page_title: January 1914
section_title: January 30, 1914 (Friday)
hierarchical_section_title: January 1914 / January 30, 1914 (Friday)
caption_attribution_description: English: Old Dominion Line Steamship MONROE, from MARINE ENGINEERING, VIII, No. 8, August 1903 feature article.
context_page_description: The following events occurred in January 1914:
context_section_description: The ocean liner Monroe collided with Nantucket at 2 AM in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the Virginia Capes, Virginia and sank with the loss of 41 of the 140 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Nantucket.
  An "explosion of fire-damp" in a colliery killed 22 miners and injured another 17 in Dortmund, Germany.
  Pancho Villa announced his army would be adopting more "civilized warfare," especially in relation to treating prisoners of war, after procuring a United States Army manual titled "The Ethics of International Warfare." The announcement was part of dialogue with New Mexico Governor William C. McDonald who visited Villa in Chihuahua City, Mexico in the aftermath of the border battle at Ojinaga.
  Russian chess master Alexander Alekhine won his first major Russian tournament, when he tied for first place with Aron Nimzowitsch in the 8th All-Russian Masters Tournament at Saint Petersburg. Afterward, they drew in a mini-match for first prize (they both won a game).
  The German operetta Endlich allein by composer Franz Lehár premiered at the Theater an der Wien.
  Born: John Ireland, Canadian actor, known roles in Western films including My Darling Clementine, Red River and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, in Vancouver (d. 1992); David Wayne, American actor known for film roles in Adam's Rib and How to Marry a Millionaire, in Traverse City, Michigan (d. 1995); Elizabeth McCord, American painter, part of the hard-edge movement of the 1950s, in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2008)
  Died: Paul Déroulède, French author and politician, author of patriotic poems such as Vive la France (b. 1846)
caption: SS Monroe photographed 1903
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