Venezuela Crisis Deepens as U S Weighs Trade Blockade
Washington transmits 1000 pages of State Department correspondence with Venezuela to Congress. The talks with Castro show diplomatic deadlock and threats to impose higher duties or close ports to Venezuelan imports. Coffee and asphalt trade are central to the dispute as Secretary Root previously pushed for an accord amid past failed efforts.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Senate
State Department
Venezuela
Castro
Congress
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Root
Hay
Died on Wedding Eve in Manila
Earl Lee Tatum in charge of the Manila street railway electrical department died of smallpox in Manila P I. He was to marry Miss Phoebe Ellison of Fort Wayne at Judge Newton W Gilbert home in Manila. Ellison taught in Manila schools and was at his bedside. Tatum hailed from North Carolina.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Manilla
P. I
Earl Lee Tatum
Manila Street Railway
Phoebe Ellison
Thomas JH. Eipon
Frestialy
Newton W. Gilbert
Manila
Ellison
Tatum
North Carolina
Atomic weight of radium announced by Royal Society
London cable reports Dr. Thorpe director of the Government Laboratory announced at the Royal Society weekly meeting the atomic weight of radium. He said radium weighs about 226 times hydrogen, the chemists standard unit, a result bearing on radiums position among elements.
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London
Royal Society
Thorpe
Government Laboratory
San Felipe Volcano Erupts After Two Centuries
San Felipe volcano near San Felippo woke last week after 200 years of dormancy. The eruption prompted evacuation as towns at the mountain base were emptied and the city of San Felippo became deserted.
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San Francisco
Panama
Guatemala
San Felippe
San Felippo
Des Moines Man Fans Fire to Escape Train Near Lake City
Stewart Dunbar, of Des Moines, while his foot was caught in a cattle guard, ignited a $20 bill and waved it to attract a train crew. A train slowed and he escaped death. though he carried about $10 in other bills, those notes did not burn because they were green.
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Lake City
Stewart Dunbar
Des Moines
Dance Denounced as Shocking in Goffstown Prominent Fundraiser
In Goffstown New Hampshire a whirling dance event featuring seven prominent young women appeared in an entertainment for the cemetery fund. Reverend H R McCartney of the Congregational Church denounced the performance calling it perfectly shocking. The dancers wore partial male attire during the act.
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Goffstown
N. H
H. R. McCartney
Congregational Church
Church Trading Stamps the Latest
Green trading stamps have proved popular in the Presbyterian Church at Golden Denver. Members of other congregations complain as the pastor offers a stamp to every child who attends Sunday school. With a month of steady attendance, children can collect stamps to redeem a nickel’s worth of candy.
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Denver
Presbyterian Church
Golden
Little Church
Kicks Eye Out Of Idol On Steamship Mongolia
On the ship Mongolia bound from Honolulu a group of Chinese laborers and Wo Hop caused a disturbance during a sea storm. Wo Hop, intoxicated, jumped into the idol ceremony and kicked the idol breaking an eye amid prayers. White crew intervened to prevent a riot at sea.
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San Francisco
Wo Hop
Mongolia
Honolulu
Miners Impose Temporary Halt Across Nation
About 250000 bituminous miners idle as work stops pending a new wage scale. The walkout affects mines nationwide but is not expected to last long due to ample coal stock and narrow disputes over night national officers and local issues. The unit wage system, once national, has fragmented with operators signing independently in recent years.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Pittsburg
Woman as stake at cards leads to fatal shooting in Mississippi
Eunice Spencer is under arrest in Columbia Mississippi charged with murdering Charles Wesley in his home during a card game in which Wesley and P F Coombs were players. After a dispute over cheating, Coombs was grabbed and a rifle was fired. Spencer claims the shooting was accidental.
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Columbia
Miss
Eunice Spencer
Charles Wesley
Miss Spencer
Wesley
P. F. Coombs
Coombs
No Guaranty by Uncle Sam Under Pure-Food Law
Washington report notes a Senate bill making it illegal for advertisers to claim products are guaranteed by the U S government under the pure food law. The measure aims to curb misleading statements about guaranteed purity.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Special
Senate
United States
Matador Jose Moreno Dies in Bull Ring Suicide
In Guadalajara Mexico Jose Moreno owner of the San Pedro ranch in Composital faced a personal crisis and publicly allowed a bull to gore him to death in front of about 300 spectators. His boastful claim of matador courage from childhood ended in his own death.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Jose Moreno
San Pedro Ranch
Opposing Duke's Proposed Wedding Sparks Italy Outcry
Rome dispatch reports Italian newspapers launch a violent campaign against the proposed marriage of the Duke of the Abruzzi to Miss Elkins, widening tension over a royal union.
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Duke
London
Rome
The
Globe
Abruzzi
Miss Elkins
Night Riders Blown Tomatoes Spur Owner to Replace Crops
In Anderson County Kentucky night riders dynamited a field planted with tomatoes after owner James Phillips received a warning. Phillips had already destroyed tobacco plants and substituted tomatoes to protect his crops.
