Defense Budget Soars as Congress Breaks Ground on War Bills
The House passed the fortifications bill and the Naval Committee reported a 1918 naval appropriation of over 351 million dollars. Army totals exceed 360 million, with many deficiency measures tied to border mobilization and war costs. Navy plans include three 42,000-ton battleships and multiple cruisers and destroyers. Immigration literacy test bill vetoed by President Wilson for the second time, citing policy shift. Ways and Means backs a 248 million revenue bill with excess profits and inheritance taxes. a petition of 50,000 government workers seeks salary increases.
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Washington
Congress
House
House Naval Committee
House Military Committee
Wilson
United State
Senate
Capitol
Taft
Ways and Means
War boom in Germany raises wages and gold drive
New York reports describe Germany's wartime economy as buoyant with brisk domestic trade, scarce labor, and high wages. Gold in circulation surged from 323 million to 600 million marks as citizens turned in hoarded gold to Reichsbank, aided by patriotic motives and incentives at schools and theaters.
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International News Service
New York
Germany
France
England
Imperial Reichsbank
Berlin
Empire
Ian
Reichsbank
Leaked Romance Tale Highlights Famed Convict
Snapshot describes Pomeroy choosing to stay in his old cell while authorities announce he is placed in punishment with bread and water until he complies with prison rules. The report frames the scene as a romance angle around a notorious inmate.
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Ion
Pomeroy
Former Cincinnatian Denies Charge in Lawson Leaks Hearing
Archibald S White, a Cincinnati businessman turned New York broker, testifies before the House leak investigation that Lawson’s claim Pliny Fisk controlled Treasury Secretary McAdoo is “all romance.” White says he never named Fisk to Lawson and recalls meeting Count von Bernstorff but did not arrange a meeting with Lawson. Fisk denies any such meeting with McAdoo and urges Lawson’s perjury claims be treated seriously. Lawson remains under committee notice and may be recalled. his Oregon trip is postponed.
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Lawson
Washington
White
Pliny Fisk
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Boston
Fisk
Sherman L. Whipple
White Lawson
Whipple
Count von Bernstorff
Thomas W. Lawson
Mr. Lawson
Whip
Treasury
Archibald White
Mr. McAdoo
Mr. Fisk
Harvey Fisk & Sons
Oregon
Ohio House Debates Cost of Living and Insurance Measures
The Ohio General Assembly opens with a focus on high living costs as a special order, coal shortages cited by Minority Leader Reighard, and a favorable report on a bill excluding private insurers from the state fund. Debates include taxation of building and loan associations, suffrage questions, and municipal budget relief measures.
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Columbus
General Assembly
House
Reighard
Ohio
Organized Labor
Hoase Committee On Labor
Reynolds
Stump
Pickaway County
Senate
Parrett
Fayette County
Committee On Banks and Banking
Stokes
Committee On Buildings and Loans
Terrell
Cuyahoga County
Ohio Municipal League
Schwab
Hamilton
Ertel
Clermont
Boards of’ Park Commissioners
Virginia Mandamus Aims to Force WV Legislature to Pay State Debt
Virginia seeks a mandamus in the U S Supreme Court against West Virginia's Legislature to levy a tax or issue bonds to cover a 1861 Virginia state debt judgment of 12 393 000 plus interest. The court received papers but took no action awaiting next week’s ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Virginia
West Virginia
Legislative Assembly
Chase
Pollard
Wage settlement averts major shirt factory strike
An arbitration board denied an eight hour day and reaffirmed a forty nine hour week for waist and shirt workers in New York. Wage increases of five to ten percent were granted across the trade, with improved working conditions. The settlement prevents a large walkout, adding about one million dollars annually to pay for roughly forty thousand operatives.
