Heavy fighting reported on Romanian and Galicia fronts
Bad weather slows action on most fronts but fighting continues. Berlin says Teutons halted Russian advance on the northern Romanian front while Russians push in Galicia Slot Lipa. Western front shows signs of possible German offensive in Alsace. Rome reports Italy aims to free Italians under Austrian rule as Wilson peace aims are echoed. General Dankl retires. a German submarine sinks an Entente troop transport in the Mediterranean on January 25.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Teutonic
Slot-Lipa
Galicia
Alsace
Rome
Italy
Francesco Ruffini
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Investigation of Leak Stirs Whole Country
The leak probe calls George A. Ellis Jr to testify after finding no origin for the note that warned Hutton customers of Wilson's peace move. Ellis is ill in Georgia. F A Connelly of Connelly & Co testified that the leak did not come via S R Bolling. Hutton said no profit from the leak. Connelly’s firm incurred losses.
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Wall Street
Bolling
Associated Press
New York
E. F. Hutton
Wilson
George A. Ellis, Jr
Georgia
F. A. Connelly
F. A. Connelly & Co
Washington
Hutton
S. R. Bolling
Onnelly
Spannel Case Nearing End After Two Witnesses
San Angelo Texas January 29 After two witnesses the Spannel case adjourned until tonight to hear Mrs B F Jenkins of El Paso a new witness from Marfa. Both sides expect to finish testimony tomorrow. Youree a Sixth Cavalry veterinarian said Butler never drank toxins and was never called bull and his reputation with women was good.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Texas
Harry Spannell
B. F. Jenkins
el Paso
Marfa
J. H. Youree
Sixth Cavalry
Butler
President Wilson Vetoes Immigration Literacy Test Bill
President Wilson vetoed the immigration bill over its literacy test provisions. He argued the test would penalize opportunity rather than assess fitness and could create delicate diplomatic issues. The house awaited Thursday votes to attempt an override as prior efforts fell short in 1913.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Degt Wilson
Taft
Cleveland
House
United States
Burnett
Senate
Peanuts Paid In Grimes County Report From Iola Texas
Letter from W A Withers recounts peanut growing in Grimes County during the season. Farmers like I D Darby Jess Hicks and A M Darby describe yields, threshing, and seed use with prices noted. Withers notes peanut oil and meal as stock feed and cooking oil and predicts growth with no glut in years to come.
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Iola
Texas
W. A. Withers
Bryan
Withers
I. D. Darby
Jess Hicks
Cobb Prairie
A. M. Darby
Hunger strike ends as Ethel Byrne takes food
In Brooklyn and Blackwell Island events two birth control propagandists Mrs. Margaret Sanger and Miss Rania Mondell faced trial for circulating literature. Mrs. Ethel Byrne, sister of Mrs. Sanger, began taking nourishment via tube after a hunger strike, while a decision on Sanger and Mondell was postponed to February 2. Byrne’s condition was reported good.
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Associated Ress
New York
Margaret Sanger
Rania Mondell
Brooklyn
Ethel Byrne
Sanger
Blackwell's Island
Baruch Testifies on Leak Inquiry Profits Near Half Million
Bernard Baruch, Wall Street speculator, told the leak inquiry he earned close to 500000 in December by foreseeing Wilson peace note effects and interpreting speeches by British and German premiers. He denied profiting from an actual leak.
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Associated Press
New York
Bernard Baruch
Wall Street
Wilson
City approves $8,000 sewer bonds in Austin review
Judge J. W. Doremus returned from Austin with records approved for the city’s $8,000 sewer improvement bonds. Bids for the bonds will be opened at city hall on February 1.
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J. W. Doremus
Austin
Farmers Union 6 Now in Session
The Texas Farmers' Union opens a three day biannual meeting in Fort Worth with plans to keep a committee in Austin for the legislature and future sessions to guard farmers interests. They oppose changes to Texas home stead law expanding farm loan bank benefits and await the legislative committee's recommendations.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Texas Farmers’ Union
the Union
Austin
Farm Loan
Farmers of
Three Negroes Arrested on Aggravated Assault Charges
Three cases of aggravated assault were filed on the county court docket. The defendants are Andrew Brown Arch Eaton and Sam Jones all Negroes who have been arrested and posted bond for the next court term.
