Three Hundred Inhabitants of Soto Perish In Sakura Island
Reports from southern Japan describe the Sakura Jima eruption causing widespread devastation and heavy loss of life. Troops and ships search the island as refugees flee toward the coast. all Americans in the area are reported safe.
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Soto
Tokio
Japan
Sakura-Jima
Sakura
Sakurajima
Kagoshima
Sakurasiie
M. Ijuin
China
Be- Beth
Ima
Kiushia
Miyazeki
So‘o
Gulf of
Moran to Meet Johnson Abroad in Paris June Contest
Paris dispatch reports Jack Vonnecn and Frank Moran of Pitt signing for a 20 round bout in June. Vonnecn received a $35,100 check from Charles McCarthy, representing three American millionaires abroad, to back Moran, with a $5,900 guarantee noted.
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Paris
France
Jack
Vonecu
Frank Moran
Pitt Today
Vonnecn
Charles McCarthy
Arthy
Island mail carriers brave dangers to reach Lake Islands
Sandusky Ohio January 14 the Olcott steamship in winter quarters leaves the Erie Islands isolated for four months. Island mail carriers Edward and Albert Erney Marblehead known as the island mail carriers run daily between mainland and islands under contract with the government a $1000 annual payment hinges on their ability to overcome hardships during the isolation period.
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Sandusky
Smn Nation
Olcott
Great Lakes
Lake Erie Islands
Edward and
Albert Erney
Marblehead
Erney Brothers
Marbiehead
Sam
American girl found dead beside Japanese worker
On Roslyn Long Island June 14 the Elmer Stevenson family found Mahushi a Japanese cook dead in his room with the body of a young American woman beside him. Bows were shot by a revolver. The woman, unidentified, had arrived from New York yesterday and was last seen toward Mahuski's quarters.
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Roslyn
Long Island
Elmer Stevenson
Legen
Mahushi
New York
Mahuski
Vivid account of a Nagasaki eruption rescue story
A Japanese steamer captain recounts the eruption on the island of Laxura and a tidal wave that followed. Columns of water erupted from the gulf as fire pillars rose from sugar cane fields. People and cattle fled beachward while hundreds drifted on improvised rafts and broken planks.
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Nagasaki
Japan
Laxura
Gulf
Quincy Resident Is Fire Marshal
Walter H. Bennett of Quincy was appointed state fire marshal to succeed J A Lebosky of Chicago who resigned. Governor Dunne announced yesterday several appointments including Walter Mareraff to deputy state factory inspector, Albert E Hinners to voting machine commissioners, Samuel Barrick to Crawford county public administrator, and Dr John A Robison elected president of the state board of health.
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Springfield
Walter H. Bennett
Quincy
J. A. Lebosky
Chicago
Dunne
Walter Mareraff
Curt Hunter
Fairfield
Albert E. Hinners
Virginia
Board of
Voting Machine Commissioners
Amos Miller
Samuel Barrick
Robinson
Crawford County
George E. Kessler
Fair Tonight and Thursday Weather Summary
Fair tonight and Thursday with moderate temperatures and above freezing at night. Brisk westerly winds, 7 am 36, 24 hours high 30, low 26, wind 15 mph, no precipitation. Humidity 64 at 7 pm, 65 at 7 am. Water stage 1.1 with a 0.4 drop in last 24 hours. Astronomical notes list Mars Saturn evening stars and Jupiter Venus Mercury morning stars. Andromeda nebula described as moving rapidly toward Earth.
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J. M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
Constellation
Andromeda
Sp. O
Earth
Federals Cared for at 4 Camps in Presidio Area
Four camps were set up along the Presidio to Marfa mountain road provisioned with 15,000 pounds of rations each to feed nearly 400,000 Mexican soldiers officers and refugees including women and children. The operation costs exceed 1500 dollars daily for government care. General Blanquet in Mexico City announced a formal request to return General Mercado and colorados who crossed the border. Washington argued such a return would violate neutrality laws.
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Presidio
Tex
Marfa
Mexico City
Mexico
Blanquet
Mercado
United States
Washington
General Mercado
Spencer granted stay of execution in murder case
Chicago Jan 14 Justice Carter of the Illinois supreme court issued a writ of superseders in the Henry Spencer murder case. The court will review for a possible new trial as attorneys claim Spencer is insane.
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Chicago
Lost Cobequid Afloat Hope Remains For Ship
A foggy Bay of Fundy rescue tale. Cobequid was seen above water at daybreak with 120 aboard after an SOS. Wreckage drifted ashore at Yarmouth but origin from the steamer could not be confirmed as searchers failed to locate the vessel or respond to inquiries.
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St. Johns
Cobequid
Royal George
Bay of Fundy
Yarmouth
N. S
Trinity Ledges
Grand Manon
Sitter
Tropic
Halifax
Tenement fires scorch New York with widespread suffering
Four fires in rapid succession across New York City left nearly a thousand tenants homeless or forced into freezing streets. No lives lost though, as firemen battled extreme cold while the tug Robert White crew were rescued after a collision with a ferry on the Hudson. Elsewhere, a Roseland hotel blaze on Bowery at Coney Island caused $50,000 in damage.
