Vendetta Madman Kills Boy Wounds Other in High Bridge Park
In Manhattan two young boys, Robert Lomas aged six and Arthur Shibley aged seven, were attacked by a gunman at High Bridge Park near 165th street. Lomas died at the scene, Shibley was severely wounded but survived after surgery. A broad manhunt followed with police blocking the park, the nearby streets, and transit nodes as detectives hunted a masked assailant described as tall, with a black beard and wearing a brown overcoat and a soft hat.
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High Bridge Park
165Th Street
West 164Th Street
Robert Lomas
Arthur Shibley
Arthur
Hutchison
West 152d Street
Amesden
Blufz
Edgecombe Avenue
Speedway
John Seidel
Robert
Washington Bridge
High Bridge
Uptown
Polo Grounds
Tennessee Mountains
Manhattan
Lawrence Casey
No. 2502
Eighth Avenue
John Healey
West 165Th Street
167Th Street
Valentines Burned Scarcity on Valentines Day
The Whitney Valentine Company plant in Worcester Massachusetts burned early today destroying vast stock and freight car contents. Loss exceeds $300000. Warren Whitney treasurer and his wife escaped with a narrow margin. Three firemen and the engineer were overcome by smoke but likely will recover.
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Worcester
Mass
Whitney Valentine Company
United States
Warren Whitney
Naval defence bill introduced in Canada parliament
Premier Laurier introduced a naval defence bill in the House to enroll a militia styled force under British Admiralty control. A Dominion ratification within fifteen days is required. Opposition leader Borden and Premier Laurier’s lieutenant Monk opposed, foreshadowing a heated debate and party split.
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Ottawa
Ont
Laurier
United States
Borden
Canada
Monk
Quebec
Maryland Plan Directly Challenges Fifteenth Amendment
The Maryland legislature plans a bold new disfranchising amendment to be voted by the people. It will drop the grandfather clause and evasions and directly challenge the Fifteenth Amendment by denying the right to vote to Black citizens. The main argument claims the amendment voids the Constitution by depriving a state of representation in the U S Senate without its consent.
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The
Tribune
Baltimore
United States Senate
Pittsburg Bookies Lose $60,000 on Stoneman Bet
From Jacksonville tipsters to Pittsburg bettors, the fifth race saw Stoneman win at 8 to 1 as wagers drained the local bookies of about $60,000. A gambler nicknamed Shad Gwillam wired friends to back the horse at any price, overturning the quiet city’s bookmaking scene.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Jacksonville
Fla
Stoneman
Shad” Gwillam
She Married a Japanese
Kalamazoo Michigan January 12 Lucene Goodenow daughter of Mr and Mrs George S Goodenow wed Kyohei Inukaji a Chicago Japanese artist in her home They met as Art Institute of Chicago students both graduates His work has drawn favorable reviews Miss Goodenow has contributed illustrated stories to magazines The engagement faced parental objections until they learned he comes from a good family and is Christian They will reside in Chicago
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the Tribune
Kalamazoo, Mich
Lucene Goodenow
George S. Goodenow
Kyohei Inukaji
Chicago
Miss Goodenow
Inukai
Art Institute of Chicago
Pittsburg Club Apologizes For Naval Officer Refusal
The University Club membership committee apologizes to Lieutenant W. H. Allen and Assistant Surgeon A. H. Allen at the naval recruiting station for barring Lt Allen from club membership. Lt Allen was refused because proposers lacked long enough acquaintance. Surgeon Allen, already a member, resigned in protest.
