Hunger strike tightens as fourth day begins in case
Mrs. Byrne grows weaker yet remains resolute in her hunger strike at Blackwell's Island workhouse hospital. Medical reports note normal vitals aside from a rising pulse while officials prepare bulletins. Lawyers describe her as thin yet mentally clear as they anticipate possible forced feeding by the seventh day.
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Workhouse
Blackwell's Island
Joseph Ferris
Crisia
Burdette G. Lewis
Elvan
Mrs. Byrne
Sam
Ferris
William L. Greaves
Department of Corrections
Democrats in Senate Disagree on Programme
Washington January 10 Democrats of the Senate after a three hour caucus debate over a legislative programme for the balance of the session found themselves in such disagreement over measures that should take precedence the whole subject was referred back to the steering committee with instructions to report to the caucus at a later date. It appeared evident that hardly half of the Presidents legislative programme could be adopted and no agreement was reached on anything except that some sort of railroad bill would be given preference.
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Washingwn
Jan
Democrata
Senate
Sion
Cancua
Man killed racing to dying friend in Secaucus train crash
Thomas McDonough of Jersey City and Gertrude Freyberg were fatally injured when their car was struck by a Erie train at a county road crossing in Secaucus while they were rushing to visit a dying friend at Laurel Hill. The impact hurled the car 200 feet along the tracks.
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York Street
Jersey City
Gertrude Freyberg
Fine Street
Erie
Secaucus
Mian Freyberg
Hudson County
McDonough
Laurel Hill
County Road
Speeder Serves France. Father Pays $25 Fine
Lawrence Ball, 18, of Central Park South, was served a Thanksgiving speeding summons. He forgot, then later his father appeared in Traffic Court driving an ambulance, claiming the son forged the ride. Magistrate Howe imposed a $25 minimum fine as a warrant for the boy was issued.
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Lawrence Ball
Central Park South
Traffe Court
Howe
Dog hangs itself at police station chair in Brooklyn
A small fox terrier, chilled and frightened, attracted Patrolman Mele near the Hamburg Avenue station. The dog was placed on a chair with a rope around its neck and later found dead, hanging from the chair back. Authorities classify the death as self-inflicted by strangling.
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Mele
Hamburg Avenue
Brooklyn
Melz
Mels
Spanell testifies in own defense in Alpine murder case
In San Angelo jurors heard Harry J. Spanell recount the alleged killings of his wife and Col W C Butler near Alpine last July. He described Butler paying attention to his wife, then claimed Butler left his rooms as Mrs Spanell and Mrs Butler went upstairs. He said his wife cried out, Butler grabbed her, and he grabbed a gun as the confrontation escalated. Spanell sobbed as he concluded the dramatic account.
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Crystal
Alpine
Spaneil
Mrs. Spaneil
Spanell
Spanetl
Ono
Nira
Mrs. Spanell
Jer
Lloyd George Plans World Peace Union in Empire Council
London outlines a new era with a forthcoming Imperial War Council. Prime Minister Lloyd George says peace terms are only the beginning and dominions will lead in shaping the postwar order. He envisions a united empire coordinating war strategy and domestic matters while forging a broader peace framework.
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World Peace Union
Ottawa
London
Reuter Telegram Company
Lord George
Australian United Cable Service
Australia
Econnest
Dominions
United Kingdom
Boy’s $1500 Verdict in School Beating Case
Malcolm Irvine Roney Chapin, twelve, won $1500 in the Supreme Court against Christ Church School principal Miss Mabel Frances Elder and rector Rev. Jacob Morris Joer of Kingston New York. He testified of periodic beatings for not learning “Palms” and of being held over a bathtub while struck. The suit was brought by his mother Annie Irvine Roney Chapin.
