June adjournment pressed as Kitchin pledges action
President Wilson urged Majority Leader Kitchin to speed work in the house with an eye to adjournment in June. He warned of possible Senate delays over national defense shipping tariff and revenue bills while promising action on key appropriation and other measures in coming weeks.
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Wilon News
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Kitchin
House
Capitol
Congress
Senate
Tariff Commission
Ways and Means
Military
Naval
Philippines
Congressiona
Supreme Court
Kern
Diplomatic Dinner Honors Germany Allies and Neutral Nations
President Wilson hosted a second White House diplomatic dinner on January 25 with attendees including representatives of Germany and its allies and neutrals. Count von Pernstorf led the German embassy. Austria Hungary and Turkey sent chargés d affaires. The Bucarian minister Stephen Panaretto was absent in mourning. All neutrals attended except ministers from Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Honduras and Peru.
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Germany
Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Entente
Count von Pernstorff
Mia Wilsen
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Stephen Panaretoff
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Honduras
Peru
Turks in Grim Struggle for Kut el Amara
London reports from Turkish headquarters via Berlin state that British forces failed to reach Kut el Amara on the Tigris and were driven back about several miles in six hours of fighting. About 3,000 British soldiers lay dead and Turkish losses were lighter. General Aylmer secured a one day truce to bury the dead.
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London
Berlin
Mesopotamia
Kut-el-Amara
Tigris
Aylmer
United States Rejects Germanys Lusitania Proposal
Secretary Lansing with President Wilsons approval informed Count von Bernstorff German ambassador that Washington rejected Germanys latest Lusitania proposal during a State Department conference in Washington DC.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Lansing
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
State Department
Snow Blockades Halt Transcontinental Trains
Severe snow in Seattle and western rail corridors slows all transcontinental service. Officials report the heaviest snow since 1910, disrupting schedules and freight across major routes.
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Seattle
Wask
President Backing Independent Tariff Commission
Washington announces President Wilson favors a nonpartisan tariff commission with broad powers to investigate tariff data, interindustry returns, and global tariff and trade systems. The move aims to scrutinize domestic and international commerce and refine tariff policy.
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Tariff Board
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Tariff Commission
London Theotokis Dies After Long Public Career
London reports the death of Eleftherios Theotokis a former premier of Greece who later served as minister of Instruction and minister of National Economy. The death ends a lengthy political career spanning multiple high offices and years in public service.
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London
N. Theotokis
Greece
Floods Wreck Joliet and Illinois Railways Vast Damage
Desplaines river and Hickory creek floods drive more than 1,000 from homes in Joliet as six feet of water swamps streets. Chicago and Aurora report multi‑million-dollar damage from thaw and rain. Fox river floods Aurora with eight feet of rise. Peoria suffers rail and line closures and drowned cattle. Brooklyn Joliet district sees swift exodus at daybreak.
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Hickory Creek
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Aurora
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Peoria
Wilson
Catte
Strauss
Kickapoo
Illinois River
Edwards
Brooklyn
Five Negroes Lynched Near Starkville after Jail Break
Five black men were dragged from Worth County jail in Sylvester and hanged from a tree limb near Starkville, with bullet wounds found on their bodies. Authorities say the men were implicated in Sheriff Moreland’s Christmas killings in Lee County. The Starkville area lies near Leesburg, and four victims belonged to the Weilx Lake family, including Frank Dewey and Major. The fifth victim was Kodius Seamore.
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Worth County
Sylvester
Starkville
Moreland
Lee County
Leesburg
Weilx Lake
Frank
Dewey
Major
Kodius Seamore
Movie Actress Seeks Divorce in Kansas City
Kansas City court records show Mrs. Leota P. Henderson, known as a motion picture actress in Chicago, filing for divorce. The case centers on dissolution of marriage with details limited to the suit and parties involved.
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Kansas City
Leota P. Henderson
Chicago
Ita
Lillian Lor
General Carpenter Dies in Philadelphia at 76
Kiig Gen Louis P Carpenter, U S A retired, died Friday afternoon at his Philadelphia home. He was seventy six years old and entered the army in November 1861.
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General Carpenter
Philadelphia
Senate speech urges end to Britain's trade ban on neutral commerce
Georgia Senator Hoke Smith demands action to curb Great Britain's interference with neutral trade. He argues cotton and food shipments should reach noncombatants in Germany and Austria, condemning Britain’s contraband claims and urging peaceful firmness to secure neutral rights.
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Washington
Great Britain
Senate
Hoke Smith
Georgia
England
United States
Germany
Europe
Austria
Congress of the
Bank Draft Thefts In Newton Iowa Prompt Arrests
Bank drafts valued at about 70000 and some cash were stolen from a mail pouch after outbound mail left the post office in Newton Iowa. Three men were arrested and held for investigation. The robbers burned the pouch after rifling it. a steel hasp was found nearby. Effort to stop payment on the drafts is under way.
