Lost Airmen Found After Desert Ordeal
Lieut. W A Robertson and Lieut. Col. Harry G Bishop, missing aviators, were located by a civilian search party in Sonora Mexico, exhausted after eight days without food or water. They had left San Diego January 10 aiming for North Island. Bishop remained with rescuers as Robertson guided further aid. The broken propeller plane lay near the Rosario mountains as they trudged north toward Wellton Arizona.
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Ariz
WA. Robertson
Los Angeles
Cal
North Island Army Aviation School
San Diego
Sonora
Warry CG
Bishop
Gila Range
Welton
Wellton
Harry G. Bishop
W. A. Robertson
Mexico
Robertson
Col
Rosario Mountains
North Island Aviation
Gulf of California
Arizona
Construction Continues At Hawthorne Site In Cold
Excavation of debris from the ruined Hawthorne school cellar proceeds rapidly with about a score of teams removing and hauling debris. Debris is used to fill the old slough at Lafayette street head. Brickwork on the W. C. F. and WN passenger terminal nears completion and roof work should finish soon if weather holds.
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Hawthorne
Lafayette Street
Explosion at Arms Factory Near London Kills 40
London Jan 20 An explosion at a nearby muunition factory destroyed the plant and shattered three rows of houses. Between 30 and 40 bodies have been recovered and about 100 people are seriously injured.
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London
Drastic regulations sought to ease coal car shortage
Washington January 20. The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered strict rules to return coal cars to original owners promptly and to let railroads devise fixes for shortages in other car types. The plan aims to lower high coal prices and relieve rail bottlenecks as Chicago faces fuel famine amid a 7000 teamsters strike seeking $4 a day.
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Washington, DC
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
High Court Orders Retrial of Suit on Cedar Rapids Paper
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed and remanded the libel suit of Mrs. L. D. Roddy against the Gazette company from Linn County. It ordered a new trial due to errors in evidence admission and jury instruction after the June 26 1910 Chicago Tribune story about a woman with a similar stage name.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
L. D. Roddy
the Gazette Company
District Court of
Linn County
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court
Banker Dies While Playing in Band
Webster City reports Fred H. Alexander cashier of the Farmers State Bank of Kamrar died suddenly from apoplexy while playing in the town orchestra. He had spent most of his career in Hywuton county banks and was a strong financial figure in the community.
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Webster City
Fred H. Alexander
Farmers State Bank of
Kamrar
Alexander
River Wall to be Ready by Spring
Citizens Gas and Electric chief engineer Fred Sycan Ion announces the river wall for the new power plant will be completed before spring freshets. The six month project used cofferdams and three pumps to keep water out, required bedrock for foundations, and employed 13 000 barrels of cement.
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Citizens Gas & Electric Company
Fred ‘Sycan l
Romanian Town Taken By German Troops
Berlin reports the town of Nanesli in Roumania on the Sereth was taken yesterday by German forces. The official announcement confirmed the capture as German troops moved through the region on January 20.
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Berlin
Sayville
L. I.J
Nanesli
Rowmania
Sereth
Senate Refuses Blue Laws Crusade and More Money Bills
Des Moines reports the state senate rejected advancing penalties to enforce blue laws and indefinitely postponed a measure to refer bills to the attorney general. It also favored repealing the anti tipping law and introduced bills for Marshall soldiers home funding, food and dairy department efficiency, road work jurisdiction, more election judges, workers compensation, and a vital statistics board with a $15,000 appropriation.
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Des Moines
Senate
Stata Department of Justice
Judiciary
Judiciary Committee
Caswell
Crawford
Marshall the Senate
Marshall
Ald. Foor
Newberry
Clayton
Holdoegel
Calhoun
State Highway Commission
Foster
State Board of Health
Enger of
Howard
Board of Vital Statistics
Pershing Asked for Withdrawal Date From Mexico
A Pasco Texas message reported that General Pershing was asked in Mexico when he would begin marching toward the border. No formal withdrawal order had been issued yet, but Pershing’s reply was awaited to fix a definite withdrawal date.
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Pasa. Tex
Explosion victim remains unconscious after 12 days
Michael Ebr. a farmer near Raymond, injured when an acetylene plant he was thawing exploded, lies unconscious at St. Francis hospital. He has been in a coma for 253 hours with no change in his condition.
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Michael Ebr. Farmer
Raymond
St. Francis Hospital
British steamer Toftwood sunk with $750,900 cargo
New York reports the British steamship Toftwood, carrying a cargo valued at about $750,900, was shelled and sunk by a submarine while en route from New York after departing on Christmas Day. The French line issued advices confirming the loss.
