Carranza to Carry Forward Land Reforms
Carranza government moves to implement land reforms under the December 1914 decree. A commission will plan the redistribution of municipal lands to government control, prioritizing soldiers who fought for Carranza. Territorial reports indicate continued stability around Villa and allied bands as Carranza troops meet bandit forces in Laguna.
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EL Paso
Tex
Carranza
Andreas Garcia
Mexico
Chihuahua
Villa
Argumedo
Contreras
Torreon
Laguna
Guerrero
Carranza Aims to Keep Government Out of Mexico City
Washington dispatch reports General Carranza intends to base his de facto government in a smaller town to avoid pro partisan and capitalist influence in Mexico City. He plans to wait for a new Congress and elected senators before moving the capital. Officials doubt Dolores Hidalgo as a site and expect Querétaro to remain the seat for now. An agrarian commission is to study land restoration and tax reform to push large estates to cultivate or sell.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Carranza
Mexico City
Queretaro
State Department
Dolores Hidalgo
Cientificos
Germans Destroy Nieuport Cathedral in Belgium
Berlin reports the cathedral at Nieuport has been destroyed by German artillery. The 15th century church, rebuilt in 1903, stood as an observation point near Ostend, Belgium, about ten miles southwest of Ostend.
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Berlin
London
Nieuport
Belgium
Ostend
Cananea Asks Troops
Reduction of the Carranza garrison at Cananea to less than 106 men today provoked representations to the Mexican embassy, citing Carranza’s promise to maintain adequate troops there.
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Cananea
Washington, D. C
Carranza
Colder Weather Forecast For Tuesday Night
The forecast from the San Antonio weather bureau indicates colder conditions in San Antonio Tuesday night with a cold wave warning issued for the northwest state region. San Antonio itself may not reach cold wave levels as of Tuesday afternoon, but temperatures are expected to fall Tuesday night and become unsettled Wednesday amid very cold air spanning the plains.
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San Antonio
Saskatchewan
Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Plans Texas camp to train civilians at Camp Mabry
General Cecil Lyon of the Texas National Guard backs a civilian training camp like Plattsburg. War Department approval required. Col Omar Bundy notes possible arrangements for the Camp Mabry site near Austin. Lyon champions preparedness as national attention focuses on Plattsburg encampment.
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Cecil Lyon
Texas National Guard
Plattsburg
N. Y
Camp Mabry
Austin
War Department
Omar Bundy
Southern Department
Lyon
Texas
New York
Sultan's Yacht Attacked in Bosphorus by French Submarine
Athens dispatch reports the sultan's yacht orthogrous torpedoed in the Bosphorus by a French submarine in December. The vessel was seriously damaged but afloat. Field Marshal Baron Kolmar von der Goltz named commander in chief of Turkish forces in the Caucasus.
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London
Athens
Orthogrous
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Baron Kolmar von der Goltz
Caucasus
Turkish imperial yacht Erth ogroal details
The Turkish imperial yacht Erth ogroal was built in 1903 at Elswick. It measures 260 feet in length with a displacement of 900 tons and carries eight three pounder guns.
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Erthogroal
Elswick
San Antonio Area Weather Outlook
For San Antonio and vicinity unsettled and colder tonight with cloudy skies, followed by cooler conditions on Wednesday.
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San Antonio
Weather forecast for major cities across the Midwest and East
The report lists today’s temperatures and winds for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with expectations of colder conditions and rain or snow midweek. It notes clear and cloudy conditions and gives nightly low temperatures in each city.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
French air raid hits Monastir and Gievgeli in Serbia
Paris dispatch reports sixteen French aircraft attacked the Serbian towns of Monastir and Gievgeli, with about 100 killed or wounded at Gievgeli. In Belgium near Nieuport artillery activity favored the French, while Germans attacked French lines in Artois and Nancy was bombarded.
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Paris
Monastir
Gievgeli
Athens
Havas
French War Office
Nieuport
Belgium
Paris announces bombardment of Nancy kills six
From Paris January 8 six people were killed and ten wounded in Nancy over three days of bombardment by German 15 inch guns. President Poincare visited Nancy. Art works were moved from galleries to Tours. Safe conducts were issued for 30 000 people to leave before the three day battle.
