Diverse Global Notes Span Cement Plants to Cinematic Censorship
A survey of early 20th century topics covers the Rizal Cement Company in the Philippines building a large factory near Mirila, plus plans for a Baltic or Ottoman metropolitan line. Reports also note Norwegian cinema censorship rules, Ben Nevis tourism, Paraguay stock farming, Guthrie Texas jail conditions, and various technical and social curiosities from Europe and America.
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Philippines
Hong Kong
Rizal Cement Company
The
Philippine Corporation
Biona
Rizal Province
Mirila
Russia proposes all troop withdrawal from China province
Peking reports the Russian government proposed the withdrawal of all troops from China’s northern province in a move to end foreign legations. The plan, if accepted, would reduce Russia to acting alone, sparking disagreement among foreign nations and concern in south China.
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Peking
Pe An He
China
Russia
Morgan’s Daughter Fools Customs at New York Arrival
Miss Anne Morgan daughter of the late J P Morgan arrived from Europe as a new law banning sleighete items took effect. A customs officer warned he must confiscate the aigret on her hat. She declared it an imitation and the officer was outwitted.
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Anne Morgan
J. P. Morgan
New York
Europe
Miss Morgan
Party reforms urged by Bay State Republicans
The Republican Club of Massachusetts adopted resolutions urging the Republican National Committee to convene soon to reconsider membership basis for national conventions. They call for retaining congressional districts as the representation basis and oppose at large state delegations casting bloc votes.
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Bay State
Boston
Mass
Republican National Committee
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Flood Relief Fund Worries Indiana Governor
Indiana Governor Samuel M. Ralston holds 59,415 in an unused flood relief fund at a local bank. He plans to seek legislative guidance to dispose of the money, which was donated nationwide for Indiana flood sufferers earlier this year. The original fund was 141,080 with 59,184 unspent, earning 4 percent interest.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel M. Ralston
Taonet
Indiana
United States
Commission reviews rural credits study findings
Washington December 13 reports that the American commission on rural credits discussed committee reports after visiting European countries last summer. About 40 members attended as they studied rural credit and agricultural issues.
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Washington
American Commission On Rural Credits
Kinney Dies by Electric Chair for 1914 Murder
Frank Kinney aged 53, condemned for the murder of Ralph E. Burns a Cleveland retiree known as a fake captain, was electrocuted just after midnight at the Ohio penitentiary. He was captured in Chicago and extradited after identification by Mrs. Byrne, Burns’ widow, as one of the two burglars who shot him on February 2, 1914.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank Kinney
Ralph E. Burns
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
Chicago
Byrne
Warships Near Coast After European Ports Visit
American warships return from European ports and sail south of Newfoundland. They are 1030 miles from New York at eight o clock last night in perfect weather.
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Bingconsett
Mase
Newfoundland
New York
Fire hits Conoesa business district but one badly hurt
Fire swept through Conoesa New York early today damaging about a dozen buildings in the business section. The blaze was checked by water but one person suffered serious injuries when struck by debris.
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Conoesa
N. Y
Dee
Rebels Reported to Win Denied by Officials in Mexico
Mexico City reports claim Tampico fell to rebels but the War Office and Interior Ministry deny the claim. No diplomatic or corporate communications confirm a rebel capture as federal forces reportedly defend the city and destroyed bridges.
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Mexico City
Tampico
War Office
Minister of the Interior
Fotel Legations
Dona Cecilia
Arbol Grande
Rebels Defeated Near Tampico. Mexican forces claim victory
Vera Cruz reports that rebel forces attacking Tampico were repulsed with heavy losses. General Maus says federal troops led by General Masa Jr. arrived to relieve Tampico. No further word from Rear Admiral Fletcher as of 9 am. his 4:30 pm message noted ongoing combat.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Tampico
Gustavo Maus
Joaquin Masa, Jr
Frank M. Fletcher
United States
Tampico Declared Safe by Federal Forces
Mexico City reports Tampico remains under federal control with troops guarding the seaport. Telegraph lines between Tampico and Bon Sule Potoal were restored after days of disrupted communications. War Minister Gen. Auraliano Biangguet affirms Tampico’s security.
