War News Briefs From The Irish Sea To Washington
The German submarine 21 torpedoed the North Shields steamer Ben Cruachen in the Irish sea. The entire crew of twenty was landed at Fleetwood. Dover batteries opened fire on a suspected new raid, possibly Zeppelin or submarine, with no confirmation. U-22 raided the Irish sea, while Liverpool ships Ben Cruachen Linda Blanche and Kilcoan are noted. Iron crosses awarded in large numbers by the German emperor. Serbia bears heavy sacrifices in war. Washington reports House immigration committee rejects the president’s veto and aims to pass the bill next Thursday. Wilson urges business government cooperation. Relief commission for Belgium offers to escort the American steamer Wilhelmina. U.S. agriculture predicts cheaper meat and shoes with rising live stock and a major raisin crop. Arizona floods threaten Phoenix Globe and other towns. Army units prepare to rush to the Mexican border if Villa troops attack. Various war news from Constantinople to Mexico, including Villa’s rise and Carranza tensions, plus oil fires and bread price shifts in Chicago. Miss Nona McAdoo sails with Lusitania plans Red Cross work in France.
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Union News Service
North Shields
Irish Sea
Fleetwood
Husting Introduced to President Wilson by Wisconsin Democrat
Senator Paul C Husting the first Wisconsin senator elected by direct popular vote and successor to Uncle Ike Stephenson was introduced to President Wilson by Commissioner of Corporations Davies both Wisconsin Democrats Husting is a lawyer bachelor and forty eight years old
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Paul C. Husting
United States
Wisconsin
Ike” Stephenson
Wilson
Corporations
Davies
Senator Hoke Smith And The Many Namesakes
The Georgia senator receives daily mail from many namesakes named Hoke Smith. His correspondence is sorted into classes including Important Unimportant and From Hoke Smiths. He finds it odd to sign his own name on letters addressed to other Hoke Smiths.
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Hoke Smiths
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Hoke Smith Jones
Exposition of Folly and Newspaper Beacons
A reader reflects on how modern papers overflow with vice and crime stories. Bishop Horne believed such exposures warn and admonish, serving as beacons to steer others away from social dangers.
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Bishop Horne
Wilmington Journal
Mind blank after shell blast linked to Lieut Denys Cooke
Bays London reports Lieut Denys Cooke of the Black Watch attached to the Gordon Highlanders has recovered at home after a shell near his trench left him with memory loss. He recalls nothing from November 11 until November 18 when he was in a hospital train bound for Havre. He wrote letters during the blank period, but cannot recall doing so.
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Denys Cooke
The
Black Watch
Gordon Highlanders
London Correspondence
Cooke
Havre
Tives
Proviso on Salary Advances in 19th Century Dialogue
The text presents a clipped courtroom or official dialogue about salary terms with provisos. It mentions paying $500 a year in advance for the next year’s salary if the prior year’s salary is saved. The fragment references a character named George and a conditional arrangement in an employment context.
Effort to Repass Immigration Bill Fails in House
The House failed to override President Wilson's veto on the immigration bill requiring a literacy test. Of 399 voting members, 261 supported overriding, 136 opposed, and two were recorded present. Majority Leader Underwood led a forceful argument against the veto.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
House
Underwood
Ottawa warns over Vanceboro bridge incident at opening sessions
The dynamiting of the St. Croix river bridge at Vanceboro Me prompts Ottawa to tighten security for the Canadian parliament as the duke of Connaught attends the opening of the sessions amid fears of a partisan abroad staging an attack in the senate chamber.
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Ottawa
Ont
St. Croix River
Vanceboro
Great Britain
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Banks Ask For Transfer To Chicago Reserve District
F A Brogan of Omaha told the federal reserve board that Nebraska should be placed in the Chicago reserve district not Kansas City. He argued the currency law requires customs to determine district boundaries and accused Kansas City of pursuing selfish interests. He said no new bank was sought in Lincoln or Omaha, only the district realignment to ease bankers ordinary business.
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Washington
Nebraska
Wyoming
F. A. Brogan
Omaha
Federal Reserve Board
Kansas City
Chicago
Chicago Women in Bread Boycott
Chicago women clubs plan a campaign to oppose higher bread prices while Loop lunch rooms report the three for a nickel roll price will stay. The boycott would echo earlier actions during egg and farm price hikes as women prepare to challenge the 1 to 2 cent rise in bread costs.
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Chicago
Loop Lunch Rooms
Champ Clark Renominated Speaker for Sixty-Fourth Congress
Washington Democrats unanimously renominated Speaker Champ Clark to, succeed himself in the House. Claud Kitchin of North Carolina was chosen as floor leader when Underwood moves to the Senate. Applause greeted the acclamations as both men spoke urging Democratic harmony.
