Defense blocks photos in Mohr murder trial case
Attorneys defending Mrs. Elizabeth Mohr fought to keep photographs from a Middletown desk as potential evidence of Dr. Charles F. Mohr’s alleged intimacy with Newport and Back Bay socialites. The move centers on images said to show the physician with several women, linked to the murder plot against Dr. Mohr.
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Providence
R. I
Elizabeth Mohr
Charles F. Hohr
Middletown
Arthur Cushing
Federal leasing bill clears House as coal ore and oil lands to be leased
The House passed the fer ris coal and oil leasing bill without a roll call. It authorizes twenty year leases for mining coal on public domain and similar leases for oil gas phosphate potassium or soda containing lands. Royalties start at two cents per ton with annual rentals. caps limit 2560 acres per lessee and railroads may lease only for their own use.
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Washington
Ferris Coal and Oil
House
Senate
Lane
Gifford Pinchot
Taking Corsets Away Too Much Says Chicago Sociologist
Chicago January 15. Lois Dunning a sociological worker told Bridewell girls the law goes too far when it takes a woman's corsets. She argues loss of self respect accompanies loss of corsets and that punishment is severe for the women.
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Chicago
Lois Dunning
Bridewell
Duroc Jersey Hog Sale Planned in Montgomery
Alabama organizers promote hog industry with a March 27 sale in Montgomery by the Alabama Duroc Jersey Hog Breeders Association. Breeders statewide will each present one animal, judged March 26 by Northern experts. a March 26 banquet at the Gay Teague Hotel features Governor Henderson and others.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Alabama Duroc-Jersey, Hog Breeders’ Association
F. J. Fitts
Tuscaloosa
J. O. Dunnoway
Orrville
Elmer R. Sly
Creola
Alabama Experiment Station
Auburn
Sly
North
Jersey
Association
Gay Teague Hotel
State Association
Charles Henderson
C. A. Cary
Watts and
Duggar
State Experimental Station
Preparedness theme dominates Ohio Society banquet in New York
More than 500 Ohioans attend the thirtieth annual Ohio Society banquet at the Waldorf Astoria. Guest Thomas Edison declines to speak while Henry D. Estabrook urges defense readiness, praising Roosevelt and criticizing neutrality as insufficient. Estabrook argues for immediate large defense spending and questions the value of a large standing army. He notes ships as symbols of national pride and critiques the Lafollette act.
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New York
Buckeye State
Ohio Society
Waldorf Astoria
Thomas A. Edison
Charles P. Brush
Canton
Henry D. Estabrook
Congress
Roosevelt
Europe
Seven Seas
Gibbons says Young Ahearn has spy system too
Mike Gibbons charged that Young Ahearn uses a spy system. he will meet Ahearn in a ten round bout in St Paul Tuesday night. Gibbons said trainer Wally Larkin was found near Gibbons training quarters and was asked to leave.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Mike Gibbons
Young Ahearn
Gibbons
Wally Larkin
Ahearn
Russia Lands $32 Million Machine Gun Contract in U S
New York January 15 Russia has placed contracts in this country for 32 million dollars worth of machine guns according to an announcement made today. The contract is said to be the largest of its kind placed here since World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
Sinc
Von Papen Papers Of Interest In U S Inquiry
Federal officials in Washington awaited London confirmation of reports that papers taken from Captain Franz von Papen, recalled German military attaché, may furnish new evidence in foreign agent offenses. Officials said official advice is needed before steps, noting the matter is of tremendous interest. Werner Horn’s money connection to Von Papen could aid the Justice Department in his Washington state indictment.
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Washington
London
Franz von Papen
United States
von Papen
Department of Justice
Werner Horn
Horn
Washington State
Three Drownings After Victor II Sinks Off Puget Sound
The 65 foot gasoline boat Victor II capsized in Puget Sound near Tacoma killing Walter Bower, 7, Florence Bower, 17, and an unidentified boy. Ten passengers escaped from the icy water as a steamer crews plucked them to safety. Federal investigators probe if the boat was condemned a week earlier and if lumber on the upper deck made it top heavy.
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Tacoma
Wash
Puget Sound
Walter
Florence Bower
$60 000 000 company to make war munitions
Hartford Conn Jan 15 A $60 000 000 company to manufacture war munitions was incorporated here today. It is named the Remington Arms Metallic Cartridge Corporation of Bridgeport and will take over the business of the Remington Arms and Ammunition Company and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
Remington Arms Metallic Cartridge Corporation of
Bridgeport
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Van Dyke Sails Home From Holland on Official Business
Henry Van Dyke United States minister to Holland sailed from The Hague to America aboard the Holland America liner Rotterdam for official duties. The steamer carried the cabinet aides and prominent officials, returning to the United States after completing duties in Europe.
What the Week's War Moves Mean
J W T Mason writes that Montenegro's capitulation to Austro-Hungary shifts power in the Adriatic and undermines Italian and Russian prestige. The Gallipoli evacuation ends a costly Allied operation, with General Sir Charles Monro praised for directing the withdrawal amid trench and mountain warfare.
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New York
Cettinje
Montenegro
Serbia
Adriatic
Italy
Austria
Cattaro
mid-Adriatic
Austro-Hungary
Albania
Gallipoli
Dardenelles
British War Office
London
Charles Monro
Bones Found in Submarine Foolkiller After 25 Years
In Chicago on January 15, police found the bones of a man and his dog in the engine room of the Foolkiller, a submarine once raised from the Chicago River. The craft disappeared twenty five years ago during a period around the world’s fair and reportedly passed through several owners. No owner name appears in police records. The submarine was iron built and reputed to be a wonder when launched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Water power bill clears committee eager passage
A Water power bill moves toward passage in Congress with favorable committee reports. It would allow the secretary of war to grant rights to public service companies to build dams to make rivers navigable and supply electric power, targeting the Coosa Alabama rivers up to Rome Georgia. The bill shifts costs to benefiting entities and awaits war department approval.