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Pittsburg
University Club
W. H. Allen
Naval
A. H. Allen
Allen
Airship Flies Over Chattanooga Then Huntsville
An air ship passed over Chattanooga at 9 this morning drawing thousands who heard the engine chug. A Huntsville dispatch later confirms the craft crossed the city at high speed on its route southward.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Huntsville
Ala
James Green Sentenced for One Cent Thefts in Jersey City
In Union County Court Judge Atwater jailed James Green for eighteen months in state prison for stealing a cent from a Jersey Central Railroad slot machine in the main station waiting room. He had previous lareny convictions.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Union County Court of Quarter Sessions
Atwater
James Green
Jersey Central Railroad
Green
Where to Take Lunch and Drink Fine American Wines Ad
Ad promotes H. T. Dewey & Sons Co at 186 Fulton Street New York offering lunch spots and a selection of high quality American wines.
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H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
N. Y
White names Hill head of Senate Finance in Albany
Lieutenant Governor White appointed Senator Henry Wayland Hill of Buffalo as chairman of the Finance Committee overriding expectations of Senator Cobb and Senator Allds. The move shifts power in the Senate with various changes announced, including substitutions on Rules Codes and Railroads, as well as resignations and new chairmen amid vacancies from Raines O'Neil and McCarren.
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the Tribune
Albany
White
Henry Wayland Hill
Buffalo
Allds
Cobb
Hill
Syracuse
Frank S. Sidway
Erie
Mr. White
Senator Allds
Erie County
Senator Hill
Senate
Governor White
Mr. Allds
Hotchkiss
Insurance Department
Raines
O'Neil
McCarren
Finance
Heacock
Herkimer
Emerson
Warren
Coates
Franklin
Bayne
Richmond
Cullen
Kings
Harden
Cronin
Meade
Monroe
Stillwell
No Sunday Opening Bill Reintroduced in New York
Albany January 12 Senator Brough and Assemblyman Toombs reintroduced the Fourteen Committee bill to curb Raines law hotels. The plan, unchanged except for removing Sunday saloon openings, caps licenses in first class cities at one per thousand residents and requires hotels to have twenty five rooms or more.
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Albany
Committee of Fourteen
New York
Brough
Toombs
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Lost voice returns after fire fright in Baltimore
Miss Kate Riston twenty five years old again lost her voice last night after a fire disrupted a family gathering at her mother's house. A nervous shock from her father's death three months earlier left her speaking in a whisper until the Christmas surprise restored her voice briefly. The latest fire caused a renewed distress and she found her speech gone once more as she fled the house.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Kate Riston
Joy Miller Missing From Detroit After Football Allegations
Detroit reports Joy Miller former captain of the University of Michigan football team has been missing since January 4 after leaving Detroit for Ann Arbor to answer charges of ineligibility. His father James G. Miller says stress from criticism and football injuries may have unsettled him, and searches continue.
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Detroit
Joy Miller
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Miller
James G. Miller
Newfoundland Banks crews threaten mass strike in St Malo
Four thousand sailors from 140 schooners fishing the Newfoundland Banks are in a growing clash with ship masters and plan to strike. The dispute intensifies as tensions rise among crews and owners.
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St. Malo
France
Newfoundland
Chamorro Plans Decisive Battle at Acoyapa
General Chamorro telegrams that a decisive engagement will be fought at Acoyapa as 3,000 provisional troops with twenty cannons and eight rapid fire guns move on government forces entrenched there. Earlier reports that General Mena held Acoyapa unopposed were incorrect, with front-line recon units observed nearby.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Chamorro
Acoyapa
Mena
Recreo
Lamanga
Masis
Correo
la Tibertad
Iuis
la Libertad
Managua
Mexico to Try Cook on Freight-Robbery Charge
In Guadalajara on January 12 the presiding criminal court ordered the case of railroad conductor James A. Cook referred to the Procurator of Justice after the preliminary inquiry. Cook has been jailed since August as depositions were gathered across Mexico and the United States. A trial or dismissal is anticipated. investigators say he may not have known of the robbery.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
James A. Cook
Criminal Court
Francisco Z. Palafox
Procurator of Justice
Cook
Republic
United States
Mississippi senatorial caucus stalemate continues with dark horses
Jackson Mississippi January 12 three more ballots failed to break the deadlock for the late Senator A J McLaurin's successor. Chief Justice Whitfield and Speaker Street once again discussed as dark horses while ex Governor Vardaman trailed by fourteen votes at adjournment.
