Greek King Seeks Newspaper War With U S
King Constantine of Greece summoned the Associated Press correspondent to protest U S press opinion on Greece. He criticized Allied actions in Salonica and the bridge wreck near Neimir Hassir, and condemned neutrality in Belgium and Luxembourg. He argued the war may end in a draw.
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Athens
Constantine
Greece
Associated Press
Pes
United States
Uly Forum
Opinio
Salon
Nemir
Hassir
Corfu
Great Britain
France
Belum
Luxemberg
Balkans
French Authority Denies Greece Neutrality Violations
Paris reports published an unnamed high French official telling the Associated Press that Greece tacitly consented to Germany and Austria using Greek coastal areas to provision submarines. He says the Entente appeared at Salonika to aid Serbia and fulfill treaty duties Greece could not meet.
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Paris
Associated Press
Belgium
Greece
Saloniki
Serbia
Germany
Austria
Martial Law Likely Opposed by Athens Labor Unions
Athens reports strong opposition from labor unions to any martial law declaration amid rising living costs. Protests lodged with the king argue measures would worsen conditions and become intolerable for the public.
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Athens
Montenegro Reopens Front Against Austria
Montenegro states that fighting with Austria has resumed along the entire front and that it has rejected all Austrian terms. The Montenegrin premier informed the Italian foreign office in a communication, and Nicholas remains with the army.
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Montenegro
Rome
Austria
Italy
Nicholas
Diver Is Ashore Off Holland No Loss Of Life
A British submarine ran ashore off Holland but the official press bureau said there was no loss of life among crew members.
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London
Holland
Formal transfer of the Cubs to Charles Weeghman
Chicago January 20 Formal transfer of the Cubs from Charles P Taft to Charles Weeghman was completed with the presentation of a certified check for 500000.
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Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Cubs
Charles P. Taft
Charles Weeghman
Man Arrested Over Wilson Letter Demands Money
John Paul Winn, accused of writing letters to President Wilson demanding money, is under arrest in San Francisco and will be examined by a sanity commission. He reportedly said it is the right of every citizen to write the president for money.
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San Francisco
John Paul Winn
Wilson
Navy League Expands Move Toward State Branch in Pocatello
The Navy League aims to grow its Idaho presence with a state headquarters in Pocatello. N. P. Neilson and John Ford lead recruitment, offering regular $2, contributing $5, life $25, and founder $100 memberships. All include Seven Seas magazine. The organization, founded 1902, counts Dewey Roosevelt Gibbons Rinelander and Lyman Abbott among officers.
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Navy League of the United States
Pocatello
N. P. Neilson
John Ford
United States
Seven Seas
League
Admiral Dewey
Theodore Roosevelt
Cardinal Gibbons
Philip M. Rinelander
Lyman Abbott
Train derailment kills one in Trenton
A double header of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific passenger trains derailed in Trenton Missouri on January 20. One train man was killed and four people were injured while all steel coaches left the track. No passengers were hurt.
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Trenton
Rock Island & Pacific
Metal Market Copper Prices Steady in New York Trade
New York copper futures opened firm on January 20 with electrolytic copper quoted at 24.25 to 24.75 dollars per hundred pounds.
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New York
Curley Wins Bid to Stage Willard Moran Bout
New York reports that Rickard and McCracken raised their offer for a Willard Moran ten round bout to 49500. Moran accepted terms for indoor March bout, with Curley agreeing to 45 percent of gross and 51 percent of moving picture receipts plus a 32500 Willard share guarantee. Moran may sign articles, Moran concerned, not the champion.
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New York
Tex
Rickard
Samuel McCracken
Jess Willard
Frank Moran
Moran
Pittsburg
Willard
Richard
Isl McCracken
Wilard
Curley
McCracken
Jones
Willard Signs Up Kaneag City Fight Deal
Tom Jones, manager of heavyweight champion Jess Willard, said Willard signed with Curley ending the matter. Moran’s signing won’t affect Willard’s plan and he doesn’t care who he fights. Jones spoke from Excelsior Springs, Mo., about the unsigned rivals.
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Willard
Kaneag City
Rick
McCracken
Tom Jones
Jess Willard
Curley
Moran
Jones
Exc Lsior Springs
Nes
Willard Moran Fights Planned At Madison Square Garden
Chicago reports Jimmy Johnston announcing guarantees of 60000 for two Willard fights at Madison Square Garden with Frank Moran as first opponent and a 30000 total for Moran in two bouts, Moran to receive 15000 in the first match and a second opponent chosen based on results.
