Traveling auditor report exposes college bank troubles
The traveling auditor details a February finding at a bank where the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts shows 78000 tied up, mostly in Morgan Llewellyn’s name. Unpaid college checks and delayed salaries loom as officials rally to seek emergency funds before the legislature acts.
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Choverner McDonald
Santa Fe
Mesilla Park
Clancy
Regents
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Pfl McCanna
First State Bank
Morgan Llewellyn
Citizens
Las Cruces
Pres
Hiram Hadley
T. R. If Smith
Liewellyn
Southwestern Surety Company of Oklahoma
Southwestern
Board of Regents
Mob Larkin
Las Vegas
McCann
McDonald
United States
Marehay A. T. Hudspeth
Princess to Be Named Maria After Italian Birth
The king and queen of Italy welcomed a daughter on Saturday and will name her Maria. In a sign of rejoicing, amnesty is expected for several prisoners including those linked to last June’s revolutionary movement and others not charged with ordinary crimes.
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Maria
Italy
Federal troops begin withdrawal from Colorado coal fields
Governor Ammons says gradual pullout starts this week with Routt County troops first. Boulder Weld counties to follow and then Premont County. Las Animas and Huerfano counties may take longer. Carlson and Garrison discuss Colorado National Guard reorganization.
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Morning Journal
Epelial
Denver
Colo
Dee
Colorado
Ammons
Carlson
Washington
Wilson
Routt County
Boulder
Weld
Premont
Las Animas
Huerfano
Lindley M. Garrison
Colorado National Guard
Weather Outlook for New Mexico Ahead of Week
Washington reports generally fair and moderate temperatures for New Mexico on Monday and Tuesday. The forecast cites mild readings and no significant storms, with daytime highs in the 40s to 60s and cooler Nights.
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Washington
New Mexico
British Destroyer Wrecked Off Scotland
A British torpedo destroyer ran ashore six miles southeast of St Andrews on the Scottish coast while steaming from Aberdeen to the Firth of Forth. The crew were saved by lifeboats after a rescue ordeal, one lifeboat being stove in by heavy seas.
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St. Andrews
Scotland
London
Kingsbarns
St Andrews
Aberdeen
Firth of Forth
Mines claim two lives as Leersum sinks off Scarborough
The Dutch steamer Leersum from Amsterdam struck a mine in the North Sea today and foundered with two crew members drowned. The British steamer Gallier from London also hit a mine but reached port.
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Scarborough
Eng
London
Leersum
Amsterdam
Gallier
Northeon
German Artillery Strength On Western Front Reported
Paris dispatch notes a semi official statement from Paris citing French gains on December 24 near Perthes. French forces captured two quick firing guns several siege guns a siege mortar a 245 millimeter piece a 60 millimeter gun an armored cupola and a revolving machine of 37 millimeters from German trenches.
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JY Morning Journal
Paris
Perthes
Russia denies Sakhalin trade with Japan for heavy guns
Petrograd reports the Russian government denies claims it ceded half of Sakhalin Island to Japan in exchange for heavy artillery. The statement calls the report unfounded. Sakhalin lies off Asia's east coast near the gulf of Tartary, with the southern half having been ceded to Japan earlier.
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Sakhalin
Petrograd
Ler Momning Journal
Trussia
Japan
Berlin
Copenhagen
Russia
Sakhalin Island
Asia
Gulf of Tartary
Portsmouth
War News Recaps Quiet Western Front Amid Attacks
Comparative quiet prevails in the western theater with intermittent activity in Flanders and limited attacks in the Argonne and Alsace. French aviators bombed Frescar and Mets as German actions in Poland and the Carpathians report heavy casualties and prisoner losses for Austria. The British seaplane raid on the German coast yields small results amid a grand naval clash. Italy moves to aid North Carolina and Aviona crews while Russia denies ceding Sakhalin. Turkey reinforces at the Dardanelles and Bosphorus as global powers shift positions.
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Flanders
Argonne
Alsace
Nancy
Frescar
Mets
Bzura
Russian Poland
Berlin
Petrograd
Rawka
Galicia
Tarnew
Zmigrod
Dukla
Carpathians
Aerophines
Zeeppelins
Paris
Ministry of War
Bordeauux
Italy
Calabria
Heirut
Syria
North Carolina
Russia
Sakhalin
Japan
Nicholas
Aviona
Albania
Turkey
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Adrianople
Terre Haute In Control Of Bad Political Gang Headed By Mayof
Federal grand jury continues investigations into political corruption in Terre Haute with over 125 indictments already returned. Officials from the city and state government face broad scrutiny as prosecutors pursue multiple cases. The proceedings reflect a wide sweep of alleged misconduct across local networks.
