Vessels Lost in Terrific Gale Off Cape Cod
Boston dated December reports describe a severe gale at sea off Cape Cod that wrecked several schooners and barges. Crews faced exposure and starvation while rescuers battled freezing conditions to save those adrift.
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Boston
Mino Railroad
Cumberland
Baltimore
Consolida- Hon Coal Company
Toscday
Dangovers
Cape Coe
Ghotr
Hardahipse
Storm Ravages English Coast With Degrees of Havoc
Severe storm lashes the English coast causing ships to halt and sea walls to fail. Widespread flooding drives inland as waters sweep beaches, towns, and inland land, with casualties and extensive property damage reported along the south and west.
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London
Dow
Canal Bonta
Seare
Hyves
Plord
Selacy
Nullification Hopes Amid Anti-Gambling Legislation
The New York racing scene anticipates the anti-gambling bills, pushed through by the state government, facing possible nullification. Chambers of the Jockey Club and lawyers expect action may delay or alter the bills’ passage, with potential impacts on Metropolitan racing and ongoing lawsuits.
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New York
Doe
Chino
Canadian Farmers Fail to Move Premier
Ottawa reports 1,000 Canadian farmers presented demands to Prime Minister Laurier demanding tariff reductions, free trade on agricultural goods, extended preferences for Great Britain, direct taxation, and state control of terminal elevators. Laurier replied by noting wealth accumulation and comparing Canada to better but not ideal conditions, while referencing war.
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Ottawa
Pec
Henry
Laurier
Canada
United States
Britain
England
Prenton
West
Lews
Corrada
Giant burglary tunnel aims for $100,000 jewel theft
London police report a continental gang tunneling from a Cutler street house toward the Faundsditch Henry Tarris jewelry vaults. The gang wounded five officers, killing two, and planned a massive heist. Detectives search trains and boats for suspects as a second officer dies.
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London
Hey
Cutler Street
Henry Tarris
Faundsditch
Lnla
Freight cars derail injures dozen on Hudson Valley trolley
In Saratoga N Y December 17 Dr Nantel Hottman Martin pastor of Glens Falls Presbyterian Church formerly of New York City sustained serious internal injuries and nearly a dozen other passengers were hurt when two loaded freight cars loosened from an electric engine on a downhill North of Schuylersville collided with a passenger trolley car.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Nantel Hottman Martin
Presbyterian Church
Glens Walls
New York City
Hudson Valley
Schuylersville
Burglars Engage Police. Serjeant Killed in London Jewelry Raid
In London, a police serjeant died and four officers were wounded during a revolver battle with burglars trapped on a jewelry shop's second floor in Cutler Street Homncdsited. Robbers awaited upstairs and fired as constables climbed, then fled. all escaped.
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London
Cutler Street
Lo States
Unexpected $5000 Gov Bond Bequest Found in Box
In Wilkes Barre Mrs Beidgers master left a box to James A Marley. Marley, visiting Washington, opened it after her death and found $5000 in government bonds and a will note. In New Haven, George Hutchinson of Randolph Mass received twenty days and $86 in court costs for obtaining money under false pretenses. fines reduced on out of court plea to five days to allow return home.
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Deend
Wilkes-Barre
Dee
James A. Marley
New Haven
Alty
George
Hutchinson
George 8
Lateh
Randolph
Mass
C. W. Blanchard
Wvarett
Christ- Imag
Politician George Duxberry Found Frozen to Death
George W. Duxberry, 50, a former registrar of voters and burgesses board member, was found frozen to death today under an old mortar bed in Hickory Park after seeking shelter from the night’s zero weather. He recently divorced and had drifted from public life. burial will be by the town tomorrow, with a Waterbury mother and brother surviving.
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Bristol
Doc
George W. Duxberry
Hickory Park
Duxbery
Waterbury
Duxberry
Water supply a little less than last year
Hartford residents hear that the city’s water reservoirs hold 814 million gallons, down from 918 million earlier in December. The current supply would last about nine days at present consumption, slightly below last year’s figure.
