Congress to probe strikes in Colorado and Michigan mines
A caucus of house Democrats approved a full inquiry into mine strikes to examine peonage, obstruction of postal and naturalization systems, illegal coal fabrications, and arms entering strike zones. The investigation will be led by the Mines and Mining Committee, aiming for action soon. Separately in Trinidad Colorado, cavalry charged strikers, injuring several and arresting nineteen, with Mother Jones under arrest and militia quelled riotous demonstrations. In Houghton, a suitcase near the Ahmeek mine power plant reportedly contained an internal explosive device with a clock and wiring.
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Washington
Colorado
Michigan
House Democrats
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Foster
Ncié
Keating
McDonald
Danver
Pueblo
Trinidad
Colo
San Rafael Hoapital
Mary Jones
Chase
Union Teadera
General Chase
Bernardo Verna
Ludlow
Houghton
Harris
Ahmeek
Kaweenaw County
Delaware & Hudson Rail Strike Ends in Albany
The five thousand workers in the Delaware and Hudson strike reached a settlement after railroad officials agreed to restore two charged employees, engineer James A. Lynch and conductor F. A. Slade, to their former posts. All strikers will return to duty at once. mediation by G. W. W. Hanger facilitated the agreement.
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Albany
N. V
Delaware & Hudson
James A. Lynch
F. A. Slade
G. W.W. Hanger
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Lost submarine A-7 found in Plymouth Sound depth 200 feet
The British submarine A-7, missing since maneuvers, was located on the bottom at 200 feet in Plymouth sound. Aviators aiding the search reported the vessel was sighted after nearly a week of dragging the bay by various craft.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Sound
Train Wreck Kills One in Ontario Meath Area
One person was killed and nine seriously injured when the Soo line on the Canadian Pacific railroad wrecked Thursday at Meath Ontario between Meath and Pembroke. The accident occurred near Meath with details from Montreal reports.
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Montreal
Que
Canadian Pacific
Meath
Ont
Pembroke
Rockefeller gives $20,000 in gold bonds to Huclid Avenue Baptist Church
Mrs Johns presents Mrs John D Rockefeller Fund with twenty thousand dollars in gold bonds bearing six per cent interest for the Rockefeller Foundation fund at the Huclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland Ohio on January 4.
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Johns
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Huclid Avenue Baptisl Church
Rockefeller Foundation Fund
Attack on Judge Speer Probed by Federal Tribunal In Macon
Macon Ga Jan 22 The committee probing charges against Federal Judge Emery Speer announced limits on cross examination as more than forty witnesses arrive. Testimony included claims of biased rulings in the John P Roberts and Williams cases and alleged attempts to influence juries. Witnesses also described Judge Speer seeking publicity and a druggist testifying to supplying cocaine pots over years.
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Macon
Emery Speer
T. 8
Felder
J. W. Preaton
John P. Roberts
Williams
Preston
Judge Speers
T. J. Simmons
The
Macon News
Judge Speer
Casasi
Louis Pellew
Judge Spear
Lord Strathcona Dies as Canada’s High Commander
London reports Lord Strathcona died on Tuesday after hours of unconsciousness. Born in 1820, he served as Canada’s high commander and was created a baron in 1897. His fortune was estimated at 125 million dollars, making him the world’s largest landowner. He was noted for his friendship with the late King Edward VII and his support for the United States during his 26 years of public life. He gave aid after the Titanic disaster and donated to Ohio flood and New York City relief funds.
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London
Lord Strathcona
Canada
Edward VII
Americins
United States
New York City
Ohio
Indictment and fine in St Marys grand jury case
St Marys on January 22 heard a grand jury indict one of its own members, James Severn, for disturbing religious worship. Severn pleaded guilty and Judge Woods fined him 25 dollars, which was paid.
