Jutham blaze kills man at Bronx brick factory
Two fatal fires in New York City in December cause one death, serious injuries, and heavy property losses. A watchman died in a brick factory on 111th Street Bronx after a prior blaze. a second four alarm fire on West 125th Street risked gasoline stored nearby. Insurance expert warns of big fire peril and possible water-main failures.
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New York
New York City
Avidyss Bastith Street
Bronx
Kenns & Co
Willan Kerrest
Cape Company No. 14
Lincoln Hospital
West 125Th Street
Morningside Avenue
San Francisco
AI. S. Tannebaum
State Legislative Committee
New York Central
Nike
Mobhling
Central Cut
50Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Albert Seagroatt
Trust witness to be freed
Judge W H Seaiman in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals issued a writ of supersedeas for Mrs Aileen Christopher the government chief witness jagato at the brick trust. She is serving a thirty day sentence in county jail for contempt of court. Bond set at $1000 and preparations were completed for her release.
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Chicago
W. H. Seaiman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Aileen Christopher
Jagato
Brick Trust
Senate committee plans final Lorimer inquiry report
Washington Dec 21 Scraton Burrows chairman of the privileges and elections committee said a report on the bribery probe connected with senator William Lorimer election would align with the committee’s earlier findings. He noted the report may include statements from some members and a heated debate over Lorimer’s vindication is anticipated.
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Washington
Scraton Burrows
Servie Gainee
William Lorimer Af Iinbis
Lemiter Boreimer
Teaois
Burrows
Lorimer
Praaier
Hinvis
Senate
Danville Hill Soldiers Home under probe defects found
Washington reports a congress inspection cites poor hospital police bad sanitary conditions and an aging surgeon at the Danville Hill fourth branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. An attendant James Bayland was convicted of assaulting a patient. maintenance costs run about 164.94 per patient. Drunkenness rose to 22.7 percent last year, up from 7.9 percent previously. Governor Barger and Chief Surgeon Jones refrain from public discussion until officials release the document. Barger says sanitary conditions are good.
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Washington
Danville Hill
Congress
James Bayland
Denville
Barger
Jones
Anxiety over Woermann steamers Ingbert and Irma Woermann
In Las Palmas on December 21 anxiety grew for the Woermann line steamers Ingbert and Irma Woermann. The Ingbert left to aid the distressed sister ship 12 miles off the coast after signals of distress and engine trouble. neither ship has been seen by incoming vessels, and the German consul sits aboard the Irma. The storm may have driven them northward. both ships run Hamburg Rotterdam and West African routes.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Woermann Steamship Line
Ingbert
Irma Woermann
Iiners
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Four Killed in Gary as Train and Timber Incident
Four men died in Gary after a Lake Shore Express struck three railroad workers during track repair. One man was killed by timber struck on the head while at a sewer job. Victims’ bodies were found after train No. 21 passed. Birchell, sent by his brother John, to secure loosened rails, vanished with the crew, prompting a search that uncovered the bodies.
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Gary
Ind
Lake Shore
Birchell
John
Three Hurt in St Paul Fire Near Seven Corners
A fire at a three story building housing a dear company near Seven Corners, downtown St Paul, injures two firefighters and one policeman. The blaze caused about $40,000 in damage.
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ST. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
Dear Company
Seven Corners
Counterfeit Note Ring Reported in New York State
Newberg New York residents receive Erie Pennsylvania circulars inviting them to buy territory for distributing counterfeit one five and ten dollar notes. Secret service agents will investigate the matter as the circulars appear to be linked to Italian operatives in the area.
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Newberg
N. Y
Erie
Secret Service
Rainey Pushes Inquiry Into Roosevelt Transport Fees
Representative Rainey of Illinois introduced a resolution to form a special committee to determine if Col. Theodore Roosevelt paid for his transportation as president or if costs were charged to stockholders. The inquiry seeks details on other railroad lines and whether officials paid for travel, amid reports of expenses exceeding 100000.
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Washington
Rainey Oflinois
House
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
McCrea
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Mr. Rainey
Driver killed in strike at garment plant in Chicago
John Donnelly, a teamster for B. Jacobson Garment Co at 1232-34 Fry Street, was fatally shot by an unknown assailant during the big garment workers strike. Despite multiple wounds, Downey continued to drive to Milton and North Green streets before a policeman halted him and he died at Passaic Hospital.
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Chicago
Ill
John Donnelly
B. Jacobson
Fry Street
Downey
Milton
North Green Street
Passagant Hospital
Woman Drowns in Auto Plunge at Basin Canal
In New Orleans at a bridge on Clabhorne avenue an automobile carrying Jessie Smith and four men plunged into twenty feet of water. The woman died, the body was recovered, and the male occupants were injured.
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New Orleana
Old Basin Canal
Jessie Smith
Clabhorne Avenue
Aeronautical Station Opens at Ludlow Kentucky
The United States Aeronautical Reserve inaugurates a new station at Ludlow Kentucky opposite Cincinnati. Officers in charge will conduct daily aeronautical experiments and research to advance air service.
