Villa Threatens Execution Of Don Luis Terrazas Jr In Chihuahua
Rebels under Villa seize Chihuahua city and demand 2,000,000 pesos or immunity from Torreon. Don Luis Terrazas Jr prisoner in the palace and to be shot if attacked. Terrazas Sr appeals to American government through El Paso business leaders. Women of the Terrazas family said to be hostages as Villa rules with dictatorial control. Foreign consuls reportedly ordered to obey rebel demands amid killings and seizure of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Torreon
Chuhuahua City
Rancho Villa
Luis Terrazas, Jr
Luis Terrazas
Mexico
Terrazas
Chuahua
Chihuahua
Villa
Louis Terrazas
Fl Paso
Bryan
Texas
Congress
Cteher
Ojinaga
Chihuahua City
Sergele Sanchez
Tampico Reacts to Rebel Defeat Ends Four-Day Hostilities
Washington reports from Rear Admiral Fletcher confirm Mexico City dispatches detailing the rebel defeat at Tampico after four days of routine. Medical officers from the US gunboat Tampico and scout cruiser Chester are ashore aiding over 200 wounded in military hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fletcher
Mexico City
Tampico
United States
Chester
Castro Reports Arrival in Germany Through Canary Islands
Intimate friends of former Venezuelan President Cipriano Castro in Teneriffe say he is now in Germany. They declare his health is perfectly restored and that he plans to issue a proclamation to his partisans in Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Germany
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Wife offers alimony to husband in separation bid
In New York a wife files for separation and offers to pay her husband alimony. Eloise Wynne pledges to give him ten dollars weekly as long as he stays away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eloise Wynne
Secrets of Navajo diary travel to Philadelphia museum
Records from Arizona claim to upend government theories on Navajo origins and present a complete 1,900 year diary of leading events in the tribe's life, en route to the University of Pennsylvania museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Arizona
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Body of Capt Axel Larsen Found Drifted North
The body of Captain Axel Larsen of the barge Plymouth was recovered face down in sand about 165 miles north of Muskegon Michigan. He had drifted roughly 120 miles from the sinking site near Menominee after the barge went down in a November storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Mich
Axel Larsen
Plymouth
Menominee
Fifteen Hurt as Trolley Plunges in Connellsville
Fifteen people were seriously injured when a West Pennsylvania Railway trolley car ran beyond control, struck a bumping block at the line end, and rolled twenty feet down a sixty foot embankment in Connellsville Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
West Pennsylvania Railway Company
Child Burns to Death In Evansville Area Yard Fire
A six year old daughter of Luke Young living near Winslow Ind. was burned to death while playing in the yard. Her clothing caught fire from a burning stick in the hands of her sister.
Murder confession read at Priest's New York trial
Police Inspector Faurot presented Father Schmidt's confession to the jury in the Anna Aumluller murder case. Faurot, commanding detective bureau, arrested the priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Father Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Faurot
Spanish Protest Reaches Washington on Villa Action
Thomas Edwards United States consul at Juarez said he telegraphed Washington about a protest by Spanish residents of Chihuahua city against General Villa’s order deporting them. The dispatch confirms diplomatic pressure amid the Mexican upheaval and cross border tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
el Paso
Texas
Thomas Edwards
United States
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Villa
Houston's scalp sought by Ohio Grangers and Allies
Washington reports a planned bid by Representative Frank P. Willis and Ohio congressmen with National Grange backing to urge removal of Secretary Houston. The push cites perceived neglect of farmers and a push to pressure the Agriculture Department while denying broader assaults on Wilson or McReynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Frank P. Willis
Ohio
House
National Grange
Ohio Bay
Houston
Wilson
McReynolds
Moe Reynolds
Ohio State Grange
Penman Drugged Testimony in Urbana Murder Case
Gus Penman testified he has no recollection of the killing of Harold Shaw in Urbana. He described being dazed after a stranger gave him tablets alleged to be breath perfume at a Danville disorderly house. He said he carried a revolver all day. the state contends the weapon was obtained just before the encounter. The defense presented its first expert testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Gus Penman
Harold Shaw
Urbana
Penman
Danville
Shaw
Calf Dealer Found Guilty and Sentenced in KC Case
John Aikens, president of the Missouri and Kansas Calf and Cattle company, was found guilty of obtaining money by trick in a calf market corner scheme. He received a two year penitentiary sentence. Prosecution claimed payments to buyers for three large packing companies helped corner the market, causing losses over $200,000 to the firms involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John Aikens
