Congress widens leak inquiry amid partisan clash
In Washington a House Rules move extends the leak inquiry with 20 public sessions planned and longer reporting time. Debates center on appointing counsel, with Democrats and Republicans arguing over impartiality and potential witnesses as high officials face scrutiny.
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Nebraska
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Moore
Pecnsylvania
Samuel Cuermyer
Mtarmyer
MEN IN 1918 WILL WEAR NEW PLEATS AND GORES
Real male models unveiled futuristic styles at the Clothing Designer Company show at 70 Fifth Avenue. The winter 1918 line features kimono sleeves, fine pleats and gores, front belt buckles, slash pockets, and a tuxedo with sky blue sleeve lining. One woman’s item, a pair of overalls, was shown as the latest wrinkle in fashion.
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Fifth Avenue
Germany orders French prisoners into firing zone
Jan Herlin reports a German note demanding that French and German POWs be moved behind firing lines and treated equally, with mail and embassy visits. If unmet by January 15, 1917, reprisals will transport several thousand French POWs behind the German front and apply German rules to them.
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Herlin
Say- Ville
Germany
Ryan offers Virginia land for Army station
Thomas F. Ryan proposes donating 2000 acres of Oak Ridge estate in Nelson County to the War Department for a cavalry remount station valued at about 1 million dollars. Government inspectors reportedly reviewed the property, but no decision or reply has been received. Legal questions linger on whether the federal government can accept such a gift.
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Wries
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Newark
Wu Fish Qk McUreen
Samuel Untermyer
Focht
Pennsyl Shs
Wiscon
U.S
Thomas F. Ryan
War Department
Oak Ridge
Nelson County
Ryan
Hy MH
Buelow Seeks Socialist Aid For Peace Proposal
Prince von Buelow based in Lucerne leads a socialistic campaign with Swiss Dutch and American nationals to sway Socialists in France Reg land Russia and July toward backing Germanys peace conference plan. Two German intermediaries travel with consent to Basel and Zurich as subsidies to Americans are reported.
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Prince von Buelow
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France
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Russia
Germany
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Zurich
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Taxi Drops In For A Shine At Amsterd am Avenue Parlor
A runaway taxicab smashed a plate glass window in a thin shoe shine parlor at 1243 Am sterdam Avenue last night. E Martucci shouted Next as the vehicle crashed through. no one in the car and the driver’s seat was vacant. Police and boot pricks pushed the vehicle out. Chauffeur Will cen Koska of Mount Morris Taxi Co. asked if anyone saw the taxi and was summoned for leaving a car unattended.
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Mount Morris Taxicab
BT West
Dartmouth instructor Dr J Noble Stockett Jr dies overwork
Announcement from Baltimore states that $50 was awarded to Dr J Noble Stockett Jr of Baltimore, an instructor at Dartmouth College, who ended his life in September due to overwork after writing a controversial humorous essay under a Chicago firm. He was twenty seven and a noted lacrosse player at Johns Hopkins.
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J. Noble Stockett, Jr
Dartmouth College
Chicaga Concern
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Sohne Mopkins
Allies Favor Wilson Peace League Plan
Washington reports the Entente note in detail supporting President Wilson's peace plan while urging the expulsion of Turkey from Europe and the restoration of Alsace Lorraine to France and Irredenta to Italy. Balfour argues treaties alone cannot secure lasting peace and cites Germany's conduct in Turkey as evidence. The British note aligns with Wilson's call for an international sanction to police aggression and prevent renewed conflicts.
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400 Lost on Ship Sunk Unwarned Says Purser
A Pernambuco paper cites the purser of the British steamer Netherby Hall claiming a German raider sank an English vessel without warning. About 400 people are believed killed, including 13 Americans. The balance comprises 170 Englishmen and 4 Frenchmen, with survivors landed at Pernambuco.
