Tragedy in Cumbre Tunnel Aimed by Mexican Bandit
At least nine to thirteen American railroad men and up to fifty Mexicans suffocated when Maximo Castillo set the Cumbre Tunnel fire and allowed a northbound passenger train to enter the blaze. Juan Fernandez, a rear brakeman, died near the exit after crawling through toxic fumes. Rescue efforts moved with limited success as the tunnel burned, and officials announced no survivors aboard the passenger train.
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Juarez
Mexico
Great Cumbre
Mexico Northwestern
Maximo Castillo
F.C. Clarke
F. ©. Herr
Madera
Juan Fernandez
Castillo
Fernandez
Francisco Villa
M. J. Gilmartin
Chihuahua
H. Schofield
Wiliams
P. F. Marders
E. J. McCutcheon
J. E. Webster
Pearson
Edward Morris
Thomas Kelly
James Burgess
Chuicupa
Burgess
Cumbre Station
W. J. Farragut
Northwestern Raiload
Cumbre
Bryan
Edwards
Spenardes
Hearst Ranch
Vpares
Rumors of Conspiracy Against Huerta Roil Mexico City
Alarming rumors spread throughout Mexico City about an alleged conspiracy against President Huerta. The chatter unsettled both locals and foreign residents, with officials noting heightened unease as the situation develops.
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NEW York Times
Mexico City
Huerta
Rockefeller Golf Trip Sparks Tax Listing Clash
John D. Rockefeller arrived in Tarrytown en route to golf as Ohio tax officials in Cleveland postponed listing his 900 million personal property on the Cuyahoga County tax duplicate. Deputy commissioners said they will not act until Monday and have until July 1 to compile the rockefeller list.
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New York Times
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Frank V. Millard
Cleveland
Rockefeller
New York
John D. Fackler
William Agnew
Cuyahoga County
Fackler
Cold Moves Eastward Across Regions From Ohio Valley to Coast
Cold weather spreads eastward sweeping the Ohio Valley and upper Great Lakes while storm warnings extend from Delaware Breakwater to Eastport Maine along the Atlantic coast. The system nears the coast tonight and lingers through Sunday as Missouri Nebraska Kansas and northern Oklahoma report subzero temperatures and gas pressure shortages.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Upper Lake Region
Atlantic Coast
Delaware
Eastport
Maine
Atlantic Coast District
Lower Lake Region
Kansas City
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Plains
Maha
Concordia
Oklahoma City
Marooned on Ice Floe near Indiana Harbor Rescue
Edward and Adolph Larsen, fishermen, were rescued from Lake Michigan near Indiana Harbor after their gasoline launch was disabled by thick ice. They clung to an ice floe for hours until a wrecking tug and a fireboat forced a passage to save them.
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Indiana Harbor
Ind
Edward
Adolph Larsen
Lake Michigan
Smith Gift Deeds Million Dollar Art Collection to Springfield
The George Walter Vincent Smith art collection valued at over 1 million dollars is deeded to Springfield by Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The gift allows substitutions and additions and requires public access at reasonable hours, conserving the collection as a world renowned life work. The items span ceramics arms bronzes lacquers paintings textiles laces books manuscripts jades and rare curiosities. Many pieces are unique examples sought by major European and American collections.
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Neiew York Times
Springfield
Mass
George Walter Vincent Smith
Sraith
Europe
America
Navy Tug Potomac MIA After Newfoundland Rescue
The Arling ton wireless station searches for the navy tug Potomac which tried to rescue fishing schooners Hiram Lowell and Frances Willard off the Newfoundland coast. Heavy ice in Bay of Islands forced a retreat, Potomac sailed to North Sydney and was due in port yesterday. officials say no alarm, just possible delays in ice.
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Washington
Arlington
Potomac
Hiram Lowell
Frances Willard
Newfoundland
Bay of Islands
North Sydney
Bremner Funeral Attended by 1200 Officials in Passaic
More than 1,200 state county and city officials and friends gathered at Congressman R. G. Bremner's Passaic home after his death at a Baltimore sanitarium where radium was used to treat cancer. Floral tributes filled the house as funeral services were planned for Monday afternoon with a request from the Speaker for New Jersey’s entire congressional delegation to attend.
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New York Times
Passaic
N. J
R. G. Bremner
Howard Kelly
Baltimore
New Jersey
Congress
Finestar Hotels in the World
An Arcadia era note mentions Asheville North Carolina known as The Land of the Sky. A brief reference points to easy access via Southern Railway and the New York address at 264 Fifth Avenue near 20th Street for information on golf links and hotel listings.
