Observatory Director Predicts More Earthquakes
Tore shocks follow disaster near Mount Vesuvius as Brooklyn aide to Professor Mattucci warns of inevitable further tremors. He cites crust flaw at the slip and names January 7 as a possible peak in strain. Fire damages municipal building and Bank of Italy. 75 million lire stored. flames contained with money moved to a warship. No fatalities reported amid ongoing tremors and panic aboard ships.
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Asistant Observatory
Messina
Joc
Frank Perret
Brooklyn
Mattuccci
Royal Observatory
Mount Vesuvius
Calabria
Bank of Italy
Three Idaho Reservations to Open for Homesteads
Federal reports indicate three Idaho reservations Coeur d'Alene Lemhi and Blackfoot will be opened by lotteries next year for homesteaders with about 500000 acres on Coeur d'Alene and substantial tracts on Lemhi and Blackfoot. Spokane Yakima reserves may follow within fourteen months. Allotments will be held in trust to protect survivors from speculation.
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Coeur d'Alene
Lemhi
Bryan Morning Eagle
Spokane
Wash
Sam
Idaho
Washington, D. C
Yakima
iLemhi
Montana Line
Pocatello
THREE HOLDUPS IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO DIARY OF ROBBERY
In a string of three holdups in rapid succession in downtown Chicago two highwaymen appeared in each incident. Traveling man Charles W. Moffatt was beaten and robbed with his nose broken and hospitalization. Real estate agent Joseph Liggel drew a knife to defend himself. one assailant was captured. A third victim was robbed and severely beaten.
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Chicago
Charles W. Moffatt
Joseph Liggel
Liggel
Kentucky Printer Ends Threat With Double Attempt
Cincinnati dispatch reports Clarence Oldham, a Kentucky printer and son of George W. Oldham, shot his wife and then shot himself, striking above the heart. Both are in dangerous condition at the City Hospital after the incident dated January 4.
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Cincinnati
Clarence Oldham
George W. Oldham
Public Ledger
Maysville
Oldham
City
New Departure Taken for Textbook Shortages in Texas Open Market Allowed
Austin reports a new approach by the attorney general to address textbook shortages. County superintendents may buy needed books on the open market, bypassing contracts with book companies, while lawsuits may proceed. The state has paid $62,852 in semiannual bond interest, with total Texas bonded debt at $3,989,406.
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Austin
Attorney General
Sluder
Texas
Head on Collision Near Tulsa Kills Two on Train
A Frisco passenger and freight train collided head on near Fisher twelve miles west of Tulsa on Monday morning. One locomotive engineer W A Miller and fireman W A Hanewek were killed. Conductor Bernard and brakeman C E B Hesey were injured, Hesey seriously. The freight crew escaped by jumping. A relief train with physicians was sent from Tulsa.
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Tulsa
Okla
Frisco Road
Fisher
Tne End
W. A. Miller
W. A. Hanewek
Bernard
C. EB. Hesey
Frisco Depot Burglarized in Muskogee Heist
The Frisco freight depot in Muskogee Oklahoma was burglarized on January 4. Six masked men gained entrance through an open window and used nitroglycerin to blow open the safe, securing about $1500 in coin and checks before fleeing.
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Muskogee
Okla
Frisco
Public Building Bills Filed For Teague And Mexia
Washington reports Representative Hardy introduced bills for public buildings at Teague and Mexia. Congressman Slayden filed protests by merchants from San Antonio and New Braunfels against parcels post legislation.
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Washington
Hardy
Teague
Mexia
San Antonio
New Braunfelts
Slayden
Fort Worth Professor Bryant Rinker Dies After Illness
Fort Worth educator Professor Bryant Rinker, struck by apoplexy during the State Teachers' convention, died Monday morning in Austin. He was a well known figure across Texas.
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Austin
Bryant Rinker
Fort Worth
Texas
Escape report on Yupn Shi Kai false claims
January 4 report corrects a prior erroneous claim that Yupn Shi Kai escaped from Pekin. The corrected item confirms no escape occurred and notes the prior report was mistaken.
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Bekin
Yupn Shi Kai
Pekin
Lawton Jail Escape Sparks Qu near Oklahoma School Moves
Callie Mishen, described as a negro, escaped from Lawton jail amid a questioning of the institute in Oklahoma at Lawton with a large attendance. A musketsry school possibly moving from Monterey to Fort Sill is noted.
