Balkan War Rears to Resume as Envoys Await Recall
Young Turks press for immediate recall of envoys from London as Balkan states signal readiness to resume hostilities. Dispatches from Sofia and Constantinople report military and diplomatic moves, with Kamil Pasha’s resignation as grand vizier anticipated amid the parliamentary council deliberations. The note from allied powers is seen as pressuring Turkey to declare belligerent stand.
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London
Balkan
Czar Ferdinand
Msrapha Pasha
Sabaft
Sofia
Turkey
Reshhid Pasha
Gerwin
Balkans
Juulkan
Daneff
Constantinople
Kaimil Pasha
Grand Council
Kalmil
Second Darrow Trial Opens as Jury Drawn in Venice
Los Angeles January 15 Fifty deputy sheriffs serve on the first panel of 125 talesmen selected for the second trial of Clarence Darrow. The panel reports Monday as the trial before Judge Conley is set to begin with Darrow expected to take a prominent part in his own defense.
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Venice
Darrow
Los Angeles
Clarence Darrow
Conley
Students Present Oak Table Gift to Oregon Governor
A handmade solid oak table crafted by Oregon Agricultural College students in Corvallis was donated to Governor West and placed in his private office for state board meetings. Designed by State Architect Keighton and measuring 12 feet long and 54 inches wide, it fills a previously unmet need as funds for furnishings were exhausted. Secretary of State Olcott, custodian of the capitol, welcomes the addition and notes the gone-funding constraint.
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Agricultural College
Silem
Capitol
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Governor West
Keighton
Olcott
Johnson Bailshield Stays as Fugitive Return Is Denied
Federal Judge Carpenter refused to set aside Jack Johnson’s bail and order his return to jail as a fugitive. Johnson, jailed on a white slave case, was released on a $30,000 bond after bondsmen surrendered part of the bond. he left the state with consent from his bondsmen, while further bondsmen were sought.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Carpenter
Johnson
Battle Creek
Toronto
Explosion Wrecks Tunnel Killing Three Men
Chicago reports an explosion at the Grand tunnel crossing the water intake entombing three unidentified laborers under debris. Firemen police and workers frantically recover bodies from 2600 feet into the shaft as crews search for the cause of the blast.
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Chicago
Laboteur
Grand Tunnel
Jury Convicts Hill of Horse Stealing in Quick Deliberation
Lynn Hill was found guilty of horse stealing after three juries failed to agree, with sentence set for Friday. He claimed he was hired to drive the animals and implicated Charles Modrell, who pleaded guilty and received a penitentiary term. District Attorney Frederick Steiner hailed the outcome as a difficult but successful prosecution. A separate echo damage suit involves Albert M. Williams seeking $1000 from George Coppinger over a knife assault.
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Lynn Hill
Hill
Charles Modrell
la Grande
Modrel
Modrell
Frederick Steiner
Sulis
Echo
Albert M. Williams
George Coppinger
LL. A. Exteb
J. H. Raley
Princal
Hyde Trial Starts In Swope Murder Case
Kansas City January 16 The third trial of Dr B C Hyde for the alleged murder of Col Thomas Swope, millionaire uncle of Mrs Hyde, began today as the defense sought a postponement but was unsuccessful.
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Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Col
Thomas Swope
Mra. Hyde
Czarina Expected To Have Child In Spring
Paris dispatch reports that the czarina of Russia is expecting a child in the spring, according to a telegraph from St. Petersburg to Temps. The news underscores a royal birth anticipated by observers.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Temps
Czarina
Russia
Rockefeller to Testify Likely Delayed by Ill Health
Washington Jan 15 William Rockefeller is too ill to testify before the house money trust probe. Dr Richardson reported a short examination will have no harm though a long one might endanger his health. Chairman Pujo will likely order Rockefeller to appear soon. Rockefeller can endure two hours of questioning, his voice audible at twenty feet.
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Washington
William Rockefeller
House
Money Trust
Richardson
Miami
Rockeffeller
Pujo
Rockefeller
Ridderl
May Send Democrat to Represent Maine
Augusta Maine Jan 15 The probability of democrats electing a senator from Maine rose as three Republican postmasters to the legislature voted for senator. Democratic legislators objected arguing postmastership barred them from election. Their resignations were wired to Postmaster General Hitchcock and not accepted until today. If barred the democrats gain a majority on the Joint ballot.
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Augusta
Maine
Hitchcock
Five Years in Jail for Idaho Bankers
United States circuit court of appeals affirmed Idaho federal court verdicts in the Kester Kettenbach cases. William F. Kettenback and George H. Kester of Lewiston National Bank were convicted of falsifying reports to the comptroller and sentenced to five years in Leavenworth. They remain out on bond of 25 6000. No appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court indicated. Helena note reports the state assembly ratifying Thomas Walsh as senator to succeed Diedon Walsh, who received every vote.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Court of Idaho
Kester- Kettenbach
William F. Kettenback
George H. Kester
Lewiston National Bank
Idaho
Leavenworth
Supreme Court of the United States
Helena
Thomas Walsh
Diedon
Walsh
Stallion Pedigree Complaint Over Unregistered Stallion
A. H. McIntyre, B. S. Stone, W. F. Potts and others file suit against A. Blanchard for $1800 over a stallion sold as thoroughbred Perveheron with a promised certificate of registration not delivered. Plaintiffs allege they paid over $1800 to UC and are refused due to unregistered premises. Homer T. Watts of Athena is attorney for the plaintiffs in Denver.
