Move to Expel Congressmen in Leak Probe Sparks Debate
Democratic lawmakers and White House officials debate punitive action over a leak probe. Representative William Gordon of Ohio seeks to obtain precedents to expel members tied to the investigation of Secretary Lansing, Tumulty, Bolling, and others. He says the House can remove such members for violating privileges.
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Washington
William Gordom
Ohio
Lansing
Tumulty
Bolling
Gordon
House
Wood
Indiana
Gardner
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
United States
Congress
Senate
Close Fitting Suit and Raglan Dame Fashion's Decree
More than six hundred eviction notices were served on Bronx tenants who formed a league to refuse higher rents due to lack of heat and hot water. The strike, largely led by women with children, included picketing and deterred applicants from renting vacant units as landlords faced a strike ban.
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Bronx
New York City
New York
Only Enough Eggs for One Breakfast in Indiana
In Indianapolis Indiana Jan 6 the State Food and Drug Commission reports only 9900 cases of eggs in 55 public and 13 private cold storage warehouses. Inspectors found 53000 barrels of apples but limited quantities of poultry cheese butter and other dairy products. Release of stored foods would not affect prices says Commissioner H E Barnard.
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Hoosier State
Food and Drug Commission
H. E. Barnard
State Food and Drug Commissioner
Barnard
Ohio Indiana Republicans Revolt Against Pork Barrel Bill
A revolt against the omnibus public buildings bill erupts in the Ohio and Indiana delegations led by Ashbrook Moooney and Barnhart. The split threatens passage in the House with a Senate veto likely if approved. Indiana's 13 representatives reportedly line up against the pork grab.
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Senate
Wilson
Building Committee
mid-West
Ashbrooke
Moooney
Ohio
Barnhart
Indiana
Ashbrook
Ashbrook Widows
Ashbrookow
Treasury Department
Committee on Styles Relieves Tension With Fashion Rules 1917
The Committee on Styles at the Hotel Linton unveils new dress standards for fall and winter 1917 18 including box coats ulsters and raglan overcoats with slimmed silhouettes and minimal padding. New members admitted include Collier Callahan Fiori Harrington Meyers Hancock and Harris as lectures on textile production and human form accompany the reveal.
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Committee On
Ulster
Kenneth E. Clark
A. A. Stewart
Lower Textile School
Frederick A. Keith
Richard.r. Marshall
Emil Regel
D. B. Ulster
George A Herman
J. I. Hubhbert
Maurice Kopf
Association
N. S. Collier
Buffalo
N. Y
J. E. Callahan
Cincinnati
Francis P. Fiori
Boston
Frank
Millionaires Grandson Kidnapped From School
Cleveland police seek Harold White nine son of Thomas McDonald Youngstown steel magnate after a taxicab kidnapping. Witness A E Alburn heard the boy cry for help as three men seized him at Indianola avenue school and hauled him away. Authorities suspect the boy was taken to Niles then Cleveland by train while police pursue the father on neglect charges.
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Cleveland
Harold White
Thomas McDonald
Youngstown
Young White
Indianola Avenue
A. E. Alburn
Niles
Arthur H. White
White
Total Moon Eclipse Visible Across United States Tonight
A total lunar eclipse will be visible nationwide on Sunday night, starting at 12:50 a.m. Eastern time as the moon enters Earth's shadow. The eclipse lasts one hour and twenty-nine minutes, with full light returning at 4:39 a.m., according to the Naval Observatory.
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Washington
United States
Solons Agree on Action of Senate on Alien Bill
Senate and House conferees near final action on the immigration bill in its Senate form. No explicit exclusion of Japanese laborers is mentioned, leaving the current gentleman’s agreement intact. Secretary Lansing to convey Japanese and Italian government views on treaty terms and ship inspections.
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Washington
House
Lansing
United States
Weather Review for Ohio and Nearby States
The forecast calls for fair weather in Ohio Sunday and Monday with cooler nights. Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia expect fair conditions over Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. Indiana will be fair and colder on Sunday. Disturbances from western Canada bring light precipitation to small areas along the Atlantic coast and north border. temperatures have risen in the Mississippi Valley and Upper Lake Region while cooling in the Atlantic States and North Rocky Mountains. Overall, fair weather is expected east of the Mississippi with colder conditions in the Lake Region and Upper Ohio Valley.
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Maritime Provinces
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Alberta
Canada
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Atlantic
Atlantic States
North Rocky Mountain Region
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Middle Plains States
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Rich Man Planned Death by Own Action Before Slain Girl
Bernard W. Lewis, a Pittsburg broker, killed himself in Atlantic City as police closed in for his alleged role in the Philadelphia Maine Colbert murder. He had written December 17 asking a friend to protect his wife Laura and daughter Betty, seeking peace for them amid his disgrace. Mazie Colbert’s murder occurred December 30.
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Jan
Bernard W.lewis
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Maine
Colbert
Lewis
Laura
Jim
Betty
Bernard
Mr. McFadyan
Wenman A. Lewis
Amberson Avenue
East End
Departure of Guards From Border Put Off
San Antonio news reports that the Pennsylvania division headquarters and the Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry will postpone their departure from El Paso to January 8. Villista agents claim Villa defeated Carranza forces near Chihuahua City and are within twelve miles of the stronghold, while Carranza officials dispute this and say Villa is fleeing toward Parral.
