Senate Debate on Europe War Echoes in Washington
The Senate held a heated session on January 21 discussing European war issues with strong charges against Great Britain and Germany. Sen Hoke Smith urged an embargo on England while Sen Borah warned of limits, and Sen John Sharp Williams urged caution until pressure over murdered civilians on the high seas is resolved. Smith pressed England’s interference with neutral commerce, culminating in a dramatic question to Williams about perpetual robbery at sea.
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Senate
Congress
Great Britain
Germany
England
Smith
Hoke Smith
Georgia
United States
Borah
Idaho
John Sharp Williams
Dixie
Williams
High Seas
American People Called to Arm The Nation
The National Security League congress in Washington urged Americans to arm themselves for a coming day of potential conflict. Robert Bacon warned of a national awakening and called for saving America, likening the call to the April 18 1775 colonial mobilization.
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Congress
National Security League
Robert Bacon
America
Middlesex
Wilson to Tour Midwest for National Defense Address
President Wilson plans a six day tour starting January 28 to deliver national defense speeches in Pittsburgh Cleveland Chicago St Louis Kansas City St Joseph Des Moines Davenport with stops also in New York and Pittsburgh for related events. Mrs Wilson will accompany him and Secretary Lansing will manage European and Mexican questions during the trip.
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Wilson
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Davenport
White House
Cincinnati
Denver
New York
Railroad Business Association
Motion Picture Board of Trade
Secretary of the Treasury
Lansing
Chronicle defends Wilson in foreign policy stance
London ChronicleEditorial page centers on defending President Wilson amid foreign policy debates. It argues Wilson holds a difficult role and urges British readers to understand him rather than lecture the United States, calling for wiser Anglo American relations.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
Wilson
the Chronicle
Threatening Letters Target Missouri Judge and Officers
New Madrid Missouri January 21 threats were sent to circuit judge Sterling McCarty Sheriff Karns and several witnesses connected with the GT night riders trial. The letters signed The Night Riders appeared to be written by a woman. Four of five men who pleaded guilty said they were forced by death threats to stay in the group.
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New Madrid
Sterling McCarty
Sherif Karns
Britain to Tighten Grip on the Sea
London reports that Britain will tighten sea power on Germany regardless of orders in council. Officials expect no change until the foreign office defends the current operation before Parliament after the compulsion debate ends.
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Britain
London
Germany
Foreign Office
Orders In Council
House of Commons
Military service bill passes Commons in late-night vote
London Jan 21 The military service bill cleared the Commons committee at 11 o clock amid loud cheers. Walter Hume Long president of the local government board urged that the bill would not create a monster or seize men at will, stressing that the war office would keep existing methods with added statutory safeguards despite the expanded scope.
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London
House of Commons
Walter Hume Long
War Office
Deadlocked by lack of quorum in Illinois Senate
Chicago senators stay away in retaliation for defeat of Cook County election measures. In Springfield Jan 21, the Illinois Senate adjourned with no quorum as sergeants at arms sought absent members. A resolution endorsing Gov. Dunne for Supreme Court vacancy was adopted despite objections. Downstate members accused Chicago lawmakers of blocking election legislation and farm aid bills amid special session tensions.
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State Senate
Illinois
Senate
Dunne
Edward F. Dunne
United States Supreme Court
Justice Lamar
E. S Smith
Barratt O'Hara
Chicago
Fastland disaster trial reads for seaworthiness
Federal attorneys failed to get witnesses to declare the steamer Fastland unseaworthy after it capsized on the Chicago river last July. In Grand Rapids Michigan the case against six Michigan men proceeds as judges determine jurisdiction. Captain Nels B Nelson testified he rode the steamer several times in official capacity and found no major defects beyond a slight list.
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Mich
Fastland
Chicago
United States District Court
Michigan
Nels B. Nelson
District of Cleveland
Nelson
Five E-2 Survivors Testify Smoke Not Reported
Five survivors of the submarine E-2 explosion testified before the naval court of inquiry in New York on January 21. They, wrapped in bandages, said there was no odor of smoke at the time, and Commander Lieut Charles M Cooke wept as he moved among them. They say they were burned but expect recovery and offered no details of events aboard the craft after the blast.
