Senate probes recess appointments in ICC power row
Senators open investigation into presidential recess appointments including Henry Clay Hall and Mrs Bloom. The inquiry tests whether the Interstate Commerce Commission can set rates while Congress is in session. Contention centers on executive overreach, Senate authority, and the Hall nomination.
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Henry Clay Hall
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bloom
Senate
Commerce
Fey
Colorado
Tatepetet
Commerce Commission
Helis
Esterday Pavelet Ag
Atar Newlands
Jewelry Worth Fourteen Thousand Dollars Vanishes From Grand View Farm
A Missouri theft report states jewelry valued at 14 000 dollars including Adolphus Busch III’s engagement ring and gifts disappeared from a chiffonier at the Grand View farm home of the Busches in St Louis County. Mrs Busch last saw the gems at 3 pm Sunday, by 8 pm they were gone. The collection included a 2 060 dollar pearl ring a 1 500 dollar engagement ring a 700 dollar diamond ring a 7400 dollar emerald ring and a pearl cravat pin plus three earrings and many beauty pins. Detectives are investigating as a family report notes no suspicious activity.
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Pecal
Washington Post
St. Louis
Adolphus Busch 3d
Busches
Grand View Farm
St. Louis County
Bunch
Adolphus Busch
Perkins boom sparks Herrick presidential boom
Financier George W. Perkins, of New York, boosted the candidacy of former ambassador Myron T. Herrick at a Cleveland Advertists Club luncheon. He claimed a fusion of parties to offer Herrick the presidential nomination on a golden platter, noting Mitchel and Prendergast shifting affiliations.
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Spcal
Washington
Cleeland
Dan
George W. Perrins
New Fork City
Bhuil Mooser
Cleveland
Mitchel
New York
Prendergast
Tama Bull Moose
Col. Herrick
Robbers Lock Bank Cashier In Vault
Three masked robbers locked the Central Bank and Trust Company cashier D F Walden and teller T F Hale and a woman stenographer in the vault at Laictla Rock Arkansas on January 4, then escaped with 3000 dollars. Ten minutes later they were released. The bandits, well dressed, asked for change for a 35 bill and ordered the cashier to keep hands above the counter. They left about five minutes before two customers arrived.
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Ark
Central Bank and Trust Company
D. FE. Walden
T. F. Hale
Waulden
Envoy to Pope Circles Contemplate Papal Peace Proposal
Vatican circles report the United States will send a special envoy to Pope Benedict to discuss a potential papal peace proposal. The envoy’s official aim is to congratulate the Pope on his accession, but the real objective is to explore peace terms following decisive wartime gains.
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Vatican
Rome
Jan
United States
Pope Benedict
Poyguff
Terminali
Europe
Pestilence Spreads in Przemysl Amid Strained Garrison
From Lemberg via London Jan 4 reports pestilence spreading in Przemysl and among its garrison now largely provisionless. Ineffectual sorties from Przemyest continue, hindered by Austrian relief forces failing to break Russian lines, causing alarm and hardship in the fortress town.
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Lemberg
Galicia
London
Przemysl
Przemyest
Itla
Copper Ban To Be Raised In Shipments Negotiations
Developments in talks to stop British interruptions of American copper shipments reach a point. Great Britain will not interfere with shipments to a well known Italian firm if sent in Italian ships. Uninterrupted shipments to Swedish and Dutch manufacturers are understood but it is unclear if these must be in ships of those countries.
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Great Britain
Sweden
Holland
Italy Secures 260 Million Loan For Military Prep
Rome January 4 The government announces full subscription to a 260,000,000 loan to aid military preparations. The loan runs 2 1/2 years and bears interest at 5 1/2 percent.
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Rome
Belgian Railways Reopen Under German Control
Brussels via The Hague January 4. The German forces have placed the entire Belgian railroad system in operation. They employ about 1,000 railroad men, including 1,190 Bavarians, many recently brought into Belgium.
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Brussels
The
Hague
Belgium
Charity Ball at Willard Dazzles Washington Elite
A large charity ball for the Children’s Hospital at the Willard drew about a thousand guests from Supreme Court justices senators and House members plus diplomats cabinet members and city elites. Debutantes and many society men danced from 9 pm to midnight with two bands and continued mingling after supper in a sparkling, year’s most splendid display.
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Ani
Children's Hospital
Washington
Willard
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
German Attache Linked to Passport Conspiracy
A Washington dispatch claims 46 attache of the German embassy in New York are tied to a passport fraud ring used to repatriate reservists. An attache allegedly funded conspirators and was promised the Iron Cross. The State Department contemplates German recall. The embassy keeps the ambassador's whereabouts secret as tensions rise.
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Washington Dispatch
The
Herald
Department of Justices
State Department
Charles A. Inglis
Chicago
Berlin
Carl Hans Lody
London
Wold
Count von Bernstorff
German Emperor Relapses and Is Rushed to Berlin by Train
Maastricht dispatch reports Emperor William has suffered a relapse from exposure during a visit to the Flanders front. He is rushed back to Berlin on the imperial train with military trains sidetracked to grant priority and traffic between Liege and Aix la Chapelle held up for ten hours.
