Senators Debate on Neutrality and Belligerent Ship Travel
The Senate debated U S neutrality in the European war, criticizing belligerent ship travel by Americans. Senators Jones and Works urged restraint, Lodge warned against arms embargo, and O'Gorman and Hitchcock supported an embargo. The session highlighted tensions over exports, munitions, and patriotic duty.
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Unden Seas Service
Washington
D .D
Amon
Works
Ionia
United States
Lodge
Foreign. Relations. Committee
Germany
O'Gorman
New York
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
R. N. McNeely
S.einner
London
Aden
Jones
Britain moves to force military service in Commons
London reports Prime Minister Ashcroft pushed compulsory service in a stirring speech citing war needs. The House of Commons chamber was packed with ministers and members, galleries overflowing, with few absentees due to military duties. The sweeping policy marks a decisive shift to meet wartime exigencies.
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London
Premnier Ascuith
House of Commons
Hill
Far From Final Decision on Bessarabia Front
The article notes ongoing Russian advances in Bessarabia as reinforcements push to widen a center gap between German and Russian forces. Austrian assaults near Kolki aim to hold the line, while both sides expect months of fighting before spring dictates strategy. Other fronts remain comparatively quiet.
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London
Bessarabia
Petrograd
Kolki
Principal Motos Congratulated by President Wilson
Montgomery Alabama Major Robert R Motos has been named principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute succeeding Booker T Washington. He received a congratulatory letter from President Wilson.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robert R. Motos
The
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute For Negroes
Booker T. Washington
Wilson
Upward Trend in Trade Across Federal Reserve Districts
Washington reports continued business improvement across the country as reflected in most district summaries from the twelve Federal Reserve districts released by the Federal Reserve Board.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Boards
Question on Jury Duty Negroes and Equal Protection
The Supreme Court is asked to rule whether southern states failure to levy jury duty on Negroes denies them equal protection of the law in criminal cases. The question focuses on whether such exclusion from juries violates the Fourteenth Amendment. The case is raised in U. S. Court, Washington, D. C. during the current term.
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U. S. Court
Washington
DB. C
Supreme Court
Singer's Son Dies in San Diego Pneumonia Death
San Diego reports the death of Schumagy Heink, son of the renowned contralto singer Mm Bohumiann Hein, after a two week illness due to pneumonia. His mother accompanied him during his final days.
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Singer
San Diego
Cal
Schumagy Heink
Bohumiann- Hein
Wilson seeks full facts on sinking of Persia liner
President Wilson and Secretary of State pledge every effort to secure full information on the sinking of the Persia. Wilson cancels cabinet meeting, consults with Senate Foreign Relations leaders Stone and others, and relies on ambassadors and consuls to establish the submarine’s nationality and findings. Congress may be briefed or act if drastic measures arise.
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Washington
Persia
White House
Wilson
Hot Springs
Tumialy
Itate
Congress
Stone
Penfield
Vienna
United States
Flood
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
House
Minnesota swears in new governor amid death note
A. A. Burnquist is sworn in as Minnesota's nineteenth governor to succeed the late Wirfeld Hammond who died of a stroke in Clinton Louisiana. Hammond had arrived three days earlier to visit his land and lumber interests. Allied air raids report Bulgarian targets in Strumnitea and a French order for the release of Germans from ships by the cruiser Des cartes. Henry Ford returns to Detroit after peace mission in The Hague, declining a welcoming delegation.
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Bevre
Belgium
St Paul
Minn
A Burnquist
Minnesota
Wirfeld
Hammond
Clinton
Athens
Strumnitea
Washington
State Department
New York
Porto Rico
Descartes
Detroit
Auch
Henry Ford
Hague
Winfield Scott Hammond
J. A. Nowell
East Feliciana Parish
Browns Must Pay O’Connor Loss Affirmed
A jury verdict from May 1912 awarded John O'Connor £5300 against the St. Louis American league club for discharge. The appellate court affirmed the decision, upholding the damages awarded in the case heard in St. Louis.
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Browns
O'Connor
St. Louis
John O'Connor
Six Year Old Heroine Rescues Boy in River Rescue
In Auburn California Laverne Imp eon, age six, saved seven year old Clayton Brooks from drowning in the Coon river. The boy fell through the ice and the child rushed to his aid pulling him to safety.
