Earthquake and tidal wave hit Sicily port towns
Violent quake shocks struck Calabria at 9 30 am causing damage and casualties in Mileto Gomadi and Stefanconi with San Gergorio and Maserata also affected. A tidal wave damaged three steamers in Catania while fishing boats were swamped and docks washed away. Palermo reports 32 second shocks with telegraph lines down.
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Rome
Calabria
Mileto
Gomadi
Stefanconi
Stefeanconi
San Gergorio
San Giorgo
Maserata
London
Catania
Sicily
Palermo
France
Pau
O Connell Named Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco
Dennis J. O Connell rector of the Catholic university has been appointed auxiliary bishop of San Francisco. The appointment was confirmed in a cablegram from Cardinal Merry Del Val, the papal secretary of state, and the apostolic briefs are to be received within the next fortnight.
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Dennis J. O'Connell
Catholic University
San Francisco
Merry de] Val
Clayton Urges Democrats To Propose Entire Tariff Plan
Washington Dec. 28 Henry D. Clayton of Alabama, chairman of the democratic caucus, said Democrats must frame a complete tariff bill not merely oppose Republicans. He urged presenting a full schedule by the committee of the whole, championing revision in principle and detail to show the party can unite and govern, as in Jackson and Polk eras.
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Washington
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
House of Representatives
Civil employment urged for veterans by General Grant
Major General Frederick D Grant, commander of the department of the lakes, recommends government civil work for soldiers honorably discharged after six years of service in his annual report made public in Chicago today.
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Chicago
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the Lakes
Fight for Seat of Foraker Warm in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio December eighth members of the Ohio legislature arrived and the struggle to succeed Senator Foraker heated up. Rumors swirl but observers say the race remains unsettled with Burton and Charles P Taft both short of a clear majority as a week of intense maneuvering begins.
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Columbus
Ohio
Foraker
Burton
Charles P. Taft
Four Indians Killed at Aneth Utah Mystery
Four Indians were killed and another wounded at the Aneth Utah reservation. Superintendent Shelton of the Shiprock Indian agency, with a physician, has gone to the scene to learn the cause of the trouble, which officials still do not know.
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Aneth
Utah
Washington
Dee
Bureau of Indisar Affairs
Shelton
Shiprock
Minister Cuts Own Throat At Buchanan ND Church
Rev. Robert C. Dougherty of Buchanan North Dakota Congregational Church died by self-inflicted razor wound yesterday in Fargo North Dakota. The pastor, formerly preached in Kansas City, is believed to have been temporarily insane.
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R. CG. Dougherty
Buchanan, N. D
Fargo
N. D
Robert IC. Dougherty
Congregational Church
Kansas City
Vollmer Named Alternate for West Point by Dolliver
Washington dispatch says Arthur Vollmer of Davenport son of attorney Henry Vollmer was nominated as alternate to John B. Thompson of Albia for a West Point appointment. Chicago weather forecast warns of cold spell with possible zero temperatures later in the week and west winds early week.
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Arthur Vollmer
Davenport
Dolliver
Tay
Washington
Henry Vollmer
John B. Thompson
Albia
Iowa
West Point
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Father in law of his mother in law tangled in eastern family
Washington Dec 28 David Dillinger of this city claims he is the only man in captivity who is the father in law of his own mother in law. The tale of overlapping in laws centers on the Dillinger household where Henry Dillinger, Lucy Richmond, and Jennie Richmond figure in a web of marriages and in laws that leaves the head of the house unclear and ripe for a referendum.
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Washington, Pa
David Dillinger
Henry Dillinger
Lucy Linger
David Di’ry
Charles Dillinger
David
Charles
Maria Richmond
Mr. Dillinger
Lucy
Jennie
Dillinger
Lucy Richmond
Defense shows motive for Hains at Bayside Club
Flushing, N Y Dec 28 Evidence at the Thornton Hains trial is cited by the defense as a motive for the Hains brothers Bayside Yacht club visit where Annis was shot Charles Raymond Weaver a sales agent for Hains Concrete Mixer company testified he induced the brothers to Bayside to inspect property rather than to Sandy Hook Aug 15 The hour was too late to go to Sandy Hook and he advised them to Long Island to see property to gauge proximity to waterfront for sand and gravel for concrete smoking I started to go with them but could not return to New York in time to meet my wife
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Flushing
N. Y
Thornton Hains
Hains Brothers
Bayside Yacht Club
Annis
Charles Raymond Weaver
Hains Concrete Mixer Company
Hains Brothedie
Baysire
Sandy Hook
Long Island
New York
Wave of Prohibition Sweeps Southern States Halts Liquor Sales
Georgia leads a near prohibition program restricting liquors over 4 percent alcohol as states across the South move toward statewide bans. North Carolina Alabama Mississippi released laws take effect January 1 while Louisiana delays testing the Gay Shattuck framework. Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia show mixed progress with counties either dry or contested. Constitutional and local option debates shape Texas Arkansas and Florida progress, while enforcement challenges and revenue declines hinder gains.
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Washington
South
Morehhan
Georgia
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Kentucky
Union
Virginia
Texas
Arkansas
Florida
British steamer Advance sinks after collision. crew perishes
In the South Sea off New Castle New South Wales today the British steamer Advance sank after colliding with the British bark Iverna. All hands aboard the Advance were lost except the first officer. The Iverna arrived at New Castle leaking badly.
