English Women Press for Suffrage in 1914 Campaign
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies says English women will sustain concerted pressure in 1914. A council will meet in February to plan a campaign beginning with a mass meeting at Albert Hall on February 14 to demand a government measure for women's suffrage. The group notes gains against anti suffrage ministers and alignment with the Labour Party, while private member bills failed to advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
England
National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies
Albert Hall
Labor Party
House of Commons
Moonshiner Harrison Pleads Guilty in Alabama Court
William Harrison one of four moonshiners captured in a Muscle Shoals raid pled guilty before Circuit Judge Chas. P. Almon. He received $50 fines and twelve months hard labor in each of two cases, suspended on good behavior, and posted $400 bonds to await two further cases while already jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
William Harrison
W. M. Chenault
Muscle Shoals
Chas. P. Almon
Almon
Harrison
Four Children Burned In Dallas County Home
Selma Alabama report states four children aged 1 to 6, children of Grant Snow, perished in a house fire near Berlin in Dallas county. Parents left to visit neighbors. fire started after they left, house consumed before aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Grant Snow
Berlin
Dallas County
Embezzlement Charge A Knoxville Resident Faces
W. W. Irvin of Kproxville Tennessee was placed under arrest Friday night by Patrolmen Iwis and Burch on a charge of embezzlement. W. M. Ward and R. Z. Williams appear as complainants. Police provided few details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Irvin
Kproxville
Tenn
Iwis
Burch
W. M. Ward
R. Z. Williams
Aviation funding in Germany rises for 1914 plans
Berlin January 17 The National Aviation committee aims to spend about 1 million dollars on German aviation in 1914, more than double last year’s 425000. Commitments include 700000 already and about 300000 more proposed for aviator instruction insurance prizes motor awards colonial promotion hydroaeroeplane stations and Johannisthal Munich schools. The endurance flight limit is set at two hours, not one. Prince Henry of Prussia praised progress from the Wright brothers 29 seconds to a 21 hour record by Victor Stoeffler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
National Aviation Committee
Germany
Johannisthal
Munich
Prince Henry
Prussia
Wright Brothers
Victor Stoeffler
Selma man fatally shot by Autrey after dispute
Selma Alabama reports say Autrey shot Grovehill resident A M Smith three times in the head shoulder and abdomen about eight o'clock Friday morning. Smith died of wounds with two daughters en route to the bedside. earlier quarrel cited over disputes between school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
W. A. Smith
Grove Hill
Clark
County
Autrey
Smith
One Car For Every Pretty Prairie Family In Reno County
Reno County Kansas shows a high per family car ownership with Pretty Prairie one car per family and 66 cars for 66 families. Other towns like Langdon Plevna Sylvia and Hutchinson report varying ratios with Hutchinson noting 499 cars plus 110 rural route vehicles.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Pretty Prairie
Reno
Petty Prairie
Reno County
Langdon
Plevna
Sylvia
Lodges and town life echoed in a poet’s quip
A verse line contrasts wilderness longing with a practical urge to own a house in town, suggesting urban property as an alternative to remote lodging. The brief quip playfulLy weighs romantic escape against comfortable local residence.