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Auburn
Laverne M. Impeon
Clayton Brooks
Coon River
Allies Hold Gonsuls and Two Slain in HoldUp
Dispatches report Greek demands for Saloniki consuls rejected while Austrian Turkish and Bulgarian consuls are surrendered. Separate items note German Austro Hungarian and Bulgarian consuls held, Turkey protests to the Porte, and martial law possible January 15. In South Bend, two masked robbers kill Henry Muessel and chauffeur Frank Chrobot at Muessel Brewing. teen William Muessel is wounded as they loot the office.
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Rome
Safoniki
Tne
Athens
Giornalea'italia
Amsterdam
Sofa
Bulgaria
Sarrail
Great Britain
France
Serbia
Saloniki
John E. Kehl
London
Reuter
Constantinople
Porte
Greece
Chamber of Deputies
South End
Ind
Henry Muessel
Muessel Brewing Company
Frank Chrobot
William Muessel
Monay
Henry Aluessel
Robert Muessel
Walter Muessel
Congress at Work Again
Congress returns to a long legislative siege with focus on national preparedness and finance bills. Senate readiness centers on the Philippine bill to liberalize Filipino political status while House committees begin work on major appropriation measures and other pending legislation.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Will of Yale football star Shevlin filed for probate
The will of Thomas L. Shevlin, former Yale football star, was filed for probate in Minneapolis Minnesota on January 6. The estate valued at 3.6 million dollars leaves the entire amount to the widow and two children.
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Shevlin
Minneapolis
Minn
Thomas L. Shevlin
Yale Foothail Star
Judges Must Retire Report on Federal Judges
Washington January 6 The senate judiciary committee decided to report Senator Hoke Smiths bill to the president to appoint a temporary replacement for federal judges who fail to retire due to age The measure targets judges approaching or past the retirement age to ensure new appointments and continuity in the federal judiciary.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Emamates
Hoke Smith
Sseora
SISTER SHIP OF PERSIA SUNK
London January reports say the Pentanular and Oriental line steamer Geelong was sunk in a collision but all passengers and crew were saved. The 7,951 ton steel vessel built in 1904 mirrored the fate of Britain’s Glengyle, a 1914 ship sunk by a submarine with about 100 aboard and ten missing. The St Oswald also fell to a submarine in the same period.
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London
Geelong
Persia
Glengyle
Yokohama
Genna
Mediterranean
Glasgow
St. Oswald
TWO DIE IN SHIP EXPLOSION AT BROOKLYN DOCK
Two men perished when an explosion hit the engine room of the Norwegian oil tank steamer Aztec at a Brooklyn dock. Ten others were seriously injured and ten feared missing. The Aztec, chartered to Inter Ocean Transport, had just arrived from France and was to sail for Philadelphia for a cargo bound for France.
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New York
Aztec
Brooklyn
Interocean Transport Company
France
Philadelphia
Carnegie Nephew George Lander Jr Dies in Greenwich
George Lander Jr aged forty, nephew of Andrew Carnegie, died in Greenwich Connecticut Tuesday afternoon from pneumonia. He was a millionaire and widely known as a philanthropist.
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Carnegie
Greenwich
Conn
George Lander, Jr
Andrew Carnegie
Austro-Cerman retreat in East Galicia endangers Balkan move
An official Vienna statement reports Czernowitz evacuated and 2,300 Russians killed in East Galicia with many German prisoners taken. Petrograd disputes the Czernowitz evacuation while noting trench fighting northwest of the city and continued Russian offensives in Strypa and Vollslian districts amid harsh winter conditions.
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Vienna
Galicia
London
Czernowitz
Dukovina
Ivanoulas
Pruth
Iurgs
Strypa
Vollsnian
Tivisia
Galician
Taporovuts
Wegehaus
Rarinezle
Okna
Useziebko
Buczacz
Petrograd
Czernowicz
Bukowina
British Recruits Called for New Service Groups
London reports Sir John Simon resignation as home secretary. A government proclamation calls on the sixth to ninth groups under Lord Derby's recruiting scheme. Recruits report February 8. Of 5,011,441 men of military age, 2,825,263 enlisted. 1,150,000 unmarried and 1,679,263 married men presented for service.
