Austrians Advance as Montenegro Evacuates Cettinje
Paris dispatch reports Austrian offensive pressure forces Montenegro to prepare an immediate evacuation of Cettinje. Montenegrins, aided by Serbian contingents, resist despite being outnumbered five to one, with Austrians moving toward Cattaro and Budva as bombardment escalates.
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Paris
T Lovcen
Montenegro
Cettinje
Seuteri
Cattaro
Budnar Ha
Mitehitz
Rtivers
Russian East Front Reported Capture of Saddgura
London reports from east Russia indicate Saddgura may have fallen, though no official word exists. The town sits just north of Czernowitz as German forces in Champagne allegedly reached a culminating point Sunday, per French claims.
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London
Russia
Saddgura
Czernowitz
Champaigne
Germans Repel British and French Attacks Near Armentieres
Berlin reports a strong British assault near Armentieres and two French offensives in Champagne were repulsed by German forces in official communique.
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Berlin
Armentieres
Champaigne
Balkans Relief Seen Incomplete as Galician Front Stalls
Relieved Balkans Petrograd January 13 reports an offensive suspension in Galicia and Besarabia is premature. Experts say Russian forces have already relieved the Balkans situation while Austrian troops press forward and Montenegro’s fall is anticipated soon.
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Petrograd
Galicia
Besabarabia
Balkans
Montenegro
German Teuton Attack Develops on Saloniki Front
Rome reports from Athens via Giornale Italia that Teutons mount large scale assault against allies defending Saloniki. The dispatch also notes a British withdrawal to Doiran on Tuesday.
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Rome
Teutons
Saloniki
Athens
Giornale Italia
Doiran
American Doctor Letts Returns From Servia With Only a Sword
Dr. Richard L. Letts of Cleveland served with a British Red Cross unit in Servia. He describes scarce baggage after fleeing with wounded, carrying a battered sword and soiled shirt as he escaped across the border. The last hospital was at Pir ot. He details rapid moves to border lines as Bulgars and Teutons advanced.
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Cleveland
Richard L. Letts
Servia
Letts
Red Cross
Pirot
Greage
Closing arguments in Menace case begin in Aurora
Joplin January 13 closing arguments in the trial of the alleged publishers of the Menace a weekly newspaper of Aurora Missouri were to begin this afternoon. Defendants are charged with sending obscene matter through the mails.
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Joplin
the Menace
Aurora
Premier Okuma Narrowly Escapes Two Bomb Attacks
From Tokio Jan 13 Premier Okuma escaped death as two bombs were hurled at him while leaving the royal palace. He was uninjured and the assailant fled.
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Tokio
Okuma
Burrows' Widow Dies on Coast in Pasadena
Pasadena California January 13 Mrs Tulvis C Burrows widow of the late Senator Burrows of Michigan died today. She had been in several VP s.
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Burrows
Pasadena
Cal
Tulvis C. Burrows
Senator Burrows
Michigan
Huerta Nearing End After Unconsciousness in El Paso
El Paso reports Victoriano Huerta was unconscious at 1 15 after a period of instability as observers monitor his condition. The tense update notes vital signs and potential implications for the Mexican crisis ongoing since his overthrow.
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el Paso
Victoriano Huerta
Wheat Market Close in Chicago on January 18
The Chicago wheat market closed with May wheat at 1.2814 and corn at 80 3/4 cents and oats at 50 3/4 cents as of January 18.
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Chicago
Record Antimony Prices Surge Amid War Demands
Hankow China reports antimony reaching a record price due to wartime demand. Chinese and Japanese leaders cornered output, with Lina Ch ang Company expanding in Changsha and New York offices opened. Hankow refining now supplies about ninety percent of munition needs.
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Hankow
China
London
Hunan
Yang-tse
Lina Ch’ang Company
Changsha
Siang River
Huang Ch’ang Company
New York
Shorter Swords For The Officers
Berlin reports the emperor issues an order allowing front line officers to wear a short knife or bayonet. The move ends the traditional officer sword, a relic whose usefulness vanished and which only tripped wearers. Exception granted to commanders of large detachments and staff officers, aligning with a growing custom.
