Engineers avert nationwide rail strike with pay raise
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and 61 railroads end the dispute in Chicago. Engineers secure a 101 3 percent average raise over the 1910 scale, about 192 dollars per man annually, plus 40 cents daily plus engine differentials for various locomotive types. Grand Chief Stone cites avoided strike disruption as key to acceptance of United States Commissioner Neill’s proposal.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Stone
Engineers
United States
Neill
Kansas Claims Real Lava Volcano Near Dodge City
Professor Erasmus Haworth of the University of Kansas investigated fissures near the L. B. White ranch, about twenty miles southwest of Dodge City. The largest crack runs around 200 yards long and three feet wide, with a 40 foot rope not reaching the bottom, while a smaller crack is about fifty yards long and two feet wide. Smoke rose from the smaller fissure as ground near it shook, and locals report several possible eruptions hundreds of miles to the west. Haworth plans a longer inquiry in coming weeks.
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Dodge City
Kas
Erasmus Haworth
University of Kansas
L. BE
White Ranch
Here
Rum
No Inaugural Ball Planned for Nebraska Governor
Omaha dispatch reports governor-elect Cheater H. Aldrich will be inducted January 5 without an inaugural ball. He confirms a reception will occur at the state house but there will be dancing. He cites church membership and discomfort with dancing.
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Omaha
Lincoln
Cheater H. Aldrich
Aldrich
Methodist Church
State House
Thrills at Los Angeles Meet Open International Aviation Event
Crowds packed the Los Angeles venue for the second annual international aviation meet. Daring stunts include spiral glides and a race between Glenn Curtiss and FP O Parmalee of the Wright team. Arch Hoxey failed to beat the altitude record due to cold, reaching around six hundred feet, while Walter Brookins wowed spectators with a two thousand foot glide. Curtiss also achieved speeds over sixty miles per hour.
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Los Angeles
Hugh
Glenn Curtiso
FP. O. Parmalee
Wright
Arch Hoxey
Walter Brookins
Glenn Curtiss
Wreckage of Grace Aircraft Found Near Texel
Amsterdam reports the recovered wreckage of Cecil Grace’s aeroplane in the North Sea near Texel. Grace was last seen at 3 pm Thursday near Goodwin sands en route Calais to Dover, reportedly veering northeast toward open sea, possibly misled by Kent coast bluffs.
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Amsterdam
Der
Cecil Grace
Calais
Dover
North Sea
Texel
Frisian
Grace
Goodwin Sands
England
Kentish
Denver Bizmen Seek Wool Growers Convention in 1912
Denver leaders of the chamber of commerce plan a strong push to bring the National Wool Growers Association annual convention to Denver in 1912. A delegation will travel to Portland next week to lobby, following a rift with the American Livestock association. Colonel W. E B. Skinner raised the proposal at a luncheon.
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Denver
Colo
Chamber of Commerce
National Wool Growere’ Association
Portland
W. E B. Skinner
National Wool Growers
American Livestock Association
Woman Dynamiter Found Guilty in Judge Ogden Case
Oakland Chicago December 24 after nine hours the jury found Mrs Isabella J Martin guilty in the second trial for dynamiting the home of Superior Judge Ogden on March 11 1607 She recommended extreme mercy and conducted her defense herself showing knowledge of law She had earlier been convicted at the first trial and sentenced to life imprisonment An appeal led to a new trial and the witness Baby John Martin testified he set the dynamite under threats from Mrs Martin.
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Oakland
Cal
Isabella J. Martin
Ogden
Supreme Court
Tearea
Martin
Juriet
John’ Martin
Chimay
John
Duchess Charged Trial Hype Surges Amid Withdrawn Allegations
In Tours France Dutchess Chogeul-Phashin former Mrs Charles Hamilton Paine withdraws claims that Count and Countess dAulby conspired to swindle her out of 200000 in spurious paintings. Court overrules defense plea to halt case. Trial postponed to January 2 as duchess departs amid town rumors of hostile demonstration.
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Toures
France
Dulby Degatigny
Chogeul-Phashin
Mra
Charles Hamilton Paine
Boston
d'Aulby
Tours
Mme. d'Aulby
Francesca Lunt
d’Aulby
d’'Aulbys
Paines
Paris
Roberts
Aged Man Cremated in Union Star Fire
In Union Star Missouri a morning blaze destroyed five buildings including a millinery store and the Union Star Herald office. M H Cochran aged 95 died in the flames, likely while cooking breakfast. The fire caused about $10,000 in losses.
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St. Joseph
Union Star
M. H. Cochran
Cameran
Union Star Herald
Adirondack Fires Linked to Hunters and Campers
The forthcoming state forest and game department annual report shows hunters caused twenty six fires in the Adirondacks burning 1100 acres. Campers were responsible for twenty three fires in the same region burning 1954 acres.
