Taaimen Proposes Board of Eight For Arbitration
Taaimen demands a presidentially appointed eight member board to arbitrate railroad labor disputes. Half workers and half officials would avoid deadlocks, providing majority support for conditions while bypassing politics. The plan backs four practical operatives and four management members led by the president.
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Washingtn
D. C
Tanfo -Wog
Fee
Wilson
House Commerce Committee
Lee
Half Million Starve to Death in Syria
Washington reports show over 510000 people died of starvation in Syria as urgent pleas to Ambassador Fikus of Constantinople push Americans to flee. Turkish authorities let more refugees depart from Jaffa and Jerusalem, while Lebanon and Beirut report widespread hunger and street deaths among residents including Christians.
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Syria
Washington
Ambessador Fikus
Constantier
Palestine
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Rome
Via Paria
Corriera Dhalia
Lebanon
Beyrout
Exports Show Billion Increase in New York for 1916
New York January 20 exports from this port for 1914 and 1916 show a rise with domestic and foreign trade totaling 2,794,205,802 for 1914 and 1,789,298,375 for 1916. Foreign commerce figures list imports at 1,009,092,994 and 895,029,644 for comparison. December 1916 merchandise imports reached 102,995,558 compared with 104,197,777 in December 1915.
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New York
Tota Geertald Ndlee
SLBA
We Agaist
Railroads blocked from doubling storage charges on grain
The Interstate Commerce Commission disapproved railroad plans to double and quadruple storage rates for export grain held longer than 60 days at elevators in New York Philadelphia Baltimore Newport News and other Atlantic ports.
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Washington, D.C
Interstate Commerce Commissi
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Rowton
Newport News
Atlantic
Indians Find Bodies of U S Army Flyers
Reports received by military authorities in Calexico California say two men found dead at Soa Prieto twenty miles northwest of the Gulf of California may be Lieut Col Harry G Bishop and Lieut W A Robertson Jr both lost Army aviators in a search operation ongoing nearby.
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Calexico
Cal
Soa Prieto
Gulf of Californian
Harry G. Bishop
Liewt
W. A Robertson, Jr
Loet Army Avilores
Trains Buried by Falling Earth Speaks of River Debris
A Vienna Trient millway wreck near Bagow and Trefall injures and crushes trains into the Sage river. Survivors are extricated as earth and debris block the rail line. Reports from Vienna and Duriuner Tagesblatt describe auxiliary tracks damaged and casualties.
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London
Vienna-Trient
Bagow
Trefall
Vienna
Beven
Charles Baxter dies aged nine in New York
The fragmentary obituary notes Charles HM Baxter an officer on admin staff to Warragut who died at home aged nine. It mentions his birth in Rouge Lak and service with historic forces during the sepoy rebellion in Todia, the Crimean War, and the American Civil War era.
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New York
Cage
Charles HM Baxter
Adminn
Bible analyst predicts war outcome and wheat price surge
Alexander of Charlotte a cotton broker cites the bible on the European war predicting US invasion, England’s loss, Russia’s shift, and German dominion. He says the bible explains the world wide high cost of living and foresees wheat at four to five dollars a bushel.
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Germany
Washington
Alexander
Charlotte
N. C
United States
England
Russia
Armed guards ride 45 car potato train to Kansas City
Greeley tune limited report: a 45 car train loaded with extra choice potatoes valued at $25,000 travels eastward guarded in every car. Three men involved in the polloment. Stoves are used in each car to prevent freezing and theft. Parts of the shipment head to Kansas City Nashville St Louis Topeka Cleveland Toledo and Peoria and other northern and eastern points.
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Greeley
Cole
Jan
Kansas City
Nashville
Tenn
St. Louis
Topeka
Kansas
Cleveland
Toledo
Ohio
Peoria
Half Million Men Captured by Russia
London dispatch reports the Russian service organ cites Petrograd with about 428000 officers and men taken prisoner in the year and 626 guns captured. The review notes 2770 officers and 420000 enlisted men and 425, machine guns 1461 trench mortars and mine throwers.