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Callie Mishen
Lawton
Eer Institute of Oklahoma
School of Musketry
Monterey
Cal
Fort Sill
Tom Tally
Muskogee
Sapulpa
Boggs
R. M. Clark
James Arnold
Frisco Railroad Extends Line From Brady to San Antonio
Fort Worth reports W B Drake of the Frisco announces the extension of the Frisco railroad from Brady south to San Antonio and improvements along the route. No funds from the $30,000,000 Yoakum plan will be used, as eight million dollars in Texas will go to track upgrades and new stations toward Red River. Yoakum plans to visit Fort Worth to view construction start soon.
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Fort Worth
St. Louis
W. B. Drake
Frisco
Brady
San Antonio
B. F. Yoakum
Mr. Yoakum
Red River
Eigt
Texas
Judge Charges Grand Jury to Probe Gambling and Violence
San Antonio report states Judge Dwyer empaneled a grand jury and instructed it to investigate violations of Baskin McGreor and anti gambling laws. Authorities believe one or more saloons were open Sunday as rioting black residents fled the area, with an investigation under way.
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San Antonio
Dwyer
Lighthouse Fires and Warship Support Reported in Sicily Scene
A Sicily dispatch says the Faro lighthouse at Rizo is extinguished and Campania lights fail to revolve while Messina is lit only by warship searchlights and fires. British warships have supplied nearly 300,000 pounds of beef biscuits and coffee to the sufferers.
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Malta
Sicily
Faro
Rizo
Campania
Messina
Earthquake Death Toll Edges Up Near Reggio
The prefect requisitioned two fields for burial alongside the ordinary cemetery. Grave diggers identified about 3 percent of 2,000 bodies. By now 800 bodies have been found in villages around Reggio.
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Reggio
Emperor William Orders Hospitals Sent to Meowina
Copenhagen reports Emperor William orders a Danish firm to ship six transportable hospitals of eighty beds to Meowina at his expense. The Danish government meanwhile ordered the cruiser Holmdale from Athens to Messina.
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Copenhagen
William of Germany
Meowina
Holmdale
Athens
Messina
Freight train collides with passenger train in Italy
A freight train struck a passenger train between Messina and Catania at Nivza, telescoping the cars. The accident left the passenger train crowded with earthquake victims and five people dead.
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Messina
Nivza
Catania
General Labor Protest Motions Mass Meeting Against DC Supreme Court
The Chicago Federation of Labor inaugurates a general protest over the sentencing of Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison. The executive board is to arrange a monster labor meeting in Cook County on Lincoln's birthday February 12. Copies of the protest resolution will be sent nationwide to encourage mass meetings.
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Chicago
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Chicago Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Cook County
Lincoln
Grand Jury Probing Chicago Meat Packers and Railroads
Federal grand jury resumes probe into Chicago meat packing companies and railroads. United States District Attorney Sims tightens secrecy, guards witnesses with secret service, and vows jail for any disclosure of grand jury secrets.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Sims
Secret Service
Democrat chief denies moving headquarters to San Antonio
Lockhart Texas January 4 Chairman Storey of the state Democratic executive committee denies he will move the headquarters to San Antonio as reported Three secretaries will run the office in Lockhart He plans to travel to Austin to seek amendments to the Terrell election law.
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Lockhart
Tex
Storey
State
Democratic Executive Committee
San Antonio
Austin
Gilchrist Inaugurated Florida Chief Executive
In Tallahassee on January 4, Hon. Albert Gilchrist was inaugurated as Florida’s chief executive. A long civic and military parade followed the ceremony, with a review of the new governor before outgoing Governor Broward.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Albert Gilchrist
Florida
Broward
Castro Operated On For Kidney Complaint
Berlin, Jag. 4 Dr. Israel operated upon former President Castro of Venezuela Monday for kidney complaint.
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Castyo
Berlin
Jag
Israel
Castro
Venezuela
Constitutional ruling highlights New York Gas case effect
Declared Constitutional Washington January 4 The supreme court decision in the New York Consolidated Gas company case is said to declare the law constitutional.
