Congressional hearings into leak on President Wilson note
Washington January 7 Congress focuses on a House Rules Committee hearing resuming on Rep Wood's resolution to probe an alleged stock market leak tied to President Wilson's peace note. Witnesses include Secretary Lansing, Joseph P Tumulty, Charles J Sabin, Bernard Baruch, Otto Kuhn, Judge William M K Olcott and officials from I Street Journal and news agencies.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Wood
Wilson
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lansing
Joseph P. Tumulty
Charles J. Sabin
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Bernard Baruch
Otto Kuhn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
William M. K. ‘Olcott
New ‘York
Gardner
Massachusets
I Street Journal
Financial America
The
Central’ News Association
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Romney Finds Curtis In Washington Testimony Scene
Allen Curtis of Curtis and Sanger a stock exchange firm in New York and Boston was served with a summons by Kenneth Romney assistant sergeant at arms of the house as a witness in the congressional inquiry into a leak about President Wilsons peace note. Curtis said he expected to testify in Washington Tuesday and denied writing a letter signed A Curtis to Representative Wood of Indiana containing information about the leak.
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Romney
Curtis
Boston
Allen Curtis
Stock Exchange
Curtis & Sanger
New York
Kenneth Romney
House of Representatives
Wilson
Washington
Wood
Indiana
A. Curtis
Good feeling at Gerard dinner and entente talk
The page reports a Gerard dinner with optimism and expects voices to be heard today. It notes important results from the entente conference and mentions the Adamson law fight underway. Greeks plan to attack allies as Pershing prepares retirement and a 2 Anaconda column continues.
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Gerard Dinnes
Adamson Law
Pershing
Anaconda News
Catholic Church News
Great Falls
Fires destroy St Bethania church and small Baptist blaze in Racine
In Racine Wisconsin on January 7 a fire destroyed the St Bethania Danish Lutheran church with estimated losses between twenty thousand and twenty six thousand dollars. About 200 worshippers were safely evacuated thanks to the rector’s prompt actions while a nearby Baptist church also saw a boiler room blaze quickly put out. The Bethania clergyman voiced suspicion of coincidence but did not call arson likely.
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Racine
Wis
St. Bethania
K. C. Bodholt
Bethania
Baptist
Bodholt
Bethaia
Ministers of Central Powers Discuss Peace in Berlin
Amsterdam reporting that Count Czernin von Schudenitz and Emperor William were in a prolonged audience with Dr. Alfred Zimmermann at headquarters. Peace was among the topics discussed. Meanwhile at Port Townsend Washington forty one Jewish refugees from Russia infected with chickenpox were held at quarantine at Diamond Point. Two hundred others passed quarantine and moved to Seattle.
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Amsterdam
London
Czernin von Schudenitz
William
Alfred Zimmerman
Port Townsend
Wash
Rusia
United States
Diamond Point
Here
Russia
Seattle
Boisterous scenes in Piraeus and French naval withdrawal
Telegraphed from Athens the Friday report notes boisterous scenes at Piraeus yesterday evening led to the withdrawal of the French naval detachment stationed in the town hall. The event is viewed in Athens as an omen of future developments.
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Piraeus
Athens
Greeks Await German Order In Greek Army Mobilization
Paris reports M. Diomede claiming the Greek royal army awaits Germany's orders to attack the Allies. He accuses Major von Falkenhausen of directing artillery dispersion, coordinating Athens-Berlin communications, and mobilization plans. He says about 4,000 troops have moved to Peloponnesus, with 45,000 under king’s control and potential 75,000 with reservists.
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Paris
Germany
M. Diomede
M Diomede
Eliptherios Venizelos
K General Staff
von Falkenhausen
Legation
Athen
Berlin
Star
Sarrail
Athens
Berat
Peloponnesus
M. Falkenhausen
Missouri lieutenant governor-elect ill with ptomaine poisoning
Warrensburg Mo Jan 7 Wallace Crossley lieutenant governor elect of Missouri and Mrs Crossley are ill at their home with ptomaine poisoning. Crossley condition is serious and he may be unable to take the oath tomorrow morning at Jefferson City.
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Warrensburg
Wallace Crossley
Missouri
Crossley
Huge Gold Shipment Arrives in New York in One Day
A New York report notes a shipment of 25,000,000 in gold arriving from Halifax Nova Scotia in one day. Guards accompanied the heavily guarded express cars as the gold was moved by automobile trucks from the railroad to the sub treasury. The gold movement marks one of the largest daily inflows since the current foreign movement began.
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New York
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Sub-Treasury
Canada
Russian Defenses Broken Down in Rumania
Berlin January 7 Russians lose southern bank of the Lower Sereth river front in Central Rumani a 20 mile line. Central Powers force advance from Bucharest to Braila in about a month. Braila, Romania's key commercial hub, falls after fierce house to house fighting and double pressure from west and east.
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Berlin
Sayville
Sereth
Rumania
Teuton
Bucharest
Braila
Berea
Spi
Romania
Robbery suspect shot in mistaken identity in Watseka
In Watseka Illinois townspeople report a grocer Francis Labounty was robbed of 400 dollars by two men. He and his wife were returning home when he fired at a robber, and Assistant City Marshal A J Bailey who pursued him mistook Labounty for the robber and fired. Bailey was shot in a fusillade that left Labounty dead. Bailey was locked up after the incident.