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New York
Juian W. Mack
Chicago
Weather report outlines cold air sweeping Northwest and fair conditions elsewhere
The bulletin notes fair and colder conditions for Ohio Tuesday and Wednesday, with similar trends across Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. It mentions rain and snow on the North Pacific coast and snow in the North Rocky Mountain region, plus a pronounced shift to temperatures well below zero in the Northwest. Observed temperatures, highs, and precipitation are listed for multiple stations, followed by a Cincinnati January 29, 1917 record ending at 7 p.m. meridian time and comparisons with the previous three years.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
North Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Northwest States
New England
Helow
Cincinnati
West Virginia House Debates Virginia Debt Stance
A House of Delegates resolution proposes halting further action on the Virginia debt until Congress acts on Senator Chilton's bill concerning settlement of Federal claims linked to the Northwest Territory creation. The measure was assigned to a committee.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Virginia
Congress
W. E. Chilton
Northwest Territory
U S Consuls Roasted By Poultney Bigelow
In Toronto on January 29 Poultney Bigelow criticized the U S consular service as corrupt and ineffective and mocked American neutrality He warned that British power would sweep the Hudson and Mississippi if Britain lost influence and urged Canada to expect U S dependence seeking protection from Montreal to Toronto
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Mr. Bigelow
United States
Great Britain
Wilson Peace Talk Prompts Senate Debate Today
Washington Jan 29 General discussion of President Wilsons world peace address is expected in the Senate tomorrow Senator Cummins has given notice of his intention to call up his resolution to set aside special time for debate on the subject Administration leaders plan to renew a motion to refer the resolution to the Foreign Relations Committee Debate may include consideration of Senator Borahs resolution urging the Monroe Doctrine and warnings against foreign entanglements Democratic Senators say now is not the time for prolonged discussion as a quick disposition of the subject is sought An alternative resolution would express that the Presidents address does not abandon or alter the Monroe Doctrine nor commit the United States to armed action abroad except to preserve the nations peace or protect American rights.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Cummins
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
United States
Indian Nationalists Seek Wilson Help for India Freedom
The Executive Committee of the Indian Nationalist party has sent a strong plea to President Wilson asking for support in India’s independence. The Overseas News Agency released the information from Sayville Wireless.
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Sayville Wireless
Berlin
Wilson
India
Indian Nationalist Party
Butcher Shop Opens in Harlem Sells Horse Meat Only
A Harlem shop opens selling exclusively horse meat with Board of Health approval. Sign reads Horse flesh for sale here. Prices include round and sirloin steaks at 12 cents a pound and inferior cuts at 6 cents. horse meat frankfurters 10 cents a dozen.
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New York
Harlem
Board of Health
Wealthy New York clubmen pledge building fund to Belgium
The Rocky Mountain Club of New York will delay its new clubhouse to aid Belgian children. President John Jays Hammond announced the shift at a Bankers' Club dinner honoring Herbert Hoover. William B. Thompson started the push with a $100,000 gift, with at least $1,000,000 expected to be redirected from club comforts to feeding Belgian youths.
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New York
Rocky Mountain Club of
John Jays Hammond
Bankers’ Club
Herbert C. Hoover
Commission For Relief
Belgium
William B. Thompson
Charsé
Will Distribute Troops To Stop Border Rioting
Plans to deploy the expeditionary force after withdrawal from Mexico aim to shield the border region from bandit raids seen in Columbus New Mexico. Juarez Chief of Police Maximo Torres orders arrest of riot ringleaders including both sexes amid Villa related unrest. American guards and civilians faced assault at the International Bridge while streetcar workers were robbed and menaced by a mob.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Southern Department
United States Army
Maximo Torres
Juarez
International Bridge
Villa
Viva Villa
Carranza
J. M. Peck
Twenty-third Infantry
Roy L. Scuyler
Electric Railway
Desertion report and legal injunctions sweep headlines
In San Antonio Jose Inez Salazar and about 1500 men are said to have deserted Villa. In Washington Pennsylvania Judge Mellvaine grants preliminary injunctions blocking four brewing firms from selling outside their license counties. In Lima Bert Meyers, a barber among 34 indicted for the August riot, pleads guilty and receives a ten year penitentiary term.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jose Inez Salazar
Villa
Washington, Pa
J. A. Mellvaine
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Washington County
Judge urges unity of Republican party in McKinley address
In Youngstown Ohio Judge D D Woodmansee of Cincinnati spoke on William McKinley and the Party of His Choice urging a united Republican party before the Mahoning Valley Mc Kinley Club members.
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Youngstown, O
William McKinley
D. D. Woodmansee
Cincinnati
Mahoning Valley
McKinley Club
Verona Fire Sends Passengers Into Panic At Everett Harbor
The Puget Sound steamer Verona from Seattle arrived at Everett harbor with part of its superstructure burning and passengers in a state of panic.
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Everett
Wash
Puget Sound
Verona
Seattle
Thieves Steal $200000 In Films In New York Export Trade
The National Association of the Motion Picture Industry accuses thieves of stealing film worth $200000 within a year in New York and of building a profitable export business from the stolen stock.
