Embargo raise eases but Mexico wary on US action
The embargo lift on arms and ammunition sparks mixed reaction in Mexico City with Huerta reaffirming no US policy change. Villa predicts the war’s near end while Carranza denies any US compromise. New Orleans dealers rush to ship 15,000,000 cartridges and rifles as Linares and Juarez supply lines mobilize for the rebels. US border patrol duties likely ease. prosecutions under neutrality laws remain ongoing.
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Villa
Carranza
United States
Revolutionary Party
Wilson
New Orleans
Department
Washington
Mexico City
Charge O'Shaughnessy
A Reporter’s Path of Blood Turns Morning Headlines
This Times reporter recounts a grim morning tour through city hall and streets. An old man named Ramon Martinez suffers a deep head wound after interceding in a family dispute, while a son allegedly clubs him with a pistol. Nearby a man bleeds from a severed wrist artery after a broken bottle incident. A frightened Mexican boy bleeds from the nose, and the editor injures his leg, severing an artery. The day ends with the doctor stitching the editor’s wound and the reporter returning to work.
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Ramon Martinez
Manadas Creek
Marshal's
Sheriff's Office
Times
Washington's Birthday Celebration in Laredo Set to Dazzle
The executive committee crafts a superb program for Washington's Birthday in Laredo with more troops and attractions than ever. Visitors can view the Nuevo Laredo battlefield from the Heights, with breastworks visible and a panorama seen via field glasses. Military maneuvers will be scaled up, and a top field battery will be showcased.
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United States
Rio Grande
Seminary
Laredo
Monterey
Washington
Executive Committee
Nuevo Laredo
Mexican press assails Wilson over embargo and exile amid turmoil
The article notes Mexico City newspapers condemning President Wilson for embargo policy, while also criticizing critics. It recounts Peru’s sudden upheaval including the arrest of a president and the killing of the prime minister and war minister, followed by the president’s exile for proposing salary cuts. It contrasts national rhetoric with devotion to the dollar.
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Peru
War Department
Care Seed Ad Promises Scarcity and High Prices
Short crop drives care seed scarcity and price rise, urging buyers to act now. Advertisement by SAMES, MOORE & CO. dated February 3, 1961.
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Sames, Moore & CO
Luncheon Honors Miss Floye Deutz at Deutz Home
Mrs Charles Deutz hosted a Wednesday 1 30 luncheon for her niece Miss Floye Deutz a guest in town. Color theme orange and violet featured in painted place cards flowers and decor. Attending were Mesdames Huberich MacDonald and Biskamp and Misses Marie Calahan Mary MacGregor Lillian Westbrook and others.
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Charles Deutz
Floye Deutz
Eczema Salve Claimed To Cure Sufferer’s Blaze
New Orleans man C. P. Calawell testifies Dr Hobson’s Eczema Salve and Derma Zema ointment cured him after using three boxes and three cakes. Ad promises relief from skin humors, pimples and blotches for 50 cents plus mail options.
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Pfeiffer Chemical Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Notice to Property Owners for 1914 Assessments
County Tax Assessor B. J. Leyendecker announces the assessor’s office is open in the county courthouse for the reception of personal and real property assessments for 1914. Citizens may render property during office hours from 9 a.m. to 12 m. and 2 to 5 p.m.
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County Court House
J. Leyendecker
How to Prevent Bilious Attacks
The ad advises that bilious attacks are signaled by loss of appetite and dull languor. It recommends taking three Chamberlain's Tablets at the onset to ward off the attack and notes the product is sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Watch THE TIMES everyday for opportunities, 60c. per month
The Times offers daily opportunities with a subscription rate of 60 cents per month. This notice promotes ongoing access to the newspaper’s opportunities and services through a monthly plan.
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the Times
Rebels Pleased With Action on Arms Embargo Lift
Reports from the border state that President Wilson’s lifting of the arms embargo on Mexico will boost business and trigger a rush of munitions. Revolutionaries, previously hampered by confiscations, are expected to receive freed consignments and place large orders for rifles, machine guns, artillery, and ammunition with local firms and manufacturers in the East.
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Wilson
Mexico
Republic
Uncle Sam
Washington
Department of Justice
Fort McIntosh
United States
Revolutionary Party
San Ignacio
Matamoros
Rebels Receive Ammunition Through Local Port
Yesterday a manifest was filed at the custom house granting passage for nine cases of ammunition for constitutional troops at San Ignacio Mexico. Each case held 1000 rounds of 30-30, totaling 9000 rounds, the first import after the embargo was raised, with reports negotiations for more arms and munitions to cross into Mexico soon.
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Constitutional
San Ignacio
Mexico
Huerta Announces Active Campaign Against Rebels
Mexico City February 5 Gen Huerta told division chiefs and state governors that the government has begun a more active campaign against the rebels and instructed them to protect all non combatants.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Huerta
Mazatlan Captured by Rebels Said by Constitutionalists
Nogales reports Mazatlan a key seaport in Sinaloa fell to rebel forces today per constitutionalist advices. The capture marks a significant shift in control amid ongoing conflict in the region.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Large export of ammunition from Bronsville to Matamoros
Six hundred thousand rounds of ammunition were moved from Bronsville Texas to Matamoros Mexico today marking the first large export since the embargo was lifted. The shipment underscores renewed cross-border arms movement amid shifting policy.
