Two Mexican Brothers Execute By Carranza Squad Near Juarez Cemetery
In El Paso Texas two young Mexicans Bernardo and Federico Duran were executed by a Carranza firing squad at Juarez cemetery after facing the wall unblindfolded. They refused blindfolds and shouted a defiant challenge to Americans as Bert L Akers, a Texas rancher from Ysleta, lay fatally harmed. Bernardo spoke to an American reporter saying they died for Americans and defended their rights in a home defense context.
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el Paso
Tex
Carranza
Juarez
Bert L. Akers
Ysleta
Texas
Bernardo
Federico Duran
Akers
Bernardo Duran
Clash With Bandits Near El Paso
U S troops repelled six bandits believed Mexican near Doyle's Wells fourteen miles south of Hachita on January night. One cavalry horse was killed. no soldiers hurt. Three soldiers and several local miners took part. Bandits reportedly retreated into Mexico. Parral camp of Alvarado Mining Company was raided by Villa forces, killing a Chinese cook, wounding a watchman and looting the store.
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el Paso
United States
Doyle’s Wells
Hachita
Lee
Doyle’see
Mexico
Parral
Alvarado Mining Company
Villa
Teutons Burn Archives to Hinder Papers at Athens
Cologne Gazette reports Sofia dispatch that central power ministers in Athens are ordered to stop papers from reaching Entente powers. Anti royalist demonstrations expected in Athens. King Constantine is said to retain only low approval from high military officers.
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Athens
Enemey
Amsterdam
Cologne Gazette
Sofia
Constantine
Vienna denies Montenegro peace talks amid arms pledge
Vienna reports deny press claims that Montenegro halted peace negotiations. It states no talks will begin until all Montenegrin troops have laid down arms, and peace conditions will not be discussed until that requirement is fulfilled.
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Vienna
Montenegro
Austria
Snake Kills Eight Pigs In Transit
Georgetown Kentucky reports a copperhead snake found on a hog car unloaded in Cincinnati trade. Eight hogs were dead, likely killed by the snake that hid in bedding during transit, then attacked as the car was emptied. The incident occurred after J W Palmer shipped a load of hogs from Georgetown.
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Georgetown
J. W. Palmer
Cincinnati
Mr. Palmer
Lives Lost in Big Storm in Oklahoma Murray County
Reports from Oklahoma City say the January storm caused the worst damage in Murray county and oil fields. Five people drowned in Murray county including James Shenner and Mrs. Edward Cleveland and three of her children. Shenner’s boy was found downstream. Mrs. Cleveland’s body was recovered from the Washita. Platt Nation al Park near Sulphur flooded. water three feet deep at Frisco and Santa Fe depots. Many rescued from rooftops as the flood, caused by a cloudburst north of Sulphur, inundated thousands of acres.
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Oklahoma City
Murray County
James Shenner
Edward Cleveland
Shenner
Rock Creek
Cleveland
Washita River
Platt National Park
Santa Fe
Chicago
Illinois
Joliet
Des Plaines River
Rockdale
Channahon
Fox River
Elgin
Ottawa
Aurora
Russians Sweep Campaign Fronts in Four Theaters
London reports feints the czar moves toward Czernowitz as Russian forces claim decisive advances on the Dvina in Latvia Bessarabia the Caucasus and Persia. Meanwhile the Pollentia sinking near Cape Race prompts rescue efforts with Italian steamer Verdi and others aiding.
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Dvinsk
Riga
Persia
Dvina
Bessarabia
Caucasus
Bessarabian
Bucharest
Teuton
Servia
Montenegro
Petrograd
Czernowitz
Wages Up At Atlas Portland Cement Plant
The Northampton plant of Atlas Portland Cement Company announces a wage raise of seven to ten percent for its 2,000 employees in Allentown area.
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Allenton
Northampton
Atlas-Portland Cement Company
Snowslide Swept Train Away in Cascade Mountains
Six people died and fifteen were injured when two Great Northern cars the dining car and day coach were swept 300 feet down a Cascade Mountains slope near Corea Station. The dining car burned. one body was found charred. All survivors and injured were taken to Seattle.
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Seattle
Wash
Great Northern
Corea Station
Cascade Mountains
Cascade Tunnel
Corea
Train Dynamited Near Puebla Kills Twenty Three
A. J. Trumbo, mine owner from Oaxaca, says a passenger train was blown up near Puebla, killing twenty three and leaving only one survivor. Trumbo and his wife were traveling from Mexico City to Los Angeles on January 22, with H. C. Tanner injured by gunfire during the attack. Typhus fever is said to be rampant in Southern and Central Mexico amid dire conditions.
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Puebla
el Paso
Tex
Zapata
A. J. Trumbo
Oaxaca
Mexico
Mr. Trumbo
Los Angeles
H. C. Tanner
Mexico City
Tanner
United States
Trumbo
Montenegro Resumes War With Austria Front Reopened
Montenegro officially informs Italy that hostilities have resumed after rejecting Austria's terms. King Nicholas and the Montenegrin government reaffirm defense preparations as fighting renews along the entire front with Montenegro at war.
