Wall Street leak inquiry widens with subpoenas issued
Congressional investigators broaden their probe into President Wilsons peace note leak. Secretaries Lansing and Tumulty, plus seven Washington newspaper men and financiers like Bernard Baruch, Charles Sabin, and Thomas Lawson, are set to testify as subpoenas demand records and statements on the December note disclosure.
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Washington
Wall Street
Wilson
Lansing
Joseph PD. Yumuity
Wood
Anl
Wall Street Journal
Financial America
Central News of America
New York Evening Sun
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Bernard Barucho
New York
Charles Tf. Sabin
Guaranty Trust Company
Lawson
Chiperfield
Iino
Rules Committee
Gardner
Massachusetts
Dow-Jones
Representative Harrison
Tumulty
Baruch
Chicago
Charleston
S. C
Bernard Baruch
Washhiington
Curtiss
Kenneth Romney
House of Representatives
Allen Curtiss
Stock Exchange Firme
Curtiss and Sanger
Romney
Charles H. Sabin
Central Powers
Mr. Sabin
England
Bandits Secure Diamonds in Chicago Jewelry Heist
Bandits robbed Louis A. Epstein jewelry store in Chicago on Saturday night and escaped with diamonds valued at 2500 dollars. Epstein reported the loss and police began investigations into the bold daylight style nighttime robbery.
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Chicago
Louis A. Epstein
Kansas Supreme Court Delineates Bootlegger vs Jointist
In clear terms the Kansas Supreme Court defines a bootlegger as one who sells intoxicants secretly from mobile or hidden spots. It contrasts a jointist, who operates from a fixed place and uses craft to sell cider and other intoxicants openly.
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Opera
Kan
Supreme Court of
Kansas
Carl S. Scriven
Lebanon
Supreme Court
Physician swears air caused death in Ratcliffe case
In Olney Illinois on January 7 Dr Frank J Weber a surgeon at Olney sanitarium said it is his opinion Elizabeth Ratcliffe died from air forced into her circulatory system The testimony was supported by former coroner Dr I O Martin The trial of Roy Hinterliter heard details of the girl s death last July Nurses and physicians described efforts to revive her after she was brought to the sanitarium
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Weber
Miller
Martin
Wileher
Hinterliter
Total Eclipse of Moon Visible Here
A total lunar eclipse can be seen across the United States starting Sunday at 12 50 a m eastern time. The moon enters the earth shadow at that moment and is fully in shadow by 2 00 a m lasting 129 minutes before reappearing at 2 59 a m. This year has the greatest number of eclipses in one year, with four solar and three lunar events, a pattern not seen since 1787 and not repeated until 1982.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Naval Observatory
Ask More Money for State Wards in Illinois Budget
Springfield Jan 7 The state board of administration will present a two year appropriation estimate to the Illinois general assembly showing a larger request due to sharp rises in the cost of food and clothing for inmates. The board's last appropriation was 10 736 000 and the average inmate cost has risen from about 175 to a higher figure. About 73 000 inmates are housed in state institutions including 17000 insane persons.
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Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
State Board of Administration
Illinois 2 Cent Fare Case Clears Legal Hurdles
Three judges sitting en banc in Chicago said the ruling does not settle the litigation but clears the way for a decision by Judge Landis on a permanent injunction. Twenty eight Illinois railroads sue to restrain the Illinois public utilities commission from enforcing a 2 cent fare law conflicting with the federal 2.4 cent rate. The case could reach the Supreme Court, with ten states watching. A new hearing by Judge Landis is set for next Tuesday.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Mlinois
Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Utilities Commission
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Landis
Ilinois
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Michigan
German Austro Powers Press Russians and Romanians on Moldavian Front
Across southeastern Moldavia the central powers push retreating Russian and Romanian forces toward the Sereth river. Von Mackensen reaches the Sereth at two points near Fokshani and Galatz as Usul valley gains press. Prisoners and gains reported near Braila, Riga actions yield prisoners and guns. British troops seize a German trench north of Ancre. German raid near Verdun targets French lines.
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Moldavia
Sereth
von Mackensen
Fokshani
Galatz
Danube
Usul
Soveia
Suchitsa
Trotus
Braila
Petrograd
Riga
Berlin
River Ancre
France
Verdun
Burial of Green Glass Blowers Chief Hayes Follows Rites
Dennis A. Hayes, president of the Green Glass Battle Blowers' Association of the United States and Canada and third vice president of the AFL, was honored in Zanesville with a high requiem mass at St. Thomas Cathedral and a service at John A. Veil's home. Burial was at Metcalf Cavalry cemetery. Around thirty local branches and numerous federation and manufacturer representatives attended. Plants in many cities closed for part of the day in tribute.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Dennis A. Hayes
Green Glass Battle Blowers’ Association
United States
Canada
American Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
St. Thomas’ Cathedral
John A. Veil
Hayes
Met
Cavalry Cemetery
Blowers’ Association
Federation
Fish prices blamed on retail dealer report says
Washington January 7 The report to President Wilson by Kyugh M. Smith head of the bureau of fisheries blames high fish prices on retailers. It notes that even at high prices fish remains cheaper than meats.
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Washington
Wilson Kyugh M. Smith
Bureau of Fisheries
Death by own action haunts Pittsburgh broker case
Friends of Bernard N Lewis, a Pittsburgh broker linked to Maisie Colbert’s murder, reveal he contemplated suicide on Dec 17, writing to a close friend to protect his wife Laura and daughter Betty. The letter, mailed in New York, urged care for his family as he faced imminent arrest. Lewis killed himself in Atlantic City as police closed in.
