Iowa Legislature Faces Prohibitory Amendment and Woman Suffrage Fight
Des Moines reports the Thirty-seventh general assembly opened with Speaker M B Pitt naming committees and signaling battles over a prohibitory constitutional amendment and a road question aimed at abolishing the state highway commission. Carrie Chapman Catt returns to press suffrage, alleging irregularities in the June primary and seeking another statewide vote.
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Des Moines
M. B. Pitt
House
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
M.B. Pitt
State Highway Commission
Senate
Solons
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York City
National Suffrage Association
Iowa
Ames Student Joins Allied Forces in France
Zakir Abdullin, a sophomore Ames agronomy student, now serves in the British Canadian artillery in France. A Russian Tartars from Ufa he joined Canada after facing confiscation pressure from the Russian government.
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Ames
Zakir Abdullin
Ames Agronomy
France
Abdullin
Canada
Ufa
Russia
Fire guts Des Moines three story block including hotel and market
A fast moving blaze at 4:30 a m destroyed a three story building housing McQuaid grocery and market and the Regal hotel in Des Moines. More than sixty hotel guests fled in their night clothes as temperatures hovered at zero. Loss is about 73000 dollars, largely insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
McQuaid Grocery and Market
Regal Hotel
Iowan Lands Prominent Position in Greek Publication
Thomas R. Williamson a senior liberal arts student at the state university has won a contract with the Alethia of Boston to head a department. He will write a series on modern Greek addressing how English idioms confuse learners and will pursue postgraduate work at Harvard next year.
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Iowa City
Thomas R. Williamson
State University
The
Alethia
Boston
Williamson
Harvard
State Veterinarians Meet Elect Iowa Leaders
Dr. G P Stodder of Sioux City was elected president of the Iowa State Veterinarian association at the annual meeting held in Ames. Ames was chosen as next year’s meeting site. Other officers named include Dr. P W Gilbey of Malvern as vice president and Dr. H B Treman of Rockwell City as secretary treasurer. Charles City Mayor J H McLeod was elected to the executive committee.
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Ames
G. P. Stodder
Sioux City
Iowa State Veterinarian Association
P. W. Gilbey
Malvern
H. B. Treman
Rockwell City
J. H. McLeod
Charles City
Prizes Offered in Ames Sheep Judging Contest
A $25 prize will be awarded to the boys showing the best work and interest in sheep judging at the Ames winter short course and farmers' week January 29 to February 3. C E Wry of the Iowa Retail Clothiers' Association sent notice to Iowa State College animal husbandry head about the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
C. E. Wry
Iowal Retail Clothiers’ Association
Iowa State College
Welcome for Engineers Arrives in Iowa City
In Iowa City a large crowd greeted engineers with university band music and city and university cheers. The engineers formed a procession to City Hall where Alderman Titzell spoke and an informal reception followed. About twenty engineers are State University students, many starting work with the semester. some will lose the year.
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Towa City
Company A
Engineers
Iowa City
Alderman Titzell
The
State University
May Electrify Iowa & Southwestern Railroad Line
The Iowa & Southwestern short line from Clarinda to Blanchard may be transformed into an electric railway. After a receivers sale the line has been idle. Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern Electric representatives visited Clarinda to assess electrification with local funding. They consulted Wabash Railway officials in St Louis for traffic arrangements to support the project. The line runs through College Springs and Page Center which lack rail service since trains stopped.
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Clarinda
Iowa & Southwestern Railroad
Blanchard
College Springs
Waterloo, Cedar
College Buildings Completed Grinnell
Grinnell college faculty discussed room allocations for the new alumni recitation building set to open within weeks. The nine departments and about thirty professors will use the first floor for English German and some history courses the second for Latin Greek and psychology and the third for history political science economics and applied Christianity.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Water Contamination Sicken Iowa City Residents
Between three and four hundred Iowa City residents and State University students fell ill after an operator failed to close a valve at the water pumping station, allowing five hours of impure river water to enter city mains. Health officials warn of potential sickness but no epidemic has appeared yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
State University
Silent $1,000,000 campaign launched for Penn college
Oskaloosa board of trustees inaugurated a silent endowment drive to raise one million dollars for Penn college. W F Dexter and Prof. W E Berry were chosen as financial secretaries to devote full time to the effort, which is planned to last about three years with steady persistent work rather than spectacular displays.
