War news and politics mix in late January dispatches
European war notes describe shifting weather effects and ongoing operations in Flanders and the eastern fronts. Roumania plans mobilization of up to 600,000 troops, potentially linking Baltic to Adriatic forces. U S domestic items report Alaska railroad plans, Filipino self-government steps, a congressman’s illness, and calls for embargo actions.
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Ntern
Union News Service
Ropean
Roumania
Europe
War reports mix with unrest and disasters in international flux
Reports from Mexico City and Vienna sketch a world in upheaval. General Gutierrez claims an armed group agreement in Mexico. battles flare in Asuncion with many dead and wounded. Peru and Paraguay destabilized. Holland Luxembourg and Switzerland urged to back peace talks. Fire destroys Margolin’s stable in Omaha. wind damages a Brooklyn grain elevator. smallpox and plague hit Vienna. gas pipelines eyed from Wyoming to major cities.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Gutierrez
State Department
Earthquake in Italy Devastates Central Region
Reports from Rome note the earthquake worsens with every hour as the death toll rises past 30 900 and the area of damage spans from Naples to Ferrara. Priceless statues and historic buildings are destroyed while the full extent of property loss remains undetermined. The disaster compares in scope to the 1908 Messina quake.
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Union News Service
Rome
Eurdope
Messina
Italy
Naples
Ferrara
Fighting in Russian Poland escalates with village captures
Fighting resumed in Russian Poland as Russian northward advances toward East Prussia press on near Mlawa. German forces deliver four violent attacks in forty eight hours, push back Russians, and seize ground. Russian troops move north from Warsaw, reoccupying villages between Mlawa and Przasnysz.
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Petrograd
Russian Poland
East Prussia
Mlawa
Warsaw
East Prussian
Milawa
Przasnysz
Suffragists Plan Senate Push After House Defeat
Washington reports suffragist leaders vow the fight is only warming up after the Mondell suffrage resolution loses in the house by 204 to 174. Mrs. Antoinette Funk calls the vote a victory for the movement and says the next move will be in the senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Antoinette Funk
Woman's Congressional Committee
Government guards private mail boxes under new order
Washington reports the postmaster general issued a sweeping rule protecting private mail boxes. It extends government protection beyond street and station boxes to the little box beside homes, making tampering a federal offense. Strict enforcement of postal laws aims to deter tampering with all letter boxes.
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Washington
Casualties in Prussian Army Reach 840,343 in Latest Lists
Berlin reports say the 121st casualty list lifts Prussia’s total killed wounded and captured to 840,343. Excludes 134 Bavarian 90 Saxon 89 Württemberg and 14 naval losses already issued. Most casualties stem from November fighting in Poland with heavy losses among cavalry and artillery.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Poland
Russians Fortify Front as Germans Press in Poland
Petrograd reports renewed Russian reinforcements along the whole front from the extreme north to the Pilica river. Strong forces are being moved to the Niemen and Bzura line as authorities expect a German breakthrough within weeks or a pause in their Polish offensive until next summer.
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Petrograd
Pilica
Niemen
Bzura
Poland
Streetcar competition from five cent Cal Jitneys concerns Pacific coast railways
Streetcar lines in San Francisco and California jitneys offer five cent fares that rival street cars and pose a menace. Officials in Pacific coast cities say no line extensions will be undertaken until the issue is resolved. A Los Angeles railway reportedly canceled an order for 250 new cars amid debate.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles Street Railway Company
Senate Debates District Appropriation and D C Nomination
The Senate continued consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill. The Judiciary committee reported favorably on the nomination of Frederick L. Siddons to the District of Columbia supreme court. The House passed Gardners resolution for war coast defense information. The river and harbor bill, carrying 34 million dollars, began detailed consideration.
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el, Ws Bervicé Western
Union
Senate
District
of Columbia
Judiciary Committee
Frederick L. Siddons
District of Columbia
Senate Foreign Relations Panel Deliberates Colombian Treaty
Wednesday the Senate Foreign Relations Committee discussed the Colombian treaty while the House Naval Committee adopted the administration’s two battleship program and passed the Tuttle standard barrel bill, already approved by the Senate.
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Senate—Foreign Relations
House
Naval
Senate
Congressional Proceedings on Woman Suffrage and Related Measures
Tuesday session focused on the Mendell-Bristow resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. The Senate opened with LaFallette’s resolution to curb eastern railroads from new freight rates. Garrison testified on the Philippine bill as hearings closed.
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Senate
House
Mendell-Bristow
LaFallette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Garrison
Ransdell
Sheppard
District of Columbia
Naval Committee
Borland
Missouri
President Wilson
Gorman
Illinois
United States
Kahn
California
Panama Canal
Sheriff Re-arrests Charles Clayton in Connett Murder
North Platte Nebraska Charles Clayton is again under arrest in the Vernon Connett murder case. The body was found near Sutherland by Sheriff A J Salisbury A T Timmerman and I L Trout on Wednesday. Clayton denied Roy Roberts statement that he killed Connett by hammer blow during a fight and is jailed locally. Roberts, charged with the murder, was moved to the state penitentiary for safekeeping days ago.
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Charles Clayton
North Platte
Vernon Connett
Sutherland
A. J. Salisbury
A. T. Timmerman
I. L. Trout
Connett
A.J. Salisbury
Clayton
Gibbs
Roy Roberts
Roberts
State Penitentiary
Fiji Islanders Enlist for Service Bound for Vancouver
A contingent of sixty volunteers from the Fiji Islands arrived in Honolulu on the Makura and depart for Vancouver B C. Many are wealthy residents traveling as steerage passengers.
