Dynamite Blast Hits Pueblo Colorado Laundry
An explosion shattered the Pueblo laundry at 3 AM injuring guard Clarence Bell, tearing a four foot square hole and damaging surrounding buildings. The blast caused about 5000 dollars in damage with a $1000 reward offered for the dynamiter. Authorities found a burned fuse fragment and twisted wiring as clues. The aim appeared to be a water softener tank supplying the plant.
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Pueblo
Colorado
Clarence Bell
J. Will Johnson
Hoe
Johnson
Morse Gets Full Pardon From Taft
Charles W. Morse, freed by President Taft, expressed relief with a weak exclamation in Atlanta after receiving the news from Warden Moyer at the penitentiary. Officials say Morse is extremely ill and may not travel to the city soon, with Fort McPherson’s commandant cautioning death could come at any time. Ammonia was given to aid a quick restoration as Morse’s pulse hovered around 88.
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Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
Taft
Morse
Warden Moyer
Gol. J. T. van Orndale
Fort McPherson
Matty Baldwin and Jack Redmond Tie in Daw Downtown
In Youngstown Ohio on January 18 Matty Baldwin and Jack Redmond fought to a twelve round draw both finishing strong with a competitive display that kept the bout even.
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Matty Baldwin and
Jack Redmond
Youngstown
Ohio
Matty Baldwin
Business in Politics Stirs Michigan Stops for Wilson
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey spoke in Grand Rapids and Baton Rouge addresses on the topic Business in Politics. He urged emancipation from machine politics and criticized excessive politics in business. He planned to travel to Trenton, New Jersey the next day.
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Grand Rapides
Mich
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Baton Rapids
Charlotte
Ann Arbor
Representative Democrate
Ladies’ Literary Club
Town Hell
Trenton
N. J
Turkeys Trot Criticized By London Preacher In Brooklyn
Rev Bernard Vaughan, brother of Cardinal Vaughan, denounces the Apache and turkey trot dances as dangerous to morality. He warns that such moves inflame passions and should be ostracized, urging public admonition and even hose to quell indulgence.
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New York
Bernard Vaughan
London
Cardinal Vaughan
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Serious fighting between Italians and Turks at Tripoli
Italian and Turkish forces clashed in Tripoli on January 16 to 18. Italians bombarded Zoarn to avenge patrol boat sniping, and on January 18 Turks and Arabs attacked. hours of brisk fighting followed with heavy Turkish losses.
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London
Tripoli
Zoarn
Malians
Wildcat Ferns Wins Ten Round Decision in Stoppage
Oklahoma cowboy pugilist Wildcat Ferns defeats Unk Russell of Philadelphia in ten rounds at Konans City Missouri. The bout ended in the tenth when ref halted the action as Russell appeared near collapse.
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Konans City
Wildcat” Ferns
Oklahoma Cowboy
Tonleht
U S Soldiers Arrive to Protect Pekin Railway Route
The United States confirms five hundred troops of the Fifth Regiment arrive in Pekin to guard the railroad from Pekin to the sea. Attache Captain Reeves meets them, with 300 Americans to quarter in a warehouse at Tien Tain and others guarding the line from Tang Shan to Lanchow. The move follows discussions on China’s republican recognition and impartial policy between factions.
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U. S
Pekin
United States Infantry
Currency notes printed for Chinese Republic seized in Chicago
Chicago police seized a Chinese note found with a man arrested in possession of the currency printed for the Chinese Republic. An order for printing was left in Chicago by Dr Bun Yat Sen before he left for China.
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Chicago
Ill
Bun Yat Sen
China
Five Others Implicated in Arron Dynamite Plot
The U S grand jury heard testimony that at least five more men than those indicted or convicted in the dynamite conspiracy took part in the Akron Ohio iron works plot on July Fourth 1910. McManigal named three alleged participants in Cleveland. Bert H W Franklin a McNamara detective on trial in Los Angeles commented on the jury after a ten minute questioning.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Akron
Ohio
McManigal
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Calif
Bert HW. Franklin
McNamara
Twin Sullivan Defeats McMahon In Ten-Round Bout
Cleveland report: Twin Sullivan won a ten round decision over McMahon tonight, taking the bout on strength of superior ring generalship. The clash occurred in Cleveland with Sullivan dominating the action through the early rounds and maintaining control to the final bell.
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Twin Sullivan
Mmahon
Cleveland
Ohio
Twin” Sullivan
Om McMahon
Brigade Post 10 to be Built at Honolulu
Denver report says a brigade post to house 6 000 U S troops will rise at barracks five miles from Honolulu Hawaii. Construction ordered by the quartermaster general to begin immediately with William Frank Noel as engineer in charge and to sail for Honolulu by February 6. The action follows discovery of 36 000 former Japanese soldiers in Hawaii subject to service for Japan at any moment.
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Colo
Honolulu
Pawali
Frank Noel
Fort Login
Colorado
Worshington
Honold
United States
Hawaii
Japan
Ealm
Bandit Gang Nabbed After West Madison Car Brawl
Chicago police arrest four bandits led by Jerry O Connor after a gun battle on a West Madison Street car. They admit involvement in 35 to 40 robberies over two weeks, with accomplices William Wharton Edward Stillwell and Leo Lake aged between 25 and 30.
