Money Kings Heard At Federal Inquiry
George W. Perkins Daniel Guggenheim and E. J. Berwind testified at the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations hearing into philanthropy and unrest. Perkins blamed Sherman law and urged state oversight. Guggenheim pressed taxes on fortunes and industrial democracy. Berwind spoke on coal labor conditions and cost of living. Tomorrow's witnesses include Samuel Gompers Henry Ford and C P Neill.
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American Smelting and Refining Company
E. J. Berwind
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Guggenheim
Berwind
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Henry Ford
Detroit
C. P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
Air war deepens as British airmen strike Germany and Krupp plant
Six persons killed and score injured as aerial combat spreads. British planes raid Essen and German towns while Berlin defends airship attacks as legitimate warfare. Reports note casualties near Krupp works and homes destroyed in Ruhr area. Dutch query German airship route over the Netherlands.
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Commercial Tribune
Amsterdam
Belgium
Germany
Essen
Rhenish
Prussia
Krupp Steel Works
Krupp
Berlin
Hartlepools
England
Holland
Offensive Operations Renewed by Russia
Russian report says renewed offensive actions against Mlawa as German forces hold the Mazurian Lakes line. Austro-German on Polish and Galician fronts grow intermittent. Russians advance near Bucovina Transylvania. Archduke Charles visits German HQ. Burian due soon. Allied conference may shift focus to Serbia or Russian incursions into Hungary. Britain counters the Mad Mullah in Somaliland.
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The
Commercial Tribune
London
Mlawa
Tannen
Galicia
Britain Refuses Dacia Transit Without Precedent
London says the Dacia may not avoid prize court risk on first trip but offers two cotton cargo options. Britain agrees to expedite cotton movement while maintaining belligerent law that ships cannot transfer to neutral flags to dodge consequences. American ambassador Bryan informed of reply.
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Partment
Hamburg-American Line
Dacia
Germany
Mediterranean
London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Delaware saloon ordinance fines for treating and street view rules
Delaware officials vote to fine $50 to $200 for treating in saloons and require clear interior visibility from the street with no screens or glazed windows. The council acts to lower the city’s voting net under the Real law. Auction notice follows amid scattered text.
Rhode Island Governor’s Wife Leads Jobless Women Drive
Mrs. Beeckman wife of Governor R Livingston Beeckman launches a Providence fundraiser to aid unemployed women. A big January 27 auction aims to build a fund with many women donating items and merchants likely to contribute, backed by Rhode Island women’s groups.
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Rhode Island
Olt
Dacia Plans to Sail Despite Britain's Threat
Special Dispatch reports the British government warns the Dacia will be captured if she sails. The cargo cotton may be purchased by Britain or sent to Rotterdam. owners intend to test the issue in a prize court. U.S. State Department relayed the note. War Risk Insurance insures only the cargo at four percent.
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Rotterdam
State Department
Ambassador Page
Galveston
Ould
Hog College Proposed by Indiana Lawmaker
Indiana legislator Andrew J. Kueber urges a hog college to study hog diseases and cholera. He proposes a midland campus between Evansville and Mt. Vernon to alert the Department of Agriculture and officials to form a nationwide field effort against hog cholera and debunk serum claims.
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Indiana
Evansville
Mt. Vernon
Department of Agri
HOG College
Willis' Big Chair Delights His Dad
J B Willis of Delaware, Governor Willis's aged father, visited the executive office and sat in the chief executive's large leather chair. The father remarked it felt comfortable, and the Governor asked for his opinion. T A Willis, an uncle, accompanied the father.