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Petrograd Touay
Brusshoft
Yarrowdale Arrives in Cape Verde with Crew Survivors
The British steamer Yarrowdale reached Sao Vicenti Cape Verde Islands on January 16 carrying crews from night ships sunk by the German raider in the Atlantic. Reliable information confirms it had 400 men aboard from the crews of the sunken vessels.
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Rio Janeiro
Yarrowdale
Atlantic
Sao Vicenti
Cape Verde
Earl of Elgin Dies in London After Brief Illness
An obituary notes the death of Victor Alexander Juce ninth Earl of Nigin and Kin cardine in London in January. Born 1848 at Monk Janis near Montreal, he served as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India and state secretary for the colonies. He was a direct descendant of King Robert Bruce of Scotland.
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Earl OF Elgin
London
Jan
Victor Alexander Juce
Earl of
Earl of Migin
Monk- Janis
Montreal
Carwida
India
Ile
Robert Bruce
Scotland
Taft Praises Peace League at Dinner
President Taft praised the League to Enforce Peace during a dinner, recounting Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan in debate over the plan. He argued the scheme would move the nation rightward if the former president and Bryan opposed or supported it differently.
Four Dead In Gun Fight Near Okmulgee
A posse of 10 men returning from a pursuit of alleged bank robbers found three men dead eighteen miles southwest of Okmulgee Oklahoma. Oscar Poe Will Hart and Harry Hart were killed in a skirmish led by Sheriff Roach and Police Chief Mel Bowman. Bowman died from a head wound.
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Okmulgee
Oklo
Oscar Poe
Will Hart
Harry Hart
Roach
Mel Bowman
Bowman
Deportation mail rules raise questions on Belgian workers
A Belgian government cable from Havre reports German restrictions on the postal service for deported Belgian workers. It notes workers cannot tell families their work locations and mentions a new batch from Ghent returned ill, some dying, amid harsh conditions near German frontiers.
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New York
Havre
France
Pierre Mali
Ghent
Duma Convening Delayed Again to February 27
London reports a Russian imperial ukkase sets the duma and the council of the empire to convene February 27. A prior ukase had fixed January 25 as the date.
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London
Duma
Council of the Empire
Ukase
Wilson Sees Senators at Capitol
President Wilson returned to the capitol today for conferences with administration senators regarding pending measures and policy directions.
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Wilson
Washington
Capitol
Administration
Artist Philip Boileau Dies after Barefoot Walks
New York report states painter Philip Boileau died in New York from pneumonia. Born in Quebec fifty two years ago, he specialized in depictions of American girls and was married to his longtime model. Boileau and his wife walked barefoot on the lawn of his Long Island estate each dawn for years.
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New York
Philip Holleau
Pneumon
Bolleau
Wilke
Long Island
Boileau
Quebec
Tax on Profits Triggers Fine Row in Congress
Washington reports a heated row over the excess profits tax proposed to boost revenue. Secretary McAdoo pushed the measure through Ways and Means while Southern and other manufacturers protest. Chairman Kitchin faces criticism alleging district bias as Democratic members threaten caucus resistance.
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Washington, Jay
Ways and Means Democrats
McAdoo
Therm
Congress
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
House
Packing industry ignorance criticized by Fisher in Cheyenne
Walter L. Fisher former secretary of the interior counsel for the American National Live Stock Association condemned the five largest packing concerns for ignorance of economic principles behind the industry. He spoke at the association's annual convention in Cheyenne Wyoming on January 19.
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Walter L. Fisher
American National Live Stock Association
Fisher
Women Elected Wilson Bryan Tells Solons
William J. Bryan urged Ohio legislators in a joint session to extend presidential suffrage to women. He argued that women elected President Wilson and could not be denied by men, addressing the Democratic majority.
