Big liner on land bank and sinking ships flood coast
The Hamburg American Liner Amerika ran ashore off Tompkinsville in high winds and is not in immediate danger. In Boston, several small fishing vessels were wrecked with injuries from a New England storm. The revenue cutter Apache was sent to aid the Julia Lackenback after a collision in Chesapeake Bay, with reports of twenty dead. Seattle reports the Bertha blown ashore at Safety Cove near Cape Calvert with few details.
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Maassachusetts
New York
Tompkinavile
Hoboken
Boston
New England
Washington
Julia Lackenback
Chesapeake Bay
State Board En route to inspect asylum work in Oregon
Governor West Secretary Olcott and State Architect Knighton travel by train to view the Eastern Oregon hospital project. Olcott arrives with his wife, Mrs Olcott, wife of two weeks and sister of Mrs Oswald West. State Treasurer Kay will miss the visit.
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Eastern Oregon Hospital
Governor West
Olcott
Knighton
Oswald West
Salem
Kay
Rush to stake new mining claims after law change
Nome Alaska January 4. The law cutting mining claim sizes, effective January 1, triggered a rush to stake new claims with more individual filings on New Year’s Day than ever before.
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Nome
Alaska
Atlantic Coast Lashed by Gale in January Storm
The storm roared from Cape Hatteras to Maine, crippling wires and injuring about 50 people with two deaths reported. Shipping suffered heavy damage across sea and harbor while New York and surrounding areas faced ruined rails and unroofed buildings amid high winds and massive waves.
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New York
Dan
Cape Hatteras
Maine
Atlantic
South
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Atlanta
Brooklyn
Sandy Hook
New York Harbor
Little Egg
Hudson Valley
New York Central Railroad
Garrison
Lowrie Pardoned in Prison Reform Move
Charles Donald Lowrie once paroled from San Quentin after burglary is pardoned by Governor Johnson on advice of the prison board and the supreme court. The reformer and author of My Life In Prison was sentenced to 16 years and has been on parole over a year.
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Sacramento
Cal
Charles Donald Lowrie
Johnson
Board of Prison Directors
Supreme Court
Lowrie
San Quentin
Local Post Office Shows Higher 1912 Business
January to December totals reveal the year 1912 postal sales reaching $23,409.30, about five percent above 1911. Assistant Postmaster Harry Rees compiled the figures, noting December’s close slightly behind the prior December. The postal fiscal year starts March 1.
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Harry Rees
Post Office Department
Pendleton Estimated Population Reaches 7500 By Census
Pendleton begins 1913 with an estimated population around 7500 derived from a school census showing 18765 children of school age. Officials note rapid growth, annex expansion, and housing demand, with real estate figures supporting a rise from about 4400 in 1910 to the current estimate.
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Pendleton
Clerk Lot Livermore
J. WV. Tallman
North Side
Campaign to Raise Bonds for Convicted Labor Leaders
Indiana ironworkers officials say two weeks needed to raise sixty thousand dollars to release the jailed labor leaders at Leavenworth. In St Louis the building trades council urged bonds for Morrin and Barry. Chicago launches a national drive to raise one million seventy thousand dollars, with defense lawyers expecting local unions to contribute.
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Leavenworth
Indianapolis
St. Louis
The
Building Trades Council Today
Morrin
Barry
Chicago
Oregon Battle Ship Lead Canal Pageant Petition Plan
Salem Ore Jan 4 The state plans to have school children petition President elect Wilson to name the battleship Oregon to lead the water pageant through the Panama canal. State Superintendent Alderman prepared a petition form and is sending it to schools statewide.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Panama Canal
Wilson
Collision sinks Luckenback with crew lost near Tangier Island
Fourteen members of the Luckenback’s crew are feared drowned after a collision with the British steamer Indrakulka off Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay. Captain Gilbert and his wife are missing. wireless reports confirm drownings and lifeboat wrecks. The Indrakulka is believed badly damaged as rescue efforts continue.
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Baltimore
Tangier
Chesapeake Bay
Cilbert
Breen
Norfolk
Gilbert
Anderson seeks bout with Murphy in San Francisco
Medford Oregon January 4 Bud Andersons manager departed for San Francisco to arrange a boxing match with Tommy Murphy.
