Vollmer Urges War Material Embargo in U S
Washington dec 20 representative vollmer Iowa urged the house foreign affairs committee to empower the president to prohibit export of war supplies. with Bartholdt he cited historic embargoes, argued neutrality is best served by cutting arms to Europe, and warned delaying action prolongs the war and harms america. the panel will hear delegations from new york chicago and philadelphia monday.
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Washington
United States
Vollmer
Iowa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bartholdi
Europe
Belgium
Germany
Japan
Kiao-Chow
Pacific
Flood
Bartholdt
Austria
Great Britain
Represtative Cooper
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Planning American Finance Conference in Washington
Administration officials plan a spring conference in Washington between Treasury Department officials, American financiers, and Central and South American finance ministers and leading brokers to discuss financial and commercial issues arising from the war. Acceptance of the invitation from allied nations has already been received from several governments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury Department
Ministers of Finance
Americas
United States
Germans Placed Upon Defensive In Midwinter War Report
Official statements from Associated Press Leased Wire and the French War Department describe German and Allied lines during December 16 to 24. They report German gains halted, Allied counterpressure, and strategic positions around Arras Verdun and the Lys. weather and mud hindered fighting while both sides pressed on near Nieuport Ypres and the Argonne Meuse sectors.
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Cassociated
Paris
Arras
Argonne
Thaére
Nieuport
Ypres
French War Department
Belgium
Polders
Lombaretzrde
St. Georges
Sonnebeke
Becelaere
Paschendaele
Lys
Oisethere
Aisne
Champagne
Four de Paris
Navarra Wrecks On Holmes Island En Route To France
The 2947-ton Navarra chartered for the admiralty struck Holmes Island off Nova Scotia near Yarmouth at night. No word on crew safety as the Aberdeen and two tugs prepare aid from Yarmouth. Navarra carried hay and feed.
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Associated Press
Halifax
Navarra
St. John
N.B
Admiralty
France
Holmes Island
Holmes
Nova Scotia
Yarmouth
Aberdeen
War News Roundup of British and Allied Fronts
British foreign office weighs Washington protests over detentions of ships suspected of contraband. Berlin reports Russian, Austrian, and Montenegrin actions across East Prussia Poland Galicia and Herzegovina, with mixed outcomes and competing claims from Petrograd, Vienna, and Constantinople.
Perilous Rails Cause Train Wreck Near Bigelow Minn
The Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line wreck near Bigelow Minnesota on February 9 1914 killed one passenger one express messenger and injured eleven passengers two mail clerks two conductors and two porters. Broken rail with a twenty foot flaw in the center was found by the government Bureau of Standards and the Interstate Commerce Commission urged thorough ingot and mill condition checks and stricter track inspection to detect split rail heads early.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Bigelow
Minn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Government Bureau of Standards
W. H. Belmap
Division of Safety
Commission
Archbishop Urges English to Fight in New Year Letter
London dispatch reports the archbishop of Canterbury issuing a New Year letter urging laity and clergy to actively recruit able men for military service. He says the empire’s life may depend on responses to the call and that no household should shirk serving the land they love.
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Associated Press
London
Canterbury
Russians Claim Teutons Halt Advance In Western War News
The German war office reports fighting at St Georges near Nieuwpoort with both sides damaged by storm and cold. Russian cavalry falls back toward Pillkallen while front lines in Poland hold. Berlin notes scattered gains and questions claims on Lowicz and Skierniewice as Allied offensives slow after mid December. Russian forces press Austrians over the Carpathians.
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East
Berlin
Flanders
Fance
East Prussia
Pillkallen
Niemen River
Poland
Vistula
Iniwlodz
Lowicz
Skiernerewice
London
Eng
Nicholas
Carpathian Mountains
Joffre
Bzura
Warsaw
Yser
Belgium
State Dept Finds Dum-Dum Bullets Not Allies Rifle Fit
Washington officials say they nearly finished probing Count Von Bernstorff charges that US ammo aided the Allies. An answer to the German envoy will come in a few days. Investigators report the samples he produced could not fit any rifle used by the Allies.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Department
Day in Congress Senate and House actions noted
Senate debated immigration reform while Shafroth attacked a water power site lease bill and commerce committee pushed rivers and harbors legislation. House discussions featured Volmer urging quick action on a foreign affairs resolution to authorize president to curtail shipments to Europe and the agricultural appropriation bill advancing with about 2.5 million dollars in department estimates.
