Tinker Jumps to Federals in Three Year Deals
Joseph Tinker former Cincinnati manager signs a three year contract to manage the Chicago Federal club. Mordecai Brown signs to manage the St Louis Federals. George Stovall joins Kansas City as manager and Larry Schafly to Buffalo while William Phillips heads Indianapolis. Cleveland loses franchise. Toronto awarded.
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Chicago
Joseph Tinker
Cincinnati
Mordecai Brown
Tinker
Brown
St. Louis
George Stovall
Cleveland
Kansas City
Larry Schafly
Jersey City
Buffalo
William Phillips
Indianapolis
Toronto
Canada
New Haven Bond Issue Questioned by Massachusetts Justices
The New Haven railroad 67 million bond issue faced sharp questions in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Justice Loring called it a promise to pay with a gambling chance and suggested convertible debentures may lack legal basis. Justices differed on legality as Public Service Commission approval was debated from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. A ruling was anticipated next week.
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New Haven
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Loring
Massachusetts
Public Service Commission
Mob Surrounds Jail in Lynch Threat at Kent County
At midnight a mob gathered around the Kent county jail in Chestertown Maryland to lynch Norman Mabel the self confessed killer of farmer John R Coleman. Two jail doors were forced and shots exchanged with defenders but no injuries reported on either side.
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Chestertown
Kent County
Norman Mabel
John R. Coleman
Jail siege ends as deputies fire warning volleys
State's Attorney H W Vickers and Sheriff W E Brown faced a mob inside a jail with 15 deputies. The sheriffs fired over the crowd to hold them back. Five men charged the corridor with a sledge hammer while guards stood firm, aided by former Sheriff William H McKee.
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H. W. Vickers
W. E. Brown
Vickers
William H. McKee
DROWNED AS ROPE BREAKS
Patrick Murphy, a Maine woodman, slipped on ice crossing the Maine Central draw bridge and fell 20 feet into the Kenduskeag stream. Passersby cast a rope he secured to his arm, but the rope broke before he could be saved. his body was recovered by grappling irons after a ferryboat cleared a path through the ice.
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Bangor
Patrick Murphy
Maine Central
Kenduskeag
Murphy
Benton
Bond legality questioned in stock issuance appeal
James F. Jackson, ex chair of the State Railroad Commission, now representing former Governor Bulkeley, argued the bond suit was illegal because it authorized stock issue not to occur for five to 15 years. He said the commission must set the stock price based on market value.
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James F. Jackson
State Railroad Commission
Bulkeley
Man Confesses to Killing Sand Barge Captain and Mate
A man named Andreas Plewka confessed at a Philadelphia police station that he killed the captain and mate of a sand barge in the Delaware River off Roebling New Jersey earlier today. He provided the admission on December 27 as investigators reviewed the incident.
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Philadelphia
Andreas Plewka
Delaware River
Roebling
N. J
Barge Crew Conflict Ends with Two Fatal Shootings
Plewka says a Christmas day work dispute with captain Elmer V Lyons led to a fight in which Plewka was struck with a club. He says he returned with a revolver and shot Lyons as the captain approached with a club, then killed mate James McLaughlin when he rushed forward. Crew fled. Plewka escaped to Philadelphia. Police notified Roebling and jurisdiction is under review.
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Plewka
Elmer V. Lyons
Lyons
James McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Philadelphia
Roebling
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Adams Express Baggage Car Fire Causes $75,000 Loss
Most packages damaged in the Adams Express baggage car fire between New Haven and New London Conn two weeks ago have been identified at the company's office at 108 Arch Street. Many packages were identified and claimed though some were completely ruined. Total loss estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Adams Express Company
New Haven
New London
Federal league sets roster rule for 1914 season
James Gilmore, president of the Federal league, states every club must have at least five players who appeared in the National or American leagues last year. Full rosters to be announced soon. Managers for Toronto, Baltimore and Pittsburg chosen from well known players. Player salaries were not disclosed.
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James Gilmore
Federal League
Toronto
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Gilmore
Woman held up in Melrose arrest reported
A man identifying as Edwin H. Smith from Wakefield with a former Lawrence address was arrested on a charge of attacking a Melrose woman on Youle Street around 6 30 p m. He followed her then grabbed her arm until she escaped into a friend’s house and the suspect was detained by a bystander and turned over to police.
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Edwin H. Smith
Wakefield
Lawrence
Smith
Melrose
Youle Street
Argentine Wheat Free. Naon Announces Law Passage
Dr Romulus Naon Argentine minister to the United States notified Washington that Argentina has passed a law permitting free importation of wheat and wheat products from Argentina.
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Washington
Romulus Naon
United States
State
Treasury Departments
Argentina
European Plan At Five World Hotels With Private Baths
Advertisement touts a hotel offering one mile frontage and rooms with private baths in every room. Highlights include long distance telephone in each room, first class cuisine, and 50 single suites at 1.50 per day per person, 100 double suites at 2.00 per day for two, and 350 double suites with private carriages.
Boys Rescue Aged Crippled Woman From Fire at Parkman Street
Two boys, Louis Hurwitz 12 and his cousin Henry Cohen 14, were playing dominoes on the third floor when heavy smoke poured through an air shaft. They carried the crippled woman, who had amputated legs, from her burning home at 8 Parkman Street.
