Devastation in Sicily as Messina Burns and Crumbles
Reports from Rome confirm complete destruction of Messina Sicily with a population around 150000 and fears that Flaggio and other Strait towns are wiped out Fire spreads uncontrollably trains and coastal refugees flow in battleships patrol the coast looters shot martial law supplies seized eight percent of Cantanzaro’s 25000 population dead or wounded and many survivors camped in open fields.
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Rome
Messina
Sicily
Flaggio
Straits of
Messin
Sicly
B. C
Cantanzaro
Italy
Wateut
Quake and Tsunami Kill Thousands in Italy
Twenty five thousand deaths are estimated from the earthquake and tidal wave that devastated southern Italy and Sicily yesterday. King Emmanuel visited the city en route to Rome after receiving reports from Messina of a two foot mud layer and many residents killed or smothered.
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Sicily
Naples
Italy
Emmanuel
Rome
Messina
Toll Mounts as Deaths Near Twelve Thousand in Messina
A report from Falmero Italy dated December 29 quotes twelve thousand dead in Messina with fears that hundreds still trapped under ruined buildings may be roasted alive. The figure underscores the catastrophic extent of the disaster and rescue efforts continue amid danger.
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Falmero
Italy
Messina
France Orders Battleships to Moasina
Paris December 29 France today ordered the battleships Justice and Merit and three destroyers to proceed under forced draught to Moasina. The move follows strategic considerations and signals heightened naval activity in the region.
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France
Paris
Justice
Verite
Moasina
Etna Shows Signs of Imminent Eruption
Reports from Catania Sicily state Mount Etna is displaying volcanic activity today with officials fearing an eruption may occur soon. The alert affects nearby residents and tourism as authorities monitor tremors and gas emissions.
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Catania
Sicily
Mount Etna
Met Opera Plans Benefit for Italian Earthquake Victims
New York December 29 The Metropolitan Opera company announced a benefit performance for earthquake victims in Italy. Caruso will donate his weekly salary of 2500 dollars to the relief fund.
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New York
Italy
Metropolitan Opera Company
Caruso
Panic Grips Palermo as Death Toll Grows
In Palermo on December 29 the crisis deepens with escalating horror. Residents remain panic stricken and frightened as survivors struggle to report events, leaving authorities and onlookers unable to piece together a clear account of the calamity.
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Palmero
Italy
Soliners Fire on Looters in Naples Clash
A clash in Naples Italy ends with gunfire as looters face security forces. Dee 29 reports fighters or police engaged in street confrontation. Details are limited but incident involves civilians clashing with authorities in the city.
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Naples
Italy
Dee
Messina Destruction Tied to Tidal Wave Not Quake
Refugees arriving in Rome claim the Messina disaster resulted more from a tidal wave than the quake. Official counts list 1400 dead, but refugees fear the toll may reach 12,000.
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Rome
Messina
Telegraph Wires Report Messina Quake Toll
Telegraph lines reach Palmi as stories of new horrors emerge. Quake destruction spreads to Messina with a tidal wave and fire. Wounded number between three and four thousand. dead estimated at 65,000 to 76,000 with many more injured.
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Rome
Palmi
Messina
Chy
Tribuna
Roosevelt Sends Condolence to King of Italy
President Roosevelt cables condolence to the King of Italy and states the Red Cross will issue an appeal for contributions. The message arrives from Washington on December 29.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Italy
Red Cross Society
Relief Measures Rushed to Stricken Italian Cities
In Rome on December 29 a relief committee moves food, medical supplies, and stores to affected areas as fears mount over large casualties and widespread suffering. Soldiers aid relief efforts while many cities order shooting of looters amid heavy damage in Messina Stelly and Reggio Calabria.
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Rome
Messina
Stelly
Reggio
Refugees Attacked by Escaped Prisoners at Camp
Reports say a refugee camp outside Cantangzar was assaulted by escaped prisoners described as insane. Women were brutalized and property of all kinds was stolen during the attack. Local authorities investigate and seek suspects.
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Rome
Cantangzar
Mysterious man with ankle chains arrested in Washington
In Latah Washington a man with iron bands at the ankle and a chain dangling from his leg was arrested at the O R T and N depot after officials noted the unusual scene. He claimed to have cut the chain but refused to reveal his identity, later being moved to Spokane in custody for further questioning.
