Christmas Eve blast kills three at Keystone shaft party
At Greensburg Pennsylvania, a Christmas Eve celebration for about 25 people at Michael Wilding’s home near Keystone shaft sparked a deadly accident. A dropped cigarette butt ignited 25 pounds of open stored mining powder, causing flames and acid smoke. Three died, eight were gravely burned, ten injured, others saved by workers. A special train ferried the injured to a hospital.
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Greensburg
Westmoreland
Keystone Shaft
Michael Wilding
Bomb damages Llewellyn Ironworks in Los Angeles
A dynamite blast at Llewellyn Ironworks in Los Angeles caused about 20 000 dollars in damage and injured night watchman J E Ashbury. The force shattered nearby plants and woke Westlake district residents as three suspects fled the scene. Police link the attack to local labor troubles and union activity.
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Westlake
Los Angeles
Llewellyn Company
Women Debris Of Not Want Chipwreck Men Vote Disliveray
United Press Leased Wire reports a bill in Denver to deprive men of voting rights, aiming to disenfranchise men while noting women’s suffrage. The same dispatch discusses a missing steamer St Denis wreck near Cayogui, with crew of fourteen under Capt. Davis, last heard from Vancouver on Nov 18, fate unknown.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Wire Victoria
B.C
Mexico
Mt Etna Erupts Again Spurring Nearby Activity
A new eruption at Mount Etna in Italy prompted brief activity reports from Naples and other observers. While details are scarce, officials say the eruption is among the more notable in recent years.
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MT. Etna
Bomb blasts hit Harlem gambling houses in early morning attack
Police report two dynamite bombs exploded within five minutes on 116th street near a social club and a dance hall in Harlem, causing heavy damage and scattering residents. A mysterious man in a black taxi was seen fleeing the scene as windows shattered and chaos erupted.
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New York
Harlem
116Th Street
Driscoll
RMI
United States Military Readiness Warned by General Wood
Major General Wood told the House Committee on Military Affairs that the nation is unprepared for a first class power. He warned that current arms and ammunition are insufficient for a single engagement and urged reorganizing forces to be more capable. He stressed patriotism and bravery but cited logistics and artillery weaknesses.
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Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Wood
Staf
Chon Fant
Son
Olympia to Get Federal Post Office Building
Olympia postmaster W T Cavanaugh says work will start this summer on a new federal post office in the state capital. He notes Olympia is the last state capital without a public building and explains plans for a postal savings bank branch opening January 3 and staffing rules for deposits and stamps at the new site.
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United Press
Olympia
Wash
W. T. Cavanaugh
Washington, D.C
United States
Postal Savings Bank
Olympis
Olympia Postofice
Cavanaugh
Death sentence for Black Hand kidnapper in New York
Judge Fawcett imposes the death penalty on the Black Hand gang for abducting Michael Rizzla and eight year old Louise Attlo Longo. Leader Spanitto receives death. Pappengo and Mary Raphael jailed 26 to 49 years. Court reaction largely defiant amid demonstrations.
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New York
Fawcett
Michael Rizzla
Louise Attlo Longo
Spanitto
Pappengo
Mary Raphael
Sentenco
Giant Lewis County railroad merger deed on record
Centralia December 27 Auditor Swofford joined by others at the Court House as the Oregon & Washington Railroad Company transfers to the Oregon & Washington Railroad & Navigation Company in a deed totaling 50 009 000 The document notes territory near Winlock to Sulphur Springs and signals possible further construction plans The event is described as one of the largest deals in Lewis County and Washington state history with local impact.
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Centralia
Lewis County
B. T. Riter
J. D. Farrell
R. C. Spencer
Centralia Daily Chronicle
Winlock
Sulphur Springs
Railroad unions seek settlement on pay raise in new year
Chicago Dec 27 A settlement of demands by 75 000 Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors workers on 61 Western railroads is expected within days after the new year. A ten percent increase is considered probable as the Christmas suspended conference resumes today.
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United Press
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway Tratemen
Tice Acts as Conductor on Night Service
General manager Tice worked several trips on the Twin City Light and Power night service after crews were short handed. One conductor was on leave and the other away last minute, leaving no one to operate the car.
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Centralia
Sears
Twin City Light & Tracetion Company
Iss
Tice
Centralia Visitors Praise Contralia as Fastest Growing City
Mr and Mrs Alexander Seales of St John Oregon visit Centralia and stay with Mr and Mrs William Seates. Seales, a prosperous merchant in Portland’s suburbs, remarks Contralia has everything for future growth and growth pace. He notes Contralia’s appeal and rapid development as a thriving city in Washington.
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Centralia
Dev
Alexander Seales
St. John
Oregon
Wiliam
Seales
Portland
Ivor
Sealog
Massacre survivor Markley to buy Mossy Rock ranch
Former Sergeant G F Markley, a survivor of the 1901 Balangiga massacre near Samer Island, visits Centralia with his brother W A Markley. The pair plan to buy an eighty acre ranch at Mossy Rock after recovering from wounds and carrying memories of the FIlipino attack and ensuing actions.
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Centralia
Balangiga
Samer Island
3Th Infantry
Filippine
G. F. Markley
Mossy Rock
Markley
Jakie’’ Smith
Jake
Smith
Company
Haggard
Chehalis
W. A. Markley
Electrical Trust to Be Sued Over Trade Conspiracy
Washington reports an imminent suit to dissolve the Electrical Trust led by Wade Ellis former assistant attorney general. The action targets General Electric Westinghouse and other firms for conspiring to restrain trade via patent laws, with papers to be drawn without awaiting Supreme Court rulings in Standard Oil or American Tobacco cases.
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United Press
Washington
Wade Ellis
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
American Tobacco Company
UK General Eletric
the Westinghouse
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