Paris Floods Rise as Waters Flood Suburbs Amid Rescue Efforts
Paris faces record Seine levels with water over streets and subways. Army and navy requisitioned aid with lifeboats and pontoons while authorities warn the river will rise past 1882 highs. Thousands evacuated, looting and peril amid hospital and power outages as relief funds mobilize.
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Paris
Seine
Lyons Railroad Company
Bercy
Roer
Senate
Falliéres
Rothschilds
Bank of France
Banque de Paris Et Des Pays- Bas
Republicans plan caucus to oppose Speaker Cannon
Washington reports regular Republicans discuss removing Speaker Cannon from power before Congress adjourns. Plans call for a caucus to record opposition to Cannonism and his re election while preserving respect for the Speaker. Names named include Foster Moore Goebel Hayes Ames and others in a bid to shift the party line.
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Cannon
Foster
Vermont
J. Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
Goebel
Ohio
Hayes
Republican Party
Tribune
Ames
Anthony
Barclay
Barnard
Bennet
Bradley
Cassidy
Cole
Coudrey
Crumpacker
Davidson
Diekema
Douglass
Driscoll
Esch
Fish
Focht
Gillet
Hamer
Fiamilton
Hanna
Henry
Higgins
Gill
Congress
Jewelry Found in Ash Can In Back Bay Stirs Boston
In Boston Back Bay the ash collector found jewels belonging to Mrs. Charles J. Shriner hidden behind her apartment building after her gems were misplaced in a waste basket. Janitor Daniel Harvey discovered the jewelry in an ash parrel and helped police pursue the theft theory. Mrs. Shriner had lost the gems more than a week earlier and suspects an burglary. Harvey’s discovery ended the investigation with a safe lead. Spencer’s Toric eye glasses with Hikits guards advertised.
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Boston
Back Bay
Boylston Street
Charles J. Shriner
Boylston
Ipswich Streets
Daniel Harvey
Harvey
Shriners
Shriner
Bomb in West 4th Street tenement injures bystanders
A bomb exploded under a first floor stairway at 165 to 169 West 4th Street injuring a little girl and Achille Varese as Black Hand threats were reported. Police cordoned the area and rushed reserves to Charles Street Station with no arrests made.
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No. 165
West 4Th Street
Achille Varese
Black Hand
Charies Street
Dominick Cirincion
First Use of Electric Analgesia in Human Surgery
Reported by Telegraph Tribune details Dr. Louise Rabinovitch’s pioneering method with four milliamperes and fifty-four volts across three electrodes during the amputation of a patient named John Crossec. The operation, witnessed by about twenty-five surgeons, left the patient pain free with no after effects and demonstrated on a rabbit for further proof. The device may be sent to Philadelphia General Hospital for broader use.
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To. Tribune
Louise Rabinovitch
John Crossec
Rabinovitch
M. M. Johnson
Crosh
Hartford Medical Society
Philadelphia
General Hospital
Pittsburg Alienist Dr. Wiley Charged With Larceny
Dr. C. C. Wiley a noted Pittsburg alienist was arrested January 15 on larceny charges brought by patient Miss Dora Pedder who claims jewels worth 1400 in her possession. He posted $1000 bail and faces a magistrate hearing. Pedder is sister to a leading political figure. Wiley aided in Thaw’s New York trial and organized camp sanitation during the Spanish American War.
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Iby
Thibune
Pittsburg
C. C. Wiley
Dora Pedder
Miss Pedder
Dr. Wiley
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Schwab Seeks Recipient for Gifted City House
Charles M. Schwab announced in Providence that he owns a costly East Side house once tied to C. Gifford Ladd. He does not plan to live in or sell it and will gift it to a suitable recipient if found.
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the Tribune
Providence
Charles M. Schwab
C. Gifford Ladd
Taft Statements Halt Indiscriminate Trust Prosecutions
Washington January 25 The President released a White House statement denying any plan for broad indiscriminate prosecutions of major industries. He said his anti trust policy remains as in his January 7 1910 message and warned against sensational claims of a new departure. In Columbus Ohio receivers were appointed for Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company and two related firms amid bankruptcy actions and stock market turmoil.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
White House
Attorney General’s Office
Columbus
Ohio
J. E. Slater
Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Group
A. L. Thurman
William A. Barbour
New York
Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company
A. T. Seymour
Columbus and Hocking Clay Construction Company
F. N. Sinks
Columbus and Hocking Brick Manufacturing Company
Seymour
Sinks
Henry D. Hotchkiss
Lathrop, Haskins & Co
Lightning Oil Strikes Oil Found Near Dalhart Farmhouse
Mrs. Josie Pettis reported a lightning bolt hit ground on a mountainside near her Dalhart Texas farmhouse. The strike tapped a spring of crude oil now yielding about 200 barrels per day, a dramatic increase from previously sparse production on the land.
