Bomb Hurled at Indian Viceroy in Delhi
Sir Charles Hardinge viceroy of India was wounded when a bomb exploded from a house top as he entered the new capital. An attendant was killed. Lady Hardinge unhurt. Sir Guy Fleetwood-Wilson replaced him in the procession as police detained suspects and guards tightened around Delhi.
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Delhi
India
Charles Hardinge
Calcutta
Punjab
Hardinge
Guy Fleetwood-Wilson
Imperial
Durbar
Guy
Dias
Viceroy Hardings
Baron Hardinge
Madam Bloch Acquitted of Murder in Paris Trial
Paris December 23 Madam Bloch novelist was found not guilty of homicide for shooting Mrs Minnie Bridgeman, wife of James E Bridgeman, in a jealousy driven case. Jurors awarded one frank damages in a civil action. The judge noted jealousy is not a valid homicide defense.
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Paris
Madam Bloch
Minnie Bridgeman
James E. Bridgeman
Witness Stand Admission of Culpability Cited in Trial
In testimony M. Bloch acknowledged culpability as a husband accused of a crime, claiming responsibility while describing how a woman was killed and alleging she acted as his instrument. The remark highlights the defendant's role and emotional context during the proceedings.
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M. Bloch
Turkish Delegates Face Real Allied Attack at Peace Conference
At the fifth peace conference meeting in London on December 25 the Allies presented territorial demands on the Ottoman Empire, including cession of Aegean islands and Turkish rights in Crete. The Turkish delegation signaled negotiation but objected to terms, asking to adjourn until Saturday.
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London
Aegean
Greece
Crete
Auburn man begins prison term for murder with confession of attacks
Frank Hickey, convicted of murdering Joseph Josephs, started his Auburn prison sentence. En route, he told Sheriff Becker he had tried to kill twelve or thirteen other boys in Boston New York Lowell and Orange, adding that he believed the verdict was just because he was not responsible.
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Frank Hickey
Joseph Josephs
Auburn
N. Y
Hickey
Becker
Boston
New York
Lowell
Orange
Glasscock Grants Seven Pardons in Kanawha Strike Era
Governor William E. Glasscock issued seven pardons to inmates in the Kanawha coal strike district penitentiary. He described the action as seasoning justice with mercy amid martial law violations. Three pardons had been granted earlier, leaving eighteen still confined.
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Charleston
W. Va
William E. Glasscock
Kanawha
Village in Flames Near Rochester Report
A dispatch from Rochester New York dated December 23 reports the village of Odus forty miles east burning with half the town ravaged. The telephone exchange is destroyed and communication is cut off.
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Rochester
N. Y
Odus
Here
Prisoners Transferred to Virginia Penitentiary and Reform School
Virginia State Guard under T. W. Corbin escorted seven prisoners through the city last night from Russell and Lee counties. Six are bound for the penitentiary and one youth, about fifteen, goes to the state reform school. Among them are Clint Chaffin, given ten years for the killing of Merchant Southerland in Russell County, and Bostic, starting an eight year term for shooting Sheriff Davidson. Nearly all prisoners are from Russell County.
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Virginia
T. W. Corbin
Russell and Lee
State Reform School
Reform School
Clint Chaffin
Merchant Southerland
Kiser
Russell County
Bostic
Sheriff Davidson
Silver Service Presented To Arkansas Warship
The Arkansas, joined by the Wyoming, today received a lavish silver service as a gift from the state bearing their name. The set includes many pieces and is described as among the most elaborate ever presented to an American battleship.
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Arkansas
New York
Wyoming
Union Pacific Applies for Wireless Telegraph License
The Union Pacific Railway filed an application with the Commerce Department in Washington for a license to operate and maintain a wireless telegraph system along its lines. Several wireless stations are planned to be constructed once the license is issued.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railway Today
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Allan A. Ryan Critically Ill After Abdominal Operation
Allan A. Ryan son of Thomas F. Ryan is critically ill in New York after an abdominal operation. Physicians express only a slim hope for recovery.
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A. Ryan
New York
Allan A. Ryan
Thomas F. Ryan
Christmas spending hits fifteen million toys in Chicago
Chicago merchants report total Christmas spending around twenty million dollars with about fifteen million allotted to toys. They say general prosperity is evident as holiday trade drives activity across the city.
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Chicago
Three High Officials Indicted Over Sherman Act Case
Charles S. Miller president of the New Haven and Hartford. Epson J. Chamberlain president of the Grand Trunk. and Alfred W. Smithers Grand Trunk board chair were indicted on a Sherman act conspiracy charge. They allegedly planned to curb competition by halting Grand Trunk’s Providence extension and a Providence to New York steamship line. Miller and Chamberlain vowed to interplead. Smithers may face extradition. The grand jury reconvenes January 7 for further railway probe.
