Skirmishes flare at Tchatalja as peace fades
Reports from Constantinople and London describe sharp Turkish Balkan clashes at Tchatalja. Armistice terms are being ignored as both sides push for resumed hostilities. European powers’ mediation collapses and Greece and Bulgaria warn of heavy wartime costs while Washington notes planned resumption of hostilities.
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Constantinople
Tchatalja
Battefield
Adrianople
Avsolate
Scutari
Jarina
London
Vesnitch
France
Athena
Venizelos
Greece
Bulgaria
Turkey
West Virginia Ratifies Income Tax Amendment
Washington reports West Virginia has ratified the income tax constitutional amendment, bringing the total to thirty four states. One more state is needed to make the amendment effective.
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Washinton
West Virginia
Excess of 1 Inch of Rain in January 1913
January 1913 opened with 2.63 inches of rain against a 1.59 inch normal, a gain near 50 percent, yet the wet season shows a 0.75 inch deficiency due to low moisture in September and December. Snowfall for the month measured 1.5 inches. December rainfall was insufficient to measure this year.
Wilson Girls Take Hand in Strike
New York report notes Eleanor and Jessie Wilson, daughters of president elect Wilson, attending a court session to observe arrested girl strikers. They interview college women aiding the strikers while public figures denounce brutality against the demonstrators.
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New York
Eleanor
Jessie Wilson
Wilson
Garment Workers
la Follette
Harvard thinker foresees baby factory humans
Boston February 1 Dr Martin Schermerhorn of Harvard argues future chemists will produce humans in embryo incubators as chickens hatch. He says animals are conscious though Roosevelt denies awareness and cites Ruskin and Goethe to claim plants feel too, concluding evolution from matter to human life is possible.
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Boston
Martin Schermerhorn
Department of Philosophy
Harvard
Roosevelt
Ruskin
Legislature Inspects Eastern Oregon State Hospital Visit
A 24 member group of the senate and house along with state officials toured the Eastern Oregon State Hospital in Pendleton today. The party met at the Hotel Pendleton, toured the institution, lunched with officials, visited a woolen mill, and dined at the Wenaha club before returning home on the mall train.
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Eastern
Oregon State Hospital
Commercial Club
Wenaha Club
Senate
Dan J. Malarkey
L. B. Bean
Eugene
W. D. Wood
Hilleboro
J. C. Smith
Grants Pass
At & O'Clock
Pendleton
Branch Hospital
McNary
Oregon
Snow Storm Hits Chicago Deep Freeze Threatens Traction
February 1 in Chicago reports zero weather and a heavy snow storm causing widespread hardship among the poor. Weather officials warn temperatures may plummet further if the storm lasts two more days, while charities rush to save endangered lives. The Loop endures a hill wind as brick canyons fill with snow and car lines struggle to stay running amid fears of crippled traction.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Loop District
Probe of Land Frauds Seeks Federal Inquiry
A resolution introduced in the national House calls for a congressional investigation of land frauds in Oregon and California. Detective Burns supports the move and seeks a thorough review of the pardon clerk’s report in the Willard Jonce case, alleging deliberate falsehoods and misrepresentation to the president and the Wickersham Commission.
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National House
California
Burns
New York
Oregon
Berris
Willard Jonce
President
Wickersham
Friedmann Fails to Sail for U S
Disappointment in New York as Dr. Friedmann, who announced a tuberculosis cure, cancels his Southampton departure to remain in Germany. He will consult officials who want to keep the discovery at home. The story mentions a million dollar offer from banker Charles Finley if the cure proves successful and notes Friedmann’s attraction to the magnet of publicity.
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New York
Friedmann
Southampton
Germany
Charles Finley
Release of President Ryan Ordered by Federal Court
Chicago Feb 1 The federal circuit court of appeals ordered the release of President Ryan. His bond of seventy thousand dollars was approved by District Attorney Miller and Ryan will be released tomorrow.
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Chicago
Ryan
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Wis
Miller
Railroad men talk with Wickersham
Stockholders of the Union and the Southern Pacific conferred with Attorney General Wickersham on the supreme court order dissolving the merger. Participants included Mortimer Schiff Lovett Frank A. Vanderlip Maxwell Evarts and R B Deforest.
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Washington
The
Union
Southern Pacific
Wickersham
the Supreme Court
Mortimer Schiff
Lovett
Frank A. Vanderlip
Maxwell Evarts
Deforest
Queen to Be Mother Reported in Madrid
Queen of Spain expected to welcome another child with official word of the pregnancy. The monarch already has four children, and the news comes as the country watches for royal events.
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Madrid
Wallowa Lands Wanted in Act Urged by Senator Bourne
Washington February 1 Senator Bourne urges the interior department to designate Wallowa county lands for entry under the enlarged homestead act. Geological Survey has completed a study of land character and will submit its report soon.
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Washinton
Bourne
Department of the Interior
Wallowa County
Geological Survey
Bandit Steals Receipts From Chicago Express Car
A masked gunman boarded the Stock Yards special in Chicago and extorted the entire day's receipts, about fifty thousand dollars, from the express messenger. He fled into crowds after a scuffle with the conductor and escaped amid theatergoers. Police dispute the exact sum, with officials citing lower figures than the train's claimed take.
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Chicago
Joot
Union
Stockyard
Adams
Bomb Explodes During Hudson Porcelain Strike Riot
In Trenton on February 1 a bomb was hurled during a riot between workers and strikebreakers at the Hudson Porcelain plant. The blast damaged the clay room and endangered workers. three people were fatally stabbed in the ensuing turmoil.