Missouri and Kansas Calf and Cattle Company
Girl Attacked on Train Reported Near Brokaw Wisconsin
Miss Cecelina Mar couliller of Tomahawk Wisconsin accuses Robert Williams a Chicago porters of assaulting her aboard a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train near Brokaw Wisconsin as she traveled to Dalton Illinois. Williams was arrested and placed in Lincoln County Wisconsin jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Robert Williams
Cecelina Marcouliller
Tomahawk
Wis
Dalton
Ill
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Brokaw
Williams
Lincoln County
Wilson weighs Panama zone government plan with Goethals
President Wilson will consult Col. Goethals before finalizing the civil government plan for the Panama canal zone. Executive offices report he is seriously considering issuing a summons for Goethals to advise on the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Col. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Goethals
Skate and Deliver Mail in Chicago
The postoffice department plans general use of roller skates for mail delivery in Chicago. Eight clerks at the main post office have been equipped, and the program will expand to carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Burials Resume in Denver After Snowbound Delays
Denver authorities report burials resumed after a weeklong halt caused by heavy snow. Fifty bodies had awaited interment as deep drifts blocked cemeteries across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Rifles Seized in Belfast Under Proclamation
British customs officials seized two hundred rifles arriving aboard a German vessel as part of the royal proclamation against arms imports into Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ireland
Texas Flood Damage Mounts to 7 Million in Texas
Texas floods cause property damage estimated at 7 million dollars in Houston area. Many homes were destroyed and cotton losses projected near 700 thousand dollars, with broader economic impact anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Houston
Tex
Nunothe
Typiot Killed by a Bong at O K Bottling Plant
A bomb delivered to the O K Bottling company at 628 Wheat Thirty-eighth street exploded killing Ida Anusowitz, 20, a stenographer. Sales manager Thomas McCabe was injured, as was stableman Thomas Ryan, with windows wrecked and furniture damaged. The package bore a brown paper wrap and a corner note reading 23 State st New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
O. K
McCabe
State St
Insanity Theory Raised in Schmidt Slayings Trial
New York testimony in the Hans Schmidt murder trial includes Anna Aumueller calling Father Schmidt wholly crazy. Dr. Arnold Leo, the principal witness, testified Schmidt appeared eccentric and irrational, at one point grabbing a zither and singing wildly when Leo treated him at the rectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Schmidt
Anna Aumueller
Arnold Leo
Hans Schmidt
Leo
Lee
Battle for Robbery Rights Near Madison Square Garden
More than 100 shots were fired in a clash between rival gangs outside Madison Square Garden. One man was wounded and hurried away. police did not learn his name. The fight reportedly stemmed from disputes over so called strong arm privileges of gambling and stealing watches and jewelry from race spectators.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Good Job for Young Man Seeks Government Petrographer
Washington offers a government petrographer post at 1200 dollars yearly. Applicant must be a young man of good habits with college graduate level education and be well versed in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Mild Winter Predicted by Missouri Governor Visit
Missouri muskrats have not built mounds signaling a mild season, states the governor and Missouri mayor in remarks before a house roads committee appearance. The playful forecast ties animal signs to seasonal expectations during the Washington visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Missouri
Guv
House Committee On Roads
Absence of athletica linked to tobacco use
Prof H E Black, head of Eaton Colorado school system, says lack of athletics at the high school is largely responsible for increased tobacco use among pupils. He notes athletics provide discipline and healthy outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Colo
H. E. Black
148 Women Vanish in Kansas City Report
A report to the Kansas City board of public welfare shows 148 women and girls have disappeared in the city over the past six months prompting investigation into welfare and safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ella Flagg Young Resigns as Chicago School Superintendent
Ella Flagg Young fails to win re election as Chicago schools superintendent after a split board vote. John D Shoop selected to replace her as assistant superintendent, with seven members backing Young on a second ballot and Shoop securing a majority. Resignations follow including Peter Reinberg as board president and Dean Walter V Summer as school management chair.
