U S Will Drop Mexican Plans Amid Border Talks
Washington reports place Mexican policy back with President Wilson as Pershing’s expedition may withdraw and Carranza’s status shifts to belligerent. In New York Carranza consul Juan Burns is jailed on three indictments for violating Wilson’s 1915 embargo and smuggling arms to Vera Cruz.
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First Chief
New York
Washington
Wilson
E. M. House
Texas
Pershing
Rio Grande
Mexico
Carranzista
Carranza Aid
Juan T. Burns
Vera Cruz
Burns
Department of Justice
Reuben Mier
Houston
Tex
Mier
Galveston
General Carranza
el Paso
Federal
Louis Getting
Wenceston Mont
Jose de la Paz
Idaho Senator Opposes Peace Resolution
WME Borah Idaho Senator opposes a peace resolution. He voices reservations about the proposal and its potential impact, urging caution and further debate within the legislature.
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Idaho
Tax Amendment Taken Into Court In Sangamon County
In Springfield Illinois on January 4 the Sangamon county circuit court heard a petition by State's Attorney F Mortimer asking for a review of the stalemating board ruling that the November 7 tax amendment was carried Opponents contend it lacked the necessary majority The case will determine whether the amendment stands so legislators can revise outdated tax laws If needed the matter will go to the Illinois Supreme Court in the end.
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Springfield
Ill
Circuit Court
Sangamon County
F. Mortimer
Statessing Board
Mortimer
Supreme Court
All They Ask Is Chance To Work
A plea from Fairfield urges local employers to hire returning First Regiment Iowa National Guard soldiers. The note notes their six months of service in Mexico, asks for immediate work, and offers help arranging positions to support families and achieve financial equality.
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Fairfield
Mexico
United States
Iowa
Former Judge Gray Ends Tenure with Mexican Commission
Former judge Gray, long time member of the Mexican commission that ends its work, steps down. He served on the panel through decades of diplomatic negotiations and reform efforts. The commission announced its dissolution as his resignation takes effect.
Pardoned: Herman Billik freed after life term
Herman Billik, once condemned to death for the Vraal family murders and later saved by a reprieve, has been granted an absolute pardon by Governor Dunne. He had been serving a life term in Joliet after Chicago charges and earlier faced execution.
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Springfield
Herman Billik
Joliet
Chicago
Charles $. Deneen
Dunne
Billik
Vraal
Jerry C. Vraal
Neutrals Might Enter War Amid Allied Supply Route
Over a bridge a path leads to filo Holland and to vast stores of rich supplies as neutrals consider entering the war, signaling potential shifts in supply lines and international stance.
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Filo Holland
London
Christiania
Holland
Couple In Fatal Home Shooting Near Vana Illinois
Carl Hielcher aged forty is shot dead in his Vana home by Henry Quoos thirty five Quoos then dies at Huber hospital police find a bullet in Hielchers brain indicates he died trying to enter his home Tracks show Quoos fled behind the house and shot himself The men had been friendly ten months earlier Quoos aided Hielcher in home fitting and then lived there
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Pana
Ill
Carl Hielcher
Vana
Henry Quoos
Quoos
Huber Hospital
Sheriff Downs
Hielcher
Driver Averts Tragedy In South Bend After Train Transfer
In South Bend Indiana on January 4 taxicab driver W H Casselman avoided a wreck by steering toward a locomotive as a Vandalia train neared the Grand Trunk Western tracks. Injured were Josephine Holderman Bremen Indiana Adeline Worth Appleton Wisconsin and Mrs George Mack New York City though none suffered serious injuries.
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South Bend
Ind
Grand Trunk Western
W. H. Casselman
Josephine Holderman
Bremen
Adeline Worth
Appleton
Wis
George Mack
New York City
First Rockford New Year Baby Promised Gifts
Rockford Illinois on January 4 1917 reports the first baby of the year will receive five dollars from a local newspaper. Two banks will start savings accounts with one dollar each. Jewelers shoe dealers dry goods stores and bakeries pledge contributions and a motion picture company will film the child on request.
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Rockford
Ill
Rail Commissioner Appointment in Des Moines
Governor G. W. Clark appoints Dwight N. Lewis of Des Moines to the state railroad commission succeeding the resigned Clifford Thorne. Des Moines resident Lewis steps into the commission role effective immediately.
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Des Moines
Dwight N Lewis
State Railroad Commission
Clifford Thorne
Joint Probers Life To Continue Year
President Wilson urged a special rule to extend for one year the life of the joint congressional committee probing the railroad problem. The panel’s inquiry would end January 14 without extension. An Adamson bid for additional time failed, while a mediation official announced an arbitration awards enforcement plan.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Joint Congressional Committee
Henry
Rules Committee
White House
Adamson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Wilson Seeks Time to Enter War Rumors Rise
Cologne Gazette questions U.S. neutrality as Wilson possibly times entry to the war. Berlin reports ongoing peace talk and German curiosity about American stance. German public views the U.S. president as a sphinx amid rumors of new war plans and movements.
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Berlin
United States
Wilson
Cologne
Germany
America
Teutons Take Braila Gate
Berlin reports Macin a fortified Roumanian Danube bridgehead city fell to the Teutons on Wednesday after two weeks of heavy fighting. Macin had halted the Teuton Dobrudja push toward Braila eight and a half miles to the west.
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Berlin
Welling Ordered to Appear on Foul Blow Charges
Chicago light welterweight Joe Welling must appear before the Wisconsin athletic commission on January 15 to answer charges by spectators that he used foul blows in a Racine bout with Richie Mitchell several weeks earlier.
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Chicago
Joe Welling
Wisconsin Athletic Commission
Richie Mitchell
Racine
Chicago Live Stock Markets Report
Hogs receipts 47 000 with light shipping at 9.80 to 10.00 and heavy packing 10.10 to 10.30. good to fancy pigs 8.50 to 9.25. Cattle receipts 21 000 with good to choice steers 10.25 to 11.00, good to choice butcher cows 7.00 to 7.50, good to 12.25 to 12.75. Corn No 3 white 94c, No 3 yellow 93½ 94c. oats No 3 white 54 to 56c. butter extras 39c, extra firsts 37 to 44c, firsts 34 to 36c, seconds 33 3/4c. eggs frets 9?10c, ordinary firsts 35c.
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Chicago
New Oil Head Bedford Vows Open House Policy
Alfred C. Bedford successor to John D. Archbold as head of Standard Oil of New Jersey declares the company will keep open house in New York. He invites newspapers to come there to learn about the giant corporation, the leading unit of the world’s largest industrial group.
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New York
Standard Oil
Alfred C. Bedford
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Wilsons Terms for Enemies Draw Fire in Senate Debate
Amsterdam dispatch quotes Count Andrassy saying Wilson knows the terms of peace and entente could learn them from source. In Washington Senator Lodge denounces the peace note, vows neutrality, and avoids taking sides in negotiations amid ongoing Senate debate. Colonel House arrives in Washington amid secrecy.
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Wilson
Entente
Count Andrassy
Budapest
New Years
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
Senator Lodge
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Gardner
Massachusetts
House
Mann
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
White House
State Department
Lansing
M. House
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