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Albany
N. Y
State Forest
Feb and Game Department
Adirondacks
Abandoned Mine Collapse Injures Zabuiser Foundry Crew
A coal mine abandoned fifty years ago collapsed in Washington Pennsylvania. The Zabuiser Brothers and Bien foundry on West Chestnut Street was crushed injuring John A. Sten the company vice president and twelve workmen. About twenty other workers escaped unharmed as walls and machinery toppled into the shaft. Some sections fell 160 feet to the mine base and the loss is estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Washington, Pa
Zabuiser Brothers & Bien
West Chestnut Street
John A. Sten
Volunteer Santa Claus Found Dead in North St Louis
William Rie a 60 year old widower known as a local Santa Claus was found frozen to death in a road way near his home after delivering gifts. A basket of gifts and a bag of candies remained with him as evidence of his Christmas outreach to neighborhood children.
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St. Louis
North St. Louis
William Rie
Santa Claus
Rie
Carbolic Acid Poison Victim Reaches Recovery
After a grim 24 hours with little hope, George Dennie a Wyoming Hotel employee regained consciousness and was moved to a private hospital. Dr Burgess and a team of nurses care for him as his mother arrives from Goldfield Colorado to be at his bedside. The doctor credits the nurse with the slight improvement and persistent care.
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George Dennie
Wyoming Hotel
Burgess
Goldfield
Colo
Exclusion of Japanese to Be an Issue
Governor-elect Johnson weighs a rising anti Japanese push in California as labor groups and farmers press for laws banning land ownership by aliens and excluding Japanese and Chinese children from white school rooms. The movement seeks swift passage despite potential protests from Japan and the federal government.
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San Francisgo
Cal
California
Johnson
Rooosevelt
Toklo
Roosevelt
Japanese Exclusion League
Taft
Union Labor Party
Farmers and Fruit Growers’ Associations
California’ Fruit Growers’ Association
Incgming
Parted Since Civil War Reunited In Minnesota
In St Paul Minnesota Conrge W Roberts and his wife who split during the Civil War when he joined the Union army and she supported the Confederacy have been reunited after a patient recognized a locket portrait. They married in Mexico in 1869 and planned to remarry after discovering their bond remained intact. They left the court house smiling and will take another Mexico honeymoon.
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St. Paul, Minn
Conrge W. Roberts
Mexico
Roberts
New Chilean Cabinet Announced By President Lucci
Santiago reports the cabinet appointed by President Lucci. Interior Minister Maximiliano Ibanes heads the lineup with Raphael Orrego as foreign affairs minister and Donaldo Almunategul as minister of justice. Finance minister Raimando Del Mio and War and Marine minister General Pinto Conchas are named along with industry minister Jamagl Valieaver. All are Liberal.
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Santiago
Chile
Lucci
Wis
Woman Playing Man In Chain Gang Champion
In Muskogee Oklahoma on December 24 a prisoner named Will Taylor was found to be a woman. Mrs Lawrence Hanlon of St Louis wore men's clothes since November 28 and performed the hardest work in the four days with the chain gang.
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Muskogee
Okla
Esty Jal
Will Taylor
Lawrence Hanlon
St. Lowie
Haneson
Revolution in Dons Land as Padlock Bill Passes
Madrid reports the padlock bill cleared the cortes 108 to 20, seen as a first step toward a broader anti church program. Premier Canalejas argues a phased reform path will avert clerical revolt, while government allies vow resistance to his plans. The clash signals a coming political struggle.
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Madrid
Canalejan
Canalejas
Elderly man found starving with bag of gold in Wisconsin home
In La Crosse on December 24 John Cahek, 98, was found nearly starved in a barren house with a bag of 2128 in gold coins on the kitchen table. Patrolmen brought him home to a double house where his wife, living in comfort, has not spoken to him for years.
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la Crease
Wis
Cole
John Cahek
Oulekike
Hla
Mexico to face Ari insurgents in Chihuahua fight
Two trains carry 1,300 loyalists from Chihuahua to reinforce General Navarro as Insurrectos retreat to defense. Navarro plans to seize Mor Paso, with 2,000 troops and artillery expected to crush the revolt within months. Engineers recount captivity after being forced to operate a captured engine.
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Chihuahua
Navarro
Mal Paso
Associated Press
Insurrectos
Cerro Metro
Scappold Collapse Injures Six Men in Trinidad
Six workers were injured when a scaffold on the Packer building collapsed, dropping them about twenty feet. So1 Meddling and J A Montgomery suffered serious injuries. Cyril Harecroft, Frank Mulford, Frank Simpson, and Andy Crough sustained various nonfatal injuries. Meddling and Montgomery were hospitalized in serious condition while the others returned home.
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Trinidad
Colo
Packer
J. A. Montgomery
Cyril Harecroft
Frank Mulford
Frank Simpson
Andy Crough
Meddling
Montgomery
Santa Claus Delivers Cheer Across Cheyenne
In a display of Wyoming generosity volunteers anonymously brought Christmas gifts to children throughout Cheyenne and nearby districts. Banta and Gusta Clauses distributed presents while many donors told no one of their kindness, ensuring that no youngster felt left out. The effort spanned West, South, North, East Cheyenne and Park Addition with couples and singles alike participating.
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Santa Claus
Cheyenne
Blate
Hania Chiuees
Weat
South Cheyenne
North Cheyenne
East Cheyenne
Park Addition
Buwabene
Santa Claveea
Santa Clause
Je Hhiy
Cante Lo
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Ocheyenne
Dons’ Land
Spain
Ari
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