Turks Ready to Sue for Peace and Surrender Idea
British and French dispatches report Turkish government near peace with Germany. Private advice from Constantinople claims Berlin influence heavy, with von der Goltz en route to Sofia and Liman von Sanders to Adrianople. A Bucharest dispatch says Constantinople and Dardanelles could be surrendered to the Allied fleet, blocked by German intervention. General von Sanders reportedly resisted talks while threatening action against negotiators as cabinet split on seeking peace.
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Athetshier
Athens
Constantinople
Uni
Marshal von der Goltz
Sofia
Germany
Liman von Sanders
Adrianople
London
England
London Chronicle
Bucharest
Roumania
Damlanelles
Paris
France
Fon Sanders
Dardanelles
Scho
Carden
International Fleet
von Sanders
Mucharest
Sea of
Marmora
Moratorium Declared Across much of Mexico by Villa
Villa agents announce a three month moratorium to be observed in territories under northern tender and allied regions. The decree covers Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, Aguas Calientes, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Morelos, Tepic, Baja California, Michoacan, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Hidalgo, Pueblo, Colima, Sinaloa, with exceptions in Vera Cruz Tlaxcala Campeche and areas under Carranza and Chiapas.
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Fl Paso
Texas
Gen Villa
Villa
Soora
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Durango
Zacatecas
San Luis Potes
Ages Calientes
Jalisco
Guanajuato
Queretaro
Morelos
Querro
Federal District
Tepie
Baja
California
Michoacan
Tamaulipas
Mexico
Hidalgo, Pueblo
Colima
Sinaloa
Vera Cruz
Tlaxcala
Campeche
Tatasen
Gen. V_ Carranza
Qaxsaca
Vicatan
Chiapas
Villa soldiers mass near Mercedes in fight to Matamoros
Mercedes Texas reports troops numbering five thousand marching toward the Mata Morat area to confront constitutionalists. Officers express confidence in delaying Matamoros operations for several days as Villa currency circulates freely at three for one against a 25 cent unit. In San Francisco a dramatic rescue occurs when Dr F W Riehl of Alameda jumps from the battleship Oregon and is towed by his life saving device to Alcatraz Island.
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Mercedes, Tex
Thorty
Villa
Mercedes Pumping Plant
Mata Morat
San Francisco
F. W. Riehl
Alameda
Oregon
San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz Island
Cowboy Dramas Win Most Votes In School Display
Alton II A votes show public school children prefer cowboy picture dramas. Votes: cowboy 684 comedy 594 dramatic 447 crime 65 educational 22. The result highlights cowboy dramas as most liked among the options.
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Alton, II
Rees Seeks $60,000 Loan for Clover Leaf Railroad
Walter L. Rees, treasurer of the Clover Leaf Railroad, applied in federal court for permission to borrow $60,000. The request appears in Toledo as part of the railroad's finance plans and involves court approval to secure the loan.
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Toledo
Walter L. Rees
Clover Leaf Railroad
Osborne Accuser Held as Court Delays Claim of Breach of Promise
Miss Rae Tanzer who sued James W. Osborne for $50,000 for breach of promise to marry was held for grand jury action on a mail fraud charge. At the hearing in New York, Swayne testified he was in the courtroom and identified Osborne as the hotel registrant with Tanzer on Oct 18, 1914, at the Kensington Hotel. In Persia, Turkish troops attacked the American mission at Urmia, forcing residents to flee and causing killings among Assyrian refugees, prompting U.S. pressure for protection.
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New York
Rae Tanzer
James W. Wisborne
Tanner
Linkel
Houghton
Swayne
Paderewski Prostrated in London Seeks Aid for Poland
In London the pianist Ignace Paderewski speaks to the Daily Telegraph about aiding Poland. He describes a war devastated land with seventeen million people suffering and famine threats to eleven thousand. He has not played since the war began and cannot say when he will perform again.