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New York
Toftwood
Paper delivery error notice to call for replacement
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o'clock due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 for a replacement copy. After 6 30, call telephone No 2.
Admiral Dewey Laid To Rest At Arlington
Washington funeral honors mark end of an era as Admiral Dewey is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. President Wilson, cabinet, supreme court, and diplomatic corps attend. Midshipmen escort from Annapolis lead the procession. business suspended nationwide. The service features hymns Lead Kindly Light and Abide With Me.
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Washington, D. C
Dewey
Capitol
Wilson
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Compan
Aringthon National Cemetery
Manila Bay
Benjamin P. Lamberton
Joseph P. Coghlan
Raleigh
Ile
Schley and Sampson
Daniels
Washington
Annapolis
Admiral Dewey
J. B. Frazier
Olympia
Massachusetts Avenue
Rotunda
Senate
Supreme Coort Justices
Army
Congress
Navy
Arkansas
Army Engineers
Washington Barracks
Fort Myers
Pennsylvania Avenue
Frazier
Dolphin
Mayflower
Naval General Board
Marine Corps
Coast Guard Service
Roosevelt
German raider follows policy to spare passenger ships
Berlin reports neutral crew members taken as prisoners of war only if ships are considered war vessels. The Dramatist case shows Germans boarding British cargo vessels, while the raider flies the German flag and claims no intent to sink passenger ships. Captains say they avoid killing civilians, focusing on cargo, with mixed treatment of prisoners aboard.
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London
Pernambuco
The
Daily Mail
Hudson
Wolff
Nantes
Minich
Fire at Seattle Grand Opera House Kills Chief and Wounds Eight
Seattle fire today destroyed the Grand Opera House with eight injured and Assistant Fire Chief Gillam killed after roof collapse as firefighters entered during the blaze. The Alaska building and Hotel Rector nearby were saved. Gillam died en route to hospital from burns and crush injuries. Two other firefighters escaped with minor injuries. In Portland, three men burned to death in a hotel fire.
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Seattle
Wash
Gillam
Grand Opera House
Alaska
Rector
Brunson
A. B. Colburn
Eugéne Levy
Portland
Ore
Prize Ship Turns Raider, Supply Vessel Is Sought
New York January 20 Three Americans aboard the ritler steamer Yarrowdale captured by a German raider and brought to a German port with a prize crew. Names listed: Dave Addison Brooklyn Charles Quinn Los Angeles D Green New York. Yarrowdale commanded by Captain William Buyers of Aberdeen Scotland. Reports note 469 prisoners aboard including 103 neutrals. no Americans confirmed among them.
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New York
Ritler
Berlin
Dave Addison
Brooklyn
Charles Quinn
Los Angeles
Cal
D. Green
Sailors’ Home
William Buyers
Aberdeen
Scotland
St. ‘Heodore
Atlantic Ocean
Equator
Fastnet
Cape Tratteras
Faro
Portugal
Germany
Lloyds “Ja
England
France
Vila
London
Altho
Badewitz
Maeve
Westbourne
Teneriffe
Sundewitx
Spain
Weather Outlook for Washington Week Ahead
Weather prediction issued today by the Weather Bureau expects snow in the plains states and upper and middle Mississippi valley on Sunday with generally fair conditions from then until Thursday or Friday, when snow is again probable. Temperatures will be considerably below normal across the region.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau Today
Plains States
Upper
Mississippi Valley
WAKES AWFUL CONFESSION ON ARMY GUN RELIC SALE
An elderly man unknowing of the law reported to the sheriff that about a year ago he sold an old army pistol as a relic and failed to report the sale within 24 hours. He sought to make amends after learning Cedar Falls rules, was referred to the county attorney and then to E. J. Wenner.
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Sheriff's Office
County Recorder
Cedar Falls
Edsie Hanner
Harlow O'Bleness
E. J. Wenner
Free Publicity Must be Marked Free Publicity Must be Marked New York
Discussion in The Fourth Estate shows publishers and advertisers misstate federal rules on labeling free publicity as advertising. The 1912 act requires any paid editorial matter to be labeled and fines apply for noncompliance. Publishers should simply say no or send the law clause to avoid trouble.
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New York
Fourth Estate
Philadelphia papers raise price to two cents
Philadelphia newspapers will rise from one cent to two cents beginning January 29 due to the high cost of newsprint and other materials. The notice cites printing costs and materials as the cause for the price increase.
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Philadelphia
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Interstate Commission
Banker
Crusade For
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Arlington
America
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Vinetas
Henarts
Buenos Aires
Vinela
Kaiger
Atlantic
South Atlantic
Rio Janeiro
Journal’ Pequeno of
Oes
OPERA
Yarrowdale
Teuton
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