Atlantic fleet saluted as six weeks of welcome end
Sixteen battleships of the United States Atlantic fleet rendezvoused off the Scilly Islands after six weeks of entertainment in French and English ports. The divisions head home toward Guantanamo with divisions sailing from Brest Portland and Gravesend. The Celtic carries about 2.5 million gold eagles for pay day at Guantanamo.
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France
United States Atlantic Fleet
Scilly Islands
Goodbys
Guantanamo
Cuba
Schroeder
Connecticut
Brest
Minnesota
Idaho
Mississippi
Vermont
Murdock
Louisiana
Kansas
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Portland
England
Georgia
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Virginia
Gravesend
English Channel
Celtic
Boston
United States
Caribbean Sea
Parole for Black Bart and two Detroit murder cases
Gov. Warner grants parole to Edward Ascher and Frank H. Hayes, both Detroit murder convicts, and commutes Black Bart Reimund Holzhay’s life term to 40 years. Holzhay, famed for a 1889 stage robbery and killing near Lake Gogebic, is reportedly to be released immediately. Six jurors in Ascher’s trial later urged clemency.
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Detroit
Mich
Fred M. Warner
Marquette
Black Bart
Reimund Holzhay
Lake Gogebic
A. E. Fleischbein
Chicago
Edward Ascher
Wal-ter C. Nichole
Jackson
Frank H.hayes
Fred H. Kelley
Ascher
Robbers Raid Two Banks Near Indianapolis and Dow City
Robbers hit the State Bank of New Palestine near Indianapolis stealing 6416 after opening the door with a skeleton key and manipulating the safe combination. In Dow City near Denison, a nighttime blast blew the safe and $3000 vanished. the explosion was heard but the theft detected only in the morning.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Bank of New Palestine
New Palestine
Des Moines
Iowa
Dow City
Denison
Thousands Delayed by Municipal Ferry Strike
New York reports a first municipal strike as firemen on ferries between Manhattan, South Brooklyn, and Staten Island walk out over crew reductions. 160 longshoremen hired, service uncertain, traffic congested. U.S. inspectors urged crew changes. In Barcelona, 12,000 dock workers halt port activity, prompting appeals for troops to move accumulated cargo.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Staten Island
New Jersey
Battery
West
Accounta
United States Inspection Bureau
United States
Barcelona
Spain
Vote sellers go to court in West Union
A dozen men confessed to selling votes as Judge Blair opened court. Grand jury reported 73 indictments, total 1,071. 377 have pleaded guilty. Forty men sought to plead guilty, hoping for immunity. Blair uses a fixed sentence, $25 fine with $20 suspended for future offenses.
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West Union
Blair
Court House
End War by Peace Compact in Chinatown Ceremony
New York dispatch reports peace between On Leong Tong and Four Brothers society after years of conflict. At midnight they affixed seals and signatures beneath a central temple joss, with two attaches of the Imperial legation and Consul Yuung present, then feasted to celebrate the accord.
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New York
Chinatown
On Leong Tong
Four Brothers Society
Imperial Legation
Washington
Yuung
Slayer Leaps From Train in Nescopeck Pass
Charles Wallace a 45 year old man arrested in Hazleton on a manslaughter charge leaped from a passing Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton railway car at Nescopeck Pass 35 miles an hour while being transported to Luzerne. The car halted and retraced for the escapee but he was not found.
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Hazleton
Luzerne Torough
Charles Wallace
Wilkesbarre & Hazleton
Nescopeck Pass
Wallace
New sugar fraud probe tied to California drawback rules
A long running investigation alleges sugar fraud involving the drawback provision in the tariff law. Substitution of lower grade sugar for Java sugar at California entry points reportedly reduced duties. Richard Parr, linked to a treasury reward, moves between Washington and New York as the case unfolds.
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Washington
California
San Francisco
New York
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Java
Sugar Trust
Richard Parr
Treasury Department
Mr. Parr
Philadelphia
Parr
New Year's Greetings From Foreign Rulers Reach Taft
Washington December 31 foreign rulers send New Year greetings to President Taft at the White House. The president replies promptly with his best wishes to the rulers and peoples beyond the seas.
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White House
Washington
Taft
Yale Receives $50,000 Bequest From Kellogg Estate
Mrs Kellogg wills fifty thousand dollars to Yale University from the estate of the late Martin Kellogg former UC president. The estate valued at one hundred fifty thousand dollars originally went to the widow, but in her probate will the gift to Yale was announced.
