Goethals Accepts Canal Zone Governor Post
Colonel Goethals accepted the canal zone governorship with an unconditional, indefinite term. The president's nomination was sent to the Senate, with expected speedy confirmation and effective April 1. Mayor Mitchel, in New York, maintained Goethals would be the police commissioner, noting his acceptance of the governorship would not affect police duties.
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Garrion
Mitchel
New York
Washington
Goethals
Canal Zone
War Department
Garrison
New York City
Senate
Goethale
Aimhd
Goethal
Curfew Enforcement debated by local WCTU council
The Women's Christian Temperance Union urged strict curfew enforcement and a new city ordinance to curb youths under 18 from public streets after curfew. Debate centered on curfew hours with test ring of the fire bell and questions about under 18 marriages, as Mayor Matlock and Mrs. Rugg weighed in.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
al Hove
Matlock
Railroad Fire Law Declared Unconstitutional in SD
Washington Jan 2 The South Dakota law allowing railroad liability for double the loss from locomotive fires was struck down by the supreme court as violating the 14th amendment.
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Washington
South Dakota
Supreme Court
Home of Edward Beardsley Held Off Posse for Week
Edward Beardsley, a New York state farmer near Jaumestown, resisted a sheriff and armed citizens for more than seven days. He sheltered nine children, shot an overseer of the poor, and finally surrendered after a hotelkeeper who knew him talked him into lowering his guard. He was jailed after capture.
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Edward Beardsley
New York
New York State
Jaumestown
Beardsley
Heardsley
Committees Start Probe of Michigan and Colorado Strikes
Two House committees will depart Washington on Monday to probe the strike actions in Michigan and Colorado. Colorado investigations are expected to last three to four weeks, while Michigan copper strike inquiries should extend four to five weeks.
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Michigan
Colorado
Washington
House of Representatives
Detectives Charged With Disrupting Miners’ Union
In Indianapolis delegates at the United Mine Workers convention faced violent disorder amid rumors that private detectives from a Pittsburgh agency infiltrated the meeting to provoke unrest. The uproar stalled voting on President White’s salary as Gompers of the AFL arrived to oversee matters.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
White
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gonzales Slated as New Mexican President
Mexico City dispatch reports that General Fernando Gonzales was slated for the presidency amid Huerta plot rumors. Rascon, named war minister, was said to be exiled as he travels to San Salvador, per local papers.
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Gonzales
Mexico City
Fernando Gonzales
Huerta
Rascon
San Salvador
Motion to Quash McManus Case Begun
Col J H Raley for defendant and District Attorney Steiner argued for quashing the indictment against Pilot Rock editor John P. McManus who is charged with grain larceny. A key issue is lack of stated criminal intent and missing witnesses, including attorney Johnson who says he testified to the grand jury but was not listed among witnesses.
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J. H. Raley
Fred Steiner
John P. McManus
Pilot Rock
R. R. Johnson
McManus
Sam Barlow
McMannus
Johnson
Grand Jury
Old Hermiston rivals set to clash Friday night
Hermiston Athletic Club basketball rivals meet the local Sophomore quintet in what is billed as one of the season’s fastest games. The Hermiston lineup includes Longhorn Todd forwards Boynton Skinner Blakenly guards. Pendleton Fowler Peters forwards Seibert Kerrick Russell guards. A preliminary Midgets versus Freshmen game precedes the main event at 7:30.
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Hermiston Athletic Club
Hermiston
Longhorn
Todd
Boynton
Skinner
Blakenly
Pendleton
Fowler
Peters
Seibert
Kerrick and
Russell
Deistic Amendments Backed by House Immigration
The House Immigration Committee backed drastic Burnett Dillingham amendments. They mandate deportation of aliens or citizens aiding immigration of undesirables including militant suffragists and property destruction advocates. President Wilson dismissed reports of U S friction with Japan as unfounded while noting arms sales by foreign firms in Mexico.
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House
Dillingham
Washington
Burnett-Diingham
House Immigration Committee
United States
Japan
Mexico
Wilson
Huerta
Cold Wave Strikes Omaha and Central West States
A cold wave hit Nebraska on January 29 with some areas at zero degrees. The bitter weather worsened conditions for the poor and unemployed. In Chicago on January 28 temperatures plunged, falling five degrees hourly, reaching 37 degrees above zero by noon.
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Omaha
Gentral West States
Nebraska
Chicago
Pope lifts ban after tango danced for him
Rome report states the pope witnessed tango dancing and then removed the ban on the dance, calling it merely tiresome rather than improper. The brief note suggests the action was a personal judgment rather than policy shift.
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Rome
Alcohol tax hike in Italy tops world duties
ROME Jan 29 The Italian government raised alcohol revenue from 64 to 664 per barrel to help repay the 200 million spent in the conquest of Tripoli and Cyrenaica. The move makes Italy’s tax the heaviest on spirits globally.
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Rome
Tripoli
Cyrenaica
Central Regional Bank Hearing Sways Seattle Claim
Seattle leaders press for a central regional bank in the northwest arguing Pacific trade, Alaska and Orient activity justify Seattle as the hub. Questions reveal Idaho Oregon Montana join a single district would lack enough capitalization. hearing ends with Portland return planned.
