Timely World News Briefs From Washington and London
A wide sweep of items covers the U S house debates over military preparedness and a possible unanimous report on the military bill. Reports from Europe note British war credits, German troop movements, and Irish leader John Redmond urging reserve training. Also included are American concerns over submarine warfare, Mexican dangers, and global diplomatic tensions with Berlin.
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Union News Service
Washington
House of Representatives
House
John Redmond
People of
Ireland
Netherlands Abandons Slaughter for Foot and Mouth Cure
The Dutch government will stop slaughtering cattle to curb foot and mouth disease. In 1915 indemnities reached about 3.2 million dollars while infections spread across rural districts. A new 1916 budget trims breeders’ pay while proposing 800,000 to fund alternative methods and isolation as cures from the United States and Switzerland are tested.
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Netherlands
Ministry.of Agriculture
United States
Switzerland
French aviation chief resigns office after ground floor joke
A French aviation official resigns citing a prank about preferring a ground floor office. The remark triggered scrutiny of leadership and prompted the resignation.
Condensations of Language and Money in History
The text notes 8,817,271 Americans have German as their mother tongue. It mentions a Danish wind jammer aged 130, used in Liege to supply England during Napoleonic wars. It describes paper money in Corfu and the dog letter name for that symbol. It discusses pronunciation quirks of the letter Q and a Chinese habit of substituting V for W.
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Lie 'Y
England
Corfu
Robert
Amazon of Serbia Woman Soldier Captured in War
A young Serbian woman soldier showed notable patriotism by bearing arms with her fighting brothers in recent campaigns. She fought until physically exhausted and surrendered, later imprisoned as a civilian prisoner in a German camp due to lack of female clothing.
Clock Is Burglary Alarm in New York Home
Mrs. Mary Joerder faced a night intruder when a clock acted oddly and she discovered a black burglar tugging at the clock. She restrained him until her son aided, neighbors called police, and the thief was removed from the house with the clock.
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Mary Joerder
New York
Montenegrin Kapa Symbolism Traces Kosovo Battle Shadow
The Montenegrin round cap or kapa carries a crimson field with a black mourning border from Kosovo battles. The black band will vanish only when Constantinople falls and Ottoman rule ends. A gold five-arc motif on the red crown marks Kosovo’s five centuries and the hope of Montenegrin restoration.
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Kossovo
Constantinople
Europe
Mohammedanism Spreads Faster Than Christianity In Africa
An observer notes that Islam has been spreading more rapidly in Africa than Christianity because Muslims actively become missionaries while Christians defer to others to do the work. He argues the difference lies in initiative and effort among adherents.
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Africa
Mohamme ‘Dan
The Latest Occupation in Cairo
The Detroit Free Press quotes a brief exchange about birthplace and current work. A person answers Cairo as birthplace and identifies occupation as a Russian dancer, reflecting a terse, conversational snapshot without broader context.
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Cairo
Tina
Detroit Free Press
New Homesteads Time Deposits in Nebraska Banks
State Accountant DeFrance confirms that State Treasurer Hall has 19000 of state funds placed as time deposits in Nebraska banks at 4 to 5 percent, exceeding the common 3 percent. Banks named include Elba Farmers State Bank and Elba State Bank with 5000 each, Carroll Citizens State Bank 4000, and Leigh State Bank 5000. DeFrance advocates expanding public funds deposits to earn higher interest, noting banks keep funds year round.
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DeFrance
Hall
Nebraska
Elba—Farmers State Bank
Elba State Bank
Carroll—Citizens’ Ttate Bank
Leigh—Leigh State Bank
Nebraska veterans roster lists four wars and two Mexican veterans
Secretary Pool releases a roster under a recent law showing 4609 Civil War veterans and 1230 Spanish American War veterans in Nebraska with two Mexican War veterans, W A Rawley and Robert Wood, named from Falls City and Waterbury. The list includes some Indian war veterans. W E Thorne reports Burlington railroad car shortages hindering grain shipments. The railway commission records twice weekly that conditions have not improved in five weeks.