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London
England
Daily Telegraph
Ignace Paderewski
Poland
Paderewski
Fatal Molten Metal Accident at Midvale Steel Works
Philadelphia man Joseph FP Lee died at German town Hospital after eight days with his lower body encased in steel. He and coworkers lifted a hot ladle of molten metal at Midvale steel works when it overturned, burning clothing and flesh. Surgeons tried to chip away the metal but failed. In Alester Oklahoma, a Woodmen Circle state meeting saw a pillar collapse and floor drop four feet, injuring thirty as panic spread.
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Philadelphia
Joseph FP. Lee
Germantown
Midvale Steel Works
Lee
Alester
Woodmen Circle
Armory Hall
Elk Coal Co. sues 145 miners for 25000 damages
Salt for 25000 damages filed by Elk Coal Co. of Columbus against 145 coal miners who struck in Zanesville Ohio. Company says contracts could not be filled and suffered financial loss due to the strike.
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Zanesville
Elk Coal Co
Columbus
Marshall of Westport Dies. Husband Injured in Auto Accident
Marshall of Westport New York is dead here and her husband a retired stockbroker injured in an automobile accident.
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Marshall
Westport
N. Y
Boy 11 Admits Killing Near Jacksonville
Terre Haute Indiana report states Sammy Mucclsh aged 11 confessed to shooting and killing Felix Novenski aged 11 near Jacksonville. He said he hid the body in a clump of bushes.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Sammy Mucclsh
Felix Novenski
Jacksonville
Massacre at Gulpashan in Persia Reported by Mission Board
A caller in New York claims Kurds shot all men in Gulpashan near Ummah Persia, violated women, beat an American missionary, and hanged 64 fusees from mission yards. The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions received the report with details of the massacre.
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New York
N. Y
Gulpashan
Ummmah
Persia
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Miselone
Woman Held for Kidnapping in Waynesham Georth
A woman who claimed to be Mr J HRadd was arrested after a silent confession to kidnapping Robert Allen Striker, the 14 year old stepson of Mrs William Hichter of Brooklyn. The sheriff and the prisoner pursued the child 16 miles away where he was said to be left. New York reported that William Hichter of Brooklyn, a former banker, had offered 300 reward for information leading to the recovery of Robert Allen Striker who vanished from St Petersburg Florida on December 12 last.
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Waynesham
Georth
J. Hradd
Robert Allen Striker
William Hichter
Brooklin
New York
N. Y
William H. Hichter
Brooklyn
St. Petersburg
Fla
Barber Escapes After Dying Man Warns Doubled Over
In Gulfport Mississippi John Keating aged 26 died while being shaved. The barber heard the corpse say Dont cut me Kid triggering a panic and the barber fled through a window. Animation in town halted for six hours according to physicians.
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Gulfport, Mise
John Keating
Washington-Co Roosevelt Refuse Inquiry Delay Subpena Talk
Washington and Roosevelt have not accepted the invitation to testify before the senate committee citing lack of information on the subject. Chairman Walsh called a conference to decide whether to issue a subpena for the colonel.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Committee
Walsh
Lives of Rebels Spared in Cape Town Rebellion
The assembly unanimously passed an amendment to the war indemnity bill in Cape Town removing the death penalty for all participants in the recent rebellion. The vote shifts legal fate for rebels and aligns with wartime policy changes in Africa.
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Cape Town
Africa
Seven Injured in Fight at Big Muddy
In the Big Muddy incident Patrick Priest is jailed in Harreburg after a fight left him mortally wounded and six others slashed or shot in hospitals. Eight more persons are held.
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Harreburg
Big Muddy
Patrick Priest
Zeppelin Bombards Russians at Loman Fortress
A German Zeppelin attacked the Russian fortress of Loman on the Narew river, the war office reports. Fourteen bombs were dropped and nine civilians were injured in the bombardment.
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Petrograd
Loman
Narew River
War Office
Cotton Industry Gains Planners Near Million Dollar Value
The Missouri bureau notes cottonseed products worth almost 1 million dollars, with twelve outlined outputs including linters and hulls. It cites four mills and Ozark water power as key to expansion, while predicting strong growth for cotton-related mills if power is harnessed.
