Senate Votes 48 to 17 on Peace Note Resolution
Senate passes Jones substitute for Hitchcock resolution endorsing Wilson peace note without endorsing the note itself. The 48 to 17 vote saw Progressive Republicans align with Democrats. Senator Lewis said the war could not continue without US involvement and urged support for peace to end universal slaughter.
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Washington
Jones
Wilson
Senate
Lewis
Dem
Illinois
United States
America
Teutons Capture Two Towns in Dobrudja
Berlin reports Teutonic forces seized Matchin and Jijila in northern Dobrudja. Russians and Roumanians were pushed back west and south of Focsani, with invaders pressing the fortified Russian line. Attacks near Barcesci Topesci and hills failed with heavy losses.
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Berlin
Matchin
Jijila
Dobrudja
Roumania
Focsani
Barsesci
Topesci
Senator Stone Attacks Lawson On Senate Floor
Senator Stone of Missouri harshly arraigned Thomas W. Lawson on the senate floor and insisted that no public official is guilty of wrongdoing regarding the leak to Wall Street on the Wilson peace note, during the January 4 session.
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Washington
Stone
Missouri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Thomas W. Lawson
Senate
Wall Street
Petition Contesting Gardner Gubernatorial Election Presented
A petition contesting the election of Frederick D. Gardner, Democrat, as Missouri governor was presented to the joint legislative session by Senator A B E L Gardner, Republican, in Jefferson City on January 8. The move targets the governor’s race outcome and seeks legislative review.
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Gardner
Jefferson City
Frederick D. Gardner
Missouri
A. BE. L. Gardner
Fire at Joliet Prison Threatens Whole Facility
Fire begun in a chair factory at the Illinois state penitentiary in Joliet during January 8 efforts by convicts and officers confined the blaze to a single area and prevented spread to the rest of the prison.
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Joliet
Chicago
Illinois State Penitentiary
Suspect Bernard W. Lewis Ends Life in Atlantic City
Bernard W. Lewis, son of a Pittsburgh coal magnate, killed himself with a .22 rifle as police closed in to arrest him on a murder collateral tied to Maizie Colbert. Detectives say the collar found in Colbert's rooms matches his, though they do not charge him with the murder. Lewis, 37, Yale 1901 graduate, was estranged from his wife and tied to Pittsburgh clubs and nightlife.
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Philadelphia
Bernard W. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Maizie Colbert
Atlantic City
Lewis
Yale
Union
Country
Oakmont
Tumulty in leak case sparks rules committee hearing
Washington January hearing on Representative Wood's investigation railroading charges of stock market gain from leak information on President Wilson's peace note. Wood named Tumulty Bolling Baruch Kahn others who denied knowledge, Wood said no implication of profits.
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Washington
Wilson
House Rules Committee
Representative Wood
Wood
Tumulty
Mr. Bolling
Bernard Bar
Woodmen and I W W agitators rounded up by sheriff
Virginia Minnesota January 5 two hundred fifty woodsmen strikers and Industrial Workers of the World agitators were arrested Wednesday at Cussan and rushed to town on a special train. They will be held in a vacant building under guard until arraignment. Sheriff John Mening said the situation is well in hand.
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Virginia
Minn
Cussan
John Mening
Hurley Quits Trade Board As FCC Chairman Resigns
Edward N. Hurley of Chicago resigns as chairman of the federal trade commission. He met with President Wilson in a personal conference and will leave the post, effective February 1, to return to business in Chicago.
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Federal Commission
Chicago
Washington
Edward N. Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Hurley
Teutons Capture Four Towns in Romania Advance
German war office says Teutonic forces pierced the Russian bridgehead before Braila and seized four towns. About 1,400 enemies were captured. In Wisconsin a dam accident at Waltsota dam killed one worker and fatally injured two others when a 225 foot trestle collapsed, sending an engine and nine cars into the river.
