Fall of Chihuahua Imminent in Villa Recognition Talk
Governor Willis in Columbus urges reforms and a State Bureau of Markets to curb high living costs. He calls for cutting useless offices, reorganizing inspections, and broader measures including absent voters rights, road work use of prisoners, and stricter school land administration.
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Columbus
82Nd
Ohio General Assembly
Frank B
Willis
Ohio
State Board of Agriculture
General Assembly
James Max
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Ohio State
University
London
Bureau of Markets
Inge
Board of Administration
Arizona Inauguration Sparks Capitol Standoff
Thomas E. Campbell was sworn in as governor of Arizona amid armed deputies guarding the Capitol. Governor Hunt, claiming office, found the executive offices locked on arrival. A mandamus case to force Hunt to relinquish proceeds in the Supreme Court as crowds watched a tense standoff.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
G. W. P. Hunt
Campbell
Capitol
Hunt
Governor Campbell
Supreme Court
State House
Barrett
Leroy Ladd
Ladd
Longworth Boosted In Buckeye Governor Boom
Washington dispatch reports Ohio Republicans view Nicholas Longworth as a viable gubernatorial candidate if Governor Willis seeks renomination. Friends say Longworth, a democratic millionaire with statewide name recognition, would appeal to voters and could run strongly if nominated, drawing comparisons to a coy yet decisive pursuit.
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Cincinnati
Nick” Longworth
Willis
Longworth
Justice Hughes
Ohio
Congress
William Howard Taft
Rebels Plan to Anulate Parranza Ari
Carranza forces led by General Murguia prepare to evacuate Chihuahua City while Villa forces may capture the state capital tonight. Fighting on the city outskirts continues as Murguia with about 2000 troops faces Villa reinforcements moving to seal retreat routes. Carranza reports say Villa defeated Juan Murga at Bustillos on December 27 with 60 Villa prisoners executed.
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Commercial Tribune
EL Paso
Tex
Carranza
Murguia
Chihuahua
Villa
Chihuahua City
Villa Ahumada
Bustillos
Juan Murga
ONLY WOMAN MAYOR INLAND AT Umatilla Oregon
Mrs. E. E. Starcher has been elected the first woman mayor in the Vega States at Umatilla Oregon defeating her husband who was a candidate. The new female leadership also holds four council seats and a recorder and treasurer role. She favors strict law enforcement and reduced expenses and expects support from men she defeated.
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Vega States
E. E. Starcher
Umatilla
Ore
New Year Resolves for Cincinnati Officials and Notables
A playful collection of New Year resolutions lists Cincinnati figures from mayor to bankers. Each item states personal or political aims such as advancing administration efficiency, boosting business, or career plans through 1918 and beyond.
Clubman Sought by Police in Grace Roberts Death
Philadelphia police pursue a Chicago club member linked to the death of Grace Roberts, an artist model found beaten in her Fifteenth Street apartment. A Chicago timetable, threats of a visitor from Chicago, and a bloodstained shirt with a single fingerprint are among the key clues in the investigation.
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Dispatch
The
Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Grace Roberts
Fifteenth and Poplar ‘Streets
Chicago
Eest
Mazie Colbert
Whan
Pine
Grace
Boudoir
Eight Hour Law Author Is Married to Widow
Kai Adamson, author of the eight hour law, quietly wed widow Ellen Zelars Camp in WNAN Georgia on January 1. Only the bride’s immediate family and Adamson’s private secretary attended. the ceremony occurred at Mrs. Orr Jr.’s residence. The couple departed for Washington shortly after. Adamson was previously a widower.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Wnan
Congress
Kai Adamson
Ellen Zelars Camp
Fire devastates St. Ferdinand asylum killing 46 inmates
In Megantic County Quebec a late night fire destroyed the St Ferdinand de Halifax Insane Asylum. Forty five women inmates died and one sister. Sisters of Charity saved 135 inmates and thirty school girls. Loss estimated under 100000 dollars. Cause unknown. Water pipes were frozen and no outside aid arrived promptly.
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Quebec
Sisters of Charity
St. Ferdinand de Halifax
Megantic County
Quebec Braunch
Lawson Comes to Washington for Fight or Frolic
Thomas W. Lawson arrived in Washington with his daughter, declaring readiness for a fight or a frolic with Congress. He warned United States Steel could fall to forty points within three weeks after the next leak, and predicted a broad panic after a few personal crises.
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Washington
Thomas W. Lawson
Congress
Boston
Lawson
United States Steel
Women Military Camp Set to Open in April
The National Service School’s second encampment for women will open April 16 at Chevy Chase near Washington and run about six weeks. Courses of twenty days each, with military drill Red Cross wireless and signaling practice planned. About fifteen hundred enrollment inquiries reported.
