Long overdue Mount Royal steams into Queenstown
The Mount Royal carrying 300 Hungarian immigrants and about 100 crew reached Queenstown today after boiler trouble forced a return from the British coast. Violent gales and heavy weather delayed the voyage for weeks, with engine trouble developing near Christmas. The ship sighted off Oldhead of Kinsale and proceeded to port under its own steam.
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Queenstown
Mount Royal
Oldhead
Kinsale
Cotton growers gather in Memphis for national union opening
Memphis January 7 delegates from every southern state gather for the National Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union annual meeting. Thousands attend the opening showcasing cooperative progress with reports indicating rapid growth and up to 75 percent participation in some states.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
Virginia
Texas
Missouri
Florida
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Cotton Price Fight Shapes Plans At Union Convention
The convention will decide on reducing cotton acreage and other steps to sustain a 15 cent price. Reports show farmers in some states diversifying crops, aided by cooperative warehouses, boosting optimism for a successful 15-cent cotton campaign.
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Ers
Bennington Disaster Memorial Dedicated in San Diego
A granite monument sixty four feet high was dedicated at Pt. Loma in San Diego to honor fifty seven U S Navy sailors killed when the Bennington boilers exploded in 1905. Rear Admiral Caspar F Soodrich delivered the oration as thousands attended with ships Charleston Chicago Milwaukee and others in harbor. The shaft stands on ground set aside as the Bennington victims last resting place overlooking San Diego Bay and parts of Mexico.
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San Diego
Cal
United States Navy
Bennington
Charleston
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sa Diego
Cas
Diego
Mexico
California
One-Legged Peddler Dies In Lodging House Fire
Worcester Mass January 7 Dennis Driscoll a one legged pencil peddler was burned to death in a Salvation Army lodging house. One hundred nine lodgers escaped largely by police aid. Fire began in a rear room with ten sleepers and spread to an adjoining room where fifty men were in bunks.
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Worcester
Mass
Dennis Driscoll
Salvation Army
Blue Ribbon Extracts Celebrates Ten Years of Quality
For a decade Blue Ribbon Extracts has maintained superior quality pleasing consumers who demand the best. The message highlights sustained excellence and customer satisfaction across ten years.
Tailoring Business Sold in Bluefield Sends Thanks
Notice from former Bluefield tailor thanking patrons after sale to Cincinnati firm and requesting all debts settled within the next 18 months to wind up affairs.
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Bluefield
Cincinnati
Would-be Train Robbers Fail to Take valuables in Kansas City
Four men attempted to rob passengers on a Missouri Kansas & Texas train at Union Station in Kansas City. They fled after conductor H W Drew struck one robber with a lantern. Two suitcases were taken from German immigrants. no crew harmed. Authorities have a description and suspect local crooks.
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Kansas City
Southwest
M. H. Kennedy
H. W. Drew
David White
Drew
Debates in Congress on Currency, Prohibition and Trusts
In Washington the House debated the president's annual message with varied addresses. Notable talks by Sheppard on religion on coins and military matters, Willett on Roosevelt blame, and Hardwick on Republican paths dominated the session. In the Senate Aldrich introduced a currency bill and Clay urged a federal prohibition support measure. adjournment followed.
