Turkish Garrisons Withdraw With Honors From Fortresses
Greece and Turkey cease hostilities. Probably a month will elapse before boundaries are fixed and all terms of peace arranged.
23 Jan 1913
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
1
Greece and Turkey cease hostilities. Probably a month will elapse before boundaries are fixed and all terms of peace arranged.
Constantinople bulletin reports the Turkish cabinet resigned today after demonstrations against actions aligning with European powers. Former War Minister Shefket Pasha named Grand Vizier, replacing Kinmil Pasha.
London reports the Turkish Grand Council will seek peace with the Balkan allies ending hostilities with Greece and Turkey and surrender of Adrianople Janina and Scutari with honors. Scutari fate unclear amid disputes over surrender to Montenegrins provisional Albanian government or powers.
In Fu Khien province the disorderly elements have grown formidable. Hingwa area traffic is unsafe unless escorted by strong parties. Dragon river piracy is frequent with large vessels attacked. An American oil company junk was boarded and its captain killed.
Londonderry Ireland Jan 23 An Ulster nationalist clash over Home Rule features Col H A Pakenham Unionist and D E Hogg Nationalist. Deputy Heidman of Tyrone warns Ulster will protect itself with armed clubs ready to defend the country to the death if necessary.
Washington witnesses urged tariff cuts at the Ways and Means hearing as the committee weighs lowering the cotton tariff. Southern lawmakers favor compromise cuts while northern members push to hold rates near current levels. Possible reduction to ten percent ad valorem on cotton cloths and cuts on Jacquard goods over six pounds per square yard are discussed, with Underwood signaling opening moves. The Manitoba legislature met briefly yesterday.
News from London reports severe bath shortages in working class areas. Noting Hill, Bermondsey, and Stepney reveal sparse bathrooms amid 6 000 residents, with few homes offering baths and some landlords treating installed baths as wasted space according to Lambeth officials.
Jan. 23 report from Tandon states Brocklebank, Anchor and Cunard lines will soon be merged under one management and Cunard will enter the Australian trade, signaling a major reorganization of transoceanic shipping.
Memphis Texas jury found Beach B Epling not guilty of complicity in the killing of Al G Boyce Jr in Amarillo last September. Epling testified he was a servant and traveled with John B Snead who faces trial for the shooting. Snead already cleared of murdering Boyce Sr. both deaths tied to Mrs Snead's elopement with the younger Boyce.
William Rockefeller reportedly departed Palm Beach for New York by Atlantic Coast Line rail shortly after arriving in Miami from Nassau. He is slated to testify before the Pujo committee on the money trust inquiry. Savannah inquiries found no definite evidence of his passage through the city.
Mobile Alabama January 23. Captain Mas on D. Cogswell and crew abandon the waterlogged British bark Alexander Black in the gulf of Mexico and reach Progresso. The bark left Mobile January 8.
London dispatch reports Sir A. Binnie sails for Canada aboard the Empress of Ireland to study Ottawa water supply needs. Also noted is Harry Britton, chair of the peace centenary committee, planning to sail on Saturday.
The Allan liner Mongolian from Philadelphia and St Johns to Glasgow is several days overdue. The liner Californian reports the Mongolian heaved to for 48 hours amid a gale near its course.
Guadalajara Mexico January 23 The Colima volcano erupted violently yesterday with spectacular bursts and huge ash plumes carried for miles.
Timothy D. Sullivan congressman elect from New York was ruled incapable of managing his affairs by a sheriff’s jury. Four physicians diagnosed maniacal depressive insanity and noted a possible but unlikely cure. A longtime East Side figure, he built a career from the New York Assembly to Congress and authored the concealed weapons law. His estate includes amusement holdings and New York real estate.
Fire at Miss Edgar's boarding school on Guy Street in Montreal woke forty pupils in the early morning. Pupils escaped in night clothing, all uninjured, but the building was gutted costing about 40000 dollars.
