Mail Service Urged to Reopen Old Post Office Building
Business men near the former city post office on Eleventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue urge restoring complete postal facilities at the old building. A resolution demands stamp windows registry money orders lock boxes parcel post and general delivery plus service from 3 a.m. to 1 a.m. and notes substation inadequacies at Ninth and Thirteenth streets.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
City Post Office
Eleventh Street
Retail Merchants’ Association
Ninth
Thirteenth Streets
Postoffice
B Corridon
Indore Grosner
Charles J. Colum
Lem Towers, Jr
Paul Brodt
E A Harria
Louis Tacovs
Alexander Muncaster
General Postoffice Department
Eleventh
Twelfth Streets
Postofice
Postoffice Department
Greece aided Servian units arrive via Patras to Saloniki
The State Department transmitted a letter from the American consul at Patras Greece describing the late December arrival of two hospital units bound for Belgrade via Saloniki. Drs Ethan F Butler and Ernest P Magruder of Washington led the contingent aided by the Finnish steamer Finland. A special first class car was reserved for the party to Athens with a 20 percent fare reduction, as they prepared for service in the front lines caring for sick and wounded soldiers.
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State Department
American Red Cross
Patras
Iareece
Lafe
Seria
Ethan F Butler
Ernest P Magruder
Washington
Finland
Athens
Bel- Hiade
Kervian
Saloniki
Van Dyke Saved Contraband
New York dispatch reports the Nieuw Amsterdam was stopped by a British warship on the voyage to Rotterdam after suspicions arose of German contraband aboard. The American minister to Holland, Dr. Trenty Van Dyke, was among the passengers, and Britain, as a courtesy, did not search. Later investigations confirmed the contraband and German involvement.
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London
Tadesa
Foreign Office
Flere
Nieuw
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Holland
Trenty ‘van Dyke
Britain
Opera Conductor Hertz Resigns at Metropolitan
New York Jan 21 Alfred Hertz after thirteen years as conductor at the Metropolitan Opera House resigns. Bodunsky of Mannheim Germany engaged to succeed him subject to final announcement. Resignation to take effect at season’s end.
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New York
Alfred Hertz
Metropolitan Opera House
Trthuc Bodunsky
Mannheim
Germany
Waa
Airship Attack Justified by German Official Version
London dispatch outlines Germany's claim that airships attacked English coast to strike fortified Great Yarmouth and that bombings occurred in undefended towns. Germany says England attacked open towns first and that aircraft are legal if conducted under international law.
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Jean
Reuter
Amsterdam
Bevelin
Great Yarmouth
Fred Et
England
Freiburg
Dar- Es-Salam
Swakopmund
Enngland
Jewish delegates push to veto literacy test and aid Europe relief
Delegates at the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in Chicago call for action to push the President to veto the immigration literacy test and urge pressure on peace conferences to secure inalienable rights for European Jews after the war. They elect Cincinnati residents J Walter Freiberg as president and Charley Shohl, Lipman Levy, and Solomon Fox to key posts.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Washington Post
Chicago
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Congress Hotel
America
Centuris
Wilson
Jewish Organization
Comrarttes
J. Walter Freiberg
Charley Shohl
Lipman Levy
Solomon Fox
Tesidents
New Sea Code Urged to End Conditional Contraband
Prof Moore urged the second national foreign trade convention to abolish conditional contraband and rely on neutral and belligerent cooperation to certify cargoes. He warned British sea control shapes U S commerce and called for abolition of wartime exceptions.
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Prof. Moore
Waebbington Prat
St. Louis
State Department
John Bassett Moore
United States
Great Britain
Moore
Stage Bouts at Penn Keep Jumping to Fight Night
The University of Pennsylvania hosted a packed boxing night at Weightman Hall in Philadelphia on January 11. Tony Biddie promoted a fast program with largely non stoppage action as many bouts occurred in quick succession, with Old Jack O'Brien and Danny Hutchinson assisting as referees.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Weightman Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Danny Hutchinson
Jack O'Brien
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Tony Biddie
Tony
Jack” O'Brien
Danny” Hutchinson
Toman Gladiators
George Decker
Young Penn
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Biff
British Warship Seizes German Officer Aboard Vessel
Geneva dispatch reports the British warship Mner Due dAosta, sailing Genoa to New York, arrested Count von Keller a German officer of high rank on a secret mission. He was landed at Gibraltar, according to Stamps of Furia Italy.
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Paris
Furia
Italy
Genoa
New York
Count von Keller
United States
Gibraltar
German War Fleet Preparing Another Blow at England
A Daily Mail dispatch from Copenhagen reports that German destroyers and submarines left Helgoland Roads on Wednesday and that German sources indicate the fleet will grow more active, signaling another strike against England.
