Leaks Probe Expands as Visconti Sought in Mystery
Washington hearings probe the so called leak linking Mrs Ruth Visconti to Tumulty and W Price and widening to Wall Street finance. Law founder Lawson cites a claim that von Bernstorff earned two million in a stock market peace raid. A search for Visconti continues as big financiers are summoned for testimony.
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Washington
Eternal Feminine
Lords of
High Finance
Financial America
Ruth Thomasson Visconti
J. P. Morgan
Wall Street
Congress
Money Trust
Visconti
Thomas W. Lawson
White House
W. W. Price
Financial
America
Harrison
Mississippi
Henry P Davison
J. P. Morgan & Company
Frank A. Vanderlo
National City Bank
J. N. Bache
Arthur Lipper
New York
Col Wexler
New Orleans
Lawson
Henry
von Bernstorf
von Benstorff
Lawson and Congressmen Clash Over Mental Fitness
Tom Lawson faces members of Congress amid questions about his mental fitness. Lawmakers press for clarity on health, readiness, and implications for duties.
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Congress
Hinshaw Proposes Nonpartisan Prohibition Reform
Virgil G. Hinshaw national chairman urged the Prohibition party to reorganize on a nonpartisan basis as one of three paths to nationwide success. The suggestion, presented during a three day Chicago session, would abandon the party as a political entity and shape campaign policy for a 1918 Prohibition Congress.
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Chicago
Prohibition Party
Prohibition National Committee
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Pershing to be back soon after cabinet meeting
Washington reports from a cabinet session say Major General Pershing may withdraw troops from Mexico and Ambassador Fletcher may be sent to Mexico City soon. Secretary Lane delivered his final report on the Mexican-American joint commission, with no formal announcement expected but likely action will reveal the decision.
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Washington
Lane
Millionaire Weds Nurse in Chicago Home Ceremony
Joy Morton, a Chicago capitalist, married Miss Margaret Gray at the home of his daughter Jean Morton Cudahy. Gray had served as nurse to Morton's late wife and had been Mrs Morton's housekeeper for eighteen months.
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Chicago
Joy Morton
Margaret Gray
Mr. Morton
Jean Morton Cudahy
Mrs. Morton
Miss Gray
Indict Swift & Co. in Iowa for poultry discrimination
A district court grand jury indictment names Swift & Co. packers in a case of alleged poultry purchase discrimination. It claims agents paid higher prices at Prescott Iowa than at Corning on the same day, asserting competition differed between the towns.
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Corning
District Court
Swift & Co
Prescott
Dewey Dies After Week of Illness at 79
Washington mourns Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay and president of the navy's general board, who died at 5 6 p m after a weeklong illness. His wife Mildred and aides were at his bedside. he had been ailing since last Thursday and never fully recovered. He suffered a prior serious illness more than a year earlier, leaving his health diminished for the rest of his career.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
General Board of the Navy
Mildred McLean Dewey
Navy Department
General Board
Navy
Berlin Poses 21 Questions on War Causes and Aftermath
Berlin reports Overseas News agency issues twenty one pertinent questions about the war’s circumstances and main issues since its outbreak. The statement, likely inspired by the German government, responds to entente charges in President Wilson’s reply.
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Berlin
Entente
Wilson
Two Die In Quarrels Over Property Loss
In Franklin county Illinois two men are dead and a third wounded after two shooting affrays. Marco Lavadi killed Fernando Colomobo in a North City mining camp over household goods. In West Frankfort Edward Sanders killed Guy Williams after a revolver duel over a claimed robbery. Williams was wounded and arrested. Sanders died. Williams is hospitalized in serious condition.
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Benton, Ill
Franklin County
North City
Marco Lavadi
Fernando Colomobo
Colomobo
Lavadi
West Frankfort
Mexico
Edward Sanders
Guy Williams
Sanders
Williams
Benton
Republicans Seek Harmony With Progressives in Party
New York January 17 Progressive members of the Republican national campaign committee were invited to join a national committee to form a supplementary group aimed at uniting Republicans and Progressives in party management. The move follows George W Perkins declaration that the executive committee failed to heal the split. Perkins dismissed the harmony resolutions as a scrap of paper in response to Hemenway.
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New York
Republican National Campaign Committee
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Republican Executive Committee
George W. Perkins
Executive
Mack Busts Hold Out Club at Shibe Park
Connie Mack ends the triple hold out by keeping Amos Strunk and allowing Joe Bush and Wally Schang to hold out. Strunk will receive a salary increase, while Bush and Schang must sign the 1917 contracts or seek other clubs.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Shibe Park
Amos Strunk
Joe Bush
Wally Schang
Mack
Strunk
Joe
Schang
Switzerland to Mobilize Additional Troops in Precautionary Move
Bern announces the federal council will mobilize Jan 24 the Second division and the Fourth and Fifth divisions not yet mobilized as a precautionary measure amid continued cold weather and weather reports.
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Switzerland
Bern
Federal Council
Immigration Bill Passes House Aims for President
The house approved the immigration bill and sent it to President Wilson. It remains unclear if Wilson will veto over the literacy test, as in similar bills this provision has sparked veto threats.
