20 Jan 1914
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1914
Page
1
A dramatic escape attempt at an Oklahoma prison erupts in a courtyard shootout. Three inmates are killed and a guard wounded as officers and visitors try to intervene. The violence escalates through the building, with officers firing to stop the breakout and a surrounding guard area securing the scene.
Fragmented OCR notes outline varied topics from police finds to new laws, labor strikes, and political events. Mentions include independence themes, migration, a painter’s exhibit, and a flagged inquiry plane. Names appear garbled. readable entities include Delaney and Powers.
A bomb exploded outside the cafe of Michael Manfredi at No 05 11th Street. The blast shattered windows on the cafe's ground floor and on four upper floors, forcing residents to flee. Police and witnesses reported no threats or motives known to Manfredi.
In Vera Cruz on January 19 Jenus Joves Magon ex-Minister of the Interior and Jeff John Wind held a six hour conference this afternoon seeking terms. Huerta's representative and Mr Bird plan another meeting soon. though Lind denies it Magon is negotiating with Wilson's envoy for Huerta.
Patrolman Mills of Leox Avenue station was wounded twice in a late night duel on West 148th Street. He grappled the suspect with a blanket, fired back, then held the assailant until a patrol wagon arrived. The principal suspect, Herman Aiken, 200 West 147th Street, later identified, is jailed with charges of burglary and felonious assault. accomplice John J. Brown, 237 West 19th Street, arrested as an accessory.
Detectives Van Gulitzer Ten Eyck and Carroll recovered a burglars manual in a room on George street Brooklyn. The arrest of three youths yielded about 500 worth of jewelry 300 pawn tickets and extensive clothing. The manuscript mixed Malayan and technical thieves language with troubling Q A samples. A fourth man was detained with six packets of heroin. Three robberies tied to the loot.
After about twelve hours of near total suspension, the Delaware and Hudson Railway strike by 5000 workers ended following federal intervention. The union won reinstatement for 90 discharged employees including an engineer and a conductor. Arbitration was ruled impossible, with a settlement brokered by GW. Wo Hanger and Clifford S. Sims signing as talks concluded and crews were ordered to report.
Mire uval Greenberg returned home to find two men fleeing her third floor apartment at 66 Leonard Street Williamsburg. They forced her from her post and pursued a roof escape. Neighbors Bertha Ageher and a police officer aided the pursuit. The suspects Michael Kueep and Charles Rosario, both eighteen, were jailed on burglary charges.
Mayor Gaynor four years into office issued a 9 to 5 workday for city employees. Some departments stayed at 4 pm while others kept the longer schedule. Mayor Mitchel sent a letter to each department head asking whether the order is being obeyed and to report back.
Dr. Goldwater, former Mount Sinai Hospital superintendent, is chosen to lead the city Health Department succeeding Dr. Ernst Lederle. He will assume duties February 1 after prior negotiations with the mayor and Mount Sinai officials.
Stephen T Williams aged sixty ends his life in his Daytona Avenue apartment after losing 150000 in a failed safety taxor venture. He founded a New York firm in 1879 and retired last year, leaving an income of about 75000 yearly. His wife was in the next room when the act occurred. A stroke followed the realization that the loss could not be recovered.
A Munich hotel romance reveals an English married pair with jewelry valued at 125 000 dollars. Police arrest two men, a Scandinavian and a Russian, found with a large snake intended to be released in the visitors rooms to aid theft.
Thirteen year old George Mets saves his mother by thrusting a finger between the revolver’s hammer and frame, foiling his stepfather William J. Smith’s plan to kill family. Smith, weakened by tuberculosis, shot himself after a struggle as police arrived. Mrs. Smith and the boy escaped. The incident followed a telephone summons from Smith, who insisted on a meeting at West 149th Street.
Reported famine in Sinaloa district leaves thousands dying as mothers beg travellers for help. Witnesses describe unable to feed children and even mothers kill babies to spare them from hunger amid widespread hardship and collapse of aid.
Dr. Gerome Triolo head of the Constitutionalist Hospital in Juarez describes widespread starvation in Sinaloa with mothers begging travelers to save babies, no food for the masses, bark and roots as sustenance, and prices soaring. He says aid is urgently needed as railroads are shut down and bandits thwart recovery, with conditions likened to a vast poorhouse and some families resorting to eating animals.
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