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Washington
Sheppard
Texas
Willett
New York
Japan
Roosevelt
Industrial Institutione
Representative Hardwick
Georgia
Taft
Morris
Nebraska
House
Senate
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
House Committee
Culberson
Clay
Committee On Judiciary
Nelson
Governor Dawson calls West Virginia extra legislative session
Governor Dawson issued a call for a special session of the West Virginia legislature to convene on January 28. Thirty seven subjects are included and all must be considered. The main issue is a bill to limit the amount of levies by public bodies.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dawson
West Virginia
Mississippi legislature opens with Vardaman final message anticipated
Jackson Mississippi January 7 The Mississippi legislature convenes in regular session to receive Governor Vardaman's final comprehensive message. Prison reform and state finances are highlighted as priority topics, with two weeks remaining before new officers assume office. The session is expected to be busy and important.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Vardwnan
Vardaman
Laufer sails for three year study of Asia and Tibet
Dr Berthold Laufer assistant curator at Field Columbian Museum sails for a three year exploration into China and Thibet his aim to illuminate Asiatic ethnology and amass a world class collection He has a PhD on the Tibetan language and prizes from the Vienna Academy of Science and has studied eastern Asia tribes and the Amur region with notable prior work in New York and Chicago institutions
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New York
Berthold Laufer
Field Columbian Museum of Chicago
Chine
Thibet
Laufer
Eastern
Asia
Vienna Academy of Science
New York Museum
North Pacific
The
Amur
Passenger train wreck on Copper Mine creek trestle near Dallas
The Collier Special running from Cleveland to St. Augustine derailed on a 25 foot trestle between Dallas and Hiram, injuring about 20 passengers, with Engineer Edwards and Road Foreman Snapp badly hurt. Five Pullman cars plunged into the bed of Copper Mine creek. one observation coach stayed partly on the bank. About 200 excursionists aboard escaped without fatalities.
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Atlanta
Cleveland
St. Augustine
Fla
Dallas
Hiram
Southern Railroad
Copper Mine Creek
Ohio
Edwards
Snapp
Dwards
Jacob Roth
Eric Pa
Amends unwritten law in Virginia assault cases
Richmond Va Jan 7 Delegate Alden Bell Culpeper will introduce a bill to allow the state to admit evidence in unwritten law cases disproving assault The measure follows Strother bywaters and Loving Estes tragedies Virginia law now often acquits a man who takes life on information of assault regardless of accuracy Bell aims to test the information before unwritten law can justify killing.
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Richmond
Alden Bell
Culpeper
Strother-bywaters
Loving-Estes
Virginia
Bell
New Serum Helps Fight Cerebrospinal Meningitis
A new case of cerebrospinal meningitis treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore with a serum discovered by Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute shows immediate success. The patient from Atlanta had five weeks of illness and strong malignant symptoms before treatment.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Atlanta
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Hopkins
Flexner
Slemp Joined on Two House Committees and Tables 27 Bills
Representative Slemp of Virginia's Ninth District was named to the accounts and private land claims committees. He introduced 27 bills on his first day, 11 private relief measures and the rest pensions for constituents who claim Union Army service. One bill seeks to remove a desertion charge against Archibald Gibson of Scott County and grant back pay and bounty.
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Wiushington
Slemp
Virginia
Archibald Gibson
Scott County
Nineteenth
Kentucky Infantry
Alice Thaw Not a Wife of Earl of Yarmouth
Pittsburg observers question the legality of the marriage between Miss Alice Thaw and the Earl of Yarmouth. Lawyers say the license was filed without Thaw family presence and that Yarmouth used a falsified name, suggesting the union may not be legally binding despite alleged technical compliance.
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Pittsburg
Alice Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Harry K. Thaw
Yarmouth
Thaw
Cy Parent
George Francis Alexander Seymour
Missionary Conference Opens in Houston Ministers Gather for Seventh Missionary Department
In Houston Texas the third annual conference of the seventh missionary department opens for a three day session. Delegates from Oklahoma Missouri Kansas Arkansas Louisiana Texas and New Mexico attend. Opening address by Bishop Brent of the Philippines precedes talks by Bishops Garratt Johnston Tuttle Sessums Kendrick Brown and Kinsolving along with Rev Beverly Warner W B McPherson A W Garden and John Wood.
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Houston
Tex
Protestant Episcopal Church
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Brent
Philippines
Garratt
Dellas
Johnston
West Texas
Tuttle
Sessums
Kendrick
Brown
Kinsolving
Beverly Warner
New Orleans
W. B. McPherson
Fort Smith
A. W. Garden
San Antonio
John Wood
New York
Board of Missione
Taft Invited to Address Virginia Bar Association
Secretary Taft was invited to address the Virginia Bar Association annual meeting at Virginia Hot Springs on August 6. A committee from the association extended the invitation and Taft will respond on Monday.
