Fights at Ruby Border Leave No Americans Injured
No Americans hit in clashes five miles south of Ruby Arizona as Troop E First Utah Cavalry battles Carranza forces. Reinforcements from Nogales rush to scene. civilians kept back. Texas telephoned updates describe ongoing firing through the night and into daylight. Mexican soldiers believed to be from Sasabe garrison. Reyna bandits linked to Santa Ysabel massacre noted. Mexican consul pledges action to stop fire.
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Tucson
Arizona
Ruby
First Utah Cavalry
Arns
Nogales
Arivaca
Carranza
Sasabe
Utah
First
Utah Cavalry
Ariz
Francisco Reyna
Santa Ysabel
Reyna
Sonoyta
Camarago
Rye Miles
Spanell murder trial focus on defense sur rebuttal
San Angelo Texas January 27 jurors hear defense may call more witnesses to counter R N Pittmans testimony that Crystal Spanell and Lt Col M C Butler were killed in Alpine while Mrs Spanell ill. Pittman described shots from front seat toward rear, the car wreck, pleas of Crystal and Harry, and questioned if dark conditions existed as the scene unfolds.
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San Angelo
Tex
Harry J. Spanell
R. N. Pittman
Meridian
Miss
al Pine
Crystal Holland Spanell
M. C. Butler
Pittman
Spanell
Butler
Crystal
Harry
John Holland
Crystal Spanell
Holland
Pat Murphy
Alpine
Untold Reason She Went Inside During the Shooting
A fragment notes that she moved from the porch to a room when shooting began. She said she feared bullets and asked her husband to carry her into the house, explaining her fear as the reason for the change in location.
Byrne Collapses Prompting Forced Feeding in Prison
Mrs Ethel Byrne, birth control advocate, collapsed in her Blackwell's Island cell during a hunger strike. Prison authorities ordered involuntary feeding with nourishing liquid, the first diet since Monday night, after doctors deemed her condition dangerous. She seeks martyr status with sister Margaret Sanger facing trial.
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New York
Ethel Byrne
Blackwell's Island
Margaret Sanger
Byrne
Arsenal at Dresden Explodes Killing 1000
Paris reports the Dresden Arsenal exploded with about 1000 women and girls killed. A letter from a German soldier dated December 30 claims windows within a twelve mile radius shattered and says authorities kept news secret with no railroad tickets issued except for urgent reasons.
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Paris
Dresden
Civil service changes in legislative appropriations bill
Washington Jan 27 A move to strike from the appropriations bill provisions making postmasters non political and on the civil service list will be pursued in conference senators said. The bill would raise government clerks salaries bar bureau of education employees from private pay and carries 40 million dollars an increase of one million over the House version.
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Washington, D. C
Legislative
Executive and Judiciary
Senate
Cermain
Bureau of Education
House
Forecasts by The Light Weather Across Cities
The Light provides city forecasts: St Louis 42 partly cloudy with 10 mph SW wind and rain. Chicago 24 clear with 10 mph SW wind and snow. Milwaukee 16 snowing with 6 mph E wind. St Paul 2 clear with 4 mph SE wind and snow. Kansas City 22 cloudy with NE wind and snow. New York 16 partly cloudy with 10 mph N wind. Washington 20 cloudy with 8 mph NW wind and colder.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Texas Cotton King Aoy Hearne Found Dead In Dallas
Roy W Hearne, a former San Antonio cotton dealer and brigadier general in the Texas National Guard, was found dead by his daughter Marian in their Dallas home. A gas stove tube led to his bed, suggesting asphyxiation. He faced past financial reverses but reportedly left his affairs in good order. Born January 28 1873 he had built and rebuilt fortunes, and recent months saw a cotton fortune again. He married Madge Williams in 1895 and is survived by her and two children Houston and Marian. Houston rushed to join his mother and sister after learning of the tragedy.
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Roy W. Hearne
San Antonio
Texas National Guard
Marian
Dallas
Mr. Hearne
Hearne
Texas
Bremond
Tex
M. B. Hearne
Baylor University
Houston
Laurel Heights
Guard
T. M. Campbell
Chamber of Commerce
Fiesta San Jacinto Association
San Antonio Cotton Exchange
Travis Club
Knight Templar
Ben Hur Temple
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Madge Houston Williams
Sam Houston
Liberator
Houston Hearne
Marian Hearne
House caucus approves revenue bill amid dissent
Democratic members vote 113 to 13 to approve a revenue bill aimed at reducing the year’s treasury deficit. A faction led by Callaway of Texas and Caldwell of New York object to preparedness spending and excess profits tax, delaying the caucus until near midnight. Several lawmakers announce they will not be bound by the caucus after the vote.
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D. C
House
Treasury
Callaway
Texas
Caldwell
New York
Dies
Page
North Carolina
Bailey
Pennsylvania
Olney
Massachusetts
Burnett
Alabama
Coughton
Stephens
Mississippi
Sherwood
Ohio
Taylor
Arkansas
Thompson
Oklahoma
Thomas
Kentucky
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Resignation Accepted for Colonel Gordon Johnston
In Brownsville Texas on January 27 the War Department accepted the resignation of Colonel Gordon Johnston of the Twelfth New York Infantry. Johnston who held the rank of captain in the regular army tendered his resignation after a review drew unfavorable comment from Major General O’Ryan. He will resume his regular army place and be assigned to headquarters in Brownsville as assistant inspector of the district.
