Winter Storm Paralyzes Rail Traffic Across Kansas Region
Suffering spreads through Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma as a crippling winter storm shuts coal supplies and delays trains by 24 hours. Kansas University at Lawrence closes, major lines blocked, towns pleas for aid with coal shortages and halted schedules amid northwest winds.
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Five-Gent Tigers Sold At Fort Cheyenne Street Car Victory
Settlement ends long street car boycott serving Fort Russell soldiers. New fare structure includes ten cent cash fare four tickets for a quarter and seventeen for one dollar credit, with no exchange charge. Conference led by Fort Russell post officers and local clubs secured agreement and immediate resumption of service.
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Great Britain on Verge of Big Strike
London Jan. 11 Hope of averting a coal miners strike involving about 600000 men in England Scotland and Ireland by March 1 has faded. Vote expected to favor walkout with results due Jan. 18. final employers and workers meeting Jan. 23 offers no concessions. Churchill questioned if strike can be avoided. Smillie said only if employers yield, else every colliery railway gas and electric works and mills would shut within a month and the fleet within six weeks.
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Clock Hands Survive Fire Behind Equitable Collapse
A New York fire devastates the Equitable Life building destroying vaults and debris traps hundreds of millions in cash and securities. Officials report a discarded match started the blaze while a clock in Mercantile Trust Co offices shows the correct time amid charred wood. Equitable Insurance contributes twenty thousand dollars to aid workers.
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Near Riot at Suffrage Meeting in Brooklyn Headquarters
A meeting of the Kings County Suffrage Association in Brooklyn ended in a near riot when Mrs. Gue Rublin urged the secretary to resign if dissatisfied with the leadership. She then prepared tea in the adjoining room as tensions rose and one suffragette complained the tea was too strong while another praised it as the best she had tasted.
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Millionaire Weds 19 Year Old In South Norwalk Ceremony
In South Norwalk on January 11 Elijah Marshall Allen a 72 year old millionaire lumber merchant of New York wed Mary Laura Walker daughter of Mrs Elwood Wyck Kneeland of Kentucky. The bride who has ties to President Taft came to the ceremony after meeting the groom in Europe two months earlier while beginning an onstage career.
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Europe
Apartment House Burns Cremated Victims Feared
New York fire crews battled a three story frame apartment building on Broxdale Avenue early today. Three victims named as Thomas McDonough his wife and five unknown boarders perished. Origin of the blaze is under investigation.
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Firemen Set Meeting for Edwardaville Convention
The National Firemen's Association today decided to hold its next annual convention at Springfield, Illinois, bringing together members from Edwardaville and Wise for a statewide gathering this January.
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Treaties Opposed by Democrats in Senate Debate
In Washington the Lodge amendment to the arbitration treaty with Great Britain and France drew unexpected Democratic opposition. Seven or eight Democrats, previously willing to back the treaty, now oppose the Lodge change, arguing it nullifies vital treaty provisions by reserving disputes involving American subjects to arbitration. Republicans lack enough support to pass the measure without Democratic aid.
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Progressives Defeated in Bid to Block Mann Picks
In Washington on January 11 the progressive wing failed to derail Leader Mann by blocking nominees for house committees. Campbell of Kaneas won a seat on the rules committee, while Murdock of Kansas faced opposition from both parties. Carnegie Stilton testified in the Beal inquiry and denied knowledge of the Sheneman Law details.
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