Russian Atrocities Reported In Persia Atrocity Details Emerge
London reports say Russian troops bombarded Tabriz and Resht killing and wounding women and children, trampling and looting. British papers criticize government inaction while Persian independence faces grave threat amid Amelo-Russian pressure. Telegram from Tabriz cites extensive violence and destruction, urging Europe’s press to publish.
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Tabriz
Resht
Persia
Engwand
Edward Grey
Russian government vows harsh reprisals after attacks on Russian forces
A semi official St Petersburg statement says the Russian government will punish those responsible for attacks on Russian forces and institutions in Tabriz, Julfa, and nearby areas. It orders court martial trials, disarmament of rebels, and destruction of resistance hubs to restore order.
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St. Petersburg
Tabriz
Meeht
Einzeli
Fidelis
Julfa
Trane-Caucasia
Aras River
Talviz
Karadagah
Persian cabinet seeks American or Belgian treasurer general
Teheran dispatches report the regents and cabinet favor appointing F B E Cairns, an American, as treasurer general of Persia, though M Mor nard, the Belgian ex-director of customs, is also a likely choice amid ongoing frontier clashes and a wounded British consul in Shiraz. Reinforcements of Indian sowars were sent toKazeroon to aid the besieged post.
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Teheran
F. B E. Cairns
Shuster
Persia
M. Mornard
Shiraz
W. A. Smart
Kazeroon
Kazeron
Kageroon
British papers urge reparations over Shiraz outrage and Persian crisis
London papers debate the Shiraz consular outrage and Persian disorder, fearing loss of Persia as a buffer between Russia and India. Editors condemn Russia’s harsh measures and warn Britain will be blamed under the Anglo Russian pact. Teheran reports cite Russian excesses, planned punitive moves, and resumed clashes with five killed and four wounded at the Russian consulate.
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London
London Morning Papers
Shiraz
Persia
Russal
India
Russia
Tabriy
Engels
Great Britain
Teheran
Times
Jask
Buahire
Shirag
Tabriz
Ameer Mujahid
Uakhtiari
Leasing Law Urged for Public Mineral Lands
Washington December 27 The need for a leasing law covering public mineral lands is stressed by Georgeus Smith director of the United States Geological Survey in the annual report. He cites the phosphate deposits and the large estimate of potash in Wyoming as reasons to regulate and utilize this vast mineral fuel resource for present and future needs.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Georgeus Smith
United States Geological Survey
Hile
Tenaja
Idaho
Wyoming
Geological Survey
Leucite
Navy Plans War Against Deadly Typhoid Germ
Secretary Meyer ordered compulsory inoculation for all navy and marine corps officers and enlisted men under forty five. Recruits must have the treatment if not done in two years or if they have not had fever. The order applies when in doubt and mirrors a prior War Department directive.
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Washington
Navy Marine Corps
Meyer
War Department
Fire trap owners found guiltless by Gotham jury
Isaac Harris and Mex Blanck, owners of the Triangle Waist factory, were acquitted of manslaughter in the March 25 1911 fire that killed 147 workers. Jurors found no blame on the defendants after a tightly guarded trial. the case centered on the ninth floor door and alleged locked exit. The verdict sparked intense public emotion as the owners left the courthouse.
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Morning Journal
New York
Triangle Waist Company
Isaac Harris
Mex Blanck
Court House
Harris
Blanck
Margaret Schwartz
Prisoner Re-captured After Escape From Train Window
Sheriff Geronimo Banchez of Bocorro County recaptured Blas Garcia, charged with robbery of the Becker Mactavish store at Magdalena, after Garcia jumped from a train window near San Antonio. Garcia was retaken near El Paso and brought to the Bocorro county jail.
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Blas Garcia
Becker Mactavish
Magdalena
el Paso
Sanchez
San Antonio
Liberty
Garela
Robbery at Park House Socorro Strikes Multiple Rooms
Thieves last night robbed several rooms in the Park House at Socorro. The head cook sufferer saw his room ransacked and his clothes and personal belongings stolen. Overcoats and other valuables were taken from other rooms. No arrests have been made yet.
