Riots Renew Strain Across Juarez Bridge Causing Shutdown
Rioting resumed at the Juarez bridge area as Mexican crowds attacked American street cars and guards. Five hundred Mexican men and women fought the customs house guard with stones and bottles. two guards were injured. Streetcar service is resumed but tensions remain high with anti American chants heard.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
International Bridge
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David McChesney
United Press
Customs House Guard
Experts Talk of Cattle Tick Clean Up Plan
Dallas January 29 cattle tick costs southern cattlemen over 100 million yearly. A fifty dollar weekly dip bath would eradicate the pest. Federal and state experts meet for a four day conference to outline eradication campaign and farmer education across the infested southern states. Officials say farmer reluctance is the main barrier to a successful clean-up. The tick is vulnerable and simple measures can drive it out.
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United Press
Dallas
Tex
Xperts
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Allies Win By Coordination In Five Fronts
United Press dispatch from London reports Allied forces including British French Serbian and Russian units achieving coordinated victories on five fronts. Russians smashed two miles of German front in the Carpathians while British raids occurred at Neuville and Le Transloy and the French attacked near Verdun with Serbian and allied advances in Macedonia toward Prelep.
Suffrage Bill in Senate Promises Female Voting Access
The United Press reports in Austin that Senator Lattimore introduced a bill granting women voting rights in all primaries and subjecting them to state laws on age residence citizenship and poll taxes. Suffrage leaders back the bill though a veto by the governor is expected if it passes.
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Austin
Tex
Lattimore
King
Longshoremen’s Union
Port Arthur
Woodman
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Dallas
Senate
I. M. Gilmore
Center
Senate Journal
T. H Yarborough
Ruth Law May Fly for France in War Effort
Ruth Law, premier American woman flyer, says she will enlist in the French aero corps for three months to drop bombs on Germans if allowed. She left London for Paris and hopes to persuade France to permit purchase of a speed-plane motor for a trans continental flight. Law also expects to watch French army flyers at the front. Meanwhile Washington notes no special credentials issued as she heads toward possible war duty with the allies.
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Ruth Law
Paris
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Washington
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Worlds Largest Ship Is Launched At Newport News
The battleship Mississippi was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company with Secretary Daniels attending. Miss Camile McBeath broke the champagne bottle as the hull slid toward the James River. Fifteen thousand spectators witnessed the christening.
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Newport News
James River
Camile McBeath
State
New Trial Denied in Temple Area Murder Cases
Judge George Calhoun overruled Wilbur Flewellen of Belton's bid for a new trial after a lengthy defense argument. Flewellen, convicted of murder, received a life sentence for the death of Roy McKinley fatally shot on Temple streets last year. John Merka, sentenced to 25 years for murder in Taylor, had his appeal denied as well.
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Georgetown
Tex
Geo. Calhoun
Wilbur Flewellen
Belton
Flewelen
Roy McKinley
Temple
John Merka
W. G. Jones
Taylor
U S Cabinet Warns on Armor Shifts in British Ships
Washington dispatch reports the State Department says added forward guns on British ships need not trigger automatic submarine attack warnings. The cabinet expresses cautious view as shifts in naval armor are observed.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Washington weigh in on Wilson cabinet reshuffle
Rumors say Lansing to replace Poe as ambassador in London and McAdoo to join private business as Redfield departs. The shakeup targets Treasury Commerce Agriculture and possibly State with shifts to follow the January inauguration. Carl Vrooman eyed as Agriculture successor and Glass mentioned for McAdoo’s post.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States Diplomatic Corps
Department of Treasury
Redfield
Lige Manufacturinge
McAdoo
Congressmon Glass
Lansive
Ambassador Poe
London
Roy W Hearne Dead in Dallas
Roy W Hearne former San Antonio citizen and Baylor graduate, died by illuminating gas asphyxiation in his Dallas bedroom on Friday at age 44. His wife was in Fort Worth. daughter found the body on returning from school. Hearne, once a leading Texas cotton operator and National Guard officer, had wealth and oil interests in Thrall and Taylor.
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Tex
Roy W. Hearne
San Antonio
San Antonian
Baylor
Texas
Campbell
Texas National Guard
Petitions Circulated For New Road Bonds In Texas District
In Rockdale Texas on January 27 petitions for road bonds are being circulated for the San Gabriel and Union Ridge School districts. The proposed bond amount is 26 000 dollars, 5009 more than the last election. Tracy community also circulates a bonds petition in the approachin read bond mutter, with residents confident the reduced bond will gain votes. With 150 000 dollars the measure would attract far more supporters than at 250 000 dollars.
