Heroic rescue at sea by Greek seaman Bruso
In a fierce northeast gale near Providence Mitchell B Bruso, a Greek seaman, volunteered to rescue Captain Ole Owarsond then Seaman Charles Martin from the sinking barge Buena Ventura towed by the Luckenbach. Bruso rowed to the barge, placed the captain aboard, then braved the ice to save Martin. The barge carried three deaths among five crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Walter A. Luckenbach
Mitchell B. Bruso
John Dailey
Bruso
Ole Owarsond
Charles Martin
Peterson
John Mallett
Jack
Fall River
Mass
United States Navy
Spain
Nashville
Norfolk
Dailey
Montauk
Barge
Wisconsin insurers face broad reform after legislative probe
Madison Wisconsin December 11 the legislative committee report on life insurance firms operating in the state is submitted to the governor. It covers testimony from last summer and urges passage of many bills to amend insurance laws in favor of policy holders. The study focuses on Wisconsin Life Milwaukee based Northwestern Mutual and Cincinnati Union Central. It finds no campaign contributions or syndicate links, but criticizes loans by officers and relatives against policy security and rebates. It notes mismanagement at Wisconsin Life and calls for repeal of retaliatory laws and lower premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Life
Northwestern Mutual Life
Milwaukee
Union Central Life
Cincinnati
Northwestern Mutual
Union Central
Birdsong Convicted in Mississippi Manslaughter Case
Mrs Angie Birdsong, 22, was found guilty of manslaughter for the November 1905 shooting of Dr Thomas Butler in Monticello. The court delayed sentence, and her uncle United States Senator McLaurin was urged to seek a new trial. She was kept under hotel surveillance overnight.
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Hazelhurst
Miss
Angie Birdsong
Thomas Butler
Birdsong
Mississippi
Monticello
Bones of Burned Students Found at Cornell Fire
After a three day search charred bones were found in the Chi Psi fraternity ruins at Cornell. Those near the southwest tower identified as F. W. Grelle of South Orange New Jersey and others about 20 feet away as W. H. Nichols of Chicago. Both were Cornell students residing in the fraternity house.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Chi Psi
Cornell University
Stu
F. W. Grelle
South Orange
N. J
W. H. Nichols
Chicago
Cornell
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Roosevelt Plan
President Roosevelt learns from C Hauge and Nobel committee chair Loerland that he has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize totals 138,536 crowns or about 37,128 dollars. The White House says funds will create a Washington conference fund for labor and capital to promote industrial peace with a panel of trustees including the Chief Justice, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C Hauge
Norway
White House
Roosevelt
Loerland
Nobel Committee
United States
Peirce
Christiania
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Labor
Gillette to Die for Grace Brown Murder
Chester FE Gillette, convicted of murdering his sweetheart Grace Brown in Herkimer New York, was sentenced to die in the electric chair by Judge Devendorf. His counsel former Senator Mills moved to set aside the verdict as a precursor to an appeal. Gillette faces electrocution in the week beginning January 28.
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Gillette
Herkimer
N. Y
Chester FE
Grace Brown
Devendorf
Mills
Wreck of Steamship Monarch Off Isle Royale
The Monarch of the Northern Navigation company is a total wreck on Isle Royale about 40 miles from Fort William Ontario after going ashore on a Sunday reef. Watchman J Jacques drowned. rest of the crew and passengers landed safely at Port Arthur.
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Monarch
Fort William
Ont
Northern Navigation Company
Isle Royale
J. Jacques
Port Arthur
Ex-King of Dahomey Dies in Algiers
Behanzin former king of Dahomey died suddenly in Algiers on Monday after nephritis treatment. His wife and son Prince Ouanila were at his bedside as the exiled monarch passed away.
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Dahomey
Algiers
Algeria
Behanzin
Prince Ouanila
Roosevelt urges full citizenship for Porto Ricans
President Roosevelt asks Congress to grant full American citizenship to Porto Ricans. He endorses native troops, praises Governor Winthrop and autonomous city government, and calls for immediate harbor dredging at San Juan. He describes island beauty and self government under current reforms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Porto Rico
Winthrop
San Juan Harbor
Raum Admits Forgery and Surrenders to Jail
Daniel F. Raum a prominent Peoria lawyer and son of ex pension official Green B. Raum confesses to forging deeds totaling 10000 dollars. Complainant F O Cunningham loan broker. Raum surrenders to State's Attorney Scholes and is held in county jail after outlining how excess living costs led to the crimes.
