Many Homies Wrecked by Flere Gall Cellars in Flushing Bay
Seabright, N J December 27 fishermen tradesmen and laborers worked to clear wreckage from yesterday's storm. Bulkheads battered but serving as protection, a large force will repair for ten days. Shelters provided for destroyed houses, Central Railroad of New Jersey tracks washed and repaired. Coast damage estimates from Sandy Hook to Atlantic City range from 500000 to 1000000.
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Seabright
N. J
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Sandy Hook
Atlantic City
Eight Homes Carried Away In New Jersey Storm
Reports from the New Jersey coast say the gale and high tide subsided and Seabright fishermen repair damage. Eight homes were carried away and many wrecked. Mayor George W. Elliott rais es funds for fishermen. Barges A Gropes and Undaunted wrecked near Seaside Park with ten sailors lost. Rat infestations along Flushing Bay and South Brooklyn described as a notable storm detail.
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New York
New Jersey
Seabright
George W. Elliott
Seaside Park
N. J
Flushing Bay
Brooklyn
Flushing
High tides cause damage along Southern California shores
All available men and bulkhead materials were gathered today from Santa Barbara to Long Beach to combat unprecedented high tides. Waves yesterday destroyed property valued between 150000 and 250000 dollars. tides today were expected higher, but emergency seawalls were set to limit further damage.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Santa Barbara
Long Beach
Flood Breaks Bulkheads Drenching Ocean Park Diner
Twenty foot breakers and the season’s high tide flooded Ocean Park’s basement grill as diners sheltered inside. Bulkheads along the strand failed washing out seven blocks of cement shore line. Dozens of guests and staff escaped before the second wave flooded the dining area. Measurements and exact counts vary but authorities report 30 to 40 people affected. Emergency crews battled rising water and debris while residents assessed damage to the seaside resort.
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Ocean Park
Cal
ClanSman Under Siege Near Ely Kentucky
Sharp fighting looms as state militia encircles a mine sheltering 20 Hendrickson clan members after a deadly clash with a posse. Troops, food and water scarce, siege likely brief. three wounded, physician treated them. Crowds gather to watch.
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Pineville
Hendrickson Clan of
Mountaineers
Ely
Leased Relay AP News Service Cited by The San Antonio Light
The San Antonio Light notes it receives the Associated Press leased relay daily, a vast AP report of about 20,000 words, supplementing the paper’s own extensive news service.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Aviator Vedrines Flies Over Damascus Cap Anew
Jules Vedrines, the French aviator en route from Paris to Cairo, made the first aeroplane flight over Beirut causing a complete business suspension. The patriarch offered him a bouquet before his departure for Cairo.
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Jules Vedrines
Paris
Cairo
Beirut
Syria
Potatoes barred for New York market amid cargo rush
Secretary Houston blocked import of foreign potatoes by changing landing date from January 1 to December 23 for New York. After a Washington hearing he set January 1 as loading limit, prompting traders to rush ships. About 450,000 bags were planned, with 200,000 additional on order. several tramp steamers were released.
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New York
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Hagadorn Guilty by Court Martial for Disobeying Orders
Major Charles B. Hagadorn, military attaché at the American embassy in St. Petersburg, found guilty of disobeying orders by a Governor's Island court martial. Charge amended to had failed to obey. sentenced to a mild reprimand and likely to rejoin the Twenty third Infantry in Texas City. Hagadorn, from Binghamton New Jersey, entered West Point in 1885.
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New York
Charles B. Hagadorn
St. Petersburg
Governor’s Island
Hagadorn
United Staes
Binghamton
N. J
West Point
Twentythird Infantry
Texas City
Home Weather For Tourists At 8 A M
Observations listed for major cities with temperatures cloudy or clear winds and expected conditions. St Louis 80 and 28 low. Chicago 28. Milwaukee 18. St Paul 24. Kansas City 26. New York 20. Boston 22. Washington 28. Forecasts include wind directions and chances of snow or colder air.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Federal Banks Move to Enter New Reserve System
The organization committee led by Secretaries McAdoo and Houston sets the method for banks to apply for stock in regional federal reserve banks. Banks must pass a formal resolution and submit or reject within 60 days, with the cashier forwarding the application if adopted. Public hearings will be held in fourteen major cities, while many others may be heard. McAdoo has a fever and plans two months of work to complete the process.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banking System
McAdoo
Houston
Organization Committee
Federal Committee
Federal Organization Committee
Treasury Department
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
New York
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Tex
New Orleans
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Sunshine or Rain Official Forecast Delivers Unsettled Outlook
Major Al len Buell of the local weather bureau says conditions are highly unsettled with equal chances of rain or clear weather. The area lies between a Rio Grande Valley disturbance and a northwest high, with outcomes depending on the next hours. New Orleans forecaster expects clear, cold weather if the disturbance weakens and the high spreads. Cloudy skies prevail locally with little rain, Cuero reporting rain per the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company.
