Seven die in Oklahoma Prison Mutiny and escape attempt
McAlester Oklahoma January 19 seven convicts were shot dead and three wounded during an attempted prison breakout. John R. Thomas a former US district judge and ex congressman from Illinois was killed. Convicts seized keys, held Mary Foster hostage, and fled in a horse and buggy before guards killed them.
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McAlester
Oklo
Penitentiary
Judge Thomas
Congress
State Penitentiary
John R. Thomas
Muskogee
United States
Illinois
Mary Foster
Leg muffs rise in Paris fashion amid cold spell
Paris fashion houses unveil leg muffs as a new trend during an unusually cold spell. The silk legging, fur trimmed and worn over footwear, reaches above the knee, with opera cloaks commonly left in cloak rooms as coats move to the sidelines of style.
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Washington Post
London
Paria
Daily Mail
Julia Marlowe Ill With Appendicitis For Six Weeks
Actress Julia Marlowe is reported ill with a light attack of appendicitis and may need an operation. She will leave for New York for treatment and possible surgery, announced by her husband El H. Sothern.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Julie Marlowe
New York
el. H. Sothern
Vice President Hosts Grand Shoreham Reception
The first in a series of winter entertainments at the Shoreham Hotel drew about 540 guests including Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and many leaders from the Cabinet Supreme Court diplomatic corps and Congress. The event centered on dancing with a rose room buffet and live music from Myers Orchestra, while notables lingered in the rose room and reception area.
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Shoreham
Circlea Attent
Marshall
Woodrow Wilson
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Senate
House
Myers’ Orchestra
Gold Room
Justice
Hughes
Ashurat
Calvo
Interior
James H. Brady
George McLean
John W. Kern
Charles B Howry
William TL. Marshall
Thomas F. Walsh
Burton Harrison
Henry F. Dimock
Robert Lansing
Dent
Alabama
Clayton
Margaret Wilson
Eleanor Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Burleson
Agnes Wilson
Genevieve Clark
Ruth Hitchcock
Helen McCumber
Salle Williams
Ensign
Alston R. Simpson
Callie Hoke Smith
Nancy Johnson
Maitland Marshall
Katherine du Bose
Marie Peary
Margaret McChord
Dorothy Aleshire
Edmonia Adams
Heyl
Ruth Ball
Killie
Killie, Miss Dongger
Miss Moore
Brady
President Wilson to Speak on Trusts in Joint Capitol Address
The fifth message of President Wilson on trust regulation will be delivered at 12 30 PM in a joint House Senate session. Tickets are in high demand as committees prepare antitrust measures including a proposed interstate trade commission to oversee enforcement under Sherman law.
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Congress
House
Wilson
Senate
Capitol
Sensta Aitate Commerce Committee
Fa Fy Su
Newlands
Clayton
Interstate Trade Commission
Ansta
The
Trade Commission
Trade 1 Commission
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce
Billy
Department of Justice
Lariff
Prealéont Wilson
Thomas G. Haight
Jersey City
United States
Third Circuit
Hughes
Martine
White House
McReynolds
Haight
William R. Wheeler
San Francisco
Balzer denies rent for Albany house and retinue
Assemblyman William Balzer denied reports that he hired an Albany house for $600 a month with a retinue of servants. He said the matter is unsettled and that if he rents, it will include only a butler and two maids at most.
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Washington
Albany
William Balzer
Suffragette Campaign Marches On in London and Edinburgh
London militants threaten a deputation to Buckingham Palace while three men are strapped to chairs to disrupt John Burns speaking at a home rule meeting. In Edinburgh a suffragette throws a bag of flour at Thomas McKinnon Wood, the Secretary for Scotland, during a speech at the Edinburgh high school inauguration event.
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John
Thomas Wood
Scotland
London
Buckingham Palace
Burns
Toniznt
John Burns
Edinburgh
Stotland
Thomas McKinnon Wood
British Cabinet May Split Over Naval Estimates Rift
London reports a deep cabinet split between Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George on naval estimates. The Daily Telegraph says Lloyd George has cabinet backing against Churchill and that Churchill’s resignation could trigger the entire Admiralty board to resign rather than cut spending.
