U S protests British censorship of neutral mails
The United States has formally protested to Britain over the seizure and delay of neutral mails to European countries. American businessmen report their letters are opened or confiscated by British censors and warships have detained steamers carrying such mail, causing delays and losses.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Ambassador Page
London
British Foreign Office
Foreign Office
State Department
Light Texas Rain Douses Notices Across Major Cities
Cloudy conditions spread over Texas with only light drizzle reported at Corpus Christi Galveston Houston and San Antonio. Forecasters in New Orleans predict continued cloudiness for 24 hours and warmer temperatures Sunday as a Pacific coast storm brings rain to the west.
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Texas
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Currency Through Eagle Pass in Mexican and Carranza Units
Since Christmas through yesterday a total of 6 million dollars in Mexican and Carranza currency moved through Eagle Pass en route to El Paso and Arizona. Banks handled the funds and Wells Fargo Express carried them to their destination. The final silver shipment of 50 thousand dollars in cloth bags required a larger truck and drew a large crowd during loading at the Express car.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
el Paso
Arizona
Wel
Fargo Express Company
Seizing Fake Drugs in Pie Woth City Investigation
State officials led by Chemist Golaz seized bogus drug powders sold as a well known drug at reduced prices in Pie Woth. Officers say the harmless seized powder is being sold as a tradable drug, with follow up seizures planned in other Texas cities.
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Pie Worth
Tex
Golaz
Chicago Bars Movies in Public Schools and Churches
Moving pictures will not be shown in Chicago public schools or churches under a ruling by the city council building committee. The ordinance, backed by educators and civic groups, faced opposition from theater owners and the operators' union who warned it would ruin business and objected to amateur operators.
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Chicago
City Council Building Committee
Moving Picture
Mexican general Hernandez declares independence from Mexican government
General Rosario Hernandez proclaims independence from the de facto Mexican government near Santa Rosalia. Carranza sources confirm his desertion from the Santa Rosalia district of Chihuahua into the mountains with followers. Hernandez, once a Villa officer, switched to Carranza after Torreon occupation.
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EL Paso
Tex
Rosario Hernandez
Mexico
Santa Rosalia
Carranza
Chihuahua
Hernandez
Torreon
Cardinal Gibbons Accepts San Antonio Expo Invitation
Cardinal Gibbons accepted an invitation from San Antonio citizens to attend the 1918 exposition marking the 200th anniversary of the city. He spoke in the name of humanity and thanked Texans for aid to the poor of Mexico.
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San Antonio
Dinal Gibbons
Tex
San
Compulsory Military Service Favored by Garrison
Secretary McAdoo Garrison testifies before the House military committee in Washington on universal military service as a democratic principle. He argues all citizens should share duties, calls compulsion the sound basis for policy, and notes majorities influence wartime choices. He avoids commenting on the Mexico expedition question.
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Washington, D. C
Garrison
House Military Committee
Scott
Bliss
Shallenberger
France
Germany
Mexico
Mr. Shallenberger
Coal mines relieved at Eagle Pass Texas
Word from Southern Pacific offices in Houston says Sunset lines set a tariff relief satisfactory to coal mine interests in Eagle Pass. The new rate mirrors existing schedules for local commodities and International and Olmos Coal Companies report large orders, with over 5000 tons of coal destined for shipment to Mexico.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Southern Pacific General
Houston
Sunset Lines
Fagle Pass
International & Olmos Coal Companies
Mexico
Armour Car Lines ownership inquiry set for Chicago hearings
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced it will continue its inquiry into Armour Car Lines ownership and control. Hearings are scheduled to begin January 24 in Chicago.
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Armour Cars
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Armour Car Lines
Chicago
Lusitania Talks Bring Hope in Washington Settlement
Washington January 8 negotiations between the United States and Germany over the Lusitania incident appear near conclusion after two communications from Count von Bernstorff. Germany offers indemnity for American lives and assurance on submarine warfare. Officials expect Turkey and Bulgaria to follow with similar guarantees. The note accepting U.S. contentions on safety of noncombatants in lifeboats was released.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Lusitania
Turkey
Bulgaria
Austria
Wilson
Persia
State Department
William P. Frye
Boston National League Club Sold
Boston players and investors announce the sale of the Boston National League Baseball Club to Percy D. Haughton Harvard football coach Arthur D. Wise Millett Roe and Hagan bankers with James E. Gaffney and KH. Davis of New York as owners. Haughton named president and Walter E. Hapgood retained as business manager.
