Foreign born population in New York City in 1910
A preliminary census release shows New York City foreign born whites total 1,926,900 in 1910 up 665,982 since 1900. Germany and Ireland declined, while Austria Hungary Italy Russia Finland saw large gains. Italy alone reached 240,400 and Austria Hungary 264,600.
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Washington, D. C
New York City
Bureau of the Census
Thore
Germany
Ireland
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Newfoundland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Russia
Finland
Austria- Hungary
Italians Driven Out In 24-Hour Turkish Victory
An official Constantinople message reported Turkish forces attacked Italian fortifications from Tobruk Tripoli on December 22. The fort fell after a day of combat with naval and shore fire. Turkish casualties were seven killed and a few wounded. Three Italian officers were among the dead.
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Washington, D
Constantinople
Tobruk
Tripoli
Emigrants to Be Quizzed Before Departure to Melbourne
Commissioner W Cattanach of the Victorian Rivera and Water Supply commission will interview Americans considering emigrating to Victoria. He will visit Denver Cheyenne and Chicago to supervise the departure of landseekers bound for Melbourne under government auspices.
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Melbourne
United States
Victoria
W. Cattanach
Rivera and Water Supply Commission
Denver
Cheyenne
Chicago
Indian Dogs Threaten Residents On Fort George Reserve
Indian dogs described as wolf like roam the Fort George Indian reserve in British Columbia. They travel in packs and, in a half starved state, attack pedestrians crossing the reserve amid government plans to use the area for the national transcontinental line’s interior headquarters.
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Victoria
B. C
Fort George
Dominion
British Columbia
Long-lived Navajo man reportedly aged over a century
An elderly Navajo man from Sonora Pablo Moreno died Sunday after a life long of smoking cigars for 115 years and surviving on coarse food. He reportedly never saw a railroad train or automobiles and was said to be about 127 years old.
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Navajo
Sonora
Pablo Moreno
Plan for 500 Million Meat Merger Revealed in 1902 Trial
Details of an Armour Swift Morris merger plan unveiled during a 1902 Chicago trial before Judge Carpenter. The contract dated May 31 1902 proposed merging the three giants with their subsidiaries into a single company, with bonds and stock allocations for promoters and substantial financing aims.
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Chicago
Armour, Swift and Morris
United States
Carpenter
Reid
Albert H. Veeder
Swift & Co
Tte
Veeder
National Packing Company
Armour, Swift
New York
Packers
Henry Veeder
Taft liberalizes medical practice in Panama Canal zone
President Taft modifies an executive order on healing practices in the Panama Canal zone. The change clarifies that religious tenets may be used to aid the sick by mental or spiritual means without drugs or material remedies, narrowing but not prohibiting church methods.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Panama Canal Zone
Christian Science Church
Canal
Board of Health
Cold May Temps Threaten Orange Crops in Southern California
Cold weather across Southern California damaged orange districts with Los Angeles at 16 above zero San Bernardino 22 and Riverside 20 degrees. Smudging over three nights helped protect the crop though growers remain anxious about possible losses. Officials say current damage may not drop output below average.
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Los Angeles
California
Los Angeles County
San Bernardino
Riverside
Woman to Become Governor's Secretary in Michigan
Mary Hadrich of Marquette, longtime private secretary to Charles Osborn, to be named private secretary to Governor Osborn and move from executive clerk to secretary, making history in Michigan unless the governor changes his mind. Though active in politics for years, Hadrich is not a suffragist.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Osborn
Mary Hadrich
Marquette
Charlea
Hadrich
Extension Granted in US Steel Dissolution Case
United States District Attorney Vreeland announced a further extension of time for filing answers in the government suit to dissolve United States Steel. The deadline moves from early January to February 1 for US Steel and 25 or 80 other defendants.
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Trenton
N. J
United States
Vreeland
United States Circuit Court
United States Steel Corporation
Bell Merger Planned for Southern Bell System
New York based Bell system seeks merger of Bell telephone interests in nine Southern states. Directors will vote next month on the proposed consolidation as part of AT&T’s push for greater economy.
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New York
Bell Telephone
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Russians Capture Tabriz After Nine Day Siege
Russian forces completed the occupation of Tabriz, dispersing the Fidain and seizing the citadel near the ark. The battle caused heavy casualties on both sides, damaged property, and left foreigners largely unscathed though confined by siege conditions. The American flag over the U S consulate was shot down by a shell but the building sustained no damage.
