Messina Earthquake Toll Surges Across Sicily
Rome reports 50 000 deaths at Messina with tens of thousands more feared. Reggio and Palermo struck hard as fires, looting, and martial law spread. Etna vents, troops and relief ships rush to aid.
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Rome
Messina
Reggio
Griscom
Palermo
Arthur S. Cheney
Connecticut
Joseph H. Pierce
London
Giolitti
Trina Cria
Rames Dee
Rexuglo Sui
Catanzaro
Victor Emanuel
Calabria
Sicily
Mount
Etna
Reggio di Calabra
Straits of Messina
Catania
Signor Fulci
Chamber of Deputies
Cissino
Cala
Red Cross to Aid Italians Stricken by Earthquake
The American Red Cross in Washington launched telegraphic appeals to all branches for relief funds to help victims in Calabria and Sicily. With only 2000 dollars in reserve, officials urged donations as итaliean relief centers opened in Rome and New York outlets listed for subscriptions.
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American Red Cross
Washington
American National Red Cross
Italy
Red Cross
United States
Rome
The
Tribuna
Calabria
Sicily
Helene
South
Roosevelt
State Department
Victor Emmanuel
New York
Count Massiglia
Lafayette Street
New York City
Floor collapses during court hearing injures crowd
In Elliott City Maryland a second floor gave way during a hearing for William Hapwood a man charged with murderous assault. About a dozen persons were injured some severely.
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Elliott City
Milenhorst
William Hapwood
Witness Recalled Annis Testimony at Hains Trial
The court heard the testimony of Annis regarding the wife of Peter C. Hains as the trial proceeded. Cross examination focused on prior statements and the role of the wife in the case, with legal arguments presented by both sides to clarify motive and authenticity of evidence.
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Peter C. Hains
Flushing
N. Y
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Claudia Hains
Thornton J. Hains
Samuel C. Reid
North Chicago
Hains
Justice Crane
Reid
Annis
Respigliosi
Rome
Kentucky
Debut of Miss Ethel Roosevelt at White House Ball
Washington dec 29 the young set of capital society gathered at the white house for the debut of miss ethel roosevelt wife of the president and Mrs roosevelt. about 400 guests from washington and other cities attended and dancers filled the east room while fern and rose decorations lit the historic mansion. musical entertainment by marine bands accompanied the grand occasion marking a festive return of the roosevelt debut after alices earlier premiere.
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Washington
Capital Society
White House
Roosevelt
Garret
Ethel
Army
Navy
Diplomatic Corps
East Room
Alice Roosevelt
New York
John E. Roosevelt
Robert Bacon
Bacon
Good feeling and courtesy mark American navy arrival
Washington reports a cordial reception as ships of the American navy reach Venezuelan waters with Special Commissioner William S. Buchanan to conduct negotiations after President Gomez signaled a desire to settle pending international questions.
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Washington
Navy
Willliam S. Buchanan
State Department
Gomez
Arnold
Austrians Slay Servians Clash Near Bosnian Village
Vienna reports say an alleged fight near Zelinge in Bosnia caused in city excitement but the war office calls it of little consequence. On December 23 Servian peasants shot at an Austrian patrol wounding a corporal. the patrol returned fire and two peasants were killed.
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Vienna
Zelinge
Bosnia
War Office
Winthrop Named Assistant Secretary of State
Beekman Winthrop of Massachusetts, already assistant secretary of the treasury, was offered and accepted the post of first assistant secretary of state under the incoming Taft administration. He succeeds Robert Bacon, who will likely move to Elihu Root’s seat upon retirement. Senator Knox arranged the tender with the president elect’s consent.
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Washington
Beekman Winthrop
Massachusetts
the Treasury
Robert Bacon
New York
Elihu Root
Taft
Knox
Rival Parties Clash in Venezuelan Coast Fight
Port of Spain reports heavy combat at Macure on the Venezuelan coast between Castro supporters and a gunboat crew backing the Gomez administration. About 20 killed and 50 wounded as Gomez forces withdrew temporarily and later resumed engagement.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Macure
Castro
Gomez
International romance ends in Grand Rapids wedding
Grand Rapids Mich Dec 29 Count Adolf Montgela first secretary of the German embassy in Tokio wed Miss Fanny Hazeltine daughter of Dr and Mrs Charles Hazeltine of this city. The couple met when Miss Hazeltine visited Ambassador O Brien in Tokio a year ago.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Adolf ‘Montgela
Tokio
Fanny Dickinson Hazeltiine
Charles 5. Hazeltine
Hazeltine
Ambassador O'Brien
Gompers Discontinues Publication of We Dont Patronize
New York Dec 29 The General Federated Union reports Samuel Gompers has discontinued the we dont patronize list in the labor newspaper on counsel advice. The Central Federated Union also suspended its unfair list following the protest against jail sentences for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison.
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Gompers
New York
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Ceneral Federated Union
Federationist
Central Federated Union
Nine Die In Great Northern Rail Crash Near Great Falls
Nine men were killed and several injured when a freight train collided with a work train on the Great Northern Railway at Mid Canyon about forty miles south of Great Falls Montana. The work train carried dredge crews and, with one exception, all the dead were carpenters.
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Great Northern Railway
Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Mid-Canyon
Profit sharing as solution of labor problem says Carnegie
New York December twenty ninth. Andrew Carnegie argues in The World's Work that future labor should rise and share in profits through joint stock, envisioning workers becoming shareholders in all branches of business. He cites Carnegie Steel beginnings with worker partners and U S Steel's merging, praising direct owner management and proposing share sales to saving workers with favorable repayment in disaster.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie
United States Steel Corporation
United States Lice Corporation
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