Gore Denies Assault in Bond Suit Frameup Claim
Oklahoma Senator Thomas P. Gore testified in his own defense that the $50,000 damage suit filed by Minnie E. Bond is a political frameup by opponents. He described meeting Bond at a hotel, denying any improper conduct, and recounting Bond’s calls and an alleged attempt to persuade her to drop the matter.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Thomas P. Gore
United States
Minnie E. Hand
Gore
Washington
Senator Gore
Robertson
Mrs. Longworth Receives $70,000 Estate Gift
Reported in Chicago that Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth will receive a $70,000 share from her grandmother Mrs. Caroline Haskell Lee through a trust fund. The will was probated in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as Mrs. Longworth and her husband Nicholas Longworth stayed at the Blackstone hotel as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Medill McCormick.
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Alice Roosevelt
Chicago
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Caroline Haskell Lee
Cambridge
Mass
Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Blackstone Hotel
Medill McCormick
Naval Aviator Killed In Pensacola Bay Crash
Lieutenant J McMurray of the US Navy aviation corps died when his aeroplane plunged about 60 feet into Pensacola Bay. His body was found roughly 100 yards from the fall site. Investigators could not determine the cause of the accident.
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McMurray
Pensacola Bay
Pensacola
Fla
Meb
J. McMurray
Navy
Aviation Corps
Tom Sharkey Sentenced to Jail and Fine
Tom Sharkey once famous as a heavyweight boxer was sentenced to 80 days in jail and fined $500 for maintaining a disreputable resort. The manager received the same sentence.
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Tom Sharkey
New York
Racing Auto Kills Veteran
In Los Angeles on February 18, during the Vanderbilt Cup race, driver Dave Lewis lost control of his car, killing Civil War veteran Louis G. Smith and injuring five others including Lewis himself.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dave Lewis
Louis G. Smith
Dr Braisted Named Navy Surgeon General of Atlantic Fleet
Dr Braisted becomes the sole appointed head of the medical corps in the United States Navy and succeeds Surgeon General C F Stokes. He is now surgeon of the Atlantic fleet and is a native of Ohio who was appointed to the navy from Michigan.
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Braisted
Medical Corps
United States Navy
C. F. Stokes
Dr. Braisted
Ohio
Navy
Michigan
Business Will Vote On Anti-Trust Measure
Washington February 16 The chamber of commerce of the United States authorized cooperation with Congress to obtain business views on pending trust regulation bills. A resolution directed a special committee to analyze the measures and submit referendum questions to about 300000 business members. Officers were elected: President John H Fahey Boston. vice presidents A B Farquhar York Pa A H Mulliken Chicago J N Teal Portland Ore Hubert F Maddox Atlanta. treasurer John Joy Edson Washington.
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Washington
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Department of Social Welfare
Davies
John H. Fahey
Boston
A. B. Farquhar
York
A. H. Mulliken
Chicago
J. N. Teal
Portland
Ore
Hubert F. Maddox
Atlanta
John Joy Edson
Ice Bound Boats Freed After Two Days Ice Lock
Chicago February 17 Forty eight hours imprisonment in the ice ended for the passengers and crew of the steamers Kansas and Arizona as they reached moorings in the Chicago river after a severe struggle. Captain James Thorpe of the Kansas said there was no danger and only delay. Crew members passed time with cards and a mouth organ provided music for a night dance.
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Veesela
Floeés
Chicago
Kansas
Arizona
James Thorpe
CAMINETT HITS JAPS ENTRY DEALING WITH PHOTOGRAPH BRIDES
Washington February 17 Commissioner CamINET of the Immigration bureau warned in his annual report to Secretary Wilson that Japanese women should be barred from entering the United States as photograph brides. He argued such marriages undermine American labor and could lead to a large number of Japanese treated as American citizens.
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Washington
United States
Caminett
The
Immigration Bureau
Wilson
Japan
America
Yeggmen Hit Milledgeville Safe In Office Burglary
In Milledgeville Georgia February 18 a gang of yeggmen blew the safe in the office of C H Bonner. Bonner declines to name the sum missing but reliable reports put the loss at about 25 000 and possibly 50 000 dollars.
