Leaks Probe Seizes Subpoenas for Wall Street Figures
The House Rules Committee ordered seven subpoenas in the leak investigation. Targets include John Boyle and Henry E. Eland of the Wall Street Journal and W A Crawford, Ernst A Jarr Jr, A L Geiger, Nelson M Sheppard, and A M Jeemieson of Central News of America. Bernard Baruch and Otto H. Kahn to testify Monday. The committee seeks brokers slips from December 10 to 23 and ticker tape data to trace the leak origin.
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Washington, D. C
House Rules Committee
John Boyle
Henry E. Eland
Wall Street Journal
W. A. Crawford
Ernst A. Jarr Jr
A. L. Geiger
Nelson M. Sheppard
A. M. Jeemieson
Central News of America
Financial America
Wall Street
Central News
Campbell
New York
Chicago
Baruch
Henry
Bernard E. Baruch
Curtis
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb and Company
Wood
Brokers Commission
Chiperfield
Ulinosis
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Harrison
A. Curtis
Prominent Houston Citizen Dies
J. M. Geiselman, grocer and longtime Houston resident since 1857, died unexpectedly late yesterday at William J. Platte’s home while visiting to mourn Ernest Platte, who had died the day before. Geiselman was a mayoral candidate four years ago.
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Houston
Tex
J. M. Geiselman
William J. Platte
Mr. Platte
Ernest
Mr. Geiselman
Taussig Joins Tariff Commission Likely To Be Chairman
Washington, D. C. Jan. 6. Professor Frank W Taussig of Harvard accepted a place on the tariff commission and probably will be made chairman. The other four members will be announced later.
Subscriptions Open For Texas Farm Loan Bank Stock
The Farm Loan Board designates Postmaster House of Houston to receive stock subscriptions for the Texas Farm Loan Bank starting Monday and running through February 9. Bank capitalization will be $750,000 with shares at five dollars each. Subscriptions require cash or a certified check equal to 20 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Farm Loan Board
Postmaster House of Houston
Texas Farm Loan Bank
Jones Substitute On Peace Adopted
After three days of debate the Senate adopted a resolution endorsing the president’s December 18 diplomatic notes in the war context. The measure passed 48 to 17 with ten Republicans joining the majority, offered by Senator Jones as a substitute for Senator Hitchcock’s original resolution.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Senate
Jones
Hitchcock
Ford Can Proceed With Big Smelter
Detroit January Henry Ford, head of Ford Motor Co, was allowed to proceed with a 12 million dollar smelter on the Detroit river. Three circuit judges in the injunction suit by the Dodge Brothers accepted a bond of 10 million dollars to secure the Dodges from any possible loss.
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Detroit
Mich
Jan
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Dodge Brothers
Dodges
Judge Brooks Heads to El Paso for Law Practice
Judge Lon A. Brooks former chief clerk in the secretary of state’s department has resigned and left Austin for El Paso to begin practicing law.
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Brooks
el Paso
Austin
Tex
Lon A. Brooks
Secretary of State’s Department
San Antonio Tonight and Sunday Fair Warmer
For San Antonio and vicinity a fair, warmer tonight and Sunday is forecast. Strong sun and light winds expected with temperatures climbing into warm ranges across the area.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Ilome Weather for Tourists Forecasts by The Light
Weather for Saint Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington DC. Details include temperatures from 28 to 38 degrees, sunny skies, varying winds from the south southeast northwest and south, and forecasts of Sunday fair or colder. Record notes low and high readings.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington, D. C
Missing link in Maizie Colbert murder case may surface
Philadelphia detectives planned to question a new witness who allegedly heard Maizie Colbert speak with Bernard W. Lewis by phone the night she was killed. The witness would also connect Lewis to an automobile show meeting with Colbert, as investigators press for motive and direct links.
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Philadelphia
Bernard W. Lewis
Atlantic City
Maizie Colbert
Pittsburg
Lewis
Miss Colbert
Marie Collins
Tate
Maizie
Miss Collins
Body of Bernard W. Lewis Return to Pittsburg
The body of Bernard W. Lewis, who killed himself in Atlantic City after a warrant was issued for his arrest in Maizie Colbert's murder, arrived in Pittsburg and was taken to his father’s home. Private funeral services are planned for tomorrow. Pittsburg police say no further investigation will be conducted.
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Pittsburg
Bernard W. Lewis
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Maizie Colbert
W. A. Lewis
Archibald Mackrall
Germans deny Belgian spy executions
An Overseas News Agency dispatch says foreign reports claim a Belgian woman and a 16 year old boy were sentenced and shot as spies. The agency says the report is untrue and notes no such sentence occurred for the boy, while the woman was sentenced but pardoned.
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Berlin
Sayville
Hasselt
Belgium
Fire Destroys Home. Two Daughters Die in Oklahoma Incident
In El Reno Oklahoma Mr and Mrs William Jones were at a movie when their house burned. Their daughters aged four and sixteen months died from the blaze while a brother aged eight cared for them. The boy Theodore Burner six may die from scalds after falling into a tub of lye and boiling water prepared for washing.