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Ita
Missouri
St Laonis
Carutheraville
Mallen
Kennett
Bureau of Labor Statistics
John T. Pitapatrick
Fioh
Ozarka
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Gov MajorLAuds Fortieth General Assembly Progress
Gov Major states the forty eighth general assembly enacted 148 bills with few exceptions and asserts the session produced more constructive progressive legislation than any mid term in over a decade. He contrasts it with 1919 as a landmark but notes this session carried out his four year program.
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Gov. Major
General Assembly
Sesion
Neaures
Assembly Passes Deficiency Bill Overprinting Dispute
The deficiency bill bIN contained a $35 item for a printing contract. Law forbids payment, but assembly members argued the work was done and approved the payment, despite the excess over the original appropriation.
Rail freight rate rise eyed by officials in Missouri
Officials in Jefferson City expect railroads to gain a substantial freight rate increase, though not as high as requested, while passenger rates are not anticipated to rise. The governor vetoed a bounty measure on hawks and wolves citing Missouri’s civility, leaving poultry raisers to handle hawks. Governor Major invited by fair commissioners to San Francisco with expenses covered, and a private car provided. The governor also vetoed the St Louis County road overseer bill set at 1500 dollars per year.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Major
Missouri Fair Commissioners
San Francisco
St. Louis
Revision of game and fish laws outlined by governor
The governor approves changes to game and fish laws as an emergency measure. Open season for squirreled rele? and hunts runs from June to December with many prohibitions. Bag limits set at ten per day, multiple devices restricted, illegal shipments banned, fines range from ten to two hundred dollars. Licenses required for farms breeding game in captivity at fifteen dollars annually.
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Fieh Lawa
State Game
Deficiency bill alignment trims Senate cuts total 22 569 63
Gav Major attached to the deficiency bill an open rebuke letter to lawmakers over the submitted bills from Hugh Stephens Printing and Graham Paper Co. Deficiency appropriations totaled 260 000 with Stephens proposing 24 940 and Graham 1.00 deduction. Senate reduced Stephens by 960 and Grahm by 1.00, leaving 22 569 63.
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Gav
Hugh Stephens
Jefferson City
Graham Paper Co
Stephens
Senate
Graham Paper Co di
Railroads in Missouri Earn More Per Tall e Despite Taxes
Railroads in Missouri show higher earnings per mile than adjoining states and pay lower taxes per mile, per testimony at the capital hearing. Gov Major says the deficit stretches back eight years, affecting Polk and Hadley terms. Joplin to share dramshop license revenue with state and county under new government. Julia Corrigan surrenders for five years, former resort keeper. Prison inspectors prepare to apply new penitentiary law. board includes Barker, Gordon, and Deal.
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Noraska
Iowa
Major
Polk
Hadley
Joplin
Board of Prison Inspectors
Barker
Gordon
Deal
Immense Wheat Surges in War-Tied Markets
A grain expert notes about two billion bushels of wheat from war nations are tied up, roughly half the world's supply. He highlights the US Canada and Argentina as pivotal to any deficit, urging increased production as postwar demand surges. Canada could expand wheat output significantly, aided by favorable climate and land reclamation.
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United States
Canada
Argentina
Tistieh Mag
Pettiero
Women are Supposed to Be Vain and Men Dwell on Pride
A brief observation on vanity notes that women are often judged for appearance while men overestimate their own handsomeness, reflecting social expectations of beauty and self image.
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Carranza
Thierichens
Newport News
Mundt
Bruner
Osborne
Turkey
State Department
Morgenthau
Amercan
Urumiah
Perera
Georgia
Nish
Cornelius Roach
Marek Apel
Minnie Roys
Weinee
Neta
Etrvaim
Lesa
Pen
Julia Corrigan
Wotsary
Columbia
St. Charles
Maya
Tery Pitas Voie
Thomas H. Cackrel
Miera Ave
Kansas City
Doan
Ss Sy Postermilburn CO
Buffalo, M& Y
Aly
Absorbine, JR
F . Young
Temple
Beringfield
Bass
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