Resignation of Griscom Confirmed and White House Society Bow
Washington confirms the resignation of Ambassador Lloyd C Griscom to Italy effective March 4. Beekman Winthrop accepts the post of first assistant secretary of state under President elect Taft. In the White House East Room Roosevelt’s daughter Ethel makes her formal bow to society. Deaths include Daniel Freeman near Beatrice Nebraska and San Francisco merchant Anthony Roose after illness. Admiral W L Capps to act as chief of the bureau of steam engineering. Alfredo Lee and Nat Goodwin matters noted. Thane W Maclay, Lincoln assist, dies in Yonkers.
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Washington
Lloyd C. Griscom
Italy
Associated Press
Rome
State Department
Ambassador Griscom
Beekman Winthrop
New York
the Treasury
Taft
Bacon
White House
Roosevelt
Ethel
Mrs. Roosesvelt
Miss Roosevelt
Daniel Freeman
Wig
Beatrice
Neb
Anthony Roose
San Francisco
W. L. Capps
United States Navy
Bureau of Steam Engineering
P. Laurence Lee
Severnl
Chicago
Middle West
Willard Stearns
Michigan
Meket
Adrian Press
Los Angeles
Nat Goodwin
FE. D. Dudley
Ocean Park
Edna Goodrich
Thane W. Maclay
Lincoln
Ford
John Wilkes Booth
Yonkers
N. Y
Multiple Fatal and Serious Accidents Reported Across Regions
A head on collision on the Michigan division near Carthage Indiana killed four trainmen as two trains were wrecked. Fire and derailment incidents in Amherst Nova Scotia Stokesland Virginia and Laporte Indiana caused deaths and injuries. Sheridan Wyoming mayor John S Taylor was found dead by suspected freezing. A fire damaged the Hussey and Carnation blocks in Sault Ste. Marie. A missing carpetter shop owner Alexander Kemp is believed dead. The loss will exceed seventy thousand dollars.
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Michigan
Carthage
Ind
Jogeins
Amherst
N.S
Stokesland
Sutterfield
Davis
Sherman Wiley
Malcolm
Town
John 8. Taylor
Sheridan
Wyo
Hussey
Sault Ste. Marie
Alexander Kemp
Fort Smith excursion train fight leaves one dead
In Fort Smith Arkansas a fight aboard a Regro coach of an excursion train left one Black man dead and two others wounded. Reports name Irwin Cooper and Nem Arnold Jr as involved, with a pistol duel seen as the quarrel’s cause. Also noted are events in Ponchatoula Louisiana and Seattle Washington involving J W Glenn and other figures. Eleven Chinese were found in a box car at Durango New Mexico, taken into custody.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Irwin Cooper
Ty Nem Arnold, Jr
Ponchatou- Ya
J. W. Glenn
Col
Myer L
Glenn
Waukesha
Wis
Seattle
Wash
Nimself
Eeployes
Duran
Chineas
Messina Calamity Relief And Aftermath Report
Widespread ruin follows the Sicilian earthquake and flood with tens of thousands dead or missing in Messina and Reggio. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena tour the destruction as relief efforts mobilize across Italy and international aid channels including the American Red Cross and Italian Red Cross.
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Sicily
Calabria
American Red Cross Society
Italian
Red Cro Society
United States
National Society
Red Cross
The
Christian Herald
Italian Red Cross Society
Progresso
AWFUL TOTALS NOT COMPLETE
Thousands of survivors wander the land amid missing totals and scarce supplies. Reports describe half starving, half naked people moving across barren distances as aid efforts struggle to tally and deliver relief. Local crews caution that incomplete figures hinder coordinated assistance.
Devastating Italian Earthquake Death Toll Soars
The January disaster in Messina and Reggio devastates towns, with 118000 dead claimed. Neapolitan refugees surge in, ships bring aid. Americans reported among victims. France and other nations send sympathy as relief, hospitals, and looting fears unfold. New York organizes rapid relief funding.
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New York
Rome Mourns as Messina Relief Efforts Intensify
Graphic reports from southern Italy and Sicily recount the devastation of earthquakes and fires. King Victor Emmanuel oversees rescue work in Messina while ships distribute rations and physicians tend the wounded. Refugees stream into Naples and Palermo as authorities plan to move survivors to safety, with quicklime used to handle the dead and foreign crews aiding tirelessly.
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Catania
Italy
Sicily
Rome
Ialy
Thors
Messina
Ien
Ose
Victor Emmanuel
Esty
Haly
Naples
Palermo
Strait of Messina
Victor Kaimanuel
Méssing
Drake
Maine town fireswept destroys homes and blocks
Skowhegan Maine reports a devastating fire in Water Street that damaged three business blocks and five tenement houses. Two houses were dynamited to halt the blaze, with eight hours of work before control. Assistance came from Winterville and Fairfield. A separate dispatch notes a $200 shortage by Charles D Swick as a cause for concern at an Iowa coal dealers association.
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Norfolk
Georgia
Hydrographic Office
Raltto
Landmary
Lord Duffer
Skowhegan
Water Street
Alsteq
Winterville
Fairfield
Swick
George Gregory
Iowa-Nebraska
Associaon
Tis
Bones Point To Murder In Burning Of Housekeeper
Chicago January police disclosed a murder after human bones were found in the furnace ashes of a fashionable apartment building. The victim is believed to be Annie Rusty a Negro servant. Police seek the husband who has disappeared.
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Chicago
Annie Rusty
Acquitted in Embezzlement Case at Aneta Post Office
Fargo January 1 jury in United States court acquitted Ober Iverson a seventeen year old Aneta post office clerk of embezzling 4.35. Shortage linked to stamp sales. defense claimed clerical mistake not criminal intent.
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Fargo
Jan
Ober Iverson
Aneta
United States
Iverson
Theatrical agent Paley arrested in Seattle on embezzlement charge
Admiral in Gullit Seattle January 3 Chicago seeks Herman Paley a theatrical agent wanted for embezzling funds entrusted for a bank deposit three months ago. He was arrested yesterday by a detective in Seattle.
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Gullit
Seattle
Wash
Chicago
Herman Paley
Mme Nordica Suffering Bronchitis In L A Home
Mme Nordica is ill with bronchitis and confined to the home of her sister Mrs Castillo in Los Angeles California as of January 3.
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Mme
Nordica
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Lake Shore
Laporte
Tuan
D. M. Wiser
B. L. Replogle
Messvia
Reggio
Helena
Toulon
Taormina
Campania
Genoa
Lipari Islands
Paris
Wilbur Wright
Ina Ae
Mar
Farthel
Eorr
Talia
Reggie
Rone
Mofiday
Indy and
Stelly
Kharoff
Artur
Cheney
France
Tatey
Palm
Messins
Ministry of Marine
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Mussina
Goiliti
Colat
Rico
Moi Aemh
Maine
Marshalltown
Iowa
Charles D. Swick
Bones
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