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Washington
House
Clark
Claud Kitchin
North Carolina
Underwood
Senate
Kitchin
Bread Riots Rise in Sassari Over High Bread Prices
Riots in Sassari Italy over bread prices grow more serious as crowds sack stores. Strong troops have been deployed to restore order amid the unrest and rising agitation.
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Sassari
Italy
Tornadic Storms Hit Texas and Surrounding States
Severe wind storms swept Eastern Texas parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma on Sunday. In many areas the storms took on a tornado like character though no serious injuries were reported. Local reports noted damage but no fatalities.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Arkansas
Oklahoma
College Seeks $100,000 Endowment Funds
Midland College in Atchison seeks a $100,000 endowment, with the Kansas Nebraska Lutheran Synod endorsing the plan and authorizing solicitation of funds in its congregations.
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College
Atchison, Kai
Midland College
Kansas-Nebraska Lutheran Synod
Italian Peasants Seek Work Abroad in Germany
Italian peasants including men and women are traveling to Germany and Venice to take farm and factory jobs with high pay. Men are promised 6% marks a day and women 3 marks. Italian newspapers warn against the risk amid Italy's unclear foreign policy, yet many unemployed still go.
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Germany
Venice
Italy
Extradition Request for Werner Von Horn to Canada
Canada asks the United States to extradite Werner Von Horn, arrested in Van Buren Maine, linked to the bombing of a Canadian Pacific Railway bridge on the St. Croix river border with New Brunswick. The offence occurred on Canadian soil under a cross border treaty context.
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Canada
Ottawa
United States
Werner von Horn
St. Croix River
Maine
New Brunswick
van Horn
Vancerboro
Gandolian
Gay
Ada
Nebraska News Roundup Of Tornadoes And Cold
A late winter Nebraska digest reports cold snaps with temperatures far below zero Tecumseh and Fremont regions report severe frost and ice harvests. Farmers near Silver Creek raise funds for an elevator while local unions and churches hold revivals and anniversaries.
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Liverpool
Serbia
Immigration Committee
Chamber of Commerce of the
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Belgium
Wilelmina
New York
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Otterdam
Department of Agriculture
California
Arizona
Phoenix
Globe
Miami
Glen- Ale
Arlington
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Jex
Eagle Pass
Piedras Negras
40 Grande
Hitchcock
Reign Relations Committee
Horte L. Brand
Michael English
Jcago
Bartoldt
Missouri
Peter N. Peterson
Herman, Neb
Herman
Roy Roberts
North Atte
Vernon Connett
Christ Sund Ranch
Hiwith
Dayton
Hamp Ion
Great Fami Valley
Ohio
Naha United States
France
Holland
Andoah
Constantinople
Thant
Abdul Hamid
Luis Potosi
Carranza
Monterey
Villa
Francisco Villa
Aguas Calientes
Mexico
el Paso
Egypt
Suez Canal
Jesus Carranza
Abjando
Ignacio Peraldi
Santibanez
Zapata
Laredo
Vera Cruz
William B. Warwick
Sixteenth Infantry
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Prairie Oil and Gas Company
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Lant
Bertha” Liebecke
Farmers’ Organization
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Congress
Lillian E. Kiel
Admiral Peary
Doctor Cook
Arctic
House Committee On Education
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Joseph Peshek
Deweese
Neb
Peshek
Hedrick
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Vatican
Austria
Pope Benedict
London Federation of Trades Unions
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Canal Zone
United States Arsenal
Watertown
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Fanama Canal
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Trict
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Oice County
Betis
Tecumsch
National Hotel Associatio
Lincoln
Silver Creek
Jon
Frémont
Diller
Tecumsehag
Tecumseh
Edward Bachler
Nebraska City
Smails
Andrew Engstrom
Genoa
Hastings Woman’s Club
Dan Fowlers
Stapleton
Hastings
Joe Davison
Beatrice
Falls Cin
Marie More of
Wisner
Fremon
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Ray Lilly
Harrison
N. M. Troup
Kearney
Harry Watkins
Niew School
University Place
Walter Foltz
Grafton
Fontenelle
Ansley
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Agricultural College
Farmers’ Institute
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Thurston County Farm Management Association
College of Agriculture
Charles Stahlhut
Ely Motor Company
State Experiment Farm
Bore ‘Bright & Bunte
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J. P. Wood
Missouri Pacific
Louisville
Adjutant General Hall
War Department
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June Holmes
Fairbury
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North Bend
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