U S Congress Debates Mexican Bandit Slayings
The U S Congress faces a wave of indignation over the Mexican bandits killings near Chihuahua city. Minority members demand action while administration leaders urge patience. Secretary Lansing vows steps to punish perpetrators under Wilson approval, with possible insistence on Carranza responsibility if negligence is proven. Senate Foreign Relations chair Senator Stone weighs intervention if Carranza fails to protect foreigners.
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Western “Neweninpee Union News
Washington, D.C
United States
Mexico
Carranna
Thec
Congress
WSS
Wilson
Lansing
Amréioass
State Department
Comsat Sifliman
Queretaro
Carranza
Dai - Congress
Chihuahua City
Stone
Senate
Draft Bill Stands Test in London Commons
The house of commons defeated a motion to delete the military service bill by 281 to 39. Immediately after, the house passed the second reading of the bill without division as the premier requested.
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Houses of Commons
London
House of Comons
Teleet
Servcie
House
Montenegro Face Likely Fall As Allied Wait Shock
London dispatch reports Montenegro’s capital Cetinje under siege as Austrian forces advance. British observers fear the conquest may impact allied positions at Salonika, with fighting continuing around Cetinje and the Montenegrin kingdom unable to withstand the overwhelming Koeress command.
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Asptian
London
Feitinje
Montenegro
Belerede
Saloniki
Cettinje
Montene Sorin
Koeress
Huerta Indicted in San Antonio on Neutrality Conspiracy
Federal grand jury in San Antonio accuses Gen. Victoriano Huerta and eleven others, including his former purchasing agent Joseph 3B. Rather, of conspiracy to violate neutrality laws. Reports note Huerta cannot stand trial while under indictment and describe a wounded soldier's deteriorating condition.
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San Antonio
Tex
Huerta
Joseph
Wnd
Victoriano Huerta
M. P. Schuster
Schuster
One Student Killed in Penn Bowl Fight
A bowl fight at the University of Pennsylvania between the freshmen and sophomores killed one student and injured six others. About 700 participants filled the arena with roughly 460 seniors and 300 freshmen taking part. the first year men won the contest, marking the first fatality in bowl fights since 1876.
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Thilndelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Life Son
Tornado devastates Madison area near Nashville Tennessee
A tornado struck Madison nine miles from Nashville on January 12, injuring four people and destroying multiple houses. The storm damaged 42 stations and left several residences unsked. Local authorities reported extensive property damage and mobilized emergency crews.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Madison
Station
Schmidt Given Life Term
Los Angeles man Mathew A. Schmidt, convicted of murder in a case tied to the Ties building, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a California state prison.
Attempt to Slay Japanese Premier in Tokyo
An assassination attempt targeted Count Okuma, the Japanese premier, when a man threw tan bombs into his automobile. Okuma was not injured in the attack.
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Tokio
Count Okuma
Okama
Seventeen Americans Slain on Chihuahua Train Raid
Thomas M Holmes escaped after bandits led by Gen Rodriguez seized a train 60 miles west of Chihuahua City. Seventeen mining employees of Custhuirachie Mining Company were killed or missing in the raid while hauled off along the track. Holmes reached Chihuahua City to report the massacre and send word to his wife.
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Thomas M. Holmes Eecapen
Chihuahua
Gen Rodriguez
Viila
el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
Tose Rodrigues
Ohne
Thomas M Holmes
H.C. Myles
Scovill
City
Custhuirachie Mining Company
Cusihuiachic Mining Company
Potter Palmer
Chicago
C. R. Watson
BE “880
W. J. Wallace
T. M. Evans
el Pio
Cla. Pringle
San Francisco
Maurice Anderson
B. Po Mo Hatton
A. Couch
Alexander ¥. Hall
Douglas
Ariz
Charles Wadleigh
EL Robinson
G. W. Newman
Jack Hase
Blomb
R. H. Simmons
J. Adams
J. Jones
Thomas M. Holmes
Carranza
Villa
Holmes
Progressive party offers peace path to GOP
Chicago January 13 The Progressive national committee signals no future national party. They propose amalgamation with Republicans after George W. Perkins and Bull Moose leaders discuss an Olive Branch. Perkins says Progressives may forego Roosevelt nomination for unity and sets Chicago for the 1816 convention with June 7 as the date.