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Tampico
Mexico City
Teleographa
Bon Sule Potoal
Auraliano Biangguet
Rebels Gather for Attack on Ojinaga Border Clash Looms
Rebel bands mass outside Ojinaga Mexico as Gen Francisco Villa sends reinforcements from Chihuahua. Federals await siege and may access provisions from the U S side while refugees cram adobe housing. Presidios preparations grow with supplies hauled from Marfa Texas.
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Ojinaga Presidio
Tex
Ojinaga
Mex
Banda
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
United
Salvador Mercado
Presidio
Marfa
Mormon Colonies Suffer Heavy Losses in Mexican Revolutions
In Los Angeles on December 1 Joseph Smith head of the Mormon church said Mexican upheaval has cost Mormon colonists in the United States more than 10 million dollars. He spoke after visiting refugees in Arizona and southern California and noted plans to settle where they are rather than return to Mexico while conditions permit.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mexico
United States
Deat Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Arizona
California
Destructive Manly Fire Threatens Manly Business District
A noon blaze in Manly eight miles north of Mason City threatened the entire business section. Fire units from Mason City sent a special talon and water service to combat the flames. The Clemens bakery Curlin restaurant McMurphy's millinery and Mitchell drygoods store were damaged as the fire spread through the commercial area.
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Mason City
Manly
Clemens
Curlin
McMurphy's
Mitchell Drygoods
Hort
President Wilson Sedentary With Cold Amid Health Caution
President Wilson remains in bed due to a lingering cold as his physician advises against going out. He had planned to attend a dinner here tomorrow night to deliver a long standing speech but is kept indoors until warmer weather returns.
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Washington
Deetor
Wilson
Firidboy Club
Tim
Grayson
Mexico President Smith Reflects on Exhausting 25 Years
President Smith spoke on the long effort in Mexico saying the people labored for a quarter century and achieved wonderful results though they had to surrender towns and cities including houses and churches valued at over 10 million dollars.
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Mexico
Smith
Wireless patch from Fletcher on Tampico action reports no change in lineups
From Washington December 13 Rear Admiral Fletcher on the Tacoma reports the Bravo still shells the constitutionalist position while the Wheeling remains in the river. The federal garrison is about 3 000 versus 6 000 for the constitutionalists. Refugees totals include 120 on the American gunboats 150 on the Ogiclan 150 on the Kron Prinzen Cecilie and 600 on shore buildings. Raleigh ordered from San Francisco to Mazatlan.
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Washington
Fletcher
Tampico
Tacoma
Bravo
United States
Wheeling
Ogiclan
Raleigh
San Francisco
Mazatlan
Pacific
Germany Accepts U S Invitation to Panama Canal Opening
Berlin announces acceptance of the United States invitation for Germany to send warships to represent at the opening of the Panama canal. Berlin will inform later the squadron composition.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Panama Canal
Says Gen Custer Died In His Arms Curley Claims
Hen McIntosh known as Curley the Crow, survivor of the Custer massacre, says General Custer died in his arms. He notes he cannot read or write, has 11 educated children, and criticizes Indian agents while urging state rights. Curley is a wealthy Indian with land near Butte, Montana.
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Hen McIntosh
Curley the Crow
Curley
Ia G
Butte, Mont
Cervona Wreck Near Bear Cove Point Renews Head
The Cairn Line coal ship Cervona from Shields to Portland struck rocks near Bear Cove point Renews Head and was wrecked beyond salvage. The crew was saved. Renews Head lies about 60 miles south of here. Cervona registered 2400 tons.
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St. Johns
N. B
Dee
Cervona
Shields
Portland
Bear Cove Point
Renews Head
Quiet Restored in Copper District Calumet Mich
Deputies prevented a parade by strikers in Calumet copper district after a night of unrest. No services were held in the district as authorities searched the Western Moderation of Miners supply sieve building and found loaded rifles. Deputy Timothy Drincoll was shot yesterday at a youth range and is expected to recover.