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Chicago
Jess Willard
Madison Square Garden
New York
Frank Moran
Jimmy Johnston
the Garden
Johnston
Moran
Willard
Turned Guns on Victims
Arrivals report Velardena surrender by 120 Carranza soldiers to invaders who seized six machine guns and opened fire on prisoners. General Argumendo’s staff allegedly forced Harold Potter to surrender a US$10,000 check at Laredo. Refugee accounts claim orders to expel foreigners and cripple industries. no American fatalities, some Spaniards killed at Torreon.
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el Paso
Velardena
Carranza
Gomez Palacio
Argumendo
Tlahualalo Agricultural Company
Leredo
Harold Potter
Torreon
Killed Organizer Was Dismissed in Trinidad
Walter Belk faced charges for killing Gerald Lippiatt an organizer for the United Mine Workers of America in August 1913. The district court heard a motion for a direct verdict of not guilty while D M Ralston deputy district attorney announced the nolle prosequi due to the absence of a key witness.
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Trinidad
Nolle Prasse
Walter Belk
Gerald Lippiatt
United Mine Workers of America
D. M. Ralston
Judge Den nison Allows Confession in Laster Murder Trial
Castle Rock January 20 Judge Den nison ruled to admit the alleged confession of Charles Quinn in the murder trial of four former strikers charged in Major P. P. Laster case. The defense objected and the court allowed further evidence in support.
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Castle Rock
Dennison
P. P. Laster
Charles Quinn
Violent Storm Strikes Coast and Islands
Flood waters of southern California streams recede as the storm moves eastward. Arizona wires are down south of Tucson.
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Los Angeles
California
Arizona
Tucson
Unprecedented storm devastates Hawaiian Islands
In Honolulu on January 20, seven lives are known lost and many more missing as a violent storm sweeps Hawaii. Fifteen inches of rain have fallen so far this January.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Water pours over Roosevelt Dam spillway amid Arizona storm
Denver reports indicate the next storm may move east from Arizona. Communication with Phoenix shows eleven feet of water flowing over the Roosevelt Dam spillway. Salt River rise has ceased, another rise predicted today. No loss of life reported in the latest advices.
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Denver
Arizona
Government Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Roosevelt Dam
Salt River
Flour Mill Fire Destroys Rigby Plant
A large flouring mill in Rigby Idaho burned yesterday at noon and was totally destroyed within a short time. The loss is about 25000 dollars, and the mill was partially insured. The mill was owned by a stock company with Felix Robert as manager.
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Rigby
Ida
Felix Robert
Dutch Dikes Collapse Deepens Flood Crisis in Holland
London despatches report great danger in the flooded north Holland district as more dikes give way. Additional collapses of important defenses worsen the emergency and threaten surrounding areas.
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London
Amsterdam
North Holland
Labor Spies Fail to Pass Mine Workers Inquiry Resolution
Indianapolis January 20. After a fierce debate over probing United Mine Workers finances the administration won as delegates rejected a plan to appoint a committee for the inquiry. Dissenting votes were few in the convention action.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of América
Liberal leaders seek US panel for presidential elections
Havana leaders of the Liberal party opposing Menocal’s renomination discuss secretly asking the United States to appoint a committee to supervise presidential elections amid fears that re election endangers the country.
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Havana
Liberal Party
Cconservatives
Menocal
United States
Death Calls Mrs. Kroll in Local Tragedy
Mrs Effie May Kroll wife of William Kroll foreman in the Tribune job department died at 6 45 this morning after abdominal surgery. She was 31 born in Corning Iowa raised in Pocatello and survived by her father three brothers two sisters and six children. Funeral plans not announced.
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Silent Reaper
Silent Valley
Effie May Kroll
William Kroll
Tribune
Derby Recruits Begin Service
London groups 2 3 4 and 5 of unmarried men aged 19 to 22 start service today under the Earl of Derby plan for raising war troops. Single men aged 23 to 26 report on February 8.
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London
Earl of Derby
Sighting of derelict vessel on fire at sea reported
New York reports the British steamer Penstone from Havre sighted on January 2 a derelict vessel aflame at sea. The ship bore a Norwegian flag and showed no lifeboats.