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Wilson
Bryan
Solons
Columbus
Ohio
William J. Bryan
FLAGS AT POST OFFICE ORDERED HALF MAST
Washington Jan 18 Postmaster General Burleson issued orders for half mast flags at all post offices in memory of Admiral Dewey. Flags to remain at half mast until after his funeral on Saturday and the post office department to be closed all day.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Burleson
Tennessee Suffragists Win Absence of Vote Bill Pause
A Tennessee House of Representatives session paused a bill seeking to allow women to vote in city and regional elections. The move delays expansion of suffrage in Nashville and surrounding areas, with lawmakers weighing potential impacts on local governance and future elections.
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Nashville
Teoa
Dan
House of Reprematori
Elty and
Brewdenthial
Ele
Sinking Reported for Brith, Steamer Mandhente
Lloyds announces the Brith steamship Mandhente and inventor Weighy have sunk. The Norwegian steamer Bergenius is believed lost near Madrid. Crew rescued. Spans reports a maritime incident tied to a submarine attack.
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London
Lloyd's
Lloyd
Newlands Reveals Cummins Speech To Daniels
Senator Newlands testified before the Senate that he supplied to Interstate Commerce Commissioner Daniels the confidential executive session speech by Senator Cummins attacking the commissioner's confirmation. The Senate then went into executive session to consider Senator Norris's resolution to probe the disclosures.
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Washington
Newlands
Senate
Interstate Commerce
Daniels
Cummins
Norris
Personal Shipments Rule Reduces Iowa Liquor Deliveries
Des Moines reports a railroad and express company agreement to cut liquor shipments into Iowa by two thirds. Personal use only deliveries require consignee to sign receipts at the station or with the delivering agent. The January 19 decision follows Judge Utterback ruling Webb Kenyon limits carriers from delivering liquor for personal use or sale in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Havner
Express Company
Consignee
Iowa Supreme Court
Utterback
Polk District Court
Webb-Kenyon
Department of Justice
Opeatee
High Court
Supreme Court
Capitol Extension Fight Still in Limelight
Des Moines Iowa January 19 The capitol extension fight continues as Senator George W Ball Fairfield renews his bid in the Senate to allow sale of extension ground beyond set limits reducing the tract from 73 acres to 60 acres Representative Rowley Van Buren files a similar bill in the House A large portion of the original tract has been cleared Whitmore proposes repealing future extension taxes starting next year cutting 750000 dollars from extension funds
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Des Moines
George W. Ball
Fairfield
Senate
State Executive Council
Rowley
van Buren
Whitmore
Prohibition Amendment Passed by House in Record Time
Des Moines IA January 19 The house committee broke all records by voting to recommend passage of the prohibition amendment, same measure passed by the senate yesterday in under five minutes after the committee was convened. The vote was unanimous.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
New York Republicans Back Mann for Speaker
Washington reports that the New York Republican delegation pledged solid support for Leader Mann as Speaker of the next House while Massachusetts Representative Greene called a conference to discuss Gardner's constructive legislative program and potential GOP alternatives.
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Washington
Representative Greene
Massachusetts
House
Gardner
New York State
Repubicans
Mann
Hunger drove 14 year old to kill man who helped him
In Cleveland on January 19, Lawrence Southall a Chicago orphan aged 14 confessed to killing Charles H. James 40 a car inspector who had befriended him. Police say the boy attacked James after being aided to obtain food and taken to a shanty to warm himself.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lawrence Southall
Chicago
Charles H. James
Jamon
Hoe
Discriminate Against Women in U S Jobs
A resolution introduced by Representative Keating of Colorado requests President Wilson to inform the House on how sex influences selections for appointments promotions demotions and removals in the federal service. The aim is to secure a square deal for women in federal employment and test charges of gender discrimination.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Keating
Colorado
Increased Use of Subs Urged
Berlin reports the Prussian diet urged greater submarine use in wartime strategy. Dr. von Heydebrand called for unrestricted submarine warfare but noted timing mattered to the emperor and Hindenburg. Other speakers pressed for vigorous war prosecution and demanded neutral compliance, while British notes were criticized as historical falsifications.
