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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1917
Page
1
Reports from Juarez describe anti American demonstrations triggering quarantine measures as authorities clash with mobs at the international bridge. Soldiers reinforce checkpoints while two assailants disrupt the crowd as officials attempt to pacify the unrest amid ongoing tensions.
A German submarine in the eastern Mediterranean sank a fully laden troop transport within ten minutes on January 25. Earlier, January 9 and January 15 events are noted, including the sinking of a 25000 ton vessel and the capture of the Garfield captain. The dispatch includes wartime updates from Berlin and Phoenix reports on Arizona politics.
A chaotic report describes mobs on the Mexican side near Juarez, with Villa and Carranza factions engaged. Soldiers, arrests, and a streetcar stoppage are noted amid a border quarantine and police actions as area tensions rise.
Baltimore January 29. Johns Hopkins bacteriologist Dr C A Laubach tested 154 home books where diphtheria existed and 75 library books long in circulation among children from poor sanitary homes. Swabbed, no diphtheria bacillus was found. collected bacteria matched common airborne types.
Despite severe cold, fighting persists as Russians breach Austro German lines on a two mile front near Kimepolang to Jacobeni while French push to regain Hill 364 near Verdun. German reports claim limited gains for Berlin on other sectors with British and French actions north of Armenieres and southwest of Le Transley.
The Haunt versus Campbell contest case resumed in the Superior Court before Judge Stanford. Laveen precinct votes are contested as Campbell objects to their foundation though the court allows Hunt credit for straight Democratic and straight prohibition votes. In Graham county Dunlap’s name appears on some ballots but not others, affecting Hunt’s benefit. the secretary of state ordered Dunlap’s inclusion in Maricopa ballots. Continued on page two.
The editorial calls for a stronger police force and a central dragnet to curb burglaries bootlegging and begging in Tucson. It urges the mayor council and state authorities to hire experienced officers pass strict bootlegging laws and back a campaign to arrest convict and sentence criminals, restoring safe homes and streets.
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