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London
John Simon
Home Affairs
House of Commions
Asquith
Lord Derby
United Kingdom
Lord Rerby
Former ambassador Kerens hospitalized in Baltimore
Former ambassador Richard C. Kerens, a noted insurance and political figure from the Middle West, was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a hurried trip from St. Louis. At 73, he is in serious condition from a complication of disorders difficult to treat due to age, with no operation likely.
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Baltinore
Amamador
Richard C. Kereng
Middle’ West
Johns Hopkins Hospital
St. Louis
Kerens
Former Head of Teachers Union Killed in Chicago
Miss Catherine Goggin a 60 year old Chicago school teacher and former president of the Teachers Federation was run down and instantly killed by an automobile truck. The incident occurred in Chicago on January 6.
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Teachers’ Union
Cbhicago
Catherine Goggin
Chicago
The
Teachers' Federation
Fire causes heavy loss at Taube hosiery mill
Riverside New Jersey January 4 fire partly destroyed the William B Taube hosiery mill plant with damages estimated at 250000. Members of one firm suspected the blaze was incendiary in origin.
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Jersey
Riverside
N. J
William B. Taube Hosiery
Mila
Gas Escape Kills Three in Kang Borough Lockup
Three men died and two others were found unconscious after a gas escape in a Kang County borough lockup area. Authorities reported the incident occurred in a nearby Em porium building, where residents were affected by the fumes and an investigation is underway.
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Kang
Dan
Ned
Emporium
Gue
California Syrup of Figs Courtesy Ad Card
An old fashioned advertising card promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle cleansing laxative for children. It contrasts harsh traditional medicines with the fruit laxative’s claimed safety and ease, urging mothers to buy the product for babies and adults with directions on the bottle.
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California
Ady
Auditor Vile Donahey’s Lesson On Noah Stirs Ten Children
The Columbus Dispatch reports Auditor of State Vile Donahey, returning from Sunday school, emphasized that the Ark spared only those aboard while floodwaters wiped out all others. A precocious question from a child about water-die flakes challenged him, delaying his answer.
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Vile Donahey Aud
Iad
Columbus Dispatch
Cure claimed for Bright's disease with Dodd's Kidney Pills
Mrs A L Crawford of Medfield Massachusetts reports recovery from Bright's Disease after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She describes severe swelling and eye edema prior to treatment and credits gradual improvement and full health from the course. Advertising note lists Dodd's Kidney Pills at 50 cents per box from Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo New York.
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A. L. Crawford
Medfield
Mass
Dodd
Bright
Dedd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
Dedd
Entering by the Back Door Amid Browning Club Recital
The passage recalls a home scene with Mr Dodsworth and a warning to enter by the back door. Browning club plans an afternoon of study and recitation intended to honor the soulful atmosphere. The aged Mr Dods worth remarks that nothing is afoot, while Tirs Dodsworth speaks of entertaining guests.
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Tirs. Dodsworth
Mr. Dodsworth
Browning Club
Premature Justice Shows Officer of Eighty Hesitates
A judge over eighty, feeling unwell, consults a physician who urges daily exercise. The judge resists, saying walking would bore him and lead to an early grave, yet the physician insists on giving up sedentary habits and walking an hour each day.
Eye Health Ad From Marine Rye Remedy Co
An old Chicago advertisement promotes Eye Cook products from Marine Rye Remedy Co claiming to keep eyes youthful and reduce apparent age with a request for product use guidance.
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Gray Wales
Dyatt
Marine Rye Remedy Co
Chicago
The Zeppuling Arrives at Theatrical Lodgings
The narrator informs the Lady that the Zeppuling have arrived and that rooms are already let to the Brothers Egbert, signaling a busy lodging scene and competition among patrons in this theatrical setting.
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Egbert
Piles Cured with Pazo Ointment Claim
An old advertisement-like fragment touts cure times of six to fourteen days for piles with PAZO OINTMENT and hints at money back if it fails. It references relief from the first application and implies a broader social critique of mutual deception.
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Natina—Jones
Minton
Informa
Oliver Twist
Baloniki
South Bend
Grengyle
Wabashia
Banks
Lafayette
Ian
Wabash
Connersville
Richard C. Kerens
Baltimore
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