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Pittsburgh
Bernard N Lewis
Bernard W. Lewis
Atlantic City
Maisie Colbert
Lewis
Laura
Betty
Jim
Taura
Bernard
McFadyan
Gas Explosion Wrecks Sleeper Near Birmingham
Three people were killed and several injured when a gas tank exploded in a sleeping car on the Southern railway Birmingham special at Woodlawn. The blast wrecked the sleeper and was heard across Woodlawn as the train neared Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Railway
Woodlawn
Southern
New York
Sothern Ends Stage Career Announcement
New York January 7 announcement by Dr Joseph B Bissell that actor E H Sothern will never again appear on stage. Sothern has returned from Chicago where he fell ill several days ago.
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Sothern
New York
E. H. Sothern
Joseph B. Bissell
Chicago
Prisoner Bares Insurance Fraud In Colorado Mystery
Los Angeles January 7. Mrs Trene Barrett alleged murdered with her son Raymond Wright by husband Benton Barrett a Santa Monica rancher. Dr Clock identifies photos as Mrs Wright now living under alias Myrtle R Wright. Barrett’s lawyers say Barrett’s wife and son are alive. The Pages Springs case links George Barber’s 1900 poisoning and Myrtie A Wright and Neff faced charges later dismissed.
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Los Angeles
Cat
Trene Barrett
Raymond Wright
Benton Barrett
Santa Monica
Lo Clock
Mourtle Wright
Colorado
Barrett
Dr. Clock
Myrtle R. Wright
W. PL. Neff
Fear Horn Plea In Future Plots
Washington dispatch notes the Department of Justice brief stating Werner Horn’s immunity claim could upend wartime enforcement if the Supreme Court accepts his habeas corpus plea arguing the act was a war move against Canada. The government warns such immunity could shield other reservist officers and threaten U.S. sovereignty. Appeals are set for this week.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Werner Horn
International Bridge
Vanceboro
Horn
Canada
Dutch Do Not Seek Peace, Says Dutch Foreign Minister
London Jan 7 a Reuters dispatch from The Hague quotes Dutch foreign minister Dr Loudon saying the Dutch government has taken no steps to promote peace as such actions would not serve the present circumstances and the intent aimed at Deputy Vaubest asked for a reply.
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London
Vaubest
Reuter
The
Hague
Loudon
DIES IN WEALTH Chicago streetcar conductor leaves fortune
Henry Torborg died at 73 in Chicago while still employed on the Blue Island avenue street car line. He left about 500000, accumulated mostly in the last forty years. Born in 1853, he saved from ages 20 to 29 and again over a long period while working on sugar plantations and wharfs along the Gulf, then invested in real estate and streetcar work. He left two sons and a sizable savings legacy, with homegrown advice on frugality and self-reliance.
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Hicago
Henry Torborg
Blue Island Avenue
Torberg
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago
Torborg
Chamberlain urges compulsory military service plan
New York January 7 United States Senator George W Chamberlain chairman of the senate military affairs committee told a Republican club meeting that training must begin for youths aged 15 to 21 under a compulsory service law to avoid becoming like China. He criticized the Mexican border mobilization as ineffective and warned of swift international changes. Henry Ford sent a telegram opposing any military service while urging a foundation for global arms reduction.
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New York
United States
China
George W. Chamberlain
Committee On
Senate
Republican Club
Chamberlain
Mexico
Ford
Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Allies Reply May Clear Up Doubts
Washington reports increased Allied diplomatic activity as they prepare a reply to President Wilson's peace note. The message may clarify whether negotiations continue, or signal willingness to press a military solution. Rome meeting of premiers is viewed as crucial to define the Entente's peace stance and America's role.
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Washington
Wilson
Allid
Rome
America
Japan to arm merchant ships with six inch guns
Tortu dispatch reports Japan will arm merchant ships defensively due to submarine activity. Ships bound for the Atlantic and Mediterranean via Panama Canal will carry six inch guns, with the move notified to the American state department.
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Japan
Torto
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Panama Canal
Robber Loots Champ Spring Cash From St Louis Cashier
In St Louis on Saturday January 7 Charles Netzer cashier for Champ Spring company was making out payroll when an armed robber entered and stole 1600 dollars. Netzer escaped unharmed and a police search is underway for the suspect.
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ST. Louis
Charles Netzer
Champ Spring Company
Death by own action ends Atlantic City case
Bernard W. Lewis who killed himself as police closed in is linked to the murder of Maizie Colbert, an advertising art model, in a money quarrel. District Attorney Samuel P. Rolan cites new witnesses and a missing link about the pair’s acquaintance. No direct evidence ties Lewis to the crime. Colbert’s body shows strangulation with a silk stocking. Evidence includes Lewis’s hair match and bite marks on his hand.
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Philadelphia
Bernard W. Lewis
Atlantic City
Maizie Colbert
Samuel P. Rolan
Lewis
Miss Colbert
Tate
Rolan
Federal defense plans completed in Adamson act case
Washington January 7 plan for defense of the Adamson act before the supreme court completed by the department of justice. The government brief ready for Monday morning presentation. Solicitor General Davis to lead the defense. Railroads may seek delay to test constitutionality of the hours of service law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Davis
Missouri
Oklahoma
Soldiers ballots leave British Columbia vote for prohibition
A cable dispatch from the official scrutineer of soldiers votes in London reports a final victory for prohibition in British Columbia. Soldiers, who had been targeted by liquor interests, supported prohibition. England and France would follow if the plan is accepted by voters. The prohibition law becomes effective July 4.
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Vancouver
Tan
British Columbia
Prohibition
London
Siquor
England
France
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