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Boston
Mass
Percy D. Haughton
Harvard
Arthur D. Wise
Millett, Roe and Hagan
Bankers
Boston National League Baseball Club
Whic
James E. Gaffney
KH. Davis
New York
Haughton
Walter E. Hapgood
No Special Session Planned for Texas in 1916
Governor James E. Ferguson declared there will be no Texas Legislature session in 1916 unless a public calamity occurs. The remark came during the dedication of the Dallas labor temple and reflects his firm stance on the matter.
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Dallas
Tix
Texas
James FE. Ferguson
Weather snapshot across major cities shows mild warmth
St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington report clear or cloudy conditions with winds from the south and north. Temperatures range from 14 to 24 degrees with warmth compared to the last 24 hours and varied high and low readings.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Nsas City
New York
Washington
Tragic Accidental Strangling In Cottonwood Falls
In Cottonwood Falls Kansas seven year old son of Thomas Pingston climbed an upturned bucket in a kitchen and became entangled in a looped towel hanging from the wall, strangling to death tonight.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Thomas Pingston
Steamship Sinks After Mine Strike Killing 200 Montenegrins
Paris reports that 200 Montenegrins from America died when an Italian steamer hit a mine in the Adriatic. The accident underscores wartime dangers in the sea lanes.
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Paris
London
America
Adriatic
Jury Report Delayed In Federal Grand Jury
The federal grand jury may not present its first partial report before Monday. Deliberations began last Monday at 2 PM and the first report was expected Wednesday morning. Officials say jurors have examined several matters more deeply than anticipated as federal court was in session Saturday with a civil docket case continued. January 10 is designated criminal day in the court.
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Federal Grand Jury
Women Peace Party opens second annual convention in Washington
The second annual convention of the Women's Peace Party began a three day session in Washington with Miss Jane Addams as national chairman presiding. A mass meeting for peace is planned for tomorrow with prominent women peace advocates in attendance.
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Washington, D. C
Women's Peace Party
Jane Addams
Ford Party Arrives in Amsterdam En Route to The Hague
The Ford party stops briefly in Amsterdam on the way to The Hague. Members express confidence that peace sentiment is spreading.
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Amsterdam
London
Ford
Hague
Extension of Rockefeller plan at Colorado Fuel and Iron
Denver bulletin to employes announces extending the Rockefeller industrial plan to the steel works and quarry camps of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. An election to choose thirty representatives will be held January 11 by secret ballot, one representative per 150 employees. A conference with company and employee representatives is set for January 26 at Pueblo.
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Denver
Colo
Rockefeller
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
J. F. Welborn
Pueblo
Holes in Life Boat From Ancona Reported
A fishing vessel docked at Anzio with a life boat from the steamship Ancona believed fired upon by the attacking submarine. The boat contained passengers including women. Hairpins and shell holes stopped with shawls and skirts were found aboard.
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Rome
Anzio
Ancona
Gas Cap Catches Big Well at Corpus Christi
The 50090 pound cap was swung over the Guffey tract gas well near Corpus Christi at 9 AM and the gas flow stopped instantly. The cap is fixed, making the well captive and estimations say it can supply all current Texas gas users.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Guffey
Texas
Ventura arrest shifts to Mexicali prison
Colonel Juan Santa Cruz, former Villa officer who last year failed to seize Tijuana, is now a prisoner of Governor Cantu in the new Mexicali penitentiary opposite Calexico. The charge against Santa Cruz is not disclosed. He was arrested near Mexicali.
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Calexico
Cal
Juan Santa Cruz
Villa
Tijuana
California
Wataban Cantu
Cantu
Mexicali
Santa Cruz
Five Bodies Recovered From Sunken Tanker Aztec
Five more men were found in the hold of the partly sunken oil tank steamer Aztec after an internal explosion last Monday. The death toll rises to seven, with five more bodies thought possible to be recovered.
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New York
Russian Offensive Watch On Balkans Front
London dispatches describe a major Russian effort on the Bessarabian front near Czernowitz with hundreds of guns and large infantry actions. Reports differ on whether this signals a general war move or a major diversion.
