Admiral Wjichi Dies in Japan Friend of Admiral Evans
Vice Admiral Eichi, once allied with Admiral Yoge in the Russo Japanese War, died in Tokyo at an advanced age. The event recalls a progress era meeting in Los Angeles where Japanese and American naval officers, including Admiral Robby D. Evans, shared optimistic views on U S Japan relations amid rising jingoism.
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Tokio
Japan
Eichi
Yoge
Fae Cupain
Kichi
Aso
Soya
America
Arlington Hotel Razed for New Virginian in Lynchburg
In Lynchburg Virginia today a crew of about 150 men works to raze the Arlington Hotel to clear space for the Virginian hotel to be built immediately.
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Arlington
Lynchburg
Arlington Hotel
Mechiner defends county funds ruling over $1500 charge
Richmond reports Treasurer H Mechler fights a $1500 claim by Bouchar Son over commissions on county and school funds. Former Commonwealth's Attorney Julien Gunn says commissions should be calculated separately for county and school funds, with no criminal intent implied. Hechler vows to hold firm until court action.
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Richmond
H. ©. Mechiner
Ascien
H. B. Bouchar & Son
Mechler
Croonts
Houdar & Son
Jewith
Ken Gunn
Commonwealth
Julien Gunn
Henrico County
Gunn
Common Wealth
Je&Gary
Keenler
Underwood skips Washington banquet over illness
Special Democratic Leader Oscar W. Underwood will not attend the Day banquet in Washington due to a recent illness and orders from his physician to avoid banquets and speeches. He refuted any plan to read a speech, saying he would deliver it himself if present. The decision follows Bryan being placed last on the speaking program, stirring debate about a Bryan Underwood rift.
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Washington, D. C
Oscar W. Underwood
William Jennings Bryan
Congress
Underwood
Mr. Underwood
House
Bryan
Managing Committee
Bryan and Underwood Clash Over Weolenan Servature Affair
The dispute between Mr. Bryan and Lowder Underwood over the Weolenan servature secret carteus and party affairs at the special Congressional session was renewed when Bryan hinted Underwood was Wall Street’s choice for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Mr. Bryan
Lowder Underwood
Bryan
Mr. Underwood
Wall Street
Richeson sermon cited in murder case trial
Boston reports prosecutors aim to prove Rev C V W Richeson referenced the death of Avis Linnell from cyanide poisoning during a Cambridge sermon. Authorities seek a stenographic copy by a mysterious young girl and plan to interview Violet Edmonds, Richeson’s former fiancée, before the January 15 trial.
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Boston
Mass
Getemiver
Alorney Pelleliers
C. V W. T. Richesen
Immanuel Baptist Church
Cambridge
Miss Linnell
Richeson
Violet Edmonds
Pelletier
Fighting Bob Evans Passes to Reward
Washington reports the death of Admiral Robley D Evans known as Fighting Bob Evans and he will be buried tomorrow at Arlington National Cemetery with ceremonies to match the grandeur of his era. Navy officials consult with the Admiral's family on pallbearers and arrangements. President Taft, Vice President Sherman, Admiral Dewey, and other officials send condolences. Dewey remembers their lifelong friendship as the wooden navy gave way to dreadnoughts.
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Washington
D. C
Gob Evans
Arlington National Cemetery
Navy Department
Winfield Scott Sehley
Robley D. Evans
Taft
Sherman
Dewey
Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
Fighting Bob
Dewey Overcome by News of Evans Death
Admiral Dewey spoke at length after learning of Rear Admiral Evans death calling Evans a lifelong friend of high achievement. Funeral services will be at All Souls Church at 2:30 pm with full military honors at Arlington Cemetery. Escort includes Naval Academy midshipmen, an artillery battery, four marine companies and two seamen companies.
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Dewey
Washington, D. c
Evans
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Evans
War & Man
All Souls’ Church
Fourteenth
L Streets
Arlington Cemetery
Naval Academy
Russian minister to Pekin named after abduction
St Petersburg report says a new Russian minister to Pekin will replace M Korostovetz who has retired after the abduction of M Perrier’s sixteen year old daughter. Korostovetz, a brilliant diplomat, fled with the girl to Mukden where Perrier traced them.
