Militia Bill Sparks Clash Over 400000 Federal Volunteers
Hay chairman of the House Military Committee opposes the administration plan for a continental army of 400000 federal volunteers. He backs a militia bill under contract with state soldiers paid by the federal government to serve in the regular army in war. The War Department insists on federal control over National Guard units in peace and war.
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Union News Service
Washington, D. C
Hay
House Military Committee
Wilson
Garrison
War Department
Scott
National Guard
Sixteen foreigners killed by bandits in Chihuahua region
On January 11 a train bound for Cosihuiriachic was stopped fifty miles from Chihuahua city. Mexican bandits stripped and shot sixteen travelers, mostly Americans, seen as residents of El Paso. A protest to President Wilson was signed by mining men in hotel lobbies.
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Cosihuiriachic
Chihuahua
Caraza
Civen
Co. R. Watson
W. J. Wallace
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T. M. Evans
R. T. McHallon
Jack Hase
Charlies Wadleigh
J. P. Coy
Alexander Hall
J. W. Woome
Charles H. Pringle
W. D. Pierce
R. H. Simmons
Maurice Anderson
Pringle
San Franccisco
Pierce
Los Angeles
Wilson
Youngstown
Ohio State Guard
Willis
Umstead
Speaks
National Guard
East Youngstown
Austrian steam roller attack crushes Montenegro
London reports Austria hammers Montenegro with a rapid onslaught similar to Serbia. Mt Lovcen reportedly fallen per Austrian communication as warships and Cattaro forts aid the assault including alleged use of gas. Fighting widens along northern and eastern fronts as Montenegrins evacuate Herane.
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London
Montenegro
Serbia
Adriatic
Mt. Lovcen
Cattaro
Herane
Senator Clark Seeks Philippine Independence Resolution
Washington D C Senator Clark a Democrat has introduced a resolution directing the president to withdraw all American sovereignty over the Philippine islands and recognize an independent government to be set up there within two years. The resolution was referred to the Philippines committees.
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Washington, D. C
Clark
Philippine Islands
Philippines
May Oust U. S. Consul in Stuttgart Berlin
A Wolf dispatch from Stuttgart reports the German government opened an official investigation into Edward Higgins American consul at Stuttgart. Higgins is accused by the Staats Zeitung of New York of unneutral and anti German declarations.
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U. S
Berlin
Wolf Bureau
Stuttgart
Edward Higgins
Higgins
Staats Zeitung
New York
Progressive party to hold national convention in Chicago
The progressive party plans its national convention on June 7 in Chicago to run concurrently with the Republican convention in hopes of agreeing on a common presidential candidate.
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Chicago
Progressive Party
Republican Party
Open 3 000 000 Acres to Settlement in West
Secretary Lane designated two million acres as opening to settlement in western states including 2,000,000 acres in South Dakota, 500,000 in California, and 250,000 in Montana. The land is nonirrigable and slated for VASt areas across the region.
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Washington, DD
Lane
South Dakota
California
Montana
Typhus Epidemic in Juarez Alarms El Paso
Typhus fever has broken out in Juarez and is reported to have raged for several days with multiple deaths in the affected area. Public-health concerns rise as authorities monitor the outbreak and its cross-border impact on El Paso residents.
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el Paso
Juarez
Telegraphic notes from Detroit to New York and Muskogee
Brief items report Henry Ford returning to Detroit to avoid a welcoming floral piece, Theodore Roosevelt’s West Indies trip set for February to April with Mrs Roosevelt, Belgian minister Van de Vyvere warning 200000 residents refugees rely on charity, a Missouri Kansas Texas train derailment near Bennesville with no injuries, ICC ruling on coal rate cancellations, and Congressman Buchanan’s indictment and plea proceedings with bail set at 5000 dollars.
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Mich
Henry Ford
Hague
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
West Indies
Roosevelt
Clayton
Mr. Buchanan
Revolt Spreads Across Yunnan in China
Peking Jan 10 reports nearly the entire Yunnan province in revolt with communications cut for two days. Rebels estimated at about 60,000 threatening broader instability in the region.
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China
Peking
Yunnan
Sees War Between Sexes in England
London reports a predicted clash between men and women following the marital disagreement between Marlon and Philippa, illustrated by a mythic warfare analogy. The piece frames social tension as a public intrigue amid wartime metaphors.
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London
Mythologica Imaxona
England
Marlon Phillipa
MLB Nike
Wilson seeks full facts on Persia sinking through inquiries
The administration intends to obtain complete information on the Persia torpedoing and act promptly. President Wilson, canceled his cabinet meeting and consulted with Senate leaders and the Foreign Relations Committee as Ambassador Penfield investigates at Vienna and other consuls gather data to identify the submarine and establish the facts.
