Pacifying the Province Rapidly Cracks Down in Manila's Zone
General J Franklin Bell intensifies action in Batangas with all troops in the field. Lopez family arrests disrupts insurrection, Leyte Samar conditions worsen as insurgents remain elusive. Captain Schoeffel wounded after killing three bolo men, saving remaining detachments. Balayan church crumbles after earthquake. Guardia de Honor arrests total twenty.
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Manila
J. Franklin Bell
Batangas
Wint
Dougherty
Tayabas
Bell
Island
Samar
Schoeffel
Ninth Infantry
Dapdap
Samar Island
Leyte
Albert L. Meyer
Eleventh Infantry
Ormoc
Meyer
Henry T. Allen
Mindoro
Signal Corps
Tarlac
Luzon
Guardia Honor
Pollilo
East Forn
Guardia de Honor
Balayan
Assassination at Home in Franklin County
At Franklin Kentucky a farmer named Press Hall was shot through a window at his hearth near his home killing him instantly. He was fifty five? years old and well known in the county. His wife and four children were with him and remain inside all night afraid to alarm others. Bloodhounds have been sent and authorities vow pursuit of the unknown assassin amid fear of lynching if captured.
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Franklin, Ky
Franklin
Mr. Hail
Ture
Four Die From Gas at Hartford Home After Defective Meter
Hartford Jan 6 An Anton Chaves his wife and two year old son Joseph and Miss Mary Devida aged eight were asphyxiated early this morning at their home on Newpark Avenue due to a defective gas meter. The tragedy underscores dangers of faulty meters and home gas leaks.
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Hartford
Conn
Anton Chaves
Joseph
Mary Devida
Newpark Avenue
Farmer Fatally Wounds Woman Near Shawnee
Near Shawnee Kansas a farmer Carl Fisher shot Mrs Mary J Wallace in the presence of her husband J H Wallace and their two young children The incident occurred ten miles west of Shawnee in the village of Shawnee Kay on June 5 1927 authorities report the woman likely fatally wounded and the man arrested
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Kansas City
Shawnee
Kay
Here
Carl Fisher
Mary J. Wallace
J. H. Wallace
Robbery Suspect Arrested After Shooting at Family Wagon
A family traveling by covered wagon from Rich Hill to Custer County Nebraska stopped near Fisher's farm. Fisher accused them of stealing corn from his cribs. A shot intended for Fisher struck Mrs Wallace. Fisher fled but was later arrested.
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Laces
Rich Hill
Custer County
Nebraska
Fisher
Wallace
Secret Galt House meeting linked to Goebel shooting
Louisville reports a Franklin county grand jury summoning Senator Deboe former Lieutenant Governor John Marshall and David W Farleigh to disclose details of a secret Galt House gathering in Louisville. Attendees included W S Taylor Adjutant General and others. meeting allegedly discussed aiding Governor Taylor to stay in office.
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Louisville
Courier- Journal
Deboe
John Marshall
David W. Farleigh
Franklin County
Frankfort
Galt House
Goebel
General Assembly
W. 8. Taylor
Coller
A. D. James
Three Men Killed in Georgia Train Collision
In Rex Georgia near Atlanta a head on crash between two Southern Railway freight trains killed three trainmen and burned derailed cars. Engineer C C Wallace of Atlanta, flagman Z H Harris of Jackson, and fireman Prather died. Whatley and Hicks, both engineers, were injured. The crash followed by alleged signal disregard on one train.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Rex
C. C. Wallace
Z. H. Harris
Jackson Ga
Prather
Whatley
Hicks
Denver Shoots for Martial Safety Committee
Denver plans a mass meeting to form a committee of safety to patrol streets at night with armed citizens. Residents would be required to justify presence, and police punishments would be intensified to deter crime. A resolution seeks to add one hundred police to the force.