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New York
New Haven
Hartford
Grand Trunk
Latter Road
Charless. Miller
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Epson J. Chamberlain
Grand Trunk Railroad
Canada
Alfred W. Smithers
Providence
R. I
Miller
Chamberlain
Montreal
Smithers
London
New England
United States
Rebels Under Orozco Seize Casas Grandes in Mexico
El Paso reports Pasqual Orozco Jr. leads rebels to capture Casas Grandes, seizing rifles, ammunition, and two cannon. Federal commander Jose Blanco and a captive force were reportedly defeated. Ascension fell earlier with fourteen prisoners executed. Major Quinteros fled to the New Mexico border with a companion.
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el Paso
Texas
Casas Grandes
Juarez
Pasqual Orozco, Jr
Ascension
Jose Blanco
S. D. Ambrose
Columbus
New Mexico
Salazio
Orozco
Blanco
Madero
Mexico Northwestern
Chihuahua City
L. C. Quinteros
Ascension Federal
United States
Machicha
Williamson Merchant Dies by His Own Hand
Williamson West Virginia December 23 Special Our city was startled today by the report that N L Gaskel a merchant of Second avenue had committed death by his own action in his room He had been gambling and had lost heavily and left a note stating there was nothing else for him to do but kill himself It is said that he had eight hundred dollars of which he claimed in his note he had been robbed.
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Williamson
W. Va
N. L. Gaskel
Second Avenue
Gaskel
Weather Outlook for West and Virginia Regions
West Virginia expects snow Tuesday with a Wednesday turn to fair conditions. Virginia sees possible rain or snow in the east and snow in the west, with Wednesday turning fair.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Brothers Accused of Murder in Jackson Store Killing
Frank Osborn, a prominent Jackson merchant, was shot dead in his store. Brothers Dexter and John Howard were arrested in Breathitt County and jailed in connection with the crime.
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Jackson
Frank Osborn
Dexter
John Howard
Breathitt County
Fire Causes $50000 Damage At Halpin Sugar Refinery
A fire at the Halpin Sugar Refinery in Philadelphia today caused $50000 in damage. Smoke blanketed the river area and ferry boats and other crafts operated cautiously to navigate through the haze.
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Philadelphia
Halpin
Attorney Pleads for Acquittal of William Bernhardt
In the dynamite conspiracy trial, attorney William N. Harding asks jurors to acquit William Bernhardt, stressing his hard work and family support. He suggests charging Bernhardt’s young son instead if a conviction is required, notes letters found at the iron workers’ headquarters in Indianapolis remained unclaimed, and questions evidence from a hidden telephone.
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Indianapolis
Georgie Bernhardt
Federal
William C. Bernhardt
Cincinnati
William N. Harding
William Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Bernhard
Mr. Harding
Iron Workers’ International
John J. McNamara
Los Angeles
Harding
Frank M. Ryan
Competition on water highways destroyed by rail and steam lines
Luther Conant Jr. reports to Taft that railroad and steamship consolidations dominate U S water transport, curbing competition along Atlantic Gulf coasts and the Great Lakes. He urges expanded federal regulation of joint rail and water traffic and joint rates to restore balance.
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United States
Luther Conant, Jr
Taft
Commissioner Conant
Atlantic and
Gulf Coasts
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Conant
Atlantic
New Haven
Long Island Sound
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
New York City
New England
Eastern Steamship Company
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
New Central
Central of
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cocarriers
Seven Investigations Scheduled by House
Washington December 23 an era of investigations may begin when Congress reconvenes in January with seven inquiries set to start after the holidays The topics include the money trust tariff revision the New Haven and Grand Trunk railroads foreign and domestic shipping trusts currency reform and DC public school supervision costs are expected to exceed 100 000.
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Washington
Des
House
Congress
New Haven
Grand Trunk
Maine Memorial Tablets Designed From Scrapped Ship Material
The Navy Department tentatively accepts Charles Keck designs for 1000 memorial tablets to be cast from Maine scrap, 13 by 18 inches, about seventy pounds each. Memorial, military and naval groups nationwide may obtain them by paying actual cost.
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Maine
Washington
Navy Department
Charles Keck
New York
Havana Harbor
Fifteen Lives Lost As Schooner Georgiana Sinks
Advices from the Cayman Islands report the British schooner Georgiana capsized off Lucca Jamaica while aiming for a West Indian port in a violent storm. Fifteen persons aboard Georgiana, and eight crew members on Cartagena, are feared dead as similar fate looms.
