Germany proposes settlement over Lusitania sinking
Washington reports Germany has sent a new written proposal via Ambassador von Bernstorff to settle the Lusitania dispute after eight months of talks. Berlin reportedly removes mentions of the warning, admits possible wrong in regard to Americans drowned, and seeks indemnity while avoiding admission of wider wrongdoing. High secrecy surrounds the move, with optimism noted but details undisclosed.
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Germany
United States
von Bernstorff
New York
Wilson
Lansing
Villa Preparing For Extensive Campaign In Texas
El Paso reports that Villa is at the Briceras ranch on Hearst property near Santa Anna with about 1000 men. He has seized 500 horses for mounts and is reportedly killing hundreds of head of cattle daily and drying the flesh for provisions as part of an extensive campaign.
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EL Paso
Tex
Santa Anna
Bricera
Hearst
Chihuahua
Fokker Appears New Air Craft Debated in London
London papers discuss a new German Fokker fighter altering air warfare. The Daily Mail notes its maneuverability and speed, saying Britain must respond promptly to avoid losing air mastery and warns not to underestimate the enemy.
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Fokker
London
Daily Mail
Buffalo Blower Plant Wrecked And Four Killed
Four killed and several missing or injured after a Monday explosion wrecked the Kelker Blower plant on Harrison street. Head of the firm Charles Kelker said 22 to 25 employees were in the building. 21 accounted for. Names include Miss Mabel Chandler 17 and Charles Pabst 18. Fire followed the blast as walls collapsed, the roof fell, and debris scattered. The plant suffered about $50,000 in losses. fire died within an hour.
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Buffalo
Kelker Blower Company
Harrison Street
Charles Eelker
Mabel Chandler
Charles Pabst
Iblen Kelker
Chas. Kelker
James Remmer
Stanley Konieczny
Kelker
East Side
Four Counties Under Quarantine In Illinois
Springfield Ill Jan 25 The state board of livestock commissioners ordered a closed quarantine on Christian County to stop foot and mouth disease spread. Transporters were told not to accept cattle sheep or swine from Macon Shelby Montgomery and Sangamon counties unless an affidavit shows the animals did not come from Christian County in the prior 30 days. Eleven footed animals for other than immediate slaughter are banned from the National Stock Yards at East St. Louis. The order remains in force until further notice.
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Springfield
Ill
Christian County
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Macon
Shelby
Montgomery
Sangamon
National
East St. Louis
Stenographer Recovering After Sixteen Story Jump
Chicago January 25 Miss Minnie EB Weener a stenographer who jumped from a sixteen story window probably will recover hospital reports say. She landed on a truck loaded with cardboard boxes saving her life though suffering a fractured skull broken arms and several ribs. Her motive remains undisclosed.
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Chicago
Minnie EB. Weener
Any Candidate But Roosevelt Political momentum shifts at Chicago convention plan
Republican leaders meet in Chicago as plans for the June convention at the Coliseum move forward with extra mezzanine seating. Four possible temporary chairmen are named but a selection may wait until spring. The party signals openness to a compromise candidate, excluding Roosevelt, and pledges a deliberative nominating process.
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Elihu Root
New York
Borah
Idaho
McCall
Massachusetts
Charles Osborn
Michigan
Chicago
Roosevelt
Col
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Greater Losses Predicted for River Bottoms
Peoria Illinois January 25 flood warnings rise as Illinois river may crest Wednesday at 26 feet risking record highs. Thousands of acres flooded from LaSalle to Havana with livestock losses and many families displaced. Levees and dikes reinforced as railroad bridges threatened and steamboats haul sand bags to protect farmland and mills.
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Illinois
Weather Bureau
LaSalle
Havana
Spoon River
Hollis
Spring Lake
Mackinaw
Speon
Bryan Refuses to Follow Wilson on Midwest Trip
William J. Bryan, in Miami, says he will stay there until Feb 20 then go to Lincoln for a birthday dinner. He plans a few speeches en route but insists his trip has no connection to President Wilson and will discuss preparedness as in his last fall addresses.
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Fla. Tan
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Middle West
Lincoln
Neh
Bryan
German Plane Attacks Dover Third Venture in Three Days
German air raid over Dover at 4 PM engaged by anti aircraft guns and two British fighters. Official statement notes bombs may have been dropped on barracks and aviation sheds near Dover but gives no damage details. Simultaneous Allied air actions bombarded Monastir Giergli and other near the Greek border and Metz and Belgian positions.
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London
Dover
Houghham
Berlin
Monastir
Giergli
Metz
Belgium
Diver Finds Piles in Chicago River Linked to Eastland Disaster
In Chicago, testimony at a U S district court hearing for six defendants charged with negligence revealed diver William Deneau found two piles embedded near the Eastland dock after the ship sank. He reported tops sawed from bases in the river and a rock near the Clark Street bridge, offering evidence for the defense.
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Grand Rapids
Mid
Chicago
United States District Court
Wiliam Deneau
Eastland
Deneau
Clark Street
Convict Makes Two Escape Attempts at Joliet Prison
John Wilkins, a Chicago convict, escaped detection while fleeing the quarry area at Joliet state penitentiary. He dodged freight cars in the Klein, Toliet and Eastern yards, was recaptured after a standoff, jumped the ward office window, and was shot in the thigh by a detective before being returned to custody. The wound was not considered serious.
