Rescue Efforts For Norwegian Steamer Nanna In Heavy Seas
Tugs and revenue cutters rush to aid the Norwegian steamer Nanna after a broken shaft leaves her adrift fifty miles west by south of Seal Island. The Morning Star sighted her Saturday morning and sent distress calls. Boston and Halifax relief preparations followed as Nanna, built in 1900 and valued around 100000, carried lumber from Halifax to New York. Captain Naero seeks urgent towing as repairs seem impossible amid ice floes and mounting seas.
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Nanna
Seal Island
Morning Star
Naero
Boston
Halifax
Gill & Scotz
Milk Street
New York
Nova Scotia
Nantucket
Johan C. Giertsen
Bergen
Norway
Trondhjem
N. S
Tugs Fail To Move Stranded Liner Warren Off Conanicut Rocks
Newport Rhode Island February 4 Several tugs tried to float the Warren of the Enter prise Transportation Company ashore off Conanicut Island but she did not move. Cargo removal and lightering continued as a bow hole remained unrepaired and water filled the hold. Wind was northwest and seas choppy but weather posed no danger.
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Warren
Conanicut Rocks
Newport, R. I
Enterprise Transportation Company
Conanicut Island
Bigamist shoots second wife in Watertown lodging house
In Watertown, Joseph La Salle fired three times at Blanche La Salle, injuring her right arm. He was arrested and to stand trial for assault with intent to kill. The couple had married a year earlier amid prior bigamy charges and family ties to Lowell and Boston.
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Watertown
Joseph la Salle
Blanche la Salle
Swett Court
la Salle
Corporation
Lowell
Mr. la Salle
French Street
O'Leary
Kirk Street
Joseph LaSalle
LaSalle
Sherman
East Cambridge
Fall River
Maynard
Blanche Lessard
Joseph LaSalle Linked to Watertown Shooting
In Lowell on February 4, reports identify Joseph LaSalle involved in a Watertown shooting today. He has a wife and four children in this city. his wife works at Merrimack mills and they reside in local lodging.
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Lowell
Joseph LaSalle
Watertown
Merrimack Mills
Kawatt Robbed of Bedclothes in South Boston
An unidentified thief entered William Kawatt’s bed chamber at 72 Boston Street yesterday afternoon and stole bed clothes worth under 10 dollars. The intruder piled furniture against the door and exited via the window, using a bed sheet to lower himself to the ground. Police seek a mysterious colored man seen loitering near back yards in the area.
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William Kawatt
Boston Street
Boston
Brownsville affair probes opened by Senate Military Affairs panel
Senator Warren presided at the first Senate Military Affairs Committee session on the Brownsville incident. Sergeant Israel Harris of D Company testified from Boston on Aug nights, detailing gun racks, patrols, and the lack of armed soldiers in town, while Foraker led witnesses and charged that guns were not misused.
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Washington
Senator Warren
Senate Committee On
Brownsville
Senator Foraker
Israel Harris
D Company
Boston
Harris
Eliot National Bank
Fort Brown
Dryden Replies to Critics in New Jersey Race
United States Senator John F. Dryden released a statement he planned to deliver in Trenton arguing his re election bid and rebutting critics. He contends opposition rests on impressions about his business at Prudential and asserts investigations found prudent, faithful management benefiting policy holders.
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New York
United States
John F. Dryden
New Jersey
Trenton
Dryden
Prudential
Murder trial of Marine at Guantanamo Barracks
Edward F Lang of New York a marine in Quinns company was brought in irons aboard the Celtic to Charlestown navy yard. He was arraigned in the U S District Court and pleaded not guilty to the murder charge in the death of Corporal John Joseph Quinn of Manchester New Hampshire at the Guantanamo naval station November 13.
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John Joseph Quinn
Manchester
N. H
United States Naval Station
Guantanamo
Cuba
Edward F. Lang
New York
Quinn
Charlestown Navy Yard
United States
Celtic
United States District Court
Washington
Lang
Cedar Street
Hayes
Asa P. French
Charles Street
Arthur 5S. Bryan
Anthony W. Blayzer
George P. Wilde
W. R. Simpson
Lang Charged With Murder In Guantanamo Barracks Shooting
Lang is accused of fatally shooting Quinn during breakfast at Guantanamo barracks. Quinn died after being shot through the shoulder as Lang fired from a window in his room. Lang, 29, with a 10 year Marine career, pleaded not guilty and awaits trial after being committed to jail.
