Scion in Model Death Arms Self After Murder Suspect
Grace Roberts murder case tied to Bernard W. Lewis of Pittsburgh. Detectives pursued Lewis over a taxicab bill dispute then linked him to the Wilton apartment death. He killed himself in Atlantic City as police prepared to arrest him. Officials say the real killer remains at large. Lewis had been estranged from his wife since November 1916.
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Philadelphia
Grace Roberts
Bernard W. Lewis
Lewis
Mabel
Ethel Kyle
Germantown
Bellevue Stratford
Fifteenth
Poplar Streets
Wilton
S Ee
Lews
Kyle
Miss May Kyle
Grace Colbert
Roberts
Grace Robert
Smcide
Woods
Tate
Atlantic City
N. J
Bernere Wesley Lewis
Pittsburgh
Theurder
Bernard W Lewis
Road plans loom large in Iowa assembly talks
Des Moines Jan 5 the question of good roads is set to feature in the Thirty seventh general assembly. Many leaders doubt there will be any reactionary road registration and it is widely believed the Iowa commission will be sustained.
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Des Moines
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
Iown Commission
Diaz
Villa
Felix Diaz
Zapata
Robles
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Durango
Sonora
Jalisco
Oaxaca
United States
General Pershing
Carranza
Mexico
Bonillas
Arredondo
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico City
Eliseo Arredondo
Washington Post
Ignacio Donillas
Joint Commission
To Create New States in Austro-Hungary Region
An informant reports Croatia Bosnia andMatia will be formed into an autonomous state under Austro Hungary administration. The new governance is described as similar to Galicia.
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Washington
Croatia
1Omatia
Bosnia
Austree
Hungary
Informatc
Galicia
Robert L. Henry House Rules Chairman Moves Siow in Peace
Robert L. Henry, House Rules chairman, moves Siow in a quiet peace, amid leak controversy. Report notes procedural shift and discreet handling of the issue within party circles.
Peace note moves and German terms debated in U S
Washington and London reports on new peace advance efforts tied to President Wilson and entente replies. Senators Hitchcock Lodge Lewis clash over endorsement while Italy Switzerland speculate Germany to offer concessions and seek a first contact in peace talks.
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Germany
Lodge
U. S
Lewis
Wilson
Kaiser
London
Italy
Switzerland
Lugano
Rome
Corriere Delticino
Washington
Hitchcock
Senate
Congress
Illinois
Lawson pulls back from peace leak inquiry
Thomas W. Lawson informed Speaker Clarion that he cannot appear before the house rules committee for the peace leak investigation. The Boston broker said he would depart for Europe on Saturday, delaying testimony.
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Washington
Thomas W. Lawson
House Rules Committee
Clarif
Boston
Europe
Oklahoma cyclone kills twenty five in Blocker area
A Tornado swept through Blocker and Featherston Oklahoma on January 5 killing at least twenty five and damaging homes and schools. A schoolhouse was blown away with fifteen children reported dead and the storm is believed to have razed Richville and Blocker mining camps with other fatalities nearby. Victims’ names were not yet learned.
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Blocker
Okla
Here
Featherston
Richville
World War Debt Increases by Major Powers
The federal reserve board estimates national debt increases from the start of World War I to late 1916 for Great Britain France Russia and Germany and their allies. Entente totals amount to about 29.27 billion with the central powers at roughly 20.19 billion.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Rus
Hungary
Federal Reserve Board
Austria Hungary
Austria
French Consul Te nardini Family Loss Reported
El Paso report says Miguel Tenardini French consul at Torreon and one of his sons were killed by Villistas. The consul had stayed in Torreon where Villa forces captured Coe city, according to two Torreon reports received.
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el Paso
Tex
Miguel Tenardini
Torreon
Thenardini
Coe City
British Transport Ivernia Sunk. 150 Missing
London reports the British transport Ivernia has sunk with 150 military officers and men missing. The Dundard liner Ivernia, a 14,275 ton steamer, served in government transport roles carrying troops between Canada, Britain, and the Dardanelles.
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London
Ivernia
Canada
Dardanelles
Ice Shortage Feared After War-Era Shipping Halt
Keokuk Iowa January 5 Local ice shippers cannot ship ice harvested due to ongoing war disruptions. If car shortages remain unresolved an ice shortage is expected in the coming summer in this section.
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Keokuk
Illinois Leads All in Presidential Votes
New York reports an official count showing Illinois gave Hughes 1,152,316 votes and Wilson 950,081, the highest totals for any state. The state’s big margins are credited to woman suffrage, with Illinois also delivering Hughes’s largest plurality at 202,235. Pennsylvania and New York follow in plurality totals.
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New York
Ilinois
Hughes
Illinois
Wilson
Commonwealth
New York Times
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Missionary Turned Shoplifter Case Unveiled in Indiana
Miss Emma Miller eighteen daughter of a Napanee farmer confesses she was taught shoplifting by Ralph Jenness alias Kinase whom she met as a Presbyterian missionary six months ago. The pair were arrested with Esther Miller twenty sister of Emma after Esther tried to sell a twenty five dollar gold platinum ring for three fifty in a pawn shop. Esther wore a seventy five dollar coat stolen at Goshen.
