Pashal Pasha Killed as Balkan Crisis Deepens
Nazim Pasha Turkish war minister and commander at Tchatalja is shot dead. Balkan delegates urge their governments to resume war, while Young Turks seize Constantinople and threaten Adrianople. Revolt looms as grand vizier names emerge and Turkish troops vow to defend national honor. Diplomats scramble amid mounting confusion.
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Balkan
London
Nazim Pasha
Tchatalja
Constantinople
Turkey
Grand Council
Adrianople
Ottoman Empire
Mahmoud Shevket Pasha
Kiamil Pasha
WiIl
Talaat Bey
Europe
Asia Minor
European Turkey
Edward Grey
Eurotary
St. James Palace
Castro Ejects Officials at Ellis Island in Row
Gen Cipriano Castro, enraged by the board of inquiry’s refusal to admit him, ordered three members from his rooms at Ellis Island. They withdrew after he tried to throw them out when pressed about the Venezuela General Parades killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cipriano Castro
Special Board of Inquiry
Ellis Island
Venezuela
President Fitzhugh Resigns from Central Vermont
E. H. Fitzhugh resigns as president of the Central Vermont railroad. He is succeeded by B. J. Chamberlin, president of the Grand Trunk. The announcement from Bt Albans Vermont notes the change.
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Fitzhugh
Bt. Albans
E. H. Fitzhugh
Central Vermont Railroad
B. J. Chamberlin
The
Grand Trunk
Cuba Opposes U S Move on Guanatanamo Fortifications
Washington reports grave trouble between the United States and Cuban leaders over a treaty granting the U S possession of hills around Guanatanamo harbor. The U S plans fortifications while Cuba resists. questions arise about presidential power and senate ratification. A joint army navy commission has been sent to Cuba to prepare ground for work when settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Cuba
Guantanamo
State Department
Congress
Bahia Honda
Senate
Army
Navy
Massive Postoffice Stamp Theft Network Uncovered
New York police report the arrest of Richard Fredericks and Irving Sevel a Wall Street newsboy as part of a nationwide Stamp theft ring linked to losses exceeding 2 million dollars annually Investigations by Postoffice inspectors under Postmaster General Hitchcock led to indictments in New York Chicago and St Louis with more arrests expected Sevel operated a news stand at 60 Wall Street while Fredericks ran his headquarters there authorities say stolen coils were moved to fences and sold on in the city and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Fredericks
Irving Sevel
Wall Street
Postoffice
Hitchcock
Chicago
St. Louis
Level
Fredericks
Actor Van Biene Dies On Brighton Stage
London January 24 August Van Biene renowned violincellist and actor died suddenly on the Brighton hippodrome stage during The Master Musician. He collapsed mid performance, had long defied his doctor’s advice, and his wife had urged him to rest. He was sixty two and famous for The Broken Melody which he performed over six thousand times.
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London
van Biene
Brighton Hippodrome
Three Miners Buried Under Coal at East High Colliery
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania volunteers dig through debris in a relay effort to reach Peter Ninas Charles Lucas and Frank Craze buried after a rush of coal and rock. A fifteen foot gangway to the site is blocked and the rescue may take days with the cause suspected as gas explosion or dynamite firing.
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Tamaqua
East High
Peter Ninas
Charles Lucas
Frank Craze
Pirates Kill in China in Fukien and Amoy
Disorder in Fukien province grows relentless as pirates stalk the Dragon river. Traffic along Hinghwa is restricted to escorted parties and a junk chartered by an American oil company was boarded with the captain killed.
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Amoy
China
Fukien
Hing.hwa
Dragon River
Favor Closing Churches Prompted By Hartford Speech
Former Mayor Willard C. Fisher of Middletown and Wesleyan University professor urged closing all U S churches briefly as an experiment. He stated going to church is not religion and advocated an uproarious Sunday.
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Hartford
Conn
Center Congregational Church
Willard C. Fisher
Middletown
Wesleyan University
All Democrats In Washington Share Silent Loyalty
Washington January 24. The city notes a surge of Democratic support in the capital amid whispers of party unity. Observers report many social figures previously aligned with Republicans now openly backing Democratic candidates and causes.
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Washington
Washington Society
National Chamber Backs Tariff Commission and China Recognition
The National Chamber of Commerce backed a permanent tariff commission, a new banking and currency system, and recognition of the Republic of China. Debate arose over the tariff commission’s political use and an endorsement of Wilson’s plan to keep government workers in place was not acted upon.
