Blockade not to be absolute say British and French leaders
London and Washington reports indicate Britain likely to avoid an absolute blockade of Germany. Sir Edward Grey and the Marquess of Lansdowne hint at alternative policies while consulting with France on joint blockading measures. Washington notes US concerns over neutral shipping and the legality of submarine warfare versus cruiser actions.
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Edward Grey
House of Commons
Marquis of Landsdowne
House of Lords
Netrain
English Channel
North Sea
France
Central Y M C A League Basketball Games
K O G faces YMCA while Tri State meets Potomac Club in league action at the Central YMCA. Queen City Skating Rink hosts Prof Faton and his trained dogs in a separate exhibition.
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Tri-State
Potomac Club
Queen City Skating Rink
Prof
Faton
Wilson Set for Nationwide Speaking Tour
President Wilson leaves for New York to launch a series of addresses on prepared news for national defense. He plans a Banquet speech with possible deviations from the text and a later talk before the Motion Picture board of Trade of America. The trip includes stops in Pittsburgh St Louis and several Midwest towns with platform speeches arranged in Wisconsin Illinois Kansas and Iowa.
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Wilson
New York
Capitol
Railroad Business Association
Iie
Motion Picture Board of Trade of America
Cary T. Grayson
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kansas
Iowa
Phantom aero seen near Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on January 15 a phantom airplane was sighted by Mrs. Marie Zehner just after a large explosion at the Dupont Powder Gibbstown plant killed one and injured three. Secret Service traces its movements toward Penns Grove and Henry Clay with reports of hostile craft roaming near Du Pont sites.
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Gibbstown
Dupont Powder Company
Marie Zehner
Berks Street
United States Secret Service
du Pont
Penns Grove
Henry
Jersey
Murderer Jumped From Third Story Window in New York
Nathan Pullman, suspected of axe killing his wife and daughter, leaped from a third floor hotel window on Third Avenue. His skull was fractured. Letters found on him referenced the murders. authorities believe he suddenly became insane.
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New York
Jan
Nathan Pullman
Third Avenue
Pullman
Austrian Emperor Franz Josef Suffered Two Strokes
A diplomatic report from Rome dated January 27 says Emperor Franz Josef of Austria experienced two strokes of apoplexy and is in critical condition.
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Diplomatis
Franz Josef of
Austria
Teutonic drive losses and French counterattacks in France
The report covers French and German trench actions near Neuville and Argonne mining, with German losses estimated at 10,000 men. French and allied forces repelled German attempts to reach Calais while claiming success in recapturing trenches east of Neuville. Additional Maryland legislative notices include voter registration for annexed Cumberland and workers' compensation benefits for alien employees.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Calais
British suffer severe losses on Tigris front
British forces under General Aylmer attack near Mentarie east of Kut el Amara but suffer heavy losses and fail to break Turks in Mesopotamia. London fears Kut el Amara relief may fail as Turkish reports claim 6,000 British dead and wounded across recent engagements.
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Aden
Sayville
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Kut-el-Amara
Korna
London
Townsend
Kut
Avyimer
Kut-¢l-Amara
House of Commons
J. Austen Chamberlain
India
39 Killed in Dover by Aeroplane Bomb
Berlin dispatch reports a German air raid on Dover that dropped a bomb on a mine depot, causing a major explosion. Thirty nine persons died including 1 officer and 24 soldiers, with railroad cars and cottages destroyed and a transport sunk. Twenty seven wounded were taken to a London hospital.
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Berlin
Sayville
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
London
London Awaits Zeppelin and Giant Aeroplane Raids
London authorities indicate new air raids by Zeppelins and the large Fokker planes are likely soon. Municipal messages urge residents to take cover and seek shelter from falling anti air craft shrapnel.
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London
Trading With Enemy Act Passes Third Reading in Commons
London Jan 27 The house of commons approved the third reading of the trading with the enemy bill without division after amending minor details. Critics charged the board of trade with leniency toward aliens and sought to remove it from jurisdiction, a motion which failed without a vote. No inquiry from Washington on Britain’s latest order in council has been received by the foreign office. Officials say the order will be applied so no bona fide American firms are harmed.
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West Front
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House of Commons
Board of Trade
Washington
Foreign Office
President Wilson Addresses New York Suffragists
President Wilson told about 250 suffragists at the Waldorf that he has not changed his views and that suffrage should be decided by state legislatures, not Congress. Suffragists kept him in his hotel suite for three hours with siege notes demanding his appearance.
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Waldorf States
Congress
Mexicans Ambush American Troopers in Rio Grande Crossing
Brownsville Texas January 27 Mexican authorities join the United States to prevent clashes after four American soldiers die while attempting to rescue two captured men. The group swam the Rio Grande under fire. two were captured and four drowned. Lieutenants Mort Payton Waldron and 14 men arrested at Progresso for leading the raid.
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Texas
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Carranza
Rio Grande
J. Kk. Mort
Payton
Waldron
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Fourth Field Artillery
Progresso
Mexico
Funston
Mort
Montenegrin Surrenders After Armistice Talks
Berlin dispatch reports Montenegrin government delegates signed articles to lay down arms at 6 p m and cease hostilities after Austro-Hungarian advances. Details recount negotiations, capitulation of Cetinje, martial law, and local unrest including Italian consulate looting and King Nicholas's silent departure.
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Andrijevica
Cettinje
Nicholas
Frank Josef
Rieka
Antirvari
Podgoritza
Japan Revives Demands on China in Group Five Note
London reports Japan has delivered seven demands to China, revived from last spring, threatening China with tutelage if accepted. U.S. officials weigh possible responses as Britain and other powers watch closely, with parallels to earlier negotiations and potential impact on American interests in Falkien and open door commerce in China.
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United States
State Department
London
China
Lst
Peking
Japan
Falkien
Constantine urged to flee as Greek crisis deepens
Paris dispatch says German agents urged King Constantine to seek asylum under German protection but he refused. A Berlin Lokal Anzeiger report adds M. Gounaris may replace Premier Skouloudis as Athens faces a looming Greek crisis and the king seeks a strong neutral leader.
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Tetios
Saloniki
Athens
Constantine
Amsterdam
Budapest
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
M. Gournaris
M. Skoloudis
Gounaris
Elim
Armed Intervention Rumor In London
London reports a possible Wilson policy of armed intervention in Mexico. No confirmation. The Santa Ynez massacre of American citizens and dissatisfaction with Carranza’s administration are cited as possible factors behind the rumor.
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Wilson
Mexico
Santa Yaahel
Washington
Carranza
Chicago bank robbery by a four boy bandits
Four youths robbed the Washington Park National Bank in Chicago this morning, forcing employees to open the safe and holding up the cashier and about thirty patrons including former baseball star Jake Stahl. They escaped with over $12,000.
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Jake Stahl
Washington Park National Bank
Petrona ‘Pela
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