National mourns at Dewey bier in Washington funeral
Admiral Dewey laid to rest in Arlington with President Wilson, Supreme Court justices, and Cabinet members in attendance. The procession included midshipmen from Annapolis, honors from the Navy, and diplomats from Entente and Teutonic nations observing the ceremony.
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Iran Reeves
Norwich University
Redfield Proctor
Unit States
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Montpelier
de’ Tion
New York
Bomb blast at Spandau munitions lab kills ten
Berlin dispatch reports ten killed and twenty injured at the army munitions laboratory in Spandau after a blast. A separate explosion near London killed between fifty and sixty, with twenty-one dying in ten hospitals on Saturday and many others treated for injuries. authorities blame Socialists for acts aimed at ending the war by destroying munitions plants.
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Spandau
Prussia
London
Lloyds. Weekly
Weather report outlines rain and cold across states
The forecast notes overcast conditions and rain in the South and North with rain or snow in several states. Colder air moves in from the north with a storm centered over Colorado pushing eastward. Temperatures and precipitation are listed for major stations, with January 20 comparisons to previous years.
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Indiana
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Russians defeated on Sereth front amid Moldivian clashes
Petrograd reports heavy fighting on the Sereth line with Russians pressed back toward the Sereth in Nanesti as Swiss mobilization is noted. Along the Moldavian frontier Teutonic offensives were checked south of Lamuntelu mountain with Russian counter actions continuing in the region.
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German Socialists Split Over War Policy
Berlin reports a German Socialist committee decided to separate from the anarchist wing, signaling a definite party split over war policy. The War Office at Vienna says four officers and 120 men were captured with one machine gun on the Karst front in the Italian theater.
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German Socialist Party
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Vienna
Swiss Reservists Called to Colors for January 24 Mobilization
Swiss legation reports reservists from the second, fourth and fifth army divisions in the United States are ordered mobilized. The nationwide mobilization is set for January 24.
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Washington
Japanese Brokers Secure $5 Million Silver Loan
Peking January 20 Japanese brokers have signed an agreement with the Bank of Communications for a 5 million dollar loan in silver at 7 percent The Chinese Parliament attempted to block the loan but failed to halt it.
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Peking
Bank of Communications
Peace societies unite under Wilson plan in new conference
Washington January meeting of the American Peace Society directors endorses President Wilson's peace move and calls a February New York conference with World’s Court League. They favor The Hague meeting, a permanent international body, rights and duties declaration, international conciliation council, wider arbitration, and a world court.
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United States
American Peace Society
George W. Kirchweyl
New York
World’s Court League
Wilson
the Society
American Institute of International Law
International Council of Conciliation
Lyceum Theater to Become Vaudeville House Tonight
Lyceum Theater in Memphis closes as a legitimate theater and joins the Lowe vaudeville circuit. Later attractions move to the new Lyric under a new policy.
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Lyceum Theater
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Army flyer hair turns snow white in desert ordeal
In Los Angeles, Lieutenant W A Robertson recounts four days of wandering in the Arizona desert with Lieutenant Colonel H G Bishop after a risky Army flight. Robertson says he had permission from a superior, while Colonel W A Glassford denies any authorization for such a flight beyond North Island.
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H. G. Bishop
Arizona Desert
W. A. Robertson
Robertson
San Diego
W. A. Glassford
North Island Aviation School
Harry G. Bishop
Calexico
North Island
Glassford
Leaks Probe to Open Hearing in New York Tuesday
The House Rules Committee will begin public hearings in New York on Tuesday to probe whether Wall Street profited from advance information on President Wilson's peace note. Counsel Sherman L. Whipple will lead the New York hearings with compensation terms to be set later. Witnesses include James R. Reilly and several New York financiers such as J P Morgan and Frank A Vanderlip.
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New York
Wall Street
Wilson
Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
James R. Reilly
Wall Street Journal
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J. P. Morgan
Frank A. Vanderlip
J.S. Bache
Henry P. Davison
Arthur Lipper
Sol C. Wexler
Name Road Meet Delegates Form Ohio Panel
At Governor McCall of Massachusetts request three Ohio delegates were appointed to the American Road Builders Association convention in Boston February 5 to 9. The appointees are K. S. Humphrey of Cleveland president of the Ohio Good Roads Federation James R. Marker of Columbus and S. M. Williams of Lima.
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Train accident disrupts Ninth Avenue line during rush hour
Scores of passengers were shaken up when the first car of a Ninth avenue elevated train jumped the track near Fifty seventh street in New York. Traffic was tied up for 45 minutes at the height of the rush hour.
