Money Behind Central American Revolutions Ties to U S Financiers
Secret Service and Justice Department officials in New Orleans and Chicago probe alleged American financiers backing revolts in Mexico and Central America. Twenty five federal agents monitor border activity to enforce neutrality laws amid reports of arms shipments and revolutionary expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
New Orleans
Acc
Secret Service Bureau
Anit- States Department of Justice
Chicago
Senaneimz
Kingten
Eed
Mexico
Honda
Department
Arlee
Washington
Department of Pustice
Orleans
Federal Amient 8
Conmin
Francisco Altschul
Honduras
Firs
Venus
Press- Zelaya
Nicaragua
Apple
Hornet
General Christmas
Manuel Bonilla
Philadelphia
Gulf
Girl Uses Hairpin to Defeat Burglar in Greenwood
Miss Ruth Pinson a Winthrop student fought off a burglar at her father Joe Pinson’s Reynolds street home using a hairpin. The intruder fled after slashing at her head wounding hair, while wedding presents outside the window indicated the burglar’s intended theft. Police had yet to identify the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Joe Pinson
Reynolds Street
Ruth Pinson
Winthrop
Miss Pinson
GALL ELECTION RAILROAD BONDS
Salisbury voters will decide Feb. 22 on issuing 75000 dollars in Salisbury township bonds and 20000 dollars in Litaker township bonds to fund a new Winston Salem to Monrone railroad. Construction must start within a year and finish by January 1, 1914. The second item notes the discovery of an unidentified newborn corpse on the Western Railroad track with no clues or marks linking to an oncoming train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
N. C
Winston- Salem
Monrone
Liaker Township
Litaker
Dowd Wins Unanimous Speaker Nomination in Democratic Caucus
W C Dowd of Mecklenburg was acclaimed speaker of the North Carolina House by 103 Democrats after a tense caucus. The vote crowned Dowd with broad support and he urged cooperation to advance education, industry and agriculture while committee officers were also chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowd
House
Governor Dix Seeks Tax Reform and Senate Vote
Governor Dix in a January 4 message to the New York legislature warns of rising annual expenditures from taxation and debt. He calls excessive taxation criminal and urges federal income tax amendment and direct U.S. Senate elections by popular vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
John A. Dix
Congress
Dix
United States
Big Fines for the Railroads in Rebating Case
In Philadelphia judge Holland fined the Philadelphia and Reading railway Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and Bethlem Steel Company $40000 each for unlawful rebating. In Atlanta the Carmack amendment to the Hepburn rate law was affirmed constitutional after a prior erroneous report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Holland
United States District Court
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Bethlem Steel Company
Population figures from the thirteenth census released
The census bureau made public today population statistics for North Carolina listing cities Asheville Durham Greensboro Raleigh and Winston with 1910 and 1900 figures. 1910 values are 18,762 for Asheville 18,241 for Durham 15,895 for Greensboro 19,218 for Raleigh 17,167 for Winston.
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Washington
Census Bureau
North Carolina
Asheville
Durham
Greensboro
Raleigh
Winston
Fire destroys Washington Duke Main Trinity College building
A morning blaze at Trinity College in Durham, North Carolina, gut the Washington Duke Main Building, a $100,000 loss. The fire, fed by oil and aided by rain and wind, destroyed records and trunks. two new dormitory buildings valued at $15,000 each were damaged but spared.
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Durham
N. C
Washington Duke
Trinity College
Duke
Benj. Duke
Young Men's Christian Association
London's Hunt for Anarchist Gang Reaches Fevered Peak
London crowds surge in the east end as police and soldiers press the manhunt for the Russian anarchist gang. Investigators explore Sidney Street ruins for bodies including possible remains of Peter the Painter after a deadly confrontation. A discarded gelatine pack near Barking raises new but unconfirmed links.
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East End
London
Police Department
Sidney Street
Peter the Painter
Barking
Large global earthquake tremors reported from London to Tashkent
Seismographs recorded a huge quake between 11:35 p.m. and 3:58 a.m. in London area with echoes across the empire as far as Tashkent. Russian Turkestan and Semiryetchensk region experienced fatal damage and major fissures destroying Vyerny stores and homes. Cleveland observers note distant shocks affecting St. Ignatius College with peak motion at 6:22 p.m. local time.
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Associated Press
London
West Bromwich
Tashkent
Vyerny
Semiryetchensk
St. Ignatius
Cleveland
St. Ignatius College
Father Odenbach
Military Affairs Committee to Meet in Washington
The house military affairs committee will meet to finish work on the army appropriation bill. Members expect the war department’s 700000 dollar estimate for new field artillery to be reduced. The bill will be ready for the house shortly after congress reconvenes.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Military Affairs Committee
House
War Department
United States
Congress
Senate
Senate Committee On Pensions
Legislature convenes for business in Raleigh new session
Raleigh N C Jan 4 The general assembly convened at 11 oclock and organized for business before taking a recess until tomorrow to hear Governor Kitchins biennial message The house named W C Dowd speaker T G Cobb principal clerk D Scott Poole reading clerk M D Kinsland engrossing clerk and G L Kirkpatrick sergeant at arms The senate organized with H N Phas president pro tem R O Self principal clerk Mark Squires reading clerk W E Hooks engrossing clerk R M Stanley sergeant at arms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
W. C. Dowd
Mecklenburg
House
Assembly
Harry Stubbs
Martin
Koonce
Onslow
Dowd
Turlington
Iredell
Doughton
Alleghany
Mr. Dowd
G. T. Cobb
D. Scott Pool
Cumberland
Reading
Raeford
Kinsland
George L. Kirkpatrick
D. H. James
Halifax
Senate
Chamber of Commerce
H. R. Starbuck
Forsyth
Barham
Thorne
Otis Self
Jackson
W. E. Brock
Anson
Mark Squires
W. E. Hooks
R. M. Stanley
Wilkes
W. G. Hall
General Assembly
Kitchin
Charlotte
T. G. Cobb
Burke
D. Scott Poole
M. D. Kinsland
Haywood
G. L. Kirkpatrick
Lenoir
H. N. Phas
R. O. Self
Caldwell
Wayne
Dilkes
Agreement settles Tennessee legislature contests as regulars qualify
In Nashville on January 4 the two factions reached a settlement. The house regular democrats will be seated and all contests in the house will be thrown out except one. The insurgent regulars will be sworn in at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
House
Historic Cold Wave Hits Cities Across South and West
Reports from New Orleans and Savannah to Augusta and Nashville detail an intense cold front. Temperatures drop to single digits and below zero in several locations, with damaged pipes, stopped work, and forecasts of further freezing and rising later in the day. In Colorado a 51 degree warm up ends a prolonged deep freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
T.a
Macon
Savannah
Weather Bureau
Augusta
Colorado
Denver
Col
Memphis
Tenn
Nashville
Two Railroads Fight For Right Of Way In Mountain Pass
A Waterville North Carolina special says two rival crews from the Trans-Continental Railroad Company and the Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad clash to control a mountain pass near Newport and Waterville Tennessee. W. J. Oliver leads a Sevierville to Greenville line project and may back the effort. Both sides push ahead with construction and vow to hold the pass at any cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Pass
Associated Press
Knoxville, Tenn
Waterville
N. C
Trans-Continental Railroad Company
Tennessee & Western North, Carolina Railroad
Newport, Tenn
Terville
W. J. Oliver
Sevierville
Tenn
Greenville
S. C
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Secret Service
Central
Girl
William Carey Dowd
Die
Buster Brown
Trinity Gol
Dat
Russia
Russian Turkestan
Ata
Dixie
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Mobile
Ala
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