Filibuster Continues Over Government Ship Purchase Bill
Washington reporters describe a long night as Republicans lead a filibuster to block the ship purchase bill. Senator Smoot spoke over eleven hours before yielding to Sutherland who prepared a full day of argument. After thirty hours in session the Senate recessed from midnight to ten Monday.
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Washington
Smoot
Sutherland
the -Enate
Suterland
Congressional Library
Hollis
Kern
Marshall
Lodge, Borah
William Allen Smith
Senate
Owen
Girls Like the Call to Arms in War Effort
Petrogord reports a flood of Russian schoolgirls fleeing enrollment as volunteers in boys clothing. Many reach front lines with medical examinations treated lightly and some wounded are sheltered by disguises. Cities mobilize wartime work for women with hospital ties and fund collecting roles.
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Petrogord
Nieman
Moscow
Japs Pay Bounty on Houseflies
London reports that the Japanese administration in Korea intensifies efforts to stamp out flies and related ills. An official study notes the slogan Swat the Fly failed to mobilize natives, prompting a Buy Flies from Natives program with no stated price or outcome.
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London
Koreas
Eport
Apoe
Big Argentine Warship Goes Into Commission in Philadelphia
The Argentine government’s new 11 million dollar battleship Moreno entered commission in Philadelphia today. Built at Camden New Jersey it is a sister ship to the Rivadavia completed recently in Boston. It carries a crew of 1000 men and 8 officers and arrived on two navy transports January 17. The Argentine exhibit for the San Francisco fair was also sent on the same transports including Indian relics bronze art objects grain and other Argentine products.
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Philadelphia
Moreno
Camden
N. J
Rivadavia
Boston
Jae
Boakes to Face Rogers in Three Match Series
Chicago match today features Harry Boakes Jr who beat Arthur Clevens, Canada’s former champion, against Eddie Rogers of the New York Rockets and Tennis Club in a three match series.
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Chicago
Harry Boakes, Jr
Arthur Clevens
Canada
Eddie Rogers
New York Rockets and Tennis Club
Boat Capsize Drowns Man Near Nyssa on Snake River
Jack Lane drowned after a boat with a companion named Axtell capsized a mile east of Nyssa on the Snake River. Axtell was rescued, Lane swam about seventy five yards against a freezing current before sinking. Lane’s mother Mrs Rebecca Lane of Tunkhannock Pa holds a Continental Casualty policy via Roscoe Stockslager local agent.
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Nyssa
Jack Lane
Axtell
Snake River
Lane
Continental Casualty Company
Roscoe Stockslager
Rebecca Lane
Tunkhannock
Wyoming County
Austrian foreign minister warns Romanians in Transylvania
Baron Burian sent a note to Bucharest asking Rumanians to refrain from fomenting agitation among Romanians in Transylvania. Dispatches from Geneva report the warning aiming to calm unrest in the region.
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Geneva
Baron Burian
Bucharest
Transylvania
Diamond Thieves Loot New York Pawn Shop
Four men fled with diamonds valued between forty thousand and fifty thousand dollars after holding up Adolph Stern pawn shop on the upper East Side. They bound and gagged three clerks and loaded the jewels into a suitcase before escaping by automobile.
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New York
Adolph Stern
Upper East Side
Germans dispute counts of war prisoners held
The Taeglische Runschau cites figures disputing English claims on prisoner totals. It lists German losses by nation and notes about 854,000 prisoners held by Germany and Austria-Hungary in total, with 224,000 French, 37,000 Belgians, 352,000 Russians, and 21,000 English held by Germany and 150,000 Russians and 70,000 Servians and Montenegrins held by Austria-Hungary.
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Berlin
Taeglische Runschau
Germany
France
Russia
England
Japan
Austria-Hungary
Mining Chief Accuses Colorado Camps of Despotism
John R. Lawson of the United Mine Workers testified before the federal industrial relations commission in New York, charging that Colorado coal camps under Colorado Fuel and Iron controls lack social life and deny workers basic rights. He cited laws violated, scrip payments, and arming miners for protection.
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New York
John R. Lawson
Colorado United Mine Workers of America
Colorado
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Lawson
Cal
Indian Princesses Leave London After Visit and War Talk
London returns see Bikaner Kishangarh Judhpur Maharajahs depart. The Bikaner ruler, 16, heads to Egypt with his camel corps while other princes resume duty. An interview notes the monotony of Flanders warfare and predicts closer ties between India and Great Britain through shared conflict.