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London
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
Helgoland Roads
Germany
John F. Green Dies After Illness In Washington
John F. Green a retired city businessman died at his home 1416 Q Street Northwest after more than two years of illness. Funeral services will be held at St Pauls Catholic Church at 9 00 tomorrow morning with interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Born June 23 1840 near Castlereagh Ireland he came to the United States at 14 and led a mercantile life until 1895 when he retired to supervise extensive real estate holdings. He served as treasurer of the St Vincent de Paul Society and trustee of St Josephs Orphan Asylum, and was connected with the Oldest Inhabitants and Haights of Columbus. During the Civil War he supplied Union troops and was purveyor to the White House during Buchanan and Lincoln administrations. He married Celena A Appel on September 15 1868. seven of ten children survive, all in Washington.
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New Orleans
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons Expressed His Deep Appreciation To Mr. Green
St Vincent de Paul Society
Joseph's Orphan Asylum
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Celeana A. Appel
Hayton
Charles A. Appel
USA
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Thomas Appel
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
James B. Green
Michael A Grean
James Cummings
Thomas A. Green
Mia. Wallace McGregor
Mras Celeans A. Grean
Bernard J. Green
Quake in Rome Sparks New Relief Housing Drive
Rome reports a seismograph quake at 12 30 pm with mild shaking. About 3 000 refugees remain, many rescued from presumed deaths. King Victor Emmanuel visited the injured as new relief funds totaling 30 000 000 lire from 11 080 000 lire are used to erect houses across the devastated area for homeless families.
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Rome
Scaracely
Vector Emmanuel
Burglars Kill Aged Woman In Williamsport Home
In Williamsport Pennsylvania last night Mrs. Mary J Pullmer a 54 year old widow living alone was strangled during a burglary. Her home was ransacked and jewelry was stolen the crime was not discovered until today.
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Mary J. Pullmer
Menay
Valagdje
Elks Hold Ladies Night With Oyster Roast and Dance
Women guests enjoyed an Elks Ladies Night Oyster roast and dance at BP B hall 919 Hereeat North last night. A Marine Band and vaudeville show highlighted the program led by cornetist Arthur Whitcomb with solos. Local vaudeville acts performed after 11 o clock with several numbers total.
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Immigration bill hearing to feature Morrison and Cochran
Three hour public hearing on the immigration bill at the White House East Room will split evenly between advocates led by Frank Morrison of the AFL and opponents led by Bourke Cochran of New York. Speakers for the measure include William A. Pite and others. opponents include Gallivan, Goldfogle, and Sabath with a long roster of labor and Jewish organizations.
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White House
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Gallivan
Boston
Goldfogle
New York
Labgth
Ilinoia
Bourke Cochran
William A. Pite
Philadelphia
Georgea Kirkpatrick
New Jersey Federation of Patrieptic Fraternities
Allan D. Crone
Baltimore
George W. McFarland
Trenton
N. J
Farmers’ National Congress
Sabath
Chicago
Ganivan
Louisa Marshall
Louis Hammerling
Charles Edward Rusesi
Washington, DC
James F McNabos
National Liberal Immigration League
Joseph Smolinski
Washington, D. C
Mayer Curley
Babbi S Wise
E. Leavitt
Night Riders Sentenced for Lynching Death
New Albany Mississippi January 21 three men Clarence Coley Lawrence Rakestraw and Dillard Bilder pleaded guilty to whipping farmer Jesse Snider to death several months ago They were sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary by Judge J L Betes The attackers gave no stated reason for their assault on Snider Spider resided nearby with his wife and three children when midnight visitors took him to a wood lot and beat him for an hour before he died.
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Misc
Jesse Snider
Farmer
Clarence Coley
Lawrence Rakestraw
Dillard Bilder
State Penitentiary
JL. Betes
Snider
Spider
Wooda
Rumors Of Peace Factions In Russia Reach Berlin
Berlin dispatch notes pressure around the czar and his uncle Grand Duke Nicholas for peace with Germany. Rasputin and the empress allegedly favor peace while the Grand Duke resists, with rumors of a palace power struggle and threats to the czar. A Russian princess in a Munich Post letter says many aristocrats view the war as a calamity and seek to curb the commander in chief.
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New York Times
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Eser
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Rasputin
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Russia
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Sayville
Long Island
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Munich
Villa aide resigns over Mexico City post offer
SAY CAROTHERS SHOT capacity when Villa captured the town from the federal forces about eighteen months 20, Had Wired His Resignation. He became acquainted with Villa at that time, and was assigned to accompany him on his campaigns as a special representative of the State Department, He had been with Villa ebnort constantly eluce that time. Last week he wired his resignation, giving as his reason the fact that he had been offered a place as representative of American business interests in Mexico City. The resignation has not been acted upon.
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Villaebnort
Mexico City
Still Rules Mexico as Villa, Zapata Executions Cause Turmoil
A disputed document alleges General Villa released a prisoner to Zapata who ordered execution, and claims further murders by Villa and Zapata factions. It recounts cabinet concerns, threats to press government stability, and Carranza forces denying plots while reporting shifting loyalties near Queretaro and Aguacanentes.