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Guggenheim
Columbus
J. B. Willis
Delaware
Willis
Frank
T. A. Willis
Boys Face Execution in Murder of Millionaire Alexander
Los Angeles reported Charles Oxnam and Glenn Witt, both youths, were sentenced to death for murdering William Montrose Alexander, a retired lawyer and millionaire. Oxnam, 18, confessed to firing the fatal shot during a fight at the Alexander home, while Witt suffered injuries after a confrontation with Alexander’s daughters.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Oxnam
Glenn Witt
William Montrose Alexander
Oxnam
Alexander
Witt
Indiana Senator Neal aims health checks before marriage licenses
Indiana Senate approves Neal bill requiring physical examinations for men seeking marriage licenses with an amendment exempting brides. Neal cites Michigan study data and state costs for feeble minded and insane care to justify health screening.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Neal
Rioting reported in Drumwright and Tulsa strikes
Tulsa Ok Jan 21 Serious rioting at Drumwright Oiltown and the strike headquarters left several men dead in a battle between officers and strikers authorities reported tonight.
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Tulsa, Ok
Cigarettes Free From Narcotics Reported by Bureau
The Ohio State Bureau of Drug Inspection reports cigarettes contain no opium or added narcotics after an extensive chemical examination led by Azor Thurston. About a dozen brands were tested and the bureau found smoking effects stem from inhalation rather than additives. S. E. Strode called it the first extensive cigarette chemical study worldwide.
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Azor Thurston
Grand Rapids
Wood County
Bureau
S. E. Strode
Pure Food and Drug Bureau
The
Agricultural Commission
Take Heads Out of Sand Strengthen U S Defenses
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts urged the House to strengthen U S defense funding and project military readiness. He warned that poverty abroad and a weak armed forces could unravel the Monroe doctrine and warned that Japan might demand equal treatment. He noted the small size of the U S army and navy and urged action.
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U. S
the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Gardner
Massachusetts
House
Europe
South America
America
Mr. Gardner
United States
Forty Schoolgirls Flee From Dormitory Fire
Forty young women fled in their nightgowns as a three story dormitory of the Christian Women’s Board of Mission School burned to the ground in Mt Sterling Kentucky. One girl raised the alarm and others escaped through smoke filled halls. Loss estimated at fifteen thousand dollars with six thousand dollars insured.
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the Commercial Tribune
MT. Sterling
Christian Women’s Board of Mission School
Law's Mighty Net Closing on Thaw
Special Dispatch reports William Travers Jerome plans to move Thaw to the Tombs Prison if his Washington NH transfer proceeds. District Attorney Perkins and Jerome discussed the conspiracy indictment tied to Thaw's 1913 Matteawan escape as a formal custody transfer from federal to New York jurisdiction set for Concord New Hampshire tomorrow.
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the Commercial Tribune
New York
William Travers Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
Tombs
Jerome
Washington
New Hampshire
Thaw
Perkins
Matteawan Asylum
Elusive Karlsruhe sighted by steamer near Moro
The steamship Coamo reports sighting the German cruiser Karlsruhe off Moro before daylight while entering San Juan harbor. The cruiser turned a searchlight on the Coamo and did not respond to wireless signals, then disappeared into the darkness.
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Commercial Tribune
San Juan
P. R
Coamo
Barber
New York
Karlsruhe
Moro
Britain Must Explain Alleged Insult to Flag
Washington reports State Department seeking details on the detention of American sailors from the Greenbrier and Carolyn at Bremen. Officials note vessels had touched enemy ports and that martial law may override treaty guarantees, with Greenbrier crews previously boarded by a British prize crew and taken to Kirkwall and Leith.
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Britain
Greenbrier
Carolyn
Bremen
Germany
Kirkwall
Leith
Down
United States
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Combines
United States Steel Corporation
Internation
al Harvester Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Daniel Guggenheim
Norfolk
War Office
Great Yarmouth
Freiburg
Dar-es-Salam
Swakopmund
Russia
Burg
Buckowina
Transylvania
Archduke Charles Francis
Baron Stephan Burian
Servia
Hungary
Somaliland
Angle
INTER
National Law
Edward Grey
Walter Hines Page
Page
Bryan
Delaware, O
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Nance
IRS
R Livingston Beeckman
Brit
Ish
Spe
Andrew J. Kueber
Mr. Kueber
Capitol
Senate
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Oklahoma
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Oiltown
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Japan
Representative Gardner
Law
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