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Paris
Nancy
Poincare
Troies
Bombs Hit Dunkirk and Albania Front Lines Expand
A British report from Dunkirk cites bombs dropped on the town at dawn and a German seaplane forced down northeast of Nieuport. French raids reach Serbia, while Montenegro’s remnants retreat into Albania as Austrians seize Scutari, Dailovgrad and other towns amid ongoing Balkan warfare.
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London
Dunkirk
Nieuport
Ss A. m
Serbia
Teutonic
Gievgell
Nancy
Paris
Montenegro
Albania
Scutari
Podgoritza
Dailovgrad
Niksic
Heavy Snow Blocks Overland Rail Lines
Heavy snow in the Cascade mountains worsened conditions for northern transcontinental lines. Canadian Northern and Canadian Pacific trains halted, while Great Northern remains tied up by avalanches. Northern Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul report clear lines with trains moving.
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Seattle
Wash
Cascade Mountains
Canada
Canadian Northern
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee
Colorado River Rebounds Threatening Floods Raise Alarm
The Colorado River rose again last night from 22 to 25 feet after a brief recession. Officials monitor the 29 foot danger point as Reclamation Service crews repair levee breaches to prevent another plains flood in the Bard area of the Indian reservation. Southern Pacific tracks at Arraz station were washed out blocking traffic with no repair date announced.
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Colorado
Yuma
Ariz
Reclamation Service
Bard
Indian Reservation
Southern Pacific
Arraz
Mayfield Hanged by Mob of Masked Men
In Boston Texas W J Mayfield aged 56 was seized from the jail by about twenty five masked men and hanged to a tree near town. The victim charged with killing his parents and brother on December 30 was taken at midnight and the lynching followed little public notice. An inquest was held and a Bowie county grand jury may investigate. Mayfield s son Luther cried upon learning his father had been lynched.
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Boston
Tex
W. J. Mayfield
Mayfield
O'Neal
Bowie County
Marshall Morris
Potter's Field
Luther
Plea of Guilty Ends Night Rider Trials in New Madrid
Thirty three defendants in the New Madrid night rider trials pleaded guilty, receiving six months imprisonment and parole on good behavior. Two more pleaded guilty and were paroled. Other dispositions included two year sentences for twelve, three to five year terms for six, one acquittal, and one hung jury. The riders aimed to secure lower rent and higher wages.
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New Madrid
Measles Epidemic Rises in Toledo with Fatalities
In Toledo Ohio authorities report one thousand measles cases and eleven deaths yesterday. Health department warns of further spread and imposes drastic precautions.
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Toledo
Health Department
San Antonio Jubal Jubilee Opens With Broad Texas Support
The first meeting of San Antonio's bi centennial jubilee drew broad national and Texas backing for a Pan American exposition in 1918. Delegates from major cities filled the St Anthony Hotel ballroom as telegraphs and letters from President Wilson, Cardinal Gibbons, senators, and church leaders praised the effort.
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San Antonio
Pan- America
St. Anthony
the Alamo
Wilson
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
Texas
George D. Armistead
Committee of One Hundred
Bishop Nussbaum
Corpus Christi
Woodrow Wilson
Armistead
Clinton G. Brown
Mayor Brown
Europe
Ferguson
Carlos Bee
Bee
Germany's conciliatory note on Lusitania talks
Secretary Lansing reviewed Germany’s latest proposal aiming at settlement of the Lusitania sinking dispute. The note reportedly omits previous demands about warning language and admissions of wrong, mentions freedom of the seas, and reiterates the act as retaliation for Britain’s blockade. Lansing called public descriptions speculative and not factually justified.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
Germany
Wilson
Berlin
Lusitania
United States
Mohr murder trial testimony in Providence case
Witnesses for the state continued in the trial of Elizabeth F. Mohr and Cecil Brown and Henry Spellman for the murder of Dr. C Franklin Mohr. Herbert Healis testified that Brown admitted the murder and claimed possible payoff from Mrs. Mohr, while Spellman nodded to the confession.
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Providence
R. I
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Cecil Brown
Henry Spellman
C. Franklin Mohr
Herbert Healis
George W. Healis
Bristol
Brown
Spellman
Norseman Liner Reported Sunk in Atlantic
A Liverpool message to the Exchange Telegraph reports the Dominion liner Norseman has been sunk. No further details are provided in the brief dispatch.
