President Wilson proposes world peace league in Senate address
President Wilson addressed the Senate and the nation on forming a world peace league to prevent future war catastrophes. He argued lasting European peace needs a concert of power, with U S participation, and set conditions for American adherence before any peace is made.
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Feetere Nowapaper Union News Service
Washington, D. C
United States
Congress
Wilson
Senate
Washington
Adams
Madison
Europe
Supreme Court Upholds Blue Sky Securities Statutes
The U S Supreme Court upheld South Dakota and Michigan blue sky laws as constitutional, preserving state power to curb fraudulent securities amid nationwide cases. Judge McKenna wrote the opinions with only Justice McReynolds dissenting. The laws enable state securities commissions to bar unsafe investments within borders to protect investors.
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Michigan
Supreme Court
MccKenna
McReynolds
National Association of Attorney Generals
Investment Bankers’ Association of America
Wickershaw
Greatest Purchaser and Seller
Washington D C The United States leads as the world's greatest buyer and seller with a new world trade record of 37873000006. December exports were 525900090 the largest month on record. 1917 may surpass last year's foreign business with exports at 5481000000 and imports at 2393900000. The trade balance was 3089000000 in favor of the United States, versus 1776006000 in 1915.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Departmentof Commerce
Denial by Bernstorff on Leaks from Morcan Firm
Bernstorff testifies he never received any information through a leak in the bunking house of J P Morcan and Company and states that if a Washington lawyer got data from a Morgan employee, it did not reach the German embassy.
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Count von Berk
Storff
J. P. Morcan & Or
Robbery Report From Peoria Residence
A burglary occurred at the residence of Charisa W. Fey in Peoria Illinois. Suspects fled with cash amounting to forty dollars. Police investigators pursue leads as neighbors report suspicious activity in the area.
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Sweneed
German Raider Outrages Reported Sinking Several Vessels
Dispatches from Pernambuco Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires detail a German raider, likely the protected cruiser Vinex, sinking ten merchant steamers and two French schooners in the South Atlantic. Survivors reached Pernambuco while further reports claim additional ships sunk with 400 lost, including British and French vessels such as Dramatist Radnorshire Munneh Netherbyhall Mount Temple King George Georgic Voltaire Nantes and Ashieres.
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Nantes
Ashieres
Admiral Dewey Laid to Rest in Arlington Mausoleum
Washington January 22 George Dewey admiral of the navy has been laid to rest His body rests in Arlington among war heroes where he earned early fire in the Spanish American conflict The General Miles mausoleum holds the mortal remains as midshipmen from the Naval Academy at Annapolis bid farewell and taps sounds for the father of the modern navy.
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George Dewey
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National Cemetery
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Annapolis
United States
Miss Eveive Sian and John T Metuietheon Wed in Chicago
Chicago, Jan. 28. Miss Eveive Sian and John T Metuietheon were married here. Mr and Mrs McCutcheon left for Treasure Island in the Caribbean where the honeymoon will be spent.
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Chicago
Eveive Sian
John T. Metuietheon
Eneisooniat
Miro
Mirs. McCutcheon
Treasure Island
Caribbean
Bank Robbers Entered Springfield State Bank
Five masked men burst from the door as they left the bank with £3,000. They shot and lightly wounded Mrs Janeen Comte, wife of a local official, near the entrance in Anapolis on January 24.
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Ran
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Winslow
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Mississippi River Power Company
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Marshall County
Senate
Iowa
James ‘M. Wilson
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Cooperative League
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Taylor
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Henry Clarkson
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Waterloo
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Gervain Taent
C.c. Bunnery
Chickasaw County
Maskasa
Fingthey
Chickasa
Vermont
Nashua
Iffe
Alcono
John Wellendor
Blasters Plot to Slay Wilson Target Mooney Trial Victims
In San Francisco on January 20 1919 President Wilson’s life was said to be threatened by an anarchist group called The Blasters led by Thomas Mooney and Alexander Berkman. The district attorney Edward Cunha outlined the group’s purpose to overthrow the government and stop preparedness.
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Federation of Labor
Secretary Daniels Attacks Munitions Firms Over Shell Quality
Washington January 23 Secretary Daniels assailed munitions makers alleging inefficiency lack of patriotism and government delays He singled out Bethlehem Steel led by Charles Schwab noting under 9 percent of 14 inch shells from Bethlehem met royal examiners standards while Hadfields of England met all tests He warns against foreign bids and urges American firms to meet navy requirements without sacrificing patriotism or preparedness.
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Daniels
Charles M. Schwab
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Hadfields, Limited
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Teacher and musician slain in Wheeler school dispute
In Oklahoma City on January 20 a man, Jona M. Couch, is charged with shooting Nellie M. Dunn a teacher at Wheeler school and suspected of killing Rowland Couch Williams another teacher in the same building. Couch surrendered in Guthrie and faces a murder warrant. Williams taught music in Fort Worth Little Rock and Memphis.
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Willams
Fort Worth
Litta Rock
Memphis
Soldier Captain Fatally Falls From Banister in Home
Capt. Charles Faber of an Otinets regiment and veteran inmate of the state Soldiers' home in Minneapolis Minn fell 15 feet from a banister to the floor and was killed instantly. He was identified as a veteran and member of the unit in the report dated January 23.
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Olinets
Philadelphia Papers Increase Price to Two Cents
Philadelphia newspapers plan to raise the price from one cent to two cents starting January 22 due to the high cost of newsprint paper described as a pecan expense.
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Iowa Rail Line eyed for electric conversion and progress in gasps
District updates report a short Clarinda to Blanchard line may become electric after receivers sale. Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern Electric study its revival. Other notes cover municipal manager plans, a Winslow store robbery, water contamination alerts, and local farm co op efforts.
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G. 8. Brewer
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Iowa City
O. P. Thompson
Marion County Fair Association
Calmar
Milwaukee
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Adel Tes Road
Russians Capture Two Posts Near Baranovitchi In Surprise Night Attack
Petrograd reports Russians seize two German feld posts near Baranovitchi after a night raid. Seventeen Germans taken prisoner and the rest of the garrison killed. In Galicia near Zberan Teutons bombard and attempt to seize higher ground southwest of the town but are driven back.
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London Blast Death Toll Rises From Munitions Plant
London reports 21 dead in ten hospitals and 112 in treatment after a chemical plant explosion. An additional 265 people with minor injuries were treated. The blast shook a large London area causing extensive destruction across the district.
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Market prices fall on wholesale wheat amid famine fears
The report notes a sharp drop in wholesale wheat prices with a decrease of four cents from Thursday. Values fell to about 46 cents a dozen in car lots as traders react to the ongoing famine concerns.
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Tv R s Annoyer Eludes Detectives
Philadelphia report cites Ida von Hanssen Dood evading investigators after a committal order in Middletown NL.
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