Lawson Data for Leak Inquiry and Telegraph Managers Asked
Congress focuses on Wood resolution probing an alleged leak to the stock market regarding Wilsons peace note. Lawson arrives with data to testify along with Lansing Tumulty Sabin Baruch Kahn Olcott and news reps. Telegraph and Western Union managers told to produce dispatches. session looms amid broader railroad, appropriation and election legislation.
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House Rules Committee
Wilson
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Washington
Lansing
Joseph P Tumuthy
Charies E. Sabin
Guaranty Trust Company
New York
Bernard Baruch
Otto Kahn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
William M . Olcott
Specil
Gardner
Massachusetts
Wall Street Journal
Financis America
Central News Association
Western Union
Mhe Ost
Noted Orators At Meetings Urge And Oppose Dry Referendum
Senator Oscar W Underwood defended the district against charges of an ignorant and vicious electorate while addressing a Washington audience about the Sheppard Prohibition Bill. The anti referendum rally drew thousands to the National Theater and overflow venues as leaders of the Antisaloon League urged opposing the district wide vote.
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Appropriations
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Columbia
Underwoon
Alabama
District of
Columba
Congress
Oscar W. Underwood
Poli
District of Columbia Referendum Association
William E. Gude
Robert N Harper
Charles J. Columbus
Underwood
Washington
National Theater
Senator Underwood
G. A. R. Hall
Antisaloon League
William DeLacy
Samuel Small
Georgia
Andrew Wilson
District of Columbia
Anna Adams Gordon
Evanston
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
United States
Cyclone” Davis
Texas
League
C. C. McLean
Douglas Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Cltizen
Entente Fears Greece War Council Sealed Mobilization
Paris dispatch reports former Greek finance minister M Diomede alleging the Greek general staff is under Major von Falkenhausen of the German legation and that reservists are being mobilized. He claims the king could raise about 75,000 troops, with 45,000 held and 4,000 sent to Peloponnesus, implying critical German influence in Athens.
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Paris
Maj. von Falkenhausen
Germany
M. Diomede
Emptherios Venizelos
M Inomede
Legation
Athens
Berlin
Sarrail
Berat
Peloponnesus
M. Falkenhausen
Signor Rosselli
David Llyod George
Viscount Milner
M. Briand
Gen. Lyautey
Gen. Palitzin
Russia
Plans for Polish army council formed by Germany and Austria
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Frankfurter Zeitung that a temporary Polish council will have 15 members named by Germany and ten by Austria. German members are already appointed and the council is to meet January 9. Its first task will be to organize enlistment of a Polish army.
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Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Austria
Gains Made by Italians Near Hill 208
Rome reports an Italian war department statement noting intermittent artillery actions and a surprise attack that advanced about 500 yards near Hill 208. The front was rectified at a point near Carse as part of the ongoing operation.
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Rome
British Admiralty
Italian War Department
Hill 208
Carse
Eastern Front Offensives From Riga To Braila Reported
London reports heavy fighting across Courland and south of Riga with both sides claiming gains. Berlin says 1,300 prisoners taken and Russians capture 500 near Riga. In Roumania, Teutons push from mountains toward Moldova while Russians and Roumanians contest many fronts. Carpathians see heavy snow halting operations as Braila is reached after a month of fighting.
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City of Riga
Roumania
Carpathians
Braila
London
Riga
Black Sea
Petrograd
Berlin
Wallachia
Moldavia
Fokshani
Fundeni
Obilechti
German War Office
Kapatuno
Raspiza Lake
Oituz
700 Mile Motorboat Escape From Sinking Ship
Five crew members of the American schooner Rob Roy recounted their ocean escape after abandoning ship near November 18 due to a gale. They sailed about 700 miles in a motorboat to the coast of Morocco, reached Mogador, appealed to the American consul, and were sent to the Canary Islands before continuing to Habana aboard a Spanish steamer.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Morocco
Rob Roy
Habana
Mexico
Alicante
Spain
Mogador
Canary Islands
Angel Face Burglar Nellie Ferretti Held in Williamsburg
A 17 year old girl, Nellie Ferretti, nicknamed Angel face, was held in Williamsburg police court under $2,000 bond on a burglary charge. Police say she is highly successful at evading arrest by using theatrical wigs and makeup to alter her appearance. She is said to specialize in collecting wearing apparel and presents a strikingly innocent appearance.
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New York
Angel Face
Nellie Ferretti
Williamsburg
Filibusters Said Wounded In Zapata Clash
Four alleged Mexican filibusters were reported killed or wounded during a night encounter with First New Hampshire infantry patrols near Zapata Texas. No American casualties were mentioned. Separately, reports claimed Mexican revolutionists captured Ramilone and Parral amid ongoing peace note negotiations.
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Laredo
Tex
First
New Hampshire
Zapata
Orvillé Caine
Rio Grande
Ramilone
Parral
Gerard Message Lauds Cordial US Germany Ties in Berlin Banquet
United States Ambassador James W. Gerard told about 200 German leaders at a Berlin banquet that relations between Germany and the United States had not been so cordial since the war began. He called President Wilsons note an olive branch and was praised by Dr Alfred Zimmerman and Vice Chancellor Helfferich. The event, in Kaisers Hall, featured remarks from Arthur von Gwinner and Simon Wolf, signaling a rare public display of cooperation between the nations.
