Policy Unchanged Says Bryan in Mexico
Washington Jan 16 There is no change in the U S policy toward Mexico Bryan told diplomatic corps at the state department The exchange followed the default on interest payments affecting Mexican bonds and prompted questions about U S action amidst the Mexican upheaval in the report Villa orders 15000 troops to join Carranza and head toward Mexico City while federals muster at Matamoras and Nuevo Laredo authorities deny any shift in U S stance and note the distress in markets.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Carranza
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Ojinaga
Salvador Mercado
United States
Villa
Torreon
Matamoras
Laredo
Texas
Nuevo Laredo
Pena
Monterey
Paris
Adolfo de Lama
Huerta
M. de Lama
Switzerland
Bryan
Washington
State Department
Presidio
Tex
Marfa
Berlin
Germany
Foreign Office
Japanese Sufferers Aid Delayed as Emperor Responds
President Wilson discussed earthquake famine relief for Japanese sufferers with House Appropriations Committee chair Pitagerald and decided to await the emperor's word on aid. Volcanic activity continues at Sakura Jima with ongoing ash showers and dangerous ground. A Tokyo professor of seismology arrived to assess dangers, while the Kugo Shima meteorological chief died by harakiri after criticism.
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Washington
Wilson
Pitagerald
House Appropriations Committee
Kegeshima
Japan
Sakura Jima
Omeri
Tokio Imperial University
Kaigashima
Titanic unseaworthy claim in White Star suit
London Jan 16 The first suggestion that the Titanic was unseaworthy when she left England will be advanced in a damages suit by Thomas Whiteley a surviving steward who fractured a leg He will contend there was negligence in steering the vessel and that conditions aboard led to the disaster that killed more than fifteen hundred people.
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London
Eng
England
White Star Line
Thomas Whiteley
Stewart
Submarine Founders In Plymouth Sound During Exercise
The British submarine A 7 foundered in Plymouth sound during maneuvers with 17 aboard. Officials say there is little hope of saving the crew. last signal heard at 5 15 while the vessel rested 100 feet deep. The Onyx and parent officers communicated with the entombed men.
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Plymouth
Eng
Plymouth Sound
Onyx
Wilman
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
The forecast covers Rock Island Davenport Moline and nearby areas through 7 p m tomorrow. Expect variable skies with sun breaks and a slight chance of light showers in the late afternoon. Temperatures to rise into the mid 70s with mild to moderate humidity.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Vicinity
Fair Tonight and Saturday Forecast Note
Fair tonight and probably Saturday with moderate temperatures. Low around freezing tonight, light to moderate variable winds. 7 a m temperature 35, wind 8 mph, no precipitation, humidity 68 at 7 p m and 77 at 1 a m. Water stage .9 foot, down .1 in last 24 hours. Astronomical events list Mars Saturn in evening, Jupiter Venus Mercury in morning, Capella prominent near zenith after 9:30 p m.
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J.M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
Capella
Constellation
Auriga
Naval Pupils Die in Mystery at Chicago Hotel
Earl Bostwick and Ned Buchanan, youths from the U S naval training station at Lake Bluff, were found dead in a Grand Park hotel room in Chicago. Both had gunshot wounds to the right temple. a revolver and two exploded cartridges were near Buchanan. Police consider two theories, including suicide and double murder followed by self-harm, aided by a letter from a Fort Dodge girl signed Cora.
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Chicago
Earl Bostwick
Ned Buchanan
United States Naval Training Staten
Lake Bluff
Grand Park Hotel
Michigan Avenue
Bostwick
Buchanan
Tolice
Touthe
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Cora
Lulu
Constance Street
Buchanen
Sazlous
Gary youth shot must get new skin
Gary Indiana January 16 Roy Smith aged 18, brother of Ethel Smith who recently eloped to Chicago and married Leon Cline, will undergo a kin grafting operation after a hunting accident near Laporte left him with a gunshot wound to the shoulder and chest. Doctors say skin grafts are required and bullets must be extracted.
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Gary
Ind
Roy Smith
Ethel Smith
Chicago
Leon Cline
Ethel
Billy
Smith
Laporte
Families Escape After Gas Explosion Destroys Homes
Teeming Michigan report details seven residents escaping uninjured after a gas explosion leveled the two story frame homes of Fred Les sard and Modesta Robars in the night. Jessard, awakened by his baby, grabbed the child and found himself in the yard unharmed as the blaze consumed the houses and an adjoining building.
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Teeming
Mich
Fred Lessard
Modesta Robars
Cas
Jessard
Demand for Nation Ownership of Coal Mines
Washington January 16 Senator Martine of New Jersey urged government ownership of the coal mines as a remedy for strike unrest. He faulted private armed guards and hired labor practices, urging a bill to prohibit armed police by private groups. He warned of barbarism in killings and stressed coal as a national necessity. Partial reports from Senators Shields and Kenyon await submission before Swansen compiles the findings.
