Thirteen Hundred Bodies Buried in One Grave
In Mesania Archbishop Bartigo led a funeral at Mare Grosso amid ruins. He opened a grave 100 feet wide and 30 feet deep containing 1,200 bodies piled and covered with quicklime. Survivors wept as he blessed ruins including the military hospital and barracks.
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Mesania
Bartigo
Mare Grosso
Rommer Owen di
Genoa
Sleilian American Bank
Monromatl
Major Landis
Rome
A.S. Cheney
Cheneys
Root Signs Arbitration Treaties with Bounder Bolivia and Haytl
Secretary Root on Thursday signed arbitration treaties with Bounder Bolivia and Haytl and aims next week to back a treaty with Ambassador Bryce referencing The Hague tribunal for Newfoundland fisheries disputes and boundary waterway issues. They expect British approval after minor claims are set aside.
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Washington
Root
Bounder
Bolivia
Haytl
Bryce
Hague
Acquitted in Grave Charge in Media Case
Mrs M Florence Erb wife of Captain J Clayton Erb and her sister Mrs Catherine Helsel were tried for the October 6 1908 murder of Captain Erb. After an eighteen hour deliberation the juries returned not guilty verdicts for both women.
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Media
M. Florence Erb
J. Clayton Erb
Pennsylvania
Catherine Helsel
Captain Erb
Delaware County Court House
More Money for President Washington
Amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill moves through the finance committee to the senate. It raises the president’s salary from 50 000 to 100 000 and adds 25 000 for traveling. It also increases the vice president and Speaker of the House salaries from 12 000 to 20 000 annually.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Finance
United States
House
Tennessee Night Riders Convicted of Murder
In Vaolon City a jury found Garrett Johnson Tad Furton Bob Ransom Fred Pirton Arthur Clear and Bam Applewhite guilty of first degree murder with special circumstances. Ned Morris and Bob Huffman were found guilty of second degree murder with twenty year sentences.
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Vaolon
Tewne
Niente
Garrett Johnson
Tad Furton
Bob Ransom
Fred Pirton
Arthur Clear
Bam Applewhite
Ccennstance
Ned Morris
Bob” Huffman
Wer
Gullty
Pontrouthity
Count Louis Hammon Sought for Embezzlement in Paris
A warrant is issued in Paris for the arrest of Count Louis Hammon once known as Cheiro the palmist. He allegedly defrauded two American women of valuable socks and traveled to London on Wednesday. If he is a British subject he cannot be extradited from London to France under Great Britain’s policy.
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Paris
Louis Hammon
America
Europe
Lone Italian Youth Survivor of Zeigler Mine Disaster
A gas explosion at Joseph Leiters colliery in Zeigler Illinois killed fifty one workers with twenty five perished and thirteen Americans identified among the dead. An Italian youth survived the blaze though uninjured. Local relief teams entered the mine under supervision of Mr Lester as debris removal and rescue efforts continued despite prior fires in the same mine. The Kar company began operations in 1900 amid labor disputes and an earlier 1905 explosion had killed fifty one men.
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Alt Zeighor
Body of British consul’s wife found in Messina ruins
The body of Madame Craton wife of the British consul at Messina was recovered after the earthquake. The consul and his daughter escaped the ruins and are reported to be recovering in Palermo. More survivors were pulled from the wreckage including an old man saved by a dog’s whine.
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Messina
Madame Craton
Palermo
Senate vows strict scrutiny of public appointees
Senator Depew of New York declared that the United States will exercise constitutional responsibility to rigidly scrutinize the fitness of public office appointees. He emphasized the move would be in the files of the future and not a spirit of antagonism toward the president.
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Washington
Unite States
Depew
New York
Roanoke Officials Enforce Sunday Ordinances Across City
Roanoke mayor Hutchinson ordered police to enforce all ordinances on Sunday. Vendors could not sell tobacco, candy, fruit, toilet articles, or other merchandise. Police halted milk and ice cream wagons and hacks, recording driver and owner names. Streetcar and freight car numbers and crews were logged.
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Roanoke
Hutchinson
Death penalty given to night riders for Jaokie murder
Walon City Tennessee judge Judee Jones imposes death sentences on Garrett Johnson Thie Hurton Hob Ransom Fred Pineon Arthur Clowr and Sam Applewhite for the Captain Quentin Jaokie murder. Two other defendants face twenty years. Attorneys plan appeals to the state Supreme Court. if unchallenged, six men hang on February 19.
