Duran Brothers Executed for Killing Bert Akers in Juarez Cemetery
Juarez sentenced Bernardo and Federico Duran to die by firing squad for the last Friday killing of Bert Akers at San Lorenzo Chihuahua. Federico was shot dead at daylight while Bernardo survived a mercy shot after the execution, with American observers present and later debates over identity. Medinavieta linked to Peter Keane disappearance faces immigration hearing in El Paso.
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EL Paso
Tex
Manuel Medinavieta
Villa
Atuarez
Carranza
United States
Peter Keane
Babricora Ranch
Keane
Medinavieta
Juarez
Santa Ysabel
Chihuahua
Washington
Mexico
International Bridge
Madera
Duran Brothers
Bert Akers
San Lorenzo
Bernardo
Federico Duran
Federico
Akers
Douglas Downs
Bernardo Duran
Downs
Ysleta
Santa Rita
N. M
Alfredo Ortiz
Bermardo
Former Viceroy of Ireland to Lead US Lectures for Irish Babies
Lord Aberdeen former viceroy of Ireland and Lady Aberdeen depart for New York to begin a tour of lectures intended to raise fifty thousand dollars to feed babies in Ireland. The itinerary includes Florida Pennsylvania New England and the Midwest as part of the fundraising drive.
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Ireland
U. S
Washington, D. C
Lord Aberdeen
Lady Aberdeen
New York
Florida
Pennsylvania
New England
Middle West
Emperor Francis Joseph III ill with acute bronchitis in Vienna
Press dispatches from Rome report Vienna is anxious over Emperor Francis Joseph's acute bronchitis. He is confined to bed with court receptions suspended and not receiving military authorities. Archduchess Zitz, wife of the heir, nurses him.
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Paris
Rome
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Zitz
Squaw Mary Tecuyas Said to Be 150 Years Old
Mary Tecuyas a 150 year old squaw of the Tejongs tribe died of natural causes after an inquest in Bakersfield California authorities report. The canyon dwelling Tejongs include 15 to 20 members over 100 years old and the tribe is described as almost extinct.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Mary Tecuyas
Five Year Old Dies After Boiling Water Accident
The five year old daughter of W. D. Pipes died after falling headfirst into a pot of boiling water on Saturday morning at the family home near Huckabay Texas. The incident occurred in Dublin.
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Dublin
Tex
W. D. Pipes
Huckibay
San Antonio Weather Outlook TuAfternoon
For San Antonio and vicinity. Partly set tonight, warmer, unsettled Tuesday as a weak cold front passes. Local skies may show patches of clouds with a chance of brief showers and higher humidity ahead of the front. Winds from the southwest shift to the south reducing cooling tonight and into Tuesday.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather for Tourists in Major Cities
Forecasts from The Light for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington report temperatures from 26 to 40 degrees. Conditions include clear or partly cloudy skies with southerly or northwesterly winds and Tuesday’s outlooks.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Explosion at Kelker Blower Plant Kills Fifteen
An explosion at the Kelker Blower Company plant in Buffalo New York killed fifteen workers and left many others fatally injured. Firefighters and investigators cordon the site as the cause is being sought.
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Kelker Company
Buffalo
Louisiana Primary Set For Next Tuesday Races
Louisiana voters will choose Democratic candidates for state and parish offices and both legislative chambers in a statewide primary next Tuesday. Incumbent T H Harris is unopposed for superintendent. Thomas C Barrett and Ruffin G Pleasant vie for governor with Prohibition issues central.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Superintendent of Education
T. H. Harris
State Central Committee
Prohibition
Thomas C. Barrett
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Shreveport
Barrett
Pleasant
L. Austin Fontenot
Democrats
Progressive Party
San Antonio Plans Bi Centennial Exposition 1918
The executive committee sets 1918 Bi Centennial Exposition to run January 19 to April 21 with Latin American nations invited. A San Antonio Bi Centennial Exposition corporation with 1 million capital is proposed, including 50 active and 50 honorary directors. Delegations arrive from across Texas and the U S as preparations and speeches proceed.
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St. Anthony Hotel
Kingdom of Spain
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Texas
Women of Texas
The
Holy Orders
San Antonio
General Conference
America
Pompeo Coppini
New Braunfels
Edwin F. Sweet
Department of Commerce
Washington
Mr. Sweet
Sophia Sweet
Gunter Hotel
Sandberg
Harry 0. Sandberg
Pan-American Union
Ferguson
Carlos Bee
Austin
Dallas
Harry L. Seay
Royal A. Ferris
American Exchange National Bank
Fair Organization
Columbus
Kerrville
Boerne
Brownsville
del Rio
San Marcos
Kyle
Tyler
Uvalde
Crystal City
Carrizo Springs
San Angelo
Laredo
Houston
Fort Worth
Waco
Taylor
Palestine
Greenville
Hillsboro
Chicago murder plot linked to Updike brothers
Police say Herbert L. Updike and his brother Irving confessed to planning the murder of their father Furman D. Updike and the rest of their family to gain a fortune. They allegedly married cabaret singer Nellie de Ossone in Crown Point and hid evidence with a dictograph. Firearms and a rifle with a silencer were found. Both brothers were arrested before they could act.
