Death by suicide linked to Philadelphia model murder case
Bernard W. Lewis, son of a wealthy Pittsburgh coal operator, shot himself in his States Villa bathroom as Philadelphia detectives closed in over the murder of Marie Agnes Colbert. He left no statement. investigators sought to resolve the case with many details still unclear.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Bernard W. Lewis
Wenman A. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Marie Agnes Colbert
Walton Apartments
Fifteenth and Poplar Streets
Bernard M. Lewis
New York
Allies Hold Rome Council Signal of Peace Talks Near
London reports a major Allied war council in Rome with Briand Lyautey Thomas Lloyd George Milner Palitzin and Italian officials. Officials hint at closer Allied unity and potential military planning as peace moves loom within months amidst diverging guesses.
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Rome
Havas
Briand
War Lyautey
Thomas
Lloyd George
Viscount Milner
Palitzin
Senate approves dry district Shep pard bill
Washington reports the Shep pardon bill to make the District of Columbia dry passed the Senate by 55 to 32. Other items note War and Navy approval of European line inspired ordnance and coast defense gear, a wheat price surge to $2 a bushel, Daniels seeking $12 million for shipbuilding, and denials of knowledge of any peace note by Yeak and Tumulty.
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Washington
District of Clumbia
Senate
War
Navy
Chicago
Daniels
Padgett
House Naval Affairs Committee
Joseph P. Tumulty
Supreme Court Upholds Webb Kenyon Liquor Law
The Supreme Court, in a 7 to 2 decision, upholds the Webb Kenyon law prohibiting liquor shipments from wet to dry states and sustains West Virginia's amendment banning interstate liquor imports for personal use. Chief Justice White delivers the opinion with Holmes and Van Devanter dissenting. McReynolds agrees but does not join. Wayne Wheeler asserts states may ban possession and use without Interstate Commerce interference.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Webb- Kenyon
West Virginia
Taft
Congress
White
Holmes
van Devanter
McReynolds
Wayne B. Wheeler
anti-Saloon League of America
Fred Blue
Allies Hold Rome Council Senate Approves Immigration Bill
The immigration bill was returned to the Senate from conference in final form and was approved 56 to 10. Opposing senators were Brandegee Lippitt and Lewis Martine O Gorman Ransdell Reed Saulsbury Stone and Walsh. The literacy test widens relief for religious persecution victims abroad. The bill preserves the gentlemen's agreement with Japan.
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Senate
Japan
Washington
Brandegee
Lippitt
Lewis
Martine
O'Gorman
Rans
Dell
Reed
Saulsbury
Stone
Walsh
United States
Kaiser in Conference With Austrian and German Chiefs
Field Marshal Archduke Frederick of Austria and Field Marshal Conrad von Hoetsendorf visited the German Emperor at his field camp in Vienna on January 4 and had a luncheon with Kaiser. The meeting at the field headquarters was described as an important conference between German and Austrian generals.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
Archduke Frederick of Austria
Conrad von Hoetsendorff
Rheims Cathedral Restoration Report By Whitney Warren
Whitney Warren, the New York architect, visits Rheims and presents a second assessment to the French Institute on the cathedral's condition. He states the structure can never be wholly restored, supplementing his 1914 findings after German shelling damage.
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Whitney Warren
Paris
New York
Rheims
French Institute
Warren
Institute
Polish Army Formation Planned by Austro German Council
The Frankfurter Zeitung reports that a 15 member German appointee and a 10 member Austrian appointee Polish Council will meet in Amsterdam via London. Its first task is to organize the enlistment of a Polish army.
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Amsterdam
London
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Thaw Indicted for Kidnapping and Assault in New York
New York police indict Harry Kendall Thaw on charges of kidnapping and assault in the second degree related to luring Frederick Gump Jr. from Long Beach to the Hotel McAlpin on Christmas night and beating him with a cowhide whip. The case echoes prior testimony about Thaw’s treatment of girls during his 1913 murder trial.