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Lang
Quinn
Guantanamo
China
Pekin
Philippines
Waller
Samar
Leyte
Ninth Infantry
Balangiga
Bram
House Votes 1 598 500 For New Lighthouses
The House passed an omnibus lighthouse bill carrying 1,598,500 for lighthouse establishment and 195,060 for additional light-keepers dwellings in Washington.
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Washington
Attorneys Confer With Roosevelt on Standard Oil Case
District Attorney Sims of Chicago and an assistant in Washington confer with administration officials ahead of the first Standard Oil trial set for March 4 in Chicago. Sims met with the President today.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Sims
Chicago
Coffee Alternative Restores Health Says Kansas Woman
A Kansas woman describes relief from heart palpitations, breathlessness, sleeplessness, and rheumatism after quitting coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee. She credits the change with dramatic health gains and urges readers to try the product from Postum Co. and read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Sons of Jonn Borland Die by Own Hand Rumor
Three young Borland children in Quincy cooked their own supper unaware their father John Borland a Boston watch salesman had died by suicide. He had registered under an assumed name in Rockland, his body found after a self inflicted death. The family, recent immigrants from Detroit, faced hardship linked to drink.
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Jonn Borland
Quincy
Victor
Nicholas
John
John Borland
South Quincy
Boston
Boston Watch
Myrtle House
Rockland
John Seigle
Tity
Albertina Street
Detroit
Mich
Finland
Borland
President Defends Charges Against Harriman
The president details efforts to obtain specific charges from Mr. Harriman. He notes Co P Austin found Harriman’s charges baseless, and a commission including Garfield Neill and Starek tested them. The president says further claims merit no consideration and will send a copy of the letter to the Interstate Commerce Commission chair.
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Professor Adams
Mr. Harriman
Austin
Mr. Neill
Garfield
Neill
Starek
Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission Finds Hanks Harriman Fail to Prove ICC Errors
The Interstate Commerce Commission reported to the Senate that Charles Hanks and George Harriman failed to substantiate claims of grave errors in ICC statistics. They did not show freight and passenger rates could be cut by 10 percent without harming wages or dividends, and the commission said the investigators received full access but offered no new useful criticisms.
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Washington
Messrs. Hanks and
Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Messrs
Charles
Hanks
George W. Harriman
Commission
Malden Youths at Pool Halls and Smoke Quietly
In Malden on February 4, residents criticize police neglect of enforcing minor entry bans in poolrooms. Citizens report rampant crapshoots and poker games near the police station, with four plainclothes officers struggling to curb gangs.
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Malden
Boston Faces Severe Northeast Snow Storm
A northeast snow storm engulfed Boston around 9 PM and intensified by 1 AM. Boston Elevated, railroads, and the street department mobilized crews, snowplows, and precautions to keep switches clear as forenoon trains faced possible delays. Harbor craft arrived during the night.
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Boston
South Station
Terminal Company
Boston & Northern Road
City Street Department
Vast contraband meat seized at Boston & Maine yards
Nearly 4000 pounds of deer and bear meat were seized by fish and game commissioners at the Boston and Maine freight yards as a lumber cargo from Newport Vermont was being unloaded. The contraband, consigned to C. A. Batchelder, is the largest seizure in state history and awaits court disposition. Police also found about 300 partridges and quail from Connecticut.
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Fish and Game Commissioners
Boston & Maine
Neport
Somerville Yard
C. A. Batchelder
State House
Field
Delano
Vermont
Connecticut
Six Die in Des Moines Coal Train Derailment
A Chicago and Northwestern wreck near Des Moines Iowa killed at least six and injured about 14 as the coal train derailed and caught fire. Most victims were miners and several may die. some victims were reportedly trapped under wreckage.
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Des Moines
Chicago & Northwestern
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Bigamist
Pajamas
Allen Solly & Co
London
Kimonas
Ilish
Gicmelames Streste
U.S.A
Kawatt
HUB Soldier Star Witness
Senate Committee
Lyons
Texas
Kansas
Charles Stedman Hanks
Hanks and Harriman
Adams
Washington St
West St
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