J P Morgan Resigns From Thirty Directorships
J P Morgan and four partners retire from thirty directorships across twenty seven corporations. The move follows Pujo committee recommendations put into effect before new laws, including endings of fiscal agency ties and interlocking directorships, stock exchange and clearing reforms.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Morgar
Pujo
New Haven
Morgan and Co
United States Steel Corporation
Congress
Robert 8. Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad
Morgan
Last Day for Taxes Urges Quick Payment to Avoid Penalty
A local tax notice warns taxpayers of looming deadlines and urges payment tonight to avoid penalties. It notes penalties apply if any portion remains unpaid and redemption is restricted until after the fourth Monday in July.
Village hit by storm twice in a week
Sea Bright New Jersey reports the village struck by wind and waves again after a recent Christmas Eve disaster. A bulkhead rebuilt after the prior storm was swept away by strong winds, and at daybreak the sea inundated buildings along the shoreline.
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N. J
New Counties Do Business Begin Operations in Idaho
Fremont county is split into Madison and Jefferson counties with Rigby and Rexburg named as county seats. Grant Costley is sheriff W M Hansen is assessor and Theresa B Harris treasurer for the new counties. W E Gee to open Madison Abstract office at Rexburg Roy Houghton dealer plans relocate to Idaho Falls area.
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St. Anthony
Fremont County
Madison
Jefferson
Rigby
Refferson
Rexburg
Fremont
Grant Costley
W. M. Hansen
Theresea B. Harris
W. E. Gee
Madison Abstract Company
Geo. H. Lowe
Moon
Eli Houghton
Iowa
H. D. Winger
Driggs
Hobbs
Bridge Street
Prohibition and Suffrage Dominate Ohio Progressive Conference
Columbus Ohio January 3 Progressives on the coming issues considered by party leaders as most important. Prohibition and women's suffrage were discussed with many favoring national prohibition.
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Columbus
Progressive Party of
Ohio
San Luis Obispo votes end 143 years of wet status
In San Luis Obispo California voters rejected the dry faction by 408 votes despite hopes women voters would end the longstanding wet ascendancy. The ballot decision follows the city’s 143rd year as a wet center and references prior close wets victory by 86 votes two years earlier.
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San Luis Eee Cal
California
San Luis Obispo
Fourteenth Automobile Show Opens at Grand Central Palace
Under the Automobile Chamber of Commerce the fourteenth show begins in Grand Central Palace New York with seventy two makes and nearly 400 passenger cars on view. Exhibits fill four floors and include a large motorcycle section and a vast accessories display. The event runs through January 10.
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New York
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Grand Central Palace
Senator Glass of Alabama Faces New Appointment Fight
Franklin Potts Glass of Alabama, appointed by the governor as successor to the late Senator Johnston, triggers renewed dispute over the validity of an Alabama senator’s appointment. Glass, a tall gray moustached newspaper man, has built a long career publishing and owning papers in Bibb County Selma Montgomery and Birmingham and was active at the Democratic convention in Baltimore last year.
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Franklin Potts Glass
Johnston
Alabama Nctor
Glass
The
Blade
Bibb County
Alabama
Selma
Mea
Rgomery
Montgomery
Rebels Raked Federals With Machine Guns in Ojinaga Battle
In Presidio on January 3, thousands of rebels and refugees crossed into the U S seeking protection as fighting raged through the night at Ojinaga. Federal losses were heavy, a rebel sortie failed near the river, and US border posts processed deserters while caring for wounded. The paymaster’s 145000 Mexican currency arrived. money theft was false. Around 6500 rebels held the town. fresh ammo was sent from Chihuahua.
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Presidio
United States Mey
Ojinaga
American Red Cross
Constitutionalista
Federal Army
Marfa
Castro
Mercado
Abando
Chihuahua
United States
Wilson stance on Mexican situation unchanged by Lind talks
President Wilson says his short conference with John Lind aboard a scout cruiser yielded no policy changes toward Mexico. He calls it a “get together talk” and says no new plan or decisive move was made. Lind remains in Vera Cruz with his two sons sailing later.
