Wilson dealing for German ships in immigration hearing
President and aides in uniform preside over a three hour White House hearing on the immigration bill with a literacy test. Advocates say it raises immigrant quality while opponents warn it blocks capable newcomers and deters good citizens. Senator Weeks attacks the plan with print clippings and a critique of government shipping plans.
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Washington
Congress
White House
H. Patton
Farmers’ National Congress
Farmers’ National Union
Patton
Fairchild
Oswald Garrison Villard
New York
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Prussia
Weeks
Wilson
Indianapolis
House votes on army bill aviation funding and mobilization
The House rejected Garner amendments to raise aeroplane funding to one million dollars but approved a three hundred thousand dollar item for aircraft. The plan would add twenty five aeroplanes. Senate committee backs a mobile army bill with more officers. Secretary Garrison approves the measure.
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Washington
House
Garner
Hay
Senate Military Committee
Garrison
Senator Lodge Criticizes Ship Purchase Bill in Senate
Senator Lodge told the Senate the administration aims to buy German ships interned in American ports if the bill passes. He warned the move could bring the United States within measurable distance of war with England and with France, Russia and Japan, and said Secretary McAdoo admitted the bill's purpose.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Senate
England
France
Russia
Japan
McAdoo
Senate Republicans vow to press ship purchase bill battle
Washington January 22 Republicans end a conference vowing to fight the government ship purchase bill with full resources and continue opposition indefinitely possibly until March 4 or an extra session. Leaders discuss timing as Democrats seek quorum and several senators pledge to speak on the bill amid maneuvers by Lodge Root and Townsend.
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Washington
Senate
Gallinger
Smoot
Weeks
Lodge
Root
Townsend
Borah
Gironna
Bristow
la Follette
Clapp
Poindexter
Republica
Cece Gallinger
Mint Increases Royal Output in 1914
The royal mint report for 1914 shows 213,800,000 coins struck, up 28,000,000 from the previous year. About 25,000,000 coins were issued for the colonies, reflecting expanded production and distribution.
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London
Royal Mint
Four Killed on American Cruiser San Diego
Four sailors died and nine were seriously hurt aboard the U S S San Diego after a boiler tube exploded at the end of a four hour steam trial off Safar Mex. The blast occurred on the cruiser during routine testing.
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U. S. S. San Diego
Safar
Mex
Wireless
San Diego
Bond Issue Manipulation Cleared of Officials
Grand jury found no knowledge by former and present state officials in the twenty five thousand dollar Moseley farm bond deal. O V Allen received funds, then sold bonds to E H Rollins of Chicago. judge clarified principals and accessories in furniture seizure.
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O. W. Allen
Haines
W. L. Gifford
Huston
Idaho Trust & Savings Bank
O. V. Allen
Grand Jury
Moseley
E. H. Dewey
C. V. Allen
Allen
E. H. Rollins & Sons
Chicago
Davis
Steamship Dacia Granted Clearance For Rotterdam Voyage
Galveston January 22 clearance papers are issued for the steamship Dacia by the local customs house and she is expected to sail today for Rotterdam.
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Galveston
Tex
Rotterdam
State primary reform bill proposed in lower house
A bill by Johnston, Koelseh, McGowan, Shattuck, and Randall proposes to end direct primaries for state offices, replacing them with conventions. Delegates would be allocated by county and precinct vote totals, with primaries set for July, August, and August, delegations voting as a bloc when a member is present, and central committees organized in September.
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Johnston
Bingham
Koelseh
Ada
McGowan
Latah
Shattuck
Bonneville
Randall
Nez Perce
House
Statesman
Davis
Kael
State Central Committee
County Central Committee
Zeppelins of latest type raided England
Berlin messages say airships that raided England on January 19 were Zeppelins of the latest type. They departed from a secret base on the German frontier carrying a full complement of men heavy guns and ammunition.
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London
Berlin
England
Boise Meeting debated trespass clauses in game bill
A Boise House game committee meeting drew sportsmen and opponents over a new law creating 160 acre fenced trespass areas requiring landowner permission. The bill aims to form a commission and draw general support, with further meetings planned as supporters push past opposition over the trespass size.
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Boise
Game Committee
House of Representatives
Avmitelliig
Dave Elrod
Bannock County
Fish and Game Committee
House
Pocatello
L. R. Lehrbas
the Tribune
Hungry Wolves Add To Horrors Of The Campaign
London report says civilians hiding from Austrian retreat in Bukovina and Carpathians live in snow pits with many dying from cold and starvation as wolves hunt them.
