NAME MOVER AS PARTY TO MINE STRIKE
A special grand jury in Houghton Michigan indicted Union Sec Antilla and others for conspiracy tied to the copper mine strike. The panel charged attempts to deter employers from pursuing livelihoods, while exonerating several others. Senate telegrams debated law enforcement in Calumet and a Colorado strike inquiry persisted.
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Houghton, Mich
Jan. J
O'Brien
Antilla
Calumet Union
Stuart Goodell
Atilla
Moyer
Mahoney
Miller
Torzich
Lowney
Davidson
Western Federation of Miners
Sullivan
Richard
Goggin
Altomen
Hietala
South Range
Islands of Sakura All but 33 Die in Volcanic Disaster
In Kagoshima Japan a volcanic eruption on Sakurajima decimated Sakura Island. Only 33 refugees survived in a cave while rescuers faced extreme heat and ash. A schoolmaster and postal workers were among the rescued as the island’s contour altered and flames raged. News cites telegrams from Washington and rapid relief efforts.
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Sakurajima
Sakura
Bess
Pirates Battle on the High Seas Captured by Captain Reiner
Captain Reiner of the steamer Williamette rescued his crew during a well planned raid near Point Vincent. He turned over two prisoners, A D Nelson alias Lord and Joe Laramie, to federal authorities. Nelson attempted multiple gun discharges as Reiner wrestled the revolver. Laramie posed as a destitute associate. Both men face assault with intent to murder charges with bonds set at 10000 each.
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San Francisco
Reiner
Williamette
Trans
A. D. Nelson
Lord
Joe Laramie
Point Vincent
Einas Antonson
Nelson
San Pedro
Laramie
Frightened Man Fatally Injured in Davenport Blaze
O. L. Bloff, shaving inside his two story Davenport home at 130 East Eighteenth Street, leaped from a second floor window as flames cut off escape. He died from injuries after being taken to Davenport hospital. Fire destroyed the dwelling, owned by Dr. B. M. Raben, with several thousand dollars loss.
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O. L. Bloff
Davenport
East Eighteenth Street
Blof
Bloff
Bluff
B. M. Raben
Burleson Urges 100-Pound Parcel Limit Change
Postmaster General Burleson backs raising the parcel weight cap to 100 pounds and says a 10 cent per pound limit poses no fear. He predicts 600 million parcels and about 10 cents revenue next year. He also urges increasing individual savings deposits to 100000000 without extra cost.
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Washington
Burleson
Tach Berlesec
Pest Office
Pendge
Dockery
Former G A R Chief Wagner Dies at 75 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Jan 15 General Wagner former commander of the Grand Army of the Republic promoter of financial circles and one of the citizens of Philadelphia died at age 75.
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Grand Army
Philadelphia
Wagner
Grand Army of the Republic
Promde
New Posters on the Bill Boards Across the City
Fine new posters have been placed on city bill boards alongside nationwide displays. They show Former President Grant from his farming beginnings to wartime efforts and ultimate success with the motto What one poor boy accomplished What are you doing with your better opportunities The posters promote board attractiveness through a national advertising push.
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Grant
Dam breaks flood sweeps West Virginia districts
A 15 to 20 foot wall of water from the Stony river dam burst near Piedmont West Virginia driving residents to the hills. The Tri cities waterport lake area faces destruction though no deaths are confirmed. Spillover reaches Harrison and Harrisonville with 35 feet in places while rail workers flee along the lake area.
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West Virginia
Piedmont
W. Va
Potomac River
Stony River
Scheil
Piedmont Waterport
Tri-cities
Cumberland
Western Maryland Railroad
West Va
Harrison
Dobbin
Harrisonville
Sefferi RR
New Interlocking Rules and Federal Road Aid Debate
Washington reports new legislation ending interlocking directors will ease business readjustment as President prepares to address Congress next week. A $25 million federal road aid bill advances with state matching. Civil service merit protections face clashes over post office appointments and classified service rules. In Florida, Keyser Muldon and three affiliates file bankruptcy with $2 million liabilities and $3 million assets, citing low fiber prices.
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Washington
Congress
House Good Roads Committee
Wilson
Post Office
House
Burleson
Representative Moon
Post Office Committee
Florida
Pensacola
Filia
Keyser-Muldon Company
Gulf Coast
Richmond
R. E. Thornton
Fezirfax County
Virginia
J. P. Morgan
Martha New York
Richard D. Washington
Lankford
Fairfax Court House
Morgan
Brooklyn
Budget committee rejects funding for 1916 Olympic games
Berlin dispatch reports January 15 that the budget committee of the imperial parliament refused a $50,000 appropriation for the 1916 Olympic games in Berlin. Socialists clerical and Polish deputies argued the games are private affairs.