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Berlin
Reichstag
von Heydebrand
United States
Paul Breitenbach
Dr. von Heydebrand
Marshal von Hindenburg
England
London
Herr Friedberg
Liberal Party
Amsterdam
Reuters
Cologne Gazette
Arthur Balfour
Entente
Wilson
Balfour
Germany
Cologne Volks Zeitung
Miners Protest Potatoes Ration Reduction in War Aid
Four miners federations telegraph the war feeding department protesting a drop in weekly potato rations from 6 to 4 pounds. They state turnips cannot substitute potatoes and urge restoring the former ration. telegrams cited.
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Berlin
Vorwaerta
Miners’ Federations
War Feeding Department
Ausores
Cost of Dying Grows Cigarettes Now Higher
New York January 19. Increased prices for cigarettes were announced by United Cigar Stores and the Tobacco Products Corp. United costs rise next Monday by 1 to 4 cents a box of a dozen cigarettes due to higher labor tobacco and wrap material costs. Tobacco Products Corp moves at once with scales from 25 cents to 1 dollar for each 1000 cigarettes.
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New York
United Cigar Stores Company
Tobacco Products Corporation
United
Wilson's Life Threatened By Anarchist Blasters
In superior court Jan 10 Autlatant District Attorney Edward A. Cunha stated he will prove that the Blasters, an anarchist group led by Thos J Mooney on trial for murder, threatened President Wilson’s life and plotted to overthrow the government according to evidence to be presented in the case.
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Wilson
Jan Kronelieo
Cal
Blasters
Thos. J. Mooney
Wan
Mooney
Autlatant
Edward A. Cunha
Waid Cunha
Swiss mobilization feared as border tensions rise
Swiss alarm grows over possible large scale battle plans as General Ulrich Wille urges mobilization of all forces while the Swiss federal council limits actions to two divisions. Reports from Geneva claim German troops mass near Basel and fear invasion to threaten Alsace.
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Paris
Ulrich Wille
Switzerland
Petit Parisien
London
Aseer
Basle
Exchange Telegraph
Geneva
Alsace
Hwien
Hefort
Huse
Germany
France
Russians Attack German Lines on Romanian Front North of Buchitza
Berlin reports Russian forces launched assaults along the northern Romanian front north of the Buchitza valley. The attacks were repelled, according to today’s official communiqué, with heavy losses for the attackers.
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Berlin
Bayville
Buchitza
Ace Ote
Russo-Galician Front Sees Brief Lull After Heavy Fighting
Berlin reports a pause in the Russo Galician front after days of intensified activity. The wireless dispatch to Sayville notes the fighting abated briefly with no detailed casualty figures given.
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Berlin
Sayville
World War Front Reports German Posts Captured in Baranovichi
Petrograd reports the capture of two German field posts in Baranovichi on the Russian front and a German assault near Zeborow east of Lembergin repelled. Heavy fighting continues on the Romanian front as Russian and Romanian forces hold their ground against von Mackensen.
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Petrograd
Baranovichi
Zeborow
Lembergin
War Office
von Mackensen
Hrntiah
Somme
Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre
Legislature Weighs Constitutional Change via Convention
In Bismarck North Dakota on January 20 the legislature debates a plan to revise the state constitution through a constitutional convention. Nineteen league-backed senators support the idea, but the 40 member Senate unit may block it. The house largely backs the program as the proposed path forward.
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Biamarck
N. D. Jan
League
House
Senate
New British 6 percent notes offered in New York
The public price for 250 million dollars of British notes maturing in one and two years was fixed at 9.62 with 6 percent interest. J P Morgan & Co. manages the syndicate offering the securities in New York.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
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