Economy session highlights state finance limits and liquor bill
Economy will drive the current Mississippi legislature with a push to bar bonding for current expenses and to restrict carpet purchases and inauguration costs. A Barrett measure would strictly enforce floor access while a beer and wine bill seeks state sale and manufacture under tight limits. Senate and House committee appointments cover finance, judiciary, public health, transportation and liquor regulation, signaling a broad, economy focused agenda.
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Senate
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Warren County
No Intervention Across Rio Grande
Washington reports Gen. Carranza and Mexico’s de facto government should have full opportunity to punish American murderers and restore order without U S intervention. The Senate debates a Works resolution calling for intervention while President Wilson and cabinet oppose war talk and rushed troop orders. State Department awaits Carranza reply as Ambassador designate Arredondo says troops are being dispatched to capture outlaws.
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Mexico
United States
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Wilson
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Eliseo Arredondo
Montenegro Invaded as Austrian Forces Advance to Adriatic
Report from London states Montenegro faces a violent Austro Austrian onslaught aimed at Adriatic coastal positions. Mount Lovcen reportedly fallen per Austrian official. Cattaro forts and warships aiding the assault. Montenegrins claim use of gas contrivances. Battle rages along northern and eastern fronts. Berane evacuated.
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Servia
Adriatic
Mount Lovcen
Cattaro
Berane
Former dictator Huerta dies in El Paso at 70
Former provisional Mexican president Victoriano Huerta died at his El Paso home on the night of January 13 surrounded by family. He had succeeded Francisco I. Madero and later left Mexico, dying of liver sclerosis. A burial in Mexico is likely being arranged.
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Tex
Victoriano Huerta
Mexco
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico City
Mexico
Rail rate suspensions set by ICC extend to May 14
The Interstate Commerce Commission has suspended increases in rail freight rates on lumber shipments in carloads from Memphis, Helena Ark, and other points to destinations in Iowa, Minnesota, and Western States. The changes, ranging from one to one and a half cents per 100 pounds, are paused until May 14.
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Memphis
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El Paso rounds up Mexicans after massacre in Mexico
El Paso officials and 50 US soldiers join city police in a night of arrests and street purges targeting Mexicans linked to Francisco Villa. Martial law is declared as crowds clash, ambulances rush to doctors, and fears grow of armed reprisals against American miners and cattlemen.
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Tex
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Villa
California
Miguel Diaz Lombardo
Manuel Banda
Juan Prieto
United States
16Th Infantry
Carranza
Alamo
China Revolution Bloodshed Kills Leaders in January Battles
Reports from the Canton government to British authorities in Hong Kong say Chinese revolutionaries faced heavy losses across Tamsul Potong Yentzuwo and Pokio districts on January 6 7 and 8. The rebels were routed with leaders killed or captured. Government forces seized munitions and horses.
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Potong
Yentzuwo
Pokio
Canton
Hong Kong
MANY TAKEN PRISONERS IN GALICIAN FIGHTING
A private dispatch from Kiev reports 2,200 prisoners arriving there with up to 10,000 more in the rear as Russians claim a heavy toll on Austro German forces. Wounded are said to be abandoned in large numbers, while Russians cite 100,000 Austro German wounded in Bukowina.
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Indictment Dismissal in Huerta Case at Bank Antonio
The federal case against Victoriano Huerta in Bank Antonio Texas was dismissed automatically after a case filing from El Paso. The proceedings appear irregular and the latest filing suggests dismissal isempty and procedural irregularities.
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Texas
Victoriano Huerta
Federat Court
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Von Papen Paid Men In U S Plots England Seizures Revealed
Revelations from papers of former German military attaché in Washington show funds from the German embassy supporting bombings of U S munitions works and bridges. The records detail payments to operatives, including $700 to Werner Horn linked to a Canadian Pacific bridge blast, and large sums from Count von Bernstorff to von Papen for salaries and war intelligence.
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London
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Germany
State Department
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St. Croix
Capt
New Orleans
Riggs National Bank
Washington, D. C
America
Count von Bernstorff
War Intelligence Office
Austrians Seize Cettinje in Montenegro War
Vienna announces Austrian troops have captured Cettinje the Montenegrin capital for the first time in history. King Nicholas of Montenegro reportedly flees to Albania. The fall followed the storming of Mount Lovcen, which overlooked the town, signaling a broader campaign to drive Italian troops from Albania.
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Albania
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British Detain U S Soldier at Jamaica Port New York
Albert Clark a private in the Fifth United States infantry was temporarily removed from the steamship Santa Marta by a British neutrality officer at Jamaica Port New York. After several hours ashore he returned to the ship and proceeded to Washington in full uniform. It is reported as the first such removal from an American vessel since the War of 1812.
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Jamaica Port
New York
Fifth United States Infantry
Santa Marta
Jamaica
Clark
Canal Zone
Washington
United States
Maryland inaugurates Harrington as governor amid budget push
Maryland's Emerson C. Harrington is sworn in as governor in Annapolis and urges a state budget to address a $1.5 million deficit caused by the current appropriations system. He cites legislative expenses as part of the fiscal strain and calls for reform.
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Annapolis
Emerson C. Harrington
Conscription Bill Passes Amid Liberal Rift in London
The House voted 431 to 39 to defeat Wil lam C. Andersons motion to reject the military service bill. Premier Asquith invited labor members to confer and pledged no hidden aims while Ellis Griffith attacked party opponents. John Dillon of the Irish party accepted Redmonds stance but said he would have kept up the fight if supported by Liberals and labor.
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Ellis“Griffith
Anglesey
Mr. Griffith
Europe
John Dillon
John Redmond
Dillon
Liberal Party
Labor
Intervention Urged as Mexico Crisis Intensifies
Washington debates response to American deaths at the hands of Villa bandits in Mexico. Secretary Lansing vows action to capture perpetrators while warning Americans against guerrilla zones. Senate discussion splits along party lines with Senator Stone proposing armed intervention if Carranza fails to restore order.
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Senate
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Foreign Relations Committee
French Arrest Turk Official in Paris
French authorities arrested Salli Bey archivist of the Turkish embassy in Paris in reprisal for the internment of French subjects in Turkey. His wife and daughter will be confined.
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Turkey
Salli ‘Bey
Fire destroys cathedral in Sora during service
Fire gutted the cathedral at Sora as services continued across Italy to mark the Avessano and Sora earthquake anniversary. No injuries reported as crews battled flames during the event.
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