California Defeats Ohio State 28 to 0 In Roses Day Battle
California's defense and aerial attack overwhelmed Ohio State in the Tournament of Roses game. Brick Muller starred on both defense and offense as California amassed eighteen first downs to ten and dominated the Buckeyes at Pasadena.
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Pasadena
Cal
University of California
Ohio State
Ohio States
California
Buckeye
Ohio
West
Andy Smith
Muller
Pete Stinchcomb
Stinchcomb
Tarzan” Taylor
Huffman
Berkeley
Cort” Majors
Buckeyes
Ier
Ikman
Sprott
Stephens
Keye
Thealifornia
New Years Eve firing prompts talk of stricter controls
Military headquarters disclose that shots were fired at a patrol near Chattaray and Thacker while New Year celebrations continued. No injuries or arrests reported though over 1,000 rounds were fired. Civil authorities may face tighter military oversight in the Mingo strike region.
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Mingo
A. C. Pinson
G. T. Blankenship
Chattaray
Thacker
Pioneer in Oil and Gas Industry Dies at Edgewood Park
Pittsburg January 1 William Albert Clugston civil engineer and gas and oil industry pioneer died at his Edgewood Park home He was famed in oil and gas circles across the United States South America Mexico Cuba and Porto Rico Born 1858 in Patton township Pennsylvania he helped survey Monongahela dams and built the citys first pipeline from Murraysville In the early 1890s he erected an oil receiving station at Buenos Aires and later toured many countries remaining active until recently.
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Pittsburg
William Albert Clugston
Edgewood Park
Clugston
South America
Mexico
Cuba
Porto Rico
Patton Township
Pennsylvania
Laird Institute
Murraysville
Monongahela River
Mr. Clugston
Buenos Aires
Direct Route Railroad Parkersburg to Charleston Planned
Parkersburg West Virginia January 1 An announcement says a direct Parkersburg to Charleston railroad is under study by the North and South Railway Company Incorporators include Judge Reese Blizzard Dr W J Davidson T G Reitz Kenner B Stephenson and C M Hanna all of Parkersburg The route would halve the haul to seventy miles passing through Wood Wirt Jackson and Kanawha counties touching Rockport Ripley and Kenney Officers elected President Judge Blizzard Vice President Dr Davidson Vice President and right of way agent Kenner Stephenson Treasurer T M Reitz Secretary C M Hanna Construction likely to start next year though.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Charleston
North and South Railway Company
Reese Blizzard
W. J. Davidson
T. G. Reitz
Kenner B. Stephenson
C. M. Hanna
Wood
Wirt
Jackson
Kanawha
Rockport
Ripley
Kenney
Veteran World War II veteran dies fighting fire
J B Bannon, a World War I veteran who survived shrapnel and gas exposure, died in Pittsburg after being overcome by smoke while battling a minor fire on the north side. His brother firefighters said he remained at his post until he collapsed.
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Pittsburg
J. B. Bannon
Bannon
Wallkill in distress on Atlantic voyage near Ireland
The American steamer Wallkill has engines disabled and is distressed on the northern Atlantic route several hundred miles from Ireland. The steamer West Camik is standing by to assist, according to a London report received by the state department.
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Washington
Ireland
State Department
London
West Camik
Three Postal Clerks Held Up in Georgia Train Robbery
Three postal clerks on a Central of Georgia passenger train from Atlanta to Savannah were held up near Griffin today by a masked man who took two registered mail pouches. Reports reached Atlanta tonight.
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Atlanta
Central of Georgia
Savannah
Griffin
Second Trial Preparations for Judge McGannon
Preparations for the second trial of Judge William H. McGannon, charged with the murder of Harold C. Kagy, will be begun Monday by his attorneys, they announced today.
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Cleveland
William H. McGannon
Harold C. Kagy
Widow of Cork Lord Mayor Sails Home With Sinn Fein Hope
Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney widow of Terence MacSwiney sailed to Ireland aboard the Panhandle State bearing amessage for Eamonn De Valera. Americans expressed sympathy as she praised Ireland’s fight for independence and urged U S action to aid a free nation. In Ireland De Valera was alleged to be in Ireland though officials denied his arrival. At Londonderry a court martial punished a man seven years for revolver possession and a solicitor six months for ammunition.
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New York
N. Y
Muriel MacSwiney
Cork
America
Eamonn DeValera
Irish Republic
Sinn Fein
Harry Boland
Erin
United Tes
Ireland
Berty
United States
London
Ekamonn de Valera
Irish Vigilance Society
Tim McNulty
Dublin
Sinn
Londonderry
New Non-Stop Record for Seaplane NC-5
United States seaplane NC-5 established a new American non-stop duration record by flying from San Diego California to Magdalena Bay Lower California with pilot and five passengers in nine hours and fifteen minutes.