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EL Reno
Okla
William Jones
Theodore Burner
Crossings Kill 2000 at Chicago Crossing Warning
Chicago Great Western Railroadired a circular to motorists noting more than two thousand people were killed at crossings last year. The warning urged caution saying gambling with death only breaks even if you win and you lose everything if you fail.
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Chicago
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Villa Battered at Jimenez in Fierce Battle
A report from the Carranza commander says Villa’s forces were crushed near Jiminez Chihuahua with about 1500 rebels dead wounded or captured. Villa and Salazar fled toward El Valle as Murguia’s troops pressed the pursuit. Government losses included around 100 dead, many officers. Obregon orders spared common soldiers in campaigns.
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Chihuahua City
Villa
Jiminez
Francisco Murguia
Martin Lopez
Carranza
Salazar
el Valle
Murguia
Muguira
Torreon
Parral
Mexico City
General Obregon
Burglars Busy on Lake Shore Drive
Chicago police focus on a band of burglars active in the Lake Shore Drive area during the week. They entered homes of John Borden Mrs. Michael Cudahy and George M Reynolds. George Reynolds president of the Continental and Commercial National Bank reported jewelry valued at about 3500 stolen from his home. He woke to a burglar only feet from him.
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Chicago
Lake Shore Drive
John Borden
Michael Cudahy
George M. Reynolds
Reynolds
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Mr. Reynolds
Carranza demands changes before ratifying troop withdrawal protocol
In Queretaro on January 6 General Carranza sent a message to Mexican commissioners at the Mexican American conference saying he cannot ratify the protocol as written. He seeks elimination or amendment of the withdrawal clause as unclear and potentially problematic. He demands immediate recall of American forces before final ratification and states other matters can be discussed after troop retirement is verified.
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Queretaro
Mexico
Carranza
Two die in a well accident near Seguin Texas
A Mexican woman and her son living on Judge H W Wurzbach's farm south of Seguin suffocated in a well yesterday afternoon. The son and his father were clearing the well when the son became overcome by dampness. The father tried to rescue him and brought him to the surface but the youth slipped back that led to the mother also falling into the well and both perishing before rescue.
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Seguin
Tex
H. W. Wurzbach
Greek Crisis Deepens as Reservists Move Toward Desperate Action
News from Athens warns of a looming crisis as Greek reservists gear up for renewed action amid reports King Constantine faced setback from Monastir. Greek government restricts daily rations and appoints a food dictator while arrests for sedition resume. An American citizen, Basil Saffis, was briefly detained as a revolutionary but later released.
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Athens
Syria
Morning Post
Greece
Basil Saffis
Saffis
Times
Piraeus
Macedonia
Constantine
Monastir
von Mackensen
Greek Council of Ministers
Exchange Telegraph Company
Directors Offer to Buy Rock Island Stock in Settlement
Amster committee suit seeks 7.5 million against Rock Island directors. Daniel G. Reid and William H. Moore propose to purchase 5 million dollars of the railroad’s 6 percent preferred stock at par. Settlement to be presented to Judge George A Carpenter for approval. Receiver oversees the road. two directors assume board obligations and face combined costs totaling about 2 million.
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Chicago
Amster Committee
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Daniel G. Reid
William H. Moore
George A. Carpenter
United States District Court
Sheriff on the Stand in Ratcliffe Death Trial
In Olney Illinois the trial of Roy Hinterliter over the death of Miss Elizabeth Ratcliffe last July opened with Sheriff West testifying. The defense objected on a technicality, but Judge Miller allowed the sheriff to take the stand at the start of court today.
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Olney
Belgian Chief Dies in France Wartime Pneumonia
Gen Maximilian Wielemans chief of the Belgian general staff dies in Havre France from pneumonia contracted in the trenches. Separately Seguin Texas reports county tax receipts up 18 percent this year versus last year with about 4000 dollars more collected to date.
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Havre
France
Maximilian Wielemans
Seguin
Tex
A. P. Stautzenberger
Colonel Kuhn Nominated for Brigadier General Rank
Col Joseph F. E. Kuhn of the Army Engineer Corps now with the War College was nominated by President Wilson to brigadier general. He hails from Kansas and joined the military academy from that state in 1889.
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Kuhn
Washington, D. C
Joseph FE. Kuhn
Army Engineer Corps
The
War College
Wilson Friday
Kansas
Military Academy
Buffalo Bill Nearing End As Illness Worsens
In Glenwood Springs Col on January 6 doctors said Colonel William Cody Buffalo Bill is near death and being rushed back to Denver. Dr W W Cook stated the end is near and recovery is not expected.
