Opposition to literacy test in immigration bill stirs Senate debate
In Washington the immigration bill faces Senate opposition over the literacy test. President Wilson would veto if the provision remains. Senators Works Reed and Smith debate race based exclusion, with Reed arguing to bar non white entrants while noting Jews’ longstanding citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Wilson
White House
Cleveland
Taft
Congress
Works
California
State Department
Allies Move to Install Petain Over Joffre to Lead Western Front
Reports from Paris indicate Gen. Petain will succeed Gen. Joffre as supreme commander of Allied forces on the western front. Britain notes a war council reorganizes command as in England. Telegrams from Athens claim a Cyclades uprising and Greek communities in Egypt renounce King Constantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Petain
Verdun
Joffre
Organizatio
Smll
England
London
Athens
Cyclades
Cean Sea
Egypt
Constantine
Russian Attacks Fail on Transylvania Front and Cerna Bend
Berlin reports strong Russian attacks on the Transylvania front today failed and did not slow the Teutonic advance in Wallachia. New French and Serbian assaults in the Cerna bend on the Macedonia front also failed according to the war office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Transylvania
Wallachia
War Office
Cerna
Macedonia
French steamer Saint Philippe sunk in shelling
A Havre dispatch reports the French steamship Saint Philippe sunk during shelling. Two crew members were killed, the captain and five other crewmen have arrived at Havre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Saint Philippe
Havas
Havre
Greece in Turmoil as Entente Pressures Royalists
Report from Saloniki notes escalating crisis in Athens with entente blame on King Constantine. Intercepted cipher messages show queen and king communicating with Berlin and Sofia while Cypriot revolts, canal blockages, and troop withdrawals surface. Venizelos supporters face arrests and executions, and authorities tighten control as prisons fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saloniki
Greece
Athens
Constantine
Berlin
Sofia
Hydra
Kaiser
Cyclades
Corinth Canal
Thebes
Corfu
Transport Goes Aground In Dense Fog Off Barnegat
The US transport Sumner,voyage from Colon to New York, ran aground in heavy fog near Barnegat New Jersey. An S O S call was sent and several nearby steamships aided in the resupply and rescue operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
United States
Sumner
Colon
Barnegat
N. J
U S Dispatches New Note to Berlin on Submarine Issue
The state department forwarded a fresh note to Berlin arguing that Germany violated pledges by sinking the British steamer Marina with six American deaths. Officials say the evidence will be shared to allow Germany to respond before the United States acts. The next move may await more details on the British liner Arabia and will aim to clarify ship status before any attack on citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Berlin
Washington
State Department
Department Today
United States
Arabia
Great Britain
Germany
Wilson
Lansing
Mother of Ellis Wood Takes Stand in Defense of Son
Mrs. Andrew Wood testified Ellis Wood kept a gun under his pillow and never had a girlfriend. She described his routine on September 1, 1915, returning home about 9:30 p.m. and going to work the next morning as the murder trial of Ellis Wood proceeds in Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Wood
Son
Walter Collins
Cole
Miami County
Peru
Sade
Pollard
Delphi
B. F. Long
M. L. Fansler
C. Y. Andrews
Andrew Wood
Luella Foreman
French Deputy Resists Fight for Russia Over Constantinople
Paris officials reported a tumultuous session in the chamber of deputies during debate on the military appropriation bill. Socialist Deputy Pierre Brizeon said Frenchmen should not fight to assure Constantinople’s possession by Russia, triggering widespread interruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Pierre Brizeon
M. Brizeon
Constantinople
Russia
Baltimore grain embargo announced by B. and O.