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Oskaloosa
Penn College
W. F. Dexter
W. E. Berry
Iowa Dairymen Set Sixth Annual Convention Dates
Ames merchants plan the sixth annual dairy meeting February 7 and 8 then tour Des Moines February 9 to inspect milk plants and visit the legislature. Vice President G S Brewer, with troops on the border, hopes to return in time. President A Fluetsch and Secretary Co P Thompson announce the event.
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Iowa
Ames
Des Moines
G. S. Brewer
A. Fluetsch
Iowa City
Co. P. Thompson
Waterloo
Swindler Posing as Magazine Solicitor Targeted in Iowa
Seek Magazine Swinder offers fifty dollars for the arrest of an alleged swindling solicitor posing as Harry G. King of Fairfield. The student at the state university and YMCA member traveled to multiple towns offering low rates on various women’s magazines.
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Seek
Towa City
Harry G. King
Fairfield
The
State University
Grinnell Graduate Joins Army as Second Lieutenant
Arthur B. Hutchinson of Manchester, Grinnell College 1915 graduate, passed federal exams with an average just under 84 percent to earn a commission as second lieutenant in the U S Army. He was among three successful Iowa aspirants.
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Grinnell
Army
Manchester
Arthur B. Hutchinson
Grinnell College
United States Army
Towa
Newton Church Destroyed by Fire Prompting Rebuild Plan
The First Congregational church of Newton was entirely destroyed by fire. A congregation meeting planned a new $50,000 building, with rebuilding to start immediately. The old church valued at $25,000 carried $10,000 in insurance. The Rev. George E. Williams is pastor.
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Newton
First Congregational Church of
George E. Williams
No Protection For Farmers In Iowa Grain Trade
Ames reports state inspector E C Lytton laments farmers lack legal protection against elevator shortchanging. Farmers must accept underpayment for grain delivered, while overpayments must be refunded to elevator operators, exposing growers to loss.
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Ames
Iowa
E. C. Lytton
State Inspector of Weights and Measures
Fire damages Mile area with $20000 loss
A fire started in the Beeler livery stable causing the Beeler structure to burn and spreading to a rear barn at the Schupe hotel and nearby outbuildings. It damaged plants of the telephone and electric light companies as cables and wires burned, leaving much of the town without light or telephone service.
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Mile
Beeler
Schupe Hotel
Officials Named New Institution at Rockwell City
The Iowa State Board of Control elected Dr Lena A Beach of Carroll as superintendent of the new women s reformatory at Rockwell City and Grace Shellenberger of Des Moines as state supervising librarian. Beach will be paid 2000 dollars yearly plus maintenance while Shellenberger receives 1200 dollars and expenses. The reformatory buildings under construction include three structures and a tentative opening date has not been set. The board will seek legislative support for additional funds to cover rising state institution costs and review appropriations for possible reductions without harming operations.
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Des ‘Moines
State ‘Board of Control
Lena A. ‘Beach
Carroll
Rockwell City
Grace Shellenberger
Des Moines
Lena A. Beach
Cherokee State Hospital
Europe
Psychopathic Hospital
London
Reformatory
Board of Control
Monona Promotes as “Town of Beautiful Residences”
Monona claims the title and boasts a large per capita number of fine homes. In 1916 new and remodeled houses valued near $80,000 ranged from $2,500 to $6,000, many bungalow style with modern amenities. The town sits in a wealthy farming district, built by retired farmers, with no poor district and few needy families. A century ago the area known as Poverty Point contrasts with 1917’s wealth.
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Monona
Towa
Trowa
Poverty Point
Om aha expressman Arrested Delivering Beer in Council Bluffs
Acting on Attorney General Havner’s ruling Council Bluffs police arrested an Omaha expressman delivering beer in cases to residents without a permit. Police had not troubled drivers who kept records of deliveries as required by law.
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Lidon
Council Bluffs
Havner
Omaha
Recruiting Order Cancelled For Fort Des Moines Officers
Des Moines reports recruitment orders for Fort Des Moines officers to report outside Iowa were cancelled and they are to stay in Des Moines. The notice does not specify whether other Iowa regiments will be recalled to Des Moines for muster out.
