Earthquake Devastates Parts of Sicily Messina Reggio Hard Hit
Reports describe a massive quake and sea upheaval near Messina and Reggio Calabria. Destruction spans towns including Prizzo Cotrone Santa Severina and Palmi with numerous deaths and extensive damage to churches, public buildings, and rail lines.
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Albi
Pope
Calabria
Stefanconi
San Nofrio
Borgia
Ceradi
Centradhe
Olivadi
San Vito
Pomerano
Nicotera
Tropea
Gonadi
San Gregorio
San Giorgo
Maserata
Palmi
Palermo
Sicily
Messina
Floridia
Noto
Chiaramonte
Vittoria
Paterno
Terranova
Marianopoli
Naro
Salt Works
King Victor Emmanuel Eyes Calabria Trip After Earthquake
In Naples King Victor Emmanuel, while shooting near the city, received early earthquake reports from Calabria and ordered preparations for a possible trip there if circumstances require.
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Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Calabria
Washington Records Prolonged Moderate Earthquake
The Weather Bureau reports a moderate, prolonged quake last night with two centers felt at 11:31 and 11:40 p.m. Prof. Marvin places the strongest shaking about 4,800 miles away, near Ashington to Calabria distance, noting some damage in Calabria.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Marvin
Bureau
Our
Ashington
Calabria
Seismograph Records Noted by State Geology Office
Albany bulletin reports a seismograph record at 7 o'clock Sunday night. Dr. D. H. Newland, assistant to the geologist, notes the record indicating a significant event on the seismograph.
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New York Times
Albany
D. H. Newland
Earthquake Shocks Reported Across Western Kentucky
Reports from Louisville indicate late Sunday night earthquakes struck the western Kentucky region. Hopkinsville observers reported a ball of fire followed by seismic shocks felt in Hopkinsville and adjoining counties through the area.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Devastated Calabria Sicily Center Earthquake Region
The article notes Calabria and Sicily as the quake center in Southern Italy. It recalls the Sept 8 1905 quake that killed about 3 000 and destroyed over thirty towns, with 2200 buried in Martiran Calabria. It describes Calabria as part of the former Kingdom of Naples, with three provinces and Apennine traversal.
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Calabria
Sicily
Italy
Kingdom of
Naples
Cosenza
Catanzaro
Apennines
Earthquake Losses Across History Chronicle
A catalog of major earthquakes lists deaths and damages in many events. From Yeddo 1703 with 190000 dead to Lisbon 1755 with 50000 dead and $100 million in damage, to Krakatoa 1883 with 50000, San Francisco 1906 with 500 dead and $500 million, and multiple other shocks in 1906 1908 1907.
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Yeddo
Japan
Lisbon
Sapan
Island of Krakatoa
Charleston
S. C
St. Pierre
Martinique
Calabria
Mount Vesuvius
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Chile
Kingston
Jamaica
Minor quake rattles Pau as Italian tremors felt
A slight earthquake was felt in Pau France this morning aligning with disturbances in Italy. No damage was reported and no injuries noted.
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Pau
France
Italy
Poet Beatrice Carpenter Wins Taft Inaugural Invite
Chicago December 28 Miss Beatrice Gill Carpenter 17 daughter of Henry C Carpenter of the N Graves Company Chicago and Philadelphia wrote a political parody featuring Taft and Bryan as Lochinvar rivals. President-elect Taft invited her and her parents to his inaugural ball after election night read in New York.
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New York Times
Chicago
Young Lochinvar
William H. Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Beatrice Gill Carpenter
Miss Carpenter
Henry C. Carpenter
Auditorium
Miss Javetter
Plaza Hotel
New York
Hitchcock
Bryan
Taft
Cuba
Bill Taft
Potomac
White House
Tate
Yale
United States
N. Graves Company
Phildelphia
Sixtieth AAAS convention opens at Johns Hopkins
In Baltimore on December 28 nearly 2000 members gathered for the 60th annual AAAS meeting at McCoy Hall Johns Hopkins University. Mayor Mahool Ira Remsen and Dr William H Welsh delivered welcome addresses as sections including Social and Economic Science and Zoology began papers. A symposium on regulating the New York Stock Exchange is planned.
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Baltimore
American Association For the Advancement of Science
McCoy Hall
Johns Hopkins University
Mahool
Ira Remsen
William H. Welsh
Johns Hopkins
New York Stock Exchange
Relief work finished in San Francisco relief fund
San Francisco relief corporation ends its charity effort after distributing 9.5538 million dollars for the 1906 fire. It reports 125 thousand dollars in admin costs, about 2.03 percent of funds disbursed, sheltering roughly 60 people at a cost near 1800 dollars. All subscription money accounted for.
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San Francisco
Relief Corporation
Taft administration may name Beekman Winthrop to State post
Washington dispatch reports Beekman Winthrop, current Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, has accepted an offer to become Assistant Secretary of State in Taft's cabinet. The piece outlines cabinet jockeying over Postmaster General Meyer and possible Navy choices for Meyer and Weeks, with Hitchcock viewed as likely Postmaster General.
