Shipwreck off Jamaica sinks two schooners killing crew
The British schooners Cartagena and Georgiana foundered in the Gulf of Mexico during the West Indian storm. Twenty three aboard on Georgiana and seven on Cartagena perished including Captain Hyman Floyd and Miss Louisa Wood. W. R. Bodden of George Town, Grand Cayman, among the dead.
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Mobile
Ala
Cartagena
Gulf of Mexico
Cayman Islands
Jamaica
Woods
Cayman Brac
Lucca
Hyman Flwood
Louisa Wood
R. Bodden
Salisbury Eden
Gladstone Bodden
L. Bodden
Willie Bodden
Wilson Tibbetts
Thomas Scott
Jack Scott
N. Bodden
Smith
Green
E. Bert Scott
Cayman
Brac
Herbert Wood
W. R. Bodden
Georgetown
Grand Cayman
Wreck of Florence Leaves Captain and 21 Crew Missing
Search for the bodies of Captain Barr and 21 crew members from the steamer Florence continued after a wreck near St Shores. Survivors Hedley and two others reached Repassey exhausted, with two more crew members cared for nearby.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Captain Barr
Florence
St. Shores
J. H. Hedley
Repassey
Mate Hedley
Hadley
Hedley
Local Weather Forecast for San Antonio Vicinity
Tonight and Tuesday forecast fair with freezing conditions tonight and warmer temperatures on Tuesday for San Antonio and surrounding area.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather for Tourists From Major Cities
Observations list temperatures and conditions across cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Forecasts note cooler conditions Tuesday with possible snow or rain and the lowest temperatures in the last 24 hours.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Upholsterer Ernest Becker Found Dead in Shop
Ernest Becker aged 54 was found dead in his shop at 113 South Alamo Street this morning. Coroner order autopsy by Dr D Berrey while Fred Wach discovered the body kneeling before a chair. Mrs Becker said he had brood over finances and grown despondent. funeral set for tomorrow at 4 pm from Riebe parlors with Weesatche Camp W O W conducting services. Burial in cemetery No 3.
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Ernest Becker
Alamo Street
Fisk
D. Berrey
Becker
Fred Wach
Wach
Riebe
Weesatche Camp
Aviators Arrive to Open Winter Aviation School in San Antonio
DeFloyd Thompson Andrew Drew and C M Vought of the Little School of Aviation arrived in San Antonio to establish an aviation school. They will use three aircraft two Wright biplanes and one Dayton Tractor shipped from St Louis. Headquarters will be Fort Sam Houston maneuver field with two hangars for the planes. Daily flights may follow once established.
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DeFloyd Thompson
Andrew Drew
C.M. Vought
Little School of Aviation
San Antonio
Vought
Wright
Dayton
St. Louis
Fort Sam Houston Maneuver Field
San Antonians
Murder on Mobile & Ohio Train No 105 in Tuscaloosa
Special agent Alexander McGill of Mobile & Ohio was shot in a baggage car and his body was left hanging on a Gypsie creek bridge after the early Sunday attack. Porter Napoleon Jones was arrested and charged with the crime as officials pursued the case following the train's Tuscaloosa arrival.
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Mobile
Alexander McGill
Mobile & Ohio
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Gypsie Creek
Napoleon Jones
McGill
Fire destroys Christmas poultry stock in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on December 23 a blaze wiped out more than ten thousand turkeys geese ducks and chickens stored by five commission houses for Christmas. Two thousand live chickens suffocated in the flames as the fire threatened market row for a time.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Rebels Grow Bolder Evading Pursuit in Mexico
The U S state department reports rebels are expanding activity in Morelos Puebla and Mexico states with Zacatecas and Durango deteriorating. Northwestern railroad south of Juarez suffers great damage and Cananea mine strikers swell to 1800.
