Tragic Third Avenue Elevated Collision Kills Policeman
A southbound Third Avenue Elevated derailment near Thirty-second Street New York leaves one officer dead and at least twenty injured. The rear train car is forced onto the structure amid flames that claim a man burned beyond rescue. Motorman’s abrupt stop sparked the crash. witness John Moseman credited with freeing and saving many passengers.
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Third Avenue
Thirty-second Street
New York
John M. Gleason
John Moseman
Old World Faces Crisis As Armistice Ends
Armistice ended and troops prepare for renewed hostilities. Grace period marks time from 7 o clock tonight for four days, with reopening of war expected next Wednesday to see battle.
Balkan Allies End Armistice Grace Period
Constantinople reports that the Balkan allies notified the end of the armistice today. A four day grace period will begin at 7 p.m., marking a return to hostilities if negotiations fail.
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Constantinople
Balkan
Bulgarian Finance Minister Signals War Resumption Likely
Juris January 30 reports Bulgarian Finance Minister T Theodoroff, en route from the London peace conference to Sofia, declares a resumption of war as certain. The first engagement is expected to open on Wednesday.
Tremendous risk of Turkish civil war looms in Europe
London dispatches say Balkan upheaval is accelerating and may force Turkey into a vast internal conflict. Observers warn that the Tehatalja troop revolt is graver than censored reports indicate and expect similar uprisings in Asiatic provinces where Young Turk factions are strongest.
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London
Balkan Peninsula
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Tehatalja Lines
Turkish reply deemed unacceptable by Bulgarian defection leader
Doctor Janeff, head of Bulgarian defection, called the Ottoman response emphatically unacceptable. He said on behalf of the allies that Adrianople fortress and Aegean Turkish islands must be ceded and negotiations cannot resume without this concession, prior to any hostilities resuming.
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London
Janeff
Adrianople
Aegean
Turkish compromise reply to European powers on Adrianople issue
The Turkish government shows willingness to compromise in its January 17 note. Grand Vizier Mahmoud Shefket Pasha delivered the response to Dean Margrave Johann Von Pallavicini. Turkey seeks to retain quarters housing holy shrines in Adrianople and to leave land rights on the Martiza river to the powers, agrees to dismantle city fortifications, but keeps sovereignty over Aegean islands.
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Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Margrave
Johann von Pallavicini
Porte
Turkey
Adrianople
Martiza
Aegean
Coast to coast horseback suffrage ride planned
New York reports a coast to coast trip on horseback by women suffragists planned for spring. The journey would start here once highways are fit and proceed east of the Rockies with suffrage oratory and literature. San Francisco would be the terminus where riders ship their horses back. Two women are already planning.
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New York
Rockies
San Francisco
Farmers Rest Rooms Proposed at Wisconsin Conference
Madison Wis Jan 30 rest rooms for farmers wives and children will be recommended for towns and villages at the Wisconsin Country Life conference to be held in Madison for a two day session. The plan calls for a central town house where women and children may wait while the farmer attends to business.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Country Life Conference
Alexander, Bryan Clash Over Cabinet Talk in Miami
Henry E. Alexander, Princeton friend, was said to press for a Wilson cabinet post. William J. Bryan rejected the reports, saying no statement on his political business should be considered authoritative and that Wilson will release what he chooses.
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Miami
Henry E. Alexander
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Bryan Sees Democratic Leaders For Wilson Cabinet Post
Miami reports that William J. Bryan gave positive assurance he would accept the secretary of state portfolio in the Wilson administration after talks with Henry J. Alexander and other Democratic leaders. Alexander departs for Trenton to deliver Bryan's answer, with Bryan remaining at his winter home through February.
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Miami
William J. Bryan
Henry J. Alexander
Princeton
Wilson
Miami Herald Today
Bryan
Alexander
Trenton
Ryan
Washington
Bull Moosers Oppose Six Year Term Plan
Washington January 30 Senator Dixon chair man of the Progressive national committee attacked the proposed six year term for the presidency saying there is no strong public demand for the change. He warned the amendment would aid aspirants and noted a provision by Senator Paynter that a ratified amendment would grant the current president a six year term, with no doubt about applicability to President Wilson.
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Washington
Senate
Dixon
Progressive National Committee
Paynter
Wilson
Pocatello Backs Hawley for Interior Secretary
At a Commercial club dinner in Pocatello fifty five members endorsed Idaho Governor James H. Hawley as secretary of the interior for the Wilson administration. A five person committee was named to draft the endorsement letter to President elect Wilson with Joe T. Young as chair.