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New York
Ninth Avenue
Fiftyseventh Street
Doubt Cast On Ohio Law Surviving Liquor Office Positions
Ohio faces potential loss of about 150 county liquor license commissioners if the constitutionality of the law creating these posts is challenged. Attorneys allied with the Antisaloon League question the measure, while others recall similar tax-law rulings. Action to test the law may come from the league.
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Ohio Antisaloon
Parrett- Whittemore
Antisaloon League
Large number of guardsmen ordered home from border
War Department ordered a substantial withdrawal of National Guardsmen from the border with about 15 000 to 20 000 to be sent home. Secretary Baker refused to detail dates or relate the move to Pershing's expedition withdrawal. Pershing’s date for leaving Mexico was awaited.
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War Department
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EL Paso
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General Pershing
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Pershing
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Casas Grandes
Juarez
Casas Gratis Weed
Mexican border patrol urged by stock men in Cheyenne
At the American National Live Stock Association convention in Cheyenne resolutions urge that the northern portion of Mexico be properly patrolled by American forces to prevent further indignities and injuries to Americans.
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Wyo
Mexico
American National Live Stock Association
Guerrero District guards offer aid against Villa incursion
Five Guerrero District residents of Western Chihuahua arrived in Juarez to tender to General Jose Santos Murguia the use of 2,000 armed and mounted home guards. They bring two Villa officers and seven soldiers to prove their prowess and good faith.
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Lawmaker Pushes Prohibition on Explosive Plants in New Jersey
Jersey City commissioner George Brensinger urged a total ban on explosive manufacture and transport as a legislative committee probes the Black Tom Island blast and recent Kingsland Haskell incidents. He warned that partial restrictions merely shift the problem elsewhere.
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N. J
George F. Brensinger
Revenue and Finance
Black Tom Island
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Brensinger
Henry & Herschfield
Comn Tee
New Jersey
Livestock Men Aim for Full Inquiry Into Meat Industry
Salt Lake City Utah was chosen as the 1918 meeting site for the American National Live Stock Association. The group adopted resolutions urging a federal investigation of the meat industry and granting the Agriculture Department powers like the Federal Trade Commission. They opposed free list placement for livestock products and pushed for reasonable import duties and state control of interstate livestock rates. The association protested discrimination against oleomargarine by the National Dairy Union.
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Wryo
Salt Lake City
Utah
American National Live Stock Association
Department of Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
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Inter State Commission Orders Coal Car Reallocation
The Inter state Commerce Commission, citing unprecedented shortages, orders railroads to return all specified coal and related cars to owners as fast as they are delivered and unloaded. The rule takes effect February 21 and lasts until May 1, with dissent from Commissioners Clark Clements and Hall.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission Rede Dct
Clark
Clements
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Railroad officers deny ICC charge in Cincinnati ruling
General Manager Stevens of the C. and O. and H. A. Worcester, Vice President of the Big Four, stated in Cincinnati yesterday that their roads were not guilty of the charge implied in the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling.
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H. A. Worcester
Big Four
Cincinnati
Interstate Commerce Commission
South Dakota Supreme Court Rules Intrastate Rates Not Federal
The South Dakota Supreme Court, in a formal opinion issued in Pierre on January 20, holds that the Interstate Commerce Commission had no authority over intrastate rates. The ruling challenges a U S Supreme Court decision in the Shreveport rate case, asserting the federal constitution does not authorize federal control of intrastate tariffs.
Twins Born on Train In Ohio Hospitalized
In Zanesville Ohio on January 20 a passenger train halted for a medical birth. Mrs Everett Hart of Chicago gave birth to twins while the No 42 eastbound freight arrived at 9 am. One twin born in Deshler and the other in Sherwood. Mother and boys are in Bethesda Hospital.
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Zanesville
Stork
Everett Hart
Chicago
Pasenger
Deshler, O
Sherwood, O
Bethesda Hospital
Grain Merchant Dies
Detroit today mourns 83 year old George W. Dewey a wealthy retired grain merchant and father of Ralph Dewey the jeweler with offices in Detroit New York and Paris He had lived in Michigan 60 years and was not related to Admiral George Dewey
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Detroit
George W. Dewey
Ralph Dewey
New York
Paris
Michigan
George Dewey
Three Die in Hotel Fire in Portland
In Portland Oregon three men were burned to death and a fourth man sustained serious injuries when a hotel in the city center was destroyed by fire today. The blaze caused extensive damage to the lower section of the building and firefighters fought the flames for hours.
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Portland
Ore
Duplicate key thieves terrorize Cleveland homes
Cleveland police report five burglaries early today with losses totaling 2500 dollars. The largest theft, jewelry and silverware valued at 2000 dollars, occurred at the home of Theodore Felber.
