American killed near Juarez in cattle theft gun fight
An American searching for stolen cattle near Juarez was killed in a firearm duel with two Mexicans at San Lorenzo ranch. Bernardo Duran claimed self defense and was jailed after the fight, with Mexican authorities seeking records on Duran’s prior cattle theft sentence.
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Juarez
EL Paso
Tex
San Lorenzo Ranch
Gavira
Frederico
Bernardo Duran
Mexico
Secret Service
Durans
Bandit Robs Tourist Agency in Downtown Chicago
A bandit with a woman accomplice robbed the Thomas A Cook and Son tourist agency of $900 on a crowded downtown Chicago street Friday afternoon. The cashier was wounded and a traffic officer was killed when the robber fled in a taxicab.
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Chicago
Thomas A. Cook
Great Northern Hotel
John McCabe
Fay Company
East Jackson Street
Ernest L. Walsh
B. A. Johnson
Johnson
McCabe
Arkansas convicts returned to prison after escape
Six escaped convicts were recaptured and sent back Friday night to Cummins state farm. They spoke of harsh privations during their brief freedom and doubted the 18 others still at large could remain free long. Heavy rains flooded the area complicating subsistence as search efforts continued after the Moscow Arkansas robbery.
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Little Rock
Ark
Cummins
Moscow
Dismissal of Ian B. Riley as state prison chief
Albany New York January report that Jax B Riley and state superintendent of prisons Ian B Riley were dismissed on misconduct in office charges linked to the Riley Osborne controversy. The case centers on executive action and alleged official misdeeds within the department.
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Ian B. Riley
Albany
N. Y
Janey Whitman
Jax B. Riley
Riley
Riley-Osborne
General Villa surrounded by Carranza troops near Pearson
Military reports say Francisco Villa was at El Rugio twelve miles from Pearson Chihuahua and surrounded by Carranza forces. Officials predicted his capture at any moment as troops closed in.
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Pearson
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
el Rugio
Carranza
Vessel Settled On River Bottom Owner's Defense
Crand Rapids, Mich. Jan 21. In federal court the defense for six men indicted over the Eastland disaster argued the ship settled on the river bed or hit submerged piles rather than faulty construction. The judge ruled some testimony irrelevant and the witness was withdrawn. A Chicago telephone employee testified about soundings Captain Walter Scott made in August 1915. The defense plans to call Scott to compare river depths with Eastland's draft.
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Crand Rapids
Mich
Chicago
James W. Pearl
John J. Batsing
Chicago Telephone Company
Walter Scott
Batsing
Scott
Eastland
Ice field dislodges Kansas River bridge
Kansas City officials report a massive ice field after a heavy rain struck the Twenty third street viaduct on the Kansas River, removing 120 feet of falsework and damaging cantilever piles. The bridge, meant to join Kansas City Mo and Kansas City Kan, risks collapse as workers scramble to protect other spans along the river. Explosives were used at several locations to safeguard bridges.
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Kansas City
Kansas River
Twenty-third Street
Kansas Avenue
Kan
Kansas
Danville Sells One Million Road Bonds For County
Danville January 22 One million dollars worth of Vermilion county road bonds were sold Friday by the county board for 983 400 and accrued interest at four per cent to The Harns Trust and Savings Bank and First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. Half of the bonds will be paid for upon delivery and the other half June 1. With spring opening Vermilion county's large scale paved roads project costing 1 3500 will begin.
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Danville
Harns Trust and Savings Bank
First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Vermilion County
Flood Devastates Kickapoo Valley Around Peoria
Severe flooding around Peoria Illinois on January 22 caused about 300000 dollars in damage. Bartonville suffered the worst losses with miles of multiple railroad tracks washed away and train service disrupted. A bridge and state road were destroyed while cattle drowned and a wagon accident left five children injured. Rescue teams saved all involved as old residents recalled unprecedented floods.
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Peoria
Ill
Kickapoo Valley
Bartonville
Here
Toledo, Peoria and Western
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Northwestern
Minneapolis and
Pekin
Vandalia
P. P
St. L
Big Four
Illinois Central
Farm Creek
Charles Hagan
Illinois River
Five Negroes Killed by Mancyn Parties near Starkville
In Sylvester Georgia five Black men were found dead with bullet wounds and strangulation. A coroner ruled the deaths the work of unknown parties, with the men having been abducted from the jail and spirited away in automobiles after overpowering the sheriff. No further investigation is planned.
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Sylvester
Starkville
Sherif Moreland
Consuls Released On Request Of America
Washington January 22 through the good graces of the United States the German Austrian Turkish and Bulgarian consuls at Saloniki who had been held under arrest by the allies on board a French warship in the harbor are to be released Must Surrender Consul. Charge Einstein head of the American legation at Sofia has been instructed to surrender if Bulgaria insists the British vice consul there who took refuge in his quarters when Bucharest ordered the arrest of enemy consular officers in reputation for the seizure of the consuls at Saloniki.
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Washington
United States
Saloniki
Einstein
Sofia
Cade
Bulgana
Buteatia
Villa Turns Mormon, Married Third Time
Jua hes, Mex Feb 22 Teniente Enriquez civil governor of Chihuahua arrived here Friday saying Francisco Villa was recently married in western Chihuahua near Rachineva. He added that at least two other women claim Villa as her husband including one in Cubs and another in Los Angeles. Enriquez claimed Villa boasted of US intervention in Mexico by Sunday and said Villa has a few followers with him. We have three columns after Villa and I expect to hear he has been killed or captured.
