Daniels Attacks Schwab and Bethlehem in Shell Inquiry
Secretary Daniels charges inefficiency and profit over patriotism in U S munitions as Bethlehem Shells show less than 9 percent acceptable while Hadfields, an English firm, meets all specs. He singles out Charles M Schwab and Bethlehem Steel and accuses others of profiteering from preparedness. He also notes Rome dispatches about Italy and Greece involving the royal house and the throne.
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Washington
Daniels
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem Company
Haval
Hadfields, Limited
Rome
Italy
Greece
Constantine
Duke of
Aosta
Victor Emmanuel
Elena of
Orleans
London Blast Casualties Rise With 21 More Dead
London reports 61 dead and 877 injured from a munitions plant explosion Friday night. Forty bodies recovered and 21 of the injured have died in the past day. Officials say the blast stemmed from a factory fire with widespread destruction in the suburban town center.
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London
Scully Holds His Seat After Court Affirms Recount
The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals affirmed the Supreme Court ruling that a recount in the Third congressional district was legal, finalizing re election of Congressman Thomas J. Scully of the Democratic party in that district.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Court of Errors and Appeals
Supreme Court
Sis
Thomas J. Scully
Treasury clerk commits suicide in Washington home
W. W. Eldridge of Flint Michigan, chief of the division of issue at the office of the comptroller of the currency, shot and killed himself at his Washington home. A Civil War veteran, he had served forty years in the treasury department.
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Washington
W. W. Eldridge
Flint
Mich
Comptroller of the Currency
Treasury Department
Girl Artist Shoots Self in San Francisco Studio
Betty De Jong a young San Francisco artist and exhibitor at the recent exposition is shot to death in her studio after a heated argument with Dr. William S Porter of Oakland. Porter says the woman sat with a revolver for three hours before taking her own life.
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San Francisco
Betty de Jong
Open Attacks on Grayson Promotion Spark Senate Critique
Washington reports open attacks on the President's promotion of Dr. Cary T. Grayson to rear admiral on both Senate floors. Senators Smoot and Harding said they will object to the move, while President Wilson pledges to press for confirmation.
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Washington
Congress
Cary T. Grayson
Smoot
Harding
Wilson
Grayson
Irving Shuman Named President of Export Service Corp
Irving Shuman former assistant treasurer of the United States and head of the Chicago subtreasury has accepted the presidency of the Export Service Corporation. His retirement from Illinois politics is noted by friends, after recent speculation he might become Chicago postmaster.
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Illinois
Chicago
Irving Shuman
United States
Thexport Service Corporation
Ilnois
Shuman
Four Die In Collision After Docking Main
Four men were killed and one fatally injured when a Michigan Central train struck an automobile seven miles east of Jackson Michigan. The deceased are A H Lipley 45 Cleveland Ohio Gustave Rost 35 Cleveland Al Cottle 38 Cleveland William Webber 45 Alliance Ohio Henry Reiser 30 Jackson Mich was fatally injured The men were returning from Leoni to Jackson after attending a cock fight A blinding snowstorm prevented the driver from seeing the engine.
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Jackson, Mich
Michigan Central
A. H. Lipley
Cleveland
Ohio
Gustave Rost
al Cottle
William Webber
Alliance
Henry Reiser
Jackson
Mich
Leoni
Prisoner Arnold Fettig Held by British Returns Home
Arnold Fettig born in Hillsboro Illinois returnee from imprisonment on the Isle of Man after being freed through the American embassy. He sailed as a stoker on a Swedish American liner last October seeking to reach his parents' burial site in Germany. The Philadephia brought Fettig to New York January 22.
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New York
Philadelphia
Arnold Fettig
Hillsboro
Ill
Isle of Man
Fettig
Germany
Kirkwall
War to Last Another Year, Hoover Aims Relief
Herbert C. Hoover declares the European Belgian Relief Commission expects at least one more year of war. He says $150,000,000 is needed immediately to sustain relief work for about 1,000,000 Belgians monthly, with expenditures near $15,000,000 monthly.
