Senators Fight On War Policy Targets of Attack
Senate debate intensifies over war policy with lawmakers clashing on strategy. The article notes President as a target of an attack amid protests and political standoffs.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
1
Senate Debate Breaks Restraint on War Shipments
In Washington on January 5 the Senate broke a pledge of limited discussion on international relations amid the European war. The session featured heated exchanges over neutrality, arms exports, and travel on belligerent ships, with Republicans and Democrats alike urging embargoes and questioning government responsibility for Lusitania casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Senate
Jones
Senator Works
California
Senator Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
O'Gorman
New York
Hitchcock
Nebraska
O’gorman
R. N. McNeely
Persia
Skinner
London
Aden
Steamer Kanawha Sinks Near Parkersburg
The steamer Kanawha sank nine miles south of Parkersburg West Virginia after taking on thirty feet of water. The vessel went down rapidly, and a rescue effort was launched by local authorities and river pilots. No further details on casualties or rescue outcomes were provided in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W.va
Kanawha Sinks After Pier Collision on Ohio River
A Pittsburg and Charleston packet named Kanawha sank nine miles south of Parkersburg after striking a Dam No 20 pier. About ninety five on board, fifteen rescued, as sixty plus are missing. at least twenty dead. The vessel, built in 1896, valued at 35000, carried forty passengers and crew of forty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pittsburg
Charleston
Ohio River
Kanawha
Dam No. 20
Kanawha Packet Company
R. N. Beaver
Racine
Ohio
Brady Berry
Williamstown
Queen City
Cincinnati
Ohio and Mississippi Navigation Company
Iromton
Wounded Italian Soldier Ends Suffering Inside St Peter's Cathedral
On January 5 at St Peter's Basilica in Rome a wounded Italian soldier, mentally unbalanced by his injuries, kneeled under the great dome and shot himself. Blood spilled on the floor, closing the cathedral, which was reconsecrated by Cardinal Merry Del Val and later reopened to worshipers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Peter’s Dome
Rome
St. Peter's Cathedral
Merry del Val
Benton Named as Candidate for U S Supreme Court
A Kentucky judge, James M. Benton of Winchester, rises as a finalist for the vacancy on the Supreme Court after Justice Lamar's death. The Democratic delegation plans to back Benton at a 10:30 a m meeting and may present his name to President Wilson, with support from the Winchester Bar Association and Kentucky lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Benton
Winchester
Wilson
Benton
Kentucky
J.C. W.beckham
Supreme Bench
J. M. Stevenson
Winchester Bar Association
Judge Benton
Georgia Paper Urges Wilson Name Taft to Supreme Bench
The Augusta Chronicle, oldest Democratic paper in the country, wires an open letter to President Wilson urging appointment of former President Taft as Justice Lamar's successor and to mirror Taft's earlier act of appointing Justice Lamar, a Georgia Democrat from Augusta, to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Augusta
Augusta Chronicle
Wilson
Taft
Lamar
Supreme Bench
Youngstown Strike Grows With 600 More Join In
Youngstown Ohio January 5 six hundred workers at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co joined the Republic Iron and Steel Co strikers bringing the total on strike to two thousand five hundred, according to labor leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, CO
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
German Cruiser Kingani Surrenders on Lake Tanganyika
The German armored steamer Kingani clashed with British vessels on Lake Tanganyika in East South Africa and surrendered to British boats, the press bureau announced. The German vessel was brought into port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingani
Lake Tanganyika
Africa
Press Bureau
Lone Bandit Gags Clerk Loots Mail
A single robber bound and gagged a mail clerk on the Sunset Express after leaving San Antonio. He rifled the mail car for registered items and escaped two miles west at a crossing. Authorities issued a description and searched for the bandit as Luther Banks was found bound and gagged at Macdona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Sunset Express
Southern Pacific Railroad
New Orleans
Sancisco
Luther Banks
Macdona
Banks
President Asked to Set Day for Jewish War Relief
Senate resolution introduced by Senator Martine of New Jersey asks President Wilson to designate a day for nationwide contributions to aid 9,000,000 Jewish sufferers of the war. Senator Stone of Missouri requested postponement, shifting action to tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Senate
