Prospects Bright for Peace Debate Over Hitchcock Resolution
Washington January 3 action on Senator Hitchcock s peace note resolution to have the senate endorse President Wilson s note again was deferred after a long debate. Lodge and Borah opposed action noting misinterpretation abroad and at home. Lodge cited the German ambassador s statement while stressing the vote must not bind the US to either belligerent.
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Avilon
Senate
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Wilson
Lodge
Borah
Count von Bernatorff
Ambbassador
Germany
Ambassdor
Nator Tudge
United States
Congress
Gallinger
Senate of the
Europe
Hitcheack
Germany Fears U S Seeks to Enter War
Berlin reports from January describe Swiss and entente exchanges over peace terms, with German views on American neutrality and possible entry into World War I. Analysts note Berlin’s interest in the Wilson note’s implied warning and Lansing’s statements unseen by Germany, amid rumors of new war plans and naval developments.
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Germany
U.S
England
United Press
Berlin
Sayville
Entente
London
Wilson
Budapest
Count Andrassy
Amsterdam
Andrassy
America
Carl W Ackerman
United Presa
United States
Theologne Gazette
I Germany
Washington
Lansing
Gerard
Europe
Peace Pact Failure Frames Carranza Reply Drafts
American peace commission members plan to brief President Wilson on their failure to secure a troop withdrawal protocol from Carranza. They will draft a reply detailing utmost efforts and indicate joint sessions are closed, with a possible loophole for resuming talks on lives, property, and border concerns. Washington expects Pershing’s withdrawal soon as plans shift.
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Wilson
F.fforte
Carranza
General Mershing
United Press
Washington
Mexcap Peace Commission
Carransa
Pershing
Lane
War Department
United States
Epic
Associated Press
Washington, D. An
Kent Wilson
Minnesota Troops Move From Texas to Fort Snelling
The Second Minnesota Infantry and brigade headquarters will leave Liang Grande for Fort Snelling tomorrow, ending National Guard formations at the border among 16,000 troops slated to depart. The First North Taota infantry remains, with reported reassignments involving the New York ambulance company and several Pennsylvania units.
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Second Infantry
Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Secon Minnesota
Liang Grande
Fort Snelling
Nisan
New York
Escapeer of Green County Asylum At Large With Knife
John Doe, a Black man with mental illness, is at large in Green County after escaping Wearoe County Asylum last night. He pursued Frank Wenke, another patient, in a deadly incident. Doe is armed with the knife used to fatally injure Wenke.
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Wearoe County
Kylfe
United Press
Monroe
Wis
John Doe
Green County
Frank Wenke
Wenke
Lack of Girl Employes Closes Geneva Factory Plant
Manitowoc Wis Jan 3 Report says Tinsel Manufacturing company shut Geneva Ti plant due to unable to hire female workers. The Milwaukee facility will continue operations while the Geneva plant is discontinued. The closure reflects labor recruitment difficulties affecting production.
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Geneva
United Press
Manitowoc
Wis
Tinsel Manufacturing Company
Millwaukee
Speed to be his motto for Grell in Wisconsin session
Madison January 3 Assemblyman H J Grell pledged to push rapid action on opening day urging swift completion of legislative work. He said he expects less delay than in prior sessions and will strive to move bills quickly from committee to vote.
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Aremdiyinka Grell
Madison
Wis
H. J. Grell
Mr. Grell
READY FOR LEGISLATURE PROMISES BUDGET FOCUS IN WISCONSIN
Madison January report notes governor plans to push the budget centered reform as the legislature convenes January 30. Officials indicate budget cuts will be aimed at major departments, with Whitman leading the joint finance committee and no major conflicts expected when bills are reviewed. Estimated budget for the coming session runs near 300 million, though exact cuts remain undecided.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Philipp
Board of Public Affairs
Platt Whitman
Elizhlands
Wisconsin Troops to Be Mustered Out at Fort Sheridan
Adjutant General Holway told Governor Philipp that the 15 Wisconsin companies, about 1920 men at Fort Sheridan, will be mustered out by January 15. Units include Milwaukee, Madison, and smaller towns, with the Milwaukee field hospital corps also at Fort Sheridan for discharge. The general said all the men are well and healthier than when they left for the border.