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St. Mary's
Grand Jury
James Severn
Severn
Woods
Madrid
Minas de Rio Tinto
Webster
Mass
Grosvenordale Company
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
William C. Gorgas
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
New York
Grand jury May Indict Firms In Interstate Commerce Probe
A federal grand jury inquiry in Chicago may lead to indictments against high officials of a major stockyards packing company, heads of three other corporations, and several railroad firms for alleged rebates to shippers, marking a broad case under the interstate commerce laws.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Thea
Crew of Lost Schooner Safe Landed in Bermuda
A Bermuda dispatch states Captain G. H. Can isle and 13 crewmen from the five masted schooner Prescott Palmer, lost January 12 in a gale, were landed there by a passing schooner.
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Safe
Beaton
Bermuda
G. H. Canisle
Prescott Palmer
Special AFL meeting votes on women workers fund
Washington January 44 Special session of the executive council voted assessments on all unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor to raise a fund for further organization of women workers.
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F. of L
Asmeas
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Five Die In Alpena Fire After Explosion At Harwick Hall
A fire torn Alpena home claims five lives as a blaze at Harwick hall in Ottawa prompts alarm. Cremations occur in Alpena after the blaze destroys Samuel Blakes residence. A ten month old baby dies, and the father escapes with injuries to a son. Authorities report extensive property loss and a dangerous blast impacting nearby residences.
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Alpena
Mich
Ottawa
Ont
Harwick Hall
Sarah
Moore
Blue Mouse
Outpoat
Lord Minto
Samuel Blakes
Millions for cancer fight outlined by hearings in Washington
Washington officials described barriers to cancer cure funding as the cost of transporting radium ore to refineries. A Pennsylvania mine commissioner testified before a House committee on radium ore land withdrawals. An American millionaire discussed a $16 million plan to fund 20 radium institutes for free cancer treatment. In Port au Prince, Cape Haitian fell to revolutionaries, with a gunboat seized. In St. Petersburg, a Gypsy leader killed an Imperial Guard officer Kolakov over an assault on his daughter.
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Washington
United States
Thoman R. Hanahan
Pennsylvania
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Billa
J. M. Flannery
Standard Chemical Company
Pittsburgh
Slaya Rusu
St. Petersburg
Imperial Guards
Kolaukov
Stephanov
Kolsukov
Convicts Flee Seven Dead in Oklahoma Penitentiary Escape
Seven men are dead and a prison stenographer is wounded after three inmates led a mutiny at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. The escape ended with the prisoners forcing guards to the buggy, where Mary Foster was shot in the leg. Judge John R. Thomas, formerly a U.S. congressman and Muskogee attorney, noted for five terms in Congress, was present and shot. Prisoners Reed Lane and Kuntz led the assault, killing three guards and a deputy sheriff.
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McAlester
Okla
P. C. Oates
P. C. Godfrey
H. H. Decover
John R. Thomas
Ilinois
China Reed
Tom Lane
Charles Kuntz
Misa
Mary Foster
J. W. Martin
C. &. Woods
Judge Thomas
Muskogee
Ilnoié
State Code Commission
Congress
Egypt
Reed
Lane
Kuntz
Thames
Revolvera
F. C. Rice
Miss Mary Foster
Threat Scatters Solons in House Hearing Fight
Washington, Jan. 22. A clash erupted between Representative Johnson of Kentucky and John R. Shields, a Washington attorney, during a House District of Columbia Committee meeting. After blows were struck Johnson fled shouting for his pistol but returned to find only clerks remaining. The episode followed a hearing on a bill to raise crossing policemen salaries Shields supported.
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Washington
Johnson
Kentucky
John R. Shields
House
District
Columbia
Shields
Traveling salesman given six months jail term in Springfield
J K El kina of Nashville Tennessee, a traveling salesman, flirted with a Springfield policeman’s wife at the Frigoo depot. He will serve a six months sentence in the Greene county jail.
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Springfield
J. K. Elkina
Nashville, Tenn
Frigoo
Greene County
War Secretary Garrison to Visit Philippines
Washington January 23 Secretary of War Garrison will soon travel to the Philippine islands. President Wilson will decide timing and it is expected he will visit Iloilo on the way home.
