Long list of diverse 19th century science notes and anecdotes
A mixed array of curiosities and historical notes covers military, science, and culture topics. It mentions John Rice in an old war tale, Sir Sam Hughes, Persian gum, Johnson and balloons, South African fruit shipments, canal shifts, German plotting, German glassmaking, Grenada spice farming, Hawaiian molasses use, German streetcars, auto safety devices, Nevada poultry fountains, sugar beet yields in England, a Norwegian canal project, new milk bottle design, underwater battery ideas, anesthetic pump, car wheel alarm, conversion of auto bodies, cedar imports, military potato certificates, and various inventions from Paris and Siam.
Split Jurisdiction Over Water Leases
Washington Jan 27 Senate public lands committee proposes a substitute for the Perris bill granting both federal and state control over water power site leases. Interstate business would be under the Interstate Commerce Commission and intrastate under state control. Fifty year leases or shorter allowed with conditions. The plan confirms state ownership of water use in flowing streams. Fifty percent of lease revenues go to the states where the plants are located, with the rest used by the federal government for reclamation in arid states.
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Woeehington
United States
Senate Public Lands Commues
Perris
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson presses tariff bill plan for independent commission
President Wilson discusses with Democratic leaders in Congress the creation of an independent nonpartisan tariff commission. He seeks immediate committee action to study broad powers to investigate tariffs, general economic effects, and the impact of duties on raw versus finished materials while coordinating with existing agencies to prevent dumping and unfair competition.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Tariff Commission
Simmona
Senate Finance Committee
Kitchin
House
Simmons
Federal Trade Commission
Treasury Department
German mail bags reveal loot from Dutch steamships
London reports the British foreign fire published a wave of goods found in postal bags from the central powers. Frisia bags contained rolled gold, jewelry, dyes, wirographs and needles. Tubantia bags carried rubber packets marked without value and jackets from Uruguay. Ryned sun bags reportedly held newspapers, propaganda and goods of enemy origin addressed to German firms in the United Britain.
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London
British Foreign Fire Today
Frisia
Tubantia
Hamburg
Brazil
Uruguay
Torlin
Rynedsun
American Employee Leaves for Mexico Amid Guarded Route
Washington January 26. An American employee of the venture development company in Mingea Ri huahua left there yesterday for Ri huahua City, escorted by Yarranga soldiers. The state department reports from Paso indicate the journey proceeds under guard.
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Wrahington
Vequtire Development Companion of
Mingea
Rihuahua
Yarranga
Rihuahue City
State Department
Paso
Price of Potatoes to Be Raised in Germany
Berlin via London Jan 26 At a meeting of the National Potato Growers and Dealers association it was announced the government agreed to raise the maximum price of potatoes to 4 marks per 100 weight from the present 2 marks 74 pfennigs. It was not stated what the new retailers price would be.
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Germany
National
Potato Growers’ and Dealers’ Association
Maximus
Lehmann May Land in Washington D C
A local report notes former Iowa resident Lehmann among 30 candidates considered for a prominent post in Washington. Officials say the field has narrowed to a few, with Lehmann as a leading contender for the supreme reward.
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Washington, D. Jim
Two Players Sold to Los Angeles in National League Move
Chicago Nationals manager Joe Tinker announced the sale of Michel Pete Sundridge and Jack Wallace, catchers, to Los Angeles Baseball under an option agreement, effective today. The move follows months of trade whispers as the Lon Angeles club strengthens its roster.
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Chicago
Michel Pete Sundridge
Jack Wallace
Lon Angeles Baseball
Joe Tinker
Chicago Nationals
Lansing Rejects German Proposal
Washington reports Count Von Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing redrafted the Lusitania Agreement to reflect U S views and sent it to Berlin. A week to learn if Germany accepts the tentative form. The United States seeks strict accountability for American deaths and liability for neutrals in attacks on enemy vessels.