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Secretary of State
Nebraska
W. A. Rawley
Falls City
Minnesota Regiment
Robert Wood
Waterbury
Dixon County
Ohio
W. E. ‘Thorne
Bladen
Railway Commission
Burlington Railroad
Traveling library lent to Madison County farmers group
Madison County Farmers Association received a traveling library of 22 books from the Nebraska Public Library Commission and placed them in the county agricultural agent’s Battle Creek office for six months. Any association in the state may apply for a similar library via the Public Library Commission. Tekamah seeks bridge construction advice from State Engineer Johnson, who assists counties, though this is the first city request. Under road laws half of county road tax collected within municipalities is returned to the municipal treasury for street expenditures.
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Madison County Farmers’ Association
Nebraska Public Library, Commission
Battle Creek
Association
College of
Agriculture
Public Library Commission
State House
Explosion Rocks Nebraska Capitol Basement
A mysterious blast in the state capitol basement, under the treasurer’s office, injured no one. A janitor extinguished a fire started by brass pipe pieces packed with a fuse amid twenty people in the state library nearby. Police investigate as a possible hoax or tampering.
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Union News Service
Lincoln
Neb
State Capitol
Andes
State Treasurer’s
State Library
Germans Capture Position and Break Through on Western Front
Berlin reports another major advance in the west with a 700 yard by 400 yard position seized in upper Alsace and a three kilometer penetration in the northern Woevre sector. The war office says the Allies suffered over 3000 prisoners and large quantities of materiel.
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Berlin
Western Front
War Office
Upper
Alsace
Woevre
Ottawa debates free wheat admission but kills proposal
In Parliament Ottawa defeated a motion by J. J. Turriff to remove Canada's 12 cent per bushel wheat duty so US markets would grant free entry under the Underwood tariff. The government opposed citing reciprocity failure and fears of reduced rail traffic for Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Canada
J. J. Turriff
President Firm In German Crisis Washington
President Wilson writes Senator Stone that he cannot consent to abridging American citizens rights in any way. He says the nation will guard its honor and self respect at any cost, while seeking peace. He hopes central powers' warnings about sinking armed merchant ships may change the situation.
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Washington
Wilson
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Maryland Senate Approves Woman Suffrage Vote
Maryland Senate passes a woman suffrage measure by 17 to 10. The bill awaits House action and, if enacted and approved by the governor, would place the question before Maryland voters as a constitutional amendment.
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Maryland
Annapolis
Senate
House
Quarantine Expanded at Grand Island Soldiers Home
In Grand Island Nebraska a second quarantine is imposed on the Soldiers home following a scarlet fever outbreak. The initial quarantine was lifted after the illness was confined to a single victim. In Nuevo Laredo Mexico authorities send 1500 indigent Mexicans to interior cities to ease local resources burden.
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Grand Island
Neb
Néuyo
Laredo
Mexico
Carranza
Neuvyo
Villa Attacks Cavazos Force Near Chihuahua City
Private messages from Chihuahua report Francisco Villa leading about 300 men against General Jesus Cavazos and his Carranza troops at Gusihuriachic last Friday, driving them toward Chihuahua City in a clash described as fierce but not yet confirmed.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Carranza
Jesus Cavazos
Gusihuriachic
Cavazos
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Parole Appeals For Fourteen Labor Leaders
Appeals for the parole of fourteen labor leaders serving sentences in Leavenworth penitentiary for involvement in the dynamite conspiracy have been submitted to President Wilson by Lewis Clapp Kern Hastings Ransdell and California Representative Nolan. The fourteen men are eligible under the law having served one third of their sentence.
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Washington
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Los Angeles Times
Wilson
Lewis
Clapp
Kern
Hasting
Ransdell
Nolan
California
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Anaconda Copper Mining Co
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The
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Lubeck
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Harden
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Holbrook
Reamns
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Walter K. Greenbaum
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W. C. Steele
R. W. Davis
Harry Pedersen
Joseph M. Erickson
Eastland
W. S. Allen
Iowa
Hu-Nan
American Commission
Edward Grey
M. Hymans
Texas
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Tyrolean Mountains
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Charles de Bouillon
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Amazon OF
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Chase
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Greeley
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Keith Ae
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Morrill
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