Germans Believe Can Take Calais As Birthday Move
London reports German planners aim to seize Calais as a birthday gesture to Emperor William on January 27. Troop trains move into Flanders and fighting near Soissons subsides after days of heavy clashes. Berlin cites French losses at Soissons but Paris refutes the official tallies. A Berlin note notes minor gains in Argonne north of Verdun. The emperor calls off public festivities this year except church and school observances.
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Calais
Belgium
France
Flanders
William
Berlin
Soissons
Paris
Argonne
Verdun
French Officials Cite Limited Fighting North of Soissons
Paris reports no specific references to recent heavy fighting north of Soissons. Artillery activity is noted with claimed French success, while infantry engagements occur near Notre Dame de Lorette Flirey and in the Vosges.
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Paris
Soissons
Notre Dame de Lorette
Flirey
Vosges
Germans Evacuate Coast Towns North of Ostend
Ostend correspondent says German forces have evacuated all coast towns and villages as far north as Mariakerke Nieuport Westende and Middelkerke three miles southwest of Ostend. Allies have not yet occupied these towns.
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Amsterdam
Ostend
Mariakerke
Nieuport
Westend
Middelkerke
Persia Declares Neutrality in Present War
An official Teheran telegram states Persia will not oppose either side and remains neutral. It also reports that Turkish forces entered Tabriz without opposition.
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Persia
London
Teheran
Tabriz
Important Crop Conference Opens in Athens Georgia
A major meeting of Georgia farmers began in Athens focusing on raising and marketing crops to replace cotton. Speakers cover harvesting, market preparation for hay oats corn and other crops and modern farming implements as farmers plan ahead for spring.
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Athens
Georgia
Georgia Breeders’ Association
L. H. Smith
University of Illinois
Georgia Dairy and Livestock Association
State Horticultural Society
Georgia Apple Growers’ Association
Former Pomis county bank cashier to be sentenced
A C Tindle, former cashier of the Pomis county bank closed in June 1913, pleads guilty to embezzlement. His assistant Thomas C Ward was indicted. about 450000 may be missing. Ward was sentenced to four years. Tindle is to be sentenced next Monday.
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Caruthersville
A. C. Tindle
Pomiscot County Bank
State Banking Department
Thomas C. Ward
Ward
Tindle
Carranza Forces Recapture Villa Town
Vera Cruz Jan 16 official report says Villa troops lost Guadala jara and were forced to abandon the town. General Dieguez of the Carranza army retook the town after Villa forces captured it in December and Dieguez withdrew to Quapotlan earlier.
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Vera Cruz
Guadalajara
Carranza
Dieguez
Villa
Quapotlan
Roberts Leaves Large Estate After Death in France
London reports Field Marshal Lord Roberts who died in France on November 14 left an estate valued at 285000 dollars to his widow and daughters. This excludes property previously settled on the family by the deceased.
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London
Lord Roberts
France
Franklin Birthday Celebrations Mark 209th Anniversary
Philadelphia honors Benjamin Franklin with city official exercises and a banquet tonight featuring guest of honor Colonel George W. Goethals. Evangelist Billy Sunday to give blessing. Boston plans a Sons of the Revolution banquet Monday as schools and lectures mark the birthday.
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Philadelphia
American Statesman
Benjamin Franklin
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Billy Sunday
Franklin
Boston
Sons of the Revolution
Unitarians Start Competing Revival Campaign in Philadelphia
Philadelphia ministers open a rival campaign to Billy Sunday’s revival efforts. Beginning tomorrow, a week of meetings is planned with Rev. Charles E. St. John delivering the opening sermon in the Unitarian effort.
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Philadelphia
Billy
Unitarians
Charles E. St. John
Herrick Honored at National Reception in New York
At a large banquet by the Ohio Society of New York Myron T. Herrick the retiring envoy to France will be presented a national reception. Prominent political leaders will attend and speakers will praise America’s ambassador.
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New York
Ohio Society of New York
Myron T. Herrick
France
America
Bishop Sumner Arrives in Portland to Take Charge
Portland Oregon January 16 Bishop Walter T Sumner of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Oregon will tomorrow formally assume his duties. Sumner was consecrated in Chicago on January 6 and his Portland arrival was honored by a large reception.