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Hartford
Fyittford
Senate debate centers on direct election of United States senators
Washington dec 17 direct election of US senators by the people dominates discussion in the senate as leaders in old guard circles seek to block reform. A judiciary committee meeting monday will weigh a sub committee report backing ballot box elections while Borah and others press for the popular vote.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Schoal
Hale
Rep
Root
Rep. N.Y
Committee of Judiciary
Sixty-first Congress
Judiciary
Borah
Committee
Tham
Action Against Knights of Pythias Seeks Insurance Ban
Albany reports the state insurance department holds jurisdiction over the Knights of Pythias insurance branch Attorney General O Malley informs Milton G Bucky to file the complaint with the insurance department The lawyer seeks cancellation of the right to conduct life insurance and possible appointment of a receiver for all assets in New York State.
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Albany
N. Y
State Insurance Department
Knights of Pythias
O'Malley
Milton G. Bucky
New York
Lfe
Air. Bucky
Buck
Years in Sing Sing for Three Accused Robbers
In New York Judge Malone sentenced Thomas O'Brien John J. O'Brien and Samuel Friedman to thirty one years each in Sing Sing for luring Mabel Harding to a Mangin street stable on November 16 and assaulting and robbing her. The mothers and wives awaited verdict as screams echoed outside the corridor.
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New York
Dee
Sing Sing
Malone
Thomas O'Brien
John J. O’brien
Samuel Friedman
Mabel’ Harding
West Fifteenth Street
Mangin Street
O'Briens
Thomas
Oystermen Narrowly Escape Freezing Death
Five oyster men in New Haven narrowly escaped death when they were forced to stay in four flat bottom boats outside the harbor from evening until after midnight. The rescue came after the daughter of one crewman, alarmed by his absence, heard their cries along the shore and alerted rescuers. They suffered only minor frostbite.
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New Haven
Roosevelt stands by speech amid slander claim
Hartford reports Theodore Roosevelt refuses apology to Gov elect Simeon Baldwin over alleged slander in a judge speech. The former president asserts he was right and will not retreat, defending his remarks as prudent radical conservatism and noting ongoing criticism of his New Haven discourse.
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Hartford
Theodore
Roosevelt
Simeon B. Baldwin
Judge Baldwin
New Haven
Admiral Cowles
Farmington
Baldwin Applauded At Arbitration Session
Judge Simeon J. Baldwin governor elect of Connecticut drew warm applause at the arbitration conference in Washington as L H B Macfarland praised his Lake Mohonk proposal for a conference of all powers to select fifteen judges. Baldwin said he would be too busy with his new post to attend a Baltimore banquet on January 17.
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Washington
Simeon. J. Baldwin
Connecticut
Rayner and Smith
Maryland
Baltimore
Baldwin
Wartford
International Court
Pan-American
Danish Ex-Minister Alberti Sentenced for Fraud
Former Minister of Justice Alberti is sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to repay 4 million dollars. His crimes as banker broker and minister of justice span fourteen years and harmed thousands including prominent financiers and the king. The frauds were undiscovered until two years ago.
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Copenhagen
Alberti
Denmark
Tume
Stocking $10 Million Dividend Paid by Standard Oil
Stockholders received checks totaling 10 million dollars as the final 1970 quarterly dividend at 10 percent. John D. Rockefeller is variously credited with owning 26 to 40 percent of Standard Oil, having drawn substantial cumulative dividends since 1882. The company has paid out over 709 million in profits to date, leaving a reported surplus of about 419 thousand.
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New York
Standard Onl
John D. Rockeffellar
Abs Company
Twenty Opinions From Supreme Court No Error Found
The Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, in New Haven, released twenty opinions. Most cases were from New Haven, Fairfield, and New London counties, with two from Tolland and Litchfield. Key rulings upheld lower court decisions on wills, land takings, and dam/ water rights, while one probate case involved a disputed will later sustained by the court.
