Gompers Advocates Defense Preparedness at Civic Fed Meeting
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, urged national defense preparedness at the National Civic Federation session. He argued for democratic military effort and warned pacifists against undermining liberty, stressing the need for a strong navy and universal service while criticizing pork-barrel politics.
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Washington
National Civic Federation
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Hays Hammond
Wadsworth
Phelan
O'Neil
Alabama
Arthur H. Cadmun
Navy
United States
Talcott ‘Williams
New York
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Hammond
Costa
France
Germany
Williams
Williama
Cadman
Gompers
Samuel Crompers
Big Increase Shown In Number Of Stock
Washington reports the agriculture department's January 1 cattle estimates. Milk cows total 21,088,000 a 24 percent rise from 1915. Other cattle reach 9,453,000 up 4 percent, sheep at 49,102,000 down 14 percent, and swine at 68,047,000 up 5.4 percent.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Tocay
German spy and former British MP escapes custody
A former British parliament member and self confessed German spy escaped from a U.S. naval facility last Saturday. He was recaptured or held for extradition as of today amid ongoing detention.
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New York
Jan
Trebich Lincoln
Beis
United States
French Air Raiders Kill Many Bulgars
London reports say 26 French aeroplanes bombarded Petritsi causing heavy Bulgarian casualties with hundreds killed and many wounded. The raid disrupted Bulgarian provisioning on the Greco Serbian frontier due to stricken roads. Petrich, near Salonika, is likely the Petritei cited.
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London
National defense urged as a continental system
Lindley M Garretson secretary of war urges Americans to back a real military policy built on national forces. He criticizes state troops as illusory and calls for a standing army under federal authority with instant call plus cohesive organization to counter opposition. The address was at the New York bankers association banquet.
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New York
United States
Lindley M. Uarretaon
Garrison
Garretson
Ida Grove Hotel Seized by Sheriff in Iowa Town
Ida Grove Iowa pop 1000 finds itself without a hotel as Sheriff McLeod seizes the Palace hotel and Cozy theater under a writ of attachment on a rent claim by building owner John von Dohren. The Palace has 656 rooms and has been full, while talks of a new stock company hotel organize in Ida Grove.
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Ida Grove
Iowa
Sheriff McLeod
Palace
Wilson Bender
John von Dohren
Ferguson
Bender
Moving Picture Theater
Lote
Ida Grove Capitalists
Flood Strikes Southern California Rivers Reach Record Floods
Two men drowned and over 1000 residents were left homeless as heavy rain flooded most rivers in Southern California. Ranchers Fred Smith and A Rivere were lost while attempting to ford swollen streams. In Bakersfield twenty five Arp addition families fled rising Gern river floodwaters after a levee breach threatening the business district.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Fred Smith
A. Rivere
Bakersfield
Jan. Lo
Arp Addition
Italians Promote Socialist Congress Across Europe
Italian socialist members of parliament abroad advocate an international congress in Europe. They condemn grain speculation and criticize lax government conduct in the war and other directions.
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Bere
Vwcient Holding & Congo
Bologna
Deaths From Smallpox Reported in Local Home
Henry Lovell reports a funeral for a resident who died Sunday morning from smallpox. Burial occurred Sunday afternoon in the local cemetery. The deceased left a husband and five children. The illness has been uncommon in recent years and fatalities from smallpox remain unusual.
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Allen
Nets Jan
Henry Lovell
Shela
Typhus Cases Reported at Juarez Military Hospital
Two stated cases of typhus fever at the Juárez military hospital were referred to Dr. John W. Tappan of the United States Immigration Service for investigation.
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Ki Pow
Tex
Theilitary Hospital
Juares
John W. Tappan
Hhe
United States Immigration Service Tappan Saide
Liner Ayndam limping to port after collision
London and New York dispatches report the Holland America liner Ryndam was damaged but all passengers are safe after a collision. Three stokers were killed and four injured. The ship, 500 feet long and 22,070 tons, sailed January 5 from New York with 101 passengers and a crew of 225. It continued to Grave se and was proceeding under its own steam toward Rotterdam. Officials have not learned the accident's nature and no further details were released.
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London
Ayndam
Southend
Ryndam
Gravesend
New York
Falmouth
Rotterdam
Lizard
Holland- America Line
Wreck of 24 Freight Cars Near Yankton
The Milwaukee fast freight No. 6 wrecked around 2:30 this morning between Yankton and Fullerville. Twenty four cars ditched, many rolled up to 30 feet from the track, merchandise scattered along the right of way. No injuries. engine and caboose stayed on track. Blocked traffic on the line with possible passenger transfer around the wreck this afternoon. Conductor Jay Bicknell led the train.
