Japan prepared to deploy 30000 troops into Korea amid crisis
Advices from Tokio dated January 22 report Japan pushing wartime prep with rumors of 30000 soldiers sent to Korea if Russian reply remains unacceptable. Tokyo also expanding fleet with freighters converted to cruisers, upgrades to Kokura division, and new attaché appointments while Manila may serve as a supply base.
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Seoul Legation
Manila
Hong Kong
United States
Lloyd C. Griscom
Legation
Tokio
Sonoda Koikichi
Nobles’ Bank
Gans Knocks Out Canadian Ward in Short Bout
Detroit February report says Joe Gans the light welterweight champion dominated Mike Ward of Sarnia Ontario from the second round, and the police stopped the bout at 2 minutes 30 seconds of the tenth round as Ward lay unable to continue. Ward was revived for over an hour after the match.
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Detriot
Mich
Joe Gans
Mike Ward
Sarnia
Ont
Campion
Canada
Ward
Gans
Boston
Tom Sharkey
John Piening
Criterion Athletic Club
Piening
Sharkey
Hanna Improves After Brief Illness
Senator Hanna is recovering after a short illness and will remain at home for about a week to ensure full rest. Doctors say rest and careful care are needed to prevent another relapse.
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Hanna
Washington
Municipal Ownership Assured Vote In Chicago
Secretary Ritter says petition for immediate municipal ownership of street railways will be filed in Chicago with over 100000 signatures under public policy law. The measure appears on the April little ballot. In St Petersburg an elderly woman found dead sans heirs left 8,000 cash and securities valued at 1,000,000 in her room.
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Chicago
EB. W. Ritter
Referendum League
Ritter
St. Petersburg
Whitney Dies After Appendicitis Operation
Former secretary of the navy William Collins Whitney died at his New York residence in his 64th year days after illness began at the Metropolitan Opera. He passed under ether during preparations for a second operation with Harry Payne Whitney and Dorothy Whitney at his side.
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New York
Wm. Collins Whitney
Navy
Fifth Avenue
Harry Payne Whitney
Dorothy Whitney
Wm. T. Bull
Whitney
Metropolitan Opera House
Walter B. James
Bull
Mr. Whitney
Woodlawn
Flora Payne Whitney
Olive Whitney
Flora Payne Paget
Harry Payne
Almeric Paget
London
Democratic Club
Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Associated Press
Groff Testimony Supports Machen in Postal Trial
Groff brothers testify in the postal trial that the letter fastener was pursued without intent to reach Machen or others directly. Samuel A. Groff describes efforts to interest postal employees and officials in the invention, noting he never met Machen due to the official’s busyness.
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Washington
Oday Diller B. Groff
Samuel A. Groff
Machen
Lorenz
Bank Chief Admits Guilt In Nogales Embezzlement Case
John Dysart president of the International Bank of Nogales, arrested Monday on embezzlement charges tied to the bank’s closing, is out on bond. Cashier Swain and Director Ruhart remain jailed awaiting bonds.
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Tucson
Ariz
John Dysart
International Bank of Nogales
Internation Bank
Swain
Ruhart
Senate Sees Prayer by Rabbi in Unlikely Duo Service
In Washington a religious service in the Senate was led by Rabbi David Philipson, a Cincinnati Hebrew College professor, with Protestant chaplain Hale concluding the service. The occasion highlighted cross faith rituals at federal government proceedings.
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Washington
Senate
David Philipson
Hebrew College
Cincinnati
New Canaan
Hale
Porto Rico to be Represented in Congress
The House unanimously amended rules to grant the Porto Rican resident commissioner near equal authority to a territorial delegate. A delegate bill previously stalled in the Senate now aligns Porto Rico with most benefits of that measure. Debate featured minority calls for earlier action and continued routine business with five private claims and omnibus claims under consideration before adjournment at 4 16 p m.
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Washington
House
Congress
Porto Rico
Senate
Committee On Rules
Degetau
End of Martial Law in Colorado in Sight
Denver reports the end of military rule in Teller county as Governor Peabody revokes martial law order. Civil authorities resume control while Cripple Creek district militiamen return to Camp Goldfield. Prisoners are released or returned to custody and cases pending against Adjutant General Bell and Brigadier General Chase await court. News notes suggest Cripple Creek remains quiet as martial law winds down.
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Denver
Teller County
Western Federation of Miners
Strik
Peabody
Telluride
Cripple Creek
Goldfield
Verdeckberg
Lewis
Sherman M. Bell
John Chase
Grippie Crwk
Wil
A Democrat Endorses Roosevelt in Panama Debate
Senator Clarke of Arkansas lauds the president’s Panama policy and predicts strong Democratic support for ratification. Senator Fairbanks backs the administration’s isthmus actions. In Abyssinia, US Consul Skinner reports a warm reception from King Menelik and notes Ethiopian trade prospects and an American delegation to St. Louis.
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Washington
Clarke
Arkansas
Senate
Panama
Colombia
Fairbanks
Marseilles
United States
Menelik of
Abyssinia
Robert E. Skinner
Skinner
Menelik
Rosevelt
Ethiopia
Onur
St. Louis
Fire Leaves Only Two Buildings Standing in Hollandale
Memphis report says a blaze swept Hollandale, on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley line, leaving only the Bank of Hollandale building and Russell Bros. storehouse intact. Total property loss estimated between 150000 and 200000 dollars.
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Memphis, Tenn
Hollandale
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
Leland
Bank of Hollandale
Russell Bros
Ferry boat crushed by ice on river march crowds
A ferry operating between New Richmond Ohio and California Kentucky was stove in by ice injuring many aboard and drifted two miles downstream as passengers panicked. A huge ice floe acted as a raft aiding the vessel.
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Cincinnati
New Richmond
Ohio
California
Kentucky
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