Washington leak rumors spark House inquiry hearing
In Washington on January six, sensational whispers of a leak to Wall Street before Wilson's peace note prompted a House rules panel inquiry led by Rep Wood of Indiana. He cited unnamed sources including Tumulty, Bolling, Baruch, and brokers, but offered only hearsay and sought a private session while urging investigation.
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Wall ‘Street
Wilson
House Rules Committee
Representative Wood
Indiana
Wood
Joseph H. Tu
A. Curtis
Tumulty
Mr. Bolling
Representative Gardner
House
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Bernard Baruch
Murder trial timeline shifts as Hinterliter case opens
Olney January 6 began the state's case against Roy Hinterliter in the July death of Elizabeth Ratcliffe. Five witnesses testified on Friday afternoon detailing visits to a sanitarium and a buggy incident, with fears of being blamed for the girl's death. Defense hints at involvement by Berry and Jones and possible truth about an orchard death scene.
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Olney, Wik
Roy Hinterliter
Elizabeth Ratcliffe
Bert Pancher
Miss Ratcliffe
Hinterliter
Olney
Berry
Jones
Togey
Turmoil over secretary Tumulty denial of peace note leak
Tumulty denies knowing of the president's peace note before public release and demands a public apology after Rep. Wood names him in a leaks allegation. He clarifies he has not been at the Biltmore for a year and rarely discussed peace with Baruch, while noting how rumors spread. He later reiterates that a representative in Congress owes him an apology for the hearsay claim.
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Turauty
Rep. Wood
Tuimulty
the Biltmore
Mr. Baruch
Lim Mo
Fife
Baruch
Tornado Kills 15 in Rural Oklahoma Schoolhouse
Miss Vera Carter, the teacher, describes a tornado ripping through a rural Vireton schoolhouse near McAlester on a Friday. She survived with a broken arm and fractured jaw as the storm hurled timbers and debris, killing 15 children and injuring others while lifting the building into the air and tearing it apart.
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Mcalester
Okla
Van
Vireton
Vera Carter
Miss Carter
Carter
Convicts Fight Fire in Prison at Joliet
A major blaze at Joliet Illinois prison destroyed two wooden chair shops with $50,000 in machinery lost. Seventeen hundred inmates reportedly behaved well as guards and city firefighters battled the flames, with water supplied only by a well on site. Additional damage occurred to two other buildings before the fire was fully checked.
Villa Defeated Near Jiminez in Mexican Battle
De facto Mexican government troops under Gen Francisco Murguia crushed Francisco Villa forces near Jiminez after heavy fighting. Villa and Salazar fled toward El Paso in an automobile pursued by government troops. Casualties and prisoners were heavy on Villa’s side. Murguia reported 100 government casualties and many munitions captured.
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EL Paso
Texas
Francisco Murguia
Francisco Villa
Jimines
Eduardo Bravo
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Villa
Mex
Jiminez
Martin Lopez
Salazar
ElvaHe
Murguia
Torreon
Murgmia
Parral
Bachimba Pass
Horcasitas and
Ortiz
Santa Roshia
Ship Strikes Reef Near Cordova Harbor Delays Aid
Cordova Alaska January 6 the Admiral Watson of the Pacific Steamship company struck a reef in Vidalgo bay southwestern Alaska Friday and two steamers race to assist in pulling her off. Wireless reports say the Watson is not seriously damaged and her few passengers have been taken off by a small coaster.
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Alaska
Admiral Watson
Pacific Steamship Company
Vidalgo Bay
Watson
Odda Sunk By Torpedo in Brest Dispatch
A Brest Havas dispatch reports the Norwegian steamship Odda of 1,101 tons sunk by a submarine. Her crew was saved.
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Odda
Paris
Havas
Brest
New War Loan Announced for January Issue
London reports the new war loan will be issued in January. Official confirmation notes the timing as January 11, with the announcement dated January 6.
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London
Senate approves peace terms note in 48-17 vote
In Washington on Friday night the Senate voted 43 to 17 to endorse the President's diplomatic note seeking war peace terms from belligerents. The action followed three days of debate, with Democrats and Progressive Republicans backing a substitute resolution drafted by Senator Jones of Washington. Senator Borah and Senator Hitchcock clashed over the broader endorsement as Senator Lewis warned of America’s possible entanglement in the war.
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Wilson
Senate
Martine
New Jersey
Lewis
United States
America
Hitchcock
Lodge
Jones
Borah
Lansing
Nebraska
Idaho
Illinois National Guard Revamp Aims to Clarify Oath Rules
Springfield January 6 News says Adjutant General Dickson plans to go to Washington after inauguration to seek a ruling on the Hay-Chamberlain oath. Guardsmen who enlisted before the bill may retain their status. those after must take the new oath. Illinois National Guard strength stands around 9,600 with two regiments on border duty. Additional funding of about $50,000 is needed for horses and equipment. last appropriation was $389,917.
