Immense Flood Damage Strikes Southern California
Southern California reels from the worst storm in history. Los Angeles suffers at least 1.5 million dollars in damage to streets, railroads crippled, and more than 150 thousand dollars in city street losses as towns remain isolated and homes swept away. A Mexican suspect in a separate Reno county case is captured near Garrison after tracking from Helena.
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Los Angeles
California
Techanchap Mountains
Mexican Line
A. C. Hansen
Citiens
Pomona
Government Wins Land Case in Arkansas Timber Lands
Attorney General Mc Reynolds announced victory in the eastern district of Arkansas in a test case over title to more than 109000 acres of valuable timber and agricultural lands in the northeastern part of the state.
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Washington
Mc. Reynolds
Arkansas
Pythian Convention Opens in Washington Under Wilson
The Knights of Pythias supreme council began its annual convention in Washington with President Wilson welcoming the gathering and Secretary Bryan praising it as a powerful influence toward universal brotherhood.
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Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Universal Brotherhood
Supreme Council, Knights of Pythias
Bandits Hold Up Train At Birmingham
A Queen and Crescent passenger train from New York to New Orleans was halted by three masked robbers in Birmingham. The attackers seized four sacks of registered mail estimated to exceed $40,000 in value, delaying the train by about forty minutes.
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Birmingham
Ala
Queen & Crescent Railroad
New York
New Orleans
Widow of Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson Dies
Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson widow of the famous novelist died of apoplexy at her Montecito home, Santa Barbara, California on Thursday.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Robert Louis Stevenson
Montecito
President nominates federal officers for Utah district
The president sent to the Senate the nominations of William Ray for United States district attorney in Utah and Aquila Nebeker for United States marshal of the district of Utah. The action follows a Supreme Court ruling affecting election procedures and related petitions.
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Nebeker
Ray
Washington
Thueday
Senate
Willian We Ray
United States District Attorney
Aquila Nebeker
United States
District of Utah
British Subject Murdered in Juarez by Villa Forces
Washington reports a British subject, William S. Benton, was killed in Juarez by order of General Francisco Villa. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and Secretary Bryan discussed the incident at the White House while the state department ordered a border consular investigation. The United States warned foreigners’ protection, but officials fear warning was too late to save Benton.
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Washington
William 8. Benton
Juarez
Francisco Villa
Cecil Spring-Rice
Bryan
Wilson
State Department
United States
Benton
Villa
Mexico
May Force Intervention Over Benton Execution
Mexico City reports the execution of William Benton a British subject by constitutionalists in Juarez fueling fears of possible U S action under pressure from Great Britain. The piece notes about 150 Americans have been killed in the revolt but only four Britons, Benton among them, have died in areas under Kether faction influence.
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Mexico City
Willam
Benton
Juarez
United States
Great Britain
Allone
Ketther
Haitien Rebels Routed as Marines Guard Cape Haitien
Report from Cape Haitien says the rebel army was routed Friday after clashes with government forces and retreated into the city. Rebel leaders plan to flee toward Ouanae minthe thirty miles east as panic spreads. An American warship has landed marines to aid and a refugee asylum is offered while city authorities allocate 7000 to supply rations to revolutionary soldiers to prevent looting.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
Ouanaeminthe
Conselatee
Threats to President Wilson and Other Items
Newark cook George Bernhardt was arrested Friday in Went Orange for writing threatening letters to President Wilson citing Gods Son. Edward Morgan, formerly with the First National Bank of Jamestown, was sentenced to four years in prison for misappropriating a fund he supervised. Helen Gaynor announced her engagement to Hedford of Brooklyn. Mountain States Telephone Telegraph Co faced a ruling on operating without proper rights in Denver.
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Wilson
Newark
N. J
George Bernhardt
Went Orange
Cuburh
Wilk
God
Mayville, N.W
Edward Morgan
First National Bank of
Jamestown
Gaynor
New York
Wiliam J. Gaynor
Helen
BT. Hedfol
Mra
F. Hi, Hedford
Brooklyn
Denver
Cola
Mountain States
Uae
Atreste Ood
Colorado Votes Bonds for Tunnel
Denver approves 3 million dollars to back a Continental Divide tunnel joint with the Denver and Salt Lake railroad. The three to one margin paves the way for a transcontinental route into Salt Lake City within three years, opening vast western development potential as quoted by Tunnel Commission President Fleming.
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Denver
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Fleming
The
Tunnel Commission
Strikebreakers Testify On Copper Mine Dispute
Unemployed workers imported to replace copper mine strikers testified before a congressional committee that they believed the strike was over and that they were kept under guard during their journey to Hancock Michigan and after arrival, as they took pay figures.
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Hancock, Mich
Congressional Committee
Senate approves amendments to arbitration treaties
Washington reports the Senate on Friday defeated amendments to arbitration treaties with Great Britain, Japan and six other nations, marking a decisive shift in the administration’s policy toward ending the nation’s isolated position and advancing foreign relations.
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Washington
Great Britain
Japan
Senate
United States
Murdered Woman Will Sparks Property Clash in Oviedo
Fragmentary report notes a will filed after the murder of Mrs Manning by Hazel Herdman in Oviedo Spain. The document aims to pass property to her husband Tunadaugh, with officials involved as panic spreads through the lower town.