Dr Gleeson Taken Rome mome hope FOF is a F covery
Dr Gleeson, commander of the Department of the Fotemac, suffered a stroke of paralysia on Monday. He was moved from Garfield Hospital to his home at 1451 Harvard Street NW so his family could be near.
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Mome Hope
J. KE. P. Gleeson
Department of the Fotemac
Roosevelt Denounces Panama Treaty as Infamous Blackmail
Special to The Washington Post reports Col. Theodore Roosevelt condemns the Metropolitan Magazine piece on a $25,000,000 Panama settlement with Colombia. He argues Colombia demanded $10,000,000 in Panama’s early days and claims U.S. aid caused peace, not revolution, asserting his policy secured lasting isthmian peace.
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Calla
Panama
Washington Post
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Metropolitan Magazine
Nicaragua
Aviators Plan Transcontinental Flight Start Points
Plans for a trans continental aviation contest tied to the Panama Pacific exposition were announced at the Aero Club of America's annual dinner and later formalized in a conference with exposition officials. Three flights were proposed beginning at Boston New York and Washington with routes to San Francisco. Tentative paths suggested include Boston via Northern States toward the Pacific and Chicago guided by the Union Pacific route, New York toward Chicago, and Washington toward the South and then to the Pacific coast.
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Aero Club of America
Thomas M. Moore
Atlantic States
Alan R. Hewley
The
Aero Club
Henry Woodhouse
Club
Boston
Washington
San Francisco
Moore
Sydney capital for ten days in city transfer plan
Gover Malbourne Australia January 1 The only feasible method for the temporary transfer to Sydney of the seat of government, Attorney General Hughes stated today, is to become better acquainted with the requirements of each part of the Australian commonwealth. The government will remain in Sydney ten days. Newspapers harshly criticize the plan as costly and unnecessary.
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Malbourne
Austrana
Feasop
Sydney
Hughes
Zionist land seizure and Jewish exodus from Palestine
Special cable from London reports forced destruction of Zionist settlement work by Djemal Pasha. Land is being handed to Arabs, wheat seized for the army, and Jews flee to Alexandria. Exiles, mostly Russian Jews, number up to 80,000, with 7,000 already in Alexandria. The US cruiser Tennessee acts as a refugee troopship between Alexandria and Jaffa.
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Jaffa
Alexandria
Washington Post
London
Hugsh Martin
Daily News
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Palestine
Berlin
D'Jemal Pasha
Relief Committee of
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Syrian Porte
Russia
Ahert
United States
Rearrests in Passport Case
An amended complaint charges conspiracy to defraud the United States by financing false American passports for German reservists. Maurice Dieches, Carl Burode, Hans von Wedel, four German reservists, and others are named. Four defendants were rearrested after Judge Handy sustained a habeas corpus writ, and they demanded an examination set for January 28.
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New York
United States
Maurice Dieches
Carl Burode
Hans von Wedel
Handy
Defers Sentence Six Years in Auburn for Mail Fraud
Mrs Clara Griffen was sentenced to six years in Auburn prison for women for using the mails to defraud wealthy acquaintances of 300000. She was arraigned in a State court for three additional grand larceny indictments and pleaded guilty. The court ordered her brought back for sentence after finishing the federal term. Griffen's husband received seven years in a Atlanta prison for mail fraud.
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New York
Clara Griffen
Auburn
Mra Griffen
Mr. Griffen
Atlanta
Eight Karluk Explorers Likely Perished in Arctic
Boston January 371 Captain Robert Bartlett commander of the steamer Karluk, carrier of the Stefansson expedition, declared that the eight missing explorers probably died long ago. They left last February toward Wrangell Island eight miles away from the Karluk wreck site, lacking supplies and Arctic experience to endure the winter, and never reached safety.
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Robert Bartlett
Karluk
Stefansson
Arctic
Wrangell Island
Eugenics Victory In Indiana Senate Passes Health Marriage Bill
Indiana state senate approved a health certificate requirement for all applicants seeking marriage licenses by a vote of 82 to 18. The measure moves to the house, which is believed to favor it, with the governor expected to back the bill.
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Indianapolis
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Indiana
Noted Poles Seek Aid for Poland Relief Effort
Henrik Sienkewicz and Ignace Paderewski called on the Swiss president to set up at Lausanne an international committee to aid Polish war victims. They claim Poland faces greater devastation than Belgium and urge relief measures.
Thaw in Tombs to be Transferred to New York Officials
Concord reports a court arranged transfer of Harkh Thaw from U S court custody to New York jurisdiction. The formal handoff is set for Saturday forenoon in the U S district court, with Thaw expected to be placed in the Tombs prison on Sunday.
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