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Taft
Virginia Bar Association
Washington
Virginia Hot Springs
Yarmouth License Admissibility Clash Over Wedding Docket
Lawyers argue the marriage license docket was not properly signed and issued, making the union potentially void under Pennsylvania law. A clerk supposedly took the docket to Lyndhurst for Miss Alice Thew to sign. Office staff admit lax handling and excitement over the marriage may have breached required safeguards.
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Yarmouth
Lyndhurst
Alice Thew
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Proposal to create a national Bureau of Mines
Representative Englebright of California introduced a bill to establish a Bureau of Mines under the Interior Department. The aim is to prevent mine accidents, reduce waste, improve milling, lower ore losses, and advance U S mining and quarry industries. It would include explosives testing stations, a director, technical staff, a national advisory board, and foreign information gathering by consular officers.
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Washington
Englebright
California
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
United States
National Banks Tax Case Ruling by U S Circuit Court
The U S circuit court of appeals ruled sixteen Kentucky national banks must pay taxes the state sought to collect. Suits by former Kentucky State Auditor Hager challenged tax exemptions, but the lower Kentucky rulings exempting banks were reversed.
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Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Hager
Heinze Indicted for Overcertification of Checks
New York Jan 7 Augustus Heinze copper magnate and former Mercantile National Bank president indicted by a federal grand jury for overcertifying fifteen checks totaling more than 400000 drawn on the Mercantile National Bank He surrendered to U S Commissioner Shields who released him on 50000 bail He will be arraigned to plead before Judge Chatfield in the United States circuit court
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Otto Heinze & Co
Mercantile National Bank
F. Augustus Heinze
United States
Shields
Chatfield
Attachments Lifted Against Seaboard Property
Baltimore Maryland January 7 after a conference between receivers of the Seaboard Air Line and counsel Davies Warfield co receiver with R Lancaster Williams said arrangements were made to lift all attachments on Seaboard property in various places within the next twenty four hours
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Baltimore
Seaboard Air Line
Davies Warfield
R. Lancaster Williams
Seaboard
Denounce Night Riders Denounces Action in Kentucky
The board of national directors of the American Society of Equity denounced the Kentucky night riders and authorized its president, C. M. Barne of Hartford Kentucky, to offer a $100 reward for evidence against a member in good standing involved in the lawlessness.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Society of Equity
Kentucky Night Riders
C. M. Barne
Hartford
Peremptory Challenges Shave Thaw Jury to Three
New York Jan 7 Three jurors sworn for the Thaw trial formed the nucleus of the panel as peremptory challenges reduced the pool of candidates. The court planned to fill five vacant seats, exams of 40 talesmen proceeded as Evelyn Thaw appeared and Thaw took his place.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Dowling
Criming
Supreme Court
Charles E. Gremmets
Arthur R. Naething
George W. Cary
Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Josiah Thaw
Jerome
Jealous suitor shoots in church district killing man
In Marion Ohio Jan 6 Graham Finley confronted Miss Edith Patterson escort Robert Moore near the First National Bank after services. A quarrel led to Finley shooting James Patterson dead and Alfred Patterson dying as Moore and brothers protected Edith. Finley captured claiming self defense.
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Marion, N
Edith Patterson
Robert Moore
Alfred Patterson
James Patterson
Edward Williams
William Boone
Elhanan Presbyterian Church
First National Bank
Graham Finley
Miss Patterson
Moore
Finley
Bank
Threats of arson target East Side landlords in eviction protests
Rent strikers on the East Side warned landlords today that their buildings would be burned if tenants were evicted. The notices, signed by THE RED FLAG, urged landlords to resist evictions with a claim that the fire department would visit after the house was vacated.
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New York
East Side
Delmart Cafe Advertises Full Course Dinners
An old ad copy promotes Delmart Cafe with full course dinners and a manager E. Sloan. It suggests business men favor proactive advertising and hiring in a progressive manner over pull influence, urging readers to use the want ad.
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Delmart Cafe
Ally
Sloan
Mgr
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