PeaceEfforts Criticised as War Will End Necessity
The Lokal Anzeiger defends American ammo deliveries to belligerents and praises Mr Gerard's remarks while urging German readers to avoid rigid hostility. It argues neutrals may deliver arms under the Hague, notes opposition to changing the clause, and suggests building bridges to former adversaries while others seek to end the war without aiding enemies.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Ambassador Gerard
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Gerard
Tasue
Anzeiger
Germany
Fise
Death notices from January 1917 in Washington area
A list of obituaries and funeral notices dated January 3 to January 12 1917 for multiple individuals including Robert W. Bender Sarah W Bush Nelly Catherine R Crawves Alton Gregg Maria S Taylor Robert B Tretler Charles Santinders Harry Turner William Vaughan Hamilton Wright and others. Details cover residences funeral venues and interment notes with dates.
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Bes Per
Sibley
Hassie
Robert W. Bender
F Street
All Atcock
Glen- Yond
Busrinell Sildenty
Sarah W. Bushnelly
Wilkinson
Wise
An.m
Deep River
Newven
Bamuerlee
Mazabeth C. Furtner
Hinele Chapel
Fifth
Artington Cemetery
P Street
Catherine R. Cirawves
Oak Hill Cemetery
Billar
Alton Gregg
Charles W Miller
Thos. S. Sergeon
Seventh Street North
Frederick
Bibley T Hospital
pTreumonia
Charles J, Plitt
Dora
Plitt
North Capitol Street
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Charles
Baltimore
Taylor
Carfeld Hospital
Maria S
Edward B. Taylor
Tnscher Chapel
Port Houror
Rand Rapids
Providence Hospital
Robert B. Tretler
William Tee
Veensylvania Avenue
Turner Aidenly
Harry Warren
Belaved
Harry
Mary J. Turner
Vaughan
Capitol Street
William Vaugha
Alice B. Vaughan
Trailey
Wright
Naw
Hampshire Avenue
Washington, D. C. Or
Hamilton Wright
St. John
Fight Until Entente Begs Peace, Bavarian King Tells Soldiers
Munich dispatch quotes King of Bavaria addressing garrison on January 7 birthday. He says despite victory the German emperor and allies offered peace, which was rejected, and that they must continue fighting until enemies ask for an honorable, lasting peace earned by colossal sacrifice. He adds not they started the war and asserts German alliance strength.
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Entente
Amsterdam
Munich
Dusseldorf
Anzeiger
Bavaria
German Press Sees Mixed Signals From Gerard Speech
Berlin papers weigh Ambassador Gerard address with caution. Boersen Zeitung notes Americans now view Germany differently after war gains and warns gratitude is unlikely. Kreuz Zeitung calls Gerard claim of good US Germany ties remarkable and cites munition deliveries, diplomat dismissals, and anti submarine policy as counterpoints.
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Boersen Zeitung
Berlin
Gerard
Germany
America
Kreuz Zeitung
United States
Washington
Picket banners linked to suffrage fund drive in capital march
The article notes a picket procession with two women bearing purple white and gold standards of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and the Woman's Party. It lists principal contributors to a $3,000 fund including Mrs. William Kent, Miss Mary Burnham, Miss Flla Riegel, Miss Kate Halligan, and many others from Philadelphia Baltimore Richmond New York Nevada and San Francisco.
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Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Woman's Party
William Kent
Representative Kent
California
Mary Burnham
Flla Riegel
Kate Halligan
Philadelphia
Townsend Scott
Aces Morris
McLouth
Baltimore
Sophie G. Meredith
Richmond
John W. Brennan
New York
Blatch
Bessie H. Papandre
San Francisco
Delaware
Congressional Union
W. Thompson Burch
Jessie Hardy MacKaye
Nina ®. Allender
Eliza Lord
G. Brown Miner
KE. M. Dean
Edith Goode
Elizabeth Smith
Murder Veil Thickens In Philadelphia Crime Mystery
Grace Roberts was found murdered in December and authorities debate if Lewis killed her or if a self inflicted death occurred. A letter to a Philadelphia paper questions police timing and calls their investigation bungled. Conflicting witness timelines from Marie Collins and Magistrate Imber deepen the case’s confusion and probe the guilt of Bernard Wealey Lewis.