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Northwestern
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Fort Sheridan
Holway
Philipp
Milwaukee
Oconomowoc
Reidsburg
Ft. Alkinson
Neenah
Beloit
Whitewater
Monroe
Wisconsin Field Hospital Corps of
Skogmo Arrives to Lead Wisconsin Senate Committee
River Falls senator George B. Skogmo arrived in Madison on Tuesday to prepare for the upcoming session. The Progressive leader is expected to be named chair of the corporations committee in the upper house.
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River Falls
United Press
Madison
George B. Skogmo
Noor
Debated Wall Street Tip Probe Roils House
In a heated House session Representative Bennett of New York named Bernard Baruch as a conduit for advance tips to Wall Street. He alleged Baruch sold 15,000 shares of steel common minutes before the peace note became public. The row over a congressional inquiry intensified as Speaker Clark ruled the Wood privilege, while Gardner urged summoning the president. Senator Stone defended Lansing amid leaks and civil service critiques following a day of tense exchanges and a Senate-White House briefing.
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Hernach
Heruch
Wall Street
United Prese
Washington
DD. C
Bennett
New York
Bernard Baruch
House
Lhat
National Council of Defense
Congress
Clark
Wood
Indiana
Decate
Gardner
Massachusetts
United States
Senator Stone
Senator Stone, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
State Department
French Warship Verite Disabled After Submarine Attack Near Malta
Berlin reports from Milan state the French battleship Verite was torpedoed by a German submarine near Malta and is badly damaged. The dispatch notes sinking of the Gaulois and lists entente warship losses totaling 1940 tons, with most vessels British. figures include auxiliary cruisers and special ships.
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Malta
Associated Press
Berlin
Zurich Post
Milan
Saya
Agen
Mali
United Press
France
Presa Bureau
Wheat Prices Jump On Speculation Market Strength
Big jumps in wheat prices continued amid aggressive buying by speculators who expect stronger foreign demand and improved shipping. May wheat rose to about 1.86 to 1.86 a bushel, up 5 to 6 cents, with trading larger than recent periods and driven by fears of tighter calboom conditions east.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois Case Strives to Void Two Cent Fare Law
Deputy Attorney General Walter Drew traveled to Chicago to argue before Federal Judges Carpenter and Evans as Illinois seeks to nullify the two cent passenger fare law. A decision could impact Wisconsin which also imposes a two cent fare. The case asks whether a permanent injunction should restrain Illinois from enforcing the law.
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Madison
Wis
Walter Drew
Chicago
Carpenter and Evans
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Candidacy Declared Illegal For Wisconsin Assembly Run
Attorney General Gwen Hammill of Spooner Wisconsin rules Frank Flamunili of Spooner not eligible to run as an independent in the Burnett Washington district special election. The seat is vacant after Assemblyman Haan Laursen died in a car crash. Hammill had sought an independent bid after losing the Republican nomination to BE Jenssen, but papers were not filed the required 30 days before the election.
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Genera Thuten Vantunt
Frank Mammlil
Hammill
BE. J. Jenssen
Baraboo Man Killed Crossing Road In Winter Tragedy
Baraboo Wisconsin resident Jan 3 was killed after being struck by two passenger cars while walking along the tires. A widow and three children survive.
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United Press
Barabono
Wia
Jan
Winnie
Owis
Woman deputy sheriff breaks Wisconsin history in Rock County
Beloit Wisconsin January 2 Miss Mary Whelan clerk of the Beloit municipal court was named deputy sheriff for Rock County by Sheriff Trabert M Whipple Milan Whelan qualified for the post yesterday and is believed to be the first woman to hold the job in Wisconsin Miss Whipple a suffragist heads the Beloit Red Cross chapter Ab Adkins notes rabbits differ in speed but none outrun chickens in a humorous aside.
