Calumet Panics Inquest Faces Miner Fatal Plea For Truth
Calumet Mich December 29 with most of its dead buried the community turned to the coroner inquest into the Christmas Eve panic in Italian Hall which killed 72 people and to the investigation of the forcible ejection of Charles H Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners. Witnesses prepared to testify that the alarm may have originated near the hall center rather than the doorway. A public funeral was held for 59 victims including 44 children and thousands of miners with wives marched in the funeral procession while services echoed through churches and mourners moved between homes and graves. Striker delegations arrived by special train and other mine towns sent representatives to swell the march.
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Calumet
Mich
Italian Hall
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
John B. Densmore
Department of Labor
Moyer
Hancock
Hall
Negaunee
Ishpeming
Federal Action Opposed In Michigan Strike Dialogue
John B. Densmore of the Department of Labor met Governor Ferris in Big Rapids to discuss the strike. Ferris said no federal need to intervene and that Densmore came for conciliation, not a federal investigation. He added that Meyer or others may face the grand jury for justice.
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Big Rapids
Mich
John B. Densmore
Department of Labor
Ferris
Meyer
Grand Jury
Densmore
Michigan
Moyer Out of Danger After Hospital Shooting
Charles H. Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners is out of danger after being shot and brought to a Chicago hospital. Surgeons planned to decide today whether to remove the bullet from his shoulder as he was escorted from Calumet Michigan following the attack.
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Moyer
Chicago
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Calumet
Mich
Miners’ Union
Congressional panel weighs Calumet strike probe stance
In Washington on December 29 the House rules committee discussed a possible inquiry into the Calumet copper mine strike. Members indicated no federal question was involved, with Chairman Henry opposing any investigation and Acting Chairman Pou warning that a precedent could force probes into nearly all local labor disputes.
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Washington, D. C
Calumet
House Rules Committee
Henry
Pou
Osteopaths Meet in Wichita Convention Opens
Nearly 500 osteopathic physicians attended the Southwestern Osteopathic Association convention in Wichita as it opened with delegates from Missouri Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Nebraska Iowa and Kansas represented at the gathering.
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Osteopaths
Wichita
Kan
The
Southwestern Osteopathic Association
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Actress mortally falls from fifth story window in Chicago
CHICAGO Dec 29 Mrs George Secord 30 an actress fell or jumped from a hotel fifth story window and was killed. No witness to the fall. Her husband is an actor who left Chicago Saturday to join his company.
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Chicago
George Secord
Secord
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Monday night fair with frost risk then Tuesday turn to fair and warmer conditions. Stronger overnight cooling expected across the area with light winds and clear skies. Temperatures likely to rise back into milder levels by daybreak Tuesday.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather Observations From Major Cities At 8 A.M.
Observations show temperatures ranging from 18 to 32 degrees across cities. St Louis 30 cloudy NW wind 4 miles per hour. Chicago 32 cloudy SW wind 18 mph. Milwaukee 18 clear SW wind 12 mph. St Paul 20 clear W wind 16 mph. Kansas City 28 cloudy W wind 12 mph. New York 24 clear NW wind 14 mph with possible snow or rain. Boston 22 clear NW wind 10 mph with rising clouds and warmer. Washington 28 cloudy N wind 4 mph with rain or snow. lowest temperatures cited vary, around 2¢ in one entry.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Court orders opposed in white slave film case
In New York on December 29, Joan B. Stanchfield was named as counsel to press the fight over the presentation of white slave motion pictures. An order temporarily restraining the films was issued by the Supreme Court. A mass meeting is planned this week to protest police action and support the films with Norman Hapgood presiding and speakers including Mrs. Inez Milholland-Boisservain and Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont.
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New York
Joan B. Stanchfield
Paign
Supreme Court
Norman Hapgood
Bishop Denny recovers from poison mistake in Richmond
Baltimore December 29 Bishop Collins Denny of the Methodist Episcopal Church South was reported to have recovered from the effects of a poison dose he swallowed by mistake last Tuesday at his Richmond home. His brother said the bishop did not seek Baltimore medical care. A stomach pump was used after a physician was summoned.
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Baltimore
Collins Denny
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Richmond
Denny
James W. Denny
Suffragette Lillian Blake Ill in New Jersey Sanatorium
New York report says Mrs. Lilian Devereaux Blake, an 80 year old pioneer of the suffrage movement and longtime champion of women's rights, is ill in an Englewood New Jersey sanitarium and not expected to live through the day.
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New York
Lillian Devereaux Blake
Englewood
N. J
Blake
Three Vessels Destroyed In Gulf Storm
Three sailing vessels were lost in the Christmas Day Gulf storm but no lives were lost. The vessels Sirda Milwa and an unidentified schooner were wrecked and abandoned. Rescue boats saved each crew as passing ships reported the losses after docking at other ports.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf
Sirda
Milwa
Bandit Rokowski Held Off By 200-Strong Pursuit In Cabin
Pittsburg December 29 Henry Rokowski after last night s shooting killing Constable Windt and wounding two others escaped to a deserted cabin where he fired on approaching forces. A 200-strong posse and county detectives planned a dawn rush while Mrs Estella Yekbik lay near death from two bullet wounds and Ignatz Rapuxoski received aid. Rokowski s father was held as a witness after being beaten by his son.