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Tabriz
Persia
Constitutional Progressive Party
Fidain
United States
Ark
Baghi Shemel
Julfa
Half of U S coal mined wasted say experts
Dr Joseph A Holmes director of the Federal Bureau of Mines warned that about one half of all coal mined in the United States is wasted. Dr A O Norton Harvard University education professor urged efficiency methods in education similar to those used in industry saying current methods are guess work.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph A. Holmes
Federal Bureau of Mines
United States
Association
A. O. Norton
Harvard University
Norton
Hansa Line Plans Freight Service to Central American Coast
New York representatives of the Hansa of Bremen, the third largest German steamship firm, announce a Panama Canal era freight service. Regular sailings will connect Atlantic and Gulf ports with the west coast of Central America, starting when the canal opens to public traffic.
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New York
Hansa
Bremen
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Gulf
Central America
Population rise contrasts with surge in insanity rates
The census bureau reports 872 institutions housing 187 445 insane patients as of January 1 1910, up 7 308 since 1904. The national insane population rose 26 percent while total U S population grew 11 percent Massachusetts leads with 344 6 insane per 100 000, New York second at 48 1 per 1000.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Census Bureau
Massachusetts
New York
Starving Peasants Riot In Galicia North
In Galicia's northern district of Sloboda 800 peasants seized 200 acres from a neighboring proprietor during a forceful land occupation. They expelled laborers and occupied dwellings. police were called to eject them and a bloody clash ensued.
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Vienna
Galicia
Sloboda
Government plans acetylene lighted entrance for Columbia River
Government to install two 4000 candle power acetylene range lights replacing 76 candle oil lights to ease night navigation at the Columbia River mouth. Additional gas and whistling buoys to be set outside the entrance and a bell buoy near Sand Island, with inside lights near No 3 buoy.
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Portland
Columbia River
Atlantic
Henry L. Beck
Washington
Colubia
Sand Island
Democrats Plan First Tariff Action On Steel Schedule
Washington reports that the house will begin with revision of the iron and steel schedule as the initial tariff move after convening. Representative Underwood and the ways and means committee will delay the wool schedule until the tariff board report is fully studied, while pursuing other tariff measures ahead of adjournment for national conventions.
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Washington, D. C
House
Congress
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Tariff Board
White House
Sir Edward Grey Viewed by Cologne Paper on Peace
The Cologne Gazette asserts England must choose a path of change, saying progress is needed and warning that a world war would cause immense harm. It notes Sir Edward Grey’s stance shows no haste to act, while calling for deeds from England to sustain peace.
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Sir Edward Grey
Berlin
Cologne Gazette
England
Germany
Chicago City Railway Elects New President
Chicago lawyer Leonard A Busby was elected president to succeed Thomas E Mitten whose resignation takes effect Sunday. Busby, who had served as general counsel, is seen by financial circles as guiding the reorganization ahead of a planned merger of surface and elevated car lines.
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Carline
Chicago
Leonard A.busby
Chicago City Railway Company
Thomas E. Mitten
Firemen Battle Reptile Store Blaze in San Antonio
In San Antonio firemen fought a large fire at W. O. Leary’s bird and snake store. Reptiles escaped as water broke their cages, killing about 500 parrots and roasting 50 snakes. The financial loss was reported as small.
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San Antonio
Tex
W. O. Leary
Senator Chamberlain to Introduce Umatilla Lands Bill
Washington D C The Umatilla Water Users association asks Senator Chamberlain to introduce a bill to aid settlement of lands on the Umatilla project originally acquired under the desert land act The measure aims to streamline acquisition and development for local settlers and water users.
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Washington, D. C
Russia to Establish Protectorates Over Turkestan and Mongolia
The article predicts China will lose vast areas as Russia creates protectorates over Turkestan and Mongolia. Pekin-Mongolia would become independent, then fall under Russian influence, with a grand khan to rule Mongolia. The plan includes a trans Mongolian railway and potential shifts in Manchuria.
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Pekin
Mongolia
China
Turkestan
Russia
Europe
Manchuria
Sun Yat Sen Poised to Reelect Provisional Government Leader
Delegates from 18 provinces plan to meet in Nanking to reelect Sun Yat Sen as head of the united provisional government. His arrival brings anew force to revolutionists and he draws constant attention from provincial representatives, generals, and governors.
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Shanghai
China
Nanking
Sun Yat Sen
United Provinces
Sun
Dr. Sun
Reyes on Way to Doom in Mexican Sedition Case
General Bernardo Reyes travels south toward the capital under heavy guard to face sedition charges. His passage is kept secret from many towns, with Monterey avoiding trouble by rerouting his car. In the capital President Madero hints clemency may be possible for Reyes and followers. The article notes David Reyes Retana, once a prominent lawyer, obtained executive clemency for his son.
