Cobequid Sighting by Rescue Ships Near Grand Manan Ledges
Rescue efforts focus on the Royal Mail steamer Cobequid sighted on Trinity ledges as fog lifts. Two ships, the US cutter Woodbury and Canada’s Lady Laurier, race to reach the vessel with 120 aboard amid rough seas and subzero winds.
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Associated Press
T. John
N. S
S. O
Bay of Dy
Canada Northern
Royal Lorge
Lady Ker
Lady Laurier
Kfax
Howmis
Brier Island
Ylight
Yarmouth
the Fundy
Grand Man
Bequid
Woodbury
Lady Aurier
Yran
Campello
Randolph Ridgely, Jr
Mimander
Grand Manan
Defied doctors life ebbed away in Newnan
Eugene H. Grace died January 12 at his mother’s home in Newnan Georgia after defying doctors by being carried on a stretcher to testify against his wife who was accused of shooting him in the back during sleep for a $27000 life policy. Grace had paralysis from the shooting in March 1912. His wife Daisy Ulrich Opie, a Philadelphia widow, was later divorced. Grace’s illness followed his disobedience of medical orders.
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Newnan
Grace
Pennsylvania
Daisy Ulrich Opie
Philadelphia
Steamers Headed From Halifax to Seek Cobequid
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company offices in Halifax report extreme bluster and cold as crews and passengers of the Cobequid face dangerous seas. Steamers have been dispatched in search. This AP dispatch from New York dated January 14 notes anxious officials awaiting word on the missing vessel.
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Ty Associated Press
New York
Royal Mail
Packetompany
Atalifax
Cobequid
Rch
Syndicate plans large scale import of beef and meats
New York reports a syndicate of American capitalists has arranged to import thousands of tons of beef and other meats from Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand. The group has leased four large New York Dock Company warehouses for 21 years with renewal rights, securing steamship piers and rail connections to establish a permanent foreign supply after the new tariff.
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Associated Press
New York
Australia
New Zealand
New York Dock Company
Smith Quits Banking and Sticks to L. and N.
Milton H. Smith president of the Louisville and Nashville Railway resigns yesterday as a director of the National Bank of Commerce in Louisville. He says he will not serve another year to avoid criticism over interlocking directorates and to free himself from public sentiment.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Milton H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville Railway
National Bank of Merce
Smith
Thespians Win Their Contest In New York
The Actors Equity Association pressured by a large actor cohort won a concession from managers who agreed to meet January 23 to discuss pay and related terms. Francis Wilson presides, with Henry Miller as VP and council members Holbrook Blinn George Arliss Robert Edeson and Wilton Lackaye named. The group seeks travel to and from rehearsals among other demands.
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Associated Press
New York
Actors Equity Association
Francis Wilson
Henry Miller
Holbrook
Blinn
George Arliss
Robert Edeson
Wilton “Lackaye
Sharp Open Letter From Missouri Attorney General
Attorney General Barker reported that Chicago and Alton railroad lawyers filed a motion to remove his suit from state court to federal court over excess passenger and freight charges during rate law litigation. He sent a dispatch to Federal Judge McPherson noting the injunction tied his hands while railroads pursue removal, asking if the action aimed to prevent recovery.
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Jefferson City
Barker
Chicago and Alton Railroad
McPherson
Red Oak
Iowa
New York City Sets a New Cold Wave Record
A brutal cold wave grips the Northeast as New York City records four degrees below zero at midnight and Harrisville hits minus forty three. The storm causes closures, power outages, and dozens dead while coal workers return to work amid arbitration talks. Disasters on the Atlantic coast include wrecked schooners and the possible loss of the steamship Cobequid with 120 aboard.
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Associated Press
New York
New England
Middle
North Atlantic Seaboard
Europe
Norway
France
Vienna
Berlin
Danube
Paris
London
New York State
Harrisville
New York City
New York Harbor
Hudson River
Tarrytown
Nyack
A. J. Ballaban
Robert White
Hudson
Suffern
Erie Railroad
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Cape Cod
Halifax
Cobequid
Grand Manan
Bay of Fundy
Boston
Philadelphia Hopeful in Cold Snap
Bitterly cold weather persisted in the middle Atlantic region with a slight warming trend expected later. In Philadelphia the 7 a.m. reading showed zero on the weather bureau thermometer.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Middle Atlantic States
Weather Bureau
Trains Delayed by Freezing Temperatures Across New England
Boston January 14 reports severe cold with temperatures below zero throughout New England. Trains faced delays as steam could not be produced, disrupting schedules and causing widespread transit slowdowns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Allegheny Mountains
Atlantic States
New England
Florida
Boston
Jan
New Enzgszend
Unclear Cold Weather Ledger from Cleveland Fronts
Fragmentary AP copy notes extreme cold in Cleveland and Jacksonville with incomplete timing. Missing details hinder full reconstruction of location, date, and affected events.
Anderson Elevated to Chief Justice in Alabama
Gov. Emmett O Neal named Associate Justice John C Anderson as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court to succeed J R McDowdell who resigned. W L Pitts of Uniontown was appointed associate justice to fill the vacancy.