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Cate
Theo
Dore Felber
$40 Million Merger Boosts Northern Ohio Traction Plan
Developments today in Cleveland point to an early consummation of the $40,000,000 merger of Northern Ohio traction properties. MHodenpyl Hardy & Co agents met with executives from the Cleveland & Southwestern Stark Electric Lake Shore Electric and others to consider placing the lines under a holding company, the Northern Ohio Electric Corporation, formed last summer.
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Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company
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Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern
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Northern Ohio Traction & Light Properties
Northern Ohio Electric Corporation
Chicago police chief and inn men indicted on conspiracy charge
Former Chicago Police Chief Charles C Healey and six others face a blanket indictment from the October Grand Jury charging conspiracy to commit bribery to permit disorderly and gain to operate and to let violations of the Sunday closing law occur. Named are Thomas Costello Mike de Pike West Side levee boss William Skidmore saloon keeper Thomas Newbold hotel keeper Ki am Weinstein hotel keeper and Detective Sergeant Stephen Barry. John Walsh patrolman was not named in the indictment.
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Charles C. Healey
Thomas Costello
Michael Heitler
Mike de Pike
West Side
William Skidmore
Thomas Newbold
Kiam Weinstein
Stephen Barry
Lake Street
John Walsh
Bank Robbers Wound Family After Looting Exchange Bank
Five bandits exiting Exchange State Bank in Kanapolis on January 20 took about 3000 dollars then opened fire. Mrs James Cowie wife of the bank president and her two sons James Jr and Richard were wounded as the robbers fled. Richard a high school student was struck as the family rushed to help. The gang cut all town wires to hinder pursuit by neighboring towns.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Elsa Hummell
Chicago
A. C. Braun
Muskegon
W. H. Hummell
Teutonic Sons’ Society of
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Miss Hummell
Muskeg
Sessions
Kanapolis
Kan
Exchange State Bank
James Cowie
James, Jr
Richard
Cowie
James Cowie, Jr
Brain Serum Mercury Injection Used In Eye Saver
Dr. M. Goldenberg performs a controversial brain serum mercury injection to save a patient's eyesight. The sixth treatment was given today through a hole in the forehead as needles collect brain fluid and re introduce it into the brain.
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Chicago
M. Goldenberg
Row Over Auto License Tags Calls for Special Conference
Columbus Ohio January 20 Attorney General McGhee called a conference for Monday to review steps to speed license tag delivery. Abbott Stamping Co Detroit grounded by short supply with 340000 tags due by November 1 1916. First shipment arrived December and only about 100000 supplied by date. Attending: Secretary of State Fulton Auditor Donahey and Registrar McCurdy.
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Columbus
Nhe FM
Abbott Stamping Company
Detroit
McGhee
Abbott Company
Fulton
Donahey
McCurdy
U Boat Aid to Cruiser Case Raises Prisoner Question
State Department said it would ask Berlin for clarification if Americans were found among prisoners of the raider’s crews. German Admiralty claimed neutral crew members were taken as prisoners of war, raising a disputed issue of whether armed merchant ships count as war vessels.
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State Department
Berlin
Department
South Atlantic
Ton
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State
Three Americans Named As Crew On Yarrowdale Prizes
British consulate records show three Americans aboard the British steamer Yarrowdale captured by a German raider and brought to a German port as prize. Berlin dispatches say 469 prisoners arrived, including 103 neutrals, with no Americans listed among them. The Americans named to have sailed on December 6 are Dave Addison of Brooklyn, Charles Quinn of Los Angeles, and Co. D. Green of New York.
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Berlin
Yarrowdale
Dave Addison
DeGraw Street
Brooklyn
Chares Quinn
West Twelfth Street
Los Angeles
Cal
Co. D. Green
Sailors’ Home
U Boat Reported Off Georgia Coast
Report from Savannah Georgia states a German submarine was sighted near the coast today. The U S wireless operator at Ft Screven watches for messages while British vessels remain confined to harbor and a special guard is posted to protect ships in port.
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Savannah
Georgia
United States
Ft. Screven
Submarine raids urged as German leaders push war strategy
Berlin reports say the German press voices gratification over the Yarrowdale raid and its consequences. Count Westarp urged full use of submarines in Magdeburg, insisting Germany must strike England’s life nerve by targeting its commercial fleet and sea power. He warned against delaying military plans and stressed confidence in authorities.
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Count Westarp
Reichstag
Magdeburg
England
U-boat captain claims Danish ship fired on submarine
Berlin Jan 20 report says a German submarine in the British Channel sighted a steamer, signalled to stop and send a boat. The Overseas News Agency states the steamer carried the Danes and opened fire as the men approached.
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Berlin
Overseas
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