Wilson urges senators to rush vast reforms before March 4
President Wilson boosted Democratic leaders to act on his reform program. He pressed Sen Kern Williams Thomas Reed James and Chamberlain to move on railroad labor water power conservation corrupt practices Webb foreign service Porto Rican citizenship and big appropriation and revenue bills with fewer than thirty six days left in the 64th Congress.
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White House
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James
Chamberlain
Webb Colective Foreign Service Agency
Ccd
Russians Report Victories From War Year
Petrograd dispatch cites Russian service organ figures on 428000 officers and men captured and 625 guns taken in the year. It lists total prisoners and matériel: officers 8770 and men 420000, guns 25, machine guns 1661, trench mortars and mine throwers 421, with most gains from General Bruss operations.
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London
Petrograd
General Bruss
Captured Ship Now A Raider
Dispatches report the British steamer St Theodore captured by a German raider in the South Atlantic is cruising as an auxiliary to the raider. The vessel is armed with two guns and manned by a German crew.
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Washington
State Department
Rio Janeiro
St. Theodore
South Atlantic
Logging Chain Tied on Rails Near Salinas
A second attempt within three weeks to wreck the Lark, the Southern Pacific train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, was made Sunday night when a logging chain was tied on the track about two miles south of Salinas California.
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Salinas
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Explosions Hit London Chemical Plant Sparking Damage
A section of London suffered severe shaking Saturday night as a munition chemical plant endured a series of explosions. The blasts scattered destruction across a wide district surrounding the works.
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London
Vapicka Exonerated as Charges Dismissed Abroad
Washington announced at the state department that charges of unneutral conflict against Minister Vapicka, accredited to Roumania Serbia and Bulgaria, have been withdrawn.
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Washington
Germany
Vapicka
Roumania
Serbia
Bulgaria
State Department
Park Barrels Voted in House Opposition to Public Buildings Bill
The House passed the omnibus public buildings bill by 234 to 92. President Wilson has announced he will veto the measure.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Doctor in Billings Tried to Raise Wife From Death
Dr J C Hunter a Johns Hopkins graduate killed his wife at Hysham Montana days ago in a drug fueled attempt to revive life. He is declared insane and sent to an asylum after the coroner cited a death likely by poison.
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Hunter
Mary
Admiral Dewey Laid To Rest In Arlington Cemetery
From a granite tomb on a grassy knoll in Arlington cemetery, the late admiral George Dewey was buried with nation defiance and mourning. President Wilson led officials and the government chiefs in the solemn ceremony honoring the Manila Bay hero.
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Admiral Dewey
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
George Dewey
President Wilson
Manila Bay
Villa followers defeated near Parral in Chihuahua
Gen. Francisco Murguia received a dispatch from Gen. J. Hernandez in Parral reporting a clash with Villa followers at Rancho Hl Aguaje near Parral. The report states a number were killed, including Bibiano Contreras, as de facto forces claim victory.
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Chihuahua City
Francisco Murguia
J. Hernandez
Parral
Rancho Hl Aguaje
Bibiano Contreras
Secretary Daniels defends navy armor piercing ammo contracts
Secretary Daniels issues a statement defending his action of awarding contracts for armor piercing projectiles to Hadfields Limited, a British munitions firm, at about $200 per unit below the lowest American bid.
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Washington
Daniels
Hadfields, Limited
Oklahoma City Teacher Shot Dead in Classroom and Music Instructor Killed
Miss Nellie M Dunn a young school teacher was called from her classroom and shot to death Rowland B Williams a music instructor and composer was killed shortly after at his studio John M Cottéh a brother in law of Miss Dunn was held in Guthrie Oklahoma for investigation
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Nellie M. Dunn
Rowland B Williams
John M. Cottéh
Mise Dunn
Guthrie
Okla
French Prince in Swindle Plot in Paris Eyes Multi‑Million Claim
Reports across newspapers allege a fraud centered on Philippe Simegni of Italian origin and Prince Henrie de Brogli-Revel with losses ranging from 3,000,000 to 10,096,700. Investigations await details as Paris authorities review the case.
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Paris
Philippe Simegni
Prince Henrie de Brogli-Revel
Artist Betty de Jong Dies From Self Inflicted Wound
Betty de Jong, a prominent member of San Francisco's art colony and an internationally known painter, died Sunday from a personal safety related bullet wound in the head.
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San Francisco
Betty de Jong
German Raider Scours the Sea With Armored Cargo
Reports from Rio Janeiro indicate a German commerce raider has attacked Entente shipping in the Atlantic between the Azores and South America from December 12 to January 10. At least thirteen vessels were seized or sunk, including British steamers and a Japanese steamer, many reportedly carrying arms and war supplies for the Allies.