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London
Bessarabian
Petrograd
Czzernowitz
Czernowitz
Baltic
Roumanian
Balkans
Ian Hamilton
Dardanelles
Fred Stopford
Suvila Bay
War Office
Russians Lose 50 000 In New Year Fighting On Fronts
The war office reports at least 50 000 Russian casualties in the Bessarabian frontier and Stripa region for the New Year fighting. It notes brief calm on the northeast front with raids and repulsed attacks near Czantorisk and Fast Gelicia and advances northeast of Ruczsez. Italian and Southeastern theaters describe artillery fighting and Montenegrin positions near Mojkovac.
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Vienna
London
Bessarabian
Stripa
War Office
Czartorysk
Gelicia
Ehooters
Ruczsez
Pflanzer
Baltin
Breskine
Carpathians
Koevees
Mojkovac
Tara River
Godusa
Berane
Rozaj
Tpek
Plev
French trenches taken near Hartmans Weilerkopf
German forces report a surprise attack seized a trench south of Hartmans Weilerkopf from French troops yesterday. The official statement released today confirms the capture as part of ongoing operations along the front.
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Berlin
London
Belgian Minister’s Sister Sentenced in German-Occupied Belgium
Havre dispatch reports Juliette Renkin sister of Belgium’s minister of colonies was arrested in Belgium by German authorities. She received six months in jail and a fine of 1060 marks for an unspecified charge.
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Paris
Havas
Havre
Mite
Juliette Renkin
Belgium
Bee County Votes on Local Option Record
Bee county votes today on local option with the last election in 1912 producing a 44 vote majority for the ants. The statewide result had Bee county voting dry.
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Beeville
Tex
Bee County
Ants
Constantine Denies Being Pro German in War Era
In a message transmitted via Paris and reported by the Lokal Anzeiger in Berlin, King Constantine I declares he is pro Greek not pro German. He asserts he is as pro American as the U.S. president and laments wartime hatreds that misattribute motives.
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Athens
Jan
Parisoe
United States
Constantine I
Associated Press
Undeer
Lokal Anzeger
Berlin
Mac
Germany
Pan Americans End Session of Congress
The second Pan American Scientific Congress closed in Washington with Latin American diplomats, officials, and Congress members. A White House reception preceded a final program, Lima chosen for 1921 and Eduardo Suarez bid farewell. Delegates favored Secretary Daniels plan for government ownership of radio stations in the Americas.
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Washington, D. C
Pan-American Scientific Congress
Congress
White House
United States
Lima
Peru
Eduardo Suarez
Chile
State Lansing
Daniels
Navy Department
Central America
Post Office Robbers in New Jersey Surprised by Posse
A group of six to seven robbers attacked the Penns Grove post office at 2:30 a.m. A citizen posse and police forces repelled them. three robbers were wounded and hospitalized, two captured and jailed. Names given: John Mayo 42 St Paul Minn Frank Matron 88 Galesburg NL Charles Collins. None of the posse injured.
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Penns Grove
N J
Duyzont
Carney 5 Point
John Mayo
St. Paul
Minn
Frank Matron
Galesburg
Charles Collins
Youngstown Riots Endanger City as National Guard Arrives
In Youngstown Ohio a violent night left at least one dead and dozens wounded as a liquor den mob looted stores and set fires. Three Ohio National Guard regiments arrived to restore order while Struthers residents feared striker gatherings and dynamite was placed under a bridge. The disturbance began after wage disputes at local steel plants and spread through East Youngstown amid widespread property damage and burning.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Ohio National
Struthers
Ohio National Guard
UN Idea
State Industrial Commission
Columbus
F. C. Croxton
State Statistical Bureau
Io Youngstown
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Coany
United States Steel Corporation
Wilson Avenue
Carroll Thornton
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Mahonia River
Elm tree in Independence Square cut down
Historic big elm tree in Independence Square once linked to King Edward VII was felled after lying dead. The stump revealed artifacts including a six pound cannon ball and coins from various periods.
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Philadelphia
Independence Square
Edward VII of
England
Prince of Wales
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Mediterranean
Marseille
Vicinity
Peace Party
Colorado
Rockefeller Steel
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Teuton
Revrort
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