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Berlin
Braila
Roumania
War Office
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Walssota Dam
Purity Convention Called for November Gathering
La Crosse Wisconsin January 8 D Steadwell president of the World's Purity federation calls the tenth international purity convention to be held in Louisville Kentucky from November 8 to 14 with details issued by the federation.
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la Crosse
Wis
Steadwell
World's
Carranza Aid Arrest Stuns New York Consulate
Juan Tl Burns Carranza consul in New York is jailed on three indictments for conspiring to ship arms to Vera Cruz in violation of Wilson era embargo. He allegedly falsified manifests to hide ammunition as hardware and faced $10,000 bail after raid-linked arrests.
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New York
Juan ‘Tl
Burns
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Wilson
Department of Justice
Reuben Mier
Houston
Tex
Mier
Federal
Wilson Peace Terms Said Known by All Sides
In a Budapest dispatch Count Julius Andrassy remarks President Wilson already knows the peace terms of the Teutons and Entente. In Washington Senator Lodge criticized German ambassador von Bernstorff for publicly endorsing Wilson notes, saying it caused misinterpretation that the note aimed to aid Germany.
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London
Wilson
Julius Andrassy
Hungary
Budapest
Central
Amsterdam
Washington
Senate
Lodge
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
January grand jury opens inquiry into fuel and food costs
In New York on January 4, the January federal grand jury was sworn in and began examining the government's inquiry into the high cost of fuel and food products. It had at its disposal the testimony heard in December.
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Federal
New York
Germany asks recall of minister to Roumania
Washington, Jan. 6 Germany has asked the United States to remove Charles J. Vopicka American minister to Roumania stationed at Bucharest. Motor Company Head Kills Self. Cincinnati, Jan. 8 Frank J. Enger president of the Enger Motor Car company of this city who was recently reorganized with a capital stock of 3 000 000 shot and killed himself in his office.
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Germany
U. S
C. J. Vopicka
Bucharest
Washington
United States
Charles J. Vopicka
Roumania
Nat Bucarest
Motor Company
Self
Cincinnati
Frank J. Enger
Enger Motor Car Company
Regent of San Marino Is Arrested for Embezzlement
Rome reports Ollato Amati, twice regent of San Marino, arrested on a charge of embezzling 2,000,000 lire of the republic's funds, sources from Rimini indicate.
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San Marino
Rome
Ollato Amati
Republic of
Rimini
Ivernia Sunk With 150 Troops Missing
London reports the British troopship Ivernia of 14 278 tons was sunk by an enemy submarine in the Mediterranean on January 1 during bad weather. Official notice says four officers and 146 men are missing.
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London
Ivernta
Mediterranean
Harding appoints canal zone governor general Chester Harding
President Wilson named Lieut. Col. Chester Harding as governor general of the Panama canal zone to succeed General Goethals. The same day Lieut. Commander William C. Watts was named judge advocate of the navy and James L. Colve of Honolulu named associate justice of the Hawaii supreme court.
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Washington
Wilson
Chester Harding
Panama Canal Zone
General Goethals
William C. Watts
United States Steamship
Michigan
Navy
James L. Colve
Honolulu
Supreme Court of Hawaii
Stone to be Peoria postmaster after election loss
Congressman Claudius A. Stone a Democrat who lost re election in Illinois Sixteenth district is to be appointed by President Wilson as postmaster of Peoria. Confirmation may come just before the present House ends March 3.
Eleven Die in Edinburgh Train Collision After Holiday Era
Eleven people were killed and 40 injured when a passenger train returning to Edinburgh from the New Year holidays collided with a switch engine ten miles outside the city. The wreck occurred around January 6 as survivors were rescued and transported to nearby facilities.
