Burglar Gang Captured After Neighborhood Chase
A group of five Mexican burglars attempted to rob the home of L. Henry at 309 Sheridan street. Three were captured Sunday night after a wild chase by local youths armed with clubs and revolvers. another surrendered Monday morning. a fifth escaped but was later caught. Neighborhood youths, several girls, and police pursued through back alleys, with several other recent local burglaries linked to the group.
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L. Henry
Sheridan Street
J. W. Mueller
Henry
Mueller
Helen Heckelmann
Josie
Eileen Froebel
Mr. Henry
Henrys
Laredo
Herman Froebel
Gus Way
Louis Ridder
Banks
Joe Ruhnke
Harvey
Lowell
Boles
Winslow
San Antonio Grain Company
G., H. & 8. A. Railway
Lincoln fugitive Ignatius Lincoln aids under probe
Justice Department agents probe possible aid to Ignatius T. Lincoln the self styled international spy who hacked a month of freedom before recapture. He sits in Brooklyn jail awaiting a decision on possible extradition to England for forgery charges.
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New York
Department of Justice
Ignatius T. T. Lincoln
Lincoln
Brooklyn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
England
Redbank
N. J
Desen Te of Justice
New Army Reform Favored By House Committee
The House military committee tentatively agreed today on a bill to federalize the National Guard, raise the regular army to 134000 men, double the field artillery, expand the engineer corps to fifteen companies, form four aircraft squadrons, and create a new cadet corps from colleges with military training.
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Washington, D. C
National Guard
Regular Army
Engineer Corps
House Military Committee
U. S. Seeks Faster Replies From England on Mails Seizures
Secretary Lansing urged the London foreign office to speed replies to American notes protesting seizures of mails and the use of the trading with the enemy act against American firms and interests.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
London Foreign Office
Supreme Court Upholds Rate Order and Tax on Mines
The Supreme Court upheld the Interstate Commerce Commission trunk line rate division for southern yellow pine districts. It also sustained the corporate tax on mining firms. Kansas City Southern Railway was held liable for over half a million dollars owed to Guardian Trust Company from the reorganization of the Kansas City Suburban Belt Railway into the Southern system.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yellow Pine
Supreme Court
Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Guardian Trust Company
Kansas City Suburban Belt Railway Company
Kansas City Southern
Cavalry Squadron Leaves Mercedes for Canal Zone Sail
The first squadron of the Twelfth United States Cavalry departed Mercedes today for Galveston to sail for the canal zone. The rest of the regiment followed, with sail expected Wednesday.
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Brownsville
Tex
Twelfth
United States Cavalry
Mercedes
Galveston
Canal Zone
Mrs Knowles Bolton Dies Aged 74 In Cleveland
Mrs Sarah Knowles Bolton longtime Cleveland author and charity worker died at 74. She wrote about thirty books carving a niche with the Famous Men and Women series and other works.
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Soa Knowles Bolton
Cleveland
Sarah Knowles Bolton
Former Governor Francis Heads to Washington Ambassadorship Probe
Pranpte Is En Route to Washington. Former Governor David R. Francis left St. Louis for Washington to learn if he has accepted or refused the Russia ambassadorship offer.
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Por San Antonio and vicinity. Tonight fair, somewhat warmer. Tuesday fair.
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San Antonio
Home Weather For Tourists In Multiple Cities
Forecasts show clear and warmer conditions in St Louis Chicago and New York with temperatures ranging from 6 to 36 degrees. Winds vary from east to northwest, with Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City and Washington reporting mostly cloudy skies and colder trends.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Mexico Plans National Bank Under Government Control
A plan for a new currency system in Mexico would create the Bank of Mexico with 250 million pesos capital, government and banks funding shares, backed by a 260 million peso metal reserve. The de facto government would control currency issuance, redeem old Carranza notes gradually, and guarantee notes with metal reserves and interior bonds.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Federal Reserve System
United States
Guadalajara
National Bank
Bank of Mexico
Department of the Interior
Zapatista retreats noted in Morelos advances
Cable dispatch reports Continued successes for the Constitutionalists in Morelos with Ozumba Calulalpam and Tenango del Aire captured from Zapata forces and Cuernavaca almost evacuated. General Gonzales says his troops pursue the enemy vigorously.
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Galveston
Tex
Morelos
Ozumba
Calulalpam
Tenango del Aire
Zapatan
Zapatistas
Cuernavaca
Gonzales
National Defense Highway Proposed to Link Annapolis and Washington
Representative Mudd of Maryland introduces a bill to build a national defense highway from Annapolis to Washington with 250000 dollars state match. He cites European war lessons and military testimony stressing mobile troops and heavy guns for defending the capital.
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Washington
D. C
Representative Mudd
Maryland
Annapolis
Mudd
House
Police Seek Poison Suspect Jean Crones
Chicago police believe Jean Crones, linked to poison in the banquet soup for Archbishop Mundelein, is en route from New York to Chicago. Rail stations from the east are under watch and officials from Chicago to New York have been alerted to spot him.
