Entente replies press Belgian and Balkan demands
The entente reply to President Wilson urges restoration of Belgium Serbia and Montenegro full reparation and evacuation of invaded French Prussian and Roumanian territories with just compensation. It also calls for liberation of Italians Slavs Roumanians and Czech Slavs from foreign rule, while Germany condemns the olive branch as presumptuous and insists on its own aims.
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Germany
Washington
Ughier
Borah
Maho
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Tupan
United States
Lansing
Weather Notes Open Weather The Front
A weather summary reports snow in Obio and Indiana on Friday night and Saturday with fair and warmer conditions in Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia. A north east moving storm cleared eastern regions and led to colder air across the east of the Mississippi. A Western Canadian cold wave drops temperatures rapidly. The record lists temperatures and precipitation for various stations including Montreal Newark Traimore Atlant Newhears Seattle St Joseph San Francisco and Cincinnati with notes on clear and cloudy conditions and recent comparisons.
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Obio
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virgina Fair
New England
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
Mississippi River
Montreal
Newark
Traimore Atlant Newhears
Halveston Clattanoora
Chicago
Denver
Bookeane
Seattle
St. Joseph
San Francisco
Avirmipeg
Namloops
Zere
Wagon Carrying Nitroglycerin Blows Up Near Grey Bull
A Midwest Oil Company wagon loaded with nitroglycerin exploded near Grey Bull Wyoming on January 11. The blast erased the wagon and its two men, heard for miles, leaving a vast crater and no trace of the horses or crew.
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Grey Bull
Wyo
Mid- West Oil Company
Public hearings end on Adamson law rail legislation
Senate Commerce Committee wrapped up hearings on Wilson proposed railroad bills to supplement the Adamson law. Tomorrow action will move to measures banning strikes during investigations, granting presidential takeover power in military need, and authorizing the ICC to fix wages and rates.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Interstate Commerce, Commission
Brotherhoods Open Secrecy Ruling Conference in Chicago
In Chicago 547 railroad union representatives met to outline policies pending Supreme Court ruling on the Adamson law. Secrecy surrounded the discussions as they prepared for potential actions after the court decision.
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Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Three Die In Bunkhouse Fire At Sebring Ohio
A bunkhouse fire at Sebring Ohio killed three men and left one man in serious condition. Victims were Charles Courtright 62 from Rome New York Frederick Wilson 42 Dayton Ohio and Joseph W McDonald 38 Carnegie Pennsylvania Wilson died after being pulled from a window by Charles Patterson. William Jones 42 Beloit Wisconsin remained in serious condition from fumes. Ten men occupied the two room bunkhouse with six escaping. The blaze likely started from clothing left near a cook stove.
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Sebring
Wilson
McDonald
William Jones
Beloit
Wis
Ex Millionaire Morrison Declared Feeble Minded by Jury
Edward W Morrison aged 80 nicknamed the Millionless Millionaire was found feeble minded distracted and a spendthrift by a Probate Court jury. Two cousins petitioned for a conservator to recover property said to exceed $1 000 000 and entrusted to James R Ward and others. Chicago Title and Trust Company named as conservator to manage and safeguard assets.
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Chicago
Edward W. Morrison
Morrison
Chicago Title and Trust Company
James R. Ward
British Warship Cornwallis Sunk by U-Boat in Mediterranean
The British battleship Cornwallis, of 14 000 tons with 750 crew, was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. Thirteen crew members are missing. British forces push toward Palestine near the Sinai border, capturing Rafa and defeating a Turkish relief force four miles east of Rafa. Andrew Bonar Law announces a 5 percent war loan at 95 with a thirty year term and 12 year preemption option.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Cornwallis
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Sinai Peninsula
Palestine
Rafa
el Arish
Jerusalem
Camel Corps
Andrew Bonar Law
Teutons Capture 800 in Roumanian Ops Report
Berlin January 11 The War Office reports capture of important Russo Romanian positions with over 800 prisoners and six machine guns. North of the Deitoz road Teutons storm fortified mountains and take them in hand to hand fighting.
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Sayville Wireless
Berlin
War Office
Deitoz
Burial Honors Planned for Buffalo Bill Cody at Colorado Funeral
Federal troops from Ft. Logan and the Colorado National Guard will join the funeral procession for Colonel William F. Cody Buffalo Bill in Denver. The state capitol will lie in state Sunday from 9 to noon and services will be conducted by the Elks Civil services include Episcopal Grand Army and Elks rites with Masons guarding the interment at Lookout Mountain. Colonel Cody was baptized the night before he died and his Catholic faith was chosen at his wife’s request.
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Jam
Ft. Logan
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Colorado National Guard
Cody
United States Army
Colorado
Elks’ Lodge
Capitol
Lookout Mountain
Masonic Order
White Horse
George R. Randall
Frank D. Baldwin
John Pope
D. Monahan
Episcopal
Monitor sunk after shell fire from battleship Oklahoma
The monitor Puritan, fired on at Rappahannock Spit by the new dreadnought Oklahoma using fourteen inch shells, sank despite mooring in shallow water and a new protective deck. Precautions proved insufficient to save the vessel.
