Island of Sakurajima Devastated by Eruption and Starvation Threat
Reports from Kagoshima dated January 17 describe a second eruption with sewer earthquakes at Sakurajima. Huge lava flows block the bay, thousands of homes buried, an estimated five million dollars in damage, widespread abandonment, and migrants fleeing as ash and pumice disrupt daily life.
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Kagoshima
Saukrajima
Omori
Sakura
Ebumi
Gulf of
Unzen
Okada
Sakura-Jima
Refugees Struggle as Volcano Sufferers Face Starvation in Sakura
Tokyo report says 9 000 to 10 000 refugees counted on Sakura island with more expected. Relief efforts form a national famine aid, Bishop Walter Andrews notes widespread suffering, farmers hardest hit. Tigers and children faint from hunger as lava and pumice threaten the area.
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Tokio
Japan
Interior Department
Sakura Island
Walter Andrews
Hokaido
Five Die in Brockton Apartment Fire
A Brockton Massachusetts blaze killed four people and injured five others in an apartment house. Two of the injured were expected to die, authorities said.
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Brockton
Masa
Jan
Blue Sky Law Upheld by Federal Judge in Iowa
Des Moines January 17 In a decree filed today Federal Judge Smith McPherson sustained the validity of the so called blue sky law of Iowa The ruling affirms state protections for investors against unscrupulous securities schemes and sets a precedent for enforcement within Iowa courts and agencies.
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Des Moines
Smith McPherson
Owa
Doctor testifies on ordered removal in Majors poisoning case
In Alamogordo New Mexico on January 17 Dr C H Waldschmidt testified in the trial of H H Majors who is charged with poisoning his daughter. He said Majors ordered his second wife removed from the house to save her life from her husband. Mrs Majors was ill when Majors was arrested.
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Almagordo, N. M
C. Hi. Waldschmidt
H. H Majors
Majors
Idaho pavilion for Panama Exposition to cost 20000
Charles Storey of Storey and Salih of Boise will begin erecting the Idaho pavilion by January 20 at the Panama Pacific Exposition site. The two story rectangular building, 22 by unknown feet, will cost about 20000 and feature a large moving pictures room showing Idaho scenery with a 10000 film budget. The ground floor will house a state display and offices. the second floor will include reception rooms and arts displays with stucco facades in Tra verte marble color.
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San Francisco
Charles Storey
Storey and Salih
Boise
Idaho
Idaho Pavilion
San Francisco Bay
Mercado 19 Be Shot On The Spot
Mexico City January 17 The federal war office says General Salvador Mercado who commanded federal troops at Ojinaga will be court martialed by the first federal troops he meets after returning to Mexico Officials nickname Mercado the evacuator for deserting Chihuahua and Ojinaga to the government.
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Mexico City
Federal War Office
Salvador Mercado
Ojinaga
Mexico
Mercado
Chihuahua
General Orozco Death Report Notified to War Dept
Brigadier General Bliss reports to the war department that General Parker has received word that General Orozco is dead. No further details are provided.
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Washington
Bliss
War Department
Parker
Orozco
Wireless link planned for Huerta forces in Mexico City
Berlin report says a German wireless telegraph company secured a contract to erect a station in Mexico City to keep communications with federal troops, as ordinary telegraph service is frequently interrupted.
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Berlin
Mexico City
Huerta
May extradite union officials over conspiracy charge
Fourteen Progressive party members sent telegrams to Representative W J McDonald demanding retract ion of a statement about constitutional rights and laws being overthrown in the district. More strikers arrested on the conspiracy charge have been released on bond. Special Prosecutor Nicholls said efforts may be made to bring back Moyer and other indicted Mine rs' Union officials beyond the court's jurisdiction and is considering whether conspiracy is extraditable.
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Houghton, Mich
Progressive Party
W. J. McDonald
McDonald
Nicholls
Moyer
James M Sullivan as pacifier in Dominican Republic crisis
James M Sullivan the American minister to San Domingo is credited with restoring order in the Dominican Republic by mediating between revolutions led by Horacio Vasquez and others. He arrived at Puerto Plata and urged both sides to abandon violence, helping Vasquez lay down arms after a month of bloodshed and preserving a fragile status quo amid four presidents in six years.
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Morales
Torribios
Ariases
Vasquezes
Dominican Republic
James M. Sullivan
Wilson
Sullivan
Washington
Puerto Plata
Horacio Vasquez
Bordas
Suerta Plata
Santiago
Vasquez
Caceres
Legation
Reserve bank seeking points in west for committee trip
Washington January 17 the reserve bank organization committee left for a five weeks tour through the west to hear arguments from major cities seeking general reserve banks. First session set for Chicago Monday then St. Louis and Denver with plans to reach the Pacific coast and Texas. If John Skelton Williams is confirmed as comptroller he will join the panel later.
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Washington
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
West
General ‘Reserve Banks
Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
Pacific Coast
Texas
John Skelton Williams
Senate
Canadians Were Wise. Testimony Spurs Senate Inquiry
Washington January 17 testimony alleged that the Canadian government paid for articles inserted in American newspapers to lure readers to Canada. Cortland Smith of New York, president of the American Newspaper association, stated the action. The senate lobby committee planned to call George Joslyn of Omaha, president of the Western Newspaper Union.