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Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
City awards paving contract for fifty three blocks
Independence city council awarded the asphalt paving job for 53 blocks on residence streets. The winning bid was $1.51 per square yard totaling $99,500 with seven other bidders. Preliminary work will start at once.
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Independence
Eity Council
Councilmen Found Guilty in Davenport Graft Probe
Alderman J. C. Prestler of the fourth ward was found guilty of attempted graft in buying a city toolhouse site and expelled from the council. Alderman William Moeller of the second ward was found guilty but not expelled as a two thirds vote failed. The verdict followed the dying statement of Oscar Suse mih, a real estate dealer who shot himself shortly before the graft probe began.
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Davenport
J. C. Prestler
William Moeller
Oscar Susemih
Dodge Estate Final Report Filed by Executors
In Council Bluffs N P Dodge Jr and Frank S Pusey as executors of Gen Grenville M Dodge estate filed in probate division their final report showing all bequests paid as wills directed. The report gives receipts of about 125000 for the year and notes no aggregate value of the estate.
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Dodge
Council Bluffs
N. P. Dodge,Jr
Frank S. Pusey
Grenville M. Dodge
District Court
General Dodge
Lawson Testifies on Leak Inquiry Naming Possible Profiteers
Thomas W. Lawson testified before the rules committee that a cabinet officer and others profited in the stock market via advance information on President Wilson's peace note. He identified Archibald S. White of Boston as the banker who claimed another banker controlled a cabinet member. Henry denied naming any congressman or banker, while Lawson insisted his testimony was true.
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Washington
Thomas W. Lawson
Henry
Rules Committee
Congress
Wilson
McAdoo
Lawson
Archibalds. White
White & Co
Boston
White
Shipping Board Confirmations Move Forward in Senate
Washington January 18 The Senate Commerce Committee voted to recommend confirmation of all the president's appointments to the Shipping Board. Named are Bernard N. Baker Baltimore John A. Donald New York Theodore Brent New Orleans William Denman San Francisco and James B. White Kansas City. The committee found objections to Baker Donald and White insufficient for an unfavorable report.
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Washington, Jan
Senate Commerce Committee
Shipping Board
Bernard N. Baker
Baltimore
John A. Donald
New York
Theodore Brent
New Orleans
William Denman
San Francisco
James B. White
Kansas City
Baker
Donald
White
Deaths and political notes across continents
London reports the death of Victor Alexander Bruce ninth earl of Elgin and Kin cardine. The reichstag will not meet this month but convene February 10 per Amsterdam dispatch. In Lexington four boys Jacob Tantz David Long Frank Long and Richard Fee were killed as a mine caved near Harlan. In Chicago E F H Thomas named vice president of the Lumber Carriers Association Great Lakes. A B Brinkerhoff longtime Chicago railroad official dies at eighty in Huntley Illinois.
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London
Victor Alexander Bruce
Earl of
Elgin and
Kincardine
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Central News
Lexington
Jacob Tantz
David Long
Frank Long
Richard Fee
Harlan
Detroit
Mich
H. Thomas
Chicago
Lumber Carriers’ Association of the
Bank robbers pursued. deputies shot in Harrah
Deputies Joe Layton and Frank Carter were shot while attempting to apprehend suspects cornered in a southeast Harrah house after a bank robbery. The robbers escaped.
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Harrah, Okla
Joe Layton
Frank Carter
Here
Mexican Bishops Arrested in Zacatecas
News from Mexico City reports archbishop Orozco y Jiminez of Guadalajara and bishop Miguel de la Mora arrested in Zacatecas on charges of agitating against the government.
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Mexico City
Zacatecas
Arcchbishop
Orozco Y Jiminez
Guadalajara
Miguel de la Mora
Explosions In Armory Fire Destroy National Guard Armory
Troy N Y January 18 The armory of the Second Regiment New York National Guard was destroyed in a fire of unknown origin The armory was valued at 200 000 with total losses approaching 500 000 dollars
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Troy
N. Y
New York National Guard
Post Office Bill Passed in House Without Record Vote
Washington January 18 without a record vote the house passed the 330 million dollar post office appropriation bill. It omits provisions for a second class matter zone system and one cent local letter rates.
