New York Subway Disaster Strikes During Morning Rush
A massive subway accident in Manhattan during peak hours leaves 200 injured and one dead, Ella Brady. Smoke from a short circuited cable causes panic as 700 passengers are trapped in two trains between Fiftyeth and Fifty-ninth streets. Police and firemen rescue many over three hours. Investigation by District Attorney Perkins and the public service commission begins. Transportation blockade cripples city transit. elevated and surface lines overwhelmed.
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Carranza Wins Big Battle at Puebla and Prisoner Count
Vera Cruz reports Gen Obregon says Puebla captured with Villaista forces in flight and more than six hundred prisoners taken. Unofficial accounts claim seven hundred soldiers killed. Also officials execute ex Huertista Gen Andreau Almazan at Puebla by firing squad.
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Big Oleo Tax Fraud Alleged In Capital Dairy Suit
Government sues Capital Dairy company asking judgment over nine million dollars and appointment of receivers. Federal charges claim unpaid difference between one quarter of a cent per pound for uncolored oleo stamps and ten cents for colored oleo. Receivership sought for Capital City Dairy company of New Jersey. Horatio Taft, cousin of William Howard Taft, dies suddenly in Rockford taxicab.
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William Howard Taft
President Williams Maintains State Action Preference On Suffrage
Washington statement reiterates belief that woman suffrage should be decided by state action, despite 100 petitioners urging federal action. In Chicago a coroner reports Mrs Alice Ronalds died from creosote concealed in wintergreen by husband, Mattoon physician.
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Jan
Wilson
Alien Bill Passes Senate By Wide Margin In Immigration Fight
The Senate approved the literacy test immigration bill by 50 to 7 despite President Wilson and Taft signaling vetoes. The measure previously passed the House February 4 by 241 to 126, with the Senate adding minor changes and a Belgian exemption amid a heated two administrations dispute.
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Russians say they defeated Turks at Ardahan and Sarykamysch
Grand Duke Nicholas reports two decisive Russo victories on December 21 and 22 at Ardahan and Surykamyeh over Turkish forces. The Ninth corps, about 40,000 men, capitulated. the Tenth corps is trying to flee but pursued by Russian troops. Ardahan lies near the Turkish frontier. Sarykamysch is close to the frontier near Ararat.
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Sarykamysch
Ararat
Six Hves Lost As Rambler Is Battered In Gale
Brunswick Georgia January 7 reports say six Hves were lost when the tug Rambler, which ran ashore Monday, was ripped apart by a northeast gale. The disaster follows a string of sensational incidents across the Midwest and Great Lakes region with multiple fatalities.
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Goodland
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Charles W. Hyslop
Joseph Schrader
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Hammond
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H. S. Krout
Jasper County
Clarence Miller
Defense plans debated at War Department conference
Washington notes that an administration meeting at Secretary Garrison's home reviewed army and navy needs for the coming year. Cabinet officers and congressmen said no final plan emerged, but all agreed to push for maximum efficiency within available resources.
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Bank chiefs deny charges in Chicago dispute
James B. Forgan president of the First National and George M. Reynolds president of the Continental and Commercial National banks and Federal Reserve directors in Chicago deny the public press claims that they used the Fed as a tool for their own ends. They cite Washington advisories that no formal treasury complaint had been filed.
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George M. Reynolds
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Federal Reserve Bank
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Treasury Department
Progressive Illinois lawmakers join Republican caucus
Three Progressive members of the Illinois legislature announced their plan to affiliate with the Republican party. Medill McCormick of Chicago and H B Hicks of Rockford accepted a caucus invitation to participate with Republican representatives and pledged to follow caucus actions on speaker selection. George W Hardin of Chicago also joined a conference with Republican senators.
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Medill McCormick
Chicago
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Rockford
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George W. Hardin
Repubican
British Ships Bombard Dar es Salaam Port
Two British warships Fox and the Goliath bombarded the German East Africa port of Dar es Salaam. German vessels in harbor were disabled and many prisoners were taken amid claims of Hillah and 12 wounded on the German side. Dar es Salaam lies between Hillah Hat Africa and Mozambique.
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Dar Es Salaam
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Darea Salaam Ia
Hiillah Haat Africa
Mozambique
Supreme Court affirms hatters boycott damages ruling
Washington on Tuesday the Supreme Court affirmed a judgment of 252,130.98 dollars against 186 members of the Hatters' union. The award was sought by D B Laws & Co of Danbury Conn under the Sherman antitrust act for damages allegedly caused by the hatters boycott against Lowe & Co hats.
