Storm Ravages Murray County Nilotes Five Die In Oklahoma
Five people are reported drowned in Murray County as a severe storm sweeps over Oklahoma. Victims include James Shenner of Sulphur and Mrs Edward Cleveland and three of her children. Platt National Park floods. oil tanks in Healdton struck by lightning ignite. Train service from north and west suspended after a Frisco derailment near Ox Mulgee.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Dan
Murray County
James Shenner
Edward Cleveland
Shenner
Healdton
McAlester
Frisco
Schuster
Oxmulgee
Sapulpa
Floods Ravage Illinois Areas After Torrential Rain
A cold eastward wave from the Rockies coincides with heavy rainfall boosting flood conditions across Illinois and neighboring states. Joliet Aurora and Elgin suffer major inundations while Rockdale and other towns flood. boats replace cars as water rises. no deaths reported though widespread property loss and boil-water warnings persist.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Illinois
Flood Fears Grow As White River Rises
Reports from towns on the upper White river indicate heavy rains have caused a dangerous rise. At Batesville the river climbed 2.1 feet and continues to rise, threatening damage to lowland areas downstream.
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Little Rock
Ark
White River
Batesville
River flood warnings issued for Arkansas river towns
Local weather bureau warned of rising water with 24 feet forecast at Dardanelle and Little Rock and higher levels at Pine Bluff and other points. Levees along the river are strengthened, but reports from White river indicate flooding near Cali eco Rock with communications down and damage unknown.
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Arkansas River
Weather Bureau
Dardanelle
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
White River
Calieco Rock
Weather buoys bridge safety after river drop
In Kansas City on January 22 the Weather Bureau predicted no major rise in the Kansas River easing fears for damage to bridges. Floes had yesterday pushed away part of the Twenty third Street viaduct connecting Kansas City Missouri and Kansas but had passed downstream and the span was considered safe.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas River
Twenty-third Street
Kas
Kansas Fears Flood Fears Rise On Central Rivers
Streams in central and eastern Kansas rose early today with fears of ice jams. The Kansas River reached nine feet, up 2.7 feet in 24 hours, as high water persisted on the Verdigris Neosho Elk Fall and Cottonwood rivers.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Neosha
Elk
Floods Displace Hundreds in Illinois and Fox River Valleys
Ottawa Newfoundland report notes hundreds evacuated across Illinois and Fox river valleys after Friday floods. One death reported with Steve Bruno, 18, drowned at La Salle in the Vermillion river. multiple bridges destroyed and several factories closed.
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Ottawa
Illinois
Fox River
Steve Bruno
la Salle
Vermillion River
Still Raining at Beeville Keeps Harvest Hopes High
Beeville Texas reports ongoing light rain for three days. Farmers and ranchmen celebrate a good season ahead as wet ground holds promise for crops and pasture.
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BeeviLle
Tex
Heavy Snow Delays Santa Fe Traffic Near Glorieta
Heavy snowfall near Glorieta, northeast of Albuquerque, slows Trans continental traffic on the Santa Fe. Arizona flood conditions also hamper routes and officials say through traffic may not resume soon.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
Arizona
Glorieta
Here
Eleven Mexicans Missing in Orange County
Reports to Santa Ana officials say eleven Mexicans living in Orange County are missing. It was feared they perished in deeds earlier in the week in Santa Ana California.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Orange County
Bookmakers Raided in Los Angeles by Police
Eighteen simultaneous raids in downtown Los Angeles offices barbershops saloons and cigar stands led to sixty five arrests. Each suspect faced a complaint from the district attorney charging keeping or maintaining a place for race betting. Claire E. Sniveley led detectives breaking down doors to arrest alleged bookmakers.
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Los Angeles
Cal
District Attorney's Office
Claire E. Sniveley
Belgium Free to Act on Separate Peace
Amsterdam dispatch quotes the Frankfurter Zeitung saying Belgium remains free to act in its own interests as long as it has not signed the London agreement on a separate peace with Germany.
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London
Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Belgium
San Antonio Area Forecast Calls for Frost Overnight
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast shows a fair night and Sunday with colder temperatures and frost likely tonight and into the early morning hours.
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San Antonio
Weather forecast across major cities by The Light
Forecasts from The Light report clear and cold conditions in St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with winds ranging from 8 to 30 miles per hour. Temperatures span from 32 to 58 degrees and Sunday is expected to be partly or mostly cloudy in several locations.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Peace Advocate Says No Time for Peace Now
Andrew J. Bethea lieutenant governor of South Carolina, returning from Henry Ford peace mission, reports neutrals must wait for peace. He describes differing views in Germany and England on resources, manpower and equipment. Also notes Dr Edgar of Quebec, a British Army major, served aboard the hospital ship Carisbrook Castle and from Beachy Head was chased by a German submarine with 750 wounded aboard.
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New York
Europe
Andrew J. Bethea
South Carolina
Henry Ford
Liverpool
Copenhagen
Germany
Switzerland
England
Co. J. Edgar
Hatley
Quebec
Carisbrook Castle
Dardanelles
Beachy Head
Molde Burned As City Threatened With Total Destruction
Molde in Norway burned through the night with much of the town reduced to ashes. About 2000 residents are homeless as a high gale fans the fire that began at Molle on January 21. Molde, a seaport southwest of Christiania, trades in timber tar and fish.