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ST. Petersburg
Pekin
M. Korostovetz
M. Perrier
China
Mukden
Korostovetz
Rebels Prepare Hankow Campaign in Shanghai Special
Revolt leaders announce a Hankow campaign aiming to seize Hankow and its sister cities Han Yang and Wu Chang to force the imperialists north. Premier Yuan Shi Kai moves troops from armistice positions as Hu Peh provinces brace for martial law unless civil courts restore order. Wu Ting Fang’s invitation to peace negotiations is portrayed as an ultimatum.
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Premier Yuan
Wu Ting Fang’sa
Chanter Divorced From Cavalieri After Paris Court
The long publicized marriage of Robert Chanler and Lina Cavalieri ended in a Seine court divorce granting Cavalieri a share of Chanler fortune. The ruling cites refusal to resettle, a contested marriage contract, and a shared financial arrangement. The case includes notes on the couple’s estrangement and a digression about Castro the cat aboard a voyage.
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Paris
Robert Winthrop Chanter
Leon Yorker
Lina Cavalieri
Cavalieri
Seine
Chanter
Lol
Dutchess County
N. Y
Stinker
Mme. Cavalieri
Mme
Guobleman
Charler
Chanler
United States
John Armstrong Chaloner
Chaloner
Virginia
Looney
Chaloner Jong
New York State
Sheratt
Mme. Cavalier
Chaniler
Labor Leaders Prepare for Defense in Dynamite Conspiracy Case
Los Angeles Calif special report notes that three labor leaders indicted by a federal grand jury for a dynamite conspiracy plan to fight the case to the Supreme Court if needed. Defendants Olaf A. Tveitmoe Anton Johannsen and J E Munsey were arraigned yesterday and will stand trial January 12. The indictment accuses a general plot to transport dynamite from Indianapolis to points beyond the state in violation of federal law.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Supreme Court of the United States
Federal Grand Jury
Olaf A. Tveitmoe
Anton Johannsen
J. E. Munsey
Tveitmoe
Supreme Court
Indianapolis
Cat Knew Crew Meant To Eat It Ran Up Mast
In distress off Barnegat the schooner Julius Tru beck, towed by tug Hercules, arrived at an anchorage after a 23 day voyage from Satilla River GA. Captain Parker had expected two weeks, crew on half rations, lifeboat crews aided, Powhatan later supplied, Hercules relieved Barnegat fireward as Parker accepted tow to port.
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Castro
Lucas
Jonah
Cestro
New York
Hercules
Julius Trubec
Atlantic City
Ben
Fireard
Barnegat
Iain Parker
Port Portmouth Navy Yard Machinists Strike First Time
Several hundred machinists at the Portsmouth navy yard walked out today in protest of Secretary Meyer’s scientific management system. It marks the first labor trouble the yard has faced in its history.
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Portg Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Navvy Yard
Meyer
Navy Yard
Vote Buying Bad as Burglary Albany N Y Says Dix
Governor Dix urges legislature to strengthen direct primary laws and ban vote buying arguing it corrupts elections and erodes self government. He calls for statewide reform plus repeal of boxing rules and an updated workers compensation plan amid rising state expenses. He warns punishment should match burglary for vote buying and proposes legal avenues to deter such crimes.
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Albany
N_ Y
State
Allee
Sian
Eh Asrabiy
Trovernor Dix
New York
Athletic Commission
Dix
Bomb At Pakrview Roadhouse Threat From Black Hand
New Jersey roadhouse operator George Murray found a lead pipe bomb under his veranda as New Year’s celebrations began. A Black Hand letter had warned of dynamite and a £500 ransom at Suttenorre race track. The blast damaged nearby homes. Murray had reported a dummy package to Fairview police.
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New York
George Murray
Pakrview
N. J
Murray
Suttenorre
Fairview
Receiver Appointed After Albion Bank Closure
Frank L. Irwin has been named receiver for the First National Bank of Albion Michigan, closed due to forged notes totaling 150 dollars. The action names Albion as the bank location and notes the forgery as the reason for closure.
