German U Boats to Help Fight War Peace Speech Says
The piece reports German leaders asserting U boats will aid the war effort and defending Germany in the face of Entente peace terms. It notes a Prussian diet speech promoting continued combat, and mentions domestic trade improving due to wartime conditions along with budget and rail receipts comparisons to 1913.
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London
Amsterdam
Reuters
Berlin
Wilson
Berl Tan
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Creisers
Died R en Tpamin t Fiari Tr
Funeral notices and burial arrangements for multiple individuals across Washington Alexandria and surrounding areas. Details include service times dates January 1917 and interment at Arlington and Congressional Cemeteries with residences listed in Northwest Washington DC Petworth and Alexandria VA.
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Sir Wrigite
Cammandae
Wrights Templar
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Romoon
Wediesda
Maisons
Flapte
Pendner
Briges
Bryant Street
Fon-Gressional
South
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Witon
Thomas
Tarriet
Yishteenth Street
Arrhwes
Washington
Vrs Flames
Ruvgerild
John Teece
Alexandri
Alexandri Vateeral From Her Late Residence Wediesdts Tettiary
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Burera
Oclouk In-erment
Arlington van
Lloyds Bets War End By September At Even Money
In San Francisco on January 16 Lloyds of London began issuing insurance policies on the world war ending by September with even money bets in any amount. The cable instructions also offered odds of 80 to 25 on an end date in 1917.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lloyds
London
Germany War Reprisal Proposals and Neutrality Claims
Berlin reports a statement attributed to a major authority replying to British notes on German and Austrian positions. The dispatch questions Britain’s neutrality, questions Russia’s mobilization, and asserts Paris as a besieged fortress. It cites German counts of alleged British interference and cites Russian prisoners camps and 1887 Belgian policy debates.
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Sazonoff
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France
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England
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English
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Totzhol
Belgium
Belglan
Probe in Ad Methods Reported to Judge Barley
A Virginia grand jury urged police to investigate misrepresentation in merchandise quality and price used in signs and ads. The aim is to curb deceptive practices injuring trade and misleading the public, with enforcement if violations are found. The report was presented to Judge Louis Barley in Alexandria.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandra
Police Department
Corporation Court
Louis Charley
Bailey
W W Simpson
Simpson
Commonwealths
S G Brent
Edmund Burke
Louis N Duffey
Louis Willams
Roy Fletcher
J BE McCormick
Orenas Beach
Willams
Medical student held in train robbery case
Kansas City Missouri January first A medical student Grady Webb aged 33 was arrested on federal charges as a member of the gang that robbed a Baltimore and Ohio train in Dooridge county Virginia in October 1915. About $1000 of the stolen money was recovered. Webb came to Kansas City from Louisville three months ago and studied at a medical university. Postoffice inspectors plan to present him at a preliminary hearing in Kansas City tomorrow alongside three other suspects in the West Virginia train robbery case.
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Kansas City
Grady Webb
Baltimore and Ohio
Dooridge County
Webb
Webb 9
Louisville
Medical University
Birmingham
Ala
Postoffice
Naylor
West Virginia
Taft to Speak at Press Club in Washington Visit
Former President William Howard Taft will address National Press Club members tomorrow evening. He will also lecture before the National Geographic Society in the afternoon and evening, using his Washington stay to meet newspaper men with whom he was on intimate terms during his presidency.
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Alexandria
Union Station
Armory
King and
Washington Streets
William M Smith
City Hall
C . Carlin
Westminster
William Howard Taft
National Press Club
National Geographic Society
Washington
Swiss Mobilizes Forces on Frontier
Berne January 16 The Swiss Federal Council announces a precautionary mobilization on January 24 of the Second division and the unmobilized contingents of the Fourth and Fifth divisions. It notes reduced frontier forces earlier and expresses confidence in neutrals. Unofficial dispatches say Italy is strengthening defenses along the Swiss border.
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Federal Council
Berne
Switzerland
Italy
Poultry Show Awards At Fifth Capital Exhibition
Throngs filled the Union building at 634 G street northwest for the Capital Poultry and Pigeon Association’s fifth annual show. The event boasted record entries, runs through Saturday night, and features two government entries. Judges include J C Kriner, Frank L Platt, W Lander Warner, and Lieut George B Maher. The list highlights wins across Barred Plymouth Rocks, White Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, Leghorns, and more, with Roy H Waite and J F Defandart among top winners.
