Scotland Yard Pipes Clash On Republic Streets
Two Scottish men named Roses and John Fergpton were arrested after police found them with a bagpipe on Republic streets. Captain Tennant seized the pipes and a loud blast echoed, leading to one man fleeing. both face loitering charges and will appear in police court.
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Roses
John Fergpton
Rooney Folgich
John Waa
Waa
Waah
John Ware
Byetandera
Johne
Police
McDonald
John
Republic
J. McDonald
Charles Tennant
Capt. McDonald
Tennant
Wardenturga
Light vote cast in city bond election amid apathy
Citizens vote on bonds for city projects as interest appears slight and saloon hours draw more attention than the outcome. Polls stay open until 7 pm with results uncertain as districts report heavy turnout in fog work areas and supporters claim the bonds will carry. The municipal committee and Seattle Commercial Club had postponed a safety inquiry into the Seattle Electric railway equipment to the next Tuesday.
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Pontile
Pro Bomiscae
Seattle Commercial Club
Central Labor Council
Seattlie Electric Company
No Mills on Cedar River Proposed by Tacoma Firm
Health Commissioner Dr Crichton and City Engineer Thomson report steps will prohibit building a lumber mill on Taylor Creek, a Cedar River tributary, to protect about one fifth of the city water supply. The Pacific States Lumber Company of Tacoma proposed a mill five miles up the creek but will not be allowed to proceed. City council members are drafting an ordinance to enforce the ban.
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Taylor Creek
Cedar River
Crichton
Ena Heer Thomson
Pacific States Lumber Company
Tacoma
Fels-Naptha Soap Campaign Promises Big Labor Savings
A salesman touts Fels-Naptha as superior to substitutes, claiming four million hours weekly saved by women nationwide. He argues the soap cuts wash time, improves health, and reduces effort, urging readers to try it with indoor-use washing instructions and wrapper notes.
Earthquake devastates Italian towns causing massive casualties
Reports from Sicily and Calabria describe a devastating quake with over 12 000 dead in Messina and widespread destruction. Bagnara and Catania suffer fires and collapse while Giovanni is cut off. Refugees crowd camps as looting and panic spread and international naval ships move toward Messina to aid. The crisis leaves entire populations homeless and rescuers strained.
Ships Justice and Verite Rush To Messina For Rescue Work
Paris dispatch reports Pratece ordered the battleships Justice and Verite with three destroyers to proceed to Messina under forced draft to aid in rescue efforts following the disaster.
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Paris
U. P
Pratece
Justice
Verite
Messina
Eruption Fears Grow as Mt Etna Threatens
In Catania Sicily reports say Mt Etna shows 7 percent activity with detonations heard beyond the volcano. A deadly clash between soldiers and looters at Messina kills multiple, including General Costa and Bishop commander of Messina garrison.
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Catania
Sicily
U. P
Mt. Aetna
Messina
Costa
Wishop
Opera star Caruso donates salary to quake relief fund
Metropolitan Opera Company plans benefit performances for earthquake victims with members from the affected regions. Signor Caruso pledges to donate his weekly salary of 2500 dollars to the relief fund, joined by other opera stars in supporting the cause.
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New York
U. P
Metropolitan Opera Co
Signor Caruso
Earthquake Rips Cantanzaro Half Alive Camped Survivors
Cantanzaro Italy reports eight percent of 25000 residents dead or wounded after the quake. Martial law holds as relief work proceeds with scarce food. Supplies are seized and distributed to survivors camping outside the town while hundreds with severe injuries lack medical care.
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Bagnara
Catanzaro
Cantanzaro
Italy
U. P
Roosevelt sends condolence to King Victor Emmanuel
President Roosevelt dispatched a cable of condolence to King Victor Emmanuel expressing American sympathy for Italy's misfortune. He noted that the American National Red Cross society would issue an appropriate reply or action in response.