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Washington
National Service School
Chevy Chase
Woman’s
Navy League
Red Cross
Thrift Army Urged For All U S Schoolchildren
New York January 1 The National Education Association and the American Society for Thrift announce a nationwide Thrift Army inviting every school child to join The program offers cash prizes totaling over 1000 and a county winner will receive a special medal and be invited to read the prize essay at the county institute.
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New York
United
Bilas
National Education Association
American Society For Thrift
United States
County Institute
Two More Balkan Towns Taken by Germans
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Mackensen's forces captured Herestrau and Ungureni in the Zabel Valley on the Roumanian front. One thousand prisoners, four cannon and eight machine guns were taken in yesterday's fighting east of Macin.
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Sayville
Berlin
von Mackensen
Herestrau
Ungureni
Zabel Valley
War Office
Macin
Riga
Smorgen
Pripyet
Pinsk
Doom of Russia Seen If War Is Continued
Berlin dispatch summarizes Overseas News Agency reports on the Russian Duma session. Tshenkeli accuses progressives of trying to sever the government from the people to bind Russia to an allied power. Maxim Gorky warns Russia faces a winter of famine and rising reaction, urges ending the war to avoid humiliating peace.
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Berlin
Duma
Tshenkeli
Russia
Maxim Gorky
Association of Russian Writers
Gorky
England
American and Teuton Bir dmen in Duel
A Paris dated dispatch reports American aviator George R. Lufberry in a high air duel with a German adversary after Lufberry shot down his sixth foe. Both planes fought in circles with limited firing arcs until the German withdrew. Lufberry's monoplane was badly damaged and he struggled to reach the French lines.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
George R. Lufberry
Lufberry
Lusherry
Pledges Hit Four Million for Church Pension Fund
In New York on January 1 Bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts, chairing the Fund Committee, announced success in obtaining pledges totaling $4,000,000 toward the $5,000,000 pension fund for Protestant Episcopal clergymen and their dependent families.
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New York
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
New Year Feast Held In Busch Stable With 100 Guests
In St Louis a New Year celebration took place in the Adolphus Busch III estate stables where nearly 100 guests dined and danced among prize horses. Lawrence C. Phipps distributed $50,000 checks to three beneficiaries and secretaries Baker and Daniels hosted receptions as government offices paused. Massachusetts marks New Year as a state holiday amid widespread observance.
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Adolphus Busch
Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Adolphus Busch III
Lawrence C. Phipps
Mrs. Phipps
Baker
War Department
Daniels
Navy
White House
White House New Year Lacks Official Features
Washington Jan 1 President Wilson held no New Year reception a custom he omitted when he came in office and Secretary Lansing did not follow with formal rituals as in prior years leaving the mansion quiet on the holiday.
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White House
Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Suffragists Mark New Year at National Headquarters
Washington readers received New Year's post cards from the National American Woman Suffrage Association. A reception was held at the association's new national headquarters as suffragists urged support for the federal amendment.
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Washington
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Association
Administration Firm Against Guard Recall
Washington dispatch says the American section of the American Mexican joint commission debates recalling Pershing troops and possibly recognizing Francisco Villa as a belligerent. If Villa gains Northern Mexico after withdrawal, he may be treated as a revolutionary leader. Decision expected tomorrow at the interior secretary's office.
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Washington
Carranza
Atlantic City
Pershing
Villa
Mexico
Joint Commission
Secretary of the Intérior
Lane
Death of Carranza quarantine chief in Laredo
Dr. Carlos Nation, chief quarantine officer of the Carranza government, died suddenly of heart disease while visiting in Laredo, Texas, on January 1.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Laredo
Tex
Carlos Nation
Carranza
Barytone Louis Torres Sings as Palmiero Breaks Eating Records
In Pittsburg on New Year’s Day Anthony Palmiero, a 150 pound barytone, set a record by consuming twenty nine and three quarter pounds of spaghetti and seven cups of coffee in thirty four minutes at the Young Men’s Italian Club. He drank two pints of beer and offered to bet on eating three dozen bananas for fifty dollars. He had a earlier feast of four pounds of steak a quarter peck of potatoes and a pound of garlic. The $500 prize was not his sole motive, his friends’ bets motivated him. Torres sang Il Trovatore throughout the feat to accompany Palmiero’s eating act.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Il Travatore
Louis Torres
Barytone
Anthony Palmiero
Redords
Palmiero
Anthony
Torres
Sleeper Sworn In As Michigan Governor
Albert E L Sleeper of Bad Axe was sworn in as governor succeeding Democrat Woodbridge N Ferris of Big Rapids. All state officials elected in November are Republicans and the Legislature will convene next Wednesday.
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Lansing
Mich
Albert EL Sleeper
Bad Axe
Michigan
Woodbridge
N. Ferris
Big. Rapids
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