Supreme Court Hearings In Arizona Governorship Tug of War
In Phoenix January 4 the Arizona Supreme Court opened mandamus proceedings to decide if Campbell or Hunt occupies the governor's office. Attorneys disavowed a Republican rumor about Mark Smith's illness used to influence the case. The dispute hinges on the certificate of election and potential recounts, with arguments to strike extraneous material.
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Phoenin
Ariz
Supreme Court
Campbell
G. Wo Po Hunt
Republicar
Srenun
Mark Smith
High Court
Tom Campbell
Phoenix
Associated Preas
Wiley Jones
Washington
Franklin and Associates Ross and Cunningham
Arizona Supreme Court
Hunt
RE. Sloan
State Election Board
Wierregmacies
Hille
Vihood
Taxu
Ives
United States
State Supreme Court
Lawson to Detail Charges Before Congress
Public hearings on Representative Woods' leak charges related to Wilson's peace note begin before the House Rules Committee. Thomas W. Lawson of Boston along with Representatives Wood and Gardner of Massachusetts will be the first to testify. Subpoenas were issued by telegraph after unanimous committee approval. Democrats expect to show no tangible leak evidence and justify rejecting the Wood resolution. Republicans push for a full investigation.
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Washington
Representative Woods
Wilson
House Rules Committee
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Representative Wood
Representative Gardner
Massachusetts
Lawson
Rules Committee
Wood
Gardner
Dividends Declared by Federal Reserve Banks
Federal reserve banks at Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Minneapolis and St Louis have been authorized by the federal reserve board to declare 6 percent dividends for varying periods since their opening in November 1916. The other six reserve banks already have declared dividends.
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Gee Ee
Washington
Federal Reserve
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Minneapoli
St. Louis
Federal Reserve Board
Mayor borrows at 6 percent to pay interest
City uses Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Co and Consolidated National Bank for a fifty fifty loan at 6 percent to cover payroll and bond interest. Mayor Parker and the finance committee approve the arrangement, with warrants pledged as security. Water rents due January 1 were delinquent and future payments are to be made by the lith. Interest on bonds due January 2 has been paid.
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Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Co
Consolidated National Bank
Parker
Walker
Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Company
Conolidated National Bank
I Wee
Miners Killed as Gas Engine Bursts in Gilmore Mine
Dillon Mont Jan 4 A gas engine blast in the Pittsburg mine at Gilmore Idaho killed two miners at the 490 foot level. Ten others were entombed but rescued after several hours.
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Dillon
Mont
Pittsburg
Gilmore
Idaho
Attempted arson on Al Jennings home investigated
Police investigated an alleged incendiary attempt to destroy the home of Al Jennings a prison reformer evangelist and former bandit. Jennings reported a rifle revolver and other items missing after returning from an out of town trip. He cited revenge by a former convict as a possible motive.
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Los Angeles
al Jennings
Jennings
Christmas Honor Prisoner Is Late From Fort Worth
Tex Schapper editor of Square Deal, one of 17 convicts granted Christmas paroles, reports from Fort Worth he is 36 hours late returning to Leavenworth. He will lose his honor standing while serving an indeterminate 10 to 20 year term for bank robbery.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Tex Schapper
Mark Smith in Washington Denies Illness Rumor
Jan. 4. Washington. Mark Smith United States senator from Arhoona is reported seriously ill but officials say he is very well. The rumor is erroneous and no medical condition is disclosed.
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Washington
Mark Smith
United States
Arhoona
El Paso Doctor Dies of Typhus on Duty
Dr W C Kluttz city health officer died early today of typhus fever contracted during a campaign against the disease brought to the border by Mexican refugees. He lapsed into unconsciousness yesterday and died at 2 0 am. Survived by his widow and two daughters.
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United States Army
United States
WC. Kluttz
Kluttz
Chihuahua City
Kluttz Aaid
Alexander Ho Stark
United States Army Medical Corps
C. C. Pierce
J. W. Tappan
United States Public Health Service
Branch Craige
Kiuttz
Dr Kiettz
Salisbury
N.C
Mra W.L. Kiettz
University of North Carolina
Dietrick trims payroll in city engineering department
City Engineer Dietrick reduces the engineering staff to eight, concentrating inspection work under John Whitstone. Some positions, including Bailey the building license clerk, are eliminated while essential inspectors remain. The changes aim to cut costs while continuing special assessment and bridge work.
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City Engineer's Department
Hars
John Whitstone
Congress Street
Alameda Street
Treach
Bailey
Omini BG
Pal Yroh
Man Freed For Stealing To Feed Starving Family
President Wilson commuted Marcus Dempsey's sentence for breaking into a freight car and stealing $10 in food at Jonesboro Arkansas, freeing him from Atlanta penitentiary. Also released Frank Charvot a Chicago mail clerk to visit his dying wife after he took $1360 from the mail but returned it and served two years with four days remaining.
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Washington
Wilson
Marcus Dempey
Jonesboro
Ark
Alanta Penitentiary
Frank Charvot
Chicago
Atlanta
Villa Will Set Up Government for Mexicans
A meeting of Villa partisans and advisers will be held in San Antonio Texas Friday or Saturday to form a plan of organization for the Villa government and to arrange protection for foreign lives and property, a report to Washington stated. Federal agents aided the report and will represent his brother at the conference.
