Carriage Crash Kills Six in Philadelphia at Linden Crossing
Five women and one coachman die when a carriage carrying Biddle and Massey household servants is struck by a Chicago to New York flyer at the Linden avenue crossing in Torresdale. The driver waited for a freight train, started across, and was killed. the accident sparked panic aboard the express as officials investigate absence of a watchman and crossing signals.
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Philadelphia
Biddle
Davison
St. Dowlrick’s
Holmesburg
Linden Avenue
Tacony Station
Socialists Likely Over 100 Seats in Reichstag Victory
Berlin reports complete election returns showing Socialists near certainty of more than 100 seats in the next Reichstag. Gains are strongest in urban districts as reballoting looms. In St Louis, the World Federation of Women's Clubs adjourns after planning the San Francisco biennial meeting.
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Berlin
Woman's Clubs’ Board
St. Louis
World of Directors
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
San Francisco
Panic as radiator explosion burns church in New York
A radiator burst in the basement of Bay side Methodist Episcopal church caused a panic among worshipers and minor injuries in the rush for exits. The blaze, started by the incident, destroyed the building with losses estimated at $20,000.
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New York
Bayside
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bank president shot in Mississippi bank collapse incident
G. T. Jordan, a depositor, shot at James H. Faircloth, president of the Tishomingo Banking Association, after the bank closed. The bullet tore scalp and narrowly missed fatal harm. Jordan was restrained and held for treatment.
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Juka
Miss
Tishomingo Banking Association
G. T. Jordan
James H. Faircloth
Faircloth
Jordan
Alaska's Slow Gain Governor Blames Policy Shortfalls
Governor Walter E. Clark reports Alaska’s population at 64 356, up only 765 since 1900. He urges liberalizing land and mining laws, condemns current claim ownership rules, and criticizes annual assessment requirements that allow one person with multiple powers of attorney to hold large placer tracts with little work.
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Washington
Alaska
Walter E. Clark
Clark
Rural System Growth Report Shows Parcel Delivery Aid
Washington reports in P V De Graws annual postmaster general overview the rural delivery system expanded with 577 new routes bringing total routes to 41 656 on June 30 1911. Carriers total 41 559 and mileage 1 007 772 with average cost per mile 0 11775. Savings from curtailments reached 25 268 81 and reduced annual expenditures by 59 608 50. Extensions to 624 routes and service on 43 routes increased costs by 14 097 80 while expenditures rose by 63 743 60.
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Washington
P. V. de Graw
Poincare Almost Forms New French Cabinet
Paris January 15 Raymond Poincare near completion of a new French cabinet. Reported lineup includes Premier and foreign affairs M Poincare, Justice Aristide Briand, Labor Leon Bourgeois, War Alexander Miller, Marine Theophile Delcassé, Finance L L Klotz, Interior Julius Steeg, Public Works Jean Dupuy, Agriculture Jules Paris, Colonies M Lebrun.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
M. Poincare
Aristide Briand
Leon Bourgeois
Alexander Miller
Big Liner in Port
The steamship Indiana docked after four days frozen in Lake Michigan off Edgewater with 40 of 50 crew members suffering frostbite. Nine passengers faced death, including Mr and Mrs Bouston and child Marie of Milwaukee, Mr and Mrs Hale of San Francisco, Harry Cole of Milwaukee, and William Collins of New York. First Mate D J McGarity nearly drowned when ice gave way and he fell in. Deckhand George Wilson was among the worst frostbitten.
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Chicago
Indiana
Goodrich Transportation Company
Edgewater
Johann Bouston
Marie
Milwaukee
Robert Hale
San Francisco
Harry G. Cole
William Collins
New York
D. J. McGarity
George Wilson
Eight Hour Bill Reported For Letter Carriers Clerks
The Reilly eight hour bill for letter carriers and clerks in first and second class post offices sets an eight hour work day within a ten hour limit and has been favorably reported by the subcommittee. It is supported by all post office employees and is expected to become law this session.
