Leonard Beats Dundee in Newark Lightweight Title Bout
Benny Leonard, world lightweight champion, outpointed Johnny Dundee in eight rounds before 13,002 at the Newark Armory. A large crowd filled the 1st Regiment hall with tight security and smooth arrangements. Preliminaries featured Buddy Dunne beating Rabbit Long, with Joe Humphries handling the public address and a lively crowd dynamic throughout the night.
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Newark
Benny Leonard
Johnny Dundee
1St Regiment
Harry Jay
Fink
Bronx
Maxwell
Philadelphia
Marty
Eayly
Baysoons
Buddy Dunne
Rabbit
Buddy
Seven Unsolved Murders In City In Two Weeks
A city endures seven unsolved murders over a two week span. Victims include Mrs Ellen Hirchman at 2041 Lexington Ave on Jan 7, Charles H Knapp at his vacant Bedford St property on Jan 8, Mrs Helma Southland near Forty second St and Ninth Ave in Brooklyn on Jan 10, Mary Elizabeth Riddell a 17 year old beaten near 183 on Jan 15, Winfield Scott Philhow er in his East Thirtieth Street apartment on Jan 18, and Joseph Holbach and his wife shot at Lahey Ave and Rockaway Blvd in South Ozone Park on Jan 20. Authorities have not solved the cases.
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Ellen M. Hirchman
Lexington Avenue
Charles H. Knapp
Bedford Street
Helma Southland
Ninth One
Brooklyn
Mary Elizabeth Riddell
Winfield Scott Philhower
East Thirtieth Street
Joseph Holbach
Gang of Four
Lahey Avenue
Rockaway Boulevard
South Ozone Park
Queens
Seven Unsolved Murders Stun Queens Area
Four gunmen killed Joseph Holbach and his wife Melen at Holbach's Hall in South Ozone Park while a search continued for the killer of Mary Elizabeth Ridden. Police report four foreigners opened fire after an argument. Holbach died later, his wife also killed. Authorities widen manhunt across Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.
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Joseph Holbach
Holbach
South Ozone Park
Queens
Melen
Mary Elizabeth
Holbachs
New York
St. Mary's Hospital
Jamaica
Lahey Avenue
Rockaway Boulevard
Miss Riddell
Queens County
Manhattan
Brooklyn
O'Donnell
Berlin Ballots Signal Socialists Lose Ground in Vote
Berlin reports show Majority Socialists polling 40 to 50 percent with 24 of 831 districts tallied. Independent Socialists and German Democrats trail, while Hamburg sees disturbances as Spartacists threaten voting in some precincts. Brussels and Paris note similar tensions as postwar political shifts unfold.
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Associated Press
Richard Tischer
Bilin
Catniatea
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German Democrate
Greater Berlin
German Democratic Party
German National Party
German People’s Party
Christian
Democratic Party
Vorwarts
Evenspp
Adh Tt Wap Npt
Hamburg
Spartacides
Ruhleben
New Jersey Halts Postmaster Toll Rates
Utilities Commission of New Jersey halts Burleson toll rate plan delaying national telephone charges. Public Utilities Commission suspends operation of new rate changes for calls within New Jersey. Continued on page four.
Peace Conference Near End as German Votes May Shape
British and American diplomats in Paris expect the peace conference to conclude by late spring if German elections yield a stable government. The American delegation weighs creating an unofficial embassy in Berlin to gather direct information on conditions in Germany, separate from German authorities.
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Berlin
New York Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
Ondon
Paris
Lloyd George
Germany
Cecil Advises Probation for Enemy Nations
Paris dispatch reports Lord Robert Cecil urging probation rather than exclusion for Germany Austria Bulgaria and Turkey in the League of Nations. neutrals demand a permanent seat for Versailles, while debates over open covenants and press representation highlight tension among the five powers at the inter allied conference.
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Associated Press
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
League of Nations
League
Robert Cecil
Committee of Foreign Affairs
Chamber of Deputies
Versailles
League Ofations
Lord Robert Cecil
Wonveighés
Newark
Tnc
Patis
Inter-Allied Conference
Mny
Envoy Warns Conference On Russian Danger At Entente Rise
Paris dispatch reports Moulens French envoy warned the council that Bolshevik power and actions in Russia threaten the Entente. He said the regime aided Germany by exporting food and sought to overturn peace terms, deeming it a grave obstacle to general peace and urging universal action. The meeting included Wilson and Lansing with other great powers as Denmark Italy Britain Japan sent observers.
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Paris
Senate
Antonin Dubost
Wilson
Gether
France
War Office
Luxembourg Palace
Premier Clemenceau
Poincaré
Paul Deschanel
Chamber of Deputies
Marshal Foch
Associated Press
Lansing
M Soulens
Russia
M. Noulens
Germany
Tme Coun
Ax Follo
United States of America
Baron Makino
Ual dOrsay
Trench
Archangel
M. Cavenius
Petrograd
Vittorio Orlando
Italia
Supreme Council of the Peace
Orlando
Rome
Arthur J. Balfour
Robert Cecil
League of Nations
Great Britain
Nobuaki Makino
Wilson Ix
Royalist Revolution Declared in Portugal
A royalist revolt erupted in Portugal with Paiva Conciero leading forces at Oporto Braga and Viseu and proclaiming former King Manuel II as king Government troops move to quell the conspiracy Manuel II sent a telegram reproaching the attempt from Lisbon to the government in Lisbon on January 20 1908.
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Manuel
London
Portugal
Lisbon
Paiva Conciero
Oporto
Braga
Viscus
Manuel Ing
Manuel Itas
Language Logic teaches rapid language learning by listening
New York reports a sixty four page book titled Language Logic offers methods to learn Spanish French Italian and English by listening to specially prepared records. The Cortina Academy advertises free copies for a limited time to interested readers at 4 East 46th St Desk 47 New York.
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Cortina Academy
East 46Th St
Ak—Adye
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