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Latah
Wash
Sarah
Spokane
Venezuelan Clash Kills Twenty at Macqua
News of an engagement at Macqua between Castro loyalists and Gomez officers reached Port of Spain via gunboat Miranda. Twenty were killed and fifty wounded in the clash, details reported today.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Macqua
Castro
Venezuela
Gomez
Miranda
Earthquake Devastates Messina Area and Cities
Ten killed by soldiers amid quake chaos. Italian torpedo fleet sighting unconfirmed as feared swamped off Messina. Ragnora razed by fire after the quake and reported wiped out with three hundred dead. In San Francisco, prominent citizens plan an appeal for aid to the devastated regions.
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Messina
Ragnora
Mrs Annis Confronts Defendant's Witness at Murder Trial
In Flushing on December 29 Mrs Annis widow of William Innis confronted a Bayside Yacht Club witness as the trial resumed. Tierney was challenged by Mrs Annis who said she did not see her at the shooting. James Smy testified Captain Peter Hains behaved as an exceedingly eccentric person.
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Flushing
L. 1
Annis
William Innis
Thornton Hains
Bayside Yacht Club
Tierney
James Smy
Peter Hains
Ruef Sentenced Delayed to 4:30 This Afternoon
San Francisco, Dec. 26. Judge Lawher postponed Ruef sentencing to 4:30 this afternoon to allow the prosecution to submit affidavits in rebuttal. The affidavits aim to show the jury was not guilty of misconduct and not intimidated.
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San Francisco
Lawher
Ruef
Leap Year Missives Seek Suitable Western Suitors
Two refined young women from Cleveland Ohio request correspondence with respectable lonesome bachelors in the East Oregonian region. The end of leap year special letter from Miss M. M. Lawrence and Miss B. J. Evans urges eligible Western men to apply at once for possible marriage prospects before year’s end.
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Evans
East Oregonian
Ohio
M. M. Lawrence
B. J. Evans
Cleveland
Oho
Supreme Court reverses Dunbar fee case and dismisses action
The Supreme Court today reversed the lower court ruling against F. J. Dunbar former secretary of state and ordered the case dismissed. The decision holds that Dunbar was not accountable to the state for unlawfully collected fees but to the individuals from whom the money was taken, covering collections between 1899 and 1967. Justice Eakin wrote the opinion.
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Supreme Court
Stll
Julie Bakin
Dunier
Dunbar
Falem
Ore
F. J. Dunbar
L. H. MacMahon
Thi City
Eakin
Speedy justice for Pittsburg grafters
Pittsburg Pa December 29 Attorneys for the prosecution in the alleged corrupt practices of Pittsburg council men and two former bankers insist on a speedy trial before the February municipal election when the councilmen seek re election. Defendants say they are ready to meet charges. Federal agents focus on checks and safety deposit boxes linked to the bribery scheme. President Roosevelt is believed to have pressed federal investigations into irregularities by national bankers.
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Pittsburg
Blakely
New York
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Corbett Declares Jack Johnson World Champion
Ogden Utah December 29 James Corbett stated that Jack Johnson who defeated Burns must be accepted as the world champion Burns was never champion but the public has a right to best man Johnson has proven himself worthy of the honor
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Ogden
Utah
James Corbett
Jack Johnson
Burns
Johnson
Shutting Up Sunday Shows
New York on December 29 indicts move to revoke licenses of Victoria Alhambra American and Hurtig Seaman theaters after a city investigation led by Mayor McClellan into alleged Sunday law violations. Corporation Counsel Pendleton ordered papers for license revocation of the four playhouses.
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New York
McClellan
Pendleton
Victoria
Alhambra
American
Hurtig & Seaman
125Th Street
Judge Lindsay to Speak at South Dakota Teachers Convention
Aberdeen Dec 29 Judge Hen Lindsay famed kid's Judge of the Denver juvenile court is among speakers addressing South Dakota teachers at the convention opened today State Superintendent Schaeffer of Pennsylvania and Dr Thomas Nicholson secretary of the New York Board of Education are also slated for addresses
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Judge Lindsay
Aberdeen
G. D
Hen Lindsay
Denver
South Dakota
Schaeffer
Pennsylvania
Thomas Nicholson
New York Board of Education
American fleet locates island and heads to Suez
London dispatch reports American battleships sighted near Perim Island at noon and entering the Red Sea en route to Suez. The fleet is expected to reach the canal zone around January 3.
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London
Perim Island
Red Sea
Suez
Jail escape suspect identified in Moorhead
Moorhead Minn Dec 29 United States Marshal Merrifield arrived yesterday and identified George Wolff as George T Frankhauser the man who escaped from jail in Helena last March charged with robbing a Northern Pacific train Frankhauser admitted he was the man wanted He will be returned to Montana.
