French Capture Steinbach After Intense War Clash
Paris reports the French seized Steinbach in upper Alsace after a brutal engagement. German resistance was strong with bayonet charges, but French troops gained a foothold and used machine guns from house tops to drive Germans from positions, opening routes toward Altkirch and Mulhouse. Large losses reported on both sides.
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United Press
Paris
Steinbach
Upper
Altkirch
Sillery
Homeless Wanderer Seeks Jail Sentence for Medical Care
Barney McAllister, a homeless wanderer, asked Judge Lumley for a county jail term to receive medical care. Lacking friends or work, he requested confinement. The judge sentenced him to 30 days for vagrancy. John Henderson and W H Wyethman pleaded guilty to intoxication with fines and costs. Henderson had come from Drummond to buy clothes but began drinking.
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Barney McAllister
John Henderson
W. H. Wyethman
Henderson
Drummond
News Employees Take New Year Vacation Pause
The News staff will observe a New Year break, so the newspaper will not publish tomorrow. The absence of an edition applies to all departments as the team rests over the holiday.
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The
News
Senate votes down refugee amnesty amendment
Washington officials report the Senate defeated an immigration bill amendment 34 to 26 that would have admitted refugees fleeing political religious or racial persecution regardless of literacy test status.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Jail Defects Enable Negro 10 Escape from County Jail
A prisoner escaped from a second story jail window in daylight then returned minutes later after removing iron from wood pegs. Fellow inmate Nash was recaptured after a brisk pursuit on Washington street. Alldridge questioned a cloaked man, asking if he was Eskimo or Indian, before reporting to police.
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Charles Alldridge
Union Street
Washington Street
Alldridge
Aldridge
New York Woman Attempts Poison Scheme Over Bigamy Tale
A woman calling herself Mrs. Ida S. Rogers ingested mercury and gave some to her babies in Joliet to avoid legal marriage and legitimize her children. One infant died and another is dying as she explains her long relation with Larry Elton Rogers, husband of Caroline Giddings of Columbia University. The legal wife, related to Prof. Franklin H. Giddings, learns of the dispute.
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Caroline Giddings Rogers
Joliet
Frank H. Carson
West Marion Street
Carson
Franklin H. Giddings
Columbia University
Petition for New City Form Filed With 1200 Signatures
Chairman Murphy files a commission form petition in county court with about 1210 signatures including 850 men and 360 women. Judge Cowing dates the election for February 2 with primaries March 9 and the full election April 20 if the measure passes. The law requires 724 signatures from ten percent of the last city election voters, using mayoral vote totals of 7,244 from two years ago.
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W. A. Murphy
George J. Cowing
Woodruff
Murphy
Lawrence Henschen
Aldermen’s lawyers disappear in annexation case
Efforts to locate defendants in the annexation mandamus suit in Circuit Court have failed. Judge DeSelm and Deputy officials seek to hear the demurrer arguments. attorneys Donovan Mooney and Mooney are missing, Sam Drew aided in the search, and citizens view the delay as intentional.
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Thomas
Donovan
William
Joe Mooney
Arthur DeSelm
Samuel Drew
Mooney
Mandamius
DeSelm
Sam Drew
Watt
Antrexalien
John Warnock Charged and Sentenced in County Court
Deputy Paul Wunder arrested John Warnock on the streets yesterday. Warnock faced Justice McCulloch for a grand larceny charge, pled guilty, and received a sixty day sentence in the county jail.
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John Warnock
Paul Wunder
McCulloch
Seamen’s labor bill moved from pigeonhole in Senate
Washington story reports the Senate Commerce Committee voted 8 to 5 to pull the Lafollette Seamen’s labor bill from the pigeonhole where it had rested since last session. The measure now advances to conference as London sea safety treaty amendments enabled passage.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Commerce Committee
Admiralty preps full report on ships held up by U S protest
London reports the Admiralty has prepared for the foreign office a complete account of ships held or diverted to ports with U S goods. The document, detailing irregular manifests and contraband, could shape Britain’s response to President Wilson’s protest amid a pro German mood. Other Scandinavian actions on trans shipment may follow.
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United. Presby
London
The
Admiralty
America
England
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