Moving Picture Fire Tramples Dozens at Houston Street Hippodrome
In New York on February 3 two women were killed and many women and children injured as a panic swept through the Houston Street moving picture house. A fire started by a melting film burned for three minutes, then the operator smothered the flame before firefighters reached the scene.
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Houston Street
Old Church
Moving Picture Men
Irving Steiner
Charles Steiner
Steiner
One Term Idea Seeks Views Before Action on Six year Presidency
Washington Feb 3 A Democratic conference will decide if the Works resolution proposing a six year presidential term and non reelection should be acted on this session It is unclear how it would affect President Wilson and opinion is split among constitutional lawyers Some Roosevelt supporters stall and label the measure as aimed at him
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Senate
House
Wilson
W. J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Bandit Killed After Saloon Robbery Clash
Feb. 3. James Higgins, a highwayman, was killed in a fight with police after a saloon robbery. Companion Wil Cantwell was subdued. Higgins fled after a second attempt but De Herman Otten shot him in the head as detectives ordered.
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Wil Cantwell
Higgins
Tevolver
Queen Bandages Wound After Football Injury
Rome reports Paul Gethard a Bee student for the priesthood sprained an ankle playing football. Queen Margherita witnessed the incident while riding in her automobile and insisted on bandaging the tendon. She waited in the rain as the young man was taken to the college and the car returned.
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Rome
Paul Gethard
Bee
William F. M'Combs to be presented Wednesday
William F. M'Combs will receive a gold loving cup at a Wednesday ceremony. The event gathers local dignitaries and honors his service to the community.
Demmies Honor McCombs Gift Presentation
William F. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic national committee, will be presented with a 24 inch loving cup valued at 1500 dollars at the Democratic national headquarters in New York on Wednesday. Norman Mack will give the presentation speech and many members and associates will attend to dedicate the gift.
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New York
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Headquarters
Fifth Avenue
McCombs
Norman
Mack
National Committee
Postoffice Finally Gets Over The Hill
Postmaster General Hitchcock's annual report highlights a notable omission the suggestion of government ownership of telegraph lines is absent. The fiscal year ended June 30 marked the first time since 1883 that postal receipts exceeded expenditures though details are not fully quoted here from the public summary.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Freedom Gained Freedom Gained President of Iron Workers
Frank M. Ryan, president of the international iron workers union, was released from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth on a $70,000 bond after serving time for conspiracy to transport dynamite in interstate commerce. He left early for Chicago, the seventh of 33 Indianapolis convictions to gain bond.
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Kan
Frank M. Ryan
International Iron Workers’ Union
Chicago
Ryan
Indianapolis
General Daniel E Sickles Under Fire From Many Sides
General Daniel E Sickles faces intense scrutiny after arrest on a charge of misappropriating 23476 from New York state. Alleged use of Gettysburg monument commission funds for personal use while chairman triggered bond set at 30000. A public drive to cover the shortage emerged, tied to his Civil War fame and Gettysburg loss of a leg.
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Waterloo
New York
Gettysburg Monument
Sickles
Gettysburg
Daniel E. Sickles
Busy Week Ahead as Ohio Assembly Holds Committee Sessions
Columbus Feb. 3 The legislature schedules a week of committee work with many public hearings. The militia probe begins as Adjutant General Wood recommends reducing infantry regiments from eight to six. A joint subcommittee will draft a compromise on the license measure, while the Bigelow bill to end the Cincinnati Traction franchise faces judiciary review. The Reid Torrens land tenure proposal also advances, with Wednesday evening continuation.
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Wood
Cox
House Judiciary Committee
Bigelow
Cincinnati Traction Company
General Assembly
Reid
Savannah Fire Destroys Major Water Front Docks
A historic blaze in Savannah on February 3 wiped out nearly a half mile of riverfront. The Merchants and Miners warehouses and Ocean Steamship docks burned, causing about 1.5 million dollars in damage. Losses hit Ocean Steamship, American Steel Wire, Conklin Tin Plate, Crane Co, and Atlantic Coast Line records, with the rice mill and other warehouses also consumed.
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Merchants
Miners’ Transportation Company
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Ocean Steamship Company
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
American Steel Wire Company
Conklin Tin-plate Company
Crane Company
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Ottomans Ready For Renewed War Amid Starvation Plans
The Turkish government signals a possible resumption of hostilities after an armistice. It claims vast food and ammunition stocks and hints at savage methods if war restarts, while plans to starve Adrianople are reportedly abandoned and the populace in Constantinople shows apathy on the eve of renewed fighting. Grand Vizier Mahmoud Shewkset Pasi calls for peace without dishonor as Turkish delegates insist on responsibility resting with the allies. Local newspapers urge unity to defend Ottoman honor and German soil.
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Porte
Fremain
London
Teetaldja
Turkey
Europe
Mahmoud Shewkset Pasi
Adrianople
Bawing
Fire destroys St. Nicholas apartment house in Sacramento
A fatal Sacramento blaze at the St. Nicholas apartment house left bears unknown perished, two fatally injured, and 10 seriously hurt. The fire started from a defective burner in the engine room and spread rapidly, trapping guests in their night clothes beneath collapsed walls.
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St. Nicholas
Wiese
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