Battle near Rama yields heavy losses with Zelaya’s surrender
Gen Estrada wins at Rama as 600 government and rebel troops fall casualties mount. 1900 Zelaya troops surrender including Gen Gonzales. Two Americans reported killed as Des Moines surgeons tend the wounded. Rocreo and Tatumbla captured in eight-mile front. US to aid starving prisoners with relief and possible Congress funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Estrada
Rama
Zelaya
Gonzales
Shipley
Des Moines
Rocreo
Vasquez
Tatumbla
Recreo
Mena
Godfrey Fowler
Thirty-third Infantry
U. S.A
United States
Washington
State Department
Moffat
Panama
Red Cross
Knox
Congress
Tacoma
Utah Battleship Launched at Camden Navy Yard
The Utah, a leading all big gun battleship, was launched at Camden New Jersey by the New York Shipbuilding Co. Miss Mary Alice Spry of Salt Lake City broke a champagne bottle to christen the vessel. The ship is described as the United States Navy’s most powerful yet and will surpass the Delaware and North Dakota in firepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Utah
United States
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Mary Alice Spry
Salt Lake City
United States Navy
Delaware
North Dakota
Congress
Fragmentary report on Sixth district ballot proceedings
A damaged fragment notes Butler Missouri on December 24 where discussions over ballot efforts continued in the Sixth district. The text shows repeated mentions of meetings and a large number of ballots but remains largely obscure with unclear outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Meddiock
Peart
Gates Still Wing Inward Washington Figures
Prepared at the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization the inward movement during November shows aggregated 116 650 of whom 86 04 were immigrants who expect to make the United States their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Immigration and Natutalgation
United State
Taft Plan Aims to Overhaul Interstate Transportation Law
Washington reports outline five core changes to the Interstate Commerce Act as drafted by President Taft's committee. The Interstate Commerce Commission backs the proposals including physical valuation of railroads, empowered rate action during investigations, authority for through routes, and federal control over railroad capitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Taft
One Dead As Metropole Hotel Fire Rages
Winnipeg on December 22 fire tore through the Metropole hotel killing John Altrock a railway freight checker and injuring Hilda Brown a waitress and George Baxter a painter. The two jumped from third floor windows and forty others were forced to jump from second and third floors to the icy sidewalk. Guests fled in night clothes and suffered exposure with several badly frozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Metropole
John Altrock
Hilda Brown
George Baxter
Senator McLaurin Dies at Brandon Home
United States Senator A J McLaurin died suddenly at his Brandon home from heart failure. He collapsed while seated in a rocking chair in his library as family members reached him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
United States
A. J. McLaurin
Brandon
Senator McLaurin
Roosevelt Arrives in Kampala Uganda after Entebbe visit
The American expedition led by Col. Roosevelt arrived in Kampala. They were greeted by Subcommissioner F A Knowles and traveled by motor car from Entebbe while the rest reached by steamer. Col and Kermit Roosevelt hosted a luncheon at the government house and a public reception. They met Mill Hill mission and King Daudi Chwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kampala
Uganda
F. A. Knowles
Col. Roosevelt
Entebbe
Col
Kermit Roosevelt
Government House
Mill Hill
Daudi Chwa
Senate confirms twenty six diplomatic appointments
In Washington on December twenty second the Senate confirmed twenty six diplomatic appointments in executive session. No objections were raised to any nominee including William J. Calhoun of Chicago for the American ambassadorship in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William J. Calhoun
Chicago
China
Senate
Utah Battleship Launched at Camden Shipyard
The Utah warship was launched by the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden New Jersey with Miss Alice Spry daughter of Utahs governor as sponsor. It is described as the largest of its class ever built in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Camden
N. J
New York Shipbuilding Company
Alice Spry
Salt Lake City
United States
White Slave Bill Reported to House
The Mann committee on state and foreign commerce reports the white slave trade bill to the House after careful consideration. The measure aims to regulate and curb trafficking with emphasis on enforcement and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Ay
House Committee On State and ‘Foreign Commerce
House
Mann
Trade unions barred from compulsory levies for MPs
London December 22 The House of Lords final court of appeal held that a trades union may not compel its members to pay levies to fund parliamentary representatives.