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Newert
Mre
Carre Manning
Haxel Herdman
Gin L Manning
Tunadaugh
Rebels and Villa Dispute Pauses on Ground Conflict
General Juctifins Hie Relton on the ground claims an armed prosher attempted to kill him. Villa’s version, via state department, says Benton was armed and quarrelled with Villa, was disarmed, tried by court martial, and executed for life attempt. Army officers call Benton an armed prowler and a guerilla under Order 100.
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Juctifins Hie
Resefier
Waa
Ane
State Department
Villa
Benton
Villa Villa
Fragmented Text on Northern and Southern Separatist Ideas
The readable portions discuss rebellion and potential separation of the north and south amid a constitutional crisis. It notes northern republic sentiments and resistance to a united country, with factions in the south split between indifferent and old regime elements. The passage hints at renewed impetus for separation ideas and divergent regional stances.
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Dias
Washington fights over arbitration treaties and Mexican policy
Congress remains debated over the senate reinestion of general arbitration treaties with foreign nations. The foreign relations committee will tackle the Wheare nne treaty and the Colombian treaty, while supporting the president on Mexico policy against any aggressive intervention.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Mexico
G ‘Uastion
Senate Ratifies Arbitration Treaty With Nation
Senate approves a five year arbitration accord with a national power, marking a first step in a broader policy shift under the president aimed at strengthening the United States position in foreign affairs. The agreement emphasizes general arbitration and a move toward a more advantageous stance in international matters.
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Fenawa
Light Nationa
Washington
White Wolf Bandits Massacre in Livan Chom Siege
Chinese bandit leader White Wolf mass slaughtered about 1,200 civilians at Livan Chom in NeanHwel on January 2. Father Rich, a French Jesuit missionary, was killed. two other foreigners were captured for ransom as 34,000 Chinese troops move toward White Wolf’s entrenched position near Cheng Yank Kowan. The bandit force is about 2,000 with half armed with modern rifles.
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White Wolf
Pekin
Livan Chom
NeanHwel
Father Rich
Cheng Yank-Kowan
Dowie's Tobacco Ban Overturned by Zion City Supreme Court
The Zion City Supreme Court on Saturday overturned the city's tobacco prohibition ordinance declaring it unconstitutional. The ruling ends years of intermittent rioting sparked by enforcement and prompts debate over local control and public health measures.
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Dowie
Overthrow and Death of Madero Recalled in Mexico
In Hermosillo and across the Mexican republic the anniversary of the overthrow and assassination of President Francisco Madero and Vice President Pino Suárez was commemorated. One year earlier Madero and Suárez were killed in Mexico City after federal troops mutinied and Victoriano Huerta took provisional power.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Francisco Madero
Pino Suares
Madero
Busros
Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
Wealthy Farmer Dies on Railroad Tracks Near Belleville
The body of Adolph Newmans, a wealthy farmer of New Madrid Missouri, was found on railroad tracks near Belleville. Police began an inquiry into his death after the discovery on Sunday.
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Loula
Adolph Newmans
New Madrid
Belleville
Alpine Express Hit by Alpine Storm Wind
As the Waln express exited the New Loetecberg tunnel on Sunday a tar rio squall of southeastern wind struck it. The last two cars overturned causing one passenger death and three injuries.
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Gerne
Loetecberg
Alps
Life Savers Drowned Off Irish Coast
Three life savers drowned while attempting a rescue at sea off Queenstown Ireland as they went out from Pethard to aid the crew of the Norwegian vessel Maxico driven on rocks near the Galtes islands Why Wealord.
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Queenstown
Ireland
Ifs
Pethard
Maxico
Galtes Islands
Wealord
Coastwise threat and legal limbo loom in 1900s reports
Scattered OCR text references French coast operations, severed structures at Uiton grounds, and a placeholder loss estimate of 500000 dollars. The Supreme Court reportedly delayed a decision on woman suffrage amid March quarantine and police actions against protests, with vague mentions of Abd and award-like actions in a retrospective 1900s context.
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Verla
Hu Ubeneel
MedMarrsnear
al Lyons
Npo Uiton
Nevada and regional crime chaos and political upsets reported
A sweeping set of disjointed items covers Nevada politics with endivaree law torching divorce rules, a Reno jury weighing conduct cases, hopes of bounty schemes, and court fights. It notes violence in Heartville Ohio and unrest from miners, plus Raft River farmers adopting union plans and aCanon City escapee recaptured in Halor Utah.
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Nevada
Fred Mitchail
Moran
Metriet Court
Reno
Percy W. Manchester
Association of Western Port and Cement Manufacturers
Rand
United Bistes
Department of Agriculture
Hiram ©. Dill
Seattle
Heartville
Ove
Raft River
Famery
Union
Rosalder County
Southers Idaho
Sublet
Idaho
Uales
Charles Morey
Canon City
Colo
Halor
Utah
Morey
Gang of Honor
Prisemare
Bean
McCubbin
Sheritte
Lewis and Fe
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Clowlig
Supreme Court
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Samatry
Tas No Franchise
Denver & Salt Lake Railroad
GOV
Hiram W. Johnson
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