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Phillips
Lexington
Anderson County
James Phillips
Uprising in New York Ends in Bomb Blast and Deaths
In Union Square a bomb exploded during a mass gathering of unemployed demonstrators. The assailant and a companion died, four policemen were injured, and bystanders were hurt as police halted rioting. The incident sparked calls for a citywide police housecleaning and a stricter purge of labor and public spaces.
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New York
Union Square
Marseillaise
Reilly
Kokomo Ministers Oppose Evans Fleet Naval Expansion
Kokomo Indiana ministers protest the Evans fleet world voyage and the push to build more naval warfare gear. They forwarded resolutions to Senators Hemenway Beveridge and Congressman Landis urging a peace stance and opposition to naval arms.
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Kokomo
Ind
Evans
United States Navy
Ministers’ Association
Hemenway
Beveridge
C. B. Landis
United States
Rural Mail Routes Defend Postal Deficit Claim
Experts reply to charges rural delivery caused the deficit and say the service raised postal receipts. They note savings exceeding 12 million dollars from closing small post offices and discontinuing star routes.
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Washington, D. C
Hawkins Nominated After 761st Ballot at Eighth District Meet
Nathan B. Hawkins of Portland won the Republican nomination after a twenty two hour deadlock at the Eighth district convention in Anderson Indiana. George W. Cromer of Muncie backed Hawkins after determining he could not win against the Madison Jay or Randolph county delegations.
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Anderson
Ind
Nathan B. Hawkins
Portland
Hawkins
George W. Cromer
Muncie
Madison
Jay
Randolph County
Penitent Mission Plan From De Moss Family
Mrs Francina De Moss widow and her children will sell the 25 room Leffingwell Hotel in St Louis and use the proceeds to operate a mission at their expense. John De Moss will preach nightly on the street, Grace will lead singing, and Mrs Verna Stewart will play the organ. The family credits Johns illness and providence for their conversion.
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St. Louis
Francina de Moss
Leffingwell Hotel
John
Grace
Verna O. Stewart
Ch aide Gillette Executed for Grace Brown Murder in Adirondacks
Chester E Gillette was executed by electric chair at Auburn Prison after confessing to the 1906 murder of his sweetheart Grace Brown near Big Moose Lake. Gov Hughes refused clemency. the case drew national attention from the sensational trial to the final sentence.
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Auburn
N. Y
Chester Gillette
Grace Brown
Big Moose Lake
Hughes
Gillette
Herkimer
Billy” Brown
Eagle Bay
Big Moose
Glenmore
Charles Graham
Albany
Old Forge
Cortland
Big Mouse
Minister Granted a Divorce in Terre Haute Case
The Rev. J. A. Robinson a Cloverland pastor ten miles from Terre Haute has been granted a divorce from Pearl his wife. Pearl eloped last July with Harry Brown conductor on an inter urban line. She took her baby and the husband is awarded custody though Brown and Pearl are missing.
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Terre Haute
Ind
J. A. Robinson
Cloverland
Pearl
Harry Brown
Brown
Earthquake Destroys Chilapa City in Guerrero State
The town of Chilapa in Guerrero state was completely leveled by a major earthquake. Home to about 15,000 people, Chilapa lies roughly 115 miles south of Mexico City and hosted a bishop's seat and several notable manufactories.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Chilapa
Guerrero
First Baseball Fatality In Evansville Report
In Evansville Indiana a baseball game ended when George Cook aged 13 was struck on the head with a bat by Silas Posey aged 16 a colored youth. The skull fracture proved fatal and Posey was arrested.
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Evansville
Ind
George Cook
Silas Posey
Posey
Miners Find Real Diamonds Near Oroville
Three fine diamonds were found near Cherokee, on property prospected by a diamond company. Two were washed out and another was panned out by an Indian in Oroville.
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Oroville
Cal
Cherokee
Tragic Cheyenne Mine Explosions Claim Dozens
In Coal Mine No. 1 Union Pacific at Cheyenne Wyoming between fifty five and seventy men died. A first explosion at 3 PM killed twenty two rescuers and workers while a second blast at 10:30 PM killed additional rescuers. Gas and coal dust caused both blasts. Fire had raged a week, trapping crews below the tenth level as volunteers frantically sought entombed miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Briggs
Water Department Scandal Exposes City Treasury Robbery
Chicago reports reveal Water Department graft tied to ministers that drained city funds. City Engineer Erickson’s figures show over 7.7 million stolen in the past year through theft and favoritism, with total losses expected to exceed 10 million as investigations expand.
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Chicago
Water Department
South Side
Erickson
Man Saved From Suicide By Prayer Hearing From Church
A Brooklyn businessman, moved by prayers drifting from an open window of Sumner Avenue Baptist Church, halted his plan to buy a revolver and end his life. Rev. Robert M. Green relates the incident from a letter the man sent, saying he is now well.
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New York
Robert M. Green
Summer Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Prairie Fire Sweeps Kimball Area in Severe Blaze
The worst prairie fire in years sweeps through Kimball South Dakota destroying thousands of acres and burning farmhouses and barns. Reports tell of heroic efforts to rescue women and children from the flames.