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Wilson
Washington
House
Garage Fire Destroys Masrey Property in Hartford City
A blaze at the Masrey garage in Hartford City Indiana caused an estimated loss of 10 000 dollars. Three cars were destroyed and thirty were saved by the firemen in the business district.
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Hartford City
Ind
Masrey
Ray Schalk Tops Elk Minstrel Show in Bloomington Benefit
Ray Schalk, star catcher for the Chicago White Sox, headlined the Elks minstrel show in Bloomington Illinois on January 17 as the chief attraction in the annual charity benefit staged by the Elks of Taylorville.
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Schalk
Elk Minstrels
Bloomington
Ill
The
Elks of
Taylorville
Ray Schalk
White Sox
Tumulty Denies Second Leak In White House Claim
President's Private Secretary Joseph P. Tumulty rejects a second accusation of leaking inside the White House. He asserts he did not disclose confidential information and urges reporters to rely on official statements.
Claud Kitchin Frames New Tax Law as House Leader
Democratic House Leader Claud Kitchin unveils a proposed tax reform package framing it as a shift toward equity. The plan targets relief for middle earners while expanding revenue through targeted corporate measures.
Democrats Approve Excess Profits Tax Plan and Bonds
Ways and Means committee outlined a revenue program including a bond issue of 289 million dollars, an eight percent tax on profits over eight percent for corporations and partnerships, and an estate tax boost to raise 22 million dollars. Temporary indebtedness certificates up to 100.9 million may be issued to June 30.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Democrats
McAdoo
Kitchin
Arrang
Chicago Live Stock Market Report
Hogs receipts totaled 40,000 with bids from 10.80 to 10.95 for light shipping and 9.25 to 10.00 for good to fancy pigs. Cattle receipts 8,000 with steers from 10.25 to 11.00, cows 7.10 to 7.65, Prine Vealers 13.75 to 14.25. East Buffalo Livestock quotes list various grain and dairy prices.
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East Juftaio
Dunning and
Stevens
Livestock Commission
East Piattalo
N. Y
Indicted Pastor Led Flag Burnings At Church
Bouck White, pastor of the Church of Social Revolution, along with eight followers, was indicted in New York for burning an American flag last June in the vicinity of their church. Flags from many nations were burned.
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New York
Bouck White
Church of Social Revolution
Falkenhayn in Greece Supposedly Reaches Larissa
Reuters reports in Saloniki that General von Falkenhayn, former German chief of staff, arrived in Greece after submarine transport to Kavala and travel to Larissa. Berlin reports omit his name while Paris notes Larissa has a wireless link with Berlin and Keratsini hosts entente ministers.
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London
Greece
von Falkenhayn
Roumania
Saloniki
Reuter
Kavala
Larissa
Berlin
Baron von Falkenhayn
Paris
Entente
Keratsini
Athens
Leper In Fort Branch Appeals to Indiana Legislature
David A. Byers of Fort Branch appeals to the Indiana Legislature to vote against a bill by Harvey Harmon to create a state lepers home. He says he can be cared for at his own home at no state expense and resists removal, arguing his case belongs to federal rather than state control.
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Princeton
Ind
David A. Byers
Fort Branch
Indiana
House of Representatives
Harvey Harmon
Gibson County
Byers
Judge Ralph S. Gregory Dies in Muncie
Ralph S. Gregory long time city court judge and noted Indiana lawyer died at his Muncie home after several weeks illness from lagrippe. He was a prominent member of the Improved Order of Red Men and once held the national office of great Incohence of the United States.
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Muncie
Ind
Ralph S&s. Gregory
Gregory
Order of
Red Men
United States
Red Man's Lodge
Wealthy Indiana farmer accused by girl in paternity case
Nashville Ind January 17 David Axom sixty seven a wealthy farmer of Brown county was arrested on an affidavit by fourteen year old Miss Tressa Hatton who accuses him of being the father of her child Axom with a wife and seven children near Elkinetown is on hoover bond awaiting a preliminary hearing before Justice Calvin Hattons girl has lived with them for years
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Nashville
Ind
David Axom
Brown County
Tressa Hatton
Axom
Elkineville
C. Phan
Hoover Bond
Justice of the Peace
Calvin
Wigwam Survivor to Speak at Normal University Anniversary
President Feimley of Normet University announced A. G. Procter of St. Joseph Michigan the lone living survivor of the Wigwam convention in Chicago 1860 will headline the February 17 anniversary program of the sixtieth founding of Normal University Proctor was the youngest delegate at the convention one of six sent by Kansas.
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Bloomington
Ill
Feimley
Normet Uiversity
A. G. Procter
St. Joseph
Mich
Chicago
Normal University
Proctor
Delate
Kansas
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Benedict XV
Juan Hiono
Vope
Perkins
Harmony
Bullet
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Joseph P. Tumulty
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Claud Kitchin
Chicago Cash Clan
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R. S. Gregory
A. G. Proctor
St. Joseph, Mich
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