Funston Praises Colonia Dublan Expedition in Excellent Condition
General Funston returned to Colonia Dublan from El Valle after inspecting a 175 mile line of communication and reviewing about 10 000 troops. He praised the soldiers for efficiency and upkeep of roads water and sanitation and noted improving conditions in the Mexican border area. No withdrawal date was announced, though officers expect retirement within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Funston
Colonia Dublan
el Valle
General Pershing
Army Aviators Not Yet Found Near Mexican Desert
Reports from Yuma said civilian cowboys near Sonora had contact with searchers who believed Lt. Col. H. G. Bishop and Lt. W. A. Robertson Jr. landed close to them ten miles inside Mexico while flying from San Diego. Army pilots prepared to cross the Colorado River at dawn to extend the search. Colonel Richard H. Wilson in Yuma coordinated civilian parties in the desert effort.
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Calexico
Cal
Yuma
H. G. Bishop
W. A. Robertson Jr
Sonora
Mexico
Colorado River
San Diego
Army Aviation
Colorado
Richard H. Wilson
Fourteenth United States Infantry
Sonora Desert
Two Captured and Raiders Off South American Coast
The British Admiralty reports eight British and two French vessels sunk and two British steamers captured by a German raider. The raider remains at large, suspected to be operating off the South American coast, with Hudson Maru arriving at Pernambuco carrying crews from December 12 to January 12 and Yarrowdale's 400 men awaiting landing.
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Atlantic
South America
Pernambuco
Brazil
Hudson Maru
Yarrowdale
North Atlantic
St. Theodore
South Atlantic
Norfolk
Georgie
Liverpool
Russians recapture Vadeni near Galatz on Danube
Russians break German pressure on the Sereth line and recapture the town of Vadeni six miles southwest of Galatz on the Danube. In France, German forces attack near Clery and Biaches on the Somme but fail to break through, says the French war office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
von Mackensen
Sereth
Roumania
Danube
Vadeni
Galatz
Petrograd
Somme
France
Clery
Biaches
French War Office
Large Shells for Navy From England
Washington January 17. Contracts for armor piercing navy projectiles in fourteen and sixteen inch sizes totaling 3,141,000 were awarded to Hadfields Limited of England. American bids were over 200 per shell higher. Secretary Daniels said attempts to secure lower prices from American firms failed.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Hadfields, Limited
Hadfields
Department
Leak Inquiry Extended Amid Finance Spotlight
The House extended the leak investigation by thirty days and authorized counsel. Testimony resumes tomorrow with J. Morgan and other financiers invited. Witnesses including Mrs uth Visconti and Pliny Fisk may appear. the panel plans a broad inquiry into stock dealings and possible outside hearings.
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Washington, D. C
House
Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Frank A. Vanderlip
Henry VP. Vavison
T Homas W. Lawson
Uth
Lawson
Cumulty
Pliny Fisk
New York
Archibald
White
McAdoo
John H. Ratham
Providence Journal
Pou
Henry
Stock Exchange
Washington
Cooper
Wisconsin
Moore
Pennsylvania
Samuel Untermyer
Charles Evans Hughes
Garrett
Rules Committee
Howard
Georgia
Untermyer
Thomas W. Lawson
Hughes
Mann
Mr. Hughes
Caldwell
German Peace Party No More Says Berlin
Berlin reports the entente reply to Wilson has crushed the German peace party. Most Socialists and non socialists now back the government for renewed war effort. Alfred Zimmermann has said Germany will not declare terms. Some doubt remains a peace program could be announced, especially on Belgium and the western front.
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Berlin
London
Entente
Wilson
Opiion
Peace
Germany
Alfred Zimmermann
Associated Press
Belgium
Western Front
Poland
Funston Expected Back From Mexico Mission This Week
General Funston is due at headquarters Friday or Saturday after inspecting troops along the western border and Pershing’s force in Mexico. He has been away since January 5 and may head to Columbus El Paso and San Antonio before resuming duties. Washington aims to withdraw expeditionary forces, but no official order has been issued.
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General Funston
General Pershing
Mexico
Columbus
el Valle
el Paso
General Bell
Antonio
Fom
Washington
Paper Shoes Prove Viable Cost Cutter For Leather
New York Jan 17 The National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association adopts a report recommending substitutes for leather to cut costs. Rubberized fibre soles and a new paper composition for uppers attract attention, while colored cloth tops aim to save leather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Naional Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association
Snow Depth Sets Record in Dallas Area Weather
Snow fell seven inches in Dallas on January 17 and lingered four to five inches the next day, setting a duration record. A misty rain froze the surface, creating a slick layer and causing many falls. mail delivery was delayed by the unusual conditions.
