Mexico at War as Garza Declares Provisional Presidency
Gen Roque Gonzales Garza was named Provisional President by a Mexico City convention. Gutierrez Blanco Robles Vasconcelos fled to Pachuca after martial law, with Zapata supporters feared. Villa Angeles move to capital, Obregon and Carranza forces reported en route amid shifting power dynamics.
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Mexico City
Roque Gonzales Garza
Mexico
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Blanco
Robels
José Vasconcelos
Pachuca
Garza
EL Paso
Zapata
Villa
Aguascalientes
Felipe Angeles
Monterey
Juarez
Angeles
Carranza
Obregon
Vaca
New York Times
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Bulaez
Villa-Zampata
Gutierrez
Hidalsga
Gen. Garza
State Department
Senhor Cardoza
John R. Silliman
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Bryan
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Puebla
Mex
Washington
Lucio Blanco
Alvaro Obregon
Pec
Convention
Yeasterday
Gutierre
Mexican general Gutierrez breaks with Zapata convention
Gen Gutierrez leaves Mexico City with three cabinet members for Pachuca after severing ties with the Villa Zapata convention government. The convention names Roque Garza executive, declares martial law, and friction with Villa and Zapata grows. Obregon and Blanco moves loom as Washington awaits further developments.
L. V. Harkness Dies Leaving Vast California Estates
L. V. Harkness, longtime Rockefeller associate, dies at Lamon V. Harkness Ranch near Hollister California. Fortune estimated at 80 to 100 million dollars with a monthly income near 200 thousand. He owned Standard Oil holdings second to the Rockefellers and bred trotters at Walnut Hill Kentucky.
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Stephen W. Harknes
Walnut Hill
Lexington
Amon
Fereno
Ozono
Moko
Clyde
Harkness
Arctic
Admiral Peary
Pole
Mr. Hark *Ss
New York
Fifth Avenue
Charles W. Harkness
Standard On Company
H. 8. Macomber
O. M. Edwards
Harry Harkness
Paldnes Rancho
Macombers
Workers to Probe Wealth of Foundations in Forum Push
A labor advocate calls for seizing alleged stolen fortunes and launching a peoples forum. He vows to push his inquiry to the source of wealthy foundations. He seeks a platform where workers can challenge oppression and improve labor conditions.
Wilsons celebrate first White House grandchild birth
The text reports President Wilson becoming a grandfather as Mrs Francis Bowes Sayre gave birth to a boy in the White House at 4 50 pm The baby weighs seven pounds and forty half ounces and is the first White House birth since President Tyler The article notes Sayre is married to Jessie Wilson and that no name has yet been chosen The piece also surveys prior White House births and family details for context
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
White House
Francis Bowes Sayre
Jessie Wilson
Joseph P. Tumulty
Grayson
New York
Hiladelphia
Sayre
Williamstown
Bryan
Corestare McAdoo
McAdoo
Tyler
Babny
Cantecuzene
Russia
Julia Dent Grant
Frederick Dent Grant
Esther Cleveland
Cleveland
James Madison Randolph
Martha Jefferson Randolph
Jefferson
Randolpr
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Mary Louise Adams
Andrew Jackson
Andrew J. Donelson
Gen. Jackson
Donelson
Jackson
Martin van Buren
Gen. Polk
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Letitia Tyler
Robert Tyler
Robert Jones
Mary Jones
Henry Iakefoot Jones
Lee
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Lincoln
Johnson
Preside Grant
Julia
Marion
Mase
Buzzard’s
Ruth
New York City
New York Times Sunday Edition Circulation Tops 325000
The Sunday circulation of The New York Times exceeds 325000 copies, showing greater growth than any other American Sunday newspaper.
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The
New York Times
the Times
America
Congressmen Cited in Poolroom Raid Near Baltimore
A Baltimore area poolroom raid trapped 148 men including members of the U S House of Representatives and an Ohio state senator. 37 were released on bond. others remain jailed awaiting hearings. Bail ranged from 1000 to 5000 dollars, with authorities aiming to curb racetrack gambling.
