Teutons Claim Gaining East Vienna Front
War front reports from Petrograd describe Austro German advances across Poland Galicia Bukowina and northern Hungary threatening Russian lines South of Warsaw while Prussia faces a new Russian offensive East Prussia described as menaced with heavy fighting near Tabriz and in Argonne fronts.
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Poland
Warsaw
East Prussia
Rograd
Petrograd
Tabriz
London
Argonne Forest
Berlin
Nieuport
Borjimov
Labasave
Ostend
Mebrugge
Zebrugge
General Federation of Trades Tnlons of
Zevernment
Germany
Dunkirk
Donkirk
Prance
Afr
Slavery Ring In Turkish Capital
Constantinople January 3. Through cooperation of Henry Morgenthau American ambassador Bedrie Bey chief of police has begun a vigorous attack on white slavery in Constantinople. One hundred thirty persons interested in the traffic have been arrested and the chief headquarters of the illicit trade raided and again.
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Constantinople
Henry Morgenthau
Bedrie Bey
Ilicit Wade
Men Labor Hard for Big Road Pay
Chicago, Jan 20 An arbitration witness details extreme engineer hours and high pay on western railroads. J H Keefe, Gulf Colorado Santa Fe assistant general manager, cites researchers and payrolls showing October 1913 earnings for engineers, firemen, and hosts across 140,000 miles. Evidence includes 25,446 engineers and 32,221 firemen with long daily hours.
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Chicago
J. H. Keefe
Western Railroad Wage Arbitration Board
Gulf, Colorado& Santa Fe Railroad
Warren S. Stone
J. A. McCredie
Canadian Northern
Mr. Stone
Keefe
Stone
Burt
Timothy Shea
Board of Arbitration
Mr. Keefe
Gulf, Colorado
Santa Fe
W. J. Lauck
Witnesses Deny Early Testimony In Frank Murder Case
Atlanta January 30 James Conley final state witness in the Dan S Lehon Leo M Frank murder trial testified he never told a negro he killed a girl at the factory where Mary Phagan lay. He supported Rev C B Ragsdale who said that affidavit was false and Conley had been paid 200. L L Barber testified Thurman offered to pay 100 to swear one overheard statements. Tedder was present in Luther Rosser’s office. W A Ragsdale testified about a later visit and a possible 100 payment to confirm overheard remarks. The trial dates back to 1913 with Frank convicted as an accessory.
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Atlanta
James Conley
Dan S. Lehon
C. Tedder
Burns Detective Agency
Arthur Thurman
Frank
Mary Phagan
C. B. Ragsdale
Conley
Leo M. Frank
L. Barber
Ragsdale
Thurman
Fioes
Tedder
Luther Rosser
W. A. Ragsdale
Slavery in Colorado mines cited in labor testimony
John Lawson of the United Mine Workers testified before the federal industrial relations commission that Colorado mining towns are under complete company control with houses schools churches and stores. he described accidents murders and mass indictments, denounced Rockefeller, and condemned aid to distant causes while neglecting unemployed miners and their families. Lawson recounted shootings of strikers and expulsions of miners, urging accountability for conditions in Colorado Fuel and Iron.
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New York
John Lawson
Colorado
United Mine Workers of America
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Lawson
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Rockefeller
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
John D. Rockefeller
Babe
Mr. Lawson
United States
Pope Declares Hope for End to Prolonged War
In Bordeaux on January 30 Pope Benedict responds to Cardinal Andrieu's letter urging peace. He states that cessation of the long cruel war is most desirable and that all plans and efforts have been directed toward rapid attainment of that end.
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Bordeaux
Cardins Andrieu
Pope Benedict
President Wilson presses for peace amid stalled war talk
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson renewed efforts to urge peace in Europe, warning that continued fighting will cause huge casualties. Major powers demand harsh terms, including Belgium evacuation and territorial concessions, making a durable peace seem unlikely. German, British, and French positions complicate mediation as Russia and the Balkans shape spring plans.
