Lords Pass War Bill and Debate on Blockade Policy
London reports a second reading for the military service bill in the Lords as officials signal restraint on a full German blockade. In the Commons, Walter Runciman says imports will be restricted, with an official announcement soon.
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London
Edward Gray
House of Commons
Marquis of Lansdowne
House of Lords
Germany
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Lord Lansdowne
Great Britain
Marquis
Berlin
Mesopotamia
Kut-El- Amara
Tigris
Kut-El-Amara
Ayzler
Muntefik
Shatt-el-Hai
Korna
Erzerum
Petrograd
Vienna
Montenegro
Lyons
France
Slayden Votes No on Good Roads Bill
Washington January 26 Texas Rep Stephens joined Rep Slayden in opposing the Shackleford good roads measure which passed the House by a 281 to authorizing 25 million dollars for state road improvements. Texas would get 1.07 million under population and area shares, ranking behind only four states in allotment.
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Slayden
Washington, D. C
Texas
Stephens
House
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Ilinois
Cold Spell On The Way With Uncertain Timing
A cold wave warning reached the local weather bureau on Wednesday afternoon. Forecaster Major Allen Buell says the temperature may drop 30 to 40 degrees by Thursday night, with unsettled conditions and possible rain as the cold spell develops later in the week.
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Allen Buell
Major Buell
Gulf States
Mississippi Lesin
Resolution seeks U S patrol in Northern Mexico
Delegates at the nineteenth convention of the American Live Stock Association adopt a resolution asking the U S government to establish an adequate patrol in Northern Mexico to protect American lives and property. Governor J B Kendrick of Wyoming opposed any attack on the president, stressing the measure is not interventionist but aims to safeguard Americans in the region.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
Mexico
American Live Stock Association
J. B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Republic of Mexico
Local Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Rain and colder tonight and Thursday. No significant accumulation expected with a brisk wind and cooling temperatures. Residents should prepare for showers and chilly conditions across the area.
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San Antonio
Weather Forecast Highlights From The Light Report
Forecasts by The Light for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington show temperatures ranging from 28 to 60 with cloudy and snowy conditions. Wind directions vary from south and east to calm, with Thursday conditions noted and lows and highs listed for each city.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Japanese demands for China raise fears of loss of independence
The London press reports that Japan has sent a note to China outlining seven demands from its spring program. The Guardian hopes for an authoritative contradiction and urges Britain to support a strong independent China developing peacefully without foreign tutelage.
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London
Tokio
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
China
Japan
the Guardian
Japan’s Twenty One Demands on China in 1915
A historical note recalls Japan presenting twenty one demands to China in 1915 in five groups. It outlines Shantung concessions, South Manchuria, the Hanyeh Ping Company, a special group banning coastal leases, and a general group on advisers, hospitals, police, munitions, railways, Fukien concessions, and propagation of Buddhism. The United States sought clarifications, and treaties signed later addressed most demands with seven items unresolved.
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Japan
China
Shantung Province
Germany
Shantung
South
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Hanyeh-Ping Company
Special Group
Fukien
United States
Japan China group five demands postponed not abandoned
U S officials say group five of Japanese demands on China were postponed but not abandoned. Japan assured ambassador Guthrie a year ago it was not to be included in treaties with China, limiting American railway material supply. Reloaded renewal attitude unclear at this stage.
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Washington, D. C
China
Guthrie
Japan
State Department
Manchuria
United States
Crude operation saves life in diphtheria case
Elkins West Virginia January 26 Dr H W Daniel of Elkins Hospital used two tin teaspoons a pocket knife and a rubber tubing to perform an emergency tracheostomy on a woman dying of diphtheria at her mountain home. With the windpipe opened and respiration restored the patient regained consciousness and shows signs of recovery.
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Elkins
W. Va
H. W. Daniel
Elkins Hospital
Remember Orozco rallying cry sparks tension in Chihuahua
Report from El Paso notes Francisco Villa using the name of the slain General Orozco to recruit and incite anti American sentiment in Western Chihuahua. Foreigners arriving at the border say Villa’s forces have jailed Americans, looted stores, and threaten further seizures until a $20,000 payment is made, then released.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Car- Tanza
Orozco
Villa
United States
Ojinaga
Texas
Chihuahua City
Severe Snowfall Hits Cumbres Pass Crews Stranded
In Durango Colo on January 26 a historic snowstorm blankets Cumbres Pass with two feet of new snow and drifts up to eighteen feet. Thousands of livestock are feared endangered in the San Juan Basin as the Silverton branch of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad remains blocked for a week.
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Durango
Colo
Cumbres Pass
San Juan Basin
Silverton
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Railroads Defeat Snow King in Mountain Battle
Seattle date sheds light on northern trans continental railroads winning over snow in the mountains. Overland trains move on all lines except the Canadian Northern. The defeat of snow allows resumed service and signals progress for winter travel.
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Seattle
Wash
Storm Toll Rises Across Pacific Coast In Stubborn Winter Storms
San Francisco report details a week of rain and snow across the coast with a death toll near or above twenty and property damage totaling about 2.5 million dollars in Southern California and around Yuma Arizona.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
California
Yuma
Arizona
Shackleford good roads bill reaches Senate
The Shackleford good roads bill, passed by the house 281 to 81, goes to the Senate today with expectant opposition. It carries a $25,000,000 appropriation to aid states in improving post roads.
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Washington, D. C
Shackleford
House
Senate
Ford Peace Expedition Committee Arrives in London
Ford peace expedition working committee arrives in London and will stay until peace negotiations officially begin per Reuters Stockholm report. The group aims to press for negotiated terms and a timetable for talks with the warring parties.