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Washington, D. C
Martine
New Jersey
Swansop
Senate Committee
West Virginia
Senate
Cabin Creek
Swansen
Shields
Kenyon
Swanson
Government Wins Strikes End Across South Africa
Dispatches report strikers returning to work and the government victorious in the struggle with the Federation of Trades. Premier Botha’s iron hand remains visible in Johannesburg where two typographical union members were arrested for martial law violations as they voted to resume work.
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Capetown
South Africa
Federation of Trades
Botha
Johannesburg
Woman with two spouses dies by own action in Danville
Danville reports the death of 28 year old Mrs Clara Gillis who took poison amid a personal crisis after being confronted with the claim she had two living husbands. She had five husbands in total, three divorced. In Freeport UL Newman Spencer aged 60 claimed to be the inventor of the gang plow and killed himself with a rifle at his Eagle Point home.
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Danville
Clara Gillis
Freeport
Newman Spencer
Eagle Point
Miners Indicted for Carrying Concealed Weapons
Fourteen men were arrested on conspiracy charges while four strikers were indicted for carrying concealed weapons by a special grand jury in Houghton Michigan. Daniel Sullivan, president of the strikers district council, and W P Davidson of the federation were held for bail and sought for bonds. Secretary Heittala of the district council was not yet served and was expected to surrender.
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Houghton
Mich
Daniel Sullivan
W. P. Davidson
British Columbia
Federation
Calumet
Heittala
Goethals Named Likely Panama Governor and New Commission
Secretary Garrison proposed a permanent Panama canal zone government with Colonel Goethals as the first governor with plenary powers. A new commission would oversee ceremonies for the canal opening in January 1915, while the existing commission would be abolished. Gorgas nominated for Surgeon General, and Wilson discusses the immigration bill and bond releases in a cabinet meeting. A separate local item reports Mrs Oscar Branson of Muscatine, Iowa, died after a stairs fall breaking her neck.
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Washington
Garrison
Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
Colonel Goethals
Canal Commission
Gorgas
William Gorgas
Panama Canal Commission
Aeama Canal
Congress
Anthrax Germs Found In Parcel Delivered To Chicago Health Dept
Chicago health officials investigated a damaged cigar box package sent to the city health department. Anthrax germs were detected in beef lungs inside the parcel, delivered by driver Jacob Chapman who was hospitalized after exposure. Detectives searched for Chapman while officials warned of the deadly risk and dispatched veterinarians to Byron and Rockford for further inquiries.
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Chicago, Ill
Jacob Chapman
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Health Department
City of
Chicago
Bacteriological Laboratory
E. W. Sweeney
Chapman
Sweeney
Koehler
Iroquois Memorial Hospital
Finnley
Byron, i
Joseph Hamon
Byron
Rockford
Young
Dr. Gibbs
O. E. Dyson
Belated test of state's suffrage law in Illinois
Chicago January 16 delays in perfecting appeal records push the question of the constitutionality of woman suffrage in Illinois beyond June. Women may vote in the spring primaries before a final ruling on legality is issued.
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Chicago
Illinois
Supreme Court of
No lives lost after dam breaching near Cumberland
Hundreds of refugees who fled to the hills around the West Virginia Pulp and Paper dam feared disaster yesterday. Today they return as authorities report no known fatalities and about $200,000 in damage. A Schell telegraph operator is hailed for his warning call.
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Cumberland
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Schell
Dean of Insurance Men Passes Away
Philadelphia reports L G Fceuse president of Fidelity Mutual Insurance Co. and dean of life insurance presidents in America has died. In Washington Carl Browne, Coxey lieutenant in the 1894 march to the capitol, is dead. In Toronto George A Cox, 74, a prominent Canadian financier, is dead and described as a member of 23 millionaires who formed the basis of Canadian finance.
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Philadelphia
L. G. Fceuse
Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company
America
Washington
Carl Browne
Coxey
Massillon
Ohio
Capitol
Toronto
Ont
George A. Cox
Delay Decision In Case Of Thaw In New Hampshire
Concord New Hampshire January 16 the question of Seana Harry Thaw bail will not be decided for several weeks. China Sending Us Eggs in San Francisco California January 16 with 600 cases of eggs from China and 30 000 cases expected the ensuing year removal of the tariff threatens serious injury to the home industry.
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Concord
N. H
Seana Harry Thaw
China
San Francisco
Cal
Taft Questions Auto Assessment in New Haven Letter
Professor Taft wrote to city assessors expressing disbelief at the $4,500 valuation of his mobile car, noting it was second hand for $2,000. The exchange highlights concern over property tax figures in New Haven on January 16.
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New Haven, Conn
Taft
Toderstand
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Sanderson
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Tokio
Meteorological Observatory
Kugo- Shima
Hari-Kari
Zach
Temple
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Goethals
Isthmus
Digger of Ditch
Moyer, Mahoney
Muscatine
Jan
Oscar Branson
Wells-Fargo Man
City Health Department
Supreme Court
West Virginia Hill
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