Toll of Big Texas Flood Grows with 26 Dead
Texas flood disaster widens across Tearne Hearne and surrounding counties. Reports place the death toll at 26 with hundreds of livestock drowned and $2 million in property damage as residents flee rising rivers. Rescue crews guard shoppers and issue Christmas safety warnings amid the crisis.
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Panama Canal Engineer Dies in Baltimore Hospital
Colonel David Dubose Gallard of the Panama Canal, who directed the Culebra Cut division's engineering work, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a seven year service in the tropics. He had been ill since August 17, in a coma due to a brain growth, with doctors ruling surgery futile.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
David Dubose Gallard
Culebra
Panama Canal
Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Canal Zone
Pendergast Quits Progressive Party Over Election Outcome
New York comptroller William V. Pendergast, a founder of the Progressive party, formally announced his withdrawal urging Republicans and Progressives to merge. He said the presidential results showed the third party movement would not meet American needs and would only help the Democrats.
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New York
Bec
William & Pendergast
Younger Santa Sought by 8 Year Old Lodina Hile
In a Dec 6 letter to Postmaster General Burleson Lodina Hile of Albion Illinois asks for a younger Santa Claus noting the present one might be too old to visit her home. Burleson replies a personal representative of Santa would attend to her wish. Trust legislation update: Senate committee delays detailed action until currency bill passage.
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Woodmen Camp No 4 Elects Officers for Year
Grafton Camp No 4 Woodmen of the World elected officers for the coming year at Woodmen hall with many members attending. John B. Cooper was named consul commander and other officers include George A. Brock as advisory lieutenant A T Steadman banker C O King clerk L W Grow escort Thomas Jast watchman rests Nickademus sentry and S M Zinn board member. A joint installation with Woodmen Circle and Weed Craft to be arranged in January. Visitors Moran editor of Woodmen Echo and Dougherty of Fairmont attended.
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Grafton Camp No. 4
Woodmen of the World
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George A. Brock
A. T. Steadman
C. O. King
L. W. Grow
Thomas Jast
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S. M. Zinn
Woodmen
Weedcraft
RM. Moran
Woodmen Echo
Marietta
West Virginia Woodmen
Militancy Advocated by Suffrage Leader At Convention
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association, outlined militant methods to win the ballot for women saying constitutional change and civilization justify their use. The remarks came near the close of the convention in Washington on December 6.
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Washington
Anna Howard Shaw
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Meyer
Park Siding to Be Built Immediately for Potter Plant
The B&O at local headquarters announced urgent siding work will start at once for a new pottery plant near Grefton Park. Siding will extend a short distance now to unload materials, with extra rail and test arriving to support rapid completion. The railroad hastened the project and moved it out of regular order. Juarez fortune noted amid border panic effects.
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B&o
Grefton Park
B.&o
Witness Details Bell System Move to End Eastern Competition
John A. Howard of Wheeling, principal witness at a government suit to dissolve AT&T, described the sale of the Eastern Telephone Company of New Jersey to the Bell system and the rise and collapse of the National Telephone Company. He said plans exist for Bell to acquire the National network, ending competition in the eastern territory.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
John A. Howard
Wheeling
W. Va
Rocky Mountains
Eastern Telephone Company
New Jrsey
Bell System
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National Telephone Company
Rockies
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Astern Ohio
National Telephone Corporation
National Corporation
Window glass plants 1911 conspiracy to defraud US
The defendants have not been brought to trial. Claimants were clerks and stenographers in Detroit firms accused of signing powers of attorney under employer pressure. The government charges the Cook Inlet Coal Fields Company with selling millions in stock while using grading engines and streetcars to build an abandoned Homer town. Investors included John D. Rockefeller and H. H. Rogers.
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United States
Detroit
Cook Inlet
McAlpin
John D. Rockefeller
Homer
Seattle
Proposition 10 Close Defeated In Pittsburg
In Pittsburg this week the National Association of Window Glass Manufacturers rejected a proposal to close factories in January and left the issue to a committee to study trade. The article shifts to U S presidential nomination debates, noting Wilson favors primaries over conventions and the broader impact on party representation and democracy.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
National Association of Window, Glass Manufacturers
Aging Poles for Electric Lines Near New Power Plant
City works crews under Supt. Frank Cather are installing aging poles along Maple Avenue to the Grafton Park area for a four circuit electric line feeding the new power plant. Twenty five poles were set yesterday as work continues toward readiness for line wiring and plant operation likely next week. The intake well for the pump station should be finished by December 15 as construction by Enterprise will conclude soon.
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Mexican Officer Survives Rebel Firing Squad at Torreon
Col. Barbosa federal officer escapes death after being shot with 18 other officers seized by Gen. Villa near Torreon. He crawled away while rebels feasted, found help at a ranch, was treated by a doctor, and made his way to Juarez. Rebels in northern Mexico predict the revolution’s decline, citing federal army bankruptcy and evacuation of Torreon as proof.
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Alaska coal claims pulled in McAlpine group case
In Alaska at Cook Inlet 200 coal claims tied to the McAlpine group were withdrawn for cancellation by the land office. John D. Rockefeller and H H Rodgers were named victims of the scheme, with Detroit and Chicago promoters indicted in Detroit.
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George W. Ross
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Lebeau
Detroit
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John M. Bushnell
Chicago
Suffragettes' Protests After Pankhurst Arrest
London dispatch reports militant suffragists carry out violent acts to free Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst. destruction at a Scottish mansion and acid in mailboxes cited. passengers aboard Majestic angry at long detentions in Plymouth as hunger strike begins. English press mock police plans amid heighted tensions.
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Wemyss Bay
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Relief Bill Proposed for Coffman Widow in Elevator Death
Washington December 5 Congress man Moss introduced a measure to provide ten thousand dollars to Mrs Victorian Coffman widow of H Clay Coffman the government building janitor killed testing the Parkersburg elevator last month Another British railway station burned yesterday amid votes for women debate and criticism of congress wages by some legislators.
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Moss
Victorian Coffman
H. Clay Coffman
Parkersburg
Coffman
Explosion at Millville dynamite plant kills workers
An explosion at the International Trapos ite Company dynamite factory in Millville today shattered nearly all local windows and set forests ablaze. Three plant buildings were blown apart and women workers were killed as flames threatened thousands of pounds of explosive stored nearby.
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Associated Press
Millville
N. J
Millvile
International Traposite Company
Milleville
Seminole Beached At Puerto Plata To Avoid Sinking
The Clyde line steamship Seminole has been beached at Puerto Plata San Domingo to prevent sinking after a leak. Crew and passengers were reported safe and the cargo is being removed according to a Hayti agent’s message received by the New York office.
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Associated Press
New York
Clyde Line
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
iClyde Line
Hayti
Embezzlement Charge Bares Maine Y M C A Official
Charles Van Chase financial secretary of Bridgeton Y M C A in Rumford Maine was arrested on a warrant for embezzling 100 dollars from the local association. Bail set at 5000 dollars, auditor’s review underway, association leaders deem the sum nominal with possible substitution. The piece also notes unrelated remarks on Congress and Massachusetts farming practices.
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Bulgar
Charles van Chase
Bridgeton
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