New Year Festivities Set Across American Cities
New York and other major cities gear up for New Year celebrations as churchmen urge restraint. In New York revelers will fill Broadway from 10 pm, with restaurants crowded after months of advance reservations and liquor sales restricted after 1 am. City officials and ministers caution against riotous scenes and plan revocable measures.
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Knickerbocker
Broadway
Champaign
Sto
New Year Celebrations Told for Chicago and Boston
Chicago prepares for High jinks tonight with bells horns and spending as thousands celebrate the New Year. Police guard against unsettled city conditions. Boston plans ringing bells and merrymaking but notes it has not seen New York or Pittsburgh style scenes.
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Chicago
Boston
New York
Pittsburg
Noise Rides City As New Year Dawns In Frisco
San Francisco crowds prepare for New Year’s Eve amid a chorus of horns and steam whistles in the harbor. Fillmore street activity and page eight continuation promise further bustle as departure from the old year meets a noisy greeting for the new.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Fillmore Street
Eight Killed in Slate Mine Disaster in New York
Mattewan New York December 31 two Americans and six Italians were killed when slate collapsed in the Lick Pork mine owned by Red Jacket Coal Company.
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Mattewan
N. Y
Lick Pork
Red Jacket Coal Company
Deal for asylum site now closed at state house
W L Thompson president of the Commercial association presented deeds for the Oliver Carpenter site for the branch asylum. Private Secretary McArthur said the transaction was fully closed though abstracts not yet delivered, now in Judge Fee’s possession. Judge Fee wired Acting Governor Bowerman his approval, clearing the transfer with no hitch. The Bakerites appear to have abandoned attempts to block the project by injunction.
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State House
Salem
W. L. Thompson
The
Commercial Association
Oliver-Carpenter
Branch Asylum
McArthur
James A. Fee
State Board
Fee
Bowerman
Robbers in Automobiles Burglarize Two Banks
Four men in an automobile robbed two Kansas banks on December 31, blowing open the Citizens State Bank vault at Waterville and dynamiting the Waterville State Bank safe. A watchman alerted after the explosion. the bandits fled with the money, pursued by a hastily organized sheriff’s posse. Losses were about six thousand dollars.
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Marysville
Kas
Citizens State Bank
Waterville
Waterville State Bank
Whigzel
Woman shoots in defense of baby in Tacoma incident
In Tacoma Washington Mrs 8 G Harold of 14 South J Street shot at W B Williams and Stanley Marks after she says they entered her home to abduct her two year old child. Williams was wounded and hospitalized. Harold was arrested and Marks jailed as police search for Harold who waited in a car outside.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harold
South J. Street
W. BR. Williams
Stanley Marks
Williams
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wom
Marka
Dr Cc Harrigon Retires as Penn Provost
Dr Cc Harrigon retired as provost of the University of Pennsylvania today in Philadelphia. He will be succeeded by Dr BF Smith, a longtime faculty member and noted scientist. B Howard Taylor, assistant counsel for the U S reclamation service, arrived in the city today from Nevada.
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Harrison
Philadelphia
Cc. C. Harrigon
University of Pennsylvania
BF. Smith
Smith
Howard Taylor
U. S. Reclamation,service
Nevada
Williams Denies He Was Bashful Civil Engineer
Letter from Thomas H. Williams of Barnhart, Oregon, refutes a Pendleton East Oregonian report about a “Bashful Civil Engineer” and the romantic episode involving a local young lady. Williams disclaims any connection with Twohy Bros. Co and requests equal prominence for his cognomen in the paper.
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Barnhart
Ore
East Oregonian
Pendleton
Oregon
Twohy Bros. Co
Portland
Insurgents Attack as Federal Troops Patrol Border
Reports say government forces lost control of a city amid heavy fighting with insurgents near the border. American troops were ordered to patrol the area to prevent armed forces from crossing into Mexico, with signs of strategic abandonment and possible trap.
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Mexico
Cavalry Ordered to Patrol Arizona-Mexico Border
Huaehua Arizona January 1 Troop G of the federal cavalry at Fort Huaehna dispatched to the Sonora border at noon after advice of expected trouble between American troops and Mexican insurgents on the Arizona side. They will patrol between Naco and Douglas and may be authorized to bar armed groups from entering Mexico.
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Huaehua
Ariz. Dew
Fort Huaehna
Sonora
Arizona
Naco
Douglas
Mexico
Six Hundred Killed in Luque Relief Column Fight
A Times special from Chilhuahua reports Luque's relief column of 600 men killed after four days of fierce fighting near Case Colorado. Insurrecto losses are light. the column is demoralized while Narvaez's command remains beleaguered near Ma Faso.
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Texas
The
Times
Chilhuahua
Luque
Case Colorado
Navarre
Aye Ma
Faso
Mexican federal scouting clash near Mal Paso reported
An official bericht from Chihuahua states Colonel Escudero led federals against insurgents at Mal Paso on Wednesday. After fighting the insurgents retired with no details on casualties. General Luqué notified General Hernandez that the pass was cleared and requested a repair train.
