Rioting Mexican Women Disrupt International Bridge Crossings
Juarez riots erupt as Mexican women halt traffic at the International Bridge across the Rio Grande. Health officers order a vinegar and gasoline bath for entrants, sparking clashes that injure streetcar crews and wreck vehicles. Pershing orders homeward movement of U S troops as reported by the War Department.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mexico
Rio Grande River
General Bell
United States
International Bridge
Juarez Track
United States Mail
Benton
Business leaders to state position on railroad disputes
Washington January 29. The nation's top business men will outline their stance on railroad disputes with employees at the fifth annual Chamber of Commerce of the United States meeting in Washington Tuesday. The railroading referendum results will be released at the opening session. C F Weed of Boston chairs the railroad committee and will submit the report.
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Mation
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
C. F. Weed
Boston
National Chamber
Gompers to Celebrate Golden Wedding at Washington Home
Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor, and Mrs. Gompers will mark their golden wedding on June 30 at their Washington home. This week also marked the silver wedding of their son, a bureau chief in the labor department.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Department of Labor
King Constantine to dissolve reservist leagues decree
Athens reports King Constantine I will issue a public decree dissolving the leagues of reservists. The move follows ongoing tensions in the military and government as Italy and neighboring states monitor Greek internal affairs.
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Athens
Constantine Ie
Arizona Supreme Court Rules Against Governor Hunt
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled against Governor Hunt as part of a court decision. The ruling addresses a dispute over gubernatorial authority and potential constitutional questions related to executive power and state governance.
President Wilson vetoes immigration bill
President Wilson vetoed the immigration bill which had passed both houses and would have become law on January 30. Taft also vetoed the measure over the literacy test clause. Proponents hope for a two thirds House and Senate vote to override the veto in the current effort.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Taft
House
Burnett
House Committee
Elison D. Smith
South Carolina
Senate Committee
Twenty seven guilty of vote selling in Cincinnati case
Twenty seven men arrested on indictments from a federal grand jury pleaded guilty to vote selling in U S district court Cincinnati. Three other indicted men pleaded not guilty and were ordered to Dayton jail with the guilty group as Judge Howard Hollister deferred their sentences.
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Cincinnati
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Court
Howard Hollister
Dayton
Britain halts U S gold shipments to Spain
A British government order forbids U S ship brokers from shipping American gold to Spain. Chicago reports that several heavy shipments were held up at northern port entry points after a steam shipman’s talks with brokers. Shipowners fear a blacklist or confiscation.
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Chicago
United States
Spain
Oconomowoc Youth Volunteers as Ambulance Driver for Red Cross
Graham Bullen, Marquette University arts and sciences student and member of a wealthy Oconomowoc family, has gone to France to serve as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. Dean Atkinson confirms the move from Milwaukee.
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Oconomowoc
Milwaukee
Red Cross
Graham Bullen
Marquette University
Wis
Richard Bullen
Chicago
France
Dean Atkinson
Grocery boys fear walkout. grocers seek police aid
Chicago on January 29 reports grocers fearing a delivery boy walkout and appealing for police protection to guard shipments and maintain service.
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Grocery Boys
Chicago
Meuse Front Flows With Allied Gains In France
Russian forces broke Austro German lines near Moldavia, seizing prisoners and booty after a two mile advance. French troops captured German trenches between Les Eparges and Calonne on the Meuse north of Verdun. British forces retook trenches near Kut Amara and repelled Turkish counterattacks.
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Petrograd
Kimpelung-Jacobeni
Moldavia
Russian War Department
Riga
Meuse
Paris
Les Eparges
Calonne
Verdun
Teuton
Berlin
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
le Transloy
Somme
London
Kut-E.amara
Laurentic Sunk by Submarine or Mine. 121 Saved
The British auxiliary cruiser Laurentic of 14,892 tons sank off the Irish coast after being attacked by a submarine or hitting a mine. Twelve officers and 109 men were saved. The ship had previously served with Canada’s White Star Dominion fleet and was sister to the Majestic.
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London
Laurentic
Admiralty
Servce
White Star Dominion
Majestic
Strong undercurrent backs Bruce and whisky bill in Illinois
In both houses of the Illinois assembly a growing sentiment favors the Bruce and whisky bill. Lawmakers admit private enthusiasm for confining saloons to light wines and beer but hesitate to take public stances before conferences with outside party leaders who funded their campaigns.
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Springfield
Auto Gang Ties Alleged to State Office in Illinois
Chicago reports state prosecutor Hoyne ties an automobile theft ring to a secretary of state employee in Springfield. Witnesses say gang members used a secretary of state tag “1922” on a stolen car during rebuilding. Hoyne seeks records and notes a Chicago man from the north side, possibly from the Twenty first ward, as a suspect.
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Chicago
Gang of
Hoyne
Secretary of State
Springfield
North Side
Twenty-first Ward
Alaskan Juno Louise Sachen hailed from Kansas City
Kansas City Kansas and not Koyukuk Alaska claims the birthplace of Louise Sachen dubbed the Alaskan Juno after two weeks of exposure in New York. Her father Nick Sachen proud laborer says press agents boosted her fame and recalls Louise returning home from Alaska last June where she worked in a boarding house for two years.
