Mexico Crisis Holds Line On Intervention Policy
Washington discussions show the administration urged patience and backed Carranza to restore order after American mining casualties near Chihuahua. Senators fear war talk rises as pressure for force grows, with officials stressing need to punish bandits while avoiding immediate intervention.
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Removal petition grows against U S Consul Edwards in El Paso
A large petition is circulating in El Paso demanding the removal of United States Consul Edwards. The petition accuses him of indifference and failure to aid Americans in the district amid Mexican military actions and incursions. Meanwhile reports from Mexico describe executions of Rodriguez and Almeida and a Mexican official offering that American forces would not be allowed to cross into Mexico to pursue Villa and his bandits.
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Jane Rodrigues
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Villa
Barilite
Holy See Not Offering Mediation in War Talks
Rome reports that the Holy See has not offered mediation to either belligerent group for a peace conference. The Vatican article says both sides seek total victory and would dictate terms, while the pope aims to use police means to end the war. A consistory may be called late February to appoint new cardinals.
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Huerta Dies After Long Illness in El Paso Home
Gen Victoriano Huerta former provisional Mexican president died at his El Paso residence at 1 35 am surrounded by family. He had liver sclerosis and resignation followed the Madero assassination in 1913. Burial plans and return to Mexico were discussed amid recent arrest near entry to spark counter revelations.
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Huge Butter Exports Reported From New York to Russia
New York reports record butter shipments to Russia. A 25-car train from Chicago rushed to New York to load butter aboard the steamer Czaritz, marking perhaps the first American butter shipment to Russia. U.S. stocks show 99,928,000 pounds stored across five loading houses, up 160,000,000 pounds from a year earlier.
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ASK RELAXATION OF GERMAN CENSORSHIP
Berlin January 14 The budget committee of the Reichstag adopted resolutions urging moderation of censorship The measures request that civilian experts join war press bureaus and military district commands to ease censorship require warning before confiscation chief approval for suppression and removal of home politics and tariff questions from censorship A socialist motion to end martial law was rejected
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Reichstag
Huber Seeks Hawaii District Attorney Post
Iowa lawyer C. Huber of Tama returned home after being in Washington to discuss his qualifications for Hawaii district attorneyship. Representative Steele advocated for him with the Justice Department, and a decision may come in a few days or two weeks.
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Wellington Koo Named United States Diplomat at Washington
Wellington Koo is described as the new Chinese minister to the United States. A Columbia University graduate, he is said to be under 30 and regarded as one of the era’s most capable men chosen for the diplomatic post in Washington.
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United States
Wae
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Washington
Prove Von Papen Paid Dynamiters
London reports that letters from Captain Von Papen show he paid operatives tied to sabotage in the United States. An entry notes $700 given to Werner Horn, convicted for a Canadian Pacific bridge destruction at St. Croix Maine, with the German embassy adding $2,000 to Von Papen’s account the day prior.
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Falmouth
Germany
State Department
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Opiate von Papen
Werner Horn
St. Croix
Iron miners to be given higher wage increase announced
Duluth Minnesota January 15 The larger mining companies in Minnesota and Michigan iron ranges announce about a 10 percent pay raise for all miners effective February 1. The move will affect about 27 000 United States Steel Corp employees along with the Great Northern Ore Company Republic Iron and Steel and Pickett and Mothers firms benefiting 8 000 to 10 000 workers.
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Great Northern Ore Company
Republic Iron & Steel
Pickett & Mothers Companies
Steel Corporation
Norris aims to curb railroad looting with new scheme
Washington Jan 14 Senator Norris Nebraska plans a drastic bill to criminalize offenses exposed in the New Haven case. The measure seeks severe penalties to deter illicit profits and prevent financial schemes in railroad systems.
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New Haven
Norris
Nebraska
Betrayer of Edith Cavell Assassinates Assassin
A Belgian spy named Cels who betrayed Edith Cavell was assassinated yesterday. His body bore two bullet wounds and was found in a Schaerbeek street near Brussels.
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Schaerbeck
Court hears bootlegging appeal on liquor nuisance law
In Des Moines on January 14 the Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments in appeals from Woodbury County cases. John Davey and Mike Voniwon challenged the law making continued liquor nuisances after one conviction a penitentiary offense. Judge Oliver opposed the measure while John F. Joseph represented the prosecution.
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Prominent German Indicted in New York
A federal grand jury returned an indictment in New York charging Edward Webber, linked to Albert Webber of the Deutschen Bank in Berlin, with participation in a suspected conspiracy to ship contraband rubber to the German government in violation of customs laws. The report notes potential rubber cultivation in the Bahama islands to boost production.
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Deutschen Bank of Berlin
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Bottle Toting Now Forbidden
Charlestown W Va Jan 15 The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals refused relief to Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and upheld an injunction banning railroads from carrying lake intoxicants as personal belongings. State prohibition commissioner Fred Blue said a similar injunction will be sought against street and interurban railways and packet steamer companies if the order is not enforced.
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W. Va
Supreme Court of Appeals
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Fred ©. Blue
Holland Floods After Dike Bursts Near Katwoude
The Telegraaf reports a dike at Katwoude burst, flooding Zuy Polner and forcing residents to flee to Edam. A later update says the dike protecting Poldereree vang is in danger, threatening much of North Holland if it breaks.