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Watseka
Til
Francis Labounty
A. J. Bailey
Labounty
Labouity
Marshal Baltey
City Hall
Outlaws Repulse posse in Oklahoma town standoff
In Nowata Oklahoma on January 7 a group of outlaws repulsed a posse attack, killing one and wounding another, with three wounded overall. By nightfall they remained at large as officers prepared a renewed pursuit, noting the gang size ranged from four to eighteen.
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Nowata
Okla
Jay
Jobs in Land Banks for Capable Men Only
Washington reports the farm loan board announced the organization of 12 federal land banks with a merit based, non political selection process. Five directors per bank will appoint officers and a registrar will act as fiduciary agent, aiming to attract both farmers and investors as safe securities. Secretary McAdoo urged states to push laws authorizing farm loan bonds for trust funds and savings banks and to secure state level cooperation.
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Washington
Farm Loin Board
McAdoo
Preparing for Pershing's Men in Columbus New Mexico
Columbus New Mexico January one everything here is ready to receive General Pershing's punitive expedition forces in Mexico. Corrals and storehouses are prepared for cavalry and pack animals with other pre deployment work underway. Debate continues among officers over whether to move forces via the Mexican railway or overland from Colonia Dublan to the border. Some field base officers expect a march from Colonia Dublan while others favor rail transport for artillery infantry and quartermaster units arriving at the border.
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Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Pershing
War Department
Ter
Mexicacata
Colonia Dublan
General Pershing
Embezzler Chalinders Fails Suicide Attempt in Chicago
Samuel Chalinders, a clerk, tried to kill himself after resisting arrest for embezzlement by ingesting poison, gas, and leaping from a second-story window. He survived and is held in a Chicago house of correction hospital for treatment.
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Chicago
Samuel Chalinders
Chalinders
Fa House of Correction Hospital
Sid
Guardsmen fire upon Mexican filibusters near Zapata
Laredo Texas January 7 four alleged Mexican filibusters were killed or badly wounded in a night encounter with troops of the First New Hampshire infantry at Zapata Texas Maj Orville Cain commanded the patrol The report claims the clash occurred after filibusters crossed the Rio Grande with no American casualties mentioned The same report also states Mexican revolutionists captured Ramilone and Parral about ten miles below the border from Zapata
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Zapata
Ramilone
Parral
Zapat
Lawson says he will not spill a lot of names in Washington
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston departed New York en route to Washington to testify before the House rules committee investigating alleged leaks of advance information on President Wilson's peace note. He said before leaving he has no intention of naming many individuals.
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New York
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Washington
Rules Committee
House of Representatives
Wilson
Michigan Winters Dropped From Authors League Branch
New York January 7 at a special meeting of the Authors League of America the charter of the Michigan branch based in Detroit was withdrawn by unanimous vote for alleged non payment of dues and related defects in membership compliance.
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Michigan
New York
Authors’ League of America
League
Detroi
Dinner honors James W. Gerard in Berlin
The American Association of Commerce and Trade of Berlin hosted a dinner for James W. Gerard the American ambassador to Germany on his return to Berlin. Attendees included 175 guests—ministers, officials, bankers, and business leaders from both nations. Toasts to Emperor Wilhelm and President Wilson were given, with Gerard noting improved cordial relations and a peacemaking olive branch sentiment.
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Berlin
Wilson
Associated Press
Sayville
American Association of Commerce and Trade of
James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
Reichstag
David Wolf
American Association
Gerard
Nholdt Sydow
Karl Helfferich
Arthur von
Amer
Weual
Wit Mann
von Gi
Amt Jor
Holmes
Em- William
Wolf
Helfferich
Rorop Gerard
Awa
Peace Dove
Noah's Ark
Italian Gabinet Officer Takes Place in Trenches
Rome dated dispatch reports Leonide Bissolat-Bergamschi, reform socialist leader and minister without portfolio, awarded the military medal for bravery. While on mission to General Pennela, he joined frontline trenches to fight alongside Italian troops amid a major Austro-Hungarian offensive.
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Rome
Paris
Leonide Bissolat-Bergamschi
Reform Socialists
Tate Fan
Secolo
Frenting
Signor Bissolati-Bergamschi
Pennela
Tealy
Pissolatt-Fergamseht
Railroad Law Still Big Fight in Capital
Washington dispatch reports renewed Capitol activity in the Adamson railway dispute. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Adamson act while Representative Adamson pushes a blanket railway bill to cover all aspects of the strike and management issue. Warren S. Stone meets the situation as engineers discuss next steps.
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Washington
Capitol
Supreme Court
Adamson
Newlands Railway Investigating Committee
Warren S. Stone
Engineers Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Chicago
Brete
Bach Department of Justice
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France
David Lloyd George
Hallans
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Boselil
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Lyautey
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Entente
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Goldberg
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TL Omen
Reuter
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Helfterich
Arthur von Gwynner
Deutsche Bank
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