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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1914
Page
1
Reports from Sakura Jima describe widespread devastation with unknown death tolls as relief efforts begin. Refugees say hundreds drowned while fleeing the gulf of Kagoshima and 300 houses on Zeto village were lost in the chaos. A thick ash cloud prompted cautious shelter and halted carrier ship movement.
An official dispatch reports a Kagoshima area eruption causing darkness and ash up to an inch deep. A Japanese steamer captain rescued 300 people near Sakura island as water columns burst from the gulf. Steamers deployed row boats to save hundreds drifting on rafts and in the sea. No Americans were killed or injured locally.
In Butte Montana on January 14 the application of P B Moss of Billings for receiver of the Interstate Consolidated Telephone company was continued in district court to January 2 as defense attorneys pleaded they were not ready.
New York reports the Tower building in lower Broadway will be razed. The era marks the rise of steel framing as a revolutionary building method and proposals seek height limits of 100 to 300 feet with setback rules.
A new system will remove the traffic department and route all business through U G Life in Salt Lake. The change aims to speed operations and improve service, with local superintendent Life reviewing the plan and potential removal of the chief operator.
The Royal mail steamer Cobequid was seen aground on Trinity ledges near Yarmouth N B as fog lifted on January 14. Crew believed safe as hull remained above water and wreckage drifted ashore with bad weather hindering position checks.
New York District Attorney Whitman's report shows 5 102 indictments in the year with 2 684 defendants pleading guilty. Acquittals totaled 169 by hung juries and 126 by juries, while 568 were convicted after trial, suggesting rising indictments and convictions or greater self-revelation of sin in the city.
Director Samms moves to reassemble the Pocatello band with about thirty musicians. A Sunday meeting in the Brady building at Center and Arthur will test the material and aim for a permanent city ensemble to boost seasonal concerts and attract railroad support from the Short Line and other roads.
Mexico City reports General Salvador Mercado and comrades request US authorities to hand them back to Mexico. In Salt Lake City a musician, Joseph Hill, identified as one of two men who killed John Morrison and his son, was found with two bullets and remains noncommittal to police questions.
Tokyo reports fleet admiral Count Yukyo Ito died at 71. He is credited with developing the Japanese navy and led major expansion efforts.
The Union of South Africa with Federation Trades secretary Bain and ardent supporters entrenched in the trades hall in Johannesburg. Police attempting to raid the hall were repulsed by missiles from within.
Four camps with 15,000 pounds of rations each line the Presidio to Marfa road to feed defeated Mexican army refugees under guard. A party left for Marfa today, and all will depart by Friday.
Three miners were killed and three others fatally injured when a mine cage dropped about a hundred feet in the Spencer Howlins Coalecom pany mine at Mulberry Kansas after the cable broke.
Paris reports Lucie Chantrieux received the Amiens virtue prize three years ago and today begins life imprisonment for killing her jilted lover by throwing vitriol into his sleep. The case details a fatal attack prompted by jilting.
Paris report confirms Jack Johnson and Frank Moran will meet in a twenty round world championship bout in early June. Johnson receives a $35,000 purse with Moran guaranteed $5,000. Johnson must fight Moran next or forfeit $30,000. Signed before a large crowd with three moving picture machines.
Denver reports Governor Ammons will see three murderers Harwood Henwood Oscar Cook and Harry Hillen hanged despite personal opposition to capital punishment. He cites applied laws and dire circumstances, recounting a case where clemency failed after a life sentence was overturned. Washington brief notes on trust legislation and Sherman act discussions with President Wilson.
London report details Ernest Welsh a Hull druggist and his fog dispersal gun. He claims to produce green red and white lights via chemical powders to penetrate dense fogs, operated by pulling a trigger.
Paris reports Bulgaria, angered by French press stance in the Balkan war, will send officers to Germany for completed military studies rather than to France as in the past. The decision aims to better align with official expectations and training standards amid wartime tensions.
Alamogordo New Mexico January fourteen jury seated for H J Majors charged with poisoning his daughter Eudora who was heavily insured in the case.
Investigation referred from Washington to the Senate Education and Labor Committee. Senator Ashurst's resolution calls for a congressional probe into the Cabmet copper strike, signaling formal Senate action.
In Washington on January 14 supporters of the Alaskan railway bill announced they expect to pass the measure by a non partisan vote next week. Senator Wash contended the bill does not involve government ownership of railroads in the ordinary sense. It is understood Senator Burton will not speak in opposition.
Washington officials say it would violate neutrality laws to grant General Blanquet’s request for the return to Mexico of General Mercado and his federal troops now in Texas.
Mrs. George C. Lee widow of a banker dies in Brookline Massachusetts at age 80. Her daughter Alice was the first wife of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and mother of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
Lisbon January 14 The entire railroad service of Portugal is suspended today due to a general strike by employees. About one third of the railroads are state owned.
Chicago Jan. 14 The supreme court granted a writ of supersedeas in the case of Harry Spencer who is sentenced to hang Friday for the murder of Mrs Mildred A Rexroat The court will decide if Spencer receives a new trial.
Chicken fanciers from the west gather for the Colorado Poultry Fanciers association show in Denver. A guesting contest counts eggs before hatch with a hen set on 13 eggs. The event closes January 17.
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