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New York Times
Baltimore
National House of Representatives
Washington
Ohio
Myers Station
Baltimore & Washington Electric
Congress
Annapolis
Brashears
Anne Arundel County
Ball
Kentucky
Aldsborough
Maryland
Missing Army Officer From New Orleans Disappears After Leave
Lieut. Frank Clay of the Seventeenth Infantry, a West Point graduate 26, vanished after leaving New Orleans on December 18 to rejoin his regiment at Eagle Pass. He stayed at the St Charles Hotel and last was seen December 29 saying he would go to Baton Rouge. Capt. G V Heldt searched upriver with traces found and a recovered letter suggests distress.
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New York Times
New. Orleans
Rae
G. V. Heldt
Frank Clay
Seventeenth Infantry
Clay
Phillippines
San Francisco
Marietta
St. Charles
Georgia
Lieut
Fagle Pass
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Heidt
Reserve
Herbert Clay
Lieut. Clay
West Point
Philippines
Poisoned by a Childs Bite Dr Kutscher Operated
Dr Samuel Kutscher in the Bronx treated a throat abscess after a child bit his finger. The bite led to blood poisoning, swelling, coma, and Lebanon Hospital admission. His brother Dr Martin Kutscher oversaw daily care and possible amputation, with signs of improvement but danger remains. The child’s name and address were not released.
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Samuel Kutscher
East
The
Bronx
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Kutscher
Martin Kutscher
Prospect Avenue
Lebanon Hospital
Earthquake Toll and Rescue Efforts Across Abruzzi Zone
Rome dispatch reports 30,000 dead in Abruzzi with ongoing rescue work as 50,000 soldiers aid survivors. The Avezzano ruins and townships like Sora Marino and Canistro are cataloged with hundreds to thousands of dead and injured, while relief funds and papal aid are pledged.
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London Daily News
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Messaggero
Abruzzi
Sora
San Atollo
Marino
Canistro
Cervaro
Borgo
Valleroyveoto
Civitella Rovero
Paris Flood Watches as Seine Rises Over Quays
Parisians line the Seine banks to view a higher river with strong current and whirlpools. authorities report no anxiety though lower quays are submerged. Rain ceased today and trains advertise Florida service via Atlantic Coast Line and New York via Florida Special.
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Paris
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
Annapolis Jail Overcrowded After Myers Station Raid
Annapolis Maryland inmates numbered 171 with 148 from Myers Station raid. Prisoners show hysteria and deprivation with few beds or meals. Rumors claim two US Representatives and other officials were detained. one released man alleges a House member showed cards claiming immunity.
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New York Times
Annapolis
Myers Station
United States
Washington
Chicago Unemployed Riot At Hull House Meeting
Riot erupts as unemployed marchers clash with police in Chicago after a Hull House meeting. Mounted officers arrest about twenty, several shot fired, and injuries reported. Lucy Parsons and Irwin Tucker among those detained, Jane Addams helps arrange releases.
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Hull House
Lucy Parsons
Haymarket
Irwin Tucker
Marchael Into
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Tucker
Jane Addams
Allies Take Trenches on Belgian Dunes
Brisk fighting reported along the Western front with French War Office saying Allies forced Germans from the Great Dune trenches near Nieuwpoort and destroyed Rodan hamlet. Attacks and counterattacks occur near Arras and in the Aisne valley south of Laon with no clear advances, while progress continues east of Rheims and in the Vosges amid snow. The Argonne position reportedly improved for the Germans as well as Farl Grey foresees sending a brigade of Canadians to the front.
