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Tucson Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1917

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Australian-Thai Panelled Trial Appears in Alpine Murder Case

A high profile Alpine Tex murder trial centers on Spannell and wife Crystal Holland Spannell accused of complicity in the killing of Lieut Colonel M Butler during a visit to the Holland hotel. The case, moved from Alpine to San Angelo, involves army officers and prominent Texas figures in a scandalous crime on July 20. Meanwhile a Washington leak inquiry erupts as Dennis Lawson names Henry and others as profiting from President Wilson's peace note with secrets from White House circles.

Ban Angela Merry Pannel Aed Coteme Butier Spannell Butler Alpine Mo Butler Suth Cavalry Harry J. Spennell Harry J. Spannell Bpanneh Ateona Bais San Angelo Spankell Ler Ot Wareex Crystal Holland Join Holland Wertern Texas Holland Hotel Butter Holland Thoater Spennell Torm Spanwell Butters Washington Dennis Thomas W. Lawson Henry Rules Committee Congress Lawson Sand Archibald S. White White & Company Boston Lawsn Lis Lawsom Een Wilson Lawson Gettish Lewcom Beth Tomlinson Visconti W. W. Price Washington Star White House Tamcutty McAdoo Ruth T. Vicconti Washington City Twenty-first Street

Honeymoon Talts as Lear Scandal Demands Presence

Salt, president of the Coerenay Trust New Vort, prepares to testify in the Lear scandal. Probes into the Hoese and earnings claim attention from Wall Street as the hearing nears.

Lear Salt Te Coerenay Trust New Vort Rie Progerart Henerhees Amtier Wall Street Pest

Armen search wilds for TV lost aviators

Army air units in San Diego plan a Feb mission to search deserts and hills for missing Lieutenants G Bishop and W A Bioterton Jr and the crew of two aircraft. Captain Herbert Dartue and Flight Instructor Albert Smith lead the search with support from Captain Byron Jones and Feraban Canta, governor of Lower California, who allows planes to cross the border. The operation targets ground relief and quick rescue with crews assigned to terrain sections and airfield support nearby.

California Signal Corps Aviation School Inet

Supreme Court Silent on Governorship in Arizona

Phoenix dispatch reports the Supreme Court remaining silent on the governorship while the legislature opened with brief sessions. Key bills included a lewd-property leasing ban, a $12 weekly minimum wage for women in workplaces, and a state flag proposal backed by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Also noted were a Mount Graham game reserve bill and town officers’ duties. Paydays halted as state funds await governor approval.

Are McKay Corpier Senate Mount Grahem

Governor Henderson Tours Arizona And Nogales Border Scene

Governor Charles Henderson arrived in Nogales aboard the Sunset Limited amid conflicting health reports about Alabama troopers at the border. He met with First Alabama Captain Leon Schwartz, visited Tucson briefly, and learned Lt. Baird had recovered from pneumonia in Arizona hospital before continuing to the border.

Nogales Charles Henderson Leon Schwartz First Alabama Infantry Nogaless Henderson Old Pueblo Club Tucson Baird First Infantry Arizona Hospital Haird F. W. Solomon The Arizona National Bank Hotler

Most Remote Alaska Town Sends In Election Results

Briates Bay precincts, the most remote in Alaska, sent official returns by registered mail on the steamship Dora. The count shows Wickersham, Republican, leading by seven votes with Bristol Bay precincts still outstanding. Dora will reach Valdez in about five days.

Alaska Seward Briates Bay Dora U. S. District Court Valdez Bristol Bury Wickersham

Johns town Leader Shuts Down Amid Paper Cost Pressures

The Johns town Leader, an afternoon daily established five years ago, has gone into receivership due to higher newsprint and production costs. Officers said financial difficulties forced the shutdown of the paper in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on January 15.

Johnstown Johnstown Leader Leader

Admiral Dewey Weakened as He Fails at Home

Jan. 15 Washington Admiral Dewey aged eighty is dying at his home in Mani­a Bay. Doctors report a general breakdown with arterial sclerosis and fear his vitality may fail at any time. Earlier this morning the bulletin noted weakness and potential further decline with periods of irrationality.

