Eight Die as Texas Building Collapse Kills Dozens
McKinney Texas January 24 Eight people are dead and twenty missing after a three story Mississippi Dry Goods building and a two story Implement Company building collapsed. Fire erupted soon after. Many victims were women and children shopping during a special sale. Identified dead include Mrs Mary Stiff Miss Rosa Welch Miss Kate Mulligan Miss Lizzie Wade Russell High Miss Eva Searcy and banker R Bishop. Rescue efforts continued as officials planned tomorrow's investigation.
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McKinney
Tex
Mississippi Dry Goods Company
The
Implement Company
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Mary Stiff
Rosa Welch
Kate Mulligan
Lizzie Wade
Russell High
Eva Searcy
R. Bishop
Allynveral
M. A. Thomas
John Hampton
Dellas
Turkish Cabinet Recalls Ottoman Peace Plenipotentiaries
Constantinople January 24 The new Turkish cabinet decided to recall the Ottoman peace plenipotentiaries from London immediately. The move signals a resumption of peace negotiations and suggests the Young Turks intend to continue the war.
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Constantinople
London
Flora Hill v Harris appeal sustains judgment
Judgment sustained in the Flora Hill versus Shelley Harris case on appeal from the Law and Equity court with the opinion modified and the application overruled.
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Flora Hill
Shelley Harris
Law and Equity Court
Priceville Dentist McCarley Tries Suicide After Bribery Conviction
Dr. Gilbert McCarley of Priceville, just convicted yesterday of bribery in Law and Equity court, attempted suicide by ingesting laudanum this morning. He remains in a critical condition though doctors report signs of improvement and hope for recovery.
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Gilbert McCarley
Priceville
Law and Equity
Condi
McCarley
Gum Springs
Debs Charged With Obstructing Justice In Appeal Case
Eugene V Debs faces obstruction charges over alleged corruption of witnesses in the Appeal to Reason case from Girard Kansas. Bond set at 1000 signed by Theodore Brothers and Debs brother in law druggist Arthur Bauer. Indicted two months earlier with service pending. Debs ordered to appear at the May term in the Third Kansas district United States courts.
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United States
Suffragists Push Amendment Across New York State
Albany June 24 Senate votes to submit a constitutional amendment allowing women to vote in New York. The measure adds a seven year US residency for married citizens and awaits assembly concurrence before going to voters, not before 1915.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
New York State
Assembly
United States
House
Mexican Rebels Spark Railway Rampage Across Main Line
Mexican rebels burned several bridges on the National Railway between Saltillo and San Luis Potosi at Santa Elena. They robbed the station agent while a construction gang under guard repaired the bridge and traffic resumed. It is the first rebel appearance on this line, the last link with the United States aside from Vera Cruz, risking mail and business disruption if crippled.
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Mexico City
National
Saltillo
San Luis Potosi
Santa Aelena
United States
Vera Cruz
Representative of General Film Co visits Masonic Lodge
Mr. Wilson of New York, special representative for the General Film Co., called on the Masonic management yesterday. He is covering the district for his company and assures the lodge it will be supplied with the best pictures that art and money can produce.
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Mr. Wilson
New York
Young Turks Take Government New Cabinet
London reports that the Young Turks have seized the Ottoman Government in Constantinople after revolting against the sultan and declaring to preserve national honor. They threaten renewed war unless peace is backed by Allied intervention as Balkan delegates urge immediate war preparations at Adrianople and Tevatalja.
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London
Turkey
Grand
Adrianople
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Balkan
Tevatalja
Wizard Edison Receives Rathenau Medal in New York
Thomas A Edison, famed electrical wizard, awarded the Rathenau medal at the American Museum of Safety in New York for his safety battery used in mines tunnels submarines and other volatile industrial settings. The honor marks the first American recipient and highlights reduced worker risks.
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New York
Thomas A Edison
Rathenau
American Museum of Safety
Europe
Emil Rathénau
Berlin Electric Company
Edison
Castro Orders Officials From August Presence
New York dispatch reports Cipriano Castro in Ellis Island barring the special board of inquiry after they refused him entry to the country. He shouted I will not talk to you Away as they sought to question him about the killing of Gen. Parades in Venezuela. The board and its staff attempted to calm him while he reached for his valets and gold-headed cane.
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New York
Cipriano Castro
Special Board of Inquiry
Ellis Island
Parades
Venezula
Honest Advertising a 100 Fe Investment By P. Francis Barber
Local merchant advertising is explored as a joint effort of retailer and community goodwill. Emphasizes honest, continuous publicity as key, with a sample 30 inch space split into six five inch daily insertions to boost effect and maintain trust.
