Witnesses Describe Mexican Bandit Attacks and Reprisals
San Antonio Jan 17 witnesses before the Senate sub committee on the Mexican situation testified about bandit threats and brutal attacks. Anita Whatley recalled a 1911 Parrall Chihuahua raid in which bandits held her at gunpoint and slashed her foot while demanding 5000 dollars. Mrs Allie McHaine and Paul Metzentin described losses and injuries from revolutions while Metzentin claimed Yaqui Indians led by a Carranza officer raided his family.
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San Antonio
Texas
Anita Whatley
Allie McHaine
Paul Metzentin
Mexico
Senate
Fall
State Department
Carranza
Francisco Madero
Villa Hlm
Magistral
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
Villa
United States
Parrall
Anita
Whatley
Paul Metzéntin
Yaqui Bandits Trail Family Tragedy and Ransom Tales
The account details how Yaqui bandits bound a family and threatened them with knives at gunpoint. The mother and sister suffered brutal mistreatment, affecting the mother's health and the sister's memory for years. Neighbors moved the family away after the gang fled. Witness W R McCormick described his son being held for ransom three times and cited deaths of Carranza era managers as the bandits continued to vanish.
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W. R. McCormick
Chihuahua
Carranza
Arthur McKinney
Grand Jury Probing Traction Charges Targets Mayor Hylan
New York January 17 Assistant District Attorney Talley challenged the extraordinary grand jury investigating alleged corruption in traction policy tied to Interborough Rapid Transit and mayoral conduct. He accused auditors of seeking a hidden crime while denying evidence of official stock dealings and pressed for full minutes release.
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New York
Attorney Talley
Supreme Justice
Weeks
Talley
Hylan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Justice Weeks
Wall Street
Swan
Interborough Securities
Grand Jury
Ce Jury
Anr
Almirall
Grand Jury Called On Pacific Coast Shipyard Fraud
Seattle witnesses summoned for a grand jury session amid speculation after San Francisco reports of federal probes into shipyard frauds involving millions on the Pacific coast. Walter C. Foster of the justice department checks yards in Oregon and Washington. no large sums suspected says Shipping Board chairman Payne.
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Seattle
Grand
San Francisco
Pacific
Walter C. Foster
Department of Justice
Oregon
Washington
Payne
Shipping Board
Secret Service
North Pacific
Portland
Tacoma
Paym
Cleveland Firmly Backed as National Baseball Headquarters
The board of directors meeting in Cleveland recommended establishing the city as permanent headquarters for the National Baseball Federation. A rules committee will review championship series play and propose amendments. A committee to travel to Washington to push appointing a national director of recreation under the labor secretary was reendorsed.
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Cleveland
Board of Directors
National Baseball Federation
Association
Washington
Secretary of Labor
United States Withdraws Siberian Expedition Force
Washington releases U S note explaining reasons for pulling back the Siberian expedition. It states reinforcement would be impracticable and maintaining the status quo risked indefinite commitments. The note recalls original aims to aid Czecho-Slovak troops and steady self government efforts, with repatriation now arranged for Vladivostok.
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Washington
United States
Siberian
Japan
Siberia
Vladivostok
Great Britain
Poison olives kill four in New York family tragedy
Mr and Mrs Paul Delbene and their two sons Dominick and Anthony died Friday after eating spoiled olives. Their daughter Lena is in hospital with the same poisoning. Arthur Delbene, age not given, died at Fordham Hospital.
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New York
Paul Delbene
Dominick
Anthony
Lena
Arthur Delbene
Fordham Hospital
Two Killed In Ohio Train Collision Near Hamiet
Two men died and 18 people were injured when a D T I work train collided head on with a Baltimore and Ohio freight train near Hamiet Toledo reports say.
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W Toliedo
Hamiet
Baltimore and Ohio
Toledo
Pittsfield Quintet Routed by Maroons in Friday Contest
In the toll gym Pittsfield lost 68 to 10 to the Maroons Y M C A. Schelp led scoring with six baskets before halftime, Merkel added 4, and Wick 10. The Maroons built a 32 to 10 halftime lead, then widened the gap in the second half as substitutes spread the scoring. Eight personal fouls were called, five on Pittsfield and three on the Maroons, with one technical in the first half. In a curtain raiser, the high school girls beat Business Girls 32 to 11, led by Edna Kohl with eight baskets and Neva Schallenberg with seven.