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Mobile
Ala
Cayman Islands
Cartagena
Lucca
Jamaica
Voyage of Ship En Route as Storm Peaks
A vessel left Guantanamo Cuba bound for Mobile and faced the storm its height on December 17 with the latest transmission received on December 16.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Mobile
Wilson backs New Jersey pardon board decision
Princeton December 23 Governor elect Wilson presided over the New Jersey pardon board after an all day session in Trenton. He described the process as exhausting yet fair noting 70 of 200 applications were advanced and praising the open minded court system despite veto power remaining with him.
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Princeton
Wilson
Trenton
State Board of Pardons
Arkansas
New Jersey
Courts of Errors and Appeals
Murder Plot Found in Death of Wealthy Contractor
A coroner's jury in Chicago ruled Frank Roude died from a murder plot after ingesting poison. Physicians testified Roude's stomach contained large quantities of poison, and he had recently drawn up a will leaving all property to his wife.
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Will
Chicago
Frank Roude
Roude
Clark to See Wilson in Trenton for Talks
Speaker Clark travels to Trenton to confer with President-elect Wilson. The talks are not expected to cover cabinet personnel but may discuss plans for an extra session. Representative Underwood may delay his trip due to a severe cold. Senator Stone will call on Wilson during the week.
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Washington
Clark
Trenton
Underwood
Senator Stone
Wilson
Five Eclipses in 1913 Across the World and US
Eclipses in 1913 include five events with three not visible in the United States. The year opens with a total lunar eclipse on March 22, partially visible in the US, followed by a partial solar eclipse on April 6 only along the Pacific coast north of 36°N. Additional partial solar eclipses occur on August 31 and September 20, invisible in the US, with a western US total lunar eclipse fifteen days before September 20, moonset beginning the event.
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United States
Pacific
Mayor John Woods Dies After Illness in Roanoke
Roanoke Virginia December 23 Mayor John William Woods died at 6 30 this morning at his home 1245 Clarke Avenue Northwest after a twelve week and two days struggle with a complication of troubles. The immediate cause of death was septacaemia with ulcerated endocarditis.
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Roanoke
John William Woods
Clarke Avenue
Supreme Court adjourns for Christmas recess
Washington December 28 The Supreme Court concluded a brief session and recessed for the Christmas holidays. It is expected that the vacation will be used for delivering several important decisions when the court reconvenes on January 6.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Officials Blamed for Wreck in Dresden Crash
Coroner A. E. Walters held Pennsylvania Railroad officials responsible for the Dresden wreck of December 3 when a Cleveland Akron and Columbus train collided with a Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley division train, killing eleven people.
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Zanesville, O
A. E. Walters
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dresden
Columbus
Cincinnati and
Muskingum Valley Division
Venezuelan Exile Castro Due in New York Next Saturday
Washington dispatch reports Rui Cipriano Castro the former Venezuelan president will land in New York next Saturday. Officials note a public health basis might be used to bar him, with the Commerce and Labor Department to decide admission after a rigid examination. No official would speculate on Castro’s purpose or policy on his entry.
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Washington
America
Rui
Lot Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
State Department
Paris
New York
Castro
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
New York Opens Children's Theatre for Young Audiences
The Children's Theatre in New York opened today at the Century Theatre roof, the world’s only playhouse devoted to children. It seats 800 and features Ricketty Packetty House by Frances Hodgson Burnett, funded by William K. Vanderbilt.
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New York
Children's Theatre
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Children’s Theatre
New Century Theatre
William K. Vanderbilt
Harness Ice Racing Opens in Toronto for Ten Day Meet
Toronto, Dec 23 harness racing on ice will begin tomorrow as a ten day meet under the local club. The Toronto event will be followed by meetings in Montreal and Ottawa.
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Toronto
Ont
Montreal
Ottawa
No Military Parade Planned for Sulzer Inauguration
Albany December 23 There will be no formal military parade for the inauguration of governor elect William Sulzer on January 1. Sulzer refused to permit the expense of about $2000 for the usual military demonstration.
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Sulzer
Albany
N. Y
Dee
William Sulzer
Turkey Dinner for Convicts at Atlanta Prison
Christmas spirit will hold full sway behind the gates of the federal penitentiary Wednesday. A turkey dinner for 912 inmates will be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary
Washington visitors discuss West Virginia federal appointments
Report from Washington on the expected federal patronage for West Virginia. Slates name A J Wilkinson for collector of internal revenue, Stuart W Walker for northern district district attorney, C W Osenton for southern district attorney, A P Carden for northern marshal, and John Dice for southern marshal, with Col McGraw’s support influencing endorsements.
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Washington
West
Stuart W. Walker
Col. McGraw
C. W. Osenton
Fayetteville
A P. Carden
Wheeling
Democratic State Committee
John Dice
Lewisburg
Chilton and Watson
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Lucea
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Pardon Board
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Cipriano Castro
Ruiz
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