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Norfolk
Rappahannock Spit
Oklahoma
Cold wave victim in Colton trapped in depot fire
Daniel Bartel, 45, a Henry County trapper, died after his clothing ignited while he started a fire in the stove inside Colton Wabash Depot as a cold wave struck. He stepped into the depot last night and was burned to death in the blaze this morning.
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Napoleon
Daniel Bartel
Henry County
Wabash
Colton
Suffragists Spurn Wilson Warmth Invitation at White House
On January 11 President Wilson sent an usher to invite twelve shivering suffragists outside the White House to seek warmth inside. The volunteers, including Miss Mary Wheeler of Liverpool and Mrs. Virginia Bertheim of Berlin, swapped in and out with regular guards as the group endured cold. The action came during a golf morning with the President showing a brief smile but no further engagement.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Wilson
White House
England
Sentinels
Mary Wheeler
Liverpool
Virginia Bertheim
Berlin
Thaw slashes self. may face extradition over kidnapping case
Harry Kendall Thaw slashed his throat and left wrist in a Philadelphia house while police sought to serve a New York indictment for kidnapping and assault on a Kansas high school boy. Physicians say recovery is possible and investigators await Thaw's statement as extradition plans proceed.
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Philadelphia
Harry Kendall Thaw
Thaw
Fred Ump
Swann
New York
Pao
Cal
Ing
Samuel G. Maloney
Kirby
Wood
Harry
Captain Tate
Detective Headquarters
Dem Leaders Eye W A Julian for Mayoralty Run
Democratic bosses reportedly narrow on W A Julian shoe manufacturer and philanthropist as their fall mayoral candidate. Backers push for an unstringsed nomination. Simeon Johnson says he will not seek the honor.
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W. A. Julian
Wilson Business Men's League
Julian
Simeon Johnson
Thaw case sparks push for immediate confinement
Evelyn Nesbit Clifford urged that Harry K Thaw be confined immediately to protect the public. Dr Flint warned Thaw's disease would reemerge and lead to more violence. A third indictment in the Thaw case was handed down by the grand jury naming Oliver Brower, with Thaw papers found on Brower in Philadelphia.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Clifford
Harry K. Thaw
Stanholt
Austin Flint
Harry
Evelyn
Oliver Brower
Philadelphia
Harry Kk. Thaw
Thaw
George O. Byrnes
Thaw Accused of Flogging Kansas City Boy
Kansas City boy Fred Gump Jr testifies to neurologists that Harry K Thaw abused him, forcing a kiss and uttering slave phrases. Gump recounts Thaw struck him with a knotted whip and heavy lashes in a pattern of three blows each, two revolting sequences.
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Kansas City
Harry K. Thaw
Fred Gump, Jr
Gump
Five Pardons Granted By State Board In Ohio
The Ohio State Board of Pardons granted five pardons and rejected thirty-three of thirty-eight applications. It did not act on William Orvall Thompson of Cincinnati who was convicted of second degree murder for killing his sweetheart. Also recommended were conditional pardons for John Martin Mercer County arson Thomas Spencer Lorain County assault and Edward Hineman Columbiana County burglary. A commutation to ten years was recommended for Joseph F Curl Greene County homicide.
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Columbus
State Board of Pardons
William Orvall Thompson
Cincinnati
John Martin
Mercer County
Thomas Spencer
Lorain County
Edward Hineman
Columbiana County
Joseph F. Curl
Greene County
Chicago Names New Police Chief Amid Graft Scandal
Herman F. Schuettler, longtime First Deputy Superintendent, will become Chief of Police once Council approves his appointment. Chief Healy, facing graft and vice charges, has resigned and will remain with the department as a Captain under civil service rules.
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Chicago
Herman F. Schuettler
GC. C. Healy
Council
Healy
Department
Army Deficiency Requests For Ordnance and Disabled Soldiers
Secretary Baker presented to the House a deficiency estimate of 1 795 000 for ordnance stores and supplies due to higher labor and material costs since 1917. The request includes 20 000 for extra small arms target practice and 244 500 for support of disabled volunteer soldiers.
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Washington
Baker
Kentucky Governor Prevents Lynch Mob in Murray
Governor A O Stanley traveled to Murray to restore order as a mob threatened to dynamite a hotel and attack Circuit Judge Charles Bush and Commonwealth Attorney Denny Smith over the murder case of Rube Martin, a Negro. Stanley’s plea to uphold the law and protect the court quieted the crowd and he left with the judge and prosecutor.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Murray, Ky
A. O. Stanley
Kentucky
Charles Bush
Denny Smith
Rube Martin
Guthrie Duiguid
Stanley
Murray
Two Aviators Reported Lost Near Mexican Border
Immigrant officials sighted an aeroplane near the border. Colonel W A Glassford suspects Lieutenant Colonel H G Bishop and Lieutenant W A Robertson Jr are missing in Volcano Lake region of Lower California. Mexican cavalrymen joined the search as night closed in fearing exposure and dehydration.