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Pittsburg
Henry Rokowski
Martin Windt
West Homestead
Rokowski
Estella Yekbik
Rohowski
Hramestead Hospital
Ignatz Rapuxoski
Windt
Colonel Henry Exall Dies Prominent Texas Leader at 86
Colonel Henry Exall, president of the Texas Industrial Congress and a longtime Democratic figure, died in Dallas at 4 50 am from heart failure after a long illness. Born in Richmond Virginia in 1848 he served in the Confederate cavalry, later built a law career and became a major civic and agricultural advocate in Texas. He led farming improvement efforts and headed the National Corn Exposition set for Dallas next February, where he planned to award 10000 in prizes.
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Dallas
Tex
Henry Exall
Texas Industrial Congress
Exall
Annie FR. Elrod
Houston
Colonel Exall
Richmond
Virginia Confederate Cavalry
Ream's Station
Kentucky
Emma Warner
Owensboro
Texas
Exail
Miss May Dickson
Texas Volunteers Guards
New York
Exal
Chicago
Lomo Alto
Southwest
Congress
Magician Kills Wife and Baby Then Surrenders in Cincinnati
Cincinnati dispatch reports Robert Maloney a magician using stage name J R Willard killed his wife Othello Harriman and their one year old daughter in a local hotel room after claiming he saw the devil in their eyes. He was captured on a suspension bridge and his mind was described as unbalanced by the coroner.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Maloney
Othello Harriman
Little Rork
Ark
Cushing
Oklo
Maloney
J. R. Willard
Maloneys
CLEAR WEATHER PROMISE FOR COLD FROSTY NIGHT
Maj. Allen Buell of the local weather bureau says another clear, cold night with frost is likely as present conditions continue. The thermometer may not drop as low as Sundays 34 degree record. a fair weather map outlook shows high pressure over the west and Rockies. A storm has moved east to Florida, bringing rain and stormy weather along the southeastern coast.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Florida
McReynolds Returns to Capital After Holiday Vacation
Attorney General McReynolds returned to Washington today after a holiday break spent mostly with his mother in Elkton Kentucky.
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McReynolds
Capital
Washington, D. C
Washington
Elkton
Kathryn the Beautiful Heroine of McGrath Novel In The Light
Harold McGrath brings Kathryn to readers in The Adventures of Kathryn a thrilling tale of romance and adventure. The story appears weekly in The Sunday Light with a new chapter each Sunday. The Selig Company will adapt two chapters every other week for motion pictures shown at local theaters.
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Harold McGrath
Kathryn
Selig Company
Motion Picture
Admiral Upshur III Celebrates Ninetieth Birthday
Rear Admiral John Henry Upshur, retired dean of the United States navy, is slightly indisposed with advancing years after recently celebrating his ninetieth birthday. He is the oldest living Naval Academy graduate and vice president of the Aztec Club. A Virginia native, he is a veteran of the Civil and Mexican wars and retired in 1895.
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Washington, D. C
John Henry Upshur
United States Navy
Upshur
Naval Academy
Aztec Club
Virginia
Radium Cures Cancer Claim From Doctor Abraham Jacobi
New York news reports that Dr. Abraham Jacobi former AMA president and renowned authority on women and children's diseases was cured of cancer by radium He announced the finding at an Eastern Medical Society meeting in Buffalo as described in the current New York Medical Journal issue
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New York
Abraham Jacobi
American Medical Association
Eastern Medical Society
Buffalo
New York Medical Journal
Pennsylvania Coal Production Sets Record This Year
Washington December 29 reports that Pennsylvania surpassed prior coal output records. Geological Survey estimates indicate combined anthracite and bituminous production may total about 267 million tons in the year.
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Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
Geological Survey
Vermont Battleship Crippled in Norfolk Dry Dock
The battleship Vermont lies in a million dollar dry dock at Norfolk Navy Yard after a broken starboard propeller shaft on December 11 during a voyage 1200 miles off Hampton Roads. Several compartments flooded as water pours from the damaged section while the starboard shaft extends fifteen feet beyond the port shaft.
Redfield Announces U S Trade Information Bureaus
Secretary Redfield outlined a plan to establish information bureaus in principal U S cities including New York Chicago New Orleans and San Francisco to connect American merchants with overseas markets. Bureaus will hold government trade data and host consuls on leave and returning trade agents to aid exporters.
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Washington, D. C
Redfield
New York City
Chicago
New Orleans
San Francisco
Consular Service
United States
Velazquez Arrested On Political Charge In Santo Domingo
Federico Velazquez former minister of finance and last election candidate was arrested today on a political charge. Reports from across the republic indicate perfect order prevails.