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Milledgeville
C. H. Bonner
Bonner
Fire destroys row of buildings in McKean Rocks area
Fire swept through a row of frame dwellings and stores on Olivia street in McKean Rocks Pittsburgh driving a score of families into the snow and causing an estimated $25,000 property loss on February 1.
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Pittsburgh
Olivia Street
McKeen Rocks
New York Treasurer Kennedy Ends Life Over Grand Jury
Albany and Buffalo report state treasurer John J. Kennedy killed himself amid mounting pressure from an impending grand jury appearance in a graft inquiry led by District Attorney Whitman. Bank handling questions centered on how state funds were deposited and ties to Kennedy family firms. Kennedy, born 1856 in Buffalo, had a long public career including 12 years on the city Democratic committee and tenure as treasurer since 1910. He left a widow and two children.
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Albany
N. Y
Comptroller's Office
John J. Kennedy
Whitman
Dirnberger
Kennedy
New York
Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
William H
Cornell Law School
Mary Jane
John J. Kennedy & Co
Buffalo
Notable Japanese statesman Viscount Aoki dies
Viscount Siuzo Aoki former ambassador to the United States, privy councilor, and Japan's leading statesman died after a short illness in Tokio on February 18. Born in 1844, he was a self made man who sought education abroad in Germany in 1869 and later served as secretary to the Japanese legation, minister for foreign affairs twice, and ambassador to Washington in 1906 and 1907. He also married Prussian Baroness von Rahden, the first foreign woman of rank to wed a Japanese.
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Viscount Aoki
United States
Tokio
Siuzo Aoki
Japan
Berlin
Germany
Legation
London
Washington
Woman shot to death in Rogers Park alley slaying
Chicago feb 18 Mrs Katarina Mess the mother of four who came to America after her husband died was killed in a dark Rogers Park alley eight a m. The sweetheart of Chicago is sought as the slayer Anton Klhr is being hunted by police in connection with the murder.
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Chicago
Katarina Mess
Poland
America
Anton Klhr
Mand Uvehue
Rogers Park
Klhr
Minneapolis Factory Foreman Shot
Minneapolis February 17 Joseph Bayerle foreman of a factory under a several day strike was shot by an unidentified assailant as he prepared to board a street car.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Joseph Bayerle
Boats Held In Ice Two Days Near Chicago
Forty eight hours imprisonment in heavy ice ends for the passengers and crew of the steamers Kansas and Arizona. They reached port after one of the hardest struggles ever endured by the ships and their crews.
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Chicago
Helee
Kansas
Arizona
First Woman Heads Federal Land Office in Denver
Mrs. Mary Wolfe Dargin is the first woman to head the federal land office in the United States. Based in Denver, Colorado, she claims descent from the Clays of Kentucky and was born in Illinois.
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Mary Wolfe Dargin
Federal Land Office
Denver, Colo
United States
Kentucky
Illinois
Two Trains Collide Injuring Sixty Near Springfield
Springfield Missouri February 18 sixty persons were injured in a collision of two Frisco passenger trains at Nichols Junction four miles west of town The Kansas City and St Louis Limited from Kansas City and the Memphis to Kansas City No 104 were involved The Memphis train was moving onto a siding to grant the east bound train the right of way Investigations and lists of local witnesses are noted.
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Springfield
Nichols Junction
Here
Kansas City
St. Louis Limited
Memphis
D. E. Keats
Charles Holland
Paul Hall
W. R. Jones
P. J. Ashler
Chicago
P. H. Morrell
Elkhart
Ind
P. H. de Hough
Lebanon
R. G. Robinson
la Grange
D. E. Henry
Billings
Mont
Eileen Harding
New York City
No Man's Land
Providence
Naval
Newport
Roma
Marseilles
New York
New Haven Ex-Officials Indictments Quashed
Bridgeport Conn Feb 18 State's Attorney Judson quashed the manslaughter indictments against five officials of the New York New Haven & Hartford railroad but kept alive the indictment against former President Charles W Mellen. The Westport wreck on October 3 1912 killed seven. Quashed officials were C H McHenry Henry J Horn former vice presidents B R Pollock former general manager C N Woodward general superintendent and Laurauce J Carmalt former engineer of maintenance and ways.