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Allen Buell
Rio Grande Valley
Buell
New Orleans
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Cuero
Stensland Seeks to Repay Losses in Chicago
Paul Stensland former Milwaukee Avenue State Bank president who absconded with 500000 in 1906 is devoting his life to repaying depositors. James Keeley reports Stensland tracked to Morocco where captured. he confessed blaming cashier Henry W Herring for remaining 2000000 shortage. Keeley says Stensland back on his feet aiming to restore funds and become a citizen again. Sum sought unclear but believed well over 100000.
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Chicago
Paul Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
James Keeley
Morocco
Stensland
Henry W. Herring
Herring
Keeley
President Wilson’s golf day signals health recovery in Gulfport
President Wilson slept late and left for golf at Mississippi Country Club 18 miles away. He showed a rosy complexion after illness and enjoyed better health with rest and bracing air. Citizens of Gulfport, watching his route, consider a formal thanks for his role in saving the Neville home. He later played with Dr. Grayson at the club, then left for Pass Christian at 11 o'clock.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Wilson
Mississippi Country Club
Washington
Gulfport
Golf Club
Neville
Country Club
Dr. Grayson
Dewey Urges Peace and Navy Build Up
Admiral George Dewey, who marked his 76th birthday, voices a peace message and warns against complacency. He cites General Keifer and advocates a four battleship program to replace obsolescent ships and to maintain national peace and readiness.
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Washington, D. C
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Keifer
Ohio
New Hubbard High School Planned in Hubbard Texas
Prof M S Gardner Hubbard city schools superintendent meets State Superintendent W F Doughty in Austin to announce plans for a new high school building in Hubbard costing about 20000 dollars funded by bonds. Rapid student population growth has outgrown the present facility.
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Austin
Tex
M. S. Gardner
Hubbard City
W. F. Doughty
Gardner
Hubbard
64-Hour Law for Women Workers Violated in Austin
Information reaches labor department that industries within the act violated the 64 hour limit for women workers at Austin. Commissioner Starling reports the breach, under the provisions of the law, with details not yet fully disclosed.
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Austin
Tex
Labor Department
Labor
Starling
Texas transfer firms face bid doubt over parcel post growth
San Antonio hosts a conference of Dallas, Houston, and Carter-Mullery transfer heads who fear four year mail contracts from July 1 1914 may hinge on parcel post growth estimates. They warn bids could be unaffordable without contract reform basing on wagonloads hauled.
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Texas
San Antonio
Louis Horner
Dallas Transfer Company
George A. Hill
Houston Transfer Company
H. E. Hildebrand
Carter-Mullery Transfer Company
Post Office Department
H. B. Hildebrand
Parcel Post
Unemployed Get Work in San Francisco Hospital Site
Free sleeping quarters and meals, plus a potential 1.50 for four hours of work, will be offered to 1000 unemployed men to clear a site for a new hospital. Vacant stores are being converted into temporary lodging as city authorities expect to alleviate the city’s unemployed housing needs within days.
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San Francisco
Cal
Taken from Calumet Moyer amid miner strike tension
Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, was deported from Calumet Michigan on Friday. The move sparks strong sentiment among striking miners and heightened tensions in the district.
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Miners Federation
Calumet
Montreal Water Famine Strains City Resources
Montreal endures extreme cold as a 60 foot intake-pipe break from the St Lawrence cripples water supply. Hospitals and hotels ration water, fires go out due to no steam boilers, rails struggle for loco water, and officials warn of fire and disease risk while repairs loom.
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Montreal
Lavelle
St. Lawrence
U.S. Lags in Ostrich Raising, Says South African Breeder
A South African ostrich breeder told U.S. Agriculture officials that the United States is about 25 years behind in ostrich raising. The department plans to study ostrich feathers, with an employee to Arizona to examine issues there where ostrich feathers have sold for 90 dollars per pound. Arizona hosts most U.S. flocks, and officials see potential in an extensive American ostrich industry.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
United States
South Africa
Arizona
Department
Fire destroys five story building in St Louis center
A five story blaze in downtown St Louis caused 250000 dollars in property damage. One hundred and fifty St Regis hotel guests were awakened in night clothes as flames leapt toward the hotel. Six firemen were injured by embers. Principal losses included the Adams Stamp Company Harris Shoe Company McKnight Tailoring Company and the Y W C A downtown restaurant.
