TO KILL FOOTBALL Virginia Bill Makes the Game
Richmond reports a Virginia bill to ban football and rugby as a misdemeanor with fines and potential jail time. Captain R S Parks and Senator Early push the proposal in the legislature. The measure targets participation with escalating penalties for repeat offenses.
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Tribune
Richmond
Virginia
R. S. Parks
Senator Early
Greene County
University of Virginia
Senate
British Elections Update Shows Unionists Leading
Returns from yesterday's polling indicate the Unionists hold about 128 seats with Liberals around 119 and Nationalists few. The Unionists would need 168 net gains to overturn the Liberal majority, with total votes counting Unionists 7,390,598 Liberals 1,224,878 Labour 263,463 Socialists 16,271.
Unionists gain forty five seats in four days of borough elections
London telegraph reports a steady Unionist advance with forty five net gains in four days. Liberal losses scatter across Lancashire Yorkshire and the north while Scotland shows strong Liberal Labour support in Glasgow Carnlachie and Greenock. Denbigh narrowly falls to Welsh Unionists as results continue to trickle in.
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Midlands
England
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Yorkshire
Liverpool
Hull
Scotland
Glasgow
Greenock
Tradeston
Camlachie
Nottingham
North Hackney
National 15
Chamberlain
Lords
Gladstone
Redmond
Wales
Denbigh
Lloyd- 6
Governent
British Elections Report Slowed By Partial Results
AP dispatch from London notes slow returns in early General Election counts across Great Britain. In London four boroughs polled with Liberals leading in two areas and others awaiting complete tallies as districts report partial results.
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London
Great Britain
Lonton
Huyler Adds 20000 For Syracuse University
John S. Huyler of New York, a Syracuse University trustee, promised Chancellor James R. Day $20000 for the university. He arrived late to the trustees meeting but reiterated his gift. The board then voted to establish agricultural and forestry courses at the institution.
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Tribune
Syracuse
John S. Huyler
New York
Syracuse University
James R. Day
Huyier
Huyler
Europe Floods Sweep Across Regions From Paris To Alps
Floods across eastern France and several Swiss and French regions cause widespread damage. Grenoble reports a mountain slide near Allemond, while Davos records missing Americans and alpine rail lines buried under heavy snow. Widespread flooding turns areas into lakes with high winds and extensive disruption. No deaths reported yet.
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Switzerland
Davos
Grenoble
France
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Waterbury Widow Proves Regal Marriage for Inheritances
Mary Cahill eighty seven widow of William E Kindregan wins Probate Court ruling that she was his lawful wife and heir to the silversmith’s fortune. She will receive one thousand dollars and a weekly allowance until the estate is settled. The long dispute involving many heirs was settled in New York and California.
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Conn
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William E. Kindregan
New York
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San Francisco
Little Sisters of the Poor
New York City
Kindregan
Republican caucus names Ballinger Pinchot inquiry panel
Washington January 19 The Republican caucus selected Olmsted McCall Denby Madison James Lloyd to the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee. Rainey was repudiated amid fierce debate as six insurgents walked out and Goebel's six member plan was chosen. Speaker Cannon opposed the Democratic names, setting up a likely House acceptance with Lloyd possibly declining.
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Ohio
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Morse
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New York
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West Virginia
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Gliilett
Massachusetts
J. Sloat Fassett
House
Brooklyn Deputy Tax Heads Dismissed After Hearing
Brooklyn deputy tax commissioners Joseph H. McGowan and William Pickard were dismissed for incompetency and neglect of duty in real property assessments. Chief deputy Thomas F. Larkin and James N. McNamara face similar charges. Guy C. Dempsey to be recalled. Edward T. Brennan was fired for insubordination after criticizing the Mayor. An affidavit alleging McGowan took bribes circulated, but officials say the case centers on valuation errors rather than moral turpitude.
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Thomas F. Larkin
James N. McNamara
Guy C. Dempsey
Richmond
Dempsey
Larkin
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Edward T. Brennan
Tax Office
McGowan
Prospect Hall
L 16 Year Old Dragged Between Train and Crowd
Lona Reich, sixteen, of 454 East 186th Street, was knocked down and dragged about twenty feet between a Third Avenue elevated train and the crowd at 9th Street station. She suffered scalp lacerations and thigh contusions and was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
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East 186Th Street
Third Avenue
9Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
Sth Street
Dr. Simpson
Bellevue
Palace Burns as Turkish Parliament Centre Is Destroyed
The Palace of Cheragan in Constantinople was consumed by fire today. The cost of the building nears $16,000,000 and most archives of the Chamber of Deputies were burned. The blaze interrupted parliamentary business and fire spread in strong winds.
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Legations
Sells His Larynx to Medical College for Science
Albert Murphy of Chicago known as an outdoor singer received a letter from Dr James H Blair of Bennet Medical College offering a price for his larynx and lungs. Blair followed him to Detroit, raised the price, and Murphy sold the organs for science after death. He left a will leaving the organs to the college.
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Tribune
Detroit
Albert Murphy
Chicago
James H. Blair
Bennet Medical College of
Morphy
Blair
Airship to London May Herald Zeppelin Venture
Count Zeppelin plans a monster airship to carry 300 passengers for a Hamburg to London service with extensions Hamburg to Cologne and Baden-Baden. The craft would loom 984 feet long and about 85 feet in diameter, powered by eight motors. Colmann, Zeppelin’s chief engineer, met Cologne officials to arrange landing and departure yards.
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Peruvian Seeks Swindle At Hotel Imperial Gambler Tale
Jose Herrera a Peru native who arrived two days ago in the city, says he was lured into a gambling swindle. He met a man claiming to be George E. Davis of Chicago at a hotel and agreed to invest money after being told a scheme would trim the gambling house. The stranger and an actor posing as the dealer Douglas then confronted Herrera at the Hotel Imperial.
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Dispute Over Meth Caucus May Shape Senate Action
A partisan dispute over meth policies intensifies as Republican senators weigh a caucus and possible action. The standoff centers on leadership positions and a unified stance ahead of upcoming votes.
Newcomb Defends Public Disclosure in Albany Bribery Case
Senator Newcomb of New York asserts no confidence was breached by publishing Senator Conger s remarks in The New York Evening Post. He took responsibility for the disclosure and explains how Oswald Garrison Villard aided the publication. In Albany, Senate leaders debate whether to hold an open inquiry or form a special committee to investigate the Allds Conger bribery case with possible full Senate involvement.
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Stock Exchange Suspends Firms as Columbus and Hocking Plummets
Two Broadway houses Lathrop, Haskins & Co. and J. M. Fiske & Co. suspend amid a 63 percent drop in Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron. The plunge triggers exchange inquiries and a temporary hold on deliveries while a bankruptcy petition is filed against Fiske & Co. and partners. Irvin L. Ernst is named receiver with a 50000 bond as creditors claim about 750000 liabilities and 400000 assets.
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J. M. Fiske & Co
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Hocking
Dudley T. Humphrey
Clifford M. Washburn
Josiah M. Fiske
Arthur C. Sherwood
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H. C. C. Barnaby
Crescent Athletic Club
Brooklyn
H. P. Clark
West Imist Street
Alexander Melchers
Pacific Street
Melchers
Masten, & Nichels
Wall Street
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James R. Keene
Columbus & Hocking
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Roberts, Hall & Criss
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