Diplomatic Move Considered On Submarine Warfare Pledges
Washington officials weigh a definite statement from Germany and allies to spare American lives in sea warfare. President Wilson may seek assurances that unarmed ships with Americans aboard are not destroyed before passengers reach safety. Pending negotiations and new German notes on the William P Frye and Lusitania memorial indemnity influence outlook. Austria’s stance in the Ancona reply also adds hope for a peaceful resolution. No details yet on the Persia sinking.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
United States
Wilson
Gratinerd
Wiliam P. Frye
Lusitannina Sictums
von Bernstorffs
Mediterranean
Ancona
Baron Zwiedineck
Persia
Pergia
State Department
German shells dropped in Nancy report
Paris reports panic and destruction rumors after German Minch shells strike Nancy near French lines. Prefect confirms casualties with several killed and ten wounded, population fleeing, but no fires or widespread panic. main infantry activity in the Weilerkopf sector with limited Balkans action.
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London
Tan
Nancy
Paris
Moo
Balkana
Secretary Washington backs compulsory service for democratic military policy
Washington secretary Jane Garrison told a house military committee at a Saturday hearing that compulsory service is the sole adequate basis for a democratic state’s military policy. He called it a personal sentiment and gave no elaboration, seen as significant amid army officers favoring universal service in the preparedness program.
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Washington
Jane
Garrison
House Military Committee
Army
War Department
Continental Army
Ada Rehan Dies After Operation in Roosevelt Hospital
New York January 9 Ada Rehan noted actress died at Roosevelt hospital following arterial treatment after a lengthy illness. Born Ada Grehi in Limerick Ireland April 22 1860 she rose in New York theatre and is remembered for appearing in Hamlet with Edwin Booth.
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New York
Ada Rehan
Roosevelt Hospital
Miss Rehan
Ada Grehi
Limerick
Trelnch
Fin
Dwin Booth
Removal of Mounted Guns From Italian Vessel
Baron Zwiedinek informed Secretary Lansing of two mounted 3 inch guns on the Italian steamship Giuseppe Verdi upon its New York arrival. Officials expect the ship to remain until the guns are removed to avoid neutral status issues, with formal action to be coordinated with Italy.
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Washington
Baron Erich Zwiedinek
Lansing
Guiseppe Verdi
New York
United States
Baron Zwiedinek
Saturn shown with pinkish brown tint by Lowell observers
At Flagstaff Arizona on a recent Saturday astronomers at Lowell Observatory reported a notable shift in Saturn’s appearance. The planet’s ball now appears pinkish brown and markedly darker than its rings, with brightness lower than in earlier observations. Comparisons of Saturn’s stellar magnitude with Capella, Tyr?on, and Mars indicate a dimmer brightness than before.
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Saturn
Flagstave
Ariz
Tan
Lowell Observatory
Capella
Tracyon
Mars
Gorgas Receives Geographical Society Medal in Checagou
Major General William C. Gorgas, who led the fight against yellow fever in Panama, was awarded the Geographical Society of Chicago gold medal for distinguished humanitarian services at a Saturday night banquet in Checagou. The display was one of only three such honors, alongside Roald Amundsen and George Goethals.
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Checagqo
William ©. Gorgas
Panama
Geographic Society of Chicago
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Gen. Gorgas
Cyrus HE McCormick
Common Pleas
Tudge Barnum
E. Lowrey Humes
Pittsburgh
East Youngstown
Arthur Sheats
Cleveland
Wilson Avenue
Chicago
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Public meeting protests draft bill in London and Cardiff
Jan 9 reports note a public meeting in Cardiff protesting compulsory conscription with a majority resolution urging withdrawal. Henry Thomas, labor MP, warned he would back an amendment to conscript wealth as well as labor for true equality. Washington file covers Wilson Home Guards formed by women to support reelection, as the Woman’s National Democratic League plans fundraising card parties for the campaign.
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London
Tirt Publi Eet
Cardiff
Bil
Henry Thomas
House of Commons
Washington
Wilson Home Guards
Wilson
United States
Woman's National Democratic League
Swiss bread card system proposed in Geneva report
Geneva reports government weighing bread card system akin to Germany as wheat prices soar. In Seattle Washington on January 19 records show seven alcoholism deaths since prohibition began, including four from wood alcohol dunking.
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Geneva
Germany
Tiseim
Seattle Wash
Seattle
Ford Peace Party Reaches The League In The Hague
The Ford peace expedition arrives in The Hague after five weeks since leaving New York. The party travels via Copenhagen and through Germany amid war sights and Red Cross nurses, while German crowds observe with interest. An onboard warning about dangers and hunger prompts ration notices, and a Dutch welcome follows as authorities waive entry exams.
