Villa Ignored at Washington in Villa Talks Ridicule
Washington says Villa’s overtures to the U S administration will be ignored. The war department discounted a conference with General Hugh L Scott as ridiculous while hanging followers of Villa are being dealt with by civil authorities. General Trevino said Carranza forces could wipe out Villa if Pershing withdraws and US soldiers leave Mexican soil.
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Washington
Villa
War Department
Department
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Pershing
Mexico
U. S
Columbus
General Scott
General Bell
Trevino
Bell
el Paso
Tex
Jacinto Trevino
United States
Rio Grande
Chihuahua City
Carranan
Carranza
Delaware Senator Willard Saulsbury Chosen Senate Head
Willard Saulsbury of Delaware has been selected as the presiding head of the Senate. His appointment places him at the forefront of legislative leadership as Republicans and Democrats maneuver for control.
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Senate
Willard Saulsbury
Delaware
James P. Clarke
Arkansas
Teutonic Invaders Cross Key Rivers in Roumania
Berlin reports Teutonic armies have crossed the Buzeu and Lower Calmatuiul rivers in eastern Wallachia. Field Marshal von Mackensen’s forces moved across a broad front in central Roumania taking 1,150 prisoners and seizing nineteen locomotives and 4,006 railroad cars. Central Powers pursue retreating Russian and Roumanian troops into Dobrudja forests, expecting resistance.
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Berlin
Roumania
Buzeu
Calmatuiul
Wallachia
Teuton
von Mackensen
Buzen
Roumeania
Dobrudja
Murder-Slaying of Illinois Land Barons Rocks Mason City
A thousand Mason City residents search for the killer of John P. Becker Sr and his wife84 in a northeast Mason City home. Becket wealth from 3,000 acres and other assets is suspected as motive. Evidence shows windows shot full, a lamp fire possibly to cover the crime, and cash received recently from renters kept at home.
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Peoria
Ill
Mason City
John P. Becker
Beckers
Illinois
William Baker
Becker
Tecker
Dark Man in Colorado Could Claim $100,000
A Colorado search offers a $100,000 reward for the identity of a short, stout man last heard from fourteen years ago with black hair. He may be the key to a fortune tied to the death of Charles Hi Dodge, a Providence merchant, with Lewis C. Dodge the beneficiary. John E. Canfeld of Greeley, Dodge’s partner’s nephew, leads the inquiry.
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Denver
Colorado
Lewis C. Dodge
Charles Hi. Dodge
Providence
R. I
Lewis Edge
John KE. Caneld
Greeley, Col
Dodge
Rod abolished at Indiana boys' school disciplinary cottage opens
Indianapolis December 18 Corporal punishment ends at the Indiana boys school after fifty years. The leather strap used since the 1860s will be discarded and unruly students will be placed in a disciplinary cottage named Tippecanoe barracks with privilege loss for thirty days or more as the penalty.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Voeue
Indiana Boys’ School
Tippecanoe Barracks
Miners Re-elect White President of UMWA
Indianapolis December 18 John F White was re elected president of the United Mine Workers of America over John H Walker of Illinois according to incomplete returns
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White
Indianapolis
John F. White
The
United Mine Workers of America
John H. Walker
Illinois
Prisoners drink wood alcohol at Joliet pen
Nine inmates in Joliet penitentiary drank wood alcohol extracted from shellac while working in the shoe shop. Three died, three more probably will die, and the remaining three are in serious condition. The substance was reportedly locked up but was accessed by the men.
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Chicago
Joliet Penitentiary
Prince Friedrich Breaks British Blockade At Bergen
German steamer Prince Friedrich, anchored at Odde near Bergen since the war began, has crossed the British line and reached Salavenges after breaking the blockade. Dispatch from Christiania via Frankfurter Zeitung notes the voyage past British destroyers and torpedo boats.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Christiania
Prince Friedrich
Odde
Bergen
Salavenges
Old John Miller Buried by Loyal Pugilist Fans
Chicago reports the burial of John Miller known as Old John Miller a former heavyweight boxing champion. He gained fame half a century ago by defeating Jem Mace in France and was laid to rest after years of admiration from an aging crowd.
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Chicago
John” Miller
Pugilist
England
Miller
Jem” Mace
France
Indiana invites Wilson and others to midwinter meeting
Indianapolis December 16 Invitations will be extended to President Wilson Vance McCormick and the Governor Mayor of Missouri by the Indiana Democratic state association to attend its midwinter meeting here February 8.
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Wilson
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Vance
McCormick
Missouri
Indiana Democratic Storial Association
Engineer dies from burns at Madison Glue Works
John Thomas Pierce fifty dies at his Madison home from burns suffered a year earlier at the Madison Glue and Fertilizer Works where he worked as an engineer. He stepped to a pile of red hot coals and could not free himself for minutes. limbs below the knees were severely burned.
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Madison
Ind
Dee
John Thomas Pierce
Madison Glue and Fertilizer Works
Pierce
Germans Bombard Russian Front East of Lemberg
War office reports a violent bombardment of Russian positions east of Lemberg. The attack is described as intensive with heavy artillery and aerial activity noted by Petrograd authorities on November 27.
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Petrograd
Lemberg
War Office
Alr
Shot by Bandit Dies in Ottumwa Hospital
Ottumwa Iowa December 18 reports a man named Martin Mun ley died after being shot in a robbery. Police say the bandit fled and investigators are pursuing leads at the hospital and crime scene.
