Prohibition Debate Shapes Texas Constitutional Plan
Texas lawmakers weigh a state wide prohibition submission while pros debate funding for a constitutional convention. Leaders seek to remove the appropriation clause to deny governor veto power, aiming to hold the convention next summer or fall with potential November submission.
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Austin
Tex
Convtational Mechanicians
Texas Ayl
Enator Lattimore
Representave Cope
Texas
Ope
Pepe
Cope
Senate
House
McNealus
Xas
Houston
A. L. Beaty
Texas Company
Texans urged to muster out border troops from Dallas
Representative Hatton Sumners of Dallas urged Secretary Baker to return the Second Third and Fourth Texas infantry and Battery A field artillery from the border. He cited arrival dates May 26 30 and 28 and June 25 and argued Texas units should follow the general rule already used to muster troops out, noting earlier arrivals have been relieved.
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Washington
D. C
Hatton Sumners
Dallas
Baker
Texas
Texas Infantry
Funston
Sumners
War Department
Texas Armor Plant Board Invited to East Texas
Representative Young of Kaufman presented the armor plant board with a delegation signed invitation urging a visit to East Texas ore fields before inspecting armor plant sites. East Texas towns seek the $11,000,000 federal factory, but the board prefers districts with existing pig iron smelters.
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Washington, D. C
Young
Kaufman
Armor Plant Board
Texas
East Texas
South
Guard Mourns Hearne in Dallas Obituary Note
Colonel Roy W. Hearne of Austin died in Dallas and was a long time Texas National Guard officer. He served twenty one years in the state militia and rose to brigadier general, with a career detailed from captain in 1892 to brigadier general in 1910.
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Austin
Tex
Dallas
Roy W. Hearne
Hearne
Texas National Guard
Guard
Adjutant General's Department
Second Infantry
Funeral plans set for Roy W Hearne in Bremond
Roy W Hearne who died in Dallas Friday afternoon will be buried in Bremond according to notices from San Antonio The body was transported from Dallas Saturday night via the H and T C railroad and was escorted by Mrs Hearne her son and daughter and two brothers of Mr Hearne
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Roy W. Hearne
Dallas
Bremond
San Antonio
Weather Summary for East and West Texas Regions
East Texas Sunday partly cloudy and warmer in the southeast, exposed west coast cool. Monday partly cloudy and colder in the north. West Texas Sunday and Monday fair but colder. Regional and city notes include St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York Boston Washington with varying winds and a mix of rain snow and cloud cover.
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Texas
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Still Hopeful of Early Peace Amid German Move Expectation
President Wilson and advisers see progress toward peace as Entente powers back the league to enforce peace. They anticipate a German response to the latest proposal, hoping Berlin’s action at the Kaiser's birthday conference will push negotiations forward.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
League
Germany
Senate
England
France
Italy
Washington
Balfour
Rome
Great Britain
Campbell Is Declared De Facto Governor of Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court declares Thomas Campbell the de facto governor after a narrow election win. Governor Hunt resists surrender, claiming he was counted out, while the State Democratic Central Committee withholds support for his challenge. Justice Cunningham dissents.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Thomas Campbell
Arizona
State Supreme Court
Justice Cunningham
Campbell
W. P. Hunt
Hunt
State Democratic Central Committee
Washington Bookies Raided by DOJ and DC Police
DoJ and District of Columbia police arrested twenty two men for running race bookmaking operations. Among the detainees were several well known local business figures.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
District of Columbia Police
Ten Reported Dead in Arkansas Wreck
A Cotton Belt freight and Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 614 passenger train collided late tonight near Mound City Arkansas, ten miles west of Memphis. Unofficial reports say at least ten killed and four bodies recovered. railroad operator unavailable for details as a relief train heads to the scene.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cotton Belt Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Mound City
Ark
Cotton Belt
Rock Island
Mississippi River
Spanell Trial Highlighted by Conflicting Evidence
In San Angelo Texas on January 27 Sheriff Allan Walton testified Spanell proclaimed I have killed Major Butler and my wife. Witness Lee Henderson corroborated Walton while Pat Murphy contradicted Pittman about who was in the car. The trial nears its end with a jury verdict expected early next week amid conflicting testimony.
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San Angelo
Tex
Major Butler
Harry J. Spanell
Allan Walton
Brewster County
Spanell
Walton
Harry
Sheriff Walton
Lee Henderson
Alpine
R. N. Pittman
Pat Murphy
Pittman
Boy 12 Killed as Shell Explodes on Fort Sill Reserve
Lawrence Meadows age 12 was instantly killed and LeRoy Hinkle seriously injured when a three inch shrapnel shell found on Fort Sill grounds exploded as they carried it to a junk shop. The incident occurred in Lawton Oklahoma on January 27.