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San Diego
Cal
Calexico
W. A. Glassford
Army Aviation School
H. G. Bishop
W. A. Robertson, Jr
Volcano Lake
Lower California
Mexicali
Postmaster Nominations Sent to Senate from White House
Ohio postmaster nominations were transmitted to the Senate from the White House. Riley E. Clark of Warsaw, Harry D. Collins of New Paris, Henry W. Reeder of Albany, Rolla H. E. Hite of Pleasantville, Charles E. Plummer of Seaman, Ernest C. Heaps of Worthington are named.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio
Senate
White House
Riley E. Clark
Warsaw
Harry D. Collins
New Paris
Henry W. Reeder
Albany
Rolla H. E. Hite
Pleasantville
Charles E. Plummer
Seaman
Ernest C. Heaps
Worthington
Old Dobbin Comes Back
In New York on January 11 a taxi strike brings back the era of horse-drawn hacks as nearly 1,000 cab drivers walk out and demand for old style hacks resurges amid a transit shortage.
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The
Commercial Tribune
New York
Ghe
Abby
Rockefeller Jr Predicts Labor Relation Key To Leaders
John D Rockefeller Jr said at Cornell University on Founders Day that ability to deal amicably with labor will determine future selection of chief executives in major industrial corporations. He emphasized negotiating with labor in preference to organizers or financiers.
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Ithaca
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Cornell University
German Consul General Bopp Freed on Bond in Neutrality Case
Franz Bopp the German Consul General in San Francisco and four aides were released on bond after being convicted of violating U S neutrality laws. The court scheduled Friday for hearings on their motions for a new trial.
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San Francisco
Franz Bopp
United States
Major Waldorf Astor Appointed Secretary to Lloyd George
London January 11 Premier Lloyd George names Major Waldorf Astor MP and son of expatriated American Lord William Waldorf Astor as one of his secretaries. The appointment adds a prominent political family member to the wartime cabinet.
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The
Commercial Tribune
London
Lloyd George
Major Waldorf- Astor
Major Astor
Lord
William Waldorf) Astor
Explosion at Shell Plant Kills Lieutenant and Wounds Two
A January report from Santo Domingo states Lieutenant J. R. Bolton was killed and Lieutenant J. R. Henley wounded by gunfire during a landing party incident at Macoris. The Navy Department later noted no broader clash between marines and natives. The details come from Chandler aboard the ship New Hampshire.
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J. R. Bolton
J. R. Henley
Macoris
Santo Domingo
Republicans Say Leak Probe Advances in House
Washington Jan 11 Republicans warn that a Wood leak investigation report faces opposition but expect a decisive vote after two hours of debate. Democrats on the Rules Committee favor reporting unfavorably to probe advance information on Wilson peace note amid allegations of stock deals and high officials.
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Washington
Rules Committee
Wilson
House
Thomas W. Lawson
Representative Campbell
Kansas
Lawson
Congress
Svanson
Ohio Senate Republicans allot ten chairmanships in key committees
In Columbus January 11 the Ohio Senate announced tentative chairmanships for major committees. Republicans hold chair roles in Public Printing and several others while names include A. t ilmore, G. Lloyd, Agnew, Benedict, Terrell, Horne, Brown, Mooney, Wright, Miner, Merry, Kennedy, Timpy, Holden, White, Baker, Cunningham, and Gilmore among others.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Hugh A. T
Ilmore
Preble
G. Lloyd
Franklin
William Agnew
Cuyahoga
C. A. Benedict
Lucas
Virgil
J. Terrell
Willis Horne
Wayne
Ashland
Charles A. Mooney
George Vwrtoll
Auglaize
George J. Snyder
George D. Jones
H. R. Gilmore
J. FE. Holden
Butler
Lewis F. White
Erie
B. E. Baker
Union and Mines and
Mirng
George S. Cunningham
Fairfield
Former U S envoy Wayne MacVeagh dies at 84
Wayne MacVeagh former American diplomatic envoy to Turkey and Greece dies at his Washington home. He served as Attorney General in President Garfield's Cabinet.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Wayne MacVeagh
Turkey
Greece
MacVeagh
Garfield
Senate Bars Advertisement of Liquor in Dry States
Senate passage of a Bankhead bill bars mail transmission of liquor advertisements into dry states. The measure targets wholesale dealers sending ads and solicitations by mail, with a Postmaster General bulletin to list prohibited states. A penalty for postal workers handling such mail was dropped. the bill goes to the House.
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Senate
Washington
Bankhead
Alabama
House
Postmaster General
Vertising
Norris
Fletcher
McAdoo seeks ban on impersonating secret service agents
Secretary McAdoo asked Congress to pass a bill to forbid and punish impersonation of secret service agents by fine or imprisonment. He noted there is currently no law addressing the practice.
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Washington
Congress
McAdoo
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