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London
Molde
Molle
Christiana
Villa Secretly Marries in Western Chihuahua
Juarez January 22 reports Francisco Villa married recently in Bachineva western Chihuahua. Ignacio Enriquez, Chihuahua civil governor and Villa confidant, says Villa rides in a coach with his bride rather than a cavalry saddle. Enriquez notes Villa boasts of US intervention plans but has only a handful of followers.
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Juarez
Carranza
Francisco Villa
Ignacio Enriquez
Chihuahua
Cuba
Los Angeles
Villa
Enriquez
Bachineva
United States
Governors and officials meet on training camp in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga on January 22 Governor T. C. Rye Adjutant General C. B. Rogan and Adjutant General Charles I. Martin discuss the business and professional men's training camp planned for Ft. Oglethorpe beginning April 15 with Colonel James Lockett of the U S cavalry.
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Tenn
T. C. Rye
C. B. Rogan
Tennessee
Charles I. Martin
Kansas
C. A. Dempsey
Stuart
Virginia
James Lockett
United States Cavalry
Ft. Oglethorpe
Castillo Exiled to Cuba After Deportation Decision
Maximo Castillo former Mexican leader was deported from New Orleans to Havana Cuba by federal immigration authorities aboard the Southern Pacific steamer Excelsior. He faced accusations of involvement in the February 1914 Cum bre tunnel fire in Chihuahua where twenty one Americans died aboard a passenger train. He chose Cuba over Mexico for his destination.
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New Orleans
Maximo Castillo
Havana
Cuba
Southern Pacific
Excelsior
Castillo
Cumbre
Chihuahua
Mexico
Rotan Resigns From Reserve Bank Leadership
Waco Texas January 22 Edward Rotan heads First National Bank of Waco for 25 years resigns as vice chairman of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank a post assumed January 14 1930 local report states he chose resignation over divesting holdings and continues as banker in Waco.
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Reserve
Waco
Tex
Bank
Edward Rotan
Dallas Federal Res<ve Bank
Knapp Estate Totals 90500 in St Louis
The Knapp estate inventory valued at 90500 dollars shows 67600 dollars in stock. Charles W. Knapp, former St. Louis Republic president and New York Times treasurer, left the entire estate to his widow.
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ST. Louis
Charles W. Knapp
St. Louis Republic
The
New York Times
Russian Turko Persian Fronts and Balkan Capitulations
Moscow reports show Russian gains at Sul tanabad Persia and in Kamerun towns while Austro Hungarian and Montenegrin talks yield harsh terms. Britain to use unskilled labor in munitions, rail projects to block Roumanian grain, and German mine reopening in Syria hinder coal supply for Egypt rail link.
Paris Barber Shot Ends in Surrender
Paris Texas January 22 Dutch Harroll a barber was killed by Sid ney Webb in Harroll s shop at the Frisco passenger station early today Webb fired two shots and then surrendered to police claiming self defense
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Paris
Tex
Harroll
Sidney Webb
Frisco
Webb
Mystery in Fire on Steamer Sygna
Mystery surrounds a fire aboard the Norwegian freighter Sygna which returned to New York after sailing for Archangel with cargoes destined to the Russian government. A fireboat fought the blaze as crew could not identify its origin amid a smoke filled hold of steel and railway material. The ship will be docked partly unloaded and examined to determine the cause.
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New York
Sygna
Archangel
Gretaten
Cool and Fair Sunday Promised by Weather Bureau
Sunday is expected to be cool and fair with frost predicted Saturday night. After recent rain and chilly spells, sunshine drew crowds to streets and stores. The summary notes nationwide unsettled weather east of the Mississippi and cold conditions in the northwest with 34 degrees below zero in Minnesota and a freezing line reaching to Abilene and El Paso.
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Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Gulf States
Texas
Pacific
Northwest
Minnesota
Abilene
el Paso
Chinese Rebels Defeat Government Troops in Yunnan Advance North
Rebels in Yunnan province defeat a Suifu garrison and push north toward Tzeliu Tsing and Cheng Tu. Government troops from Hankow reach Chung King on the Yangtse but river navigation hampers reinforcements. revolutionists face mainly small garrisons and spare foreigners.
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Yunnan
Suifu
Sze-Chuen
Yunah
Tzeliu Tsing
Cheng Tu
Sze- Chuen
Aviation Crisis Ends in French Chamber of Deputies
In Paris the so called aviation crisis was declared over as Premier Briand said a full explanation had been given to the aviation committee and urged deputies to abandon further discussion for national defense. The session opened with requests to fix a date for debate but the government’s stance prevailed.
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Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Governor Ferguson seeks continued state aid at Galveston port
Governor James E. Ferguson telegraphed Secretary William McAdoo urging new orders to keep cooperative arrangements between state and federal quarantine officers at Galveston. He notes that allowing state quarantine officers to be present during inspections would facilitate commerce and be accepted if inspections are properly conducted.