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Jackson
Miss
A J. McLaurin
Whitfield
Speaker Street
Vardaman
Unexcelled Rail Service Ad Across Coastal Lines
Florida Augusta Charleston Summerville and Cuba listed with times 9.65 AM 1.25 3.25 and 9.25 PM. Advertises unexcelled service via Penna. and Atlantic Coast Line Railroads. 1218 Broadway.
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Florida
Augusta
Charleston
Summerville
Cuba
Penna
Atlantic Coast Line
R. R
Adve
Disciplinary Actions Hit S B Chapin Co in Rock Island Flurry
The New York Stock Exchange suspended Simeon B. Chapin for sixty days and Frederick D. Countiss for thirty days after a December 27 order to buy 40,000 shares of Rock Island common caused a rapid price surge and market disorder. The firm defended its customers as acting on explicit instructions with no discretionary power.
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New York Stock Exchange
Simeon B. Chapin
House
S. B. Chapin & Co
Frederick D. Countiss
Stock Exchange
Rock Island
Hove
Rock Island Common
Ernest Groesbeck
Francis L. Eames
J. T. Atterbury
Chapin
Chapin Firm
Tracy L. Turner
William Ewald
Ira J. Couch
Oliver P. Cooke
No. 111
Broadway
Charles G. Gates & Co
No. 10
Wall Street
No. 71
Chicago
Countiss
Exchange
Chapin & Gaylor
Ss. B Chapin & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Cotton Exchange
Taft appoints Henry S Graves Chief Forester of the United States
President Taft names Henry S Graves head of the Yale Forestry School as Chief Forester to succeed Gifford Pinchot. Graves, former assistant chief of the Bureau of Forestry, begins February 1, with Albert F Potter as Assistant Forester. New Haven reports wide support for the move.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Henry S.S. Graves
Yale Forestry School
United States
Gifford Pinchot
Graves
Bureau of Forestry
Mr. Pinchot
Yale
Yale University
Europe
Black Hills
Albert F. Potter
California
West
Forestry Department
Forest Service
Friends of Forestry
Pinchot
New Haven
Forestry
Milford
Penn
Toumey
Arthur T. Hadley
McClung
Sleight of Foot Alleged in Coal Weighing Scam
In Pittsburg on January 12 Charles Chick, a coal weigher for the Pittsburg Terminal Railway and Coal Company, faces trial accused of padding weights by placing his foot on the scale beam. The alleged frauds involved adding as much as a thousand pounds to several coal cars for the mining company, with further extent not yet disclosed.
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Pittsburg
Charles Chick
Aldrich Crew Anarchists
Senator Brown of Nebraska visited the White House and stated support for the President's progressive program while labeling Aldrich and his "crew" as anarchists. The exchange followed questions about who qualified as anarchists in the current political debate.
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Washington
Senator Brown
Nebraska
White House
Aldrich
Paulhan Sets A New Altitude Record In Air Race
In Los Angeles on January 12, Louis Paulhan the French aviator flew to a record altitude of 4146 feet in a Farman biplane and stayed aloft 50 minutes 46 seconds. Judges later confirmed 4146 feet as the official height surpassing the previous 3600 feet. The feat followed Paulhan’s demand for speed records, with Glenn Curtiss having earlier held the speed edge.
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Louis Paulhan
Los Angeles
Louia Paulhan
Farman
Paulhan
Glenn H. Curtiss
Paris
Cortlandt Field Bishop
Aero Club of America
Curtiss
New York
Huntington Park
Aviation Camp
Mme
Beachey and
Knabenshue
Miscard
Haisson
Beachey
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St. Lawrence County
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Assembly
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Allegany County
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Warren J. Lee
Glore
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