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Mexico
Jey
Escuedero
Mal Paso
Luqué
Hernandez
Chihuahua
Lue
Hornet Expected to Make Attack on Puerto Cortes
In Puerto Cortes Honduras on December 31 an anticipated attack targets the town as Honduran revolutionists push a land invasion. Government troops from Tegucigalpa arrived and preparations unfold with the US consul warning Americans to stay indoors amid reported naval movements by the gunboat Hornet and the Tatumbla in harbor.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
New Orleans
Puerto Cortex
Hornet
Tegucigalpa
Lasquadrados
United States
Tacoma
Davis
Toflay
Cantematan
Morales
Cameron sisters depart for Hepper home
Misses Josephine and Mabel Cameron, guests of their sister Mrs. Eleanor Redfield, left this morning on the local for their home in Hepper after a week’s visit.
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Josephine
Mabel Cameron
Eleanor Redfield
Hepper
Americans Give $114 Million in Benevolences in 1910
Chicago Tribune reports 1910 charity by Americans totals $114,604,628 with John D. Rockefeller at $19,664,325. Embezzlements reach $55,000,000, and total fire losses hit $222,000,000 including forest fires. Railroad and other accidents yield thousands of deaths and injuries across industries. This year’s statistics also note 74 lynchings and 12,608 personal crisis reports.
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Chicago
Carnecie
Chicago Tribune
Washington
Work House And Fines For Selling Votes
West Union Ohio December 11 Five Adams county citizens were sentenced to six months in the work house and fined $200 and costs each for election fraud complicity after refusing to appear in court. The others received small fines and five year disfranchisement. Four hundred have pled. Fifty new indictments were returned. The judge warned higher ups will face the new grand jury.
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West Union
Ohio
Adams County
Blair
Yevere
Pendleton People to Consider Reclamation Protest
Pendleton Commercial association plans its monthly meeting next Tuesday to discuss protests over government spending on reclamation in Oregon. Portland leaders have already moved to protest the president’s failure to extend the Umatilla project, bolstering local efforts to join. Dr C J Smith and D C Brownell urge action to press for Oregon’s full reclamation funds and support from Portland.
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Penditton + Commercial association
Oregon
Portland Commercial Club
Umatilla
D. ¢c. Brownell
Commercial Club
The
Commercial Association
Elas
C. J. Smith
Dr. Smith
Portland
Masked Robbers Hold Up Saloon in Maricopa
Two masked highwaymen armed with revolvers robbed William Carters' saloon club room in Maricopa early this morning, lining customers against the wall and making off with about a thousand dollars in cash.
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Hakersfield
Sal
William Carters
Maricopa
Mway
Aviator Arch Hoxsey Dies In Flight Crash
At Dominguez Aviation Field Los Angeles Arch Hoxsey holder of the world's altitude record fell 800 feet and was instantly killed at 2 16 PM this afternoon.
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Dominguez Aviation Field
Los Angeles
Arch Hoxsey
California aviator Moissant dies in New Orleans crash
New Orleans December 31 John O B Moissant famed for the Paris to London flight was killed in an aeroplane accident ten miles from the city. His craft capsized at about 100 feet and he died en route to hospital after witnesses alerted medical crews. He had been heading to compete for the Michelin cup.
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New Orleans
John OB. Moissant
California
Paris
London
Cecil Grace
Marquis Panalla
Alexander Laffon
Moissants
Harahon
Retired Army Colonel Banister Ends Service in Omaha
Col. John M. Banister, medical corps, on duty in Omaha, placed on the retired list on his own application. He has served since 1879 and attained the rank of colonel on January 1 last.
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Washington
John M. Banister
Omaha
Banister
Last Day for Several County Officials
County officials wrap up service this evening as Judge Gilliland Recorder Hendley Commissioner Lee and Surveyor Kimbrell depart. Judge-elect Maloney was sworn in this morning and Recorder-elect Burroughs and Surveyor-elect Geary Kimbrell were sworn in this afternoon with Commissioner-elect Cockburn to take oath next Wednesday. The holdovers will also take oath then, but new duties start Tuesday after a holiday Monday. Ohio official A Thompson retires to become assistant secretary of the Interior in Washington. Victor McDonald and wife visit from Walla Walla and will stay until Monday.
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T. P. Gilliland
F. W. Hendley
H. B. Lee
John W. Kimbrell
J. W. Maloney
Ben Burroughs
Geary Kimbrell
H. N. Cockburn
Matlock tract chosen for Roundup stadium site
Stockholders in a Roundup association meeting voted to purchase the 17 acre Matlock grounds for 5000 dollars as the site for the annual wild west show stadium. Debate centered on location with the Matlock option favored over a city tract in the east end, and planners see ample space for a large track and arena. Over a hundred stockholders attended as directors urged Matlock for its advantages while noting the higher cost compared to the city site.
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Roundup Association
Dan P. Smythe
Licendup Association
George Hartman
Finance Committee
Directors
Board of Control
Hartman
Smythe
Portland Wool Tariff Fight Sparks City Welcome
In Portland a major tariff confrontation over wool is drawing thousands, with National Woolgrowers official G B Walker guiding as delegates from carded and worsted producers gather. A convention opens midweek as 16 000 visitors are expected to press for tariff reduction, while debates on railway rates and live stock hauling speed add to the agenda. Secretary Walker cites the need for universal data on production costs from Ohio to Oregon and foreign wool to justify policy changes.
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G. 8. Walker
National Woolgrowers* Association
Tariff Board
Ald
Walker
Oregon
Ohio
Australia
Argentina
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