Grave international matters on White House invite list
President Wilson invited the Senate foreign relations committee to a Monday night conference at the White House. The agenda likely includes Panama Canal tolls Japanese alien question Mexican situation arbitration treaties and Bryan peace proposals. Bacon said only Georgia matters were discussed earlier and hinted on gravity in international affairs.
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Panama Canal
Georgia
Fie
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
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United States
Panama
Adamson
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Great Britain
Bryan
Athough
Garon Makino
California
Phuh
Japan
Tate
Mexico
Senate
Japan to test me says Morning Post on emigration rights
The Morning Post notes that President Wilson’s diplomatic skill will face severe tests soon. It argues Japan’s claims about emigrants in the United States raise perplexing, difficult questions beyond the simple optimism of the American Secretary of State, requiring stronger action.
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Washington Pest
London
Morning Post
Weson
Saya
Japan
United States
British meat firms River Plate Fresh Meat and James Nelson & Son merge
London Jan 2 two of Britain's largest meat concerns the River Plate Fresh Meat Company and James Nelson Son have amalgamated to better counter the invasion of Great Britain by American meat concerns.
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London
River Plate Fresh Meat Company
James Nelson & Sona
Great Britain
Tango War on Church Arouses Conspiracy Claims
Paris news notes Prof. Stillson sues Archbishop for 20000 for denouncing the tango and banning it from church, with dancing masters planning broader suits. Lawyers doubt public-public law supports church disapproval, while Protestant and Jewish groups back the archbishop as tango wanes in Paris.
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Washington Post
Paris
Stillson
Orleans
Archbishop
Wilson May Be Candidate for Reelection in 1916
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson and his advisers argue for a future constitutional limit on presidential terms. They say no amendment to restrict term length will be in place before 1916, so Wilson could seek renomination and be reelected, despite the one term plank in the Democratic platform.
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Bombs near Russian Empress sparking escape tale
Paris dispatch reports Empress Marie of Russia narrowly escaped a death plot on a journey from Denmark to St. Petersburg. A bomb exploded ten yards from the train but caused no damage. The empress had been issued a Nihilist death sentence. Officials said the mishap was due to a short circuit in electricity.
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Paris
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England
Empress Marie
Russia
Denmark
St. Petersburg
Wilson Antitrust Bills Debated as Hearings Planned
President Wilson informs that proposed antitrust measures are not final and may be revised. Democrats criticize the bills while Bristow attacks Wall Street control. House and Senate committees plan joint hearings, with Clayton and Newlands coordinating and a potential shift of interlocking directorate and restraint definitions under review.
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Dyes Before He Is Cleared. Drop Charge Against Fuel Company Head
John L. Howard, president of Western Fuel Company, died in Oakland from apoplexy before prosecutors could inform him Washington had dropped charges. The Western Fuel Company officials faced trial over alleged government import duty fraud. Howard’s plea to clear the stain had arrived too late to alter his last hours.
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Belles Ribe at Show Troopers Add to Thrills
Miss Jeanette Allen wins blue rib bon in saddle contest and J William Henry takes first in jumping at the Riding and Hunt Club winter event. Mrs J Borden Harriman appears in the ring aboard The Boss as spectators, diplomats, and Washington society fill the clubhouse ahead of the Fort Myer cavalry displays.
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Ment
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Count de Sauvigny
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Duke of Norfolk
Whythe Howard
Constantin Brun
J. Breckinride Bayne
Harriman
New York
Commission On Industrial Relations
Robert G Paxton
Us&s A
William Mitchell
U S. A
CAPT. E. E. WEST INDICTED FOR ATTACK IN ATLANTA
Indictments charging Capt. Ernest E. West United States marine corps with breaking into the home of Mrs. John Jones of Atlanta and assaulting her with intent to kill were returned by a grand jury. West, now at liberty on $1000 bond, testified he came to Atlanta from Puget Sound to defend a divorce suit and that he pushed Mrs. Jones out of the way.
