Balkan ultimatum to Turkey triggers hostilities risk
Bulgaria Serbia and Montenegro demand Turkey reply within fourteen days and grant full power to resume hostilities. Bulgarians, misled about Adrianople, now push for swift settlement as armistice nears end. Servia seeks territorial gains including Monastir and districts east of Drin to Lake Ochrida.
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Bulgaria
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Montenegro
Turkey
Constantinople
Daneff
Guechoff
Savoff
Adrianople
Mustapha Pass
Strainund
Sukey Pasha
Novipar
Drin
Ochrida
Monastir
Greek Officer Reports Dardanelles Naval Battle Ships List
A Greek officer who fought off the Dardanelles says during the pursuit of Turkish ships the battleships Kheir Ed Din Barbaros Se and Torgut Reis slackened and showed a list to starboard. He believes both vessels were sinking as they reached the straits.
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Kheir-Ed-Din
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Torgut Reis
Turkish Cruiser Hamidieh Sails From Port Said for Red Sea
The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh, arrived in Port Said Saturday morning and sailed today toward the Red Sea after loading 100 tons of coal allowed by authorities.
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Port Said
Hamidieh
Red Sea
Darrow Trial Begins Second Bribery Case in LA
Clarence S. Darrow is on trial in Los Angeles for a second time on charges of trying to influence a juror in the McNamara case. He previously was acquitted of bribing George N. Lockwood and now faces accusations of bribing Robert F. Bain, the first juror selected.
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Cal
Clarence S. Darrow
McNamara
Darrow
George N. Lockwood
James B. McNamara
Robert F. Bain
Fair and Colder Tonight and Tuesday in San Antonio
The forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for fair skies with a drop in temperature tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures will fall to chilly levels with a noticeable cool spell lingering into the new week.
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San Antonio
Weather tour of major cities at 8 am
Observations at 8 a m report temperatures and conditions for cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington Wind directions vary with NE N NW and S conditions range from snow rain to clear Below zero readings appear for St Paul and a 38 to 40 degree span is noted for coastal cities.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Presbyterians Invite McAfee to Fort Worth Church
Rev. Frank McAfee of Port Royal Pennsylvania has been invited by Broadway Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth Texas. He will preach for one month and could be retained permanently. The church is described as perhaps the citys richest. McAfee is a prominent eastern Presbyterian.
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McAfee
Fort Worth
Tex
Frank McAfee
Port Royal
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Waters Spread Over Lowlands as Ohio River Rises
Cairo Illinois January 20 The Ohio river gauge stood at 46 feet and is not expected to rise further for now. Floodwaters are spreading across thousands of acres of nearby lowlands.
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Cairo
Near spring weather gives way to norther cold snap
A forecast of freezing temperatures across Northern Texas follows a short warm spell as a trough of low pressure extends from the Gulf to the Great Lakes. Snow and rain are possible in the region, with a northerly wind driving a sharp drop in temperatures in Arkansas Oklahoma and East Texas. A Chicago snowstorm and a Vernon Texas norther are noted in the day's summaries.
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Texas
Gulf
Great Lakes
Montana
San Antonio
New Orleans
Southwest
Arkansas
Oklahoma
East
Louisiana
Denton Sees 27 Degree Drop After Blue Norther Arrives
A blue norther swept into Denton Texas this morning and the temperature plummeted by 27 degrees within thirty minutes as residents faced a sudden cold snap. Weather offices issued advisories for further frigid conditions.
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Denton
Tex
Japanese Cabinet Faces Impeachment as Diet Reassembles
Tokyo plans to impeach the cabinet as the Seieyukai majority party moves to reconvene the diet. An adjournment to February 5 is likely for the budget debate, with dissolution possible if impeachment proceeds. Premier Katsura aims to form a broad new progressive group with policies to be announced soon.
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Seieyukai
Constitutional Party
Diet
New
Progressive Party
Katsura
Sugar Planters Press Mexico for Protection Payments
Sugar planters in Vera Cruz report to the Madero government that they will fund protection against Zapatista depredations if the government does not pay rebels to guard crops. Consul Edwards noted border troubles easing aside from uncertain railway service. Gen Blanco’s whereabouts unconfirmed amid rumors.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Madero
Zapatistas
Consul Edwards
Juarez
Blanco
Stop Look Listen Signs and Caution Across the Tracks
A 1912 warning notes the value of Stop Look Listen signs at crossings and in consumer ads. It credits a lawyer with a $10,000 finders fee for three words that saved lives and money. The piece urges daily caution and cites ads urging reliable goods.