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Naval Court of Inquiry
Banc
Cumberland Street
Charles M. Cooke
Pittsfield Man Heads Phone Body
E D Blandon of Pittsfield was elected president of the Illinois Independent Telephone association in Springfield on January 21. Other officers include vice president Mansfield Savage of Champaign secretary treasurer B F Baker of Leroy and executive committee members TH F Farrell E L Barber William F Bassett J B Barrett and others. Springfield likely to host the 1917 convention.
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Ill
E. D. Blandon
Pittsfield
Illinois Independent Telephone Association
Manford Savage
Champaign
B. F. Baker
Leroy
TH. F. Farrell
Bloomington
E. L. Barber
Aurora
William F. Bassett
O'Fallon
E. &. Sterrett
Henry
I. H. Knipe
Olney
A. B. Minton
Murphysboro
J. B. Barrett
Pekin
Buchanan ready for trial in Sherman law case
New York January 21 congressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois is set for trial on indictment with seven others over Sherman act violations tied to Labor's National Peace council. The announcement was made in federal court by his counsel former Senator Joseph W Bailey of Texas.
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New York
Frank Buchanan
Illinois
Labor
National Peace Council
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Roosevelt Praises German Methods And Criticizes World Policies
Theodore Roosevelt delivered the principal address at the National Conference of medicinization in Philadelphia. He denounced Germany's cynical disregard for international humanity while praising German national efficiency and worker care. Roosevelt urged democracy to prove it can foster liberty, opportunity, and justice. He advocated military training in high schools, stronger government over corporations, federal supervision, and support for munition production. He cited his motto Fear God and take your own part as a guide for national duty.
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Philadelphia
Germany
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Roosevelt
United States
Col. Roosevelt
Attack on Wilsons military policy sparks anti preparedness meeting
Oswald G. Villard and Representatives Bailey Gordon Calloway and London spoke at a Washington mass meeting denouncing the administrations push for a large naval program and mass camps. Villard called it surrender to militarism while London urged socialist solidarity against war efforts amid European crisis.
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Oswald G. Villard
New York
Bailey
Pennsylvania
London
Gordon
Ohio
Calloway
Texas
America
Chnstendom
Europe
Insurance Chief Scores A Victory In Illinois Suit
Springfield Illinois January 21 State Superintendent of Insurance Rufus N Potts scored a victory Thursday in the anti trust suit brought by him against the Achen Munich Fire Insurance company and one hundred two other fire insurance companies of Illinois in Sangamon county circuit court when Judge James A Creighton overruled a demurrer by the defendants to the complainants filing for injunction which charges they are operating in Illinois as under a rate fixing combine in restraint of competition Judge Creighton's decision means that all of the defendant companies will have to go to trial in the injunction suit.
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Springfield
Ill
Rufus N. Potts
Achen-Munich Fire Insurance Company
Finois
Sangamon County
James A. Creighton
Fil
Illinois
Creighton
Tral
Nebraska Court Enjoins Carriers From Fare Laws
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Thursday night enjoined every railroad operating in the state from violating the two cent fare law and the 1000 mile book sale requirement, except the Rock Island and Missouri-Pacific, which are exempt due to federal suits. The order follows a modified form of the attorney general’s request.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court
Rock Island and Missour-Pacific
Rock Island
Missouri-Pacific
Renewed Attacks in Bessarabia Signal Big Front Fights
Berlin reports increasingly violent fighting on the Bessarabian frontier with Russian assaults repulsed at heavy cost. Austrian and British lines cite hand to hand fighting near Toporoutz Boyan and gains claimed by Russians northeast of Czernowitz. Torpedo boats raid the Black Sea coast. Turkish losses in the Caucasus are noted. British infantry action near Frelinghien is checked. The Kut El Amara relief column nears a clash with Ottoman forces as a major battle looms. Emperor William returns from Balkans.
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Sayville
Vienna War Office
London
Toporoutz
Boyan
Teutons
Czernowitz
Black Sea
Anatolian
Caucasus
Petrograd
France
Belgium
Frelinghien
House of Commons
Tigris
Kat el Amara
Essen
Kut el Amara
Kaiser Reviews Arny in Belgrade
Berlin dispatch says the German emperor arrived in Belgrade for the first time since Barbarossa. He inspected the new railroad bridge, rode through Kalmegdan, reviewed German troops across the Danube, and personally awarded iron crosses to soldiers amid festive crowds and cannon.
