Prize Raider Sinks Vessels As Hudson Maru Reaches Brazil
A German raider has sunk 17 ships and captured many, with survivors landed at Pernambuco. The Japanese steamer Hudson Maru arrived with 237 men from crews of vessels including the Yarrowdale and Voltaire, while other ships like the Georgie and Mont Taine were also reported sunk or captured. The raider, believed to be of the Moewe type, operated since December 12, and further details remained unclear as of this report.
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Voltaire
Georgie
America
Lal
Henemines
Tredegiur
Nantes
Vie
Colh
Valtaire
Kowong Brit
Amores
Pernambues
Persanities
Trenas
Sixty three Americans aboard two steamers sunk
The British consul general reported at least 63 Americans aboard the British steamers Georgic and King George which sailed from Philadelphia and were sunk by a German raider. Most aboard the Georgic were from New York, including Dr J E Davis and Dr O K McKim. Three Philadelphians rode as firemen on the King George.
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Philadelphia
New York
J. E. Davis
O. EK. McKim
Watertown
N. Y
King George
Ten Ships Hunt Raider U-Boat Off Virginia Coast
Ten allied warships chase a German raider reported 1,500 miles south of the Virginia Capes. British agents say capture expected soon as warnings go out to masters of all allied ships to avoid sea areas near the raider. An unidentified submarine is also sighted 800 miles off the coast, while German agents speculate the prize ship Theodore may be the raider.
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Washington Po
Norfolk
Virginia Capes
Lled
Cape Henry
Virginia
Irerman
Theodore
Germans announce new raider sinks nine ships in Atlantic
London reports a new raider in the south Atlantic has sunk at least ten merchant vessels and captured two, with deadweight totaling about 22,000 tons. Prize crews were placed aboard captured ships and about 400 survivors from sunken vessels were rescued. victims list includes British steamers and French vessels, with other ships reported as lost in shipping circles.
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Washington
London
South Atlantic
Admiralty
Thorgic
Mount Temple
Voltaire
Dramatist
Netherby Hall
Radnorshire
King George
Minieh
Asnieres
Nantes
St. Theodore
Yarrowdale
Buenos Aires
Ider
Drina
Ortega
Samara
Hammershue
New Portland
Lonlant
San Giorgio
Nesser
Michnethiel
St. Sael
Snowdon Grange
Gaillly
Lsted
War News from Europe and Allied Peace Note Demands
Russian forces recaptured Vadeni near Galatz as German assaults failed, while Turkish posts retreated. Berlin reports Rugged combat near Suchitza and Bystritza areas with heavy losses on both sides. Britain’s Balfour explains to Spring-Rice why peace must include international sanctions and expulsion of Turkey, restoration of Alsace Lorraine, and Italia Irredenta.
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Petrograd
War Office
Vadeni
Roumania
Danube
Galatz
Teutonic
Berlin
Sayville
Wvadens
Mbralla
Joseph—Ii
Eastern
Carpathians
Coman
Golden Bystritza
Kasino
Suchitza
von Mackensen
Brata
Galaty
Laburtea
Smorgon
Entente
Arthur Balfour
Spring-Rice
State Department
Wilson
Turkey
Europe
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Italia
Italy
Removal of Dominican Envoy Morillo in Havana
Manuel Morillo, Dominican official, is removed from his post as secretary of foreign relations of the Santo Domingo military government in Havana. He vows to disobey the order and not recognize American authorities. Dominican press names him representative in Havana to campaign against American actions in Santo Domingo. A December 16 meeting at the Santo Domingo legation condemned U S forces for alleged assassination arson and other acts.
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Habana
Manuel Morillo
Cuba
Chandler
American Marine
Santo Domingo
Havana
Senor Morillo
Dominican Press Association
Morillo
Santo Domingo Legation
Tennessee Senate OKs bills to end liquor use
Nashville Tenn January 17 Prohibition bills cleared the senate after passing the house and await Gov Rye signature. The governor will sign tomorrow and the measures become law at once effectively making the state dry.
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Nashville
Tenn
Senate
House
Rye
Giantsubmarine Arrival Eyed by German Sub Owners
Baltimore agents of German submarine merchants expect from Germany within two weeks not only the Deutschland but a second giant merchant submarine twice as large. Paul G A Hilken, handling U boat interests, cannot yet say which ship will reach New London first. Both submarines reportedly left Germany about the same time, with speed undetermined.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Paul Koenig
Paul G. A. Hilken
Germany
Mr. Hilken
New London
Colin
Hilken
Cardinal Gibbons
NEW Book
Italian Mission Arrives in Greece for Allied Control
An Italian military mission has arrived at Athens to participate in entente allied control in Greece. A mixed commission of entente allied and Greek officers will oversee transfer of Greek troops and munitions to the Peloponnesus. The Greek government has accepted Allied demands, and Venizelist prisoners are expected to be released hourly.
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London
Athena
Greece
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Peloponessus
F. E. H. Elliott
Crown Council
Entente
Ultimatum by Perkins Divides Progressives and Republicans
New York and Baltimore reports detail George W. Perkins demanding real power and a full national committee meeting to fix Republican Progressive cooperation. Endorsed by du Pont and others, Roosevelt ally Theodore Roosevelt discussed the matter with Perkins. Maryland Progressives form a club to pursue a liberal party.
