U S Forces Move to Mexico City If Huerta Falls
Vera Cruz dispatches say Rear Admiral Fletcher would lead about 35 000 marines and bluejackets to Mexico City as Huerta resigns or leaves the capital with a broader aim to protect Americans and foreigners. Naval officers plan a swift road seizure once Huerta yields and other nations may send guards to defend legations. The gunboat Zaragoza and Magon were focal points amid rumors in Habana and Washington shifts.
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Washington
New York
Herald
Vera Cruz
Fletcher
Mexico City
Huerta
United States
Villa
Zaragoza
Habana
Jesus Flores Magon
Zarecoum
Minnesota
Panalla
Magon
Mexia City
Wilson
Teodoro Dehess
Navy Department
Frank F. Fletcher
Pletcher
Pletche
British Navy Oil Fields Policy Backlash and Retooled Fleet
London reports Lord Murray’s failed South American drive over oil rights led to British naval retrenchment. The admiralty scrapped planned 30,000 ton battleships for 21 knot ships with 13.5 inch guns and coal fuel. Meanwhile major powers build bigger ships, risking Britain’s sea dominance.
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Charles EB. Otis
New York
Lord Murray
South America
Pearson
Great Britain
England
Central
America
Admiralty
Ofl
France
Plan for smaller flats in Cincinnati study space economy
Cincinnati architects meet to examine smaller habitable flats amid plans to cut wasted space. The proposal may abolish traditional bedrooms while preserving sleep. designers seek compact living with sleeping, cooking, and eating arranged around a central wing room.
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Cincinnati
Washington Post
Ohio
Antwerp aviator loops 67 times in daring stunt
Ant werp aviator Qlislacaert today looped the loop 67 times and performed seven somersaults backwards in a Bieriot monoplane. Twenty thousand spectators stood aghast at what was described as the most perilous aeroplane feat ever accomplished.
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Washington
New York
Antwerp
Jan Qlislacaert
Owls Officers in Poker Raid
Detentive of the gambling squad arrested eight members of the executive board of the Order of Owls in St. Laws after officers found them at a social poker gathering during a board meeting. The detainees were taken into custody early this morning on gambling charges.
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Washington Post
St. Laws
The
Order of Owls
Speed Trust Bills Move to Joint Hearings in Congress
Informal conference at Senator Newlands Nevada home agreed on joint hearings by House judiciary subcommittee and Senate interstate commerce committee to push antitrust measures. Leaders plan to begin hearings next week with witnesses drawn from business and professional circles and seek counsel from Attorney General McReynolds and others to have the program ready by March 1.
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Congress
Wilson
Newlands
Nevada
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Pomerens
Robinson
Thomas
Thompson
Myers
Saulsbury
Clayton
Floyd
Carlin
House Judiciary
House Committee
Senate Committee
Judiciary Committee
McReynolds
Joseph B. Davies
Corporations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Capitol
House Judiciary Committee
House Interstate Commerce and Foreign Commerce Committee
Interstate Trade Commission
Adamson
Stady
Wife signs husband’s checks not forgery in divorce case
Special to The Washington Post. Denver, January. Judge George W. Allen ruled that a wife who signs her husband’s name to two $235 checks on money in the husband’s name does not commit forgery. Arrest warrants for Mrs Wright were dismissed as she claimed need for support for herself and children. the husband denied authority to sign.
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Washington
Denver
Colo
George W. Allen
Ada Wright
P. Carmen Wright
Miss Shea paints life size Cardinal Gibbons portrait
Ohio artist Miss Anna K. Shea completes a life size studio portrait of Cardinal Gibbons. The work will be presented to Catholic University by the cardinal’s friends in a ceremony to honor his memory and influence.
Langley's airship prototype to be copied for flight test by Beachey
San Francisco notes Smithsonian Secretary Walcott confirmed a telegraphed offer to Lincoln Beachey to duplicate Langley’s flying machine for a test demonstration. Beachey, who recently completed a 67th loop, will prove the Langley craft could fly with a stronger motor, while the museum will provide facilities for an exact reproduction.