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Philadelphia
Jan
Grace Roberts
Hotan
Rotan
Chestnut Street
Bernard Wealey Lewis
Pittsburgh
Atlantic City
Coronter Knight
Smith
Henry James Basa
Lewis
Adelphia Hotel
Imber
Maris Collins
Ruth
Marie
Grace
Seventeenth
Market
Bass
Bertween
Capt. Tate
Wilton Apartments
Grace Robert
Marie Colling
Ellwood Powell
Marie Collins
Misa Collins
Five More Ships Sunk By Entente and Norwegian Vessels
London reports Lloyds agency confirms sinking of five ships: three entente steamers including Alcphone Conseil of 1,591 tons and Lesbian of 2,555 tons, plus Chinto Maru of 2,636 tons and Bergholm of 1,719 tons. small Norwegian Markland sunk. German capture of Captain Frey of the Lesbian reported.
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London
Entente
Lloyds Shipping Agency
Alphonse Conseil
Lesbian
Chinto Maru
Bergholm
Reuters
Bergen
iMarkland
Central News
Frey
British Officer Casualties During October and November War Losses
London reports from the war office show October officers losses totaling 4,378 with 1,459 killed, 2,736 wounded, 183 missing. November brought 2,205 losses, including 806 killed, 1,386 wounded, 113 missing. Cumulative officer losses since the war’s start reach 63,122 with 15,696 killed or died of wounds, 33,970 wounded, 3,456 missing. many wounded have returned to duty and missing figures include prisoners of war.
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London
Associated Press
War Office
WILL SEND BELGIANS HOME
The Ardenburg correspondent from the Nieuwe Courant reports German authorities with Belgian communes plan to address unemployment by providing work in Belgium. Deportations will be suspended and those deported will be sent back.
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the Hague
Ardenburg
Nieuwe Courant
Belgium
Greece Replies to Wilson Peace Note
The Greek government officially answered President Wilsons peace note and communicated it to Garrett Droppers the American Minister in Athens. The reply expresses Greece full support for the Presidents peacetime effort.
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Athens
Wilson
Garrett Droppera
Athen
Greece
Norwegian Steamer Lupus Captured at Hamburg
Berlin reports the Norwegian steamer Lupus formerly the Gilchrist seized and brought to Hamburg. The 3,871 ton vessel in service on the Great Lakes is said to have carried contraband.
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Berlin
Sayville
Pus
Gilchrist
Great Lakes
Hamburg
Lupus
Wilson thanks Switzerland for peace note action at White House
President Wilson, via Swiss Minister Paul Ritter, expressed gratitude to Switzerland for backing the United States note urging belligerents to agree on peace definitions. Minister Hitler had a brief twenty minute conference with the President at the White House, sharing latest peace development information.
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Wilson
Paul Ritter
United States
Mrs Clifford Undergoes Critical Operation At Home
Evelyn Nesbit figure Mrs Jack Clifford underwent a surgical operation at her home 23 West Eleventh Street New York her condition was reported as critical by husband. He said a nerve disease since returning from the Adirondack Clifford lodge months back had grown worse making the operation necessary.
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Washington Post
New York
Jack Clifford
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry Thaw
West Eleventh Street
Clifford
Clifford Lodge
Adirondacks
Identifies Gay Oliver Osborne in New Jersey trial
New York January 9 Charles H Wax known as Oliver Osborne not James W Osborne accompanied Miss Rae Tanzer to Plainfield New Jersey testified in federal court against Franklin D Safford charged with perjury over prior statements that James W was Oliver Gaborne Wax admitted he was Oliver Osborne and with Tanzer at Plainfield after a chase led him from Chicago The Safford trial mirrors the breach of promise suit against Osborne by Tanzer and Wax’s identification arises as he is confronted in court.
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New York
Charles H. Wax
Oliver Osborne
James W. Osborne
Rae Tanzer
Plainfield
N. J
William J. Kitchen
Miss Tanter
Franklin D. Safford
James W
Oliver Gaborne
Wax
Safford
Misa Tanzer
Chicago
Tanzer
Japan Joins Entente Trade Alliance
London Jan 9 The foreign office announces Japan has officially adhered to the economic agreement reached by entente representatives at Paris. The accord aims to unify laws for trading with hostile nations and to advance commercial, industrial, agricultural, and maritime reconstruction among the allied powers after the war and ensure permanent commercial collaboration.
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London
Foreign Office
Japan
Indicted Thaw Said Bodyguard Arrested in Kidnapping Case
Harry K Thaw, released from an asylum after killing Stanford White, is indicted in New York on charges of kidnapping Fred Gump Jr 19 of Kansas City Mo and assaulting him with another man described as his bodyguard George F O Byrnes. Police seek Thaw as Philadelphia arrests O Byrnes.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Asylum For the Insane
Stanford White
Fred Gump, Jr
Kansas City
George F. O'Byrnes
Thaw
O'Byrnea
Philadelphia
Gump
California
San Francisco
Long Beach
Cal
Mia
Olive Tablets Offer Quick Relief From Constipation
Dr Edwards presents Olive Tablets as a calomel substitute for chronic constipation and torpid liver. The sugar coated olive colored tablets are a gentle, non griping laxative that encourage normal bowel and liver action. One or two pills at bedtime are popular for regular use and relief, sold 10c and 25c at all druggists.
