Funeral rites honor Admiral Dewey in Washington
Washington observed a national day of mourning for Admiral George Dewey. President Wilson, Supreme Court justices, cabinet members, and Congress attended the Capitol rotunda ceremony with diplomatic corps and Army staff. The body lay in state as midshipmen from Annapolis served as escort.
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Washington
George Dewey
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Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Navy
House of Representatives
Admiral Dewey
J. B. Frazier
United States Navy
Annapolis
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Miles Mausoleum
Nelson A. Miles
General Miles
Arlington
Navy Department
War
Navy Départment
Department
Aged Man Identified In Council Bluffs Visit
Charles Waterstadt eighty three of Pittsford New York found four days ago in a dazed state carrying fifteen hundred dollars in cash. He plans to return to his ill wife and said he was en route to visit a daughter in Scotts Bluff Nebraska.
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Council Bluffs
Charles Waterstadt
Pittsford
N. Y
W. J. Rossiter
Waterstadt
Scott’s Bluff
Neb
Judge Landis Lawyers Bankruptcy Ring Uncovered
Judge Landis leads uncovering of alleged bankruptcy ring involving lawyers and creditors. Investigators detail schemes, financial maneuvers, and court actions as the case unfolds. Names of firms and dates are cited in court filings.
Lawyers Bankruptcy Trust Being Audited by Grand Jury
Chicago January 20. Evidence of a so called lawyers bankruptcy trust uncovered by Jodge K M Landis was presented to the federal grand jury by US District Attorney Charles F Clyne. Indictments against several Chicago lawyers are under consideration. Testifying before the grand jury were J E Lindquist vice president of Central Trust and Joseph J Harrison of the Harrison Secret Service company. The inquiry aims to expose lawyers aiding insolvent estates and filing involuntary bankruptcy suits to claim large fees from creditors and estates.
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Lawyers Bankruptcy Trust
Jodge K. M. Landis
Grand Jury
United States District
Charles F. Clyne
Grand
Amens
J. E. Lindquist
The
Central Trust Company
Joseph J. Harrison
Harrison Secret Service Company
Court ruling allows Chicago saloons to sell soft drinks Sundays
In Maxwell Street court Judge Barasa dismissed ten saloon keepers charged with remaining open on Sunday. He ruled no violation occurred since no intoxicating liquor was sold, citing earlier supreme court rulings that merely keeping a tippling-house open on Sunday is not a crime.
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Chicago
Barasa
Maxwell Street
Supreme Court
Two German Raiders At Large In South Atlantic
Washington reports two well equipped German commerce raiders roaming the South Atlantic. The captured steamer Saint Theodor has been armed with two guns and a German crew joined the raider to operate as an auxiliary cruiser amid Entente cruisers pursuing them. Regional ports in South America relay the stealthy chase ongoing from every available point.
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Washington
South Atlantic
State Department
Gottschalk
Ro Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Atlantic
McKinley Co. Buys Galva Property And Plans Link
KEWANEE ILL Jan 20 The McKinley syndicate purchases Electric Light Company property at Galva and will connect with Galesburg. The report of an electric railroad between the two cities is not confirmed.
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McKinley Co
Galva
Kewanee
Ill
McKinley Syndicate
Electric Light Company
Galesburg
East St. Louis Post Office Extension Contract Awarded
The treasury department awarded a $194,000 contract for extending the East St. Louis post office to St P Farnsworth & Co of Evansville Indiana. Completion is specified within fifteen months. Also a fire in Peru Indiana destroyed Butler Township High School building causing a $22,000 loss with $14,000 insured.
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ST. Louis
H.L
Treasury Department
East St. Louis
St. P Farnsworth & Co
Evansville
Ind
Peru Ind
Butler Township
Laid to Rest Nation Bowl Hero’s Body
A hero from the Nation Bowl is laid to rest as family and community honor the service member. The ceremony marks the final goodbye with military honors and flags at half mast. Local officials and veterans attend to remember the fallen figure.
Film Star Nearly Drowns in Savannah River Scare
Savannah January 20 Ralph Kellard co star with Pearl White in Pearl of the Army scenes filmed in Savannah drifted beneath the Savannah river surface for several minutes in a diving suit with feet up and air line tangled he was brought to the surface unconscious.