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London
India
Bikaner
Kishangarh
Judhpur
France
Egypt
Regiment of
Lancers
Camel Corps
Suez Canal
Flanders
Great Britain
Short Line Ordered to Restore Road to Public
At a county commissioners session a delegation urged a subway under the Oregon Short Line tracks north of town. The board ordered the railroad to reopen the main road or build a subway near Station 863 about 1400 feet west of the crossing, at no expense to Bannock County, with the subway at least 24 feet wide.
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Board of County Commissioners
W. P. Havener
Fort Hall
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Pocatello
Oregon Short Line
Rairoad Company
Bannock County
Weather Outlook From Washington DC
The forecast says likely rain in the west and rain or snow in the east across Washington, D. C., on January 30.
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Washington, D. C
Miller authorized to spend for Indian farm aid and seeds
Fort Hall Idaho superintendent Miller seeks bids for 75,000 pounds of white Swedish oats for reimbursable sales to Indians at net cost. He may spend up to 50,000 dollars on work mares wagons harness mowers and other farm supplies with deferred payment plans. Wells may be drilled with repayment.
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Horton H. Miller
Fort Hall
Idaho
Miller
Trades unions urge seizure of food ships
London January 30 The Federation of Trades Unions calls for drastic action to curb food price rises blaming the government for slow response. It urges expedited prize court procedures and rapid use of captured ships to move state bought supplies at controlled costs with direct market placement and distribution from ports other than London and Liverpool.
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London
Federation of Trades Unions
Trades Union
Liverpool
Food standard reformer resigns from Westfield post
Lewis B. Allyn resigns from Westfield State Normal School and joins McClure publications staff. In his farewell note he says the aim of his campaign was not to embarrass state authorities and cites nationwide attention to the Westfield standard.
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Westfall
Mass
Lewis B. Allyn
Westfield
Westfield State Normal School
McClure Publications
Villa Shot Wounded by Bodyguard in Juarez
Villa was shot three times last night by his bodyguard General Rodolfo Fierro in Juarez, though officials deny the report. Fierro, known as Butcher for brutal conduct, is linked to the Benton killing. Fierro also features in shifting loyalties as Gutierrez supporters defect from Villa-Zapata forces in San Luis Potosi and Garza surrenders to Blanco and Robles.
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Paso
Tex
Villa
Rodolfo Fierro
Juarez
Fierro
Wm. S. Benton
Butcher
Laredo
San Luis Potosi
Monterey
Luis Potosi
Gutierrez
Villa-Zapata
Garza
Blanco
Robles
French Front Quiet Overall As British Repel German Attack
Paris reports a quiet general day with a German attack near Labassee repelled by English forces at heavy enemy losses. Artillery actions noted along the front. Nancy mayor suspended for two weeks for shooting at a German aircraft, authorities ruling civilians cannot act as combatants.
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Paris
French War Offee
Labassee
Nancy
France
German air raid on Dunkirk causes structural damage but fades
Six German aeroplanes bombarded Dunkirk on Thursday night under moonlight. Private houses were damaged as fifty bombs were dropped, ten of which were incendiary. Airships remained unseen except during a searchlight reveal. From a military view the raid was unsuccessful.
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Dunkirk
France
Emperor Under Fire in Soissons and Argonne Battles
Berlin reports German forces captured 745 French soldiers and twelve machine guns in Argonne and killed hundreds with five hundred dead left on the field. Twelve officers among the prisoners and the French No. 10 regiment reportedly annihilated. Germans claim repulsed Russian attacks in east Prussia and heavy losses for the enemy. An agency says Emperor William faced heavy fire at Soissons before leaving the exposed position.
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Berlin
Argonne Forest
East Prussia
Darkehmen
Lake District
William
Soissons
Welsh Army to Use Male Voice Chorus in War Bands
Cardiff will field 40 000 troops with a Welsh Army Male Voice Chorus replacing brass bands in regiments. The choir includes top singers from Welsh valleys who have competed in major eisteddfods and minstrelsy festivals.
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Cardiff
Wales
Girls to Join Red Cross in France from Lusitania
Miss Nona McAdoo daughter of the treasury secretary sails on the Lusitania to volunteer with the Red Cross in France. She is accompanied by Miss Catherine Britton of Washington while Colonel E M House and Mrs House act as chaperones.
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New York
Nona McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Red Cross
France
Catherine Britton
Washington
E. M. House
Wilson
House
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