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Ford Committee Working
London
Reuter
Stockholm
Ford
Six Die in Seattle Fire Destroying Hemp Building
Six men died when a five story hemp drying building burned in Seattle. Three were killed leaping from the fourth floor and three others suffocated as the structure was engulfed.
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Seattle
Wash
Wilson Confers With Senate House Leaders On Shipping Bill
President Wilson met with Senate and House leaders to gauge support for a new shipping bill and related measures. The plan would have the government buy or build ships, lease or sell to private interests, with a government buyback option and a $50 million bond issue, plus a shipping board to regulate rates. Clarke opposed parts last time, Kitchin signaled possible support after changes, Fitzgerald would study the bill before pledging.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Senate
House
Kitchin
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Clarke
Senate Commerce Committee
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Fletcher
Shipping Board
Convict Blount Secures Reward Payment After Cummins Escape
Lee Blount serving 20 years for murder, among 24 convicts who escaped Cummins farm, returned to the state penitentiary. He told Con way officers he would surrender if the $50 reward for his recapture was paid to his wife and an automobile sent after him. Officials refused the car due to bad roads. Blount said he fled to see his wife and baby.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lee Blount
Cummins
State
Blount
Conway
Death of Wife Triggers Massachusetts Larceny Arrest
New York on January 26 reports George A. Gray was arrested on a governor signed Massachusetts warrant charging him with larceny of cash and securities totaling 100000 from Fred Kensel of Chicago and others in Massachusetts. Police followed him from an undertaking shop to the cemetery where Mrs. Gray was buried. Gray, a former Boston lawyer, claimed the matter was a family affair and would be quickly settled.
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New York
George A. Gray
Massachusetts
Fred Kensel
Chicago
Boston
Gray
Kensel
Swampscott
Mass
Miners vote to avoid strike during contract talks
In Indianapolis the United Mine Workers of America decided not to suspend work after contracts expire while negotiations continue. A rising vote of 1000 of 1300 delegates backed the non suspension policy urged by President John P. White. C H Sexton of Denning Arkansas supported it. Opponents argued a stoppage would push quicker agreements.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
John P. White
C. H. Sexton
Denning
Ark
Mohr Prosecution Restes in Providence Murder Trial
The state rested in the murder trial of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr and two men Cecil Brown and Henry Spellman for the August 31 killing of Dr. C Frank Ling Mohr. Prosecutors allege the two shot the physician at Mrs. Mohr's instigation. defense moves to dismiss the indictment, motion denied.
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Providence
R. J
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Cecil Brown
Henry Spellman
C. Frankling Mohr
Agreement Re drafted on Lusitania Pact by Bernstorff and Lansing
The Lusitania agreement was re drafted by Count von Bern storff and Secretary Lansing to reflect U S views and sent to Berlin. The draft accepts U S contentions including full liability for neutrals' lives and payment as a legal right rather than mere friendship.
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Washington, D. C
Lusitania
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
United States
Berlin
Germany
House Reaches Berlin as Wilson Representative Arrives
Colonel Edward M. House of Texas, personal representative of President Wilson, landed in Berlin from Paris. A Lokal Anzeiger correspondent at Karlsruhe found him reserved, noting he appeared a calm observer with no anti German prejudice who laments the war and its horrors in moving terms.
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Berlin
London
Edward M. House
Téx- Sa
Wilson
Paris
Lokal Anzeiger
House
Karlsruhe
Senate Panel Eyes Vote on Colombian Treaty Next Week
The Senate foreign relations committee will vote next Wednesday on the Colombian treaty amid Republican and some Democratic opposition to a 25 million dollar payment for Panama partition. Action on the Nicaraguan treaty was deferred to next week. No committee action on Mexican affairs.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Panama
British Attack Turks Suffer Appalling Losses in Mesopotamia
Berlin reports an official Turkish statement that British forces in Mesopotamia conducted another attack but withdrew after suffering appalling losses.
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Berlin
Sayville
Mesopotamia
GarrAnza Urges Aid And 5 Million Appropriation
Austin delegate calls for government support urging a five million dollar appropriation to backing Garranza efforts. The push seeks funding to advance the Garranza program through federal assistance.
Conference Program Schedule and Banquet Details
Wednesday Evening Session features a banquet at the Menger Hotel at eight. Thursday session calls to order at 10 30 with election of directors and resolution committee reports. Luncheon at 12 30 by the ladies of San Antonio at the St Anthony. A military and civic parade follows at 2 30.
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Menger Hotel
Ladies of
San Antonio
St. Anthony
Carranza Telegram Boosts San Antonio Jubilee Effort
A telegram from Venustiano Carranza pledges Mexican cooperation for San Antonio’s bi centennial jubilee. Leaders from Austin and Beaumont voiced strong support, urging state wide participation and possible federal aid to back the exposition.
Regular ticket wins in Louisiana
Incomplete early returns from the Louisiana Democratic primary show the regular ticket led by Ruffin G. Pleasant winning the governorship race. Pleasant leads Barret by an estimated 35 000 to 40 000, with about 25 090 of 30 000 votes in New Orleans and a 12 000 to 15 000 majority in country parishes. Fernand Mouton, Pleasant’s running mate, leads four opponents for lieutenant governor.
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New Orleans
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Shreveport
Pleasant
Thomas Co. Barret
New Oleans
Barret
Fernand Mouton
Lafayette
Britain orders formal inquiry into Persia sinking
London Jan 26 The British government has ordered a formal investigation into the sinking of the Persia. The action seeks to determine causes and assign responsibility for the maritime disaster.
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London
Persia
No New River Projects Approved by Rivers and Harbors Committee
The committee voted to include no new river projects in the upcoming bill and limit appropriations to already authorized works, capping total funding at about $44 million.
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Washington, D. C
Rivers and Harbors Committee
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