Army chief General Bell warns of obsolescence in annual report
Major General James Sherman Bell former chief of staff of the United States Army is cited for deeming the army inadequate and antiquated. Born 1856 in Shelbyville Kentucky, he rose from the plains with the Seventh Cavalry to campaigns against Indians and fought in the Philippines earning a gallantry medal. He became a major general on January 3 1907.
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James Sherman Bell
United States Army
Plains
Philippines
Bell
General Bell
Shelbyville
United States Military Academy
Seventh Cavalry
Gideon Hope confronts Kane in bank room escape
In a dramatic pursuit, Gideon Hope stops Kane from stealing a cashier’s money. Kane fights back using a metal ruler but Hope warns the cashier Kane is a fugitive and dangerous. A violent struggle ends with the cashier injured as Kane escapes through a shattered upper window.
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Trust
Gideon Hope
Kane
Gideon
Worth
Hope
Hope Tracks Fugitive Through Mills For Secret Confession
Hope makes three failed calls on Kane's whereabouts then, deciding to corner the fugitive alone, heads to the mills. He notices a single illuminated room in the executive section and plans a cautious approach to seize incriminating documents and secure the suspect before nightfall.
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Kane
Executive
Kane and cashier scheme over large cash loan in night confrontation
Kane, agitated and unstable, summons a bank cashier at midnight. The cashier arrives with a bulging package and proposes a risky plan to move two hundred fifty thousand dollars in cash and use executive bonds as collateral. The scene ends with Kane revealing a personal turn of events as the plot unfolds.
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Kane
Hope
Pittsburg
Perry Kane
Man of
Earthquakes Hit Italy and Sicily in Historic Disasters
History records a series of quake disasters in southern Italy and Sicily, the region recently shaken by a new tremor. The note lists major events and impacts across the area, reflecting long history of seismic activity and regional vulnerability.
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Italy
Sicily
Dawn of a new era for Turkey compared to 1676
The article discusses a bloodless revolution in Turkey and the assembly of a new parliament under Abdul Hamid's July promul gation. It notes leaders like Prince Sabaheddine and questions whether the era will endure or be another ruse by the sultan.
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Turkey
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Young Turks” Party
Abdul Hamid
Committee of Union and Progress
Sabaheddine
Murad V
Millions in Santa's Mail Postals to Europe Reach $5 Million
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan reports that from December 2 to 16, 332,875 international postal money orders totaling 5,040,728.21 were issued and shipped abroad. The Lusitania carried 116,022 orders. Most of the remaining 216,853 orders went to several unnamed destinations.
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Europe
Edward M. Morgan
New York City
Duma votes to extend pension rise for officers
Remote world items note Russia extends wartime pension increases for army officers. Berlin reports Austria Hungary ready to pay Turkey 20 million for Herzegovina Bosnia annexation compensation. Indian authorities crush revolts, Belgium bans U S livestock amid foot and mouth scare. Monuments planned in Paris and Greece for actors and sailors. Jamaica quake fire claims settled at about 3.375 million. Dalai Lama remains in exile in Manchuria.
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Duma
Berlin
Austia- Hungary
Turkey
Herzegovina
Bosnia
Belgium
United States
America
Paris
Horace Wells
Hartford
Greece
Jamaica
Dalai Lama
Tibet
Manchuria
Wave of temperance sweeps three Southern states
The Friday midnight entry of statewide prohibition ends saloons in Alabama Mississippi and North Carolina as other Southern states inch toward dry status. Lawmakers vow court challenges and new campaigns in Texas Arkansas Tennessee and Virginia as liquor firms plan to test the laws with famed firms like Leon Weil joining Mobile in challenging legality.
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South
Alabama
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Commonwealth
Virginia
Louisiana
Georgia
Kentucky
Texas
Arkansas
Montgomery
Ala
Hquor
Leon Weil
Mobile
Rob Safe Burglary Nets $5 000 to $20 000 in New York
In New York, burglars pried open a jeweler Oscar C. Jackle’s safe at 866 Third Avenue after removing twelve steel bars from a cellar window. They worked openly by a gas light, removing the combination dial and manipulating bolts to release the lock, with police suspecting outside signalers.
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New York
Boldweas
Oscar C. Jackle
Third Avenue
Griscom to resign as ambassador to Italy in March
The State Department confirmed Lloyd C. Griscom will resign as ambassador to Italy, effective March 4. Griscom has long service in diplomacy including posts in Britain, Constantinople, Persia, Japan, Brazil, and Italy, with appointments by Roosevelt dating to 1906.
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Lloyd C. Griscom
Italy
Rome
State Department
Washington
Ambassador Griscom
Griscom
United States
Great Britain
Constantinople
Persia
Japan
Brazil
Roosevelt
Pastor Ends Life With Razor In Buchanan Apartments
Reverend Robert C. Dougherty, pastor of the Congregational church in Buchanan North Dakota, was found dead in his upstairs apartment near the State Bank. A razor lay in his hand and a note appeared to be written December 23 revealing he borrowed a neighbor’s revolver but did not use it. Dougherty was formerly connected with Kansas City.
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Robert C. Dougherty
Congregational Church
Buchanan
N. D
Buchanan State Bank
Dougherty
Kansas City
Madison Square Garden to Host Two More Marathon Races
QODS BENDS reports two additional Marathon races planned for Madison Square Garden New York. General Watts a 3 year old colt at 2 06 percent will not race next year as his owner planned. Fred Conklin former Amateur Billiard Champion defeats Calvin Demarest amateur champion now pro in six game handicap contest 350 to 414 in Chicago. Mr Geers has driven twenty four trotters to 2 10 or better fastest The Abbot 2 08 percent.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
General Watts
Fred Conklin
Calvin Demarest
Chicago
Mr. Geers
Abbot
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National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Stevens
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Maine
National Conference of Charities and Correction
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Samuel B. Donnelly
Brooklyn
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Leach
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Typographical Union, No. 6
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Arbitration Board of the Building Trades
Panama Zone
Lexa von Aehrenthal
Russia
England
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Alhrenthal
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Tope
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Percy V. Kane
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