Whipple to Serve as Counsel in Probe of Peace Note Leak
Washington mem bers of the house rules committee expect Sherman L. Whipple, a Boston lawyer, to accept the invitation to act as counsel in the inquiry into the leak of President Wilson's peace note. Whipple will travel to Washington tomorrow to confer with the committee. Public hearings resume Monday with many witnesses ready to testify as the committee plans to continue the investigation.
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House Rules Committee
Ince
Wilson
Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
Washington
Samuel Lnterever
Js Pame
Fitzgerald
Niermeyer
Miller
Milne
Aai¢R Miller
Congress
Hunger drives boy to kill railroad man for food
Cleveland report states four year old Lawrence Whall, an orphan from Chicago, lured helper Charlie H James to the railroad yards seeking money for food and killed him after an attack that day. Police say the boy, driven by hunger, planned the crime with the foreseen result.
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Boy
Cleveland, O
Lawrence Whall
Chicago
Charlies H. James
Nine Americans Rescued From German Raiding Incident
Nine Americans were aboard the British steamer St Theodore when attacked by a German raider and later aided by survivors on the Japanese vessel Hud a Maru. Consul Stewart reported all were safe with no other Americans on the other ships.
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Washington
St. Theodore
Permboueco
Stewart
Postpone Trial Of Slayer Of Husband In Denver
The preliminary hearing for Stella Moore Smith accused of killing her husband in a fashionable Denver residence district was postponed from last Saturday. A new hearing is set for Monday. The delay occurred as judges meet to consider proposed changes in legislation to recommend to the legislature.
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Denver
Stella Moore Smith
Cigarette Price Jump Announced by Major Firms
New York January 19 United Cigar Stores Company and the Tobacco Products Corporation announced higher cigarette prices. Increases range from 1 to 3 cents per box of a dozen, with the higher cost of tobacco and wrapping materials cited. The Tobacco Products Corporation raising from 25 cents to 1 dollar for each thousand cigarettes.
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New York
United Cigar Otes Company
Tobacco Educts Corporation
Search Resumed for Two U.S. Army Aviators Lost on Border
Calexico California January 19 authorities certain of the death of Lieutenant Colonel H G Bishop and Lieutenant W Robertson Jr who have not been heard from since their San Diego flight January 15. Three army planes to search Sonora desert where Papago reports said two white men in underwear were seen at a water hole. Causes of death not stated.
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Calexico
Cal
H.G. Bishop
Robertson Jr
San Diago
Sonora
Mexico
Indiana
Dr James Boosts Tucson Advertising At Luncheon
California lecturer Dr George Wharton James energized Tucson advertisers at the Luncheon and Advertising Club detailing the value of promotion. He sold 596 copies of Arizona the Wonderland to the Chamber of Commerce and urged broad, non provincial promotion of Arizona’s attractions.
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George Wharton James
Tucson
Egeain
Arizona
Chamber of Commerce
Kirin Smid
Dr. James
Hofmeister
James
Police Raid on Ochoa Street Arrests Four
Police raided the Ochoa Street district last night and four people were arrested. Leone Gurdmon faced charges of keeping a disorderly house while Sam Miller Peay OCemmor and Lizzie Waters were held on visiting a disorderly house. Fines and imprisonment terms vary by statute. Prisoners were to be arraigned before Recorder Cowen that afternoon.
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Leone Gurdnon
Sam Miller
Peay Ocemmor
Lizzie Waters
Cowen
W G Lee Proposes Substitute For Adamson Bill
W G Lee head of the trainmen’s brother hood presented a substitute plan for Wilson railway labor legislation to the House Commerce Committee. He proposed an eight member board, split evenly between railway workers and operating officials, appointed by the president, to resolve current working condition disputes.
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Washington
W. G. Lee
Trainmen's Brotherhood
Senora Maldonado Buried Pioneer Mexican of Tucson
The funeral for Mrs. Husebina Maldonado age seventy, a pioneer Mexican resident of Tucson, was held today from the cathedral. Interment followed at Holy Hope Cemetery with the Tucson Undertaking Company in charge. She had been a widow for many years and is survived by three years.
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Husebina Maldonado
Tucson
Spanish Steamer Vatie Sunk Off Spanish Coast
London Jan 19 Lloyds announces the Spanish steamer Vatie has been sunk.
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London
Lloyds
Norway Ship Bergnhus Sunk En Route to Baltimore
Lloyds reports the Norwegian steamer Bergenhus 2606 tons was sunk. It was last reported at Gibraltar on December 21 while traveling from Genoa to Baltimore.
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Bergenhus
Gibraltar
Genoa
Baltimore
Funeral for Dr Joseph A Sewall Denver
Funeral services were held in Denver for Dr Joseph A Sewall first president of the University of Colorado and descendant of Judge Samuel Sewall who sat on the Salem witchcraft court in 1692. He died yesterday.
