Debates Rise Over Education and Free Range Measures
Raleigh reports tense House and Senate sessions as education bills and the county free range measure face close votes. Key players include Haymore, Clayton, Oates, Turner and Jones with debates over appointive boards and constitutional changes.
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Day in Congress Senate debate on inauguration costs
Senate session began at 11 a.m. with critics attacking lavish inauguration ceremonies and alleged hotel profiteering as $25,000 was approved for expenses. Bishop Fallows of Chicago urged universal military training before the Military Affairs committee. House resumed work on Rivers and Harbors bill.
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Senate Approves 25000 Inauguration Fund Amid Debate
Washington January 26 the Senate voted to approve a 25000 appropriation for capitol inauguration expenses after lively remarks on hotel rates and ceremonial pomp. Senators complained of inflated hotel prices and warned the event resembled a coronation rather than democratic ceremony.
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Englishmen to form peace league urged by labor conference
Manchester England January 6 The labor conference unanimously adopted a resolution urging that all British representatives at the peace conference work for the formation of an International league to enforce peace as proposed by the U S president and approved by the British foreign secretary. The resolution also calls for adequate parliamentary labor representation among British plenary negotiators. The mover noted Russia's role in initiating The Hague conference.
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Root Backs President At National Security League Meet
Eliott Root voiced support for President Wilson’s peace plan and criticized Germany in a speech to the National Security League Congress of Constructive Patriotism. Delegates debated neutrality for speakers and national service plus universal military training. Professor Steiner urged school system nationalization and warned of limited foresight.
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Florida
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Grinnell College
Iowa
Prize contest race tightens with two days left
The Dispatch notes candidates are closely bunched as the contest nears the 9 pm Monday deadline. Subscriptions, not mere wishes, will decide the outcome with votes deposited in a ballot box and counts to be announced Tuesday night after judges tally.
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Prize cash for nonwinning active contestants
All active candidates who do not win a prize will receive a ten percent cash award from all money they turned in during the contest for new subscriptions. An active candidate stays in until the close, and must turn in at least one new subscription for a year or the equivalent on the last two contest days.
End of Dispatch con test sparks near finish
With the contest nearing its end the race remains close and unpredictable. Active candidates are outnumbering inactive ones, and supporters rally behind their favorites, making a final result highly uncertain and filled with excitement. The energetic efforts of the top workers have drawn strong backing.
Probers Narrow Data On Leaks Behind Peace Note
New York January 26 The Rules committee will learn only which side brokers traded on prior to the note’s publication, not profits. The third demand asks for data on operations during the period to show possession of advance information, dropping the trial balance requirement and only needing stock balances long and short.
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Stock Exchange
First North Carolina Infantry to Return February 1
San Antonio Texas January 26 Dates of departure for the first group of 25 000 guardsmen ordered home from the border are being fixed at General Funstons headquarters. Additional schedules announced today included First North Carolina Infantry from El Paso February 1.
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San Antonio
Texas
Five Belgians Arrested in Rubber Smuggling Ring
New York January 26 The neutrality squad searches for five crew members of the Belgian steamship Samland charged with conspiring to smuggle rubber to Europe. Another five crewmen were arrested yesterday and await federal court trial. Hidden in the hold were 800 pounds of rubber bought at $35 each by ten engine room men. Most accused are Belgians.
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South Carolina Endorses Wilson Peace League Plan
The South Carolina Legislature votes without opposition to endorse President Wilson's plan for a postwar league of nations. Both houses pass the joint resolution urging the United States to lead in forming the league to guarantee future world peace.
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Virginia State Baseball League Names 6 Cities for Next Season
Norfolk officials report that the Virginia State Baseball League will include Norfolk Lynchburg Petersburg Portsmouth Newport News and Rocky Mount N C for the coming season. Directors met in Norfolk to set the circuit lineup and field.
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S. C. Congressman Dies in Charlotte
Washington reports state representative David E. Finley of South Carolina died in a Charlotte hospital after private telegrams were received today.
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German torpedo flotilla fights British ships in darkness
German torpedo boat flotilla engagement details published by Overseas News Agency. V-69 commanded by Captain Max Schultz suffers fatal hits. V-69 enters Ymuden damaged. German destroyer damaged and sinking reports follow. Other boats press attack, while a third flotilla boat sinks a large hostile destroyer. French trenches on Hill 304 near Verdun report renewed French artillery. Russian Riga region offensives push east of the Aar before German counteroffensives pull back.
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Ventriloquist in Prison Rumor Delights Inmates
Leavenworth prison guards chase a joker ventriloquist among Federal inmates who performs nightly inside acoustically perfect cells. The man voices a man and woman, prompts distress and laughter, ending in a fight. Guards threaten a reward if the disturbance continues.
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Leavenworth, Kas
French Steamer Socoa Sunk by German Torpedo in 1916
Captain Y Beridam confirms Socoa torpedoed by a German submarine in the Mediterranean on August 25 1916 while last reported leaving Cardiff August 16 for an unstated port. Beridam, former Socoa master, notes this is his second loss by torpedo. Socoa was a 277750 ton vessel built in 1913.
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Unidentified German Vessel Shells Suffolk Coast
An unknown German vessel shelled the English Suffolk coast last night. There were no casualties and only minor land damage was reported as the official notice disclosed.
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London
Suffolk
England
Swedish Steamer O. A. Brodin Sunk Near Lisbon
London reports that the Swedish steamship O. A. Brodin, 1,832 tons gross, has been sunk. Lloyds announces the loss in a dispatch dated January 26.
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Germans Probed Verdun Front In Disputed Attacks
Paris reports German forces attacked four points between Avecourt wood and Dead Man hill on the Meuse front. The war office says they were repulsed with heavy losses, though some advanced trenches near Hill 304 were briefly penetrated before retreat. Also in upper Alsace near Largitzen, attacks were checked by French artillery. Continuous intermittent cannonading noted elsewhere.
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German gains on Hill 304 near Verdun reported
Berlin reports German forces stormed French trenches on Hill 304 northwest of Verdun, taking around 500 prisoners and ten machine guns along a 1,600 metre front. French counter attacks at night failed. other operations include Romanian actions near Moldavia and Bulgarian efforts on the Moglenica front.
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