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Washington
VU. P
Roosevelt
Victor Ammanuel
Italy
American National Red Crows Society
Tribute Drive Binds Nations in War Bond Appeal
Citizens rally for wartime support through a nationwide bond drive. Organizers highlight Italy and allied nations pledging resources while communities collect funds to aid military operations and reconstruction efforts.
Italians Plan Appeals for Italian Sicilian Earthquake Victims
Chicago opens a subscription fund to aid earthquake victims in Italy. In San Francisco, prominent Italians plan an appeal this afternoon for contributions as the disaster death toll rises, with many meetings scheduled to organize relief efforts.
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Chicago
Italy
San Francisco
Ry U P
University of California Red Cross to Mobilize Funds
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler calls UC Red Cross to organize an immediate appeal for Italian earthquake relief funds. In New Haven, Connecticut, concern grows over lack of word from Yale alumnus Dr. Arthur Cheney, American consul at Messina, amid fears he may be missing.
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Bderkeley
Cal
U. P
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Red Cross Society
New Haven
Conn
Arthur Cheney
Yale
Messina
Messina A Mediterranean Seaport Rich in History and Trade
Messina is a walled seaport and provincial capital with a citadel and forts guarding its harbor. The modern town, rebuilt after 1783, features two story houses, broad lava-paved streets, and many churches and palaces including the viceroy’s palace and grand seminary. In 1901 exports reached 16.85 million dollars and imports 4.12 million. population was 146,823 with a university founded in 1548 and 692 students that year.
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Messina
Etralt
Mediterranean
Zanete
Jasaretta
Zancle
B.C
B. C
Court Sccres Young Thieves in Juvenile Case
Judge Frater sentences Li yrarold Willttame and 18 year old Ciwade Wheeler who pleaded guilty to breaking into the Salmon Bay grocery on December 21. Sentence suspended for Roy Hayes, 18, accused of grand larceny. Boys warned to report to their heroes at 9 each night or face further consequences.
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Frater
Seattle Alaska Day plan urged to press roads drive
Alaskans endorsed a Beattie Alaska day to draw Congress and the nation to Alaska road needs. The Alaskans say a $1,000,900 fund is required immediately for Alaska road construction.
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Congress
Alaska
Fer
Alaskan Club
Beckman Winthrop Accepts Assistant Secretary Post
Beckman Winthrop of New York, currently assistant secretary of the treasury, announced he has accepted the assistant secretaryship of state to succeed Robert Bacon. It is believed Secretary Root will resign soon and Bacon will lead the portfolio until the new Taft cabinet forms and Senator Knox becomes premier.
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Washington
U. P
Beckman Winthrop
New York
the Treasury
Robert Bacon
Root
Bacon
Taft
Knox
State clubs advertise fair at chamber meeting
Eighteen state clubs attended a Cham ber of Commerce meeting to promote the A P exposition. H L Biser of the New York club chaired the session and Moncreiffe Cam breon of the New England club assisted. A proposal to set downtown visitor reception HQs was discussed and efforts to gain legislative appropriations were noted.
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Chamber of Commerce
H. L. Biser
New York Club
Moncreiffe Cambreon
New England Club
North Star Mines declare December dividend in Grasse Valley
Nevada City California December 15 The North Star mines of Grasse Valley paid a December dividend of 187500 dollars equal to 7 percent of the capital stock of two million dollars The company also says the North Star is the deepest and richest mine in California.
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Nevada City
Cal
North Star Mines
Grasse Valley
North Star
California
Post Office Employees Honor New Postmaster Roswell
Seattle branch postal workers invite Mayor Miller to a banquet next Friday at Butler Annex honoring Geo. F. Roswell, the new Postmaster.
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Seattle
The
Postoffice Employes’ Association
Miller
Butler Annex
Geo. F. Roswell
Schurman Praises Eliot at Cornell Alumni Banquet
Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman praised Charles Eliot as the greatest citizen since Grover Cleveland in a Cornell Alumni banquet address at the Washington hotel last evening. He urged general university courses and voiced support for college athletics without worry over athletic issues.
