Park officials split over Chautauqua grounds purchase
Waterloo tension rises as two park commissioners, Hacker and McClinton, break a pledged plan to adopt the Chautauqua grounds as a city park. W C T U stakeholders accuse them of favoring the Norton Waterloo site and a private deal, while legal opinions suggest a $20,000 bond for park land is feasible. Trustee George Lichty praised for public spiritedness amid plea to buy by public subscription.
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C. M'Clinton
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Park Board
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General Grenville M. Dodge Dies in Council Bluffs
Revered Civil War veteran and Union Pacific builder Grenville Mellen Dodge dies at his home in Council Bluffs after a long illness. Burial in Council Bluffs with military honors. funeral led by Col. Matt A. Kinney with Iowa and Nebraska guards as escorts. Dodge remembered for Pea Ridge, Atlanta Campaign, Vicksburg, and his role in railway construction.
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Grenville MM
Dodge
General Dodge
Matt A. Kinney
Iowa National Guard
New York
Grenville Mellen Dodge
Pes Ridge
Union Pacific Railroad
New England
Ilinois Central Railroad
Abraham Lincoln
Rocky Mountains
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Danvers
Mass
Warwich University
Vermont
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Missouri
Pea Ridge
Atlanta
Hood
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Vicksburg
Grant
Sixteenth Army Corps
Sam” Davis
Tennessee
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Nashville
General Dodge Biography Highlights Military Career
General Dodge, also known as Soldier General Dodge, held Poukhyaya infantry in 1861 and played a key role at Pen Ridge in 1862. He became brigadier general of volunteers in 1862, earned major general rank in 1864, and led units in Tennessee and Missouri. He commanded campaigns in the West during 1865 66 before resigning in 1866.
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Pen Ridge
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Medco
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Missouri
General Dodge and His Rail and Bridge Feats
General Dodge, engineer chief of observation corps in the Civil War, rebuilt the Decatur to Nashville railroad in forty days and built a 700 foot bridge over the Chattahoochee. He helped survey the continental divide, aided the Union Pacific, and contributed to projects from the St Gothard tunnel to the Panama Canal as consulting and advisory engineer.
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Nashville
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Rocky Mountains
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France
Germany
Panama Canal
Henry Ford Back Home City But Eludes Admirer
Henry Ford, leader of the peace mission to The Hague, returns to Detroit today but avoids a local welcoming delegation with a floral tribute. He goes to Dearborn after the brief station visit, while Rev Samuel S Marquis prepares to work at the Ford factory for a year to study social conditions among 20 600 workers.
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Samuel S. Marquis
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Daniels bars admirals from speaking on navy program
Washington on January 4 Secretary Daniels disclosed he refused a request to allow Rear Admirals Fiske or Knight to address the navy program. The move followed assurances the talks would be private, a telegraphed request came from John W. Stott, president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, to President Wilson.
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Fiske
Knight
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The
Commercial Club of Chicago
Wilson
Two Power Navy for US Plan of General Board
Washington January 4 The General Board outlines a two power navy plan to defend the Monroe doctrine and Pan American security. It envisions a navy equal to two world powers except Britain and an army ready to defend South and Central America anywhere in the hemisphere within ten years. Plans call for 1920 parity and prompt troop transport capacity for rapid landings if needed.
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United States
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Pacific
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Pan- America
Navy General Board
United States Navy
South
Central America
Board of Strategy Az
King Peter on board warship at Saloniki
King Peter of Serbia, aboard a French destroyer at Saloniki, yesterday received audiences with General Sarrail and Lieutenant General Mahon, leaders of French and British forces, during the ongoing Allied actions in the area.
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Saloniki
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London
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Mahon
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Saloonmen to Take Fight to Supreme Court
Davenport date Jan 4. Attorneys for saloonkeepers challenging town dry laws will not contest a temporary injunction in Scott county district court next Friday and will appeal to the state supreme court. Meanwhile all saloons will close.
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Scott County District Court
Supreme Emut
John Simon quits cabinet and conscription drama
London and Gondon reports detail Sir John Simon resigning as home secretary after talks with Premier Asquith. Cabinet splits loom over the conscription bill and army size, with McKenna and Runciman pressuring for concessions. Derby's figures show over 2.8 million men offered for service, amid miners’ protests in South Wales against conscription.
