Last Chance For Turkey To End War
Constantinople reports the national assembly will study the Balkan situation, signaling potential concessions to the Allies but Turkey aiming to hold Adrianople and Aegean islands by force if needed. Allies may seek power to compel compliance. a resumption of war could follow. Austria warns of a costly European war if Belgrade and Adriatic positions are attacked.
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Apectai
Commercial Tribune
London
Constantinople
Porte
National Assembly
Balkan
Turkey
Adrianople
Aegean
Europe
Russia
Austria
Belgrade
Adriatic
Turks and Greeks Meet in Great Naval Battle
Constantinople Jan 19 The interior ministry reports a prolonged engagement between Turkish and Greek fleets near Tenedos and Imbros with heavy losses on both sides. The Turkish fleet returned to the Dardanelles while wounded are being brought to Constantinople.
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Constantinople
Ministry of the Interior
Tenedos
Iemnos
Dardanelles
Women Goad Officers to Personal Encounter in Dardanelles
In Constantinople on January 19 a quarrel broke out aboard Turkish warships in the Dardanelles as officers divided between fighting Greeks and avoiding a doomed fleet. Fifteen officers were wounded after blows were exchanged amid the row sparked by a manifesto signed The Women of Turkey urging the forts to sink the fleet. The dispute helped prompt a notable Turkish voyage to Syria.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Turkey
Syria
Utah debate over execution methods in state of Utah
Salt Lake City Utah January nineteen The legislature debates future execution methods condemned criminals to end their own lives after all appeals are exhausted The law currently allows either shooting or hanging with the condemned choosing the method Governor Spry has proposed the electric chair Judge Thomas Marioneaux advocates allowing a condemned person to commit suicide under Chinese customs as an alternative to execution
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Spry
Thomas Marioneaux
Eighteen Arrested in Xenia Card Game Raids
Eighteen well known men were rounded up in a raid on a popular Xenia hotel game. The group included three preachers, several theological students, and Cedarville Marshal Kennon. Atlas proprietor William Cains and the operators were jailed, others signed affidavits and were released.
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Commercial Tribune
Xenia
Keighteen
Marshal Kennon
Cedarville
William Cains
Atlas
State Hospital Attendant Charged in Fatal Bat Attack
John Barnhart died from injuries after Oral Best, a young state hospital attendant, allegedly struck him with a baseball bat during a ward walk. Barnhart, mentally demented, had a long hospital stay in Lilly Chapel Madison county. Best denied the assault and claimed Barnhart was kicked by another patient. Dr. Gilliam discharged Best but later obtained a warrant. bond set at 600 dollars.
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Columbus, O
John Barnhart
State Hospital
Oral Best
Cc. F. Gilliam
Best
Barnhart
Lilly Chapel
Madison County
City
James Keys
Gilliam
Edward ‘Eba
Franklin County
Ebba
Bartbhart
Adams County
Phillips
MAIL CAR RIFLED BY LONE BANDIT IN ALABAMA
A lone bandit boarded Southern railway passenger train No. 12 at Lincoln and rifled the Riverside stop mail car near Riverside Alabama. He forced mail clerk BE. L. Cragmen to hand over registered mail and fled as the train slowed. Detectives and locals hunted the suspect without success.
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Anniston
Ala
Southern Railway
Riverside
BE. L. Cragmen
Lincoln
Cragmen
Train Collision in Tiffin Kills One Hurt Three
A westbound B and O extra train collided with a switch engine in Tiffin Ohio. Ray Landis aged 28 was killed. W E Saxter 24, R M Mase 25 fireman, and G C Brandon 26 brakeman were injured as five cars wrecked.
Cornell Student Asks If Philadelphia Smells Reach Birds
Ithaca New York January 19 The president's office at Cornell received a student inquiry on bird migration asking if birds can smell Philadelphia when winds come from the south and, if so, what the odor is like The note explains the study of how odors influence direction in migratory birds.
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Ithaca, N. Y
Cor
Nell University
Philadelphia
Baby Wiley Heads Suffrage Parade In Baby Chariot
Harvey W Wiley Jr the pure food baby will lead the Men’s League division in the March 3 suffrage parade in Washington He will not march but ride in a baby chariot at the head of the masculine believers column His father a suffrage advocate cannot march due to lecture engagements.
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Baby Wiley
Father Wiley
Fire Arson Ring Across Cities Tied to One Man
Chicago officials pursue Benjamin Fink as a central figure in a supposed arson trust linked to fires in New York, South Bend, Fort Wayne, and Chicago. Izzy the Painter Isidore Stein, jailed informant, details dozens of fires and says many citizens offered bounties to start blazes since 1907.