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Trenton
Hudson Porcelain Factory
London Syndicate Buys Big Oil Firms in California
San Francisco report says Oil Producers and Refiners Limited of London has taken over United Oil Company of Los Angeles and North American Oil Consolidated and Section Two Syndicate of San Francisco for a total of 5 million dollars. The deal, long pending, places Crowther, the British oil king, at the helm of the enlarged United Company.
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San Francisco
Midway
California
Oil Producers’ and Refiners Limited
United Ol Company
Los Angeles
North American Ol Consolidated
London
Crowther
United Company
Jail Prisoners to Give Needed Cuticle
In Los Angeles on February 1 Dr. E. H. Garrett, a government physician, sought three square feet of cuticle from jail inmates to aid a severely burned patient. He said volunteers were found among inmates with time to recover after donating skin.
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Los Angeles
Cal
E. H. Garrett
Dr. Garrett
Passenger Train Crashes Into Cattle Train Wreck
In Curn Queensland on February 1 six people died and five were fatally wounded when a passenger train plowed into the derailed cattle train. Five hundred cattle were killed and seventy men were working to clear the line when the crash occurred.
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Curn
Queensland
Mine Workers Strike as Engineers Refuse Union
In Scranton on February 1 a thousand mine workers at the Scranton Galleries walked out after engineers refused to join the United Mine Workers by the February 1 ultimatum, signaling the start of a clash over union affiliation.
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Scranton
United Mine Workers
Taft Signs Lincoln Memorial Bill
President Taft signed a bill authorizing a two million dollar memorial temple to Lincoln on the Potomac banks. The action in Washington moves forward the project, funded to honor the former president.
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Taft
Washinton
Lincoln
The
Potomac
N Y Gunmen Said To Be In Shooting In New York
Jersey City February 1 Believed shot by New York gunmen after a labor dispute Thomas Conroy a leading figure in the building trades council lies dying Ernest Wilhaber says a New York gangster Kid Dynamite was Conroy s assailant Wilhaber claims he was Bib Silm another New York gunman hired by Kid Dynamite for fifty dollars to come here for a job and the shooting followed
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Jersey City
New York
Thomas Conroy
Building Trades Council
Ernest Wilhaber
Kid Dynamite
Conroy
Wilhaber
Bib Silm
Oil Prices Climb Further in Early Market
Pittsburg Feb 1 rapid advance in crude oil prices continued at the open adding 7 cents to base Pennsylvania crude to $2.40. Mercer black and Newcastle quoted at $1.93, Corning $1.95, Cabell $200, Somerset and Ragland unchanged. Some companies report 100 percent dividend amid profits.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Mercer Black
Newcastle
Corning
Cabell
Somerset
Ragland
Chicago women turn to apples after egg price drops
Chicago on February 1 reports that women who helped lower egg prices through public sales are entering the apple trade. They will offer to fill retail orders themselves if local grocers decline to meet their price.
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Chicago
Apple
Guy Wyrick Home Destroyed by Fire
A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Guy Wyrick residence five miles northwest of Pendleton. The blaze started between 10 and 2, likely from a flue, and the family was rescued with only clothing and a few baby items saved. Total loss was about $2000 with $700 insured for home and furniture.
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Guy Wyrick
Wyrick
Pendleton
Judge George Testifies On Byers Mill Water Right Case
Judge M. Do. George, a renowned Portland lawyer and former Oregon congressman, testified for the Byers mill company at the reservation water right hearing. He described the act’s intent to protect a vested right and noted it did not impair existing rights to a reasonable use of Umatilla river water. Other witnesses discussed early industrial conditions and land values, with testimony likely to end that evening.
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Byers Mill Reservation
M. Do. George
Portland
Oregon
Byers Mill Company
Congress
Umatilla
George
Méssia
Slater
Grover
Price
Iowa
Secretary of the Interior
Henry M. Teller
Judge George
E. J. Sommerville
Lute Rothrock
Cornell Memorial Funds Titanic Victim Edgar J. Meyer
Ithaca N Y Feb 1 in memory of their son Edgar J Meyer a Cornell graduate who died in the Titanic disaster Mr and Mrs Eugene Meyer of New York City have given 10000 to found a fellowship in mechanical and electrical engineering funds were announced today
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Ithaca
N. Y
Edgar J. Meyer
Cornell
Eugene Meyer
New York City
Suffragists Arrested After Jewel Room Vandalism
In London on February, suffragists damaged a jewel room by smashing a glass cover on one cane, leading to multiple arrests. The incident highlights ongoing militant protests associated with the suffrage movement.
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London
Jewel Room
Tower of London
Farmers to protest grain bag monopoly appeals to legislature
Farmers through the county union of the Farmers' Cooperative and Educational Union plan a formal appeal to the Washington legislature and potentially Congress to investigate the grain bag monopoly. They cite 11 cent bag prices for the coming harvest, contrasting with 6.75 cents last year, and accuse a jute trust of monopolizing supplies. The union notes stockpiled bags remaining from last summer and argues no bag shortage exists.
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Northwest
Farmers’ Cooperative & Educational Union
National Congress
Farmers’ Union
Manuel Friedly
Congress
Nce
Grain Big Trust
Mesmrs
Friedig
Harrah
Trust
W. W. Harrah
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Marmora
Job
W. Virginia
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W. C. Kniehten
Ingine
G. B. Kerth
Salem
U. S
Wallowa
London Syndicate
BIG Oil
Byers
Cornel
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