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Capital Poultry and Pigeon Association
Union
G Street
F Postoffice Department
Department of Agriculture
J C Kriner
Stettersville
Frank L Platt
Swanton
Ohio
Lander Warner
Baltimore
George B Maher
Madison Street
H L Hayes
Bealton
J Harry Richey
Stewartstown
H Knepper
Plymouth Rocks
Ernest M Broun
J Roth
I Withers
Sulver
Wyandottes
H J Hunt
C B Wallace
C Mason Smith
A Kogelschatz
Columbian
J T McNealley
R W
W Ruffner
W B Robinson Dominiques
JF Defandart
Rose Comb
Rhode Island Reds
John H Davis
F Warbaugh
G Horner
W Browning
Monday Light Brahmas
Charles
Ford Black
Carroll Menefee
Roy H Waite
R F Beall
Edmonstonge Farm
Rippy & Son
Thomas ¢ Pollock
Hough Egg Farm
Roy H Watte
J H Davia
Rhode Island
Partridge Wrandottes
Frank A Kerr
Union of Jews Looms Schiff Fund Proposal
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations in Baltimore proposed uniting reform and orthodox congregations for the first time in America. A $100,000 gift from Jacob Schiff funds a new synagogue pension system with $500 to $2,500 annual allowances and a separate fund for rabbi orphans and widows. The body urged a $3,000,000 drive for home missions and education.
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America
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Baltimore
Commission On Pensions For Rabbis
Jacob Schiff
New York
Schiff and Wolf Speakers at Union of American Hebrew Congregations
In Baltimore on January 16 Jacob Schiff of New York and Simon Wolf of Washington led a banquet of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Schiff urged Jews to place religion first in all life, while Wolf opened with President Wilson’s inscription urging a united, humane nation free of prejudice.
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Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Baltimore
Jacob Schiff
New York
Simon Wolf
Washington
Schiff
Wolf
Wilson
Fifty Trapped by Fire at Harford Wedding Hall
In Harford Pennsylvania a disastrous fire at Oda Fellows hall during a wedding reception left fifty injured and ten possibly fatally. An oil lamp caused a blaze that trapped guests on the second floor as flames spread through the building’s single stair. Locals and neighboring physicians rushed to treat the injured as the blaze was extinguished.
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Binghamton
Harford
Oda Fellows
DAR Board Meeting At Memorial Continental Hall
The national board of management of the Daughters of the American Revolution will convene at 109 am today at Memorial Continental Hall. President general Mrs William Cumming Story has been here preparing for this January meeting, one of the year’s most important events. State regents will draw for the…
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National Board of Management of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Memorial Continental Hall
William Cumming Story
Senate Seeks Clerk Pay Bill Amid Debate Over Funds
Senate debates clerks pay and GOP funds while considering postoffice salary readjustments. Hitchcock sought to cut clerks salaries to 1500, rejected 50 to 7. Protests from Lodge and Borah over cross-house criticism and motives. Postmaster General gain flexibility to shift salaries by 100 dollars, sparking further questions on efficiency and new offices. Subtreasuries discussed. Nell Browne proposes abolish plan. Farm loan items delayed.
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Hitchcock
Lodge
Borah
House
Jas
Tittchcock
Cumming
Botanic Garden
Jones
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Bureau of Efficiency
Nell B80n
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Farm Loan Board
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Postoffice
Postmaster General
Post Office Department
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Liver Bowels Aid
A 17 year practitioner Dr F M Edwards promoted Olive Tablets as a remedy for pale complexions and inact ive bowels. He claimed they cleanse the liver and bowels with olive color tablets sold at 10 and 25 cents per box, available at all druggists.
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F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Washington delegate chair to be elected in April meeting
Mrs H W Liza Ferry Weary, vice president general from Washington, residing at the Willard, will arrange preliminary plans for the April gathering and delegate seating at the next congress.
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National Congress
Hwliza Ferry Weary
State of Washington
Willard
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