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Santo Domingo
Federico Velazquez
Paris publisher W N Furey dies at age 60
Paris Tex Dec 29 W N Furey owner and publisher of the Paris Daily Advocate died last night after a long illness of heart disease He was 60 and had worked in Texas newspapers since the early days at Fort Worth and Dallas
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Paris
Tex
W. N. Furey
Paris Daily Advocate
Texas
Fort Worth
Dallas
First voters dance split rooms in Brooklyn event
New York dispatch notes the Men's League will host a January 15 dance at the Masonic temple in Brooklyn with two rooms set aside for new dances and old dances. Attendees who dislike the new dances may move to the other room.
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New York
Masonic Temple
Brooklyn
Schmidt Near Collapse as Jury Deliberates Murder Case
Hans Schmidt, charged with murdering Anna Aumul fer, faces a verdict likely today. Counsel predicts acquittal on insanity grounds, while prosecutors push for first degree murder. Schmidt reportedly grew weak in his Tombs cell amid mounting jury anticipation.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumulfer
W. M. K. Olcott
Schmidt
Couple Found Dead in Lower East Side Apartment
New York police investigated a double murder after a young woman identified as Mrs. William Ashau and a man identified as Albert Ragowski were found shot to death in the rear of a small Lower East Side apartment. Ragowski carried papers indicating he was a chair caner. two suspects were in custody.
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New York
Lower East Side
William Ashau
Albert Ragowski
Interstate Commission Halts Grain Freight Rate Hike
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended a proposed freight rate increase on wheat corn and other grains from Kansas City Nebraska Oklahoma and Colorado to Louisiana until May 1 for investigation. The measure delays a rise of two to eleven cents per hundred pounds affecting several midwest and southern routes.
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Washington, D. C
Kansas City
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Louisiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Airship Fleet to Be Increased
Washington reports that the naval estimate for the next season may rise by over 5 million dollars to fund a new airship fleet. The plan calls for eight to ten dirigibles to start the program.
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Washington
Daily Citizen
Naval
Wireless signaling device alerts mine stations at Bochum
A Bochum mining engineer has invented a wireless signaling apparatus to warn the pit mouth station when imminent perilous conditions arise inside a coal mine. The device offers rapid wireless communication to prevent disasters and enhance underground safety.
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Berlin
Bochum
Torney Funeral Wednesday at West Point for Army Surgeon General
Funeral services and burial for Brigadier General George H. Torney surgeon general of the army will be held Wednesday at West Point New York following his death here Saturday night. The ceremony honors a longtime military medical leader with burial to follow.
Frisco Preparing for Telegraph Strike and Phone Operations
Frisco railroad heads say a strike by telegraph operators and station agents will be called within hours if talks fail. Receivers prepared to run trains by telephone after installing equipment on over 2000 miles of main line. A conference ended with no agreement and a strike committee will decide if another meeting occurs.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis & San Francisco
J. A. Newman
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Telegraph strike prompts on rails and phones
Springfield, Mo Dec 29 The St Louis and San Francisco railroad reports telephone service installed in anticipation of a strike by 1100 telegraph operators ran smoothly today and trains moved on schedule. About 400 telegraphers were off duty after the dismissal order last night while station agents were retained to handle trains and operate station telephones.
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Springfield
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
E. D. Levy
Navy Deserter Identified by Fingerprint Experts
Navy deserter from the Marine Corps was identified after fingerprint experts detected irregularities in his prints. Strong acids burned his fingertips but failed to obscure the unique ridge patterns. A special effort read the lines and matched them to a Navy Department record, confirming his identity in Washington.
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Navy
Washington, D. C
Marine Corps
Navy Department
Leased Wire Day Report from Associated Press
The San Antonio Light notes it receives exclusively the Leased Wire Day report from the Associated Press, describing the service as the greatest and most reliable general news source worldwide. It mentions carrying its own large special news service and emphasizes AP’s broad coverage.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Amerie
Federal Forces Hold Quenagi as Huerta Banishment Demanded
London reports the admiralty confirms landing of sailors to Honduras to deter Mexican cross-border activity and protect order. In Presidio Texas the Mexican Federal army, near Ojinaga, prepares to confront the Constitutionalists as 4000 Federals and 4200 rebels clash with miles of overland march and scarce rations. Over the frontier, Fuerzas advance toward the Pass with likely seven day delay.
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London
BE Admiralty
Lancaster vi
Honduras
Pny
Presidio
Tex
Ortega
South End
Ojinaga
Feg
Fortifica
Heavy fighting reported near Tampico and San Luis Potosi
Rail action disrupts lines as federal troops gather for San Luis Potosi operation. Reported fighting involves Juventén Más Jén and Constituyentes forces. Communications north from Tampico through Saltillo are affected while the Tampico–San Luis Potosi rail corridor remains critical to military logistics.
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Tampico
Joaquin Maas
San _ Louis
Saltillo
Ti San Luis Potosi
Banished Huerta Demands in Mexican Constitutional Crisis
General Villa rejects any compromise with Huerta as the Constitutionalists press for Huerta’s elimination and his supporters, a restored constitution, land reform, and redistribution of vast estates. Villa vows to press toward Mexico City with a growing force as reports circulate on possible resignations and cabinet reshuffles in favor of constitutional control.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Francisco Jerday
General Villa
Nico City
General Huerta
Bigs
Ila
Huerta
Villa
Mexico City
Tha
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