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Penambuco
Jornal Pequeno
Netherby Hall
Pernambuco
Pope Appeals For Belgians Deported To Germany
London reports Pope Benedict XVI appeals to Berlin to halt Belgian deportations and repatriate those sent to Germany. Cardinal Gasparri informs Cardinal Mercier the Pontiff pleads with the German government and instructs priests to aid families of deported Belgians and seek their return.
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Berlin
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Malines
Sayapie
Papers warn Austria to keep Swiss neutral
A Rotterdam dispatch summarizes Austrian newspapers debating Swiss neutrality. It notes France would gain little from any breach, while Germany and Austria might seek breathing space. Swiss defense of neutrality is praised, and Hungarian papers argue violations never helped belligerents.
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Belgium
Deutschland and big U boat expected soon
Baltimore agents warned to expect the Deutschland and another German merchant submarine within about two weeks. Reports say both left Germany about the same time. arrival details and which vessel may be first remain unclear. Preparations are underway at New London for their reception.
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Baltimore
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No Man Found Slain In Her Looted Home
Hester Levine a sixty year old Brooklyn resident was murdered in her home on Osborne Street. Her body was found last night half clothed on the bed with a deep axe wound. Thieves had looted drawers and boxes, with about $1000 in gems taken. Levine was reportedly well off and owned the residence and had a bank account in Brooklyn. Police investigation ongoing.
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Osborne Street
Brooklyn
German Raider Sinks 20 Ships in Atlantic Warfare
Lloyds reports a new German raider operating in the South Atlantic has sunk at least ten merchant vessels and captured two more. The loss tally includes British and French ships, with total tonnage near 5,000 and cargo values potentially higher. The raider, possibly the Vineta or Venex, is said to roam Atlantic lanes, sparking Allied warnings as ships vanish and crews are taken aboard Japanese relief steamer Hudson Maru.
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War risk rates rise after raid by German submarine
Marine underwriters report a surge in war risk rates as Allied ships fall to a new German raider. Rates jump to 6 to 10 percent in waters where the submarine operates, with Mediterranean routes at 3 to 5 percent. Estimated losses to insurers around 10 million dollars, though some call that figure excessive.
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Mediterranean
SailSunk Or Captured By German Sea Wolf
List of twenty three ships captured or sunk by the German raider Sea Wolf, based on South American cable dispatches and a British Admiralty statement. Names include GEORGIC, VOLTAIRE, MOUNT TEMPLE, NETHERBY HALL, DRAMATIST, KING GEORGE, MINIEH, RADNORSHIRE, NANTES, ASNIERES, THEODORE, YARROWDALe, DRINA, ORTEGA, SAMARA, HAMMERSHUS, HUDSON MARU, with vessels reported but not verifiable in Lloyds Register.
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Samara
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Raider sighted by Allied fleet near Norfolk
Norfolk reports Allied warships chasing the German raider Vineta 1,500 miles south of Cape Henry with ten ships in pursuit. British agents expect capture within a day or two as warnings go out to merchant vessels.
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93 Norwegian Ships Sunk Ordered Seldom Reported Losses
London reports list nine Norwegian vessels sunk or missing. The Lorca from Norfolk to Queenstown is listed as missing after October 20. Solvang of 2970 tons was sunk at Leghorn on December 17 from the Tyne. Otte, 3238 tons gross, sailed from Schiedam for Barry December 15 and was sunk. City of Tamco, 1513 tons, also reported sunk with the other noted liners.
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Three Vessels Captured and Two Converted Into Prison Boats
A German raider, veiled by darkness, captured a steamer and sailed toward Pernambuco with 237 prisoners. Reports claim twenty-three victims across Sunken or seized ships, with 400 more prisoners aboard another prize still to port. British patrols swarm South Atlantic waters as officials warn of imminent actions against the raider.
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Liner Theodore Now a Raider Wildly Reported by Brazil
Reports from Rio de Janeiro claim the raider St Theodore has sunk fifteen Entente ships in the South Atlantic. Survivors total 257 landed at Pernambuco, with nearly 400 men missing. Early statements said seven sunk and nine captured, with confusion over eight more vessels.
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