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Washington, D. C
Frank L. Irwin
Albion, Mich
First National Bank
Albion
Mich
Taft Friends Confident Roosevelt Won't Seek Nomination
Washington reports Ohio Progressives refused to endorse La Follette for president, boosting Taft allies' belief Roosevelt will not run. If Ohio trend spreads, Taft camp remains centripetal while Roosevelt’s candidacy could hinder La Follette. Roosevelt momentum grows quietly with ballot listings in Nebraska.
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Washington
D. C
Cotaetbus
Ohio
Leagzne
la Follettrec
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Lespite
Meg. Sagr
White House
Presi
Roosevelt
Hhoosevelt
Moose-well
Nebraska
Lord Mayor of London Budget Puzzle Costs Big Expenditures
The Court of Common Council weighs the finances of the Lord Mayor’s office amid tales of overspending. Ex Lord Mayor Sir William Treloar recalls high costs, with official £50,000 salary and annual expenses including dinners, Mansion House events, secretaries, staff, and charitable demands, suggesting total spending often exceeds the allowance by substantial sums.
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London
Looden
Carl Hentschel
Court of Common Council
Guildhall
General Purposes Committee
William Trelouch
Mansion House
Two Rubens Tapestries Returned to Boston Museum Loan
Special report: George R. White loans two long lost Rubens tapestries to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston from New York purchases. One tapestry, missing for nearly three centuries, hangs in the Sixteenth Century Room alongside other Achilles life panels.
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Boston
George R. White
Museum of Fine Arts
Western Art Department
Rubens
New York
Achilles
Francosa Ertrinser
Antwerp
Barnard Baron
London
Museum of Decorative and Industrial Arts
Brussels
Ruben
Wilhelm Valentiner
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rubens Tapestry Debate Reveals Hidden Ninth Subject
article notes a ninth Rubens subject in a set of ten tapestry designs and posits a possible tenth undiscovered. It traces the history of the panels, with two tapestries outside Brussels Museum and origins tied to Rubens sketches and exports through the 17th century, including ownership by Lord Barrymore and a Spanish noble family.
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Ruben
Rubens
Museum of Fine Arts
Brussels
Valentiner
Gustav Kobbe
Lord Tarrymore
McNamara Hair Turns Snowy White in Bomb Plot Case
Indianapolis reports J J McNamara secretary of the Oncer national Bridge and Structural Iron Workers was sentenced to fifteen years in Los Angeles for dynamite bombing. Federal attorneys testified before the grand jury in California investigating the case, as the defendant remains in San Quentin.
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Indianapolis
D. C
Thas
J. J. McNamara
Bridge
Los Angeles
Lieweliyn Iren
San Quentin
California
Ambitious teen commits suicide over health study conflict
Seventeen year old Barnett Waller of 138 Delancey Street killed himself after health orders to stay outdoors conflicted with his dream to study law. He planned a two year college course that would lead to law school, but diphtheria illness and strict guidance led to a fatal decision with his father's revolver.
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New York
Barnett Waller
Delancey Street
College of the City of
Barnett
Chiss
E. J. Nero
Woman hurled from buggy as train strikes Evansville Terre Haute line
Mrs Minnie B Allen, riding in a buggy with her horse, was knocked into the air when the Florida Flyer struck the vehicle near Terre Haute Indiana. The horse panicked after a warning from a fagman and the coachman’s signals and the woman escaped with severe shaking.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Minnie B. Allen
Evansville and
Mra. Allen
Fagman
Weekly Hunt Yields Large Field in Charlottesville Chase
The Albemarle county Hunt held yesterday morning attracted a big field. A large red fox, captured last Saturday by W. P. Lipscomb, was released on the Pantops estate and crossed the Rivanna River. Riders pursued for about thirty minutes before the quarry was caught at the Michie barn on the city’s eastern outskirts.
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Charlottesville
Tesville
Albemarle County
W. P. Lipscomb
Pantops
Rivanna
Michie
Oydney Against Johnson Fight At City College
A sophomore at City College, Venice years on, reported to have used a revolver in home at 138 Delaney Street today. He had feared failing in studies for weeks and crawled across a sick room to reach the weapon kept under a safe in the room. He was weak from tonsillitis and diphtheria.
