President Warns Critics Over Main Issue in Campaign
President Wilson, in a fighting mood before 1,500 business leaders at a railway banquet, warned critics who would cloud the main issue of preparedness. He urged action by Congress, defended the national defense push, and supported mobilizing reserves and the national guard while condemning partisan politicking over national security.
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New York
Wilwon
United States
Wilson
Europe
Witon
Haelf
Continent
Arricom
National Guard
Mine Workers Oppose Preparedness Issue at Convention
Dodianapolia Jan 29 Delegates to the United Mine Workers convention did not decide the preparedness question as President White’s report denounces. The officers’ committee reports say preparedness may become a national issue and that testing the convention’s attitude should align with President White’s report.
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Dodianapolia, Inc
United Mine Workers’ Convention
White
Committee On Officers
Minnesota Primary Measure Upheld by State Supreme Court
Paul Minn January 28 The Minnesota presidential primary law was upheld by the state supreme court in a decision in the Carroll case Minneapolis attorney sought to strike it down after secretary of state Lehman refused to accept his filing for delegate and presidential elector Two key points: candidates for delegates may file until February 3 and presidential electors must vote for the Mn primary nominee in line with party tradition
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Iine
Minnesota
National Party
New Rural Credit Bill Presented to President
Senator Hollid and Representative Leever members of the joint congressional committee on June credit and Secretary Houston laid before President Wilson a plan to modify land mortgage credit bills. They proposed that the debt owed under the state be partly borrowed by the treasury.
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Washington
Hollid
Leever
Oy June Credite
Houston
Wilson
Treasury
Will Request Funds For Missouri River Improvement
Warhiighi DC January 21 The Nebrskie delegation plans to appear before the river and harbor committee to back a 75000 dollar application for removing sediment in the Missouri River between Konene City and Blows City. Japanese operated Pin Hun coat fields of Manchuria are believed richest, containing over 400 million tons of bituminous coal.
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Warhiighi
Nebriske
Tlouhe Rivers and Harbore Committee
Hage
Minsouri River
Konene City
Blows City
Manchuria
Brandeis Nominated for Supreme Court Seat
President Wilson nominates Louis D. Brandeis of Boston as associate justice to succeed Oliver Wendell Holmes. Brandeis, a Republican Jew, backed Wilson in 1912 and opposed Roosevelt and Taft on monopolies. His career includes roles in the Pallinger Pinchot inquiry, rate investigations, and state transit reforms. Confirmation faces strong opposition in the Senate.
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Washington
Wilson
DPD
Brandeis
Reston
Supreme Court
Brandeia
Senate
Cirejos
Wilem
Roosevelt
Taft
Zionist Federation
Louie D. Brandeis
Louis D. Brandeis
Louisville
Harvard
Gravis
Pallinger-Pinchot
Rols
Commerce Commission
Oregon
Illinois
Ohio
Boxton
Boston
New Haven
New England
New York Garment Makers
Mujo Money Trust
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Officers Face Court Martial
Three U S army lieutenants Payton Mort and Waldron face a court martial over an unauthorized crossing into Mexico from Brownsville Texas to rescue two captured comrades. If laws were violated they may bear responsibility for the four lives lost when the party drowned in the Rio Grande. Secretary Garrison awaits investigation results and notes orders prohibited border crossing without Washington instructions. Carranza authorities’ prompt action to return the prisoners unharmed signals goodwill toward the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Joan
Payton
Mort
Waldron
Mexico
Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Garrison
Washington
Carranza
United States
Negro Is Liberated: Wife Joins Husband
Salt Lake City, Jan 28 Raymond Dodds a mulatto chauffeur who eloped from San Diego with Mrs Van Lee Hood last week was discharged from custody after federal authorities said they would not prosecute. A Salt Lake attorney who claimed to be sent by telegraph had obtained a writ of habeas corpus for Dodds release but Dodds was freed before the writ arrived at the police station. Mrs Hood has returned to San Diego with her husband.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Raymond Dodds
San Diego
Cal
van Lee Hood
Salt Lake
Mire
Hood
Dodds
Anti German Riots in Lausanne Switzerland
Paris dispatch reports fresh anti German demonstrations in Lausanne Switzerland on January 28. Crowds surged through the streets toward mid evening, a small group at the railway station waving a German flag was attacked with cones stones and fists, police used swords to rescue the men amid the disturbance.
