Submarine Crisis Moves as Wilson Talks with Congress
Washington on January 4 reports a pause in action as President Wilson consults with leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee over the Persia sinking and new submarine activity. Officials indicate full facts will guide the next move, with Tumulty promising prompt action once information is gathered.
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Associated Press
Washinston
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Prac
Mediterranean
Persia
Wilson
Congressional
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Congress
Senate
House
Senate Foreign Relatious Committee
Tumulty
White House
Nate Department
Washington, D.C
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Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Jansing
Gerant
Penfeld
Vienna
United States
Fle
Agen Affairs Committee
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Whisen
Sitch Rooifandis
Bulgaria
Turkey
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Ancona
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Germany
Washington
Skinner
London
President Wilson Takes Charge After Persia Sinking
President Wilson arrived from Hot Springs and went to the White House to oversee the Persia sinking crisis. Officials work to gather full facts before any Washington action, as the Mediterranean submarine campaign accelerates and cabinet changes unfold.
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Hot Springs
Persia
Washington
Stone
Sentate Foreign Relatioes Committee
Mediterranean
Presiident
State Department
Thessaloniki Adrift Off New York With Passengers Moved
A Greek steamer Thessaloniki adrift about 33 miles east southeast of New York after tow lines parted. Wireless distress calls prompted transfers of 200 passengers to the Patris while ships Finland and Stockholm stood by. A rescue plan faced delays as the United States and other liners reported bearing down in gale conditions.
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Associated Press
New York
Thessaloniki
Patriaix Agein
Patris
Finland
Stockhem
United States
West Vale
Thessalonisi
Sinckholm
Thessalonidi
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Forward Socialist paper seized in Glasgow
Police confiscate all copies of the Scotch Socialist paper Forward for printing an account of a Christmas Day meeting with David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, not approved by the British censor.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Tan
David Lloyd George
Married men lead in enlistment, Derby cites stats
The report shows 1,000,000 unmarried and 1,879,265 married men offered service between October 28 and December 15, with 221,500 married men not accepted. Sir John Simon resigns as secretary of state for home affairs amid disagreement on conscription. Berlin reports no major fronts action. Entente threatens blockade of Mytilene if Greece does not surrender two alleged terrorists. Belgian disclosures note continued artillery exchanges with limited success.
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Mediterraean
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Derby
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London
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Prélzince
Berlin
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Theaten
Mitviene
Athens
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Saloniki
New York Republicans Seek Meeting and Delegate Selections
A notice to New York Republicans outlines plans for a forthcoming meeting with Frederick Tanner Isaacs II and designation of delegates and alternates for April primaries. It directs adherence to committee actions and upcoming arrangements.
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Frederick Tanner Issacs II
New York
Iman
Arg
Jaree
War impact on German marks halves exchange value
Fragmentary report notes the German mark plunging in value since the war began. It mentions a corrective exchange rate around 1.5 percent of nominal and a broader collapse in fiscal relations affecting the center’s financial stance.
Mrs Wilson in Charge Opens Grial Season
Unclear text references Mrs Wilson taking charge of an event opening the season. Details are fragmented with misread terms and names. The readable bits suggest her role as organizer and involvement with a private suite and social secretary, but specifics are garbled.
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Prasay Jan
Basriagran
Dynamite Found on Street Car Switch
Police uncovered a stick of dynamite wedged in a switch on a street car line. The explosive was discovered early in the morning, narrowly preventing a disastrous blast. The city has faced a street car strike for three months.
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Associated Press
Commerce at New York Vessels Arriving by Port Year Totals
The port of New York saw 10 279 vessels arrive during the year Vota. Of these 5 695 came from foreign ports and 4 16 from domestic ports. An increase from foreign ports contrasted with a decrease from domestic ports compared with the previous year.
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Associated Press
New York
Sidewalk Scraping Campaign Sparks Ice News
An Oshkosh man advocates nighttime sidewalk scraping to combat ice after a thaw. He explains he began a personal campaign during melting surfaces and urges others to join as a looming snow forecast hints at more winter weather.
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South American finances hold firm amid war pressures
South American states pressed to maintain public service and debt payments as European war strains grew. Chester Liord Jones of Wisconsin reported retrenchment, tax hikes, and new public loans kept crisis at bay. Dr. S. X. D North urged a continental dollar as world monetary unit. Dr. Francisco Inchegoren pressed international animal disease commissions to protect stock raisers with a Washington based central committee.
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Washington, D. C
Chester Liord Jones
University of Wisconsin
Pan-American Scientific Congress
South
Central America
S. X. D.north
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Francisco ‘Inchegoren
Cuba
Washington
Supreme court rules municipal price caps lawful in Germany
Hanover ruling upholds that a city may set maximum prices for goods sold within its borders including imported items. The decision centers on a delicatessen owner fined for Brons Wick sausage overpriced beyond Hanover limits. Officials say national uniform laws are unlikely soon, raising widespread confusion over local price controls.
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Hanover
Gennsary
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Supreme Court
Esescy
Kentucky Legislature Opens as Antitrust and Corrupt Practices Act Urged
Gov A O Stanley calls for stronger antitrust and corrupt practices laws in his message to the Kentucky legislature convened in Frankfort. He urges transparency on campaign expenditures by political committees and donors to inform voters before elections.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Fon Giletes
A. O. Stanley
Kentucky
Trennis
Stoda
La Follette Discusses Wisconsin State Finances
Special to The Northwestern Rhinelander Wis Jan 4 Senator La Follette spoke to a full opera house on state finances condemning the Philip policy retrenchment and alleged sham economies claiming the Philip administration reversed progress as far as dared He pledged to speak again in Merri tonight.