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Peoria
Ill
Daniel F. Raum
Green B. Raum
United States
Knox County
F. O. Cunningham
Baum
Raum
State
Scholes
Frank O. Cunningham
Cunningham
France Expels Montagnini From Paris Frontier
Mgr Montagnini secretary in the papal nunciature in Paris was escorted to the Italian frontier by a police commissary after the government ordered his arrest and expulsion. Premier Clemenceau cited his ties with Paris clergy facing legal action for inciting rebellion and warned Rome to accept French law or face further conflict.
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Paris
Mgr. Montagnini
Vatican
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Mgr
Montagnini
Moody Nomination Delayed by Senate Inquiries
The nomination of William H. Moody to be associate justice of the Supreme Court was moved to Wednesday in executive session after Democratic senators pressed for information on his House actions including representation changes for southern states. The episode followed sharp debate on Bonaparte’s fitness and anti trust views, with attention from Reed Smoot controversy and a large House debate on the legislative budget and spelling reform.
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Washington
William H. Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Carmack
Culberson
Supreme Bench
Burrows
Smoot
Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Apostolic Body of the Church
Mark Twain
Alfred Nobel
Congress
Charles J. Bonaparte
Bonaparte
Chicago
Moody
Knox
House
Clark
Missouri
Gillette
Massachusetts
Livingston
Georgia
Myer
St. Petersburg
John W. Riddle
Roumania
Servia
Notable deaths and appointments across the nation
Obituaries note the death of David Wallace a pioneer contractor at 74 in La Crosse Wisconsin and Ex-Gov Franklin J Moses found dead in Massachusetts. Other items include J C F Harrington named Bolivia public instruction head, a NYC mayoral candidate drowned, wage demands by carpenters, Rockefeller educational giving, a shooting in Indiana, and a Dover New Jersey powder plant site chosen.
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David Wallace
Northwestern States
la Crosse
Wis
J. C. F. Harrington
Decatur
Bolivia
John J. Kinneally
Socialist Labor
New York
Long Island Sound
Oak Point
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
United States
War Department
John D. Rockefeller
Board of Foreign Missions
United Presbyterian Church
Egypt
Ucan
Joseph Ferguson
Gorman Lentz
Tillman Lentz
Bloomington
Ind
F. E. Grimes
State of
Kansas
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
Salvatore Svelato
Forsyth Street
Matt Priestly
Rock Rapids
C. Goodloe
Edgar
Edwin Earl
William F. Edgar
South Carolina
Wintrop Beach
Mass
Tangier
Raisuli
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean Exposition Company
Pacific Ocean
Balboa
Panama Canal
Cotton Production Estimate for United States
The Department of Agriculture estimates total cotton production for the year at 6,001,726,000 pounds, equivalent to 12,546,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Fire damages cement plant in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
A blaze at the International Portland Cement company plant in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania caused about $200,000 in damage. Two three story buildings, each 200 by 80 feet, were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
International Portland Cement Company
Elizabeth
Train derailment injures fourteen in Batesville
Fourteen people were hurt when an Iron Mountain train derailed near Batesville Arkansas on Tuesday night. Three passengers were reported seriously injured and one coach plunged down a steep embankment.
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Batesville
Ark
Iron Mountain Railroad
Twelve Men Die in Storm Off Christiansand Norway
In a December storm off Christiansand a steam trawler named Forsoget sank with all hands aboard. Twelve crew members were drowned, marking a tragic maritime disaster for the Norwegian fishing fleet.
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Christiansand
Norway
Forsoget
Life of Former Utah Senator Arthur Brown Grims by Shot
Washington reports former United States Senator Arthur Brown of Utah remains critically ill after being shot by Mrs. Anna M Bradley. Attendants at the emergency hospital give little hope for recovery as his condition worsens with a temperature near 104 and Dr W P Carr expressing faint optimism for survival.
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Washington
United States
Arthur Brown
Utah
Anna M. Bradley
W. P. Carr
Brown
Salton Sink Flood Forces SP Line Rebuild
Colorado River has found a new channel around the Hind dam and is flowing back into Salton Sink. If flood continues, the Southern Pacific main line must be rebuilt for 200 miles on higher ground, risking 1000 Salton basin homes and at least 25 million dollars in impact.
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Yuma, Ariz
Colorado River
Hind Dam
Salton Sink
Southern Pacific
Salton Basin
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Owarsond
Wisconsin Committee
Peoria, Ill
France
Rome
Moody 5
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas City
Louis
Omaha
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