Maintained Reductions Discussed by Ways and Means Panel
Louisiana rice and sugar producers face possible distress if tariffs are cut. Breaux Broussard and Dunlap urged keeping current duties to shield growers from labor competition while committee members anticipate reductions on many items. Tyner Smith sought a 20 percent uniform rate for pineapples. Durkee and Durkee urged preserving spice tariffs to guard against impure imports.
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Louisiana
Locke Breaux
New Orleans
House
Ways and Means
Breaux
Broussard
W. B. Dunlap
Beaumont
Tex
R. Tyner Smith
Baltimore
FE. W. Durkee
New York
American Spice Association
McCormack
Wilson Aims Blow at Big Business in New Jersey
Governor Wilson announced a sweeping program to reform New Jersey corporation laws. Proposals would make monopoly acquisition or interference with competition a misdemeanor and contemplate jail sentences for those who promote or organize trusts.
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Trenton
WN. J
New Jersey
Wilson
Inauguration Ball Called Off for Wilson Era
Washington January 20 1913 no ball will be held in connection with the inaugurating ceremonies for President elect Wilson The committee in charge announced by telephone from Trenton that if a public reception is planned Mrs Wilson and the daughters of the president elect would not attend The reception feature to be left to Congress
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Trenton
Congress
Girls Remain On Strike in New York Garment Trade
Ten thousand of 37 000 workers affected by a wage dispute stayed on strike while 27 000 returned to work with higher wages. Holdings vote on five to ten percent raises left majority dissatisfied. About 125 000 garment workers remain on strike across trades as clashes between pickets and police occur.
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New York
Senate Rejects Burnett Dillingham Immigration Bill
The Senate rejected the conference report on the Burnett Dillingham bill after a vigorous fight led by Senator LaFollette. The objection centered on a clause seen as excluding most immigrants from Russia and Roumania. At Senator Lodge’s request the bill returns to conference to remove that feature.
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Washington, D. C
LaFollette
Burnett-Dillingham
Senate
Russia
Roumania
Lodge
Nagel to hear Castro case appeal on board overreach
New York Jan 20 Secretary Nagel of the Commerce and Labor Department will be asked to reverse the board of special inquiry decision that excluded Cipriano Castro from the United States. The appeal argues the board exceeded its power by examining crimes in foreign countries and prying into Venezuela affairs. The Castro team says the case tests whether immigration inquiries resemble a civil trial and whether questions about internal Venezuelan management are proper.
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Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Board of Special Inquiry
Cipriano Castro
United States
Washington
Castro
Venezuela
Roosevelt
Europe
Supreme Court allows ICC rate order to stand in Alabama case
The Supreme Court reversed the Commerce Court and upheld the Interstate Commerce Commission order for reduced class rates from New Orleans to Mobile and other Alabama interior points. It ruled the Commerce Court must review whether substantial evidence supported the ICC order and that courts may overturn if evidence was lacking. The case centered on a contest between the ICC and the Commerce Court.
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Commerce Court
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Mobile
Alabama
Lamar
Inez Mulholland to Lead Suffragette Parade in D C
Miss Inez Mulholland, famed as "the most beautiful girl in the suffrage movement," will head the March 3 parade in Washington. She will wear medieval livery and lead a procession on Pennsylvania Avenue with a woman’s band and a troop of "petticoat cavalry" as hundreds of striking women garment workers from New York and Baltimore march behind a float depicting the sweat shop injustices.
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Inez Mulholland
Miss Mulholland
Pennsylvania Avenue
New York
Baltimore
Jews Meet at Cincinnati Biennial Council Opening
Hundreds of prominent Jews from over 200 organizations gather in Cincinnati for the American Hebrew Congregations biennial council opening. The event, continuing through Thursday, includes the dedication of a new Hebrew Union College building on Thursday.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
American Hebrew Congregations
Hebrew Union College
Senate in Session Debates Immigration Bill and Pensions
Senate convened at noon to study the conference report on immigration reform. Pensions for Spanish War widows were urged before the pensions committee regarding the Crago bill. Unanimous consent calendar issues, Osage lands inquiry, tariff hearing, and currency reform panel delays noted.