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Calumet
Mich
Dee
Alumet
Timothy Drincoll
Priest Testimony in Schmidt Murder Trial Description
New York December 13 Assistant District Attorney Stephenson called Dr Arnold G Leo to testify in the Schmidt murder case. Leo said Schmidt and Anna Aumuller came to his office in April to discuss marriage and that Schmidt loved the girl and would leave the priesthood. Schmidt showed a wound on his right index finger and said it happened in an accident.
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New York
Schmidt
Anna Aumnuller
Stephenson
Arnold G. Leo
Leo
Aumuller
Anna
Elgler
Abraham
Istuht
Figler
Whitman
Germany
Death of Mrs Helen Mackay Under Coroner Review
New York December 15 A coroner's physician began an inquiry into the death of Mrs Helen L Mackay widow of Rev Donald Sage Mackay longtime pastor and synod president. She died after ether on an operating table at a private hospital visiting as Mrs J W Stone of Boston. Her body lay unclaimed until a daughter sought removal. She heir to wealth from J Gregor Smith former Vermont governor.
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New York
Helen L. Mackay
Donald Sage Mackay
St. Nichols
Fifth Avenue
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Mackay
J. Gregor Smith
Vermont
Aged Postal Clerk Killed by Train in Lewiston
Miss Anna M. Eckbert, 60, a Washington post office employee for 33 years, was killed by a train in Lewiston Pennsylvania today while staying with her brother after a nervous breakdown.
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Lewiston
Mian
Anna M. Eckbert
Post Office Department
Washington
Misa Eckbert
Battleship Vermont Crippled at Sea Returning to Hampton Roads
The battleship Vermont limps toward Hampton Roads after firing her starboard boiler and flooding compartments during a Mediteranean cruise. She sails under convoy of Delaware Collier Orion and Jason, with the incident reported yesterday and again last night.
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Vermont
Washington
Dew
Vermont l
Ameton Howdy
Delaware
Orin
Jason
Snike
Hampton
British Subject to Hang for Murder in Junction Case
Governor Flet denies stay of execution for Arthur Hosworth sentenced to hang January 3 for murder of Mae Lubwlla at Basex Junction in June. Defense argues British embassy involvement and legal questions. He has a wife and children.
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Conipeller
Flet Whor H
Arthur Hosworth
Mae Lubwlla
Basex Junction
Cote
Warhsieats
Rival Gangs Blage Pistols In Madison Square Garden Duel
Gunfire broke out near the Urth Avenue entrance of Madison Square Garden during a chaotic battle between rival gangs. A streetcar was commandeered, bullets fired in all directions, passengers hid as police arrived and the combatants fled in autos. No injuries reported amidst the chaos.
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Urth Avenue
Madison Uare Garden
Garden
New York
Finty
Bomb kills clerk at OK Hotting Company in New York
Anna Annie wits an 18 year old confidential bookkeeper at 628 West Thirty fifth Street was killed when a bomb sent to her employer exploded. Two coworkers were injured and investigators traced a return address to 23 State Street as detectives probe who mailed the device and why.
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New York
Anna Anniewits
O. K. Hottling Company
West Thirty-fifth Street
Tomas McCabe
Express
Wra Ee
State Street
New York City
Bureau of Combustibles
Black Plague Cure Declared Successful by Ehrlich
German physician Professor Paul Ehrlich is hailed as the leader in treating the black plague and related diseases. His drug named 406 is reported by German doctors to cure the most virulent cases within 24 hours, including sleeping sickness and relapsing fevers.
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Paul Ehrlich
Ehriich
Africa
Hmusalu
Philippines
Ehiiich
Taft Reveals Weight Loss After White House Era
New York reports William H. Taft stood on a scale showing 271 pounds, a drop of 69 pounds since leaving the White House in March. Taft credited guidance from a professor and warned against dangerous weight loss schemes from questionable sources.