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Kansas City
Kan
Koyukuk
Alaska
Louise Sachen
New York
Nick Sachen
Louise
King Alfonso Escapes Train Derailment Plot
Madrid January 29 report says an attempt to wreck the royal train carrying King Alfonso was thwarted when the engine driver of a preceding freight train detected an obstacle on the track and removed it. The derailment spot near Granada in Andalusia was a downhill grade but caused no damage to either train.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Granada
Andalusia
Arizona Supreme Court declares Campbell de facto governor
The Arizona Supreme Court rules Thomas Campbell Republican is the de facto governor, ousting Governor G W P Hunt Democrat who had claimed re election. The decision announced in Phoenix on January 29 reverses Hunt's challenge to the results.
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Hunt
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Supreme Court
Thomas KB. Campbell
Arizona
G. W. P. Hunt
Senate debates Cummins resolution on peace speech
After a two hour debate in the senate on the Cummins resolution for the setting aside time for a full and free debate on the Presidents peace speech action was deferred. It was suggested the debate might take place during the extra session of the senate March 4 and 5.
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Senate
Choate Celebrates 85th Birthday With Wide Congratulatory Backing
Joseph H. Choate former ambassador to Great Britain recovers from a two week illness to mark his eighty fifth birthday. Congratulations pour in from across the United States and Europe. Choate was born in Salem Massachusetts.
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Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Choate
Mr. Choate
Salem
Mase
Guards urged for coal trains into Chicago in Danville drive
Jan 29 report notes repeated robberies on coal trains from the Danville district to Chicago via the Chicago and Western Illinois railway. Special Agent William Sloan calls for armed guards on all trains after a man who claimed to be taking coal for a sick woman was released, leaving trains short ten to fifteen tons in Chicago.
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Danville
Chicago
William Sloan
Chicago & Wastern
Illlnois
Recen
Tly
Con Pary
Chir Camo
Youth and Girl High School Pupils Die in Illinois Crashes
In Elgin Illinois Harold Watts and Dorothy G Mitchell two high school students died after an auto skidded on ice and plunged down a fifteen foot embankment into a shanty. Watts urged rescuers to save Dorothy and both died later in hospital. In Champaign Illinois Walter Carvin and Otto Gehrke were killed instantly when an Illinois Central train struck a tea and coffee wagon. bodies were carried about 100 feet. A third item notes Robert Spobak twenty two of Molind Illinois who died in a separate incident while a brother offered to help.
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Elgin
Ilil
Harold Watts
Dorothy G. Mitchell
Watts
Dorothy
Champaign
Ill
Walter Carvin
Otto Gehrke
Ilinois Central
President Hopes for Kaiser Peace Through War Wording
Washington reports the Kaiser’s birthday prayer for peace by the sword as not advancing peace prospects. Diplomats from both sides remain reluctant to discuss, while officials hope a German field conference will signal a definite peace step within thirty days to avert a renewed spring drive and prolongation of the war.
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Washington
Germany
WH Con
Europe
Kaiser
Berlin Academy of Science
Entente
Teutonic
Senate to Work Overtime on 11-Hour Day Schedule
Democratic leaders in the Senate plan an eleven hour daily session starting at 8am and ending at 7pm to push essential appropriation bills and administration measures. They decided to sidetrack broad legislation including railroad reform and conservation bills to meet President Wilson's agenda by March 4.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Wall of Business
Congress
Robbery at Lay Bros. Drug Store in Columbus
A man entered the Lay Bros. drug store in Columbus at 5 pm and robbed the cash register while Frank Lay and several customers watched. He opened the drawer, grabbed cash, and fled into an alley before bystanders recovered from their surprise.
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Columbus
Ind
Lay Bros
Frank Lay
Republicans Adopt Suffrage Prohibition Plank in Convention
In Lagrange Indiana on January 29 Republicans meeting to pick delegates for a Kendallville senatorial convention endorsed strict planks. They instructed delegates to back a candidate supporting woman suffrage state wide prohibition and a new constitution after the death of Senator Green.
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Lagrange, Ind
Kendallville
Green
Bennett Says Peace Note Was Known By Fin District
New York January 29 Representative William S Bennett a rules committee member says the president peace note leak was known by certain financial district persons forty eight hours before publication He notes 20000 shares of U S Steel common were sold short on this occasion
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New York
William S. Bennett
The
House
Fie
U. S. Steel Common
Missouri Regiment to Quit Border
The First New Hampshire infantry will leave Laredo on two special trains for Greenfield Massachusetts next Friday. The Fourth Missouri infantry will depart several days later with no definite date set.
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Missouri
Border
Laredo
Tex
New Hampshire Infantry
Greenfield
Mass
Missouri Infantry
Capture Alleged Slayer on Windsor Train
Windsor Ontario January 29 James Anderson alias Steward alleged to have shot and killed Winnipeg detective W N Jackson on a train near Windsor was captured in the city.
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Windsor
Ont
James Anderson
Steward
W. N. Jackson
Winnipeg
Here
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Auto Gang
Capitol
Juno
Hote
American Press Association
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Robert Spobak
Violtlne
Rock Island Trata
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