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Yankton
S&s. D
Milwaukee
Fullerville
Jay Bicknell
Panama Canal Opens February fifteenth for Largest Ships
New York Jan 18 Colonel Glenn U S A arrived on the Metapan to say the Panama Canal will open February 15 to the largest ships. He returns from a six week canal zone trip noting a 20 foot deep channel at slide sites and that officials had warned the waterway would be ready for all traffic one month from January 15.
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New York
Panama
Col EK
Fr. Glenn
Metapan
Colon
Glenn
Tuip
Canal Zone
Serbs in America urged to join new Serbian army
New York January 19 A tinier Tus cania arrived with bullion and American securities valued by passengers at several million dollars. Miss Sybil Kdow an Englishwoman serving with the Red Cross in Serbia urged the 200000 Serbians in the country to join the new Serbian army. Miss Mdey was at Belgrade when the retreat began.
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New York
Mise Sybil Kdow
Red Crowe
Serbia
Mins Mdey
Belgrade
Military post office report shows holiday savings from soldiers
The December military post office report notes Irish soldiers at the front received from families 4,600,000 lire and sent home savings totaling 10,500,000 lire during the holiday season.
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Rowe
Jan
Military Post Office Service
Trade forecasts loom for US France economic ties
Paria January 19. M P Prixotto president of the American chamber of commerce spoke at the organization’s 22nd annual dinner. He predicted a world changing economic order and a European push for a Mercantile trade struggle. He urged tariff equality for American goods in France and closer US France economic understanding. Figures named include George Munroe W Morgan Day and Lawrence Slade.
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Paria
M. P. Prixotto
American Channer of Commerce
France
Peixotto
United
States
United States
Willam Graves Sharp
American Chamber of Commerce
Peilxotto
George
Senate Railed at Mexico Debate and Harsh Editorial
Washington January 19 Senate debate sparked by an editorial attacking President Wilken and praising Huerta. Senators challenged the reading, urging decisive action and possible U S intervention as Americans face danger in Mexico. The discussion was ruled out of order with plans to reintroduce the resolution tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Senate
Senator Lippet
Wilken
General Huerta
Benator Myers
Sepstor
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Viva Voce
Lewis
Borah
United States
Marshall
May Try Submarines as Blockade Runners
New York reports Lieutenant Commander Craft of the New York navy yard telling a citizen's committee for food shipments that submarines could be built to carry milk to the central empires. He says a submarine designed for the purpose could cross the Atlantic with a cargo. Dr Hadmund Von Mach, executive chairman, adds the committee intends to find a way to deliver milk to Germany Austria Hungary and Russian Poland even if a submarine must be built for that purpose.
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New York
Commander Craft
New York Navy Yard
Citizen's Committee
Atlantic
Hadmund von Mach
German
Austria-Hungary
Russian
Poland
Dillon to back uniform weights law in committee
Washington Jan. 18 Representative Dillon will appear Thursday before the committee on coinage weight and measures to support his bill for a uniform system of weights and measures applying to grain and all dry products. He will show the bill’s importance and the need to correct discrepancies in weighings across cities while opponents argue it would require stricter weighing.
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Washington
Dillon
Committee On Coinage
Villa Bandit Is Slain at Juarez
El Paso dispatch reports Colonel Miguel Baca Valles, a Villa bandit chief, executed by firing squad at Juarez at 6 AM after declaring innocence in Villa robberies. Eight followers captured with him to be tried. bodies displayed at the station and viewed by Americans amid doubts over Rodrigues identity.
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el Paso
Tex
Miguel Baca Valles
Aut Palomas
Columbus
N. M
Juarez
Villa
Gavlera
Carranza
Enrique Cisneros
Boca Valles
Jose Rodrigues
Madera
Rodrigues
Sald
Kil
Baon Valles
German submarines report Persia sinking denial
Washington January 18 Secretary Lansing announced that Berlin informed Ambassador Gerard that all German submarines in the Mediterranean have reported and that none were involved in the destruction of the British liner Persia.
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Lansing
Berlin
Gerard
Mediterranean
Fone
Persia
Southern Pacific to Retain Ship Interests on Pacific Coast
Washington January 18 The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the Bouthe Pacific railroad application to continue operating its steamers on the Pacific coast through its interests in the Associated O b j a m p e, despite the Panama Canal war. The case was up for rehearing and the decision ends a long dispute over maritime operations and canal implications.