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Portland
Ore
Walter T. Sumner
Protestant Episcopal Church In
Oregon
Sumner
Chicago
British to Form National Aniline Dye Company
London reports committees formed and a company organized to create a national dye industry. The firm may be capitalized at 3 million pounds with a 1.5 million pound government loan at four percent, repayable in 25 years. Profits fund interest and sinking payments, not capital. Textile makers and buyers back the plan with five year purchase commitments after peace. Germany reliance on dyes may end with British production.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Jailed for Silence in Butorac Family Case
Barney McGarvey served warrants on Mr and Mrs Butorae and a witness in police court. The witness refused to testify in justice court. he was jailed for contempt until he changed his mind or serves a sentence. The couple faced whiskey selling and assault charges amid family tensions.
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Butorac
Barney McGarvey
Butorae
Justice Court
Battleship Oregon to Lead Fleet Through Canal
The battleship Oregon, refitted to be better than in her around the Horn voyage, sails for the Panama Canal to lead the international fleet through the canal next March. Stops will be made en route.
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Seattle
Oregon
The
Horn
Panama Canal
Canal
Woman Heads Secret Service of the Germans
A Frenchman recounts a Berlin offer to join the German secret service in Lille and describes meeting a leading female officer in Antwerp who recruited him to report troop info in northern France with the promise of pay and threats of punishment. He traveled via Germany to Switzerland before approaching a French police official at the frontier.
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Boulogne
France
Lille
Secret Service
Antwerp
Hazebrouck
Lorrach
Germany
Switzerland
French
Portland Sportsmen Plan Largest Rabbit Drive of Winter
Jan 16 Portland Oregon a large group of sportsmen will leave for Central Oregon to surround and drive thousands of jackrabbits from the plains. Hunters from both the countryside and the city will compete in marksmanship as the circle closes in on the massive infestation.
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Portland
Ore
Central
Oregon
Weather Note from Washington DC Forecast
The weather bulletin reports rain in the western region with fair conditions in the eastern area for the day. No major storms expected, with mild to moderate temperatures likely across the capital and surrounding districts.
Wheat market in shaky condition in Chicago
Wheat fell five cents in early trading on reports of a congressional move to ban May wheat exports and closed around 1.41 and 1/2. Bulls flooded the market to halt losses, large houses bought, a brief rally followed yet only half the fall recovered. May prices drifted to 1.44 1/4 before settling unsettled. Washington asked Attorney General Gregory to probe price rises of wheat and flour and possible illegal combines. a Chicago investigation is under DOJ watch.
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Chicago
Ill
Gregory
Department of Ecommerce
Department of Justice
Concrete Buildings Stand in Italian Earthquake Toll
Paris reports that specialists attribute the high death toll to dry construction with stone interlacing and no mortar. Only reinforced concrete structures survived best, while official figures indicate about 35,000 killed and 45,000 wounded.
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Paris
Excelsior
Earthquake toll rises as Avezzano region suffers heavy loss
Reports from the quake zone estimate 16 000 dead in Avezzano and surrounding villages with total fatalities near 30 000 and tens of thousands injured. Rescue efforts intensify amid famine, cold, and blocked roads as Pope and King Victor Emmanuel pledge aid.
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Messagero
Avezzano
Sora
Messaggero
Peseina
Celaho
Cenehio
Marsi
Pescina
Page
Fucino Canal
Monte Corvino Rovella
Duke of
Italy
Ambassador Page
Pope
Marsica
Monseignor Gagnoli
Pope Bendict
Ccapelle
Paterno
United States
Naval bill recommended by naval committee in Congress
The naval committee reports a 148 million dollar naval bill to the house. It says submarines defend harbors while battleships control the seas, keeping merchant ships safe and ports open. Airships and submarines are valued, but the battleship program remains unchanged. Debate expected February 1.
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Washington, D. C
Naval Committee
House
Twenty two oleo moonshiners face U S trial in St Louis
Twenty two men indicted for coloring oleomargarine without paying federal tax will be tried next week in U S district court. Trial before Judge John C. Pollack and Judge Dyer opens Monday with Robert K. Childs leading prosecutions amid federal authorities’ roundup of the defendants.
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St. Louis
United States District Court
John C._ Pollack
Kansas City
Dyer
Robert KE. Childs
Stewart Named Tacoma Postmaster
President has determined upon Calvin Stewart as the Tacoma postmaster.
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Stewart
Tacoma
Washington, D. C
Calvin Stewart
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