Mexican bandits seize US troops in border raid
Four US soldiers were kidnapped by Mexican bandits near Brownsville and later rescued by Carranza troops in Matamoros. Two officers and fourteen privates swam the Rio Grande under gunfire. three bodies were recovered as others remained missing.
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Washington
Funsten
War Department
Nea
Brownsville
State Department
Mexico
William C. Wheeler
Viggo Pederson
Fourth Field Artillery
Carranza
Matamoros
United States
John E. Mort
Bernard FE. Peyton
Albert W. Waldron
Rio Grande
Wheeler
Vigho Pederson
Owen L. Clements
Michael E. Ring
Henry A. Rhode
Charles D. Wilton Best
Pederson
Rebels Beaten in Tapona Action Report
Torreon reports Carranza military headquarters says rebels were defeated Sunday at Tapona with seventeen captured. Six captured at Dungo were executed. Local impact and details remain sparse.
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Torreon
Carranza
Tapona
Dungo
Wood urges 220000 standing army for Mexico campaign
General Wood told the House Military Committee that if U.S. forces crossed into Mexico infantry cavalry and artillery would field at less than half strength. He advocated a standing army of 220,000 to support such an expedition.
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Washington
Wood
House Military Committee
Mexico
Pickles Devoted Diet Helps 102-Year-Old Woman
Mrs. Eliza D. Lathrop of Binghamton New York died at age 102. In a birthday interview she credited pickles as her main dietary staple and said their use kept her healthy throughout life.
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Binghamton, N. Y
Eliza D. Lathrop
Storm Threat Forecast by Weather Officials
Heavy rain along the coast and very low barometric pressure in San Francisco today herald a storm officials say could rival the recent damaging event. Communications are unreliable. two feet of water reported in San Diego telegraph office.
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San Francisco
San Diego
Blizzard Surfacing in Southwest Colorado and Rocky Mountain Storms
Blizzard conditions grip southwestern Colorado with snow and rain in the Rocky Mountain region. Havre Montana reports 54 below zero, Durango Colorado records 44 inches of snow in two weeks, temperatures plunge causing range stock dangers. Storms disrupt wire communications.
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Colorado
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Western Bureau
Havre
Mont
Durango
Colo
Floods Drive 500 Families From Homes Near Wat son
Report to Governor Hays says five hundred families in the Wat son area of Arkansas were forced from their homes by floods and relief aid is being requested.
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Little Rock
Watson
Ark
Hays
Woodrow Wilson Declines Federal Suf frage Amendment Support
President Wilson refuses to back a federal constitutional amendment for woman suffrage, urging that suffrage be left to states. He meets about 200 Congressional Union members after notes from suffragists, then refuses to answer cross examination questions. He plans first preparedness address tonight and tells the New York Federation of Churches I can find no basis for peace but justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wilson
Congressional Union
Mary Beard
New York Federation of Churches
Frisco Honors Gomper Birthday for Danbury Hatters Fund
San Francisco unionists observe Samuel Gomper s sixty sixth birthday by dedicating an hour to support the Danbury Conn hatters fund. Leaders report over fifty thousand participants and more than 25000 dollars contributed locally to meet the Danbury union court judgment.
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San Francisco
Samuel Gompers
Danbury, Conn
Danbury Union
Mohr Wife Testifies of Husband Beatings in Murder Trial
Mrs. Elizabeth Mohr testifies in her defense at the murder trial of Dr. C Franklin Mohr. She says beatings occurred when she objected to his attentions to other women, their reconciliation in 1913, another split, and that he earned about $52 000 a year. She sought $100 monthly maintenance and attached his property. She later signed over property to him under threats.
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Providence
Elizabeth Mohr
C. Franklin Mohr
Emperors plans for Serbia peace face uncertain fate
London dispatch reports Germany seeks a separate peace with Serbia. Berlin offers to redraw borders toward Bosnia and Herzegovina and restore the kingdom under Austro German suzerainty with Prince Kitel Friedrich on the Serbian throne.