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Maroons
Tobal
Schelp
Carl Merkeer
Carl Merkel
Schelps
Quincy
Allen
Seasimmsets Te
A. Merkel Ducey
Heidbreder Sanderson
C. Merkel
Wick Schimmel
Allen Fort Sanderson
Berry
Schimmel
Aleth
Hokamp
Edna Kohl
Neva Schallenberg
Marie Breen
Miss Kohli
Miss Schallenberg
E. Kohl
H. Scheefer
N. Schallenberg
L. Meyer F. Crane
M. Dunbar W. Potter
Sees
E. Meyer J. Eads
B. Otte
M. Knapheide
M. Breen
Miss Crush
Miss Marian Best Reports School Quarantined For Influenza
Personal notes mention Marian Best at Ferry Hall near Chicago evaluating a quarantine due to an influenza outbreak. Also listed are social events at Moose Hall, meetings postponed, and various visits and illnesses among local residents.
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Marian Best
Ferry Hall
Chicago
Moose Hall
Advisory Board of
Community Service
J. Will Wall
W. P. Randall
St. Louis
Quincy
Illnois physician Dr Crandall dies at 98 in Quincy home
Dr Orson Hyde Crandall longtime Quincy physician died at his home 301 North Twenty fourth Street at 2 15 this morning aged 98 after a fifty year career. Born in Onondaga County New York March 31 1827 he came west with his family and helped shape Illinois farming communities. A Civil War surgeon he was held as a prisoner of war before returning to practice in Milwaukee and Quincy. He never refused care to the poor and remained active in medicine after retiring in 1915 leaving a legacy of public service and a biography of Civil War battles. His widow Ruth Curtis and stepson Grant Curtis survive along with relatives in Sedalia and Kansas City.
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Orson Hyde Crandall
Twenty-fourth Street
Ilinois
Quincy
Joses
Ft. Dearborn
Onondaga County
N. Y
Crandall
Illinois Prairie
Old Fort Dearborn
Chicago
Illinois
Sachs and Fox
Crystal Lake
Fort Deaborn
Crandalls
Doctor Crandall
Eclectic Medical College
Cincinnati
Ohio
American Association of Progressive Medicine
Banks
Butler
New Orleans
A. J. Smith
Milwaukere
Wis
Ruth A. Curtis
Grant M. Curtis
Reliable Poultry Journal
Grant Curtis
Sedalia
Kansas City
Gordon
Warren
Donald
Wola Curtis
W. N. Pumpelly
City
Bank Robbery in Girard Alabama Netting Thieves
Four masked men robbed the Bee Tetats sete in Girard Alabama on January 17. They seized cash and securities, held officers and customers at gunpoint, fired a warning shot, then fled in a nearby automobile. Police search ongoing for the quartet.
Piez Denies Reports of Extensive Frauds
CHICAGO January 17 Charles Piez denies claims of near one billion dollars in frauds in building government ships on the Pacific coast. He says the total coast contracts were about a billion and a fraud of that size would imply a complete project failure. He calls the allegations outrageous and notes cost plus contracts allowed builders ten percent over cost.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Charles Piez
Charles M. Schwab
Nile
Major Evan R. Jones Veteran of War Dies in London
Major Evan R. Jones, Civil War veteran, editor and proprietor of Shipping World, and former editor of the London Globe, died in London on January 16. He came to Milwaukee at 15, helped form Welsh Citizens in anti slavery work, served as American consul for South Wales, and authored biographical and historical sketches.
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London
Evan R. Jones
Shipping World
Evan Rowland Jones
The
London Globe
America
Milwaukee
Wis
Linc
F Fth
Wisconsin Infantry
South Wales
Consolidation Plans for Melee Farm School District
In Bull Creek township, a consolidated school district is rapidly crystallizing after a gift announcement. Malcolm S Martin of Hanover has prepared plans for a new structure in white Bedford stone. The move aims to create one of the best equipped school facilities in the country, reflecting the wishes of Mr and Mrs Seymour.
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Meee Farm
Bull Creek Township
Isi
Bedford
Hanmibal
Seymour
Carrie
Quincy Fire Hits Chimney at Payson Avenue
A burning chimney on Sixteenth and Payson avenue drew the fire department Friday afternoon. No damage occurred. The article notes the term scab used to describe nonunion workers amid Philadelphia strikes.
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Sixteenth and
Payson Avenue
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Hervey Fry
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