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ST. Louis
St. Regis
Adams Stamp Company
Harris Shoe Company
McKnight Tailoring Company
Colonel Kelly Dies In Louisville At 77
Colonel Robert Morrow Kelly longtime Kentucky bar member and former Louisville Daily Commercial editor from 1870 to 1897 died at his home in Louisville. A Kentucky native, he served as an officer in the Fourth Kentucky Infantry UCV during the Civil War and was 77. His death was linked to the recent death of his son Lieutenant Hugh Marsh Kelly who was killed in an American plane crash in California.
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Louisville
Robert Morrow Kelly
Kentucky Bar
Louisville Daily Commercial
Kelly
Kentucky
Fourth Kentucky Infantry
Hugh Marsh Kelly
U. S&s
California
Nephew of Mayor Jones killed in Texas fall
Samuel Jones aged 29 nephew of the late Mayor Jones of San Antonio died in a fall from a tree on Rocano ranch near Tilden Texas Friday night. A telegram to Police Captain Robert Pipes said details are unknown. The body likely will be brought to this city for interment. Jones had worked in railroads until two years ago and lived on the ranch. Relatives live in this city and Gonzales.
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Samuel Jones
Mayor Jones
San Antonio
Rocano Ranch
Tilden
Tex
Robert Pipes
Captain Pipes
Jones
J. R. Senn
Gonzales
Food Waste Provokes Calls to Harsher Action by Officials
Secretary of Agriculture Houston told congressmen that action should be taken against those who destroy food to boost prices. Representative Taylor pressed for harsher measures, citing fishermen discarding fish near New York to prop up prices. Houston noted corn and cotton burning as other examples.
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Washington, D. C
Houston
Representative Taylor
New York
Mr. Houston
Pure Food Commissioner heads to Fort Worth probe
Austin Tex Dec 27 Pure Food Commissioner J S Abbott has gone to Fort Worth to investigate reports of 15 car loads of canned goods shipped there in damaged condition The shipment may be seized and the merchandise confiscated if the department’s reports are correct
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Austin
Tex
Pure Food
J. S. Abbott
Fort Worth
Ten Day Light Want Ad Offer In The Old And New Year
An advertisement announces a ten day light want running from tomorrow including the last Sunday of the old year and the first Sunday of the new year. Cost is one half cent per word per insertion with refunds on unused insertions if the ad is discontinued.
Light Want Ads Drive Local Results in Southwest Texas
Light newspaper boast claims of largest paid home circulation in Southwest Texas and 100 percent higher local paid home circulation than any rival San Antonio paper.
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The
Light
Texas
San Antonio
Classified Ad Timing Notice for Sunday Listings
Eight O Clock tonight is the closing time for Sunday Light Want Ads to be properly classified. Ads received after 8 and until 10 will be placed in the Too Late to Classify column. Ads are accepted by phone Crock ett 1742 and 176. Rates show 15 words 1 time 15c 15 words 4 times 45c 15 words 7 times 60c 15 words 10 times 75c.
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Crockett
Moyer warns mob guilt after assault in Hancock
Green Bay dispatch reports miner leader Charles Moyer alleges he was beaten and shot by a mob in Hancock Michigan and transported to Chicago guarded by two thugs. He says a fifteen-member committee from Calumet & Hecla pressured him during a hotel confrontation and predicts return to Calumet under government protection to continue strike settlement. He denies owners oppose unions affiliating with the Western Federation of Miners.
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Green Bay
Wis
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Calumet
Hancock
Mich
Moyer
Associated Press
Chicago
Scott
Citizens’ Alliance
Waddell Mahon
Chicago,waukee and St. Paul
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Pederman
Moyer Confined to Berth on Train Home Fight Mine Owners
Charles H. Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners was confined to his berth on a Milwaukee bound train after being wounded. He said he would return to Calumet to confront mine owners, declaring a hostile warning from Calumet Hecla mines official James McNaughton. He described deputies aiding his assault and transporting him and federation auditor Tanner to the station as he provided a doctor’s statement detailing scalp lacerations and gunshot wound.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Calumet
Moyer
Hancock
James McNaughton
Calumet and
Hecla Mines
Meyer
Tanner
Federation
Chicago
Wisconsin
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Orient
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Ween
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M. Teen
Chicago Bank
Dewey
Assert
Calumet, Mich
U. S
Michigan
J. .W. Story
M. D.pin
Oumluesir Ucu
B. Henley
Citizens’ Alliance Cai Panica
Ital Italian Hall
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