Boston Lawyer Picked to Lead Leak Witnesses Inquiry
Sherman Le Whipple of Boston, a Democrat, was invited by the House Rules Committee to act as counsel in the peace note leak investigation into Wall Street manipulations. Mrs Ruth Visconti is to be questioned first, with more witnesses to follow, amid a partisan fight over counsel selection.
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Washingtons
Sherman le Whipple
Boson
Hav
Wall Street
Dienry
Campbell
Whipple
Boston
Kruth Thomason
Thomas WW. Lawson
Tamulty
W. W. Price
Washington
New York
Whipple Agape
Burleson
Davis
Kitchin
Mente
Samuel Lintermyer
Lenroot
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Senate
Weeks
Entente Coal Supply Imperiled by Raiders
Destruction of allied merchant ships by enemy war craft strains ocean transportation and coal supply. Neutral vessels avoid coal carriage from British ports to France and Italy. only four crew members saved from the Auchencrag. 200 perished when the Russian steamer Skifter was sunk by a German submarine.
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Washington
Jan
France
Italy
Auchencrag
Copenhagen
Skifter
Probe to Reach Wall Street
New York date January 18 investigation into the leak moves to Wall Street as Representative William Bennet of the House Rules Committee says brokers may be examined for trades surrounding the leak. He adds that investors are converging on New York while the probe continues to identify responsible parties.
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Wall Street
Bennet
New York
William Bennet
House Rules Committee
Weather map summary for Midwest and East regions
The report indicates fair to warm conditions in Ohio and nearby states for Friday and Saturday, with colder, unsettled trends in Indiana and Tennessee. Snow flurries are possible in the upper lake region Saturday, while temperatures rise in the lower lake region and Ohio Valley. Data include daily highs, lows, and precipitation at numerous stations.
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Ohio
West Viginia
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Michigan
Upper Lake
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
Upper Lake Region
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Ous
Cincinnatian Proposes Dewey Islands Name for West Indies
A Cincinnati telegram and a joint resolution prompt naming the Danish West Indies the Dewey Islands in honor of Admiral Dewey. Ohio Representative Allen announced letters to President Wilson and Congress urging the change. Alexander Landesco of Cincinnati suggested the idea after Dewey's death and U.S. acquisition of the islands.
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Washington
Danish West Indies
Dewey Islands
Admiral Dewey
Representative Allien
Ohio
Wilson
Foreign Affairs Committees
Congress
Alexander Landesco
Cincinnati
Allen
United States
Cincinnati Woman Found Dead in Brownsville Hotel
A Cincinnati woman identified as Dorothy Gray, 35, was found dead in a Brownsville hotel after registering as Mrs. Joe Wendell Pellessner. An autopsy was ordered amid a vague, mystery filled case. her mother Mrs. Louisiana Blangy provided family history and location clues, with the body to be shipped to Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Brownsville
Texas
Tex
Joe Wendell Pellessner
Louisiana Blangy
West Canal Street
Sheriff Killed in Battle With Alleged Bandits
An Okemah dispatch reports Deputy Sheriff Boulware of Okfuskee County and Clarence Arnold were killed in a clash with alleged Harrah Bank robbers near Bouley. One man was wounded and captured. the bandits reportedly barricaded themselves in a negro cabin.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Okemah
Harrah Bank
Boulware
Okfussee County
Clarence Arnold
Bouley
Sheriff's Office
Danish West Indians Stirred by American Warship Maneuvers
In St Thomas D W I on January 18 a fleet of United States warships numbering thirty or more vessels conducted maneuvers off the harbor. The visiting ships stirred great excitement among the local population.
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ST. Thomas
United States
British Farmers Angry Over New Army Plan
London reports a flood of protests from farmers as the government drafts half of skilled agricultural workers into the army replacing them with sedentary workers or women. Critics say press criticism targets unwisdom and a clash between the Board of Agriculture and the War Office, with the War Office prevailing.
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London
Board of Agriculture
War Office
Love Triangle Spied In Teachers Murder
Oklahoma City report states Miss Nellie Dunn a Wheeler School teacher was shot in the main corridor. Williams the music teacher was later killed in his studio by an unidentified man. John M Couch brother in law of Dunn surrendered at Guthrie charged with murder after earlier indictments for obscene mail matter.