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New York
National Association of the Motion Picture Industry
Indiana GOP Chairman Hays Attends Medill McCormick Dinner
Washington-Will H. Hays Republican State Chairman of Indiana was a guest at a Metropolitan Club dinner hosted by Representative-elect Medill McCormick of Illinois. About twenty-five leading members of Congress attended.
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Washington
Will H. Hays
Indiana
Metropolitan Club
Medill McCormick
Ilinois
Congress
Harding Assures Cincinnati Troop Mustering Out Here
Washington Jan 29 General Barry confirms Cincinnati troops will be mustered out in Ohio if possible but denies any plan to discharge them at Columbus fairgrounds. He suggests Cleveland and Cincinnati armories or barracks at Ft. Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis or Fort Wayne as preferred sites. He emphasizes effort to muster out troops in Ohio if feasible.
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Washington
Cincinnati
State Fair Grounds
Columbus
Thomas H. Barry
Central Department
Harding
Ohio
Cleveland
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Mich
Senator Harding
Crawford the Poet Scout Reported Dying in New York
John Wallace Crawford known as Captain Jack the Poet Scout is reported dying at his Wood Haven home after a three week pneumonia. He served as Chief of Scouts with General Custer during the massacre and was born in Ireland in 1847. He was wounded in the Civil War and later wrote plays stories and poems.
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Wood Haven
N. Y
John Wallace
Jack) Crawford
Captain Crawford
General Custer
Crawford
Ireland
Retaliatory High Seas Order Grips U S In New Crisis
The United States faces a fresh crisis over armed merchant ships as Britain plans guns forward and Germany pledges to treat such vessels as auxiliary cruisers and sink them without warning. Secretary Lansing says he is studying the issue and a new U S policy ruling may follow.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Lansing
German Sub Sinks Troop Ship in Mediterranean
Berlin reports the sinking of a fineport ship filled with troops by a German submarine on January 25. The vessel went down in ten minutes, according to the Admiralty announcement.
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Berlin
Mediterranean
Admiralty
British suffer heavy losses on Tigris front in Mesopotamia
Turkish War Office reports on Jan 27 that 2,000 British corpses were found on a section south of the river. All assaults were repulsed as fighting continues on the Tigris in Mesopotamia.
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Constantinople
Berlin
Tigris
Mesopotamia
Turkish War Office
Train Fatality Stuns Sedgwick Resident in Ironton
Isaac Graff 55 of Sedgwick was struck by an eastbound Norfolk and Western passenger train Sunday night near Ironton. His mangled body was found along the tracks Monday morning.
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Ironton
Isaac Graff
Sedgwick
Norfolk & Western
Appendix ruling shields patients from unpaid surgeons
South Dakota lawmakers consider a bill to bar payment to surgeons who remove a non diseased appendix. All removed appendixes would be sent to the State Laboratory for examination and returned with condition reports. If not diseased, patients would not owe the practitioner.
Hamilton Car Men Return to Work Pending Arbitration
The Hamilton street car strike ends amicably as the union and committee are recognized. Arbitration will set a wage scale by January 31, 1917, and all city street cars resume operation in the morning.
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Hamilton
The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Creditors Seek Receiver for Von Frantzius & Co
Creditors of the brokerage firm Von Frantzius & Co filed in U S District Court a bankruptcy petition and for the appointment of a receiver. Liabilities exceed 2 million dollars, assets about 1.35 million. Fritz von Frantzius, the head, recently died.
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Chicago
von Frantzius & Co
United States District Court
Fritz von Frantzius
Deposed Costa Rican Chief Seeks US Intervention
Alfredo Gonzalez, ousted Costa Rican president, appeals to the United States for help while a rival regime led by former War Minister Federico Tinoco governs from the San Jose legation. The State Department has not confirmed the appeal, but warns a warship could move if foreigners face danger.
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Washington
Alfredo Gonzalez
Costa Rica
United States
San Jose
Federico Tinoco
State Department
Gonzalez
King Admits $60,000 Forgery Frauds In KC Court
Richard A. King of the McCoy and King livestock commission firm pleaded guilty to ten indictments alleging forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses totaling sixty thousand dollars. He received one year in jail. Fellow partner Frank W. McCoy recently pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
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Kansas City
Richard A. King
Livestock Commission
McCoy & King
Frank W. McCoy
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