Villa Plans Campaign Southward Into Chihuahua
Presidio Texas January 12 General Francisco Villa said he would move his army southward to Chihuahua preparatory to an assault on Zacatecas Aguas Calientes and Guadalajara after the northern federal forces retreated from Ojinaga The village is wrecked but ordered put in condition refugees march toward Marfa Texas 67 miles away to form camps while Federal soldiers and civilians are removed to the border by the US army authorities
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Presidio
Tex
Ojinaga
Mex
Huerta
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
United States
Zacatecas
Aguas Calientes
Guadalajara
General Villa
Mexico City
Villa
Ortega
McNamee
Bliss
San Antonio
Marfa
Red Cross
William Steinhaus
Fresno
Cal
Blanquet Directs Mexico City Defense Near Rebels
Mexico City reports General Blanquet war minister in Huerta cabinet directing measures to shield the capital as rebels operate within fourteen miles of the city.
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Mexico City
Blanquet
Huerta
Northern Mexico In Custody Of U S Troops After Rebels Defeat
Federal Generals Mercado Castro Orpinal Romero Aduna and Landa are in custody of United States troops awaiting disposition by the war department. General Orozco and General Salazar escaped across the border with 300 cavalrymen. Salazar wounded. They are under watch in the United States on neutrality-law indictments. Mercado saluted the retreat due to ammunition shortages. Ojinaga celebrated in Sonora as Carranza advances reach Navajo. O'Shaughnessy delayed in Mexico City after wait at Orizaba. Carranza train reaches Navajo amid festival backing the victors.
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Mexico
Mercado
Castro
Orpinal
Romero
Aduna
Landa
United States
War Department
Pascual Orozco
Ynes Salazar
Presidio
Salazar
Caraveo
Rojas
Orozco
Mer Jcado
Rio Grande
O'Shaughnessy
Mexico City
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Orizaba
Vera Cruz
John Lind
Wilson
Wondrous Styles Debut In Women Fashion Reports
New York fashion scene previews spring trends described by milliner Charles C. Kurman after returning from Paris. Corkscrew skirt features a tulle tunic over spiral ribs, very low waist, narrow shoulder support, brick red hair, bang curled sides, and hair horns. Skirts will be hobbled, slashed and draped.
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New York
Charles C. Kurman
Paris
Winter Cold Wave Spreads Across United States
Cold wave broadens from Minnesota toward the Atlantic coast with subzero readings across much of the central and eastern United States. Forecasters warn of lingering frost in the upper Great Lakes Ohio Valley and frost reaching Miami Florida, while Pacific and Atlantic coast storm warnings are issued. Pullman company pension plan announced for 33 000 workers. workers over 70 to retire and new hiring capped at age 45.
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Chicago
Pullman Company
Pullman
St. Louis
Wilmington
Del
Buffalo
N. C
Ludlow
Richmond
Cal
Congress to tackle wide range of issues this session
Washington January 12 Congress returns to work after holidays with no single dominant issue. Four main subjects will guide the next months: control of trusts and monopolies, rural credits for farmers, strengthening defense, and passage of annual appropriation bills. Government ownership of northern rail lines in Alaska is also debated as lawmakers prepare for urgent action. The white House supports rural banks and credit associations, aiming to rival trust concerns.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
Clark
Senate
Marshal
Wilson
House
Volunteer Army
Hay
Army
Padgett
Hobson
National Defense
General Administration
Navy
Calumet
Michigan
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
West Virginia
Northern Territory
Rural Credit
Associations
Rural Credit Commission
Europe
Martial law readied in Transvaal as trains face disruption
Capetown reports a broad strike by railroad workers with half the Cape Town shops stopping work and marching on the city. Government orders mobilization of the citizens' defense force and will shoot on sight to protect railway operations. Dynamite attempts threaten Fourteen Streams bridge, endangering line to Johannesburg and Pretoria.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Cape Colony
Salt River
Citizens’ Defense Force
Pretoria
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Kimberley
Here
Johannesburg
Mafeking
Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Texas Teen Murder Case
The U S Supreme Court refused to overturn the death sentence of Leon Cardenas Martinez a 16 year old Mexican convicted in the murder of Emma Brown near Saratoga Texas Martinez claimed fear of mob violence kept him from appealing.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Texas
Leon Cardenas Martinez
Emma Brown
Saratoga
Tex
Martinez
Relief Funda Optimistic as Miners Import Surge Probed
In Houghton Michigan on January 12 1914 relief efforts faced strain from a Western Federation of Miners strike while union leaders departure and plans to import 400 more workers raised cautious optimism among mine operators. Officials noted potential payroll gains yet cautioned only half might prove suitable for underground work amid widespread tension.