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Helix
Athena
UC. A. Blanchard
Blanchard
A. H. McIntyre
C. Stone
W. F E. Potts
William Piper, Jr
J. Piper
Holcomb
Frank Berlin
William Potts
Denver
Homer T. Watts
Medford Lads Will See Panama Canal
Fred Hopkins age 12 and his brother William 16 from Medford Ore travel with their parents to the Panama canal zone. They will study the canal project under army engineers after touring San Francisco where the family stays at the Palace. Father Frederick Hopkins, a Medford land operator, accompanies them out of strong interest in the works. The trio sails for the canal zone on Wednesday.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fred
William Hopkins
Panama Canal Zone
Army
Frederick Hopkins
Medford
Ore
Panama
William
Canal Zone
Bullet Hits Boy at Table in Gervais. May Die
Albert Armstrong five years old is fatally struck when a bullet fired by a nearby boy breaks through a glass door and lodges in his brain near Gervais Oregon. Dr Kettle says recovery chances are doubtful.
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Gervais
Ore
Albert Armstrong
W. A. Armstrong
Kettle
Civil Service Plan Rejected by House Committee of the Whole
Washington January 15 The House in committee of the whole adopted an amendment to the Postoffice appropriation to annul executive orders placing fourth class postmasters and assistants under civil service. Offered by Rep Cullop Indiana the measure will return to the House for final passage on the ballot Republican members abstained.
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Washington
Postoffice
House
Cullop
Indiana
20000 Union Workers Quit Jobs Strike Hits Garment Industry
New York date line reports twenty thousand waist makers and dressmakers walking out today after an overwhelming vote to quit. The strike tally now stands at sixty thousand workers joining the protest across the garment sector.
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New York
Gunboat Denver Ordered to Mexican Waters
The navy department dispatched gunboat Denver to Acapulco to protect American residents and property in case of a rebel attack. It will depart San Diego tomorrow. Bishop Vincent of Chicago urged awarding the A D and A H L designations to faithful housewives, praising their role as artists of home life and their influence on children and civic knowledge.
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Washington
Navy Department
Denver
Acapulco
Mexico
San Diego
Chicago
John H. Vincent
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Britain pays 40 shillings per birth under new act
London reports starting today that every child born to insured parents under the national insurance act will yield the mother and family a 40 shilling bounty, about $7.50. An estimated 1,000,000 of around 1,200,000 annual UK births will receive the benefit, with sick leave for mothers.
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London
United Kingdom
Taxicab strike at Granville street bridge kills and injures
Vancouver on January 15 reports John Longman dead and John Mc Pherson fatally hurt after a taxicab struck them at the Granville street bridge. Witnesses say the cab sailed at high speed and quickened after impact. The cab number was not secured in the confusion.
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Vancouver
B.C
John Longman
John McPherson
Granville Street Bridge
Bond Rejections Thwart Early Enemies of Dymmiting Plot
The circuit court of appeals rejected bonds for 39 men in the Leavenworth dynamiting conspiracy case, deeming property offered insufficient. Charles Revum’s $30,000 bond was approved and he will be released soon. Hockin’s writ was denied due to his confession. bonds for Brown and McCain were not submitted as Miller's investigation continued.
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H. Hockin
Hoekin
Bons
Bert Brown
F. J. McCain
Miller
Oregon Legislature Debates Sterilization and Vetoed Bills
State Capitol notes show a sterilization bill drafted for immediate introduction by Senator Farrel and Representative Lewelling. It would require quarterly reports from asylum superintendents and authorize state board orders for surgical sterilization of habitual criminals and moral degenerates to protect state peace and safety.
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Dimick
State Capitol
Salem
Ore
House
Senate
McArthur
Brimick
State Capitel
Salon
Farrel
Lewelling
State Board of Health
State Board
Wireless Used In Mountains First Time In Railroading
Wireless telegraphy was used to dispatch trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line between Cle Elum and Tacoma as snowbound lines crippled the system. A wireless station at the division end and Tacoma private plant enabled orders to snow plows and work trains. The Milwaukee Road also reported ten days of closure at Laconia due to snow, with hope to resume traffic soon.
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Tacoma
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Cleelum
Mountain Division
Seattle
Laconia
Milwaukee Road
Great Northern
Woman rebukes speaker who tried to play joke
Olympia, Jan. 13. Speaker Taylor faced a sharp rebuke after attempting to joke about Mia Axtell as she introduced a morals bill. The speaker had referred a different measure to commerce as a joke, then Mrs. Axtell demanded and got a referral to the morals committee.
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Olympia
Taylor
Mia Axtell
Committee On Commerce and Manufactures
Senator Casey proposes $100,000 for quarantine efforts
Sacramento January 16. To guard against bubonic plague entry before the Panama exposition Senator Casey introduced a bill carrying an appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars for quarantine purposes.
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Sacramento
Casey
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Will M. Peterson
Watson
Albert Tagler
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Coos County
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White
Panama Canal
TAFPT
Mexican Waters
Bishop Vintcent
Britain
Tan
Londis
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