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Atlanta
Ernest EE. West
United States Marine Corps
John
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West
Liberty
Recorder’s Court
Pig tissue used to hinge jaw in Washington infant
Delia Shoemaker an 18 month old from Washington DC is prepped at Union Protestant Infirmary for surgery to construct a hinge joint in her jaw using pig tissue. Surgeons plan a second operation on the opposite side after first incision and graft.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Delia
D. C
Union Protestant Infirmary
Heir to French Pretender Born in Brussels
An heir to Prince Victor Napoleon was born in Brussels today. The infant, named Napoleon Louis, will be christened with godparents Prince Louis Bonaparte and Queen Margarita of Italy. The birth stirs interest among the Bonapartist faction and a mass is anticipated at Notre Dame des Victoires in Paris.
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Notre Dame Des Victoires
Clementine
Minister Held as Slaver in Virginia Arrest
The Rev. B. F. Landis, a Lutheran pastor from Prices Fork Montgomery County, Va., was arrested by a U S marshal on a Mann White Slave Act warrant. He was arraigned at Floyd Va and the case set for February 10. The warrant says he paid transport from Prices Fork to Bluefield W Va for a neighbor's wife, with the couple posing as siblings at a West Virginia hotel.
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Goelet Divorce Fight Splits Florida Visit
Mrs. Hlsie Whelen Goelet, in Daytona Beach, refused to discuss any possibility of reconciling with Robert Goelet. She said information would come from her attorney Samuel Untermyer and indicated a sudden, unplanned trip with no clear plan to stay. She showed interest in New York papers’ coverage but had not seen copies.
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Fla
Hlsie Whelen Goelet
Robert Goelet
Samuel Untermyer
Prince Weds Actress In Secret Berlin Marriage
A Berlin dispatch reports Prince Philip of Hohenlohe Schillingfurst married an actress, Henrietta Gindra, 28, daughter of a Vienna tradesman. The ceremony occurred in August, but the union only recently became known.
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Washington Post
London
Berlin
Prince Philip of
Mitchel seeks new law to install Goethals as police chief
Mayor John Purroy Mitchel announced he secured a qualified acceptance from Col. George W. Goethals for the police commissionership with conditions. Goethals asked to remain in the Army until canal completion and to be retired under revised removal powers. Mitchel said he will push Albany for legislation granting enhanced powers and a removal right, aiming to appoint Goethals once the law changes.
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George W. Perkins
Panama
Sages
Tim
President Confers on Japan and Other Today Highlights
An index of today’s issue lists multiple items across politics society and business. President confers on Japan and Envoy Lind faces a new task appear among diverse stories including trains holds ups building plans and civic notes.
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Lind Faces New Task as Mexican Crisis Deepens
Reports in Washington describe John Lind’s frequent talks with Mexican leaders as the Huerta regime nears collapse. Diplomats see Francisco de la Barra as a possible provisional ruler who could unite factions while awaiting new elections. Separate dispatches note smallpox cases among refugees at Fort Bliss and rebel movements near Vera Cruz with trains operating on the Mexican Railway.
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Mexico
John Lind
Wilson
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Jesus Flores Magom
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White House
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France
Diaz
Higgins Held Free After Murder Charge in Illinois Case
Aledo Illinois January 23 Robert Higgins jailed after waiving preliminary examination on a murder charge to marry his 1 year old stepdaughter He is held for the grand jury State's Attorney Wilson has not acted toward prosecuting Julia Flake the stepdaughter named in the same warrant She has not been arrested Letters from the girl to an uncle asking him to kill her mother prompted the investigation into the death
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Robert Higgins
Wilson
Julia Flake
Loot Train In Vain Find Nothing Of Value
Three men robbed a Michigan sleeper on Southern Railway No 41 from Chattanooga to Tucumbia at Facklers Alabama but secured only small change and food. A second Michigan Central heist near Detroit yielded $300 total with $15,000 in Cramp’s grip. a passenger’s quick wit and timing saved much more.
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