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Congress
E. M. Bailey
Chamber of Commerce
U. S
J. H. Bankhead
Secretary of War
Alabama
Coosa-Alabama
Rome
Georgia
Montgomery
Mobile
War Department
Navy Equals Any But British Says Padgett
Lemuel P. Padgett, chairman of the House naval affairs committee, told the Republican Club of New York that the U S navy is practically equal to Germany and superior to all except Britain. Henry A Wise Wood disputed the claim with others joining in the discussion.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Lemuel P. Padgett
House of Representatives Committee On Naval Affairs
Republican Club
United States Navy
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Henry A. Wise Wood
Naval Advisory Board
Patrick K. Kelley
Michigan
House Committee On Naval Affairs
L. H. Baekeland
Maxim Says Any Opposing Defense Is Traitor
Hudson Maxim told the New Haven Chamber of Commerce that the current U S army could only field one good day of killing against an invader and that any citizen not supporting national defense is a traitor to the country.
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New Haven
Conn
United States Army
Hudson Maxim
Postoffice to Censor Movies if Power Shared
Movie industry leaders urged Congress to grant the postoffice department authority to ban objectionable films from the mails, aligning with existing bans on obscene material. Critics including Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady and Mary Gray Peck opposed the measure, arguing pictures are self censored by audience morals.
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Washington
Moving Picture
House Education Committee
Postoffice Department
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Mary Gray Peck
Federation of Women’s Clubs
J. A. Morse
Mayor's Conference Committee
New York
Alabama duel ends in death in Goodwater field
In Goodwater Alabama G W Jones was killed in a field early today after a rifle encounter with H B Dunn over a long running quarrel. Six shots were fired by each man but Dunn was unharmed and Jones died from his injuries.
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Goodwater
Ala
G. W. Jones
H. B. Dunn
Dunn
Three Americans Die in Front Line Action
Official French war office confirmation lists Kenneth Weeks of Boston John Earl Kiske of Wooster Ohio and Henry Farnsworth as killed after previously being missing Weeks and Fiske died at Givenchy on June 17 Farnsworth killed in October Also a vaudeville joke about a hollow ground razor follows in the same report
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London
Kenneth Weeks
Boston
John Earl Kiske
Wooster
Ohio
Henry Farnsworth
Foreign Legation
French War Office
Paris
Young Weeks
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fiske
Givenchy
Farnsworth
War Office
Tennis Stars Turn Golf Afoot Follow Leads On Links
Maurice McLaughlin joins other tennis greats in golf. H. L. Doherty, Norman Brookes, and current champion William Johnson have shown golfing class. Brookes shot 77 at Brookline and entered the national amateur meet last year but did not play. Larned Beals Wright Irving Wright Niles Norris Williams also display golf talent.
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Maurice McLaughlin
H. L. Doherty
Norman Brookes
Brookline
Mass
Larned
Beals Wright
Irving Wright
Niles
Norris Williams
William Johnson
Americans in Canadian Regiment Suffer Heavily in Battle
Ottawa reports a major engagement on the west front with heavy losses among Canadian troops. Officials list 535 killed and wounded across the Third Canadian Mounted Rifles, Medicine Hat Alberta, and the Thirty-first Infantry Battalion Calgary under Lt. A H Bell. The Third CMR features diverse soldiers including Americans. General Hughes sought full casualty details.
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Ottawa
Can
West Front
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Calgary
A. H. Bell
Third
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Canada
Spreckles Jr Two Day Jail Stay After Auto Light Violation
Redwood City California January 15 J D Spreckles Jr heir to millions serves a two day bit for failing to dim car lights. He shares a cell with a murderer burglar and a mixed race man who invite him to a game of Pedro. His friends bring roast chicken and plead for his release.
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Redwood City
Calif
John D. Spreckles, Jr
Spreckles
Pedro
San Francisco
Ill on the Street: Farrar Struck by Sudden Illness
C N Farrar of Elmira and Georgia avenue collapsed unconscious about 3 pm Friday on Government and Roper streets. An ambulance was called and he was taken home.
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C. N. Farrar
Elmira
Georgia Avenue
Government
Roper Streets
Pankhurst Held as Undesirable in New York
English suffrage leader Emmeline Pankhurst was ruled an undesirable alien and prevented from entering the United States at Ellis Island but later paroled to leave the island. She arrived aboard the St Paul and was detained. a later decision allowed her to proceed with arrangements for parole and travel to New York city where she rested after a stormy voyage.
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New York
Emline Pankhurst
England
Ellis Island
Pankhurst
St. Paul
Decisio
Secretary of Labor Post
Washington
Howe
Post
Sheddomil Miyatovich
Wilson
United Press
United States
Abandonment Charge Filed Against Fletcher Trawick
Deputy Sheriff Moses Bernstein arrested Fletcher Trawick on a juvenile court warrant charging abandonment of his family. Blanche Trawick is the complainant. The item appears in a local notice with an advertisement for a photography studio.
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Tiger
John A. Fletcher
Canal Street
Fletcher Trawick
Moses Bernstein
Blanche Trawick
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