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New Castle
Dee
Advance
Robbers Take Jewelry and Cash in New York Safe
New York on December 28 reports a jewelry store safe theft marking the loss of about $30,000 in jewelry and $5,000 in cash from Oscar C. Jackle’s Third Avenue shop. The break-in was discovered today, the theft occurring last night.
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New York
Oscar C. Jackle
Third Avenue
Roosevelt to Host North American Resource Conference
The White House announced a conservation conference to be held February 18 at the White House. President Roosevelt sent letters to Canada and Mexico leaders inviting cooperation with state and federal officials and the national conservation commission to protect mutual natural resource interests across borders.
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Washington
White House
North America
Roosevelt
Canada
Ditz
Mexico
Gifford Pinchot
National Conservation Commission
Taft
Extradition Bid in Rudowitz Murder Case Upheld
United States Commissioner Foot forwarded a 30 page review to Washington arguing against political offenses in the Christian Dudowitz case. The hearing found sufficient evidence he was not part of a revolutionary band and should face a Russian tribunal. Bail for Carmack’s slayers denied in Nashville with trial set for January 20 as O’Connell receives a post in Washington.
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U. S
Chicago
United States
Foot
State Department
Washington
Christian Dudowitz
Rudowitz
Carmack
Nashville
Tenn
Hart Toddy
Colonel Cooper
Robert Cooper
John D. Sharp
Senator Carmack
State rests in Night Rider murder trial case
Union City Tenn December 28 The state rested its case in the trial of eight alleged night riders for the murder of Captain Quenten Ranken The defense asked the court to withdraw all evidence about raids other than the killing of Ranken Judge Jones said he would rule later
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Union City
Tenn
State Today
Quenten Ranken
Ranken
Jones
Tug Wrecked In Frankfort Harbor Tragedy
A 15 ton gasoline fish tug Rhine owned by Henry Hanrath was crushed against a pier during a southwest gale at Frankfort Michigan. All four crewmen Henry Hanrath Charles Kibby Julius Derry and Gus Strauble drowned while returning to the harbor after hauling nets near Manitou Islands.
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Frankfort
Mich
Henry Hanrath
Charles Kibby
Julius Derry
Gus Strauble
Manitou Islands
Netherlands Holds Line as Venezuela Crisis Eases
The Hague formally states the situation with Venezuela is provisionally ended and that the Netherlands will keep its hand until the Gomez administration at Caracas progresses. The note was issued December 28.
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Venezuela
The
Hague
Foreign Office Aay
Trom
Jeruste
Holland
Netherlands
Gomez
Caracas
Charges Filed Against Mexican Plantation Members in Chicago
A petition filed in Chicago claims J. R. Marklay BE D Graves D W Gray John B Welcome and Lee Mantle diverted large sums from the Mexican Plantation association to themselves. The document, dated December 28, presents allegations of embezzlement and misappropriation by the named individuals.
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Chicago
J. R. Marklay
BE. D. Graves
D. W. Gray
John B. Welcome
Lee Mantle
Mexican Plantation Association
Joseph Sanders
Object is to aid science meet begins AAAS
Baltimore hosts the 60th annual AAAS convention at Johns Hopkins University with about 2000 members in attendance and sessions scheduled to run through the week. In other items, former Ohio congressman Charles M. Anderson dies at Greenville after twenty years as resident manager of the Soldiers Home central branch. Also, broker House Poor & Co. declares failure on the New York Stock Exchange.
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American Association
Baltimore
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Johns Hopkins University
Dayton
Ohio
Charles M. Anderson
Ohioistrict
Greenville
Soldiers’ Home
New York
W. Poor & Co
The
Stock Exchange Today
Death Valley Scotty Seeks Marine Enlistment
Walter Scott known as Death Valley Scotty entered the U S recruiting office in Chicago and declared his intention to enlist in the marine service. He had previously gained notoriety arriving in Chicago on a special train to rid himself of part of an unlimited fortune reportedly in Death Valley. The source of his income was never clarified.
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Chicago
Walter Scott
Death Valley
Dowling Testifies Before Federal Grand Jury in Rebate Probe
Chicago December 28 Harry C Dowling department manager Morris Co appeared before a federal grand jury in a rebate investigation. District Attorney Sims would not disclose subpoena count though many had been served in other cities. Witnesses reportedly did not evade service and the probe will continue at least three weeks.
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Chicago
Harry C. Dowling
Morris & Co
Federal Grand Jury
Sims
End of world prophet Spangler vanishes before dawn
Nyack New York December 28 A prophet Lee J Spangler who warned of the end of days vanished before sunrise escaping a mob of supporters and a crowd of jeering townsfolk. Women in white robes waited for celestial fireworks and translations with the prophet as others gathered at Oak Hill cemetery and South Mountain.
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Nyack
N. Y
Lee J. Spangler
Mr. Spangler
Spangler
Oak Hill Cemetery
Halsted
South Mountain
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Cantania
Monta
Clayton
Jackson
Polk
Hains
Bayside Club
South Sea
Freeport
Chicago, Wilwaukee & St. Paul
Henry Hagedorn
J. J. Stauffer
Racine
Wis
O'Connell
Scotty
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