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Norseman
Liverpool
London Exchange Telegraph Company
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Dominion
Conference program outline for mass meeting and sessions
Tuesday evening mass meeting at Gunter hotel at 8 p m with Nat M Washer presiding. Speakers include E F Sweet H C Sandberg Ed F Nims and others. Wednesday morning session opens 10:30 with convention committee report and talks by Prof T A Taylor on Agricultural Display Good Roads Federal Aid and The Historical Feature of Our Celebration. Lunch follows at 12 20 and a railroad man’s luncheon at 12 30.
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Gunter Hotel
Nat M. Washer
E. F. Sweet
Department of Commerce
H. C. Sandberg
Pan American Union
Ed. F. Nims
Business Men’s League of St. Louis
T. A. Taylor
University of Texas At Austin
Menger
Weyler Named President of Central General Staff in Spain
Paris Jan 25 General Valerio Weyler named president of a newly created central general staff of the Spanish army by royal decree. The veteran commander, age 77, has been noted for stern actions in Cuba before the 1898 war and later roles as captain general of Madrid and Catalonia.
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Central General Staff of Army
Paris
Valeriano Weyler
Havas
Madried
Weyler
Cuba
Revolutionary Army
Spain
Catalonia
Barcelona
Francisco Ferrer
General Weyler
Another Mysterious Killing at Alpine
Alpine Texas January 25 The killing of Fred Measday a prominent citizen in his dairy last night marks the second mysterious shooting here in twelve days S D Beach was shot January 13 in a similar ambush The victim slept in his chicken house to guard fowl from animals and thieves and had no known enemies Police have no clue to the killer
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Alpine
Tex
Fred Measday
S. D
Beach
Measday
Colonel House Arrives at Geneva on Mission for Wilson
Colonel FE M House, President Wilson's representative, arrived in Geneva and left for Berlin with two embassy secretaries. He told An Associated Press correspondent that his visit is not a peace movement or peace proposals. He will return to Paris via Switzerland after Berlin.
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Geneva
FE. M. House
Wilson
Berlin
House
Associated Press
United States
Paris
Switzerland
Europe
Train Robbery Largest In History Nets $100000
Baltimore & Ohio hold up near Round Cut West Virginia on October 8, 1916, yielded unsigned treasury bills totaling 100000. J Harrison of San Antonio, later linked to the case, was arrested by Post Office Inspector Kinzer and to be taken to Wheeling for federal charges. Bills bearing Houston bank names appeared nationwide, with 1800 found in a San Antonio machine shop.
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Baltimore
Ohio
Round Cut
West Virginia
J. Harrison
Roseborough Avenue
Wheeling
Post Office
C. G. Kinzer
Austin
Treasury
Treasury Department
San Antonio
Houston
J. T. Scott
First National Bank of Houston
J. W. Russell
South Presa Street
Kinzel
Lemen
Washington, D. C
Armistea’s
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Villa aide Manuel Medinavieta admitted to U S
Manuel Medinavieta, once chief of staff to Francisco Villa at Juarez, was admitted to the United States by immigration authorities after a three day hearing in El Paso Texas on January 25.
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EL Paso
Tex
Manuel Medinavieta
Francisco Villa
Juarez
United States
Pueblo Banker Slaughter Arrested for Granddaughter Kidnapping
W B Slaughter of Pueblo Colorado, a banker, is jailed in Ardmore Oklahoma on charges of kidnapping his ten year old granddaughter Dorothy Slaughter. The child was taken from a Santa Fe train at Pure Oklahoma and found with him, while the girl's grandparents Mr and Mrs C E Oakes claim their daughter has gone to Dallas.
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Ardmore
Okla
W. B. Slaughter
Pueblo
Colo
Dorothy Slaughter
Slaughter
Pure Okla
C. E. Oakes
Dallas
Turkish Offensive Halts British Relief at Kut Amara
Berlin report says Turkish troops surprised British forces at Kut Amara and repulsed a six hour attack near Menlari. official Turkish HQ claims about 3000 dead and describes a failed relief attempt.
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Berlin
Sayville
Kut
Amara
Menlari
St Ish
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Villistas
Sultan
Steerer
Artois
Dover
Missouri
Rena
George Healis
Weywyler
HR Tran
W. Virginia
Harrison Is
Medinavieta
Oklahoma
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