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San Diego
Cal
United States
Calif
Magdalena Bay
Lower California
Tongs Penetrate Head in a Workplace Accident
Dover Ohio January 1 A pair of tongs accidentally dropped from a fifty foot platform penetrated John Morris skull. It required force to remove the tongs but physicians said tonight he would live.
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Dover
Ohto
Jan
John Morris
Morris
Cardinal Gibbons Much Improved After New Year Message
Cardinal Gibbons showed improvement at Union Mills where he is confined after illness. President Wilson sent a sympathetic message via Joseph Tumulty expressing hopes for a turn for the better. The cardinal awoke refreshed and felt stronger, while his secretary relayed the news to Bishop Corrigan. He later sent thanks to the president in a telegram from his sick bed.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Wilson
Robert T. Shriver
Union Mills
Joseph Tumulty
Owen B. Corrigan
Albert E. Smith
Washington
New Governor Miller Takes Oath in New York
Albany N Y Jan 1 a new governor was acclaimed in the empire state Nathan L Miller of Syracuse took the oath as the forty seventh chief executive and assumed duties The inaugural address urged economy in public administration and warned against welfare legislation Alfred E Smith the retiring governor introduced the successor and both received applause A brief reception followed at the executive chamber and mansion.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Capitol Park
Empire State
Nathan L. Miller
Syracuse
Miller
Alfred E. Smith
Open hearings to resume this week in Goal investigation
Washington reports the senate committee on the Goal situation continuing interviews with army officers today. Further data on army coal purchases during last summer's shortage will be gathered as hearings restart next week.
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Washington
Senate
Army and Shipping Board
Tendler Dominates Wallace in Philadelphia Lightweight Bout
Lew Tendler from Philadelphia easily outclassed Otto Wallace of Kansas City in an eight round match here. Wallace’s corner threw in the towel in the fourth round. Whitney Fitzgerald stopped Stanley Meeghan in the third, while Irish Patsy Cline halted Johnny Gardner in 1:17 of the first.
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Philadelphia
Lew Tendler
Otto Wallace
Kansas City
Wallace
Whitney Fitzgerald
Stanley Meeghan
Atlanta
Patsy Cline
New York
Johnny Gardner
England
Tragedy Strikes Orchestra Members in Ohio Train Crash
In Cleveland Ohio six men were instantly killed and two injured when their car returning from a New Year’s Eve party was struck by New York Central passenger train No 25 west of the city. The victims were members of an orchestra.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New York Central
Priest Refuses Jubilue Celebration Over European Starvation
The Rev. Charles B. Schrantz president emeritus of St. Charles College refuses to attend or allow a fiftieth anniversary ordination celebration for reasons tied to European starvation. The event is abandoned. thousands of priests sought to honor him, while Schrantz advocates using the funds for relief. King George in a New Year message to President Wilson offers cordial good wishes for the U.S. and its welfare.
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Baltimore
Charles B. Schrantz
St. Charles College
Europe
Schrantz
King George
Washington
Aew
Wilson
England
United States of America
Coal Oil Johnny Steele Dies at Fort Crook After Mad Spending
John W. Steele known as Coal Oil Johnny died at Fort Crook Nebraska where he worked as a station agent for the Burling ton Railroad. He squandered more than 500000 in a single year while giving generously to the poor and charitable groups. He spent his final years in Nebraska after the oil boom and a swift decline.
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Omaha
Neb
John W. Steele
Johnny
Pennsylvania
Fort Crook
Burlington Railroad
Pittsburg
Steele
Waterloo
Venango County
Culbertson McClintock
McClintock
All Men
New York
Philadelphia
East
Nebraska
Steamer Ozaukee in distress far off Brest
A dispatch to Lloyds from Nantes reports the American steamer Ozaukee in distress about 370 miles from Brest in rough seas. Engines are damaged and fuel is running low, with urgent need for assistance.
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Ozaukee
London
Oxaukee
Brest
Lloyds
Nantes
Roosevelt Birthplace to Be Dedicated as National Shrine
The Roosevelt birthplace house at 28 East Thirtieth Street New York will be dedicated next Thursday on the second anniversary of his death. Major General Leonard Wood and Jean Jules Jusserand will attend as diplomats and dignitaries. The interior will be restored by the Roosevelt family and the Women’s Roosevelt Memorial Association. Immigrant instruction and a patriotic auditorium will be added.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
East Thirtieth Street
New York City
Leonard Wood
Jean Jules Jusserand
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Woman coughs up bullet after New Year’s party
Elwood City authorities report Mrs. Lucinda Capano coughed up a bullet that lodged near her eye and passed through the mouth during New Year’s celebrations. A doctor arrived and she expelled the bullet. physicians call the wound not serious.
