Berlin Opens Through Rail to Constantinople And War News
Berlin declares the opening of through rail service to Constantinople as Austrians and Russians clash on multiple fronts. In Montenegro, Cettinje fell and Montenegrin capital moved to Niksic as Austrian advances press king Nicholas forces. Berlin reports William’s recovery and Britain’s officer losses in December totaling 930 with 275 killed.
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Berlin
Constantinople
Sayville
War Office
Vienna
Cettinje
Montenegro
Nicholas
Niksic
Recka
Scutari
Albania
Berane
Gradina
William
Murdered after receiving divorce in Sullivan town
Mrs Batty Bird, just granted a divorce from Charles Bird, was shot two blocks from the Sullivan courthouse in Sullivan HL. The killer fired so close that her clothing caught fire. Sheriff Funston formed a posse to hunt the murderer amid a family feud strengthened by threats during the divorce proceedings.
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Mattoon
Batty Bird
Charles Bird
Sullivan
Here
Sherif W. Q. Funston
Bird
Coastings accident claims boy’s life in Hebron Hills
Chicago January 16 Ralph Keller twelve was killed Saturday while coasting on Pierce hill near his Hebron home in McHenry county The lad slid down the hill and was struck by the sled runners His brother Oscar followed down the incline and toppled the sled striking his throat and chest causing fatal injuries
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Chicago
Ralph Keller
Pierce Hill
Hebron
McHenry County
Oscar
Strick
Rich dies in dire want in Missouri home
Joseph P. Ropp, 78, died in his room from starvation and cold on the coldest day of winter. A Saturday key to a safe deposit box revealed a certificate for $18,000 and $100 in cash when opened. Police found Ropp unconscious last Thursday with no fire or food except mouldy scraps. he died before hospital aid.
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Louis
Joseph P. Ropp
Ropp
Peace expedition sails from Rotterdam amid cheers
The American members of the Fore peace expedition left Rotterdam on the steamer Rotterdam for New York, with about 150 aboard and a crowd cheering. Norway, Sweden, and Denmark sent farewell observers as 30 remained at The Hague to promote the peace plans. The permanent board will hold sessions, and Stockholm is favored for future peace-board sittings to avoid war zones.
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Hague
London
Permanent Peace Board
Rotterdam
Rotterdam Fort New York
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
The
Germany
Stockholm
Peace Board
Recall Minister for Trade Facts
Washington reports Minister Van Dyke will return to discuss American trade with nations near the war zone. Officials say complex regulations from belligerents hinder cable and mail talks, and personal interviews may better address American industry interests and protection in Europe.
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Washington
van Dyke
State Department
Europe
Bodies of slain chiefs sent toward border
In Juarez on January 16 Gen Gabriel Gavira Carranza commandant said the bodies of Gen Rodriguez and Gen Rivas Villa would reach the border in a day or two for American verification. Mormon colonists in western Chihuahua are told to concentrate at Gueman Pearson Casas Grandes and Madera as bandits are cleared. A regiment from Sonora under Col Jose Queveda moves west from Agua Prieta to aid the Carranza order.
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Carranza
Sonora
Jose Queveda
Garrson
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Ariz
McNamara Named Traffic Manager for Wabash Railway
Chicago Jan 16 John D McNamara has been appointed traffic manager of the Wabash Railway with headquarters in St Louis Born at Keokuk Iowa in 1871 he began his railroad career in 1885 as a ticket checker with the B & Q and rose to southwestern passenger agent later becoming assistant general passenger agent at the Wabash in 1906 and general passenger agent in 1908
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Chicago
John D McNamara
Wabash Raiway Company
St. Louis
Mr. McNamara
Keokuk
Iowa
B & Q. Railroad
Southwestern
Wabash
Tragic Hanging Of Woman Near Stanford Reported
Bloomington Illinois January 16 28 year old Mrs Hilda Nafsiger of near Stanford was found hanging from a rafter in an old house Saturday afternoon. Her parents are wealthy farmers.
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Bloomington
Mias
Hilda Nafsiger
Stanford
Cettinje Fall Ends Campaign In Montenegro
Berlin dispatches report the fall of Cettinje effectively ends Montenegro campaign. Fort Lovcen, 5600 feet high, with Russian and allied fortifications, was key to defense. Italian, German, and Austrian papers view the loss as a strategic setback against Italy and Russia in the Balkans.
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Berlin
London
Cettinje
Montenegro
Lovcen
Cattaro Bay
Loveen
Italy
Balkans
Austria
Adriatic
Germn
Russia
Balkan
Serbia
Charles E. Hay dies after operation in St. Louis
Springfield notes the death of Charles E. Hay 75 a prominent Illinois figure and brother of the late John E. Hay secretary of state under McKinley He died in St Louis following an operation He served in the Civil War was a Loyal Legion member and allied with banking interests in Illinois
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Springfield
Charles E. Hay
John E. Hay
United States
McKinley
St. Louis
Hay
Loyal Legion of the United States
Illinois
Paris Girl Killed by Gas Explosion
Miss Florence Cole age 11, daughter of W D Cole assistant cashier of Edgar County bank, was killed when a gas light plant exploded at the rear of the banker residence in Paris Illinois. The blast wrecked the home, located in a suburban show place area, with no cause yet determined.
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Paris
Florence Cole
W. D. Cole
Edgar County Bank
Detain British Suffrage Leader Then Parole Her
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst the British suffrage leader was detained at Ellis Island on arrival by steamship St Paul and ordered excluded by a special board of inquiry. Louis Post ordered parole after learning she sought to appeal to Washington. Caminetti said she may enter meanwhile. Authorities note the exclusion basis dates to two years ago when she was first ordered excluded before being allowed to stay for months.
