Wilson to take charge as Persia crisis lingers
President Wilson returns to the White House to oversee the Persia submarine dispute with caution. Secretary Tumulty and Secretary Lansing push for full fact gathering from survivors and consuls as Congress considers how to respond to German Austrian submarine actions.
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Malta
Cairo
Penfield
U S War Entry Bets Reported Before May Day
Private wire reports from the Cincinnati Stock Exchange indicate on the New York Exchange floor bets at even money that the United States would enter the European conflict before May Day. Many traders reportedly placed wagers.
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New York
United States
Derby recruits and single men decline in war draft report
London dispatch reports Lord Derby's scheme shows 661 120 single men did not volunteer while 2 184 2 were attested. Of the total, 1 428 108 are available for service if drafted, with 761 874 unfit for field duty. The Derby plan divides into starred and unstarred groups for munition work or other roles. Cabinets meet on modified conscription, Ireland exclusion debated, Asquith aims to push bill in Commons tomorrow.
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London
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New World Power May Be Created by Jews Congress
Chicago readers report a call for an American Congress of Jews in Chicago on January 26. Delegates at the Knights of Zion convention issued the invitation to discuss Jews worldwide and form a permanent Jewish Congress to influence a postwar peace conference. Enthusiastic Zionists foresee a world power and international organization emerging from the congress.
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Knights of Zion
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Eeesm
Gress
Jewish Congress
Greek liner Thessaloniki sinks in distress near sea rescue failure
A wireless report from the Greek liner Thessaloniki says the crew fled to lifeboats as the disabled ship, center of days of mystery, likely sank. The United States from yesterday and Patris aided passengers and crew, while coast guard Seneca searched without success.
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Thessaloniki
United States
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Coast Guard
Seneca
George Lauder Jr Dies at 40 in Greenwich
Special Dispatch reports from Greenwich Conn that Geo Lauder Jr nephew of Andrew Carnegie died today from pneumonia. He was a millionaire and widely known as a sportsman.
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Commercial Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Geo Lauder, Jr
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Mrs Wilson Installed As White House Mistress
Mrs Woodrow Wilson begins duties as White House mistress after returning from honeymoon at Hot Springs. She plans the social season starting with a Pan American reception in the Blue Room. The State Department distributes neutral diplomats between two wartime dinners, with neutrals split between Teutonic and Entente representations. One dinner is set for January 11 and the other for January 21.
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Plan to Crush Germany in 1916
Paris dispatch reports vast allied military reforms underway to create a unified war effort. Leaders predict 1916 will bring final defeat of Germany as France England Russia and Italy weld forces into an integrated, coordinated machine following a Paris war council.
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France
England
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War Council
Czernowitz Falls in Russian Hands Amid Carnage
British and German diplomatic exchanges surface over the Baralong incident as Czernowitz becomes a focal point in Bukowina with Russian advances. Reports claim Austrians take Tolmino trench and Italians hold Bogievac, while large prisoner numbers are noted and Albanian front activity stirs talks of Serbian mobilization.
Steubenville votes wet in special election
Steubenville voters approved liquor by 2462 to 2191, a 271 vote margin, ending two years of dry rule. Despite nineteen affidavits alleging fraudulent registrations and illegal voting, only four arrests were reported.
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Steubenville
Lamar Funeral Today in Augusta
The funeral of Associate Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar of the U S Supreme Court will be held at the First Christian Church in Augusta tomorrow morning. The body will be met at the train by the Augusta bar, the State Supreme Court, and the State Bar Association, honoring the former Augusta member.
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Augusta
Joseph Rucker Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Washington
First Christian Church
Augusta Bar
Lamar
State Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Murderer Refused Entry in Lexington Jail
Deputy Sheriff and prisoner known as Shorty Hines, charged with the Irvine murder of George Horn, disappeared after local hotels and hospitals refused to admit them. If Hines is indicted and absent, trial cannot proceed and lawyers face a quandary.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Shorty” Hines
George Horn
Irvine
Still
County
Hines
Russia to Fight to Finish with 9 Million Men Next Spring
Dr H H Snively of Columbus reports from Russia that he expects 9,000,000 Russian soldiers next spring. He says Russia can supply arms and munitions, notes no revolution, sees a multi faith army, and cites a two year wheat stock and planned postwar reforms.
