Lawson Names Henry as Leak Suspect in Capital Stock Plot
Washington January 16 Thomas W Lawson testified before the house rules committee alleging a cabinet officer a senator and a banker were in a stock gambling pool. He named Henry as the congressman who told him the names and indicated others including Secretary McAdoo and banker H Plinkey Fiske. Henry denied the charge.
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Washington
Thomas W. Lawson
House Rules Committee
Wilson
Representative Henry
Lawson
McAdoo
H. Plinkey Fiske
New York
Tumulty
Malcolm McAdoo
C. D. Barney and Company
Stewart G. Gibboney
Ruth Thomason Visconti
W. W. Price
White House
Plinkey Fiske
Archibald S. White
Henry
Lansing
Bernard Baruch
Wall Street
Boston
Mr. Price
Ridgeway
Cosgrove
Warburg
Fiske
Price
White
Malcolm
Gibboney
Barney and Company
Visconti
John R. Ratham
Providence Journal
Lenroot
Chairan Henry
Congress
Taam
Hey
Capitol
White, and Company
Harrison
Secretary Tumulty
William W. Price
Washington Star
Dewey Dying Doctors Give Him 36 Hours
Admiral George Dewey, aged eighty, lies semi conscious at his Washington home as arteriosclerosis weakens him. Doctors say he may live 36 hours though slight improvement noted. his pulse and respiration remain tenuous while movement and swallowing become easier in the deteriorating illness.
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Dewey
Washington
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Navy Department
General Board
Navy
Pr Fauntleroy
Admiral Dewey
German Move on Bucharest Sparks Inquiry
The U S state department asked Germany for information on reports that Germany ordered all neutral diplomats to leave Bucharest and provided a special train for that purpose. Officials seek to know if Minister Vopicka may depart and why the action targeted neutrals while acknowledging Romania’s capture. No reply from Vopicka has been received.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Bucharest
Romania
Vopicka
Ambassadors Hear Appam Case Argued
On January 16 in Washington the British ambassador Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and German embassy counselor Prince Hatzfeldt sat opposite each other as arguments began in the British owners suit to recover the German prize Appam and its cargo. Frederick W. Lehmann led for the German claimants insisting restoration to British possession must come through diplomatic channels. Britain’s claim to be presented next.
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Washington
Cecil ‘epring-Rice
Prince Hatzfeldt
Supreme Court Chamber
Appam
Frederick W. Lehmann
Mexico MO Boy Kidnapped Believed Missing
Kansas City police join search for Gwen Kircher a 16 year old Windsor Illinois student at Missouri Military Academy Mexico Missouri. Kircher left home January 4 to return to school after holidays and has not been seen. Guardian W F P Rice says he may be kidnapped and that the boy is connected to an estate valued at $100000.
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Kansas City
Gwen Kircher
Windsor
Ill
Missouri Military Academy
Mexico
Kircher
W. F P. Rice
High Living Cost Blamed For Thieving
Frank Olayer a 43 year old paying teller at the Hibernian Banking Association in Chicago was arrested and charged with embezzling 1845 dollars from the savings department. He blamed the high cost of living for his defalcation and said the money was spent on household expenses for his four children.
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Chicago
Frank O'layer
Savings Department
The
Hibernian Banking Asociation
O'Hayer
Diggs Case Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the Caminetti Diggs case ruling interpreting the Mann White Slavery Act. Prosecutions for transporting women in interstate commerce are not limited to commercial vice and include personal immoral escapades. Conviction of F Drew Caminetti and Maury I Diggs of Sacramento was affirmed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
F. Drew Caminetti
Maury I. Diggs
Sacramento
Brower Faces Trial In New York Conspiracy Case
Oliver Brower, linked to the Christmas Day Thaw case, is ordered returned to New York by Judge Patterson after Philadelphia proceedings. Prosecutors cite telegrams and a letter as evidence of a conspiracy to bar Frederick Gump from testifying. Brower arrives in New York and is held at Tombs Prison. he makes no statement.
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Philadelphia
Jude J. M. Patterson
Common Pleas Court
Oliver A. Brower
Frederick Gump
Kansas City
Harry Thaw
New York
Ienry J. Scott
Brower
Patterson
Scott
Black
Thaw
Gump
Long Beach
Gump Boy
Master
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Oliver Brower
Larry Thaw
Tombs
Oregon Senate opens alien exclusion bill in state
Salem Ore Jan 16 an anti alien bill patterned after Californias anti alien land ownership law was introduced in the Oregon state senate It would prohibit Japanese Chinese and Hindus from inheriting real property under the measure the bill could raise international tensions with Japan over land ownership rights
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Salem
Ore
California
United States
Japan
Oregon
Senate
Bryan Plank To Be Discussed At Prohibition Meeting
CHICAGO January 16 William J Bryan's bid to force the Democratic party to adopt a nationwide prohibition plank at its next convention will be a topic at the Prohibition party national committee meeting in Chicago today.