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Montgomery
Ala
Emmett O’neal
John C. Anderson
Supreme Court of Alabama
J. R. McDowdell
W. L. Pitts
Uniontown
Anderson
High Tribunal
Judge Pitts
Democratic Executive Committee
United States District Attorney
Alex D. Pitts
Mobile
Revised hearings set for Western trip of reserve bank committee
The Western trip plan for the Federal Reserve organization committee expands to Lincoln Nebraska and El Paso Texas with a four day pruning of stops. Hearings in Chicago St Louis Kansas City Pacific coast El Paso Houston New Orleans Atlanta and more are scheduled from January 19 to February 15. Additional hearings will cover St Louis Topeka Muskogee Oklahoma City St Joseph and other cities not visited. The nomination of John Skelton Williams as controller of the currency may place him on the trip if confirmed.
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Washington
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
el Paso
Tex
Wilson
John Skelton Williams
Reserve Bank
Ee Acta
Willams
Senate
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
FE Paso
Houston
New Orleans
Atlanta
Little Rock
Ark
Topeka
Kan
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma City
St. Joseph
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Memphis
William Winston Remains Peaceful in Court
William Winston, a colored man charged with public drunkenness and assault in the inferior criminal court, promised to keep the peace after the judge warned of a peace bond. The judge ordered a bond of one hundred fifty one dollars or seventy days, and Winston chose jail time.
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Wlliam Winston
William
Jerg
Congressional Day Sees Talks on Trusts and Senate Seating
The interstate commerce committee met the White House to discuss the trust issue with President Wilson. Debate covered Lee and Glass seating from Maryland and Alabama. Ashurst's resolution on the Michigan copper strike moved to labor committee. Mondel proposed Alaska coal land leasing as Alaska legislation was debated.
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Interstate Commerce Committee
White House
Wilson
Actions Committee
Lee and Glass
Maryland
Alabama
Ashurst
Michigan
Labor Committee
Mondel
Alaska
Judiciary Committee
Famine and volcanic shocks strike southern Japan
Reports from Southern Japan describe the Sakura Jima eruption abating but death toll unknown, with Kagoshima damaged and refugees taking refuge in hills. Troops, warships, and rescue efforts move toward Kagoshima as northern famine adds to government relief tasks.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Sakura-Jima
Sakura
Kagoshima
H. Ijuin
China
Foreign’ Office
Kumamoto
Wilson and Japanese emperor exchange messages on Sakura Jima disaster
Washington released cablegrams show President Wilson sending heartfelt sympathy to Emperor Yoshihito and the Japanese people after the Sakura Jima earthquake and tidal wave disaster. The emperor replied thanking the United States for its sympathy and support.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Japan
Sakura-Jima
Woodrow Wilson
Yoshihito
Ourself
Blease Sends Sizzler to the Legislature
Governor Cole Blease sent an annual message to the South Carolina general assembly bristling with attacks on political foes and urging varied legislation. He called for banning smoking in public dining rooms and opposed moves to repeal the primary system.
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Columbia
8. C
Cole Blease
General Assembly
Police May Force Miss Bradley 10 Obey Her Father
Preliminary hearing for Joe M. Foster, head of International Poultry Farms, on charges related to alleged transportation of Delilah M. Bradley from Pemberton to Mobile for immoral purposes. Mobile police say they may place the girl in a house of correction if she resists returning home. father Bradley denies Foster’s involvement and seeks her safe return.
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Joe
M. Foster
International Poultry Farms Company
Browns Mills
N. J
Delilah M. Bradley
Pemberton
United States
Richard Jones, Jr
Frank W. Crenshaw
House of Correction
Foster
South
Philadelphia
Bradley
Federal Grand Jury
Harry B. Bradley
Mobile
John
Evening Bulletin
Stewart
Spokane Judge Demonstrates Grit in Courtroom
Spokane judge Stanley Webster threatened to beat the head off H. M. Stephens after ruling against the city in a condemnation case. Stephens accused the court of not offering a square deal and Webster warned of violence, prompting bailiffs and onlookers to intervene.
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Spokane
Wash
Stanley Webster
Superior Court
H. M. Stephens
Corporation Counsel
Webster
Edmund Held as Wrecker of M and C Train
A preliminary hearing in inferior court found probable cause to bind Will Edmund over to the city court for the February grand jury on a train wrecking charge. State witnesses described a night wreck at thirteen-mile post that killed Fireman J M Hodge and injured Engineer W H Riggan and Express Messenger C T Humphreys.
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Will Edmund
Alabama
Edmund
Mobile and Ohio
J. M. Hodge
Meridian
Miss
W. H. Riggan
C. T. Humphreys
Railroad
Secret Service
Henry Chambers
Robert E. McGahey
I. B. Raley
Will Edmund Tillis
Bryant
Raley
JF. K. Hale, Jr
Cox
Underwood pledges industrial awakening to calm panic preaching
Democratic Leader Underwood vowed an industrial awakening to shame panic preachers as Republicans warned of ruin from Democratic laws. He cited steel district gains and predicted prosperity next year while urging deportation of panic mongers. He noted United States Steel plans to re-employ about 10,000 workers.
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Washington
Underwood
Democratic Party
John Wanamaker
Mr. Underwood
Woodrow Wilson
Kers
United States Steel Corporation
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Equity Ass'n
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Cleveland
Mobilians
Prest. Wilson
Blease
Sizzler
House of
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Mauvila
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