Congress opens as Stone eyes Smith and Lodge probes
Congress reconvenes amid a fraught foreign‑policy climate with Senator Stone seeking a White House conference on diplomacy. The Senate panel will take up Smith’s neutrality inquiry and Lodge’s Lusitania resolutions, while discussions move toward Colombian and Nicaraguan treaties and Fletcher’s Mexico ambassadorship. Preparedness hearings, naval and army reorganizations, water power, mineral leasing, farm loan bank bills, and a nationwide Prohibition constitutional amendment are slated for early action.
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One Dead In Hotel Fire in Waterbury
A Connecticut hotel fire at Hotel Connect cut in Waterbury killed one man and injured five others. Sixty guests were endangered as flames swept through the heart of the business district early today. The dead man’s identity was not yet established and officials believe all guests escaped.
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Ford Not Bryan Ally May Never See Him Again
Henry Ford denies plans to join William Jennings Bryan to push European peace and criticizes Wilson’s policy. Ford’s cool relations with Bryan and caution from W A Livingston are noted as peace delegates discuss the voyage. Ford: “I may never see him again.”
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Shipping controls to hurt American trade report
London reports government measures to requisition British ships for food and essential cargoes risking severe disruption to trade with the United States and Latin America. The admiralty plans co ordinated loadings of 75 tons of wheat from North America, with formal notices to follow. Shipowners urged cooperation as the policy signals potential lasting impact on foreign mercantile shipping.
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40 Per Cent Insurance in London U S War With Austria
London experts in underwriting raised the risk of war between the United States and Austria from 25 percent to 40 percent. The figure could rise with increased business volume, signaling serious concern among underwriters about U S relations with the central powers.
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Germany stands firm as war drags on
Special to The Washington Post reports Gustav C Roeder finds Germans confident of victory though peace may take years. Food shortages persist with two meatless and two fatless days weekly, prices up, and riots over high costs. A growing anti America sentiment includes calls for a postwar boycott and belief Wilson could have ended the war by lifting Britain s blockade.
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Allies Land 45 000 Troops in Orfano
Special Cable reports London dispatches that about thirty Anglo French transports landed 46 000 troops at Orfano east of Balon iki to reinforce the Allies right flank. The landing was seen as British troops and comes as Turkish and Greek frontier developments unfold. The Serbian minister to Greece departed Athens for Salonika to confer with King Peter.
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British Capture Yaounde in Kamerun Campaign Report
A British official report from Kamerun in German Equatorial Africa states that Yaunde a governmental station was occupied January 14 by British forces under Col. Gorges. The enemy retreated north and southeast, with our troops in contact with the enemy rear guard while German officials fled Yaunde.
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Kaiser’s Malady Grave Shocks Paris Dispatches
Paris reports from Switzerland and Italy confirm Emperor William II’s serious illness. He reportedly underwent a last Wednesday operation whose nature is unspecified. The illness is described as deep seated with a skin eruption and renewed throat trouble extending to the mouth, with claims of possibly needing an artificial silver palate.
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Four Vatel Sisters Awarded War Cross in France
In Vertus France on January four Vatel sisters Marie Helene Camille and Madeleine decorated with the Cross of War for bravery during the September 8 to 12 1914 siege near Pere Champondee. They aided seven surrounded French soldiers allowing their regiment to regroup after a German retreat.
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Dynamite Bomb Kills Three in Sacramento Feud
A dynamite bomb thrown through a window at the Aposito home in Sacramento at midnight killed three men Peter Apostolo A. Argon and A Grandee. The blast was linked to a feud among garbage men.
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Kaiser Gives Prelate Pass to Rome Visit
A London based news agency dispatch reports that at Pope Benedicts request General von Bissing the German military governor has ordered Cardinal Mercier allowed to travel to Rome. The Pope is said to wish to confer with the cardinal on the fate of the Belgian population and Germany guarantees Mercier's return to Belgium.
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France releases Germans after US pressure on Det Cartes
The State Department announced the French government, responding to U S representations, ordered the immediate release of Germans removed from American ships by the French cruiser Descartes. The men will be handed to American authorities at Fort de France Martinique. The Descartes had halted four vessels near Puerto Rico last month, removing Germans or Austrians from each.
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Wilson Takes Charge Of Grave Submarine Crisis Today
President Wilson is poised to assume lead on the submarine crisis as the United States maintains a defensive armament stance under the Hague convention. Secretary Lansing reports Germany has dropped the claim that Lusitania was an armed merchantman, and Japan seeks details on the Yasaka Maru sinking. W J Leigh, linked to Yasaka Maru, may face American citizenship questions due to extraterritorial rules in China.
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Miss Lilian Cook Aboard Persia Steamer Sinking
Kalamasoo Jan 8 Dr Lilian Cook medical missionary and Rev John B H Warnshuta of Keinamazoo were aboard the Persian steamer sunk in the Mediterranean last week. Warnshuta drowned while Cook, home in Scotland, was en route to Bombay and had cabling Warnshuta she would advise arrival. No word has been received since the loss. The two became acquainted during missionary work in India.
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Japan to guard Suez route as ships expelled
Tokyo announces a Japanese warship squadron will guard the Suez Canal to protect shipping. Armored cruisers Kasuge Tokiwa and Chitose are assigned. Sinking of two Japanese ships in the Mediterranean, Ke nkoku Maru and Yanke Mata, prompted abandoning the eastward route. passengers were rescued.
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Ford peace expedition to travel through Germany to The Hague
The German government granted permission for the Ford peace mission to use a special train through Germany to The Hague. The party must travel sealed, touch no German soil, and carry no papers or valuables, with most baggage shipped back from Copenhagen. The trip plans place The Hague arrival on January 12 and involve strict military discipline for the travelers.
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Romania Will Not Aid Germany Says Take Ionescu
Take Ionescu, former Roumanian premier, told The Washington Fest in Bucharest that Romania cannot fight for Germany. He argued only a few Teuton-backed maniacs oppose the quadruple allies and that Russian forces are gathering, making German success in the Balkans unlikely. He cited Romania’s dignity and history as urging national unity against the Central Powers.
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King Constantine Sees Improvement Says Attendants
In Athens on January 3, Professors Merens of Berlin and Blaelberg report King Constantine’s condition is most satisfactory. Paris dispatch notes German doctors aboard a torpedo boat. the report adds mixed details on his health.
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Persians Defeat Russians Near Hamadan and Savie
Constantinople via Berlin reports Persian detachments defeated Russians north of Hamadan and near Savie. They captured two machine guns, two cannons and an automobile. Russian casualties totaled 190 wounded.
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