Navy Announces Panama Canal Opening Ahead of Schedule
The Navy Department in Washington on September 14 announced the Panama Canal would open to traffic in fall 1913. The Atlantic Fleet will rendezvous at Colon this winter before water is turned in, with fleet visits by rail throughout the canal zone. Engineers had doubted completion by 1915, but remaining work is described as with few obstacles.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Navy Department
Colon
Navy
Army Engineers
Meyer
Isthmian Canal Commission
Cna
Canal
Cleveland
Ohio
Christian
Kohler
Swell
Municipal Park
Kornhauser
Newton D. Baker
Costa
Sidna Allen Captured in Des Moines. Wesley Edwards Detained
Roanoke detectives captured Sidna Allen leader of the Hillsville Allen gang and Wesley Edwards in Des Moines. Allen found at Eleventh and Locust streets while Edwards, alias Tom Sayers, was arrested with a paving contractor in the city. The arrests followed letters from Edward Allen to Maud Iroler, who came to marry the younger man.
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Des Moines
Roanoke
Sidna Allen
Hillsville
Wesley Edwards
Sidon Allen
Eleventh and Locust Streets
Edwards
W. G. Baldwin
G. O
Edward Allen
Maud Iroler
Virginia
Allen
John Cameron
Allens
Tom Sayers
Victor Allen Not Guilty in Hillsville Murders
Victor Allen, the last of the Allen clan, is acquitted of the Hillsville courthouse murder charge, freeing him after a half hour jury deliberation. Other indictments against him are dismissed as Floyd Allen and Claud Allen face the electric chair for related killings.
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Wrtheville
Victor Allen
Allen
Carroll County Court House
Hillsville
Carroll County
W. M. Foster
Commonwealth
Anid
Floyd Allen
Claud Allen
Frief Allen
Sidna
Edwards
New Rudisill School to be a modern BY model in Fort Wayne
Construction starts on the Rudisill School at Spy Run and Ruth in Fort Wayne. Contractor Hilgeman bids 48000 dollars for a three color building with a 600 seat auditorium and gymnasium. Architects Mahurin and Mahurin design a light filled front with classrooms set for left shoulder light. The school aims to be a social center for the neighborhood with a large auditorium for meetings and entertainments.
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New Rudisill School
Fort Wayne
Rudisill School
Hilgeman
Mahurin & Mahurin
Spy Run Avenue
Ruth Street
Indiana
Marriage Contract Shatters Romance Traditions in California
Miss Heluiz Chandler 21 and Carlton W. Washburne 23 sign a prenuptial contract in Los Angeles that seeks equal earnings sharing and joint parental duties, states marriage shall end with death of love, and allows both partners freedom to pursue other marriages. Both graduates of Chicago and Stanford.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Heluiz Chandler
Julia Davis Chandler
Philadelphia
Carlton W. Washburne
Marion Foster Washburne
Pasadena
Ashburne
University of Chicago
Stanford
Mutsuhito Buried After Imperial Funeral Train in Japan
The final imperial funeral rites for Emperor Mutsuhito concluded with his burial at Monoyama Mausoleum. A ceremonial procession led by Prince Fushimi conveyed the coffin via palanquin while crowds along a 250 mile route paid respects as the funeral train traveled from Tokyo toward Yokohama. Imperial salutes fired and Shinto rites completed the state ceremony.
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Kioto
Japan
Tokio
Mutsuhito
Monoyama
Yase
Prince Kanin
Yoshihito
Tokio Bay
Yokohama
Oayama
Death of General Nogi and Countess Shocks Japan
Tokio reports the dramatic double suicide of General Counts Maresuke Nogi and his wife the Countess Nogi. They perished by self-inflicted wounds to honor the late emperor Mutsuhito as the nation mourns. Nogi had knelt at the emperor’s bier and later wrote a letter to the new sovereign Yoshihito before dying.
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Tokio
Maresuke Nogi
Japan
Nogi
Muteuhito
Monayama
Akasaki
Imperial Palace
Prince Fushimi
Eneral
Yoshihito
Mutauhito
Prince Arthur
Connaught
Great Britain
Philander
Kniox
Daaericen
Hayes Loses Job on Force
Hayes loses position amid managerial shakeup on the force as outgrowth of reorganizations impacts staffing and duties. New assignments and tensions surface as officials reassess roles within the department.
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Hayes
Hayes Found Guilty and Dismissed in Rosenthal Case
Cornelius G. Hayes, the demoted New York police inspector, was found guilty of making a false statement about Police Commissioner Waldo and was dismissed from the force. First Deputy Commissioner McKay announced the ruling after the trial, noting Hayes claimed he acted to uphold Mayor Gaynor's policy of outward order and decency in the wake of Rosenthal's murder.
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New York
Cornelius G. Hayes
Waldo
McKay
Hayes
Rosenthal
Gaynor
State Faces Seven Thousand Dollar Loss From Bad Loans
Indianapolis Sept 14 The loss to the state from bad loans by counties of parts of the principal of the common school and congressional township funds was about 7000 last year. Unsafely invested funds in counties total 16000. Figureson the funds in each county were compiled under John J Hoffman deputy in the Greathouse office. The report notes counties holding congressional school township farms sold in the 1911 1912 school year reduced the state total. The total number of acres ...
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Indianapolis
Ind
Congressional Township
Charles A. Greathouse
John J. Hoffman
Veterans of 75th 101st Indiana hold thirtieth reunion in Huntington
Huntington Indiana September meeting notices outline the thirtieth annual joint reunion of veterans from the 75th and 101st Indiana volunteer regiments on October 3 and 4. The 120th Indiana volunteers plan a separate meeting in Huntington on October 4 with about 200 people expected. Services will be held for all three regiments.
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Huntington
Ind
101St
Indiana
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Wes Edwards
Mahurin
Kaigicge
Mutsurito
Tome
Crisia
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Sioner McKay
City
Sik
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