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Churchill
Lloyd George Mey Cane
London
Jan
Daily Telegraph
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
David Lloyd Georges
Exachequer
Lloyd Georges
Miss Florence Tobin Engaged to William Harper
Newport R I January 19 engagement announced Miss Florence Tobin to William Harper of New York. Miss Tobin niece of Mrs Tamea J Brown Denver and Newport has studied art music and dancing and danced before the German Kaiser earning a medal. Harper 23 is president of Harper Engineering Company New York and an amateur aviator. he has known Miss Tobin since childhood.
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William Harper
New York
Kaiser
Washington Post
Newport
R. 1
Florence Tobin
Miss Tobin
Tamea J. Brown
Denver
Colo
Muenchinger King
Mrs. Brown
Harper
Harper Engineering Company
Dewar Bags Eleven Lions After African Big Game Hunt
Sir Thomas Dewar arrives in Nairobi after an expedition in the bush. He shot eleven lions and obtained specimens of twenty five other varieties of game, marking an exciting and successful safari in Africa.
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Aleo
Africa
Washington Post
London
Thomas Dewar
Nairobi
Plea by Miss Wilson at Monday Evening Club
Miss Margaret Wilson spoke at the Monday Evening Club in the Public Library advocating the social center movement as a democratic force. She urged unity to serve the city’s needs, warned against hobbyist clashes, and suggested the school superintendent be the movement’s director. Local officials and new members were announced as participants commented on cooperation and city improvement.
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Social Center
Margaret Wilson
White House
Monday Evening Club
Public Library
Athe Dowa Center
Wes
Henry Fy, Elollis
New Hampshire
Robert Crosser
Ohio
Edward J. Werd
University of Wisconsin
George F. Bowerman
Pulelic Library
Mise Wilson
Miss Wilson
District of Columbia
Pr. Bowers
J. Borden Harriman
Hollis
Washington
Dr. Bowerman
A. H. Walters
Pennsylvania
John B. Works
California
W. L. Jones
C. H. Mapes
Frank P. Walsh
Susie Martinas
Joseph W. Sanford
I. Thompson
Evan H. Tucker
Roger J. Whiteford
Fine terriers suffocated at Donington Kennels
Thirty wire-haired Terriers owned by Thomas Moore perished in kennels at Outremont Montreal during an apparent suffocation. Only three dogs survived and the best known rescue was Donington Dot, once first at a New York show exhibited by Dan Llynn Moore. Moore reportedly bred up to a hundred dogs yearly.
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Thomas Moore
Montreal
Quebec
Donington
Outremont
New York
Dan Llynn Moore
Mr. Moore
Woman, Stepdaughter Plot Fatal Shooting to Marry Teen
Hig gins confesses to fatally wounding his wife to clear way for marriage to his stepdaughter Julia Flake 15. The coroner’s jury ruled accidental death after the girl described a planned scheme to make the killing look accidental. Julia’s letters offered a $7,000 legacy to aid the plot. The confession followed state inquiries and months of questioning.
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Galesburg
Robert Higgins
New Henderson
Julia Flake
John M. Wilsony
Mercar County
C. W. Ernst
Julia Fide
Aydoene-Tovede
Thorghten
Wilson
Neb
Aledo
Alexis
Higgina
Burglary Ring Book Found In Brooklyn Raid
A raid on a Brooklyn school for burglars yielded a handwritten manual with instructions on lock picking prying open iron bars and evading fingerprints. The index promises methods to subdue victims and prevent screams, including choking and grip techniques.