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Joliet, Til
T John Wilkins
Chicago
State Penitentiary
Klein, Toliet and Eastern Railroad Company
Wilkins
Mexican civilian wounded by American soldier in El Paso
In El Paso Texas a Mexican civilian was wounded by a United States soldier named Hansen last Saturday afternoon prompting a formal demand to military authorities for action. The Mexican consul also reported cattle theft by American thieves south of the border and called for the thieves to be caught and punished.
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EL Paso
Texas
Gabriel Gasira
Carranza Rams
Saat Toanaddeatoa
Rere Mondas
United States
Harnsen
Z. I. Cobb
United States Customs
Theves
Military service bill passes Commons in sweeping vote
London January 28 the military service bill cleared its third reading in the house of commons on Monday night by a landslide vote of 383 to 3.
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London
House of Commons
Lynching Report Touches Texarkana Jail Scene
Text from Texarkana Texas notes that W. J. Mayfield about 50 was taken from Boston jail and lynched by 25 masked armed men shortly before midnight. He was held on charges of killing his father, mother and brother with an ax. The masked men overpowered the jailer and fled with the victim. Few townspeople learned of the event.
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Texarkana
Texas
W. J. Mayfield
Boston
Mayfield
Goethals Sails For Washington With Grievance
Panama dispatch reports major disputes between Panama Canal Zone Governor George Goethals and U S troops commander Brigadier General Clarence Edwards. They sail to Washington aboard the Calamares to present criticisms of canal administration and military construction costs. Governor Goethals plans to offer Edwards opportunity to state his case before the secretary of war and a congressional committee.
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George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Clarence R. Edwards
United States
Washington
Goethals
Calamares
Gov. Goethals
Gen. Edwards
Parama
Secretary of War
Congressional Committee
Wilson Moves to Speed Congress for Preparedness
President Wilson seeks to hasten Congress by reforming appropriations and pending bills to avoid delays in enacting the preparedness program. He discussed the matter with leaders Plead Stephens Lever and Page and plans talks with Senate leaders before Westward trip to push quick action.
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Tan
Wilson
Congress
Billy
Representatives
Stephens
Lever
Page
House Foreign Affairs, Indian and Agricultural
P Street of Columbia
Legen
Senate
House
Copper Strike Terminated in Clifton Morenci Metcalf
Clifton Anz January 25 miners in the copper districts of Clifton Morenci and Metcalf Anz ended a strike that began September 11 last, with the strike declared definitely terminated on Monday night.
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Clifton
Anz
Morenci
Metcalf Anz
Austro Hungarian Troops Occupy Scutari in Albania
Scutari, the major Albanian trading town with 20600 people on Lake Scutari, has been occupied by Austro-Hungarian forces according to Stefani and Berlin dispatches. Serbian garrison fled south without resistance while Montenegrins reportedly disarmed or interned. population greeted troops calmly amid prior unrest after the 1905 earthquake.
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London
Scutari
Albania
Stefani
Othens
Albanis
Berlin
Sayville
Podgoritza
Five Members of Train Crew Killed in Nebraska Wreck
A head on collision near Atlanta Nebraska between Burlington No 7 and an extra freight killed five Burlington Railway Company crew members including conductor James F Duffy and J E Duffy plus Walter Moll Lee H Fogg Henry Eckman Carl Neubauer and a passenger J E Lowrey. The wreck occurred after alleged failure to observe orders with the freight crew disregarding passenger right of way.
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Burlington
James F. Duffy
Walter Moll
McCook
Neb
J. E. Duffy
Lincoln
Lee H. Fogg
Henry Eckman
Carl Neubauer
J. E. Lowrey
Bagley
Towa
Locomco
Progressive Illinois meet picks delegates to national convention
The Illinois progressive state central committee met in Chicago and recommended delegates and alternates-at-large for the June 7 national convention. Named were Raymond Robins, Frank H. Funk, James R. Campbell, and Harold Ickes with alternates D. W. E. Shallenberger, James F. Stepina, J. Frank Denel, J. L. Houghtering Jr., and Mr. Tokes. The committee chairman warned against misconstruction of party purposes affecting cooperation with Republicans.
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Chicago
Progressive State Central Committee of Illinois
Raymond Robins
Frank H. Funk
Bloomington
James R. Campbell
McLeansboro
Harold Ickes
Evanston
D. W. E. Shallenberger
Canton
James F. Stepina
J. Frank Denel
Rockford
J. L. Houghtering, Jr. Chiscago
Tokes
Philippine measure favored by Wilson administration plan
Washington Tar. , independence to the Pacific not less than four years may be favored by the Wilson administration. Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the senate Philippine committee, discussed with President Wilson Monday a provision to that effect with Senator Clark of Arkansas who had introduced it as an amendment to the pending Philippine bill.
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Hitchcock
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Philippine
Wilson Migeday
Senaset Clark
Arkansas
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