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Washington
House
Admiral Dewey Dies a Great Naval Leader at 79
Admiral George Dewey, famed for the Manila Bay victory, died at his Washington home at seventy nine after six days illness. Mrs. Dewey and son George M. Dewey were with him. President Wilson sent flowers. Born Montpelier Vermont December 26 1837.
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Washington
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
United States Navy
Junius Yemmans Dewey
Montpelier
Mary Perrin
Zachariah Perrin
Gilead
Conn
Grayson Named Medical Director Rear Admiral in Navy
Washington January 20 Dr Cary T Grayson physician to President Wilson is promoted to medical director in the navy with the rank of rear admiral He is honored for four years of keeping the president in good health Also named for senate promotion are William Bratsted David W Taylor Samuel McGowan I R Harris and George O Squier with brigadier general rank in the army signal corps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cary T. Grayson
Wilson
Congress
Doctor Grayson
Senate
William Bratsted
David W. Taylor
Samuel McGowan
I’. R. Harriis
George O. Squier
Army Signal Corps
Calls America Militarist
Rome editorial condemns American militarism under Wilson. It accuses his administration of a vast military program surpassing Germany and predicts the United States becoming the second naval power in the world, aiming at Canada and Mexico after Cuba, the Philippines, the Sandwich Islands, and Panama.
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Rome
Messingero
Wilson
Germany
America
Jutland
Cuba
Philippines
Sandwich Islands
Panaia
Canada
Mexico
German raider allegedly sinks multiple ships off South Atlantic
Reports from Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro say a German raider, possibly the protected cruiser Vinex, sank ten merchant steamers and two French schooners, with survivors arriving in Pernambuco. A British official source notes seven Atlantic ships sunk and nine captured. four hundred lives lost.
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Buenos Aires
Vinex
South Atlantic
Pernambuco
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Atlantic
Hudson Maru
Dramatist
Radnorshire
Bahia
Havre
London
St. Theodore
Yarrowdale
Munieh
Netherbyhall
Mount Temple
King George
Georgic
Voltaire
Ifrench
Nantes
Ashieres
Funston Completes Mexico Expedition Inspection
General Funston returned to Colonia Dublan from Fal Valle completing the inspection of a 175 mile communications line and the review of about 10 000 troops. He said the experience is surprising and that the American people may not fully appreciate the expedition's responsibilities and execution of orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Funston
Colonia Dublan
Fal Valle
Plague Hits Schools in West Virginia Cities
Public meetings in Elkins Grafton and Fairmont suspended by health authorities due to an infantile paralysis epidemic. Forty nine cases have developed and nine lives claimed in the three towns. Public schools closed and teenagers allowed on streets only when necessary.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Elkins
Grafton
Three Cotton Ships Sunk Near Havre and Genoa
Unofficial reports say the Swedish steamships Consul Corfitzon and Consul Olsson carrying 20 000 bales of cotton for Havre and the Norwegian steamship Asbor carrying 10 000 bales for Genoa were sunk by a German raider. All three vessels disappeared after sailing in November.
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Galveston
Tex
Corfitzon
Olsson
Havre
Asbor
Genoa
Sugar Supply Shrinks to 1912 Low in U S
Washington reports the U S sugar supply is at its lowest since 1912 due to reduced imports from foreign nations the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce announced on January 20.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Viceroy of Poland Named by German Emperor
London January 20 Princce Waclaw von Niemoyowski has been appointed viceroy of Poland by the German emperor per a Warsaw dispatch to Exchange Telegraph via Amsterdam.
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Poland
London
Princce Waclaw von Niemoyowski
Warsaw
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Kansans City Man Arrested in $100,000 B&O Train Robbery
HF Grady Webb was arrested in Kansas City Missouri on January 18 charged with taking part in a Baltimore and Ohio train robbery near Doddridge West Virginia in which $100,000 in currency was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansans City
Grady Webb
Baltimore & Ohio
Doddridge
W. Va
Villa Seizes Santa Ysabel and Faces Chihuahua City Attack
Villa advances toward Chihuahua City after capturing Santa Ysabel where Carranzista forces of 1,500 were stationed. Fighting continues around Palomas as the Mexican conflict widens.
