than 200 pages lists 890 persons or groups with rank and accusation. Four pages cover Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Baron von Leisner
von Hindenburg
Ludendorf
One Man Rule for GinginNati Urged by Expert
Gaylord Cummings, former Grand Rapids city official, urged Cincinnati to abandon tradition and adopt an administrative, centralized approach. He argued for fixed police beats, local officer accountability, and hiring capable minds over bureaucratic red tape to improve city government.
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Gaylord Cummings
Grand Rapids
Mich
Dayton
Cummings
Cincinnati
Mr. Cummings
Poker Losers Seek Investigation of Cold Deck Scheme
New York February 7 a probe was opened by Justice Kernochan after a group of cloak and suit traders and film workers alleged they were cheated out of 35000 in stud poker with marked cards. The complaint, filed by William Travers Jerome now on Swann’s request, cites a fist fight ending six month games and possible damages to the poor under charity statutes.
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New York
Justice Kernochan
Swann
William Travers Jerome
Army Flame Throwers To Aid in Cleaning Streets
Army flame throwers, famed for battlefield use, will be deployed in New York to clear snowbound streets. Detachments from the chemical warfare service, ordered from Edgewood, Md., will operate the devices and bolster recruiting in the city.
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Army
New York
Washington
Chemical Warfare Service
Edgewood
Julius Fleischmann Thrown From Horse In Miami Polo Game
In Miami Beach the Miami Beach fox hunters beat the Miami Valley Hunt and Polo Club of Dayton 11 to 6. Julius Fleischmann, former Cincinnati mayor, was thrown from his horse in the fourth period but escaped serious injury. he was substituted by Robert Sen British professional.
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Miami
Fla
Miami Beach Fox Hunters
Miami Valley Hunt and Polo Club
Dayton
Julius Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Robert Sen
Latin American Nations Seek Clarification of Monroe Doctrine
Latin American states debate joining the League of Nations as Salvador defines the Monroe Doctrine in Article XXI of the Covenant. The Salvadoran government asks the U S to clarify limits while some nations delay membership awaiting definition and U S reply from President Wilson.
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Commercial Tribune
Wilson
Europe
South America
League of Nations
Congress of the United States
United States
Congress
Congress of the
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Associated Press
Salvador
League
State Department
Juan Franco Paredes
Manifesta
Girl says man cut her with razor at home
Emily Sullivan a12 at 238 Pike Street told police a stranger about 40 entered her home after 5 pm and demanded money then cut her with a razor. Doctors at General Hospital say the wounds look like pin scratches, but the girl remains firm. Police seek truth behind the tale.
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Emily Sullivan
Pike Street
Sullivan
General Hospital
Dutch Parliament Backs Refusal to Surrender Ex-Kaiser
The Second Chamber approved resolutions praising the government's decision not to surrender former Emperor William to the Allies. The First Chamber debated international finance conferences, with the finance minister noting cooperation is welcome but urging a leading power to take initiative.
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The
Hague
William
Newport Mayor Leads Gambling Raid in City
Mayor Joe Hermann directed eleven officers to confiscate $1,200 in silver and seize dice and cards at 207 West Fourth Street in a late night raid. About 100 gamblers were rounded up. two prisoners were taken as twelve others fled among onlookers. Howard Flynn, 37, was charged and later released on bond. The mayor vowed ongoing clean-up and hinted at further investigations.
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Joe Hermann
Newport
West Fourth Street
Hermann
Howard Flynn
Third
Patterson Streets
Cincinnati
Christ Ebert
Flynn
Set Churches on Fire To End to Quarrels Between Congregations
A man identified as Lewis Scott of Ladd Pike County was arrested for arson after confessing to burning the Christian Union Church and the Holiness Church to stop quarrels among local congregations. Sheriff John Yahraus filed the affidavit. a lunacy charge was added.
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Christian Church
Ladd
Pike County
John Yahraus
Waverly
Lewis Scott
Scott
John Stroud
Yahraus
Christian Union Church
Holiness Church
Universal military training costs per month of war
Representative Kahn argues for universal military training, estimating about 131 million dollars annual cost for training 600,000 men, plus 500 million for overall military establishment. He notes the nineteen months of war cost the United States about 33 billion and says unpreparedness cost about 1.7 billion dollars each month of war.
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Kahn
Washington
Senate
California
House Military Committee
United States
Refusal To Dig Grave For Less Lands Man In Jail
Canton Ohio February 7 Amos Baylis a Black man was arrested on suspicion and sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse by Police Judge Bowman. Officers said another man took the job for 12 dollars and Baylis refused to help. Baylis said he came to Canton from Toledo a week ago.
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Amos Baylis
Bowman
Baylis
Toledo
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