New York Floods As Snow Melts Whip Rivers Vast Damage
Warm rain and thawing snow trigger severe floods across New York state. Ithaca and Painted Post submerged with utilities down, trains halted, and landslides widespread. Syracuse, Binghamton, Oneida and Troy report major property loss, washed-out tracks, and many rescues by police and fire crews.
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New York
New York State
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Canisteo
Painted Post
Esse
Lackawanna
New York Central
Six Mile Creek
Lehigh Valley
Ithaca
Petey Feild
Cornell University
University
Waverly
Erie
Wellsburg
Oswego
Syracuss
Onondaga Creek
Binghamton
Shenango
Oneida
Ontario and Western
Troy
Albany
Farees
Rome
Canada
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Georgia
Marconi Signals Across Atlantic Confirmed From St Johns
London reports from Major Flood-Page of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co confirm Marconi at St Johns Newfoundland received signals from the Poldhu station in Cornwall. Weather hindered tests but transmissions crossed the Atlantic, with plans to erect a 200 foot pole at Cape Spear for stronger reception and further demonstrations for officials and the British cabinet.
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Major Flood Page
Marconi Wireless Teleraph Company
Associated Press
Poldhu
Mr. Marconi
Marconi
St Johns
N F
Newfoundland
Cavendish Boyle
Boyle
Bond
Argentina to reply to Chile on road pact and ultimatums
Buenos Ayres reports the Argentina cabinet accepted the first Chilean paragraph on road construction as satisfactory while rejecting the second concerning alleged occupation of Ultima Esperanza. A reply to that paragraph will state it is impossible to recognize an act found to be false. The government plans six military zones with 20,000 men each and has 206,000 mobilization capacity if needed. Public support remains strong as volunteers rise and wealth funds offer horses for a cavalry regiment.
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Quehanna
Juniata
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Reading
Northern Central
Lehigh Valley
New Jersey Central
Lackawanna
American Federation of Labor
Scranton
Williamsport
Oneida
Hizleton
Schuylkill Valley
Lehigh
Isckawanna
Westmore
Wilkesbarre
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Allegheny
Buenos Ayres
Galveston
Argentina
Chile
Council of Argentina
Ultima Esperanza
Macon
Li C. Hopkins
Northern
Brunswick Board of Trade
James Foley
Atlanta
Central Bridge
Schley Will Prosecute His Case in the Courts
Read Admiral Schley has notified Attorney General Raynor that he is ready to take any action. Raynor plans to meet the admiral in Washington soon to decide on a course. Raynor doubts a congressional investigation, favoring prosecution in the courts this week as they consult on steps ahead. A telegram offers $10,000 for expenses to pursue further prosecution, its sender seeking anonymity.
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Baltimore
Schley
Raynor
Washington
Nuc 5
Extreme Cold Brings Deaths and Suffering in Atlanta
The severe cold claimed two deaths, both of them Black, as temperatures fell to 9 degrees above zero at 3 AM. Ice covered the city, with water frozen and mud vanished, while coal and wood yards thrived supplying hundreds in need. Weather forecasters expect continued freezing winds from the north and northeast.
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Atlanta
Althogen
Polke
Grady
Stamps
Lucy Clande
Ponders Alley
Paulper
German Cruiser Vineta Heads for Venezuelan Waters
The German cruiser Vineta will sail south Tuesday under hurry orders and rendezvous with four ships of war in American waters. Officers say repairs will barely finish in time, with a December 26 return to Havana expected. The squadron’s flagship, Vineta, carries thirty eight guns and triple screws, as the Prairie may accompany southward.
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Vineta
St. Thomas
Havana
Chamberlain
Zeller
Heller Printing Company
New York
Venezuela
Norfolk, VA
Republic
Prairie
Capture of Insurgent Major and Forty Two Men in Manila
General J Franklin Bell drives actions in Batangas province to crush insurgents. Lieutenant Hennessy and an American scout with six Filipinos seize an insurgent major with forty two men, twenty two rifles and 880 rounds, without any American casualties. Papers implicate Batangas leaders including the presidente. Bell orders concentration of natives on December 28 and confiscation of anything outside the limits. Roads carry a flood of civilians fleeing conflict.
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Manila
J. Franklin Bell
Batangas
Hennessy
Eighth Infantry
Bell
Presidente
Lian
Laguna
Swinton Dies, Longtime New York Labor Leader
John Swinton, a prominent labor organizer and longtime New York newspaper figure, died today at his Brooklyn home at age 70. He led labor efforts for decades and was connected with New York papers for over thirty years.
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New York
John Swinton
Labor
Brooklyn
Spectograph by Dr Sylvestre Enables Seeing on Phone
Brussels report notes Dr. Sylvestre a naturalized French physician who formerly was American has invented a spectro graph for telephone use. Manila records a strong quake with one house destroyed and many buildings damaged in the latest tremor since 1868.
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Sylvestre
Brussels
The
Indepence Belge
Manila
Dilemma of Prince Ching on Manchurian Question
Pekin December 16 The Manchurian question nears crisis as China faces pressure from Russia Britain the United States and Japan Prince Ching favors Britain and has shared a treaty draft with reps from Britain the US and Japan He presses Russia for clearer terms and Japan demands concessions matching Russia support moves toward Pekin to meet the crisis.
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Pekin
China
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Eha
Prince Chine
Manchuria
Perkin
Trolley Barn Fire Destroys Lincoln Avenue Cars
Flames engulfed the Lincoln Avenue car barns of Chicago Traction Company in Chicago on December 5, destroying the barn and most streetcars and trailers. Fire hydrants were frozen by extreme cold. President John M Roach of the Traction Company estimates losses around 290000, with partial insurance. The blaze likely began from an overheated stove aboard a car.
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Chicago Street Railway
Chicago
Lincoln Avenue
Chicago Traction Company
Crlp
John M.roach
Tratton Company
Forecast Summary
Georgia and Florida weather concerns with frost warnings and cold deaths. Macon retrenchment plans, water board changes, and civic consolidations discussed. Rail and banking incidents, oil discoveries, and river floods reported alongside political treaty action and farm science funding.
Six Die in Illinois Central Wreck Near Rockford
At Rockford Illinois an Illinois Central collision between a last bound passenger train No 4 and a westbound through freight after a conductor failed to obey orders killed six people and left several injured and missing. Names include Richard Ormsby James Reardon Robert Thompson and Edward Carey.
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Rockford
Ills
Illinois Central
Irene
Perryville
Chicago
Richard Ormsby
James Reardon
Freeport
Firemans
Robert Thompson
Dub
D.’R. Ahrendt
J. H. Quinlan
W. B. Keefe
Sioux City
Iowa
Frank Stadiemen
New Athens
Thomas Hane Éricks
New
Athens
Lie
Hatr
Dory Well
FL G Wellman
Quinlan
Creek Bridge
Williamsport
Philadelphia and Erie Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lycoming Creek
Newberry
John Martz
Frederick Glass
Freman
George Harley
Sunbury
Great Northern
Helena
Mont
Kalispell
Great Northern Railroad
Essex
Rocky Mountains
Otto BE. Dickson
Sweden
California
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Sus
Burrell White
Woodward Avenue
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Atlanta Railway and Power Company
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Venezuelan
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Florida
Water Board
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Charleston Exposition Track
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Knoxville
Jefferson City
Tenn
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People's Bank of Mobile
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Beaumont
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