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Kentucky
Cincinnati
United Stated Aeronautical Reserve
Ludlow
Aeronautica
Mexican Rebels Win In Battle With Heavy Casualties
Chihuahua, Mexico December 21 Gen Navarro failed to capture Malt Paso after two days of heavy fighting. Government troops suffered many losses as a troop train was fired upon near San Andres. 60 wounded were expected to be brought to the city. Navarro reported insurgents reinforcing to as many as 2900. the next day he could not hold the prior advantage. No official victory claimed since December 17.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Navarro
San Andres
Bastilles
Adit. Smith
la Junta
Navarra
Pedernales
Mal Paso
AID OF BANKER IN PRISON
Boston December 21 eighteen years in Charlestown prison was the sentence for William J Kelcher for aiding Bookkeeper George W Cole man in looting the National City bank of Cambridge. He will appeal to the Supreme Court and stay free on bond. Leavenworth December 21 Justus L Broderick a former Indianapolis banker may dine at home after ten years for violations of national banking laws and has served as assistant to the prison chief clerk.
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Boston
Charlestown
William J
Keliher
United States District Court
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Kelcher
United States Supreme Court
Liberty
Leavenworth
Kan
Justus L. Broderick
Indianapolis
Ind
Aldrich Undergoes Operation After Auto Accident
United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrich had an operation at Roosevelt Hospital today for injuries from a car crash in October. Chief surgeon Dr. George B. Brewster led the team. Aldrich, age seventy, is described as vital and with strong nerves, with no feared complications from anesthesia or shock.
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New York
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Roosevelt Hospital
George B. Brewler
Aldrich
Death by poisoning end at Delavan hotel in Chicago
Miss Vera Rankin, 19, took bichloride of mercury in a Delavan hotel room in Chicago. Robert Hickman, a clerk who accompanied her, is under arrest as police investigate the death.
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Chicago
Vera Rankin
Delavan
Robert Hickman
Swindling Trial On Countess De Gatigny Opens In Paris Court
The trial of the self styled Count and Countess De Gatigny charged with swindling the Duchess de Choiseul out of 200000 for forged masterpieces opened before Magde Roberts in the Correctional court. The complainant is the widow of Charles Hamilton Paine of Boston who recently married the Duke de Choiseul. The defendant, son of an English tailor, also allegedly stole from the plaintiff’s pocketbook in Vienna. The countess, once Miss Francesca Monti Lunt of Boston, was married in 1894.
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Tours
France
Countess" de Gatigny
Duchess de Choiseul
Madge Roberts
Charles Hamilton Paine of
Hoston
Ure Duke de Choiseul
Mary
Malcolm Forbes
Boston
D'Aulby de Gatigny
Vienna
Chateau de la
Wnglish
Prince Borgletto
Lauzignan
Count D'Aulby de Gatigny
Alexandre Tscherniecieft
London
Seston
M. Polumon
M. Sturel
Fredric Alain
M. Bernard
Francesca Monti Lunt
Trinity Church
That City
Case of Mrs. Kate Edwards to decide Governor’s successor
Harrisburg dispatch reports amid transition of Gov. Stuart and Gov. Tener that Mrs. Kate Edwards, condemned to death for murder of her husband nine years ago, remains in Norris County jail awaiting execution. Edwards, who said her husband threatened her life, stated she killed him and disposed of the body in a well.
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Harrisburg
Stuart
John K. Tener
Kate Edwards
Nerris County
Deputy Sheriff Dies On Freight Car After Striker Clash
Latrobe Pennsylvania December 21 Deputy Sheriff Charles Davidson died after fleeing strikers and slipping under moving train wheels while seeking safety from a party of striking miners. A black strikebreaker arrived in Bradenville was attacked by strikers and forced into a building as deputies from Latrobe and Connellsville Coal Company stockade moved to aid them.
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Latrobe
Charles Davidson
Bradenville
Latrobe and Connellsville Coal Company
Davidson
Fear of Strike Grows in Western Railroads
Chicago December 21 fear of a locomotive engineers strike rose after Labor Commissioner Neill failed to win wage concessions. Repeated talks with railroad managers and unions yielded no settlement. Both sides refuse to yield, conferences likely to continue for days with little hope federal mediation will settle the differences.
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Chicago
Neill
Western Railroad
Carl Hagenbeck Not Dead Claims Quieted
Cincinnati reports Carl Hagenbeck of the famous menagerie is not dead at his Hamburg area home, contradicting Berlin dispatches of December 17. A private telegram to Alfred Bode in Cincinnati stated Carl’s brother William Hagenbeck died.
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Cincinnati
Carl Hagenbeck
Menagerie Fame
Hamburg
Germany
Berlin
Alfred Bode
Cinncinnat
William Hagenbeck
Carl
Keifer Bill Seeks 250000 Lake Erie Centenary Celebration
General Warren Keifer of Ohio introduces a bill to appropriate 250000 for a summer 1913 celebration marking the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie. The plan garners cautious support amid debates on public spending and the push for stable currency reform.
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Kelfer
Ohio
Lake Erie
Busy Man Who Never Talks About Himself
Quote portrays a public figure described as very busy who avoids self reference. The remark suggests admiration for diligence while noting a reticence about personal matters. The dialogue framing emphasizes workload and humility without naming the subject.
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Monetary Commission
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George Clinton
Taft
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Henry M. Teller
Colorado
Monetary Board
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Mississippi
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