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Chicago
Herbert L. Updike
Irving
Nellie de Ossone
Crown Point
Furman D. Updike
Oak Park
Nellye de Ossonne
Herbert D. Updike
Updike
Severe Pacific Coast Weather Disrupts Rail Traffic
Flood and weather conditions across the Pacific coast hinder rail travel. Heavy snowfall landslides and washouts disrupt state and trans continental lines. A sudden cold snap chills the Northwest with rapid temperature drops from 30 above to 4 below at Great Falls Montana. British Columbia reports extreme cold and Alaska interior sees 68 degrees below zero.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Great Falls
Mont
British Columbia
Alaska
Eagle
Yuma Recovers From Floods After Levee Repairs
Yuma Arizona reports continued recovery after a Colorado River levee breach last Saturday. The levee has been repaired and boats will evacuate displaced residents from the canal side toward Bard and nearby Indian reservations for shelter and resettlement.
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Yuma
Ariz
Colorado River
Bard
Oklahoma Lines Seek Federal Injunction Over Freight Rates
In Oklahoma City on January 24 Judge Youmans began hearing four railroads cases challenging Oklahoma Corporation Commission freight rate orders as non compensatory and confiscatory. The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Missouri Kansas & Texas Chicago Rock Island Pacific and St Louis San Francisco seek to enjoin enforcement and delay the November 1915 rate-raising consent rule while a state attorney general reply is prepared.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Federal District Court
Youmans
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
S. P. Freeling
Corporation Commission
Okla youth dies in car wreck near Guthrie
Earl Taggart 18 son of Rev J T H Taggart district superintendent of the Methodist Church and a student at the University of Oklahoma was killed when the car carrying him and Miss Fay Trumbull plunged over a 20 foot embankment near Guthrie Okla The girl sustained only bruises Taggart was a member of the college football and other athletic teams Miss Trumbull was visiting her sister an instructor at the university.
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Taggart
Fay Trumbull
President Wilson to push permanent tariff commission
President Wilson plans to recommend a bill creating a permanent tariff commission. The administration proposal, ready for Congress in a special message, aims to gather tariff data and coordinate powers of current agencies, especially to prepare for postwar conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
No copper in pails on the Stockholm claims agents say
The Swedish American Line claims agents for the steamship Stockholm deny any copper in laid pails or parcel post packages with rubber were found aboard as reported by British newspapers from Liverpool. The dispatch cited rumors of copper in lard pails and rubber in large parcel posts.
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London
Stockholm
Liverpool
Senator Robinson Proposes Tax on Explosives and War Implements
Senator Robinson of Arkansas introduced a bill to tax two cents per pound on all high explosives and ten percent ad valorem on implements of war from bayonets to battleships. He argues the plan would raise defense revenue and justify repealing the emergency stamp tax.
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Washington, D. C
Robinson
Arkansas
United States
Gun Base a Tennis Court
Government investigators found no confirmed gun emplacements while surveying reports of fortifications around New York harbor Long Island Sound and the Hudson River over six months. In one location only a shallow concrete surface was identified as a tennis court.
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New York
New York Harbor
Long Island Sound
Hudson River
Avalanche toll rises as search for victims continues
Seattle report notes 300 men dig through a 60 foot snow pile at the Cascade Limited wreck site seeking the bodies of Mrs. Fern Wallace and her baby of Lyons Ralph Batterman Wenatchee and an unidentified passenger. Eight passengers are believed dead as crews clear the slide blocking part of the Great Northern line.
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Seattle
Wash
Cascade Limited
Fern Wallace
Lyons
Ralph Batterman
Wenatchee
Great Northern
Republican Leaders Gather in Chicago for June Convention
In Chicago on January 24, Republican leaders and national committee members discussed plans for the June 7 national convention. No temporary chairman will be chosen at this meeting, and harmony efforts aim to unity the party after 1912 divisions. Charles D. Hilles said the convention will be open minded and the candidate born in the convention. Theodore E. Burton noted no campaign in favorites states and that delegates will pick the candidate.
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Chicago
National Committee
Roosevelt
Charles D. Hilles
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Mr. Burton
Chris Connor Former Ranger Dies at 70 in Madisonville
Chris R. Connor a prominent citizen and former Texas Ranger died at his Madisonville home aged 70. He was credited with killing outlaw Sam Bass at Round Rock.
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Chris Connor
Madisonville
Tex
Chris R. Connor
Texas Rangers
Sam Bass
Round Rock
Turkish Army Defeated by Russians in Caucasus Push
Petrograd reports the defeat of the Third Turkish Army near Lake Tortum with Eleventh Corps and parts of the Ninth and Tenth engaged. Russians force Turkish retreat toward Erzerum, ruin key positions at Koprukeli, and seize the Erzurum flank while trench warfare grows on the southwest front.
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Petrograd
London
Caucasus
Erzerum
Sari Kamysh
Lake Tortum
Olti
Lake van
Halil Bey
Urumiah
Koprukeli
Sari Kamish
Stripa
Czernowitz
Dniester
Buczacz
Dabrova
Air Raid Over Kent and Austrian Gains Abroad
London reports two German air raids on Kent with nine bombs. one man killed and several injured while property damage occurs. Austrians seize Montenegro ports Antivari and Dulcigno as forces advance near the coast and toward Albania. Berlin and Vienna confirm trench gains near Arras and in the Argonne.
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London
England
Montenegro
Arras
Argonne Forest
Vienna
Berlin
Kent
Lonedon War Office
Antivari
Dulcigno
Adriatic
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