Financier Baker Defies House Money Trust Inquiry
Washington reports that George F. Baker chairman of the First National Bank of New York refused to name twenty four national bank officers who profited from a California Petroleum syndicate. He claimed confidential relations prevented disclosure and the matter may reach the district attorney for possible prosecution.
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Washington
House Money Trust Committee
National Bank
California Petroleum Company
George C. Henry
Solomon & Co
New York
House
Henry
National Banks
John C. Spooner
Speaker Clark
District of Columbia
Money Trust Committee
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Morgan
Money Trust
George F. Baker
First National Bank of New York
Baker
J. P. Morgan
James Stillman
Samuel Untermeyer
First National
National Banking Act
Chase National Bank
Chase
Securities Company
Chase Bank
First National Bank
Indiana Solons Meet Hear Governor Marshall Message
Indiana General Assembly meets at ten as Governor Marshall's message is read in person. Homer L. Cook is chosen speaker of the house and delivers a warm tribute to Taggart as both houses complete their caucus programs without incident.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana General Assembly
Marshall
Senate
Homer L. Cook
House
Taggart
Pittsburg Suffers Fourth Great Flood in 47 Years
Pittsburg reports a crest of 31.3 feet on the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers marking the fourth major flood in 47 years. Downtown sections flooded, 50,000 workers idle, and about one million dollars in property damage. Relief effort underway as homes and mills are inundated.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela
Allegheny
Penn Avenue
Federal Street
North Side
West End
South Side
Archbald Impeachment Defense Opens Senate Trial
In Washington on January 10 the Archbald impeachment case opened with Alexander Simpson Jr. denouncing the house managers. He argued the prosecutors admitted no specific crime and urged senators to judge only by conscience, asserting impeachment covers treason bribery or high crimes and misdemeanors.
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Washington
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Senate
Alexander Simpson, Jr
Philadelphia
House
Archibald
Cremation Reverses Plan for Edwardsville Man
Human ashes mailed from St Louis to Edwardsville after a will directed cremation. Frederick Naumann died Saturday at Edwardsville. his grave had been dug before the cremation decision and the ashes were sent back to Edwardsville for burial.
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St. Louis
Edwardsville
Frederick Naumann
Naumann
Ex Empress Eugenia Seriously Ill In Farnborough
Ex Empress Eugenia is reported seriously ill with a severe cold at Farnborough. The condition was announced from Tondon on January 10.
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Eugenia
Tondon
Farnborough
Suffragists Louisa Gay May Billinghurst Jailed
London authorities sentence two militant suffragists Louisa Gay and May Billinghurst to eight months each after trials at the Old Bailey. Destruction of mail boxes in central London involved acids inks varnish and lamp oil with loss of money orders checks and banknotes. Billinghurst a cripple used a tricycle to travel and has prior imprisonments linked to the campaign.
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London
May Billinghurst
Louisa Gay
The
Old Bailey
West End
Stormscarred Vessels Reach Port Under Their Own Power
The revenue cutter crews praised after towing the battered Panther and Sonoma to Guantanamo for overhaul. The Panther lost wireless, damaged by the last storm, while the Sonoma suffered a destroyed superstructure and lifeboats. Relatives notified as both ships await full damage reports.
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Washington
Panther
Sonoma
Navy Department
Guantanamo Harbor
Brooklyn
Guantanamo
de Stigeur
Darrington
Three Die and Thirteen Hurt in San Francisco Lodging Fire
Early morning blaze swept the Maritime and San Pedro lodging houses on Howard Street, killing three and seriously injuring thirteen. Firefighters battled stubborn flames as exits failed and many victims remain unaccounted for. Officials suspect crossed electric wires caused the fire. Also reported is a separate incident in Quincey Vermont where 17 year old Dave Ostermueller confessed to burning his father's barn and lumber yard, with losses over $15,000. Bloodhounds led to his arrest and he was bound over to the grand jury.
