Montenegrin Relief Request and War News Digest
M Radovich the Montenegrin minister in Rome asks the American Red Cross to feed destitute Montenegrins amid 20000 starving people. Reports say 450 Germans drowned near the Jusen Dvina after ice breaks in Russian shelling. The Balgownie sank. most crew saved. A Doiran front clash marks first infantry exchange between central powers and allies since Salonika concentration. London notes Poland relief schemes, Grey fears no pact without guarantees against occupation forces. Zeppelin L-19 not returned. airship feared lost at sea. Avlona and Durazzo bombed by Austro-Hungarian hydroplanes. one hydroplane destroyed with two rescued. Prussian January casualties total 235700 with five generals killed. missing include the Fourteenth Jaeger. Buckingham Palace proclaims February 10 as the military service act date. Zeppelin raid claims 35 more British water deaths, including 22 Germans aboard the dirigible 19. Franz Fischer collier sinking by Zeppelin bomb causes 13 drownings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
North Sea
Franz Fischer
Bomb Fire Embrace of Italian Consul House Heats Milwaukee News
Italian consul Armina Conte narrowly escaped when a bomb exploded at his Wayland apartment in Milwaukee. In other items, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr is acquitted in Newport on hiring assassins to kill her husband, while his alleged killers are convicted. A Brooklyn house fire kills six women, a Chicago Opera director faces a bomb plot probe, and security steps rise in Haiti as U S cruiser Washington arrives. Immigration restriction gains Labor Federation backing. Babylon banker and fire chief die in a rail collision. coal operators reject miners demands. Shambaugh police pursue robbers. Chicago votes on wet dry now postponed to 1917.
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Armina Conte
Wayland
Milwaukee
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Providence
R. 1
Charles F. Mohr
Newport
Emily Burger
Henry Spellman
Cecil V. Brown
Washington Moves and Capitol Debates Highlight Early 20th Century Policy
The State Department bans war munitions shipments to Sonora and Chihuahua and Lower California. Goethals seeks 19.3 million for Panama Canal Zone civil government. Senate approves 100 thousand for Mississippi flood relief and tents for the homeless. Von Bernstorff’s reply to Lansing signals a German stance. Vice President Marshall casts the deciding vote on the Philippines bill to withdraw US sovereignty in two to four years. fifteen Democrats oppose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
Chihuahua
California
State Department
Washington
Senate
Robinson
Mississippi Valley
Secretary of War
Marshall
Philippines
United States
Bombs and flames destroy Canada's parliament building
Ottawa Feb 5 Canada's Parliament building was ruined by a fire and two explosions killing at least six and injuring about fifty. Officials suspect incendiary bombs planted by German agents. Prime figures including Sir Robert Borden escaped. Minister Burrell and Dr. Clark were seriously burned. Fire spread beyond control as deputies and spectators fled through the galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Ottawa Fire Department
Montreal
Providence, R. I
United States Department of Justice
House of Commons
Robert Borden
Martin Burrell
Michael Clark
Red Deer
Sevigney
Burrell
Gerald White
Bradbury
Sir Sam Hughes
Hughes
Overseas Regiment
Rideau Hall
Duke of Connaught
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Foreign Mails Held in England and Other War News
Dispatches report foreign mails from the Dutch steamer Medan held in England after arrival from New York. An explosion at Skoda works in Pilsen demolished Austria’s 305 millimeter howitzer factory. Casualties total 195. The Japanese steamer Daijin Maru sank after colliding with Linan, with 16 lives lost. Berlin reports severe Polish famine and pestilence. Ottawa’s Parliament building burned in a fire likely caused by a gas bomb. Two women died, four men killed. Liberal whip Frederick Pardee and MP William Loggie missing. Losses estimated at 10 million dollars.
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Austria
Skoda
Pilsen
Messagers
Rome
Ottawa
Ont
Sevigney
Frederick F. Pardee
William Loggie
Willard to Fight Moran in Madison Square Garden War
Heavyweight champion Sporting Jess Willard is set to meet Frank Moran of Pittsburgh in a ten round bout on March 17 at Madison Square Garden New York. Moran travels from Pittsburgh to challenge Willard for the heavyweight title in the marquee event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Willard
Chicago
Frank Moran
Pittsburgh
Madison Square Garden
New York
Begin hot water drinking for stomach cleansing
An old health advises starting each day with a glass of real hot water and a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to flush poisons from the stomach and purify the alimentary tract. It promises relief from biliousness headaches and constipation, urging daily morning use before breakfast.
Artemus Ward humorist born in Waterford Maine in 1834
The article recounts Charles Farrar Browne known as Artemus Ward, born in Waterford Maine in 1834 and died in 1867 at thirty two. It notes his Puritan lineage and a humorous anecdote about asking Cyrus whether slavery was right. It adds that the United States spends about 2.46 billion dollars yearly on liquor and mentions prohibitory laws in seven states in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Farrar Browne
Artemus Ward
Waterford
Jerusalem
Levi
Moses
Nathan
Cyrus
National
Artemus
Charles
Physician Credits Grape-Nuts For Recovery and Strength
A Georgia physician shares a personal trial with Grape-Nuts, claiming rapid restoration of nerve and brain function, digestion, and weight after a period of illness and weakness. He cites a two month lapse, two weeks to walk a mile, and five weeks to resume work, endorsing the cereal as a true rebuilders’ aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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M. Radovich
American Red Cross Society
Montenegro
Jusen Dwina
Amsterdam
Lloyd's
Balgownie
General Steamship Navigation Company
Saloniki
Doiran
Reuter
Foreign Office
Poland
Edward Grey
Berlin
Avlona
Durazzo
Albania
Vienna War Office
Copenhagen
Buckingham Palace
George
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Casimir Tag
German Savings Bank
Charles Strong
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Manhattan
Usher
New York Navy Yard
Haiti
Chicago Federation of Labor
John R. Wigbie
Leon Pettit
Babylon, N. Y
Long Island
United Mine Workers of America
Whitmore
Shambaugh
State Savings Bank
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Congress
Germany
Lusitania
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Parliament
England
Doctor Clark
Mme. Sevigney
Parliament Hill
Mme Bray
Mme. Morin
Beauce
Mme. Duasault
Quebec
Mme. Duseault
Mme, Bray
Dominion
Commons
Capitol
George Bradbury
Manitoba
Medrie Martin
Martin
Rhodes
Parliament Building
Mr. Bradbury
Post Office
Parliament Grounds
Langevin
Archives
Royal Mint
Rotterdam
Linan
Shanghai
Ward
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