31 Jan 1914
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1914
Page
1
In the wake of yesterday's collision near Ben tatore Old Dominion Steamship Co officers and survivors report. The department of commerce, under Secretary Sweet, orders a wide inquiry into the wreck. A revised victim list shows forty one on board and rescued.
A Calgary customs office statement notes a staff change with Rix Ware given a brief absence. The service will reveal the new appointment in due course as the port opens and operations continue.
The Springfield report states Senator Shelby M. Cullom has arrived at the capitol where his body will lie in state today. A funeral and interment are planned for tomorrow.
Chicago faced a heavy snowstorm with about one foot of snowfall by nightfall and drifts up to six feet. Transportation telegraph and telephone services were crippled as crews awaited the lull, while the city braced for continued snowfall and milder cold. A well dressed man was found dead in a downtown drift amid the pileup.
Chicago reports a severe snowstorm across Illinois Indiana and Ohio delaying railroad traffic and telegraph and telephone services. Two inches of snow closed streets and disrupted trolley wires and third rails. Hundreds of unemployed found work clearing rail yards and tracks.
A taxation lecture is scheduled this evening at city hall. Speaker O-D Austin from the education department will discuss taxation topics during the free-lecture series offered by the cit schools.
A report warns of a troubling rise in leprosy cases in Frange. Health officials note increasing incidence and urge monitoring and public awareness to curb spread.
London reports North West Durham by election results after L Atherley Jones resignation. Liberal A Williams won 7 241 votes, Unionist J O Hardicker 5 684, Labour G Hy Stuart 6 025. Liberal majority 1 557 over Unionists, 6 582 over Labour. Three corner race with Labour backed by Miners Federation. Ulster and Navy issues featured. Orangemen aided Unionists.
A garbled medical bulletin notes James Whitney has spent a quiet night and shows greatly improved general condition while Ross remains unsettled. The fragmentary text mentions meals, rest, and caution about ongoing recovery.
Fragmentary text about individuals and locations. No coherent event or report emerges from the readable lines.
Achenbach colliery in Dortmund Germany reports an explosion and fire killing twenty two and injuring fifteen. Management counts casualties and says victims include workers from the plant.
Andrea Lokken and Mrs Gutta suffered exposure as Lokken fled two miles through freezing temps after a quarrel with Olaf Gutto. Lokken, armed, ran from a neighbor’s home in Boumy Bottineau area in subzero night.
Fragmentary wire report indicates a signal from Wood Quady and Cone agents about Medicine Hat owing 1 280 000 dollars in debentures at five percent. Mayor Brown said receipt confirms the deal.
The January building permits total 23900, below last January's 39920, with two apartment blocks worth 360000 and 40000 excluded awaiting plans and approval. Post office stamp sales run around 8200, favoring last January, while customs totals are not yet determined but expected to dip slightly.
Paris reports the Russian government agrees to appoint M. Paliologue, currently director of the political department at the French foreign office, as ambassador to St Petersburg. He succeeds M. Delcasse who will soon return to political life in France after a previous post as minister at Sofia.
A reply from Manager Woodhouse at the Main Street rink clarifies an arrangement from yesterday’s Police Firemen hockey game. Proceeds above $50 were to go to charity, but the total taken in amounted to $32.25.
London January 31 A record in state pensions shows Viscount Cross former cabinet minister whose death occurred recently drew 10000 dollars for twenty one years totaling 210000 dollars the largest ever. Only three former ministers now receive pensions including Chaplin and others with 36000 dollars reported.
New Orleans reports that the yacht Warrior ran aground off the Colombian coast on Monday. Forty crew members refused to leave the vessel as Frederick W. Vanderbilt and his party were taken off by the Almirante and brought to Colon. A Jamaica-based wrecking tug and wireless reports indicated worsening conditions with wind and waves driving the ship further onto the reef.
A Chicago and Alton passenger train derailed between Joliet and Lockport after a broken rail. Nine cars left the track three overturned. Injured include Miss Pearl Holmes of St Louis with internal injuries possibly fatal J G McGee of Arkansas with internal injuries possibly fatal W B Smith of New York burned Fred Wehmiller of St Louis with a broken leg and back sprain A L Barr of Malta Montana with fractured ribs Relief trains were sent from Blooming to the wreck site.
A confessed swindler from Petersburg admits theft linked to a large loss. The suspect, named in reports as Petersburg figures, faces charges with estimated damages around ten thousand dollars amid ongoing inquiries.
Postmaster General Burleson presented to the Senate the Departmental committee’s recommendations on government ownership of telegraph and telephone services. The report argues for a government monopoly to provide full postal facilities and directs Congress to declare such a monopoly and to acquire private assets at appraised value.
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