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Supreme Court of the United States
D. SB. Laws & Co
Danbury, Conn
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Hatters
Lowe & Co
New Canal Trade Ships Planned for Grace Line
Seattle reports three new 10,000-ton steamships to be built on the Atlantic coast for W. R. Grace & Co. for New York to Pacific ports via the Panama Canal. Vessels cost about 3 million dollars. Also, Johnson Line of Swedish motorships plans Europe to North Pacific service via the canal starting May 1.
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Feudjat Dies Peacefully in Kentucky Feud Years
Fulton French, famed feud leader of Kentucky linked to the French Eversole feud where many were slain, died peacefully at Kla Lome in Winchester Kentucky of asthma.
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Cruiser Goeben Hits Mine in Baltic Collision
The battleship Goeben collided with two Russian mines near the Bosporus, suffering two large hull breaches. Repairs cannot begin for at least two and a half months, delaying her return to service.
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Copenhagen
Jan
Bosporva
Force at Dardanelles Reported by Athens Dispatch
An Athens dispatch says the Franco British fleet is attempting to force the Dardanelles, blocked by heavy bombardment from the fortress. In other news, Lt Carberry and Lt Christie set a new American altitude record at 11 690 feet in a passenger carrying biplane. A California Pacific Building elevator accident results in one death and twelve injuries with several others at risk.
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Jan
California Pacific
Saveral
Commuter Helps Irish Woman With Cane in City Ride
A morning subway encounter shows a commuter sharing his seat with a short Irish woman. He helps secure her late husband’s cane and offers comfort, learning she has eight children and that, despite hardship, she remains proud. The moment ends with a warm city embrace.
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New York Evening Post
Legal language differences in English courts noted
In Finglish the old distinctions persist between physicians and surgeons and between barristers and solicitors. The solicitor handles office work and first instance courts while the barrister addresses higher courts and committees. A client goes to a solicitor who briefs a barrister. during trial the barrister may move to strike evidence from the record.
New Use for Corn Stalks Demonstrated by Bureau
Department of Agriculture issues two printed pamphlets showing papers produced from crop wastes. Contents include shredded cornstalks with cotton fiber, broom corn stalks via soda process, rice straw and spruce pulp, broom corn with poplar pulp, and acorn stalk long-fiber pulp from Reid's Yellow Dent corn.
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Department of Agriculture
Richard Byrd
Technical World Magazine
Reid
Boom on Silver Mountain Idaho Deserted Mining Camp
Boom short Silver Mountain Idaho once a booming mining camp now deserted save for a forest ranger. Described as an English syndicate investment thirty years ago brought money for a town and quartz mill. About a million and a half dollars were sunk. the mill ran ten days. the mine failed and the town fled, leaving only a lone guardian.
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Ita
Silver Mountain
Idaho
The Making of a Skeptic retells a banking riddle
A playful retrospective features Heith and Mabel as former close friends. Nellie recalls their past bond and asks if it endures. The tale centers on Bradder Bosanko who disbelieved in banks and hid money behind a Booker T. Washington picture, with the money now missing and Bosanko acting oddly.
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Booker T. Washington
T. Washington
Timber Given Away by Government to Settlers and Miners
More than 120 million board feet of timber were given away by the government that year to settlers and miners living in or near the nation’s forests.
Hermit Loop Hermit Housekeeper and Mules at Grand Canyon
Emerson Hough describes a bottom of the Grand Canyon rest house where water and food are carried by mules. Alcibiades the domino, Slim the cook, and about 250 tourists visit the Hermit loop in three months. A preacher on the rim quips about hell and the cook cites a Bible line about the works of the Lord.
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Alcibiades
Dom Key
Slim
Hmself
Emerson Hough
Saturday Evening Post
Vienna University enrollments fall as war draws students away
Only a third of Vienna University students remain for the new semester while two thirds have joined the war. Women students total 648, a large share from other universities closed by war. At the technical school, up to 70 percent have also left for military service, mainly engineers and aviation corps.
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University of Vienna
Vsnal
Technical School
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Automobile
Just Like Em Mr Dingham Door Standoff
A humorous exchange from Pearson's Weekly features Mr Dingham asking why a woman kept him waiting at the door for half an hour and His Talkative Wife replying she had no time to come in. The skit reflects domestic talk and social situations in a light column.
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Mr. Dingham
Pearson's Weekly
Not a Gardener: Police Clamps Down on Porch Climber
In a witty quip a professional habit is noted as a policeman’s overzealousness. The remark reflects a pun about law enforcement arresting growth when a vine on a house is deemed a porch climber.
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