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Rio Janeiro
Atlantic Ocean
Entente
Azoreaslands
South American
Brazil
Pernambuco
Harold shot incident ends in deaths in Toronto
Walter Harold 28 formerly of Kankakee NL is under arrest after a shooting in Toronto that left his wife Rose Ella Harold and their 8 month old daughter dead. Harold says he fired the shots and is now hospitalized with a bullet in his brain from which physicians say he cannot recover.
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Kan
Walter Harold
Kankakee
Rose Ella Harold
Harold
New York Daylight Saving Plan Approved by AFL
The New York daylight saving committees plan to advance the clock one hour during five months beginning May 1 has been approved by the American Federation of Labor through its president Samuel Gompers and its executive committee.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Naval battles in the North Sea leave German ships sunk or damaged
Two small engagements near the Dutch coast and off Zeeland saw German destroyers sunk and damaged while British ships suffered a torpedo strike that killed 3 officers and 44 sailors. Unofficial reports claim 2 to 7 German ships sunk with 20 dead towed to Ymuiden and 16 wounded landed by a Dutch trawler.
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London
North Sea
Zeeland
Holland
Ymuiden
Withdrawal of Pershing forces under way in Mexico
Washington reports preliminary troop movements at the Mexican southern frontier as orders from Washington direct outpost withdrawals from El Valle and Colonia Dublan. Officials did not specify timing for a broader northward pull nor confirm an imminent general withdrawal after ten months in Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico
War Department
el Valle
Colonia Dublan
Pershing
Cowboys Kill Mexicans Near Nogales
Two American cowboys killed six Mexican men about thirty miles west of Nogales Arizona after a firefight as the Mexicans returned cattle rustled by them. Sheriff reports identify the incident as a fatal gun clash on the border.
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Nogales,Ariz
Here
Two Trainmen Slain in Rail Yard Killing
Kimball Nebraska reports Albert B. Carroll praised as jail hero after coroner's verdict finds him responsible for the deaths of Cicero Allen and Otto Jones, Union Pacific conductor and freight train baseman, Cheyenne connections.
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Kimball
Neb
Albert B. Carroll
Cicero Allen
Otto Jones
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Administration signals action over announcement in Carranza talks
The administration says the next move after failed efforts to reach an accord with General Carranza will be revealed by action rather than public statements. It emphasizes a decisive step rather than further commentary to advance the dispute resolution.
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Carranza
NY Stock Exchange Board Orders Broad Records Request
The New York Stock Exchange board asked all members to voluntarily supply records to the house rules committee probing a leak. They seek data for December 10 to December 23, alleging traders with advance knowledge of the president’s peace note profits.
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New York
House Rules Committee
Board of Governors
New York Stock Exchange
Japan Faces Internal Crisis Amid Cabinet Opposition
The Constitution party, led by Viscount Xato, and the Nationalist group join forces in the lower house to oppose Count Terauchi's non partisan cabinet. The campaign argues the cabinet violated constitutional spirit and aims to unseat the premier.
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Count Terauchi
Terauchi
Constitution Party
House of Peers
Viscount Xato
Washington guardsmen get federal help to find new jobs
Commissioner General Caminetti issued orders to all officers of the service to assist unemployed guardsmen returning from the border. The federal Bureau of Immigration will aid in obtaining other employment as needed.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Immigration
Caminetti
Japs and Chinese Reach Final Settlement Note
Peking reports Dr Wu Wing Fang foreign minister and Baron Hayashi Japanese minister to China exchanged final notes for a settlement of the Cheng-Chiatun incident where Chinese and Japanese troops clashed.
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Peking
Wu Wing-Fang
Baron Hayashie
China
Potatoes at Six Dollars a Bushel Enter Aurora Market
Potatoes at six dollars a bushel appeared in Aurora Illinois on Tuesday. Dealers said the new stock was more notable as an exhibit than for sale.
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Aurora
Ill
Defeat Turks on Banks of Tigris in Mesopotamia Fighting
In Mesopotamia along the Tigris near Kut amid hand to hand combat, British and Turkish forces report gains. London claims British troops cleared a riverbank trench section and approached Kut, while Constantinople cites three failed attacks with heavy British casualties. In Roumania at Nanesti on the Sereth River German actions caused casualties among Russians as 656 men and one officer were captured. Farther west in France near Loos British daylight raids destroyed German dugouts amid intense artillery duels at Verdun.
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Mesopotamia
Tigris
Kut-et-Amara
Constantinople
George
Kut
Nanesti
Sereth
Roumania
Woman Leads Fight With Bank Robbers in Kanopolis
Mrs. James Cowle mother of the Exchange State bank assistant cashier helped lead a posse in a dawn confrontation with robbers who blasted the bank vault in Kanopolis Kansas. The band fled in an automobile with about 63 000. she suffered a slight wrist wound.
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Kan
James Cowle
Exchange State Bank
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