New Year Celebrations Light Up Cincinnati Night
Cincinnati residents welcomed 1910 with church services and festive gatherings across the city. Downtown crowds filled restaurants and hotels while homes and churches observed quiet observances. lights on Vine Street returned after midnight as fireworks and champagne marked the occasion. Strong social activity persisted at theaters, hotels, and the Eagle club, with many venues open through the early hours and the city calm for a celebratory, orderly transition into the new year.
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Taft Urges Ohio Republicans to Unite for Progressive Policy
Taft wants Ohio Republicans to unite on progressive lines and outline a definite policy. He will help with other leaders to promote harmony and merit in party wins. Mooney says the visit had no political ambitions discussed and stresses support for public utility regulation and stock bond controls.
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Government declines to buy Peary ship Roosevelt
The treasury department declined a purchase offer for the steamer Roosevelt used by Commander Peary on his Arctic voyage. Promoters hoped it would patrol Behring Sea, but Assistant Secretary Hilles ruled it unsuitable for the service.
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Associated, Press Dispatch
Washington
Roosevelt
Peary
Arctic
North Pole
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Hilles
Charmer Chooses Sanatorium Over Courtroom Trial
Harry A. Rheinstrom, son of a major distilling family, agreed after probate court scrutiny to abandon his twenty six year romance with actress Edna Loftus and enter College Hill sanitarium to restore his sanity. The judge left the choice to him between the actress and his mother who waited sobbing outside.
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Lueders
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Strike Arbiters Fail to Reach Agreement in Rail Labor Dispute
Washington December 31 union mediators struggle over mediation in the switchmen strike affecting rail traffic into St Paul. Government officials Knapp Neill and Perham weigh actions while Taft presidency awaits. No conference scheduled until Monday. Perham cites lacking chance of progress without fresh developments.
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Associated. Press Dispatch
Washington
St. Paul
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor
Neill
H. B. Perham
Order of Railways Telegraphere
American Federation of Labor
Perham
Taft
White House
Sperduction
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Bank Robbers Shot Down in Harrah Bank Rescue
Five men planned to rob the Harrah bank and post office in Oklahoma. United States Marshal Jack Abernathy’s posse caught them in the act. two were killed, one jailed wounded, two suspects held. Carpenter and Quigg died. Dilbeck wounded.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Guthrie
Okla
Harrah
United States
Jack Abernathy
Frank Quigg
Atchison, Kan
Frank Carpenter
C. W. Dilbeck
Carpenter
Post Office
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Harrah State Bank
Dilbeck
Quigg
Abernathy
Red” Rogers
Pearl Wilson
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Rogers
Wilson
Quigg Brother Linked to Rough Riders and Bank Raid Tragedy
Frank Quigg, killed by a marshal's posse during an Harrah Oklahoma bank raid, lived in Atchison. His brother George served in Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish American War and died last year at Leavenworth National Soldiers' Home.
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Rough Rider
Atchison, Kan
Associated Press
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Harrah
Okla
Atchison
George
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
National Soldiers
Leavenworth
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Trenton train wreck leaves three dead and many hurt
A Rock Island California special train wreck two miles south of Trenton Missouri at 8 30 this morning killed three people including two women and injured at least forty five. The engine and tender plunged from a five foot embankment as cars followed. cause unknown but likely spreading rails. Dozens are named among the injured and dead, including fireman O P Lininger and many passengers and crew across multiple states.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Trenton
Rock Island
Explosion At Place Viger Station Wrecks Platform In Montreal
At Place Viger station in Montreal a gas explosion injures over twenty people during a New Year crowd. The Quebec train was due to depart about 11 30 pm, as debris buried victims on the crowded platform. A woman suffered a severed leg among the early injuries.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Montreal
Quebec
Place Viger
Canadian Pacific Railway
Zelaya May Be Plotting With Diaz for Conquest
Mexico City report claims Zelaya seeks Mexican involvement in Central American affairs. It notes Diaz would avoid U S offense while Zelaya pressures for a union or annexation of Guatemala. Zelaya met with officials and plans further talks as tensions rise.
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Subisidy Measure To Be Presented At Noon Tuesday
Washington December 31 Promptly at noon next Tuesday Representative William E Humphrey of Washington will submit a ship subsidy bill. The plan is backed by a broad coalition and the administration. Taft is said to be its godfather with support from business leaders across the nation. The bill goes to the house merchant marine and fisheries committee for action with a long list of Republican and Democratic members.
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Humphrey
House Committee On Merchant, Marine, and Fisheries
William S. Greene
Massachusetts
William E. Humphrey
Washington
William W. Wilson
Illinois
E. Stevens Henry
Connecticut
George W. Fairchild
New York
William W. Foulkrod
Pennsylvania
Negroes in New York Lose the Elk Emblems
In White Plains New York the supreme court determines that Negro Elks cannot use the ritual password pin and core of the Elks. The decision stems from a conflict between the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of New York and the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World.
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Associated Press
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Protective Order of Elks of the World
Lurton Faces Tobacco Trust Case as First Task
Judge Horace H. Lurton arrives in Washington to join the Supreme Court as associate justice. He will attend his first session Monday, seat himself left of the chief justice, and hear the government suit challenging the tobacco trust worth $400 billion. Justice Moody remains ill and will not attend the opening. The Standard Oil appeal is on the docket but not heard until March.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Horace H. Lurton
Supreme Court of the United States
Major Wright
Supreme Court
New Willard Hotel
Lurton
Justice Moody
Justice Lurton
Court of Appeals
Tobacco Trust
False McKinley Bridge Work Spawns Ice Toll and Delays
An ice jam toppled about forty feet of the McKinley bridge falsework across the Mississippi, tossing sixty workers into frigid waters. Captain Short and a tug crew rescued forty men. twenty marooned on a drifting barge. Property losses top $250,000 with months of delay ahead.
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Mississippi
Associated Press Dispatch
ST. Louis
John Short
Clinois Traction System
Gus ‘Steimel
Tug Wash Gray sinks in icy Pumpkin Patch harbor
Louisville harbor tug Wash Gray of Monongahela River Coal and Coke Co sank after a leak under river ice. Four watchmen were aboard. one escaped. The tug valued at $10,000. In Reno Nevada a winter storm roars across the city and eastern Sierra Nevada slopes with furious winds and heavy snow.
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Associated Press
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Florida Warms as Cold Wave Recedes Across State
Jacksonville reports a warmer trend across Florida with temperatures rising ten to thirty degrees. No further menace from the cold wave is expected, and residents brace for improving conditions.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Associated Press
Mystery of Head Found in Trash Bucket in Prudential Building
A freshly severed white man's head was found in a hall trash bucket at the Prudential building in Atlanta. The negro porter who found it reported the head rolled up as the bucket was emptied. Police have no clue to the victim's identity. The head bore a clean cut and a back wound, and the heat had been used in a medical office and instructed to bury it.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Atlanta
Prudential Building
Bequest Details Highlight Wealthy Estate Left to Charities
The will of Charles Francis Wright reveals bequests totaling 70 000 for dogs and 870 000 for other items. Servants are mentioned while the bulk of the several million estate goes to charitable institutions.
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Associated Press
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