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New York
Herbert C. H Yr
European Belgian Relief Commission
Philadelphia
Floods Drive Kentuckians to Higher Ground
In Lexington and towns along rivers and mountain streams residents flee to higher ground as heavy rains flood rivers and streams. A week of heavy snow had packed drifts up to twenty feet deep in some areas.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Railroads Gather Ice in Central Illinois Harvest
Railroads in central Illinois report a second ice harvest underway after a December interuption by warm weather. The current ten inch crop, if cold weather lasts another week, will fill all store houses. Bloomington dispatch notes the season’s progress for rail lines.
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Bloomington
Ill
Central
Ilinois
Indict Negro In Election Probe
Indianapolis Jan 22 Minor Garrette a negro of Evansville Ind was arrested during the federal grand jury inquiry into alleged frauds in Evansville at the presidential election He is charged with intimidating a witness The grand jury is expected to return many indictments.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Minor Garrette
Evansville
Federal Grand Jury
14-Year Possible Term For 15 Cent Holdup
MT VERNON ILL Jan 22 H BE Kemper received an indeterminate sentence from one to fourteen years in the Chester penitentiary for highway robbery. Kemper held up and robbed Gregg West of a knife and a spectacle case valued at fifteen cents at Mt Vernon.
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MT. Vernon
Ill
H. BE. Kemper
Chester Penitentiary
Kemper
Gregg
Berlin Hints at Three Drives Ahead
Berlin predicts a spring offensive by the Entente allies with moves through Holland, Switzerland or Denmark. Military experts expect an attack through one of these nations as the Allied reply to Wilson's peace note is seen as desperate and possibly drawing more nations into the war.
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Berlin
Germany
Hiolland
Switzerland
Denmark
Wilson
Demand Probe Be Pushed
Washington January 22 Democratic leaders urged the rules committee to speed the probe of the Washington to Wall Street leak. They warned delaying the investigation could extend to March 4 and fall under Republican control.
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Washington
Wall Street
Rules Committee
The
House
Congress
British plan to requisition Greek merchant fleet
Berlin reports from Athens that the Italian Secola quotes the British government intends to requisition the entire Greek merchant fleet. The Greek government is greatly wrought up and asks that a sufficient number of ships be left at its disposal.
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Berlin
Secola
Athens
Armed Merchant Vessels Question Strains U S Germany
The United States and Germany clash over whether armed merchant ships remain peaceful. Ambassador James W. Gerard reports to Berlin on prisoners of war from the Yarrowdale incident as the admiralty’s stance on armed ships is disputed.
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United States
Germany
Gerard
Washington
Atlantic
State Department
Berlin
London
James W. Gerard
Prison Guard Davey Cleared
Springfield Illinois January 22 The state civil service commission reinstated Harry Davey of Chicago as guard at Joliet prison on the strength of a letter from Clyde Stratton one of the three convicts who escaped last September Davey was charged with aiding
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Davey
Springfield
Ill
State Civil Service Commission
Harry Davey
Chicago
Joliet Prison
Clyde Stratton
Coal Drivers End Strike Returns to Work in Chicago
Fourteen hundred coal teamsters who went on strike Saturday returned to work Sunday. They toiled late into the night to recover time lost during the stoppage.
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Chicago
Mammoth Bridge Opened Across Mississippi In Dual Ceremonies
The $6,000,000 free or municipal bridge linking St. Louis and East St. Louis was formally opened with ceremonies in both cities. The event marked the completion of a major regional river crossing.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Admiral Benson Named Navy Chief After Dewey
Admiral W. S. Benson succeeds Admiral Dewey as head of the United States Navy, signaling a major leadership change in the naval command structure.
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William Benson
Navy
Admiral Dewey
General Board
Naval Operations
Admiral Benson
Dewey
United States Navy
Illinois teachers push wage hikes for schools
Springfield Ill Jan 22 the Illinois State Teachers association launches three requests to the general assembly a minimum wage for teachers a revision to the revenue law to aid districts and an increase in annual state common schools appropriation from four million to five million dollars Robert C Moore secretary and legislative representative cites rising living costs affecting teachers families and funds
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
General Assembly
Robert C. Moore
Egg Preceded Hen in Old Time Riddle, Says University Prof
Berkeley January 22. Dr J Holmes associate professor of zoology at the University of California deposes that the egg came before the hen. He argues the first bird was not a bird but a reptile and hatched from a reptile egg, making the egg precede the bird and thus the hen.
