Abdication Rumors Prompt Tientsin Move for New government
Premier Yuan Shi Kai plans to transfer the capital to Tientsin and invite republican leaders to form a new government after the Manchu throne abdicates. Foreign powers fear upheaval and possible intervention as Sun Yat Sen and Yuan seek recognition of the republic.
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Yuan Shi Kai
Tientsin
Yuan
Peking
Sun Yat Sen
Sun
United States
China
Bridegroom Led Through Town In Chains At Wedding
In Georgetown Colorado Jean 22 Mr and Mrs James Lake recently married returning to town were greeted by 20 men at the station. Lake was chained by neck and wrists and adorned with cow bells then forced to haul his wife in a burro cart through the business district.
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Georgetown
Colo
Jean
James
Lake
Mrs Yeamans Stricken With Illness After Stroke
New York report says Mrs Anna Yeamans longtime stage star famed for playing a rollicking Irish woman for 59 years is seriously ill after a stroke. Doctors fear a second stroke even as signs of improvement appear.
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New York
Anna Yeamans
Smallpox Cripples Police Force in Salt Lake Jail
A case of smallpox found in the Salt Lake City jail cripples the local police force, with officers isolated as health authorities respond to the outbreak.
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Smallipox
Salt Lake City
Utah
Banker Leaves Prison Today in Leavenworth
Herbert W. Tiers, formerly assistant cashier of the Allegheny National Bank in Pittsburgh, Pa., completed a four year federal sentence and was released from the Leavenworth prison today.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Herbert W. Tiers
Allegheny National Bank
Pittsburgh
Cummins Enters Race for Republican Nomination
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa formally announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. He cites changed conditions with more than two candidates likely to be considered and asks Iowa Republicans to present him to the national convention if they deem him fit.
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Washington
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Cummins
Gompers Defies Heyburn in Labor Row
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor answers charges by Senator Heyburn in the Senate over the McNamara dynamiting outrages. He calls on Heyburn to prove any connection and defends the union against insinuations. The dispute centers on constitutional privilege and free speech.
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Washington
Heyburn
Gompers
McNamara
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Federationist
Senate
Italian Navy Drives Forts at Zuara Into Ruins
Rome dispatches report the Italian cruisers Palmine Carlos Capone Canone and Alberto bombard Port of Zuara destroying all forts in sequence. About 300 enemy troops killed and Italian fortifications at Gargaresco completed. In Constantinople ten Turkish officers including Colonel Riga Bey were captured from the English ship Africa by the Italian cruiser Volturna.
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Rome
Zuara
Palmine
Carlos
Capone
Canone
Alberto
Gargaresco
Constantinople
Riga Bey
Voltarna
Women to Have Paper Daily Newspaper for Women Interest
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont plans a daily afternoon paper devoted entirely to women's interests. It will publish all daily news affecting women without prejudice or discrimination and be managed by women.
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Local billiard pro awarded $6,000 by jury
In St Louis on January 22 Charles Peterson, a local professional, was awarded $6,000 by a jury for loss of his billiard touch after being thrown from an automobile when a street car collided with the car he rode in. He had sued the street car company for $25,000 claiming nerve injury and impaired ability to shoot.
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St. Louis
Charles Peterson
Three torpedo boat destroyers return for repairs
Three battered destroyers from the Brooklyn navy yard McCall Roe and Paulding sailed January 3 with a flotilla to join the North Atlantic fleet for maneuvers in southern waters. A January storm forced them off course and damaged their hulls prompting their return to port for repairs.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
McCall
Roe
Paulding
Stokes Donates Stallion to Tuskegee Breeding Plant
Lexington Kentucky January 22 W K B D P Stokes of New York has donated a valuable trotting stallion to the breeding plant at Booker T Washington's Tuskegee Institute Other millionaire horsemen will contribute mares to the program aiming to advance the institute's breeding stock.
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Stokes
Tuskegee
Lexington
W. Kb
Stokes of
New York
Booker I, Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Yellow fever outbreak tightens grip on gunboat Yorktown
Two more cages of yellow fever are suspected among Yorktown crew at Guayaquil. Enlisted men are quarantined. Lieutenant Commander Bertolette, who fell ill first, remains aboard and is reported to be recovering.
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Washington
Yorktown
Guayaquil
Navy Department
Bertolette
Shin
Spectacular City Investment building blaze in Manhattan
Fire on the 31st and 32nd floors of the City Investment building at 165 Broadway, near the Equitable building, caused dense smoke seen for miles. The blaze, one of the era's most dramatic in Lower Manhattan, burned for about an hour before being extinguished.
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New York
Lower Manhattan
City Investment Building
Broadway
Equitable
Burns said to have phonographic confession in Lorimer probe
Washington reports that detective William J. Burns, who helped build the McNamara case, has worked three months gathering evidence for the committee probing Senator Lorimer’s election. He allegedly prepared to present a paid confession and a phonographic method used to obtain it. The panel plans further cross examination and witness retorts before closing this phase of the inquiry.