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Opera House
Philipp Poliy
Cata
Philipy
Merriii
Gould Sues Texas & Pacific over Promissory Notes
George J. Gould files suit in state supreme court against the Texas and Pacific Railway Company to recover 174 pounds on promissory notes held by executors of his father’s estate. The plaintiffs are Helen Gould Sheppard and Howard Gould, along with the estate’s executors.
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Texas & Pacific
Associated Press
New York
George J. Gould Weegen
Supreme Court
Texas & Pacific Relinas Company
Fealwin Gould
Helen Gould Sheppard
Howard Gould
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Third Operation on Huerta Reported by Associated Press
El Paso dispatch says the third operation on Gen. Huerta to drain fluid from the intestinal tract due to jaundice occurred today. The procedure was more extensive and brought relief. his pulse and temperature later stabilized. Guards around his Fort Bliss release were removed per federal instructions. Mrs Lugo, wife of Manuel Garcia Lugo of the Zapatista movement, left New Orleans for Mexico to rejoin her husband. A gasoline bath was adopted in Nuevo Laredo to prevent typhus infection, applied to suspects with shaved heads.
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Texas
Fictwriang Huerta
General Huerta
D. M. Schuster
Huerta
Fort Bliss
United States
Federel
San Antonio
Mexico
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Carrier Tinker Lugo
St. Louis
Manual Garcia Lugo
Zancatista
New Orleans
Zach Tinker
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Obituary Records of Noted Figures Die in Early January
Reports from several cities note the deaths of prominent figures. William Durst, sole Monitor crew survivor, dies in Philadelphia at 76 from pneumonia. George Lauder Jr., famed yachtman, dies in Greenwich at 37 from pneumonia. General Henry Burnett, Lincoln assassination prosecutor, dies in New York at 74. Stephen H Black, drug firm founder, dies in Chicago at 63. Charles Christie, noted Kansas City broker, dies in Kansas City at unknown age.
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Monitor
Merrimse
Hampton Roads
George Lauder
Greenwich
Conn
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Pneeumonia
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Burnett
New York
Henrence Burnett
Lincoln
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Til
Stephen H_ Black
Bauer & Bis
Davenport
Kansas City
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Christie
Hiness
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Transportation moves amid government control rumors
A Galveston telegraph reports the Creole line is being commandeered for transport by the government. Pearce-Cortemera line agent J Merrow says ships of the line may soon be taken over by the government, but no solid details are given. Shipping records show both lines owning about twenty ships.
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J. Merrow
Pearce-Cortoneira Line
Henry Ford Welcomed After Hague Peace Efforts
Henry Ford returns to Detroit after leading the Hague peace expedition. He avoids a public reception, travels in his private car to Dearborn, while a public reception in his honor is planned for the near future.
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Mien
Henry Ford
Hague
Dearborn
Ford
International Confederation Proposal Aims World Law
Washington January 4 The International Confederation of the World would unite nations to preserve international law. A resolution by Representative Campbell Kansas proposes a U S style structure with a president vice president two houses and a supreme court to enact world law.
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Washington
International Confederation of the World
Campbell
Kansas
United States
Houses of Congress
Supreme Court
Confederation
American Hospital Unit Arrives in Berlin for East Prussia Mission
A new American relief unit headed by Dr. Fred Kaawoeret arrives in Berlin to set up care for military reserve hospitals in East Prussia. Dr. Rummerer and three surgeons accompany the mission as it plans to depart Tuesday for Teutsch-Eylau and Ein Prassu.
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East Preasia
Associated Press
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Fred Kaawoeret
New York
Death of Morris Jones Widow of Oshkosh Merchant
Mrs. Sarah J Weed Jones widow of Morris Jones Oshkosh merchant dies after illness of pneumonia at 32 Fray Les Avenue. Survived by son Wade Jones daughter Mrs E J Bein and in law Mr and Mrs Bein. Formerly of Evanston Illinois she lived in Oshkosh and had been active in charitable church work. Next of kin include Edwin F Jones and three other children. Funeral arrangements announced by First Presbyterian Church Oshkosh sources.
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West Litexty
Hubert X. McNeels
United States
Persia
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Albert Whitacre
Bolidars
J. Bein
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Evanston
Wade Jones
Sarah J. Weed
Walker Weed
Alorris Jones
Edward Jones
Dian Smenece
Eng
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Bell
Price Trial Reveals Odd Ballads Amid Court Hearings
A murky price trial section describes a protest, testimony by physicians, and a defendant’s relatives as a court case unfolds. Witnesses and medical opinions anchor the proceedings while references to a 27 band death hint at a broader tragedy.
Policy Debates on Wilson and Mexico Spark Senate Tension
A bitter debate over President Wilsons Mexican policy unfolds in Washington as senators push resolutions demanding disclosure and accountability. Senator Fall proposes a resolution to inform the Senate of US policy and capabilities, while discussions touch on ambassadorial nominations and the submarine crisis amid memorials for Associate Justice Lamar.
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la Follette
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Waeese
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