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Senate
Commerce Commission
Shafroth
HOUSE
Volmer
Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Department’s
Local Militia Company Head Resigns Promoted Likely
Captain Henry F. Lange, longtime commander of Company C, 54th regiment, J. N.G., resigns his commission and is expected to be promoted to the general staff. First Lieutenant Ralph T. Othmer is seen as his likely successor, with an election set for January 10 to fill the vacancy. Lange says he does not intend to abandon local militia efforts, including support for the armory project, and his resignation takes effect January 16.
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Henry F. Lange
54Th Regiment
J. N.G
Lange
Ralph T. ‘Othmer
Des Moines
Company C
Armory
National Guard
Othmer
Iowa National Guard
Bold Bandits Rob Sunset Express Passengers
Two men boarded the westbound Sunset Limited near Cline Texas and robbed passengers in the two rear sleepers at pistol point as the train neared Spofford. A posse pursued by train officers, with one wealthy Mexican aboard reportedly carrying 10000 in jewelry and cash. The robbers fled after signaling the train to stop.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Galveston
Harrisburg
Cline
Spofford
New Orleans
Senate resumes hearings on Jones bill for Philippines independence timeline
Washington reports the senate Philippines committee under Chairman Hitchcock resumes hearings on the Jones bill to extend self government for the Philippines. Dean Worcester, ex-Philippines commissioner, testifies as the panel plans to report favorably by mid January and may amend the House bill but not on recent disturbances.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Dean C. Worcester
Philippine Islands
Star Witness
Senate
Philippines
Hitchcock
War Department
Worcester
Submarine emphasis looms in naval bill debates
Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports the house naval sub-committee debated the naval appropriation bill. It removes a Norfolk dry dock provision, requests 1 million for aviation development, and aligns with navy estimates including 2 782 835 for ship ammunition 1 million for torpedoes and 1 450 000 for smokeless powder. The full committee will press for the two dreadnoughts and submarines while lawmakers argue for more submarines and mine warfare gear and seek battleship reductions.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Naval Sub-Committee
Nval
Naval
Norfolk
Navy Department
Padgett
Naval Department
Stephens
California
Roberts
Massachusetts
Jail Break At Monmouth As Prisoners Escape Roof Hole
Four inmates from Warren county jail Monmouth Illinois escaped last night by breaking bars and exiting through a roof hole. They lowered themselves with blankets improvised rope. two were Black, one Mexican, one white. Local authorities investigate links to the Jennie Miller murder in Aurora Illinois.
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Burlington
Warren County
Monmouth
Sam Robinson
Jennie Miller
Aurora Te
England stirred by trade note prompts hopeful British view
English press calm as official circles in London assess the American note protesting British seizures of U S cargo vessels. Key ministers discuss with Sir Edward Grey and Lloyd George while neutrals Denmark Holland Norway and Sweden must curb re shipments to Germany. Foreign secretary returns as Page steps to review the issue with Grey.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Edward Grey
David Lloyd-George
Reginald McKenna
Home Affairs
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Sir Francis Hopwood
The
Admiralty
America
Great
Britain
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Official Information Bureau
Lord Haldane
Sir Edward Grey
Grey
Walter H. Page
Washington
Westminister Gazette
Weather brief for Chicago and Iowa regions
The weathers report mentions colder tonight with lows around five degrees, and a shift to fair and warmer conditions Thursday with moderate northwest winds. In Iowa expect fair weather tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures, noting Muscatine at 7 a.m. recording six degrees below zero and the river stage at 2 feet 7 inches.
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Chicago
Iowa Fair
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