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Denver
Joseph A. Sewall
University of Colorado
Samuel Sewall
Salem
Sewall
Miners Killed In West Virginia Mines In 1916
Charleston report states 275 miners died in West Virginia mines during 1916 according to Henry head of the state department of mines.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harl Henry
Department of Mines
Governors Henderson and Campbells Wrap Arizona Visit
Governor and Mrs Henderson conclude Arizona stop aboard a Tucson to Nogales leg while Governor Campbell and party head toward Phoenix and San Antonio. A reception at the Country Club honors the visiting Alabama officials, with guests from Berkeley Willcox Nogales and local dignitaries.
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Arizona
Nogalés
Tucson
Southwest
Tom Campbell
Charles Henderson
Sunset Limited
Phoenix
Henderson
Coanday
San Antonio
Alabama Cavalry
Cimotei
Campbell
Santa Rita
Erior
Alabama
Allan B. Jaynes
Coantry Club
H J. Allen
Allen
Berkeley
Major Locke
H. A. Morgan
Willcox
Miss Morgan
Dorothy Cackard
Nogales
Tucson Proclaims Citywide Five Minute Reverence for Admiral Dewey
Mayor O C Parker issues a proclamation in Tucson Arizona calling for all traffic to stop for five minutes at 9 AM on the day of Admiral George S Dewey s funeral cortege. Bells toll and citizens bow their heads in a brief prayer honoring the nation s leader of the navy.
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O. C. Parker
Tucson
Ariz
George S. Dewey
Washington
Philippines
National
Oo. C. Parker
Negro Alderman Accused of Graft in Chicago
Oscar De Priest, a negro alderman, surrendered after yesterday's indictment. He and a police captain plus 19 others face conspiracy charges in graft. bonds set at 35000.
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Chicago
Oscar de Priest
Mayor Declares City Funding Accomplished After Debate
After delaying Chamber of Commerce funding, the council adopted the finance report with a minor amendment. Mayor Parker praised the action noting it practically finances the city and allows ongoing payrolls and lights. two weeks payrolls show savings versus prior periods. The finance plan recommends continuing Chamber support with conditions and creates a salary and emergency fund, a land fund, and warrants policy. Contracting garbage removal and street sprinkling is suggested for future consideration with some opposition.
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Chamber of Commerce
General Fund
City Hall
Congress Street Bridge
Finance Committee
Committee On Finance
United States Court
Neid
Parker
Bernard
Heavy fighting continues on Romanian front officials report
Russian and Romanian forces hold their own against Field Marshal von Mackensen's troops as German advances pause. Front activity is limited elsewhere with quiet on the Franco-Belgian line near Somme and near Beaucourt sur Ancre. Switzerland fears German offensives to relieve Alsace while neutrality pledges hold. The sea raid off the South Atlantic remains unresolved as Yarrowdale reaches Cape Verde with crews aboard.
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Somme
Beaucourt-sur- Ancre
Alsace
Belfort
Basel
Switzerland
Federal Council
Germany
France
Entente
South Atlantic
Cape Verde Islands
Janeiro
Raider Moewe Allegedly Active Off German Raiders Circling Berlin
Shipping circles report heightened concern as the German raider Moewe is said to operate without escort. British warships hunt the Atlantic lanes while merchant ships including Theodore and Yarrowdale are implicated in aiding raiders. The Yarrowdale reportedly reached Cape Verde with crews from sunk ships, as entente forces monitor suspected supply vessels and Brazilian naval movements.
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New York
Booth
Theodore
Yarrowdale
Cape Verde
Ireland-to-Brazil
Germany withdraws unneutral conduct charges against Vopicka
Germany drops charges of unneutral conduct against Minister Vopicka accredited to Romania Serbia and Bulgaria. An explanation given to the State Department says the probe satisfied. Vopicka in Berlin may be granted leave of absence to avoid embarrassment before his posting to Jassy after a trip through the central empires. The Bucharest removal was due to military authorities demanding all neutral diplomats withdraw, not related to prior charges.
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Washington
Germany
Vopicka
Romania
Serbia
Bulgaria
State Department
Berlin
Jassy
Bucharest
Wife of Mine Workers Organizer Slain in Denver
The body of Mrs John Ramsay wife of the international organizer of the United Mine Workers of America was found in Denver after a missing person case that began December 23. Police ruled death due to freezing and the Ramsay family had conducted a lengthy search.
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Denver
John Ramsay
United Mine Workers of America
Ramsay
Unknown man found dead near Denver pharmacy
Police found an unknown man dead by a fence near Frank Amick's Denver pharmacy after Amick fired two shots at a man he believed planned to rob him. The victim wore a handkerchief around the neck and bore a bullet wound. a letter addressed to Frank Coburn, Denver, Colo, was found in his clothing.
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Denver
Frank
Amick
Frank Coburn
Colo
Flags Half Mast to Honor Dewey
Washington January 15. Orders for half mast flags on all post offices nationwide were issued by Postmaster General Burleson. Flags remain at half mast until after the funeral Saturday and the post office department will be closed all day.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Burleson
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