Iroquois Theater Fire Toll Nearing Six Hundred
Chicago reports another Iroquois fire victim Miss Josephine Spence of Princeton Avenue died in a hospital raising the death toll to 501. Mistaken identifications and missing bodies prompt officials to examine burial records as authorities close many dance and lodge halls for fire code violations.
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Chicago
Josephine Spence
Princeton Avenue
Traeger
W. F B. Lain
Sixty-third Street
Anna Dixon
Vourney Street
A. Z. Dixon
Mary J. Forbes
Oakwood Boulevard
Rita Forbes
Labor federation to name commission on Troquois theater fire
The Chicago Federation of Labor plans a commission of union labor reps to report on the Troquois theater blaze. Unions claim incompetence of non union stage workers sparked the fire while pick up men earned $1 per show versus $4.50 for organized members. They accuse the management of not hiring experienced, high skilled lighting staff and note the fatal light operator was an apprentice learning the trade.
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Cago Federation of Labor
Troquois Theater
House passes condolence resolution for Chicago disaster
The U S House of Representatives agreed to a condolence resolution offered by Mr Emeritch Illinois praising Chicago stricken citizens. It extends sincere sympathy and notes the calamity appalling the country and directs a copy to Chicago’s mayor. The dispatch notes Philadelphia Jan 6 on related measures to guard against Holocaust.
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Washington
Emeritch
Illinois
House
House of Representatives
United States of America
United States
Tragic Fall at Capitol Injures Linley
A worker named Linley, about 25, living in Chicago, employed by the capitol commission, fell when the Durned Noor gave way, crushing his skull and causing instant death during the Improvement project at the representatives clamber.
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Linley
Chicago
Capitol Commission
Hanna settles rumor of convention site in Chicago
Senator Marcus A Hanna writes that no change is expected in the convention location with hotels in Chicago to be satisfactory. The Saratoga invitation followed a rumor that Chicago prices might rise and the committee could reconsider the June vote. A Monon train collision near Hammond injures three Frank family members. Alfred A Knapp gains a new trial in Hamilton Ohio.
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N. Y
Chicago
Marcus A. Hanna
Republican National Committee
Cassius BB. Thomas
Saratoga Business Men's Association
Emperor Orders Theater Closed for Fire Safety Upgrades
Berlin reports Emperor William orders the Royal Opera house closed until additional exits are added and wooden stairs are replaced with fire proof stairs. The action follows safety concerns and a need to upgrade exits.
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Lyceum
Kensington Theater
Grand Opera House
Kensington Theaters
Berlin
William
Royal Opera House
Iowa State House Fire Ends in Capitol Rescue
Des Moines reports the north wing of the Iowa statehouse, a $5 million building, suffered a fire with losses around half a million dollars. Governor Cummins personally directed firefighting in boots and coat to save the capitol as the house chamber gallery collapsed. Supervising Engineer C. L. Linley died after plunging sixty feet during an inspection of the fire site.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cummins
Knapp Granted New Murder Trial After Confession Issue
Knapp, who admitted to five murders and awaits execution for his wife’s murder, was granted a new trial by Judge Swing due to alleged error allowing his written confession to be read to the jury. In Omaha a federal court dismissed the Dietrich conspiracy charge by demurrer. two indictments against him remain.
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Columbus
Swing
Omaha, Neb
Dietrich
Nordicas Life Threatened Delays Concert Tour
Lillian Nordica remains under police guard in Madison Avenue due to life threats. A detective sergeant stays in her home as she contemplates postponing a planned concert tour. Her husband Doeme, in a divorce suit, is convalescent at Dr Bull's sanitarium on East Thirty third Street.
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New York
Lillian Nordica
Madison Avenue
Doeme
Dr. Bull
East Thirtythird Street
Russia Delays Reply to Japan Amid Concessions Report
From St Petersburg comes word that Russia makes large concessions in its reply to Japan, with instructions sent to Viceroy Alexieff. Tokyo reports troops ready for dispatch to Korea as press bans on troop movements take effect. Officials await confirmation of a formal reply.
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Alexieff
Tokyo
Japan
Vladivostock
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Paris
Jan
Havas
South Korea
Toyko
Must or May an Issue In Squitable Life Case
In Madison Wisconsin January hearing opens in the Squitable Life Assurance society v State Insurance Commissioner Host. Attorney Sanders for the society argues the issue should be decided on merits before dissolving the injunction blocking license revocation. The key question: does the word may require must in the surplus distribution statute. The commissioner argues the statute is mandatory. Two found dead from freezing near Findlay Ohio.
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Madison
Wis
Squitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
Host
Sanders
Milwaukee
Mutual Life
Inferno at Taunton Insane Hospital Traps No One
Fire sweeps the upper story of the women’s wing at the state hospital in Taunton Massachusetts with outside temperature at zero. Five hundred female patients are guided safely to the men’s department as discipline saves lives. Loss totals $50,000. Among inmates is Jane Toppan, convicted last year of poisoning murders.
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Taunton
Mass
State Insane Hospital
Jane Toppan
Children killed at grade crossing in Dubuque Iowa
George Dunkley aged 11 and Clifford Dunkley aged 9 were killed at a grade crossing in Dubuque. Edward Koch was fatally injured as a Chicago Great Western passenger train struck them.
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George Dunkley
Clifford Dunkley
Chicago, Great Western
Edward Koch
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