New York City Faces Largest Strike Wave in Years
Up to two hundred thousand garment workers walk out for higher pay and better conditions. Fifteen thousand more threaten to join the walkout this week while Yonkers streetcar service remains halted since January 1. Meanwhile thirty five thousand firemen in the eastern territory vote on a referend um strike ballot as negoti ations continue with railroad managers.
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New York
York City
Yonkers
Street Railway Company
Weight-W working waiters join New York strike
Night workers around 3 000 voted to ratify a general strike in Greater New York with leaders stating the walkout will start within 24 hours. The action is to be run under the Hotel Workers Union and the Industrial Workers of the World and could involve 12 000 to 15 000 men. Arturo Gioannitti and Lizabeth Flynn led the Industrial Workers organizers at the meeting.
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International Hotel Workers’ Union
Industrial Workers of the World
Arturo Gioannitti
Lizabeth Flynn
Industrial Workers
Fires Keep Ink Companies Busy on Wednesday
Several fire department companies answered calls for small fires. Company 8 put out a one story frame fire on Broodgood Street causing slight damage to a building owned by Mrs. King. Nos 6 and 8 extinguished a dwelling fire on Poe Street near the west side, slight damage to the home owned by J Wentworth. Hose No 3 attended a fire at 106 E Slava Street around 6 40 pm caused by a faulty fire. No injuries reported.
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Cassie Fort
Poe Street
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Girl in Boy Disguise Locked Up in Brooklyn Court
Hazel Given a teen girl who posed as a boy for months was committed to the Wayside Home in Brooklyn after detectives traced her to a Manhattan address where she lived as the son of a 75 year old man. Her mother, Mrs Mary Given, pursued the case after the girl fled in October.
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Hazel Given
Brooklyn
Gates Avenue
Mary
St. Marks Avenue
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Manhattan
Mrs. Given
Smuggling Ring Leaders Nabbed Near New Mexico Border
Authorities arrest Frank Torres of Deming, Acosta, and Eduardo Ochoa as alleged leaders in an arms and ammunition smuggling ring operating near the international border. They await transfer to Fort Bliss, Texas, as investigations continue and arrests are expected.
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United States
Cav
Ody Frank Torres
Demingisto Acosta
Eduardo Ochoa
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Fort Bliss
Tex
Texas Wonder Patent Ad Brief
An old medical advertisement touts Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles, including gravel, rheumatism, weak backs, and irregularities. It claims benefits for both adults and children and urges readers to send for a test sample.
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Texas
Edison predicts talkies will replace movies worldwide
New York January 16 Thomas A Edison said his kinetophone would end legitimate stage risk as villages worldwide could see and hear top actors for a dime. He argued interest in barn-stormers would fade when the best actors perform for talkies at a tenth the price of $3 shows.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Killed by Fall Into Hold of Steamship
David Shea a fifty six year old crewman from Glenturkin Ireland died at United States marine hospital after a fall into the hold of the British steamer Alida at Mobile and Ohio pier. He suffered a skull fracture limb injuries and died after hours of suffering. The captain suspects a loss of balance caused the fall as the crew attended his funeral at Magnolia cemetery with Alida crew present.
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County Cork
Ireland
Mobile
Ohio
United States Marine Hospital
Shea
Berenson & Sands
Father Cassidy
Magnolia Cemetery
Alida
Carnival Week Street Attractions Announced
The Mobile Carnival Association contracts with W. M. Meek of Great Interstate Shows for carnival week on Conti and Royal streets and at St Louis and Royal streets. Show lineup includes Tan Araki troupe and acts like Circus Royal and Ocean Wave, with open air performances to be finalized.
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W. M. Meek
Conti
Royal
St. Louis
Royal Streets
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Levee Break in Lawrenceburg Floods City at Night
A levee break in Lawrenceburg Indiana flooded large parts of the city early today forcing residents from bed. Police and factory whistles alerted authorities as several thousand sacks of gravel were used to seal the gap and avert a major flood. Courthouse churches and schools report refugees.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Evansville Flood Reaches 46-Foot Mark Strains City
Evansville Indiana reports the Ohio River at 46 feet the highest in years. Three square miles of inundated area trap families on upper floors as water fills downstairs to 18 inches. Nearby towns seek aid as food runs low. Calhoun Kentucky charters a steamboat for supplies. Interurban service is largely halted in the flood zone.
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Ohio
Calhoun
River Falls After Flood Holds at 61.2 Feet in Cincinnati
The Ohio River started receding from 61.2 feet after 24 hours of stability as light rain in the Cincinnati district continued. Weather forecaster De vereaux said the showers would not affect flood levels in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Devereaux
Relief Work Needed Among Refugees in Louisville
Rain across the central and western Ohio valley slowed no major river decline by ten this morning. The Louisville gauge showed the river at 38.2 feet at the head of the canal, 10.38 feet above flood stage, while relief efforts continued as refugees faced ongoing privations.
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Louisville, Ky
Ohio Valley
A. C. Jones Ends Life in Spartanburg
A. C. Jones, former South Carolina gubernatorial candidate, died by gunshot in Spartanburg yesterday after several days of illness.
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D. C
A. C. Jones
South Carolina
Nagel Takes Up Case of Castro
Secretary Nagel receives General Cipriano Castro s appeal blocked from entering the United States and to be considered after review of a board ruling that his refusal to answer questions about an alleged assassination in Venezuela constitutes admission of a crime involving moral turpitude. The case mirrors a prior Austrian bank robbery inquiry and could reach courts for the first time.
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Washington
Cipriano Castro
New York
United States
Nagel
Castro
Paredes
Vedezuela
Bulgarian and Romanian officials resume Balkan war talks
Dr. Daneff, head of Bulgaria’s delegation, resumed negotiations with M. Ionescu, Romanian minister of the interior, over Romanian claims from the Balkan war. The move, ordered by Bulgaria, aims to ease tensions with Russia said to influence the process and the broader European effort for Balkans stability.
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