Campaign to Talk Bill to Death Fails in Senate
Washington, Jan 30. The ship purchase bill stalemated as Republicans press to talk it to death, threatening March adjournment or a forced vote. Smoot exhausted after 11 hours 35 minutes of continuous speaking, with Sutherland stepping in to continue amid nightly cloakroom maneuvers. Democratic absences and looming roll calls mark a tense session as the fight drags on. Reports also note German trench warfare and a bleak outlook for peace negotiations, with officials predicting a long war unless exhaustion shifts positions.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Austria-Hungary
Belgrade
Servia
Balkan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
England
Edward Grey
Washington
D. C
United States Senate
Congress
Smoot
Sutherland
Congressional Library
Lodge
Smith
Michigan
Oliver
Call LaFollette
Simmons
Ledge
Man Believed Herman Huedepohl Found Dead After Poisoning
The body of Herman Huedepohl, from a prominent Quincy family, was found on a Taylor area farm. A note claimed he had committed a terrible crime and took poison because he feared gallows. He had been an asylum patient in Jacksonville before his death.
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Quincy, TM
Herman Huedepohl
Quincy
Taylor
State Asylum For the
Jacksonville
Quarantine Tightened Over Foot and Mouth Disease
Washington January 30 new federal order tightens quarantine rules effective February 1 barring shipment of any live stock susceptible to hoof and mouth disease from quarantined areas to free areas. The order covers Illinois Michigan Indiana Delaware New York Pennsylvania Wisconsin Montana Maryland and Virginia following discovery of infected cattle linked to Chicago stockyards. Des Moines Senate adopts resolution urging Congress to probe the Chicago union stock yards and hoof and mouth origin and disposal methods in yards found infected.
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Washington, D. C
Ilinois
Michigan
Indiana
Delaware
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Montana
Maryland
Virginia
Chicago
Buffalo
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Congress
Union
Villa shot by personal guard in El Paso
In El Paso on January 3 General Villa was wounded three times by his personal bodyguard Colonel Rodolfo Fierro, a report denied by Juarez officials. A separate dispatch notes Mexico City remains quiet under General Obregon, while Fierro is linked to the murder of English subject William Benton in Juarez. A commission found Fierro responsible but offered no definite results. An American private, William B. Warwick, was killed by a stray shot from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. an army board said the bullet came from that side and a fuller inquiry is ongoing.
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el Paso
Texas
Villa
Rodolfo Fierro
Juarez
Laredo
Mexico City
Obregon
Silliman
Fierro
William Benton
William B. Warwick
16Th Infantry
Rio Grande
Army
Professor kills man during attempt to enter home
Minneapolis news reports Professor W F Allen of the University of Minnesota anatomy department in custody after Earl Nyrall was shot and fatally wounded while allegedly trying to enter Allen's home. Nyrall died four hours later. authorities opened a grand jury investigation.
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Minneapolis
Minn
W. F. Allen
Anatomy Department
University of Minnesota
Earl Nyrall
Allen
Nyrall
Heel
Weather forecast for Rock Island etc with cold snap
Snow or rain expected tonight and Sunday with a low near 15 degrees. Winds shift to the east and south as temperatures rise, yesterday high 11 and low 1. Wind at 7 am 15 mph, humidity 77 percent at 7 pm and 91 percent at 7 am. No precipitation. stage of water 2.92. fall of 0.2 inch in 24 hours. Local forecaster J. M. Sherier signs off. Astronomical notes mention Saturn and morning stars Segias Mars.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Saturn
Segias
Mars
Soulu
P. OL
McCormick Seen As Dry Choice For Illinois Speakership
Illinois house drys back McCormick as a potential speaker if the McBride anti alcohol league moves its backing. Provine’s camp weakens as McCormick could win wet support, with early signals of a political shift after talks in Springfield.
Train Wreck Near Milwaukee Injures Several
Wis June 20 Train No. 5 on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul from Chicago to Minneapolis left the track ten miles north of here. The engine and some cars turned over with a number injured. No fatalities reported. Later word said engine and baggage car stayed on track while seven other cars tore from the couplings.
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Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Chicago
Minneapolis
Auto Bandits Steal Jewels from New York Pawnshop
Three men in a car robbed Adolph Stern's pawnshop today injuring no one. They bound and gagged three clerks, loaded diamonds worth an estimated fifteen thousand dollars into three suitcases, and fled. The haul may not reflect full gem values.
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New York
Adolph Stern
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Lincoln Centennial Association
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St. Louis
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Samuel Fallows
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Mary Halstead
New Holland
Rockville
Neb
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Capital
Scott M’bride Coming
Anti-Saloon League
Denver
Walter M. Provine
Phil Hanor
Taylorville
Scott McBride
Mllinois Anti-Saloon League
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Wets
William J. Graham
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Boyd
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Ant Saloon League
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Currins
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