Premier Comments On Walker W Vick Dominican Letter
A Washington dispatch reports Premier Ryan defends public service by trench workers while commenting on Walker W Vick of Rutherford and his Dominican letter. Ryan asserts he values those who worked in politics and opposes exposing party loyalties to winners or misusing patronage in staff appointments.
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Walker W. Vick
Newark NJ
Washington
Newark
Liryan
Walker Monk
Rutherford
New York
Hes Statesman
anEtt
Vick
Bentre
Hiian
Ester
Wick
Hrvan
Eva
Joba
Lays Revolt to Sullivan Unclear Inquiry Drama
New York report notes James M. Sullivan and a minister to the Dominican involved in an inquiry. The proceedings touch on political appointments and alleged links to interests seeking contract guarantees from the government. Bright Wisen, attorney for C. D., is mentioned amid fragmented details.
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New York
James M. Sullivan
Todd
Phelan
Los Strese
Consid
Bright Wisen
Jobs Sought By Bryan To Pay Political Debts
New York January 15 details reveal patronage sought for Democrats in Santo Domingo. Proposed salaries include deputy general receiver of customs 6000, receivership executive clerks and statistician roles, and a top customs revenue cutter service post. Testimony notes offers tied to road contracts yielding 30 percent. Walter W. Vick cites Sullivan’s role in supporting the 1914 Dominican revolution.
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Bryan
New York
Santo Domingo
Revenue Cutter Service
Paper Thief Gets 180 Days In District Court
Harry Silverman pleaded guilty to three counts of stealing Washington Post bundles marked for distribution. He received 180 days in jail. Co-defendants Newell Davenport and John Butler faced separate outcomes as detectives arrested them after captured marked papers were sent out. The theft occurred near Thirteenth Street and adjacent northwest areas, with arrests at Seventh and K streets by detectives Simpson and Sale.
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Harry Silverman
Washington Post
Theron Thompson
Rouse
Newell Davenport
John Butler
Silverman
Thirteenth
Streets
Seventh
K_ streets
Simpson
First Precinct
May Elevate Dr Helfferich to Imperial Treasury Secretary
Berlin reports that Karl Helfferich director of the Deutsche Bank is poised to become secretary of the imperial treasury. The move, described by the Overseas News Agency, is imminent.
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Berlin
Karl Helfferich
Deutscene Bank
Imperial Treasury
Army and Navy Changes of the Day in Uniform Promotions
Promotions and reassignments across Army and Navy staffs include officers moving to higher commands and new stations. George Sands is named colonel. Lewes Koehler and Heber Mechit advance in cavalry. several engineers, quartermasters, and infantry officers receive new posts or retirements. The document details station changes, duties, and authority including inspector general and coastal artillery adjustments.
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Alsence
George
Edward
Maediical Corps
Scot Celar
Offleera
Hobert M
Parson
Hentenine
Eaves Walteie
Scott Fafest
Arth Cavalry
Seroons
Philippine Constabulary
Logadier General
Dapard Ash Litrworth
Peston
Mass
Amd
Setiek
Conrad
Patrick Priaselt
Infantey
Hodges
Engimeres
Anc
Woosh Gray
Malciam
Mos Udt Durree
Hs DC
Wilptre
Diest Battalan
Eng
Washington Bermks
Boetot
St Tenis
William Fets
Curitien
Cemat Artillery Artitia
Georgia
Port Bareais
Brockman
Bos Guots Urgenigations
Columbie
Naval Orders Update From 1915 Commissionings and Transfers
A list of naval staff movements including Lieut junior grades Robertson Settle Gunther Edwards Lenney Williamson Mayo and others commissioned or detached to various stations. Notable shifts include detachments to Tonopah Nebraska Boston Tallahassee Norfolk and Neptune with retirements and deaths noted. ships arriving and orders directing vessels to Atlantic coast Véra Cruz and Gracayunyabo Bay.
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M. C. Robertson
H. T. Settle
Grace
EL. Gunther
Yuung J Od Edwards
Sign MC Lenney
Thom Williamson
Treasure
H. G. Bowerfind
Prairie
Tonopah
A. H. Mayo
J. F. Brooks
Chester
Nebraska
Edward Sweeney
Navy Yard
Fortamonth
N. H
Kentucky
Hoatawelh
Rigg
Naval Hospital
Boston
Maas
Machinst
Beck
Tallahassee
Neptune
James Donaldson
Carpenter Albert Tucker
Navy Yach
Norfolk
Surge
de Wawrownell
Providence
H. C
Ship Purchase Bill in Jeopardy as Extra Session Contemplated
Democratic leaders in the Senate face parliamentary arrests and fear the ship purchase measure will fail amid a rush of appropriation bills. While some hope for passage, Republicans plan to block the bill, fueling talk of an extra session after Panama Canal celebrations. Night sessions have failed to muster a quorum, delaying general legislation before March 4.
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Senate
Congress
Panama Canal
San Francisco
NEW ARMY IMPERILS GERMANS AT MLAWA
A Berlin report notes a new Russian advance northeast of the Rawka River and German forces near Soissons facing French and British actions. British gains near La Bassee and trenches near Arras are claimed, with persistent artillery duels and renewed Turkish resistance as Russians press into Transcaucasia and Azerbaijan while planning to evacuate Tabriz.
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Berlin
Rawka River
Soissons
Joffre
le Bassee
Zoyages
Arras
la Bassee
von Kluck
Belgium
Aisne
Transcaucasia
Azerbaijan
Persia
Tabriz
Optimism in Rural Credit Push From Secretary Houston
Topeka Kansas January 16 Secretary Houston voiced optimism about American agriculture. He urged early rural credits legislation before the State board of agriculture. He said more helpful agencies operate in rural life and that farmers will dominate the home and foreign markets as production rises. He supported a Federal land mortgage banking system and longer loans via amortization through private firms and state action.