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J. D. Shoop
Chicago
Ikl
Ella Flage Young
Board of Education
John D. Shoop
Young
Peter Reinberg
Noard
Walter V. Summer
Committee of
Shoop
PRESS AGENT BEN DEERING DIES AT 59
Ben Deering long served the Republican State Committee Press Bureau and once secretary to ex-chairman Charles D. Morris. He died at his Webster Grove home after a long decline from overwork. Born in Bedford, Kentucky, he was editor of the Watchman Advocate at Clayton and later ordained in the Methodist Episcopal ministry. His career spanned evangelistic, temperance, and political work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Deering
Republican State Committee
Charles D. Morris
St. Joseph
Webster Grove
Mr. Deering
Watchman Advvocate
Clayton
Bedford
Methodist Episcopal
Root Receives 1912 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Christiania Norway reports Senator Elihu Root of New York is awarded the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize for his Cuba and Philippines pacification work and for aiding the U S Japan dispute settlement. The prize about $40,000. 1913 goes to Henri La Fontaine of Brussels. The prize was held up last year delaying both awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Norway
Tssted
Elihu Root
New York
Henri la Fontaine
Brussels
Permanent Peace Bureau
Berne
Switzerland
Root
Cuba
Philippines
United States
Japan
Fields Guilty of Murder in Hospital Courtyard
Cairo Illinois jury after three hours returns a guilty verdict against Harvey R Fields in the murder of Dr FE Gordon as he left a hospital on September 1 1918. The panel fixes a 20 year penitentiary sentence. Fields defenses claim mental strain from stories of alleged abuse by Gordon. Field’s wife Mrs Phony Schmidt of Chicago hysterical during the verdict and was removed by court officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Harvey R. Fields
FE. E. Gordon
Fields
Dr. Gordon
Gordon
Phony Schmidt
Chicago
Granger Censures Houston Over Washington Visit
At an Ohio State Grange meeting in Lima 600 delegates cheered as Secretary Freeman of Tippecanoe City lauded William Jennings Bryan as his favorite candidate for 1916. He offered a resolution condemning Secretary of Agriculture Houston for failing to meet the Ohio Corn Boys in Washington, claiming Wilson's appointment shocks the National Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
William Jennings Bryan
Ohio State Grange
Freeman
Tippecanoe City
Bryan
Houston
Ohio “Corn Boys
Washington
National Grange
Wilson
Attempt on Major Thorpe Thwarted. Suspect Held
In Portsmouth New Hampshire an assassination attempt targeted Major George C Thorpe commander of the naval arson at Kittery Maine. Frederick Richard recently discharged from the navy and from San Francisco is held as a suspect in the incident.
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Maj. Thorpe
Portsmouth
N. H
George C. Thorpe
Naval
Kittery
Frederick Richard
San Francisco
Navy
S Held
Fear a Verdict Tries Death by Herself in Ashland Murder Trial
Mrs. Maggie Johnson, on trial for the murder of her husband at Ashland last August, attempted to prevent a verdict by swallowing carbolic acid when called to the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wahoo
Nab
Maggie Johnson
Ashland
Four Thousand Vaccinated in Joliet Campaign
Joliet Illinois reports that more than 4,000 residents have received vaccination as part of an aggressive public health drive after the outbreak of disease. No smallpox cages developed during the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Sues for False Arrest Over Bezoni Murder Case
Lawrenceburg blacksmith Ben Nickel sues W M Wilkerson for 15000 damages claiming false arrest and damaged reputation after an affidavit tied Nickel to the murder of Adrian A Bezoni near Mt Vernon. Nickel was jailed until bond, later acquitted at preliminary hearing as Bezoni's murder remains unsolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian A. Bezoni
Mt. Vernon
Ben Nickel
Lawrenceburg
W. M. Wilkerson
Bezoni
Wilkerson
Isatkel
Nickel
Missouri tale echoes Enoch Arden in court
In Higginsville Missouri Claus Dohrman and his wife were arrested on a complaint by Charles Anderson the husband of Mrs Dohrman Anderson disappeared a year ago leaving her destitute She could not divorce and believed Anderson would not return so Dohrman asked her to marry him now both are bound for the criminal court in Lexington awaiting trial on the charges arising from the situation
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Missouri
Enoch Arden
Claus Dohrman
Higginsville
Charles Anderson
Dohrman
Criminal Court
Lexington
Golden Wedding Anniversary On Callaway County Farm
Mr and Mrs W H Garrett celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home near Williamsburg on a farm they have occupied since their marriage in 1863. Garrett, a prominent local figure, served one term as prosecuting attorney of Callaway county. About fifty guests attended and gave $50 in gold as a gift, with the surprise arranged by the couple’s nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Garrett
Williamsburg
Mr. Garrett
Callaway County
Judge grants parole for wedding of Carthage prisoner
Circuit Judge D E Blair paroled Andrew Mayers from the county jail in Carthage after he promised to marry and stay out of trouble. Mayers wed Miss Anna Veach of Joplin who waited in the courtroom following the parole.
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D. E. Blair
Andrew Mayers
Carthage
Mayers
Anna Veach
Joplin
Local minister George Engler ends life over poultry pamphlet
Rev. George Engler a prominent St. Joseph minister hanged himself at home after planning the death. He prepared by placing a scarf around his neck to protect the flesh, authorities report.
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George Engler
St. Joseph
Death of 86-year-old invalid in Licking blaze
Mrs John Dixon an invalid 86 years old perished in a home fire at Licking thirty five miles south of Holla. Neighbors responding to a blaze at about 9 45 o clock discovered her body in the kitchen.
