Trainsaders in Cascade Wreck Claims Four Dead
Snow avalanches sweep Cascade routes as Great Northern Cascade train derails killing four and leaving Mrs Fern Wallace and a Lyons baby missing. Survivors report wrecked chair and dining cars in snowbound mountains with rescue crews racing to reach bodies and reopen transcontinental line expected delay extending beyond a week.
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Seattle
Fern Wallace
Baly
Lyons
Wash
Great Northern Railroad
Cascade
Cascade Mountains
Elec
Ralph Batterman
Edward Baterman
Weatchee
Jace
Wallace
Vancouver
British Columbia
Great Northern
Butte News Caps Busy Day With Relief, Recitals And Alleged Wreck
In Today’s Standard age the page highlights relief efforts by Butte Hebrews, a concert orchestra recital and a family reunion, plus an arrest case where a woman claims she wrecked her home. It also notes mining and financial items, a review of Librarian Davies, sport updates on Butte baseball, and various world and national items including air raids, political policy, and weather notes.
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Kent
Juarez
Montenegro
Alexander Weaver
Yuma
Russia
Coeur d'Alene
Butte
Wilson
Davies Review
Americans at the Execution Daybreak at Juarez
Fragmentary text reports a daytime execution scene near Juarez with soldiers and a named figure, reflecting a grim border event. The readable words reference Americans, an execution, daybreak, and military presence amid unresolved details.
Mexican brothers executed for killing American in Juarez cemetery
About 19 Americans witnessed the dawn execution of Bernardo and Frederico Duran in Juarez after they confessed to killing Bert Akers at San Lorenzo near the border. Frederico died in the volley, Bernardo survived the first shot and received a mercy round, then died as the firing squad finished him. Downe, a man with Akers, testified he was mistaken about the killer's identity. American officials calmed tensions in Ysleta as the event stirred local sentiment.
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el Pano
Bernardo
Frederico Duran
Tanga
Bert Akers
San Lorenzo
Juarez
Akers
Douglas Downs
Bernardo Duran
Downe
Downs
Ysleta
Akers and Downs
Duran Brothers
Frederic
Iue
Firng
Frederico
Mexico
Santa Rita
N. M
Caatel
Alfredo Ortiz
Ortiz
Pro German Literature Being Printed in Dublin
Police raided the Countess Markievicz residence in Dublin and seized a printing press and type used for alleged pro German literature. The raid also found arms and ammunition at other suspected houses with no resistance offered. The Countess, sister to an Irish baronet, married to a Polish nobleman, had links to James Larkin during the 1918 Dublin streetcar riots.
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London
Central News
Dublin
Markievicz
James Larkin
Transport Workers’ Union
Tiots
Larkin
Turks to Admit Sinking Persia in Berlin Report
Amsterdam dispatch quotes Berlin saying Turkish ministry to publish that a Turkish submarine sank the steamer Persia off Crete in late December. The Persia went down in five minutes after a forward explosion. 119 passengers and 211 crew perished. No witnesses claimed to see a submarine.
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London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Turkish Ministry of Marine
Persia
Crete
Flood Worsens as Colorado River Breach Destroys Bard Area
Panic and rescue efforts unfold at Yuma as lands near Bard and the Indian reservation flood. A four mile break in the man siphon canal widens the disaster while government workers flee Sixteen Mile post. Williams and SP crews close the levee breach and organize boats with provisions for the homeless.
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Yuma
Ariz
California
Colorado River
Araz Station
Bard
Colorado
Yuma Valley
Sixteen Mile Post
T. H. Willams
Southern Pacific Railroad
Real cold wave sweeps in from Pacific coast
An Arctic air mass drove through Montana and Seattle on January 23, smashing records. In Great Falls the temperature plunged from 3 above to 4 below zero in 30 minutes while a chinook wind and rain eased into mud. Butte warned of colder weather ahead as trains faced delays from snow and melting runoff. Seattle saw a 21 degree drop from morning to late afternoon, narrowing flood fears. Kalispell reported two inches of snow with extreme interior lows in Alaska noted.
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Great Falls
Butte
Helena
Cascades
Milwaukee
Seattle
Seatte
Kalispell
Mont
Alaska
Eagle
Tanant
London
Kent
War Office
Atimek
Man Murdered by Wedge Driven Through Skull in Iowa
Dubuque Iowa January 23 Herman Lunning a recluse near Dubuque was found dying last night with a six inch long wedge driven through his skull He died soon after reaching a hospital Robbery is suspected as the motive Lunning was believed to possess large sums of money on his farm Two strangers were seen near his home recently during a search for clues
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Dubuque
Iowa
Herman Lunning
S Lunning
Lunnning
Powers Asked to Remain Neutral by New Republic
In Peking on January 2, Tung Chi Yao named military governor of Yunnan and Jen Kao Taang civil governor, sending letters to legations urging neutrality in the conflict between the revolutionary movement and Yuan Shi Kai's government. The letters pledge to respect existing Chinese treaties and obligations predating the monarchy restoration and warn legations to seize contraband for Yuan's government. Foreign protection is promised by the powers.
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Peking
Tung Chi-Yao
Yunnan
Jen Kao Taang
Legations
Republic of
Yuri
Yuan Shi Kai
Wife says husband got what was coming after police shooting
San Francisco, Jan 23 Edward Shane, a watchman, was shot and died hours later by Officer Harry Prowse. Police say Shane resisted arrest and attacked the officer in their home after abusing his wife. Prowse defends the shooting as self defense. Mrs. Shane declared, My husband got what was coming to him.
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San Francisco
Edward Shane
Harry Prowse
Shane
Prowse
Wants to Cut Down Size of British Newspapers
London January 4 Walter Runciman president of the board of trade will meet leading British newspaper owners for a conference on reducing paper and wood pulp imports by about 40 percent. The move would require smaller newspapers and may force many ships to be used for other trades. Most owners reportedly favor economy in paper use though recent Ramavats proposals failed.
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London
Walter Runciman
Board Trade
Ramavats
Threatening letters charged against Gardener
In Glencove New Jersey January 23 authorities arrested Frank Myska a 30 year old gardener on the Brokaw estate after anonymous notes demanded thirty six thousand dollars or harm to the wife and son of W Gould Brokaw. Detectives noted a striking similarity between the letters writing and Myska's hand.
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Glencove
W. Gould Brokaw
Frank Myska
Brokaw
Myska
President Wilson to tour Middle West on preparedness drive
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson plans a national tour to rally public opinion for military preparedness. Congress debates Mexico policy and European war effects while immigration and other issues delay intervention votes. Kent coast air raids spark Britain’s defense debate and updates on Zeppelin activity.
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Washington
Wileson
Middle West
Congress
Ames
Inaamuchas
Tim
Humphrey Ne
Wilson
Senate
Carranza
Mexico
Probade
Nis
Fighting Resumed by Austria in Montenegro
A semi official dispatch from Budapest via Zurich reports fighting has restarted in Montenegro as a portion of the Montenegrin army refused surrender. The Volks Zeitung notes a time limit for weapon surrender, potentially resuming operations within 36 hours. queira
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Austria
Montenegro
London
Budapest
Hungary
Zurich
Cologne
Volks Zeitung
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