Ship in Distress but Aid Is at Hand
A steamer Turrialba grounded off Barnegat, with over 60 passengers, was relieved by the revenue cutter Seneca after a nightlong struggle in heavy seas and snow. Lifesavers reached her later as she listed, while wrecking tugs stood by. the vessel remained dry, with hull intact though stern frame and rudder damaged. A second collision in Delaware bay involved the Merion and Oceano, but both ships reached Philadelphia without further aid after Lewes lifesavers checked in.
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Sandy Hook
N. Y
Jersey Sands
Barnegat
Seneca
New York
United Fruit Company
Cape May
N. J
Lindsay
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Merton
Liverpool
Oceano
Narvick
Delaware Bay
Hill
Merion
Reedy Island
Lewes
Drastic Federal Measures Threaten Northern Mexico Towns
From El Paso, a dispatch reports that prison execution and town razing are to be used in northern Mexico. Col Manuel Landa drives on Ascencion with the Seventh cavalry after receiving drastic orders from Mexico City. The rebel‑held supply town Zam will be razed if defeated, marking the north’s first enforcement of the destruction law now used in the south.
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Paso
Mexico
Manuel Landa
Ascencion
Mexico City
Porter Hero Saves Express Car in Oklahoma Rails
Walter Daniels, a Kansas City negro porter, is credited with saving the St. Louis & San Francisco express car No. 112 near Chandler Oklahoma by fatally shooting the bandit during a hold up. Passengers recounted the robber forcing the conductor and express messenger to open safes while a private detective aided. Eighteen shots were fired before authorities took the body to Chandler.
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Kansas City
Walter Daniels
St. Louis
San Francisco
Oklahoma City
Chandler
Okla
Daniels
Peterson
Tulsa
Nan
Foreman Freed on Christmas Day Bond Posted
A $4,000 bond with H D Fagan and Harry Pugh as sureties was filed for Joe Foreman to secure release from jail. County Attorney Walker and Judge Lynch approved, and Foreman was freed while a murder charge remains unresolved after a jury deadlock. A new trial is anticipated but likely not pursued.
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H. D. Fagan
Harry Pugh
Joe Foreman
Walker
Lynch
Foreman
Jack Handy
Donlan
Two Suspects Taken In For Hold Up Investigation
Two men were arrested yesterday by Chief Murphy for alleged involvement in a holdup at the Oxford hotel rear Monday night. The robbery of Joe Joeb yielded a roll of 187 dollars, a watch, and a pipe taken by five assailants. Joeb later provided a clearer description of the gunmen. Police have not linked any gunmen to the separate hold up of A. C. H. Rex at 322 South Montana Street.
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Murphy
Joe Joeb
Oxford
Joeb
A. C. H. Rex
South
Montana Street
Prosecution Critics Attack McManigal in Trial Context
Senator Kern defended the defendants against sweeping charges tied to alleged conspiracies. He argued jurors should not convict based on McManigal’s boasts or partial letters seized from union and contractor archives. The senator challenged sufficiency of evidence against Treitmoe Clancy Painter Hannon and others in a labor dispute case.
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McManigal
Ortie E. McManigal
Kern
National Erectors’ Association
United States Steel Corporation
Erectors’ Association
Iron Workers’ Union
Olaf A. Treitmoe
Eugene Clancy
San Francisco
Frank K. Painter
Omaha
Michael J. Hannon
Scranton
Butte School Board Sets Jan 2 Meeting in 1913
The Butte school board met on Christmas Eve and scheduled the next regular meeting for Thursday January 2 1913 The resignation of Blaine school teacher Miss Belle Dolson was received A room at Washington school will be cleaned up and Superintendent Downer may buy Mountaineer copies for distribution A social session followed the meeting
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Butte
Belle Dolson
Blaine
Washington
The
Mountaineer
Downer
China Declines New Tibet Treaty With Britain
China's dec 24 note to Britain declines negotiating a fresh Tibet treaty. It cites the 1886 Anglo Tibetan agreement and says China will police Tibet and protect trade routes, sees no need for British troops from India, and regrets India's road closure. It asserts mutual interest in preserving the status quo and warns against warlike measures.
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Peking
China
Great Britain
Thibet
Ching
India
England
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Connell’s
Agine
Montana
Heath
Turrialba
Darkey
Tol
John Bull
Tiate
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