County Treasurer Robbed in Sanborn County Heist
Sioux Falls Dec 25 two masked men robbed Michael Meier treasurer of Sanborn County of 5087 dollars. They forced him into the vault with drawn revolvers, took the funds, then locked him inside and escaped.
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Sioux Falls
8. D
Michael Meier
Sanborn County
Meier
Scotty Scott-bettierjoins Marines joke ends in exit
Walter Scott bettier known as Scotty left San Francisco for New York today he says his Marine enlistment was a joke after entering a recruiting station and taking an examination he asked for a leave of absence to settle business affairs.
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San Francisco
Walter Scott—bettier
Scotty
New York
Foremost composers attend music teachers' national convention
Washington D C Dec 29 Some of the nation’s leading composers attend the annual convention of the music teachers national association which began yesterday A series of recital a will be given at the event.
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Washington, D. C
Music Teachers’ National Association
Milton Group Forms for Route Study on Walla Walla Line
A Milton committee led by F A Sikes was named to study a feasible branch loop of the New Walla Walla & Columbia Traction to run from Touchet toward Milton then to Walla Walla. The delegation includes W E Putman and others as they assess access to markets and the open river.
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Milton
W. E. Putman
Milton Progressive Club
Charles Demaris
William Forsythe
William Hopson
Charles Cockburn
F. A. Sikes
Alliance Hall
Walla Walla
H. H. McLean
Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union
New Traction Company
H. D. G. Cox
J. S. Waterman
N. G. Blalock
William Nichols
H. le Frazier
First National Bank
W. E B. Putman
N. T. Mancela
J. N. Stone
A. M. Blam
F. M. Kent
Traction Line
Fire at mining camp destroys eight buildings in Idaho
Flames starting in a Chinese restaurant at a mining camp in Owyhee county destroyed eight structures and caused 50,000 dollars in damage. The War Eagle hotel was saved by dynamite blasts and armed guards. Chinese looters were driven off at gunpoint as about 300 miners battled the blaze for four hours.
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Boise
Idaho
Silver City
Owyhee County
Big War Eagle
Burns Has Grievance Over Fight Halt Says Police Influenced
In a cablegram from Sydney received in San Francisco, Tommy Burns claims Johnsons seconds influenced police to stop their fight. Burns states he was strong and could have won, and expresses willingness to fight Johnson again. He notes pictures show the event and predicts arrival within two months.
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San Francisco
Tommy Burns
Jack Johnson
Sydney
Johnson
Burns
Australia
Dee
Nelson
Gans
Miners Maligned Says Berry Simpson in Letter
Cincinnati dated dispatch quotes Berry Simpson leader of Stearns Kentucky miners. He says the striking miners are unjustly pictured and that if the governor investigates the troubles he will find good citizens guilty of crime instead of miners.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Berry Simpson
Stearns
United States
United Press
Balloon Flight Across Atlantic Planned by Fisher and Bumbaugh
Carl G. Fisher and George L. Bumbaugh organize a dramatic balloon venture. A gigantic main balloon will carry 20 supply balloons attached to it. Gas from the smaller balloons will top up the larger as needed. A specially built boat will transport passengers instead of a basket.
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Indianapolis
Carl G. Fisher
George L. Bumbaugh
Atlantic Ocean
Gingerbread John Dies in Missoula Veteran Remembered
John Veeders a Civil War veteran died in Missoula Montana at age 67 remembered for serving with the Third United States Infantry since 1877 and helping build the first frame structure at Fort Missoula He was popularly known as Gingerbread John for his famed cooking skills.
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Missoula
Hont
John Veeders
Veeders
Montana
Third
United States Infantry
Fort Missoula
John
New Theater for Children In New York To Be Announced
Playwright I Frank Baum quotes that details of a city theater designed exclusively for children will be announced soon. He says capital subscribed totals 1,150,000 dollars. Mrs Carter Harrison of Chicago and several New York society women show interest.
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New York
I. Frank Baum
Baum
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Indians Hold Big Midwinter Meeting at Reservation Mission
The midwinter camp meeting at the Presbyterian mission on the reservation ended after several days of prayer and instruction. Rev. J. M. Cornelison reported about 300 people attended Christmas tree exercises and many attendees had joined the religious meetings. Tepees and 17 houses formed a temporary encampment near the mission during the event. A New Year’s dinner will be served at the mission and Rev. Connors and eight Tutullla church members plan to proceed to Liapwal to conduct further meetings. Numerous conversions were reported among the Indians.
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Presbyterian
J. M. Cornelison
Cornelison
E. J. Connors
Tutullla
Rev. Connors
Liapwal
Indiana
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