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Parkman Street
Louis Hurwitz
Henry Cohen
Fire in a Closet Sparks Heroic Rescue and Burns
A fire starts in a closet near the Goldenberg woman in an invalid chair. Neighbors pull her to safety then alert Ladder 24. Joseph Goldenberg returns home, helps douse the closet blaze with water and sustains a burn on his right hand. Authorities suspect a lit match in the air shaft ignited clothing.
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Joseph Goldenberg
Goldenberg
Threaten to Deport Newspaper Men in Mexico
El Diario Oficial warned foreign correspondents they would be deported as undesirable aliens if they sent alarming or false stories from Mexico. President Huerta said he would attend a Country Club ball tonight if the American chargé d affaires Nelson ÓShaughnessy would guarantee his attendance.
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Mexico City
el Diario Oficial
Mexico
Huerta
Country Club
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Deportation of Moyer to be investigated by grand jury
Charles H. Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners who was escorted from Hancock after being shot and clutched will have his departure investigated when the special grand jury resumes next Tuesday. Sheriff Cruse ordered inquiries into the incident and warrants were issued for the business manager and several employees of a Socialist newspaper on charges of conspiracy to publish misstatements likely to incite riot. John Nuomavari, paper business manager, was removed from the editorial room after the press run.
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Calumet
Mich
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Copper Miners
Hancock
Grand Jury
Cruse
Moyer
Ferris
George Nicolls
John Nuomavari
Bain
New York
Four Floors Fire In Brattle Street Hotels Affects 400 Guests
A morning blaze on the fourth floor of the Marston Restaurant building at 33 to 35 Hanover Street forced 400 guests in the nearby Quincy and Crawford hotels to evacuate. Five women were rescued, Captain William Riley was injured after falling from a roof, and damage ran to thousands as the fire spread to the fifth and sixth floors before being controlled by 4:15 a.m.
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Hanover Street
Marston Restaurant Company
Marston Company
Wiliam Riley
Engine 4
Marston
Crawford
Quincy Houses
Brattle Street
Quincy House
Crawford House
Moyers Departure Details Reach Green Bay
News of Moyers departure and injuries surfaced as he reached Green Bay Wisconsin today and described the circumstances of his exit, with the strike region learning of the events.
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Moyer
Green Bay
Wis
Temperature Readings at Thompson's Spa
Yesterday temperatures at Thompson's Spa show highs and lows with times listed. Reported values include 89 at 3 p.m and 41 at 6 a.m, with various readings throughout the day and an average of 26.9 for the date.
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Thompson's Spa
Childermas Day Observance and Historic Anniversaries
Old English Holy Innocents Day observed with noontide prayers. Notable events listed include President Woodrow Wilson born 1856, Fort Van Buren Arkansas captured by Union troops in 1862, and Iowa admitted to the Union in 1846. Also notes a year ago fire at Mead-Morrison Company's works in East Cambridge.
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Childermas
Woodrow Wilson
Fort van Buren
Ark
Iowa
Mead-Morrison Ceaseeey
East Cambridge
Boston Area Weather Forecast Fair Warm Weekend Ahead
The forecast for southern New England calls for fair weather with temperatures not as cold on Sunday and Monday, increasing clouds likely followed by snow. Winds will be light to moderate and variable. Northern New England will be fair and not as cold, followed by cloudy skies and warmer air, with snow possible and light to moderate variable winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Fire destroys Shoe and Leather building in two alarm blaze
A two alarm fire at the Shoe and Leather building on Kingston and Bedford streets last night caused $20,000 in damage. Fireman Lieutenant William Levis of Engine 26 and 35 suffered a deep cut to his right hand and was taken to Relief Hospital.
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Kingston and
Bedford Streets
William Levis
Enegine
Relief Hospital
Blaze Engulfs Fourth and Fifth Floors on Kingston Street
Firefighters respond to a major blaze at a Kingston Street building spanning four locations from Kingston to Bedford. C K Berger dress manufactory on the Kingston side and Bedford Manufacturing Company below lose stock. water towers and heavy streams control the fire after a freight elevator collapses. Building owned by Augustus P. Loring with Bedford Trust as trustees. cause unknown.
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John Grady
Kingston Street
Bedford Street
C. K. Berger
Berger
Bedford Manufacturing Company
Berger & Bedford
Solomon Alden & Son
Hy Sil Novelty Company
Aronson
Smallpox Cases Aboard Ohio Ship at Delaware Quarantine
Two mild cases of variola were landed today from the battleship Ohio which arrived at the Delaware Breakwater on Christmas Day with smallpox on board. The men were taken to the government quarantine system here.
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Lewes del
Ohio
Delaware Breakwater
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Wood
Marston’s New
High Street
Fort Hill Square
Sailor
NEW American House
Rathskeller
Venetian Room
Mahogany
Wiener Schnitzel
Felevis
Castle Square
Tremont and Chandler Sts
Charles E. Sleeper
Milk Street
Boylston Street
BEA Lra
Quincy
Crawford Houses
Captain Riley
Home Savings Bank
Tmcors
P. Tremont Temple
A.M
Portland
Gloucester
Newport
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
The
Amoroso, Inc
Boylston A.t
Father John
Cainlape de
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