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Newspaper

Tucson Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1917

Page

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Parole Controversy Over Jail Breaks Rumors In Pima County

lengthy report details Governor Wiley E. Jones and the Board of Pardons and Paroles involved in releasing bootleggers from the Pima County jail. It notes nine bootleggers freed under questioned authority, with varying terms, fines, and parole statuses, plus correspondence from local officials seeking clemency for several inmates.

Pima Forbes Ember Jotar Baker Fete Atendibtes Boney Wiley E. Jones Pima County Sheriff's Office Miles Sullinger Luis Morning Provencia Baker Jones Henae Gay Alley Ron Sue Baker Cab Foot Costa Star Ree Love Brothers Citizgen Wiley Jones Todas Ching Sen Ip Pareie Beard O Eilis

Reade Held For Killing Papago Indian in Mine Row

John Reade, mining engineer for Aquacote Copper Company, will be taken to court by Deputy Sheriff Simpson after fatally shooting a Papago man during a dispute over a well on or near company property. The incident followed tense confrontations between Papago workers and company staff at Brownell near the Penn Arizona property.

John Reade Aquacote Copper Company Frownell Simpson United States Jones Nee Papago Marianda James Reade Cade Evenue Penn Arizona Company Tanda Read

Indefinite adjournment in New York leak inquiry

The New York House rules committee adjourned the leak investigation for an indefinite period in executive session. Members planned to return to Washington later this week to decide when to resume hearings as the stock exchange prepares to provide records of transactions from December 1 to December 2.

New York Washington Ise Eeaaren Subatis- Sen Sherman J. Whippie Noble Whipple Ward of Governors Whippe Congressional Ee Henry New York Stock Exchange Board of Governors House Wall Street Exchange Clearing House Committee

Brotherhoods Submit Changes in Railroad Bill

Four railroad brotherhoods sent proposed amendments to President Wilson on the pending railroad rate bill. They request replacing compulsory provisions with a commission of employees and employers to investigate disputes, a suggestion not detailing specifics.

Brotherhoods Washington Congress Wilson House Commerce Committee

Bulgarian Forces Cross Danube River Front Report

Fragmentary dispatch notes Bulgarians driven across the Danube into Dobrudja with ground holding contested north of the southern estuary. Reports mention renewed fighting near Kuessian front and shifting attention to the Riga region amid ongoing combat along the Prance-Belgian front.

Danube Tultcan Dobrudja Riga Kertin

Fight opens on Japanese cabinet

In Tokyo on January 24, majority groups in parliament opened a no confidence move against the Terauchi administration. The House of Peers debated a resolution while attacks targeted Terauchi and Foreign Minister Motono. Terauchi defended governance by a cabinet without a parliamentary majority. The diet expressed sympathy for peace efforts.

Torio Terauchi House of Peers Count Teranchi Viscount Moteno Viscount Ishii Ouuma Hina Diet

Hearing on Reservation Abolition Refocuses Indian Lands

The hearing on the state of Arizona and Pima Maricopa and Pinal counties bid to abolish the Papago Reservation of 2 100 000 acres was before Interior Secretary Lane. Judge John H Campbell and J W Betill attended after returning from New York while discussing travel plans for the west. A payroll bill in Pierre South Dakota provides 155 a month for officers and enlisted in the Fourth Infantry Regiment South Dakota National Guard recently returned from the border.

Arizona Pima Maricopa and Pinal Papago Pierre S. D Fourth Infantry South Dakota National Guard House of Representatives South Dakota

Funds Begin to Come in for Relief of Belgian Children

The Citizen reports Tucson readers respond to Harold Bell Wright’s appeal for Belgian children. Subscriptions are arriving to fund aid, with plans to provide meals and build up starving youngsters. Wright will feed 200 children for a year, aided by teachers and schoolrooms raising support.

Harold Bell Wright Belgium Tucson Literary Digest Belgian Children’s Relief Committee New York

Six Entente Airplanes Brought Down on Western Front

The war office reports six Entente airplanes were shot down yesterday on the western front. Weather was frosty and bright, with active fighting and favorable observation conditions. Our defensive fire caused the enemy losses.

Entente Berlin Sayville Western Front War Office

Paris Reports Aerial Battles and Naval Engagements

An official report cites Lieutenant Guynemer’s twenty sixth German plane downed and a German craft crashing near Louvemont. British air forces bombed Burbach while a Dun Sur Meuse station was shelled. A German destroyer V69 survivor describes a fleet clash thirty miles from Seebrugee with heavy damage amid British actions.

Paris Guynemer Louvemont Burbach Saare Dun-Sur-Meuse Ymuiden Evening News Seebrugee

Utah Governor Threatens Veto Over Prohibition Bill

Governor Simon Bamberger pledged to veto the Young bill if the upper house passes state wide prohibition. He objects to its $17,500 annual cost including a $2,500 salary for a prohibition commissioner. The measure would ban sales of any liquor above one half percent alcohol. The House passed it 45 to 1 despite executive disapproval.

Salt Lake City Utah Simon Bamberger Young House

Teutons abandon Berlin in Danube withdrawal

Teuton forces along the Danube north of Tultcha retreat as cold weather reduces operations. Army headquarters says only local artillery and advance guard engagements occurred in the region.

Berlin Jayville Danube Tultcha Army

Steele Gains Lead in Iowa 11th District Contests Election

In Sioux City Iowa the unofficial count shows Congressman Tom Steele ahead in the 11th district by 75 votes, gaining 31 on Republican George C. Scott in the 14th precinct. The contest bears national importance with the lower house in view. Steele, a Democrat, seeks to contest the election against Scott, a Republican elected to the 65th Congress.

Sioux City Tom Steele Iowa Steele Scott George C. Scott

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