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Washington
State Department
Morelos
Puebla
Mexico
Zacatecas
Durango
Northwestern
Juarez
Cananea
Sonora Strike Leaders Imprisoned As Mine Work Resumes
Cananea Mexico reports strike leaders Calderon Rios and Maytorena jailed in Hermosillo after yesterday detentions. The Sonora governor spoke with strikers at Buena Vista offering help if they end the strike. The miners union says no funds to sustain it and urges a return to work. many comply.
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Cananea
Mexico
Calderon Rios
Maytorena
Hermosillo
Sonora
Buena Vista
Rebels attack at Ascension and mobilize to pocket rebels
General Orozco resumes leadership of Chihuahua forces attacking the 200 federal garrison at Ascension and aims to retake the town. Federal mobilization is ordered, with 1500 rebels believed active nearby and Blanco advancing from Casas Grandes toward Ascension as a second front. An American railroad worker captured by rebels was released and returned to El Paso. Separately, 5000 miners in Miami Durango strike for shorter hours and higher pay threatening mine closures.
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EL. Paso
Tex
Pascual Orozco Jr
Chihuahua
Ascension
Guzman
Blanco
Casas Grandes
Juarez
J. I. Morris
Mesquite
el Paso
Morris
United States
Thomas D. Edwards
Miami
Durango
Reign of Terror Reported in Sonora Fear Returns
Letters from El Paso relayed by J E Johnson describe a rampage in Sonora with Yaqui attacks on San Marcial and ranches. Carlos Johnson, in Sonora, says four of his men were killed and townspeople fled as Yaquis burned the Puebla village. The informant warns of a bankrupt state and lack of troops.
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Sonora
J. B. Johnson
San Marcial
Southern Pacific
Nogales
Balkans Tension Eases as Serbs Apologize and Accord Proposed
London December 23 peace conference resumes at St James Palace after Austro Hungary announces Balkan tensions nearing solution. Serbia apologizes to Austro Hungary over the consul incident and accepts Adriatic facilities without territorial gain. Turkish delegates seek time to study the Balkan Nes proposal.
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London
St. James Palace
Austro-Hungary
Balkan
Servia
Prisend
Adriatic Sea
Adrianople
Storian Novakovitch
al- Nes
M. Novakovitch
Nationwide Search For Logue Slayers In Chicago
Chicago, Dec 23. A nationwide hunt has begun for two men suspected of killing diamond merchant Joseph H Logue in his office last Friday. Telegrams went to police in major cities in the United States and Canada with descriptions. Four of ten suspects detained earlier are released. Clyde Stratton, Frank Williams, H B Hampton, and Mrs Margaret Johnson remain in custody.
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Chicago
Joseph H. Logue
United States
Canada
H. B. Hampton
Margaret Johnson
Toronty
Jimmy” Johnson
Arkansas Supreme Court blocks municipal bond amendment
The Arkansas Supreme Court invalidates a constitutional amendment to authorize municipal bonds for improvements, ruling only three amendments can be submitted at once and striking down a recall provision as well. This leaves Arkansas without a valid state bond issuance mechanism and ends a heated ballot issue.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Supreme Court
Septeber
Arkansas
Doomed Japanese Miners Entombed in Hokkaido
More than two hundred Japanese coal miners are trapped after an explosion at the Ubari colliery in Sapporo on Hokkaido. Only three men were rescued. officials fear the rest are dead.
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Tokio
Ubari
Sapporo
Hokkaido
Supreme Court Recesses Without Ruling on Union Pacific Stock
The Supreme Court recessed today until January 6 after several minor decisions. It did not rule on the rights of Union Pacific stockholders in distributing Southern Pacific stock held by Union Pacific Railway, nor decide the state rate cases.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific Railway Company
Railroad Mien Indicted by Grand Jury
Charles Mellen of New Haven railroad E H Chamberlain of Grand Trunk and Alfred W Smithers of Grand Trunk were indicted under the Sherman act for an alleged interstate railway and steamship monopoly conspired since 1912. Seven overt acts allege meetings in New York and letters outlining divisions of New England business and line abandonments. The defendants, not present at the indictment, plan to surrender soon as federal action follows state reports of project abandonments.