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Washington Post
Amsterdam
Maastricht
William
Flanders
Berlin
Liege
Aix la Chappelle
British Draft Note Joins Defense Effort in London Debates
London reports outline of Britain´s reply to the American contraband protest. Italy and the Allies reportedly reach understanding on contraband as a limited cargo stoppage at Gibraltar and subsequent releases are noted. Washington officials push for manifests and affidavits to verify contents of American shipments amid allied export tightening.
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Italy
England
France
Mediterranean
Great Britain
United States
Washington Administration
Bryan
Redfield
Peters
Treasury Department
Treasury
Begs for Husband as Her Second Child Dies in Poisoning Case
Mrs Walters-Rogers, also called Rogers, is near death at Lebanon Hospital after she poisoned her two children and herself with bichloride of mercury. Her husband Arthur Masters is being sought, while transfusion may be used to try to save the mother, who awaits news of the children’s deaths and faces possible trial.
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House Naval Subcommittee
Secretary of the Navy
Marine Corps
Rogers
Caroline Giddings
New York
John Rogers
Lebanon Hospital
Tda Sniffen “Rogers
Lorida
Arthur Masters
Larrys
Elton Rogers
Walters
Martin
Bronx
Walter-Rogers
John
Objections to British Occupation of Palestine Rise
In Paria January 4 report the Cairo Al Watam quoted by the London Globe argues Palestine should be neutral or annexed to avoid risk to Egypt and Syria. It cites a Jewish state proposal as fulfilling Moses prophecy, noting past attempts to reestablish a Jewish kingdom in Palestine including Mrs Minor’s failed 1849 Jerusalem colony ending in 1353.
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Nile
Netherlands
England
Albania
Italy
Washington Post
Paria
al Watam
Palestine
Egypt
Great Britain
Emyat
London Globe
Moses
Minor
Jerusalem
Greece calls reservists must report by March first
Winnipeg Manitoba Jan 4 instructions have been received that all Greek reservists in Canada must report to the colors by March 1. Dome Famous Spanish Sherrice. 2 varieties at Manders 097th Ady.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manders
Ady
British Bombard Port and French Take Town in Alsace
British bombard a port while French forces seize Steinbach in the Vosges after a severe hand to hand struggle. Varying reports note near loss of the Heights to German forces and a lull on the Vistula as ships in Dar es Salaam Harbor are disabled.
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Alsace
Dar-es-Salaam
Steinbach
Vosges
Vistula
Battle at Dar es Salaam by British ships
British warships Goliath and Fox firing on Dar es Salaam in German East Africa damaged the harbor and disabled all German vessels. Fourteen Europeans and twenty natives were captured. British casualties were one dead and twelve wounded. The city, a key port and caravan hub, housed about 20 000 people in 1909. Russians retake arches. Petrograd reports limited changes on the left bank of the Vistula with ongoing artillery action.
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British East Africa
London
Goliath
Fox i 4
Dar-es-Salaam
German East Africa
Zanzibar
Petrograd
Vistula
Assail Lord Haldane as Loyal to Kaiser in Bitter British Clash
London dispatch notes a furious press campaign against Lord Haldane the lord high chancellor. Arnold White in the Daily Express accuses him of deceiving the nation about the army Germany and spies and questions Ramsay MacDonald's influence. The attacks demand Haldane's resignation.
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MacDonald
Haldane
London
Lord Haldane
Arnold White
Daily Express
Lord Hakiane
Germany
Dominican minister presents recall to President Wilson
Eduardo R. Soter, minister of the Dominican Republic, called at the White House yesterday afternoon and presented a letter of recall to President Wilson. Enrique Jiminez, son of the new president, will present his credentials today.
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Eduardo R. Soter
Dominican Republic
White House
Wilson
Enrique Jiminez
Fall of Steinbach Admitted in Berlin Battle
London reports Steinbach in upper Alsace has fallen to French forces after house to house fighting. Front line actions included artillery duels and limited infantry clashes from the Oise to the sea, with Berlin acknowledging the loss while eastern front conditions remain unchanged. Paris dispatches note continued fighting around Cernay and Steinbach, with French artillery quieting German positions and regional battles persisting through the day.
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Steinbach
Upper
Alsace
Berlin
Oise
Cernay
Paris
Prweint
Sennhein
Cernay, Captured By Usesterday
Crew Rescued After Pilgrim Capsize In Atlantic
Seventeen crewmen and a mess boy were saved by the Norwegian steamer Thelma after the American bark Pilgrim foundered in heavy Atlantic weather three weeks from Newport News to Buenos Aires. Thelma rescued the survivors as Pilgrim’s crew swam to the Norwegian vessel.
Karlsruhe In Atlantic Seen By American Ship
The American steamer Maracurhe reports sighting the German cruiser Karlsruhe during the night of January 1 between Willematad Curacao and La Guaira Venezuela. The Karlsruhe remains one of the few German warships still at large in the Atlantic.
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Curacao
Peport
Maracurhe
Karlsruhe
Atlantic
la Guaira
Maracaibo
New York
Daf Hiye
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