Sultan of Turkey Forces Abdication and Turmoil
Dispatches report a Turkish sultan dethroned and a Young Turk republic proclaimed in Constantinople, with cabinet recalls from London and ambassadors summoned. Enver Pasha named army chief as fighting erupts in the capital and Nazim Pasha is buried. Americans in Turkey reported safe.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Budapest
Constantinople
London
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Enver Rey
Sofia
Belgrade
Athens
Cetttvijje
Turkey
Edward Greyorary
Nazim Pasha
Mahmoud Shefket Pash
Council of State
Said Halim
Hadji Adil
Mukhetar Bey
Tshhuruksula Mahmud
Ibraham Pasha
Rifaat Bey
Batzaria Effendi
Hairi Pasha
Djelal Effendi
Osirian Bey
Shukri Pasha
Nazim
Mahmoud Shetket Pasha
Noradunghuan Pasha
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Washington
State Department
Rockhill
Talaat Bey
Young Turk Party
Ex Governor Brady Elected U S Senator in Idaho
Boise Idaho January 25 former Governor James H Brady was elected United States senator for the short term on the joint ballot. He received votes as ballots were counted in the state capital.
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Grady
Boise
Idaho
James H. Brady
United States
Await Britain's Reply on Panama Tolls Dispute
U S officials expect a British decision on Knox note after London received Secretary Knox's reply to the protest over exemption of American coastwise shipping from Panama canal tolls. The outcome will influence continued negotiations or ratification talks and Taft's potential settlement before leaving office. If Britain accepts the American stance, the incident may be closed for now.
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Washington
Knox
Panama Canal
London
Foreign Office
Senate
Taft
Three Airmen Slain and a Pyrenees Crossing Flight
Reports from Port of Spain and Etampes describe American aviator Frank Boland killed in a crash in Trinidad after a planned exhibition. In Etampes two French airmen, Charles Nieuport and his mechanic, died when their monoplane plunged. Pau reports M Bider crossed the Pyrenees from France to Spain at dawn reaching 9000 feet.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Frank Boland
Venezuela
Boland
Etampes
France
Charlies Nieuport
Charles Nieuport
Pau
M. Bider
Pyrenees
Spain
Strikers Riot in Brooklyn Strike Turned Violent
Seventy striking garment workers fought 300 loyal factory workers with stones and revolvers in Brooklyn. Police cleared the streets leaving one man badly wounded and about a dozen with minor injuries. Meanwhile hotel workers held a mass meeting in New York to push a general strike vote.
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New York
Brooklyn
Rector
Cadillac
Follies Bergere
Lincoln Memorial Project Backed by Cannon
Former Speaker Cannon urged the house to pass the senate bill for a $2,000,000 Lincoln memorial in Washington. He called Lincoln, Lee and Jefferson Davis the greatest men in American history and warned against using Lincoln's name for road promotion. The senate again supported the Memorial plan.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Cannon
House
Senate
Lincoln
Lee
Jefferson Davis
Gustave Luders Dies in New York One Time Court
Composer Gustave Luders of light operas such as The Prince of Pilsen The Shogun and The Grand Mogul died in Mitchell Obray rooms at Times Court After an acute cerebral apoplexy He left his wife and daughter at a Broadway theater where his latest piece Somewhere Else was being performed hours earlier Luders was a Chicago native.
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New York
Gustave Luders
Mr. Luders
Chicago
Bar Woman Smokers Bill Seeks Tobacco Ban for Women
Boston January 25. Representative Frederick P Greenwood of Everett urged the legislature committee on public health to approve a bill imposing a fine up to 50 dollars on anyone who gives or sells tobacco in any form to a woman.
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Boston
Frederick P. Greenwood
Everett
Committee On Public Health
Democrats Shuffle Inauguration Day Plans
Democratic senators in caucus decided it would be unwise to open the capitol for a public reception on inauguration day. The move leaves unclear what plan, if any, may replace the public reception in Washington.
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Washington
Capitol
Tragedy in McKinney Store Collapse Kills Eight
A department store collapse in McKinney Texas on January 25 kills at least eight. Cler k B N Presley died after being pinned under timbers while begging to be shot to end his suffering. Banker Leslie Bueh age sixty seven died when debris trapped him. Fire and dust linger as businesses shut and workers recall the building’s rotten condition.
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McKinney
Tex
B. N. Presley
Presley
Resley
Dallas
Leslie Bueh
Allyn
Colima Eruption Forces Wildlife Exodus and Zapatista Rally
Colima volcano eruptions drive wildlife from habitats and threaten crops and cattle. Zapatistas assemble near Santa Maria for a new campaign while buying arms and supplies. Oaxaca reports raids and murders by rebels as Felix Diaz is to be brought to the city per Supreme Court order.
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Mexico City
Colima
Santa Maria
Cap Lien
Oaxaca
Felix Diaz
Supreme Court
Debs Arrested on Federal Indictment in Indiana
Eugene V. Debs Socialist candidate for president was arrested in Terre Haute on a Kansas Third District federal indictment charging obstructing justice. Marshals Tom Martin and David Rankie served the warrant. Debs posted 1000 bond and appeared for May term. Debs had written for the Appeal to Reason prompting government scrutiny.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Third District
Kansas
Debs
Tom Martin
David
Rankie
Indianaplois
Orph M. Hall
United States Court of the Third Kansas District
Fort Leavenworth
Federal Grand Jury
Jewelry Sale Brings $176,000 in Paris Auction
The second day state of jewelry of a Turkish princess in the Petit gallery realized a total of $176,406. The sale attracted collectors and marked strong demand for ornamental pieces. The items fetched prices well above estimates as bidders competed for rare jewelry.
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Paris
Petit Gallery
Opposes Untermyers Plan for Minority Board Representation
Washington report on testimony before the House money trust committee. James Hill lists his directorships in New York and Chicago banks and railroads, disputes ideas on minority stockholder representation and interlocking directors, while Henry P. Davison argues banking concentration has both benefits and risks and asserts banks are largely independent.
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Washington
James 2. Hill
House Money Trust Committee
New York
Chicago
Great Northern
Burlington
Hill
Pacific
Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacife
Louis W. Hill
First National Bank of
H. P. Davison
Henry P. Davison
J P. Morgan & Co
Mir Untermyer
Ne York
Davison
Mr. Untermyer
New
Mr. Davison
Untermyer
Revolt Foment Anew Reported in Cuba
General Pedro Diaz reports that anary agents are at work in rural Pinar del Rio during his Havana return briefing. Locals are described as fomenting unrest amid the wider Cuban situation.
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Cuba
Havana
Pedro Diaz
Pinar del Rio
Morgan Leaves for Egypt Voyage from Naples
J Pierpont Morgan sails from Naples to Alexandria in a commercial move. The trip to Egypt is confirmed with Morgan aboard the ship bound for Alexandria, Egypt, during January.
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Kiamil Pasha
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England
U. S
Panama
Wopyricht
Bill
Massachusetts
Daughters OF Secretary OF the Navy
Alys
Julia von Meyer
James J. Hill
House Money Trust
Texas
Zapatistas
E.V. Debs
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