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Washington
Lusitania
Count von Bernstorff
Ambareador
Lansing
United States
Berlin
Germany
Wilson
Secrebening
Mexican policies disapproved at live stock convention
At Paso Del Rio el Paso January 27 delegates of the American National Live Stock Association approved a resolution demanding U S patrols in northern Mexico to protect Americans and property. The measure calls for a 100 mile border zone until peace is established and a trio will report data to Washington. The convention also backed tariff commission proposals and urged import duties on foreign meats and a live stock embargo from diseased regions to stem hoof and mouth disease.
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Paso
Tex
United States
Mexico
American National Live Stock Association
el Pass
National Live Stock Association
Wilson
Gov. J. &. Kendrick
Wyoming
Executive Committee
Washington
Clarke
Kitchin
Simmons
Tariff Commission
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Benator Smith
Michigan
Swanson
O'German
Brandegee
Twa
Armed ships as submarine prey in U S inquiry
Washington reports an Austro-Hungarian inquiry into a plan to allow armed merchant ships with guns on board. The Verdin was allowed to sail home. Indications say Austria may warn the United States that any merchant vessel sailing with guns aboard will be considered fast craft and subject to sinking without warning.
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Washington
Baron Rich Zwiedinek
United States
Hatinn
New York
Eterna
Horton Awiledinel
Stirlin
Giuseppe Vendi
Miners Won't Quit While Arbitrating
Indianapolis Ind Jan 27 The United Mine Workers of America in convention decided not to suspend work after contracts expire while negotiations for new agreements continue A rising vote after a long debate showed 1000 of 1300 delegates favored the nonsuspension position urged by President John P White
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
John P. White
Britain weighs blockade options in war with Germany
Britain signals a possible nonformal blockade on Germany as MPs debate wartime measures. Officials rebut Daily Mail and Morning Post claims of rising neutral imports while experts clash over how to enforce a blockade without unduly hampering neutrals. Washington weighs Baltic port actions and U S opposition to total切 blockade of neutral shipping even with safety measures.
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London
Germany
House of Commons
Daily Mail
Morning Post
Holland
Scandinavia
Foreign Office
Washington
Baltic
United States
Norway
Sweden
Gold supply is not normal warns banker at New York dinner
Paul M. Warburg of the Federal Reserve Board warned the New York Credit Men's Association that abnormal conditions distort finance. He cautioned Americans against building a credit system on volatile demand and warned of inflationary pressures linked to wartime currency expansion impacting interest rate power.
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Warburg
New York
Paul M. Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
Ford Peace Expedition Committee Arrives in London
London on January 26 Reuters reports the Ford peace expedition working committee has arrived and will remain to begin official fence negotiations.
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London
British Workmen Party Upholds Labor Conference Vote
Bristol, Jan 27. The British Labor conference adopted by a large vote the action of parliamentary labor in the recruiting campaign and cooperation with other parties. William Anderson, president, spoke against compulsory service while urging war unity and labor’s role in shaping postwar Britain. Ramsay MacDonald urged toleration as tensions rose among delegates representing over two million workers.
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Bristol
Eng
Great Britain
William Crawford Anderson
Attercliffe
Sheffield
Acti Ag
Lelds Ice
Labor Party
House of Lords
Willum Anderson
Sheffelt
Anderson
Premies Asquith
Aeeerliind
Gee Kling
Jabor
Iabor
James Sexton
National Union of Dock Workers
Germany
Sexton
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor
W. H. Ayles
House Klmike on Mission to Germany
Berlin dispatch reports Col. Ki M. House, longtime Wilson ally, arriving in Berlin from Paris. An Lokal Anzeiger interviewer at Karlruhe found him reserved about the trip’s purpose. He is described as calm and well intentioned, without German prejudices, lamenting the war’s horrors.
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Berlin
London
Ki. M. House
Wilson
Maris
Lokal Anvolger
Colonel House
Karleruhe
British Lords Pass Compulsion Measure
London January 26 The military service bill passed its amend reading in the house of lords after a speech by the Marquis of Lanwlowne minister without portfolio in the British cabinet, favouring the urgency of enacting the measure.