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New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
Ellis Island
St. Paul
Special Board of Inquiry
Washington
Louis Post
Labor
Speculation Over Fate Of New Bills In Illinois
Springfield Jan 16 There is much speculation in the state capital on how much legislation passed by the senate this week will clear the house next week as the second special session reconvenes Tuesday. Leaders aim to finish the work. only senate passed bills likely to become law. No house action this week. A heated fight is expected over a separate ballots bill for Cook county officers with passage in doubt as downstate members oppose a change to bond issue voting methods, fearing easier county debt.
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Springfield
Ill
State
Senate
House
Cook County
Downstate
Consul Marion Letcher Ordered to Stay on Border
American consul at Chihuahua City Marion Letcher did not depart for Juarez as planned. A Washington message countermanded prior orders to proceed and ordered him to remain on the border, received as he prepared to board a southbound train.
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EL Paso
Tex
Marion Letcher
Chihuahua City
Washington
Juarez
Price convicted of wife murder in Minneapolis court
Frederick T. Price, a Minneapolis businessman, was found guilty by a district court jury on murder charges in the killing of his wife, Mary Fridley Price, a member of a wealthy Minnesota family, in a Saturday trial.
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Minneapolis Minn
Frederick T. Price
Mary Fridley Price
Minnesota
Two Possible Causes of Explosion Advanced at E-2 Navy Yard
Washington Jan 16 Navy officials weigh possible causes of the E 2 submarine explosion at the New York yards with loss of life and great damage. Early reports blamed Edison storage batteries hydrogen gas but later word says batteries were discharging. Other possibilities include oil ignition or air flask explosion, though both are considered unlikely.
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Washington
New York Navy Yard
Special Board of Naval Officers
Navy Department
Navy
Press Approval of German Stand on Baralong Case
Berlin papers comment on the German government's reply in the Baralong incident. They praise the stance for judging by English officers and criticize the British White Book as treating the case as a joke. The Vossische Zeitung notes forthcoming justice for Baralong murderers.
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Berlin
Sayville
Over Seas
Vossische Zeitung
Foot and Mouth Disease Detected in East St Louis Hog Shipment
A case of foot and mouth disease was found in a drove of hogs at the National Stock Yards East St Louis Illinois The unloading pen had seventy three hogs killed from a shipment originating in Taylorville Illinois The disease was identified as the hogs passed through the unloading chute marking the first outbreak at the yards.
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East ST. Louis
National Stock Yards
Taylorville
Ill
Von Papen Case Seized Papers Prompt Few Official Notices
Washington report notes that seized papers from Captain Von Papen and Captain Boy Ed reveal known activities of German agents and limited official action. The Vanceboro bridge plot and a New York munition trade conspiracy are cited as other ongoing threads.
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Washington
United States
von Papen
Boy-Ed
Werner Horn
Vanceboro
Maine
State Department
Department of Justice
Secret Service
Robert Fay
New York
Submarine Fool Killer Returns to Surface with Human Bones
In Chicago on January 2 1966 the crude submarine Fool Killer brought up from the river bottom containment of human bones. A dag’s skull was also recovered. The sub sank on its maiden voyage twenty years earlier.
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Chicago
Dag
Drownings Mount as Mood Flood Hits Market Islands
From Amsterdam via London the Mood flood has drowned sixteen people in northern Holland on the Market islands, including seven children. Queen Wilhelmina has opened the royal palace in Amsterdam to shelter refugees.
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Amsterdam
London
Holland
Market Islands
Wilhelmina
Royal Palsce
Jacksonville editor wed in city ceremony
A veteran editor on the Journal, Tan 16 8 W oNihols, aged TL years, married here Saturday to Mrs Elizabeth Fogtish of this city in a quiet ceremony marking the union after years of reporting and editorial work.
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Tacksonville
Tan
oNihols
Elzabeth Efogtish
Senator LaFolliette Threatened in Madison Dispatch
Senator Robert M. LaFolliette is reported to be in Madison where he faced a threat and potential pneumonia after a message received there. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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LaFolliette
Tanesville
United States
Robert M. LaFstlette
Madison
Wad
Vessel's Shell Holds Tigr And Pent Up Gases
A vessel's shell remains intact as internal pressures trap gases and potential bodies inside, a finding noted in the report.
Submarine E-2 Disaster Kills Four at New York Yard
Four men die and ten injured in an explosion during repairs on the E-2 submarine in dry dock at New York Navy Yard. Rescuers used compressed air to vent gas, recovering bodies after gas clearance. Interior battery chamber work caused the blast, with no gasoline present and the exact cause under investigation. Names of injured include L. L. Miles and Guy H. Clark Jr. among civilians and service personnel from Brooklyn and U.S. Navy.
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New York
New York Navy Yard
Ary Dock
Nathaniel R. Usher
Navy Yard
Oklahoma Dreadnaught Attains High Speed Record
The super-dreadnaught Oklahoma, the largest ship in the navy, completed builder’s acceptance tests on the measured mile off Owl’s Head. Despite 3 degree below zero conditions, she aimed for 205 knots, hoping to top Nevada’s recent 2104 speed. The Oklahoma uses reciprocating engines, while Nevada uses turbines, prompting naval constructors to compare propulsion concepts.
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Rockland. Me
Oklahoma
Owl's Head
Olahoma
Herold
Nevada
Omaha Neb Hauser WHS at /TO13 PBS
Omaha Nebraska Hauser High School wrestling team competes in a broadcast slated as PBS coverage at /TO13 with match highlights and results likely featured in local sports roundup.
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Omaha
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