Massive Japanese volcanic disaster leaves Kagoshima buried
Jan 15 reports from Nagasaki indicate Katabura Sakurajima erupted with earthquakes and lava showers. Kagoshima city buried under ashes, with 60,000 population in the area and 15,000 on nearby Samara island. Refugees recount sudden flames, smoke, and intense heat. Railways blocked by ash hindered aid. A tidal wave compounded horror as officials predict a long graveyard of lives and property.
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Jess Willard Freed by Jurors in California Acquittal
Angeles Cal Jan 13 Jess the pugilist charged with killing Young after a Aug 22 bout was acquitted by a jury. The verdict ends a high profile case and clears Willard of the fatal incident linked to the match venue.
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Weather Forecast for Rock Inland Davenport Moline Vicinity
Forecast to 7 p m tomorrow for Rock Island Davenport Moline and nearby shows fair and warmer conditions with night low 20 to 25 degrees. Winds increase from the south. 7 am temperature 15, yesterday high 17, last night low 12, wind at 7 am 7 mph. No precipitation. Humidity 52 at 7 pm and 85 at 7 am. Pleiades and Hyades rise later evening. Forecaster J M Sherier notes.
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Ambrino Island Volcanic Disaster Details
Victoria B C January 13 further details from Ambrin about the Ambrino island in the New Hebrides where December upheavals caused massive destruction. The western part is burned and the rest covered in cinders lava rivers flow. The Makura liner reports no white casualties.
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President Wilson Returns to Capitol Desk in Cold Morning
President Wilson and family arrived at 7 20 am from Pass Christian Mississippi and motored to the White House for breakfast. The president shivered in the 18 degree weather but showed a healthful face as he settled at his desk stacked with correspondence. He declined to speak to eager crowds, saying he has nothing to say. Only a cabinet meeting was expected before the diplomats reception that evening.
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Pure shoe laws to send prices higher
New York January 13 speakers at the National Shoe Retailers association convention warned retail prices for shoes may soon reach ten dollars a pair. They cited adopted pure shoe laws in 25 states and pending measures in Congress as key causes. 2,000,000 more hides would be needed if all shoes were all leather, and hides are controlled by large packing houses, making future price rises unpredictable.
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First Man to Beat Postal Bank Taken
Omaha Nebraska January 13 Philip Nugent alias Jack Lynch arrested at Phoenix Arizona on charge of forging the name of C Morris and obtaining 30 deposited by him in the Omaha Postal Savings bank It is believed the first case of the successful swindling of a postal savings bank.
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Williams Nominated for Comptroller of the Currency
Washington report states John Shelton Williams of Virginia was nominated by the president to be comptroller of the currency and ex officio member of the Federal Reserve Board. Williams is the current assistant secretary to the treasury and the nomination was sent to the Senate. New York note says Arthur A. McLean pleaded guilty to accepting campaign contributions from a corporation, sentence suspended.
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Mexican government defaults on bond interest amid Huerta distress
Mexico City reports the government will miss the semi annual interest payments on internal and external bonds due this month. Washington emphasizes Huerta’s financial crisis and U S policy of blockade as contributing factors. In Texas, 3300 fugitives and 1500 refugees from Ojinaga prepare a four day march to Marfa and Fort Bliss custody.
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Army
Fort Bliss
Youth Wins Cup for Corn Growing in Illinois Contest
Hosea Cornwell of Newman in Douglas county won a silver cup from the state board of agriculture for raising 151 bushels of corn on one acre last season. The award came during the annual meeting after a contest with 10,000 Illinois farm boys. Honorable mention went to John Farr Hoffman of Peoria and L. A. Mollman of Millstadt for second and third place.
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Newman
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Illinois
John Farr Hoffman
Peoria
L. A. Mollman
Millstadt
St. Clair County
Board of Agriculture
Beall Retiring and Suffragists Win in Illinois
Illinois suffragists claim a bloodless victory over Senator Edmund Beall of Alton in the 47th district. Beall, a 30‑year GOP figure and longtime opponent of equal suffrage, plans to retire after announcing he does not expect to win reelection despite personal popularity. He chaired multiple key committees and aided Governor Dunne on fish and game matters. His wife supports his views on suffrage, but district voters disagree.
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Beall
48Th General Assembly
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Fish and Game
O’hara
Dunne
Alton
Beall Tod
Bulgarian census shows war's waste in population drop
Sofia reports a census of bulgarian territories taken after conquest shows male population fell from 700000 to 271000 due to war. In Chicago, the St Louis Federals buy Hanlon Park for 250000, per Manager Tinker of the Chicago Federals.
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Engineer Beats Rival Then Dies at Throttle
Seattle, Jan 13 George H Perry veteran engineer of Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Overland Limited Olympian dropped dead of heart disease at the throttle after winning a race against a rival road near Easton. He had been in a cab more than 40 years.
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George H. Perry
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Easton
Laconia
Fire losses in the United States reach 203 million in 1913
New York January 13 Fire loss in the United States in 1913 totaled 203 407 250 dollars, down from 207 453 900 in 1912, per insurance interests. Forty fires caused losses over a half million each, with three exceeding a million. The largest blaze was at Hot Springs burning 32 blocks.
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Hot Springs
Transvaal to Have a Sympathy Strike
Pretoria dispatch reports a sympathy strike set for tomorrow as miners and other organized workers join railroad workers in action. Over one hundred thousand citizens are under arms amid the escalating crisis in South Africa.
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Citizens Defense
Citizens of Leeds win over strikers
Citizens of Leeds who have been lamp lighters gas and electric workers street car drivers and street cleaners since December 22 today won their fight against the striking municipal workers. The strikers agreed unreservedly to terms offered.
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Steet
Three thousand back to work at South Chicago plant
Three thousand men out of employment since December returned to work at the South Chicago plant of the steel corporation today. Also notes delay in Dr William T Elam murder trial and a hotel keeper Abraham Girdon died by suicide on a Chicago and Alton train while returning from Hot Springs.
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Davies Reviews Tax Legislation
Washington reports Commissioner Davies presents a final 1912 tax memo to President Wilson. The review highlights New York secured debts law of 1911 and Wisconsin income tax centralizing administration, with Rhode Island using classification and distinct rates. It notes non resident estate taxation differences and aims for unified tax bases among states.
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Wilson
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Bureau of Corporations
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Committee Probes School Graft Split Over Land Deals
Chicago Jan 13 A five member board committee and three citizens were appointed to probe graft in school site purchases. The probe targets real estate agents who allegedly obtained advance location information and sold land at inflated prices. Superintendent Ella Flagg Young said sites were urgently needed due to city congestion. Racine Wis Jan 13 Herman Reethers, hotel porter, made his daily cold plunge in Lake Michigan, braving frigid water for 10 minutes despite expectations of refusal.
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Weather Bureau
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Ships Lost in Sixty Mile Gale Hitting East
A January dispatch reports a ferocious northeast gale crippling Atlantic shipping from New York to Newfoundland. Vessels in distress, including the John Paul in Nantucket Sound, prompt rescue efforts as cold waves grip from Rockies to Atlantic. multiple ports report severe weather and fires, with Notre Dame cathedral in Montreal catching fire later.
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Congress Takes Up Mine Trouble Briefing
Washington January 13 the rules committee of the house will meet Saturday to discuss the Michigan strike. Houghton Michigan January 13 reports show further additions to non union rating at the northern end of the copper strike district. Wolverine mine management notes that Hungarian and Italian workers turned in ship cards in the West.
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Rules Committee of the House
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