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EL Paso
Villa
San Antonio
Tex
Washington
Yale
American reply on Mexican troop withdrawal delivered
The United States sent its answer to General Obregon over the protocol for withdrawing American troops from Mexico. Dr. John R. Mott delivered the note to Luis Cabrera in New York. President Wilson approved the American commissioners' report that further negotiations are useless.
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Washington
Car- Tfanta
Mexico
Luis Cabrera
New York
John R. Mott
Wilson
Hurley Resigns from Trade Board
Edward Hurley of Chicago resigned as chairman of the federal trade commission today to return to private business. He had a personal conference with President Wilson and his resignation was accepted.
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Washington
Edward Hurley
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Pig Iron Production in 1916 Estimated at 39 Million Tons
New York Jan 4 The Iron Age says 1916 pig iron production in the United States is about 39,450,000 tons. The prior peak was 1913 at 30,996,152 tons and 1915 output was 29,916,213 tons.
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New York
Wealthy man eyed in Mazie Colbert murder case
Philadelphia police narrow the Mazie Colbert murder to a wealthy man after two Germantown women provide a description of a suspect. Investigators continue to question acquaintances and monitor others with potential knowledge as a funeral for Colbert is held with expenses paid by well known male friends.
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Mazie Colbert
Germantown
Miss
Big
Miss Colbert
Iim
Coal Operator's Son Arrested in Mystery
Elwood Powell, a Philadelphia taxicab driver, swore out a warrant for the arrest of Bernard W. Lewis, said to be the son of a Pittsburgh coal operator, on charge of defrauding him of taxi fare after driving a man to the apartment where Matzie Colbert was murdered.
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Philadelphia
Jaan
Elwood Powell
Matzie Colbert
Bernard W. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Lewis Well Known in Pittsburgh Society
A Pittsburgh man named W. Lew's was a partner in a large stock brokerage house and aimed to pass his firm to a receiver. He was married and both he and his wife were prominent in Pittsburgh society.
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Lewis
Pittsburgh
W. Lew
Antile
Senator Works Denounces Centralized Power In Senate Valedictory
California senator rails against unchecked executive power and wealth inequality. He warns of dictatorship risks, subservient Congress, and calls for laws to force the rich to work for the state.
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Washington
Senator Works
California
Works
Congress of the
United States
Congress
Youngest Nebraska Governor Keith Neville Inaugurated
Keith Neville, 33, became Nebraska's youngest governor in a brief ceremony as John H. Morehead retired. Neville's inaugural address freed laws and regulations for enforcing the state prohibition amendment.
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Lincoln, Neb
Keith Neville
Nebraska
John H. Morehead
Neville
Women and Children Drowned on Steamer Ferry
Amsterdam dispatch reports 22 women and children drowned when a ferry steamer sank. The Central News dispatch from Amsterdam notes the disaster occurred as the vessel capsized on the river, with survivors describing chaotic scenes and a loss of life among passengers.
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London
A_ Central News dispatch
Amsterdam
Norwegian papers attack British coal embargo in Christiania
A Copenhagen dispatch says most Norwegian papers attack the British minister in Christiania over the coal embargo proclaimed by Great Britain.
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London
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegram Company
Christiania
Great Britain
Prominent Russ Cawmaker Slain in Berlin
The Overseas News Agency reports the assassination of M. Jolles, a prominent member of the Russian Duma. He vanished mysteriously days earlier and is believed to have been killed in a political murder in Berlin.
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Berlin
M. Joelles
Duma
M. Jolles
Wilson Vows One More Step After Entente Reply
Washington January 4 One more move will be made by President Wilson after receiving the entente reply to his note. No final decision on the next step has been reached, but negotiations will not be dropped.
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Washington, D.C
Wilson
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Masschusetts
Hitchcock
Senate
Tay
Germany
Russia Deals Blow to Von Mackensen in Rumanian Front
The article reports a severe setback for German and Bulgarian forces under Field Marshal von Mackensen, shaking Russian hold in the Rudze region while Braila remains precariously in Russian control west of the Danube. It notes withdrawals along the Sereth line, reassurances on Moldavian frontier, and hints at the larger strategic impact on negotiations and U.S. diplomacy amid World War I.
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Russia
Rudje
Matebin
von Mackensen
Danube
Braila
Sereth
Bretie
Moldavian
Berlin
Nations See Big Increases in World War Debts
The U S Federal Reserve Board reports an 8.4 percent rise in war era national debts for Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Austria Hungary. Total Entente debt near 29 billion dollars, Central Powers about 20 billion. Estimated increases cited through 1916 vary by country.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Federal Reserve Board
Austria
Hungary
Buffalo Bill Cody Shows Slight Improvement in Glenwood Springs
Colonel W F Cody known as Buffalo Bill arrived from Denver to Glenwood Springs Colo. Jan 4 with doctors reporting a slight improvement in his condition His relatives remain hopeful for full recovery after the trip and stay under care.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Denver
Cody
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