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Chicago
Jean Crones
Mundelein
New York
Crones Calls Up News in New York Threat
Police express confidence that Jean Crones will be captured after he rang a local newspaper twice and warned he would stay in New York until Thursday. He threatened his brother Paul Crones over an interview Paul gave to the paper.
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Crones
New York
Jean Crones
Paul Crones
Paul
Ambassador Penfield Presents Vienna Note on Petrolite Attack
Ambassador Penfield delivered the American note at Vienna requesting an investigation and explanation of the Petrolite attack near Alexandria. The State Department said a prompt reply would follow, forming a basis for further negotiations.
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Washington, D. C
Penfield
Vienna
Alexandria
State Department
Flood relief effort expands as Buckridge breaks widen
Reports from Buckridge plantation describe an improving flood situation with four steamers and many flat boats aiding rescues. Refugees reach Natchez by steamer while others operate between Natchez and Buckridge crevasse to save marooned residents. Food drops and shallow draft boats boost access as water fills basins across Tensas Franklin and Catahoula parishes.
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New Orleans
Buckridge Plantation
Natchez
Newellton
Buckridge
Ten- Sa Franklin
Cataoula
Washington's Birthday to Be Observed
Plans for celebrating George Washington's birthday tomorrow on an elaborate scale were completed today. President Wilson and many high government officials have accepted invitations to attend exercises at Memorial Continental hall. French Ambassador Jusserand will be guest of honor. A feature will be readings from Washington's state papers on national preparedness.
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Washington, D. C
George Washington
Wilson
Memorial Continental Hall
Jusserand
Washington
Masonic Memorial Association Meets in Alexandria
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association began a two day meeting in Alexandria to plan a temple as a Washington memorial and repository for portraits and relics from the Alexandria Washington Lodge.
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Masonic Memorial Association
Alexandria
George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association
United States
Washington
Alexandria-Washington
Recruits Called London Under Military Service Act
A royal proclamation posted in London calls to colors the recruits of class 1 under the Military Service Act. They must report by March 31. these are the youngest singles aged 18 on August 15 last, now about 19, completing the calling up of single men.
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London
Aviona
Berate
Lowestoft
Kentish
Walmer
Corpus Christi Enforces Sunday Laws Across City
In Corpus Christi Texas on Sunday for the first time in years authorities enforced the Sunday law. Prohibited items including tobacco cold drinks magazines gasoline and all other banned goods faced action. One picture show operated without charging admission despite the rules.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Meuse Overflow Floods Near Liege
The Meuse River has overflowed its banks near Liege flooding several villages to the north and part of the city.
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Liege
Amsterdam
London
Russians Sweep Lake Van District Amid Turkish Retreats
Petrograd reports place Russian forces across Lake Van and Bitlis as the Turks pull back toward Diarbekr, with advance guards nearing Trebizond. Western Front sees British and German clashes, aerial raids, and Italian actions in Albania. air raids cause property damage and civilian casualties in coastal towns.
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London
Lake van
Bitlis
Petrograd
Rome
Trebizond
Black Sea
Armenia
Erzerum
Tiflis
Caucasus
Diarbekr
Bagdad
Syria
Tigris
Mesopotamia
Persia
Arras
Yser Canal
Belgium
Berlin
Wlens-Arras
Loos
Paris
Verdun
Albania
Bazar-Sjank
Durazzo
Avona
German Embassy objects to U S marshals on captured liner Appam
Representations against the presence of United States deputy marshals on the captured British liner Appam, a German prize in Hampton Roads, were made today to the State Department by the German embassy. Prince von Hatzfeldt discussed the subject with Counsellor Polk. The embassy hopes for a decision and fears friction from the marshals’ presence.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Appam
Hampton Roads
State Department
Prince von Hatzfeldt
Polk
Asquith to speak on new war credit measures in Commons
Premier Asquith will move two votes of credit in the House of Commons. A 120 000 600 pound grant finances the war to March 31, and a 300 000 000 pound reserve funds the new fiscal year. In the Lords, Baron Sydenham explores blockade leakages and the fleet’s role. Philip Snowden, socialist, will address peace terms on Wednesday.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Baron Sydenham
Philip Snowden
London War Credit Totals Reach Over Two Billion Pounds
London dispatches show a 300 million pound vote of credit expected to finance war for two months to end May, plus 120 million pounds until March 31. Combined votes for the year reach 1.24 billion, bringing total since the war began to 2.082 billion pounds. Revenue funds cover additional costs beyond these credits.
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London
Senate adopts resolution on Korea war era dispatches
The Senate approved a resolution by Foreign Relations Committee Chair Stone asking President Wilson to submit U S Korea correspondence from the Russo Japanese war period. Administration leaders plan to use the material in response to Elihu Root’s attack on the president over Belgium. Root previously served as secretary of state when Korea was occupied.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Today
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
United States
Korea
Japan
Hermit Kingdom
Elihu Root
Belgium
Root
Inquest Into Marian Frances Lambert Resumes in Chicago
The inquest into the death of Marian Frances Lambert, Lake Forest high school girl, resumed in Chicago with witnesses including Frank Lambert, William Marshall, and E O Orpet. William Orpet, University of Wisconsin student, is charged with poisoning her.