Montreal January court of appeals upholds Superior Court dismissal in the case of David Russell versus the Pinkerton Agency. Russell claimed damages of 200000 for alleged conspiracy that would have led to his incarceration in an asylum. Key witnesses included Donald MacMaster K C Rodtick ex M P and George Dougherty New York police commissioner.
At the United Farmers of Alberta convention 14 000 farmers voted unanimously to protest the establishment of a sample market in Western Canada reporting from Calgary on January 22.
The freight steamer Mae en route from Philadelphia to Cuba sent distress calls 130 miles off Charles Town. Revenue cutters Androscoggin and Seminole raced to assist, with Mae carrying forty crew and general cargo. Vessel is 123 feet by 42 and owned by Philadelphia and Gulf Steamship Company.
Winnipeg January 23 The executive committee council approved applying for legislation to empower the inspector of licenses and the chief of police to cancel a license at any time with no appeal.
Berlin Jan 23 The Frankfurter Zeitung reports the new army bill will be laid before the Reichstag in this session. Details are sparse but the measure aims to create room for many recruits yearly excused from service for lack of space.
Berlin reports another fatal aviation accident during military maneuvers near Burg. Lieut. Otto Schlegel was killed instantly when his biplane collapsed in a sharp turn. Lieut. Avon Scheele, the pilot, suffered fatal injuries.
Montreal theatre authorities ban the wearing of tights in all performances citing dress code and stage safety concerns. Officials emphasize adherence to new theatre regulation as patrons adjust to the policy.
Medicine Hat prepares to launch a joint campaign by the Y M C A and Y W C A to raise 180000. Two committees met in city hall and outlined a three week whirlwind drive with daily targets and tear allocations. The Y W C A already has 16000 and aims to reach 60000 in three weeks to ready the building and operations.
Great Grimsby England January 28 twelve sailors were drowned when the bark Agda foundered at the mouth of the Humber. Three sailors the only survivors were picked up by a trawler and landed here today.
The Royal Bank of Canada plans a twenty-one story building across from the CPR block at King Street and Young Street corner, signaling a major downtown development project.
Calgary January 23. Lethbridge was finally chosen as the meeting place of the next convention of the United Farmers of Alberta, replacing earlier contenders and setting the city as host for the gathering.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier has not indicated any plan to move on petitions sent to the government seeking remission and adjustment of the cement duty. He also notes no personal letters to the minister regarding the matter.
London reports no official word on Lusitania cancellations. It is understood the liner’s hull suffered severe damage when a turbine casing burst on her last voyage from New York. Repairs are expected to take about two months after she was laid up in Liverpool since December 33 with a low pressure turbine installed in November.
London witnesses intense interest as MPs prepare for debates on granting women the vote. Sir Edward Grey and Lloyd George face party rifts over proposals to remove the word male from the franchise and extend voting rights to women on varying terms.
In Little Sturgeon on January 23 a large ice floe carrying fishermen broke from shore trapping more than half the village’s male population. Small boats ferried some to safety through ice cakes while others swam to shore after shedding heavy clothing. Nets were burned in losses. no serious injuries reported.
Crown Prince Frederick William leads signers from the imperial family on a Reichstag petition requesting a special law to extend the copyright of Richard Wagner's Parsifal, which is due to expire this year. Imperial princes follow on the signer list.
Leadville Colorado January 23 four Italian miners arrested in New York carried gold nuggets from the New Monarch mine. Sheriff Schrader says manager H C Watson suspected high grading, the men left last week, bought tickets to Italy, and checked trunks to New York weighing nearly five hundred pounds in total.
Rheims France January 23 Charles Gaulard, French aviator, was thrown from a monoplane when it capsized over Rheims cathedral spires. He suffered very serious injuries but was alive when recovered.
Archdeacon McKein of Kenora Ontario receives an invitation to attend services at Christ Anglican Church in Edmonton as part of a regional visit. The event marks church outreach and intercity ecclesiastical interaction.
Paris faces a dire housing crisis as 120000 residents must be moved from dwellings vacated by the sale of the 21 mile wall and firing zone. The plan reroutes the area into public parks funded by a $600 million city tax and grants, with many ramshackle homes already standing on the space.
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