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Terre Haute
Mayof
Federal Grand Jury
Grand jury to probe Indiana election fraud in 1916 era
Federal grand jury reconvenes January 4 to examine Terre Haute election corruption. Mayor Don M. Roberts and dozens of allies face indictments linked to violent voting and tampering. Indianapolis and Evansville precincts also under inquiry ahead of Roberts’s January 15 arraignment.
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Sfec AL Lessee
Indianapolis
Ind
Terre Haute
Don M. Roberts
Hie
Frank Dalley
United States
Indiana
Submarine engagement and Christmas air raid over Cuxhaven
British naval airmen in seaplanes attacked the German base at Cuxhaven on Christmas Day aided by light cruisers and destroyers. Seven planes and crews were involved. six returned, one pilot missing. Claims of damage vary with German and British reports as ships dodged submarines and Zeppelins and recovered airmen.
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Morning Journal
London
Cuxhaven
Elbe
Hewlett
Heligoland
Arethusa
Undaunted
Schilling Roads
Oliver
Ross
Kilner
Miley
Edwards
Blackburn
Brussels
Richard B. Davies
Noyal Air Service
Haaland
Lochester
St. Paul's
Gravesend
Thames
Coxhaven
Nancy
Metz
Iturbide Refugee Escape Stalemate On Mexican Border
El Paso report details Leon Canova of the U.S. State Department fending off Mexican troops and secret service as they searched a train state room for Eduardo Iturbide, a political refugee. Despite orders to arrest Iturbide, his whereabouts remained unknown as agents faced inspections and a wreck delay en route to the border.
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Morning Journal
el Paso
Tex
Leon Canova
American State Department
Secret Service
Canova
Eduardo Iturbide
Mexico City
Iturbide
Villa
Gutierrez
Here
Manuel Palafex
Zapata
Gutierrezs
President Wilson’s 58th Birthday Observed Quietly
President Wilson, turning fifty eight tomorrow, receives congratulatory messages nationwide. He will spend the day with family with no public observances, apart from a resistive program conference with Majority Leader Underwood and a Sunday school delegation from New Jersey.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Dew
Wilson
United States
Underwood
New Jersey
Turkish forces pull from Adrianople to guard Dardanelles
Rome reports Turkish military authorities have withdrawn troops and artillery from Adrianople and are redeploying them to defend the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. Dispatches from Athens confirm the move.
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Adrianople
Rome
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Athens
British Raid on German Port Near Guxhaven Detailed
A detailed wartime report describes a British attack on a German port near Guxhaven. It portrays the engagement as a clash of modern war machines and notes the dramatic, spectacular nature of the combat.
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Guxhaven
Australia Battleship Sails From Valparaiso After Provisions
The Australian battle cruiser Australia arrived in Valparaiso Chile yesterday and sailed today after taking aboard fuel and provisions. She has patrolled the Pacific coast of South America for several weeks.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Australia
Econs
Pacific
South America
Mexican Troops Repelled by One American
Leon Canova, an agent of the State Department, traveling from Mexico City toward the border, reportedly defied General Villa as Mexican troops were stood off by a single American.
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Leon Canova
State Department
Mexico City
Border
General Villa
Villa orders Iturbide returned from train to Mexico City
General Villa telegraphed Chihuahua authorities to remove Eduardo Iturbide from a through train and return him prisoner to Mexico City. Iturbide, once governor of the federal district, faced threats of arrest after Zapata’s entry. Villa accused an American named Leon Canova of smuggling Iturbide into a sleeping car and crossing the border. Zapata officials reportedly seek Iturbide’s execution as a traitor for alleged coercion of plantation workers into Huerta’s army. Villa and Zapata also agreed to dismiss former federal officers from current armies.
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Mexico City
el Paso
Tex
General Villa
Chihuahua
Eduardo Iturbide
Iturbide
Federal District
Carranza
Zapata
Leon Canova
Bryan
Huerta
Villa
Gutierrez
Cuernavaca
Carranza Plans All Point to Success
A telegram from Dr. Atl in Vera Cruz reports Carranza forces from Orizaba to Apizaco with over 30,000 troops, high enthusiasm, and loyalty among soldiers and people as they defend the line.