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Berlin
Germany
Doomed Cobequid Averts Mass Loss In Atlantic Rescue
Yarmouth Nova Scotia January 15 passengers and crew of the royal mail packet Cobequid were saved after the ship began breaking up on Trinity rock six miles off Port Maitland. Rescue boats from Westport John L Cannon Lansdowne and Rapidanock aided. the Cobequid is a total loss. Captain Hanson and 11 men were taken aboard the Aberdeen and are en route to St Johns. Third Officer Powell was injured. Also reported Boston crews rescued 17 from the schooner Grace A Martin after a 100 mile open-boat drift in bitter weather speeding to safety aboard the A W Perry.
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Yarmouth
N. S
Yarmouth Harbor
Trinity Rock
Port Maitland
Atlantic
Westport
John L. Cannon
Lansdowne
St. Johns
Hanson
Cobequid
Aberdeen
Powell
Boston
Mass
Martin
National Prayer for Prohibition Observed in Washington
National day of fasting and prayer observed by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union at a Washington church as pastors and leaders call for a constitutional amendment to enforce nationwide prohibition. Similar services reported in Nashville. the event is echoed in cities across the country.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Washington Church
Washington
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Nashville
Tenn
Two Firemen Die In Banger Opera House Blaze
In Banger Maine a theatre fire killed two firefighters and wounded four as the opera house burned, with losses estimated at 100000 dollars. Freezing weather and low water pressure hindered efforts. In New York Tiffanys Fifth Avenue store sprinkler burst flooding stock. five men escaped. Damage amount not disclosed.
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Banger
Banger Opera House
New York
Tiffany
Fifth Avenue
Weather Outlook for Rock Island Area Tomorrow
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with moderate temperatures and light southerly winds. 7 am temp 33, yesterday 52 high, 33 low, humidity 47 at 7 pm and 69 at 7 am. No precipitation. Astronomical events note visible evening stars Mars Saturn and morning stars Jupiter Mercury Venus. Andromeda nebula near west of zenith, elliptical and unresolved.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Constellation
Andromeda
Casseopeia
Strike in South Africa Losing Ground
Johannesburg January 15. The conflict between employers and unionists shows strikers losing ground as Bain with 300 followers is besieged by police. An interview request to Prime Minister Botha is met with a threat of drastic measures. Bain and 10 others are jailed. 250 reinstatement requests at Bramfontein signal railroad strike collapse.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Bain
Federation of Trades
Botha
Rand
Bramfontein
Asking Nation to Operate Phones
Chicago Ill Jan 15 Government operation of long distance telephone service was favored by the National Independent Telephone association in convention here resolutions also urged laws barring any firm furnishing telephone service from manufacturing or selling telephone apparatus N G Hunter of Wabash Ind was named chairman of a committee to meet with American Telephone and Telegraph to arrange a working agreement believed satisfactory to the federal government
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Chicago
Ill
National Independent Telephone Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
N. G. Hunter
Wabash, Ind
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bishop Sabin Dies. Life Eternal Theme Noted by Cleric
Washington reports Bishop Oliver C. Sabin of the Evangelical Christian church dies after a life once lawyering in Illinois. In his church letter he spoke of life eternal as a heritage on earth and hinted at a future spiritualized existence. Born 1840 in Bladenburg Ohio, he studied at Haineis Normal College and practiced law in Bloomington.
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Washington
Oliver C. Sabin
Evangelical Christian Church
Illinois
Sabin
Bladenburg
Ohio
Haineis Normal College
Blomington, Il
Albanian Tension Grows. First Woman Envoy Named
Tension over Albania reaches peak unseen since the Balkan war as governments seek to avert a new outbreak. Germany contemplates sending a mixed Austrian Italian force to decide Albania’s occupation zones. In London, Henrietta Hoegh, 27, named as Norway’s first female diplomat, to head the Christiania legation in Mexico after passing law and economics exams.
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Berne
Switzerland
Albania
Germany
Austria
Italy
London
Christiana
Daily Mirror
Henrietta Hoegh
Mexico
Seek Million to Battle Cholera in Nationwide Campaign
Columbus Ohio January 1 The Ohio farmers congress in session here plans a nation wide push to eradicate hog cholera cited as causing about 40 million dollars in annual losses. Senator Kenyon of Iowa spoke urging federal aid and Congress to appropriate 1 million dollars to purchase serum to combat cholera.
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Columbus
Ohto
Ohio Farmers’ Congress
Kenyon
Iowa
Ee Ae Willongress
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Charles Reiner
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