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Villa
Santa Ysabel
el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
Palomas
Man Shoots Oil Manager Over Insult to Sister
Statesboro Georgia January 18 Paul Simmons son of Rafe Simmons a prominent cotton buyer shot GW E McMath manager of the Statesboro Cotton Oil Co in the lobby of the Jaeckel hotel Simmons accused McMath of making an insulting remark about his sister Miss Nanne Simmons The incident is reported as a domestic dispute turning violent with a high profile local family involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statesboro
Paul Simmons
Rafe Simmons
GW. E. McMath
Statesboro Cotton Oil Company
Jaeckel Hotel
Simmons
McMath
Nanne Simmons
Deputy and Bandit Slain in Oklahoma Posse Battle
In Okemah Oklahoma on January 20 a bank robbery chase by an Okfuskee county posse ended with one bandit and a deputy sheriff killed. A second robber was wounded and captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okomah, Okla
Jan
Okfuskee County
Here
Admiral Watmough Dies Amid Naval Legend and California Flag Claim
Rear Admiral James H. Watmough retired at ninety five and the last survivor of the Constitution died of influenza in Washington. He raised the first American flag in California during the Mexican War.
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J. H. Watmough
Washington
Jan
James H. Watmough
Constitution
California
la Grippe
U. S. Buys Shells In England
Washington reports the navy department awarded Hatfields of London a contract for 7,500 shells as the United States seeks munitions from a belligerent nation.
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U. S
England
Washington
United States
Navy Department
Hatfields of
London
Train Crash in Roumania Kills Many Aboard Large Passenger Train
A Roumanian dispatch reports a collision near Clurea between a 2,000 passenger train and another train at full speed. The derailment caused many deaths and injuries among those aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Clurea
Roumania
Anarchist Plot Targeted Wilson in Mooney Trial
San Francisco January 20. Edward A. Cunha alleges Thomas J. Mooney and Alexander Berkman led an anarchist group called The Blasters. The aim was to overturn the government and halt preparedness at any cost. Cunha cites writings in The Blast and a 1916 article to link Mooney to the conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Wilson
the Blasters
Thomas J. Mooney
Alexander Berkman
Edward A. Cunha
Cunha
Moon
Chicago
New York
Mooney
American Federation of Labor
Teacher and Musician Slain in Oklahoma City
John M. Couch surrendered in Guthrie after a double murder in the Wheeler school building. He faces a warrant for Nellie M. Dunn’s killing and is suspected in the shooting death of Rowland D. Williams, a fellow teacher. Couch, Dunn’s brother in law, had pursued Miss Dunn reportedly for years. Williams previously taught music in Fort Worth, Little Rock and Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Nellie M. Dunn
Wheeler School
Rowland D. Williams
Dunon
John M. Couch
United States
Stallings
Guthrie
Oklo
Couch
Miss Dunn
Williams
Mary Couch
Fort Worth
Little Rock
Memphis
Food conditions are bad in Germany says Berlin report
A Berlin correspondent says Germany's food situation has worsened in six months with potatoes scarce and Berlin residents receiving under four and a half pounds per capita this week. Cheese is unavailable since August and eggs are rarely sold at high prices while milk is well below normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Germany
Berlin
Dewey Islands Named in Honor of Admiral Dewey
Washington January 20 Allen introduced in the house a joint resolution recognizing Admiral Dewey and authorizing that the Danish West Indies be known hereafter as the Dewey islands to honor his services to the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Allen
Danish West Indies
Dewey Islands
Rebels In Chihuahua City
Small bands of Villa advance guards penetrated Chihuahua City as street fighting raged throughout the day, according to an American arriving from the state capital in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua City
el Paso
Tex
Villa
Greece Yields to Entente Demands
Athens reports the Greek government accepted the entente ultimatum without reservation. The crown council decided on Tuesday and conveyed the decision to entente ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Athens
Entente
Crown Council
U S Men Kill Six Mexicans Near Nogales
Six Mexicans were killed by two American cowboys about 30 miles west of Nogales Arizona when the herders were fired upon while cattle rustling. Reports to the sheriff say the incident occurred on January 19 during tensions along the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Nogales
Ariz
Here
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Washington Star
M’adoo
Tomulty and
Bostonian
Bernstorff
Tale
Grayson
Navy
Sun
British Admiralty
Sea Rover
West Virginia
Blasters
E. A. Cunha
J. M
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