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Ill
National Guard
Frank O S. Dickson
Elect Lowden
Gato Washington
Hway-Chamberlain
Tinois
Gen
Dickson
Hlinnis
War Department
Illinois
Third
Fourth
Illinois Infantry
Unsigned letters claim Bopp barge explosion case
San Francisco Jan 6 An anonymous letter claiming responsibility for the dynamite barge explosion in 1915 was received by German Consul Frang Bopp and the U S attorney in the trial. The letter, signed H P, mentions a plan to attack munition shipments to Great Britain and allies and hints at surrender. The government has rested its case with a possible additional witness to be called.
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San Francisco
Frang Bopp
Bopp
United States
Battle Harbor
Russia
Great Brain
H. P
Accused man sells murdered wife's hair in Elkhorn case
In Delavan Wis Lows Snuth accused of murdering his wife had their ten year old son Kenyon collect and sell combings of the hair as the body waited interment. A barber testified the hair brought IS cents at a preliminary hearing. Mrs Smith was found strangled in their home last November.
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Elk Horn
Wis
Lows Snuth
Delavan
Kenyon
Mexican train wreck kills twenty five near San Juan de Rio
A northbound stock train crashed into a passenger tram near San Juan de Rio on New Year’s morning, killing twenty five and injuring many. The collision occurred as the tram carried travelers from Queretaro to Mexico City, with several prominent Mexicans among the dead or hurt.
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Laredo
Texas
Jar
San Juan de Rio
Queretaro
Mexico City
Beartas
Four Jurors Sworn In Mooney Trial Adjourned
Four jurors had been sworn in late Friday as the trial of labor organizer Thomas J. Mooney for murder related to the July bomb explosion that killed ten and wounded forty was adjourned until Monday morning in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Lowden Finishes Assembly Message
Governor elect Frank O Lowden has completed the inaugural message to be read to the general assembly. He warns state bankruptcy if current appropriations continue and backs economy bills drafted for next week. About 2000 Republicans from Chicago, including Mayor Thompson, will travel to Springfield for the ceremonies.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
General Assembly
Springfield
Lowden
Col. Lowden
Thompson
Hoer WR. Galpin
Cook County Republican Committee
Hamilton Club
Police tighten motive theory in Colbert murder case
Philadelphia wires report Bernard W. Lewis of a Pittsburgh family is the prime suspect in the Maizie Colbert killing and suicide in Atlantic City. Detectives pursue a motive linked to financial embarrassment and possible blackmail, noting a missing diamond ring and blood stained items tying Lewis to the crime scene and events surrounding the model’s death.
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Philadelphia
Bernard W. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Maizie Colbert
Atlantic City
Tate
Lewis
Yale
Colbert
Capt
Miss Colbert
Ghos
Ewen Powell
German Submarine Returns To Port
Berlin reports the German submarine C6 has returned to its home port after being sunk off St Nazaire. An Amsterdam report states German U46 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by entente naval forces. A Paris dispatch says U 45, which had sunk several steamers off St Nazaire, was sunk by destroyers.
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Berlin
London
St. Nazaire
France
Amsterdam
Bay of Biscay
Paris
Rumanian Chief City Braila Captured by German Forces
Berlin dispatch reports Braila, Rumania’s chief commercial city on the Danube, captured by German and Bulgarian troops. Dobrudja is said to be cleared, Danube control nearly complete, with Galatz remaining in Romanian hands and 1400 prisoners taken. The note references a Rome war council and Balkan strategic stakes.
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Sayville
Brata
Rumania
Great Wallachia
Braila
Dobrudja
Moldavia
Danube
Galatz
von Mackensen
Fromits
Teuton
Formosa Earthquake Kills Hundreds and Destroys Towns
A major quake in central Formosa near Nanto kills about 300 people and injures many. About 1,000 houses are said to be destroyed and Nanto city suffers extensive fire damage. Formosa lies between the Philippines and Japan and is under Japanese control. Nanto sits in the island’s central region roughly 100 miles south of Tathoku.
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Toko
Tan
Formosa
Tathoku
Nanto
Philippine Islands
Japan
Newlands joint rail board extended to December
Washington Jan 1 extension of the Newlands joint rail board until the convening of the fifth Congress next December without new funds was agreed by administration leaders. The joint committee to study railway control would expire under current law next Monday. Debate over extending for one year and retaining Rep Cullis of Indiana as a member stalled in the House.
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Newlands Joint Rail
Statve
Congress
Senate
House Commerce
Representatve Cullis
Tacdiana
House
Lamm Files His Contest Papers In Missouri Governor Race
A petition contesting Frederick Gardner’s governor win was presented to the Missouri Legislature in Jefferson City. Senator A E L Garner, a Republican floor leader, urged the joint session to review alleged fraud that cost Judge Henry D. Lamm of Sedalia the election.
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Jefferson
Frederick JD Gardner
St. Louis
Missouri
A. E. L. G Ner
Henry D. Lamm
Sedalia
Cis Didate
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