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Supplemental Peace Committee
du Pont
Bonapart
Hill
New York
George W. Perkins
Republican National Committee
Perkins
William R. Willcox
Full National Committee
National Committee
William Allen White
Emporia
Kans
Francis W. Bird
Boston
Mass
Charles J. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Champaign
Tilly
Ray C. Woodruff
Bay City
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
John Hays Hammond
National Republican League
Willcox
Maryland
Col. Roosevelt
Robert L. Stevens
St. Louis
Plana
Flaxseed Poultice Causes Teen’s Fatal Breathing Block
In Peoria Illinois on January 17 16 year old John Capelle died at home in Standard near Peoria after applying a flaxseed poultice himself to treat a carbuncle. The poultice tightened around his neck cutting off air causing fatal injury. Physicians call it an extraordinary medical death.
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Peoria, I
John Capelle
Standard
Here
Capelle
Funeral at Capitol Burial Saturday in Dewey Death News
Admiral Dewey dies in Washington prompting national mourning and a Capitol funeral plan. President Wilson orders flags at half mast. Navy to drape buildings and wear mourning for 30 days. Capitol services Saturday to honor the Spanish American War hero with a full honor escort and private family rites.
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Congress
House
Senate
Admiral Dewey
Capitol
Washington
Wilson
Navy
Daniels
Navy Department
Marines Corps
Dewey
President Wilson
Pennsylvania Avenues
Arlington
Annanpolla
Norfolk Naval Station
Washington Navy Yard
Army
J. B. Frazier
Olympia
Manila Bay
Roland Cotton Smith
St. John's Episcopal Church
J. A. Glennon
German Raider in Atlantic Sheds Light on Baltic Threat
Page 1 reports Britain’s note on German raiding in the Atlantic, with claims that ten ships were seeking raiders and the note mentions a raid that sank 22 vessels. Also noted are Russian advances, Dewey funeral plans, and political notes including Perkins urging the GOP to act.
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Atlantic
Vaden
Perkins
G. O. P. Dewey
Britain
Morocco
Pope
Germany
Britain's New Note. 4—Teacher of Penmanship Named. District Court
Dewey
Wilson
Congress
Roosevelt
Southern Society
Navy Awards Hadfields Foreign 14 and 16 Inch Shell Contract
The Navy awarded Hadfields of Sheffield a 14 and 16 inch armor piercing shell contract worth 3,141,000 dollars under foreign market terms. Secret bids favored foreign firms, Secretary Daniels said American firms would have bid lower if the decision to allow foreign bids had been known. The order covers 4,500 14 inch projectiles at 356 dollars each and 3,000 16 inch projectiles at 121? dollars each. Delivery expected in 39 and 16 months respectively.
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Navy Department
Hadfields
Sheffield
England
United States Navy
Daniels
Department
Ordnance Department of the Navy
American Steel Companies
F. O. B. Works
Woman ordered shot in Chihuahua spy case
El Paso reports a German woman, Henrietta Mueller, imprisoned in Chihuahua City for alleged Villa spying. The note to relatives said she was to be shot and requested aid. Friends have appealed to the German consul in El Paso and engaged a Chihuahua City lawyer. Mueller was arrested December 15.
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el Paso
Tex
Henrietta Mueller
Chihuahua City
Mueller
Germans Rush New Ships After War Start
Official dispatches to the United States report German shipyards have begun production, building ships totaling 750000 tons. They say German shipping companies are preparing to resume business and that the canal system is being improved along with harbor enhancements at Bremen Stettin and Hamburg.
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United States
Bremen
Stettin
Hamburg
Wireless record set by Sonoma steamer at sea
The Sonoma established a wireless distance record of 11,500 miles after receiving signals from Hivelde Germany while two days out from Australia. Royden Thomnberg and Slip Bowers reported the feat. Ellery Stone said it was the greatest distance in wireless telegraphy. Paris reports the Red Cross third section to depart for the front with 30 Americans led by H C Hoskier.
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San Francisco
Cal
Sonoma
Wich
Hivelde
Germany
Australia
Royden Thomnberg
Slip Bowers
Sydney
Ellery Stone
United States Radio
Paris
American Red Cross
H. C., Hoskier
New York
United States
Leaks Probe Halted as Plan Extends Investigation
The House rules committee halted the leak hearings for 30 more days to broaden the probe. Witnesses may go home, with counsel and expert stock exchange accountants empowered to direct the inquiry. Debate centered on naming counsel, with Untermyer or Hughes opposed by Republicans, and the panel to seek a judicial approach.
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Stock Exchange
House Rules Committee
House
Garrett
Henry
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Pau
Howard
Georgia
Samuel Untermyer
New York
Moore
Pennsylvania
Harren Evans Hughes
Teader Mann
Mr. Hughes
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Brazil
Pernambuco
Rilo Janeris
Pernambatcda
Ofiaai
Pernambuen
Say
Mt.Pheodore
South America
Woldest Architeenet
Seeries
Capes
Argentina
Vineta
Balfour
Teutons
Gerleschi
League of Nations
Prala
Bystritza-Kimpelung
Rimnik
Byrstritza
Kimpelung
Fpralea
Trotus
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Belgium
Great Brittain
W'lsori
U. S
Tennessee
Deutschland
Baker
Secretary of the Navy
George Dewry
Vermont
Farragut
Mississippi River
Commoore
Rules Committee
Hughes and Untermeyer
Reavis
Nebraska
Lawson
Democrata
Democrats of the Committee
Hughes and Untermyer
Mann
Representative Focht
Langon
Wall Street
BcHlye
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