Rioting Mexican Women Clash Over Bridge Baths
Anti American riots flare in Juarez as four hundred Mexican women refuse disinfectant baths at the border. Rioters attack Juarez street cars and the US mail wagon crossing the bridge. Americans barred from Juarez while Pershing’s expeditionary force begins its withdrawal to the United States.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mexico
Rio Grande River
General Bell
United States
International Bridge
Juarez Track
Pershing
Washington
War Department
Baker
Businessmen to Speak on Rail Disputes at Chamber Meet
Washington January 29 The nation's representative business men will go on record this week on rail road disputes and the prevention of strikes and lockouts. The fifth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States opens Tuesday in Washington. C F Weed of Boston, chairman of the railroad committee, will submit the report after the referendum results are announced at the opening session.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
C. F. Weed
Boston
The
National Chamber
Gompers to Celebrate Golden Wedding at Home
Samuel Gompers a founder and long time president of the American Federation of Labor and Mrs Gompers will observe their golden wedding on June 30 at their Washington home The couple also marked the silver wedding of their son who is a bureau chief in the department of labor this week.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mra
Gompers
Department of Labor
King Constantine II Dissolves Reservist Leagues Decree
Athens reports King Constantine II will publicly issue a decree that dissolves the leagues of reservists. The move follows ongoing political turmoil and aims to restructure military service and national defense amid regional unrest.
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Athens
Constantine II
Arizona Supreme Tribunal Rules Against Gov Hunt
The Arizona Supreme Tribunal ruled against Governor Hunt in a court decision. The ruling affects his authority and prompts possible further action by state officials. The decision details are not specified in the provided fragment.
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Arizona Supreme Tribunal
Gov. Hunt
President Wilson vetoes immigration bill
Washington, Jan. 29 President Wilson vetoed the immigration bill. The measure would have become law on Jan. 30. Taft also vetoed over the literacy test clause. Proponents say they can override the veto with two thirds in both houses.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Taft
House
Burnett
House Committee
Edison D. Smith
South Carolina
Senate Committee
Twenty seven plead guilty to vote selling in Cincinnati
Twenty seven men arrested on indictments by the federal grand jury pleaded guilty to vote selling in the United States district court in Cincinnati. Three others indicted on the same charge pleaded not guilty. The twenty seven and the three, whose sentences were deferred by Judge Howard Hollister, were ordered committed to the Dayton jail.
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Cincinnati
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Court
Howard Hollister
Dayton
Britain halts U S gold shipments to Spain
The British government warned U S ship brokers not to ship American gold to Spain. A Chicago steamshipman, after talks with brokers at a northern port, said several heavy gold shipments were held up by the order and that shipowners fear a blacklist or possible confiscation.
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Chicago
United States
Spain
Oconomowoc Youth Goes to France as Red Cross Driver
Graham Bullen a Marquette University arts and science student from Oconomowoc Wis and son of the late Richard Bullen Chicago broker offers ambulance driving service to the Red Cross and has gone to France per Dean Atkinson.
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Oconomowoc
Milwaukee
Red Cross
Graham Bullen
Marquette University
Wis
Richard Bullen
Chicago
France
Dean Atkinson
Now It's the Grocery Boys
Chicago witnesses a wave of grocers calling for police protection as delivery boys threaten a walkout amid rising tensions.
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Grocery Boys
Chicago
French and Russian Forces Score Gains on Fronts
Russian forces broke through Austro German lines near Moldavia and seized prisoners and booty. French troops advanced between Les Eparges and Calonne trench by Verdun and found German dead with booty. British troops recaptured trenches near Kut El Amara after hard fighting. 400 Turkish bodies were found after two Turkish counterattacks failed.
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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-El- Anara
Laurentic Sunk By Submarine Or Mine In North Sea
London, Jan 29. The British auxiliary cruiser Laurentic, 14892 tons, has been sunk by a submarine or by striking a mine, says an official admiralty statement. Twelve officers and 109 men were saved. The ship went down off the Irish coast last Thursday after being taken over for British service from Canada.
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London
Laurentic
Admiralty
Iris
Dby
White Star Dominion
Majestic
Anti Whisky Bill Gains Support in Springfield Assembly
In both houses of the assembly a strong undercurrent favors the Bruce and whisky bill to confine saloons to light wines and beer. Senators and representatives privately enthusiastic stay ambivalent awaiting outside political guidance from chiefs who financed their campaigns.
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Springfield
Auto Gang Linked to Capitol Office in Illinois Case
Chicago reports state investigators led by State's Attorney Hoyne indicate ties between an automobile thieves gang and an employee in the secretary of state office in Springfield. Witnesses say the worker supplied aluminum license tags including a 1922 tag used on a stolen car while rebuilt to hide identity. Hoyne forwarded a inquiry to the secretary of state. the official record shows no issuance. The suspect is described as a Chicago man from the north side, possibly a Twenty first ward resident.