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Washington
National Chamber of Commerce
Tariff Commission
Republic of China
Wilson
New Civil Service Board Elected Sets Stage for Officers
A new 25 member civil service board representing various groups was elected and will elect the organization’s new officers. The selection marks a restructuring of governance as the board prepares to establish leadership.
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Wilson
Chamber
Taft Honors A Soldier For Gallantry In Philippines Battle
President Taft pinned a Congressional medal on Capt Josephus S Cecil Eighteenth Infantry for gallantry in the 1906 Battle of Badjalo in the Philippines at the White House. War Secretary Stimeon and Gen Leonard Wood attended. Cecil led volunteers to within thirty yards of the enemy to draw fire.
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Washington
Taft
Josephus S. Cecil
Eighteenth Infantry
Tennessee
White House
Stimeon
Leonard Wood
Army
Cecil
BadJalo
Philippines
Edison Given Medal for Latest Storage Battery Advance
The American Museum of Safety awarded Thomas A. Edison the Rathenau medal for his new storage battery usable in mines under water tunnels and explosive areas. The prize honors devices improving life and health safety in the electrical industry. Additional medals went to Draeger Oxygen Apparatus for pulmotor, National Cash Register for hygiene promotion, Travelers Insurance for worker protection, and to the New York Edison Company.
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New York
American Museum of Safety
Rathenau
Thomas A. Edison
Allgemeine Electricitacts Gesellschaft
New York Edison Company
F. R. Hutton
Twelve Sailors Drown As Agda Founders Off Humber
Great Grimeby England January 24 twelve crewmen of the bark Agda drowned after the vessel foundered at the Humber mouth. Three sailors survived, picked up by a trawler and landed at Grimeby. The boat capsized thrice during the storm and sinking crewmen were swept away as survivors clung to the craft for twelve hours.
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Great Grimeby
England
Humber
West Point Cadets to Attend Wilson Inauguration
The War Department will bring West Point cadets to Washington for President Elect Wilsons inauguration. If Congress does not provide funds for their expenses, the cadets will pay their own costs while in the capital.
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West Point
Washington
War Department
Wilson
Congress
Interlocking directorates debate stirs policy hearing
At a Washington hearing J. P. Morgan & Co. partner H. P. Davison warned that prohibiting interlocking directorates would set the country back 25 years, defending trusts as beneficial and criticizing courts and law for restricting interstate corporate activity. The testimony covered voting trusts, stock purchases, and plans to dissolve trusts as urged by Davison and countered by Mr. Untermyer. Rockefeller boarded Billings yacht Fernandina at Nassau en route to Jekyll Island after weeks in Nassau.
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Washington
P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
United States
Interstate Commerce Corporation
Davison
Guaranty Trust Company
George F. Baker
Baker
Mutual
Guaranty Trust
Harrimani
B. H. Harriman
Mutual Life Finnance Company
Davison Sail
Ban Trust Company
Bankers’ Trust Company
Bankers’ Trust
1 Bieringer
Pujo
Untermyer
Guaranty
Devison
Epark
Rockefeller
Billings
Fernandina
Pla
W Rockefeller
Nassau
G. K. A. Billings
Jekyks Hind
Palm Beach
Food shipments speed to flood victims keep Ohio rises
In Evansville Indiana heavy rains slow relief efforts as the Ohio River reaches 45.8 feet. A steamer carrying food and coal moved toward Suttonville Kentucky to aid flood sufferers. Preparations to supply Oakdale a merged section of the area were started.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohie
Soutfletown
Oakdale
Tennessee Legislature Elects Shields U.S. Senator
Nashville Tennessee in January a joint session elected Chief Jos Uce John K Shields of the state supreme court as United States senator for the term starting March 4. The vote reflected a regular Democrat choice.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Jos Uce
John K. Shields
United States
Justice Shields
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Edwin C. Burleigh
Maine
Obadiah Gardner
Castro
U.S. Board
U. S. Guantanamo Hill
Newsboy
Purtee
Fredericks and Sevel
August van Biene
Connecticut
High Bridge
N. J
High Bridge National Bank
Abram L. Beavers
Funda
Young Mott
Frances Hewett Bowne
J. Lawrence Mott
Hong Kong
Hector Pullep
Mr. Mott
Riverdale-on-the-Hudson
Organization
Chinese Republic
Spain
Madrid
Alfonso
HP Avison Sail Trusts
Richard C. Burleson
Richard Coke Burleson
Burleson
Third Field Artillery
Fort Meyer, Va
Texas
Edison
Rathenau Prize
Bark Agda
Morgan
Kentucky
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