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Washington
Canada
Senate Lobby Committee
Cortland Smith
New York
American Newspaper Association
George Joslyn
Western Newspaper Union of Omaha
Montana railroad commission petitions IC E to cut farm grain rates
The Montana railroad commission filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking lower carload rates on corn rye oats wheat flax seed and millet seed shipped from Montana to other states.
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Washington
Montana Railroad Commission
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Trade routes stretch from Montana to Pacific coast
A concise overview notes transportation links connecting Montana with St Paul Minneapolis Duluth and the Pacific coast, highlighting extended continental movement and regional trade corridors.
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Montana
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Pacific Coast
President Nominates Gorgas for Surgeon General
Washington January seventeenth the president has prepared for senate presentation the nomination of Colonel William Gorgas of the Isthmian canal commission to be surgeon general of the army.
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Washington
Senate
William Gorgas
Isthmian Canal Commission
Army
Democrats Block Woman Suffrage Committee in House
Washington January 17 Democrats on the house rules committee refused to report a standing committee on woman suffrage. Senator Borah introduced a bill creating a new government agency to market farm products. The rules committee also blocked a congressional inquiry into mining strikes in Michigan and Colorado and barred Republicans and Progressives from a senate election committee meeting. Blair Lee, a Democrat, was recommended for seating to replace Republican Senator Jackson.
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Washington
D. C
House Rules Committee
House
Borah
Democratic
Michigan
Colorado
Senate Election Committee
Blair Lee
Jackson
Arm grafted on girl in Prague hospital case
Surgeons in Germany report Marie Kubacek, a Prague dressmaker, received a bone graft after arm amputation. They transplanted a section from a deceased girl’s arm into Kubacek, and the operation is hailed as a success with her condition steadily improving.
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Berlin
Germany
Marie Kubacek
Prague
Miss Kubacek
Wool Growers Seeker: Blanche Wood Fatally Shoots Self
In San Francisco a 24 year old woman named Blanche Wood shot herself in a hotel room in front of her uncle A B Wood and friend Edward Roberts as Roberts tried to dissuade her. Wood then seized the revolver from Blanche and killed himself. He was a former Tennessee Supreme Court justice who had suffered recent financial reverses.
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San Francisco
Cal
Blanche Wood
A. B. Wood
Edward Roberts
Roberts
Wood
Tennessee Supreme Court
Backing Up Short Line in Pocatello Over Depot Plans
A petition and letter to General Manager Bancroft from Pocatello residents deny participation in Sanitary Commission proceedings against the Oregon Short Line. The reply thanks locals for their supportive stance while noting delays from rights of way and factional interests, and states every obstacle will clear for a new depot.
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Bancroft
Pocatello
Wallis
Oregon
Gate City
Railroad Company
Ty Cobb Offered 75 000 Over Five Years
Augusta Georgia reports Ty Cobb was informed the Federal League offered him 75000 dollars for five years plus a first class salary advance. He said he would discuss the proposal next week.
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Augusta
Ty Cobb
Federal League
Parceling Players in Chicago Meeting
Federal League owners met in Chicago to outline plans for the coming season. They aim to parcel out prospective major league players so that different managers do not pursue the same targets.
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Chicago
Mls
Georgetown Founders Day Celebrates 125th Anniversary
Washington January 17 Georgetown University marks Founders Day with a banquet and a net gathering of notable guests from about a score of states. The event initiates a series of observances for the 125th anniversary of the Catholic institution.
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Washington
Georgetown
Baron of Strathcona in critical health at age ninety four
London January seventeenth reports the baron of Strathcona and Mount Royal, high commissioner for Canada, seriously ill and prostrated by catarrh. He is ninety four years old and his condition is described as critical.
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London
Publisher Benjamin Tiekner Dies in Boston
Benjamin Holt Tiekner, once owner of the Tiekner and Fields publishing house, died today in Boston. He was born in 1842.
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Boston
Mass
Benjamin Holt Tiekner
Tiekner and Fields
Forest Service aids sheepmen in better grazing methods and range expansion
In Salt Lake City the National Wool Growers Association heard Dr. R A Ramsey and A F Potter outline how the National Forest Service boosts stockmen profits. They cited increased grazing areas, water development, reseeding experiments, and the bedding out system that raises lamb weights and range carrying capacity. Over five million acres surveyed since 1911.
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Salt Lake City
National Wool Growers Association
R. A. Ramsey
Agricultural Department
J. EB. Poole
Chicago
Charles A. Butler
National Forest Service
A. F. Potter
National Forestry Bureau
Potter
Arizona
New Mexico
Forest Service
Submarine A-7 Still Missing Off Plymouth
Plymouth a sub report says the submarine A-7 remains unfound as of today with search delayed until lifting craft arrive and recovery before Monday.
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Plymouth
May Wheat Soars on Chicago Market Close
Chicago wheat prices closed January 17 at 82 1/2 cents for May futures with Tuscarora notes. The report highlights a sharp move upward amid brisk trading and market optimism.
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Chicago
Tus
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San Domingo
Moxcana
Foolish Pherdinand
Tvatran
Mytenth
Frisco
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