Supreme Court Upholds Webb Kenyon Liquor Law Victory
The court sustains the Webb Kenyon act prohibiting liquor shipments from wet to dry states and upholds West Virginia’s interstate liquor importation ban for personal use. Chief Justice White delivers the majority. Holmes and Vandeventer dissent. McReynolds concurs with the ruling.
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Seventeen Sentenced in Hatch Plot Case in India
Seventeen accused physicians in the Lapore conspiracy trial were sentenced in Calcutta. Six received the death penalty, one life, and the rest prison terms. The judgment labeled the United States as the main center of the revolutionary movement, aided by German agents, and tied the plot to war and rebellion against the British Empire.
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London
Central News Dispatch
Calcutta
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Trapped By Prison Blaze at Kentucky Reformatory
Two black inmates suffocated and another likely fatally burned as a fire swept the oldest building at the state reformatory in Frankfort Kentucky. More than fifty prisoners escaped narrowly with some unconscious from smoke as officials used dynamite to breach walls and rescue efforts continued.
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Reformatory
Eleven Saloonkeepers Fined In Sunday Beer Sale Case
Eleven saloonkeepers in New York were fined 1800 dollars each by Justice Cobaian in the supreme court for selling beer or whisky on Sunday in violation of the law. The court added 76.99 dollars in costs. Since each was bonded, the city and state will share nearly 20 000 dollars in fines.
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New York
Scully Elected to Congress in Third District
The canvass board certified Thomas J. Scully a Democrat winner in New Jersey's Third district after a recount flipped the result from Robert Carson, a Republican, who had led by 11 votes on the original count. Scully now holds a 202 vote majority.
Shoe Dealer Ends Life in Prnestos Hotel Tragedy
Hans Faugen a shoe merchant from Granita Falls Minnesota shot and killed himself in a Prnestos hotel. No cause is known for the act.
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Mina
Hans Faugen
Granita Falls
Minaz
Prnestos
Divorce Granted for Hee in Nevada Cruelty Case
Robert Hee, a Reno printer and press operator, was granted a divorce on cruelty grounds. Hee testified his wife said she did not want to be bothered with married life and had no affection for him, while he described herself as a student and noted plans for modern advances.
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Reno
Nev
Robert Hee
Bim
Quipert Ends Life After Police Pursuit in Atlantic City
Bernard W. Lewis, a Pittsburgh area figure linked to the murder case of model Maruja Colbert, killed himself with a rifle as officers closed in on him at his Atlantic City suite. Detectives say the weapon was new and link Lewis to the crime, though they do not charge him with murder. The 37 year old, a graduate and member of several clubs, was estranged from his wife.
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Lewis
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Towa State College
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Iowa
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Oskaloosa
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New York
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Dwight N. Lewis
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George C. Senit
Tom State
Riverside
Gaant
Iowa News Highlights on Marriages Births and Public Affairs
Iowa reports show 14 percent marriage failures and 3204 divorces for the year ending July 1 1816 with 23017 marriages and 39900 births 24561 deaths. Bond issues bids for three Iowa City school buildings 250000 authorized. Urbana Methodist church fire prompts probes and a fatal Elk Horn tragedy aftermath.
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Clarke Urges Bold Changes in Iowa Primary and State Office Needs
Governor George W Clarke addresses the Thirty-seventh General Assembly urging radical reforms to the primary system and state offices. He calls for a new Capitol building and improved roads, outlines budget projections for 1917–1919, and repeats recommendations on court procedure, juries, a state medical department, and a stronger legislative branch.
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Tumulty in Leaked Peace Note Case Stirs House Hearing
The house rules committee held its first hearing on Representative Wood's investigation into alleged stock market gains from a leak about President Wilson's peace note. Wood named Tumulty, "Mr Bolling," Bernard Baruch, Otto H. Kahn, Thomson McKinnon, Lamson Brothers, W.B. Peabody Hutton, F P Connolly, and other brokers, all denying knowledge of the note before it became public.
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House Rules Committee
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Wood
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Mr. Bolling
Bernard Baruch
New York
Otto H. Kahn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Thomson& McKinnon
Chicago
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W.B. FP
Hutton & Co
Connolly ‘& Co
Virginia Sheriff Detains 250 IWW Strikers
In Virginia Minnesota on January 5, authorities arrested about 250 woodsmen, strikers, and Industrial Workers of the World adjutators at Cussan. They were taken to a vacant building under heavy guard pending arraignment. Sheriff John is quoted saying the situation is in hand.
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John “Ening
Hurley Quits Trade Board to Return to Chicago
Edward N. Hurley of Chicago, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, unexpectedly resigned to resume business in Chicago. He held a personal conference with President Wilson on Thursday and his resignation was accepted. effective February 1.
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Edward N. Hurley
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Federal Trade Commission
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Kr. Hurley
Teutons Take Four Towns in Romania
Berlin reports Russian bridge head at Braila pressed as Teutonic troops seize four towns in Romania and take 1,409 prisoners, according to the war office on Friday.
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One Dead and Two Injured at Dam Collapse Incident
The report notes a fatality and two injuries after a dam collapse. An engine and several men tumbled into the river from about twenty feet above the water, following the collapse during a wrestling or labor activity. Names or precise locations not clearly readable.
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Purity Convention Called in La Crosse Wisconsin
Steadwell president of the World Purity federation issues call for the first international purity congress to be held in Louisville. Details are sparse in the garbled notice but indicate mobilization for a January event.
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Steadwell
World's Purity Federation
Louisville
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