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Central Regional Bank
San Franciseco
McAdoo
Houston
Washington State
Portland
Seattle
Wash
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Backus
National Bank of Commerce
Seattle Clearing House Association
Organization Committee
Litter
Eugene Wilson
Tacoma
Alaska
Orient
Panama Canal
Lister
State of
Strong
Haines
West
Northwest
Taft urges Canada to learn from U S mistakes
In Toronto Taft warns Canada against plutocracy and corporate control. He notes Canada can profit from U S errors and urges early, restrictive reforms to avoid excesses of reform while addressing industrial expansion and the risk of corporate methods spreading north.
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Taft
Canada
United States
Letter Demands Ransom for Missing Spokane Millionaire
Los Angeles police received a ransom demand from a group calling itself The Black Mallers offering to return Lewis Clark, the Spokane millionaire who vanished near Santa Barbara. The offer asked for $75,000. Police concluded the letter was not genuine and will hand it to federal authorities, ending the search for the writers.
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Los Angeles
Chiief
Sebastian
Lewis Clark
Santa Barbara
Ranson
Street grading planned to ease steep hill near Main
City council accepted plans to reduce Testin Street to a grade from Main to Thompson, with retaining walls at Dr. J Temple and Mrs. Harper lots, and ordered Matlock Street gravel bitulithic work. Water commission eligibility questioned. pest house to be established for smallpox patients. Mallock street sewer connection discussed. Jackson Street sewer west extension debated. Crescent saloon liquor license referred. arc light on Matlock street bridge approved. Vincent street bonds awarded. Bush street sewer final payment and city expenses settled.
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Testin
Main
Thompson Street
J. Temple
E. Harper
Matlock (Blaine) Street
Raley
Stephen A. Lowell
Marion Jack
Will Moore
J. A. Best
St Anthony's Hospital
Mallock Street
Murphy
North Side
Phelps
Sewer Committee
N. D. Swearingen
Jackson Street
J. B. McConk
American National Bank
R. L. Oliver
Breding
Hansen
Muller
Crescent
Henry Schultz
National Surety Co
Matlock Street Bridge
Warren Construction Co
Vincent Street
Bush Street
Newport Co Begins Joint Contract With R N Co and City
Newport Construction started a joint contract for Thorn Hollow work with the C W R N Co and the city water commission. A quarter mile roadway widening moves the wagon road to the north side of the track. Rip roping for the railroad portion, with 30 to 40 workers. The firm also holds a 50,000 yard excavating contract on the West Umatilla project with about 50 teams at work.
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J. FP. McManus
Newport Construction Co
Thorn Hollow
Boston
Lowell
Ater Water Commission
Newport Construction Company
City Water Commission
The
Water Commission
Feld
Newport Company
West Umatilla
Leader seeks vengeance in love case in New York
Testimony to District Attorney Whitman from Alfred Lohman Antonio Sedaitis and Rocca Pucciarello members of an alleged Black Hand gang describe how a motion picture theater was doused with kerosene and benzine and a bomb placed in a tenement hall to avenge a love affair involving Giuseppe Farrara The Hippodrome was burned because of the janitor Joe the Wop Farrara offered 100 to abduct the girl Nellie Peccarro and reputedly planned to kill Joe if he could not have her The conspirators say Farrara supplied the fuel and bomb and watched as the violence unfolded in Houston Street and Pecarro's building
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New York
Whitman
Alfred Lohman
Antonio Sedaitis
Rocca Pucciarello
Black Hand
Angelo Silverstro
Houston Street
Hippodrome
Joe the Wop
Giuseppe Farrara
Lohman
Farrara
Italy
Nellie Peccarro
Sedaitis
Pucciarello
Puccarro
Joe
Ferrara
Pecarro
Sylvester
Villa Denies Ambition to Be Mexico President
Juarez Jan 29 General Francisco Villa, rebel military commander, said he has no wish to become president of Mexico. He acknowledged attention from his victories at Ojinaga and Chihuahua but stated he would support General Carranza if he becomes president and would obey orders, even if it meant leaving the country.
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Juarez
Francisco Villa
Mexico
Huerta
Ojinaga
Chihuahua
Carranza
Funeral of Late Senator Cullom Set for Saturday
Brief funeral services for Shelby M Cullom former United States Senator from Illinois were held at the Cullom residence. The body will be buried in Springfield, Illinois, on Saturday. Cullom’s death ends 60 years of public service and spans presidents from Lincoln to Wilson. Andrew Jackson was president when he was born in 183? in Kentucky’s Elk Spring valley near the Cumberland.
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Washington
Shelby M.cullom
United States
Fromllinois
Cullom
Springfield
Til
Shelby Moore Cullom
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Jackson
Mr Cullom
Elk Spring Valley
Kentucky
Cumberland
Maryland
Coffeys
North Carolina
Asbestos Deposits Found Across Na tal Region
A survey reports asbestos deposits spanning roughly two by four miles in Na tal. The discovery covers a broad area with potential mining implications and environmental considerations for the region.
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Natal
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Milllionaire Lewis
Lark
Spokane
Tustin Street
Industrial Welfare Commission
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Literary & Scientific Society
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Newport CO
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