Martine
New Jersey
Stone
Missouri
US weighs actions after Persia sinking
Washington officials say President Wilson and Secretary Lansing will act only after full facts are gathered on whether a torpedo sank the Persia and which submarine fired it. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet Friday to discuss US policy toward Teutonic powers and neutral shipping amid submarine warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Lansing
United States
Persia
Ashington
State Department
Lansing de
Department
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Stone
Great Britain
Hoke Smith
Germany
Rumor Circulates of Emperor William’s Death
A New York Produce Exchange rumor claimed Emperor William is dead but no cable confirmation or official word supports it. The Paris Matin report of throat cancer was not contradicted by Berlin officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Paris
Berlin
Conscription Debated Asquith Introduces Bill In Commons
London January 5 The British government adopts compulsory military service as Prime Minister Asquith drafts an eligibility bill for unmarried men and urges its necessity in a wartime speech. The Commons gathering includes Sir John Simon and Earl Derby as Lord Derby eyes the momentous clash. In the Lords Earl Kitchener stresses strengthening the army with the proposed policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Asquith
House of Commons
John A. Simon
Home Secretary
Earl Kitchener
Federal agents seek two men in bomb plots
Two men named J. J. Hewitt and J. T. Lee are sought by federal secret service agents as part of nation wide bomb plots. Hewitt is believed in New York and Lee in Bluefield West Virginia. A coded telegram linked to Wilkeson Washington and addressed to Lee mentions fires at Wilkeson Bethlehem Roebling and Du Pont, suggesting planned destruction of multiple plants including the Du Pont munition plant near Uniontown Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Department of Justice
Federal
Secret Service
Uniontown
J. J. Hewitt
J. T. Lee
Hewitt
New York
Lee
Bluefield
W. Va
du Pont
Fairchance
Wilkeson
Wash
Covington Machine Company
Covington
Faircharge
New Move To Unite All Christian Churches
A Church Unity Conference in Garden City moves toward a world council of united denominations. George Zabriskie proposed an Advisory Board representing Christendom. Delegates from Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian and other churches discussed a plan for a worldwide council with delegates tied to communicant size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Christian Churches
New York
George Zabriskie
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church Unity Conference
Garden City
Junius D. Remensnyder
General Synod
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Boyd Vincent
Episcopal
Ohio
Arrest in Gotham May Clear Enormous Gambling Swindles
Frederick T. Thompson, calling himself a banker and Atlantic City promoter, was jailed in New York on grand larceny charges. D A claims evidence may implicate a nationwide gambling swindle led by an evening-dress clique. Thompson also known as William S. Cherry faces related fraud and robbery accusations with Joseph Feldman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick T. Thompson
Atlantic City
N. J
Thompson
William
S. Cherry
Henry Geaislert
St. Louis
Joseph Feldman
Arthur Lowy
Chicago
Feldman
Lowy
Washington
United States
Cuba
American Pastor among Persia sinking survivors
The American Embassy reports Rev. Homer R. Salisbury of Tacoma Park Washington was aboard the Persia when it sank in the Mediterranean but is not listed among survivors. Salisbury boarded at Marseilles to join his missionary wife in India. The Persia’s voyage and survivor accounts are being verified by the Peninsular and Oriental Company and Lord Montagu, one of the few survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Burdette
Gallipolis
Fred Hoyt
Marietta
London
Homer R. Salisbury
Persia
Mediterranean
Mr. Salisbury
Tacoma Park
Wash
Marseilles
India
Peninsular and Oriental Company
Salisbury
Lord Montagu
Evening Press
Malta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tion OF
Unneu
Tral Policy
Lodge
Nelson
Minnesota
McNeely
Luisitania
Lusitania
Works
Beaver
Little Hocking
Vatican
Commercial Eee
United States Supreme Bench
Georgia
Youngstown
Lone Bandit
Will Dloguoa
Pehgia Ghat
TN Committee
Britain
Vincent
David H. Greer
Episcopal Diocese of
Jesse Stevenson
Princeton Theological Seminary
Russell Cecil
Presbyterian
Richmond
Paul Edschweinitz
Bethlehem
James LC. Moffatt
Washington and Jefferson College
Pennsylvania
World Council
Church of the United
Gotham
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