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Pocatello
Great New West
Wilson
James H. Hawley
Idaho
Hawley
Joe T. Young
Interior
West
Young
Carl Barnard
W. H. Bohlscheid
W. E. Trapp
N. M. Eldredge
Mr. Young
Wheat Market Closes Steady as July Wheat Ends at 90 34
Chicago price report notes July wheat finishing at 9034 in the Jan 30 market roundup. Prices show little change from the prior session as traders watch export demand and weather updates, with nearby futures trading near session highs.
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Chicago, Ill
Mrs P C Williams Registers at Bannock From Ogden
Mrs P C Williams registered at the Bannock last night coming from Ogden. The note identifies a personal entry in the city registry with her move from Utah.
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P. C. Williams
the Bannock
Ogden
Witnesses plead for present tariff in House hearing
The House Ways and Means Committee debated the sundry schedule of the tariff law. Most witnesses urged retaining the present tariff levels while E. W. Campbell pressed for keeping the 20 percent duty on harness and saddlery. William L. Hornaday led a drive to prohibit importing wild bird plumage for millinery.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Underwood
E. W. Campbell
Cincinnati
National Association of Audubon Societies
William L. Hornaday
Fatal Hotel Fire Claims Four At Chicago Town Hotel
A morning blaze at a four story brick town hotel in Chicago killed three men and one woman, seriously injured three men and lightly hurt a dozen others. Firemen found the victims likely awakened but unable to escape as smoke poured from every window. Loss pegged at $15000.
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Chicago
Town Hotel
Idaho considers abolishing immigration commission and duties for Major Reed
Boise reports House committee favors no appropriations for the state immigration department and offers to have Major Fred R. Reed supervise Idaho's exhibit at the 1915 San Francisco fair if the bureau is dropped. Other bills split Fremont county into four new counties Yellowstone Teton and Jefferson with county seats to be decided by voters.
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Boise
State Immigration Department
House of Representatives
State Affairs Committee
House
Immigration Department
Fred R. Reed
Idaho
Secretary ’S State
Immigration Bureau
Fremont County
Merrill
Fremont
Yellowstone County
Hunt
Teton County
Gilchrist
Jefferson
Rebels March on Juarez in 20 Mile Front
A thousand rebels advance toward Juarez while two Federal columns head to confront them. Rebel lines stretch about twenty miles as Yankee troops stand ready on the frontier. The tense standoff indicates an imminent battle near the border city.
Philanthropist James Henderson Dies at Arimo
Marsh Center reports the death of James Henderson, noted philanthropist, who passed away between 6 and 7 this morning in Arimo after a long illness. His death brings sorrow to many friends as school closes and measles spread locally with two Bishop Coffin daughters ill.
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Marsh Center
James Henderson
Arimo
Pocatelo
Bishop Coffin
Troops Ordered Against Rebels Near Juarez
Mexico on January 30 reports two columns of federal troops to move against rebels menacing Juarez. General Rabago will supply the men needed for the operation.
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Mexico
Juarez
Rabago
Juarez Encircled as Rebel Army Advances on Frontier
El Paso reports rebels nearly surround Juarez with federal reinforcements entering the city. American officers estimate the rebel line at about 20 miles with a thousand troops. The advance guard neared Juarez at midnight while General Salazar could not concentrate before dawn. US troops stand ready for action and the Twenty second infantry is ordered to stock five days of rations and 200 rounds per man.
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el Paso
Juarez
Salazar
United States
Twenty-second Infantry
Mexican Revolution: de la Feunte Named Chief of Staff
El Paso reports Colonel de la Feunte, recently freed from Fort Sam Houston Texas after a neutrality violation case, has returned to Mexico as chief of staff in the Salazar led revolution. General Inez Salazar is elected chief of the new movement, with Orozco apparently sidelined.
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el Paso
de la Feunte
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Mexico
New Revolutionary Movement
Inez Salazar
Salazar
New Revolution
de la Feuite
Orozco
Suffragists Disrupt Dundee City Freedom Ceremony
In Dundee on January 30 suffragette bands caused chaos during the conferral of city freedom on Premier Asquith. Shouts of traitor rang through the hall as stewards and police ejected women. A gallery incident left a woman momentarily suspended by bystanders.
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Dundee
Scotland
Asquith
Labor Favors Suffrage Move Shifts UK Politics
The British labor party adopted a resolution by 850 to 437 to back woman suffrage. It instructs labor members of parliament to oppose any franchise bill excluding women, signaling major weight from unions with about three million members ahead of the general election.
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London
British Labor Party
Hill's Daughter Weds In St Paul Run Reader
Miss Rachel Hill daughter of James J. Hill wed Dr. Egil Boeskmann in St. Paul. Guests traveled from New York and other cities for the ceremony honoring the famous railroad builder and financier.
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Hill
St. Paul
Minn
New York
Rachel Hill
James J. Hill
Egil Boeskmann
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