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Snively
Russia
The
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
H.,h. Snively
Red Cross
Monitor survivor William Durst dies of pneumonia in Philadelphia
William Durst aged 76, said to be the sole survivor of the Monitor crew from the Hampton Roads battle with the Merrimac, died at his Philadelphia home today from pneumonia.
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Philadelphia
William Durst
Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Unique Plan To Make Our Warships Invisible
The Navy proposes painting ships to blend with water, inspired by waterfowl camouflage. English observer Abbott H. Thayer studied bird coloration to mimic wave patterns, using serpentine black lines on gray hulls to resemble rough sea surfaces and render ships hard to spot at distance.
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New England
Gasoline Bath Adopted in Nuevo Laredo to Fight Typhus
In Nuevo Laredo Mexico a gasoline bath is used for suspects of untidiness as a typhus preventive. Recipients have heads shaved before treatment. Dr Claude C Pierce of the U S Public Health and Marine Hospital Service says proper precautions avoid border epidemic fears.
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Tex
Nuevo Laredo
Mex
Claude C. Pierce
The
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States Public Health and Marine
World federation proposed in Campbell resolution
A Kansas representative introduces a plan to form an international federation resembling a world United States with a constitutional framework. It would create an international Senate and House, an International President, and grant nations equal rights and privileges to enforce global law and rights. The US would adopt the world constitution and urge adoption by other nations.
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Ohiqan Disappears From Ocean Liner Leaving Valuables
W R W Griffin general manager of Steubenville Wellsburg and Weirton Railroad vanished from the steamer Providence en route from New York to Fall River. His handbag with 50000 in stock certificates and papers including Allah Oil stock certificates and bank books was found in his locked stateroom, suggesting a possible fall overboard. Griffin had departed here three months earlier for New York and was reportedly bound for Boston.
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Steubenville, Wellsburg & Weirton
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Allah Oil Company
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Pittsburg
Marquis De Castellane Hurt In Paris Auto Accident
The Marquis de Castellane father of Count Boni de Castellane was struck by a car while leaving the Military Hospital. He sustained serious injuries but doctors expect recovery.
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Paris
Marquis de Castellane
Boni de Castellane
Huerta Out of Danger After Operation in El Paso
General Victoriano Huerta was declared out of immediate danger by his physician after a tapping operation to drain fluid from the intestinal tract caused by jaundice.
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EL Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
Quake Shocks Rattle Newport Residents No Damage Reported
Two sharp earthquake shocks were felt in Newport Oregon at 11 a.m. today. Dishes rattled and residents rushed from their homes but no damage was reported. Earthquakes are rare on this stretch of the Oregon coast.
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Ore
Oregon Coast
German Emperor Suffering From Throat Cancer Report Says
The Matin reports the German Emperor may have cancer of the throat and cannot speak. Doctors considered removing the entire larynx in 1911 to halt the disease. An eminent Paris surgeon, with an artificial larynx, was asked to go to Berlin to demonstrate speech restoration. The Emperor’s condition recently improved after a minor operation, but further treatment is palliative and a full removal may be necessary.
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Matin
Europe
Berlin
Warsaw
Constantinople
Brussels
Steel strike at Republic Iron and Steel grows
At Republic Iron and Steel plants in Youngstown Ohio hundreds walked out at the Brown Bonnell mill and the Lansingville tube mill. Strikers claim over 2800 workers are out seeking a thirty cent per day wage rise. General Manager J W Deetrick says the action has the earmarks of an IWW uprising.
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Republic Iron and Steel Company
Brown-Bonnell
Lansingville
J.W. Deetrick
Twins killed by train near LaGrange in Kentucky
The bodies of 14 year old twins Howard and David Kennedy were identified by Mr and Mrs Charles Kennedy of Frankfort as the boys who left home last Friday. They were found dead beside a Louisville and Nashville track near LaGrange on Sunday.
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Commercial Tribune
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LaGrange
Charles Kennedy
Fankfort
Howard
David
Frankfort
St. Louis Chosen as Next Shoe Travelers Convention City
St. Louis was selected as the next convention city at the closing session of the National Shoe Travelers Association annual meeting in Columbus Ohio today.
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St. Louis
National
Shoe Travelers’ Association
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