Pope Benedict Lying At Deathbed In Berne
Pope Benedict lies near death with little hope of recovery as reports reach Berne. Former Emperor Charles and Empress Zita face deportation to a distant island if any restoration attempts occur, with Zita informed by the Swiss government via ambassadors from Britain, France and Italy.
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Berne
Charles of
Austria- Hungary
Zita
Europe
Madeira
Robert
Monsignor Bonzani
Washington
Cardinal Gasparri
Benedict
Poutit
Monsignor Bongani
Vitican Ag
Pomtufy
Sudden Worsening of Pope Benedicts Health Reported
Rome January 10 AP Pope Benedicts condition grew grave as bronchitis spread to the lungs. Doctors warned of a critical outlook with oxygen given and a dying prognosis at 12:30 PM. Cardinals and officials gathered as prayers rose from Catholic institutions in Rome.
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Benedict
Vatican
Pompeii
Marchiafava
Pope Benedict
Signor Della Chiesa
America
Battistini
Zampini
The
Apostolics
Carlo Respighi
Monsignor
Migone
Genoa
Piacenzéa
Papal
Katisini
St. Refets
Cherubini
Pope Benedict Becoming Worse. Prof
Bignamib
Cheruini
Ignami
Prof. Bignami
Marchia Favare
Alatine Chapel
Coal Miners Plan a Strike First of April
Washington Jan 20 The interstate commerce commission heard operators plan to cut wages and press for a large rate reduction to spur coal use as a national strike looms. Anthracite miners in Shamokin Pa urged a 20 percent wage increase and warned of mining suspension March 31 if talks fail.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
H. V. Prickett
Wyoming
Utah
W. S. Brownson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
J. D. A. Morrow
National Coal Association
Morrow
Prickett
Shamotdn
J’a
Women Must Hold Their Own Fights in Cleveland
Cleveland readers learn a city rule under Mayor Fred Koehler banning mixed crowds at boxing bouts. Bouts will be scheduled as men only or women only and violations can end a venue’s license. The mayor urged women to attend events witnessed solely by their sex.
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Cleveland
Fred Koehler
Slight Decrease in Food Costs for Average Family
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 1 percent drop in retail food costs from November 15 to December 15 based on 43 items across 43 cities. Los Angeles Portland Ore Salt Lake City saw declines of 3 percent. San Francisco Seattle also fell. Atlanta and Scranton rose 1 percent. For the year ending December 15 cost increases ranged from 11 percent in Scranton to 64 percent in Charleston with Salt Lake City up 33 percent.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Atlanta
Scrayton
Chicago
Charleston
Scranton
Seranton
Court hears vivid love notes in Stillman divorce case
In Brooklyn appellate court, former Justice Jenks read letters allegedly from India guide Fred Beauvais to Mrs. Anne VA Stillman. The notes discuss affection for Guy Stillman and threats, with other messages referencing a birthday party and possible misconduct. Documents, sealed since 1920 in Carmel, were unsealed on appeal from a $7500 expense order.
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Anne VA. Stillman
Guy Stillman
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Dtm
The
BK. Jenks
James A. Stillman
Jenks
Beauvais
Carmel
N. Y
Stillman
Stilman
Danube Navigation Hampered by Sudden Ice Freeze
A sudden cold wave grips central Europe blocking the Danube with ice. More than sixty vessels from several nations are forced to tie up for the winter unless a thaw arrives.
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Trieste
Italy
Europe
Danube
Cornell President Farrand Announces Two Week Speaking Tour
President Livingston Farrand of Cornell University will embark on a two week speaking tour beginning January 21 with stops in New York and Omaha before reaching Denver on January 27. He speaks to alumni groups along the route.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Livingston Farrand
Cornell University
New York
Two Mexicans Pay Penalty for Jailer's Slaying
Silver City New Mexico January 20 AP Franterio Corral and Romaldo Lozano were hanged for killing Ventura Bentcoma jailer of Silver City with an axe on April 2 1921 after escaping Grant county jail. Governors refusals to commute based on age disputes and Mexican residents petitions. Lozano a Mexican citizen.
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N. M
Franterio Corral
Romaldo Lozano
Ventura Bentcoma
Grant County
Mechem
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Luis Montez de Oca
el Paso
Lozano
Mexico
Sofia Too Fast for Minister
Sofia, long famed as a moral Balkans city, faces a stiff warning from Prime Minister Alexander Stamboulsky who deems it decadent from Western contacts. He orders deportation of rich Russian refugees accused of riotous living as theatres, opera, restaurants, and hotels stay crowded at night.
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Sofia
Balkans
Bulgaria
Alexander Stamboulsky
Fire destroys Utah school in Fayette area
Salt Lake January 20 AP The Lafayette elementary school was practically destroyed this morning with losses over 100000 The fire started in the basement and spread quickly, leaving only the brick walls two hours after discovery.
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Salt Lake
Lafayette
Expenditures of United Kingdom Must Be Reduced
Agnes Chamberlain told a Scottish Unionists conference in Glasgow that UK expenditures must be cut by 200 million sterling to make both ends meet and that the reduction will not include any proposed reductions in taxation.
