Villa Drives Into Chihuahua City In Heavy Fighting
Villistas and Carrancistas clash in Chihuahua as Villa moves the main force north to assault from the west and north. Reports say Chihuahua falls to Villa with mass killings against Chinese residents. Juarez officials deny the capture and wire lines fail. Villa replenishes ammo by seizing Juarez shipments and massing forces for a renewed push toward Chihuahua.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua City
Villistas
Carrancistas
Chihuahua
Juarez
Villa
Homse
Carranza
Tre Vino
Carrenza
Chavisca
Murgia
Mureguia
Trevino
City Campaign Signals New Alignment in San Antonio
The San Antonio municipal scene shifts as Mayor Brown abandons re election and backs a chosen successor. A retooled Citizens’ League may back a compromise ticket, while opposition forms around inexperienced candidates and managing figures like Commissioners Uhr and Garland faces critics over tax policy and public works.
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Citif
San Antonio
Citizens’ League
Brown
Kearny
Robert F. Thr
Uhr
Mr. Uhr
Garland
James Farland
Fort Sam Houston Visit Shapes Border Security Talks
Representative Julius Kahn of California left San Antonio after border talks with General Funston. Senator James W. Wadsworth Jr. arrived on the same mission. Funston, departing the station, learned Kahn would push universal military service, a sentiment echoed by Wadeworth. The pair plan visits to Fort Sam Houston and border posts where New York troops are stationed.
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Julius Kahn
California
San Antonio
General Funston
United States
James W. Wadsworth Jr
New York
Funston
Mr. Kahn
Anthony Rombrey Wadeworth
Congressman Kahn
Kahn
Fort Sam Houston
Uty
Egg boycott urged by Chicago health official
Chicago health commissioner Dr. John Dill Robertson urged residents to stop buying eggs until January 21 to relieve shortages. He warned that eggs are being held in storage while the sick and destitute cannot obtain them, prompting the nationwide boycott call.
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Chicago
John Dill Robertson
German home army plan to mobilize all men enacted
In Berlin the government will push through a law to mobilize the entire male population for wartime service. Chancellor to introduce the measure in a special session as German parliament enacts the statute calling up the whole manhood of the empire for war duties.
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Berlin
Sayville Wireless
Wheat ban hits beer makers in London trade order
London reports a board of trade order prohibiting the use of wheat in beer and similar liquors beginning Monday. The measure targets brewers and distillers amid wartime food controls.
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London
Board of Trade Today
East and West Texas Weather Forecast
East Texas Sunday and Monday forecast fair with rising temperatures. West Texas predicts Sunday fair and warmer, Monday fair throughout.
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East Texas
West Texas
Weather forecasts from The Light for major cities
Predictions list daily conditions for St Louis Chicago Kansas City New York and Washington. Temperatures range from 20 to 30 with clear or cloudy skies and varying winds, noting the lowest and highest temperatures in the last 24 hours.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Washington
National Guard faces disintegration over new oath law
Chicago regiments fear extinction under the national defense act as Texas veterans vow not to take the new oath. Recruiting stalls nationwide with many guardsmen resisting six year service, while Washington explores universal military training as an alternative.
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Chicago
Illinois National Guard
Federal Army Line of Defense
Texas
War Department
National Guard
Eighth Infantry
First Cavalry
First Field Artillery
Signal Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Springfield
Butter Surges to 42 Cents Wholesale in Chicago
Butter jumped two cents to 42 cents a pound wholesale in Chicago as Elgin reports the only sale at that price. Consumers face about 60 cents per pound. City attorneys plan to enforce a 200 dollar daily fine for hoarding foodstuffs in cold storage under a two year old ordinance.
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Elgin
Elgin Board of Trade
Chicago
Miss Stinson to Orient for three month flying contract
Katherine Stinson, San Antonio flier, sails from San Francisco on the Nippon Maru to Japan, China, Manila and Honolulu under a three month contract worth 50000 dollars. She will begin a four day flight to New York on April 15, with a double-motored tractor aeroplane being built locally.