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Asheville
the Land of the Sky
Southern Railway
New York
Aiken
Augusta
Asileville
Fifth Avenue
Corner 29Th Street
New Orleans
29Th Street
Queen Louise Stranded Off Jersey Coast In Dense Fog
The British steamer Queen Louise from Swansea to New York is stuck in Manasquan Beach sand near Sea Girt New Jersey as heavy seas and fog hinder rescue efforts. Lifesavers under Capt Longstreet attempt breeches buoy transfers in dangerous conditions saving three cabin boys while the ship remains immovable and sinking.
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New York Times
Sea Girt
N. J
Manasquan Beach
White House
Wilson
Swansea
New York
Jersey
McDonough
Queen Louise
Manasquan Life Savers
Longstreet
McDlonough
Row
Charles Punt
London
Lionel Harrison
Mcnonough
Line
Thomas Dunlop & Sons
Sunday Times Pictorial and News Sections Highlights
A crowded page listing diverse features from Florida travel and a Lincoln bust to theatre, art, battles in politics, and social notes. Items include Night Collision tragedy, Waldorf toy dogs, dances for the Blind, and a broad menu of reviews, fiction, and society news across sections II and VI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Histera
Lincoln
Monroe
Ocean Grave
European fliers enter transatlantic race against Wanamaker plan
Three European flying boats are being built to challenge Rodman Wanamaker's transatlantic expedition. Pilots Garros Poupre and Brindejone des Moulinais will contest the $50,000 prize, aiming to cross from northeastern U S or Canada. American pilots debate strategies of stops and refueling amid Wright patent issues.
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Europe
Rodman Wanamaker
Aero Club of America
Cable
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Roland Garros
Trodman Wanamaker
Newfoundland
Garros
Marc Poupre
Brindejone Des Moulinais
Poupre
China
Pyramids
Egypt
Central Africa
Cairo
Cape Town
Africa
Khartoum
Paris
St. Petersburg
Baltic Sea
Lord Northcliffe
Charles F. Niles
The
Aero Club
Orville Wright
Thoman Wanamaker
Cortlandt Field Bishop
Bishop
Monte Carlo
Great Britain
Wanamaker
Niles
Senate Decree Pushes for New Haven Inquiry Details
The Senate amended and adopted without a roll call the Norris resolution asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to publicize facts on the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad financial dealings and determine if the inquiry should be reopened. It seeks recovery of funds, responsibility of investors, and needed legislation to prevent recurrence.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Norris
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New Haven
Newlands
Committee On Interstate Commerce
McReynolds
Frisco
Kenyon
Iowa
Lodge
Massachusetts
France
Speyer & Co
New York
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Speyer Brothers of
London
Navy Department
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New England
Miss Carey Weds Dr. Rosett in Haste
Baltimore society and Socialist politics collide as Miss Louise Carey marries Dr. Joshua Rosett in Lewisburg West Virginia after repeated clergy refusals. The ceremony timed amid talk of family opposition and social scandal, with Rosett once editor of Public Ownership and a leader in the Socialist movement.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Louise Carey
Francis King Carey
Joshua Rosett
W. M. Shackleford
M. E
Ronceverte
Greenbrier County
West Va
Carey
Greenbrier Hotel
White Sulphur Springs
Dr. Rosett
John F. Crawford
Rosett
Miss Carey
Lewisburg
Shackleford
Baltimore Society
Careys
Socialist Party
Walthore
Gussie Dike
Peosett
Margaret Carey
Percy C. Madetra, Jr
Philadelphia
Mellen Trial Soon for New Haven Railroad Officials
The trial of Charles S. Mellen ex-President of the New Haven Railroad is expected to start during the Superior Court session. He and six officials charged in connection with the Springfield Express wreck at Westport will be tried jointly. Other defendants include J H W McHenry, BR Pollock, H T Horn, Woodward, and Lawrence J Carnill.
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New Haven
Conn
Charles S. Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Springfield
Westport
Superior Court
Homer S. Cummings
Mellen
J H W. McHenry
BR. Pollock
H. T. Horn
Mayor Mitchel Confined Home By Illness
Mayor Mitchel spent yesterday in bed due to severe headaches and a cold, halting several dinner engagements. Mrs. Mitchel said he has worked too hard and must reduce duties for a time, though his condition is not serious and he is expected to leave home today.
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Mitchel
Will bequeaths $20,000 to San Francisco reporter
The late Mrs Mannie Clementine Newson Maddock leaves Miss Bessie Beatty a $20,000 legacy to aid poor children. Beatty, a San Francisco newspaper reporter and founder of Happy Land, runs a yearly summer camp for outings.
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San Francisco
Mannie Clementine Newson Maddock
Bessie Beatty
Mayor Gaynor Ferryboat Launched For New York City
The New York Ship Building Company launched at 11 20 a new ferryboat named the Mayor Gaynor by Miss Helen Gaynor in honor of her father. The craft is SSL feet long with a beam over all of 54 feet and a molded beam of 45 feet. Depth 18 feet 6 inches. Built of steel with oak fittings and fireproofed paper wrapped nails. She has five watertight bulkheads and is believed unsinkable in a collision.