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Glenwood
Denver
Glenwood Springs
Col
William S. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Cody
W. W. Cook
Three Hundred Killed in Formosa Earthquake
A Tokyo dispatch reports 300 dead and many injured from a major earthquake in Central Formosa. About 1000 houses destroyed and Nanto heavily burned. Formosa lies between the archipelago and Japan, under Japanese ownership. Nanto sits in the island’s center about 100 miles south of Taihoku.
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Formosa
Taihoku
Nanto
Island
Islands
Japan
He Ety
War to Continue Declared by Kaiser
Berlin dispatch reports the German emperor ordered the army and navy to continue the war after enemies refused peace talks. He blames their hunger for power for Germany’s continued sacrifices and says the burden of further sacrifices rests on the enemies.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Germany
Austrian Heir Meets Emperor at German Headquarters
A conference at the German emperor's field camp on January 4 included Archduke Frederick of Austria and Field Marshal Conrad Von Hoetzendorff meeting Emperor William. Crown Prince Boris of Bulgaria, Field Marshal Hindenburg, and Von Ludendorff attended. Frederick received the Oak Leaves of the Pour le Merite.
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Vienna
London
Amsterdam
Archduke Frederick of
Austria
Conrad von Hoetzendorff
William
Boris
Bulgaria
von Hindenburg
Imperial General Staff
von Ludendorff
Archduke Frederick
Berlin council debates food supply with two new resolutions
A Berlin municipal council discussion relayed by Reuter via Amsterdam led to two resolutions. Socialists urged uniform distribution of food and preventing producer withholding to raise profits. Liberals opposed current town buying restrictions. Wuerm attacked the food regulation board chief Batocki over a circular seen as state impotence. Burgomaster Wermuth warned Berlin’s supplies remain precarious.
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London
Berlin
Reuter
Amsterdam
Herr Wuerm
Adolph von Batocki
The
Food Regulation Board
Burgomaster
Wermuth
Janitors to vote on Chicago strike over wages
Six thousand apartment house janitors affiliated with the Chicago Flat Janitors Union will hold a strike vote tonight. Secretary William Quesse said an appeal to the Chicago Real Estate Board for a wage increase conference received no response.
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Chicago
Chicago Flat Janitors’ Union
William Quesse
Quesse
Chicago Real Estate Board
Fire destroys two buildings at Joliet penitentiary
An investigation began today to determine the cause of a fire last night at the Joliet state penitentiary in Illinois that wiped out two buildings and caused an estimated $50,000 in losses.
Fall of Braila Endangers Galatz and Sereth Front
The Associated Press reports Braila has fallen under Field Marshal von Mackensen as German and Bulgarian forces push toward Galatz, threatening the Danube flank and the Sereth line. Russian withdrawal from Dobrudja opens a wider Teutonic advance into Moldavia, raising the possibility of abandoning Sereth positions.
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von Mackensen
Galatz
Dobrudja
Moldavia
Sereth
Danube
Moldavian
War Conference Held in Rome by Entente Leaders
Premier Lloyd George and Viscount Milner arrived in Rome with advisers to join French and Italian governments for a war council exchange on the general situation. There will be no fetes or banquets, and Premier Bozelli will host a luncheon for the visitors with a restrictive menu aligned to current hotel and restaurant rules.
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London
Lloyd George
Viscount Milner
British War Council
Rome
War Council
Bozelli
Rome hosts war council amid Balkan crises
The Overseas News Agency reports Rome hosts a great war council with Premier Lloyd George and Viscount Milner visiting. The Berliner Tageblatt notes potential Italian cooperation in the Balkans to salvage the Allied effort and avoid Sarrail's army losses.
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Berlin
Sayville
Lloyd George
Viscount Milner
Rome
Berliner Tageblatt
Balkans
Sarrail
Norway Reaches Deal on Coal Embargo
London Jan 6 Britain has received Norway's reply on the coal embargo and the dispute is judged to be easing. Copenhagen dispatch to Exchange Telegraph says Norwegian press expect a quick settlement of differences with Britain.
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London
Great Britain
Norway
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Austrian War Food Chief Resigns Amid Reorganization
Emperor Charles of Austria relieves President Hochstein from the Austrian war feeding department at his request. General Hofer succeeds him with ministerial rank as chief quartermaster of the department.
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London
Emperor Charles of Austria
President Hochstein
Hofer
Central Powers gain control of Dobrudja and free forces
The Overseas News Agency critic reports that central powers now hold most of Dobrudja, halting any Russian advance toward Constantinople via that route. German Bulgarian and Turkish troops chased Russians from Jigila and Matchin, clearing 11 000 square kilometers and freeing forces for new deployments. The note also says Entente offensives wane on the western front and Monastir remains a stalemate.
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Berlin
Sayville
Dobrudja
Constantinople
vJigila
Matchin
Danube
Sakahroff
Missouri Governor Pardons 92 Convicts in One Release
Governor Major announced the parole of ninety two young prisoners from the state penitentiary in Jefferson City marking the largest single release in Missouri for a parole of this scope. Prison officials noted the count as unprecedented.
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Major
Missouri
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