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Paris
Lausanne
Lake
Geneva
Eight Men of Aberdeen Crew Lost in Garbage Boat Wreck
San Francisco January 28 Eight men, crew of steam schooner Aberdeen, were given up for lost as wreckage washed ashore two and a half miles below the harbour entrance. Aberdeen carried garbage for Oakland. Dam Knudson of Oakland commanded. Two years ago the Signal, another Oakland garbage carrier, wrecked at the bay entrance with no loss of life.
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San Francisco
Aberdeen
Cty
Oakland Dam
P.M. Knnudson
Oakland
Cal
Signal
Crude Oil Prices Rise In Eastern Fields
In Pittsburgh on January 2 an announcement stated a 10 cent increase in crude oil prices. Principal grades listed include Pennsylvania at 2.35, Cabell 1.48, Mercer Black 1.85, New Castle and Corning 1.85, Bomernet 1.78, with market activity led by industry executives and film producers amid industry shifts.
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Pittsburgh
Pennaylvania
Cabell
Mercer Hlack
New Castle
Corning
Bomernet
Land
Robbery Suspects Identified in Washington Park Bank Raid
Eddie Mack and four others were identified by J. Garland Stahl, bank vice president, as the robbers who raided the Washington Park National Bank yesterday, stealing about 15,000 dollars. Detectives recovered 7,800 dollars from a box outside the bank, while a newsboy witnessed money spilled on the sidewalk. Police say five men have been captured and guns were involved in the raid.
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Chicago
Eddie Mack
Washington Park National Bank
J. Garland Stahl
Nicholas Hunt
Stahl
Maclay Hoyne
Boston American Baseball Club
Mack
West Side
Hunt
British Losses Near 550000 Mark
London June 20 Premier Asquith in a written reply states total British casualties in all fields to January were 549,467 with 4,122 officers and 25,345 other ranks. Enlistment ages 27 to 20 will be called February 3. Casualties by front: Flanders and France 20,465 officers killed, 10,001 wounded. Other fronts 11,768 officers killed, 16,105 wounded. total officers and men 117,549 and 101,606 for other fronts. Winter inactivity is blamed for lighter losses in recent weeks. December 24 report put casualties to December 9 at 14,097, with 21,240 lost since.
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London
Asquith
Ino
Jonwhry
Lord Derby
Flanders
France
Hanks
Ccrccue
Minalin O
Sardaewis
Ethan
Prowler Annuith
Fire causes heavy damage in Detroit drug store
A blaze at the drug store of B C Kinnel in downtown Detroit on January 28 caused about 100000 in damage. Six firemen were overcome by smoke and several women fainted in the crush of spectators.
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Detroit
Mich
Kire
B.C. Kinnel
German and French clubs join for amiable meeting in Aberdeen
Aberdeen residents report a remarkable accord between factions once divided by language. La Cercle Francaise, the local French club, and a newly formed German club have agreed to meet in a joint session, uniting over study of language and literature on equal terms.
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Aberdeen
Henry Ford
la Cercle Francaise
Havi
Ercle Francaise
Fear for vessel and 300 persons aboard Apham
Grave anxiety surrounds the British steamship Apham which departed Dakar January 1 for Plymouth with 166 passengers and 134 crew. Four days out wireless contact was lost and a later Hull report notes a life boat bearing the Apham’s name, with a damaged stern, found adrift. The ship, of 7,751 tons gross, is overdue on the Dakar to Plymouth voyage. The Apham is owned by the British and African Steamship Navigation Company.
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London
Dakar
Senegal
West Africa
Plymouth
Lisbon
Bay of Biscay
Apbhim
The
British and African Steamship Navigation Company
Yuan Shi Kai Fails to Allay Suspicions in Shanghai
Shanghai reports show postponement of Yuan Shi Kai coronation has not eased south China opposition. Local papers mock post office delays and residents of Shanghai fear violence against Tang Shaw-Lignkhi-Chong and other elites. General Aki arrives in Shanghai to monitor the situation for Tokyo.