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Villa
Enriquez
President to tour major midwest cities for preparedness speeches
President Wilson plans a midwest speaking trip from Jan 28 to Feb 4, with stops in Pittsburgh Cleveland Milwaukee Chicago Des Moines Topeka and Kansas City plus preliminary venues. He will outline national defense topics and discuss European and Mexican affairs while gathering military details for his addresses.
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Washington
Wilson
Middle West
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Chicago
Des Moines
Topeka
Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Davenport
Mayflower
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
New York
Pittsburgh
War and Navy Departments
Army
Navy
Forces Repulse Small Russian Detachments
BERLIN reports small Russian detachments were easily repulsed between Pinsk and Startorysk. The war office said there is nothing of importance to report from the other fronts.
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Berlin
Sayville
S. I
Pinsk
Startorysk
War Office
Senator Johnson Hurt on icy sidewalk fall
Washington Jan 22 A fall on a slippery sidewalk left Senator Johnson of South Dakota with bruises and confinement at home for several days. Physicians say he will be out Monday.
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Senator Johnson
Washington
South Dakota
Russians Take City in Persia
Russian columns occupy Sultanabad in Persia about 150 miles from Tehran and 150 miles from Ispahan forcing garrison and German consul to flee to Bouroudjir. Attacks cease due to heavy casualties. Other reports note small engagements in Russia near Pinsk Czartorysk and on the Western Front with no decisive gains. Anticipated Austrian pressure against Montenegro to reach Antivari. Albanian troops join Montenegrins at Scutari. Consulars of Teutonic powers to be released. Anglo-French group to buy grain in Romania to block Central Powers.
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Teheran
London
Persia
Sultanabad
Teherean
Ispahan
Bouroudjir
Bessarabian
Kamerun
Africa
Russia
Pinsk
Czartorysk
France
Belgium
Austria
Montenegro
Antivari
Rome
Essad Pasha
Urgent deficiency bill passed by House with Alaska rail line aid
The House approved a 12 million dollar urgent deficiency measure including 2 million for the Alaska railroad and 300 thousand for a campaign against the citrus canker, in Washington on January 22.
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Washington
House
Alaska
Universal Military Service Proposed by Senator Chamberlain
Senator Chamberlain urged universal military service as the only real defense solution, while acknowledging public un readiness and proposing Garrison's continental army plan as a testable framework. He warned that Europe as a whole views the U S with hostility and stressed the need to raise naval strength and national preparedness to deter aggression from Europe or Japan.
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Chamberlain
America
Washington
Senate Military Committee
National Security League
Garrison
Continental Army
Panama Canal
Europe
Japan
Congress
Tere
Futore
Europe Hates Us to the Orient Dispatch
A speaker remarks on Europe versus the Orient and notes the Pacific coast view of a powerful, warlike, industrious people. He expresses pride in their rapid progress yet confesses hostile feelings toward them. The tone reflects a confrontational, provocative perspective on regional and racial dynamics.
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Tion
Orient
Pacific Coast
Flood waters recede in northern Illinois after ice packs dynamite
Flood conditions eased across northern Illinois as ice packs were dynamited and water levels fell in Aurora and along the Fox and Illinois rivers. Des Plaines overflow threatened Joliet and Rockford, with bridges and water supplies under stress. no deaths reported though many were aided from inundated homes and water safety warnings issued.
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Illinois
Chicago
Tifinois
Joliet
Des Plaines
Rockdale
Channapon
Aurora
Fox River
Elgin
Ottawa
Rock River
Pecatonica
Sugar
Rockford
Outlaw Leaders Swore Death to All Americans
Washington reports a November Cordoba convention of Mexican revolutionary leaders including Villa Zapata Argumedo and others pledged war on Carranza and death to Americans in Mexico with plans to destroy property. Santa Ysabel massacre linked to the rebel order as authorities monitor threats and urge Americans to leave northern Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Cordoba
Villa
Zapata
Argumedo
Higinio Aguilar
Cedillo
State Department
Plains
Santa Ysabel
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Undersea Boat Fouls Mud Bank Near Del Rio Harbor
United States submarine HS fouled a mud bank near Priday harbor while surfacing from a submersion. The H-3 vessel ran aground and was left high and dry as the tide ebbed, blamed on buoy replacement delays and lack of a deep-water beacon. Lieut William F Newton, commander, said he misjudged his turn. a monitor Cheyenne will attempt to drag the sub to deeper water Saturday morning.
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San Dilego
Cal
Tan
United States
Clothouse
Wiliam F. Newton
Cheyenne
Dunn(e) Approves Grist of Bills in Illinois
Springfield Jan 22 The governor signed a batch of bills including appropriations for the Hingis centennial commission the Illinois pension laws commission and related repeal actions. Also approved were expenses for the second special session of the forty ninth general assembly and mileage and a 50 dollar payment to each member.
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Springfield
Ill
Hingis Centennial Commission
Ilinois Pension Laws Commission
Illinois Pension Laws Commission
Forty-Ninth Reiter Assamlly
Tplanois
Illinois
Forca
Forty-Ninth General Assembly
Ilinois
Forty Ninth General Assembly
Forty-Ninth General Asso
Illnois
Secretary of State
Speeding Up Munitions Supply In Britain
House of Commons statement says speeding up munition supply is essential for fuel plans. Officials warned that semi skilled and unskilled workers across regions must be mobilized in all controls to meet production goals. The official stressed there is no alternative to accelerating munitions output.
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London
Jan
House of Commons
Pypentquith
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Douglas Downs
Ysleta
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