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Park House
Socorro
Million Dollar Fund for Disabled Divines
The northern Baptist fund for aged or disabled ministers and missionaries will rise from 250000 to about 1600000. Rev B K Tomlinson of Elizabeth New Jersey said the plan follows a pledge from a Pennsylvanian of 50000 if 200000 more was raised by Christmas noon. The board aims to boost the fund to the larger total.
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New York
BK. F T. Tomlinson
Elizabeth
N. J
Tomlinson
Northern Baptist Conference
Philadelphia
Note From Murderer Explains Bloody Deed and Burial Directions
James Grant killed his wife and five children and stepson then hanged himself in Benton Arkansas. He left a note claiming deep despair and saying the family would be better off in heaven. Hugh Grant, 16, found the bodies and a request to bury them quietly with funds arranged and grandparents not notified until after burial.
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Morning Journal
Benton
Ark
James Grant
Grant
Hugh Grant
Montana Livestock Shipments Fall Off
Helena Mont Dec 27 The drop in Montana cattle shipped to Chicago this year is linked to markets in Portland Seattle and Spokane. Still about 19000 head fewer cattle were exported in 1911 than the previous year, though the value of cattle sent to Chicago near 119000 is almost as high as last year’s 158000.
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Helena
Mont
Portland
Seattle
Chicago
Bad Year for Coal Business Reported by Government
Washington December 27 The government statistician Edward W Parker of the United States geological survey says 1911 saw over production and a trade slump with low prices. He estimates total coal production at about 490 million tons, just shy of 1910, with anthracite steady while bituminous trade declined. The dip is blamed on weak iron demand and pre wage agreement stocking.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Edward W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
United States
Rustler Slain Deputy Wounded in Mexican Boundary Duel
Deputy Eugenio Moreno of Dona Ana County killed Tomas Valdez a horse thief at a Chamberino ranch. Moreno was wounded in the left side and rushed to Las Cruces for treatment. Sheriff Lucero remained at the scene as Valdez died after a fierce exchange of gunfire and close combat.
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Morning Journal
Las Cruces
N. M
Eugenio Moreno
Dona Ana
Tomas Valdez
Chamberino
Moreno
Valdez
Mesilla
Lucero
Prefers Death to Life in Prison at Belvidere Court
Charles Richards pleaded guilty to murdering his wife and asked the judge to sentence him to death rather than life imprisonment. The court sentenced him to life in prison, despite his plea.
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Belvidere
Charles Richards
Textile strike in England grows over disputed union action
Manchester England December 27 Reuters dispatch reports a lockout of 166000 weavers and an equal number of spinners after a man and two women refused to join a union and mills closed three days a week. Weavers seek a five percent wage advance, risking wider industrial spread.
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Morning Journal
Manchester
Eng
Lancashire
Mills Start Full Time Schedule Next Tuesday
The eight cotton mills of the B. B. and R. Knight Cotton company will switch to full time operation starting next Tuesday. They have been running forty eight hours a week for twenty weeks.
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NPW Pngland Mills
Providence
B. B. and R. Knight Cotton Company
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Baltimore Bankers Seek Clean Money Nationwide Support
Officials of the Baltimore Clearing House plan a letter to clearing houses across the country asking for cooperation in creating demand for clean paper money. They will urge members to have clients contact their congressmen on the issue.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Clearing House
Thief Carrying Dynamite Sticks Arrested in Steel Town
George Bridges, arrested in Monessen, carried a suitcase with seventy sticks of dynamite and fuses. He is charged with larceny from Henderson Coal Company, with hearing postponed to Friday. Bridges claimed a stranger gave him the dynamite and admitted others may share the blame.
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Pittsburg
George Bridges
Monessen
Here
Henderson Coal Company
Bridges
Watchman Confesses Ties to Negro Street Bandits in Sacramento
Arthur Shelley a detective agency watchman, confessed to aiding a gang led by Myrtle Hughes that robbed a visiting attorney F. P. Prim of Redding. He disclosed he notified the gang of Prim’s arrival and helped the theft of 600 dollars and jewels, while shielding the Hughes group by staying away from parts of his boat.