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Berlin
Carranza Forces Defeated Near Escalon Victory Report
General Benjamin Argumendo commands five thousand Oaxaca troops and defeats thirty five hundred Carranza forces at Escalon. Advices indicate Argumendo gathered forces with aid from Generals Blanquet Mondragon and Aguilar of the Muerta army.
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el Pago
Benjamin Argumendo
Oaxaca
Escalon
Carranza
Reliabl
Argumendo
Blanquet
Mondragon
Aguilar
Muerta
Miners Federation Opposes Compulsory Military Service
London January 13 The Miners Federation of Great Britain votes unanimously to oppose the compulsory military service bill.
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London
Miners Federation of Great Britain
Official dinners for Wilson and bride announced
Washington January 12 a series of dinners for President Wilson and his wife will begin this week. On Friday night Vice President and Mrs Marshall will host the couple and next Tuesday Secretary of State and Mrs Lansing will entertain them.
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Washington
Wilson
Marshall
Lansing
Memphis Society Wedding Weekend Bride and Groom
Memphis society circles await the wedding of Mrs Evelyn Peters Estes and Charles N Bureh chief counsel of the Illinois Central railroad in Memphis on January 13. Both are prominent locally and in Louisville with many distinguished guests expected.
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Memphis
Tenn
Evelyn Peters Estes
Charles N. Bureh
Illinois Central Railroad
Louisville
Massachusetts towns sue tax collectors over unpaid taxes
Boston Jan. 13. Milton Doorfield and Hardwick filed suits against their tax collectors for uncollected assessments. Some unpaid taxes date to 1910 and 1911.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Milton
Doorfield
Hardwick
Greek queen summoned to aid sick brother
A Rome wireless reports the Greek queen Sophie has been summoned to William's bedside in Rome as the illness of the Greek monarch is described as serious.
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London
Rome
Sophie
William
Subway Proposal Aims North Side Under Short Line Tracks
A petition circulated to the city council urges building a subway north of the viaduct along Lander Street. Over 70 prominent businessmen and property owners support the plan, citing rising traffic and the need for cross-city connectivity. The proposal seeks council approval at an upcoming meeting for congestion relief.
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Lander Street
New Horticultural Board Is Seated in Idaho
The old state board of horticultural inspection dissolved yesterday and the new board met this afternoon. E. F. Stephens is expected to be re elected president as the department outlines work for the year and reapportions 16 inspection funds across 16 districts. The outgoing board included H. W. Dorman John D C Kroger C P Hartley and C G Zuck with the last three holding over on the new board. The new board comprises L A Blackman D L Ingard KK F Stephens C P Hartley and D G Zuck, all present except Zuck. The old board audited the department bills and adjourned sine die as the new board assumed control.
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Asise
State Board of Horticultural Inspection
E. F. Stephens
Nampa
H. W. Dorman
Caldwell
John D. C. Kruger
St. Anthony
D. L. Ingard
Fruitland
Kk. F. Stephens
C. P. Hartley
Dd. G. Zuck
Mr. Zuck
Suez Revenues Slump After Dutch Withdrawal From Suez Route
London reports that Dutch liners pulled out of the Suez canal starting January 1, reducing canal revenues. In 1914 Holland ranked third with 350 vessels totaling 1.4 million tons while Britain led with 3,000 vessels. Prices at Port Said rise to about 22 dollars per ton in January due to altered shipping patterns.
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London
Suez Canal
East Indies
Great Britain
Germany
Holland
Mediterranean
Port Said
Suez
Severe winter storm grips the Midwest region
The storm named Boreas continued from yesterday into January 13, dumping snow and whipping winds across Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska Minnesota and Wisconsin. Rail traffic was halted and many lines abandoned as wire communications suffered outages and temperatures dropped.
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Chicago
Inlinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Rebels Routed After Fatal Struggles in Chinese Districts
January clashes in Tamsui Hotonka Yentzuwo and Poklo left many Chinese revolutionaries dead or captured. The Canton government reports rebels, well supplied with munitions, fought to exhaustion before their defeat.