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Bronsville
Texas
Matamoros
Mexico
Days Versus Wets Special Election Opened in Chicago
Chicago election officials anticipate a dry and wet election in Chicago after petitions for a special election were received. The move signals pro prohibition activity ahead of a potential vote.
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Chicago
Associated Press
De la Lama Returns to Reclaim Post as Finance Minister
Paris reports Adolfo de la Lama resumes the role of Mexican finance minister after resigning during default and deciding to return to Mexico to take the post again.
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DE LA Lama
Associated Press
Paris
France
Adolfo de la
Lama
Mexico
Traffic Manager Sees No Objection to Raise Rates
Traffic Manager Gaunt of the Corn Products Company testifies before the Interstate Commerce Commission, saying his firm has no objection to freight rate increases if there is no discrimination in favor of competitors. The testimony supports the railroad carriers’ request on rate changes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eastern
Interestate Commerce Commission
Gaunt
The
Corn Products Company
Texas Bank Laws Stock Exchange Amended Plan
Texas bankers in Dallas urge legislature to amend bank law to conform with currency measure while a Washington hearing hears opposing views on government regulation of the New York Stock Exchange. Governor Van Antwerp warns the bill could remove 13 trillion dollars of stocks and bonds from lists and end the exchange as a major market.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Collier Today
Washington
Owens
New York Stock Exchange
57th Anniversary of Mexican Constitution Celebrated
Mexico marks a national holiday with music and oratory. In Nuevo Laredo a grand 9 am parade led by the First Battalion Band featured military units civic organizations and officials. At the main plaza speakers praised the constitution and the event passed without anti American sentiment after the embargo was lifted.
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Nuevo Laredo
Rio Grande
Senate to lead on suffrage despite house rules coldness
In a Waco News note a terse judgment says the Senate will push suffrage forward despite a cool reception from the house rules committee, implying the upper chamber will take the lead in legislative action.
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House Rules Committee
Senate
Waco News
Schoolmate of Bailey Dies in Wichita Walls Incident
Fy Associated Press reports in Wichita Walls Texas on February 6 that Mayor J. M. Bells, a schoolmate and close friend of former Senator Bailey, died last night.
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Wichita Walls
Texas
J. M. Bells
Bailey
Suppressed Newspapers in Lime Peru After Coup
Revolutionary forces seized control of the government and today suppressed three newspapers favorable to the deposed president Billinghurst in Lime Peru. The action follows yesterday’s seizure of power by rebels, signaling a decisive move to curb pro government press outlets.
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Associated Press
Lime
Peru
Pesident Billinghurst
Denison's Costly Fire Damages Moors Grocery Brand
Denison Texas February 5 The Moors Grocery Company sustained damage valued at 160 by a morning fire.
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Denison
Associated Press
Texas
The
Moors Grocery Company
Discount rate cut by Imperial Bank of Germany
Berlin February 5 The Imperial Bank of Germany lowered its discount rate from four and a half percent to four percent today signaling steadier credit and potential easing of borrowing costs across the economy.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Imperial Bank of Germany
Bremner Dies in Spite of Radium Treatment
Congress man Robert G. Bremner of New Jersey and editor of the Passaic Herald died in Baltimore of cancer after years of illness. Despite physicians' discouraging reports he pursued radium therapy, including $100000 in treatments, and he clung to the hope of returning to Congress to champion a radiology institute for all. He was a close friend of President Wilson and died with family at his bedside.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Robert G. Bremner
New Jersey
Passaic
Bremner
Wilson
Repeal Free Tolls Move Backed by President Wilson
President Wilson announced he would use every legitimate influence to repeal the Panama Canal act provisions exempting American coastwise vessels from tolls. The Feb 5 statement from Washington cites action aimed at removing toll exemptions for U S vessels navigation through the canal.
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Washington
Wilson
Brandeis Named Likely Chairman of Boston and Maine
Associated Press reports Louis Brandeis of Boston will probably be appointed chairman of the board of trustees to oversee the Boston and Maine railroad, succeeding the New Haven system after dissolution agreements with Attorney General McReynolds.
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Ty Associated Press
Washington
Louis Brandeis
Boston
Boston and Maine Railroad
New Haven
McReynolds
Rural credit bills await passage in current session
President Wilson reached accord with house and senate leaders that rural credit legislation would be enacted in the ongoing session of Congress. The agreement places the bill on a fast track to approval, aiming to aid farmers with accessible credit through government channels.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
House
Senate
Congress
Captain Inch Commands New Ship on Maiden Voyage
Rotterdam February 5 The steamship Principelle newest and largest Uranium Line vessel sails from Rotterdam for New York on her maiden trip Captain Francis Inch commands the ship famed for his conduct after the Volturno disaster last October despite public blame controversy he was exonerated and praised for bravery and efficiency
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Rotterdam
Principelle
New York
Francis Inch
Volturno
Ohio dairymen in session at state fair grounds
The Ohio Dairymen's Association opened its annual meeting at the State Fair Grounds in Columbus on February 6. The program includes expert addresses on dairying topics and a large display of dairy machinery and supplies, with proceedings continuing tomorrow.
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Columbus
Ohio State I Lirymen’s Association
State Fair Grounds
Moral Reform League Meeting Opens Montana Convention
Helena February 5 representatives of churches and reform groups from across Montana gather for the annual Moral Reform League meeting. The league plans a vigorous campaign to push legislation to abolish or restrict prize fighting horse racing white slavery and the social evil in the state.
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Helena
Mont
Moral Reform League of Montana
Montana
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