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Glasgow
United Kingdoms
Agnes Chamberlain
House of Commons
Conference of
Speeding automobile crashes into street car in Chicago
Eleven people were injured in a Chicago crash early today when a speeding car collided with a street car. Police said the automobile was traveling at a rapid rate of speed. four occupants of the car and seven street car passengers were hurt, with two believed fatally injured.
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Chicago
French thrift endures as savings rise in 1913 report
Paris reports that the French Nation Savings bank held 5.829 billion francs in deposits in 1913, with 15,066,000 depositors. The bank’s latest interest report shows 8.149 billion francs credited to 15,738,000 depositors, reflecting continued thrift over time.
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Paris
Natio Savings Bank
Northwestern and Chicago leaders weigh in on college football
Walter Pill Scott of Northwestern and David A. Robertson of Chicago campus discuss President Lowell of Harvard's view that football eclipses education. They stress colleges exist for academics not just sports and note travel for intercollegiate games harms schoolwork.
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Chicago
Walter Pill Scott
Northwestern University
David A. Robertson
University of Chicago
A. J. Lowell
Harvard
Lowell
Dean Robertson
Harvard Law
Princeton
Scott
Iudae
Poincare Wins Broad Backing After Policy Speech
Paris reports an overwhelming 472 to 107 confidence vote for Premier Poincare after his policy statement in the chamber. The Figaro lauds France finding a government worthy of her, while non political presses show skepticism about his stance toward London.
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Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
HH Yous
The
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France
Hyacienthe Philouze
Cablegram
M. Poincare
London
Rail crack causes minor derailment near Milwaukee
Four teen coaches of the Columbia limited train on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line left the track between Pewaukee and Nashotah after a cracked rail. The coaches remained upright and no injuries were reported. A Milwaukee wrecking crew was dispatched.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and
Pearl Market Slump Hits Paris World Market
The Paris pearl market, claiming world leadership, reports a sharp slump. A necklace of Oriental pearls once valued at 1,500,000 francs sold at public auction for 466,000 francs amid tight money and war profiteers divesting gains. Japanese cultivated pearls not blamed.
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Paris
Canada Accepts Playoff Plan for Hockey Title
Officials of the Eastern Canada Hockey League approve a two game playoff proposed by Frank Patrick to decide the western championship between the Western and Pacific Coast pennant winners. The games occur in early March with one on Coast champions ice and the other on the Prairie loop winner’s rink. Total goals decide the champion.
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B. C
Eastern Canada Hockey League
Frank Patrick
Pacific Coast Hockey Association
Oldest Member of Kentucky Family Dies
Louisville dispatch reports the death of Aunt Jennie Holbrook, 94, eldest of a seven child Kentucky family once linked to Daniel Boone. The Letcher county mountain resident left a line of siblings aged 92, 90, 88 and younger sisters, marking the first death in a family noted for long-lived generations.
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Louisville
Jennie
Holbrook
Letcher County
Webbly Aas
Daniel Boove
Kentucky
Figures Show Decreases In Cost Of Living In 21 Cities
Bureau of Labor Statistics figures indicate cost of living declines from June 1920 to December 1921 in 21 cities, with reductions ranging from 12.5 percent in Los Angeles to 21.6 percent in Cincinnati and a September 1921 to December 1921 drop from Scranton unchanged to 2.9 percent in St. Louis.
Maslich Executed for Prison Yard Murder
Steve Maslich, condemned with Nick Oblizalo for the 1919 murder of Marco Laus in a ravine near the state prison, was executed by firing squad at 8 03 this morning. Maslich failed in his appeal for clemency and denied his guilt before death, claiming Oblizalo acted alone. Oblizalo’s appeal remains before the Supreme Court.
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Salt Lake
Steve Maslich
Nick Oblizalo
Marco Laus
Maslich
Supreme Court
Oblizalo
Laus
Sympathy Strike Ties Up Mexico City Streets
Mexico City cab and street car workers launch a partial sympathy strike with bakers over oven shortages. Beginning tomorrow cars will skip morning hours for ten days, threatening a complete walkout if bakers remain unsatisfied. Bread imports from Puebla and other towns ensure some supply while vehicles halt during early hours.
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Mexico City
Carmen
Puebo
Crowd Gathers At Vatican As Pope Benedict Falls Ill
A Central News dispatch from Rome reports Pope Benedict has pneumonia and remains under close Vatican care. Large crowds gathered in St Peters awaiting updates as cardinals and officials monitor the pope’s condition.
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Jan
Pope Benedict
Rome
Vatican
St. Peters
Giorgi
Flu Death Toll Rises in United Kingdom
London reports continued influenza outbreak with 1,262 deaths last week, up 443 from the prior seven days, plus 707 deaths attributed to bronchial pneumonia as the epidemic persists in Great Britain.
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London
United Kingdom
Hays to Quit March Fourth in Cabinet Shakeup
Post Master General Hays announced his resignation will take effect March 4 to end his term in the cabinet after a decade of service. He spoke at a White House event stating the move reflects completion of his planned tenure.
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Washington
Abisa Sera
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