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Frederick Gump, Jr
New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Long Beach
Cal
McAlpin
Kansas City
Young Gump
George O'Byrne
Senate backs peace note amid risk to Monroe Doctrine
The Senate voted 48 to 17 to endorse the Presidents diplomatic note urging belligerents to state terms for peace. Ten Republicans joined one Democrat against the stance, with debate noting risks to noninvolvement and the Monroe Doctrine. Senator Borah urged caution while Senator Hitchcock pushed the endorsed amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Hitchcock
Wilson
Seace
Jones
Borah
Idaho
San
Martine
New Jersey
Lewis
Lansing
America
Ford to Build Smelter Bond Secures Dodge Loss Claim
Henry Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, will proceed with a $12,000,000 smelter on the Detroit River after three circuit judges in an injunction case against Ford by the Dodge Brothers accepted a $10,000,000 bond to protect the Dodges from possible losses.
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Dodge Bros
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Dodge Brothers
Dodges
Taussig Accepts Tariff Commission Post Likely Chairman
Harvard professor Frank W Taussig accepted a spot on the Tariff Commission and is expected to be named chairman. He is a political economy scholar who has written extensively on tariffs. The administration faced some reluctance before his consent and he met with McAdoo and Houston alongside President Wilson.
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Harvard
Washington
Frank W. Taunssig
Taussig
McAdoo
Houston
Wilson
Germans Admit Loss of Ground in World War I Battles
London reports from the Wart Office and Petrograd cite German gains and Russian Romanian resistance across Wallachia Moldavia and the Suchitza and Oituz valleys. The German detachment seized Mount Adobesti while Russians retreat near the Suchitza. In Courland near Mitau Russians suffer 1,300 prisoners. Rome notes Italian gains near Hill 208. Berlin says British efforts near Lake Doiran fail.
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London
Romania
Wallachia
Moldavia
Fokshani
Fundeni
Obislechti
Petrograd
Kapatuno
Raspiza Lake
Oituz Valley
Suchitza
Berlin
Oituz
Putna
Adobesti
Courland
Mitau
Riga
Rome
Macedonia
Lake Doiran
Teutonic Allies Make Gains in Dobruja and Wallachia
British dispatches report Teutonic allies seizing Matchin and Jiula in northern Dobrudja opposite Braila and forcing Russians toward the Danube bend. Gains continue in Moldavia and eastern Wallachia while center lines see stubborn fighting near Focsani Rimnik. Western fronts show artillery duels. Austro Italian front sees bombardments. Berlin Swiss reports of a battleship Verite sinking false. another claim tallies Entente ships sunk at 759,430 tons since start of war.
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London
Rumania
Dobrudja
Matchin
Jiula
Danube
Braila
Bessarabia
Moldavia
Wallachia
Transylvanian Alps
Petrograd
Focsani
Rimnik
Belgium
Verdun
Macedonia
Berlin
Malta
Verite
Ministry of Marine
Mackensen Drives Through Romania and Gains Prisoners
Field-Marshal von Mackensen’s army group captured Kabenska and took 5400 prisoners along with three cannons and 10 machine guns. He broke the barrier before the River Sereth at Fokshani and seized the Romanian town of Ro mania with 4000 prisoners. Portuguese expeditionary officers arrived on the French front as Allied reconnoitering detachment attacked Teutons between Ochrida and Presba in Macedonia.
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von Mackensen
Kabenska
Lake Babit
Riga
Fundenl
Crangeni- Nanesti
Galrenska
Sereth
Fokshani
France
Ochrida
Presba
Berlin
John the Witness and the Lamb of God
A sermon outlines John the Baptist's role beginning in 26 AD with Jesus' baptism likely in January 27 AD. It explains John's humility denying being the Christ, Elijah, or Moses' prophet, and his mission to prepare the way. It notes the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, and Jesus as the savior who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
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John
Jesus
Jerusalem
Christ
Malachi
Elijah
Messiah
Moses
Isaiah
God
Lamb
Luke
Pentecost
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