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Philippines
Washington
Garrison
Philippine Islands
Wilson
Hluropesa Ngthong
Train 15 Held Up by Armed Thug on Michigan Central
Chicago reports detail a bold hold up of Michigan Central train No 7 west of Jackson Michigan, with a single robber using a revolver to threaten passengers. He secured under $300 and some jewelry before leaping off near Parma as a sheriff and posse pursue a likely Jackson return. Several tramps suspected of abandoning the train after the robbery. Passengers including A Todd Chicago Harry Marks and Cortland Cramp among victims.
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Battle
Creek
Mich
Jackson
Michigan Central
Chicago
Grender
Michigan
Louis
Parma
Preas
J. F. Greble
A. Todd
Fifty-sixth Street
Harry Marks
Library Avenue
Detroit
de Palmer
New York
Philip J. Savage
Cortland Cramp
William Cramp & Sons
Shipbuilding Company of
Philadelphia
Mr. Marks
Marks
Ann Arbor
David Ludlum
Wolgast Beats Joe Rivers In Desperate Ten-Round Struggle
Milwaukee reports Wolgast defeats Joe Rivers in ten hard rounds at the Hippodrome. The Cadillac fighter from Michigan delivered relentless aggression, outlasting the famed California boxer in a dramatic windup.
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Wolgast
Joe Rivers
Milwaukee
Michigan
Dutchman
Cadillac
Hippodrome
Joe Rivera
California
Goethals To Head Police Of New York City
New York mayor Mitchel announced on Friday that Col. George W. Goethals chief engineer of the Panama Canal is to be the next police commissioner. The mayor said he has long wanted Goethals to lead the department and noted George W. Perkins urged him to accept the post. A personal interview with Perkins was planned.
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New York
Mitchel
Col
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
New York City
Colonel Goethals
George W. Perkins
Perking
Japan Navy Sees 80 Million Cut in Dreadnought Plan
Tokyo reports the marine ministry sought 160 million dollars for 12 new battleships but the imperial diet cut the appropriation to 80 million after debate. In New York, Charles F Murphy of Tammany Hall is to be called before a grand jury in Whitman’s graft probe, though he will not appear for weeks.
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Tokyo
Marine Ministry
Imperial Diet
Boas” Murphy
Grand Jury
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Whitman
Fragmentary ad text hints at patent medicines and household goods
The readable fragment mentions Castoria for infants, Fletcher’s Castoria branding, and other household products like Dean's Meat and Pierce's Pellets. It reads as a garbled old newspaper ad with peddler references and a request not to allow peddlers.
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Dean
Ube
Clergyman Credits Dedda Kidney Pills for Recovery
The Rev Edmund Heslop of Wiston Pa credits Dedda Kidney Pills with curing dropsy, swelling, heart flutter, and fatigue after a year of illness. He reports permanent benefit and urges others to contact H Hew Jop for the remedy, priced 60 cents per box. Also notes free household hints and music information. An exhibit discusses the Wright biplane wreckage presented to Carnegie Museum, detailing historic flights and the pilots involved.
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Edmund Heslop
Wiseton
H. Hew
Dodds Medicine Co
Juitalo
N. Y
Realty Prices in Rome Reach High Values
In major Old World cities the top price goes to a property near the German embassy in Rome where land not used for income buildings sells for about $450 per square foot. Central offices and shops in Rome average around $2000 per square foot, with business properties not reaching these highs.
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Rome
Italy
Coffee blamed for illness in testimonial ad
A reader claims years of pale, weak health were caused by caffeine from coffee and credits Postum with restoring health after giving it up. The advert describes weight gain, better sleep, fewer headaches, and overall recovery, urging readers to try Regular or Instant Postum with boiled water.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welleville
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Cape Haltien
Revolutionars
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Thomas
State Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Way
Liberty
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Solons
Representative Johnson
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Lone Bandit
Pullman
Little Dutchman
Goethals
Pierce
Fletcher
Castoria
Mistreee
Wright
Calbraith P. Rodgers
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Carnegian Museum
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Pacific Ocean
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Pod Fowler
H. Hestop
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