Five Million Dollar Raise for Western Railway Workers
Fifty one western railroad systems granted a ten percent wage increase to 75 000 trainmen and conductors from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors. The agreement, costing $5 000 000 annually, takes effect Thursday night and covers parts of Canada in the Canadian Northern and Canadian Pacific networks.
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Chicago
Western Railroad Systems
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
Beng
Canada
Canadian Northern
Canadian Pacific
SHOOTS SPOUSE IN OFFICE IN BOSTON
In Boston on December 31 Lillian M Green, 25, shot her husband Joseph M Green, 29, the building janitor, in an office after he left her for another woman. She claimed self defence and was locked up at Relief hospital where he had bullet wounds in the head and stomach.
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Boston
Mass
Lillian M. Green
Joseph M. Green
Relief Hospital
Green
Roxbury
Brookline
Banker Rabin Held Sane After Examination Pending Arraignment
New York announce that Joseph C Rabin the financier whose actions closed Northern Bank of New York and Washington Savings Bank would be arraigned on larceny charges of eighty thousand dollars. He had been held as a paranoiac in a private facility but was denied admission and returned to the city. Indictment found and he was placed under surveillance awaiting medical examiners verdict.
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New York
Joseph C. Rabin
Northern Bank of
Washington Savings Bank
Robin
Ferry Stranded in Death Door Passage Near Green Bay
Green Bay Wis Dan 31 A car ferry designated No 4 is stranded in Death Door passage as per Sturgeon Bay dispatch. A wrecking tug has been sent to assist the vessel which was traveling from Frankfort Michigan to Nominee.
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Green Bay
Wis
Dan
Ann Arbor
Death Door Passage
Sturgeon Bay
Frankfort
Mich
Menominee
Mal Paso Falls to Federal Forces in Chihuahua Action
Reports from Mexico describe federal troops under Generals Luque Navarro and Escudero engaging revolutionists at Mal Paso near Padrales. The rebels retreated, leaving the pass in federal hands. Col. Martin L. Guzman died of wounds from the attack. Antonio Rodriguez, once believed burned at the stake, was found alive in Guadalajara.
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Mexico City
Mal Paso
Chihuahua
Luque
Navarro
Padernales
Escuedero
Navirro
Martin L. Guzman
Mexico
Rodriguez
Guadalajara
Mex
Antonio Rodriguez
Rock Springs
Tex
Hale
Lee Christmas
Bonilla
U. S
Honduras
Mobile
Ala
Puerto Cortez
United States
Tacoma
Washington
Lima
Peru
Brazil
Argentina
Ecuador
Hague Tribunal
Alfonso
Spain
Portugal Faces War Crisis
Private advices from Lisbon confirm unrest and discontent among the working classes against the provisional government after King Manuel was deposed. A threat to rise against the regime is noted, though the British minister reports no critical situation and did not request British naval aid.
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London
Lisbon
Manuel
Foreign Office
Portugal
Knox auto passes through Lancaster on speed run warrants issued
An automobile owned by Secretary Knox sped through Lancaster Pennsylvania and a warrant was issued today charging a violation of the speed law. Constable Keegey went to Valley Forge with the warrant. The car carried three young men and it is understood Mr. Knox was not in the vehicle.
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Lancaster
Knox
Keegey
Valley Forge
Maine Lobster Catch Totals Yet Large
Maine fishermen landed 19 936 542 lobsters in 1910 earning 2 145 204 dollars, per Ashery commission report. Portland figures show strong harvest, reflecting robust industry activity across the coast.
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Maine
Portland
Ashery Commission
Clark Watching Tariff Plan As Democrats Eye 10 Percent Cut
Washington. Champ Clark leads Democratic push on tariff reform as Republicans debate commission rules. A 10 percent reduction plan aims to shift tariffs to revenue only, while ensuring unity in the party amid protectionist fears. John Tener, ex-ballplayer and governor-elect of Pennsylvania, is poised to join Congress, with canal exposition bids centered on Washington, San Francisco, or New Orleans as the choosing city.
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George Clinton
Washington
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Underwood
Birmingham
Ann
Ways and Means
Clark
John K. Tener
Congress
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Tener
Chicago
A. O. Anson
California
A. G. Spalding
San Francisco
New Orleans
Congressional Committee On Foreign Affairs
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