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London
Reuter
Kiev
Russia
Bukovina
Carpathians
Belgian Hares Form Division Diversion at Front
London Jan. 22 The officers of the Fourth Dragoon guards at the front have diverted themselves by chasing the hares of Belgium. 1st week Lieutenant Charles Romer Williams of this regiment made a special trip to his home in Northamptonshire for hunting dogs and received the loan of a pack from a sympathetic country gentleman Lieutenant Williams who was master of the Eton beagles when a student at Marlborough now has the dogs with him at the front.
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London
Fourth Dragoon Guards
Belgium
Charles Romer Wiliams
Northamptonshire
Williams
Eton Beagles
Mton
Builders' Interests Tie Secretaries Across Nation in Meet
Payton Ohio Jan 22 preliminary conference of exchange secretaries from the United States and Canada precedes the National Association of Builders Exchanges convention to be held in Columbus next week. Cooperation is sought and ideas exchanged to bind builders' interests more closely nationwide.
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Payton
National Association of Builders’ Exchanges
Columbus
United States
Canada
Merchant Vessels Will Be Seized Amid War Updates
Amsterdam dispatch reports three days of hard battle between Nieuport and Ostend with heavy German wounded passing through Sluis. Berlin confirms Allied defeats in two engagements including a French attack near Pont a Monsson and gains for Germany near Berry au Bac and in the Vergan region. No overall eastern campaign change.
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Amsterdam
Nieuport
Ostend
Sluis
Holland
Telegraaf
Berlin
War Office
Pont A Monsson
Metz
Alsace
Sennheim
Berry Au Bae
Vergan
Durward Sunk After Submarine Attack Off Dutch Coast
Report from Amsterdam states the Durward carrying forty tons of relief food for the American-Belgian relief commission was halted by a German submarine. Crew members said the submarine boarded the ship with revolvers, torpedoes were fired, and the vessel sank within thirty minutes. The sub then towed away small boats for six hours to the Maas lightship before leaving.
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Amsterdam
Maas
German Sub Sinking Seen as Policy to Starve England
Amsterdam reports say the German submarine U-19 torpedoed the Durward. London papers view the sinking as the start of a German naval policy urged by Admiral von Tirpitz to strike merchant ships and starve Britain.
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London
Amsterdam
von Tirpitz
Germany
England
British steamer Durward torpedoed. crew rescued at sea
The British merchant steamer Durward was torpedoed by a German submarine. The crew abandoned ship twenty two miles off the Maas lightship and were later picked up by a Dutch vessel and taken to Rotterdam. Australian Prime Minister William Morris Hughes urged immediate recruitment to reinforce the front, saying the German power remains resolute.
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London
Reuter
Rotterdam
Maas
William Morris Hughes
Australia
Turkish Parliament Approves Mobilization Credits
Berlin Jan 22 The Turkish parliament voted mobilization credits totaling 100 million dollars and authorized the government to immediately float twenty five million at six percent interest per cent.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Constantinople
German Advance in France Revealed by Cologne Gazette
The Cologne Gazette reports that in September France sought peace and tasked a neutral diplomat to present preliminary proposals. The diplomat had earlier engaged in talks with other powers to explore an armistice or negotiated settlement with Germany.
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Berlin
London
Cologne Gazette Today
France
French Infantry Fights Persist in Alsace as Soissons Stays
Paris dispatch reports ongoing determined infantry clashes in Alsace with fierce hand to hand fighting. Soissons remains unchanged. Other skirmishes noted are minor. French artillery wins reported between Ypres and Oise near Berry-au-Bac and in Vosges. German shelling drives French from the Aremont forest.
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Paris
French War Office
Alsace
Soissons
Ypres
Oise
Berry Au Bae
Vosges
Aremont
Ford vows to rehabilitate Sing Sing inmates
Henry Ford told the federal industrial relations commission he will guarantee to take every Sing Sing convict and make a man out of him. He argued a philanthropic foundation might help but his aim is justice, not charity as he outlined his plan.
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New York
Henry Ford
Federal Industrial — Relations Commission
Local fans plan meeting to form eight team league
Ball fans meet Monday to organize for next baseball season. Potent plans include eight teams from four towns and four clubs from last season’s Three-B league. Players Knight, Bourne, Kirkendahl, McNeal, Bistline, McCurdy, Hopson, Morrison, Pierce, Manek, Jones, and Moorehead join the organizing effort. The gathering will be in the east side laundry with aims to raise funds for uniforms.
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Pocatello
Knight
Bourne
Kirkendahl
McNeal
Bistline
McCurdy
Hopson
Morrison
Pierce
Manek
Jones
Moorehead
Indians
Ing
Unifo
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Army
Harry K. Thaw
William Travers Jerome
Manchester
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Jerome
Thaw
Haines, Gifford and Huston
Dacia
Lord Kitchener
McClure Syndicate
Ford
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