Terrific Atlantic storm cripples port shipping and rails
A furious coastal storm from Maine to Florida, with winds up to eighty miles per hour, disrupts shipping and telegraph lines. The Diamond Shoals lightship was torn from moorings near Cape Hatteras but crew of a dozen was saved. Widespread damage and several deaths are reported as wires fail and ships struggle in Norfolk, Newport News, and along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial
Tribune
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Norfolk Navy Yard
Washington
Oregon
Norfolk
James River
Newport News
Jamestown
Navy
Hampton Roads
Lfe
Augusta
Army Aviation
Savannah
Charleston
Columbia
Florida Peninsula
Massachusetts
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Castro Proposes Fight To Remain in America
Ex dictator of Venezuela Cipriano Castro decided to stay in the United States to fight deportation. He will seek a writ of habeas corpus in federal court on Jan. 10 with attorney George Gordon Battle, arguing detention lacks justification and that he wishes to land. The case drew involvement from Senator O'Gorman's firm and local officials on Ellis Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
America
Commercial Tribune
New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
United States
Germany
Amerika
United States District, Court
George Gordon Battle
Holt
Mr. Battle
Senator O'Gorman
O'Gorman, Battle & Marshall
Battle
Kilks Island
Harold A. Content
Mr. Content
General Castro
H. Snowden Marshall
Marshall
O'Gorman
Flags of Two Nations At Half Mast for Reid
The body of Whitelaw Reid, U S ambassador to England, arrives in New York aboard the British cruiser Natal escorted by American warships. Ceremonial salutes by Natal and Florida salute the dead, with a guard of marines watching over the coffin at the cathedral and a distinguished pallbearer list including Knox, Lodge, Root, Choate, Morgan, Depew, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid
New York
Whitelaw Reid
United States
England
Natal
Hudson River
West Ninety-eighth Street
Florida
North Dakota
New Jersey
Roe, Drayton
McCail
Paulding
Connecticut
William M. Grosvenor
Leonard
Cleveland
Ohio
Greer
Boyd Carpenter
Westminster Abbey
London
James Bryce
Philander C. Knox
Henry Cabot Lodge
Elihu Root
Joseph H. Choate
J. Pierpont Morgan
Chauncey M. Depew
George Gray
William &. Cowles
Hart Lyman
Donald Nicholson
W. D. Sloane
Robert Lincoln
John Cadwalader
Robert Bacon
Henry White
Callahan murder conspiracy trial nears verdict
Winchester Ky January 3 jurors in the Callahan murder conspiracy case face a verdict tomorrow after court instructions and a night adjournment due to a sick juror. D F Deaton stands as arch conspirator with prosecutors urging guilty verdicts and the defense stressing Callahan's rep. Testimony centered on alibi witnesses and accusations against fellow defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Winchester
D. F. Deaton
Calahan
Jones
Deaton
Jouett
Castro seeks U S admission amid sudden court action
General Cipriano Castro acted to enter the United States and fight for admission, surprising Secretary Nagel of Commerce and Labor who said Castro may consult a lawyer and has been instructed to be allowed to confer with counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cipriano Castro
United States
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Castro
Desperate bandits flee after jeweler raid aided by woman
Four bandits smashed a Clark Street jewelers window and stole a tray of diamonds in Chicago. A fashionable woman fainted a policeman to aid the escape, while officers pursued in pursuit cars. One officer was stabbed and shot as thieves fled, abandoning the stolen car in a West Side crowd.
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Steht
Clark Street
Hanson
Charles Sticken
Sticken
Lasalle Avenue
Floods threaten Seattle as landslide kills inmate
In Seattle on January 3 a landslide swept a house in West Seattle, killing John Larson, an inmate, and severely injuring three others. Rain wanes but snow melt promises more slides and floods in higher and lower areas. Weather bureau offers no relief.
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Seattle
Wash
John Larson
Weather Bureau
Nazim Pasha Urges Submission to Allies in War Talks
Turkish commander Nazim Pasha informs the grand vizier Turkey cannot resume hostilities and that the last terms of the allies must be accepted. Allied plenipotentiaries read their ultimatum after Turkish counter proposals and set a Monday reply deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
London
Nazim Pasha
Grand Vizier
Turkey
M. Daneff
Rechid Pasha
Crete
Adrianople
Black Sea
Lake Derkos
Mustapha Pasha
Kirk- Kilisseh
Aegean Sea
Vilayet
Adrianopite
Morgan County Treasurer Spends Night in Jail
Morgan County Treasurer Taylor was jailed in McConnelsville as investigators probe for embezzlement. State officials, including Examiner Harvey Sage, will inspect books and drill the vault lock to determine missing cash. Taylor, 35, married and defeated for reelection, vanished Wednesday night. his whereabouts are unknown.