Mrs Burleson Plans Studies After Social Duties
Mrs. Richard C. Burleson wife of Lieut Burleson of Fort Myers says she has no time for society and will pursue studies as a co ed at Washington University. She has long been active in suffrage work and now begins courses in politics and economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard C. Burleson
Burleson
Fort Meyers
Stl
Washington University
British denial on Nicaragua debt pressure report
London reports the British foreign office says there is no basis for yesterday's Managua claim that Britain joined Germany and Italy in pressing Nicaragua to pay over 1 million dollars. It notes Nicaragua has been urged to settle British creditor claims and that the British minister to Nicaragua is now in Guatemala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Managua
Nicaragua
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Guatemala
Selma Favored in Chance for Wisconsin Packing Plant
W L Henderson of the Southern Railway met Selma Chamber leaders Kayser and Richards to discuss Selma's bid for a Wisconsin packing concern to locate a branch plant here. A plant representative may visit in spring to evaluate offers and select the site, with Selma seen as a strong contender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
W. L. Henderson
Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway
Mobile
Henderson
Kayser
Morgan Richards
Selma Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Packing
Selina
Business Men’s Organization of
Plar
Mercado to face court martial on return to Mexico
Mexico City January 17 The federal war office says Gen Salvador Mercado former commander at Ojinaga will be court martialed by the first federal force he encounters if he returns to Mexico Officials nickname him the evacuator noting his abandonment of Parral and Ojinaga towns in Chihuahua state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Federal War Office Today
Salvador Mercado
Ojinaga
Mexico
General Mercado
Parral
Chihuahua
Burial of Mrs Victoria Vickers
Funeral services for Mrs Victoria Vickers were held Friday afternoon at the family home on Eslava and Conception streets with Captain Long of the Salvation Army officiating. Interment followed in Magnolia cemetery. Pallbearers included D C Martin T E Mayers E J Phelan W J Mangle W O Hillman and J D Nicholas. Also noted is the death of Warley A Bolton aged two years seven months son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Bolton of Oakdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Vickers
Victoria Vickers
Eslava and
Conception Streets
Captain Long
Salvation Army
Magnolia Cemetery
D. C.martin
T.E. Mayers
E. J. Phelan
W. J. Mangle
W. O. Hillman
J. D. Nicholas
Warley
Anthracite Coal Rate Hearing Targets Delaware and Hudson Erie
Interstate Commerce Commission continues hearings in Philadelphia on coal transport rates for anthracite. The government plans to finish calling witnesses tonight and place revenue evidence from all coal roads on record while the defense presents its case in the coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Delaware and Hudson Company
Erie Railroad
Mount Mitchell Forest Fire Threatens Camp and Homes
A disastrous forest fire originated last night on Mount Mitchell in the Tennessee–Carolina mountains. The Y M C A summer camp at Black Mountain is believed threatened as high winds hinder firefighting and many homes are in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Mountain, N. C
Ly Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
The
Sentinel
Asheville
N. C
Mount Mitchell
Tennessee-Carolina Mountains
Black Mountain
Devastation in Sakura Jima Island After Eruptions
A professor reports vast lava plains covering seven tenths of Sakura Jima with fifteen hundred of two thousand houses buried and ten million yen in damage. Destruction drives mass migration as eastern shores burn and inhabitants flee inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osumi
Sakura- Jima
Japan Society Sanctions Appeal for Kagoshima Famine Relief
A special Japan Society executive committee meeting in New York discussed action for Kagoshima disaster relief and famine in northern Japan. It agreed to appeal members for contributions to the Japanese Red Cross as the government has set aside 3.25 million dollars for immediate aid and more help may be required. A sympathy message was sent to Baron Shubusawa in Tokio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
The
Japan Society
Kagoshima
Japan
Japanese Red Cross
J. Iijima
Baron Shubusawa
Tokio
Lava Flows Down Volcano Increasing Island Area
Lava from the volcano in Kagoshima flows steadily toward the sea as it reaches water and solidifies. Authorities cannot yet provide a reliable estimate of the affected area or damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kagoshima
Aftershock of Disasters Claims Many Victims
Officials debate the toll from eruptions earthquakes and tidal waves. Professor Fusakichi Omori surveys Yokohama on Sakura locating 400 buried houses and asks if residents are in a Pompeii like fate. Refugees report terror and exposure while millions of letters and thousands of telegrams flood in.
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Gakurn
Fusakichi Omori
Yokohama
Sakura
Pompeii
World reports flood of sympathy for Japan after South disaster
Messages of sympathy arrive from many lands with America and Britain leading. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan send dispatches. Contributions for relief are made by the American Red Cross and the Naval Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan
South
World
America
England
Wilson
Bryan
American Red Crosse
Naval Society
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Gwendolyn Delaney
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Ind
National Commission
Imperial
N. B
Iquits Society
Politics
Mrs. Burleson
Mercado
Interstate Commission
Easy Street
A. J. Senton
Care Item Office
C. J. Gayfer & Co
Ayer
Mill Wright
Apia Ver Britton
Dauphin ST
Kenny
C.d.kenny Co
Dauphin Street
G. E. Carroll
S. E
LeMoyne
Old Shell Road
North Side
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