Evacuation of Cettinje Amid Montenegrin Resistance
From Saloniki to Armentieres reports detail Montenegrin government plans to evacuate Cettinje as Austrian pressure increases. Scutari dispatch notes resistance aided by Serbian contingents. Struma river bridge blown by French engineers as precaution. Berlin reports repulsed British and French attacks.
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Paris
Mount Lovcen
Cettinje
Petit Journal
Milan
Cattaro
Budna
Mitchitz
Antivari
L’oeuvre
Scutari
Saloniki
Greece
London
Struma River
Demir-hissar
Berlin
Sayville
Armentieres
Champagne
War Office
San Antonio Express clashing with Chamber on ads request
The Light accused the Express of confusing readers by tying its hostility to the Chamber of Commerce to advertising demands. Separate from Fiesta Association funds, the issue involved a $200 page ad and an agreement where the Express would contribute $150 to the Chamber, with $50 still to be paid.
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San Antonio Express
Express
Chamber of Commerce
Fiesta Association
The
Light
San Antonio
Americans Capture Rodriquez Near Madera in Chihuahua
General Jose Rodriguez was reportedly captured near Madera, Chihuahua by American forces led by Maximiano Marquez. About 125 Americans and a small garrison at Madera engaged bandits and burned bridges, with reports of prisoners being held and calls to Consul Garcia to rush aid.
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Chihuahua
Villa
Madera
Jack Leftbridge
Bryan
Babricora Ranch
Hearst
Bart Kramer
Guerrero
Madera Lumber Company
Cananea
Sonora
Phelps-Dodge
el Paso
Jose Ynez Salazar
Salazar
Juarez
Carranza
Parral
Alvarado Mining Company
A. J
Coahuila
Mr. Edwards
Former Provisional President Huerta Sinking, Report Says
Physicians report former provisional president Victoriano Huerta dying and weakening after a long career from cadet at Chapultepec to leading the federal army. Born December 23, 1854 in Colotlan Jalisco, he rose under Diaz and commanded against Zapata and Orozco before his retirement and illness.
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EL Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Huerta
Colotlan
Jalisco
Donato Guerra
Guerra
Juarez
Tluerta
Chapultepec Military Academy
Tecoac
Tuxtepec
Canuto Neri
Guerrero
Rafael del Castro
Yucatan
Diaz
Monterey
Emiliano Zapata
Morelos
Zapata
Francisco I. Madero
Vera Cruz
Licenciado
Francisco de la Barra
Senor Madero
Pascual Orozco
Madero
Orozco
Conejos
Bellano
Bachimba
Order Restoring Group Formed in El Paso Aims Mexico Action
A new organization formed in El Paso plans to restore order in northern states by entering Mexico to eliminate bandits and protect foreigners. Reports say Villa is blamed for attacks on foreigners, a claim he says could invite intervention.
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el Paso
Mexico
Republic
Villa
Sadagura Captured Amid Eastern Front Push
London reports from the eastern front claim Sadagura has fallen, a strategic town northeast of Czernowitz at a road convergence. Officials have not yet confirmed the capture, while analysts note its strong natural position and communications value.
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London
Queen Sophia Called to Kaiser William Amid Illness
Wireless dispatch from Rome reports Queen Sophia of Greece summoned to Kaiser William in Berlin as his illness is described as serious. The queen is to depart at once for Berlin.
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London
Rome
Sophia
Greece
William
Berlin
British Miners Oppose Compulsory Military Service
The Miners' Federation of Great Britain meeting in London on January 13 unanimously resolved to oppose the bill for compulsory military service. The federation empowered its president to call a further conference if the bill becomes law to decide additional steps.
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London
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Oil refiners seek rehearing on freight rates denied
Oklahoma and Kansas oil refiners petitioned for a rehearing on freight rates for petroleum shipped from their fields to St. Louis Chicago St. Paul and other western points but the interstate commerce commission denied the request today.
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Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Kansas
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Paul
Interstate Commerce Commission
Newman Eagle Pass Miner Named Among Chihuahua Massacre Victims
Eagle Pass resident G. W. Newman, a mining engineer and massacre victim in Chihuahua, was once based in Eagle Pass with relatives in the area. His mother's home is in Keene, Texas.
Frigid Forecast for San Antonio as Temperatures Dip
Fon in San Antonio and vicinity: fair tonight with frost and a low around 22 to 26 degrees. Friday fair with a rising thermometer. Temperature outlook shows a cold start followed by milder conditions later in the day.
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Fon
San Antonio
Weather Forecasts From The Light Across Major Cities
Forecasts report cold conditions across the Midwest and Northeast. St Louis checks 4 below with a 16 mile wind NW and a high near 46. Chicago at 4 below with a west wind, high 38. Milwaukee 6 below with west wind, high 30. St Paul 30 below with a NW wind and clear skies. New York 60 with rain and warmer? 86 high. Washington 42 with southeast wind and rain and cooler.
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ST. Louis
Fair
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
New York
Washington
El Paso Echoes Mexican Violence and Plans for Mine Workers Regime
Telegram urges President Roosevelt to urge Congress to protect Americans abroad. A plan forms to raise a thousand American miners to pursue Villa bandits in Mexico with Carranza sanction. Reports of American and British deaths, and tense crossings and protests accompany the stance.
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EL Paso
Tex
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Mexico
Santa Ysabel
Carranza
Chihuahua
State Department
General Villa
Villa
Parral
Employees Ordered Out from Eagle Pass Mexico
Employees of the American Smelt and Refining Company were ordered to leave Mexico. The telegram from the company office at Eagle Pass relayed the order via telegraph lines to Piedras Negras.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
American Smelt & Refining Company
Mexico
el Day
Piedras Torreon
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