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Benjamin Fink
Guardian of Tafts Diet Is Retained by Wilson
Mrs. L. A. Jaffray, the White House housekeeper, will remain in charge for four more years under President-elect Wilson. She has run household departments since March 4, four years ago and plans entertainments the Taft administration was known for.
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Taft
Wilson
White House
Mrs. Jaffray
Teft
Freeman Ready to Surrender Amid Arson Indictment
New York detectives seek a grand jury indictment for arson against Henry C. Freeman a fire insurance broker and adjuster. Freeman appeared at The Sun claiming innocence and stating he would surrender to the district attorney. Isidor Steinkreutzer and Freeman's former clerk Martin Singer accuse him of active involvement in the arson ring with broker George Gratz linked to introductions and assignments.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Uimirict
Grand Jury
Sun
Henry C. Freeman
Izzy
Freeman
William Street
Weller
Isidor Steinkreutzer
Martin Singer
Steinkreutzer
George Gratz
Bride’s Hat Ignites Candle During New York Wedding
In Ballston New York Rev Father William H Walsh calmly extinguished a feather on Miss Anna Guito’s hat when it caught fire during the marriage to John Cuzico. The flame was put out quickly and no one was injured as the ceremony continued.
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Commercial Tribune
Ballston
N. Y
William H. Walsh
St. Mary's Church
Father Walsh
Anna Guito
John Cuzico
Anna Goulds New York Visit Precedes Gould Nuptials
Notables aboard the Cunarder Mauretania include Anna Gould and Duke De Sagan as they head to attend Helen Goulds wedding in New York. An extraordinary winter sea battered the ship, ripping railing and shattering windows as passengers look to a two week stay at Castle Gould before returning to Europe.
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Commercial Tribune
NEW York
Brdge
Turner
Mauretania
Anna Gould
Duchess de Talleyrand
Howard
Duke de Sagan
Helen Gould
France
Howard Gould
Castle Gould
Long Island
Europe
Anthony J. Drexel
Marjorie Gould
London
Canada
America
Edgar
Engli
Lord
Plan to choke Labrador current by giant jetty proposed
New York January 19 Carroll Livingston Riker M E of Brooklyn who drafted Calder's bill for artificial obstruction of the Labrador current outlines a pamphlet detailing a gigantic jetty across Grand Banks. He claims it could cost under 20 million dollars and would alter spring fogs by blocking the gulf stream and Labrador flow, with a commission to study feasibility before any international action.
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Brooklyn
Congress
Commercial Tribune
NEW York
Carroll Livingston Riker
Fifty-ninth Street
Calder
Grand Banks
Labrador
Mr. Riker
Gulf Stream
Riker
Stamps Destroyed Over Panama Canal Locks Mix-Up
More than 23 million two cent Panama canal stamps issued for the San Francisco exposition were destroyed after a mislabeling tied the image to Gatun locks instead of San Pedro Miguel. Officials said the loss tops $2,000 and the new issue will simply bear Panama Canal without lock references.
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Panama Canal
Panama Canal Locks
Joseph Pennell
Gatun Locks
Atlantic
Canal
San Pedro Miguel
Culebra
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Clarence B. Hurvey
Britt
Ralph
Post Office
Princeton janitor turns down Wilson in Nassau hall visit
President-elect Wilson and companions sought entry to Nassau hall in Princeton New Jersey but were denied without a permit by gym janitor Samuel Davidson. Wilson attempted the door and left, remarking about an ignoramus and a locked door.
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Commercial Tribune
Princeton
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
Princeton University
Nassau Hall
Toy
Samuel Davidson
Cleveland Lane
Capitol
Schoolboy 17 Weds Cousin 13 in Kentucky
In Whitesburg Kentucky at Cumberland River young Sam Ray Caudill aged 17 and his cousin Ada Caudill aged 13 obtained a marriage license and married before their parents knew of the romance.
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Commercial Tribune
Whitesburg
Cumberland River
Sam Ray Caudill
Ada Caudill
James' Spirit Communicates Through Boy Medium
A 1912 report describes William James attempting to speak through a 15 year old boy via Dr. James Hyslop. The séances feature table tipping levitation and automatic writing. James warns of a malevolent poltergeist while Hyslop records cryptic messages and identified spirit messages from Balzac Goethe Fechner and others.
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Dr. James
Hyslop
Dr. Hyslop
Dr.Hyslop
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