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John Dixon
Licking
Holla
Springfield Water Hearing Schedules Across City
Missouri public service commission members were in Springfield to set a hearing on city water purity. Complainants include the Springfield Commercial Club and the Green Country Medical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Missouri Public Service Commission
Springfield City
Springfield Commercial Club
The
Green Country Medical Association
Centralia Fair Grounds Sold at Public Auction
The Centralia fair grounds covering forty acres and all buildings were sold at public auction by trustee B. H. Barly. KR. L. Brown purchased the property for seven thousand fifty dollars.
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Centralia Fair
B. H. Barly
KR. L. Brown
All Salooné Out of Macon Dry in Landslide
In Macon the saloon ban passed by 26 votes after a fierce local option fight. Four years earlier the town went wet by a large margin. Campaigns featured a bell toll from the First Presbyterian church while women marched and followed Judge Hess, who warned against dynamite. Now both county and county seat are dry, with seven saloons previously operating in Macon.
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Macon
First Presbyterian Church
C. P. Hess
Webster Groves votes to remain dry in local option
Webster Groves near St Louis voted against establishing a saloon by a 999 to 227 margin. Prohibitory license fees of 5000 a year kept saloons out for seventeen years amid rumors a saloonman backed by St Louis brewers might open. A local option campaign formed in response.
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Webster Groves
St. Louis
Lcense
Missouri farmer Dixon grows double oat crop then cane in same field
Doctor Dixon of Holliday in Monroe county reports nine acres of oats fourteen inches high and heading. The oats were planted last April and mowed in July. Ground then seeded to cane, harvested in October. A second oats crop is growing and could be cut in about two weeks if conditions hold.
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Missouri
Dixon
Holliday
Monroe County
Death of Columbia Merchant Scott Branham at Broadway and Tenth
Scott Branham a Columbia merchant died suddenly at his store at Broadway and Tenth Street. Born February 5, 1854, he had long resided in Columbia. He leaves a wife and three children Mrs. Charles Collins of St. Louis, Robert Branham of St. Louis, and Warren Branham of Columbia. His wife was Camilla Switzler, daughter of the late Col. William F. Switzler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Branham
Columbia
Broadway
Tenth Street
Mr. Brenham
Charles Collins
St. Louis
Robert Branham
Warren Branham
Branham
Camilla Switzler
Col
William F. Switzler
The Little Father Carries Brother to School Dies
For two years Oliver Heuer aged 12 carried his invalid brother Frank aged 10 on his back for ten blocks to and from school. The little father died of heart disease while being carried home from school. Oliver is inconsolable as he remembers his burden and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Heuer
Frank
Oliver
County Judges' Association Elects in Missouri Session
The County Judges' Association of Missouri held a 10 day session at Boonville. Judge G W Pine of Marion county was re elected president. Judges R Rhoades Knox Alex Carter Audrain H G Cuim Miller RR O Sehoobe Osage were elected vice presidents. Judge W J Johnson Boone secretary and B L Moore Cooper treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Judges’ Association
County Judges’ Association of
Missouri
Boonville
G. W. Pine
Marion County
R. Rhoades
Knox
Alex Carter
Audrain
G. Cuim
Miller
RR. O. Sehoobe
Osage
W. J. Johnson
Boone
B. L. Moore
Cooper
M A Voating Case Dropped At Missouri University
EB IL Joyce, a University of Missouri student, charged with illegal voting, was acquitted. It marks the third acquittal among students on this charge as four cases pending were dismissed by Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce
University of Missouri
Anderson
Boone County
Big Mule Sale at Warrensburg Draws Southern Buyers
In Warrensburg the monthly Commercial Club mule sale drew buyers from across the South as fifty mules at a time were driven into the street and sold to the highest bidder. A Georgia buyer paid $197.60 per lot after the auctioneer failed to reach $10,000 for the batch, and the sale netted more than $40,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrensburg
Commercial Club
Georgia
South
Judge Harris Orders News Access to Divorce Petitions
In the Thirty fourth judicial circuit of Missouri Judge David H Harris of Fulton requires circuit clerks to provide newspaper reporters with all divorce petitions. The edict aims to publicize filings and inform readers about ongoing divorce cases in his court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-fourth Judicial, Circuit of
Missouri
David H. Harris
Fulton
Robbers Raid Frisco Station Office at Purdy
Robbers dynamited the safe in the agent's office at Purdy's Frisco station and escaped with the day's receipts and many railroad tickets. Pouches and express packages were cut open during the break in occurring the other night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdy
Prize Corn Bought By R A Long In Jackson County
John Van rant manager of the I A Long stock farm in Jackson county bought fifteen bushels of Boone County White prize winning seed corn from William Albers a Pettis county farmer at three dollars a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Long
John van Rant
I. A. Long
Jackson County
Boone County
William Albers
Pettis County
Ray County approves $100000 bond for new courthouse
After a ten year battle, Ray County voters approved a $100,000 bond issue for a new courthouse by 2399 to 68. The proposition had been defeated in three prior elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray County
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