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Gulf Port
Miss
Wilson
John Lind
Washington
Mexico
Lind
Chester
Vera Crus
Still Starring at Kansas City Democratic Gathering
Kansas City Democrats meet on Monday with Secretary Bryan as chief attraction. The event centers on commerce and party plans amid a gathering of state and local figures.
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Kansas City
Bigte Bryan
Adelaide Brance Taken to Sanitarium After Tragic Life Unfolds
New York January 3. Miss Adelaide M. Brance, whose three year life in a Monticello room with Melville Couch was revealed by his death, is now in a sanitarium to recover. Placed there by Mrs J P Warbass, wife of a Brooklyn physician, recovery may take more than a month and she plans to withdraw from the world afterward.
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New York
N. Y
Adelaide M. Brance
Melville Couch
Monticello
J. P. Warbass
Brooklyn
Workmen's Commission Meeting Date Change
T W Rickard of Pocatello, a member of the Workmen's Compensation Commission, announces the next meeting will be in Boise on January 21 at 2 30 pm in the senate chamber. The session was moved from January 15 to accommodate many interested people. The commission aims for broad representation from all labor and industry branches.
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T. W. Rickard
Pocatello
Workmen’s Compensation Commission
Boise
Senate
Old Sleuth Hangs On to Dark Mine Trail
Bingham Utah January 3 A man known for quick wits and a rapid trigger may have escaped from the Utah Apex mine after a November 27 taking. Deputies and a vast search network scoured miles of tunnels but no sign of Ralph Lopes or his fate yet. A week may pass before investigators determine where in the mine the escape occurred.
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Bingham
Utah
Utah-Apex
Ralph Lopes
Andy
Lopes
Shentt Serith
Parnell
Moyer claims deputy stirred strike unrest in Calumet
President Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners, expelled from Calumet, says he will return to the strike region early next week. He asserts the plan to submit the labor controversy to a board of arbitration remains valid and disputes the deputy's role in instigating events.
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Chicago
Ills
Moyer
Western Federation of of Miners
Calumet
Bhin
Board of Arbitration
Ent
Nugent Visits Salt Lake Amid Idaho Democratic Feud
John F Nugent former Idaho Democratic party chairman and U S senate hopeful arrived in Salt Lake from Boise. He said the fight between Hawley Dubois and Neenoeee factions for federal patronage control in Idaho is on though he would not discuss possible outcomes.
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Salt Lake
John F. Nut
Idaho Democratic Party
United States Senate
Boise
Nugent
Hawley-P Dubois
Gem State
Tdahoho Democratic
First Swiss Woman Lawyer Admitted to Bar
Fraulein Lili Zgraggon of Bern becomes Switzerland’s first woman lawyer after passing the required examination under the new civil code. The code extends women’s access to most professions, except ministry, on equal terms with men.
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Berne
Switzerland
Fraulein Lili Zgraggon
Fetay Sre
Automobile registrations surge since 1911 in U S
Albany dispatch reports U S automobile registrations more than double since 1911. The 1911 figure cited is 4 to figure and last year registrations reached 135000 in New York state, with Nevada at the rear showing 1140.
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Albany
N. Y
United States
Nevada
Tax Payments Pour Into County Coffers at Last Day
Crowded county building witnesses a rush as taxpayers settle assessments delaying unpaid taxes. The county assessor reports steady receipts from Bannock county and notes hopes of relieving city tax burdens this year despite hard times. A single check from a Bannock county taxpayer illustrates the generosity of residents.
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Witneses
Bannock County
Paris and Jen Sign Agreement to Share Expense of Ruins
A fragmentary report notes Paris and a party named Jen signing an accord with a French committee to share the cost of two ruins of a structure linked to the French occupation of Canada. Details are incomplete in the readable text.
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Paris
Jen
Teuridgelon Aris
France
Gaa
France Merique
Canads
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