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Washington
Lorimer
William J. Burns
McNamara Dynamiters
Illinois
Burs
Senate
F. Wiehe
Edward Hines
Burns
Ilinois
Flagler Opens Key West Extension of Florida East Coast Railway
Miami witnesses the completion ceremony of the Florida East Coast Key West extension a 156 mile rail link through the keys. Henry Flagler heads the event with many American and foreign dignitaries aboard and warships from the United States and Portugal in attendance.
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Key West
Florida East Coast Line
Miami
Fla
Henry M. Flagler
Florida East Coast Railway
Florida Keys
Mexico
Italy
Portugal
Dominican Republic
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Salvador
Uruguay
United States
North Carolina
Washington
Birmingham
Salem
Taft Plans Conference to Study Soaring Cost of Living
President Taft will urge Congress to promote an international conference to study causes pushing up living costs. A Washington meeting with Secretaries MacVeagh and Fisher led Yale Professor Irving Fisher to seek global investigation. The aim is to consider wage rises or cost reductions as remedies.
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Congress
Washington
Taft
United States
MacVeagh
Fisher
Irving Fisher
Yale
Assembly Debates Government Ownership of Telegraphs
Albany plan urged government ownership of the telegraph system. Introduced by Assemblyman Cuvillier of New York as recommended by Postmaster General Hitchcock, the concurrent resolution seeks federal style control.
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Albany
N. Y
Hitchcock
Avsemblyman Cuvillier
New York
Final stage of dynamite conspiracy probe set for release
Indianapolis January reports the federal grand jury findings on the dynamite conspiracy will be public within ten days. Authorities say inside information sped the inquiry, with sources tied to past opponents of the probe. Officials review the November 1910 St Louis visit by O A Trestmoe, and note connections to Ortie McManigal and J J McNamara in the Pacific coast plot. J B Waggoner and J B McNamara are named as witnesses and participants in the dynamite scheme.
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Indianapolis
Federal Grand Jury
Charles W. Miller
St. Louis
O. A. Trestmoe
California Building Trades Council
California
Ortie McManigal
J. J. McNamara
Pacific Coast
J. B. Waggoner
Seattle
Wash
J. B. McNamara
Waggoner
Monte Carlo Wells Arrested in Fraud Case Aboard Excelsior
London reports Charles Wells famed as Monte Carlo Wells arrested with a woman aboard the yacht Excelsior at Falmouth on a charge of fraudulently obtaining a million frames. They are to be extradited to Paris.
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London
Charles Wells
Europe
Monte Carlo
Wells
Falmouth
Paris
Buehler Girl Arrives in Chicago For Police Custody
Violet Buehler arrived in Chicago from New York escorted by Detective Sergeant John W. Norton and her foster mother Mrs. Herman Buehler. She testified to Inspector Hunt against Charles McClain and he ordered formal charges and her placement with the police matron pending municipal court action.
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Chicago
Violet Buehler
New York
John W. Norton
Herman Buehler
South Clark Street
Hunt
Charles McClain
McClain
King George and Queen Mary Sail for England from Port Said
King George and Queen Mary departed Port Said for England aboard the royal liner Medina. They sailed under escort by cruisers Argyll Natal Cochrane and Defense after a farewell banquet attended by local officials.
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Port Said
King George
Queen Mary
England
Medina
Argyll
Natal
Cochrane
Defense
Duke of Connaught to Visit Chicago and New York
The Duke of Connaught and family, arriving from Ottawa, will be hosted in New York by Ambassador Whitelaw Reid for four days with dinners and social functions. They will then visit Chicago in January or fall, with rail travel arranged by Canadian Pacific and Tra nk Pacific railroads. The visit signals strong US Canada ties and potential influence on pending legislation.
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Duke
Chicago
New York
Duke of Connaught
Ottawa
Canada
Grand Central Station
Mra
Whitelaw Reid
Canadas
Duchess of Connnaught
Patricia
Ambassador Reid
Fifth Avenue
Social Elect of
Court of St. James
United States
OF _ Washington
Miss 1
and Whitelaw Reid
Duchess of
Princess Patricia
Madame Jusserand
Ambbassador
Gernor General
Kaiser
Tricia
Canadian Pacific
Trunk Pacific
Edward
Prince of Wales
Baron Renfrew
Ila
Argyll
England
Duke @ Connaught
Victoria
Queen Victoria
Syracuse University Dismisses Student Over Meals
In Syracuse New York on January 22 19xx Migs Elians Beth Ewarts of California was dismissed from Syracuse University by Chancellor Day. The action followed a petition criticizing meals served at Havenhall dining hall.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Migs Elians Beth Ewarts
California
A. R
Syracuse University
Hernan 4
Havenhal
Fire destroys Roule and Jennings buildings in Cleveland
A fire in Cleveland on January 22 destroyed the Roule and Jennings buildings at the northeast corner of Superior avenue and the public square. Loss estimated at 160000 dollars. Local fire crews battled the blaze as investigators assess cause.
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Cleveland
Jan
Roule & Jennings
Superior Avenue
Belic Square
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