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Edinburgh
Pennsylvania industrial accidents total 261,488 in 1916
Harrisburg reports 261,488 Pennsylvania industrial accidents in 1916 with 2,587 fatally. State Department of Labor and Industry released statistics detailing the year’s loss figures and safety concerns.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Labor and Industry
Army base on border readies for Pershing expedition
Columbus New Mexico reports the army base on the border prepared to receive Gen. Pershing's punitive expedition if recalled from Mexican soil. Corrals for cavalry and pack animals erected. Quartermaster storehouses built as anticipation grows for possible withdrawal orders. Opinions vary on whether troops will move by rail from Condura Dublin or march with the force into Mexico.
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Union News Service
Columbus
N. M
Mexico
New York Vice Trade Declines As Ring Disbands
The annual Bureau of Social Hygiene report led by John D. Rockefeller Jr. says vice in New York has greatly reduced. It notes saloon conditions improved in recent months and the vice ring no longer exists, with operators either in hiding or having left the city.
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New York
Bureau of Social Hygiene
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Steamship delays prompt three liner detentions
New York reports the St. Louis sailed hours late while the Nieuw Amsterdam and Espagne remained detained. Management cites coal shortage, but rumors say a German submarine threat near Nantucket Light influenced delays.
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New York
St. Louis
Nieuw Amsterdam
Espagne
Nantucket Light
City Marshal Shot Grocer in Watseka Ill
Francis Labounty a Watseka grocer was shot by Assistant City Marshal A J Bailey who mistook him for a robber after two men robbed Labounty of 400 dollars on his way home from the store He reported the theft to city hall after taking his wife home.
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Watseka
Ill
Francis Labounty
A. J. Bailey
Labounty
Three steamers sunk in British waters report
Lloyds announces three steamers sunk including the British Alice of 1,244 tons and Danish Ebro 1,027 tons and Viking. The incident marks a significant loss at sea affecting British and Danish shipping.
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London
Lloyds
Alice
Ebro
Viking
Cincinnati Markets Mixed Grain and Livestock Prices
Market prices across corn oats wheat eggs poultry and live stock. lists detailed No 2 and No 3 grain values, hay and straw, eggs per dozen, live poultry by weight, cattle hogs and sheep price ranges, with specific figures for each category and quality level. Includes corn No 2 white at 1.01 to 1.02 and lambs at 13.25 per head.
Maine Cobbler Uses Worn Tire Casings For Leather
A Maine cobbler substitutes worn tire casings for leather in footwear and patrons mob his shop. Leather prices are described as over the moon, and the substitute could curb the demand for essential goods if adopted widely.
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Maine
Take off dandruff hair stops falling
Dandruff weakens and sheds hair, causing itching and scalp feverishness. A 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store promises to save hair and restore beauty if used tonight.
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Mother Gray
Mother Gray CO
le Roy, N
Knowlton
Mount Inez Named For Suffragist In Adirondacks
Residents of Elizabethtown and vicinity renamed Mount Discovery Mount Inez to honor Inez Milholland Boissevain who was buried at the mountain's foot. The peak offers views of Lake Champlain the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains.
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Mount Inez
Elizabethtown
Mount Discovery
Adirondacks
Mount
Posse Braced for Kill Order Against Bandits
In Nowata Oklahoma posses hunted an outlaw gang after a ravine skirmish left two possemen dead and a third wounded. Farmers near the former rendezvous estimate at least 12 outlaws. Posse leaders expect no quarter and have ordered members to shoot to kill.
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Nowata
Okla
Anointing Eyelids With Roman Eye Balm Instructions
Instructions advise nightly application of Roman Eye Balm to eyelids and morning observation of refreshed eye sensation upon waking, suggesting benefits after use.
Not That Kind. A Florid Exchange on Health and Diet
A cryptic exchange about a husband’s health habits surfaces. The dialogue hints at stereotypes of valetudinarianism, then contrasts with a claim of regular meat consumption. The Italian note mentions street refuse being sold at auction, illustrating everyday urban life.
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Fletcher
Henry P. Fletcher
White House
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Goethals
Panama Zone
Hawaii
Army Base ON Border
Italy
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John
Paragon
J.D. Kellogg
Aek
Northrop & Lyman Co.,Inc
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