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Washington
New York
Brooklyn
Father J F McGee Dead Renowned Priest of Sacred Heart
The Rev Joseph McGee rector of the Church of the Sacred Heart on Fourteenth street and Whitney Avenue northwest died after a three month illness His prominence began as a youthful priest at St Patrick's Church later he helped build the Church of the Sacred Heart and founded the Convent of the Sacred Heart Also noting a schedule change for Southern Railway trains on January 15 with local trains at 7 30 am and 10 40 am Hast Mail service
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Joseph ¥. McGee
Washington
Church of the Sacred Heart
Fourteenth Street
Whitney
St. Marys Parish
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Southern Railway
Raint O
Danville and Way
Hast Mail
Seven Shot In Convict Mutiny
Reading shows a pane of today’s issue with a brief item on seven shots fired during a convict mutiny. No further details given in legible text.
Dove of Peace Dinner Hosts Hope For Unity At Calvert House
Prominent Washington host T H Pickford hosts a historic Calvert mansion dinner for more than two score senators and representatives and cabinet members. Invited guests include Secretary Bryan Speaker Clark and others, as party leaders seek to erase political scores and foster unity amid Wilson era politics.
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House
Calvert Mansion
Lord Baltimore
Thomas | . Pickford
Washington
Pickford
Calvert Homestead
Prince George County
Waapa
Broad Halla
Clark
Henry N. Myers
Montana
Bryan
Baltimore
District of Columbia
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Benetor Reed
Missouri
Daniels
Lene
Burleson
Missionary Wounded as Bandits Loot Kwangchow China
Dr Lillegaard of the American Lutheran Mission was wounded in the arm during fighting at Kwangchow Henan January 16 as bands led by the White Wolf plundered the town. Mrs Mason and Mr Smith fled the mission house with Mr Mason to a Chinese Christian farm for safety. Brigands terrorize southeastern Henan while troops pursue and pursue the raiders. Mardi Gras tickets advertised with New Orleans travel offers appear at the end.
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Dr. Lillegaard
Kwangchow
Hankow
China
American Lutheran Mission
Honan
White Wolf
Williams Confirmed Comptroller Amid Seaboard Claims
John Skelton Williams of Virginia was confirmed as comptroller of the currency by the Senate with one dissenting vote. A New York letter from cashier Starck to Senator Owen refutes charges that Williams used Treasury power to target Seaboard Air Line securities as collateral. Walter Albertson, vice president of Mechanics and Metals National Bank, backs Williams and denies Ailes allegations.
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New York
Owen
Williams
Foota
John Skelton Willams
Virginia
Senate
Sete Ston
Senator Bristow
Kansas
Bristow
Committee On
Compuroller
New York City
Robert S. Owen Schattman
Eurlerpes
Swmator Qwen
Starek
Prees
Ben
Committee On Banking and Currency
Milton E. Ailes
Riggs National Bank of
Washington, D. C
John Skelton Williams
Altes
National Bank
Ailes
New York Sun
Willame
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Mechanics and Metals National Bank of New York
John Skelton Williama
Treasury
Comptroller’s
New York Bank
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Ma Alles
Starck
Sembeuré Air Line
Alberteon
Atles Menttion
Walter F. Albertson
Mechanica and Metals National Bank
Mr. Albertson
Wid
M. H. Ailes
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Sun
Mechanics and Metals National Bank
Seaboard Air Line Securities
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Tuat
Pauls Valley
Sears
Harus Loontz
Joan Martin
L Wood
Mari Fonter
Reed
Lane
Ixoonts
Tavor
John Martin
Martin
Eat
Oakes
Freean
Drover
John KR. Thomas
Oklahoma
R. W. Bick
Paris
Julia Marlowe
Mrs. Marshall
Navy
David F. Houston
Labor
Agnes Hart Wilson
May Willson
Justice Hughes
Minster of
Costa Rica
Mme. Calvo
Marta Calvo
James R. Man
J. B. Calvo
Bolivia
Mme. Calderon
Calderon
Uruguay
Sulzer
Will
Dewar
Mother
J. F. M’gee
Marshell
King George
Pisa
Bryan and
Badlum
I. G. Hine
Preacher
Claxton
Les
Jackson
Boolsty
Pinencial
Reserve Banka
Dreyfus
Sullivan
Gen. Mille
Dove OF Peace
T. H. Pickford
U. S
New Orleans
Seaboard
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