Federal Grand Jury Indicts Peace Council Conspirators
New York dispatch reports a federal grand jury indicted Frank Buchanan Robert Fowler Frank Monnett David Lamar Jacob C Taylor and Frank Von Rintelen leader of the Labor s National Peace Council on charges of conspiring to foment strikes in American munition plants. The indictments under the Sherman act accuse restraint of foreign trade with a maximum penalty of one year and $10000 fine. Lamar named as Rintelen s assistant and previously seized by British authorities faces related passport conspiracy charges.
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New York
Yucaday
Frank Buchanan
Minois
Robert Fowler
Ninots
Monnett
Ohio
David Lamar
Jacob’ C. Taylor
Labor
National Peace Council
Prong von Rinteten
Martin
Herman Schilters
Lamer
von Rintetén
Peace Council
Rintelen
Fintelen
Daglard
Falmouth
United States
Department of Justice
Peace terms near in Vienna as central powers discuss
Vienna dispatch reports Chancellor von Boethmean Holweg to arrive with full peace conditions after talks with Austrian foreign minister Baron von Burlan. Allies to be notified and a conference at The Hague proposed. Also reports Ted Lewis defeated Willie Ritchin in New York, and a Big York fire in Warren County caused $65,000 loss.
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Genava
Tribune
Vienna
von Boethmean-Holwegis
Baron von Burlan
Germany
Hague
New York
Ted Lewis
Willie Ritchin
Galesburg
Til
Little York
Warren Ceounty
Bombs Cause Fire Aboard Inchmoor Sugar Steamer
Fire of incendiary origin broke out on the British steamer Inchmoor, moored in Erie basin near Brooklyn, while awaiting 3400 tons of sugar. A two hour fight controlled the blaze as the crew lifted a hatch and a massive explosion followed, with several more blasts. authorities believe chemical bombs caused the incident.
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New York
Inchmoor
Erie Basin
Brooklyn
Inch Moo
Music Seasone 225000000 Education Budget
Buffalo New York December 30 Americans spend annually on musical education two hundred twenty five million dollars said President J Lawrence Erb of the University of Illinois at the opening of the thirty seventh annual meeting of the Music Teachers National Association He urged closer coordination between music teaching and other educational forces.
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Buffalo
Hugo Munsterburg ill at home in Cambridge
Harvard professor Hugo Munsterburg is reported ill at his Cambridge home. His daughter Margaret said on Tuesday afternoon the professor’s ailment is an attack of grippe and influenza.
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Hugo Munsterburg
Cambridge
Munsterburg
Harvard
Margaret
Terms for German Peace Feelers Reported by Berlin
Berlin reports publish an eight point German peace outline from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung via the Wolff bureau. Restoring Belgian sovereignty with conditions, annexing French territory, separating Poland from Russia, creating a German prince led kingdom, restoring German colonies, and large indemnities linked to Russia and Belgium, plus Belgian military funding.
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Berlin
Welf
Neue Yuercher Zeitung
Zurich
Switzerland
Germany
Poland
Russia
Russla
France
Belgium
Meuse
Wolff Bureau
Shevlin Dies of Pneumonia After Six Day Illness
Thomas Shevlin millionaire lumberman and Yale football star died in Minneapolis on Wednesday from pneumonia following a six day illness. He captained Yale in 1905 and coached the team with famed energy. His lumber wealth was substantial and he held a large life insurance policy. He is survived by a widow and two children.
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Minneapolis
Thomas Shevlin
Yale
Shevlin
Waa
Willard Fulton Heavyweight Title Fight Off
New Orleans on December 31 reports that the twenty round bout set for March 4 between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton has been definitively canceled. Promoters Tom Jones and Tommy Burns, who partnered with Dominick Tortorich, announced the decision following ongoing wrangling since Burns and Tortorich first clashed after the match was closed.
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New Orleans
Jess Willard
Fred Fulton
Minnesota
Tom Jones
Willard
Tommy Burns
Dominick J. Tortorich
Willard-Fulton
Alice Burns
Dominick Tortonich
Washington to protest British mail interference with Holland
Washington reports from Consul General Skinner in London indicate the state department will prepare a protest to the British foreign office over interference with American mail to and from Holland. The protest will be swiftly drafted and demands immediate explanations from Great Britain.
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Washington
Skinner
London
State Department
Holland
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Alleged Forger Takes Life in Sterling NT
Sterling NT December 31 report that T N Childa of this city allegedly forged the name of Ed Shurtleff former Illinois state House speaker for 500 dollars. After arrest he killed himself to escape disgrace.
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Sterling
T. N. Childa
Ed Shurtleff
Illinois House of Representatives
Mail from German office seized by British in Lusitania case
Washington reports that British authorities have seized mail from the German foreign office to Ambassador Bernstorff. The undeclared shipment is said to contain instructions from von Jagow regarding the Lusitania affair.
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Bernstorff
Washington
Foreign Office
von Jagow
Lusitania
French Liner Ville de la Clotat Sunk in Mediter ranean
Paris reports 80 dead after the French liner Ville de la Clotat was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on December 24 by an unidentified submarine. No Americans aboard. Moss Line rescued survivors. ship sank in 18 minutes. vessel 6,390 tons en route from Japanese ports to Marseille.
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Paris
Fara
Germany
Mediterranean
Moss Line
Hner
Ville de la Cidat
Marseilles
Capt Boy-Ed Defends Self Before Leaving U S
Captain Karl Boy-Ed former naval attaché to the German embassy sails from New York aboard the Holland American liner Rotterdam to Rotterdam. He defends sending supplies to German warships at sea and blames a Providence newspaper for spy hysteria. Accompanying him are Col. D. M. House and Brand Whitlock.