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Chicago
Progressive Party
George W. Perkins
Progressive National Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Perkins
Roose
Roosevelt
Mogsers
Perkins
New Party in Germany Sparks Swiss Manifesto Plan
Travelers arriving in Switzerland from Germany report a powerful republican party has formed in Germany and will soon publish a sensational manifesto in Zurich.
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New Party
Germany
Zurich
Jen
Switzerland
Schmidt Must Die Denied Writ in Murder Case
Justice Hughes of the Supreme Court refused a writ of certiorari for Hane Schmidt of New York convicted of the murder of Amy Aumu. Schmidt faces electrocution this week.
Allies Quit Gallipoli Report Claims Evacuation Complete
London reports Sir Charles Moura y says Gallipoli Peninsula evacuated by Allied troops with 17 guns blown up. Casualties few. French spared. Monro credits Birdwood and Davies, with Navy aid led by De Roebeck. Amsterdam dispatch notes Sedd-el-Bahr evacuated with losses and Turkish claim of enemy camp capture and sunk vessel.
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London
Charles Mouray
Gallipoli
Teers
Monro
Birdwood
Davies
de Roabeck
Amsterdam
Sedd- U-Bakr
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Reuter
Six New Haven Men Freed in Directors Trial
New York January eleven defendants in a directors' trial were discharged after a 7 to 4 vote for acquittal. The acquitted included D Newton Bar ney and James Hemingway, with the remaining defendants Rockefeller Brooker Pratt Cassled yard and Robbins still under indictment. The jury was out 21 hours before the final decision, with prosecutors planning further action.
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New York
Jan
William Rockafeller
R. J. Batts
D. Newton Barney
Robert Wr. Taft
James Ss. Hemingway
A. Heaton Robertson
Frederick FP. Brewster
Henry K. Mo Hlar
United States Sets January 27 for Jewish Relief Fund
Washington reports that January 27 will be designated for national contributions to aid Jewish sufferers in Europe. Senator Martine and Rep Bahath backed the move, with Tumulty briefed after talks with Goldfogle. At Reading, women fill war horse-transport posts due to male labor shortages, some ranch-born workers expert as branchbusters. In London, Clan MacFarlane, 4523 tons, was torpedoed in the Mediterranean with many dead and twenty four rescued.
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Washington
White House
United States
Martine
New Jersey
Senate
Bahath
Goldfogle
New York
Landon
London
Clan MacFarlane
Haseen
Mediterranean
Athos
Three Die In Blast At Du Pont Powder Plant
Federal and local officials probe riots in Youngstown Ohio and revelations of Austrian suspects in a strike. three workers killed in Carns ys Point New Jersey blast at Du Pont Powder plant. Hundreds arrested after Friday riots. Ohio National Guard withdraws from Youngstown mill property.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Wilmington
Del
Inn
du Pont Powder Company
Carnsys Point
N. J
du Pont Company
New York
Dan Fleck
John Brisky
English Square
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
John C. Speaks
Ohio National Guards
Fire at International Hotel Bucks Sault Ste. Marie Loss
A fire at the International Hotel in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario caused an estimated $250000 in damage Monday night. Other items note a French stock broker sweep, a metal workers strike in Barcelona, Maryland Steel raising wages, and Ada Rehan the actress dying in New York City hospital after an arterial illness.
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Sault Ste. Maria
Ont
New International
Paris
Madrid
Barcelona
Baltimore
Maryland Steel Company
New York
Ada Rehan
Toose
Miss Rehan
Limerick
Ireland
Ada Crehan
3000 Villa Troops Quit to Car Yanza Forces
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Winslow commanding the Pacific fleet off the west coast of Mexico notified the navy that 3,000 Villa troops surrendered to Car Yanza forces. The update notes a significant shift in the regional conflict with Villia ta forces capitulating under pressure from Car Yanza.