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Prof
Walcott
San Francisco
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Lincoln Beachey
Samuel P. Langley
Langley
Potomac River
Beachey
Charles Doolittle Walcott
Smithman Institution
Ihs Place
Charles D. Walcott
Lincoln
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Potomac
Baron Denies Cheating At Paris Jockey Club Case
Paris reports Baron Robert Levavasseur has begun court actions against seven leading Jockey Club members. The dispute stems from a 110 card room incident where cheating was alleged. a jury of honor failed to resolve the matter after a duel challenge. A letter from six nobles and captains asserts they witnessed regular play and kept silent for the club and baron’s family.
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Paris
Matin
Robert Levavesseur
Jockey Club
Baron Levavasseur
M. du Brevil de St. Germain
Raoul de Boigne
Louis de Montesquiou de Rochefort
Louis de Rochefort
Jean de Giraré de la Chaise
Guy de Wendel
Baron Levavageeur
Dog Ten Years at Church in Obituary Tale
In Ashtabula Ohio Fido a small black dog owned by 12 year old Ward Cross son of Dr W C Cross was buried with honors in the front lawn of St Peter s Episcopal Sunday school. For ten years he attended service bringing a penny each week and entering solemnly with the infant class. Flowers covered his coffin as children cried.
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Washington Post
Ashtabula
Ohio
Fido
St. Peter's Episcopal
Ward Cross
W. C. Cross
King Alfonso Plans Long Madrid to Argentina Trip
Madrid reports King Alfonso will travel to the Argentine Republic in June for a two month visit. Premier Dato authorizes the announcement while the interior minister says no firm arrangements have been made by the current cabinet. The king is to be accompanied by the premier and marine minister aboard a Spanish transatlantic liner.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Argentina
Dato
Tose Guerra
Paris
Electrocution in Bath Claims Chicago Manufacturer
Lazarus I. Silverman, president of a manufacturing firm, was electrocuted in his bath while using a small electrical massage device. Found by his son with the motor running at full speed, the hot casing burned flesh as the device remained connected to an ordinary electric light.
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Chicago
Lazarus I. Silverman
No Holiday for Pupils Favors Continuous School Vocational Work
Commissioner P. P. Claxton approved a plan for continuous public school sessions with 2,000,000 children enlisted in summer vocational work. Clyde Alison Mann submitted the plan through the American Society for Thrift. Claxton proposed a vocational teacher in each school year round to supervise garden work and nature study. He noted the nation’s $2 billion investment in schools and urged using idle urban land for city gardening to replace book learning with practical duties. He cited Europe’s $700 million vocational output and estimated U.S. potential of 2,000,000 youths yielding $10 million annually.
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P. P. Claxton
United States Bureau of Education
Clyde Alison Mann
American Society For Thrift
Claxton
Farma
Europe
United States
Khedive to Sell Railway to Egyptian Government
The khedive plans to sell his private Mara bout Railway to the Egyptian government for about $2,000,000. The line is a key Egyptian transport route and may be connected to Italian lines in Libya province to speed tourist travel from Egypt to Italy via a rail hop to Trigeli and a swift transfer to a dedicated steamer.
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Washington Post
Criro
Marabout
Egypt
Lybia
Toursts
Trigeli
Ehtaly
Women Quit Union as Fifteen Seekers Split Suffixes
Mrs MacLennan leads a breakaway move with fifteen dissenting members forming a rival suffrage group. Mrs Belmont and Mrs Stewart pledge substantial support to the new faction, while Miss Burns and Miss Paul remain central figures in ongoing efforts. Dr Siewers chairs a plan to organize a new branch, with meetings set at 1906 G Street Northwest. Dr Mary Walker spoke to a large audience on constitutional arguments for women's suffrage.
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Congressional Union For Woman's Suffrage
Union
Congress
Democratic Party
Russell Malcolm MacLennan
Munsey Building
Mira
MacLennan
D. P. Belmont
New York
Ella S. Stewart
Tlinois Equal Suffrage Aesociation
Sarah Siewers
Congressional Union For Woman’s Suffrage
National Woman’s Suffrage Association
John O. Megue
L. H. Engle
Siewers
G. A. Mosshart
Edwin Cgid
MacLennan Weg
G Street
Friends of Union
Congressional Union
Medill McCormick
National Congressional Committee
Antoinette Funk
Sherman Booth
Russell M. MacLennan
L. N. Douglas
W. H. Weed
Norwalk
Conn
E.S. Tenney
Eawin C Reed
A. Darsch
F. Ehling
McCormick
Civil Service
Jessie Hardy Stubbs
Lucy Burns
Walker
Mary Walker
Leader Theater
Ninth Street
Hair tonic fatal drink kills two convicts at prison
Philadelphia report says hair tonic given by a prison barber led to the deaths of Charles Harris and Charles Reitz both 24 while they served burglary sentences at Eastern Penitentiary. Officials say the men drank the liquid to satisfy a craving for alcohol and sought visitors via a made up request.