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Miss Stinson
Orient
San Francisco
Cal
Katherine Stinson
San Antonio
Japan
Nippon Maru
China
Manila
Honolulu
New York
Chief figures in the Adamson law controversy
The article lists key players in the Adamson eight hour law clash. It names Representative W C Adamson of Georgia, Senator Francis Newlands of Nevada, railroad executive Samuel Rea, and four union leaders W S Carter Warren S Stone W H Lee and L E Sheppard who shaped the law’s passage amid looming strikes and political shifts.
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America
W. C. Adamson
Georgia
House
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. 8. Carter
Warren 8. Stone
W. H. Lee
L. E. Sheppard
Wilson
United States to withhold border withdrawal until Pershing exit
War department announced Washington that the National Guard will stay at the border until Pershing expedition leaves Mexico and only after Atlantic City protocol ratification. Withdrawal timing to be set by Generals Funston and Pershing, with a possible pre Christmas order. Loan negotiations with Mexico tied to border settlement and tax security rather than duties, to aid liquidating U.S. claimants’ losses.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Pershing
Mexico
Joint Commission
Atlantic City
Funston
United States
Artist Julien Lomer dant Receives Legion of Honor
In Paris on November 25 the cross of the Legion of Honor was awarded to Julien Lomer dant, an artist famed for theater ceiling paintings. He was decorated on the battlefield for bravery after being captured by Germans and blinded by a shell. He attempted escape, was recaptured, and sent to Germany before being returned to France as unfit for further service.
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Paris
France
Legion of Honor
Julien Lomerdant
Germany
Army to return National Guardsmen as Fort Sam Houston expands
Army officials expect the National guardsmen to begin returning to their home stations within about two weeks at a rate of five regiments, while regulars from General Pershing's expedition fill the vacancies. Fort Sam Houston is said to become the country’s most important military post with four to five million dollars in further upgrades, beyond prior congressional appropriations.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza
War Department
Funston
General Pershing
Mexico
Fort Sam Houston
Orders Not Received On Troop Return From Border
War Department orders to send more National Guard regiments home from the border had not reached Southern Department headquarters by Saturday night. Officers believed a poll showed gradually decreasing the number of state troops likely to be sent back.
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War Department
National Guard
Southern Department
Plan to Expand Fort Sam Houston Army Center
The administration prepared a patrol duty plan and General Funston ordered five regiments released. The return movement of the organizations is under way. Fort Sam Houston aims to gain prominence with a general supply depot and better terminal facilities. An appropriation of $750,000 funds the work now.
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Funston
Fort Sam Houston
Wants Rabbits for All Rabbit Dinner in Texas
Austin November 25. Commissioner Fred W. Davis calls for jack rabbits swamp rabbits cotton tails and prairie rabbits to supply a banquet aimed at commercializing Texas rabbits for eastern markets. Contributions may be gifted or sold and delivery should be notified to the department of Agriculture in Austin.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Fred W. Davis
Department of Agriculture
Swedish torpedo boat recaptures steamer Reserve
A Swedish torpedo boat recaptured the Swedish steamer Reserve, which had been seized by a German prize crew. The Reserve, carrying merchandise to France, was being guided toward Germany when the Swedish commander retook it and escorted the vessel back into Swedish waters.
German Baron Hans Heinrich Von Wolf Dies Fighting on Sommye Field
New York dispatch reports Baron Hans Heinrich Von Wolf a German army major killed on the Sommye battlefield. He married nine years ago the stepdaughter of St. John Gaffney former American consul general at Munich in a notable alliance.
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New York
Hans Heinrich von Wolf
Sommye
Baron von Wolf
St. John Gaffney
Munich
German claim of weapon used by black French soldiers
Berlin reports German authorities display a so called weapon used against wounded Germans in trenches. A wounded German sailor testified that he feigned death to survive and observed three comrades killed by the French attacker. The device is described as a cube bolt head attached to a stiff steel spring on a wooden handle.
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Berlin
Sayville
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