Baltimore and Ohio railroad issued notices effective last midnight placing embargoes on all grain consigned to its elevators in Baltimore for domestic or export delivery. Grain for track delivery or private sidings will be accepted but not reconsigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Today
Day in Congress Senate and House Hearings and Adjournments
Senate met at noon and took up an immigration bill in executive session before adjourning at 4 20 p m till noon Tuesday. House hearings opened on naval and postal appropriation bills as well as the Indian appropriation bill with adjournment at 5 10 p m to noon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Naval Committee
Military Committee
Lloyd George Ill. War Must Be Won, Says Premier
London reports Premier Lloyd George is ill with a severe chill and will stay indoors. An official note says he is forming a government and cannot speak Tuesday. Bonar Law will move adjournment to Thursday. Cabinet members take office while re-election rules await a Commons vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
Buckingham Palace
King George
Commons
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Lodpaete
Law
Lord Curzon
House of Lords
Adamson Law To Be Given An Early Test
The Supreme Court moved to hear the Adamson act case on January 8, expediting the Missouri Oklahoma Gulf railroad challenge. Hearings follow the Christmas holidays, with wage accounts for employees preserved and other litigation held in abeyance until the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
Hook
Garment Workers Strike Threatens Major City Shutdown
New York Dec 11 A strike involving 60 000 makers of men s and children s clothing in New York and Newark N J appeared unavoidable after representatives of the American Clothing Manufacturers Association and the union failed to agree on differences tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Newark
N. J
American Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
Five Persons in Family of New Premier Active in War
David Lloyd George new premier leads an English family noted as the war’s greatest figure. He is married eight years with two sons and a daughter. Every member supports the Allied cause. both sons serve at the front while three others at home manage war work and home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lloyd George
England
Robbers Loot Farmers State Bank in Oklahoma
Four masked men robbed the Farmers State Bank of Vinitia Oklahoma of 15000 dollars this afternoon and fled in an automobile after locking cashier Jasper Martin in the bank vault in Muskogee Oklahoma on December 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
Farmers State Bank of
Vinitia
Jasper Martin
Two Firemen Die as Walls Collapse at Paddock Store
Toledo's Paddock Mercantile store collapses, killing Captain Edward Welsh and Albert Uris and injuring Henry Pratt who is in critical condition after five hours trapped. Fire believed caused by furnace gas pressure. investigation by city and state authorities. property loss around $200,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Edward J. Welsh
Albert D. Uris
Henry J. Pratt
Kendallville Man Implementing Simple Life Slogan
Marshall Noe of Kimmel Indiana, sought for escape from Richmond State Hospital, was captured by Sheriff Sawyer. He reportedly fled aboard a passenger train, was discharged at Portland, and cites his claimed breakdown from fast living while urging friends to seek a simple life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
Marshall Noe
Kimmel
State Hospital For Insane
Richmond
Sawyer
Noe
Portland
Indiana hotelkeepers oppose Prohibition at annual meeting
The Indiana Hotelkeepers Association adopted a resolution opposing Prohibition as un-American and confiscatory while urging strict enforcement of the Proctor law. They also endorsed creating a state highway department to access a 75 million dollar federal highway appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Hotelkeepers’ Association
Indiana
Congress
Explosion and Fire Kill Four in Petersboro Ontario
Four persons are known dead and 12 unaccounted for after an explosion and fire at the Quaker Oats company buildings in Petersboro Ontario. Fifteen people were injured, many severely, with authorities hoping most will recover. Initial tallies listed eight dead but missing workers may have perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersboro
Ont
Quaker Oats Company
Arrest of Suspicious Character After Fort Pitt Explosion
Pittsburgh December 11 Frank Reed arrested after a blast at the Aetna Chemical plant Fort Pitt that killed three. He was freed by federal authorities then re booked by city detectives on a charge of being a suspicious person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Frank Reed
Aetna Chemical Company
Fort Pitt
Reed
Central
Also Mentioned on This Page
Africa
Senator Reed
Gallinger
Smith
South Carolina
Vardamian
Senator Smith
Queen's Wireless Mes
Piraeus
Bulletin
Venizelos
Peraeus
Benakia
Entente
Grand Bretagne
Angleterre
Fos
U. S
Odessa
Poland
Austria
Hungary
Balkans
Marine
Denfense
Baltimore Grain
Adamson
Mrs
Miss Qwen Lior George
Gwilym
Lower Richard
Peterboro
Canada
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!