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Washington, Jar
Committee On Post Offices
Shot Firers Entombed In Windsor Mine Disaster
Sedalia Missouri January 15. Fred Butcher and Donald McArthur shot firers were entombed in the Bowen Coal company mine at Windsor twenty miles from Sedalia after a mine dust explosion. The mine caught fire and rescue efforts have so far failed to subdue the flames. Fifty miners had just left the mine minutes before the blast.
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Sedalia
Fred Butcher
Donald McArthur
Bowen Coal Company
Windsor
Paris Gossip Says Mme Cavalieri Considers Marriage
Paris reports Mme Cavalieri weighing marriage to a famous opera tenor. The tenor is Muralore, with friends noting his hope to wed the singer who recently divorced Robert W. Chanler of New York in Paris courts.
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Paris
Gil Blas
Mme. Cavalieri
Muralore
Robert W. Chanler
New York
Fire at Georgian Court Home in Lakewood Damages $2000
Lakewood New Jersey January 15 Fire at Georgian court home of George J Gould damages estimated at 2000 dollars. Gould assisted by his son Kingdon fought the blaze despite zero weather and wore slippers.
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George Gould
Lakewood
N. J
Georgian Court
Mr. Gould
Kingdon
Mahmout to Meet Zbyszko in Kansas City Finish Match
Promoter in Kansas City announces a finish match between Yussiff Mahmout the Turkish wrestler and Zbyszko. Emil Klank, Mahmout’s manager, has signed the contract. date to be determined by Jack Herman, Pole manager.
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Mahmout
Zbyszko
Kansas City
Emil Klank
Yussiff Mahmout
Jack Herman
Pole
Noted Soldier and Composer Dead in Washington
L. E. Ganon, noted musician, composer and soldier, aged 71, died at his Washington apartments on January 15. He was well known both in the capital and abroad.
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Washington
Fire Chief Walsh Found Dead in Equitable Fire Ruins
In New York on January 15 a five hour excavation recovered Battalion Chief William Walsh from the collapsing Equitable Building. Coroner’s physician suspects asphyxiation as youg chief moved through the blaze. Also in Pittsburgh January 15 laborer John Schlach killed and six injured when a shifting locomotive car pushed into a wage line of workers.
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New York
Equitable
William Walsh
Pittsburgh
John Schlach
Hawley Denies Illness Rumors in Wall Street
New York January 15 reports spread in Wall Street that Edwin Hawley railroad operator and financier was seriously ill. He denied the rumors in person at his residence.
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Hawley
New York
Wall Street
Edwin Hawley
Diet and Health Hints on Wheat as a Balanced Adult Food
Wheat is described as the best balanced adult food, with butter completing a bread ration when using whole wheat. Standards note 10 percent protein for adults, minerals largely retained in whole grain, and refined flour lacking some minerals. Whole wheat flour spoils easily. best to buy wheat and grind at home.
Girl Prisoner Flees From Wabash Car
Detroit readers were told a fourteen year old girl, Clara Baroncowski, escaped by leaping through a small window in a woman’s toilet on a Wabash train bound for Adrian where she was to be placed in the industrial school. Authorities conducted a wide search with no success reported.
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Detroit
Mich
Clara Baroncowski
Adrian
Boatsman risked death crossing Hudson on ice
Walter Ruddiman, a boatsman from Yonkers, walked across the Hudson and back on a dare. The stunt marks 30 years since the last ice crossing attempt, underscoring the severity of the winter.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Walter Ruddiman
Hudson River
Lepers Isle Building Burns at Penikese Island
Administration building at the Massachusetts leper colony on Penikese Island burned causing $10,000 loss. The fire occurred at the entrance to Buzzard's Bay and destroyed the structure.
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New Bedford
Mass
Massachusetts Leper Colony
Penikese Island
Buzzard’s Bay
Military Plan To Be Finished By End Of Congress
Secretary of War Stimson told the house committee that a comprehensive military plan for the United States will be completed by the war college and general staff in Washington before the current session ends. He warned the army is unprepared for war due to its geographical disposition.
