12 Jan 1915
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1915
Page
1
Advertises ladies' lined shoes priced at 1.50 in vic i leather. Claims comfortable plain toe pair with good weight and notes material is not sheepskin that skins off.
English coast towns fear a German air raid after a fleet including a Zeppelin appeared over the English channel. A bomb killed five civilians at Malo-les-Bains near Dunkirk while reports say seventeen or more were killed or wounded in Dunkirk and Calais. British air patrols by the Royal Flying Corps seek to deter further attacks as panic spreads.
National suffrage supporters and opponents converge in Washington for a key house vote on a resolution amending the law to make woman suffrage nationwide. Majority Leader Underwood helps push a special rule for Mendell Bristow's resolution with evenly split debate. A Brussels fire dispatch notes a great blaze in Brussels, observed from Bergen op Zoom.
Paris reports a French war office bulletin detailing intermittent shelling from the Lys to the Oise, trench gains near Soissons and Rheims, advances at the Aisne and Champagne fronts, and renewed fighting in the Argonne and Vosges with German counterattacks repulsed. Berlin counters with limited artillery duels and a French assault at La Boisselle defeated.
Secretary of War Garrison urged rapid passage of the measure extending self-government to the Philippines calling it a test of Filipino capacity not an independence bill. He argued military concerns favor limited autonomy and warned of limited troop reach against potential foes, while noting polygamy provisions reflect non Christian norms. Senator Hitchcock indicated the bill may be reported favorably in two weeks.
In Chicago on Jan 12 wheat prices fell sharply with May futures dropping to 1.33 and later rallying to 2.34 as brokers dumped holdings amid a large supply. The market volatility followed by a partial rebound. Separate notes report 10,000 workers returning to jobs in Wheeling and nearby areas with plants reopening. Albany reports that a teacher cannot be dismissed for leaving to bear a child, a state education official clarifies policy with no appeal.
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