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Andrew Brown
Arch Eaton
Sam Jones
New Motorcycle Cop Appointed After Resignation
Former motorcycle officer resigns and Mayor Harris appoints W E Battle to police speeders. Battle has accepted, is on duty, and four complaints filed by the ex-officer await trial before the mayor later this week.
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W. W. Harris
W. EB. Battle
Battle
Ruby clash yields no casualties in Arizona raid
Washington D C Jan 30 General Funston reports the first official account of the fight at Ruby Ariz between Utah cavalrymen American cowboys and Mexican raiders. He says there were no American or Mexican casualties and details are sparse.
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Washington, D. C
Utah
Ruby
Ariz
Funston
Prominent Texas Printer Dies in Pittsburgh Visit
George Courts head of Clarke & Courts, a leading Texas printing firm, died today in Pittsburgh where he was attending the American Foreign Trades Council meeting.
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Galveston
Texas
George Courts
Clarke & Courts
Pittsburgh
American Foreign Trades Council
Death penalty given in Christmas Eve killings
Chester Tyson and Mark Peters were found guilty with the death penalty for robbing and killing John Reeves, his wife, and three children last Christmas Eve in Minden Louisiana. Larkin Stewart and Anderson Heard were found guilty and given life imprisonment. All four defendants are identified as Black.
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Associated Press
Minden
Chester Tyson
Mark Peters
Larkin Stewart
Anderson Heard
John Reeves
Tragic Poisoning After Powder Mixup in Kankakee Home
In Kankakee Michigan on January 30 Mrs. O O Merits accidentally mixed powder used by her husband for taxidermy with pancake flour. The mistake left four children and a grandchild dead from poisoning.
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Kankakee, Mich
Racers Arrested in City Raid on Crap Shooters
In a Sunday raid in the northwest part of the city Constable Baker detained eighteen suspected bone passers. Eight were tried before Justice W W Gainer and pleaded guilty with fines of ten dollars plus costs. A performer hid under a small stove during the proceedings. Other guilty pleas included Lee Bulmansky for disturbing the peace and Ed Parker for using a horse without the owner's permission, both fined with costs.
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Baker
W. W. Gainer
Ed Parker
Public Utilities Office Moves to New City Warehouse
The public utilities office at city hall was relocated to the municipal warehouse. City Secretary R. T. Smith moved his office from city hall to the former clerk of public utilities’ office. The changes were noted previously in the Eagle.
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Public Utilities
City Hall
R. T. Smith
Clerk of Public Utilities
Eagle
Rodin Married at 76 Instead of Ill Says Paris Paper
Paris reports sculptor Auguste Rodin aged 76 was married to Mme Rose Beurre rather than ill as previously claimed. His first wife served as the model for the famed work that brought him fame.
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Associated Press
Paris
August Rodin
Mme. Rose Beurre
Rodin
Death notice for J H Perrin No 66
Notification of the death of J H Perrin No 66 with instructions that payments must be made within ten days to Joe B Reed di8Sw29.
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J. H. Perrin
Joe B. Reed
Armed Merchant Ships Crisis Hint From Germany
Information from official circles in Washington indicates Germany and its allies may warn the United States to keep off armed merchant ships of belligerent nations. The move follows indications the U S may issue a memorandum on its stance toward armed merchantmen. Officials say the submarine warfare issue remains central to all pending negotiations and that peace talks delay a final decision.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
State Department
United States
Spannell Case Goes to Jury in San Angelo
In San Angelo the Spannell murder case against Spannell for killing Butler advances toward jury deliberation as arguments continue. The court this morning excused the venire, clearing the panel for possible verdict.
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Spannell
Associated Press
San Angelo
Butler
Resolution On the Presidents Peace Proposal
Washington Jan 30 Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois Democrat introduced a resolution stating the Wilson peace address does not seek to repeal the Monroe doctrine nor wage military aggression abroad. He asked the measure lie on the table. Senator McCumber introduced a resolution declaring the Senate unable to agree with Wilsons peace without victory proposal.
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Associated Press
Washington
J. Hamilton Lewis
Ilinois
Senate
Wilson
United States
McCumber
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