Requisition for Harvey Gray Applied for
Whiteville Ja January Bier Herefore has applied for requisition for Harvey Gray a young cotton millman arrested in Nashville held on a charge one being a fugitive from justice Gray is charged with a murderous assault on John Freeman in West Huntsville Freeman recovered from wounds for a time believed to die Gray escaped and was not heard from for months later located in Nashville
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Gray
John Freeman
West Huntsville
Freeman
Nashville
Confederate Veterans Seek Right to Wear Uniforms at Gettysburg Anniversary
Philadelphia January 24 Representatives from the southern states urged that Confederate Veterans be allowed to wear their uniforms at the upcoming fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Gettysburg battle next July. General Felix Robertson of Texas noted veterans’ affection for their attire and suggested uniforms should not be barred.
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Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Felix Robertson
Texas
Fowler versus Mayes Knife attack on Christmas Eve 1911
The case of Wm Fowler against John Mayes is heard this afternoon. Mayes stands charged with cutting Fowler with a knife on Christmas Eve 1911.
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Wm. Fowler
John Mayes
Maye
Fowler
Boys Corn Club Adopts A Yell
Montgomery January 24 Alabama boys at the National Corn Show in Columbia will test their voices with a new cheer written by Prof JL Duncan of Auburn. The refrain features Alabama ray Alabama rad Alabama Corn Club rah rah rah Alabama Yellowhammer Yellow.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Columbia
8. C
JL. N. Duncan
Auburn
Alabama Ray
Alabama Corn Club
Man loses arm in freight yard accident
Sam Poole, a young married man from Seventh Avenue South, was attempting to release an air brake in the L. and N. yards when he stumbled and fell under a moving freight train. His left arm was severed and the arm amputation performed below the elbow. The incident causes deep regret locally.
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Sam Poole
Poole
Prof Webb Elected Tennessee Senator in Short Term
Nashville reports Prof W. R. Webb of Bell Buckle was elected United States Senator for the short term by 73 votes to 63 for M. T. Bryan. Webb, a renowned Southern educator, has trained many eminent men. His motto is Boys, Don’t Do Anything on the sly.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. R. Webb
Bell Buckle
United States
M. T. Bryan
Alabama counties seek state road funds for county projects
Eleven Alabama counties have applied to the State Highway Department for the $2 million allocated annually for county road work. Coffee, Bibb, Elmore, Pike, Macon, Calhoun, Kilby, Barbour, Talladega, and other counties filed applications.
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Montgomery
Jan
Alabama
State Highway Department
Coffee
Bibb
Elmore
Pike
Macon
Calhoun
Kil
Barbour
Talladega
Charged with Robbery Set Hearing for Today
In Huntsville on January 24 Claude Maples, Blanton Maples, and Simp Wingo were arrested for breaking into the depot at C Ala. They faced a preliminary hearing before Judge Greenleaf with bonds set at 2000 dollars. They are charged with stealing government money and property and will remain jailed until the federal term of court in spring.
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Huntsville
Iub
Claude Blanton
Simp Wingo
C Ala
Greenleaf
Summer Home Offered to President Elect Wilson
Raleig h North Carolina January 24 Woodrow Wilson may choose among Asheville residences now built or build a home of his own design and receive a deed if he wishes a party of North Carolinians led by Joseph Daniels left for Princeton to present maps to guide the Governor and Mrs Wilson in selecting a desirable residence.
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Raleig
N. C
Woodrow Wilson
North Carolina Mountains
Princeton
Mexican rebels shot as American troops defend Texas ranch
El Paso, Jan 24. Three Mexican rebels were wounded and one killed during a clash as American troops defended the Arroyosas ranch near Mathens, Texas, last night. The engagement followed an armed action by rebels on Mexican border terrain.
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el Paso
Texas
Amert- Wyons
Arroyosas Ranch
Mathens
Flood delays relief as river rises in Indiana
In Evansville Indiana two tenths of a foot rise after heavy rains delays flood relief by at least a week. Forecaster Braind预测 the river to reach forty six feet again before receding. Suffering spread to Calhoun Kentucky Enterprise Rockport Indiana and Ashbyburg Kentucky as levée fears persist and smallpox cases isolate three victims in Ashbyburg Refugees total about four hundred.
No reception planned for Wilson inauguration
Washington reports Governor Wilson states he would be content without any inauguration reception on March 4. The remark is seen as abandoning social functions tied to the new president's induction into office.
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Washington
Wilson
Death of Florence Moyers Informs City Obituary
Miss Florence Moyers a former telephone operator here died at Watson-Greer infirmary after an appendectomy. She was daughter of Mrs D A Moyers Fayetteville Tenn and survived by her mother her brother Will Moyers and two other brothers. Funeral tomorrow at 9 30 from R B White residence 1110 Fourth avenue south with remains shipped for interment.
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Florence Moyers
Watson-Greer
Miss Moyers
D. A. Moyers
Fayetteville
Tenn
Will Moyers
The Great Sacrifice at Delite
Tomorrow the Delite presents The Great Sacrifice a dramatic Kay Bee film praised as the best shown here. It promises thrilling situations and excitement and is expected to draw large crowds.
High School Athletics At Decatur Plans Baseball Team
Decatur high school seeks to form a spring baseball team to engage larger boys who lack organized athletics. The effort aims to keep students in school and foster clean sport, addressing previous absence of athletic programs.
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Deceatur High School
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