Wilson strike plan again hits resistance in Congress
Washington reports the House Interstate Commerce Committee voted to report the Adamson bill unfavorably as opposition mounts. Democrats and Republicans unite to block President Wilsons strike prevention measure, with a possible compromise only remaining hope. Senate panel already rejected the plan two votes to none and showed no progress.
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Senate
House
Washington
Wilson
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Newlands
Foreigners Organize Party Amid Exclusion Move in Indiana
Barrine Jall reports that about 1000 foreigners in East Chicago and surrounding cities formed a new political party for European born citizens only. The effort aims to seize civic and county offices in Hammond Gary East Chicago Indiana Harbor and surrounding areas with a combined population of 150000 foreigners, causing alarm in the Calumet region.
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Hammond
Ind
East Chicago
Calumet
Indiana Harbor
Gary
Villa takes posts Pershing abandons
El Paso reports Villa forces occupy El Valle Chihuahua after Pershing outposts withdraw. Villa centers at Madera and eyes Casas Grandes while Colonia Dublan headquarter abandon. Washington notes US Mexico policy unchanged from Wilson Mobile speech 1913 despite troop withdrawal.
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el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
el Valle
Chihuahua
Pershing
Villa
Madera
Casas Grandes
Colonia Dublan
Washington
Mexico
United States
Lansing
Wilson
Woodmen Circle Severs Ties With Woodmen of the World
Omaha leader Mrs Emma B Manchester predicts a split between the Woodmen Circle and the Woodmen of the World at the July Atlanta convention. Manchester has served as supreme guardian for eighteen years and spoke from St Louis.
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St. Louis
Woodmen Circle
Woodmen of the World
Atlanta
Emma B. Manchester
Omaha
Woodmen’s Circle
Trains Collide Fatalities Reported at Soo Junction
Sault Ste Marie Jan 27 Gus Bouchard brakeman on a South Shore freight train killed in a collision at Soo Junction. August Ala laborer at the new locks died from injuries after falling from a crane.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Gus Bouchard
South Shore
Soo Junction
Ala
Beauty From Alaska Finds New York Warm
Miss Louise Sachen travels from Alaska to New York City where she adjusts to city life and new opportunities while enjoying the warm reception she receives from friends and peers.
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New York
Long Search is Rewarded Finds Corydon Heath in Goshen Hospital
Corydon Heath aged sixty four was located in Goshen hospital by Charles Lloyd of Dunkirk. He has been sought by his sister Mrs Anna E McDonald of Xenia Ohio for over twenty years. Heath will travel to Xenia once able to go and visit his sister. The sister had previously learned in 1897 that Heath was in New Paris Indiana and later went to Lakeville and Westville Indiana causing the trail to go cold. Lloyd was asked by Mrs McDonald to try to locate him during a recent visit to Xenia.
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Goshen
Ind
Lakeville
Westville
Xenia
Lloyd
Wilson Coronation Assailed in Senate
The Senate approved a 25000 appropriation to cover inauguration expenses at the Capitol after debate about hotel price gouging and the ceremonies' coronation style. Senator Overman cited a hotel charging 200 for inauguration week and Senator Sherman urged publicity to help constituents avoid borrowing money.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Overman
Appropriations Committee
McCumber
North Dak
Sherman
Illinois
Zeider Confesses as Lookout in burglary ring
Gus Zeider of Evaneville admits to police he was the lookout for Adam Prochowski the alleged chloroform burglar with links to Chicago Milwaukee and other states. Zeider's wife says she will not aid him and has not sought legal help yet. Bookkeeper on trial in Clarinda for embezzlement.
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Evaneville
Ind
Gus Zeidler
Edgar Schitt
Adam Prochowski
Chicago
Milwaukee
Clarinda
Guy Brent
Clarinda Trust and Savings Bank
Brent
H. R. Spry
Quinns Connection With Grooks Revealed
Chicago officials disclose Arthur Quinn's ties to Adam Prochowski and his criminal gang. State's Attorney Hoyne says Prochowski will be star witness before the grand jury and may name several others, possibly including policemen. Quinn's father led the Twenty first ward with ties to former Mayor Harrison.
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Chicago
Arthur Quinn
Adam Prochowski
Hoyne
Prochowski
James A. Quinn
Twenty-first
Harrison
Quinn
Chicago Avenue
Convent Church in Carterville Burned in Suspected Arson
The immaculate Conception Roman Catholic church in Carterville Iowa was burned likely by incendiarism. Investigators found a kerosene can and several cups used to throw oil hidden in underbrush near the ruins.
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Carterville
Immaculate Conception
Avon Holds Public Funeral For Pauper Patrick Riley
Avon Illinois residents paused work to attend a public funeral for Patrick Riley a friendless tramp buried as a pauper. Villagers bought flowers and followed the hearse to the cemetery as the village church led the service.
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Avon, Ill
Patrick Riley
Avon
Robert L McKinley Dies at Paris After Illness
Paris Illinois January 27 former state representative Robert L McKinley who was a classmate of Admiral Dewey at Annapolis and served four terms in the Illinois legislature died in Paris from uremic poisoning.
