President Wilson Urges World Peace League Monroe Doctrine
President Wilson proposes a world league for peace and a global Monroe Doctrine shift from isolation. He urges the Senate to back a universal covenant, free seas, and limits on armaments to prevent future wars, arguing the United States must join in guaranteeing enduring peace.
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Peace League
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Washington
United States
America
Monroe
Madison
Adams
League of Nations
la Follette
Naval battles in North Sea claim German destroyer and many lives
Reports from Ymuiden via Amsterdam say German torpedo boat destroyers attacked by a British squadron near Zeebrugge. The V-69 had its bridge blown away, its funnel damaged, and about sixty crew aboard. seven other German vessels were sunk. An official British admiralty statement confirmed a night engagement with one enemy destroyer sunk and others damaged. The V-69 was reported heavily damaged. German sailors were wounded and the destroyer towed into port.
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Ymuiden
Reuter
Amsterdam
Zeebrugge
North Sea
Sehouwen Bank
Gravenhage
Holland
Yuvalden
Flemish
Morgan Leaks Aid Envoy Alleged in New York Brief
A New York brief claims a Morgan & Co employee and a Washington lawyer, friend of Ambassador von Bernstorff, plotted to feed inside Morgan business to France and Britain. Count von Bernstorff denied knowledge of such a tale when asked in Washington.
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Washington
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan Firm
von Bernstorff
William J. Burns
Martin Egan
Count von Bernstorf
Blast death toll reaches sixty in London munition blast
London reports the explosion at a chemical plant has killed sixty. Ten hospitals list 21 deaths and 112 patients remain under treatment. An additional 265 people with minor injuries were treated. Large sections of the district were shaken by the blast and widespread destruction was caused.
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London
Explosion tears Caribbean coast steamer Carib. three dead
Washington report says the Dominican coast steamer Carib was blown to pieces by boiler explosions near Santo Domingo. Three men were killed, seven injured, and one missing. No American aboard. Radio message cites U.S. Consul von Zielinski.
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Santo Domineo
State Department
United States
von Zielinski
Boxing Bill in Towa Sparks State Debate
A boxing bill was introduced in the Town house of representatives by Representative Lake of Woodbury county. The measure would permit and regulate sparring matches, but sparring is currently prohibited within the state.
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Des Moines
Lake
Woodbury County
Woman slays adopted son then kills self in Waterloo
In Waterloo Iowa on January 5 Mrs C C Calkins wife of an insurance agent was found dead with her adopted seven year old son in a house with gas jets open. The tragedies appear linked by a suffocating gas and a fatal act by the mother.
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Waterloo
C. C. Calkins
United States Army Flyers Found in Mexico
After a nine day desert trek in Sonora, Lt Robertson and Lt Col Bishop, missing since the prior Wednesday, were located by a New Cornelian Copper company party about 30 miles south of the Mexican border and 60 miles south of Wellton Arizona. Robertson was brought out by auto. Bishop was too weak to move. They had landed in Mexico about 200 miles south of the Arizona line and trekked northward, using scarce water as they eased toward the border.
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Sonora
Robertson
Bishop
United States Army
New Cornelian Copper Company
Mexican
Auto
Mexico
Arizona
International Line
Copper Company
Bopp Must Serve Two Years and Fine for Neutrality Violation
Franz Bopp former German consul general in San Francisco faces two years in prison and a total $10,000 fine after a U S district court overruled a motion for a new trial. He and associates were convicted on two counts. sentences run concurrently, making the full term two years and a $10,000 penalty.
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San Francisco
Franz Bopp
United States
Hunt
Bopp
Russians Capture Two Posts Near Baranovitchi
Petrograd reports a night raid where Russians seized two German field posts near Baranovitchi and took seventeen prisoners. The German garrisons were bayoneted. In Galicia near Zborow Teutons bombarded and tried but failed to take Russian-held heights southwest of the town after trench penetration.
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Petrograd
Baranovitchi
War Office
Zborow
Galicia
Teuton
U S Troops Move From Valle to Colonia Dublan
American punitive expedition troops marched from Valle to Colonia Dublan and camped there for rest before resuming toward the border, following a Casas Grandes dispatch dated January 24 from Juarez Mexico.
Fire in Omaha Livery Barn Kills 75 Horses
A January 24 Omaha fire consumed a livery barn and nearby structures killing 75 horses and destroying 15 automobiles. Total losses reached 75,000 dollars.