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Wilson
Washington
State Department
Lansing
Entente
Teutonic Powera
United States
Berlin
von Gwinner
Gerard
Germany
James W. Gerard
American Association of Commercce and Trade of
Lfe
Alfred Zimmerman
Helfferich
William
Arthur von Gwinner
Deutsche Bank
Arthur Gwinner
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Dr. Solf
Walther Rathenau
General Electric Company
German
Foreign Office
War Ministry
Admiralty
Kaiser Hall
Simon Wolf
Association
German and Austrian ministers meet with Emperor at peace talks
German newspapers report Count Czerin von Chudenitz Austro-Hungarian foreign minister and Dr Alfred Zimmerman discussing peace with Emperor William at headquarters on Friday in Amsterdam via London news desk.
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Amsterdam
London
Czerin von Chudenitz
William
Alfred Zimmerman
French Detachment Withdraws From Piraeus Hall
Telegraph from Athens reports boisterous scenes in Piraeus yesterday evening led to the withdrawal of the French naval detachment stationed in the town hall. Athens views this as an ill omen for future developments.
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London
Athena
Reuter
Piraeus
Athens
$25,000,000 in Gold Arrives in New York Subtreasury
Gold totaling 25 million dollars arrived from Halifax and was deposited at the New York subtreasury. Twenty armed guard trucks carried the 800 boxes from the railroad station while 35 clerks processed the shipment amid secrecy over its route through Canada.
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Halifax
New York
Nova Scotia
Canada
Princess Denies Internment Rumors in Berne Letter
The countess of Montignoso former crown princess of Saxony rejects reports of internment in a Belgian asylum. In a letter to a Swedish friend in Berne she states she never was interned or in an asylum, and that she resides privately in Brussels in good health.
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Saxony
Berne
Switzerland
Countess of Montignoso
Brussels
Sturmer Named to Key Post in Russian Foreign Office
Berlin Jan 7 Boris V Sturmer former premier in the Russian cabinet who was replaced by Alexander Trepoff last November has reportedly been appointed to an important position in the Russian foreign office according to the Over seas News Agency.
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Berlin
Boris V. Sturmer
Alexander Trepoff
Three Vessels Sunk In Maritime Losses
Lloyds reports the British steamer Alife of 1244 tons and the Danish steamers Ebro and Viking of 1027 tons each have been sunk. There are two Danish steamers named Viking, both small vessels.
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London
Lloyds
Alife
Ebro
Viking
Testimony Day at Lawson Trial
Lawson prepares for testimony as a key witness in today proceedings amid a tense political climate. Officials focus on the dry referendum and entente tensions while war council concludes its session.
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Lawson
Entente
War Council
Gerard
Wilson
Red Cross
Lewis
Gary
Maeterlinck
Mexico
Wilson Urges Relief From Red Cross Appeal
President Wilson, as head of the American Red Cross, urges the nation to fund relief for Europe as treasury nears emptiness. He notes funds collected since 1914 total about 2.008 million dollars, with large shares aiding Entente and Central powers, and warns of curtailed activities if contributions stop. He asks Americans to decide whether to sustain relief amid the European conflict.
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Jetter
Red Cross Fund
Europe
Wilson
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Serbia
Red
Woodrow Wilson
German submarine sinks eleven steamers in eleven days
Berlin reports a German submersible have sunk eleven merchant steamers in eleven days. Five of the captured ships totaling 15 000 tons were coal laden and bound for France and Italy. The notice follows the safe return of submarine 1746, which had been reported sunk in the Bay of Biscay.
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Berlin
Preas
Sayville
Bay of Piscay
France
Italy
Raids on Western Front Reported by Allies and Germans
Fighting at multiple western front points described by British French and German war offices. Most engagements involved small forces. French war office reports hand grenade encounters around Dead Man Hill and Hill 304.
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London
Western Front
Dead Man Hill
Hill 304
Reopen Murder Case Doubts Over Grace Roberts Death
Philadelphia police reopen the Grace Roberts case as doubts grow over Bernard Wesley Lewis’s death by his own hand. Witnesses dispute hand injuries claimed by police, and letters reportedly reveal motive questions and potential alternate clues, prompting new inquiries and a conference with District Attorney Rotan.
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Philadelphia
Grace Roberts
Tate
Rotan
Bernard Wesley Lewis
Lewis Ia
Lewis
James S McFadyan
McFadyan
Hotan
Adelphia Hotel
J TL Moore
Marie Collins
Adelphia
Mazie
Pittsburgh
Bernard Westey Lewis
New York
Lewtn
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Antisafoon League
Nui
Greeks War Council
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Briand
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Boselli
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Lyautey
Morrone
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Sereth
Teuton
Bucharest
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Fundent
Madrid
U. S
Kaiser
Sturmer
Model
Willam Mitchell
Hodge
Lew
Mitchell
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
May
Mabel
Ethel Kyle
MccFaydan
James H. Colbert
Mare Agnes Colbert
Min Lewis
Nisayspa Prep
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