Trains Collide Near Spokane. Four Dead, Eight Hurt
A collision between the North Coast Limited of the Northern Pacific and a Burlington Express near Cheney siding 18 miles southwest of Spokane results in four dead and eight injured. Victims identified include C. E. Brown and A. Warren. Rescue trains rush doctors and aid as officials seek full facts amid fog and wreckage.
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Spokane
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Cheney Siding
North Coast
No. 42
Starr
C. E. Brown
South Baker
A. Warren
Davenport
Wash
Central Asia Quake Kills Many and Damages Two Million
An earthquake today across Turkestan province in Central Asia caused heavy property loss estimated at two million dollars. Cities reported deaths as buildings toppled, crushing many. Reports from Tashkend Assack Russia place the epicenter and count casualties rising. Cleveland, January 4.
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Tashkend
Assack
Russia
Central Asia
Turkestan
Miss Vivien Gould to Wed Lord Decies in Society Match
Miss Vivien Gould heiress of George Gould prepares for a European alliance with Lord Decies John Graham Hope Beresford. The 17 year old Gould and 44 year old Decies met at the 1000 Horse Show in New York and plan a formal betrothal. Decies is a war veteran awarded the DSO.
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Vivien Gould
Lord Decies
George Gould
Jay
Society of the High Brand
Lord Decles
John Graham Hope Beresford
Miss Gould
Miss Vivien
New York
Railroads struggle as midwest snowstorms hamper travel
After a three day storm the central states face a second blizzard with temps plummeting to 40 below. Widespread damage to communications and rail lines slows passenger service from Fargo to Chicago while eastbound trains run late or cancelled amid heavy snow and ongoing track clearance.
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Minneapolis
Middle West
Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
Fargo
North Dakota
National Wool Growers Meet Convenes With 1000 Delegates
Portland reports the forty seventh annual convention opening with President Gooding of Gooding Idaho presiding. More than a thousand delegates attend and more expected before adjournment Saturday as travel delays in Montana hindered arrival. The group pushes to retain the tariff on wool contending free trade would harm the western industry.
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Portland
Wool Growers Convention
Gooding
Idaho
Montana
Sforms
Pendleton Saloon Man Arrested in $59,000 Mail Robbery Case
Portland officers arrest James Whealon a Pendleton saloon owner accused of possessing $10,000 in gold bars stolen from the mails aboard the steamer Humbolt en route to Seattle from Alaska. He had been under surveillance after the prior Woodson and Smith cases with connections to Pendleton and Eastern Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
James Whalen
United States
Humbolt
Seattle
Alaska
Henry
John Woodson
Margaret Smith
Elmer Smith
San Francisco
Whealon
Smith
Pendleton
Oregon
Woodsons
Beaster Oregon
Gallagher jailed twelve years for assault on Commissioner Edwards
James Gallagher was sentenced to twelve years in state prison for his assault on Commissioner William Edwards in Jersey City. Edwards seized Gallagher just after the shooting on the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, and the man resisted as he was taken into custody.
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Jersey City
James Gallagher
Gaynor
Kaiser Wilhelm Dar Grosse
William Edwards
Edwards
Gallagher
Eight Miners Killed in Nova Scotia Colliery Blast
An explosion at a Nova Scotia mine in Bidney Australia killed eight miners yesterday. Six bodies were recovered and three miners were rescued. Rescuerswork to locate two missing as the mine was wrecked for a mile due to gas from inactive air fans.
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Bidney
Australia
Nova Scotia
Ogden Railroad Hold Up Suspects Sought by Men
Railroad workers search for bandits who robbed the limited near Reese on Monday night. Authorities monitor Ogden rooming houses and railroad employees. One poste is still out with slim chance of capture. Three suspects are under arrest locally.
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Ogden
Reese
Tax levy delayed by missing county tax commission returns
The county court faces adjournment risk as it awaits the tax commission’s assessment returns for public service corporations. Wires are being used to ascertain causes of delay with Friday deadline looming. Tomorrow marks a turnover in county offices and new oaths of office.
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County Tax Commission
Nat @loné
J.C. Henry
Cecil Galloway
EU. Wright
Snook
Farmers and Traders National Bank
Aero Club to investigate recent air crash deaths
The Aero Club of America appointed a committee at a New York meeting to investigate the deaths of aviator Hoxsey Moissant and John Stone in recent aeroplane falls. The panel will determine if the machines were first class and analyze currents at the time of the accidents.
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New York
Hoxsey
Moissant
Johnstone
The
Aero Club of America
Third Trial Begins for Martina Kvalshaug in Husband’s Murder
In Tacoma on January 4, the third trial of Martina Kvalshaug, jointly charged with death-sentence inmate Charles Newcomb, opened over the May 1909 murder of her husband. Previous trials ended in jury disagreement. this trial is expected to last about three weeks. Newcomb claims Kvalshaug planned the killing and fired one of the three shots.
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Tacoma
Martina Kvalshaug
Charles Newcomb
Newcomb
Filipino Assemblyman Faces Punishment Debate
Washington January 4 The practicality of punishing Felipe Buencamino the Filipino assemblyman for alleged disloyalty was debated in the Philippine assembly and at the war department. Lawmakers faced criticism as the assembly cannot be punished under lax statutes. Buencamino shrugged off treason fears and said he hoped Japan would strike the Americans on the Philippine islands within months.
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Washington
Felipe Buencammine
Philippine Assembly
War Department
Philippine Islands
Dix Urges Abolition of State Commission in Albany Address
Governor Dix’s New York message to the legislature calls for economy and cuts to the useless state commission. He also backs conservation direct primaries parcels post and popular election of U S Senators in the current legislative session.
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Albany
State Commission
Dix
United States
Denen Pushes Rail Regulation in State Address
Governor Denen delivered the annual message urging state control of railroad stock bonds and expansion of the railroad commission's powers. He proposed bringing the express company under the commission's jurisdiction.
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Springfield
Lorimer
Denen
Railroad Commission
Regulation of Aerial Affairs Demands Lawmaker Action
Governor Simon Baldwin in his annual message endorses regulating aerial activity as balloon usage expands. He backs direct election of senators, income tax reform, and warns balloons could threaten property if left unregulated.
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Harvard, Conn
Simon Baldwin
Dry Dock Bill Prepared for Panama Canal
Washington Jan. 4 The administration bill to create a dry dock for the Panama canal is being drafted by Senator Flint of California. The measure would assign power and maintenance of the dry dock to the president.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Flint
Calif
London police criticized after clashes with anarchists
London reports blame on police for yesterday’s melee involving 1,000 police, firemen, and Scot guards against anarchists. Newspapers call it a failure of police, while six foreign anarchists and seven burned are noted. Home Secretary Churchill orders an immigration inquiry.
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London
Churchill
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