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Dalhart
Tex
Josie Pettis
Virginia House Football Bill Advances on Punishment
The Virginia House favorably reported a bill making football punishable by fine and imprisonment. The measure targets football activity with penalties and was advanced in Richmond on January 25.
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Tribune
Richmond
Virginia House
Legal action against Iron pool members by stock customers
Papers show a suit planned against Iron pool members by customers of several stock exchanges not tied to the pool. George W. Harper acts as attorney. the complaint targets breach of a pool contract and seeks to establish Criss as the pool's agent. A second pool formed June 1 1909 with a life to March 1 1910. Continued on third page.
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Columbus and Hocking
Columbus
Hocking
Hugh F. Criss
Henry S. Haskins
Lathrop, Haskins & Co
Criss
Haskins
United States Banking Company Suspended in Mexico City
Mexico City January 25 The United States Banking Company was suspended from the Clearing House for failing to settle today’s business. It must raise 400000 pesos by 9:30 tomorrow. Bank officers report Bank of Montreal instructed its branch not to advance funds. U S Banking vice president M Elsasser doubts doors will open tomorrow but considers possible overnight arrangements to honor all deposits dollar for dollar.
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Mexico City
United States Banking Company
Clearing House
Bank of Montreal
United States
M. Elsasser
Brainstorm Plea in Langhorst Court Martial
Lieutenant Adolph Langhorst of the coast artillery goes on trial at Fort McHenry charged with neglect of duty breach of arrest and disobedience of orders His defense claims he acted during a brainstorm insanity episode and that he was not responsible for his actions despite being sane now.
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Baltimore
Adolph Langhorst
Coast Artillery
Fort McHenry
Langhorst
Baby dies in tenement fire on Second Avenue
Lena Labarbera carried three year old cousin Philomena Alesia from a burning tenement at 1409 Second Avenue. Lena collapsed with burns while trying to reach the street. Philomena, a Little Ferry, New Jersey girl, died in the blaze. Captain Eugene McLoughlin of Engine 44 survived bruises after losing his way in the dark hall.
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Lena Labarbera
Second Avenue
Dr. McDonald
Presbyterian Hospital
Eugene McLoughlin
Engine Company 44
Philomena Alesia
Little Ferry
N. J
Calif aviator survives crash while racing surf
Charles K. Hamilton flew a Curtiss bi plane along the San Diego coast and won a race with the surf but struck a barbed wire fence on land damaging his aircraft. He escaped injury as water leaked from the radiator and he landed just over the surf line. Louis Paulhan later flew eight miles at Tanforan before a crowd of fifteen thousand, rising to about four hundred feet for twelve minutes.
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San Diego
Cal
Charles K. Hamilton
Hamilton
San Francisco
Louis Paulhan
Tanferan
Griffith Elected Senator in Raines District
Frederick W. Griffith of Palmyra wins the state Senate seat to succeed the late John Raines. Reported plurality 3,30 with county tallies Wayne 2,506 Ontario 668 Yates 632. the Democratic rival was John Colmey of Canandaigua amid light turnout.
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Rochester
Frederick W. Griffith
Palmyra
State Senate
John Raines
Wayne
Ontario
Yates
John Colmey
Canandaigua
Unionists Gain Ground in Parliament Across Regions
The article notes steady Unionist advancements as 556 MPs are elected. It cites 9 Unionist gains in a day from 33 results, including 1 in Scotland and 1 in Ireland, while Liberals secured 2 gains in Scotland. Moderate cross party talks hint at possible compromise.
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Scotland
Ireland
Liberal set backs in English counties amid unionist gains
London dispatch reports Liberal losses across English counties with Unionist gains totaling 95 seats at midnight. Seven Scottish wins and new coalition balance push Liberals toward a fragile majority while constitutional issues and Lords veto debates dominate political discourse.
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the Tribune
London
Cumberland
Sussex
Essex
Wiltshire
Charles D. Rose
Newmarket
mid-Tyrone
Redmond
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
England
Scootland
Yorkshire
Morley
Normanton
East Renfrew
Scotland
Trish
Mr. Balfour
Lord Milner
Alfred Lyttelton
Lupf
Acland-Hood Holds Somerset Seat As Elections End
London reports Sir A F Acland-Hood retained the West Division of Somersetshire for the Unionists. F H Newnes lost his Nottinghamshire seat, while D D Sheehan won Cork County Mid as an Independent Nationalist by 85 votes. Election progress suggests a Liberal minority risk and cabinet decisions loom.
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Associated Press
London
A. F. Acland-Hood
Somersetshire
F. H. Newnes
Northern
Bassetlaw
Nottinghamshire
D. D. Sheehan
Cork County
Sheehan
John Redmond
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Spencer
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