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California
Berkeley, Cal
J. Holmes
University of California
Professor Holmes
Vincennes Editor and Mayor George B. Greene Dies
George B. Greene former mayor of Vincennes Indiana and longtime Democratic politician and journalist died in a local hospital from dropsy at fifty seven. Greene served four consecutive terms as mayor from 1894 to 1902 and was a prominent civic figure.
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Vincennes
Ind
George B. Greene
Fultz Expels Stanage From Baseball Players Fraternity
New YorkJanuary 22 President Dave Fultz of the Baseball Players fraternity announced the expulsion of Oscar Stanage Detroit catcher from the fraternity. Stanage was expelled for signing a 1917 contract and violating a pledge not to do so.
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Fultz
Stanage
New York
Dave Fultz
The
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
Oscar Stanage
Detroit
Salesman is Held in Girl's Death at Imperial Hotel
Police investigate the death of Miss Florence Kale of Salem Ohio at the Imperial hotel in Youngstown. Traveling salesman Frank Knight is being held as a person of interest in the case.
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Girl
Youngstown, O
Imperial Hotel
Florence Kale
H. R. Kale
Salem, O
Salem Hardware Company
Frank Knight
Police Captain Tells of Graft Link Across City
Captain Stephen K Healy former commander of the Stinton Avenue district admits to a complete confession tying the West Side graft ring led by Billy Skidmore Mike de Pike Heitler and Tom Costello to a South Side syndicate run by Alderman Oscar De Priest and Teenan Jones Ex Chief Healey is named in the chain Healy faces likely immunity and Hoyne states the case is closed against higher up figures in the city graft protection scheme.
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Chicago
Stephen K. Healy
Stinton Avenue
Hoyne
West Side
Billy” Skidmore
Mike de Pike
Heitler
Tom” Costello
South Side
Oscar de Priest
Teenan” Jones
Healey
Healy
Charles C. Healey
Attempt to Wreck Train Near Bedford Ends in Derailment
Hedford Indiana reports an attempt to wreck the Louisville Bloomington Monon accommodation train near the north patr of Bedford. Spikes were placed to disconnect the block system but a heavy freight derailed after hitting the obstruction. No serious damage or injuries reported. A similar metal bar was found wired on the rail three weeks earlier.
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Hedford
Ind
Louisville Bloomington
Peace Society backs Wilson note in semiannual meeting
Washington directors of the American Peace Society pass a resolution commending President Wilsons peace note at their semiannual gathering.
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Directors of American Society
Washington, Jan
The
American Peace Society
Wilson
Unusual Squirrel Shot by Galena Hunter
George Feeley of Galena killed a freak squirrel during a hunting week. The animal had gray fur with red ears and tail, a striking contrast. Veteran hunters say they never saw a nondescript member of the species before.
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Galena
Til
George Feeley
President's Appeals Speed Up Senate Start Time
Washington January 22 The president's unexpected calls at the capitol and pleas for speed from senate members led to a decision to start work at 11 instead of noon. No legislation was completed during the past week.
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Washington
Jan
Capitol
Senate
Philadelphia Newspapers to Raise Price to Two Cents
Philadelphia papers will raise the price from one cent to two cents starting January 29 due to high costs for newsprint and other materials used in producing the newspaper.
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Philadelphia
Greece Carries Out All Demands
London reports from Athens indicate entente ministers are satisfied with Greece's compliance with the entente demands as communicated in telegrams to the British government.
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Greece
London
Athens
Sister of Redfield Dies in Pittsfield
Miss Julia Wallace Redfield aged sixty eight died at her Pittsfield home after a long illness. She was a sister of William C. Redfield secretary of commerce and the obituary notes her relation to the public figure.
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Redfield
Pittsfield
Mass
Julia Wallace Redfield
William C. Redfield
Arthur Wilson Signs with Chicago Cubs in Decatur
Arthur Wilson of Decatur, Illinois, accepted terms with the Chicago Cubs after turning down the initial contract offer. He reports a salary increase in the new agreement.
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Arthur Wilson
Decatur
Ill
Chicago Cubs
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Schwab
U. S S
American Press Association
Scully
Treasury
D’aosta
NEW Post
Hillsboro, Ill
Herbert C. Hoover
U. S
Yarrowdale
Department
Vineta
Kiel
W. S. Benson
Klinois
Story
South
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