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Washington
New York Consolidated Gas Company
Catastrophic Rome quake toll rises with widespread devastation
Figaro reports from Rome a staggering aftershock of 200000 dead estimated as the disaster deepens. Tremors continue, waters boil from crevasses, and aid remains insufficient as hungry dogs and hogs feed on the wounded amid famine and fires.
Transfer shift shifts commands among Texas ranger units
Weatherford reports Company A and Company B undergo reassignments. Captain Frank Johnson of Company A is transferred to Alice to succeed Captain Ross, whose unit is sent to Amarillo under the command of Captain Ross.
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Weatherford, Tex
State Rangers
Frank Johnson
Alice
Ross
Amarillo
Dream Foretold Tragic Death Of Albany Child
Albany Ga Jan 1 A young Elizabeth Carver died from burns suffered while playing with candles. Miss Hattie Warren of Atlanta said a dream foretold the tragedy two weeks earlier, predicting that Elizabeth Tarver would be fatally burned. The hostess’s family recalled a momentary unease but paid little heed until the incident fulfilled the vision.
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Albany
Elizabeth Carver
Hattie Warren
Atlanta
Miss Warren
Elizabeth Tarver
Firecracker blast injures boy in Greenville incident
In Greenville Texas on January 4 a seven year old boy Homer Henley sustained severe burns after a giant firecracker exploded. Doctors fear the blast may result in the loss of both arms.
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Greenville
Tex
Homer Henley
Trial of Henry Clay Pierce Likely Not Until March
District Attorney Hamilton says the Henry Clay Pierce case likely won’t reach trial before March 1 in the Fifty third district court. He will attend Georgetown for three weeks on the Twenty sixth district court and then work with the local grand jury for about the same period, delaying the criminal docket.
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Austin
Jan
Hamilton
Henry Clay Pierce
Fifty Third District Court
Georgetown
Fifty-third District Court
Dallas and Fort Worth men protest new interstate bill of lading
H B Dorsey secretary of the Grain Dealers association Fort Worth along with James Maroney and Ben Cabell of Dallas filed a personal protest before the railroad commission. They argue the new interstate bill of lading imposes a great hardship on Texas shippers and said the commission advised the matter would be referred to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Austin
Jan
H. B. Dorsey
Grain Dealers’ Assdociation
Fort Worth
James Maroney
Ben Cabell
Dallas
Railroad Commission
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prohibition Question Backed by Dallas Cleric
Rev. Dr. C. G. Rankin of Dallas visits Austin and predicts political annihilation for legislators who do not support submitting the prohibition question. He states that failure to submit will prompt 20,000 extra prohibition votes in Texas as the people demand the measure.
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Austin
Jan
C. G. Rankin
Dallas
Texas
Walla Walla Fire Insurance Receivership Noted
Love advised that a receiver has been appointed for the Walla Walla Fire Insurance Company of Walla Walla Washington. The company conducts business in Texas.
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Austin, Jame
Love
Department of Banking and Insurance
Walla Walla
New Railroad Planned from Plainview to Texas Line
An announcement from New York states Frank Trumbull, president of the Colorado and Southern Railway, and D B Keeler of the Fort Worth and Denver road lead a project to build a railroad from Plainview south to the Texas and Pacific line. The route would pass Floydada with wealthy West Texas ranchmen in town to finalize plans. The venture is regarded as practically assured.
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New York
Jan
Frank Trumbull
Colorado and Southern Railway Company
D. B. Keeler
Fort Worth and Denver
Plainview
Texas and Pacific Railway
Floydada
West Texas
Conven tion Focuses on Uniform Eras and Freight Rates
The convention will discuss uniform eras, freight rates, and the relations between growers and workers as its major topics, aiming to address key economic and labor issues affecting the industry.
Arrest of C. I. Evans Sr. on hand charges
A brief report notes C. I. Evans Sr., described as a principal figure, was arrested and released on hand related charges. The fragment references Yas and a Tuesday context but lacks full details or locations.
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Yas
Ako Man
Kit Y C. I. Evans Sr
Arrival of Sperry Flag Team from Suez at Rassion Minnesota
A contingent led by Sperry flag team from Suez arrives in Rassion Minnesota, bringing a notable presence from overseas. The group includes a Ver AT representative and local officials welcome the arriving party.
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Sperry
Rassion
Minnesota
Suez
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