Leaks Probe Fails to Tie Von Bernstorff to Lawson
New York January 30. The Wilson peace note leak inquiry resumed with Archibald S. White denying arranging a meeting between Count von Bernstorff and Thomas W. Lawson though admitting Edward McSweeney asked him. Pliny Fiske denied boasts of Treasury influence and knowledge of any Wall Street joint action or pre note information. The day ended with fewer leads and a likely shortened probe. Sherman Whipple had just returned from Boston and questioned White on the international angle.
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New York
Count von Bernstorff
Thomas W. Lawson
Archibald S. White
Edward McSweeney
Lawson
White
Pliny Fiske
Fiske
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson
House Committee On Rules
Sherman Whipple
Whipple
Boston
Teutons Take 2700 Captives in Aa River Fighting
German forces report capturing twenty Russian officers and 2,700 soldiers along the Aa river northern line. They also seized twenty-one machine guns and two mine throwers, per Overseas News agency.
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Berlin
Chicago Markets Report Hogs Cattle Grains and Livestock Prices
Hogs receipts 65 000 quotations 11 80 to 11 55 light 11 40 11 55 heavy packing 9 75 7 10 25 good to fancy pigs. Cattle receipts 24 000 quotations 10 50 11 25 good to choice steers 7 60 8 25 good to choice butcher cows 14 25 14 75 good to prime dealers. Grain: Wheat No 2 red 1 80 No 2 hard winter 1 84 1 87 14 c corn No 2 white 1 00 1 44 No 2 yellow 1 01 1 01 %. Oats 2 white 57 14 c butter firsts 88c extra firsts 36 14 37 c eggs firsts 37 14 38 c storage 34 c miscellaneous cases. Potatoes 1 90 2 25 East Buffalo live stock East Buffalo N Y cattle receipts 100 cars market steady hogs 60 cars market steady heavy Yorkers 12 15 12 25 pigs 11 25 11 50 sheep receipts 80 cars market strong top lambs 14 85 15 00 yearlings 12 50 13 50 wethers 11 25 11 50 ewes 10 50 10 76 veals 15 60.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
WN. Y
George of Servia Crown Prince to Succeed if Father Deposed
Crown Prince George of Servia would ascend the throne if his father, King Alexander, is deposed. Reports indicate a potential political shift within the Servian royal line and international concern over succession.
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Peter of
Servia
George
Deadwood Boys Arrested in Chicago Near Wells Street Bridge
Charley Warnick, seventeen, of Columbus City Indiana, and Fred Deardorff, fifteen, of Fort Wayne Indiana, were arrested in Chicago near the Wells Street Bridge. Each was armed with a revolver and cartridge belt. Warnick asked if the officer read Buffalo Bill or Nick Carter. Their parents were notified, and they face homeward fate.
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Chicago
Deadwood
Arizona
Charley Warnick
Columbus City
Ind
Fred Deardorff
Fort Wayne
Nick Carter
Warnick
James Cahill
Wells Street Bridge
New Constitution Prompted Hard Sledding in Illinois
Springfield Ill Jan 30 With a constitutional convention resolution advancing in the Senate by eleven votes the House faces rough sledding Only 97 votes can be counted in the 153 member House five short of the required number and five more than two years ago Minority representatives total 51 and their election hinges on Illinois minority representation opponents warn that abolition of such representation is a key fear of a convention
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Springfield
Ill
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Goshen Board Names New High School Instructor
The Goshen city board of education announced A. E. Condon of Marion will replace Fred G. Allison as instructor in English and science at the high school. Allison resigned after being arrested for brutal attack on student Raymond Ellery during a gum chewing dispute. Court proceedings were dropped after he agreed to resign. Professor Watt also resigned after a fight with a student.
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Goshen
Ind
Goshen City
Rodin Falls Ill With Severe Grippe In Paris
Auguste Rodin the famed sculptor is seriously ill in Paris as the grippe runs its course. Medical bulletin notes his great age and the severity of the attack have left him very weak and the prognosis uncertain.
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Auguste Rodin
Paris
Dogs allegedly poisoned in Winnipeg-St Paul race
Hyurtur Hanson, who leads the Winnipeg-St Paul dog race, says six of his dogs became ill and believes rivals poisoned them. Mike Kelly and Gunnar Tomasson share the suspicion though Hanson's team continued. An unidentified man followed the racers offering whiskey and asking about sleeping with their animals. officials told Hanson to telegraph if he sees him again.
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Fargo
N. D
Hyurtur Hanson
Winnipeg-St. Paul
Mike Kelly
Gunnar Tomasson
Hanson
Reynolds
N. C
Federal probe moves to Indianapolis after Evansville visit
Attorney Joseph Roach and Federal Agent James Timoney depart Evansville after days of inquiry. Deputy U S Marshal Oehlan has served subpoenas as about ninety local business, professional and political figures were summoned before the federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Joseph Roach
James Timoney
Indianapolis
United States
Oehlman
Navy bill carries 351 million for three year ship program
Washington January 30 the naval appropriation bill carrying 351000000 and funding this years share of the three year construction program passed the house naval committee. It includes plans for three great battleships and one battlecruiser. A Brockton Massachusetts factory completed shoes size twenty one for Bernard H Keyne of Des Moines Iowa. He is nineteen, 276 pounds and 7 feet 9 inches tall. The shoes are blucher with double soles and heels and will be fitted to rubbers Monday.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Brockton
Mass
Bernard H. Keyne
Des Moines
Kayne
Grain dealers protest higher freight rates to seaboard
E H Hitchcock secretary of the Illinois Grain Dealers association says the group with state and national members has protested the Feb 15 freight rate increase on grain shipments to the seaboard and seeks a postponement of the effective date.