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Robert L. McKinley
Paris
Ill
Admiral Dewey
Annapolis Naval Academy
Ilinois
Seeks Job as Illinois Executioner
Springfield Illinois January 27 Attorney General Edward J Brundage has received a letter from I M Holmes public executioner of Montreal Canada asking that he be made Illinois executioner He will perform every hanging for seventy five dollars and expenses from Toronto he says
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Edward J. Brundage
I. M. Holmes
Montreal
Canada
Toronto
Subtreasuries Stay After Senate Vote
Washington January 27 after a prolonged debate the senate voted forty five to fifteen to reject Senator Nelson Minnesota s amendment to the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill proposing the abolition of subtreasuries in various cities the measure was defeated.
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Washington
Senate
Nelson
Minnesota
Germans Gain at Verdun and Riga Actions
Paris reports German gains at Verdun with heavy losses claimed by Berlin as French counter blows recaptured trenches near Hill 304. Paris notes German attacks repulsed at multiple Verdun points and Upper Alsace actions checked by French artillery. Petrograd says Russian forces advanced about a mile east of the River Aa in Riga sector before German counteroffensives.
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Paris
Riga
London
Berlin
Verdun
War Office
Avecourt Wood
Deadman’s Hill
Upper
Alsace
Petrograd
Officer Fatally Shot in Davenport Police Action
Police say Officer Emil Speth was fatally shot while trying to arrest J Allen Cox at the Peerless hotel. Cox fired back wounding Speth in the shoulder and hand, then Cox, claiming to be an attorney, was held after a divorce retainer case. Cox’s home is listed as Hannibal Missouri.
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Davenport
Emil Speth
J. Allen Cox
Speth
Cox
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hannibal
Dewey Will Filed for Probate Residence Arlington Stone Orders
Admiral Dewey's will dated December 17 1915 filed for probate leaves $500 yearly to his sister Mrs Mary P Greeley and directs a suitable gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery. The remaining estate unspecified is left to his widow and son George Dewey Jr who are named executors without bond.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Mary P. Greeley
Arlington National Cemetery
George Dewey, Jr
Trial testimony backs Mooney parade bombing case
San Francisco January 27 F C Oxman of Durkee Oregon testified in the Mooney murder trial that he saw a bomb planted during the Seeman ice parade last July. He identified Mooney Warren K Billings and Isreal Weinberger as the bomb placers.
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San Francisco
Cal
F. C. Oxman
Durkee
Ore
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Isreal Weinberger
Ship Ashore, Asks Help Near Wrangell Narrows
Victoria B C reports the Prince John a Grand Trunk Pacific steamer bound from Prince Rupert to the Queen Charlotte islands ran ashore in Wrangell narrows. S O S signals were sent and aid is being rushed with dispatch.
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Victoria
B. C
Prince John
Grand Trunk Pacific
Prince Rupert
Queen Charlotte Island
Wrangell Narrows
Senate approves $7,000 for Fort Branch leper care
Indianapolis January 27 the senate under suspension of rules passed the bill appropriating seven thousand dollars for the care of David Byers the Fort Branch leper.
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Indianapolis
Senate
David Byers
Fort Branch
Count Terauchi Attacked in the Japanese Diet
In Tokyo on a Diet session day Count Terauchi faced an attack during remarks. Security intervened as the premier and lawmakers reacted to the disruption amid political tension in Japan.
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Japan
Count Terauchi
Terauchi
Constitutionalist Party
House of Peers
Schwab Peace Mission to Daniels Breaks Down
Charles M. Schwab failed to persuade Secretary Daniels during a two hour conference over a proposed truce in the war on Bethlehem Steel. Daniels announced the navy will build projectile and armor plate plants, and will not award contracts to firms with high shell prices.
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Washington
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Daniels
Navy Department
Bethlehem Company
Schwab
Chicago Markets Report Hogs Cattle Grain Prices
Chicago live stock receipts 35 000 hogs and 3 000 cattle with varied bids from 10 20 to 11 50 for hogs and 7 60 to 14 75 for cattle. Grain prices show corn at about 1.01 to 1.02, oats around 5 14 cents, butter and eggs within regional ranges. East Buffalo quotes cattle hogs and sheep with steady to strong prices.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and
Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Kaiser's Turn in Peace Move
President Wilson presses for Germany to endorse his league to enforce peace plan. Cabinet meets as neutrals are sounded, signaling a forthcoming German response before spring offensives. British labor backs Wilson and calls for an international peace league and free trade with safeguards on labor standards.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Senate
League
Manchester
Eng
United States
Roumania Supplying Central Powers With Food
Berlin reports Roumania provides about one third of central powers food. Total grain and supplies captured stand at 10,000,570 tons. Retreating Roumanians tried to destroy crops, but Germans say most were saved. German shipments up the Danube reach about 2000 tons daily.
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Berlin
Roumania
Bone dry bills advance in Iowa legislature
Des Moines January 27 three of Senator Whitmore s measures to make Iowa bone dry were favored by the suppression of intemperance committee. The bills prohibit liquor hauls into the state by rail or wagon road prohibit liquor advertising and revoke the personal use allowance. The senate made the package a special order for February 6 at 10:00 a m.
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Des Moines
Whitmore
Iowa
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