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New York
Karl Boy- Ed
Washington
United States
Rotterdam
Boy-Ed
Providence
Hoy Hd
Col
D. M. House
Wilson
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Officers Kill 3 Brothers in Marion Shootout
Marion Illinois December 28 two Freelan spur policemen John McDougal and John Kimbro shot and killed three Wilkas brothers when they resisted arrest on drunkenness charges. The confrontation began after one brother struck Officer Kimbro with a steel poker. The dead were John Wilkas twenty six William Wilkas twenty and Frank Wilkas twenty eight.
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Marion
Ill
John McDougal
John Kimbro
Kimbro
Steve
John Wilkas
William Wilkas
Frank Wilkas
Germans Die in Wreck Near Posen Train Crash
Eighteen German soldiers died and 47 wounded when a troop train on furlough jumped the track at Bentachen station near Posen on Wednesday.
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Berlin
Bentachen
Posen
Theft charge follows Bow Street arrest of officer
London dispatch reports Lieut. Col. Robert Simpson of the Canadian medical corps arrested at Bow Street on an extradition warrant. He faces accusation of pilfering $100,000 in Manitoba.
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London
Robert Simpson
Canadian Medical Corps
Bow Street
Manitoba
East Storm Kills, Wrecks Ships and Paralyses City
A severe East Coast storm with rain hail snow thunder and 90 mph gale caused six deaths in New York City, wrecked telegraph lines damaged ships and property, and disrupted traffic. Seven barges carrying automobiles sank in the East River. 25 people aboard canal boats near Sandy Hook were rescued, one captain drowned. A tenement house in Newark and a Brooklyn church were unroofed. A tugboat barge sank east of Ambrose lightship after leaking in tow from Norfolk.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Coast Guard
Passaic
N. J
Brooklyn
Seneca
Norfolk
New England
Ambrose
Bryan Halts Peace Trip After Ford’s Return
New York report states William J. Bryan postponed his peace voy age indefinitely due to Henry Ford’s return to the United States. The Bryans’ passages were canceled and Ford was reported only slightly injured by a Stockholm cable. Gov. Hanna of North Dakota is ill with influenza and hospitalized in Copenhagen per party cable.
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New York
Henry Ford
United States
William J. Bryan
Europe
Rotterdam
Bryan
Ford
Stockholm
L. B. Hanna
North Dakota
Copenhagen
Britain explores modified conscription bill for single men
London reports the British cabinet plans a modified conscription bill to be introduced in the house of commons next week. The measure would grant government power if needed while preserving Asquith's pledge to married men. Rumors say Reginald McKenna and Walter Runciman may have resigned, though not yet accepted.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Reginald McKenna
Walter Runciman
Dutch Steamer Drin Sunk After Explosion Near Amsterdam
The Dutch steamer Drin foundered at sea after an explosion. Crew members were killed and three wounded. Reports indicate the ship was attacked or struck by a mine.
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Amsterdam
Drin
Chras
Drew
Ballayed Tha Abip Atrack
Ming
Fire Department Fired for Snow Removal Stand
Jefferson City mayor Cecil W. Thomas dismissed the entire fire department except the chief after firefighters refused to shovel snow from the city hall roof on December 31 in Missouri.
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Jefferson City
Cecil W. Thomas
Austria Replies In Ancona Sinking Case Punishment Demanded
Washington dec 31 Austria answers the American note on the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona. The reply asserts a punished submarine commander and insists on compensation for American dead or injured. It also blames Anconas crew for failures to rescue passengers and details the engagement sequence and rescue failures.
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Jenna
Washington
Austria
Penfiett
Foreign Office
Viera
Vic Enza
London
Reuter
Austria-Hungary
Wilson
Reutér
Fins’ Tready
Ancona
Avaric ‘Penfield Cablad
United States
Blamea Ancona
Present for Soldiers in Paris New Year Gift Set
Paris January 3 government plans a New Year gift for each French soldier including a slice of ham a jar of jam an orange two apples a two cent cigar and a plate of wine as part of wartime provisions.
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Paris
Dynamite Blast Wrecks Salvation Army Barracks in Butte
A mysterious dynamite explosion struck the Salvation Army barracks near central Butte Montana on Thursday afternoon causing extensive damage to the building and several neighboring structures with no immediate report of casualties.
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Butte
Mont
Salvation Army
One Year’s Crop Powers Land Prices in Canada
Remarkable reported yields of wheat show farmers paying for land in western Canada from one year’s crop. Examples include 24 bu per acre on average in some districts and as high as 73 bu per acre on 15 acres. The reports hail Canada’s wheat frontier growth and suggest available land at $12 to $30 an acre through homesteads or sales, urging farmers to seize the opportunity.
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Canada
Illinois
Cutrosy
Mobitoba
G. J. Broughton
Chicago
F. L. Hill
G. B. Davidson
Manitou
Manitoba
Walter Turner
Darlingford
Wm. Sharp
Lisger
Mantou
P., Scharf
Local football clash ends in a rough, no-ball stoppage
Two neighboring clubs drew 1 1 at halftime as players exchanged hard knocks. Wounds and winded players marked the melee, and the match degenerated into a tangle until a fresh ball was sought. One jostled protestor urged to keep playing despite bandages.
Expensive Roofing and Social Paradox Snippets
A dialogue scene over a costly hat and a fragile financial strain as a man notes the hat has cost about 14 dollars in three weeks and may rise to hundreds. A social witticism follows on a household paradox about a cook from an intelligence office and a nervous dentist visitor.
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Fowler and
Lamar
Armes Plante
Hot Springs
Peage
Russa
Britain
Halland
Providence Journal
Freelanspur
Teast
Fic
Reservationa
England
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