Fire Leaves Messina Homeless as Winter Refugees Rise
Fire in Messina after the earthquake catastrophe renders about 3500 homeless. American tourists help fight the blaze under their direction. Over ninety buildings destroyed or gutted, post office telegraph and railroad stations heavily damaged. Refugees housed in hastily erected tents on city outskirts amid cold and shortages. An Italian cruiser carries soldiers and medical teams. fears of wider fires persist. Pope Pius XII held a special mass for residents.
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Messina
Italy
King Victor
Pope Pius XII
Earthquake Wrecks Greek Towns Renders Hundreds Homeless
Fragmentary reports from Elis province in southwest Greece indicate several villages were destroyed by an earthquake and hundreds of people are left homeless. It is feared many have been killed as telegraph communication is cut.
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Athens
Elis
Greece
Elevator Man Hurt In City Store Incident
Lane Warris a colored head elevator man at a New York store caught his foot in an elevator door Friday and it was mashed badly in the accident.
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Lane Warris
Alt
New York
Faversham to Play The World and His Wife at Shubert Murat
William Faversham headlines at the Shubert Murat theater for three performances starting Monday matinee. The act features The World and His Wife with strong stage direction and praise from New York critics. Also on bill are The Clown and the Human Doll with Mue La Triska and Jack Horton, The Red Mill at Park, and Brown of Harvard with Frank Jones singer.
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Keith
Park
Red Mill
Majestic
Brown
Harvard
Empire
William Faversham
Shubert Murat
Faun
Edward Knucblauch
Faversham
New York
Mr. Faversham
Acton Davies
New York Sun
Daly
Mue
Fla Triska
Jack Horton
B. F. Keith
Grand
Mule
la Triska
Bellevue Institute
Ya Triska
Arvine-Benton
Majestic Theater
Frank Jones
Mr. Jones
New City Hall
Stubens
Johnny Jones
Tseit
Ain Cave
Margaret Es
Matinee Idol and Leading Woman Arrive Fashionably Late
Emmet De Voy and Miss Hermine Shone, en route from Peoria, rode stranded by weather. They changed in the baggage car to their stage wardrobe and reached the Colonial just as the orchestra began the introduction.
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Mr. DeVoy
Miss Shane
Colonial
Margaret Illington Stars In The Encounter At Shubert Murat
Margaret Illington prepares for a three night engagement and Saturday matinee at the Shubert Murat with the Pierre Berton play The Encounter. Critics already note her rare talent for conveying emotion through gesture and posture on stage.
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Margaret Ilington
Shubert Murat
Pierre Berton
Miss Illington
Rebels Move Toward Tegucigalpa as Honduras Turmoil Rises
American soldier of fortune Lee Christmas and Gen. Bonilla lead more than 3,000 rebels toward the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa after defeating regular troops. Guatemala fears involvement as it masss troops on the frontier, while U S consul Dawson in Puerto Cortez and the Tacoma monitor prepare to protect Americans.
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New York
Honduras
Lee’ Christmas
Bonilla
Puerto Cortez
Davilla
Las Quebradas
Claude I. Dawson
United States
A. H. Davis
Tacoma
Mr. Dawson
State Department
Zelaya
Madriz
Nicaragua
Cavilla
Tennant rushes to funeral after telegram about brother
Mrs. Ed gar Tennant, ready to depart from Shelbyville to San Francisco for winter, learns her brother Marion Griffin has died suddenly. She boards the train and hastens to attend the funeral, per a special report.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Gar Tennant
San Francisco
Marion Griffin
Promoter Sues Over 175000 Merger Contract
Horace G. Cooke of Paterson New Jersey sues Edgar A. Johnston of Connersville in federal court seeking 175000 damages for alleged failure to carry out a merger. Cooke says he was deputized to consolidate the Pr H and F M Roots companies the Connersville blower company Wilbraham Green Pittsburg Pa and Piqua blower company with the promise of 150000 in common stock and merger expenses.
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Horace G. Cooke
Paterson
N. J
Edgar A. Johnston
Connersville
Cooke
Pr. H. and
F. M. Roots Company
Connersville Blower Company
Wilbraham-Green Blower Company
Pittsburg
Piqua Blower Company
Piqua
O. Cooke
Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against Fred Sommer in Hammond
A petition to declare Fred Sommer a bankrupt former Hammond saloon keeper was filed in federal court Friday by N. M. UK company of Louisville Kentucky Robert J. Lytle and the Conrad Selpp brewing company of Chicago. The petition claims Sommer owes creditors 1875.65 and alleges insolvency from selling his business.