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New York Times
Washington
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Court of First Instance
Porto Rico
United States
Cuba
Winthrop
Taft
Des Moines
Guantanamo
Magoon
Treasury
Meyer
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Naval Affairs Committee
Naval Affairs
The
the Treasury
Heroism and tragedy end life of William Lee
William Lee of 143 East Eighteenth Street died after inhaling gas amid long hospital stays for a leg injury from saving schoolchildren at Third Avenue and Nineteenth Street. The despondent rigger and steeplejack had previously broken his leg twice. friends and employer R Merrill say he planned to end his life.
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Third Avenue
Nineteenth Street
William Lee
East Eighteenth Street
Lee
Bellevue Hospital
R. Merrill
East Nineteenth Street
Merrill
Jenkins Trust defendants face venue change in Brooklyn
Kings County District Attorney Clarke seeks to retry John G. Jenkins Jr Frederick Jenkins and Frank Jenkins on conspiracy charges tied to the Jenkins Trust Company failure. Justice Scudder had granted a change of venue but left the trial location undecided. Clarke asks for immediate reargument to move the trial back to Kings County.
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Clarke
Kings County
John G. Jenkins, Jr
Frederick Jenkins
Frank Jenkins
Jenkins Trust Company
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Scudder
Jenkinses
Ann
Jenkins Brothers
New Pequonnock River Bridge Contract Awarded
The Congress Steel Bridge Commission awarded the rolling lift bridge contract across the Pequonnock River at Congress Street to Snare, Triest & Co of New York for about 305000. Work will take ten months.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Congress Steel Bridge Commission
Pequonnock River
Congress Street
Snare, Triest & Co
New York
Mahanoy Plane man faces trial on attempted burglary
Thomas McEntee of Mahanoy Plane Pennsylvania appears before Judge Rosalsky in General Sessions on a charge of attempted burglary filed by Edward J. Reardon. A convoy of McEntee’s friends from Mahanoy Plane testifies to his character as the case is postponed due to the absence of Congressman Conry.
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Mahanoy
Penn
Rosalsky
Edward J. Reardon
District Attorney’s Office
Congressman Conry
New York
William H. Carpenter
Reardon
McEntee
Waverley Place
Thomas J. Brazier
Pennsylvania
James Hogan
D. F. Donohue
Schuylkill County
M. J.ynolds
James McCook
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Thomas McDonald
Patrick McEntee
John
Sallie Atc Eugnen
Father Hogan
Jerome
Mills Hotel
Bleecker Street
Democrats to fashion a complete tariff bill in Congress
Henry D. Clayton of Alabama urged the Democratic caucus to craft a full tariff measure covering all schedules from agates to zinc and present it to the House for approval. He said Democrats should champion the bill, push revision on every schedule, and run on it to the country, recalling Jackson and Polk as models.
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Washington
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
House of Representatives
House
Jackson
Polk
Atlanta to Entertain Taft in January Visit
President-elect Taft will visit Atlanta January 15 to 16 with a banquet Friday night as the highlight. About 100 Southerners expected to attend to showcase southern representation. The trip includes Panama and Cincinnati banquets with Taft later to Philadelphia and meeting with the Republican National Committee.
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Taft
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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
David Woodward
Walter G. Cooper
Charles E. Caverly
New Orleans
Panama
Cincinnati
Taft Citizens’ Club
Philadelphia
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Ballinger
Seattle
Patent Pact Aims to Shield Inventors Rewards
Washington reports negotiations with Germany seek a new patent treaty to protect the fruits of inventors labor by honoring patents regardless of where products are manufactured or sold. The move could extend globally if successful and aims to respect patents without nationality bias, with no plan to challenge English laws at this time.
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Germany
New York Times
Washington
United States
State Department
Musicians Protest Over Alien Players Imported
The President held a lengthy talk with E. J. Gavan an attorney for labor interests in New York Joseph N. Weber head of the American Federation of Musicians and Philip Hauser head of the New York Union of Musicians. They claim alien musicians are being brought in large numbers to displace American players in contracts. They cited reports of entire orchestras arriving in New York hotels and similar scenes in Chicago and other cities. The President directed Commerce and Labor to investigate the matter.
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Washington
E. J. Gavegan
New York
Joseph N. Weber
American Federation of Musicians
Philip Hauser
New York Union of Musicians
New York City
Chicago
Commerce and Labor
Aoa
Taft Condemns Maryland Plan to Disfranchise Voters
President elect Taft denounces Maryland Democratic amendment aimed at disfranchising thousands of citizens. He says it violates the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and would create a one party state by suppressing Black voters. Taft cites his North Carolina Society speech and the Maryland proposal as incompatible with justice and equality.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Taft
Maryland
Democratic
North Carolina Society
New York
Mr. Taft
William F. Stone
Republican Nationat
Baltimore Sun
Augusta
Mr. Stone
North Carolina
United States
William H. Taft
Longboat Weds Lauretta Maracle in Toronto Church
Indian runner Tom Longboat marries Lauretta Maracle at the Church of the Ascension after objections by Archbishop Sweatman are overcome by proof of orthodox baptism. Bridesmaid Essie Clause of Albany, N Y. best man Thomas Flanagan. Reception follows at Massey Hall after a testimonial concert.
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New York Times
Toronto
Ontario
Archbishop Sweatman
Tom Longboat
Church of the Ascension
Lauretta Maracle
Essie Clause
Albany
N. Y
Thomas Flanagan
Massey Hall
Longboat
Mona
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