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Newton
Marshal Ousted Over Spy Escape Guardian Angel Case
Deputy U S marshal F J Johnson in charge of Ignatius T Lincoln the German spy confessed he escaped custody in Brooklyn last Saturday Johnson was removed from office by direction of Attorney General Gregory in Washington January 24.
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Washington
F. J. Johnson
United States
Ignatius T. T. Lincoln
Brooklyn
Gregory
Delaware & Hudson shopmen get one cent raise
About two thousand Delaware and Hudson shopmen between Albany New York and Scranton Pennsylvania are granted a one cent hourly wage increase to take effect February 1.
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Albany, N. Y
Delaware & Hudson Company
Scranton
Choir Boy Robs Big Church in Philadelphia Case
A seventeen year old choir boy at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia was taken into custody after church property valued at $10,000 was found missing and later recovered at his home on a Saturday.
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Philadelphia
Jan YF —Onorge P. Davia
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Wood calls for 210000 regulars for U S defense
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood warned the Senate military committee that the United States faced utter preparedness problems. He said the coast is exposed to attack and that a trained force of 150000 could delay an invasion, urging a regular force of 210000 and compulsory service to meet wartime needs.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Senate Military Committee
United States
Wood
Halpin Sentenced for Bribe Bribery as Chief Detective
John J. Halpin, former Chicago chief of detectives, was sentenced to one to five years in Joliet penitentiary after bribery convictions. He remains jailed as supersedeas petition seeks stay during appeal for new trial.
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Chicago
John J. Halpin
Joliet
Supreme Court
Halpin
Orrin Carter
Two Durans Executed by Carranza Firing Squad
In Juarez cemetery at dawn on Sunday Bernardo and Federico Duran were executed for the murder of Bert Akers near San Lorenzo. Fifty Americans and U S officials watched as the brothers were shot. Federico died, Bernardo survived the mercy shot but died later.
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Duran Brothers
Bert Akers
el Paso
Tex
United States
Bernardo
Federico
Federico Duran
Carranga
Akera
San Lorenzo
British Ship Pollentis Sinks After Weeklong Battle at Sea
The British steamer Pollentis sank in the mid Atlantic after a week long battle with heavy seas. All crew were saved by the Italian vessel Giuseppe Verdi which rescued them following distress signals last Wednesday.
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Halifax
Pollentis
mid-Atlantic
Giuseppe Verdi
Train Crushed by Avalanche Kills Up to Ten Near Corea
The Cascade limited on the Great Northern from Spokane to Seattle was hit by an avalanche near Corea station on the west slope. Two rear cars were swept into a gulch, the diner burned, and a day coach crushed under snow. Four bodies recovered. up to ten dead expected. fifteen injured. Names of the dead include Bert Kirkman Sherman Wye and W F Carter Hast Vancouver Edward Patterman and baby Wenatchee. A missing ten-year-old son of Mr Batterman. Injured taken to Scenic.
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Seattle
Wash
Cascade Limited
Great Northern
Spokane
Corea Station
Cascade Mountains
Bert Kirkman
Sheridan
Wye
W. F. Carter
Vancouver
B. C
Edward Patterman
Baby
Wenatchee
Batterman
Scenic
Corea
Dual Air Raid Near London
The east coast of Kent was raided twice on Sunday by German aircraft. Nine bombs were dropped in the morning attack starting fires. A second attack by two seaplanes in the afternoon caused one man killed two men one woman and three children slightly injured.
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London
Kent
Teuton
Colonel House Visited Paris As Wilson Aide
Col. E. M. House, President Wilsons personal representative, spent Sunday in Paris as a guest of the American ambassador and Myre William Graves Sharp. He departed afterward for Switzerland.
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Paris
Col. E. M. House
Wilson
Myre
William Graves Sharp
Switzerland
Fire Devastates Molde City Leaving Two Thousand Homeless
A major fire devastated most of Molde in Norway on Saturday. The disaster left nearly 2,000 residents homeless as flames consumed the old town, with widespread destruction reported across the area.
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Copenhagen
Molde
Athes
Trains collide injuring twenty on new draw bridge
New York on January 25 twenty people, most women and children, were injured when two elevated trains crowded with passengers collided on a new draw bridge over the Murlem river.
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New York
Murlem River
Allied Cruiser Bombards Gallipoli Front But Turkish Batteries Drive It Off
The war office reports a hostile cruiser shelled Turkish positions on the Gallipoli peninsula near Tekeyurnu Thursday but withdrew after Turkish batteries opened fire.
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Gallipoli
Constantinople
Crulger
Tekeyurnu
War Office
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