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Morgan County
McConnelsville
Harvey R. Sage
Columbus
C. H. Patterson
Sage
J. H. Tracy
Sam A. Hudson
Patterson
Hudson
Taylor
Tracy
Gallia County
Treasury
Morgan County Treasurer Vanishes From Office
Treasury official W. J. Taylor of Morgan county is missing from his locked office in Columbus. Hundreds of taxpayers in McConnellsville trek to the county seat to pay taxes but find the deputy treasurer unable to reach him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BISON
Columbus
W. J. Taylor
Morgan County
McConnellsville
Takes $1,100,000 to furnish bail for dynamiters
A high bail sum of 1,100,000 dollars is set to secure the release of dynamiters. Prosecutors and defense teams clash over the conditions of bail while awaiting trial in the case that has drawn wide attention.
List of Names and Sums Refers to Federal Bond Offers
A fragmented OCR list shows individuals and cities with monetary amounts such as Seventy Thousand Dollars for Frank M. Ryan of Chicago and Sixty Thousand Dollars for John T. Butler of Buffalo. Other names include Olaf E. Tveitmoe of San Francisco Eugene A. Clancy of San Francisco and Philip A. Cooley of New Orleans with varied payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Ryan
Chicago
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Olaf E. Tveitmoe
San Francisco
J. E. Munsey
Salt Lake City
Eugene A. Clancy
Philip A. Cooley
New Orleans
Frank C. Webb
New York
Michael J. Young
Boston
Notable Names and Sums Across Cities
A list of individuals and monetary amounts linked to several U S cities including Milwaukee Chicago Boston Omaha Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Names cited include William E Redden Richard H Houlihan Frank J Higgins and Frank K Painter along with others and amounts 20000 10000 are noted. The fragmentary text references further names such as James E Ray and William c Bernhardt with unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Redden
Milwaukee
Richard H. Houlihan
Chicago
Frank J. Higgins
Boston
Frank K. Painter
Omaha
Fred Sherman
Indianapolis
Labor Leaders Face Writ of Superseder Bond in Dynamite Case
In Chicago on January 3 the United States circuit court of appeals considered granting writs of supersedeas for 32 of 33 labor leaders convicted of conspiracy to transport dynamite. A bond totaling 1.1 million dollars was discussed as necessary to secure release of Frank M. Ryan and others while an appeal proceeds. One prisoner, Herbert S. Hockin, will not appeal. The decision came from Judge Baker with Judge Seaman agreeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Advan
Perseders
Frank M. Ryan
Favenworth
Herbert S. Hockin
Baker
Seaman
Rockefeller Accepts Service Through Lawyer
William Rockefeller agreed to appear before the Pujo committee in Washington on January 13 after his counsel John A Garver accepted service for him. The hunt to serve the subpoena ended when the arrangement was announced, though questions about his health and possible contempt remain for committee action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Untermyer
Pujo
Untermyer
John A Garver
William Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Washington
Garver
Heaith
A. B. Willis
Mr. Riddell
Rockefeller Mansion
Secret Service
Mr. Rockefeller
Chicago Bankers summoned for Money Trust probe
Three Chicago bank presidents George M Reynolds Continental and Commercial National John J Mitchell Illinois Trust and Savings and J B Forgan First National Bank have been summoned as witnesses before the Pujo committee and asked to be ready to appear next Wednesday in the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pujo
George
M. Reynols
Continental and
Commercial National
John J. Mitchell
Illinois Trust and Savings
J. B Forgan
First National Bank
China would benefit by American wives
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribute reports in Detroit that Siary Lee a Chong Mong prince of China advocates marriage between Chinese men and American women He praises American girls saying they are bright and up to date A Chinese prince age 24 fluent in English met with Heyward Baum and attended a DAR reception in Detroit It notes an American girl married to a Chinese man last night and highlights his view that China would improve by many American wives
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Detroit
Mich
Siary Lee
China
New York
Heyward Baum
Daughters of the American Revolution
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Richmond
Coast Line
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New Jersey Central
Elizabethport
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Long Island
O’gorman
New York Harbor
Ogden Mills
Mills
Ogden Mills Reid
S. S. Hanks
Chandler Hale
T. M. Potts
Kentucky
J. M. Benton
A. W. Patton
Kelly Kash
Denton
J. M. Stevenson
Govan Smith
Ed Callahan
Frankfort
Smith
Stevenson
Rosenthal
Patton
Callahan
Bill’ Strong
The
Commonwealth
Band of Thieves
West Side
Charles Hanson
Balkan
Arda River
Cntinue
Aogau
Suyadlu Chai
Arda
Gumul Juna
Pint
Buru Geuly
Lagos
Zanesville
Lor
el ‘Sr
John H. Barry
St. Louis
Peter J. Smith
Michael J. Cunnane
Philadel
Paul J. Morrin
Henry W. Legleitner
Denver
Charles N. Beam
Minneapolis
Edward Smythe
Peoria
George Anderson
Michael J. Hannon
Scranton
Ernst G. W. Basey
William J. McCain
Kansas City
Missouri
William S. Shupe
James E. Ray
William c. Bernhardt
Cincinnati
Poe Mae Ld
Frank
Phillips
Syracuse
Charles Wachmeister
Detroi
Fred J. Mooney
Duluth
Aggregat
WM. Rockefeller
Puro
Ton
Solon
Chong Mong
Empire
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