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Austin
Tex
James KE. Ferguson
Secretary of the Treasury
William McAdoo
McAdoo
Galveston
Bandit shoots and robs Cook Agency in Chicago heist
Detectives hunt a masked bandit in downtown Chicago after he shot and killed traffic officer B A Johnson and wounded cashier Ernest Walsh at the Thomas Cook & Sons Tourist Agency. The robber escaped with about 900 to 1000 dollars. a woman accomplice fled in a taxi, with witnesses linking the gunman to a mustache style seen in a film.
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Chicago
Thomas Cook & Sons Tourist Agency
B. A. Johnson
Ernest Walsh
Cook Agency
Toledo
Nicholas Hunt
Detective Bureau
William la Trosse
Kansas Penitentiary
Jackson Street
State
Walsh
Johnson
la Trasse
Edward Stone
Gertrude Plesznsky
Jackson
Presbyterian relief fund reaches milestone in minster aid drive
The Relief and Sustentation Board of the Presbyterian Church reports over 4 million dollars raised of a 10 million dollar fund intended to support aged preachers and missionaries and provide relief to their families after death. The fund aims to generate 500 thousand dollars annually to fund up to 500 dollar annuities, with four fifths of the pension from sustentation and one fifth from the ministers themselves.
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Philadelphia
The
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Relief Department
Petromortis Fatal to Bellemont Couple
In Bellemonte Pennsylvania on January 22, a newlywed, William H. Noll, and his bride were found dead in a garage from fumes released by a car engine. Doctors said suffocation due to petromortis fumes caused the deaths.
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Bride
Bellemonte
William H. Noll
Noll
President Wilson cruises to prepare for New York speech
President and Mrs. Wilson ride the Mayflower down the Potomac toward Chesapeake Bay for a two day seclusion. He plans a January 27 address in New York and a Western trip through Pittsburg, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Chicago, Des Moines, Topeka, and Kansas City beginning January 28.
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War Departments
White House
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Milwaukee
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Des Moines
Topeka
Kansas City
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Consuls at Saloniki to be released by Allies
Through U S mediation the German Austrian Turkish and Bulgarian consuls at Saloniki held aboard a French warship will be freed. They were arrested after the military occupation on charges of sending military information to Bulgarians for an aerial attack. They must not resume duties at Saloniki and must return home.
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Alamo supposedly moved to El Paso in Tribune ad
The Chicago Tribune claims a Selig Trinity film ad shows the Alamo front as background for a militia recruiting scene and suggests the famed San Antonio shrine has been moved to El Paso, a point the piece treats as a joke about preparedness signals.
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Alamo Plaza
San Antonio
el Paso
Selig-Trinity
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Villa
Carranza
Socialist party seeks 44 deputies to visit trenches
The United Socialist party plans to petition Parliament to authorize a 44 member Chamber of Deputies committee to visit the front and speak freely with soldiers on the fighting line about all subjects except military orders or policy. It aims to show soldiers Parliament’s sympathy and support.
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Paris
United Socialist Party
Chamber of Deputies
Fire damages Majestic Theater offices in Chicago
Fire last night and today caused seven thousand dollars in damage to offices on the fourteenth floor of the Majestic Theater building. Two thousand theatergoers sat for over two hours in the dark, unaware the fire raged above them in the same structure.
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Chicago
Majestic Theater
Trains Strike Snow Slide Kills and Injures Passengers
Great Northern Cascade Limited No. 25 on the west slope of the Cascades near Corea station was struck by an avalanche after a small slide. Cars including the dining car and day coach plummeted 300 feet. Several passengers and five dining car employees are believed dead. a small boy was severely injured.
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Seattle
Wash
Great Northern
Cascade Limited
Spokane
Corea Station
Cascades
Everett
Corea
Cascade Tunnel
Great Northern Wreck Near Corea Kills Two
Two dead and three injured after a slide toppled a Great Northern train at Corea at 7 15 am. The dining car burned while the engine baggage and observation cars were buried. Cries from the cars in the gulch were heard before rescue efforts.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Corea
Fourteen May Be Dead In Great Northern Wreck
In Corea Minnesota a Great Northern wreck is reported with possibly fourteen dead. Louis W. Hill says early figures are belated while officials confirm a snow slide struck the train sending a chair car and a sleeping car over a bank. The crash occurred around 7 am on a low mountain grade with passengers and possibly staff in the diner.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Great Northern
Corea
Louis W. Hill
The
Hill
Allied squadron bombards Dedenghatech and Porto Lagos
Milan dispatch reports sixteen allied warships bombarded the Bulgarian seaport of Porto Lagos near the Greek border and shelled the Dedenghatech military barracks and railway station destroying a military train. The Italian cruiser Piemonte was among the attacking vessels.
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Paris
Milan
Porto Lagos
Aegean
Colonel House Pays Texas Tax Bill in Houston
Colonel House and E. M. House paid county property tax in Houston totaling 1228.36 dollars. The report notes a confidential mission and payment as part of relations with President Wilson.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
E. M. House
Wilson
Celenel
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