Assassinations Hit Seoul Premier and Global Leaders
Seoul reports Premier Yi Chamm Yong was stabbed and fatally wounded in a jinrikisha attack carried out by a youth linked to a political secret society. The assailant killed Yi's jinrikisha porter, while police chief Karpoft was assassinated in St Petersburg by a bomb. In Bombay Nasik Chief Magistrate Jackson was killed by a native during a theatre performance. Roumanian Prime Minister was shot and wounded by an anarchist in Bucharest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Yie Chamm Yong
Marquis Ito
United States
St. Petersburg
Col. Karpoff
Secret Police
Viborg
Michael Vosskressensky
Karpoft
Bombay
British India
Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson
Nasik
Presidency of
Washington
State Department
Bucharest
Roumania
Copenhagen Panel Brands Cook Impostor Over Pole Claim
The University of Copenhagen committee report branded Dr. Frederick A. Cook an impostor for his pole discovery claim. Danish officials and explorers condemn his honesty with Knud Rasmussen and Peary claiming warning and certainty of the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pole
Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Denmark
Cook
Knud Rasmussen
Gustav Holm
Loose
Prof. Olufson
The
Danish Geographical Society
Peary
Washington
Labrador Coast
Robert BE
Dr. Cook
Seven Die In Mine Blast At Herrin Illinois
A gas explosion in mine A of the Chicago and Carterville Coal Company in Herrin Illinois killed seven men including the civil engineer and his helpers. Four bodies recovered. gas still present as rescue efforts continue. Wives and relatives of the 300 miners rush to the mine mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Ill
Chicago & Carterville Coal Company
Warriner Sentenced to Six Years at Hard Labor
Cincinnati December 23 Charles I Warriner former treasurer of the Big Four earned his release after ten years of silence as he pleads guilty to embezzlement prearranged with the prosecutor and lawyers The court’s six year sentence ends a chapter in a theft totaling at least 644000 amid sensational blackmail allegations involving a woman as the alleged mastermind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Charles I. Warriner
Big Four
Warriner
Fire consumes three wards at Central Asylum in Jacksonville
A fire at the north annex of the Central Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville destroys three wards. No deaths occur. some women suffer exposure but are not expected to die. About 50 refugees are moved to the general hospital at South Bartonville with space found in other state hospitals. Loss estimated at 40000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ill
Central Asylum For
Carrier
General Hospital
South Bartonville
North Annex
Duke of Connaught Likely to Become Canada Governor General
Montreal December 23 There is strong likelihood the duke of Connaught King Edward’s brother may succeed Harl Grey as governor general of Canada next year The proposal has been favorably received in both England and Canada
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Que
Duke of Connaught
Edward
Harl Grey
Canada
England
Meyer's Naval Plan in Force in Navy Bureau
Washington December 22 Rear Admiral Reginald F Nicholson assumed duties as chief of the bureau of navigation and found the Meyer plan of organization practically in complete working order across the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Washington
Reginald F. Nicholson
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Mark Twain Denies Imminent Death in Christmas Statement
Mark Twain in Redding Connecticut dismisses death rumors and wishes a Merry Christmas to all after returning from Bermuda. In Ashtabula Ohio a ferry worker believed drowned reappears in Conneaut Port Stanley. Wardlaw sisters indicted in New Jersey for the murder of Ocey Snead in East Orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redding
Conn
Mark Twain
Bermuda
Ashtabula
G. Lawrence
Marquette & Bessemer No. 2
Marquette & Bessemer Company
Conneaut
Port Stanley
Wardlaw
New York
Essex County
New Jersey
Ocey W. M. Snead
East Orange
Brooklyn Man Shoots Sister Then Commits Suicide
Abraham Bennett Jr. of Brooklyn killed his sister in their hallway after she refused to give him money and then fatally shot himself, in a deadly domestic incident in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abraham Bennett, Jr
Brooklyn
Noted yachtsman Cromwell Dies in Washington at 63
Oliver Caton Cromwell, one of the nation’s best known yachtsmen, died here after a stroke of paralysis. He was 63 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oliver Caton Cromwell
United States
Flo
King Leopold II Buried With Imperial Pomp
The body of Leopold II king of the Belgians was placed in the royal burial vault at the Church of St Mare Laeken beside Queen Marie Henriette and Princess Josephine. The funeral was conducted with full state pomp and ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Leopold II
St. Mare
Laeken
Marie Henriette
Josephine
Duke of Brabant
United States Life Endowment Company Solvent
In Chicago on December 23 Judge Dupuy instructed the jury to find for the United States Life Endowment Company in a suit brought by Fred W. Potter the state insurance superintendent. Potter's bid for a receiver was denied and the court ruled the company should continue in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Life Company
Chicago
United States Life Endowment Company
Servant Saves $5,000 Found In Miss Sullivan’s Trunk
In Kansas City a trunk of Margaret Sullivan who served 27 years in a downtown hotel revealed more than $5,000. The 65 year old, once thought penniless, died recently in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Margaret Sullivan
Hutchins Resigns Wisconsin Athletics Post
Dr. Charles P. Hutchins director of athletics at the University of Wisconsin resigns after three years citing the university's conservative athletic policy. He sent his letter to President C. R. Van Hise in Madison on December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchins
Wisconsin
Madison, Wis
Charles P. Hutchins
University of Wisconsin
C. R. van Hise
Hutchings
Development of Central Canada Inspires Immigration
The article touts Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta for settler farming. It notes 160 acre homesteads yielding 40 to 60 bushels per acre and higher with good management. Railways schools churches towns elevators and rising wealth signal rapid regional growth and a shift toward Canada as a major wheat supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Grand Trunk Pacific
United States
Eve's New Costume
Eve laments her fig leaf attire and isolation after the fall. Adam consoles her that they still have each other despite the awkward attire and social constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve
Adam
Chicago Record-Herald
They Came to Blows Over a Lobster Shrimp Insult
A quarrel escalated when Shrimp taunted Lobster as a measly little shrimp and Lobster retorted by calling Shrimp a lobster, triggering a fight between the two. The exchange exposes a petty dispute over names and pride.
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M’laurin
Mississippi
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Avti
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York
State Racing Commission
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Big Four Railroad
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Connaught
Servant
Central
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