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Walon City
Tenn
Judee Jones
Garrett Johnson
Thie Hurton
Hob Ransom
Fred Pineon
Arthur Clowr
Sam Applewhite
Quentin Jaokie
Sey Tonomd
Juvenile Confesses after Bank Burglary Attempt Near Joplin
A 10 year old boy from mid county forty miles south of Joplin admitted entering the Nool State Bank of Now through a rear window. Sheriff Tom Carnell reported the incident occurred Sunday after a five week silence. The youth, identified as Olver P Willings, confessed to attempting to loot the cash drawer containing 892 dollars while the cashier was momentarily distracted.
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Joplin
Jootine
Nool State Bank of Now
Melon
Mid County
Hive
Olver P Willings
Sherif Tom Carnell
Kissler
Our Trade With Panama Five Year Totals Revealed
Six million dollars of imports from Panama and sixty million dollars of exports to Panama show the republics trade with the United States over the past five years. The bulletin notes much of the trade served canal workers and associated Panama residents, not exclusively canal personnel.
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Washington
Panama
United States
Bureau of Statietics
Special Committee 10 Make An Investigation
Washington reports a House resolution adopted by unanimous vote to form a five member Special Committee to investigate fraud prevention funding and the use of appropriations in the public service. The panel will subpoena papers and administer oaths with a $5000 appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Seaction
Tawney
Minnesota
United States Treasury
United States
Public Service
Catabiish Inc
Harvesters Fine Upheld by Kansas Supreme Court
The Kansas Supreme Court on a Saturday affirmed the Shawnee County district court verdict against the International Harvester Co. The company must pay a 12600 fine on forty two counts for violations of state criminal laws. Evidence centered on Cyrus McCormick's statement that the firm controlled 95 percent of harvesting plant output. The court upheld Judge Dana despite defense objections.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
District Court
Shawnee County
International Harvester Company
International
Cyrus McCormick
Aupreme
Dana
Kansas
Battleship Connecticut Arrives at Naples with Relief Fleet
Naples reports the United States battleship Connecticut arrived Sunday as part of a relief squadron for earthquake victims. Sister ships Vermont Kansas and Minnesota accompanied the Connecticut westward to Mexico, but did not dock. Mourning across the country kept ships from firing salutes while Italian refugees seek transport to join relatives in Sicily and Calabria. Legal hurdles in Washington may affect the relief effort.
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Naples
United States
Connecticut
Vermont
Kansas
Minnesota
Mexiina
Owle
Wfe
Ameren
Scoren Buried in Ruins of Church
In Herne Switzerland during a Sunday service an ancient church collapsed burying many worshipers. Fire crews cleared debris after an hour but bodies remained under timber many believed to exceed sixty dead. Local villagers evacuated and panic spread as the collapse triggered fear of further aftershocks.
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Herne
Switzerland
Ner Blon
Feds
Kentucky Feud Turns Fatal Near Williamstown
A street feud between the Lanter and Roaneon families near Williamstown Kentucky left Miss Ethel Ronson dead and six others injured, two fatally. The clash occurred at a dance at Weeley Barnes home two miles east of Williamstown, where pistols and stones were used and Sidney Ransom and Charles Clark were among the wounded.
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Williamstown
Ethel Ronson
Lanter
Roaneon
Weeley Barnes
Wilihaomeiowl
Sidney Ranson
Charles Clark
House Rebukes Chief Executive Over Messages on Secret Service
Congress critiqued the president for remarks about secret service agents and vowed to ignore any future communications believed disrespectful. The day featured vigorous speeches and a packed House as members debated executive-legislative boundaries. Senate action followed with census administration options and agency reform votes.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Secret Service
House
Indan
Loneworth
Ohio
Gardner
Mass
Committee of Appropriations
Perkins
Tawney
Sherley
Smith
Fitzgerald
President Reveals Tillman Land Grant Probe Details
President Roosevelt released details of a post office investigation and secret service review into Senator Tillman’s alleged land grant scheme in Oregon. The findings show Tillman used influence to press a railroad land grant for private profit, and used franking for private business. A briefing to Senator Hale prompted by executive department heads’ inquiry drew mixed, cautious reactions from lawmakers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Post Office
Secret Service
Tillman
Oregon
Hale
United States
J. B. Knight
Mr. Tillman
Shower of hot lead shocks Santa Cruz neighborhood
In Santa Cruz a strange meteorological event seared roofs with molten metal pellets striking from 2 to 4 pm. Mrs. Burns reported white smoke threads rising from the Casino ball grounds as barefoot children witnessed hot shot raining from clouds causing minor burns. The cause remains speculative, with meteor disintegration offered as a theory.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Santa Cruz Beach
Mra. W. H. Urna
Moliet
Revered Michigan minister charged in grisly church murder
Port Huron reports Rev John Havi land Carmichael longtime Methodist figure is formally charged with luring neighbor Gideon Browning to a lonely camp near Columbia and murdering him. Authorities say the body was dismembered and burned in a church stove.