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Washington
Bouthe Pacific Railroad
Ite
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Interstate
Compierce
Old Mercer hotel burns down after fire destroys historic site
A Mercer hotel named Idehe Motel Homes, built over a decade ago and once hosting notable guests including General Lafayette, was destroyed by a recent blaze. Fire crews battled the flames, with the building reduced to ashes and investigations underway.
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Mercer
Jan
Idehe
Lafaye Elle
Britain to Announce Blockade Proof and Reparations
Washington officials anticipate British moves within weeks to prove a real blockade of German ports including the Baltic and North Sea and to publish details on seizures of American ships. London aims to deter anti British critics by showing results from prize court adjustments and pending indemnities while shifting patrol duties to submarines for port sealing.
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Washington
Joan
London
Britain
North Sea
Baltic
Wil
Great Britain
Germany
State Department
Jon Fon
Arms Shipped in Stusco Blocks Found Loaded
Paris reports the Petht Journal noting 360 blocks of etucon from Zurich to Malaga via Genoa contained rifles and ammunition after six weeks on Malaga wharfs. Four thousand rifles and four hundred thousand cartridges were seized. Theory suggests these arms were for Moorish tribesmen.
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Paris
Madrid
Petht Journal
Zurich
Malaga
Spain
Genoa
Iowa Supreme Court Affirms Chartier Telephone Franchise
Dow Moines Ind Jan 18 The Iowa supreme court affirmed Judge Kooter that Chartier Telephone company has franchise rights to the streets and alleys of that town. Residents sought to oust the company but the ruling establishes perpetual rights, limiting Des Moines efforts to compel new franchise terms.
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Dow Moines
Iowa Supreme Court Today
Kooter
Chartier Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Des Moines
Laws Telephone Company
Booze Injunction Case Goes to Federal Court
Dow Molinos and John Marmond face a federal lawsuit over liquor shipments. The case began as a test after Des Moines residents flagged a whiskey consignment from Omaha.
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Dow Molinos
Ln. Dum
John Mammond
Apreay Companioy
Mblpylies
Lowe Wasteautfernad
Des Moines Pallopman Hen
Whicky
Omaha
Allied Powers Move to Force Greece Into War
London reports say French and British troops land at Corinth near Athens as Teuton, Bulgar and Turk forces mass for a broad attack. Dispatches from Amsterdam Sofia and Berlin describe Greek passport seizures and entente fleet patrols around Greek isles while troops allegedly land at Phaleron and Piraeus.
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Saloniki
London
Amsterdam
Exchang Telegraph Company
Corinth
Greence
Athens
Cologne
Sofia
Legation
Constantinople
Berlin
Sayville
France
Great Britain
Greece
Gallipoli
Xanthi
Glevgell
Phaleron
Albania
Italy
Montenegro
Peraeus
Bay of
Whole Italian political structure is shattered
Berlin dispatch notes that Montenegro’s surrender has prompted Berlin newspapers to praise King Nicholas and call him the czar’s unique friend. The press argues Nicholas may oppose allied aims, while entente actions against Greece aimed to soften the Montenegrin blow. It is claimed Austro Hungary’s control now endangers Italy’s Adriatic policy.
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Berlin
Sayville
Montenegro
Nicholas
Russia
Peter
Serbia
Greece
Antivari
Scutari
Austro- Hungary
Italy
Austria- Hungary
Adriatic
Agree Upon Terms of Marine Measure
President Wilson and Representative Alexander reach tentative terms for a new marine shipping bill to be introduced next week. The measure would create a shipping board to regulate rates akin to the Interstate Commerce Commission and authorize acquisition of ships for naval wartime use.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Wilson
Alexander
Marine Committee
Shipping Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Young Indian in Ridge Reserve Murders Wife and Father in Law
A young Indian, Pion, and D. Jon of the Pine Ridge area killed his wife and her father, George Peony, on the Pine Ridge reservation last night. Earlier, Isherman beat his wife in Mort Plorne, received 30 days, and upon release obtained a revolver to open hostilities with no warning.
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Pion
D. Jon
Lowis Misherwon
Hie
Inlaw
George Peony
Fine Ridge Reservation
Bahar
Mon
Ai Mort Plorne
Pine Ridge Reservation
Isherman
Awel Jae Lowing
Logan doctor's wife dies by suicide in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska Janie O Mirway Williams, wife of a prominent Logan physician, killed herself early morning by hanging in a Birch Knoll sanitarium. The report notes weathered wood effects on fiber content and mentions seasonal factors affecting wood, with uncertain references to related measurements.
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Omaha
Janie Omirway
Williamie
Logan
Ye Birch Knoll
Sinotori
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Law
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Says Phone Company
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