New Mexico Bandit Threats Reported Before Senate Panel
Mia Anita Whatley 22, a State Department education aide, testified about Mexican bandits in Parral threatening and assaulting three American girls including her sisters. She described rifle men demanding money, threats to shoot, and a knife at her throat during the night raid.
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Mia Anita Whalley
State Department of Education
Exis
Parral
Mexico
Senate
Turkaten
Bim
Mexicalis
Vist
Llain
Mise Whatley
Calor
Enders
ISM
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Marines Repulse Haitian Raid in Port au Prince Action
US Marines and Haitian gendarmerie repelled an assault by Haitian bandits on Port au Prince. About 150 attackers were reported killed or wounded as marines and police secured the area and pursued stragglers. Navy officials said the operation aimed to prevent further raids and restore order.
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Washington
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Navy Department
Pri
Pye
Himingnil
Part Au Prine
Solemn Meeting Elects Bourgeois as Permanent President
Leon Bourgeois is elected permanent president of the Supreme Council at a solemn meeting. The assembly underscores the Society of Nations as a functioning entity with Bourgeois tasked to guide its early deliberations and duties.
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Society OF Nations
Leon Bourgeois
Supreme Council
Allied Leaders in Paris Face Russian Crisis Talks
London reports urgent summons to Churchill and other British leaders for a Paris conference to decide Russia policy. United States officials say Amb. Wallace may attend with Premier George Clemenceau and Nitti as Supreme Council discusses Bolshevik threats and European relief efforts.
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London
Russia
Paris
Newapaparr
Winston Spencer Churchill
Wakte
Lora
Admiralty
Lord Teatty
Epu
Pleid
Mar‘mander
Henry H. Wilson
Imperial Staff
Bolshers
Atlante
Vleet
Plymouth
Hirhar Tay
Itizh
Todin
Anid
Wytaee Ind
Genikin
Reginald De Koven Dies After Opera Career
Reginald De Koven, famed American operatic composer of the mid 20th century, is reported dead at a Chicago hospital after a brief illness. He rose to fame with works like The Veil and toured from Midwood Connecticut to New York, leaving behind a sister Mrs Heine Desoven and several operas.
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Chicago
Reginah de Koven
Aled
Joseph Fish
South Shore Drive
Anene
le Ap
Councellont
Haveveaux
Chiwi
Tip van Wanks Tekavun
Fries
Newaml
Regan DeKoven
Amerie
Ile
Thoule
DelKoven
Koes
New York
York
Mother of Maude Tabor to Be Tried for Murder
80 year old Mrs. Sarah Tabor faces trial in connection with the death of her daughter Maude Tabor. Authorities say the motive was to prevent Maude's baby from being born, with chloroform used and the body hidden in the Tabor cellar. Walter G. Tabor confessed, leading to the mother's and his arrest after they were extradited from California.
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Sarah Tabor
Mauce
Worer
Walter G. Tabor
P? Metas
Maude
Tabor
Florence Critchlow
Sarah
Waller
Vformia
Dubai
Lane
Colorado Springs
California
Lawton
Aleh
Tawton
Mosher
Rey
Taborssi
Liquor Law Enforcers Brace as John Barleycorn Leaves
Prohibition official comments mark the departure of the so called Red Rye alias John Barleycorn from American shores as authorities enforce the liquor ban. Reports say Wet goods circulate in cities while the Bureau of Internal Revenue prepares for mass disposal of potables and medicinal allowances are tightly restricted. Chicago sees a whiskey theft spree as depots lose large consignments amid the nationwide mood of restraint.
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David M
Church International News Service
Jashington
Pb. c
John Barleycorn
Krazier
Congress
Nora
Almer
America
Department of Justice
Washington
Bureau of Maternal Revenue
Howe
Min
Tf Fon
Bern Dt
Robbic Teonists
Wiliam Jennings Tsryan
Ami
John Marleycorn
Right Hand Man of Jenkins Abductor Captured in Puebla
Ci priano Mendez, aide to rebel Frederico Cordoba, who is accused of kidnapping Wille Jenkins United States Consular Agent at Puebla, has been arrested. Mexican officials say Mendez claimed Jenkins volunteered for the abduction and asked the party to use obscure roads to avoid recognition.
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Mexico
Cipriano Mendez
Frederico Cordoba
Wille
Jenkins
United, States
Puebla
Mendez
Cordoba
Senator Fall Warns Of Plot Against Government At Kiwanis Meet
Senator Fall spoke at the Kiwanis Club in the Gunter Motel warning that enemies within the United States and a foreign plot using Mexico threaten the government and Texas. He urged citizens to inform officials of every detail and to act to stop subversive activity tied to Bolshevik influences. Continued on Page 10.
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San Antonio Vy
Fall
Kiwanis Chip
Gunter Motel
Cy Kinauls
Allesel
Mexico
United States
Department of Ts
Texas
Coloreslo
State Department
Senator
Unis
Uniou
Sinn Fein attackers raid ball party near Loughrea Ireland
In Dublin on January 16 armed Sinn Feiners assaulted guests en route to a ball hosted by Major Persse at Loughrea, 21 miles southeast of Galway. Army officers repelled the attackers after a weapon battle as authorities report rising tension and violence across the countryside.
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Dublin
Sinn
Sinn Feiners
Mira
Five Socialist Assembly Members To Try For Seat Back
Five Socialist members of the New York Assembly suspended from their seats will be allowed to present a case at a hearing to prove their right to be seated. Speaker Sweet said the proceedings would be fair and handled by counsel with cross-examination, as the State conducts the matter.
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New Yorke Assembly
Sweet
New
Fifty Witnesses to Testify in Hearing of Five Socialists
In Albany hearings begin Tuesday with fifty subpoenas served by the Attorney General's office. Police report confiscation of Socialist literature, and a Brooklyn mass meeting protest prompts comments from Charles Solon who defends free speech and dissent.
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Yorkoefon
Albany
Attorn Sy General
Brooklyn
Charles Solon
League of Nations Opens Without US Membership
The League of Nations held its inaugural Supreme Council meeting in the French Foreign Office clock room, marking its birth as a world body without American representation. Leon Bourgeois presided as president, while US absence dominated opening remarks and expectations for eventual participation.
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Henry Woop
United
Presa Nef Correspomagny Aris
League of Nations
League
Supreme Council
Foreign Office
Lesgue
Leon Bourgeois
Senate
Wallace
America
Hourgeois
Eluirktter
United States
League of Allons
Bourgevis
Bourgeoin
Spain
Argentina
Paraguay
Chile
Persia
Wilson
Washington
Four of one family killed in Mississippi blaze and shootings
Four members of the Miller family die in a Mississippi house fire and shootings. Authorities say Charles Marshall, under bond for a prior assault on a Miller woman, allegedly murdered the entire family to silence a key witness, with only 13 year old Pearl Miller surviving briefly before recounting the events.
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Mississippi
Charles Marshall
Miller
Marshall
Miss Miller
Marshallway
Miler
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Austin Thrills
U.S
Scretary
Lansing
Supreme Counel
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Secretary of the ‘Treasury
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Raker
Siberia
Barleycorn
WOOD
Reginald DE Koven
Renian
Yaris
Clementon
Cabiver
Oklahoma
Tessie
Tin
Pennsylvania
Sinn Feins
Ireland
Thaddeds
Robert Miller
Uri Teiles
Amory
Leonard Miller
Ann
Juss Fannie Green Mier
Danary
Pssault
Faruer
Ion
Port Miller
Fannie
Pearl Miller
Burt
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