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Philadelphia
Charles Harris
Charles Reitz
Eastern Penitentiary
Index to Today's Issue Headlines Mix of 1920s Topics
A compact index lists varied items including Marines in Mexico City and a blow to the British Navy, trust and airship topics, suffrage debates, mind reading feats, canal zone changes, railway rates, graft cases, political letters, and sporting event notes. The page hints at international concerns, U.S. politics, finance, and social issues with multiple named entities and period voices.
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Mexico City
Langley
McHeynolds
Col
McGawiley
Canal Zone
Witson
New York
Redmond
Quangary
Washington
London
Peeress
Reserve Bank
Cincinnati
Thought Waves Read Prof Hyslop Studies Pair
Joseph Mercedes and Nellie Stantone, pair of Chicago origin, displayed thought transference under observation by the American Society of Psychical Research in Boston after two weeks of study at Prof. Hyslop's home. They demonstrated blindfolded piano playing by transferring intended songs to Miss Stantone, who then performed the pieces as requested.
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Joseph Mercedes
Nellie Stantone
Boston
Washington Post
New York
James Hyslop
Columbia University
American Society of Psychical Research
Hyslop
Eo Greenly
Hydsop
Lyman Gage
Mercedes
Miss Stantone
Colony of
Theosophists
Point Loma
Cal
Lyman E. Gage
the Treasury
McKinley
A. G. Spalding
Prof
Chicago
Prof. Hyslop
Wolves Eat a Schoolgirl in France Amid Bitter Cold
The long cold spell across central France drives wolves from the woods in hunger. A schoolgirl near La Coquequille, close to Perigueux, was killed as hunting parties form. Paris reports slight relief with sunshine but temperatures remain far below zero elsewhere. ces Lar 6 below zero at Puy-de-Dame and 7 degrees below in nearby districts. Dispatches from Acqui note 18 below zero, worsening farming prospects and possible crop losses across the country.
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Paris
France
la Coquequille
Perigueux
Weather Bureau
Puy-de-Dame
Turin
Acqui
Alessandria
Ghostly third degree used in dark room case
Los Angeles druggist John H. Grondin denies killing his wife Zella amid claims police used a ghost in a dark room to pressure a confession. Grondin faces charges of poisoning and her claimed self harm by gas, while a prior Portland incident and forged notes are noted by prosecutors and experts. His arraignment is set for tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John H. Grondin
Zella
Grondin
Portland
May Break Up Town Copperfield Ores Under Martial Law
Salem Oregon January dispatch reports Copperfield Oregon to be disincorporated as Gov Oswald West says lawless element controls the town. Attorney General ordered the move with resignation of town administration possible to halt. Copperfield placed under martial law three weeks ago after saloon closings by state troops under Miss Fern Hobbs. Governor cites use of the charter to shield vice and avoid prosecution.
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Salem
Copperfield
Oswald West
Fern Hobbs
Measles Sickenings End in Two Child Deaths at Utica Orphan Asylum
In Utica New York two children Frederick Gilmore aged 4 and Julia Vincent aged 3 died after a nurse mistook a laxative for poison amid an outbreak of measles. Four other children remain critically ill with similar doses administered. The nurse, a hospital graduate, claimed mistaken dosage given by another nurse. the coroner is investigating with the house physician corroborating.
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Utica
Utica Orphan Asylum
Frederick Gilmore
Julia Vincent
British Aviator Temple Dies in Hendon Dive Accident
George Lee Tempie, the first Briton to fly upside down in the country, was killed at Hendon when a gust toppled his monoplane during a difficult dive. his achievement on November 24, BC remains noted. John Henry Frederick Bacon, painter of the King George V coronation, died aged 59.
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Temple
London
George Lee Tempie
Hendon
Hucks
J. F. Bacon
John Henry Frederick Bacon
George V
Mary
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