De Facto Mexican Government Crumbling Amid Rising Revolution
Washington reports authentic information that the Carranza administration in Mexico is crumbling and disintegrating within sixty days. Uprisings and a strong leadership could spark a new revolution sending Carranza's government to oblivion as consular officials face irregular salaries and mounting instability. In El Paso cavalry forces concentrate against Villa, with forces j oining near Ban Geronimo and Santa Ana, eight miles apart.
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Carranza
Mexico
State Department
Mancera
Madero
Paso
Tex
P48
Saneite
A de Lerrera
Chihuahua City
Cavasos
Guerrero
Chihuahua
Gabriel Gavira
Imadente
Juarex
Villa
Ban
Poisoning Mystery In Lake Forest Sees Teens Arrested
Reported case centers on a Lake Forest injury and a suspect teen arrested after authorities describe an alleged intimate relationship with the victim. Police indicate the girl may have taken or used substances prior to the incident. details remain under investigation.
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Lake Forest
Turkish fort Ercerum captured amid strategic push
Grand Duke Nicho las secures Ercerum as entente forces brace for renewed forward moves. Turkish, Persian, and British forces contend near Kut Field and Peraia with 86,000 troops besieged at Einwerum. Weather turns stormy as bombardment and mining operations intensify across the theater.
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Peraia
Bagdad
Kut- Field
van der Golts
Einwerum
Velcro Fronte
Belgium
Ready Dash and Dash Efforts Reported at Canary Houses
Fragmentary report notes eleven teams laid out at Canary houses and preparations underway. The text mentions deliveries from the American side and a dash in a sequence of events, though details are unclear.
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Canary Houses
Nations poised to base exchange on silver, sources claim
Inside information from major American financial interests linked to J. P. Morgan & Co. suggests one or more governments may adopt a bimetallic silver standard by war end. The Asaia Smelting Refining and Co. sold 12 million ten year gold notes to Lee Higginson Co. while planning Leadville mine development in Fryer Hill, with $3 to $4 million expected in expenditures as unwatering begins.
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Denver
Colo
J. P. Morgan & Company
Unp
Leadville
Colorado
Asdaie Smelting Refining and Company
Boston Banking Boass
Lee Higginson & Company
Fryer Hill
W. Ven Law
Boston
United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company
Russians Close In On Key Turkish Forts At Kreerum
Reports from PhtroGKAL state nine Kreerum forts are now in Russian hands with Ersenun fortress at risk. Grand Duke Nicholas advances through eastern Armenia threatening a broader Turkish retreat and possible peace talks. Turkish defenses beyond Kreerum remain unclear.
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Ersenun
Kreerum
Armenia
Turkey
Outekiriv
Global conflicts and crimes fill late breaking reports
The itemized dispatches cover European munitions flows into Europe, flood disasters in New Orleans, a Berea Nitro explosion, a ship sinking near London, restitution appeals in Mexico, a San Francisco dining misadventure, a murder charge in Chicago, a postponed boxing bout in New York, a missing British agent in Chicago, Methodist church policy clashes in Evanston, a Kenkbn Maru Maru No. 11 wreck, submarine bids in Washington, a fraud charge in Ohio, and British trench action near Ypres.
Prancis Named Ambassador Candidate With Russia Ties
Washington reports Smyid KK. Preveis once interior secretary and former governor is set for ambassador to George T. Mayr in Russia. Both have resigned from prior posts amid reshuffles.
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Washington
Smyid KK. Preveis
Secretary of the Interior
George T. Mayr
Woman killed on Huntington interurban car after alleged love triangle
In Huntington, Rose Wood, a young married woman, was shot dead today on a crowded Huntington Ashland Interurban car by Mrs. Leonard De Poe who says the affair with her husband provoked the crime. Charles Millay praised as a top civil engineer by colleagues, reportedly committed suicide after an attitude incident. Western Indians crude oil in Lima rose to 1.72 per barrel achieving another high record.
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Huntington
W. Va
Rose Wood
Leonard de Poe
Lima
Ohio
Divnols
Fires Devastate Brooklyn Waterfront Killing Two
Fire wrecked the Bolton Castle and Pacific at a New York Dock pier in Brooklyn early today. Two crewmen died from the blaze as a flotilla of fifty fighters and barges raced to save vessels and families from the flames. The Pallagia was damaged and losses mount beyond four million dollars amid suspicions of arson due to war material on a loading list.
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Bolton Castle
Pacific
New York Dock Company
Pioneer Street
Brooklyn
Pallagia
Holton Castle
Vladivostok
Plier
Day of Fires Across U S Hits Multiple Cities
Fire incidents across the United States cause millions in damage. In New York a dock area fires kills two coolies and injures others amid ships loading war munitions. Toronto club losses reach fifty thousand with one dead and two hurt. British steamer Veendk reports fire in cargo near Rotterdam. Philadelphia sugar cargo fire causes two hundred thousand damage. Falls River Massachusetts suffers two million in quarter mile district blaze with no casualties. Midland Michigan reports one woman dead and one missing with one hundred fifty four thousand in damage. Creston Iowa youths admit setting fires to parochial and public high schools. Butte Montana ends with discovery of remaining twenty one miner bodies in an inferred Pennsylvania shaft.
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Veendk
Rotterdam
Philadelphia
Dalton
England
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Midland
Mich
Ocreston
Iowa
Butte
Mont
Pennsylvania
Fire Sweeps Fall River District In 2 Million Dollar Blaze
A morning fire devastated a quarter mile of Fall River business district injuring no one. Loss is estimated at around two million dollars for buildings and contents, including an apartment hotel and major stores. Origin unknown, started in a basement near Sooth Main and Spring at roots Street.
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Sooth Main
Spring At
Roots
Steiger Company
Seed threat to curb sugar factory output in America
In Angeles on February 16 a 25 percent seed shortage endangers 25 percent of U S sugar factories. Producers warn output may drop from 10 to 25 percent unless seed supply improves. Members of the Sugar Manufacturers' trade group disclosed the issue after their annual meeting. Some factories may close temporarily to survive.
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Angeles
United States
Rae
Ten Die In Opera House Collapse After Explosion
Ten people were killed when the old opera house building collapsed following an explosion in Mexia Texas. Fire threatened nearby businesses as rescuers searched the debris. Local officials and school administrators were reported among the dead or injured.
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Mexia
Tes
A. B. Hebner
Revenues
B. Bu
Villa Villasenor and others accused in ransom plot
Indictments by the county grand jury reveal a plan by Jesse Villasenor, ex Villa officer, and Warner Fischer, plus two others from Mexico, to kidnap two bank officers sons for fifty thousand dollars. Dr Terry A. Magruder, a dentist, was arrested in connection with the plot and later released on bond.
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Box
Roonty Grand Jury
Jesse Villasenor
Warner Fischer
Mexico
Wo L. Tooley
First National Bank
Herman Andreas
Cadtley
Our National Bank
Terry A. Magruder
Washington debates regular army and naval building program
In Congress the military committees discuss boosting the regular army to 80 to 90 thousand and strengthening the national guard under the pay act. The navy building program is not expected to be ready before May. Leaders from the military and navy committees outline plans and emphasize fleet size relative to potential adversaries.
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Neeg Flaebi
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Teetity of Welfare
Tere
Amethay
Usele
Dritele
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