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Cornell
Washington Hotel
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Charles Eliot
Harvard University
United States
Grover Cleveland
Schurman
Cannon May Stay Speaker But More Listener Now
Joe Cannon may remain speaker but must be more of a listener than before as capital and labor combine pressure on House leadership.
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Joe Cannon
Former actress pleads for pardon for convict Griffin
Violet Webber wife of a Nashville attorney travels from the south to San Francisco to seek clemency for Robert W Griffin actor soldier and convicted bigamist serving one year at San Quentin She enlists Lieut Governor Warren R Porter and support from Theatrical Mechanics association the Musicians union and local actors to petition Governor Gillet for executive mercy.
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San Francisco
U. P
Violet Webber
Nashville
Tenn
Robert W. Griffin
San Entin
Webber
Warren R. Porter
Theatrical Mechanics’ Association
Musicians’ Union
Jocal Theatrical Men
Gov. Gillet
Griffin
Violet Hoggine
D. E B. Evans
Tevis
Crocker
New York
Star's Foundling Soon Finds Home
A three month old stray puppy found by a Star staffer in Seattle was offered free to a kind home. Within an hour a local gentleman adopted the waif, and the office has since been flooded with inquiries. Many families waited in line as news of the find spread.
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London
U. P
Arthur J. Balfour
Great Britain
Sir Christopher Furness
Monster Co-Operative Shipbuilding
Balfour
Labor Co- Operative Association
Seattle
Steamers to Arrive From Tacoma and Panama
On the front page a list notes the German steamer Betos arriving tomorrow from Tacoma where it has coal, the British steamer Teucer of Blue Funnel also due tomorrow for the Orient, the Titan arriving today from Tacoma to discharge at Wall St dock, the Norwegian Henrik Ibsen en route from Panama, and the transport Dix arriving Sunday in Honolulu from Nagasaki and bound for this port in ballast to load cargo for the Philippines.
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Betos
Tacoma
Teucer
Blue Funnel
Orient
Titan
Wall St
Henrik Ibsen Fe
Panama
Dix
Sun- Gay
Honolulu
Nagasaki
Philippines
Fight Bloody Duel With Knives In Restaurant
In Richmond California on December 23, Eric Lonnholm a Swedish restaurant cook is hospitalized in serious condition from knife wounds after a knife duel with Louis Sebia an Italian dishwasher who allegedly named Pugland ships of war in the confrontation. Both men face charges of assault to murder.
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Richmond
Cal
U. P
Eric Lonnholm
Louis Sebia
Pugland
Chain Gang Eats But Stays Idle
Jailer Tom Smith reports chain gang prisoners receive the same fare as usual and will continue to. The breakfast menu includes half a pound of steak mush coffee and fried potatoes. Prisons refuse to work citing insufficient food while Sheriff Smith is away and city authorities claim responsibility for safe confinement.
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Chain Gang
Tom Smith
Smith
Fali
Herrin Co Sells 500 Shares At 20 Cents Each
H. M. Herrin & Co conducts a small stock issue involving 500 shares priced at 20 cents per share. The transaction venue is listed as 6 Scheuermann, indicating a potential broker or office location.
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H. M. Herrin & Co
Scheuer Mann
Eee
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Lfe
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Catangaro
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Malta
Alpe
Palermo
Hy U. P
France
Chicago State Fund
Frisco
Bpain
Trinidad
Macuro
Cipriano Castro
J. Vincente Gomes
Miranda
Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Portland
Frederick & Nelson, Inc
Skinner's
Frederick & Nelson
Eliot
T. P. Pay CO
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Mehihorn Bldg
Meek Vane
Star’s
Foundling
Japan
Yakima
Creamerie
Second Av
Madison
In the Star
Westberg & Bee
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