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Supreme Court of Errors
Connecticut
New Haven
Fairfield
New London
Tolland
Litchfield
Tuiterfield
Tolland County
Dr. I. Stanton
Bridgeport
Superior Court
Travelers Insurance Company
Edward W. Stevens
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
New Haven County
Railroad Commissioners
Middlebury
Burpee
Railro
Ch dJutieca Hall
Helen L.ford
Pro‘bata
Waterbury
Sarah J. Carter
Shumway
Justice Prentice
Jennie
C. Barnes
Will Stoughton
Thomaason
Supreme Court
Shumaway
Sarah
Carer
Robert A. Lowe
Lowe
Milton DW
Sarah B. Carter
Henry J. Stoughton
Sarah E. Carter
Helen L. Ford
Jennie C.barnes
Frederick Carter Hatch
Gladys TH. Match
Jennie CG. Barnes
Gladys HW. Hatch
Gladys H
Hatch
Jennie C. Barnes
Shumpay
Sarah I. Carter
Henry I. Stoughton
Thomaston
Court of Probate
Kennedy
Cassidy
Helen
Ford
Root
Pierce Fox
Jennier.c. Fy
Beaver Brook
Robinson
Sarah Gary
Phoenix Insurance Company
Hall
Sarah Cary
jCateb
A. Morse
Morse
Gore denies charges of soliciting loan for town-site deal
Senator Gore rejected the accusation by Jake L. Hammond that he sought to borrow 5000 from the Rowells for a town site near Lawton Oklahoma. Gore called the charges false and testified that Hammond asked to borrow the money as a representative of the Oklahoma senator. Rowell refused the loan saying it smelled of bribery.
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Washington
Gore
Jake L. Hammond
Burke
Muskogee
Okla
Hammond
Rowells
Lawton
Ohlo
Charles K. Rowell
J. F. Rowell
Stamford
Conn
Mwe
Okihomwa
Rowell
Priest saves two girls on railroad bridge at Kellys Falls
Two girls Mary Burns and Rose Anslow sitting on a railway bridge near McGregorsville were saved from a passing train by Walher Bertrand Dolan a priest from St Ansten s College Cambridge Mass He dashed onto a narrow foothold on the bridge grabbed the children and swung them over the river as the engine passed promising their lives.
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Manchester
Mary Burns
Rose Anslow
McGregorsville
Kelly’s Falls
Walher Bertrand Dolan
Cambridge
Mass
St. Ansten'’s College
Vandal Cuts Belts At Warner and Sperry Factory
An unknown vandal damaged a New Haven factory by cutting machine belts and draining a boiler, prompting suspension of about five workers. Perry Solly, an employee, was arrested on suspicion and police say he confessed.
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New Haven
Warner and Sperry Company
Perry Solly
Hill to Hear Tariff Revision Resolution After Holidays
Washington reports Representative Hill will have a hearing after the holidays before the house rules committee on his resolution to revise tariff by subjects. Chairman Payne and the ways and means committee support tariff commission legislation this session.
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Washington
Hill
House Rules Committee
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and
Grand Central Terminal to Be World’s Largest Station
New York announces completion of the Grand Central terminal in under two years with capacity to handle about 105 million passengers yearly. The $180 million project features 76 acres, 82 miles of tracks, 200 trains per hour, and an elevated concourse with ramps replacing many stairs.
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New York
Grand Central
United States
Pennsylvania
Btst
New York Central
Seventh Avenue
Porty Second Street
Rock
Grand Central Terminal
Park Avenue
Pennsylvania Station
Salem Fire Scare Ignites Bay State Belting Plant
A northwest gale fueled a blaze in the Bay State Belting Company plant engine room in Salem Massachusetts. Six buildings burned with an estimated loss of 60000 dollars. Sparks spread across the city lighting roofs on about fifty structures though most were extinguished with little damage.
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Salem
Mass
Bay State Belting Company
Mhe
Weather Chief Accused by Resigned Official
James Berry, former Weather Bureau division chief with 32 years service, accuses Willis L. Moore in a letter to President Taft of gross mismanagement and irregularities. Berry alleges Moore used government employees on working hours to prepare a meteorology book and misused the mailing frank to promote its sale.
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Washington
James Berry
Weather Bureau
Taft
Willis L. Moore
Mri Berry
Moore
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