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Kimball
S. D
Local Teen Designer Wins Bayonne Soldiers Monument Preference
Eleanor Eadie aged 19 just out of high school, unknown before, beat famous New York sculptors in a Bayonne New Jersey competition to design the proposed soldiers and sailors monument to be erected there.
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Bayonne
N. J
New York
Eleanor Eadie
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Navy ships offered for sale by the admiralty in London
A small fleet is to be auctioned by the admiralty as they are deemed no longer useful. The government says the ships would be of little use in wartime.
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London
Admiralty
Libel Suit Case Pins Graft Claim On Baker Article
A New York jury in the Emanuel Philip libel suit against McClure Publishing was instructed by U.S. Judge Hough to find for libel after he ruled Ray Stannard Baker imputed private graft to Philip in a magazine article. The defense verdict was not considered as the jurors were directed to find libel.
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New York
Emanuel Philip
Union Refrigerator Company of
Wisconsin
McClure Publishing Company
United States
Hough
Ray Stannard Baker
Philip
Indian Bandit Slain in Cherokee Hills Family Quarrel
Muskogee Oklahoma Special reports Charles Wickliffe a member of a feared Cherokee outlaw gang was shot dead at the Wickliffe home in Spawinaw hills by his brother Thomas after a family quarrel. The trio Charles, Thomas and John Wickliffe were blamed for numerous murders and hunted after an attack on deputies near Kansas Oklahoma on March 11, 1905.
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Muskogee
Okla
Charles Wickliffe
Wickliffe
Spawinaw Hills
Cherokee Nation
Thomas
Kansas
Wolves Attack Boy Near Caron Saskatchewan
James Doyle, a fifteen year old boy, was attacked by wolves on the outskirts of Caron Saskatchewan. The boy wandered alone when the attack occurred. Residents heard his screams and many men hurried to help, but the wolves fled leaving only bloody rags as evidence of the tragedy.
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Caron
Saskatchewan
James Doyle
Goulds Face Possible Rift Over Sister Marriage Event
Reports indicate a dispute in the Gould family over George Gould marrying his sister Mme Anna Gould. A possible open rupture follows the ex-countess’s departure toward European shores with Prince de Sagan, amid protests and remonstrances, and a wedding abroad.
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New York
George Gould
Mme
Anna Gould
Gould
Prince de Sagan
Wacer
Alaskan Miners Cause Trouble
Acting territorial governor telegraphed Secretary Taft reporting about 800 striking miners at the Treadwell mines in Alaska. Most were foreigners and carried ten cases of dynamite with intent to destroy property and perhaps lives. Taft approved sending federal troops to aid.
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Washington
Treadwell
Alaska
Taft
Hypnotism Denial Ends Greek Student's Marriage Plea
In Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Crane refused Albert Vazakas a divorce annulment from Louise Vazakas claiming hypnosis as grounds. Vazakas, 20, a Columbia University student and millionaire, sought to void marriage from five years ago in Athens where Mrs. Vazakas resides.
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New York
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Crane
Albert Vazakas
Columbia University
Louise Vazakas
Athens
Boy's Cock and Bull Tale Probed in Wabash Farm Case
An investigation into a seven year old boy's claim that his father Fred Chamberlain killed a man and buried him on the farm showed the tale came from the boy's imagination. The story spread from the boy to playmates and then to parents, stirring the county's northern area.
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Wabash, Ind
Fred Chamberlain
Tragedy on oil ship Ingewood explodes near Mandal
The Christiania ship Ingewood carrying naptha exploded off Mandal Norway. The vessel was destroyed and thirteen crew members were killed including eleven Britons and Americans.
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Christiania
Cable
Naptha
Mandal
Norway
Vaudeville Actor Kills Woman and Self at Hotel
In St Paul special: William W Trainor and actress Mrs Pryor were traveling companions. Trainor shot Mrs Pryor in their Clarendon Hotel apartment and then died by suicide. Pryor was 25 years old.
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St. Paul
William W. Trainor
William Pryor
Clarendon Hotel
Harriman Buys Trolley Lines in Los Angeles Area
E. H. Harriman has acquired all interests of H. E. Huntington in steam and electric railways in Los Angeles and Southern California, paying 50 million dollars for the properties.
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Harriman
Los Angeles
E. H. Harriman
H. E. Huntington
Southern California
Vilhjalmur Steffansson Aims Arctic Rowboat Voyage
Vilhjalmur Steffansson plans a rowboat voyage in April to reach the Arctic Circle. He intends to study Eskimo tribes unknown to white explorers, using his healthy body and cheerful mind as practical equipment.
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New York
Vilhjamur Steffansson
Arctic Circle
Congressman's Desperate Shootout Shocks Capital
In a Pennsylvania car encounter Congressman Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama shot Thomas Lumby colored man in the head, leaving him in critical condition. Thomas McCreary a New York horse trainer was wounded in the leg in what officials say was an accidental shooting. Heflin was arrested at the Sixth Precinct Police Station and charged with assault with intent to kill before being released on $5,000 bail.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
Thomas Lumby
Thomas McCreary
New York
McCreary
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