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Chicago
Jerry O'Connor
West Madison Street
West Side
O'Connor
William Wharton
Edward Stillwell
Leo Lake
Revenue Cutter Aids Stranded Schooner Off Cape Hatteras
Revenue cutter Stacca reached the schooner Harry Prescott at ten tonight to attempt rescue of four crew members clinging to the rigging near Cape Hatteras. Earlier Litesavera made a final attempt at eight o'clock tonight and failed due to high seas and strong tide.
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Revenue Cuttery
Norfolk
Stacca
Harry Prescott
Cape Hatteras
Litesavera
Railways Offer Special Rates for Seed Grain to South Dakota
Minneapolis January 19. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul and the Chicago and Northwestern Railway announce special transportation rates for seed grain to South Dakota due to the failure of the 1911 crop.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
South Dakota
Denver Lawyer Seeks Missing Corbett In Blizzards Case
William Lee Corbett has been missing for eighteen days as his Denver attorney seeks to notify him about a suit against Mary Mackey over $8 property left by Martha J. Corbett. The case, tied to a deed of trust from 1909, has endured since 1908 amid questions of mental capacity and undue influence.
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Colo
William Lee Corbett
Wyoming
Mary Mackey
Martha J. Corbett
Greeley W. Whitford
Corbett
Corbett-Mackey
Como
Salt Lake City
Peter J. Corbett
Mackey
Frankee
Carey firm leads Wyoming stock show sales
Robert D. Carey returned from Denver where J. M. Carey & Brow exhibited stock. Five Hereford bulls sold at an average of 170 dollars each. About fifty bulls were sold, Carey stock achieving the highest average price among exhibitors. The show drew stockmen from across the United States.
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Robert D. Carey
Denver
J. M, Carey
Carey Company
Plana
Carey Steck
Carey
United States
Strikers Grow to Sixteen Thousand in Lawrence Textile War
In Lawrence Massachusetts a meeting of six hundred English speaking textile workers voted to strike with up to six hundred more likely to join. The total on strike reaches about sixteen thousand as mills may close, signaling expanding labor unrest. In Saint Joseph Missouri a Burlington line collision injured a dozen passengers and crew after signals caused two trains to meet in the yard.
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Lawrence
Mass
St. Joseph
Burlington
Sleeping Men Welcome at Union Congregational Church
Cambridge Massachusetts January 19. Sleepy men are welcomed at Union Congregational Church where Rev Allan A Stockdale says men fall asleep not from fear of church but from fatigue and the warm pews. He notes sleep helps and that nudging is unnecessary. The sermon and music are soothing as men rest.
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Cambridge
Masa
Union Congregational Church
Allan A. Stockdale
Stockdale
Euya
Wiley Cleared as House Panel Ends Food Controversy
Washington January report from House committees finds Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture has a clean bill of health. The committee's findings sustain Wiley amid the recent charges and counter charges in the food administration controversy.
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Washington, D C
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Food Administration
House
Wiley
Inauguration Date Clouded by Ballot Count Delay
Governor Hiec Hunt faced a delayed inauguration as a telegram from Territorial Governor Sloan said the ballot count would likely not be completed before January 30. Hunt then indicated he does not expect to be inaugurated before mid February.
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Globe
Avix
Hiec Hunt
Sloan
Hunt
International American Aviation Meet Opens in Los Angeles
The third international aviation meet begins in Los Angeles tomorrow with federation aviation bodies governing eight nations. Forty nine aviators will compete as records stand for the event.
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Los Angeles
Domondow
Calif
Aviation
Sheridan Leaders Claim Rapid Wyoming Growth
The Young Men's Literary club discussion covered local progress with Judge Matson recounting a Birmingham esrow storm and foreseeing Wyoming's future. Mr. Henderson predicted Sunrise iron and Alabama style Birmingham development near the North Platte, Casper prospects in oil and asbestos, and Lander Shoshoni towns accelerating. Mullen praised Sheridan's census progress as the fastest growing municipality in the region.
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Young Men's Literary Club
Judge Mateon
Birmingham
Mobile
Fouth
Henderson
Wyoming
North Platte River
Alabama
Casper
Lander
Shoshoni
Clark Folk pledge tied to Missouri Democratic convention
Washington reports Speaker Champ Clark and former Governor Joseph W Folk have agreed to stake their Democratic presidential bids on Missouri Democratic convention results at Joplin. If Folk is endorsed Clark would withdraw his campaign. Lincoln notes President Wilson as a Republican nominee candidate in Nebraska.
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Champ Clark
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Joplin
Folk
Lincoln
Neb
William HL
Sift
Nebraska
Banks May Become U S Postal Depositories
Washington Jan 11 for the first time it develops today that state banks and trust companies may become United States depositories. The treasury department says any financial institution holding postal savings deposits or other government funds may secure that title without legal impediment even if designated by the secretary of the treasury.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Treasury Department
American
National
State Bank
Trust Company
Secretary of the Treasury
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