British Durward Torpedoed by German Submarine
The British steamship Durward bound from Leith to Rotterdam was torpedoed 22 miles off Maas lightship by German submarine U-19. All crew escaped in small boats assisted by a Dutch lifeboat. The ship carried provlemets for the American relief commission. Other war news from the period notes French success near Pont-A-Mousson and Verdun, fighting in Alsace, floods halting German operations, and Zeppelin raids.
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Lemdon
Rotterdam
Aia
Reuters
Leith
Maas
Amsterdam
Hague
Durward
Ameri!a
Bertin
Jam
German War Office
Pont-A-Mousson
Alles
Metz
Sernheim
Verdun
Karry-An-Bec
Waris
Enys
Alsace
Soissone
Tee
Herry-Au-Bac
Carothers Joins Villa Headquarters Near Chihuahua
El Paso reports George Carothers special agent of the American state department has joined Villa's headquarters near Chihuahua. Washington dispatch notes his departure for Aguas Calientes and officials do not confirm reports of a personal encounter.
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el Paso
Texas
George Carothers
American State Department
Villa
Chihuahua
Washington, D. C
Carothers
Aguas Calientes
Tarbell voices silent revolution in business policy
Ida Tarbell testified Tuesday before the U S commission on industrial relations in New York. She said business is shifting to prioritize the common man, insisting employers now seek to give equal justice and opportunity or risk their own success, noting more employers recognize this need than in the past.
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Ida Tarbell
U. S. Commission On Industrial Relations
New York City
British to seize Dacia if it leaves port in prize action
Washington reports that the British embassy declared the German steamship Dacia would be seized if it sails to European waters. The United States noted the ship would land at Galveston and sail. the Dacia’s cargo of cotton would be protected by Britain either by purchase or shipment to Rotterdam. The British stance stresses the transfer of the Dacia as not valid under international law and anticipates court action if captured. Cargo insurance was offered at 4 percent, easing shippers’ concerns while the vessel itself remains uninsured.
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Washington, DD. C
State Department
Ambassador Page
Galveston
Cecil Spring-Rice
Dacia
Great Britain
Rotterdam
Ffar
Internationalaw
Decia
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Literacy test hearing before the president on immigration
Washington January 22 crowd fills the Wilte house for a public hearing on the immigration literacy bill. Supporters say the test will improve quality of immigration while opponents argue it bars capable aliens and that crime is not linked to illiteracy. Representative Gallivan and Burke Cochran address the debate.
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Washington, D. C
Wilte House
Gallivan
Boston
Burke Cochran
New York
Population near hundred million in the United States
Washington reports a census dispute over the exact date the population will hit 100 million. C. D. Sloane projects April 2 at 4 pm with 100,000,059 people, while J. S. McCoy estimates January 27 or 28. Both use different calculation methods for future counts. Separate Chesapeake Bay disaster noted with no deaths.
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Washington, D. C
United States
C. D. Sloane
Census Bureau
J. S. McCoy
Treasury Department
Alaska
Hawaii
McCoy
Treasury
Ford's plan to reform Sing Sing prisoners by example
Henry Ford proposed at the U S industrial relations commission that he could take every Sing Sing prisoner and make a man of him. He cited justice over charity and noted a $5 a day minimum wage plus profit sharing in his business. Samuel Gompers urged the commission to hear officials from major telegraph firms for potentially revealing information.
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New York
Henry Ford
Detroit
Sing Sing
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Ford
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Industrial Relations Commission
Gompers
Early vote on speakership shows progress in Illinois caucus
In Springfield on January 22 Republican lawmakers hope for an early resolution to the 63 caucus Republicans and 17 holdouts deadlock over the speaker race. A committee reported friendly talks with the 17 absentees led by Mr Provine and asked for more time. The roll call showed Provine 61 Browne 37 Keane 12 Lynch 16 Hoffman 11 Igoe 2 Huston 1 Hervey 1 Hruby 1. Oregon elected Katheryn Clark the state senator, first woman to win a seat in the Oregon senate.
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Springfield
House
Provine
Browne
Maucker
Hubberd
Shanahan
Hubbard
Keane
Lynch
Hoffman
Igoe
Huston
Hervey
Hruby
Ilinois
Judge Alonzo K. Vickers Dies After Illness
Judge Alonzo K. Vickers of the Illinois supreme court died in East St. Louis after a five day illness of asthma and pneumonia. Born 1853 in Massac County he served as chief justice 1910 11 and as an associate judge for eight years. Survived by a widow and three children, his death prompts Governor Dunne to name a successor before the June supreme court elections. Possible appointees include Carroll Boggs Warren Duncan Jacob Creighton and Bruce Campbell.