Washington Admiral Dewey Mania Bay A. M. Fauntleroy Sennior Luther Sheldon, Jr U. S Dewey

Submarine Sighted in Atlantic Fears Extend to American Ports

A British freighter Clematis traveling from Bordeaux reports an unidentified submarine moving westward in the Atlantic as of last Thursday morning. Crew members on the Clematis, about 500 miles east of Newport, noted no attack and speculated the vessel could be the German commerce submarine Deutschland en route to American ports.

New York Atlantic Clematis Bordeaux France Newport R. i

British suffrage paper raid seizes records in London

Police under the defense of the realm act raided the Women's Social and Political Union sites in London. The Brittania printing plant and offices, plus homes of Mrs. Pankhurst’s lieutenants, were searched and documents confiscated. The paper criticized the government and claimed two governments exist.

London Women's Social and Political Union

Governor Cantu Sends Out Searching Party

In San Antonio on January 15 Governor Carty of Lower California ordered American cavalry to search the Colorado mouth area and other points to locate Lieutenant Colonel Harry Bishop and Lieutenant WA Roterteam, two army aviators missing for several days. Headquarters in Calexico reported they were last seen about 26 miles north of the Colorado River mouth.

San Antonio Tex Carty Lower California Colorado Sterea Harry Bishop Roterteam Calexico Calorado River

Missing Army Aviators Sought by Col. Wilson

Colonel Richard H. Wilson orders search for missing army aviators Lieutenant Colonel Harry Bishop and Lieutenant W A Robertson. They carried four days rations and supplies as the effort begins.

Richard H. Wilson Harry ©. Bishop W. A. Robertson

Government clerks denied pay increases in bill cut

Washington January 15 government clerks pay raises approved by the house were struck from the appropriation bill by the senate committee. The panel also recommended cutting farm loan board salaries from 218000 a year to 730 a year and reducing the secretary's salary from 6600 to 208.

Washington House Senate Farm Loan Board

Liebknecht Given Four More Years in Exile

German socialist leader Karl Liebknecht is reported to have received an additional sentence of four and a half years and expulsion from Kerin. The dispatch originates from Amsterdam and is dated January 25.

London Karl Liebknecht

Canal Marshal Resigns Over Health Reasons

Washington January 15 William H May of Delaware resigns as United States marshal of the Panama Canal Zone due to ill health leaving the post vacant.

Washington William H. May Delaware United States Panama Canal Zone

Supreme Court affirms Caminetti Diggs ruling on white slave law

The Supreme Court holds that interstate transportation of women for personal immoral escapades falls under the Mann white slave law, affirming Caminetti and Diggs convictions. Hays sentence noted. The decision addresses whether the law targets only commercial vice or includes personal immorality with coercive elements.

Washington Supreme Court F. Drew Caminetti Maury J. Diggs Sacramento Diggs-Caminetti L. T. Hays Alwa Oklo Caminetti Diggs Hays Trime Caminett Camineli Ninth Federal Circuit Court

Conference on New Hotel Held at the Chamber in Tucson

The planned 250 994 dollar Geronimo hotel in Tucson aims to secure financing this afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce. M E Grier S J Buckingham and Albert Steinfeld among organizers were to meet at 4 pm to review the project in detail and seek local backing before a final public statement after 8.

THE Chamber Geronimo Tucson Chamber of Com Merce M. E. Grier S. J. Buckingham Albert Steinfeld Tfiorano Plumer Steinfeld

Von Mackensen Host Six Miles From Galatz Fortress

Field Marshal von Mackensen's outposts are planted six miles from Galatz, the Romanian Danube port, after the Teutonic pressure gains. Vadeni was captured, located on the Braila Galatz railway. In the Riga district the Russians reportedly repelled heavy German counterattacks. Petrograd said the Russian operations on the Franco-Belgian front are mainly artillery.

von Mackensen Galatz Danube Sereth Vadeni Braila Riga Petrograd

Youthful Forger Held on Confession of Guilt

Petro Borregaiz an eighteen year old youth was captured Saturday morning by Sergeant Tom Miles after passing four forged checks totaling 124 dollars at local merchants. He was held in 1500 dollars bail by Justice Pease and will be tried in the superior court.

Petro Borregaiz Tom Miles Justice Pease

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