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Department of Labor
Washington
Painesville
Hurontown
Western Federation of Miners
Waddell
Telephonic Spy Devices Tied to Copper Miners Strike
Information on plans of Western Federation of Miners officials gathered for mine operators by private detectives using a telephone device, under Houghton grand jury review. Records of discussions between union leaders and attorneys in Calumet and Hancock settings turned over to operators amid hints of grand jury input. Detectives reported overheard conversations involving Chas Moyer and M Hilton at the Hancock hotel. New York arrests for false affidavits linked to gunmen have followed from the devices.
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Houghton, Mich
Western Federation of Miners
O. N. Hilton
Federation
Leadville
Colo
Chas, Tanner
Chas
H. Moyer
Ishpeming
Megaune
Iron
Upper Peninsula
R. 5. McKenzin
Tanner
Hilton
Calumet Law Office
Hancock Hotel
Grand Jury
Hl. Moyer
M. Hilton
New York
President Wilson Heads Home After Florida Trip
President Wilson journeyed home aboard a special train from West Point Georgia on January 12 to tackle government issues with renewed vigor. He appeared physically refreshed after a nearly three week Pass Christian Mississippi vacation and hinted at another winter sojourn to the gulf coast.
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Wilson
Westpoint
Pass Christian
Miss
Gulf Coast
Roll of Honor Courier Readers in Waterloo
January 8 1914 feature lists readers of the Courier with Mrs. T. N. Kellogg signing as "Aunt Tim" and noting forty years of readership in Waterloo since the paper's infancy.
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Roll OF Honor Courier Readers
Publishers Courier
Waterloo
The
Courier
T. N. Kellogg
Tim
Centenarian Martha Jolley Dies in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids report states Martha Jolley aged 100 died last night in Iowa. She would have turned 101 on March 1 if she had lived.
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Cedar Rapids
Martha Jolley
Weather weekly forecast for Washington and east coast
The weather bureau predicts a cold start to the week with freezing conditions spreading from the northwest to the upper lake region by Monday and reaching the north Atlantic states by Tuesday night. Heavy frosts threaten the south Atlantic and gulf states, with interior Florida seeing frost by Tuesday. A gradual moderation arrives in the north by Thursday, while a Pacific disturbance brings rain and snow to the west and central regions, with some snow and rain reaching the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys toward Thursday or Friday. The south and southwest remain generally fair. No severe cold expected after the Alaska disturbance, and another fronts approaches toward week’s end.
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Washington, D. C
Florida
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Upper Lake Region
North Atlantic States
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Gulf States
South Atlantic
South
Canadian
North Atlantic
Alaska
Washington
Plateau
Rocky Mountain
Mountains
Missouri
Mississippi
Atlantic States
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Quinaga
Border Patrol
United States Army
General Blanquet
Sonora
Douglass
Ariz
Agua Prieta
Elias Calles
Carranza
Navato
Navajo
Nogales
Venustiano Carranza
Cruz de Pieda
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Eastport
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Illinois
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Pennsylvania
New England
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St. Paul, Minn
Sioux City
Pullman Benson
Mra. C
Wildebrand
Yankton, D. D
Mra
Gertrude Banton
Rural Banks and Credit Associa
South Africa
Suchanan Optical Co
U.S. Supreme Court
Relief Funda
Miss Clarice Jones
Associated Charities
Miss Jones
Union
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