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Malcolm Irvine Roney
Supreme Court
Mabel Frances Elder
Christ Church School
Kingston
N.Y
Elder
Malcolm
Ingram X. W. Irvine
St Mary's College
East New York
Annie Irvine Roney Chapin
Miss Elder
Jacob Morris Joer
Christ Church
Tok Place
Justice Ford
Great Britain Seizes Foreign Stocks Under New Order
Britain uses a defence act order to requisition foreign securities to bolster finances. The Treasury may demand returns from holders, with transfers barred outside the United Kingdom. Applies to residents, excludes non residents, and mirrors voluntary mobilization terms plus higher income tax.
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Empire
Tendon
Ganette O Night
Treasury
Defence of the Realm
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Borah challenges Wilsons ideal of world peace league
Idaho Senator Borah demands a Senate vote on Wilsons proposed international concert and a possible reversal of Washington Jefferson and Monroe era isolationism. He urges reaffirming the United States’ time honored foreign policies while critics fear entangling alliances and altered doctrine.
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Rym Thribane Bates
Washington
Wilson
League For Peace
Jefferson
Monroe
Senate
William K. Borah
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Calen
Worhington
Borah
Mr. Wilson
Senator Stone
Tribune
League
League To Enforce Peace. the President Has Not Approved That. That Is Mr. Taft
Shafroth
Mr. Shafroth
Jefferson Monroe
United States
Senate of the
Freedom of U S Menaced by Teuton Success
Elihu Root warned that abandoning law of nations risks American freedom. He argued nations must return to universal preparation for service to defend rights as Germany cites justice and liberty in a peace note. He pressed readiness for world war obligations to deter future aggression.
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Freedom
U. S
Teuton
Tisza Seeks Peace With United States After War
Budapest premier Count Stephen Tisza replies to Parliament on Wilson's address, saying Hungary favors peace talks with the United States in alliance with the Allies. He condemns enemy war aims as a threat to the monarchy and Ottoman Empire, and defends the principle of nationalities within Austro Hungary. He emphasizes regional stability and Hungary’s readiness to cooperate for lasting peace in Europe.
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Reuter
Amsterdam
Budapest
Stephen Tisza
Wilson
Senate
Count Tisen
United States
England
Russia
Boxford
Hungary
Europe
Lansing Says He Won't Quit Off ers Shadow Lawn as Gift
Washington reports deny resign rumors. White House and Secretary Lansing insist on no quit. In Asbury Park a gift proposal for Shadow Lawn to the nation is introduced, backed by local citizens and a pledge to keep it as a summer presidential residence.
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Washington
White House
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Wilson
Representative Scully
New Jersey
Asbury Park
U S Submarine Grows Into Fleet Of U Boats
A Rhode Island lighthouse keeper sighted a gray submarine near Beaver Tail five miles off shore. The fleet, reportedly heading for Point Judith, dwindled to Deutschland and U 53 before Deutschland dived again. The mast flag then identified a new American submarine Gel, among the largest in the navy.
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Beaver Tail
Rhode Island
Fleaver Tail
London
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von Tirpitz
Mackensen
der Tag
Hindenburg
Point Judith
Gel
Keapers
German plot inquiry prompts envoy remark in Bucharest
The Times correspondent reports Germany demanded removal of Charles J. Vopicka and Jonkheer Van Vredenburch from Bucharest, blamed on ridding impartial witnesses. An American representative noted dangerous envelopes of explosives with disease microbes buried in the German Legation garden, provoking indignation in Jassy. Low rate tickets offered by Chesapeake Ohio Railway West & Southwest.
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London
Times
Germany
Charles J. Vopicka
Jonkheer van Vredenburch
Bucharest
Jassy
Universal Training Urged At Defense Congress Opening
Washington January 26 The congress of constructive patriotism opened as Elihu Root urged a reawakening of the spirit of a free democracy and defense readiness. President Wilson’s rebuke to Maryland delegates drew cheers as the gathering pressed aims for a nationswide plan, a peace convention, and popular vote before war.
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Washington
Congress of
Nations Security League
Elihu Root
Wilson
Root
Congress
Mr. Wilson
Maryland
Mr. Root
United States
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