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South Bend
Ind
Emma Miller
Ralph Jenness Alias
Kinase
Indiana
Michigan
Esther Miller
Esther
Goshen
Wilson program jolted as House blocks gag rule
In Washington on January 5 the House refused to pass a gag rule 167 to 145, killing a plan to extend for a year the life of the joint congressional committee probing the railroad situation. The vote, backed by thirty Democrats and opposed by six Republicans and two Progressives, marks a rare administration defeat.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Joint Congressional Committee
Lon Key Figures in Early Local Clubs as Attorney Emergence
A fragmentary note references a Mr Lon as Lou's attorney who rose to prominence by organizing a club in the Cayedi era. It mentions a petition by a resident secretary and hints at Woodrety Vl seu club activities in years past.
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Lon
Ua Youn
I. Lou
Woodrety Vl Seu Club
Sare Cayedi Wid
Ic’ Ie
Rvaistant
Joseph Caillaux Reports on German Peace Scheme in Italy
Joseph Caillaux alleges a German peace initiative shaping events in Italy. The report outlines his view of negotiations and potential impact on Italian politics and Allied strategy.
Goddard Being Watched in Mysterious Indiana Killing
Veedersburg Indiana January 5 authorities search for a mysterious stranger believed to have killed Mrs Ellen Goddard in her home. Her husband John Goddard forty five is under surveillance and claims a club crushed his wife’s skull and that he was tempted to kill himself. Coroner Francis Smith has not filed a report and no witness matches the slayer description. A room occupant John Ross testified hearing a scream and "murder" but saw nothing further.
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Veedersburg
Ind
Ellen
Dard
I. Goddard
Francis Smith
Covington
Smith
Perro
John Ross
Goodards
Beale Former Illinois Legislator Laid to Rest at Galva
Reuben Vraniklis Beale longtime Galva mayor and former Illinois legislator was buried in Galva after a funeral held there. He directed a loan company led a telephone firm and engaged in Henry County businesses. A Civil War veteran he served as an orderly to General Sherman.
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Peoria
Ill
Reuben = Vraniklis Beale
Illinois
Galva
Beale
Henry County
Sherman
Tramp Receives Notice Of 200 Acre Farm In Danville District
Bloomington police bring a letter from a Danville attorney to George W. Cheathem, a tramp in city hall, announcing he has inherited a 200 acre farm near Murrayboro after roaming the county for sixteen years.
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Bloomington
Ill
George W. Cheathem
Danville
Murryboro
Cheathem
Rabbits Plague Carlinville Area Prompting Large Hunt
In Carlinville Illinois a rabbit overrun forced farmers to wage a major campaign. In a single hunt 656 rabbits were killed as crews sought to curb damages to fruit trees and crops amid shortages and increasing losses.
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Carlinville, Ill
Carlinville
Robbers Blast Bloomington Lumber Office Safe
In Bloomington on January 4 robbers blew Alexander's Lumber Co offices in Archer. The safe was found empty but they took $60 from the Anchorage. Local authorities investigate the break in and recover few clues.
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Bloomington
Alexander's Lumber Company
Archor
Villa lays plans for northern Mexico republic
Pancho Villa prepares to organize a northern Mexico republic with a provisional government in San Antonio Texas. Prominent Villistas expect Diaz Zapata and Robles factions to back the effort and nominate Dr Vasques Gomez for president with a capital chosen for the provisional state.
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el Paso
Tex
Pancho” Villa
Mexico
Wic
Villa
Villista
United States
Hippolito Villa
San Antonio
Vasquesz Gomez
Mexico Republic
Alleged Dynamiter Arrested in Wet and Dry Fight Incident
Sam Wiley, a Muncie bartender, was arrested by Sheriff Albert O Harra on four charges related to the wet and dry fight. Frank Whitney, a key leader, was assaulted in view of the police station and an attempt was made to dynamite Wilbur Ryman's home, the attorney for the drys. Wiley is said to be one of those who attacked Whitney.
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Muncie
Ind
Sam Wiley
Albert O'Harra
Maren
Frank Whitney
Wilbur Ryman
Wiley
Whitney
Hughes Appointed Court Reporter in Tipton Indiana
Charles E Hughes of Tipton Indiana has been appointed court reporter to replace Frank Russell who was elected prosecuting attorney. Hughes takes the post as expentt court reporter in Tipton with duties to record official proceedings for local courts.
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Indiana
Charles E. Hughes Tipton
Ind
Charles FP. Hughes
Frank ©. Russell
Native Sons Dominate Iowa General Assembly Make-up
Des Moines January 5 Native sons predominate in the thirty seventh Iowa general assembly according to official registers saved by the secretary of state In the senate thirty two of the fifty members were born in Iowa and in the house sixty one out of a total of one hundred eight are natives.
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Des Moines
Thirty-seventh
General Assembly
Secretary of State
Senate
Iowa
Barbers Split on State Licensing Measure
Des Moines Iowa news reports barbers statewide are divided over a proposed licensing law. The measure would license barbers and place them under a state board of examiners. The bill has passed the lower house.
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Des Moines
Pan. S
4 Hill
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