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New York
William H. Taft
White House
Marah
Taft
Princeton Star Weds Ends Career Pause Sparks News
Princeton, N J reports Walter B Hammond former end of the warerly team married last Wednesday to Miss Elia Zlomerown of Brooklyn. Hammond, a junior, expects to discontinue college work here. In 1812 over 2000 miles of railway were constructed in British Columbia.
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Princeton
N. J. Dev
Walter B. Hammond
Elia Zlomerown
Brooklyn
Hammond
Noted Artigt Dieg and Civil War Service Highlight
Philadelphia report notes artist and engraver Hernan Muber known for animal studies and medical works. He died suddenly at age eighty eight after serving as an artillery surgeon on the surgeon general's staff during the Civil War under Generals Woodward and others. The article mentions a new single which a board of trade approved, describing a vessel with a wing and water release.
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Philadelphia
Dew
Hernan Muber
United Staten Army
Enel Mornes
Ienera) Woodward
United Piloten
50-Year-Old Boy Arrives From Peru
A 600-year-old mummy arrived in New York from Peru. Supposed to be an Inca boy, the relic was found by Thomas G. Taylor of Montreal and admitted duty free as an antiquity. The mummy, about 12 when entombed five centuries ago, shows preserved hair and shrunken remains wrapped in binding cloths.
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New York
Peru
Thomas G. Taylor
Montreal
Mona Lisa Recovered in Florence After Theft
Florence reports Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa found and the Italian thief arrested. The painting vanished from the Louvre in August 1911 and had sparked a worldwide hunt with theories of demented art lovers and grand searches across Europe and beyond.
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Florence
Italy
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre
Napoleon
Lisa del Giocondo
France
Francia I
Germany
Russia
England
Spain
United States
Parie
Post Office
We Galleries
Mareuma
Oil Men Found Not Guilty of Frauds
In Los Angeles on December 1 the United States district court acquitted officers of the defunct Cleveland Oil company after a 36 hour deliberation. Defendants Thomas Montgomery Grant G Gillette and John Montgomery Jr all of Los Angeles and Edson France of Toledo were freed. Indictments were issued two years ago during the company’s collapse. Witness William A Hatehelder once secretary and Dr W A France a Toledo president faced trial. Hathelder pleaded guilty and became a government witness.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States District Court
Cleveland Oil Company
Thomas Montgomery
Grant G. Gillette
John Montgomery, Jr
Edson France
Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland Old Company
Los
Stork Leaves Baby In Burning House
Erie reports a baby was born in the home of Guy T. Justice, superintendent of the Mine Associated Charities, as the house burned. Firemen saved the mother and infant from the flames reaching the room.
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Stork
Baby
Erie
Guy T. Justice
Mine Associated Charities
Sullivan Exonerated By Secretary In Dominican Affair
Secretary Ryan issues a statement exonerating James M Sullivan American minister to the Dominican Republic from charges that Vimethy Bullivan, Bullivan kin, used influence to obtain a position under the Dominican government.
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Bryan
Washington
Liew
Ryan
James M. Sullivan
Dominican Republic
Bullivan
Vimethy Bullivan
Midatera
New Haven Stocks Decline to New Low Record
Shares of the New Haven & Hartford railroad fell to a fresh low today on the stock exchange as continued liquidation pressured values. The prior intraday low was reported at 67 1/2, reflecting sharp losses amid market weakness.
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New Haven
New York
Dew
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Ministers announce relief for Cuban ran forces in Mexican waters
Foreign office reports that Haitian relief ships are en route to relieve Cuban crews in Mexican waters. Exposition plans in Tokyo mark March 20 to July 6, 1904 highlighting Japan and its colonies with torch company exhibits expected.
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Dow
Lionel Curden
Birlis H
Foreign Office
Iaincaster
Hermione
Herwicek
Buffolk
Empire of Japan
Ite Volonies
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