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London
House of Lorda
Germans Prepare Major Western Drive for Kaiser Birthday
Berlin reports German forces launch a major push on the Western Front near the Flanders coast as the Kaiser marks his birthday. British and Russian actions in Mesopotamia and the Caucasus are described, with losses, retreats, and prisoner counts cited amid broader Allied efforts.
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West Front
Kaiser
Berlin
Sayville
Tan
Mesopotamia
Grand Duke
Feta Marshall
Erzerum
der God
Caucasus
Caucansus
Turkey
Feld
Volhynia
Pripet
Pinak
Yucatan land decree to aid peons in farm purchase
El Paso January 26 Mexican consul here received copies of the Yucatan land decree. The measure allocates 0 year payments under a state land bank to create county communities that seize and redistribute uncultivated lands. Landowners must cultivate or face confiscation for small farmers.
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el Paso
Tex
Yucatan
Mexico
Six Die in Seattle Fire at Talbot Walker Building
Seattle residents report six persons killed in a fire that gutted the interior of the Talbot Walker building at Jackson Street and First Avenue South. Investigators say a large heating stove likely caused the blaze as it burned through each floor.
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Seattle
Wash
Talbot- Walker
Jackson Street
Firat Avenue
Bryan Intimates He Will Leave Country
London dispatch says William J. Bryan, joining the Ford Peace Committee, intimated plans to leave the United States for Stockholm, signaling possible departure amid his diplomatic role.
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Bryan
London
Euter
Stockholm
William J. Bryan
Ford Permanent Pesce
United States
Train collision near Lind kills tramp and injures three
Spokane Wash Jan 20 A front collision on the Columbian railway near Lind Washington between train Nos 1 and 2 caused one tramp to be killed and the engineer and three other persons to be burned.
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Spokane
Wash
Chicago, Milwaukee & Bt. Paul
Lind
Proposed to Free Filipinos After Four More Years
Washington dispatch says an amendment to the Philippine bill, acceptable to President Wilson, would set a four year maximum after a new Filipino legislature is convened before the United States would withdraw sovereignty and proclaim independence. The president could reserve bases and coaling stations and invite international cooperation if steps toward independent government lag.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Hitchcock
Philippine Committee
United States
Ec Ptates
White House
Senate
House
Kitchin
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Clark
Bengt Commerce Committee
Simmons
Fletcher
State closes case against Mrs Mohr in Rhode Island trial
Providence hears that Mrs Elinbeth F Mohr and two Black men Cecil Brown and Henry Spellman faced murder charges in the death of Dr C Franklin Mohr. Over 60 witnesses including state’s key witness George W Healls testified as the prosecution aimed to prove the shooting was at her instigation. Mrs Mohr testified at noon.
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Providence
Elinabeth F. Moor
Cecil Brown
Henry Spellman
C. Franklin Mohr
George W. Healls
Mol
Iowa gains in 18 counties show 10 806 overall rise
Figures released for 18 counties show a total gain of 10 806 compared with five years ago. Data from Des Moines indicates progress, with Bur oak and Woodbury counties noted amid varied results as the report summarizes regional economic changes.
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Iowa
Dew Moines
Oodbury County
Bar
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Inter Mountain Globe
M, H. Gunderson
Eviter
Mulett, Crook County, Wyo
John Rice
St. Paul
Minn
Himealf
John
Sam Hughes
Canada
Collegiate Institute of Toronto
Persia
Kevin
Persian Plain
Samuel Johnson
South Africa
England
C. du P. Chippini
Mara
Lowell
von Jagow
Grenada
Windward Islands
Nevada
Europe
Bulla & Canal
Paris
Argentina
Siam
Otieorn Bay
Fialy
Stendards
Cuba
Ferris
Lehmann
Harvard
Rodeeit RS Rayce
von Bernstorff
Pute
U. S
Federation
Britain
Low'on
Edward Cray
House of Commoner
Marquis of Lansdowne
Ford Committee
Labor Congress
John Hodge
Gorton
Lancashire
Lford-George
Caucasus Front
Flanders
Kut-El-Amara
Rks
Townshend
Menlari
Nicholas Am
Rere
Por Carranza
Tramp
Shipping Board
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