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Washington
United States
War College and General Staff of the Army
Congress
Stimson
House Committee On Military Affairs
Countess of Warwick Considers Three U.S. Lectures Tours
London reports the Countess of Warwick weighing three offers for lecture tours in America. She is expected to accept a plan for forty lectures across the United States and Canada. Her favored topics include communism and women’s suffrage.
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London
Countess of Warwick
America
United States
Canada
Peace Treaty Ends Arizona Race War in Hayden
In Hayden Arizona a peace treaty and arbitration agreement ended a race war between Mexican American and Japanese Chinese factions. Deputy sheriffs reported militia not needed to Governor Sloan. In New York Lynch appoints Clarence Owens as umpire to fill Hank O Day’s vacancy for the upcoming season. Owens hails from Kansas City and came from the American association.
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Hayden, Ariz
Globe
Sloan
Phoenix
Lynch
Owens
New York
National League
Clarence Owens
Hank O'Day
Cincinnati
American Association
Kansas City
Joy Riders Drown After Auto Plunges Through Ice
Five people drown when a car carrying three girls and three young men crashes through ice on a Brookville power canal near Trenton New Jersey. Driver Frederick M Foster survives after a mile run for help. six youths were returning from a ride to Washingtons Crossing. An additional note mentions other international dispatches on Portugal Spain and revolutionary activity.
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Trenton
N. J
Brookville
Frederick M. Foster
Washington’s
Delaware River
Annie Havell
Helen Mulvy
New Haven
Conn
Donald Reed
Supreme Court
Alfred Reed
Annie Tindall
Chester A. van Cleef
Cincinnati and other cities raid cocking main in Newark
After an unsuccessful attempt to hold a cocking main in Columbus, 100 men from Cincinnati Cleveland Chicago Columbus and 12 smaller Ohio Kentucky and Illinois elites chartered a car and came to Newark. Police raided the event and arrested 60, each fined 17 dollars. The prisoners marched two miles to prison through snow and zero weather.
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Newark
Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chicago
Ohio
Kentucky
Woman Sues Rich Rector Over Breach of Promise in Keokuk
Mrs Rosa Haga of Tulsa sues Rev C R Mc Ilwain rector emeritus of St John s Episcopal in Keokuk for 50000 alleging breach of promise after he sent her to Tulsa to supervise building a cottage for their planned marriage. He claims the move aimed to extort money.
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Keokuk
C. R. McIlwain
St. John's Episcopal Church
Rosa Haga
Tulsa
Okla
Medlwain
WILL TRAIN STATE TROOPS
War department prepares for joint militia and regular army maneuvers this year across multiple camps. A congressionally allotted appropriation of 1 356 000 dollars is needed to carry out the plans. Central division militia from Minnesota Iowa Missouri Illinois Indiana and Michigan will join regulars at Fort Snelling and Fort Sheridan.
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Washington
War Department
Regular
Congress
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Snelling
Sheridan
McDonald Inaugurated as New Mexico Governor
Santa Fe January 15 Governor McDonald assumed office in a formal inauguration. Chief Justice W. H. administered the oath amid ceremonies attended by retiring territorial Governor W. J. Mills and other officials as New Mexico marks its first official state holiday and event.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
W. H
W. J. Mills
Mayor Speer to publish Denver paper after retirement
Denver mayor R W Speer, who retires June 1, will become a newspaper publisher. He has bought the Denver Times, an evening and Sunday morning paper, pledging an independent stance and focus on upbuilding the state. The purchase signals a possible bid for the U S senate.
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Denver
Colo
R. W. Speer
Denver Times
Times
Speer
United States Senate
Ships shell Bahia rebels warships shell city in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro reports 157 federal warships bombarded the meat house and government buildings in Mahia causing many casualties. Twenty persons were killed and 100 wounded as widespread destruction followed.
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Ians
Government House
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Mahia
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