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Edwards
Calomel
Dr. Edwards
Chicago graft probe widens as arrests mount
Chicago January 9 The State's Attorney Hoyne reports two confessions in the crackdown on police graft involving Chief Charles Healey. Eleven held with warrants issued for Lieuts Grady Hartford and others. Healey's bond reduced to 25000. a green notebook listing dives alleged to be targets is found. Hoyne promises further arrests as evidence grows.
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iEleven
Chicago
Maclay Hoyne
Hoyne
Healey
Chief Healey
Thomas Costello
Alteged
West Side Tenderloin
Grady
John Hartford
Horne
Skidmore
White
Heitler
Streeter
Costello
Mrs Ada Dodge Curtis Weds Navy Officer
New York saw a hasty municipal building wedding as Mrs Ada Dodge Curtis married Lieut William Reynolds Purnell of the destroyer Rowan. Purnell, 31, sailed with Rowan for a three month Cuban waters cruise after completing Annapolis in 1904. Curtis previously divorced Gerald S Curtin with final decree on July 11, 1916.
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New York
Ada Dodge Curtis
William Reynolds Purnell
Rowan
New York Navy Yard
Cuban
Whiliam Phelps
Annapolis
Delaware
U S DETAINS BIG YACHT ALVINA AT QUARANTINE
New York January 9 United States officials detained the steam yacht Alvina anchored at quarantine amid reports she was to be armed and converted into a submarine chaser. Owned by Thomas F Cole of Duluth the vessel was to be transferred to Russian registry or to the Allies. The yacht was stopped by a naval tug after ignoring signals from a destroyer.
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New York
Azores
Alvina
United States
Thomas F. Cole
Duluth
Col Herman Stump Dies at 80 in Maryland
Col Herman Stump former Maryland congressman and first commissioner general of immigration died of pneumonia at his Belair home aged 80. A Civil War militia figure he later served two terms in Congress and was appointed by President Cleveland to lead the new immigration division before resuming law practice at Belair.
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Baltimore
Herman Stump
Congress
Maryland
United States
Commissioner General of Immigration
Belair
Cleveland
Girl Leaps to Her Death in Hospital Window
In Baltimore a 24 year old stenographer Misa Elsie Enerian leaped from a third story window at Hahnemann Genera hospital during an attack of hysteria after a wild, police halted run through West and Northwest Baltim ore Monday night. She had been in the hospital since Monday night suffering from a nervous breakdown. Paris parliament reconvened and chose Paul Deschanel for president of the chamber of deputies. Joseph B Collins and Laura V Bann elected to the Federal Employes Union Commerce branch at Firemen's Hall last night.
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Apedal
Washington Post
Baltimore
Misa Elsie Enerian
Hahnemann Generat Hospital
Miss Enerian
Joseph B. Collins
Laura V. Bann
Department of Commerce
Federal Employes’ Union
Firemen's Hall
Nineteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Small Sentenced to Hang for Mountain View Murder
Frederick L. Small was sentenced to be hanged on January 15 1918 for the murder of his wife Florence A. Small at Mountain View on September 28. Judge Kivel asked if he had anything to say and Small claimed innocence. Clerk Kenison read the sentence ordering confinement in State prison until the execution date with 60 days to file a bill of exceptions.
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Kenison
Small
Kivel
Cody Amazes Physicians In Dying Battle
Denver January 9 Col William F Cody Buffalo Bill continues to show surprising vitality as doctors report his heart action remains weak and digestion has ceased. He has slept two hours after quiet intervals and his breathing is spasmodic a grave sign physicians said. The famed scout grows weaker though moments of rally during medicine were noted.
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Denver
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
J. H. East
Col Cody
Dr. East
Fiance Dead, She Ends Life in New York Home
In New York a 17 year old girl Marion Lewin killed herself with a bullet to the temple after word that her fiancé, a soldier died on the front in France. The tragedy follows the loss of the fiancé and reflects the war's impact on families.
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New York
Marion Lewin
Flance
France
James R Garfield Reports Home Robbery in Mentor
James R Garfield, former President Roosevelt’s cabinet member and son of a former president, reported to Cleveland police that a robbery occurred at his Mentor home. Details are sparse as investigation continues.
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Roosevelt
Nieves
Cleveland
Ohio
James R. Garfield
Cleveland Police
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George Ade
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Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy
Edith Macvane
Arthur Train
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Gerald Stanley Lee
Edgar Lee Masters
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