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Monterey
Mex
Bernardo Reyes
Linares
Madero
Reyes
David Reyes Retana
Young Retana
Buddhist Statues Found in Corea by U Chicago Professor
Dr. Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago, after a mission to Corea, discovered Buddhist statues and carvings in a deserted semi-subterranean temple on Corea’s southeastern seacoast. He plans to publish 40 negatives to support the theory that Buddhist influence echoes in Yucatan and Southern Mexico.
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Victoria
B. C
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Corea
Yucatan
Mexico
Mexican
Prohibition Proposal Bars American Jews in Russia
A supplementary legislative bill introduced by nationalist members of the Douma seeks to exclude American citizens of the Jewish faith from Russia. It also imposes 100 percent customs duties unless Russia’s rate undercuts the American schedule, in which case duties match the American level.
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St. Petersburg
Douma
United States
Russia
United States Steel Declares Employee Bonus Distribution
United States Steel allocates a $1,450,000 bonus to employees under a nine year old plan and offers rights to subscribe for about 25,000 shares at a price slightly below market. The plan remains in force this year.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Treasure Find Hidden Since Centuries Unearthed By Boys
In Jacksonville Florida two local youths report uncovering a treasure valued at about 150000 dollars from a strong box in the Fort George Island ruins. Guided by an ancient chart found in a Spanish shellhouse the find is said to contain gold silver and copper coins more than a century old and of unknown origin.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fort George Island
Rebels Renew Fighting in Chinese Theater Amid Armistice Doubts
Hankow reports Republicans fired from Wu Chang at Han Yang held by imperialists as talks between Shanghai and Pekin stall. Japanese legation guards clashed with Yuan Shi Kai's bodyguard leaving several wounded. rebels press for an outcome while negotiations continue. Sheng Huan Huai accuses rebels of seizing 上海 property. he denies bribery charges by foreign financiers. Three soldiers condemned for alleged assassination attempt on General Li Yun Heng.
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St. Petersburg
Hankow
Wu Chang
Shanghai
Pekin
Jssue
Legation
Yuan Shi Kai
Sheng Huan Huai
Li Yun Heng
British rush troops to Persia after consul attack
The British government acts swiftly to reinforce Southern Persia with Indian troops to guard consulates and trade routes after Kashgar tribesmen attack Consul W A Smart near Kazeroon. The Fox cruiser lands 169 Carnata infantry as a rescue convoy is defended with minimal British casualties and the convoy saved including specie.
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Persia
Kazeroon
Kashgar
W. A. Smart
Shiras
Fox
Carnata Infantry
Consul Smart
Milwaukee Budget Shows Increase in City Expenditures
Milwaukee’s tentative 1912 city budget totals 5 791 122 30 dollars, as prepared by the Socialist council’s board of estimates. It marks a 706 603 86 rise from 1911 and a tax roll about 1 000 000 higher than the last year of the prior administration. The budget was submitted unfinished due to time constraints and will be refined with the finance committee to trim figures.
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Milwaukee
Board of Estimates
Socialist Council
Estimates Board
Finance Committee
Parole Denied in 1904 Kansas City Hack Driver Case
Governor Hadley informed the American Federation of Labor that Edgar G. Bailey will not receive parole for the murder of Albert Ferguson during a 1904 hack driver strike in Kansas City. Bailey, serving life after Folk commuted a death sentence. The State Federation of Labor sought a pardon, endorsed by the American Federation.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
American Federation of Labor
Edgar G. Bailey
Albert Ferguson
Kansas City
Bailey
Folk
State Federation of Labor
American Federation
Mexican government buys Santena Hacienda for irrigation plan
Advices from Chihuahua report the Santena Hacienda, owned by Inig Noriega Barry Sans and General Porfiro Disz, has been acquired by the Mexican government for 17000000 dollars. It will be irrigated and sold to homeless Mexicans on terms to enable them to acquire ownership soon. Mexicans in Texas will be invited to return to Mexico immediately.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Santena
Inig Noriega
Barry Sans
General Porfiro Disz
Texas
Mexico
Death Toll Stays at Six in Great Northern Train Wreck
In Sharon North Dakota the wreck of the Great Northern train Oregonian leaves six dead with no further fatalities among the injured. The body of the sixth victim awaits identification.
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Devils Lake
N. D
Great Northern
Oregonian
Sharon
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Huasla
Canal Zone
Steel Trust
Bell
STEEL
Snake Store
Bushire
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