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San Antonio
Tex
Pennsylvania Division
Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry
el Paso
Department
Villista
Villa
Carranza
Murguia
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Parral
Marguia
Lewis linked to Colbert death in Atlantic City quarrel
Philadelphia dispatch reports District Attorney Rotan believes Bernard W. Lewis murdered Mazie Colbert in Atlantic City after a quarrel over money. New witnesses Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Chambers cited Colbert saying she had only ten dollars. DA notes two people were present and that a fatal blow or radiator impact may have caused death.
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Bernard W. Lewis
Atlantic City
Mazie Colbert
Samuel P. Rotan
Lewis
Miss Colbert
Polis
End of Border Trouble Predicted by Mexican Treasurer
Nicifero Zambrano, treasurer of Mexico’s de facto government, said in New York that border difficulties would ease soon. He cited possible lifting of Wilson’s arms embargo on Mexico, recall of Pershing’s expedition, and sending Ambassador Fletcher. He spoke after arriving in Washington as General Carranza’s representative.
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Nicifero Zambrano
Mexico
Washington
Carranza
Pershing
Fletcher
Zambrano
Lowden resigns from Pullman board over governor duties
Illinois Governor-elect Colonel Frank O. Lowden sent his resignation from the Pullman Company board to President John S. Runnels. He stated he should not remain linked to a company whose interests could be affected by gubernatorial actions.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
The
Pullman Company
John S. Runnels
Lowden
Lawmakers Expand Inquiry Into Wall Street Leak Allegations
Congressional investigators broadened the probe into the alleged leak of President Wilson's peace note to Wall Street. They plan to firm up the groundwork for their work Monday as more individuals named in the inquiry are expected to testify.
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Washington
Congressional
Wall Street
Wilson
Daniels appeals to defeat oil lease bill on naval fuel reserves
Secretary Daniels urged Senator Tillman to oppose a compromise giving claimants leases on the navy petroleum fuel reserve in California and Wyoming. He argued many claims are fraudulent and that the nation’s safety hinges on maintaining fuel for oil burning ships.
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Daniels
Tillman
Senate Naval Committee
Navy Petroleum
California
Wyoming
Navy
Pittman
Department of Justice
Banquet Planned for Ex- Carnegie Trust Official Cummins
William J. Cummins former official of the Carnegie Trust Company of New York will be honored at a Nashville banquet Monday night. Gov Whitman recently pardoned him and both Tennessee houses have accepted invitations to attend. The Senate approved unanimously and the House did so after a member questioned the propriety of the gesture. Cummins was popular in Nashville before moving to New York.
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Tenn
William J. Cummins
Carnegie Trust Company of New York
Whitman
Senate
Teutons Press Russian Romanian Forces in Moldavia Front
Front reports describe Austro German pressure along a 100 mile Moldavian line from the Sereth River toward Fokshani and Galatz. Von Mackensen captures Braila area settlements and takes prisoners while Petrograd notes Russian Romanian retirements across the Sereth. In France British troops raid a German trench near the Ancre and Verdun as artillery heats up on various sectors.
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von Mack
Ensen
Fokshani
Galatz
Danube
Uzul
Soveia
Suchitza
Trotus
von Mackensen
Braila
Galata
Petrograd
Kirlibaba
River Ancre
France
Verdun
Henry Torborg Dies on Street Car Job at 738
Henry Torborg died in Chicago on January 6 at age 738 while still at work as a conductor on the Blue Island avenue street car line. He left an estate of about 500000, much of it earned in the last forty years and invested in real estate that greatly appreciated.
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Montreal
Denver Joseph
New York
Baltimore
Winnipeg
Shamloops
Cincinnati
S.W
Tation Steererese
Blue Island Avenue Line
Amendment process urged to ease constitution changes
Judge R M Wanamaker of the Ohio Supreme Court told the National Popular Government League that the U S Constitution should be updated to the Twentieth Century. He proposed allowing a majority of Congress to propose amendments and a majority of states to ratify, replacing the current two thirds and three fourths requirements.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
National Popular Government League
R. M. Wanamaker
Ohio Supreme Court
United States
Congress
German War Bonds Move Brightly in U S Sale
Chicago reports say Heinrich Albert commercial attaché of the German Embassy arrived in New London Conn to liquidate part of 25 million to 430 million in German Government war bonds. Bonds shipped aboard the Deutschland were sold to German Americans and carry an attractive interest rate.
Pastor to Join Colors
Rev James Clark pastor of Concord Presbyterian Church Centerville will resign to enlist in the British army. Clark native of England naturalized in the U S last year. Martins Ferry Ohio January 6.
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James Clark
Concord Presbyterian Church
Centerville
Mr. Clark
England
Two Die and Four Hurt in Mine Gas Explosion at Maxwell Coli
In Wilkes-Barre Pa on a January day a gas explosion at the Maxwell colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company killed two miners and injured four others. Six mine chambers were wrecked but several miners believed trapped were able to reach the surface.
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Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Sur
Governor Pardons 92 Prisoners in Final Act
Jefferson City Missouri January 6 Governor Major grants full clemency to ninety two young inmates at the State penitentiary in a late term action. The move marks a concluding act of his administration and affects multiple youths serving sentences.
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Major
State Penitentiary
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