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Ellwood City
Lucinda Capano
Everett High Defeats Hast Tech in Western Prep Title Match
Everett Washington high school squad, western prep champions, topped Hast Tech High of Cleveland Ohio by 16 to 7 in an interregional clash. Hast Tech used a trick pass for its score but Everett controlled the game with steady ground work and defense.
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Everett
Cleveland
Washa
Everett High
Hast Tech High School
Ohio
Liberty bonds to become legal tender says Watson
Atlanta January 1 Thomas E Watson senator elect from Georgia says he will push a bill in the extra session of the sixty seventh Congress to make liberty bonds and other government war paper legal tender The plan would see federal reserve and farm loan banks lend to individuals and treasury issue Lincoln era greenbacks totaling 102000000 The move accompanies calls to end the war with Germany and restore pre war trade with Russia and Germany.
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Atlanta
Atlanta “Constitution
Thomas E. Watson
United States
Watson
Federal Reserve and
Farm Loan Banks
Secretary of the Treasury
Lincoln
Germany
Russia
Centre College Stuns Texas Christian 63 to 7 in Fort Worth
Centre College of Danville Ky returned seven Texas natives and topped Texas Christian University 63 to 7 in Fort Worth. The highlight was Jackson’s 90 yard kickoff return after Snoddy’s pass was intercepted early in the first period.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Jan. T
Centre College
Danville
Texas Christian University of
Courtesy Makes Him Richer by $80 000
Joseph A Boyle sexton of St Patrick’s Cathedral claims an $80,000 bequest from Daniel Cassidy of Cork. Boyle says Cassidy, who visited New York recently, thanked him for courtesy and indicated he would remember him in his will. Cassidy’s attorneys in Ireland arranged the bequest after Cassidy’s death.
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New York
Joseph A Boyle
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Boyle
Ireland
Daniel Cassidy
Cork
Caruso Ok After Trip Amid Priority Health Check
New York report states tenor Enrico Caruso has arrived at his apartment after a brief illness described as empyema. Medical officials issued a favorable bulletin tonight and noted no serious complications in his condition.
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Caruso
New York
Earice Metropolitan
Opera
Harding weighs cabinet picks as talks continue
President elect Harding has not yet decided on key cabinet posts after reviewing all availables with advisers. Hughes is favored for secretary of state and Dawes for treasury with Hilles Weeks and Weeks among possibilities for other slots. Hert and Weeks are noted for potential war or navy roles as interior and commerce remain unsettled.
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Charles G. Dawes
Illinois
Treasury
Charles JD. Hilles
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Weeks
Navy
Harry M. Daugherty
Will H. Hays
Indiana
Interior
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Agriculture
Herbert Hoover
California
Commerce
T. Hert
Kentucky
Mr. Hert
Interior and Commerce
George Sutherland
Utah
Supreme Bench
George Bb. Christian, Jr
Mr. Harding
Senate
Christian
Alex P. Moore
Pittsburgh
Moore
Lillian Russell
Mr. Hard
George B. Christian
Mills to Reopen On Full Time After Idle Period
Martinsburg West Virginia January 1 Interwoven Mills incorporated employing 1600 men and women will reopen on full time next Monday morning after three weeks idleness. Officials said work on full time schedule depends on industry developments and the twenty percent wage cut announced ten days ago will take effect Monday.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Interwoven Mills, Incorporated
Hatters Consider Wage Cut Proposal Across Nation
Danbury Conn Jan 1 Acting on a request from the National Hat Manufacturers Association to roll wages back to pre war level officials of the United Hatters of America met in New York yesterday and voted to recommend a twenty percent reduction in the minimum scale from ten dollars a day to eight dollars a day The proposal now goes to the local unions for approval.
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Danbury, Conn
National Hat Manufacturers’ Association
Uters of America
York
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Brick Mullers
Americas
Eamonn DE Valera
Nathan Miller
Senate Coal Probe Committee
Coal Oil Johnny
Fort Crook, Neb
Gen. Wood
Liberty Bonds
Texas C. U
Kentucky College
Sexton
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Hughes
Dawes
Hilles
Daugherty
Hays
Hoover
Hert
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