Congress planned to tackle seating Smith and tax moves
Washington recap: Senate to decide on seating Frank L. Smith of Illinois and vote on the Lausanne treaty amid other business. Cyrus Woods nomination to the Interstate Commerce Commission may face rejection. House focus shifts to war department appropriations and possible tax relief efforts as Ways and Means deadlines loom.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Frank L. Smith
Ilinois
William B. McKinley
Senate
Cyrus B. Woods
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
War Department
Ways and Means
Garner
Storm brings multiple deaths amid winter blast across cities
The storm across the Middle West and East causes fatalities from Toronto to Detroit and Philadelphia. Four children perished in Toronto due to a house fire while parents were away. Two Detroit men died frozen, and a third body was recovered from a Philadelphia snow drift. Many others required medical care.
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Middle West
Toronto
Canada
Detroit
Philadelphia
Canadian teen wins Wrigley marathon swim across 22 miles
George Young, 17, from Toronto, wins the deep sea derby after a 22 mile crossing from Santa Catalina to California in 1 8 45. He finishes at Point Vincente as frigid water thins field of 102 entrants and claims a $25,000 prize. Two women and one man abandon chase.
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Wilmington
Cal
George Young
Toronto
Canada
California
William Wrigley
San Pedro Channel
Santa Catalina Island
Point Vincente
Wrigley
Young
Mia
Margaret CC
Hauser
Long Beach
Martha Stager
Portland
Ore
Peter Meyer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Adde
Governor Francis Burial Held in St. Louis
Funeral services for David R. Francis 76 a former Missouri governor and cabinet official will be at the old family residence in St Louis Tuesday morning Burial will follow in Bellefontaine cemetery beside his wife who died in Texas in March 1924 He died Saturday night after a long illness Six sons will be active pallbearers and the surviving directors of the St Louis world’s fair will attend in a body
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
David R. Francis
Missouri
United States
Russia
Cleveland
Bellefontaine
Texas
Francis
Four children dead in Toronto house fire
Four children aged four, three, 15 months, and two months perished in a Toronto residence fire caused possibly by an overheated stove. The two story rough cast home burned while parents visited neighbors and the family participated in funeral arrangements.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Matthew
Josephine
Loree
Ellison
Augustus Geoffry
Stormy Midwest Thaws Then Faces New Freeze
The Associated Press reports Chicago and the Middle West battling sub zero weather. After three days of deep snow, a temporary relief emerged but another zero degree blanket is forecast within 24 hours. This fresh cold spell threatens schools roads and daily life across the region.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Middle West
Hypodermic Gun Used by Bold Stickup Man
A drug addict, known to police, attempted a street robbery at 1760 Grand Avenue in Butte using a hypodermic syringe as a weapon. He demanded money from two women, but fled when the purse was not secured. Police reported his motive as a desire to leave Butte.
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Bold
Butte
Ed Yeager
Elm Street
Anna Johnson
Jim Larkin
Larkin
Grand
Anti Christian Riots In China Drive Out 44 Missionaries
Rioters looted churches hospitals and residences as British and American women and two ministers were beaten and dragged through streets in Foochow. Northern soldiers in the Cantonese army fueled the violence. foreigners escaped to safety. Forty four missionaries, mostly Americans, arrived in Shanghai aboard the Sui Wo after evacuating Kuling under American Vice Consul Paxton.
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Associated Press
Foochow
China
Shanghai
Kuling
Kiuklang
Yangtze River
J. H. Paxton
Cantonese Lose Stronghold in Shanghai Clash
Cantonese forces report a setback as control over a key position in Shanghai wanes. Authorities confirm heavy fighting and mounting casualties on both sides with no immediate relief in sight.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Kissing Denounced by Health Officer in Newark
Newark January 16. Lipsticks handshaking and kissing especially kissing with rouge on lips should not be permitted says Dr. Charles V Craster chief health officer in a bulletin. Lipstick on lips traps microbes and daily wetting spreads microbes.
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Associated Press
Newark
Charles V. Craster
Craster
Mexican court action begins over petroleum law in Tampico
Four American oil companies file amparo actions in Tampico seeking injunctive protection of property rights under the new petroleum law. The government backs recourse to courts, while reports claim a Catholic rebellion in Coahuila is crushed and federal forces curb rebels elsewhere with about 60 killed in recent skirmishes.
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Tampico
Ortega
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War Department
Coahuila
Tampico Dispatches
Anicito Torres
Sinclair Oz Company
Sinclair Company
Amparo
Aguila Trans-Continental
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Methodist Leader Proposes Dance Supervisor Commissioner
Chicago January 16 The Rev John Thompson pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church urged a national commissioner of dancing to purge recreation of attendant evils He supported approved dances like the fox trot one step and waltz while opposing the Charleston and black bottom as too gymnastic He said dancing needs elevating and the church should supervise youth dancing to remove immoral influences.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Thompson
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Thompson
Boy With Health of Mother at Stake Wins Catalina Swim
Toronto tale of George Young a 17 year old known as the Dig fish who used 185 to buy an old motorcycle and reach California to swim the Catalina Channel finishing first and earning 825000 the plan to take his widowed mother to California to regain her health and resume school once funds and aid were secured.
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Chicago
Toronto
George Young
California
Ruth Gray
Georgia Tay
George
Gray
William Wrigley Jr
Wrigley
Butte Y M C A Announces Giant Recreation Program
Butte's Y M C A unveils a vast four month plan with over twenty activities including basketball bowling wrestling handball baseball volleyball swimming roller skating track events contests and dances. The 1926 report shows 27 schools participated and 6500 boys joined free activities with growing plans for girls and a target of 5000 more youth.
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Butte
Sam Parker
Butte Y. M.C. A
Walker
Pinemashers
Indiana officer captures suspect linked to coast to kansas strangulations
Petersburg Indiana Jan 16 A man named Oyers arrested after terrorizing local women by entering homes and demanding food. He is tied to a nationwide case of strangling 165 women from the Pacific coast to Kansas City, with descriptions matching the so-called gorilla man.
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Petersburg
Ind
Peter Ojern
Pacific Coast
Kansas City
Dyers
Thomas M. Kendall
Velpen
Here
Oyers
California
Bandit slain as store owner uses body as shield
Los Angeles police report Mike Trifoni, a shoe dealer, grappling with a holdup man in his shop used the robber’s body as a shield against three accomplices who fired from a car outside. The bandit Paul Cathan, 28, was killed by three bullets in the back. his confederates fled. Cathan had prior robbery convictions and multiple holdup arrests.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Mike Trifoni
Paul Cathan
Calexico Shakes Nine Times. Buildings Damaged Again
Nine earthquake shocks were felt in Calexico on January 16 with the heaviest at 11 05 a m. Fissures widened in buildings already damaged by a major disturbance two weeks earlier and the tremors rattled dishes and shook loose bricks.
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Calexigo
Butte Prepares for State and National Wool Growers Conventions
Committees finalize plans as Butte readies to host state and national wool growers. More than 700 reservations logged. a special Northern Pacific train arrives tomorrow. State officers meet Tuesday at the New Vinton Hotel. the national convention follows with Butte Chamber of Commerce and Frank Venable coordinating arrangements.
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Montana
Chamber of Commerce
Northern Pacific
New Vinton
Ren. Co
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Frank Venable
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