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Washington
Persia
White House
Wilson
Hot Springs
Tumulty
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congressional
Congress
Penfield
Vienna
British recruits called in new wartime order
London officials announced Sir John Simon's resignation as home affairs secretary in parliament. A government proclamation calls up the sixth to ninth Derby recruiting groups, with service to start February 8. Among 6,011,441 eligible men, 2,829,263 enlisted. One million plus were unmarried and about 1.678 million were married.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
Asquith
Lord Derby
United Kingdom
Fire in U. S. Building Damages Basement
Fire in the state war and navy building in Washington caused about 2000 dollars in basement damage. Investigators ruled spontaneous combustion from old rags as the cause after noting incendiary rumors, while priceless documents including the original Declaration and Constitution were stored in the building near the White House.
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Washington
State, War and Navy
White House
Mrs Bryant Wins Custody in Gil lett Suit
Chicago court grants Mrs Harold J Bryant custody of two children after Judge F F A Smith hears the suit brought by Charles W Gillett.
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Chicago
Harold J. Bryant
Charles W. Gillett
F F. A. Smith
Gillet
Lord Derby plan not used in Canada recruits say Hughes
In Onmawa Ontario on January 14 Sir Sam Hughes declared that Lord Derby's recruiting plan will not be applied in Canada. He stated the plan would provide the Narminsion troops which will constitute the Canadian quota.
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Onmawa
Ont
Lord Derby
Candin
Ueno
Sam Hughes
Irish Party Opposes New British Conscription Bill
London January 7 John Redmond leader of the Irish party declares no support for government conscription in the bill to draft unmarried men aged eighteen to forty one, even with Ireland exempted by Premier Asquith. Earl Kitchener urges that the measure preserves future voluntary service. Earlier the House passed a bill to expedite munitions output.
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London
House of Commons
John Redmond
Asquith
Ireland
Earl Kitchener
House of Lords
Montenegrin recruits among liner wrecked by mine
The Montenegrin consulate reports an Italian steamer carrying 426 Montenegrin recruits from the United States and several hundred tons of foodstuffs sank after hitting a mine near San Juan de Medua. Two hundred passengers died. Washington circles favor a German. An Austrian note may alter U.S. stance toward Vienna on submarine warfare.
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Bripass
United States
San Juan de Medua
Washington
Persin
Count von Hernstorf
State Department
Lusitania
Austria
Berlin
Twenty Die As River Steamer Kanawha Sinks
Reports from Gallipolis Ohio say more than twenty people drowned when the river steamer Kanawha capsized near Parkersburg West Virginia. Of sixty five aboard only fifteen were accounted for after the vessel struck a pier at Dam No 20 and sank in thirty feet of water. The Kanawha Packet company of Parkersburg owned the boat.
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Gallipolis
Kanawha
Ohio River
Parkersburg
W. Va
Dam No. 20
Kanawha Packet Company
Editor C. W. Knapp Dies at 69 in Times Office
Charles W. Knapp, aged sixty nine, treasurer of the New York Times and former editor and publisher of the St. Louis Republic, died suddenly in the Times office from heart disease.
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C. W. Knapp
New York
Charles W Knapp
The
New York Times
St. Louis Republic
Times
Unclear Rome Dispatch Reports Vesuvius Referendum
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Rome reports Professor Malavirn as government server and mentions a vote with uncertain details. The wording is garbled, but indicates a volcanic event or influence linked to a political process.
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London
Rome
Malavirn
Vesuvius
Tb Weilwe
Gallipoli Campaign Report Reveals Fierce Battles and Bravery
Official Gazette disclosure details Gen Sir Ian Hamilton’s account of the Gallipoli landing at Suvia bay and Anzac Cove in August. Describes heavy Turkish attacks on Chunnuk Bair, Britons forced back, and fierce fighting where officers and men endured dire losses and intense heat of battle.
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London
Gallipoli
Ian Hamilton
Lord Kitchener
Hamilton
Great Britain
Anzac Cove
Salva Bay
Suvia Bay
Anzac
Chunnuk Bair Hill
North Lancashire
Wiltshire
Hampshires
Baldwin
Chunnuk Road
Spura
Street
Frear Attacks Pork Barrel River Harbors Plan
Wisconsin representative Frear denounces river and harbor appropriations of about 46 million dollars as a political pork barrel. He condemns present and prospective waterways policy and warns of wasteful private projects driven by a powerful lobby in Washington.
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Washington
Jan
Fork
Frear
Wisconsin
Congress
Snd
Passengers Reach New York From Crippled Greek Liner
The Greek liner Theanalonia carrying 177 passengers and two crew members was towed to New York by the steamship Patris after a dramatic voyage marked as one of the most thrilling in mariners memories.
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New York
Theanalonia
Tts
Patris
Cigarettes for Soldiers Arrive in Savannah for England
Twelve car loads of cigarettes are in Savannah awaiting shipment to England for British soldiers at the front. They were shipped from Richmond and will go to Liverpool aboard a British steamship.
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Savannah
England
Richmond
Liverpool
Paper Money Burned In Cincinnati Fire
Police report a fire at the Adam Moraes Company building in Cincinnati destroyed about 300000 dollars in paper money. The blaze started Friday from crossed electric wires and leveled the general office and a warehouse.
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Cincinnati
Adame Moresa Company
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