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Thait Place
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Polderereevang
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Salonik A Second Ypres They Claim
Dispatches from Sofia report a leaver from Saloniki on January 8 stating that allies land forces at Saloniki and Orfano Bay in larger numbers. No offensive move by the allies is shown yet but commanders fear a second Ypres at Saloniki as defense lines tighten.
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Sayville
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Kilindir
Doiran
Glengyle Sunk Without Warning by Torpedo in Mediterranean
A Havas dispatch from Marseilles reports that the British steamer Glengyle was torpedoed without warning in the Mediterranean on January 2. Captain Chester and 20 crewmen were rescued by the steamer Massoul after the Glengyle was sunk. Another vessel, Tania, escaped a submarine for the second time.
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Mediterranean
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Marcellle
Tania
Marseilles
Phillippeville
Chester
Tariff Cuts on American Goods Revealed in Decree
Mio Janeiro reports the president signed a decree cutting duties on North American products effective January 1. Reductions include 30 percent on flour 20 percent on condensed milk and cuts on rubber items inks cloaks and other tariff items.
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Mio Janeiro
Warm scrap over railroad inquiry in Senate
Washington January 15. Key steps unfold in the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee as the president backs a general railroad investigation. Senator Cummins drives the shaping of the bill while Newlands leads proponents for a report. Cummins warns against any promise of relaxed regulation, urging an impartial inquiry that protects public and shipper interests.
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Congress
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Newlands
Bozivan New Blood and Bone Food Investigated
Washington officials report Department of Agriculture chemists are testing samples of Bozivan a blood food invented by a German scientist in Cologne since the war began. The German ministry is probing the scientist claims and samples were sent to the United States by an American consul in Germany.
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Department of Agriculture
Ait Cologne
Ministry of Trade and Industry
United States
Germany
Promise of Franchise Reforms In Indefinite Promise
Berlin reports express mixed views on the throne speech in the Prussian diet regarding franchise reform. The Tageblatt denounces the pledge as insufficient, while other papers note only cautious expectations and deferment due to postwar conditions and national unity trials.
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London
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Tageblatt
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Kreuse Zeitung
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Misseter
Cotton consumption shows an increase in December
Census bureau says cotton used in five months ending December 1 totaled 2,532,509 bales, up from 2,122,018 a year earlier. December output rose over the previous month and year, reflecting stronger demand in the period reported from Washington D C.
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Db. C
Census Bureau Today
Oppose Garrison Plan at Des Molinos In January
Fragmentary text notes discussion of military maneuvers and a plan related to the Continental Army with obscure references to a fourth regiment and a January date. The readable lines indicate war planning context and a military setting but lack clear facts or a complete report.
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Iowa
Continental Army
Wireless airship guided torpedo rights pursued by Navy
Washington reports a new wireless control from aircraft for a torpedo defense system with Hammond patents. Navy seeks nearly 31 million for purchase rights. Control from height allows steering via air bubble guidance, extending reach beyond shore limits toward enemy ships.
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Navy Department
Congress
Whieh
Trynee
El Paso Riot Quieted By Federal Troops After Violent Outbreak
Riots in El Paso calmed as Gen. John C. Pershing sent four companies of the Sixteenth Infantry to restore order. About 150 arrests were made as soldiers and police controlled crowds of Americans and Mexicans, with governors enforcing street permits and searches in Mexican quarters.
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Pershing
Sixteenth Infantry
Food Exports Reach One Billion Dollars in 1915
U S commerce figures show 1915 food exports totaled about 1 billion dollars with over 50.9 million worth of food leaving the United States in the year. Bread shipments in the last six months reached 200 million dollars, five times pre war levels.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Hread Ahipponte Ee
Negro Troopers Raid Honolulu Vice Zone
Soldiers from the Ninth Cavalry and Second Infantry moved into Honolulu’s Tenderloin district after a disturbance last night. The street was cleared by bayonet points and mounted scouts, with authorities citing political motives behind the unrest.
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Honelutu
H. Jan Mo Tenolulu
United State Ubove
Ninth Cavalry
Representative Babath Proposes Inheritance Tax Bill
Washington January 14 Representative Babath of Illinois introduced an inheritance tax bill applying to estates above $10,000. He estimates net annual revenue of about 60,000 dollars. The measure targets municipal revenue and outlines how funds would be allocated.
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Babath
Lill Now
Cettinje Captured as Montenegro Falls to Austrians
The war office announced the capture of Cettinje the Montenegrin capital surrendering to Austrian forces. The king's residence remained undamaged and the population was reported calm as Austria extends its Adriatic front toward Cattaro.
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German Front Brief Says Isolated Engagements Amid Rain
Berlin via wireless to Bayville reports the German army stating that due to a rainstorm there have been only isolated artillery hand grenade and mine engagements on the western front.
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Bayville
Motive Alleged in Dr Mohr Murder Trial
Police Commissioner Moulton testifies at the Mobr trial that defendants Brown Spellman admit to the crime after confrontation and claim Mrs Mohr pressured them to kill Dr Mohr. Spellman denies knowledge initially, then confesses. Brown says Mrs Mohr had pursued the murder for three months.
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