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London
French War Office
Nieuport
Rodan
Arras
Aisne
Laon
Rheims
Vosges
Argonne
Farl Grey
Canada
Perl
Berlin reports 800000 prisoners in Germany and Austria
Official reports say 800000 prisoners of war are held in Germany and Austria. The Cologne Gazette cites 200000 held by the Allies. German figures list 3459 French officers and 21500 men, 3575 Russians and 60204, 612 Belgians and 36852, 4092 British and 18824. Austrian prisoners are about 200000. The total more than doubles the Franco Prussian War tally.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
Germany
Austria
Cologne
Sinking of Audacious fuels protest in London papers
The Daily Chronicle denounces censorship over coverage of the Audacious sinking off Ireland in October. It cites suppression of its reporting and quotes Edinburgh and Quarterly Review lines to argue officials withhold facts. questions why rival papers may publish but others may not.
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Timms
London
Daily Chronicle
Admiralty
Chronicle
The
Chronicle Acceds
Edinburgh Review
Ireland
Olympic
Quarterly Review
Edinburgh
Carterly
Kaiser Decorates Victors of the Aisne
Emperor William witnessed the battle north of Soissons where French forces were driven back across the Aisne. General von Lochow and Lieutenant General Wichura were decorated on the field for their commanded victory as German troops gained control of the Aisne valley and trenches near Soissons.
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Amsterdam
London
William
Soissons
Aisne
von Lochow
Wichura
House of Hohenzollern
Geman
Slore
Agathet
Queen Victoria’s Health Reported Improving
Madrid reports the condition of Queen Victoria, suffering from scarlet fever, to be improved today. The update comes via Paria with hopes for a stable recovery.
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Madrid
Via Paria
Queen Victoria
Firing Off Havana Reports Guns Near Harbor
Heavy gunfire echoed around Havana as two British cruisers near the harbor seemingly concealed their presence. Reports place the Lancaster and Bristol off Havana Bay with one docked farther out, while observers note shots heard by Cojimar and Morro Castle signaling station.
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NEW York Time
Havana
Cojimar
Morro Cantle Signa
Havana Bay
Karlene
Lancaster
Bristol
Abruzzi region shaken with aftershocks in Italy
The Abruzzi region felt a ten second tremor at 2 10 A M forcing residents to leave shelters and gather in streets. Paris reports another quake near Sora with quiet crowds. Rain hampered rescue efforts as Rome notes renewed light shocks in areas previously struck.
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Avezzano
Abruzzi
Storm gateway to Transylvania in heavy fighting
London reports Kirlibaba Pass fallen on the borders of Transylvania as Russian forces push along the Vistula and Germans mount seven fierce assaults on the left bank. The note suggests Romania may enter the war and Austro-Hungarian strategy shifts as Berchtold retires and Burton heads foreign affairs.
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London
Grand Duke Nicholas
von Hindenburg
Warsaw
Kirlibaba
Transylvania
Vistula
Tarnow
Romania
Hungary
Count von Berchtold
Servia
Empire
Stephan Burton
Lkely
Germans and Russians clash near Vistula frontier
Reports from Petrograd indicate German efforts to push Russians east of the Vistula at the junction with the Pilica, with Austrians likely co operating from the Upper Nida region. Russians reportedly advance near Plock and Mlawa, crossing the Skrwa, while Austrians fortify the Dunajec and siege Tarnow as Przemysl relief is sought. Trains carry German troops toward the Servian front amid an Austrian offensive plan.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Pilica
Nida
Plock
Mlawa
Skrwa
Dunajec
Tarnow
New York Times
Bucharest
London Morning Poat
Hungary
Servian
Servia
Turkish Corps Wiped Out in Caucasus Victory Report
A dispatch from Tuflia reports the Caucasus army annihilated the Eleventh Turkish Corps, noting the capture of its artillery and a complete victory after three days of battle amid a heavy snowstorm. Turkish forces fled toward Erzerum as pursuing regiments destroyed rear guards and scattered fleeing units. The Eleventh is the third Turkish corps to suffer disaster in two weeks.
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Erzerum
Caucasus
Russians Grip Galicia In War Occupation Report
The Daily Chronicle prints an interview with Michael Conway, an English resident in Galicia, who witnessed the Russian advance and describes their thorough tactics and occupation effects. He notes Russians operate with three distinct armies and plan broader aims in the Galicia region.
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Galicia
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