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Ottumwa
Martin Munley
Big Business Presses Wilson on Tariff Commission Appointment
Washington reports manufacturers and merchants urge delay in appointing the tariff commission. Willard D. Straight leads New York Chamber of Commerce committee to seek protection for U S industry. The National Foreign Trade council notes exports risk dropping below prewar levels due to entente preferential ties. Also, England eyes Captain Blaikie case as German captors accuse him of ramming a submarine and threaten court martial.
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Washington
Wilson
Tari
Chamber of Commerce
State of New York
Williard D. Straight
National Foreign Trade Council
Straight
England
Blaikie
British Offense Reports New Push on Western Front
Berlin says English detachments probed trenches near Hanne Camps north of the Ancre and repulsed after strong fire signaling a possible northern extension of Nivelle’s offensive. Paris reports General Nivelle, with General Petain, praising Dec 15 Verdun sector operations and declaring victory certain.
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Berlin
German War Office
Gar
Hannecamps
Ancre
Thiepval
Arras
Besonvaux
Nivell
Verdun
Meuse
Nivelle
Paris
Petain
Soissons-Verdun
Germany
Auditor Defies Court in County Contempt Case
Huntington Indiana December 18 Judge W H Eichhorn ruling confirms Judge Charles A Cole had power to jail County Auditor Ovid Eviston for contempt when he failed to draw a $12 000 warrant for Henry Beaver. Eviston agreed to issue the warrant after the ruling but county commissioners sued to block action.
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Huntington
Ind
W. H. Eichhorn
Biviston
Ovid Eviston
Charles A. Cole
Peru
Eviston
Henry Beaver
Prison for lid tilter violators of Sunday saloon law
Chicago December 18 mayor proposes penalties imprisoning violators of the Sunday closing law from one to five years. A second measure would bar breweries from owning or operating saloons to curb enforcement as a farce. Morrison Ill December 15 the Wisconsin State Fair on Wheels begins a week in northern Illinois after touring Minnesota and Iowa.
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Thompson
Chicago
Wisconsin
Iliino
Morrison
Ill
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Pfanschmidt chooses army over theft case in Wichita
Ray Pfanschmidt, who spent nearly three years in Adams County jail for murders in 1912, chose a four year U S Army enlistment over standing trial for stealing two autos in Wichita last summer. J A Porter and R B Hastie, Wichita businessmen who owned the cars, offered to dismiss the case if he enlisted, hoping Army discipline would benefit him. He went to Fort Morgan Colorado for training.
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Wichita
Kan
Ray Pfanschmidt
Adams County
Ill
Emma Kaempen
Pfanschmidt
Quincy
United State Army
J. A. Porter
R. B. Hastie
Ifan Schmidt
Po: Morgan
Colorado
Inaugural Plan Aims at Consolidating State Boards
Governor-elect Frank Lowden plans a brief inaugural message focusing on general principles and a program to consolidate overlapping state bureaus and commissions. He indicates other legislation will wait its turn.
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Lowden
Chicago
Frank
Borrowed Geography Book Returns With Conscience Money
Elkhart Indiana December 18 Police Chief W H Rible received a letter from a former pupil who borrowed a geography book and a piece of crayon twenty years ago. She sent seventy six cents as conscience money and said her conscience had troubled her since the incident.
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Elkhart
Ind
W. H. Rible
Wire Tappers Get $5,000 From Farmer
Chicago December 18 The police seek four confidence men who swindled William C Pralshan a farmer of New Minden Illinois out of 5000 The wire tapping game used with a horse race occurred opposite division headquarters of a south side police district.
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Chicago
William C. Pralshan
New Minden
Civision
Southside
Corn thief leaves two fingers in Edgar County
Sheriff McGallister and deputies search for a thief with eight fingers after two human digits were found in a steel wolf trap near Paris Illinois. Farmer Jerry Cousin reports three weeks of missing corn from his crib prompting the investigation.
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Paris
Ill
McGallister
Edgar County
Jerry Cousin
Cousin
Fire destroys Summit hotel in Creston loss $200,000
Creston Iowa December 16 Fire destroyed the Summit hotel with an estimated loss of 200000 no injuries reported all guests and staff escaped unharmed officials investigate cause and assess damage to surrounding structures and utilities
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Creston
Summit
ElevenYearOld Victim Dies In Shotgun Accident
Evansville Indiana December 16. Frank Gibson eleven years old died after a rifle misfire incident when a younger brother handled the gun.
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Evansville
Ind
Frank Gibson
Carrie's Hatchet Returns to Aid Dry Memphis
In Memphis an old hatchet linked to Carrie Nation is used by Captain John M. Couch in a raid on a blind tiger operation. The tool has repeatedly battered doors and broken contraband liquor, helping enforce dry laws in the city.
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Memphis
Tenn
Carrie Nation
Kansas
John M. Couch
Couch
Carrie
Shooting incident disrupts Indianapolis street display
An automobilist in a car with several men fired a revolver, shot two street lights, and fired into the air in the Forty-sixth and Illinois streets area. Motor policemen Burk and Rody searched up to Broad Ripple but found no trace of the vehicle.
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Indianapolis
Forty-sixth
Illinois
Burk and
Rody
Broad Ple
Cooperation Spreading Boosts Local Co-op Store
Edwardsville December 18 cooperation at Fast Street received a boost as offers were made to open a community cooperative store. The council backing the move aims to cut the high cost of living.
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Edwardsville
Fast St
Centroro
Diggers Strike Lead Ore Find Near Savanna
In Savanna Florida Diggers uncover a four foot deep lead ore deposit at a dig site. Investigators will assess feasibility of mining operations and potential warrants for development.
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Savenna
Savanna
Fll
Dees Treneh Digrera
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Madison, Ind
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