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Olulu
Fiji Islands
Vancouver
B. Co. Y
Islands
Fiji
Telegraph Command Directed British Operations in Flanders
During a recent London visit by General Sir John French the British army operations in Flanders were steered by telegraph from his Hyde Park residence. Unlike Wellington at Waterloo, French could relay messages directly to Sir John Murray at the St Omer base headquarters enabling rapid communication.
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Flanders
John French
Hyde Park
Indon
Telegraph
London
Sir John French
Wellington
Whitehall
Wind Storm Wrecks Brooklyn Grain Elevator Two Die
A severe wind and rain storm Tuesday caused major damage in Brooklyn. An entire grain elevator was wrecked, three passersby were injured by falling brick, two laborers on a barge were blown ashore and one drowned.
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New York
Brooklyn
Erie Basin
Pipeline plan to move natural gas from Wyoming fields
State geologist A. L. W. Trumbull says a proposed pipeline could transport gas from the Litt' Buffalo and Oregon basins about 30 miles southeast of Cody to Denver 300 miles, then on to Billings and Omaha. Trumbull notes the route would involve interstate line transportation and requires study by authorities.
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Little Buffalo Basin
Oregon Basin
Cody
Wyo
Denver
Billings
Omaha
L. W. Trumbull
Cheyenne
Buffalo Basin
State
Trumbull
Nebraska News Highlights From Lincoln to Omaha
A digest of Nebraska items includes Havelock banning slot machines and punch boards, Measles outbreaks in Weeping Water and University Place, fires and accidents in Aurora and Nemaha county, a blizzard anniversary, and political notes on farm unions, temperance day, and state notices. Notables include John Tebbins in Omaha, marriage anniversaries at West Point, and the Seventh Day Adventist church near Nebraska City nearing dedication.
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Havelock
Peru
Lincoln
Nebraska , Press “Association
Omaha
Syracuse
Guy ‘McGill
Frank Taylor
Aurora
S. S. Brink
Fremont
Do. J. Stephens
Seward County
John Campbell
Adams
Crawford
William Hagedorn
West Point
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Nebraska City
George Allen
St. Dervin
Nemaha
Zelman Chadd
Lincoln Yad
University Place
Nebraska Farmers’ Union
W. F. ‘Critchfield
Fullerton
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
State Relief Commission
North Platte
Lodge
E. A. Graff
Omaha Public ,Schools
Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
John Tebbins
Kid” Wedge
Saving Souls
Saengerbund
Nell Bridenbaugh
Hastings
Columbus
Don Enfield
Reavis
State Historical Society
J. L. Webster
Robert Harvey
Riverside Park
James E. Delzell
Public Instruction
Stevens Point
Wis
State Normal School
John Curry
Firth
Advocate
Charles Wahlquist
Adams County
West
Williston
N. D
Burlington
Nebraska Senate Hears Lieutenant Governor Address
Lieutenant Governor Pearson reads a message urging nonpartisan officials a state publicity bureau and a robust rural credit system. He emphasizes business over ceremony and calls for careful consideration of appropriations and repeal bills, urging unity among senators for Nebraska’s future.
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Pearce PG
Senate
Nebraska
Fathers
State officials reshuffle office staff and appointments
A broad reorganization unfolds with new appointees across the auditor treasury and attorney general offices. W H Murray and B A Stech named deputies, plus Ley personnel in the secretary of state and labor departments. George E Hall aiding bondsmen as state finances are tightened. New appointees include A V Reed Ponca and Miss Edith Lathrop retained in rural inspection.
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Smith
Depuy
W. SB. Eastham
Broken
Bow
Charles’ Q. ‘DeFrance
Lincoln
B. A. Stech
David City
John’ J. Mahone
Omaha
L. &. Willis
Hastings
George Vw. Ellsworth
Fullerton
Pool
George W. Marsh
Hugh L. Cooper
Tecumseh
Kenneth A’ ‘McRae
Grand Island
Max Kateman
B. R. Boys Boys
Valparaiso
Cecile Snapp
Etta’ Saffer
York
Willis E. Reed
Andrew M. Morrissey
Valentine
G. W. Ayres
Central City
First appropriation bill aims at hospital project in Omaha
The bill, introduced in the House by Hoffmeister of Chase, proposes 150000 dollars for constructing and maintaining a hospital linked with the state university school of medicine at Omaha. Hoffmeister, a physician, pursues active medical legislation.
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Dan Ve Hens
Genoa
Stephens i
Hoffmeister
Chase
State University School of Medicine
Omaha
State Historical Society Needs New Building
Gen John Lee Webster of Omaha urged the legislature in the senate chamber to provide a building for the state historical society to house its priceless records, calling it a pride of the state.
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Nebraska
State Historical Society
John Lee Webster
Omaha
Senate
Senator Quinby Moves to Repeal Capital Punishment Law
Senator Laurie J Quinby of Douglas county introduced Senate File 23 on Tuesday afternoon to repeal the capital punishment law. The measure would overturn the last session amendment replacing hanging with electrocution.
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Laurie J Quinby
Douglas County
Senate
Ruler of Each House Backed to Print Committee Votes
Last session amended to require printing of committee of the whole votes in the journals of both houses. This endorsement will enable the public to track lawmakers records both individually and in groups.
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Weiss
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Caleb H. Canby
Chicago Board of Trade
Margolin
Henry Lassen
Wichita
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Holy See
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