Rich young man a focus in Colbert murder case
Philadelphia detectives study theories in the Colbert homicide. A wealthy upstate man, an admirer who gave gifts, is questioned but not wanted. Capt Tate says the degenerate theory remains plausible yet unproven. Investigators probe whether blackmail or other motives link the man to Mazie Colbert’s death.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Martin A. Colbert
Upstate
Tate
Pate
Miss Colbert
Captain Tate
Mr Colbert
United Presa
Mazie Colbert
Polly
Nolice
Detective Headquarters
Colberts
Keing
Fara
Misa Calvert An
Aloha
Coineldene
Mist Cathert
University of Pennsylvania
Whine
Tintan
New Giant U-Boats Reported at Sea by Liner
New York dispatches describe German subs capable of laying mines beneath the waves and a rumored raider roaming the Atlantic. Capt. Jan Baron of the Nieuw Amsterdam reports warnings to avoid regular lanes and a near miss at Falmouth from a mine, with a trawler allegedly sunk by a submerged mine. A possible diver-equipped mine layer is discussed, alongside reports of overdue liners Voltaire and Georgia.
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United Press
New York
Atlantic
Nieuw Amsterdam
Jan Baron
Stotterdam
Falmouth
Baron
Aaron
Germany
Thames
Cape Race
Voltaire
Georgia
Washington
Associated Press
York
Jan. J
Niew Amsterdam
England
Scotland
British Isles
Canning Powder Prosecution Expands in Wisconsin
United Press reports Wisconsin officials led by Commissioner Weigle begun wholesale prosecutions of dealers selling a boric acid rich powder sold as a preservative to uphold the pure food law. Several dealers have pleaded guilty and paid fines as the case moves toward the state supreme court.
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H Borde Aeldian
United Press
Madison
Wis
St. Gury and Foo Department
Comimnissioner Welgle
Dealerg
Pric
Tsu
Dealera
Weigle
Supreme Court
Brand
Ate
Fifty Three Men on Trial in Virginia Labor Troubles
Fifty three men connected with labor troubles in the woods near Cus son Virginia Minn Jan 1 3 taén arrested in Virginia and Flanny Lake Lumber company camps and brought there in connection with the labor troubles in the woods near Cus son are being tried today in municipal court before Judge Carey J Clus son general manager of the company has gone to St Paul to confer with Mr Weyerhaeuser and other lumber men presumably to lay the strike matter before the governor.
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Virginia
Minn
Jan Titty -Chree Taén
Flanny Lake
Preliminary hearing begins in wife murder case at Elkhorn
Louis Smith of Ottawa was charged with murdering his wife on November 26 and the preliminary hearing started in Elkhorn Wisconsin. The case is expected to last two days as many witnesses have been subpoenaed after Mrs Smith was found hanging in the kitchen from a lamp hook on November 2.
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Vy United Press
Elkhorn
Wis
Louis Smith
Ottawan
Germans Press Forward on Roumanian Front
Reports from the Roumanian theater indicate Russian forces were near the Sereth as German units under Field Marshal von Mackensen advanced toward the Danube region. Berlin’s official version notes attacks along the western Moldavian frontier and captures of Russian units near Zbezoy and Manuayor, with German forces occupying Barsi and Typisel in Rumunian territory.
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Associated Press
New Yorkton
Roumania
Sereth
Berlin
Ninth Army
Field Marshal
von Mackensen
Woksham
Danube
Brailu
Gala
Pruth
Suchitza
Putna
Braita
Dobrudja
United Press
Sayville Wireless
Zbezoy
Manuayor
Drysvyaty
von Munckensen
Pintecesti
Mera
Mucovul
Barsi
Typisel
Ruumitninr
War Office
Landwehr
Artiillers
Sleuse
Miliucguu
Susciti
Puta
Hatterhand Wanthet
Barsessi
Popesci
Pan Eng
Yacaremlla
Inta Macin
Priest
Weather note hints at Wisconsin Fair day plans
A fragmented weather brief indicates Thursday will feature cloudy skies and a planned temperature shift for the Wisconsin-Fair day. It mentions routine observations and a general change in conditions though specifics are unclear.
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Sete
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