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Oklahoma City
Nellie Dunn
Wheeler School
Rowland D. Williams
John,m. Couch
Miss Dunn
Guthrie
Couch
Lucile Leslie
Columbus Man Believed Victim of German Raider
Columbus Ohio January 18 Guy Wart Dorn twenty son of Mrs T A Van Dorn is believed to have been aboard the British steamer St Theodore captured by a German raider in the South Atlantic The ship left Norfolk December 5 and Mrs Van Dorn had word he was aboard as a machinist but has heard nothing since.
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Columbus, O
Guy Wart Dorn
T. A. van Dorn
Columbus
St. Theodore
South Atlantic
Norfolk
British steamer Yarrowdale arrives with rescued crew
In a report from Cape Verde Islands, the British steamer Yarrowdale arrived at Sao Vicenti on January 16. Unofficial dispatches say the vessel carried 400 men from eight sunken ships crews aboard the raider attack in the Atlantic.
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Rio Janeiro
Yarrowdale
Atlantic
Sao Vicenti
Cape Verde Islands
Lloyds Reports Sinking of Several Ships
Lloyds reports multiple vessel sinkings including the Manchester Inventor Wragby Auchencrag Kinourney Omsk Garfield and the sailing ship Kinpurney. A steamer arrived harbor with eighty four crew members from Auchencrag Omsk and Kinpurney following the attack.
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London
Lloyds
Manchester Inventor
Wragby
Auchencrag
Kinourney
Omsk
Garfield
Kinpurney
German sea raider Moewe linked to Atlantic havoc
In Rio de Janeiro authorities and the American Consul in Pernambuco discuss the German raider Moewe, suspected of attacking Entente shipping in the South Atlantic. The consul confirms several Americans were landed from vessels victimized by the raider, noting no American ships were sunk and those landed were sailors from foreign crews.
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Rio Janeiro
Teuton
Ohioman
Sea Rover
Kingston
Jamaica
Moewe
Appam
Brazil
South Atlantic
Atlantic
Pernambuco
Kingston Jamaica in fear of German raid reports
Passengers aboard the liner Almirante tell of constant fear in Kingston Jamaica of a German raid. They report no street lights at night and feverish harbor activity with searchlights from fortifications and fleets of small boats patrolling the entrance day and night.
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New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Almirante
West Indies
Swedish Steamers Reach Havre After Reports Of Raider
The Swedish steamships Consul Olsson and Consul Cenfitzon sailing from Galveston Texas in November have arrived at Havre. Word reached S M Weld & Co that the cargo cotton on board these vessels is safe, ending fears of German raider attack.
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New York
Olsson
Cenfitzon
Galveston
Tex
Havre
S. M. Weld & Co
Federated declines to join Power League in charter work
The Federated Improvement Association refused a joint charter nominees committee with the People’s Power League after heated debate at the Hotel Gibson. Key members objected to broad powers and possible political influence, and the motion was tabled. The group also set a special meeting to discuss the Edwards report and invited Traction Company representatives.
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Federated
Power League
Federated Improvement Association
People’s Power League
The
Hotel
Gibson
Charter Committee
People's Power League
George Eyrich, Jr
Association
Fred Hoffman
Starbuck Smith
John Sauer
Kennedy Heights
W. L. Woodward
Bond Hill
Transportation Committee
Walter Draper
Edwards
Rapid Transit Commission
Traction Company
Folowing
Withdrawal in Week Expected Despite Villa Latest Acts
Washington reports indicate a planned early withdrawal of Pershing's expedition and demobilization of the National Guard, despite Villa's actions. Officials cite transportation uncertainties and shifting border conditions, with moves possibly by week’s end. General Funston will decide the exact date based on border and territorial conditions.
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Villa
Washington
Jan
Mexico
Pershing
National Guard
War Department
Funston
Health officials convene in Columbus for 43rd meeting
More than 100 municipal and village health officers attend the forty third annual conference in Columbus Ohio. Sanitary topics include bathing beaches swimming pools and milk supervision. Governor Cox is set to address the gathering tomorrow.
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Columbus
Cox
Lost Army Aviators Declared Practically Hopeless
Reports that Indians saw bodies of two men near Laguna Prieto twenty miles northwest of the Gulf of California reached military authorities searching for Lieutenant Colonel Harry G. Bishop and Lieutenant W. A. Robertson Jr. They vanished January 10 during a San Diego to Calexico flight. Desert reports describe a treeless white sand waste where objects are hard to spot from the air. Major Frank Barton said he has not given up hope and that searches extend fifty miles east of Sierra Mayor, Lower California.
