Portland Steamship Portland Burns as Crew and Passengers Escape
The Portland steamship Potland, bound for New York from Scandinavia, burns fuel stored on deck as seawater floods the hold. After days of leaking, heavy seas, and all-wood hatches failing, everyone aboard—including 40 passengers and four crew—are rescued and reach New York. The Bergensfjord assists, and the ship drifts for seven days before rescue.
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Potland
Kriatmas
Hodi Rees
Wen
Bergensfjord
Portland
Atlas
New Yor Mhen
Nantucket
Senators oppose Grayson promotion appeal to Revised Statutes
Opponents in the Senate challenge Dr Cary T Grayson’s jump from lieutenant commander to rear admiral as illegal, citing Revised Statutes and the 1916 Navy bill. They argue the law barred special selections and promotions and note provisions about staff corps commissions and seniority. The report also mentions the Unbria, water-logged Portland, and the Norwegian ship Braz aiding after a late voyage. The Portland, built in 1910, registered 1800 tons and owned by Kerr Steamship Co of New York.
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Cary T Grayson
Senate
Grayson
United States
Navy
Umbria
Portland
Braz
San Francisco
Christiania
Kirkwall
Bergensfjord
Cleveland
Kerr Steamship Company of
New York
Recognition for Poland Resolution Adopted by Polish National Defense Committee
The Polish National Defense Committee in New York adopted 21 resolutions urging President Wilson to recognize the Kingdom of Poland under international law. The preamble greets legitimate Polish authorities returning to Warsaw, after Russian occupation from autumn 1841 to autumn 1916. The Paleons, a 2500-strong Polish gymnasts and military group from Hartford, Conn, was admitted as a member of the defense committee.
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New York
Faw
Wilson
Stepa
United States
Kingdom of Poland
Natonal Defense Committee
Warsaw
Russia
Paleons
Hartford Conn
Defense Committee
British Make Gains Near Kut El Amara In Mesopotamia
War office dispatch reports British advances along the Tigris, expelling the enemy from a small bend north east of Wat el Amara. Our trench system extends about 7 509 yards to a depot 1 140 yards long, with control of the right bank from Kut el Amara downstream. Turkish headquarters claim renewed British attacks east of Kut el Amara were repulsed and heavy losses were inflicted in cavalry actions on this front.
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War Office
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Tigris
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Kut Elmara
Kut el Amara
Berlin
Saysine
Protest Ban on Imports In Switzerland Shocks Nation
Berne via Pai Jan 21 German measure prohibiting all imports announced unexpectedly sparked excitement across Switzerland The government will remonstrate to Berlin as the entire economic situation is affected by the blockade Berlin dispatch via London Jan 17 says the bundesrat banned importation of all commodities except by permission of the imperial chancellor to restrict imports to indispensable goods to curb the trade imbalance and defend exchange rates prior prohibitions covered various luxury items.
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Via
Pai
Switzerland
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Bundesrat
British Raid Foe Trenches Near Loos and Neuve Chapelle
British and French war bulletins report daylight raids and bombardments on the Western Front. British forces attacked enemy trenches southeast of Loos, bombing dugouts and taking prisoners with casualties on both sides. Parisa Meuse region artillery activity centered near Vacherauvile Chambrattes and Caurterey wood. a surprise attack toward Senones followed a heavy bombardment.
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France
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Caurterey Wood
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Hazard Kentucky fights for 40000 post office in public buildings bill
Hazard Kentucky presses for a 40000 post office as part of the omnibus public buildings bill after Representative Langley defended the item amid House opposition. The city cites a 1900s census error and growth to 4000 residents, with coal output and postal receipts boosting its case.
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Senate Committee On Public Buildings
Graeunda
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Publica
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Kentucky
Senate
Hazard Io
Hazard
Murray
Oklahoma
Hazard Postoffice
Hoover Sees $150 Million More Needed for Belgium Relief
Herbert C Hoover arrives in New York optimistic about securing funds for another year of relief work. He says there are about 11 million Belgians and northern French dependents. Sir Gilbert Parker plans a ten week US stay to support entente publicity efforts.
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Herbert C. Hoover
Philadelphia
Sir Gilbert Parker
New York
American Commission For Relief In
Belgium
Liverpool
Hoover
United States
France
America
Bart MP
Entente Alles
Gilbert
Washington
Turks not seeking land in entente note
Berlin note summaries from the Turkish government argue the central powers had no reason to seek entente territory. The note says the entente covets central powers lands, listing France and Syria, Alsace Lorraine, Italy in Austro Procons, Russia Constantinople and the Straits, and England Mesopotamia and Arabia.
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Anatolia
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Arabia
District Troops Optimists Await Inaugural Return
Usy Stat Correspondent reports that Washington guardsmen at Camp Wilson miss their border troop status but stay philosophical. They expect transfer back by early March for inauguration. Third Infantry and Troop A prepare for possible Leon Springs march as First Lieut. Coulter plans field inspections to fix officer property accountability.
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San Antonio Tex
District
Leon Springs
B Coulter
Horse Show Men to Meet in New York Convention
United States horse show associations invited by Reginald C Van derbilt to convene in New York on January 30. The aim is to form a central organization to run circuits, collect entrance fees and unpaid prizes, curb fraud, and discipline violators of rules.
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New York
United States
Reginald C Vanderbilt
Palestine Needs Physicians Crisis in Epidemics Prompts Aid
New York report says cholera and trphua have killed many physicians in Palestine leaving villages without medical help and cities with few doctors. Hadassah appeals for 75000 to equip and maintain a medical unit for one year to aid the afflicted, benefiting Christians Muslims and Jews alike.
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New York
Palestine
Hadassah
Womens Zionist Organization In
America
Honor Americans at Paris ceremony at Comedie Francais
Paris January 21 The Comedie Francais honored fallen American volunteers for France with a Lafayette Squadron delegation led by Lisut William Thaw and Adjutant Reoul Lufbery. Four American volunteers, one wearing the war cross, attended with crutches, including Prof Piatt Andreu, director of the American field ambulance service. Ambassador Sharp and embassy attaches joined many American colony members as President Poincare was represented.
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Reoul Lufbery
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