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New York
Bowery
Glendenning
Harlem
Sixty-first Street
Columbus Avenue
Lower East Side
Robert White
Hudson
Rosenden
Coney Island
Actress Adele Blood Sues Preacher Husband for Divorce
New York January 14 Adele Davis known as Adele Blood sues Edward Davis actor and former Oakland California pastor for absolute divorce alleging his indiscretions with co rely Miss Louise Power Bryant and naming Frederic Bryant in related actions. She seeks alimony and separation citing repeated scandals during their marriage and her departure to the stage.
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New York
Adele Davis
Adele Blood
Edward Davis
Central Christian Church
Oakland
Cal
Joaquin Miller
California
Adele Blood Soprano
Frederic E. Bryant
Mr. Davis
Miss Power
Miss Blood
Earthquakes and Toll in the Last 100 Years Year Place Lives lost
A list of major earthquakes over a century shows cities from Caracas to Ischia and Tokyo suffering thousands to tens of thousands in fatalities. Entries include 1906 San Francisco with 452 deaths and 1905 Calabria with 35,000, among many others across Italy, Japan, Chile, and the Caribbean.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Aleppo
Turkey
Malfi
Italy
Kingdom of Naples
Quito
Ecuador
Mendoza
Manila
Peru
Inyo Valley
Cal
Colombia
Solo
Island of
Ischia
Krakatoa
Andalusia
Spain
Japan
Persia
Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Andijan
India
St. Pierre
Martinique
Calabria
Vesuvius
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Chile
Kingston
Jamaica
Sicily
Cartago
Costa Rica
Cold Wave Triggers Massive Fire Losses Across Cities
A sequence of fires and injuries followed a severe cold snap. In Providence the Manufacturers' building housing 30 jewelry firms suffered a 100000 loss, 4500 workers idle. Boston reported a fire destroying W and A Bacon store with 150000 loss and one fireman killed. Keeley Institute in Waukesha burned, 20000 loss, occupants affected by the cold.
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Providence
R. J
Boston
Mass
W. and
A. Bacon
Keeley Institute Destoyed
Waukesha
Wis
Keeley Institute
Drive Policemen From Labor Hall In Johannesburg Raid
Johannesburg Jan 14. Thirty policemen attempting to raid Trades Hall were driven back by a shower of missiles as Secretary Bain of the Federation Trades and comrades were entrenched inside. Lisbon Jan 14. Portugal’s entire railroad service halted by a general strike. about one third of the reliefs belong to the state.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Bain
The
Federation Trades
Lisbon
Portugal
Assassin killed on murder scene in Paris and Cherif’s editor son-in-law slain
A Turk called at General Mehmed Cherif Pasha’s Paris residence and shot his valet Ismael Hakki who refused entry. Cherif’s son-in-law Zelil Bey then killed the assassin. In Berne, Venizelos appeals for power aid to prevent Greek Turkish war after Enver Bey becomes Turkish minister of war.
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Paris
France
Mehmed Cherif Pasha
Radical Party
Turkey
Ismael Hakki
Cherif
Zelil Bey
Cheriff
Berne
Switzerland
Greece
Venizelos
Enver Bey
Waters Polluted on Canadian Line
Pollution of waters along the Canadian boundary affecting over 6,000 people is detailed in a report to the International Joint Commission by Dr. Allen J. McLaughlin. The commission cannot enforce remedies but will suggest expert opinions to guide both governments.
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Washington
Great Lakes
International Joint Commission
Allen J. McLaughlin
Public Health Service
Treat
United States
Wilson plan on trust reform outlined in talks
President Wilson held two meetings with Congress Democrats to discuss trust legislation. He aims a measured program including tightening Sherman acts, banning interlocking directors, pinpointing personal accountability, and creating an interstate trade commission to enforce dissolution or mandates. The note cites Morgan’s action and Ashurst resolution, with other items on teachers’ certificates and the Japanese fleet admiral’s death.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Wilson
Congress
Interstate Trade Commission
Bureau of Information
Uniting Michigan Republicans Aim to Back One Governor Candidate
Muskegon Michigan January 14 Lieut Governor Ross issues open letter urging all Republican factions to unite for November elections He calls for nominees to meet in Lansing February 9 to select a single gubernatorial candidate to run next fall.
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Muskegon
Mich
Republican Party
Ross
Lansing
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Nice
Hudson River
St. Anthony’s Seraphic College
Rochester
N.Y
Labor Hall
Milwaukee
Edward Kozlowski
Bay City
St. John’s Cathedral
Messmer
Joseph G. Pinton
Marquette
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Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Morgan
J. P. Morgan and Company
Ashurst
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Labor Committee
Senate
State Board of Examiners
Francis G. Blair
Hugh S. Magill, Jr
Cyrus Grove
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B. G. Moore
Bloomington
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