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New York
Penstone
Havre
Convicts Escape From Cummins Farm In Arkansas
Between twenty and forty inmates fled the state penitentiary farm at Cummins Ark sixty miles west of Little Rock today according to penitentiary commission reports.
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Little Rock
State
Cummins
Ark
Here
Penitentiary Commission
Unstated Accident Causes Ryndam Disablement
Washington report says the Ryndam was disabled after leaving Falmouth by an unstated accident. Consul General Skinner states no passengers were injured.
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Washington
Jan
Skinner
Falmouth
Boston honors former mayor Hart at 87th birthday dinner
City state and federal officials will host a complimentary dinner this afternoon for Hon. Thomas N. Hart former Boston mayor. All living ex mayors and veteran political leaders will attend the event marking his 87th birthday.
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Boston
Thomas N. Hart
Policy Critique of Administration in Mexico Crisis
A critical stance holds the administration responsible for a lax policy and meddling that has led to contempt toward Americans in Mexico and jeopardized their welfare. The piece condemns the administration for not enforcing clear standards and for risky interference abroad.
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Mexico
Logical fruit of policy on Santa Ysabel murders
Washington January 20 Congressman Mondell told the house the Santa Ysabel murders are the logical fruit of the administration Mexican policy. He assailed what he called mischievous meddling and base betrayal saying the administration lost respect and invited distrust and hatred of Americans in Mexico. He charged recognition of Carranza proved error and called the policy a personal vendetta against Huerta with no constitutional basis for recognition.
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Washington
Mondell
House
Mexico
Madero
Mendell
Huerta
Carranza
Cleanup in Sight Near the Mexican Border
El Paso reports about four thousand malcontents active around Torreon Mexico shouting for Felix Diaz and claiming Carranza adherents and Americans look alike and should be killed according to arrivals from Torreon.
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el Paso
Torreon
Mexico
Felix Diaz
Carranza
Michigan Claims an Honest Man
Muskegon Michigan January 20 Frank G Jones has repaid creditors and others who suffered from his forgeries totaling over three thousand dollars in the past year He earned it with his pen Small stockholders in his Muskegon enterprise are paid first Total indebtedness claimed near a million dollars He was paroled from prison and became an author to repay creditors He is confident he will pay back every cent.
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Muskegon, Mich
Frank G. Jones
Muskegon
Jones
Hoke Smith Targets Great Britain Trade Interference
Senator Hoke Smith delivers a vigorous speech in Washington condemning Great Britain's interference with neutral trade. He urges action to curb England's push to advance its own commerce at the expense of the United States while attempting to cripple Germany commercially.
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Washington
Great Britain
Hoke Smith
England
United States
Germany
Governor fixes Jewish Aid Day by proclamation
Denver announces Governor Carl son proclaims January 27 as the day for contributions to aid Jewish European war sufferers.
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Denver
Carlson
National Security League opens with critiques of Daniels and policy
At the National Security League convention the opening congress heard critics of Secretary Daniels naval program as weak and the nation’s foreign policy. President Stanwood Menken urged bold speaking to expose who serves the country first versus self interest and decried the current congressional situation as troubling amid party leaders and Bryan’s stance.
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Daniels
Washington
National Security League
Stanwood Menken
Menkeing
Bryan
German Losses Reach Two and a Half Million
London report that parliamentary under-secretary for war Harold J. Tennant said Berlin casualty lists total 2,535,768. Of these 588,986 were killed, 1,566,549 wounded or missing, and 356,153 prisoners. An additional 24,080 Germans died from other causes.
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London
Harold J. Tennant
House of Commons
Berlin
Redfield’s Busy Day in Minneapolis With Campaign Plans
Minneapolis on January 20 reports Honorable William C. Redfield secretary of commerce visiting for a strenuous campaign. He speaks tonight at the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education banquet and addresses University of Minnesota students this afternoon. He will inspect other cities by air and return to Washington on Sunday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
William C. Redfield
Commerce
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
University of Minnesota
Washington
Carranza Decree Declares Villa Outlaws for Mexican Massacre
President Carranza proclaims Francisco Villa and two lieutenants outlaws after a Santa Ysabel massacre. The decree empowers any Mexican citizen to arrest and execute Villa, Rafael Castro, and Pablo Lopez without lawful procedure, with proof of execution required.
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Washington
Carranza
Francisco Villa
Pablo Lopez
Rafael Castro
Santa Ysabel
Republic
Chihuahua
Renee
Francisco
Mexico
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