Rail terminals in war mobilization plan urged
Daniel Willard chairs a New York Washington effort to build U S military transport on par with Germany. The plan uses a national railroad association to coordinate terminals and fan shaped tracks at strategic points to move troops and freight efficiently, minimizing conflicts of motive and delay.
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Washington
United States
Germany
New York
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Council of National Defense
Transportation and Communication
W. G. Besler
Central Railroad of New Jersey
American Railway Association
Association
East
Mr. Besler
German Board of Strategy
Stanley Sprague Dies After Thirty-three Years With Skull Injury
Stanley Sprague of East Meadow New York dies at seventy six after living for over three decades with a compound skull fracture from an attempted murder for his money. He worked daily on his farm despite recurring injuries. The assailant William Rugg who had previously killed Mrs Maybee and her daughter was captured, escaped, re arrested and hanged at Mineola.
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New York
Stanley Sprague
East Meadow
N. Y
Sprague
William Rugg
Walter Maybee
Maybee
Rugg
Long Island City
Mineola
Jerseyville Farmer Kills Pet Horses Before Relocating
Charles Schmidt, a Jerseyville farmer known as the town poet, shot his three pet horses rather than risk their mistreatment by strangers as he prepares to move to Arkansas to start rice farming. The animals were valued at over $50 each. He is taking a diary of rhymes and a trunk of verses with him, and he previously donated local baseball grounds for Sunday games with the stipulation that players attend church first.
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Jerseyville
Charles Schmidt
Schmidt
Arkansas
One Match for Three Cigarettes Death Sign
London reports a wartime superstition spreading among British troops that lighting three cigarettes with one match foretells death for one or all three. A tale from St Eloi recalls a new recruit lighting three and a shell striking the billet, killing the lighter while others survived.
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London
St. Eloi
England
Tommy
Blood from Derelicts in Baltimore Network
More than a hundred derelicts from the Friendly Inn have had blood tests at $1 each this winter at the Union Protestant infirmary a Johns Hopkins branch for transfusion use. Five percent of tested donors accepted receive $25 plus $1 a day while in condition for potential transfusions. The program, led by city surgeons with Federated charities, records donor family histories to ensure good blood. resulting blood flows to prominent Baltimore men and women.
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Baltimore
Union Protestant Infirmary
Johns Hopkins
Federated Charities
Friendly Inn
Long Lost Wedding Ring Found On Cedar Grove Farm
Mrs. P. H. Vannoy of Pennington, New Jersey, wore her wedding ring again after it was found thirty years after she lost it on her Cedar Grove farm. Miss Sophia Wilkins spotted the gleam under a kitchen window sill, dug it from the soil, and notified the owner.
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Pennington
N. J
P. H. Vannoy
Cedar Grove
Robin Stays All Winter in La Crosse Supplies Cold Weather Tale
A La Crosse robin remains through a harsh winter, defying its role as an early spring harbinger. The area endures record lows from 22 to 28 below and multiple blizzards, marking the coldest winter in thirty years near the post office.
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Robin
la Crosse
Wis
Robin Redbreast
Repington Sees Safe U S War Role In Regulars
The Times war correspondent argues the United States cannot field a large modern army but should rely on highly trained regulars to form a nucleus for a volunteer force. West Point training would guide cadets and officers, with war industries mobilized to support beligerents.
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London
Repington
the Times
United States Army
von Hindenburg
United States
Europe
West Point
America
Gold Nuggets Found in Kansas Duck Creek Area
Oneida residents recall a leather pouch of gold nuggets lost by a Colorado miner who died crossing a local creek. The pouch had been discarded by George Williams years ago. In the past two weeks three locals reported finding nuggets in the area’s duck kills, tying recent finds to the historic gold field development.
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Oneida
Kan
George Williams
Williams
Colorado
Witness Cannot Climb Stair. Court Moves to Ground Floor
In San Diego a court adjourned to a ground floor room across the street to accommodate a bulky and lame witness. Attorneys agreed to the move for the Davis Green statutory case, with Dr. W. Allen health officer of National City testifying before Judge Lewis.
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San Diego
Cal
W. Allen
National City
Davis Green
Lewis
Four youths haul Mrs Parker by sled to hospital in Ashland
Mrs S A Parker is pulled seven miles on a sled by four California-Oregon Power Co employees from the Parker ranch to Pinehurst then twenty three miles to Ashland for heart trouble treatment. Snow four feet deep covers the route.
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Ashland
Ore
S. A. Parker
Parker Ranch
Pinehurst
Ray Sayles
Howard Parker
Leland de Carlone
Harris Dean
California-Oregon Power Company
Comb Flattened Bullet Saves Bride in West Frankfort
Mrs. Henry Sutherland of West Frankfort near Chicago was struck by a stray bullet that entered through a door at her father’s home. She fell against a stove as the bullet hit the back of her head and flattened against a metal comb, which nearly saved her life.
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Fenton
Henry Sutherland
West Frankfort
True Living D A R Father of Pennsylvania Woman
Philadelphia report notes Mrs. Hannah Dial of Jacobs Creek Pa celebrated her 102nd birthday. Her father Robert Slemmons served throughout the American Revolution as a scout and Indian fighter and was captured several times. She owns his Indian tomahawk and credits simple living and hard work for longevity.
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Philadelphia
Hannah Dial
Jacobs Creek
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Robert Slemmons
Dial
New York Boy Awarded 10000 in Amputation Case
Hilmer J. Carlsen eight years old won a 10000 verdict against the B W Bliss company before Justice Kelley in Brooklyn for injuries on January 20 1916 when a five ton munition truck ran over his foot causing the amputation of three toes The boy s father received 4000 for loss of services.
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New York
Hilmer J. Carlsen
Supreme Court
Kelley
Brooklyn
B. W. Bliss Company
Boy on Brooklyn curb foot crushed by truck load of shells
A boy sitting on the curb at Fortieth Street Brooklyn near his home had his foot run over by a truck carrying three inch shells. Edward J McCrossin counsel for the boy argued the driver violated a city ordinance by turning the corner faster than four miles an hour.
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Fortieth Street
Brooklyn
Edward J.mccrossin
Wild Deer Patient Stirs New Jersey Doctor
Newton New Jersey Dr Whitfield Gray state veterinarian treated a wild deer after a buck collided with his car breaking the windshield and mudguard. The deer recovered after a restorative and walked away within thirty minutes.
Canaries Ashes Scatter Over San Diego Sky
The cremated remains of Tina, a canary owned by Colonel William Glassford, commandant at the North Island aviation school, were released from an army biplane piloted by Albert Smith at 5,000 feet, scattered to the four winds above San Diego.
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Bird
San Diego
Cal
Tina
William Glassford
North Island Aviation School
Albert Smith
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Nolan
Leavenworth Undertaking Co
Mrs. Amanda ©. Towne
W. W. Elmer
Commercial St
St. Ope
Leavenworth
G. W. Hoxley
Leavenworth, Wash
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
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Wenatchee
Burt J. Williams
Central Building
Chelan Co
Wenatchee, Wash
Reeves & Reeves
Www
F. Whitney Lawyer
C. B. Hughes
Sam Sumner
J. A. Adams
Columbia Valley Bank Bldg
Fred Kemp
Geo. G. Hannan
Halbert Block
Orollard & Orollard Lawyers
Lewis J. Nelson
E. HM. Fox
Hight St. Ae
John E. Porter
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Knights of
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Masonic Hall
Harry Warner
D.D
A.R. Brown
Zarthan Lodge No
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E. Mohler
W.M
A. G. McKeown
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