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New York
Charles §. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
E. J. Chamberlain
Grand Trunk Railway
Canada
Alfred W. Smithers
Grand Trunk Board of Directors
Federal Grand Jury
Mellen
Chamberlain
Smithers
Grand Trunk
New England
Providence
Messrs. Chamberlain
New Haven System
Cen
Pgs Ae
Propaeta Akiomeibat
J. E. Dalrymple
Dalrymple
Benjamin Campbell
New Haven
New York City
Central Vermont
Public Service Commission of
New Hampshire
Central of Vermont Railway
Palmer, Mass
Witi and
R. L
London
Montreal
Federal Department of Justice
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Wickersham
Grand Trunk Roads
Cresson Named Acting U S Attorney After Boynton Resigns
Charles C. Cresson of Waco will assume full charge of the U S Attorney's office until a successor is appointed by President-elect Woodrow Wilson after March 1. Boynton's letter says Cresson can handle terms of the U S court opening December 30 in Austin and January and February sessions in Austin and Waco.
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United States
Charles A. Boynton
Waco
Charles C. Cresson
Woodrow Wilson
Cresson
Boynton
United States Court
Austin
Mayor Jones and Attorney Davies Clash in Hearing on Stevens Dismissal
The police committee hearing into Charles F. Stevens’ dismissal as first assistant city marshal featured a tense exchange between Mayor Jones and attorney C A Davies. Jones and Lancaster testified to disclosures deemed sensational, with more expected at 10 o clock Thursday.
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Jones
C. A. Davies
Charles F. Stevens
Mayor Jones
Davies
Stevens
Fincham, Wickeland
Steves
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
L. P. Peck
L. B. Clegg
Jake Wolff
George R. Gillette
A. B. Storey
Frank C. Davis
Alderman Fineham
Pardons Heard by Governor Wilson in Trenton
Governor Wilson and the board of pardons heard 70 convict petitions today, out of over 200 filed, to allow freedom before Christmas. He plans further meetings at the statehouse with Democratic leaders as illness to Representative Underwood is noted. Politics will be barred from inaugural arrangements. committees and chairs will be named by William C. Eustis.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Board of Pardons
Statehouse
Clark
Representative Underwood
Hoke Smith
Underwood
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
William C. Eustis
Leaders to Meet Wilson this Week
Speaker Clark and majority leader Underwood of the house and Senator Stone of Missouri will call on President elect Wilson this week. Clark leaves for Trenton tomorrow and aides say the visit concerns no cabinet decisions.
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Wilson
Washington
Clark
Underwood
House
Senator Stone
Missouri
Trenton
N. J
Fire at Barraques Theater Kills 13 in Belgium
In Menin Belgium thirteen people died and fifty injured when a Barraques cinema theater fire trapped patrons during escape attempts. Medical exam ruled deaths from internal haemorrhages caused by pressure during evacuation. In Texas the San Antonio factory inspector reports no child labor violations after a weeklong inspection though two firms allegedly violated eight hour rules.
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Menin
Belgium
Barraques
Here
San Antonio
Austin
Tex
Garrett
Department of Labor
Viceroy and Lady Hardinge Targeted in Delhi Bombing
A native fanatic hurled a powerful bomb from a rooftop as Lord Hardinge and Lady Hardinge entered Delhi. The viceroy was wounded in the shoulder and neck. Lady Hardinge was unhurt but shocked. The howdah was blown to matchwood. one attendant was killed. The bomber was not captured and a reward was offered.
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Delhi
India
Baroness Hardinge
Howdah
Hardinge
Calcutta
Brower
Punjab
Chandai Chowk
Baron Hardinge
Guy Fleetwood Wilson
Imperial
Durbar
Guy
Indi
London
Oriental Street
Guidi
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