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Villa
Washington
Winslow
Pacific Fleet
Mexico
Navy Department
President nominates Blue to succeed Himeci in health post
January 12 Washington reports President Wee Son sent to the senate the nomination of Fup nert Biue to succeed him as Burgeon general of the public health service in a historic leadership change for the agency.
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Blue
Himeci
Washington
Wee Son
Senate
Fup Nert Biue
Public Health Service
Fierce fighting over Czartorysk Czernowicz continues in Balkans
London reports a flotilla of French planes bombed Sofia causing panic in the Bulgarian capital. Russians press Czartorysk Czernowicz with clashes as Germans attempt to outflank Russians near Bayon. Petrograd notes Russian demoralization in Austro Hungarian lines amid heavy losses. Hungarian papers claim the worst battles in the war. Rumors place German concentration near Ambronastir in prep for Saloniki strike.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Salonik
Sofia
Czartorysk
Czernowicz
Bayon
Soporte
Petrograd
Czernowit
Poster Lloyd
Hrntiah Seasos
Dardanelles
Caernowitz
Bukowina
Husslang
Sadagora
Balkans
Amlonastir
Saloniki
Landis and Leeds Quit Progressive Party in Indiana
Richmond Indiana January 12 Rudolph A Leeds national committeeman confirms resignation from the Progressive party. Frederick Landis also quits and asks to enroll as a Republican to keep the poll book accurate. Landis was an original Indiana Progressive leader and ran as lieutenant governor with Albert Beveridge.
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Richmond
Rudolph A. Leeds
Progressive Party
Frederick Landis
Indianapolis
Logansport
Will H. Hays
Landis
Indiana
Albert J. Beveridge
Woman shoots Joliet man and herself in tragedy
Jona Robart, president and chief stockholder of Robart Welding Works, was shot and fatally wounded in his office by Lillian Piper Ogden on Monday. The 24 year old then shot herself in the temple and died instantly. A note pinned to her underskirt alleges motive and names her father William Ogden of Richmond, Virginia.
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Wiliam Ogden
Richmond
Val
Slight Hope for Huerta Recovery Dims
El Paso Jan 12 Slight hope for Gen Victoriano Huerta's recovery remained as his physician Dr. Schuster said the patient had gradually regained some strength but was still in a critical condition. Ottumwa Fire Devastates Center of City Five-Story Blaze in Ottumwa Causes 700000 in Damage and Sends 160 Workers to Unemployment in Retail District Fire Started in Department Store and Spread Quickly.
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el Paro. Tex
Victoriano Huerta
Mm. PL Schuster
Ottumwa
Missionary Dies in Turkey in 1910
Noston January 1 announcement from the American Board of Missions reports Dr. Frederick O Shepard, a medical missionary, died in Aintab Turkey from typhus fever. The notice narrows to the sudden loss and location, reflecting the era’s mission field dangers.
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Turkey
Noston
Aintab
Frederick 0 Shepard
Hasenw
Alwerlcan
Conmlastanurs
Western Canada's Great Harvest Encourages Prosperity Big grain crop
In Canada the Northwest reports its harvest as the year’s best with Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta yielding a record grain crop valued over 400 million dollars. Banks note improved business and a transformed outlook as farmers prosper, rail earnings rise, and immigration may increase with a favorable trade balance and renewed peace.
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Canada
Northwest
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lariour
Montreal
Canadian West
Realila
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Bross
Gressu
J. V. Meredith
Bank of Montreal
Hae
Maid Association Backs Movement for Equal Rights
An organization of women proposes to unite with prospective husbands to back a campaign for equal treatment and improved economic position, signaling a broader push for gender equality and legal reform.
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Unte
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