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Montenegro
Rome
Austria
Italy
Nicholas
Noted Campaign Singer Dead in Pittsburg at 30
J William Pope aged 30 widely known as a campaign song singer died at his home in Pittsburg. He sang for the James Buchanan campaign committee and performed through the presidential campaigns up to McKinley. He said he never sang for a losing candidate.
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Pittsburg
J. William, Pope
James Buchanan
McKinley
Embargo on Fusel Oil Reported by Washington Embassy
Norway has imposed an embargo on the export of fusel oil, according to a dispatch from the American consul general at Christiania. The action affects trade in a chemical byproduct used in various industries, with potential implications for supply chains and pricing.
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Washington
Norway
Christiania
President Wilson to tour eight cities for national defense drive
President Wilson plans a January 28 departure from Washington for a weeklong tour through Pittsburgh Cleveland Chicago St Louis Kansas City St Joseph Des Moines and Davenport to promote the defense program. He will also speak in New York January 27 at Railroad Business Association and Motion Picture Board of Trade banquets detailing business preparedness and rail and manufacturing readiness for government needs.
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Washington
Wilson
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Davenport
White House
Denver
Birmingham
New York
Railroad Business Association
Motion Picture Board of Trade
Delayed Keating Child Labor Bill Sparks Filibuster
In Washington southern congressmen used filibustering to keep the Keating child labor bill from being taken up in the House. A minority labor committee report opposing the measure was submitted by Representative Watson of Virginia. A quorum dispute led to a long delay as members rushed to the floor amid a hasty Keating conference with southern opponents before announcing the bill would not be considered pending Watson's report.
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Washington
House
Watson
Virginia
Labor Committee
Ragsdale
South Carolina
Keating
Colorado
Will Lead the Fruit Men Convention In Memphis
The twelfth annual Western Fruit Jobbers Association session closed with T. D. Turner of Oklahoma City elected president, succeeding W. H. Grube of Burlington Iowa. Other officers elected included H. M. Weil of Shreveport La first vice president C. A. Kerr of Chicago second vice president L. H. Kinney Hastings Neb third vice president Roylance Provo Utah treasurer and C. E. Virden Sacramento sergeant at arms.
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Memphis
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
T. D. Turner
Oklahoma City
W. H. Grube
Burlington
Iowa
H. M. Weil
Shreveport
C. A. Kerr
Chicago
L. H. Kinney
Hastings
Neb
W. Mr. Roylance
Provo
Utah
C. E. Virden
Sacramento
Wireless Station Chain Links United States to Possessions
Secretary Daniels approved a contract with the Federal Telegraph Company to outfit big radio stations at San Diego Cavite Pearl Harbor and more under construction. Completion within a year will enable Washington to relay radio messages to insular possessions and most worldwide receiving points. Navy plans to boost power at Tutuila and Guam to join the main chain with intermediate stations in Boston New Orleans Point Loma Chicago and Guantanamo already slated to relay messages.
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United States
Washington
Daniels
Navy
Federal Telegraph Company of
San Francisco
San Diego
Cal
Cavite
P. E
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Navy Department
Tutulla
Guam
Boston
New Orleans
Point Lomo
Chicago
Guantanamo
Stoips
Mississippi Senate Passes Whittington Anti Lobbying Bill
The Mississippi senate passed the Whittington anti lobbying bill and the lower house approved the cotton bill creating a bureau of markets under the department of agriculture and commerce. The measures dominated sessions aiming to boost livestock and grain marketing while setting pay for bureau assistants at 1200 dollars annually.
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State Senate
Whittington
Lower House
Mississippi Senate
Bureau of Markets
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Johnson Yawn convention bill calls state constitutional meeting
Senate introduces a bill to call a constitutional convention to revise or amend the state constitution or enact a new one. The meeting would be at the House of Representatives hall in Jackson at 12 o clock on a date to be agreed. Delegates from counties and the state at large are to be appointed as set in the final bill, with the governor said to favor the measure.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Jackson
Women Considered for State Education Boards
Following Governor Brewer and approved by Gov Bilbo, the Mississippi Suffrage Association presents to the Legislature a memorial asking that women be made eligible for membership on boards of trustees of educational and eleemosynary institutions.
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Brewer
Bilbo
Mississippi
Mississippi farmers benefited by Smith Lever extension law
Mississippi progress under the Smith Lever extension plan is praised by E R Lloyd as federal funds totalling 29330 for 1915 16 will aid farm and home development if a state match is provided. Future federal shares rise to 45438 in 1916 17 and 142086 annually thereafter, driving widespread agricultural wealth. In Clarksdale Gov Brewer visit draws large welcome. Natchez reports levee work at Giles Bend reaches 3000 cubic yards daily. Yazoo City hog sale nets 1369 65 from two carloads. Tupelo hosts 1916 farm extension planning meeting with state and A&M College leaders. Meridian notes a $40000 back tax claim proceeding. Yazoo City records a rare 1914 snow event on January 16.
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Mississippi
E. R. Lloyd
United States Department of Agriculture
Clarksdale
Dan Brewer
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