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Rockdale
Tex
San Gabriel
Union Ridge
Tracy
Pink Boll Worm Danger Is Over
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture sees an apparent escape of the pink boll worm from Mexico's cotton belt. Since its October discovery 200 miles south of the Texas border, the embargo on infected cotton remains in place due to dormancy risks. The worm likely arrived from China, with import of oriental species cited as a propagation vehicle.
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Department of Agriculture
Texas
Mrs Frame Recovers After Unspecified Operation
Mrs. Frame underwent an operation at City Hospital yesterday. She returned home on DY vis Street and is improving well on her way to recovery, a development that brings relief to many friends in Taylor.
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Debt settlement battle at supreme court over Civil War split
United States Attorney General Pollard of Virginia asks the Supreme Court to compel West Virginia to pay Virginia fourteen million dollars as Virginia’s share of the state debt when West Virginia separated from Virginia at the start of the Civil War.
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Washington, D. C
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United States Supreme Court
West Virginia
Daylight Saving Plan Faces U S Convention in New York
New York January 26 plan to advance clocks by one hour from May 1 to September 30 to save artificial light and fuel. Marcus M Marks endorses the idea which has support from chambers of commerce and several states and major firms. A congressional bill by Rep Borland stands as the legal path.
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Borland
Spannell Case Hears Rest of Evidence in Lanangelo Tex
In Spannell case at Lanangelo Texas the State today presented three rebuttal witnesses. The court adjourned until 7 30 tonight awaiting a key witness from El Paso. The court plans to issue jury instructions soon.
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Lanangelo
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Spannell
el Paso
Thorndale Snews Notes Highlight Local Visits and Safety Efforts
Miss Minnie Cline visited Taylor on Wednesday and Karl Scuddy traveled there Sunday. Miss Fannie Sides of Taylor spent a week visiting Mrs. L. J. Wilson. Mrs. Ror. Bickenbach returned to Taylor after visiting parents in Taylor. W. F. Seales attended a Texas Power & Light employee meeting in Taylor launching a Safety First Committee to protect life and property in the Taylor District including Thrall Thorndale Rockdale Granger Bartlett and Holland.
Troops Destroy Supplies Left Before Colonia Dublan Departure
United Press reports Pershing burned a large quantity of supplies to prevent Villistas from seizing them as American troops left Colonia Dublan. Villista camps were noted south of the town following the withdrawal from El Valle. Mormon colonists nearby reached Juarez reporting their supplies destroyed amid the move. Farm wanted to hear from owner of good farm for sale with price and description provided.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pershing
Colonia Dublan
el Valle
Dublan
Juarez
Good Farm
Eagh Price
D. F. Bush
Great National Pvens Washington Birthday Celebration and Fiestas
The notice promotes the Washington Birthday event in Laredo Penn from February 21 to 24, 1917 with an inexpensive excursion via the I and GN Railway. Tickets go on sale February 19 20 and 21, with return for trains arriving Laredo by 8 05 p m on February 22. Wick er Agent I and G N Ry provides details. Commissioner Lawdon announces a new searifier for road work in the precinct to be trialed Wednesday on the Mustang Creek road toward Coupland, pulled by the Wem tractor with local agent Fred Hoch.
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Laredo
Penn
Wicker
Lawdon
Mustang Creek
Coupland
Wem
Fred Hoch
Oil Indications Good in Rockdale Field
OLL indications show oil at the Ed A Doss farm northwest of Rockdale where the well is down over 900 feet in gumbo and sandy rock with strong oil shows as gas has eased. Water supply dwindling prompts a new pump to draw from another source while Fritz Fuchs well on the Stoke farm reaches 1600 feet and will be pushed to depth. Deep and shallow wells are being pumped in the Tracey community.
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Rockdale
Tex
Ed. A. Doss
Fritz Fuchs
Stoke
Fuchs
Tracey
Cotton Price Outlook From 1917 Farming Guidance
A. & M. College of Texas official Clarence Ousley argues that world demand and ship shortages will depress cotton prices in 1917. He warns against overreliance on cotton, urges farmers to prioritize food and feed farming, and notes risks to labor, soil fertility, and ship transport impacting future acreage and prices.
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Europe
Liverpool
Germany
South
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Lawson Perjury Claims Bring Call for Arrest in Hearing
Pliny Fiske denies boasting of control over McAdoo and suggests arresting W. Lawson for perjury at a weak hearing. A separate birth report notes a nine pound girl born yesterday afternoon to Mr and Mrs J T Ray, named Jaquelyn, both mother and child reported in good condition.
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New York
Pliny Fiske
Thomas W. Lawson
McAdoo
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