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Hague
London
New York
Ford
League
Party
Wip
Copenhagen
Germany
Lubeck
Ilamburg
Bremen
Red Cross
Leutenant
Warnemuende
Denmark
Chinese Minister Assassin Victim Reported Dead in Peking
Tang-Twan Kee Sui former minister of war of the Chinese republic, named by Sun Yat Sen and kept in Yuan Shi Kai’s cabinet, was reported murdered in Peking by a hired assassin. In San Francisco Chinatown, fears grew of clashes between republic supporters and royalists following the news.
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San Francisco
Twan Kee Sui
Sen Yat Stan
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Peking
Republic
Chinatown
Sen Yat Sun
Twan
Kanawha Sinking Death Toll Rises to 14
Parkersburg West Virginia January 9 The missing count from the sinking of the packet Kanawha on the Ohio River ten miles south of here Wednesday night rose to 14 with the addition of 1 C Bradlee of Maundsville who was known to have boarded the boat. Only two bodies have been recovered.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Tan
Oho River
Bradlee
Maundsville
Wo Va
Jury Deliberations Prolonged in NY Rail Case
The jury of eleven former directors of the New York New Slaven and Hartford railroad remains deliberating on a Sherman anti trust charge. They began Friday at 10 30 pm and court rumors suggest mixed verdict prospects with acquittals for some and convictions for others. The trial touched on New Haven's competition with Joy Steamship and Rockefeller involvement.
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New York
New York, New Slaven and Hartford Railroad
New Haven
Joy Steamship Line
William
Stanges
Roosevelt Letter Backs Straight Americanism For Nomination
Minneapolis Jan 9 Roosevelt responds to William Po Coe about placing his name on the Minnesota Republican primary ballot for president. He states he cannot consent to filing and that his aim is to fight for straight out Americanism, without regard to any individual including himself.
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Minneapolis
Theodore Roosevelt
William Po Coe
Serbian cities supplied with food by Austro Hungarian rulers
Belgrade and other parts of Serbia occupied by Austro Hungarians have been supplied with food by the authorities. Serbian officials receive half of their former salaries whether or not employed. Austro Hungarian governments cooperate with international relief committees offering assistance.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
Over Seas
Belgrade
Serbia
Cuba Apprentices Recommendation to Congress
Washington, Tan and Brostont Wesson Saturday urged Congress to act as a courtesy to Cuba. They proposed authorizing the apprentices of two Cubans who have sought aid or asylum from the Naval Admiral and the administration.
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Washington, Tan
Brostont Wesson
Congress
Cuba
Guardsmen in Control After Youngstown Riots
Two dead and twenty three injured as state militia departs in control after 24 hours of terror in East Youngstown. Property damage reaches 1.5 million dollars with 160 arrests. Saloon closures ordered Saturday as 2000 National Guardsmen stand by to prevent crowds. mediation plans rejected by strikers amid secret meetings on city outskirts.
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Youngstown
National
Mahoning Valley Works
East
Jath
Yourestown
Pire
Wisom Avenue
East Lounges
East Youngstown Strikers Seize City in Riots and Guard Patrol
National Guard patrols resume as East Youngstown reels from Friday night rioting that left deaths and $1,500,000 in damage. authorities report 160 arrests, saloons closed, and plans for Sunday demonstrations by striking workers. Fred Sexton named mediator as troops stay on trains and militia holds firm at Berlin Centre.
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Youngstown
National Guard
Mahoning Valley
East Youngstown
Berlin Centre
Here
W. H. Cunningham
Imuilitiamen
Youngstown Steel and Tube Company
Republic Tron and Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Fred Sexton
Sisters of the City
Struthers
Girard
Menties
Yellow Creek
Snd
Heavy Russian Attacks Press Austrian Front East Galicia
Telegram from Sayville reports renewed Russian assaults along the Austrian lines in eastern Galicia and Bukowina. Vienna's official statement says Russians advanced under fog but were countered and ultimately ejected by Austrian batteries and regiments, with several Russians captured including a colonel and ten officers.
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Berlin
Sayville
Galicia
Bukowina
Vienna War Office
Stripa
London Calm Over Conscription Bill
London notes a calmer newspaper tone on the conscription crisis as many papers feel the difficulties are now defined and manageable. A Leyton Liberal club general committee resolution in Sir John A Simon’s constituency calls for his resignation after parliamentary remarks, claiming he lacks constituent confidence.
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London
Leyton Liberal Club
John A. Simon
Fire Endangers Underground Miners at Alumet
A midnight blaze on the first level of the Alumet branch mine in Michigan endangers dozens of underground workers. Miners were not injured. most were escorted to the surface and all were accounted for safe. Authorities reported the incident as under control with no casualties.
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Alumet
Mich
Alumet and Theu Minne Company
Impec
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