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Denver
Committee of Safety
Venezuelan rebel steamer Libertador reports off coast
Reports from Willemstad Curaçao state the Libertador formerly Ban Righ left Martinique Dec 31 and anchored near Uchire Venezuela then sailed for the coast with General Matos and 300 volunteers. Three Venezuelan warships patrol Uchire as Caracas sees a bomb attack on Finance Minister Tello Mendoza’s home and Gen. Pietri is paraded in Caracas. Gen. Andrade from Willemstad plans New York voyage. Argentina Chile protocol ratification awaited.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Libertador
Fort de France
Martinique
General Matos
Uchire
Rio Chico
Venezuela
Caracas
Tello Mendoza
Juan Pietri
Castro
Antimano
Plaza de Bolivar
Pietri
Matos
Riera
Venezulean
Vela de Coro
Kipling poem stirs England over conscription debate
London readers hailed Rudyard Kipling's The Islanders as a bold attack on complacency and calls for universal service, while The Times criticized his neglect of naval needs. Halifa x report notes Manhattan troopship arrival with two American veterans bound for New Orleans and New York.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
the Times
England
Kipling
Britain
Mr. Kipling
South Africa
India
China
Times
Lord Rosebery
Rockefellers and Paris Gas Concession Rumor
Paris report claims the Rockefeller group seeks a gas concession for Paris. La Liberte condemns the idea as a threat to national industry and foreign competition, warning it would aid American imperial aims in Europe. In Berlin, Princess Louise, divorced and confined near Dresden, is declared hopelessly insane.
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Paris
la Liberte
Rockefellers
Europe
Berlin
Louise
Leopold of
Belgium
Philip of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Dresden
Dorothea
Ernest Genthier
Duke of
British war losses in South Africa total 4929 men
London reports that from the war’s start to December the total reduction of Great Britain's forces in South Africa, including deaths from disease and missing men, amounts to 4929. Of these, 1494 were killed or died. A total of 64330 men were invalided home, most of whom recovered and rejoined their commands.
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London
Great Britain
South Africa
Boers Ambush Scots Grays Near Bronkhorstspruit
Near Bronkhorstspruit about forty miles east of Pretoria a Boer ambush on a Scots Grays party last Saturday left six Britons dead and ten wounded.
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Pretoria
Scots Grays
Bronkhorstspruit
Miss Stone in Peril as Brigands Feud Rages
Miss Stone remains captive near Constantinople as brigands are pursued by Turkish territory inhabitants. A deadly feud among band leaders is reported, with deserters trying to reenter Bulgaria. Anxiety grows as the American legation awaits news from Drago man M Garginlo's interior mission and possible release rumors.
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Constantinople
Miss Stone
M. Garginlo
The
Legation
Satonika
Peking Ready for Court Return With Imperial City Repainted
Peking on the eve of the court's return features glittering palaces pagodas and temples repainted with yellow tiles and crimson walls. Thousands of Shan-Tung soldiers in modern uniforms march through Legation Street while foreign ministers decline to witness the re-entry. Rail and Manchuria treaty questions loom as British and Russian officials negotiate oversight and routes.
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Peking
Chen-Men
Shan-Tung
Legation Street
Chinese Foreign Office
Legations
Ernest Satow
Pao-Ting-Fu
Ten-Ti
Paul Lessar
China
Russia
Manchuria
Not Militant Enough Rabbi Hirsch Urges Jewish Strike Back
Chicago Zionists hear Rabbi Emil G Hirsch at a Medinah Temple mass meeting on the Palestine colonization plan. He supports limited self rule for a Jewish state if colonization proceeds, warns against inviting Jews to America, and urges Jews to defend themselves, ending with leaders reelecting Leon Zolotkof and I. Wolke and scheduling the next convention in Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Palestine
Medinah Temple Theater
Basle
Switzerland
Leon Zolotkoff
The
Knights of Zion
Emil G. Hirsch
Dr. Hirsch
Russia
Roumania
Galicia
South Africa
England
Jerusalem
America
Leon Zolotkof
I. Wolke
Milwaukee
Roosevelt too severe on Miles visit
The Army and Navy Register accuses President Roosevelt of overreacting to General Miles visit. It claims the full incident details were not reported and that Roosevelt spoke harshly and lost his temper, describing his approach as savage. It notes prior reprimand by order of the President and criticizes Roosevelt's behavior.
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Washington
Army and Navy Register
Roosevelt
Miles
General Miles
White House
Cattle Killed to Prevent Starvation in San Antonio
Over sixty days cows have been killed in San Antonio as owners, mainly poorer, cannot afford feed amid a drought lasting twelve months or more. No improvement is in sight for the region's forage supply and livestock condition.
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San Antonio
Disappearance of Allan Mallory alarms New York
Police issued a general alarm for Allan Mallory ten year old son of Chicago stock broker Charlies Mallory after he vanished in New York during a shopping trip with his mother en route to Boston. He is tall for his age with blue eyes and was last seen with railroad fare and $0 in money. He later apparently returned home to Chicago from Englewood.
