Mexican Envoy Returns Home Amid Talks and Battles
Frisco Arredondo, ambassador-designate, announces he may travel to Mexico City for talks with General Carranza but plans to return to duties if possible. The American Mexican commission ends talks as Carranza refuses to sign the protocol, signaling U.S. withdrawal and Carranza forces taking over. Villa forces lose in Chihuahua with prisoners, loot recovered, and supplies seized as tensions rise along the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry P. Fletcher
U. S
Mexico City
Villa
Chihuahua
Paso
Washington
Frisco Arredondo
Carranza
United States
American Mexican Joint Commission
Lane
Mexico
Columbus
Fletcher
Eliseo Arredondo
el Paso
Tex
General Pershing
N. Mex
Chihuahua City
United States Department
Murguia
Francisco Villa
Eduardo Hernandez
Terreros
Guerrero
Andreas Garcia
Francisco Marguia
Hernandez
Senate Delays Peace Note Endorsement
Washington January 3 Senator Hitch cocks resolution to have the senate endorse President Wilsons peace note was discussed in the senate. Action was postponed by unanimous consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
U. K
Washington
Hitchcock
Wilson
Lord Curzon Lloyd George War Aid Weds American
Lord Curzon and Prime Minister Lloyd George announce wartime aid arrangements with American partners as a notable societal match emerges. The wedding of an American bride to a British peer amplifies transatlantic ties during the conflict era.
New Year Tragedy Strikes Nelson in Elkhart Rail Yard
New Year greeting awakens no warning in Elkhart Indiana as John A Nelson is struck by a mail train in the New York Central yards and dies in hospital. His uncle Charles Nelson was killed by a train at the same spot four weeks earlier. both men were railroad employees.
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Elkhart
Ind
John A. Nelson
New York Central Railroad
Charles Nelson
Dunne Seeks Appointive State Offices
Governor Dunne, on the eve of leaving office, says secretary of state treasurer and attorney general should be appointive by the governor. He argues executive responsibility requires power to act and that independence from popular election hampers unified administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Dunne
Kirkwood Avenue Church Fire Destroys Bloomington Structure
The Kirkwood Avenue Christian church in Bloomington Indiana was destroyed by fire on January 3. Loss estimated at 50000 with only 8500 insured. Revelers entering the building for the New Year reportedly started the blaze by careless matches. A 3000 dollar organ donated by Andrew Carnegie and two pianos were also lost. Building dated to 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Kirkwood Avenue
Andrew Carnegie
Thirteen and fourteen year old drown on Danville ice
Two youths drown in Illinois ice accidents January 3 near Danville. Charles Flaherty aged nine and Lincoln Payne Jr aged fourteen fell through thin ice, one in the Vermilion river and the other in the North York near Danville during skating and coasting.
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Danville
Ill
Charles Flaherty
Lincoln Payne, Jr
Vermilion River
North York
Flaherty
Payne
Nestorian Liner Ashore Near London With Loss Likely
The Leyland liner Nestorian is ashore and breaking up near London. Likely total loss with 30 crew saved. Nestorian is a steel screw steamer of 6,395 tons, 460 feet long, registered at Liverpool.
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London
Leyland
Liverpool
Unions Neutral On Wilson Plan In Two Day Hearings
The piece reports railroad labor groups and railroad corporations taking opposing stances on President Wilson's proposed prevention legislation. W G Lee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen asserts unions are law abiding and not seeking to thwart federal statute enforcement. Republican senators push for longer hearings and oppose rushing the process through two days.
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Newlands Committee
Cleveland, O
Congress
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Washington
Lee
Railroad Brotherhoods
Labor
Wilson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Newlands
Moldavia Periled by Teuton Advance
Berlin reports continued offensive along the Romanian front as Teutonic troops push back Russian and Romanian forces in Moldavia and Wallachia. A bayonet attack hits both sides of the Oituz valley and the bridgehead near Focsani, with over 1300 prisoners taken. in Dobrudja German and Bulgarian troops press Russians at Matchin.
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Berlin
Moldavia
War Office
Oituz
Wallachia
Foesani
Dobrudja
Matchin
Kidnapping Charge Is Dismissed in Indiana Case
A kidnapping charge against H. B. Waymire of Elwood, once a Madison County Republican sheriff candidate, was dismissed in Grant circuit court. The case involved a forcible attempt to abduct Cyrus Nesbit, eighty, from his son's Marion home to return him to Waymire’s sister.
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Marion
Ind
Grant
Waymire
Elwood
Madison County
Cyrus Nesbit
Nesbit
Darcy's Conqueror Still Good
Jeff Smith, Darcy's only conqueror, outclassed Frank Mantell in all rounds of fifteen in Baltimore. Mantell fought on by persistent holding but could not match Smith's superiority in every round.