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Fred Sommer
Hammond
N. M. UK Company
Mouisville
Robert J. Lytle
Conrad Selpp Brewing Company
Chicago
Sommer
Census figures given for Pennsylvania towns in 1910 census
The census bureau released population figures for several Pennsylvania municipalities from the 1910 enumeration. Listed are Bradford 14 544 Franklin 9 767 Meadville 12 780 Sharon borough 15 270 Titusville 8 533 Warren borough 11 080 Carbondale 17 040 Lebanon 19 240 Mahanoy City borough 15 936 Oil City 15 657 Pittstown 16 267.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Franklin
Meadville
Sharon
Titusville
Warren
Carbondale
Lebanon
Mahanoy City
of! City
Pittstown
Rabid Dog Killed After Chase Through Chicago Suburbs
Four men bitten by a rabid dog in Jefferson Park and Irving Park receive treatment at the Pasteur institute after a five mile chase ends with the dog’s death. Officials fear wider canine danger in the area.
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Chicago
Jefferson Park
Irving Park
Pasteur Institute For Treatment
Reformed or Not The Old Spendthrift Still Spends
A brief exchange from the Cleveland Leader notes a person once labeled a spendthrift now admits no reform as they reveal continued reckless spending, prompting reflection on character and change.
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Cleveland
Jailhouse Third Degree Backfires in Indiana Town
In Lawrenceburg Indiana December 30 19 men Rich ard B Cruise a barber reported a red pocketbook with 13 stolen by pickpockets. Marshal J C Huffman jailed two drunken suspects to apply third degree sweating but they denied the crime and were released.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Richard B. Cruise
St. Petersburg
J. C. Huffman
Cruise
Huffman
Atlantic fleet seals radio free march in secret war game
The United States Atlantic fleet of sixteen battleships begins a wireless blackout and sails west through the English Channel toward Guantanamo for winter practice. Rear Admirals Stanton and Schroeder lead opposing fleets in a high stakes, coded wireless challenge testing war game tactics.
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London
United States Atlantic
Guantanamo
Cuba
Navy Department
Stanton
Hampton Roads
Schroeder
Atlantic
Hadley Plans Stereopticon Talks for Legislators
Governor Hadley proposes stereopticon lectures by institution leaders to educate the Kansas Legislature on needs and justify appropriation requests. He argues written messages fail to convey work details and aims to schedule a night for each chamber with views and a suitable hall.
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Kansas City
Herbert S. Hadley
Opera scores stolen from wagon after Damrosch exposure
The judges announced $20,000 worth of opera scores were stolen last Saturday night from a wagon after Damrosch had exposed them to another judge in the contest.
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Damrosch
New York
Metropolitan Opera Company
Walter Damrosch
One in Ten Catholic in Indianapolis Diocese Census
The Indianapolis diocese reports 121,358 Catholics, 1,431,468 statewide population, 232 priests and two bishops. It details 144 resident parishes, 48 missions, 10 stations, 26 chapels, with 4,418 baptisms, 1,213 marriages, 1,769 deaths, and 17,430 minors in Catholic custody in 116 parochial schools plus 8 institutions for charity.
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Indianapolis
Francis H. Gavish
Francis S. Chatard
Yearly Catholic Diocesan Collections Totals 28150
The Sisters of Providence lead in membership with 1020 inside the walls. Diocesan generosity is shown by total special collections of 28150.93 for Catholic university cathedral disabled priests Peters Pence Holy land seminary missions and orphans.
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Sisters of Providence
Catholic University
New Cathedral
Peter's
Holy Land
Union reunites Shelbyville circles after split
Internal dissension two years ago split the Shelbyville P. H. C. circle and formed the Carnation circle. On January 8 the factions will reunite as the Carnation circle votes to join. Hoosier circle of Indianapolis will attend the gathering.
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Shelbyville Circle
Carnation Circle
Hoosier Circle
Indianapolis
Motion to dissolve injunction refused in federal court
Judge Anderson denied Irion K. Stuarts motion to dissolve the temporary injunction obtained by Prest-o-Lite in July. The defendant claimed he was not in financial or physical condition to contest the injunction. Attorneys conferred with the court to draft a facts statement and seek an earlier final hearing.
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Irion K. Stuart
Prest-o-Lite
Anderson
Bartenders Union Local 7 elects officers
Bartenders union Local 7 held an election Thursday night naming Tim O'Brien as president and Tim Curran as vice president. John Schmidt was recording secretary Henry Vornbolt became treasurer Herman Schroader financial secretary and business agent William Eltzroth inspector Charles Henderson inside guard and trustees Charles Imur, Albert James and Frederick Weil were chosen.
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Bartenders’ Union
Tim O’brien
Tim Curran
John Schmidt
Henry Vornbolt
Herman Schroader
William Eltzroth
Charles Henderson
Charles Imur
Albert James
Frederick Weil
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