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East St. Louis
Alonzo K. Vickers
Supreme Court of Illinois
Vickers
Ellis
Massac County
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois House of Representatives
Springfield
Justice Vickers
Dunne
Supreme Court
Illinois
Scown
Ilinois
Warren W. Duncan
Marion
Carrol C. Boggs
Fairfield
Jacob R. Creighton
Bruce A. Campbell
Cummins Attacks President Over Ship Bill in Senate
Washington, Jan 22. Senator Cummins denounced the administration ship bill as dangerous and attacked the president’s Indianapolis speech as a bid to win momentary applause. He called the president’s course medieval and destructive and warned the chipping bill would impose indefensible legislation. Senator Lodge warned the plan could bring war with several nations. Also reported, copper exports last week totaled $1,029,021 weighing 7,836,759 pounds.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Cummins
Indianapolis
Senate
Cummins
Congress
Senator Lodge
England
France
Russia
Japan
House
McAdoo
Boston
New York
Lodge
United
Department of Commerce
Maritime laws to aid shipping
St Louis January 22 James J Hill argued in a paper on Freedom for Our Foreign Trade that adequate ocean carriage in American ships is essential for free foreign trade. He warned subsidies are a losing path, urged American shipbuilding advantages, and favored a strong merchant marine funded by the people rather than government subsidies.
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St. Louis
James J. Hill
America
New York
Robert Dollar
Panama Railway
United States
Isthmus
Panama Line
International Trade Center
Mississippi Valley
Central West
Memphis
Congress
Weather Forecast and Conditions Report
Snow and colder tonight with the lowest temperature just below zero. Saturday will be fair and cold with strong northerly winds. At 7 am the temperature was 10, yesterday's high 13, low 10. Winds at 7 am 6 mph. Precipitation 0.13 inch. Relative humidity 83 percent at 7 pm and 96 percent at 1 am. Stage of water 3.9, a fall of 0.2 in that period. J. M. Sherrier local forecaster.
Explosion Kills Four Aboard San Diego After Boiler Tube Failure
Lapaz Mexico January 22 Four naval firemen died and nine were seriously hurt when a boiler tube ruptured on the armored cruiser San Diego after a four hour steam trial. The ship departed for Guayamas and was flagship of the Pacific fleet under Captain Ashley H. Robertson. Casualties include Oscar Wyatt A J Hardee W F Elliott Clifford Western. Rear Admiral Howard orders a full navy investigation as several injured are reported in serious condition.
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Lapaz
Mexico
San Diego
Cal
Guayamas
Pacific Fleet
Ashley H. Robertson
Oscar Wyatt
el Centro
A. J. Hardee
Joplin
Navy Department
Five Die of Poison in Colorado Homestead Tragedy
Simon Colorado January 22 Coroner reports Frank La Lone a French homesteader and four of his children died from poison in a suspected murder suicide. Mrs La Lone is critically ill and a fifth child is ill. Neighbors found the bodies as La Lone died shortly after. The lone 3 year old lay dead in his mother s arms while two sisters aged 7 and 9 and a brother 14 were also dead.
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Simon
Colo
Frank la Lone
Towa
la Lone
Iowa man leaves 2090 to Senator Kenyon and others
Probate filings in Fort Dodge show L S Coffin bequeathing 2000 to the Intercollegiate Prohibition association of Chicago 2000 to Senator W S Kenyon 20000 to Buena Vista college 15000 to Lenox college and 5000 to the Iowa State Prohibition party. Relatives receive shares and Mrs Carrie Rutledge gets one half of the estate after bequests. Ettor bound over in Ohio case after pleading not guilty and posting 5000 bail.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
L. S. Coffin
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association of Chicago
W. S. Kenyon
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Iowa State Prohibition Party
Coffin
Carrie Rutledge
Ettor
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Joseph J. Ettor
First Food Ship Off 10 Hamburg
New York Jan 22 The American owned steamer Wilhelmina carrying 9000000 pounds of wheat 840900 pounds of corn 450000 pounds of bran and assorted foods for Germany was cleared from this port for Hamburg and is set to sail this afternoon. It is the first food carrying American vessel to depart for Germany since the war began.
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New York
Wilhelmina
Germany
Hamburg
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Switzerland
Frode
Altkirch
Suisse
Thann
Eltel Friederich
Mulhausen
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Copenhagen
Merlin
Tey
Niesport
Ostend
Helland
Tele
Sorder
London
Poland
Vintula
Lipno
Skempe
Preusian
Soissons
Pest
Carpathians
Ignace
Henry Sienkiewes
Villa Quarters
Prothers
Industrial Relations Co
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Auto Builder
Justice
Roseburg
Oregon
Katheryn Clark
Miss Clark
Oregon Senate
Judge Vickers
Wilson Knocker
Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Pacific
W.S. Kenyon
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