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New York
Barnet Waller
Venicen
Delaney Street
City College
Crown Prince Frederick William Seeks Throat Consultation
A Special-A report notes another European specialist was summoned to consult on Crown Prince Frederick William’s throat illness. He remains in Dantzig and cannot travel to Berlin. Initial reports cited bronchial catarrh, but the issue is now regarded as more serious.
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Frederick William
Berlin
Dantzig
Beginnings of Pugilism Protest in Sydney
A protest campaign in Sydney aims to block the prize fight between Johnson and Sam eVey set for April 8. Clergy lead the effort with business leaders hiring counsel to test boxing legality in New South Wales, raising fears of a serious blow to pugilism similar to England and America.
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Sydney
Jack Johnson
Bombardier Wells
England
Johnson
SameVey
New South Wales
America
General Reyes III in Santiago Prison Mexico City
General Bernardo Reyes, held as a military prisoner at Nuevo Leon on Christmas Day, has contracted malaria in Santiago Prison where he is confined. His condition today is reported as serious, with his advanced age hindering rapid recovery.
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General Reyes III
Santiago
Mexico City
Bernardo Reyes
Nuevo Leon
Reprimand of Witness Follows Packers Trial Testimony
In Chicago special court action, Armour Company manager Miles faced a stern rebuke from Judge George A. Carpenter after questions from Special U.S. Attorney General Sheean. Miles, seen as a key government witness, gave evasive answers about armoured packer collusion and weekly pool slips detailing coordinated shipments between Armour and Swift & Co. The court demanded direct yes or no responses as the government pressed for proof of joint shipments and contract alignments amid antitrust scrutiny of the packers.
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Chicago
Ill
William D M .Titer
Armour Pacous Company
Kansas City
Ftir
United States
George A. Carpenter
Sheean
Miles
Chicago Packers
Armour Packing Company
Washington, D. C
Carpenter
Armours
Swifts
Hazelton
Swift and Armour
Swift & Co
Angry laborers out their money in Norfolk strike aftermath
In Norfolk the former Smithfield Marl Clay workers, paid ninety cents on the dollar, left by steamer for Newport News en route to Pennsylvania. Receivers J Lindsay Heard and John T Reid returned to Norfolk amid Italian guards and crowds. About $2,000 of creditors funds covered the payment, but without official endorsement. Tensions and belief the receivers carried the money persisted among the Italians surrounding the hotel.
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Norfolk
Smithfield Marl Clay and Transportation Company
Newport News
Pennsylvania
J. Lindsay Heard
John T. Reid
Engry Mail
Br. Heard
Mr. Reid
Ttalians
Love for flowers was his undoing
Percy G. Van deroof, treasurer of Vanburen and Thornton Company, admitted stealing 140000 from employers. He surrounded himself with orchids at home, ran large florist bills in New York, and gifted orchids to friends. A huge orchid bill alerted investigators leading to his arrest in the Tombs. he has surrendered his 18000 share in the firm.
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New York
Percy G. Vanderoof
Vanburen and Thornton Company
Thomas Street
Vanderoof
East Orange
Strike Threat Looms At Washington Navy Yard
2000 machinists issue a formal ultimatum to abolish the Taylor system of scientific management and demand higher wages. President Taft has been unofficially notified and director Willetts informed. The demand follows a heated Typographical Temple meeting by the Columbia Lodge and ties to a Norfolk yard walkout.
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Washington, D. C
Washington Navy Yard
Taft
Taylor
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Willetts
Columbia Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Norfolk Navy Yard
Nature and Women Near in Data, Says Staupton Journal
A fragment references a quotation about nature and women from the Staupton Journal, noting that women’s data approach nature more closely than anything man has made, hinting at a broader discussion within the periodical.
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Hechler
Bayes
Bob Evans
Hankow
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Beef Trust
Bob Chanler
Cat
Friends of Administration
la Follette
M’namara
Oydney
Pever
Crown Prince III
Packers
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