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Savannah
Ralph Kellard
Miss Pearl White
Perkins and Willcox Butt Heads Over Progressive Split
In New York a clash erupts over control of the Republican party and a potential third party. George W. Perkins accuses Hale of Wilson Democrat bias while Hale brands Perkins a traitor. Willcox defers a full national committee meeting, urging patience as the dispute simmers.
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New York
William B. Willcox
Matthew Hale
Progressive National Committee
George W. Perkins
Hale
St. Louis
W. Murray Crane
Willcox
Full
National Committee
Perkins
Republican National Committee
Suffrage Bill Tabled by Senator Poin dexter
Senator Poin dexter offered a constitutional amendment granting voting rights to women and prohibiting denial of the ballot on account of race sex or color. The measure was presented in Washington on January 20.
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Washington
Poindexter
Smallpox Halts Mammoth Paint Creek Dam Work
Construction on the Mammoth Paint Creek dam in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin is suspended due to a smallpox outbreak at Camp Wisota where 500 workers are housed.
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Smallpox Halls
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Mammoth Paint Creek
Camp Wisota
Venizelos Followers Freed by Constantine
Greek revolt leader E. Venizelos and allies were released by King Constantine amid ongoing political turmoil in Greece. The move follows a crackdown on opponents and signals a shift in royal stance toward the Venizelist faction.
Bryan Eyes Statewide Saloon Referendum Drive
Springfield Illinois January 20 William Jennings Bryan will visit to support a state wide referendum on saloons. He will deliver three speeches as dry politicians from across the state gather. Senator Charles L Wood chairs the license committee and will introduce the bill which is expected to pass the Senate and move to the wet House.
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Ill
William Jennings Bryan
Senate
Illinois
Bryan
Charles L. Wood
Keens
Wood
Anti-Saloon League
Hood Convicted of Manslaughter in Forty Year Sentence
In Vermillion county Indiana Charles Hood was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to forty years in state prison. Hood, a farmer, killed neighbor William McCarty after a taxi ride from a political rally. McCarty attempted to flee as Hood returned with a shotgun and opened fire.
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Charles Hood
Will
Vermillion County
Indiana
Hood
William McCarty
Bert Hammstery
Hart Gang Robbers Said to Be Dead in Okmulgee Battle
Oscar Poe Will Hart and Harry Hart members of the Hart gang were killed in a gun battle near Okmulgee Oklahoma. Ten posse members from Okmulgee participated after Poe and Will Hart had earlier been arrested in connection with a Centralia Missouri bank robbery but escaped from jail. The gang had reputedly robbed banks at Allawa and Vinita Oklahoma in recent weeks. Chief Bowman was wounded in the hand.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Oscar Poe
Will Hart
Harry Hart
Hart
Batte
Here
Poe
Centralia
Allawa
Vinita
Bowman
Booze Hauls to Continue in Iowa Rail Transport
Des Moines reports that until the supreme court rules on Judge Utterback’s ruling banning private liquor shipments, Iowa railroads will keep carrying intoxicants for private use. The decision followed a conference between Attorney General Havner and railroad representatives.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Utterback
Iowa
Havner
Lost Aviators Brought Back After 9 Days in Desert
Two U S Army aviators Lieutenant Robertson and Lieutenant Colonel Bishop were found nine days after disappearing near the Sonora desert. They had landed in Mexico, fought thirst, and drifted south toward civilization. Bishop weakened, Robertson near collapse, both rescued by a Copper Company party and military rescue teams.
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U. S. Army
New Cornelia Copper Company
Mexican
Here
Auto
Cence
Mexico
Arizona
International Line
Copper Company
San Diego
Calexico
Gulf of California
Ajo Mountains
Wallton
Army
Gerard Story Is Denied
Washington officials say Ambassador Gerard did not offer to resign in his speech report to the State Department. A Rotterdam dispatch quoted a Cologne telegram stating he offered to resign if President Wilson disapproved of his remarks at the banquet hosted by the American Association of Commerce and Trade.
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State Department
Gerard
Cologne
London
United States
Wilson
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Rotterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Virgil P. Kline Dies Suddenly in Cleveland
Virgil P. Kline the personal attorney for John D Rockefeller and longtime Standard Oil counsel died suddenly in Cleveland on January 19. He was involved in early court fights over the company.
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Virgil P. Kline
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
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