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Shanghai
Yuan Shi Kai
Post Office
Bhanghal
Tang Shaw
Lignkhi-Chong
Port Arthur
Orem
Waft
Tokio
Cardinal Mercior Delivers Vatican Farewell Visit
Home Jan 28 Cardinal Mercior, papal envoy of Belgium, visited the Vatican to bid farewell to Pope Benedict after a period in Rome.
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Cardinal Mercior, Prrate
Belgium
Rome
Vatican
Benedict
British workers rise in revolt over munitions act in Labor conference
In Bristol on January 29 the Labour conference backed a reform proposed by the Independent Labour Party to revise the munitions act to stop wartime coercion. The body also supported Labour representation in the coalition government by a landslide card vote, while warning against a schism in the movement.
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Bristol
England
Labor Conference
Independent Labor Party
Dras Ue
Labor Party
Lloyd George
Ixbor
Harry Goslin
W. EF. Cross
Railway link Restored and Patrolled by Carranza Troops
Washington reports railway communication between Torreon and Durango is restored and patrolled by Carranza troops. More than 1,200 troops are at Durango with 1,000 more nearby, and a strong garrison remains at Torreon.
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Washington
Torreon
Durango
Ine
Carranza
Protest Over British Interference in Neutral Mail
Warrington Jan 28 The United States releases the text of its protest to Britain describing unlawful interference with neutral mail and consular pouches. It notes urgent replies are demanded as strong American sentiment grows amid banks refusing to cash drafts and disputes over parcel post exemptions and sealed mails on ships.
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Warrington
United States
Mohr and Wife’s Marital Strife Highlighted in Trial
Providence reports the first serious break in the Mohr marriage as Elizabeth Mohr testifies about her friendship with minister Samuel M. McDougall of Nova Scotia. The cross examination reveals drug use, timelines of 1909 to 1912, and contention over a Lynn Mass marriage while Mohr allegedly under influence. The attorney general probes motives, alibis, and the alleged need for testimony in a suit against an insurer.
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Providence
R. L
C. Franklin Mohr
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Samuel M. McDougall
Pictou
Nova Scotia
Mrs. Mohr
McDougall
Mqnor
Elizabeth Blair
Provi
Boston
Lynn
Mass
Dr. Mohr
Flood in Arkansas Covers Vast Area
Little Rock Jan 29 Hundreds of persons are homeless and thousands of acres of land are inundated in the lower reaches of the White and Arkansas rivers Upstream with the Arkansas river four miles wide at Mulberry a volume of water which river men believe will cause the worst flood in 25 years Heavy rains over the state last night added to the difficulties of the situation Mulberry reports a heavy wind did damage to residences gins and oil mill plants
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Arkansas River
Mulberry
Says Daily Is Best Advertising Medium
Kansas City Missouri January 28 J B Howell advertising instructor at the University of Missouri told the opening convention of the Southwestern Lumbermen association that the daily newspaper is the greatest advertising medium He urged lumbermen to start patronizing the advertising department of their papers and cited the war cost as a lesson in unity and world citizenship
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Kansas City
J. B. Howell
University of Missouri
Southwestern Lumbermen's Association
Howell
Washington agrees to split dyes with Canada in exchange
Principal American dyestuff manufacturers from Loswood have agreed to Britain’s demand to export a reasonable quantity of products to Canada to secure the lifting of the export embargo on British possessions in the West Indies. No further difficulty in obtaining the necessary raw materials for U S industries is anticipated.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
Canada
West Indies
Japan urged to stay hands off in trade venue moves
Washington January 24. Resolutions to express remonstrance over Japan and China venue disputes were introduced by Senator Sherman. The measures aim to pressure Japan, affecting U S commerce and urging the president to inform Tokyo firmly.
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Washington
Japan
Chinea
United States
Benator Sherman
Ince
London
Kate Leon
Toxio
Warring powers urged to adopt new subsea code
The United States invites European belligerents to agree to a humane, law based submarine warfare code. It proposes mercant ships carry no armaments and be protected by rules to stop and remove passengers before sinking. The note, sent by Secretary Lanning, urges formal acceptance and notes the difficulties posed by submarines.
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Washington
United States
State Department
High Seas
Lanning
Capital Day Bill Sent to Senate
Capitol Washington January 28 A bill to prohibit something for the District of Columbia was reported without recom mendation and the House sent it to the Senate.
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Senate
Washington, D.C
District of Columbia
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