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Port Huron
Mich
John Haviland Carmichael
Methodist Episcopal Church
Michigan
Methodist Minster
Adair
Gideon Browning
Chiveh
Columbia
Dia
Four boys die in fire at Rice Lake home
In Rice Lake Wie four boys, sons of Christ Lee, perished in a blaze that destroyed their home. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee, and one child escaped with only the clothes on their backs. The survivors fled to a nearby house in near freezing conditions as the husband carried the others through the night.
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Rice Lake
Alxteer
Christ Lee
Les
Leloweera
Lee
Mire Lee
Pottsville School Children Saved After Gas Leak
Thirty Ave pupils at Mt Carbon School south of Pottsville and teacher Miss Laura Delsher were overcome by coal gas from a leaky stove pipe. Quick action by the girls saved four children as neighbor women found the school in distress and aided others while the teacher recovered.
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Pottsville
Mt Carbon
Misa Laura Delsher
Prompg
Dolsher
Man Identified After Death On Tracks In Muskogee
December 18 death of a man struck by a train in Muskogee Oklahoma led to identification as WHL Edmisson of Edgewood Kansas. The body was buried there. A man claiming to be Edmisson confessed the body was Irving Thomas of Dallas Texas. Edmisson said he desert ed from the US Army and pretended to identify the body to conceal his own identity. He confessed after remorse.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Wh.l. Edmisson
Edgewood
Kan
Edmisson
Irving Thomas
Dallas
Tex
Edmilsson
United States Army
Thomas
Austria Turkey May Fight Over Eastern Tension
Vienna reports the easing of a quarrel sparked by an inflammatory speech by Milavandeh the Servian minister. If Austrian Foreign Minister Waren Aethrenthal offers Turkey compensation the crisis could be saved. otherwise danger looms as Austrian diplomacy is seen as toying with Turkey.
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Vienna
M. Milavandeh
Elfen
Servia
Waren Aethrenthal
Turkey
Andrew Carmoegle Urges Tariff Abolition To Boost Foreign Trade
New York reports Andrew Carmoegle argues for removing tariffs on steel iron and tobacco to foster foreign trade. He says delaying the shift from exporting raw minerals to manufactured goods risks economic progress and calls for timely action.
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New York
Pfo
Andrew Carmoegle
Van
Elven
Mystery surrounds deaths of W. G. Traull and wife
In Kansas City a salesman from St. Louis and his wife were found dead in their bed late Thursday night. Police noted a chloroform odor but found no other evidence of its use. The coroner suggests foul play by Mr. Broult, while friends on the scene suspect homicide.
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Kansas City
W. G. Traull
St. Louis
Broult
Italy values American earthquake relief role and ships
Rome welcomes the American relief effort after the Messina disaster. Ambassador Griscom meets Rear Admiral Sperm as the Bayonne sails with Red Cross cargo, doctors, nurses, clothing, and medical supplies to aid tens of thousands of affected people. The king praises U S humanitarian help and reports an $800000 government appropriation.
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Rome
Griscom
Messina
Sperm
Bayone
Red Cross
Attenton
Mith Gate
Commssnior
Roosevelt approves absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron
President Roosevelt told the senate he approved United States Steel's takeover of Tennessee Coal and Iron and directed Attorney General to respond to why no prosecution was brought. He argued it is not the senate's role to direct executive department actions. The message responds to Senator Culberson's resolution seeking action against the steel acquisition.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eli Service Commission
Culberson
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
Tennessee Coal # Iron company
United States Steel Corporation
Nipirte Mot
Steel
Tennessee
Gates for Free Trade in Iron and Steel Debate
Washington report that John W. Gates advocates free trade in iron coal and timber arguing a 60 percent cut in the steel schedule would not harm U S manufacturers and that the policy should be considered by the Ways and Means committee for a possible reduction.
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Washington
John W. Gaoten
Senator Cannon
Committee On
Gates
Supreme court refuses review in Standard GI retrial order
Reported: the Supreme Court declines to review the appellate reversal of Judge Landis in a $29 240 000 judgment against Standard GI. Judge Lantin is asked to set a retrial date as government officials comment on the case and transfer actions unfold.
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Chicaese
Supreme Court
Landis
Standaard GI Company
Lantin
Iie Corporation
United States Cleavelet
Sims
Court of Apponly
Fort George Vessel Overdue Enters Safety Talks
The American ship Fort George, 104 days overdue from New York to Honolulu, is under safety considerations. The crew of thirty, suspected to have left New York on May 22, and with a 20 percent risk premium quoted, faces the perilous Horn passage noted for ice and rough seas. Fort George is owned by Matson Navigation Company of this city.
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Francisen
Fort George
New York
Honolulu
Renaisrance
Matson Nave Lgation Company
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