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London
Germany
Serbia
Athens
Daily Mail
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kitel Friedrich
William
New York State Population Totals Revealed
Albany N Y Jan 27 The population of New York state stands at 9 687 744 from the state census taken last June and submitted to the legislature. Of this total 5 047 221 reside in Greater New York while 8 059 515 are citizens and 1 628 229 aliens.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Greater
Mgr York
Manila Flood Disaster Hits Zamboanga Province
Floods in Zamboanga Province and Mindanao island cause 25000 dollars in damage. Several districts are cut off from Manila communications as relief efforts begin.
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Manila
Zamboanga Province
Island of Mindanao
Emperor Francis Joseph in Vatican Reports Worsening
Rome January 27 It is reported in Vatican circles the condition of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria who has been ill for several days and is rapidly growing worse.
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Rome
Vatican
Francis Joseph of Austria
Losses to French Cited as Numerous
Bristol reports at the National Labour party congress a large vote against conscription and a strong stand against the military service bill. Delegates press for repeal if law passes. French deputy M. Longuet cites 800,000 killed 1,400,000 wounded and 300,000 captured.
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Bristol
National Labor Party
Labor Party Congress
M. Longuet
First Culprit To Get Term In Pen For Totin Booze
Antone Anderson, ex-cowboy and Woods Livestock worker, was sentenced in St. Anthony Idaho to one to two years in the Idaho State penitentiary as a persistent violator under the 1915 liquor law. He pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of liquor in September 1915 and already spent two months in jail. Authorities say he has long been a bootlegger. Burns Parra and Foster received four months in Bonneville county jail for unlawful possession of whiskey.
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St. Anthony
Ida
James G. Gwinn
Antone Anderson
Idaho State Penitentiary
Idaho
Anderson
The
Woods Livestock Company
Fremont County
Bonneville
Mulliner
Guil
J. A. Burns
Joe Parra
C. J. Foster
Capt E G Davis to Outline Campaign for Governor
Capt E G Davis of Boise former private secretary to Governor Haines and ex assistant attorney general will outline his Republican campaign plan for governor. A West Pointer and Idaho product he will discuss key campaign items at a K of P hall rally shortly after 8 PM, with Republicans and Democrats invited.
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E. G. Davis
Boise
Haines
Wil
Capt. Davis
Idaho
Republican State Central Committee
Davis
K. of P. Hall
Pocatello Weighs In On New Banking Institution Directors Nominated
Stockholders of the Pocatello Union Stock Yards company met yesterday to nominate directors for the Stock Growers Banking and Trust company. J. B. Hitt was unanimously favored as president. The directors will finalize the election, with a celebratory banquet for attendees and wives. DD W Standrod welcomed the venture and urged stockholders to persist for long term gains. DD W Church supported locating the bank in Pocatello and urged personal effort. Hitt pledged businesslike treatment and customer confidence, noting his age but commitment to a straightforward institution.
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Stockyards Company
Stock Growers Bank
Tech
D. W. Standrod
Pocatello
DD. W. Church
Idaho
J. B. Hitt
Unik
Starvation in Turkish Capital
The Mail’s Constantinople dispatch reports worsening war pressures in the Turkish capital with rising prices for sugar coffee and cigarettes and near cessation of electric light and streetcar service. British forces protect Suez territory as Arab and Turk attacks threaten. Germans allege British danger while Austrians claim Montenegro capitulation nears and Berlin cites British losses and Aden hold.
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London
Constantinople
Mail
Balkans
Suez Canal
Montenegro
Vienna
Berlin
Aden
Four Bank Robbers Hold Up Washington Park National Bank
In Chicago on January 27 four bandits entered the Washington Park National Bank and threatened the cashier clerks and twenty depositors. They escaped with between twelve and fifteen thousand dollars after menaced Stahl vice president. The robbers fled in an automobile all under twenty years old.