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Lowon
Tamsui
Hotonka
Yentzuwo
Poklo
Canton
Hong Kong
Date Set Hearing on Pocatello Water Plant Application
The public utilities commission designates February 7 for a hearing on Pocatello's application for a municipal water plant certificate. The hearing will take place in the council chamber, with parties informed and bondholders served, to consider all matters related to the application.
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The
Public Utilities Commission
City of
Pocatello
Council Chamber
Jockey Declared Not Liable for Income Tax
London January 19 Three divisional court judges ruled that jockey William Huxley under twenty one with no guardian is not liable for income tax. The decision, cited as preventing minor exploitation of tax, could widen non taxable cases as many youths earn up to thirty dollars weekly in munition factories.
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London
William Huxley
Mail
Saw Salvage After Shooting in Lester Murder Trial
Castle Rock January 13 Captain Swope testifying for the state in the trial of four former strikers charged with the murder of Major P. Lester at the Walsenburg battle in April 1914 said soon after Lester was killed he saw Michie Savage one of the defendants descending the hill from where the shots were fired
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Castle Rock
Swope
P. P. Lester
Walsenburg
Lester
Michie Savage
Liner Huronion Torpedoed Near Irish Coast
New York reports that the liner Huronion, from Galveston, was torpedoed December 29 off the Irish coast near the Lusitania sinking site. The vessel, damaged, is being towed toward port.
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New York
Huronion
Galveston
Lusitania
American Bart Kramer Killed by Mexican Bandits
Washington reports Bart Kramer an American was killed by Mexican bandits near Cuierra about sixty miles west of Santa Ysabel. Collector of Customs Cobb at Paso provides the official word.
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Washington
Bart Kramer
Cobb
Paso
Cuierra
Santa Ysabel
Quakes Felt as Seismograph Records Big Hearts
Two heavy earthquakes were recorded by the seismograph group at Georgetown University Observatory today. The quakes were centered approximately 2600 miles from Washington.
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Washington
Georgetown Universt Observatory
Mexican unrest deepens as raid victims spark action
Reports from El Paso dated January 13 describe rapid moves in the Mexican crisis. Americans seek aid after the Santa Ysabel raid with claims of Villa plans and calls to Roosevelt to press for intervention. Carranza officials arrange troop withdrawals, while mining men volunteer to pursue bandits and aid recovery of killed Americans in Madera and Durango.
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el Paso
Jose Rodriguez
Madera
State Department
Villa
Chibmahua
Roosevelt
Congress
Mexico
Carranza
Rodiguez
Rodriguez
Garcia
Parral
Thomas D. Edwards
Juarez
Chihuahua
Jack Leftbridge
Berry
Barbricora Ranch
Jose Ynez Salazar
Salazar
F. FB. Stephenson
Mining & Smelter Men's Association of
Chi‘huala
Stephenson
Carranza Guard
Santa Ysabel
US Demands Prompt Action as Bandits Kill Americans
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing press Carranza for immediate steps to capture and punish Mexican bandits who killed Americans near Chihuahua City. A note via Consul Silliman denounces the crime and urges troops to protect lives and property. Officials seek full facts from consular reports as congressional focus remains on the incident.
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Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Carranza
United States
Chihuahua City
Silliman
Cuertetaro
Sherman
Ted
Foreign Relations Committee
Massacre of 19 Americans near Santa Ysabel Mexico
Report from El Paso details a massacre of 19 foreigners on a mining region train west of Santa Ysabel, commanded by Yaqui chief Pablo Lopez allied with Villa. About 20 bandits attacked the train while 200 waited as reserve. 20-car Carranza troop train preceded the passenger train. Survivor Thomas B. Holmes described the assault and a frontal volley as bodies were found with forehead bullets. Funeral arrivals and a mass meeting on U S policy were postponed pending border funeral proceedings.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Box Canon
Santa Yeahel
Mexico
Pablo Lopez
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua City
Carranza
Mining Company Special
Careranza
United States
C. R. Watson
Thomas B. Holmes
Holmes
State Department
Newman
Evans
Mae
Hatton
Watson
Santa Yeubéi
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