Tenement Fire Kills Several as Evacuees Jump From Escapes
New York December 11 A fire in Monro Street tenement kills fifteen injured, many leaping from fire escapes as stairways fail. Victims include Becky Kaplan fifty five Barney Kaplan Louis Kaplan Isaac Weisberger and Israel Golden Gussie Mazzin and others. Families flee into the cold as firemen raise ladders and rescue workers aid survivors.
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New York
Monro Street
East Side
Becky Kaplan
Barney Kaplan
Louis Kaplan
Isaac Weisberl
Mes
Samuel Cow
Israel Golden Gussie Mazzin
Bodes
Cohen
Golten
Weleres
Tany
Schmidt Jurors In Disagreement Over Murder Case
New York on the thirty first, after thirty six hours of deliberation, the jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of Hanereidt the former priest of St Jose church charged with murder. The foreman reported that one juror was ill and required a doctor. Judge Foster had the jurors brought into court but they remained unable to agree on the truthfulness of testimony regarding the defendant's mental condition.
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New York
Der
Deliberatne
Hanereidt
St. Jose
Anna Aumuller
Foster
I ‘Nto
Rate Order Rules for Through Rail Through Traffic
The Interstate Commerce Commission outlines principles for joint through rates on long distance rail traffic to local or non competitive points. Differentials above basing point rates must be reasonable to distances involved and not justified by water competition or intermediate point needs. Also notes a dark day for Chicago amid holidays and seasonal darkness.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Utilities Jobs For Chicagoans In New State Public Utilities Board
Springfield Alabama December 31 governor Dunne selects two Chicago Democrats for the new public utilities commission with a third likely today. James E Quan will chair the commission and Walter A Shaw becomes a member. Other selections include Richard Yates and Frank H Funk. Gary Tinplate Mill reopens in Gary Indiana after a ten day closure, signaling orders and better conditions at regional plants. New York trial over De Forest wireless telephony defense claims inferior materials used in the invention and stock promotion case proceeds to the jury today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Dunse Hoes
Public Utilities Commission
Chicago
James E Quen
W. J. Quan & Co
Dunne
Quan
Walter A. Shaw
Joseph Medill Patterson
Gary
Ind
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
Industy
Dmnois Steel Company
American Hridge Company
New York
Lee de Forest
Harold Danning
Radio Wireless Telephone Company
de Forest
Samuel E. Darby
Elmer E. Burlingame
James Dunlop Smith
Atlantis Sailed For Galveston. 14 Aboard Reported Lost
The Norwegian steamer Atlantis, carrying 14 passengers, left Tampico for Galveston and was sighted by the Norman Castle after two explosions were heard at sea. Wireless contact failed, and reports indicate the Atlantis may have been destroyed by an explosion. The Galveston steamer was expected to dock there later the same day.
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Galveston
Texas
Atlantis
Tampico
Mexico
Norman Castle
Diplomat Guests at Bryan Breakfast in Washington
Washington notes a breakfast for the diplomatic corps in the Pan American building hosted by Secretary and Mrs. Bryan. A large open air song service will lead the old year out from the south steps of the treasury building.
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Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Pan-American
Bryan
Treasury Building
White House
Army records two typhoid cases in 1913 enlistment
Washington reports the army ended 1913 with only two typhoid cases among over 34 thousand personnel. Navy cases were seven for the year ending last June. Immunization in 1910 sharply reduced army typhoid rates from 2.32 per 1000 to 0.80 in 1931 and near zero this year, with the current year at 0.20 through October.
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Washington
Army
Jaeckies
Navy
Galls Troops Guard Two Negroes’ Trial in Chestertown
Maryland National Guard units arrived from Baltimore at Judge Kent’s request as tensions rise over the murder case of Normal Mable and James Parway. Troops encamped around the county building while farmers gather. A venue change sends the defendants by steamer to Baltimore for shipment to Elkton for March 2. Chestertown remains under martial mood amid public unrest.
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Chestertown
Maryland National Guard
Baltimore
Kent
Mable
James Parway
James Coleman
Elkton
Death by own action theory tested at Des Moines river
In Des Moines Iowa December 31 a banker suicide claim is challenged as a murder theory. M B Wheelock Colfax bank cashier is thought killed, while A L Bradley and a heavy bag attempted river wading with rocks. The body was found weighted with ten pounds and Bradley swam near shore but sank. Coroner and jury consider exhumation for poison. Lima decree leaves 1913 budget thrust until 1914 budget approved.