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New York
Mexican Bureau of Ineormation
Atl
Carranza Ministry of Communication
Vera Cruz
Orizaba
Apizaco
Mexican constitutionalists press forward with unified leadership
National chiefs vow slow advance to build parties and reforms. Mexico City to be taken in under two months. Villista victories overplayed as Puebla and Guadalajara are evacuated to isolate the enemy. Revolutionary confederacy now organized with harmony among generals and chiefs serving the people.
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Mexico City
Villistas
Puebla
Guadalajara
Revolutionary Confederacy
Indian Race Classified Under Government Education Rules
Washington December 27 Indian school books will be barred if they classify Indians or refer to them as anything but a distinct race. Commissioner Selle of the Indian bureau said he would issue an order removing such books from the authorized list for use in Indian schools. He noted anthropologists classify Indians as a distinct red race, in contrast to white yellow brown and black races.
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Washington
Comrmissioner Selle
Indian Bureau
F. W. Hedge
Bureau of Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Three Lives Lost in Cambridge Municipal Home Fire
Cambridge Mass Dec 27 At least five inmates died as fire gutted the three story stone Cambridge city home. Firemen searched the ruins for more victims while survivors were aided by neighbours. Many injured were hospitalized amid freezing conditions and cold weather.
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Cambridge
Mass
Cambridge City
Quiet Christmas in Flanders Amid Reinforcements Reported
London datelined note says Christmas in Flanders was quiet, but on December 27 gunfire resumed as Sluis Telegraaf correspondent reports German reinforcements arriving, notably at Nooke and Heyest.
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Amsterdam
London
Dee
Flanders
Sluis
Telegraaf
Nooke
Heyest
Russians Inflict Defeat on Austrians in War News
London dispatch reports air activity during Christmas with German aircraft over the Thames estuary and raids on Coxhaven and targets in Nancy Metz Brussels and Polish cities. Allied air and ground actions continue as fronts see reconnoitering and intermittent fighting across the Argonne and Alsace.
Official War Report From Belligerent Nations Dispatch
Translated dispatch from Seaa Petrograd December 27 summarizes December 25 26 actions along Bzura and Rawka rivers and Nida sector. Russians claim success against German and Austrian forces including captures of officers and thousands of prisoners, plus bombardments near Nancy Mets and St Mihiel and gains on heights near Cernay.
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Ressea
Petrograd
Bzura
Rawka
Nida
Wisliea
Vistula
Tarnow
Galicia
Tchow-Olpiny
Siedlizka
Biala
Dukla Carpathians
Zmigrad-Dukla
St. Hubert
Meuse
Moselle
St. Mihiel
Nancy
Frescar
Mets
German War Dispatch Reports Shifts on Several Fronts
Berlin reports no major changes with English ships seen off the coast and French attacks repulsed from Alsace to the Thann Dammerkirch line. In Poland offensive gains and heavy Russian losses accompany intermittent artillery duels from the Aisne to Champagne as Paris notes calm seasides and a counter-attack repulse near Perthes.
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Germany
Berlin
London
Flanders
Albert
Boiselle
Meurissons
Argonne
Verdun
Upper
Alsace
Thann-Dammerkirch
Thann
East
West Prussia
Poland
Baura
Rawka
Thomaszow
Paris
Sea
Lys
Oise
Aisne
Champagne
Perthes
Turkish Forces Advancing in Caucasus Front Fight
An official communication says Turkish forces are victoriously advancing along the Caucasian front. It denies a Russian report that the Hamidieh was torpedoed at Sebastopol and states the Turkish fleet passed through the Black Sea without damage. The text notes a December 24 engagement where a Turkish ship attacked and sank two Russian mine layers, with casualties and prisoners, and claims success against Batum on December 25 as well.
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Constantinople
London
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Rostlalay
Oleg
Athos
Batum
Carpathian Front Shifts as Montenegrins Take Cattaro Front
Vienna reports the Russian offensive near Py manev and Tuchow forced a small Austrian retreat in the Galician Carpathians. Fighting continues around Tomaszow while the Balkan theater remains quiet. Montenegrins have occupied Spiroza and Budua and achieved control of the Cattaro naval port after bombardment and French gunfire.
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Vienna
Dev
London
Der
Carpathians
Pymanev
Tuchow
Galician Carpathians
Dunajec
Nida
Tomaszow
Balkan
Disteieta
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Seth Dalmatia
Spiroza
Budua
Cattaro
Dalmatia
Bocche di Cattaro
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Austria
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