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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1917
Page
4
A sweeping discussion from London and Manchester papers analyzes Germany's note to neutrals and to the war's belligerents. Editorials judge Berlin’s stance weak and misaligned with allied aims, while noting neutrals may view the Allied terms more favorably. The Guardian highlights the note's ambiguous territorial language and urges Americans to uphold constitutional rights and Belgian and French autonomy.
London January speech by the American Ambassador in Russia David AH Praneis emphasized the closeness of a new commercial agreement between Russia and the United States. He spoke before the Russo American Chamber of Commerce banquet in Moscow. Congress had abrogated the earlier treaty over Russian restrictions on Jews, and no treaty relation has existed since, though reports of negotiations have persisted.
Vienna January 13. Count Czernin the foreign minister holds series of conferences with leading party chiefs to secure agreement on a program for an Austrian parliament likely to assemble by mid March. The consultations follow earlier efforts by predecessors and signal changes in the foreign office with recalls planned for ambassadors at Berne Sofia The Hague and Christiania.
The Berlin government issued an official statement claiming a British transport of about 8,000 tons sunk on December 28 in the English Channel, convoyed by destroyers. The British Admiralty secretary denied the report as absolutely untrue.
Fairbanks Alaska Jan 13 Official returns from Alaska s first election division show Charles Sulzer Democrat 1688 James Wickersham Republican 1681 From official and unofficial returns Wickersham leads by eleven votes The official count may change the result
Fifteen prominent Clevelanders meet to decide whether to replace the mayor with a city manager. A fall election would amend the charter, creating a nonpartisan commission that hires a city manager like Dayton’s. The plan hinges on initiative and referendum and would end the current system in 1918.
The text argues recall and popular vote could oust officials, critiques yearly or biennial turnover of mayors and department heads, and asserts the city manager system does not affect schools or municipal court which remain independent of city government.
Cleveland January 13. All athletic events were canceled at the M C A today after the death of Mrs S P Fenn wife of Central M C A president and a first cousin of President Wilson.
London January 13 Captain Frederick Courteney Selous author and hunter died in action in East Africa while leading an attack on Bho Beho. Though wounded he urged his men to continue before being fatally struck. His grave lies in the veldt beneath a tamarind tree with a few faithful comrades nearby.
A group of Standard Oil officials and families fled Roumania ahead of German lines and arrived in New York aboard the Swedish American liner Stockholm. Mrs. Marie Martin of Cleveland died of consumption in Kirkwall, England, after the journey. Mrs. Martin's daughter and her husband Alonzo Hoffman and their three children were among the passengers. Standard Oil officials refused to discuss the extent of damage to holdings in Roumania.
Berlin reports Germany informed the United States ambassador James W. Gerard that the Norwegian steamer Tripel was stopped by a German submarine on November 10 1916. The ship carrying steel and iron for the Italian command bound for Genoa was sunk after passengers and crew had been allowed to leave. The Tripel left Baltimore October 22 for Genoa and was reported sunk with crew saved. weather was fair and the Spanish coast nearby.
Paris reports that starting Monday two trains carrying 500 people will evacuate residents from invaded French provinces into uninvaded areas. About 50,000 people are expected to be moved, selected by Germans from applicants as in December’s prior transport.
London January 13 American socialists asked the Scandinavian socialist organ to aid in calling an international peace conference at The Hague for June 8 a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company reports. The Copenhagen Social Demokraten notes good prospects that Denmark Sweden and Norway will back American effort.
The Southern sociological congress moves its headquarters from Nashville to a southern city, led by Gov. Ben W. Hooper ally J. E. McCulloch. The 12 specialist staff travels by a rebuilt private Pullman car to visit 35 cities starting January 28, delivering 60 to 75 lectures weekly and promoting public health, sanitation, housing, and moral improvement. A moving picture feature is added this year.
Mrs. Anna Russell Cole of Nashville volunteered as financial founder of the movement shortly after Congress was organized. Her benefactions have greatly contributed to the congress's success, and she is presently a guest at the Willard.
The Rome admiralty confirms the battleship Regina Margherita was lost after striking two mines on December 11. Of 945 crew, 270 were saved while the captain and fourteen officers perished. No other vessels were lost, contrary to circulating rumors.
Senor Munizaga Varela charge d affaires received a cable from Senor Aldunate Baseman newly appointed ambassador to this country. He asks him to deny statements in a New York paper interview on January and claims the article’s remarks were wholly unauthorized. The ambassador is en route to his post in Rome.
Berlin dispatch says Franz Alard, a Grenoble milliner and mother of two, was shot on the walls of Vincennes by French military authorities. Authorities accuse her of spying as Geneva dispatch quoted by the Press Bureau reported tonight.
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