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Chicago
Ill
Marian Frances Lambert
Lake Forest
William Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Frank Lambert
William Marshall
Lambert
E. O. Orpet
New York Hits by Second Severe Winter Cold Wave
A sharp cold snap grips New York with temperatures dipping 17 degrees to six above zero between midnight and 8 am. Officials warn no relief is expected until tomorrow as the city endures the second severe cold wave of the winter.
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New York
Chicago Tightens Lid on Liquor Restaurants
Chicago officials push an ordinance by Corporation Counsel Samuel A. Ettelson requiring all restaurants selling liquor to close at 1 AM. Only employees may remain in the premises from 1 to 5 AM, tightening city lockdowns.
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Chicago
Samuel A. Ettelson
Heiress Grace McLoughlin Missing. Georgia and Cuba Reports Proved False
Reports from Georgia and Cuba that Grace McLoughlin, a New York heiress, was located in each place proved unfounded as the search for the girl broadens nationwide. She disappeared December 8 with George Stevens, owner of the garage where she kept her car. No word has come since. An aunt offered a reward. a letter claimed she married Stevens and stayed at a Philadelphia hotel, but hotel checks found neither was there.
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Georgia
Cuba
Grace McLoughlin
New York
Miss McLoughlin
George Stevens
Katherine Inglis
Stevens
Philadelphia
Sheriff Stephens of New Mexico Killed in Rincon Shootout
Dwight B. Stephens sheriff of Luna county New Mexico was killed and deputy Bucky Sevier wounded in a battle with five fugitives who fled Deming jail. Four escaped suspects Acosta Starr Schmidt and Ashley plus Cranston killed or wounded. Cranston killed by posse and Starr captured. Stephens famed border lawman with long service in the Southwest.
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EL Paso
Tex
Dwight B. Stephens
Luna County
New Mexico
Bucky Sevier
Rincon
N. M
Deming
Francisco Acosta
J. ©. Starr
G. Schmidt
William D. Ashley
Tabor
D. O. Snodgrass
Joe Cranston
J. O. Starr
Acosta
Schmidt
Ashley
Sheriff Stephens
Southwest
Duma Set To Meet In Petrograd Tomorrow
The Duma will convene in Petrograd tomorrow after the Feb 21 report from London.
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Petrograd
London
Duma
Duma prorogued as protests rise in Petrograd and Moscow
The Duma was prorogued on September 16 and on December 7 Emperor Nicholas issued an indefinite postponement of its reopening and that of the empire’s council. The budget committees had not completed budget prep. Demonstrations occurred in Petrograd and Moscow protesting the emperor’s refusal to reassemble the Duma.
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Duma
Nicholas
Council of the Empire
Petrograd
Moscow
Two Executed in Pennsylvania Prison Murder
R. S. Pennington and G. H. March were electrocuted today at Bellefonte for the November 1913 murder of S. Lewis Pinkerton in Delaware County. Pennington is described as the first Quaker to suffer the death penalty in Pennsylvania.
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Bellefonte
R. S. Pennington
G. H. March
S. Lewis Pinkerton
Delaware County
Pennington
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court rules extradition of Innes couple valid
The Supreme Court affirmed Texas courts in extraditing Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Innes from San Antonio, Texas to Atlanta, Georgia to face larceny after trust indictments. The couple argued they could not be extradited from Texas to Oregon, where they had been arrested, until given a chance to return.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Texas
Victor E. Innes
San Antonio
Atlanta
Innes
Oregon
Indicted for Murders in San Antonio Case
Victor E Innes and Ida May Innes were indicted by the Bexar county grand jury for the murder of Louise Nelms Dennis and Beatrice Nelms after being brought from Eugene Oregon to San Antonio in 1914. The couple faced trial on murder charges later dismissed. a Georgia larger‑scope case followed, with Supreme Court action ultimately sending them back to Georgia for further proceedings.
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Victor E. Innes
Ida May Innes
Bexar County
Eugene
Louise Nelms-Dennis
Beatrice Nelms
Atlanta
Mexico
Texas
San Antonio
Wilkens Avenue
Oregon
Marshall Nelms
Georgia
Supreme Court
Inneses
Due Innes
Mrs. Innes
Protest heard on San Antonio school bonds in Austin
Will hear protests on the $8000 San Antonio school bonds. Hood and Becel presented the bond record to the attorney general for approval. The Tag Payers' Progressive Association of San Antonio will be heard in the afternoon as J N Brown leads a delegation arriving by automobile.
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Harris
Dynamite Mishap Kills Man in Wisconsin
Aug ust Zitlow of Kaukauna placed a dynamite cartridge in his mouth and lit the fuse in front of his wife. He blew off part of his face and died instantly at Appleton on February 21.
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Appleton, Wis
Zitlow
Kaukauna
Fire Hits U S Bureau in Washington Center
A blaze erupted in a rag pile inside the Government Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington D C this afternoon. Two alarms were sounded as firefighters responded to the incident.
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U. S
Washington, D. C
Government Bureau of Engraving
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