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Dallas
Tex
Beans dumped in Lake Michigan over contaminated beans
Judge K M Landis sanctioned disposal of 600 cases of beans deemed contaminated by a plant disease. The beans valued at 1300 dollars were dumped into Lake Michigan from a Chicago firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
K. M. Landis
Federal Court
Lake Michigan
Aging couple dies within a day of each other
Dr. C. A. Pulliam aged 77 died Tuesday morning at his daughter’s home in San Antonio. His wife Mat tie J. Pulliam aged 75 died Wednesday morning, nineteen hours later, at the same residence. They had been life partners for over fifty six years and will be buried side by side at Mission Burial Park. They are survived by two daughters and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Pulliam
C. T. Kirkpatrick
Arbor Place
Dr. Pulliam
Kirkpatrick
Mission Burial Park
Pulliam
Georgia
Memphis
Tenn
San Antonio
Former Harris county tax collector pleads guilty in Belton
Karl L. Druesedow pleaded guilty in district court to misapplication of public money. He received a two year sentence after his case was called today in Belton Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belton” Tex
Karl L. Druesedow
Harris County
Weather Forecast for San Antonio Tonight and Thursday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for rain tonight and Thursday with a slight rise in temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Weather Forecasts Across Cities From The Light
Forecasts show chilly conditions in St. Louis with snow likely this Thursday and winds from the south. Chicago and Milwaukee expect snow with cold lows and moderated highs. St Paul and Kansas City see drier, warmer spells with variable winds. New York remains cold with clear skies and southwest winds. Washington reports partly cloudy skies and warmth followed by a probable drop in temp.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Germans Attack on Somme and Verdun Fronts
Paris reports German forces bombarded and attacked French lines east of Clery and south of Biaches in the Somme. A minor assault at Les Eparges near Verdun was repulsed after close combat. French patrols penetrated German positions on Meuse heights and in the Apremont forest.
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Paris
Clery
Biaches
Somme
War Office
Les Eparges
Verdun
Meuse
Apremont
Russians Re-capture Romanian Village VAdeni near Galatz
The war office reports Russian forces have retaken the village of VadenI in Roumania, about six miles southwest of the Danube town of Galatz, confirming a significant local victory near the border.
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Petrograd
London
War Office
Vadeni
Roumania
Danube
Galatz
Berlin Slavs Gain Footing Roumania In Struggle
German army headquarters reports Russian and Roumanian forces attacked German lines between Kasino and Suchitza valleys. One foothold gained while other points repulsed. Turkish posts retired near Vadeni between Braila and Galatz facing numerically superior foe. Russian actions south of Smorgon repulsed. Hanover infantry pressed into French trenches on Combres heights, capturing several prisoners.
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Berlin
Sayville
Kasino
Suchitza
Vadeni
Braila
Galatz
Smorgon
Hanover
Combres Heights
French Army Bill Withdrawn by Cabinet in Paris
The cabinet decided to withdraw General Roques's bill to reexamine all men rejected as unfit by army medical examiners. A substitute measure will replace it. The session also set a minimum wage for munitions workers in the Paris district.
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Paris
Roques
Heroic Yardman Sacrifices Life to Save Train Crew
Richard Moore, a section hand for the Missouri Kansas Texas railway, laid down his life to clear wreckage from a passenger train at Iola Kansas last week. Officials say the railroad will bear all burial costs and erect a stone commemorating his heroism. The railroad refused county aid and declined passenger offers to bury him.
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ST. Louis
Richard Moore
Iola
Kan
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Population of Brazil Census Reveals Large Illiteracy
A new census reports Brazil with a population of 24,600,000 and over 18,000,000 illiterate. The figures show only eight persons per square mile. The country’s territorial extent is matched by four nations: the United States, China, Russia, and Great Britain with its colonies.
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Washington, D. C
Brazil
United States
China
Russia
Great Britain
Jury Selected to Try Spanell for Alpine Murder
A San Angelo jury for Harry J. Spanell, charged with murder in the Butler case, was completed and court recessed to 2 pm awaiting attachments on two Alpine witnesses James Dodd and C W Livingston. Dodd is ill, Livingston whereabouts unknown, defense insists Dodd be present to proceed. Jurors include H H Myers and Amby Brower among the three selected today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
Harry J. Spanell
C. M. Butler
Alpine
James Dodd
C. W. Livingston
Dodd
Livingston
Compton
H. H. Myers
Amby Brower
Deutschland Sails For New York Amid Reports Of Loss
Bremen reports preparations completed for the merchant submarine Deutschland's sailing to an American port. Copenhagen notes the Deutschland and Bremen have not been lost as various reports claimed, the Deutschland having recently returned from America and set course for New York while the Bremen reportedly operated as mother ship in the Mediterranean and Gulf of Bothnia.