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San Francisco
Howard Street
East
Stewart Streets
San Pedro
Bodia
Fire Department
Quincey
Dave Ostermueller
Wilson holds talks with U S Senators in New Jersey
President elect Wilson meets with Senator O Gorman of New York and Senator Culberson of Texas in Trenton for two hours. Governors approves corporate bills from Judge Van Sickel and Chancellor Walker. Essex cavalry to guard inauguration, with 1000 Princeton undergraduates to march part way as escort. In Denver, Colorado Equal Suffrage Association urges non intervention in New Jersey woman suffrage dispute.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
O'Gorman
New York
Culberson
Texas
van Sickel
Walker
Essex Troop of Cavalry
Newark
Princeton
Washington
Denver
Colo
New Jersey
Colorado Equal Suffrage Association
Colorado
Canteen Law Urged By Military Leaders Before House Panel
Secretary Stimson Surgeon General Torney Brigadier General Wotherspoon and Representative Bartholdt told the house military affairs committee to restore the army canteen. Stimson warned conditions worsen without it and pollution of Colon’s red light district risks Panama canal traffic. Torney cited San Francisco Presidio saloon conditions, Wood supported controlled canteen similar to the British army.
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Washington
Stimson
Torney
Wotherspoon
Bartholdt
Missouri
House
M Miliary Affairs Committee
Colon
Panama Canal
Presidio
California
Leonard Wood
Helen Gould to Wed Soon In Private Irvington Ceremony
Miss Helen Gould and Finley J. Shepard of St. Louis are reported to marry next week in a private home ceremony at Irvington on the Hudson. Invitations will go to close relatives and friends. The couple favors a home wedding over a church service.
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New York
Helen Gould
Finley J. Shepard
St. Louis
Explosion Kills 8 Aboard James T Staples on Tombigbee River
Mobile Alabama January 10 eight people are dead after the river steamer James T Staples exploded on the Tombigbee River. The dead include Thomas Bartee master of the vessel and seven crew members.
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James T. Staples
Tombigbee River
Alabama
Mobile
Ala
Thomas Bartee
Gleason Suit Dismissed in Thaw Case Costs
Judge Mayer in the federal district court dismissed the action by John B. Gleason to recover $53,000 in attorney fees from Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw. Gleason was ordered to pay costs. Thaw contended her son hired Gleason and she bore no liability for his actions.
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New York
Mayer
Federal District Court
John B. Gleason
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Gleason
Ship Evelyn Sinks at Louisburg Harbour Entrance
The British steamship Evelyn of 2,300 tons sank at the entrance to Louisburg harbour. Her crew of thirty-three were saved.
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Halifax
N. S
Evelyn
Louisburg Harbour
Strikers Burn a Mine in Paint Creek District
Railcars and a Standard Gas Coal Co mine were attacked in the Kanawha coal field. The Standard mine burned fiercely after a strike escalating since last spring. A coal train crew near Holly Grove railroad yards was forced from the train by a volley of gunfire from ambush.
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Charleston
W. Vai
Riettne
Paint, Creek
Kanawha
Standard
Standard Gas Coal Company
Holly Grove
Diseased Beef Sale Charged to Officials and Tribe
Washington January 10 an investigator Mrs Helen Pierce Gray testified before the senate Indian affairs committee charging sales of diseased beef to Crow Indians with knowledge of interior department officials bearing on the case.
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Washington
Interior Department
Mra
Helen Pierce Gray
Senate Indian Affaire Committee
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William J. Flynn
Mr. Flynn
John Wilkie
Secret Service
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Solons
Governor Marshall
Archbald
Gatun
Warwick M. Hough
St. Louis, Mo
Commerce and Labor
Woodrow Wilson
Edward G. Hight
Secretary of the Navy
Meyer
Navy
New London
Conn
Edward G
Acushnet
Fby Thompson
Hight
States Hospital Service
Livingstone
Guatemala
Cape Hatteras
Thompson
Gulf Stream
Bermuda
Norfolk
Frisco
Essex Troop
Wood
Guantanamo Port
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