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Decatur
Ill
E. H. Hitchcock
Illinois Grain Dealers’ Association
Berlin reports sinking of big ship and two tankers in Mediterranean
The German admiralty announced a transport carrying troops and two armed steamers were sunk in the eastern Mediterranean on Jan. 9 15 and 25. The Garfield captained vessel was captured. Other ships including Theresedal Donstad Egret and Matheran were reported sunk with crews saved or captured.
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Mediterranean
Berlin
Admiralty
Garfield
Malta
Northern Petroleum Tank Steamship Company
Sunderland
London
Theresedal
Las Palmas
Reuter
Canary Island
Lloyd’s Shipping Agency
Donstad
Egret
Lloyd’s
Matheran
Belfast
T. & J. Brocklebank, Ltd
Liverpool
Former official drowned near Taylorville river bridge
Dallas Clark aged 58, longtime Christian county official, was found drowned in the San gemon river south of Taylorville after presumably falling from a railroad bridge. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of drowning. His wife survives. On the same day Patrick Larkin, 68, a Wabash railroad foreman, was fatally struck by a passenger train while returning from viewing Clark's body.
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Pana
Ill
Dallas Clark
Christian County
Sangemon River
Taylorville
Clark
Patrick Larkin
Appendix Will Come Back If South Dakota Enacts Law
Pierre South Dakota January 80 A proposed bill would deny payment to surgeons who remove a healthy appendix. It requires all removed veriform appendices to go to the state laboratory for examination and return with a report. If the appendix is not diseased the patient is relieved of financial liability to the practitioner.
Roumanian King Flees to Russia
Roumanian King changes residence from Jassy to Potemkins palace at Yekaterinoslav in Russia. Government to reside partly at Cherson and partly at Yekaterinoslav, per Nishkoye Slovo report published by the press bureau.
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Russia
Berlin
Roumania
Jassy
Potemkins Palace
Yekaterinoslav
Nishkoye Slovo
Cherson
Yekaterinoslavv
Eight Bachelor Sons Stun Tolono Widow in Illinois
Tolono Illinois January 30 Mrs Catherine German a Tolono widow boasts of eight bachelor sons all of whom evade Cupid. It is claimed this is the largest such family in the state.
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Tolono
Ill
Catherine German
Cupid
Ruth Law Seeks Air Service with French Aviators
Ruth Law reportedly intends to join French army aviation efforts, pursuing a position as a pilot with the French air service. Her move reflects early cross national cooperation among female aviators during the era.
Des Moines AG backs prohibition amendment as written
Des Moines Jan 30 Attorney General H M Havner says the constitutional amendment providing for prohibition is correct and constitutional as worded and needs no further amendment before action by the house of representatives. The amendment with the resolution submitting it to the people has already passed the senate.
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Des Moines
H. M. Havner
House of Representatives
Senate
Stone calls for strong action against Mexico
In St Louis on January 30 Senator William J. Stone urged the United States to use drastic measures to restore peace with Mexico. He criticized President Wilson for patience and said he would like a policy shift and a firmer stance toward Mexico.
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St. Louis
United States
Mexico
William J. Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Planters Hotel
Wilson
Stone
Sherman’s Sister Dies in Springfield After Illness
Miss Sylvia Sherman sister of United States Senator L Y Sherman died in Springfield after a three year illness. The senator traveling from Washington. she is survived by her brother, one sister Miss Jennie Sherman in Colorado, and her adopted daughter Miss Myrtle Mitchell of Wheeler Illinois.
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U. S
Springfield
Ill
Sylvia Sherman
United States
L.Y. Sherman
Senator Sherman
Washington
Miss Sherman
Jennie Sherman
Colorado
Myrtle Mitchell
Wheeler, Il
Movement to purchase Black Hawk haunt site in Illinois
In Rock Island Illinois a drive to buy a tract along the Rock River to preserve the Black Hawk haunt is underway. Theodore Jesup of Chicago announces plans for a series of parks to protect state historical connections.
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Black Hawk
Rock Island
Ill
Rock River
Theodore Jessup
Chicago
Rioting at Juarez Bridge Hurts US Troops
Rioters opposed quarantine clashed with U S soldiers at the Juarez border bridge injuring two noncommissioned officers. Mexican cavalry drove back the mob as Andres Garcia tried to pacify the area. Villa partisans were blamed for instigating the unrest and ringleaders were ordered arrested. American punitive expedition troops were to cross the border next Monday.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
International Bridge
United States
Andres Garcia
Carranza
Villa
Mexico
Viva Villa
Maximo Torres
U. S
Washington
War Department
Funston
British Extend Sea Bars Against Kaiser
A Berlin Tageblatt report via Evening News dispatch from The Hague says Britain has extended a blockade of Helgoland Bight affecting parts of the Dutch and Danish coasts. The measure aims to disrupt German submarine entrances and departures. Washington reports the North Sea zone is widened to seven miles off the Netherlands coast, covering the German coast and Helgoland.
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London
Berliner Tageblatt
Hague
Helgoland Bight
Washington
North Sea
Jutland
Netherlands
Helgoland
Francis Burton Harrison to Resign as Governor General
Washington reports Francis Burton Harrison of New York plans to resign as governor general of the Philippines, with a resignation expected before March. The move follows pressure and shifts in U.S. policy toward the territory, prompting government and political circles to prepare for the transition.
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Francis Burton Harrison
Washington
New York
Philippines
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