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Calexico
Cal
Laguna Prieto
Gulf of California
Harry G. Bishop
W. A. Robertson, Jr
W. A. Robertson
Army
San Diego
Sonora Desert
Sierra Mayor
California
Frank Barton
John H. Beacom
Aviators Missing Since January 10 In Sonora Search
After a day of fruitless search returning parties voiced slight hope of finding alive Army aviators Lieutenant Colonel Harry G. Bishop and Lieutenant W. A. Robertson Jr. who have been lost in Sonora or Lower California since January 10.
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LA Bolsa
Sonora
Army
Harry G. Bishop
W. A. Robertson, Jr
Lower
California
Five military airplanes ready to aid search
Calexico authorities report five military airplanes are ready to day to continue the search for the missing personnel and vessels, coordinating with local forces as an ongoing investigation progresses.
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Calexico, ‘al
Mayor Puchta Moves to Lower City Electric Rate
Mayor Puchta plans a Columbus meeting with Public Utilities Commission and gas officials to push for the eight and one half cent rate ordinance approved by voters on November 2, 1915. The city seeks 8½¢ with 100 feet free wire and lamps at cost while the utility challenges the lower rate in court.
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Puchta
Public Utilities Commission
Gas Company
Columbus
Utilities Commission
Electric Light
Electric Company
C&v
Groom
Supreme Court of the United States
Superior Court of
Cincinnati
Vanderlip cites postwar dangers in Ohio talk
In Columbus Vanderlip and Governor Cox urged vigilance after war gains. Vanderlip warned against overreliance on gold and warned the US may face economic indigestion from wartime orders. Cox supported limited government ownership only where private utility control fails.
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Columbus, CO
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Cox
Ohio Manufacturers’’ Association
Vandérlip
United States
Catholic Prelate Attacks Billy Sunday Methods
In New York on January 18, Rev Joseph H McMahon of Our Lady of Lourdes denounced Billy Sundays evangelistic approach. He disputed a Philadelphia campaign report claiming 1200 converts gave false names and addresses and defended Sunday’s work.
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New York
Billy Sunday
Joseph H. McMahon
Our Lady of
Philadelphia
Ohioan's will attacked in probate suit
Samuel W. Spring of Zanesville and other heirs of the late Dr. W N Spring filed suit in the Common Pleas Court to set aside the will. The document left the entire $25 000 estate to the upkeep of a mausoleum and burial plot in Woodlawn Cemetery at Zanesville, not to relatives.
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Columbus, C
Samuel W. Spring
Zanesville
W. N. Spring
Woodlawn
Threat to slay. Wilson charged in Mooney trial
In Frisco the Mooney murder trial opens with Assistant District Attorney Cunha claiming an anarchist group called The Blasters plotted to kill President Wilson. He cites The Blast article calling for rebellion and warns the White House weathercock. He ties Mooney to The Blast and recalls the July preparedness parade bombing that killed ten.
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Wilson
Mooney
San Francisco
the Blasters
Thomas J. Mooney
Edward A. Cunha
Superior Court
Cunha
White House
Berkman
Eleanor Fitzgerald
Robert Minor
New York
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Miner
Defense Fund
Johnson
Miss Fitzgerald
E. B. Morton
Will of Sir Joseph Beecham Bequeaths $5 Million Estate
A London report states the will of Sir Joseph Beecham, who died last October, disposes of an estate valued at $5,000,000. In Gallipolis Ohio ten saloonkeepers were found guilty of selling liquor to minors and fined between $313 and $430 each.
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London
Joseph Beecham
Gallipolis, O
Vopicka Denies Being Un Neutral Amid German Claims
American Minister Vopicka accredited to Romania Serbia and Bulgaria says he is not unneutral in Roumania and denies German charges. State Department notes mis understanding by German authorities and suggests he may be ordered from Berlin to join the Roumanian government at Jassy.
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Washington
Vopicka
Roumania
Serbia
Bulgaria
Bucharest
State Department
Berlin
Roumanian
Jassy
Indictments in Chicago graft probe target police and officials
Police Captain Stephen K Healey Alderman Oscar DePriest and nineteen others were named in indictments returned by the January grand jury investigating bribery graft and corruption in the Chicago Police Department. Two sergeants were accused as well. The charges include conspiracy to commit an illegal act and to defeat justice.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Stephen K. Healey
Oscar DePriest
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