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Camden
N. J
New York Ship Building Company
New York City
Helen Gaynor
Mayor Gaynor
Manice Will Admitted To Probate In Suffolk County
The will of William Manice of New York and Southampton IL was admitted to probate by Surrogate Nicoll in Suffolk County. The estate is valued at over 20,000 and all to the widow Sarah Remsen Manice, named executrix, plus her share of her husband’s father William De Forest Manice estate.
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Willian de Forest Manice
Fifteen Miners Arrested in Calumet Riot Action
Fifteen striking miners were arrested in Calumet Michigan on a riot charge linked to a recent bid to bar non union workers at Ahmeck. Police say the demonstrators refused to disperse when ordered and attacked officers, injuring a policeman.
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Calumet
Mich
Ahmeck
Justice Medlyn
Petitions filed to appoint guardian for Eddie Foys children
In Chicago on February 7 petitions signed by Dr. Carle C. Quale seek a guardian for five Foy children. The filings claim the parents cannot provide proper care and set a February 27 hearing before Judge Pinckney in the Juvenile Court. Dr. Quale questioned the Foys' Chicago residence and the mother and aunt traveling with the children.
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New York Times
Chicago
Eddie Foy
Palace Theatre
Little Foya
Carle C. Quale
Pinckney
Dr. Quale
Foys
New York
Marie Lloyd Readmitted to United States on Bond
Marie Lloyd the English vaudeville actress, detained earlier as an undesirable alien, will be admitted to the United States upon renewal of her bond. She had been refused entry at New York on arrival from Europe with Bernard Dillon, later married Dillon after her husband died, and slipped into Canada before a prior entry attempt. The immigration bureau ruled she may reenter with bond renewed.
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Vancouver
B. C
Marie Lloyd
United States
New York
Europe
Bernard Dillon
Bond
Far West
Canada
United States Bureau of Immigration
Lloyd
Dillon
Blease plans prison to tuberculosis hospital shift in South Carolina
Gov. Cole L. Blease proposes clearing about 400 inmates from the South Carolina Penitentiary by next August and converting the prison into a tuberculosis hospital for negroes. He vows to veto appropriations for a new insane hospital and cites a sale of the current asylum property as a store. Senator Tillman claims an effort to discredit Dr. J. W. Babcock. The inquiry stems from a governor's message forwarding Tillman’s charges of interference with hospital administration.
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Columbia
S. C
Cole L. Blease
South Carolina
RB. R. Tillman
J. W. Babcock
Ore Red
Tillman
Babcock
Blease
James H. Tillman
Lexington
Gonzales
Veiled Slayer Killings Tie to Jealous Love and Suicide
Mrs Manning is murdered in Newark. Hazel Herdman, 19, confesses to killing Mrs Manning to free Manning for marriage. Herdman swallows bichloride of mercury, dies after aiding confession. Manning, Verona garage owner, held for questioning. Police shift from Manning as participant to Herdman’s self-destructive motive.
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Long
Manning
Newark
Short
Miss Herdman
Mrs. Manning
Verona
Cedar Grove
Reuben Cobb
Roseland
N. J
Nancy E. Cobb
William Reilly
Warren Street
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West
Bremner
Louise
Manasquan
Jersey Coast
Page
Miami
Nassau
Havana
Atlantic Coast Line
Travis
TODAY
Sunday Times
Ot Rothschild
V. Magazine
Judge Cullen
Thackeray
Cecil Rhodes
Edward H. Williams
Percy Mackaye
St. Louis
City
Marcus
Book Review
M. Bunau-Vartha
Lord London
Keble Howard
Lady Daventry
J. L. de Forest
Mra. C
Peel
L. G. Osman
William Caine
T. G. Roberta
V. Vanardy
KE. Reynolds
Maud Diver
Alice Herbert
George V. Hobart
M. D. Sullivan
Goldwin Smith
Cost of
Boston Literary News
Pari
Des Mou
Linais
Rodman
Wanamaker’s
Amer
Ican
Atlanta
Birmingham
Pinehurst
Souther
Pines
Seaboard Alg Line Railway
Broadway
Adr
Girl Reporter
Gaynor
New City
Manice
Doctor Wants Guardian
Veiled Slayer
Mercury
Hazel Herdman
Charles I. Manning
Mountainside Hospital
Montclair
W. H. Aveson
Manning and Salt
Arthur J. Herdiman
Areson
Gallagher
Mr. Mannings
M. T. Long
Lon
Mies Herdman
John R. Pratt
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