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Lawton
Okla
Lawrence Meadows
LeRoy Hinkle
Fort Sill
North Dakota Legislature Approves 100000 Aid for Soldiers
Both chambers pass a bill to appropriate 100000 to assist militiamen mustered out of federal service who may face employment difficulties, with the plan announced in Bismarck.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Banks to market Panama canal bonds through reserve banks
The Treasury confirms that the new 100 million dollars of Panama canal bonds will be marketed via the twelve Federal reserve banks instead of Wall Street banking syndicates, under the pending revenue bill.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve
Wall Street
Treasury Department
Boston Potato Strike Opens as Housewives Rally
Boston moves to cut potato prices as about two thousand housewives answer a call from their representatives. They voted to keep the strike until the price falls from 70 cents a peck to 40 cents.
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Boston
French Forces Reclaim Meuse Trenches at Dead Man Hill
French artillery and infantry overwhelmed German positions along the Meuse around Dead Man's Hill and Hill 304 driving back troops, taking hundreds of prisoners as reserves advanced. Paris reports a shift to offensive action with heavy bombardment and bayonet assaults amid contested trenches.
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London
Benyde
Dead Man's Hill
Berlin
Verdun
Hill 304
War Office
French War Office
Teuton
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Meuse
Crown Prince
Avecourt Wood
Paris
Europe
England
France
Japan
Germany
War loan subscriptions reach 250 million as Britain underwrites
J P Morgan & Company said sufficient subscriptions are in for a new 250 million war loan to Great Britain. The notes mature in one and two years and bear 5 1/2 percent interest, issued under the most generous terms yet offered for a war loan.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Company
Great Britain
Bandit Binds Cashier Escapes With 800 Dollars
In Joliet Illinois the Union Station cashier was bound and gagged at 12 20 this morning by a bandit who escaped with 800 dollars.
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Joliet, Ill
Union Station
Mexicans Reported Killed by Guardsmen
A long distance message from Arivaca says fifteen to twenty Mexicans, some in Carranza uniforms, were believed killed in the Stone House battle with Utah cavalrymen, cowboys, and Mexicans. The fight, described as ongoing in rocky terrain, prompted border settlers to seek safety amid feared raids.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Stone House
Utah
Arivaca
Arizona
Doctors Use Force To Feed Mrs Byrne In Workhouse
Mrs Ethel Byrne remained under feed force at Blackwell's Island workhouse as doctors administered nourishment by stomach tube. The procedure followed hunger strike actions begun five days earlier and occurred under supervision ofDr James Hunt and Dr Irma Howard with Mrs Byrne passive but not resisting.
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New York
Ethel Byrne
Blackwell's Island
James P.hunt
Irma Howard
W. Travers Gibb
Fire on a Schooner Near Mexican Waters
Officers of the Maryland report shots fired by a Cantu government patrol boat after the schooner refused to leave Mexican waters. They believed they were beyond the 3 mile limit. Authorities will forward the report to Washington. Elliott says a harbor vessel was seized for ammunition and rifles bound for Mexico and several fishing boats are suspected of arming for Lower California.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Maryland
Lower
California
Cantu
Washington
Eliott
Mexico
Elliott
Pershing
Columbus
War Department
Crowder
United States
General Pershing
Deming
Model Rural Schools Bill Seeks Federal Support
Senator Sheppard introduced a bill to appropriate 150000 for the year ending June 30 1918 and 275000 thereafter through 1937 to fund model rural schools in cooperation with states. The measure aims to demonstrate best rural school organization and teaching methods and has Bureau of Education support. A second bill proposes 250000 for rural sanitation studies and demonstration work under the Public Health Service.
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Washington, D. C
Sheppard
Bureau of Education
Public Health Service
Parliament to Adjourn for London Imperial War Conference
Canadian Parliament will adjourn on February 7 to allow Premier Borden to travel to London for the Imperial war conference. The decision was announced by the government today in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Pershing Evacuates Mexico as Orders Reach Border
President Wilson formally orders the withdrawal of Pershing’s expedition from Mexico. American troops move north toward the border, satisfying Carranza’s demand to halt invasion. Reports detail Villa followers killed, Mexican casualties, and the fate of several prisoners.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Mexico
United States
General Pershing
Pershing
Carranza
Republic
Funston Silent on Mexican Troop Withdrawal
General Funston follows a policy of silence regarding the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico. News dispatches suggested Pershing’s force was moving toward the border, but no confirmation came from department headquarters Saturday night.
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Funston
Mexico
Pershing
Department
Cabrera Announces Formal Farewell From U S Officials
Secretary of finance in Carranza's cabinet, Luis Cabrera, bid a formal farewell at the State Department. He told Acting Secretary Polk he would proceed directly to Mexico and denied any plan to return, reiterating his statements to the American Mexican Commission.
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Cabrera
Washington, D. C
Luis Cabrera
Carranza
State Department
Polk
Mexico
American-Mexican Commission
Senate Steering Committee Meet To Re‑draft Program
Washington Jan 27 Senator Kern Senate majority leader called a meeting of the steering committee for tomorrow morning to re draft the executive program rejected by the Democratic caucus Thursday night Prospects of agreement on a program acceptable to the caucus were still vague leaders admitted
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Washington, D. C
Kern
Senate
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