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New York
Allan Mallory
Charlies Mallory
Chicago
Buffalo
Mrs. Mallory
Holland House
Mr. Mallory
Allan
Union Avenue
Englewood
Stamford
Conn
House Blast Wrecks Beale Howard Residence
Washington January 5 A boiler explosion tied to the heating system in the basement of the Beale R How ard house at 140 Sixteenth Street caused severe damage and may have claimed lives The blast toppled walls and rendered the five story home unfit for occupancy William Foegus the colored butler was badly scalded and cut his condition critical Estimated damage over 10000.
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Washington
Beale R. Howard
Sixteenth Street
William Foegus
Jesuit Church Dedicated in Chicago on Jan 5
The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows on Jackson boulevard and Albany street was dedicated today as the largest Jesuit edifice in the world. The ceremony featured music and papal representation by Archbishop Diomede Falconio. Bishop Muldoon led the exercises as crowds required crowd control by police.
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Chicago
Muldoon
Syndicate Is Solvent Says Newcomb on Bankers Panel
Cleveland Jan. The seven member bankers committee in charge of the Everett Moore syndicate resumes sessions tomorrow. They summarize three days work and describe ongoing property reviews to gauge indebtedness and obligations. Detroit United Railways is praised as a good investment though precise equity figures await official committee approval.
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Cleveland, CO
Bankers’ Committee of Seven
Everett-Moore Syndicate
Newcomb
Detroit United Railways
Committee of Seven
Foraker Re-Election Looms as Ohio GOP Consolidates
In Columbus on January 5 the Republican caucus nominated the Foraker ticket for the Senate and the Hanna ticket for the House. Committees and leadership lines follow the party bias with Price favored for judiciary and a Cincinnati chairmanship on municipal affairs. The liquor lobby drives a fusion with anti local option Republicans, while Daugherty allies back McKinnon and McElroy. Senator Foraker’s acceptance speech is planned after a joint senatorial vote next week. Bryan will not attend the Wooster banquet as scheduled.
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Columbus
Foraker
Senate
Hanna
House
Price
McKinnon
Judiciary
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
Republin
Daugherty
Hanna Men
McKinnon and
McElroy
Senator Foraker
Col
William Jennings Bryan
Wooster
New York Enforces Daytime Excise Rules Broadly
In Greater New York on January 5 a stricter ad hoc enforcement of Sunday and excise laws took place without a direct police order. Saloons catering to the better class were urged to bar noisy customers and intoxication, while lower tier establishments remained closed. Raines law hotels continued serving drinks with their usual sandwiches.
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New York
Shortage in Funds Sparks Embezzlement Probe in Bnai Brith
New York January 5 Officers of the order of B nai Abraham after a stormy session at the Grand Central Palace last Sunday said life insurance laws governing the order were violated and resolved to ask the state insurance commissioner to investigate alleged embezzlement with a view to punishing the guilty. The shortage may total twenty six thousand dollars upon further inquiry.
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New York
Order of B'rith Abraham
Grand Central Palace
Commissioner of Insurance
Hard Hit Range Ranches Grasp Rising Feed Costs
In San Antonio Texas January 5 a livestock report notes severe feed shortages due to near total grass failure and elevated feed prices. Farm owners report over one hundred horses and dairy cows facing steep nutrition and cost pressures as winter conditions persist.
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San Antonio
Tex
Bryan and Johnson Enter Hall to Hoorahs and Cheers
Audience erupts as W. J. and Tom L. arrive in the hall. Cheers and handclaps greet the pair while lengthy resolutions are read in honor of Mr. Roosevelt's perusal.
Bryan in Ohio and Connecticut for Jackson day events
W J Bryan, hosted by Mayor Tom L Johnson in Cleveland, will travel to Wooster Ohio then New Haven Connecticut for Jackson day banquets. He dismisses personal candidacy plans and notes the platform may include a money plank. He avoids predicting Democratic nominees while praising Johnson as a potential candidate. Cambridge Harvard to host Bryan next Saturday with a nonpartisan address titled A Conquering Nation.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
W. J. Bryan
Wooster
New Haven
Conn
Bryan
Tom J. Johnson
United States
Johnson
Soneris
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
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Chile
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Ek Leuvpold
Gas—La Liberte
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Pope Leo X
Archbishop Falconio
Canada
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Moore
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Ohio
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