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Anderson
Murphy
Medford
Ore
Bud Anderson
San Francisco
Tommy Murphy
Economic Outlook for 1913 Fresh New Year
Favorable conditions prevail as the year opens with strong crop results and plentiful marketing. Winter wheat shows better condition though smaller area, orders on books keep manufacturers busy into spring, and raw material prices may stabilize costs. Employment and consumer demand buoy optimism while conservatism tempering purchases and tariffs loom over policy actions.
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Eusily
Bailey resigns from United States Senate in Texas
Joseph Weldon Bailey of Texas resigned his senatorship yesterday afternoon. He sent letters of resignation to Governor Colquitt and to Senator Gallinger, president pro tempore of the Senate.
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Washington
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Texas
Colquitt
Gallinger
Senate
Notables Attend Reid's Funeral in New York
President Taft and cabinet members joined foreign diplomats and other notables at the funeral of late White law Reid. A private service was held for the family at St John the Divine, with Dean Grosvenor, Bishop Greer and Bishop Leonard presiding. Pallbearers from the Florida, a naval guard, and a special train conveyed the casket to Tarrytown for burial in Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
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New York
Taft
Whitelaw Reid
St. John the Divine
Dean Grosvenor
Bishop Greer
Reid
Greer
Leonard
Cleveland
Boyd Carpenter
Howard Robbins
Florida
Hewitt
Grand Central Station
Failora
Tarrytown
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Snow shed demolished by avalanche near Cascade tunnel
Tacoma January 4 Great Northern headquarters report a 300 foot section of the snowshed near the west portal of the Cascade tunnel was swept away by an avalanche yesterday. No deaths or injuries. No trains were in the area. Line will be tied up for several days.
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Tacoma
Great Northern
Cascade
Steamer Bertha Ashore in Alaska During Storm
The 26, ton steamship Bertha was driven ashore at Safety Cove near Ketchikan, Alaska during a violent gale. The vessel is not in danger and is expected to be floated soon with the New England standing by. Bertha is owned by the Alaska Coast Company and chartered to W. F. Swan & Co. of Seattle, carrying copper ore and salt fish for Puget Sound.
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Seattle
Wash
Bertha
Safety Cove
Ketchikan
Alaska
New England
Alaska Coast Company
W. F. Swan & Co
Puget Sound
Conference Postponed as Envoys Seek Peace Talks
Jan 4 report from Lomlon and London notes Dr Daneff after luncheon said peace hopes vanish amid calls for continued hostilities. A meeting of Balkan envoys was postponed to Monday at four with Reachid Pasha requesting delay. Daneff and Pasha conferred while other Balkan envoys stayed pessimistic as Turkish naval units clashed with the Greek squadron on the Dardanelles.
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Daneff
Balkans
Lomlon
London
England
Reachid Pasha
Pasha
Constantinople
Reshid Pasha
Turkey
Mines Unable to Secure Ore Will Close in Mexico
El Paso reports that fuel and ore shortages caused by a freight embargo on Mexican railroads will force Guggenheim smelters at Chipuahua Monterey Aguas Calientes Velardena to shut down tonight leaving about fifty thousand Mexicans idle. Mines sending ores are expected to close as well.
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el Paso
Tex
Guggenheim
Chipuahua
Monterey
Aguas
Calientes
Velardena
Mexico
One Million Cents to Aid Editors in Idaho
Boise residents start a campaign to raise one cent from a million people to pay fines for R. S. Sheridan and C. P. Broxon, publisher and managing editor of the Capital News, currently serving ten days in jail for contempt of court.
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Boise
Idaho
R. S&s. Sheridan
C. ©. Broxon
The
Capital News
Lowell Prepares Corrective Bills for State Legislature
Judge S A Lowell of Lowell has prepared five bills to reform Oregon's political processes. They address campaign finance limits, petition circulation replacements, ballot name rotation, and initiative approvals. The plan aims to curb abuse, promote fair voting, and limit ballot overload while preserving referendum and municipal initiative.
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Lowell
Oregon
S. A. Lowell
Umatilla
Secretary of State
Jumes Lowell
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Swan Company
Cape Calvert
Main
Leavenworth, Kan
Potomac
Hunt
Bradstreet
Allies
Bailey
United States Senate
Athens
Dardanelles
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