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Bryan Plank
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Prohibition Party
Vopicka To Berlin for State Department Guidance
The American minister to Romania Charles J. Vopicka, ordered to withdraw from Bucharest by Germany, will proceed to Berlin to await Washington instructions on his future course. He travels from Bucharest to Berlin under diplomatic transfer and will report to the State Department.
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Vopicka
Berlin
London
Romania
Charles J. Vopicka
Bucharest
Berin
State Department
Washington
Condition of Former Queen Liliuokalani Critical Again
San Francisco reports the condition of former Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii as critical once more. She was born in 1838, and advices from Honolulu confirm her health remains precarious as of January 18.
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San Francisco
Liliuokalini
Hawaiii
Honolulu
War Summary From Front Lines In World Conflict
The Russian offensive in the Riga region has abated while Romania remains a theater of vigorous action with indications of a possible major battle on the Macedonian front. Turkish and British forces clash near Kut El Amara in Mesopotamia, with both sides claiming gains. Teutonic allies control Vadeni near Galatz as Bulgarian artiller y shells the Danube towns. Russians attack after Vadeni occupation but are repulsed, and Turkish defense holds near Fundeni and along rivers near the Moldavian frontier.
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Riga
Russia
Rumania
Mesopotamia
Kut- El-Amara
Vadent
Galatz
Danube
Vadeni
Sereth
Berlin
Fundeni
Kaasino
Suchitza
Mexican American border commission dissolves after four months
The Mexican American Joint Commission, unable to settle the dispute between Mexico and the United States, is dissolved. Ambassadors and troop withdrawal are discussed, with Carranza’s cabinet members set to return to Mexico within 10 days. The effort yields a clearer understanding and talks on a border court and protections for foreigners. Secretary Lane heads to Washington to report on the final meeting.
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New York
Wilson
Mexico
Gen. Pershing
Luis Cabrera
Mexican Commission
Ignacio Bonillas
Alberto J. Pani
Cabrera
Bonillas
Carranza
Atlantic City
United States
Pershing
Chihuahua
International Court of Claims
Porfirio Diaz
Lane
Washington
Riverside Woman Found Dead At Home In Chicago
The body of Mrs. Charles B. Young, wife of a Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad mechanical engineer, was found hanging in her Riverside home on Monday. Friends say the death was accidental after she followed a physician prescribed health regimen that included shoulder hanging. they believe she fainted or slipped during the exercises.
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Chicago
Tan
Charles B. Young
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Riverside
Supreme Court Agrees Wider Scope for White Slave Law
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on three cases that the federal white slave law prohibits interstate transport of women for any immoral purpose including private escapades. Caminetti Diggs and Hays received jail terms and fines. Johnson case still pending. The decision opens broader enforcement by the Justice Department with sentences to run within thirty days.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Drew Caminetti
Maury I Diggs
Sacramento
Cal
L. T. Hays
Alva
White
McKenna
Clarke
Compress
McReynolds
Diggs
Anunetti
Davy
Congress
Department of Justice
Jack Johnson
Neuvro
Caminetti
Daniels Carries HOURES 10 House
Secretary Daniels told the naval committee the four battle cruisers cannot be built in private plants under $15,500,000 each, $2,000,000 over the cost limit. A navy land construction estimate was $17,500,000. private builders inflated material and overhead to meet the $16,500,000 limit, arguing profits on inflation.
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Washington
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Navy
Roosevelt
George Pauld
Fore River
Newport News
Cramp Shipbuilding Companies
Auld
Water power leasing debate resumes in Congress
Day in Congress resumed debate on water power leasing bill. Appropriations panel recommended cutting federal farm loan board salaries from 10000 to 7500 and struck raises for government clerks. Recessed 5 15 p m to noon Tuesday House with unanimous consent bills considered. Sec Daniels outlined naval needs before naval committee.
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Senate
Appropriations Committee
Federal Farm Loan Board
Anl
House
T. W. Rucker
Athens
Trilble
Ilam
New U. S. Judge Takes Oath in St Louis
Kimbrough Stone of Kansas City was sworn in as United States circuit judge in St Louis on Monday. About 20 Kansas City and St Louis attorneys attended the ceremony.
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U. S
ST. Louis
Kimbrough Stone
Kansas City
Germany’s War Term View Delays Peace Bid
Berlin Jan 16 Dr Alfred Zimmermann Germany’s foreign minister told AP that the Entente reply to President Wilson’s peace note leaves no direct German offer for now. He said the Entente’s terms could not be ignored, but future talks might arise if the Allies fail in their offensive and public opinion shifts. He doubted any German announcement would be understood as peace at any cost and warned against signaling weakness. He noted possible mediation after another Entente attempt but emphasized that Germany cannot pursue terms now.
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Berlin
Alfred Zimmemann
Associated Press
Wilson
Germany
Zimanermann
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Zimmenann
Dr. Zimmeran
Belgium
Former Peoria Mayor Baldwin Dies in Rockford
Rockford reports the death of Harry T. Baldwin a former mayor and pioneer Pewra resident at 81 in his home. Baldwin moved to Rockford thirteen years ago.
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Peoria
Rockford
Harry T. Baldwin
Pewra
Baldwin
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