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Sayville
Belgrade
Barbarossa
Holy Land
Kalimegdan
Danube
Water Power Control Concentrated in Few Corporations
A special report to Congress from the Department of Agriculture says eighteen corporations control more than half of the water power used by public utilities, with more than a quarter controlled overall by a small group. The report notes a nationwide trend toward concentration and an “almost endless maze of interconnections” in public power.
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Washington
Tan
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Villa reported captured at San Geronimo by Carranza forces
News from El Paso and Chihuahua City claim Francisco Villa was seized at Hacienda San Geronimo by Gen Cavazos's Carranza faction. Consul Garcia in Mexico confirms, noting Marquez and Rodriguez among captured bandits. Troops maneuver to trap Villa in surrounding mountains. execution plans considered if confirmed.
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Carranza
Chihuahua
el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Ilacienda San Geronimo
Cavezos
Chihuahua City
Santa Ysabel
Guerrero
Andreas Garcia
Maximiano Marcuez
Jose Rodriguez
American Smelting and Refining Company
Garcia
Jacinto Trevino
Juarez
Gabriel Gavira
Juares
Col
Maximiano Marquez
Madera
Colt
Jose Alexando
Cavares
Villa Report Sparks Interest in Official Circles
Washington reports from the border stated Gen. Villa may have been captured, prompting eager interest in official and diplomatic circles. No official word reached the state department or the Mexican embassy by late Thursday night, though Mexican officials showed cautious optimism and queried Chihuahua for updates.
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Villa
State Department
Chihuahua
PRESS OF GERMANY MAKES COMPLAINT
German newspapers fault foreign press accounts of Reichstag debate on the bill to raise private soldiers pay. Overseas News Agency notes misrepresentation and misquotation abroad. Papers say the claim that the bill lacked a majority due to Germany’s wartime burden is erroneous.
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Berlin
Sayville
Over Seas
Reichstag
Germany
Major General Carter Says Wars Come Suddenly
Major General William H. Carter, recently retired, told the Senate military committee that any policy must assume wars can erupt at any moment and require instant readiness. He cited Britain declaring war on Germany and Japan attacking Russia as examples of abrupt wartime events.
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Washington
William H. Carter
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Four Lives Lost In Arizona Floods At Winkelman
Ant Hayden reports four drowned when the Gila River overflowed Winkelman Arizona on Thursday. Seven more are missing and fifteen marooned on an island formed by flood waters. Rescue efforts continue as boats cannot be launched. Hundreds are homeless as heavy rains persist and train service is disrupted.
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Ant
Gila
Winkelman
Ariz
Gas post rupture explodes at Merchants hotel in Cleveland
Eleven people were injured when a gas pipe beneath the Merchants hotel in Cleveland Oklahoma exploded Thursday night. A fire followed but was contained. Many victims suffered serious injuries from gas inhalation, doctors report.
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Leveland
Okla
Merchants Hotel
Confessor Sticks To Original Story In Mohr Murder Trial
Providence Jan 21 George W Healis the young negro chauffeur who turned state's evidence in the trial of Mrs Elisabeth P Mohr and two negroes Henry Spellman and Cecil Brown for the murder of Dr C Franklin Mohr and Miss Emily Burger adhered to his prior account that Mrs Mohr and the two defendants plotted the killings for 5000 Healis was cross examined about four hours and maintained his story denying any incentive of a reduced sentence or coaching from the attorney general
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Providence
R. I
George W. Healis
Elisabeth P. Mohr
Henry H. Spellman
Cecil Victor Brown
C. Franklin Mohr
Russians Defeat Rebels in Persia in HySal i and Resht
Reuters dispatch from Teheran reports a Russian garrison column crushed a jag band of about a thousand rebels in the Hy Sal i and Resht districts of Persia. The action disrupted rebel communications, secured loot, and captured prisoners, reflecting Russian expeditionary force operations in the region.
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Teheran
Hysali
Resht
Persia
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