Mountains Conquered by Austrians to Stop Outrages
President Wilson reaffirmed his opposition to armed intervention in Mexico. Senator Sheppard brought a telegram from Dr. C. C. Young of El Paso urging U S action after killings near Chihuahua. Carranza officials promise protection to Americans, but Wilson says stay out. Congress debates possible armed deployment as border anger grows.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Senatr Sheppard
Texas
Wate House
C. C. Young
el Paso
Chihuahua
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Carranza
Congress
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United States
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House
Moss
West Vir
Adriatic Set to Austria as Montenegro Falls Under Control
London reports Montenegro signs armistice after Cetinje falls to Austrian forces and Lovcen is seized. They say Austria makes the Adriatic a sea under its control, with Cattaro as naval center and Italy's role unclear amid limited aid from Rome. The Times notes broad maritime consequences in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Austria
Cettinje
Mt. Lovcen
Serbia
Adriatic
Cattaro
Italy
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Albania
London Times
England
Dardanelles
Bandits Kill Ten More in Mass Casualty Attack
Ten people are fatally injured in a mass casualty event attributed to bandits linked to General Jose Rodr Rodriguez. The assault also leaves severely harmed bodies.
Victoria no Huerta Dies in El Paso After Illness
Victoras no Huerta, former Mexican dictator, died at his El Paso home at 8 35 tonight after a long illness with several operations performed.
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EL Paso
Tex
Victorias No Huerta
Mexico
Foraker Criticizes Nation's Executive Policy on Massa Cres
United States Senator Foraker bluntly attacks the national executive policy regarding Massa Cres in Mexico. He argues the approach is flawed and demands a reassessment of diplomatic and domestic priorities. The remarks signal heightened political tension over foreign policy decisions affecting Latin America.
Foraker frames action over Wilsons watchful waiting in Mexico
Former Senator Joseph B Forbes? Foraker denounces Wilsons cautious policy and presses for decisive U S intervention in Mexico. He argues Monroe Doctrine duty, warns against entangling alliances, and calls to amend Sherman resolution to authorize robust action. The piece notes Ohio leaders urging him to run for delegate at large to the Republican National Convention.
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Joseph Benson Foraker
Wilson
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Ieam
Mexico
Congress of
United States
Sherman
Police Close In On Cleveland Hotel Murderer
Cleveland January 13 police say they will soon arrest the waiter suspected of killing Dolores Evens at the Perry Hotel Prospect Avenue. The body is at the county morgue after autopsy revealing strangulation and facial injuries. A motive is being sought as witnesses recount a late Tuesday encounter and a waiter suspect described by detectives.
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the Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Dolores Evens
Perry Hotel
Prospect Avenue
Clara Dilley
Dilley
Miss Evens
Miss Dilley
Lou Whit
Miss Evers
Rodriguez Captured After Battle Near Madera Chihuahua
Special Dispatch reports Americans captured Captain Jose Rodriguez after a clash near Madera Chihuahua. Several of his men were killed and forty men, some linked to Monday’s massacre, were taken with Rodriguez and are believed to be held for aid.
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The
Commercial Tribune
el Paso
Tex
Jose Rodriguez
Madera
Chihuahua
Rodriguez
First to Cheat Electric Chair in Sing Sing History
Angelo Leggio awaiting execution at Sing Sing Prison hanged himself in the death chamber using a twisted sheet. He had been condemned for instigating Charles Flack to shoot Domenico Marino in New York City on April 8, 1914, marking the first self-inflicted death in Sing Sing’s deathhouse.
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Ossining
N. Y
Angelo Leggio
Sing Sing
Charles Flack
Domenico Marino
New York City
Leggio
Governor to Interview Silent Russian Before Execution
Governor Willis plans to meet Peter Skribner known as the Silent Russian before his February 11 execution in the penitentiary annex. An interpreter will be used since Skribner does not speak or understand English. The governor has shown unusual interest due to Skribner’s continued silence and lack of friends in the United States.