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Sacramento
Cal
Arthur Shelley
Shelley
Myrtle Hughes
F. P. Prim
Redding
Prim
Hughes
Denver bids to host Democratic National Convention
At a Denver Convention League meeting a committee will go to Washington on January 8 to invite the Democratic National Committee to hold the national convention in Denver next year The league will cover expenses and has already raised 510,000 with more funds sought to offer as a bonus for the convention.
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Denver
Denver Convention League
Washington
D. C
League
Watterson Address in Charleston Canceled
In Charleston, strong opposition from German and Irish American citizens to a proposed arbitration treaty resolution led friends of Colonel Henry Watterson to cancel his scheduled speaking engagement. No personal animosity toward Watterson was intended.
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Charleston
D. C
Henry Watterson
United States
France
Friends of the
Kentucky
Watterson
Girl Bound in Attic Beaten Death Case Stirring Trial Testimony
Mrs Emma L Rumball step mother of Helen Rumball testifies in Oroville California on December 27. She recounts tying Helen in the attic for lying about milk yields then finding the girl dead after a third visit. Prosecution says Arthur Lewis, her half brother, killed Helen by twisting her neck.
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Jourist
Oroville
Cal
Emma L. Rumball
Helen Rumball
Arthur Lewis
Helen
Woman narrowly avoids death as kitchen range explodes
In Greeley Colorado Dee 27 Mrs C A Saunders escaped serious harm when a large kitchen range blew up moments after she left. Fragments of iron crashed through the ceiling and a wall between the kitchen and the room where she sat. Proten water pipes caused the blast.
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Greeley
Colo
Dee
C. A. Saunders
Wisconsin Senator Explains Progressive Doctrines to Audiences
Noho LaFollette attracts enthusiastic crowds in Taft's home state as he speaks on progressive policies. The Wisconsin senator outlines reforms to supporters and local officials.
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Wisconsin
Taft
La Follette Appeals to Democrats in Progressive Campaign
U S Senator Robert M La Follette urged Democrats to join the Progressive Republicans in a push for initiative recall and regulation of corporations. He condemned Standard Oil and banking leaders, cited rising living costs, and urged continued campaigning from Cleveland to Norwalk and Toledo.
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Morning Journal
Cleveland
Robert M. la Folletté
Taft
Cleveland Grays Armory
Youngstown
Wisconsin
la Follette
Standard Oil Company
Frank Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Millionaire Hobo Resigns Presidency Ahead of Convention
James Eads Howe known as the millionaire hobo will not preside at the Brotherhood Welfare association convention in Cincinnati. He resigned by telegram from St. Louis as Taft Carnegie Rockefeller and other leaders were invited to attend. Thousands of delegates are expected to arrive mid January.
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Cincinnati
Brotherhood Welfare Association
James Eads Howe
Howe
St. Louis
Taft
Andrew Carnegie
J. ID. Rockefeller
Twentieth Century Limited Derails Near Cleveland Injuring Fifteen
The Twentieth Century Limited on the Big Four railroad derailed at La Grange near Cleveland, injuring fifteen passengers, none seriously. The smoking car rolled into a ditch and was the sole car off the rails. The eastbound train, due in Cleveland at 8:45, was traveling about sixty mph. a broken truck is suspected as the derailment cause.
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Cleveland
la Girange
Here
Meveland
Boys Find Fortune in Ancient Gold Coin Cache
Jacksonville youths discover a strong box in Fort George island ruins with gold silver and copper coins worth about 150000 dollars. The coins are said to date back over a century based on an ancient chart found with the treasure.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fort George Island
Robbers dynamite Santa Fe depot safe near Beaumont
Robbers dynamited the Santa Fe depot safe at Saratoga twenty miles north of Beaumont and escaped with about one thousand dollars in currency late tonight.
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Beaumont
Tex
Dee
Santa Fe
Saratoga
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