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Topeka
Kans
Houston
State Board of Agriculture
Allies Buy 200 000 Yards of Cloth for the Armies
Slater & Sons of Webster Massachusetts reports orders for more than 200000 yards of khaki cloth. The fabric will be shipped to New York for manufacture into overcoats for allied armies. London agents Jacob Dreyfus Sons arrange 100060 flannel shirts for the British army and 125000 undergarment sets. Shirreffs Worsted Co of South Fitchburg also received a large khaki order.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Slater & Sons, Incorporated
Webster
London
Jacob Dreyfus Sons
Shirreffs Worsted Company
South Fitchburg
Prices of wire and nails rise for domestic trade
American Steel and Wire Company and independent Pittsburgh mills announce a $1 per ton price increase on wire products and nails. Strong European demand boosts domestic market as mills report orders for tens of thousands of tons and a months long workload. Barbed wire buying rises, signaling improving demand and normalizing prices.
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American Steel and Wire Company
Washington Post
Pittsburgh
Europe
Italy Buys Horses for Army Transit in Porto Vessels
Italian army officers inspected the steamship Verona on arrival from Naples to assess capacity as a transport for horses and men. They stated future US purchases of horses for Italy would be shipped only on ships under the Italian flag.
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New York
Verona
Naples
United States
Million Dollar Dyestuffs From Germany Arrive
One million dollars worth of dyestuffs from Germany were aboard the steamer Matanza, arriving in New York from Rotterdam last night. In Baltimore, plans are to be submitted for two more tunnels under the city to ease freight congestion between the North Washington and the South, with the project costing millions.
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New York
Germany
Matanzas
Rotterdam
Washington Post
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Board of Estimates
Washington
Battle of Corunna remembered in Britain’s annals
The Corunna fight of January 1809 is recalled as one of Britain’s famed military scenes. Sir John Moore was mortally wounded near the embarkation at Corunna as Napoleon’s foes faltered, yet the British won a hard fought field after heavy losses.
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Corunna
England
Marshal Sault
Sir John Moore
Moore
Bisset
Soult
Vigo Hove
Bali
John Hope
Historan
Napier
Marshal Soult
Marquis de la Romana
Charles Wolfe
Interborough to buy 478 steel subway cars
Pittsburgh Jan 15 The Pressed Steel Car Company and Standard Steel Car Company were asked by New York Interborough Rapid Transit to bid on 478 steel cars to replace wooden ones in the New York subway. The order totals about 10 million? The press says approximately 10 million. delivery promised in four to eighteen months, depending on the company.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgh
Pressed Steel Car Company
Standard Steel Car Company
Sutler
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York City
New York Subway
Standard Company
Immigration bill lands up to President Wilson in literacy test debate
Congress actions feature a conference report on the immigration bill with a literacy test for aliens, risking a presidential veto. Hearings loom as House and Senate panels consider related measures, including the Adamson bill to separate railroads from production and a constitutional amendment proposal by Rep Beakes. The period also notes Panama treaty talks and finance disclosures from Chesapeake and Potomac and Georgetown companies.
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House
United States
Wilson
Congress
White House
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Todd
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Senate
Mrecelpta
Georgetown, Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railroad Company
Death Knell of the Saloon Seen by Bryan in Polarized Debate
Lincoln Nebraska January 15 The death knell of the saloon was sounded in the view of W J Bryan after a congressional vote on outlawing liquor traffic. He says a majority proves the end is near and the liquor business will be a fugitive from justice living in constant fear of arrest while he ridicules the states rights plea calling it tommyrot.
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Washington Post
Lincoln
Nebr
W. J. Bryan
Congress
Bryan
Aquor
Daniel Webster
George Washington
Shakespeare
Goethe
Rock of Gibraltar
Williams
Memphis, Tenn
Lane
Briston
Eitehcock
Kansas
Nebraska
Oregon
Martine
Prohibition
Arma
Cormisssioner
Mwieit
Georgia
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
White House Caeler Held In Prohibition Protest Plot
Secret Service officer Joseph Murphy detained a man claiming to be J. D. Branson, 28, of 898 Portland Place, Congress Heights, who visited the White House to urge the President to protest the proposed District prohibition amendment in the Senate. Branson was sent to Washington Asylum Hospital.
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Secret Service
Joseph Murphy
Wilson
White House
J. DD. Branson
Portland Place
Congress Heights
Senate
Branson
Washington Asylum Hospital
Prohibition Debate Echoes Across Senate and District Referendum
Senators clash over prohibition with Williams calling the debate extremist. He supports a referendum, cites Memphis enforcement, and quips on Lincoln and Grant. Martine cites stats from Kansas and Nebraska, Briscoe defends Kansas as Briscoe asserts contrast with Nebraska amid district attitudes.
Pankhurst in America Sparks Pro British Debate
In New York Christabel Pankhurst's Carnegie Hall visit ignites mixed reactions as American readers weigh her militant suffrage stance against British wartime policy. The discourse includes senators comments on crime, prohibition, and public policy, with newspapers contrasting antiwar sentiment and pro British arguments among lawmakers and readers.
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O'Leary
Mr O'Leary
Miss Pankhurst
Miss Pankhurat
Miss Tarbell
the Tribune
England
Frances Perkir
Pethick Lawrence
Peace League of Women
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Senate Agricultural Committee
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Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission
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Minnesota
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Philadelphia Commercial Exchange
Samuel W. Beakes
Michigan
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Joe Tyroler
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Gen Grant
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Staats-Zeitung
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Christatel
Carnegie Hall
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Secretary of State For Foreign Affairs
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Hrnston
Hitencark
New Jersey
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Colorado
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Standard Oil Company
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