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Asquith
London
Lora Derby
VOSE
South Wales
James Winstone
South Wales Miners’ Federation
Pontypool
Diplomatic Antagonist of United States in Ancona Correspondence
Grron von Burlan, Austrian foreign secretary, handles the Ancona correspondence with Secretary of State Lansing and is regarded as one of Europe’s ablest diplomats. He managed the diplomatic exchange with Holy until the break between powers and Italy’s entry into the war.
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Lansing
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Italy
Germany Abandons Lusitania Armament Claim
Washington January 4. Germany no longer contends that the Lusitania was an armed vessel, a justification cited for its destruction. Secretary Lansing disclosed that the claim has been abandoned during ongoing settlement negotiations between the United States and Germany.
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Lansing
United States
Germany
Chicago businessman drowns in Mississippi river
Memphis reports 27 year old W. L. Prentice vice president of J. H. Prentice Co. of Chicago drowned in the Mississippi near Bolivar Landing Mississippi last Monday evening. Private telegram received here today provides few other details amid a terse notice. San Felice cigarette advertisement appears.
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J. H. Prentice Co
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Senators Prepare Foreign Policy Debate In Mexico Aide Row
Washington D C Jan 4 An expected attack on the administration s foreign policy and its course in the submarine crisis failed to materialize in the senate today after a ten minute session adjourned at noon The adjournment was in observance of the death of Associate Justice Jamar of the supreme court Senator Fall of New Mexico had ready a resolution asking President Wilson to state to what government Fletcher would be accredited as ambassador to Mexico It signals a broader Republican challenge to the administration s Mexican policy and the recognition of the Carranza government The resolution seeks details on constitutional government protection for aliens guarantees for religious freedom and responses to damages claims for Americans The measure would cover the negotiations leading to recognition and the overall Mexican situation
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New Mexico
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Carranza
Huerta’s Condition Remains Critical in Texas Home
Paso, Texas January 4 General Victoriano Huerta former provisional president of Mexico remains seriously ill at his home. He underwent gallstone surgery on Saturday and a second operation to remove intestinal mural was performed yesterday with the patient appearing much relieved. Guards at his home were removed by federal order after his transfer from Fort Bliss where he was detained for violating U S neutrality laws.
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Mexico
Huerta
Fort Bise
United States
San Antonio
White House Hints at Rapid Action on Cold Facts
Senator Stone of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee signals possible congressional storm after Wilson outlines swift steps once cold facts are secured. Ambassador Penfield in Vienna and various consuls abroad may trigger inquiries as outrage is urged to be dealt with severely.
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Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Penfield
Vienna
US acts in new phase of Persia submarine crisis
Washington January 4 official statement from the White House outlines steps to obtain facts on the sinking of the Persia. President Wilson cancels cabinet meeting and holds talks with Senator Stone as inquiries by Ambassador Penfield in Vienna and consuls abroad gather information to determine the submarine's nationality. Congress will be kept informed, with possible conferral between leaders if drastic action is needed.
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Penfield
Asid
United States
Flood
House of Foreign Affairs Committee
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Austria
Ancona
Only American survivor recalls Persia sinking in detail
Charles Grant of Boston, among two Americans aboard the British steamer Persia, arrives in Alexandria with the most detailed account yet. He describes the explosion, scrambling onto wreckage, boat distribution, and rescue by an English cruiser, noting the dark water, screaming passengers, and hymns in one lifeboat.
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Charles Grant
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Mediterranean
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Associated Press
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Fersia
Robert McNeely
Aden
Munbely
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American consul Engaged To Be Wed After Persia Loss
West Liberty Iowa Jan 4 Robert N McNeels United States consul who perished in the Persia sinking was engaged to marry Miss Wilma Whitacre of West Liberty They planned to wed and go to Aden together but postponed until next spring Miss Whitacre a Northwestern University graduate plays in Beulah Buck Quartet and is daughter of Albert and Mrs Whitacre The couple had been saving for the ceremony and future plans were adjusted after the tragedy.
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Robert N. McNeels
United States
Persia
Wilma Whitacre
Aden
Miss Whitacre
Northwestern University
Evanston
Beulah Buck
Albert Whitacre
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