Militant suffragettes make bold London protest
In London on January 28, Militant suffragettes driving a WSPU car with a woman chauffeur burst toward Downing Street and the Asquith residence. Police rushed the group away to Scotland Yard after the vehicle halted near the premier’s home.
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Vanderbilt party to sail to New York after yacht grounding
Frederick W. Vanderbilt and party aboard the Almirante will sail to New York after their yacht Warrior ran aground off the northwest coast of Colombia. The vessel is reported in a dangerous position but salvageable, with the Vanderbilt group seeking refuge on the Almirante.
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United Fruit Company
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White House plans second class postage increase
Washington January 28 plans are under way in the White House for raising second class postage rates. Chairman Mion of the House committee on post offices said the committee would hear all interested parties on February 6 to examine legislation intended to generate more revenue from the bulk of second class mail.
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Former convict shoots widow then kills himself in San Francisco
James F. Glennard, a former Atlanta Federal prison counterfeiting convict, killed Mrs. Theo Ferrand in San Francisco after she refused to marry him, then shot himself and died. He had followed her after learning she had come to the city.
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Thrid-Star
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James Ff. Glennard
Theo Ferrand
Glennard
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Weat s Olio Rain Tonight and Thursday
Rain returns tonight into Thursday as a weather front moves through. Expect showers across the region with cool temperatures and possible blustery winds in coastal areas. Drivers should be cautious on wet roads and plan for light delays.
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Olio
Slum? Noted: Slim Prps March on White House for Equal Suffrage
Four hundred working women from seven states representing diverse industries will march to the White House next Monday to urge President Wilson to support a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. They will carry banners with questions from his writings, and officials say the march will proceed regardless of a formal reception.
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Cox denounces Cox-Twinny machine rule in Ohio House
Representative John G. Cooper of Youngstown blasts the Cox-Twinny machine, saying the legislature has become a coddled oligarchy under Governor Cox. He accuses the governor of dictating actions, jamming sinecures, and denies Republicans floor rights while the people are ignored.
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U S Marines Guard Haiti City Amid Unrest
In Port au Prince Haiti on January 28 American sailors from the armored cruiser Montana guarded the American legation cable station and French hospital while German forces protected other legations and German stores. Large landing parties went ashore after President Orstead fled to the German cruiser Vineta as fighting erupted. Attacks and pillage attempts continued overnight but were suppressed and a citizen public safety committee formed.
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Montana
Gerson
Orste
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Committee of Public Safety
Navy board seeks four battleships and ten destroyers
Rear Admiral Vreeland, speaking for Admiral Dewey, urged the House naval committee to back four battleships and ten destroyers instead of Secretary Daniels plan for two battleships eight destroyers and three submarines. The Navy general board argues for stronger surface force and more destroyers to fulfill duties.
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Dewey
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Ohio Agricultural Commission President to Speak at Grange Hall
The Grange Hall program invites Hon. A. P. Sandies, president of the Ohio Agricultural Commission, as a speaker in the afternoon and possibly again in the evening. Judge W. G. Shotwell will speak in the evening amid music and other exercises. The hall is gex60 feet with a concrete block foundation and cost $2,500. The basement includes a dining room and an additional basement room.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Ohio Agricultural Commission
W. G. Shotwell
Wellsville votes dry in hard fought Beal law election
Wellsville reversed a two year old wet verdict, voting dry by 72 after carrying four of eight precincts and three wards. The tally was dry 975 wet 904, forcing sixteen saloons to close within thirty days. Women aided by free lunches helped secure the win. Extra police were on duty with no trouble reported. East Liverpool nearby voted wet by 142 last Saturday. Drys forecast carrying Columbiana county in a Rose option election next fall.
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Drys
Wets
East Liverpool
Columbiana County
Brooke County Strike Leaders Sentenced to 60 Days
Myer Schwartz and Paul Scoric, strike leaders in Brooke County, were found in contempt of a Federal court injunction issued at Phillippi West Virginia relating to the mine strike. They were sentenced to 60 days in jail. Trials of seven other strikers proceed as Judge Dayton’s broad injunction bars statements or interference with workers at West Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal Company plants at Colliers and Worllsburg.
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Paul Scoric
Brooke County
Phillippi
W. Va
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West Virginia & Pittsburg Coal Company
Colliers
Worllsburg
Protest Against Freight Rate Increase Backed by Data
Washington witnesses from tile, brick, and clay industries joined shippers in opposing a five percent rail freight rise. They argued carriers could boost revenues beyond five percent by improving service and trimming wasteful expenditures.
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Herald-Star
Washington
Othr Industries
Amsterdam Damages Suit Attracts City Witnesses
In Common Pleas Court Joshua Kirkland seeks 5000 dollars against John Cunningham President of People's Banking Co for alleged injury to character. About thirty prominent Amsterdam residents testified today as Kirkland presents fifteen witnesses while Cunningham counters with sixteen. The case stems from Kirkland’s prior arrest on false reports about the bank’s finances and was resolved by a jury exonerating him.
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Joshua Kirkland
John Cunningham
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Cunningham
People’s Banking Co
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Man leaps from B and O train near Zanesville
A man identified as Harry Warner of Salemville Guernsey county jumped from Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No. 10s at 2 o'clock this morning near Zanesville Ohio. He wore two overcoats and carried a woman's handbag with a gentleman's watch inside. He was arrested and the train held for two hours while officials checked his claims and identified the items. Wever remains in the city jail pending investigation. He says he had no accomplice.
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Salineville
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Collision Kills Motorman as 75 Hurt in Fog
In Lackawanna, two Buffalo Lake Erie and Western streetcars collided head on during dense fog. Motorman John Doyle died. About 75 passengers were injured, none fatally, officials say Doyle failed to observe the block signal. The fog blocked visibility and prevented avoidance.
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Schophan
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Lackawanna
John Doyle
Doyle
Cleveland Politicians Map 1914 Ohio Gubernatorial Tilt
Cleveland reads a sprawling 1914 political map with Myron Herrick placed as a favored governor candidate and 1916 president hopeful. The piece notes party divisions, Progressive splits, Whitacre’s gubernatorial bid, and Cox Administration tactics while naming Carrollton businessman Elmer Henderson and Canton Democrats maneuvering through the preprimary landscape.
Women offered eight dollar weekly wage to quit red light district
Federal commissioner Stanley W. Finch announced a standing offer of eight dollars per week to women in the segregated Washington red light district. The plan, tied to Kenyon bill passage, aims to employ inmates as the district is eliminated once President Wilson signs the measure. A mass meeting was set to raise twenty five thousand dollars for the league’s effort.
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Washington
Wilson
Kenyon
Congress
Stanley W. Finch
National Social Welfare League
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Billy Sunday’s Sermon Draws 36,000 Converts in Pittsburg
Pittsburg reports Billy Sunday preached on The Second Coming before 36,000 as 275 converts were counted. An emotional scene followed a blind woman and her son among those saved, with Sunday noting the moment as the crowd reacted to the healing tone of the service.
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Christ
Sunday
Mr. Sunday
Three Wien Arrested for Robbing a Rail Car at Weirton
In Weirton three Polish residents Mike Warzyski Joe Kienski and Alex Kienski were arrested under a new federal interstate robbery law for stealing merchandise from a freight car on the Pense line en route from Pittsburgh to Weirton Chester and other points A barrel of oranges helped point detectives to the suspects and rugs were found at a home linked to a state senator during the investigation They will be brought before U S Commissioner Boyd in Wheeling for a hearing.
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U. S
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Mike Warzyski
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Alex Kienski
Wheeling
Boyd
Pittsburg
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