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Bremen
Berlin
London
Deutschland
Copenhagen
America
New York
Mediterranean
Gulf of Bothnia
Six Mexicans Killings Near Nogales Stir Border Tensions
Six Mexican herders were shot dead Sunday when two United States cowboys opened fire while pursuing cattle rustled from the Aravaca Land and Cattle Company thirty miles west of Nogales Arizona. A Utah cavalry troop is en route to the ranch on the U S side to assist the sheriff.
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Nogales
Ariz
Here
Utah Cavalry
Aravaca Land & Cattle Company
I W W Invasion Spurs City Police in Wisconsin
In Park Falls Wisconsin on January 17 one hundred armed special police were sworn in by Mayor Ambrose Kaley after an I W W invasion following the arrest of organizer Jack Beaton who was banished from Virginia Minnesota. Lumber firms near Park Falls clear I W W camps and arrest any member found, often described as railroaded.
Italy forms committee to speed food distribution
Rome January 17 Italy's government creates a special committee to build a more extensive and rapid food distribution system. The under secretary of agriculture will serve as commissary general with broad powers, per Stefani Agency.
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Italy
Rome
Paris
Stefani
Italian Messagero Attacks U S Military Ambition
In a strong editorial the Messagero denounces American militarism under President Wilson. It claims the United States is expanding the navy to rival Britain and Germany, with imperial aims extending to Canada and Mexico after Cuba and the Philippines.
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Rome
Paris
Messagero
Wilson
Germany
America
Jutland
Cuba
Philippines
Sandwich Islands
Panama
Canada
Mexico
Thaw Not Recovering As Expected In Philadelphia Hospital
Physicians said Harry K. Thaw was not recovering rapidly after his self inflicted wounds and expressed concern for his mental and physical state. Thaw family lawyers postponed a bedside conference on the New York kidnapping and assault charges against Frederick Gumyp Jr. for at least one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
New York
Frederick Gumyp Jr
Kansas City
May Fight a Duel Petrograd Between Protopopoff and Rodzianko
A clash described by Novye Vremya reports M. Protopopoff offering a conciliatory gesture to M. Rodzianko at Tsarkoe-Selo New Year reception, who refused. Protopopoff’s allies say a duel is inevitable amid the feud between Interior Minister and Duma president.
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Petrograd
London
M. Protopopoff
Interior
M. Rodzianko
Duma
Novve Vremya
M. Rod‘zianko
Tsarkoe-Selo
Entente Airplanes Downed Count for December
German official statement reports sixty six Entente airplanes shot down in December with twenty two in Central Powers hands. Central powers losses totaled seventeen airplanes in the same period.
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Berlin
Sayville
Brazil reports nine captured by German raider
Rio de Janeiro reports nine ships captured by a German raiding vessel and seven sunk in the Atlantic, according to British official sources dated January 17.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Atlantic
Eight British and two French ships sunk by German raider
The Associated Press reports eight British and two French merchant vessels sunk by a German raider, with two captured. Vessels sunk between December 12 and January 12 include the Dramatist Radnorshire Munieh Netherby Hall Mount Temple King George Georgic Voltaire Nantes Asnieres.
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London
Radnorshire
Munieh
Netherby Hall
Mount Temple
King George
Nantes
Asnieres
Shipping Notes and Vessel Tonnages From Atlantic Voyages
The notice lists several ships with tonnage and dimensions. Voltaire 618 tons gross 485 feet. Georgie Large Freighter White Star, 10,077 tons gross 557 feet. Dramatist 5,421 tons gross 410 feet. Radnorshire 4,302 tons gross 385 feet. Netherby Hall 4,461 tons gross 381 feet. King George 3,352 gross tons. Vessels departed from Philadelphia and San Francisco with routes to Liverpool and Cuba.
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Georgie
Philadelphia
Liverpool
San Francisco
St. Lucia
Radnorshire
Netherby Hall
India
Cuba
King George
Gross Tong
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ARMY
Teutons
Grafi
THE
South American
Umm Line
England
Answer of Allies
Ourt
Mattie J
Dr. C. A. Pulliam
A. Wisesevere
A. Micscestecee
A. m
A. Thas
A. Miccsvanas
Katy
Man
Train
Spannell Jury
Police Watch
Park
U. S
Trans-Atlantic Lines
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