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Des Moines
Iowa
M. B. Wheelock
Colfax Bank
A. L. Bradley
Wheelock
Bradley
James Lee
Lee
ABE LINCOLN GUARD DEAD AT ST. PAUL
St Paul Minn Dec 31 Colonis Henry T Bevens Civil war veteran and member of the secret service detail guarding President Lincoln the night of the assassination is dead here He was born at Marietta Ohio in 1839
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St. Paul
Minn
Colonis
Henry T. Bevens
Secret Service
President Lincoln
Marietta
Ohio
Direct Appeal to Wilson on Copper Strike Hits Roadblock
Calumet Mich Dec 31 Chief Counsel Hilton of the Western Federation of Miners faces a coroner inquest without solid proof of who cried fire and caused the fatal Christmas Eve panic that killed 72. The federation, citing lack of definite identification, will not call witnesses for that purpose. A federal intervention request was telegraphed to President Wilson, arguing Erdman act authority could cover the dispute. John Mitchell Clarence Darrow and other leaders plan Lansing talks with Governor Ferris as a senate probe on the copper strike is proposed.
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Calumet
Mich
Hilton
Western Federation of Miners
Federation of Miners
Densmore
Department of Labor
Wilson
Erdman
Lansing
Dee
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Clarence Darrow
Ferris
Bio Rapids
Ashhurst
Imalltry
Washington
Ashurst
Arizona
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Federal Lawyer Loses His Place in Michigan
Washington reports that Fred C. Wetmore, federal district attorney for the western district of Michigan, has been removed from office by presidential authority. No specific charges are listed, but it is said he was not in sympathy with the administration. New Stock Yards Record notes Chicago livestock receipts for 1913 totaling $565,000,000, with hogs contributing to the rise.
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Washington
Fred C. Wetmore
Western District of
Michigan
Chicago
Til
Berlin
Germany
Gereman
Empire
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Weather forecast for Rock Island area
Unsettled tonight and Thursday with probable snow flurries and little temperature change. Tonight's low around 25 degrees and 7 am temperature at 25 with a 3 mph wind. No precipitation and high humidity near 100 percent at 7 pm. a 0.4 inch 24 hour fall in water stage. Astronomical notes highlight evening stars Jupiter Saturn and morning stars Mars Mercury Venus with the Pleiades visible due south around 9 pm.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Public execution of Formosian conspirators in Taikoku
Tokio, Dec 31. Thirteen Formosian conspirators were executed publicly in Taikoku for a November plot to overthrow Japanese rule in Formosa. They aimed to raise 100,000 Formosans to massacre Japanese troops and cede the island to China. An additional 123 were sentenced to long terms in prison.
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Tokio
Japan
Taikoku
Formosa
China
Teachers urged to ignore rule at state convention
Illinois teachers at a state convention urged to ignore a Supreme Court ruling prohibiting Bible reading in public schools. The special committee report claimed no legal restriction on individual liberty and suggested the Bible reading question in Illinois schools is not finally settled. The panel planned to pursue a test case before the high court.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Ilinois
State Teachers’ Association
Katherine Seller
Dundas
Richland County
Illinois
Agnes Gottfried
Billett
Lawrence County
Olive McKean
Deland
Piat County
Miss Gottfried
Miss McKean
Blair
Hugh Magill
Princeton
Magill
Fresh Moves May Follow Lind Report In Mexico
A roundup of events from Mexico to Washington notes an alleged assassination plot thwarted, Lind’s mission to Wilson, and Huerta’s finances. Reports describe fighting near Ojinaga, Villa in Juarez, and a ransom deal for Luis Terranza Jr. Berlin endures 14 inches of snow as Europe faces a harsh freeze.
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Wiary
Lotham
Schmidt
Commerce Commission
Atkere
James E. Quan
Dunteée
Maryland
Lima
Peru
Congress
Abe Lincoln
Miners’ Federation
Mitchell
St. Louis
Viola Sullivan
Paris
Mona Liza
LIND
Mexico City
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Pass Christian
Miss
Winona
John Lind
Chester
Florida
United States
Middle West
Paso Christian
Canada
Huuerta
Presidio
Ojinaga
Ortega
Luis Terranza, Jr
Luis Terranza
el Paso
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