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New Haven
Bridgeport
Conn
Judson
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Charles W. Mellen
Westport
C. H. McHenry
Henry J. Horn
B. R. Pollock
C. N. Woodward
Laurance J. Carmalt
Senate Service for Bacon in Washington
Funeral services for Georgia Senator Bacon were held in the Senate chamber with no eulogies or music. Only the Senate flower was placed on the coffin under a single-flower rule. President Wilson and other dignitaries attended as a 14-member Senate committee would escort the body to Macon for the funeral there.
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Macon
Washington
Bacon
Georgia
Senate
Wilson
Supreme Court
Tug Potomac Abandoned Off Gulf of Saint Lawrence
The naval tug Potomac was abandoned in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after the crew of 36 officers and men were rescued. Reports from Home Bay confirm the vessel was held faust by foggy conditions and weather.
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Potomac
St. Joting
Nob
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Houne Bay
Strike Danger Passed in Western Coal Fields
Philadelphia reports all danger of a strike by more than 200000 miners in the bituminous coal regions of western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois was removed on Monday restoring work and normal operations across the mines.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Iinois
Palermo Cathedral and Mon Reale Offer Rich Yet Flawed Gothic
A Rome correspondent describes Palermo’s cathedral as ornate on the outside but marred inside by an unfortunate dome built by architect Fuga. The nearby Palatine chapel dazzles with gold mosaics, while Mon Reale’s Moorish cloister and mosaic-lined church rival jewel-like beauty. The monk carving satire and hillside town views add vivid local color.
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Rome
Palermo
Fuga
Palatine Chapel
Palatine
Wagner
Mon Reale
Italy
Alhambra
Palermo Streets and Sunlit Life Under Sicilian Skies
Caricatures aside, Palermo’s ancient battlements fade in memory as Sicilians enjoy sun and street life. Poor families, tailors, shoemakers and many tradeswork openly on the sidewalks with washing drying outside doors. A patriotic vegetable shop displays portraits of the king and queen framed in onions and garlic.
Man Fends Off Rats in Nutley Pit Fatal Fight
Charles Gilman was bitten all over as he battled a rat nest found beneath a stable in Nutley New Jersey. Using a pitchfork he killed 17 rats after they crawled up his trousers and down the walls while he fought to escape the attack.
Priest Bravely Douses Ferguson Catholic Church Blaze
Father J. J. Godfrey climbed the steep roof as his congregation watched and cheered, extinguishing a fire that threatened to destroy Ferguson Catholic church in St. Louis. No injuries reported. Fire crews aided in saving the structure.
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St. Louis
J. J. Godfrey
Ferguson Catholic Church
Manitoba Steer Glencarnock Wins Chicago Sweepstakes
Manitoba bred Aberdeen Angus Steer Glencarnock owned by Mr. McGregor of Brandon swept the Chicago Live Stock Show 1912 and again in 1913, proving barley and oats fed cattle outperform corn. The article highlights western Canada wins across cattle and grain events, naming Saskatoon, Rosthern, Lloydminster, and other districts with prizes at national exhibitions and Dry Farming Congresses in Lethbridge, Tulsa, and Columbus.
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Glencarnock IL
McGregor
Brandon
Manitoba
Chicago
Glencarnock
Prairie
Canada
Western Canada
Bryce
Taber
Sutherland
Linton
Mutch
McLee
Haggerty
Leckie
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Hill & Sons
Lloydminster
Columbus
Ohio
Columbia
N. C
Dallas
Texas
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
New York
Lethbridge
Alberta
Holmes
Cardston
Tulsa
Okla
P. Gerlack
Allen
Paul Gerlack
Marquis
Gerlack
Hest Peck
Nicholas Tetmiger
Claresholm
E. J. Lanigan
Elfross
John Plews
Carnduff
A. H. Crossman
Kindersley
R. C. West
Hest
Arthur Perry
Eia
Swift Current
Maple Creek
BE. A. Fredrick
Englehart
Abernethy
Sask
Alex
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N.Y
J. J. Kennedy
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Mellen
Senate Service
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Jack
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