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Chicago
Gang of
Hoyne
Secretary of State
Springfield
Mr. Hoyne
Twenty-first Ward
Kansas City Birthplace Claim for Alaska Juno Louise Sachen
Kansas City Kansas claims Louise Sachen as birthplace of the Alaska Juno after she dazzled New York for two weeks. Her father Nick Sachen proclaims she is an ordinary local waitress, noting she returned home from Alaska last June after two years in a boarding house.
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Kansas City
Kan
Koyukuk
Alaska
Elaine
Louise Sachen
New York
Nick Sachen
Louise
King's Train Rear Wreck Threat Foiled Near Granada
Madrid reports an attempted derailment aimed at King Alfonso's royal train. The freight engine spotted an obstacle and cleared it before any damage occurred to either train. The incident happened near Granada in Andalusia on a downhill stretch.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Granada
Andalusia
Arizona Supreme Court rules Campbell de facto governor
The Arizona Supreme Court returns a decision declaring Thomas E. Campbell the de facto governor, ousting challenger G. W. F. Hunt who had claimed reelection. The ruling cites Campbell as the legitimate executive in the state.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Arizona Supreme Court
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
G. W. F. Hunt
Joseph H. Choate Ex Ambassador Is 85 and Feted
Former ambassador Joseph H. Choate reaches 85 amid messages from friends and admirers. The article notes warm wishes and public congratulations for the veteran diplomat.
Choate Celebrates Eighty Fifth Birthday Amid Pleasing Health
Joseph H. Choate former ambassador to Great Britain recovers from a two weeks illness to mark his eighty fifth birthday. Congratulatory messages pour in from across the United States and Europe. Born in Salem Massachusetts.
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Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Choate
Mr. Choate
Salem
Mass
Guards urged for all coal trains into Chicago
Danville Illinois January 29 Special Agent William Sloan appealed for extra armed guards on every coal train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway after a series of robberies. He noted one man freed on a plea that he was taking coal for a sick woman, and the company reported each train arriving in Chicago short by ten to fifteen tons.
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Danville
Ill
Chicago
William Sloan
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway
Chir Camo
Youth and Girl Die in Elgin Car Crash on Frosty Road
Harold Watts and Dorothy E Mitchell high school students died after their car skidded on ice and plunged fifteen feet into a shanty at a hill foot in Elgin. Relatives found them after a long absence and Watts urged officers to save Dorothy before dying.
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Elgin
Ill
Harold Watts
Dorothy EB. Mitchell
Watts
Dorothy
Champaign
Walker Carvin
Otto Gehrke
Ilinois Central
Robber Grabs Cash In Columbia Drug Store Hold Up
A man entered Lay Bros. drug store in Columbia Indiana at 5 pm and robbed the cash register in view of Frank Lay and several customers. He opened the register took greenbacks and fled into an alley before onlookers recovered.
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Columbia
Ind
Lay Bros
Frank Lay
Republicans Conventions Chooses Pro-Suffrage Ticket
In Lagrange Indiana on January 29 delegates to a joint senatorial convention were instructed by Republican leaders to back a candidate supporting woman suffrage state-wide prohibition and a new constitution.
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Lagrange, Ind
Kendallville
Green
President Has Hope in Kaiser Peace Move
Washington hosts anxious diplomacy as officials await Germany's next step in the world peace effort. The Kaiser's birthday prayer for peace by the sword is not seen as a real peace plan. Teutonic and Entente diplomats warn that real progress must come within thirty days or the spring drive will prolong the war.
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Washington
Kaiser
Germany
Wilson
Europe
Berlin
Entente
Teutonic
Senate to Work Overtime on Presidential Demands
Senate leaders plan an eleven hour day schedule starting Thursday to push President Wilson's legislative agenda before March 4. Only essential appropriation bills and administration measures will be addressed first as they sidetrack general legislation.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Bennett claims peace note leaked to financial district
Representative William S. Bennett of New York on the rules committee says the peace note contents were known to certain persons in the financial district forty eight hours before publication. He notes that on this occasion twenty thousand shares of U S Steel common were sold short.
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New York
William S. Bennett
House
Iie
U. S. Steel Common
Missouri Regiment to Quit Border in Early Departure
The First New Hampshire infantry will depart Laredo on two special trains for Greenfield Massachusetts next Friday. The Fourth Missouri infantry will leave several days later, but no definite date has been set.
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Missouri
Border
Laredo
Tex
New Hampshire Infantry
Greenfield
Mass
Missouri Infantry
Capture Alleged Slayer on Train Near Windsor
Windsor Ontario January 29 James Anderson alias Steward alleged to have shot and killed W N Jackson a Winnipeg detective on a train near Windsor was captured in Windsor Ontario authorities report the suspect is in custody as the investigation continues
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Windsor
Ont
James Anderson
Steward
W. N. Jackson
Winnipeg
Here
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