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Omaha
Neb
Nitro Blast Kills Well Shooter in Kansas
An explosion of 1,200 quarts of nitroglycerin near Chautauqua Kansas on Monday caused the instant death of well shooter Mite Stephenson. The blast was heard for 20 miles.
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Chautauqua
Kan
Here
Stephenson
British Transport Reported Sinking in Channel
Wireless distress signals from a British transport carrying 1,800 soldiers were received at Rotterdam as it sank in the British Channel after a mine strike. Berlin reports say a British transport and nine schooners were sunk in separate incidents near the Bosporus and Black Sea regions.
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Petrograd
Black Sea
Bosporus
Washington
Germany
Yarrowdale
State Department
Buenos Aires
Argentina
la Prensa
Rio Janeiro
Pernambuco
Glasgow
Para
New York Stock Exchange Witness Faces Probe Demands
The house rules committee resumed the leak inquiry at the customhouse with H. G. Noble of the New York Stock Exchange as the first witness. The committee aims to uncover potential deals and pools that depressed securities, while pressuring the exchange to obtain full client transaction records from December 10 to 23. Exchange officials resisted but agreed to provide names only if wrongdoing is proven.
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House Rules Committee
Customhouse
H. G
Noble
New York Stock Exchange
Sherman L. Whipple
Stock Exchange
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Four Killed in Train Car Collision Near Jackson
Four men died and one was fatally injured when a Michigan Central train struck an automobile seven miles east of Jackson, Michigan on Sunday. Deceased were A. I. Lipley of Cleveland, Gustave Rost of Cleveland, Al Cottle, and Henry Reiser of Jackson. The auto party had been returning from a cock fight in Leoni, and a blinding snow storm prevented the driver from seeing the oncoming train.
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Michigan Central
A. I. Lipley
Cleveland
O. Gustave Rost
al Cottle
Henry Reiser
Leoni
ELECT Rebel Lord Mayor of Dublin
Dublin reports Alderman Lawrence O'Neill unanimously elected lord mayor after his arrest during the rebellion. He was jailed briefly and released without charges being filed.
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Lawrence O'Neill
Ald
O'Neill
Senator Owen Injured by Automobile Crash in Oklahoma City
United States Senator Robert L Owen of Oklahoma was run over by a car in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The front wheels passed over his right leg, causing injuries.
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Oklahoma City
Oklo
United States
Robert L Owen
Oklahoma
Bethlehem Steel declares quarterly stock dividend and cash rise
Bethlehem Steel corporation announced a quarterly cash dividend of 10 percent, up 245 percent from the prior disbursement, and a stock dividend of 5 percent. The issuer is based in New York with the declaration dated January 25.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Secretary Daniels Attacks American Munition Firms
Secretary Daniels leveled sweeping charges against U S munition makers including Charles M Schwab and Bethlehem Steel for inefficiency and profit seeking harming government efforts to prepare. He cited that less than 9 percent of a Bethlehem shell lot passed naval tests while Hadfields Limited shells all met U S requirements and suggested abroad awareness of these issues. He praised some firms for preparedness and warned against profiteering amid urgent need.
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Daniels
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem Company
Naval
Hadfields, Limited
Admiral Dewey Laid To Rest In Arlington
Washington Jan 22 George Dewey admiral of the navy has been laid to rest His body rests in Arlington among heroes of the war where he earned fame in the Spanish American conflict The General Miles mausoleum holds the mahogany casket with the final salute given by midshipmen from the Naval Academy and taps from the band marking the end of the father of the modern navy
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George Dewey
Arlington
Dewey
General Miles
National Cemetery
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
United States
U. S. Marine Dies in Fight in Dominican Republic
Navy reports a night clash between American marines and native bandits near the Porvenir sugar plantation by Macoris in the Dominican Republic. One marine was killed and another severely injured in the Saturday night engagement, Captain Knapp reported.
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Dominican Republic
Navy Department
Knapp
Porvenir
Macoris
Arrange to Find Work for Guardsmen Returnees
Washington January 25 The United States employment bureau announced it has completed plans to obtain employment for National Guardsmen returning from the border who may be out of work.
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Washington
United States Employment Bureau
Player Cleared in Robbery in El Paso
Ralph E. Hap Myers, former major league and Pacific Coast player, was acquitted of robbery charges related to the disappearance of two diamond rings in El Paso Texas.
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el Paso
Tex
Ralph E
Hap) Myers
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