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Darcy
Baltimore
Jeff Smith
Frank Mantell
Mantell
Blackmail Figures Surround Model’s Slaying in Philadelphia
Philadelphia report details Mazie Agnes Colbert known as Grace Roberts amid a blackmail plot. A wealthy central Pennsylvania man, now under police watch in the city, is suspected in her death or involvement. The story says she was blackmailing him and he may have fled through a bathroom window after finding her body.
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Philadelphia
Mazie
Agnes Colbert
Grace Roberts
Pennsylvania
Wm. Benjamin
Ohio General Assembly opens with Democratic majorities
Columbus January 2 The Ohio General Assembly opened with Democratic majorities in both chambers after one Republican session. The house shows seventy two Democrats and fifty six Republicans while the senate stands twenty five Democrats to eleven Republicans.
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Columbus
Ohio General Assembly
Seasion
House
Senate
To Choose Creighton’s Successor
Governor Dunne calls a March special election in the seventh judicial district to elect a successor to the late James A Creighton. The district includes Sangamon Morgan Macoupin Scott Green and Jersey counties.
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Springfield
Ill
Dunne
Seventh Judicial District
James A. Creighton
Sangamon
Morgan, Macoupin, Scott, Green
Jersey Counties
New South Carolina Law Bans Child Labor in Textiles
A new South Carolina law prohibits employing children under fourteen in textile mills effective January 1. The change ends the work of about 2,400 children in the state cotton mills, replacing the prior twelve year age minimum. The bill marks a shift in child labor policy amid ongoing labor reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
Lord Curzon Weds Mrs Duggan In Private London Ceremony
London January 3 Earl Curzon of Kedleston wed Mrs Grace Elvina Duggan in a quiet ceremony in London. A small luncheon party followed the nuptials.
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Lord Curzon
Arizona duel for governorship as two "state houses" rise
Thomas Campbell, sworn as governor, enters the Arizona state house to assume duties but Hunt refuses to surrender. Campbell withdraws and plans to seek a Supreme Court order. Mail rules assign gubernatorial correspondence to temporary Campbell office and Capitol Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Thomas FE. Campbell
State House
Hunt
Campbell
Supreme Court
Capitol
Post Office Department
Arizona
Peoria Police Nab Six in Major Safe-Blow Plot
Peoria Illinois police arrested six men suspected of planning safe blowings in six large Peoria businesses. Officers recovered nitro and electrical drilling gear shipped for the job and found the tools while the suspects were setting up equipment in a saloon.
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Peoria
Ill
San
Chicago Markets Report Hogs and Cattle Prices Slant Lower
Hogs receipts 70 000 with light ships at 9 80 to 10 00 heavy packing 10 15 to 10 30 and good to fancy pigs 9 50 to 9 25. Cattle receipts 21 000 with steers 10 25 to 11 00 good to choice cows 7 00 to 7 50 and butcher grades 12 25 to 12 75. Also列 corn oats eggs potatoes and New York live stock notes and prices from East Buffalo and East Potate merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
East Potate
N. Y
Stone Accuses Lansing Officials of State Department Leaks
Senator Stone charged confidential state department employees with leaking information to Wall Street. He warned of possible investigations into the stock market leak and criticized sensational claims by Thomas W. Lawson. Lawson labeled Stone a megaphonic human donk, while Henry dismissed calls for a probe after two discussions with Lawson.
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Megaphonic
Henry
Boston
Washington
Stone
Committees On Foreign Relations
State Department
Senator Stone
Thomas W. Lawson
Congress
Lawson
Campbell
Kansas
House Rules Committee
Wall Street
Committee On Rules
ARMS FOR 1,000,000 MEN General Crozier Tells What U S Hopes for in Two Years
General Crozier chief of ordnance told the house military committee the rising cost affects cartridges and outlined an $18 million request for reserve ammunition. He said by June 30 the government will double its small arms ammunition stock and in two years aims to have 2 billion rounds on hand for an army of 1.6 million.
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Washington
Army Rifles
Crozier
House Military Committee
Four Survive Night afloat after Marcus L. Urann wreck
Three survivors of the Marcus L. Urann schooner wrecked off St Michaels during a hurricane December 29 reach Hampton Roads aboard the steamer Oneago after four days on an upturned boat. The captain, his wife, and eight crewmen perished.
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Newport News
Marcus L. Urann
St. Michaels
Nampton
Phipps Family Receives $150000 Year Start Gifts
Denver reports Lawrence Phipps began the year by giving $50,000 each to Mrs. Phipps, Lawrence Phipps Jr., and Dorothy Phipps, a profit sharing gift as the fourth major shareholder in United States Steel.
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Phipps
Denver
Col
Lawrence
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