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House
Osage Indian Lands
Interior Department
Ways and Means
Currency Reform Committee
Texas Wireless Stock Sales Total $90 505 With Losses
U S post office inspector testifies that from April 18 1910 to February 16 1911 sales of stock in the Texas Collins Wireless Telegraph and Continental Wireless companies netted 90 505 50 cash and notes. He cites 26 764 shares contracted 19 426 delivered at prices from 2 to 5 and details salaries paid to Beauchamp Bomar and Dickinson amid alleged schemes and letters suggesting fraud concerns. He reports plans to form a 2 million subsidiary and notes connections to Dallas San Antonio and Newark.
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Texas Collins Wireless Telegraph & Telephone Company
Continental Wireless Company
William A. Greenaway
United States Post Office
Rolfe
J. B. Dickinson
William Bomar
C. H. Beauchamp
Greenaway
Cc. H. Beauchamp
Inspector Greenaway
William A. Bomar
Beauchamp
Dickinson
Inspector Rolfe
H. J. Childress
Z. T. Goolsby
San Antonio
Oklahoma
Radio- Telephone Company
Cameron Spears
Collins Wireless Telegraph & Telephone Company
Mr. Beauchamp
Witness
Texas
Big
Collins Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Company
Peauchamp
Canman
Collins Laboratories
Newark
N. J
Home Rule Faction Clash Deepens After Balfour Speech
Bitter exchange grows between Premier Asquith and former premier A J Balfour over the home rule bill. Opposition presses a harsh assault on the measure as Mr Balfour urges rejection in a recent impassioned address.
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Asquith
A. J. Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Ute Indians Refuse to Yield Big Rabbit Case
A band of 50 Ute Indians with a four-man posse at Cortez Colorado refuses to surrender Big Rabbit a Meh charged with sheep herder murder. Agents urge pacification not force as dispute over lands soon to be government conveyed sparks the stand in the mountains armed with rifles.
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Cortez
Colo
Big Rabbit
Meh
Dter Abbott
Indian Office
Spere
Colorado
Bonds approved for two Kansas City workers in dynamite case
Bonds of 30000 dollars each for W. Bert Brown and William J. McCain were approved by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. The pair, iron workers, were sentenced to three years for conspiracy tied to illegal dynamite transport. They will be released from Leavenworth pending appeal. A 60000 dollar bond offered by Eugene Clancy of San Francisco was not approved due to race concerns raised by the district attorney.
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Chicago
W. Bert Brown
William J. McCain
Kansas City
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Leavenworth
Eugene Clancy
San Francisco
Iller
Elderly man credits molasses for long life in Wakefield
William Boone Eldred aged 87 died after a life of daily molasses consumption. He claimed a gallon weekly and rode a bicycle for exercise from age 70, logging about 20 000 miles in 17 years. He was a descendant of Daniel Boone.
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Wakefield
Mass
William Boone Eldred
Old Eldred
Daniel Boone
Signaling error blamed for Yazoo & Mississippi Valley wreck
ICC report cites careless signaling as the primary cause of the November 12 crash on the New Orleans division near Montz Louisiana. Fifteen passengers died and many were injured along with three employees amid absence of a block system.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Montz
Appellate Court Rules Pullman Duty for Valuables
New York January 20 The Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court held railcar operators responsible for valuables given to porters for safekeeping by passengers In a case against the Pullman Company a woman passenger entrusted a diamond necklace to a porter to keep and recovered its value under the ruling
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New York
State Supreme Court
Pullman Company
New Tax Assessor Named in Hays County
SAN MARCOS Tex Jan 20 At a special session of the Commissioners Court J W Young of Buda was appointed tax assessor of Hays county effective February 20 to succeed Regan Stone who resigned Saturday.
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San Marcos
Tex
Commissioners’ Court
J. W. Young
Buda
Hays County
Regan Stone
McGregor Pushes Probe of State Attorney General Office
Senator McGregor of Austin urged a five year investigation into the Attorney General's Office citing alleged mismanagement. The Senate, by 16 to 8 with four present but voting, deferred action until Wednesday at the request of Senator Lattimore who urged a cautious approach.
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Austin
Tex
Ofice
McGregor
Senate
Lattimore
Governor to Take Office Inaugural Delays Legislature
Austin Texas January observers report little lawmaking expected until after the inauguration of Governor Colquitt for a second term and Lieutenant Governor Will H Mayes. Counting of election votes continues as ceremonies proceed Tuesday noon.
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Tex
Colquitt
H. Mayes
T. J. Brown
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Terrell Announces Appointments to House Committees
In Austin on January 7 Terrell of the House announced the appointment of committees with Federal relations led by Cooper as chair and other assignments to follow.
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House
Austin
Tex
Cooper
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