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Skribner
Mexicans Routed in El Paso Martial Law Declared
El Paso Jan 13 martial law declared at midnight after disorder in the city with troops deployed to restore order as police and military moved to control streets and quell unrest. Local authorities reported skirmishes and detentions as curfew near.
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EL Paso
Paso
Widow’s Card Alleging Affinity Ties in Mohr Murder Trial
Providence January reports the trial of Mrs Elizabeth F Mohr and two alleged conspirators C Victor Brown and Henry Spellman for the murder of Dr Fritklin Mohr. Chief Inspector William F O Reill presented confessions and related circumstances while a chauffeur George W Healis’s signed confession was rejected. A pretrial warning card written by Mrs Mohr to George Rooks urging restraint was admitted as evidence.
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R. I
C. Victor Brown
Henry. H. Spellman
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Lewis
Brown
Spellman
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O’berk
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Mohr
O’beil
George W. Rooks
Miss Burger
El Paso Reports Mexican Roundup and Villa Attack After Massacre
El Paso crowds witness Mexican roundups as soldiers sweep saloons and streets for Villa adherents. Reports from Chihuahua City say General Trevino moves toward Villa with 300 men while nine Americans and two women die in Madera attacks. The death train arrives with decapitated remains and grisly details, inflaming tensions across the border.
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EL Paso
Villa
Mexico
Carranza
Chihuahua City
General Trevino
Santa Ysabel
General Villa
The
Commercial Tribune
Tex
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
Madera
Jose Rodriguez
Rio Grande
Santa Fe
Chihuanha City
John Pershing
C. R. Watson
Miss Margaret Wilson Under Knife at Jefferson Hospital
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of President Wilson underwent successful throat surgery at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. Doctors removed adenoids and tonsils after recent throat troubles.
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Miss Wilson
Margaret Wilson
Presi
Queen Sophia Called To Bedside Of German Ruler
A Rome dispatch reports Queen Sophia of Greece has been summoned to Berlin to tend her ill brother Emperor William. Prince von Buelow returns from Switzerland for a council led by the Crown Prince to decide steps if the Emperor's illness continues or an operation is needed. No neutral sources can confirm the condition, and optimistic reports are being withheld.
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Losdon
Rome
Sophia
Greece
William
Berlin
von Buelow
Switzerland
Star
Retrial Ordered for Five Former New Haven Directors
Attorney General Gregory ordered retrials of five former New Haven Railroad directors on charges of conspiring to violate the Sherman antitrust law. The defendants William Rockefeller Lewis Cass Ledyard Edward M. Robbins Charles F. Brooker and Charles M. Pratt previously faced a hung jury in New York.
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Washington
New Haven Railroad
Gregory
William Rockefeller
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Edward M. Robbins
Charles F. Brooker
Charles M. Pratt
New York
Blue Keeps His Post As Public Health Service Chief
Washington Senate confirms Surgeon General Blue for a second term as head of the Public Health Service.
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Blue
Washington
Public Health Service
Senate
United States Ill-Equipped to Subdue Mexican Savages
Governor Ferguson of Austin Texas warned on January 13 that Congress criticizing President Wilson and calling for intervention in Mexico ignores the U S military weakness. He said the army and navy are insufficient to pacify Mexico by force and urged patience until the nation can enforce its demands.
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Austin
Tex
Congress
Wilson
Mexico
United States
Ferguson
Carranza troops sent to hunt Villa bandits
Eliseo Arredondo, ambassador designate for the Mexican de facto government, told the State Department that Carranza forces were dispatched to Western Chihuahua to kill or capture bandits who killed American citizens. Secretary Lansing demanded punishment of the murderers and warned of potential U.S. action if steps are not taken.
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Eliseo Avevedondo
Mexico
State Department
Lansing
Carranza
Chihuahua
Arredondo
United States
United Sates
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