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Brownsville
Tex
Gordon Johnston
Twelfth New York Infantry
War Department
Johnston
Twelfth
Johnson
O'’Ryan
New York
Army
No Answer on Peace in Vienna Dispatch
A Vienna dispatch reports Premier Tisza’s remarks on peace talks should not be read as Austria-Hungary moving toward any concrete step in negotiations with the United States. The note to the U.S. Senate is not considered required, and Wilson’s general terms lack specifics for negotiation.
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Berlin
London
Vienna
Tisza
Austria-Hungary
Wilson
Senate
United States Senate
Wheat market breaks Chicago and Kansas City on peace rumors
Severe wheat price declines hit Chicago and Kansas City as peace rumors spurred heavy selling. May futures slid to about 1.74 1/4 in Chicago and 1.72 1/4 to 1.77 3/4 in Kansas City, with July and September also lower, reflecting weak short covering and broad market weakness.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Unsettled Weather Forecast Across the State
The weather remains unsettled nationwide with scattered rain only in San Antonio and a trace at Corpus Christi. Forecasters predict little temperature change through Saturday night and offer a remote chance of cooler conditions Sunday per Major Allen Buell of the local weather bureau.
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San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
American Troops Move Toward Border From Colonia Dublan
Juarez Mexico January 27 American troops were marching out of Colonia Dublan toward the border at seven this morning. A message received at Casas Grandes said the movement was underway and predicted the entire expeditionary force would be on the road northward during the day.
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Juarez
Mexico
Colonia Dublan
Casas Grandes
Withdrawal of American troops confirmed at Colonia Dublan
Deming New Mexico January 27 confirmation from Columbus New Mexico states American troops are withdrawing from Colonia Dublan. No troops have arrived at the border yet aside from sick and incapacitated brought in by motor trucks today according to reliable Columbus reports.
Withdrawal Sweep North as Villa Factions Roam
Villa followers push after American expeditionary force as troops withdraw from El Valle San Joaquin and Charcos. Carranza garrison departs Casas Grandes while Villa enters El Valle unopposed. American forces begin moving north from Colonia Dublan toward Ojo Federico with field headquarters set to shift. Major General Pershing expected to be among final units to depart.
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EL Paso
Tex
Villa
el Valle
San Joaquin
Charcos
Fifth Cavalry
Carranza
Casas Grandes
Colonia Dublan
Columbus
N. M
Ojo Federico
Pershing
Baker Resigns From the Federal Shipping Board
Bernard N. Baker of Baltimore resigns from the Federal Shipping Board. Reports say the move stems from differences over board organization as new members arrive and a chairman may be chosen next week. Baker helped frame the shipping act and was a leading advocate before Congress. William Denman of San Francisco is expected to be named chairman for a six year term.
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Washington, D. C
Bernard N. Baker
Baltimore
Federal Shipping Board
Baker
Congress
William Denman
San Francisco
King Alfonso bans Spanish ships from foreign voyages
Madrid January 27. King Alfonso signs decree prohibiting voyages between foreign ports. All voyages must start or finish in Spain. Decree also requires ministry of public works approval for all sales of ships between Spanish subjects.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Paris
Spain
Ministry of Public Works
Villa Defeated in Chihuahua battle near La Junta
Government agents report Villa defeated by General Francisco Murguia in La Junta Chihuahua. Murguia’s forces reportedly killed and wounded 200. Villa's ally Jose Ynez Salazar reportedly split from Villa and headed into the mountains with about 1500 men.
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Murguia
la Junta
EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Francisco Murguia
Chihuahua
Jose Ynez Salazar
Salazar
Stock Deal Records Before Committee
New York January 27 records of stock brokers transactions in the congressional leak committee investigation reach Washington. Witnesses may be few days before summoned as brokers accounts are examined. Thomas W Lawson said he will leave the leak mess to others and visit his Oregon ranch briefly. The committee will first check brokers' records for government officials among last month's customers.
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New York
Congressional
Thomas W. Lawson
Washington
Boston
Oregon
Sherman L. Whipple
Search for white girl Marjorie Delbridge in Chicago
Chicago police hunted in the negro quarters for Marjorie Delbridge a 14 year old white girl and Mrs Camilla Jackson the nursemaid who raised her. The child had been placed with the Jackson family by juvenile court after welfare officials urged removal to a white home.
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Chicago
Marjorie Delbridge
Camilla Jackson
Jackson
Louis Brock
Marjorie
Department of Public Welfare
Brock Home
Hosking Succeeds Smuts in East Africa Command
London January 27 General A R Hosking is appointed to command the British East African expeditionary force, succeeding General Jan Smuts who leaves to attend the imperial war conference in London. Hoskins assumed command January 20 and Smuts was to be replaced per War Office announcement January 15.
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London
A. R. Hosking
British War Office
General Smuts
East Africa
Lieutenant Colonel Sidney A. Cleman Resigns from Army
Lieutenant Colonel Sidney A. Cleman of the Twelfth United States Infantry, stationed at Nogales Arizona, has resigned from the United States army. President Wilson has accepted the resignation, with no reason given. Cleman is a West Point graduate of 1889 and previously served as military attache at the American embassy in London.
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San Francisco
Cal
Sidney A. Cloman
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Nogales
Arizona
United States Army
Wilson
Cleman
Military Academy
West Point
London
German Frontier Closure Extended to Swiss Exports
Berne Switzerland January 27 It is announced that the German frontier will remain closed to Swiss exports until January 30 Fresh vegetables alone may pass through the line The measure affects trade and supplies between Germany and Switzerland with strict limitations in place
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Berne
Switzerland
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