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Chicago
Washington Park National Bank
J. Garland Stahl
Boston Americans
Stahl
Idaho Falls Approves New High School Building Bond
The Idaho Falls bond election passed with a decisive vote of 233 in favor and 43 against for an $85,000 high school construction funding. The measure was described as the quietest yet for the city.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Falls
Blackfoot Man Arrested in Bootlegging Case
Milo Andrus of Firth was arrested by Sheriff Simmons in Blackfoot Idaho on bootlegging charges after a car carrying 502 pints of whiskey was intercepted near the Blackfoot river bridge. The vehicle crashed into the bridge railing. Andrus was later detained at the Oregon Short Line depot while attempting to board a train.
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Blackfoot
Ida
Simmons
Milo Andrus
Firth
Ogden
Blackfoot River Bridge
Andrus
Oregon Short Line
Fifty-Two Friends Send Card Decks for Birthday
Chicago January twenty seventh Major M L C Funkhouses received fifty two specially designed playing cards sent by fifty two friends in the mail to mark his fifty second birthday. The gilt edged backs bore a design built around his initials and the deck was reportedly priced at about half a second deputy's monthly salary.
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Chicago
M. L. C. Funkhouses
Eel Returns Lamp Chimney
Port Jervis N Y January 27 While fishing in Kiamesha lake W J Groom caught a large eel encased in a lamp chimney The eel nearly five feet long had previously escaped into the lake after knocking over a lamp and entering a chimney The glass around its head and body was intact but worn a groove in the eel.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Kiamesha Lake
W. J. Groom
Mr. Groom
Rebels routed as 3000 Kwangsi troops strike Yun Nan
Three thousand Kwang Si troops crossed into Yun Nan Province and defeated about one thousand rebels, capturing many as they slept.
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Pekin
Kwang Si
Yunnan Province
Wheat Market Close Report from Chicago
In Chicago on January 27 the May wheat futures closed at 1.36 and a half, corn at 7.914, and oats at 5.314. The report reflects a quiet trading session with modest price movements across grain futures.
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Chicago
President Thanks Stockholders at Pocatel lo Meeting
He thanked the stockholders for the honor of his presidency. Many attendees had to catch early trains out of Pocatel lo, and after cigars were passed, adjournment was taken.
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Pocatello
British in southern Arabia suffer heavy casualties says dispatch
Berlin reports a Cairo dispatch stating that Arabs and Turks have driven the British into a dangerous position in southern Arabia. The British losses on December 30 are given as about 15 000 killed and 20 000 wounded. Active fighting resumes on the western front with heavy clashes near Neiuport and Argonne.
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Berlin
Cologne
Volks Zeitung
Cairo
Arabia
Nieuport
Argonne
Parliament Prorogue Briefly Ends Session in 19th Century Tone
London reports Parliament prorogued to February 15 as King George declares resolve to vindicate civilization through continued military effort. The brief notice notes the stoppage is temporary and emphasizes the sovereign's pledge.
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London
King George
Million Names Protest War Munitions to Senate
petitions bearing a million signatures protesting war munitions shipments were presented to the senate, triggering vigorous debate as lawmakers discussed the antiwar demonstration and its implications.
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Washington
Senate
Veteran Judge Emery to Retire After 3rd Seven-Year Term
Vice-Chancellor John R. Emery of the Court of Chancery will retire from the bench on Saturday as his seven year term ends. He will be 74 next July.
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Trenton
N. J
John R. Emery
Court of Chancery
Last Look Tragedy as Widow Interferes With Cremation
George Kerbett died last week and his body was moved to Union Hill New Jersey for cremation at the Necker plant. Mrs Kerbett, grieving, pulled open the furnace door after it closed, causing a flare of flame that scorched her veil and hair. She was treated by a Union Hill physician and returned home.
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New York
George Kerbett
Union Hill
N. J
Necker
Patrolman Arrests Wife in Disturbance Case
Toledo Jan 27 Walter S. Bartow city patrolman says nagging drove him to arrest his wife Mrs Bar tow for disturbance. She was arraigned before Police Judge Austin and discharged with a lecture. Both left the court room smiling.
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Toledo
Walter S. Bartow
Bartow
Austin
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