Tragic Pangsuure Fire Trampling Kills Dozens at Christmas
A Christmas celebration at a Calumet copper mine hall ends in disaster as a false fire alarm triggers a fatal stampede. Seventy four bodies are recovered and the panic halts access to exits. Among the dead are thirty seven girls and nineteen boys. The scene prompts medical aid and shocked relatives. Married women teachers in New York deemed better instructors and disciplinarians. Burglars steal a safe from the Lackawanna station at Jamesville, carting it away on a handcar. no money inside.
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Calumet
Mich
Umhbart
Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg Defies German Parliament on Constitution
Dr Bethmann Hollweg, the imperial chancellor, defied the German parliament by opposing Socialists amendments to the constitution. The proposed changes would shift control of the chancellery to the emperor and impose emergency measures at the house's demand.
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Bethmann Hollweg
Parila
Socialieta
Ohan Naibia
Providia Diemigsal
Torreon Besieged by Rebels
Rebels besieged Torreon as government forces clash with insurgents in the region. Reports indicate nearing siege developments around the city once held by federal commander Refuges Velanes in the conflict over control of the area.
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Torreon
Mexico City
Foubulla
Velanes
Eles
Gayaee
Francieco’s Voyage and the 1914 Panama Canal Controversy
A fragmentary note recalls Ran Francieco and a voyage from a distant land in 1914. It mentions the Panama Pew and Dental Congress and hints at hopes or plans tied to a voyage or passage, with unclear details and wording.
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Tery
Panama
Royer deported after meeting on panics relief strike impact
Calumet Cheleta H Royer was placed on a train and deported after a relief committee said federal agents forbade accepting any portion of the 25000 raised for panic victims. A Hancock meeting with Moyer failed to secure a retract, and Moyer with Tanner then left on a train to Chicago guarded by three men.
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Calumet
Checlea
Alliance
Moyer
John Tanner
Federation
Hancock
Houghton
Copper Range Railroad
Chicago
Andrew C Nelson Dies Utah Educator Leader
Salt Lake City reports the death of Andrew Clarence Nelson state superintendent of public instruction and first vice president of the National Education Association. A Utah native born January 20 1864 in Ephraim he endured cancer for twenty five years with nine surgeries. He championed education from boyhood onward and left a lasting impact on Utah schools.
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Salt Lake City
Andrew Clarence Nelson
Utah
National Education Association
United States
Nelson
Meda F. Nelson
Margaret Hansen Nelson
Ephraim
Sanpete County
Major Radium Plant Directed by U S Government
Denver with the National Radium Institute directing operations, the world largest radium producing plant is to be established in Denver under US oversight. Oldest twins William and Samuel Muney, 98, celebrate birthdays in the United States. A trolley collision in Los Angeles injures two fatally and thirty two others, all attending a Christian celebration. Siamese twins joined at the torso in Paris seek surgical separation. a newborn girl is the joined twin.
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Denver
United States
Iite
Acientiste
Hebgica
Muney
Willian
Samuel
Los Angeles
Cal
Aireot
la Garvensa
Wabur
Parla
Win
Villa Orders Executions as He Drives Fed Sail to Ojinaga
General Francisco Villa directs the Huerta army to execute federal officers and compel their troops into service as his expedition nears Ojinaga across the border. Federals, led by Generals Castro and Orosco with about 4000 soldiers, retreat toward the United States.
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Juares
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Chihuahus
Ojinaga
Berger
United States
Villa
Huerta
Chihuahua
Francisco Castro
Pascual Orosco
Dewey Begins Birthday Duties at Naval Board
George Dewey observed his seventy sixth birthday by arriving at his office early to perform duties as president of the naval general board. The admiral set the tone for the celebration with formal engagement and continued service in his high post.
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Washington
George Dewey
Naval General Board
Montessori Lectures Reach American Audiences In Transit
Italian educator Dr Maria Montessori lectures to her students in the United States with stops in San Francisco, James W Moore, and a city street related encounter. Meanwhile in Aberdeen Washington a trio including Frank Walton Cleveland Jackson and Linkay Powler Quinlaulk face counterfeiting charges.
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Maria Montessori
Thie
Aberdeen
Wash
Frank Walton
Cleveland Jackson
Linkay Powler Quinlaulk Lidian
Peace prospects and Huerta opinions in Mexican affairs
The report outlines possible peace moves favoring a cabinet member, with Huerta considering field service against rebels. Villa counsels discuss reconciliation, a provisional president, constitutional restoration, and elections. Ratified land seizures and large-scale constitutional questions are noted as ongoing issues.
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Huerta
Villa
Mill Destroyed by Fire at Daly-Weet Mill and Holmting Works
Park City Utah a fire likely from a defective furnace in the boiler room at 7 am Sunday morning leveled the Daly-Weet mill and holing works causing an estimated 150000 in property loss and leaving about 300 workers idle with potential losses reaching several hundred thousand before operations resume. The mill had closed December 4 for a four day Christmas holiday and only three men remained to fight the blaze as flames swept through frame buildings.
Chicago Federation urges Congress to investigate copper country tragedy
The Chicago Federation of Labor urged Congress on Sunday to investigate conditions in Michigan's copper country. Resolutions blamed mine owners and their agents for the Christmas Eve disaster that killed several children and adults.
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Chicago
Congress
Michigan
Chicago Federation of Labor
Sevsarees
Chackleton plans 1914 South Pole expedition from South America
Sir Ernest Shackleton declares in a Times letter his aim to lead a new Antarctic voyage in 1914. He intends to sail from a South American port to cross the polar continent coast to coast and return via New Zealand. A Hungarian interior minister warns municipalities to delay emigration to the United States until economic conditions improve.
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London
Ernest Chackleton
the Times
South Pole
New Zealand
Vienna
Hungary
United States
Ourrage Leader Dying In Ill Health
A fall two weeks ago and ensuing complications bring Lillie Devereux Blake to death at a sanitarium. Louisville editor Morrow Kelly, a senior Kentucky lawyer and editor of the Louisville Daily Commercial from 1870 to 1897, dies Sunday. Montreal reports zero weather with a famine noted and a professor of Canadian theory among the figures active.
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Ourrage
New York
Mra
Lillie Devereux Blake
Wouls
Seffrege
Dy Lag*at & Sanitarium
Kentucky
Loularilie
Hebert Morrow Kelly
Montreal
Mysterious Trial Report From Seat Hoek County
Attorney for the federation, C. H. Hitom, alleges Moyer was attacked by armed men during a mob action. He claims Moyer was beaten, struck with a revolver belt, shot in the deck, dragged, and left for dead before being told to flee.
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Houghton County
C. H. Hitom
Federation
Moyer
Chamber of Commerce backs legislative reference bureau plan
Washington delegates vote 435 to 16 in referendum endorsing Congress establishing a bureau of legislative reference and bill drafting in Washington. Delegates cite need for expert analysis and streamlined lawmaking for national legislation.
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Legisisters
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Congress
Precious Gaede im Safety Vault in San Francisco
Precious seeds, product of Luther Burbank’s quarter century of experimenting, are held in a safety vault in San Francisco. The note hints at a valuable horticultural lineage and a guarded stock associated with Burbank’s pioneering work.
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San Francisco
Luther Burbank
American man found dead in Paris with letters on body
A man believed to be American was found hanged in a tree at a location described as the Boy de Hologue in Paris. Letters on the body were addressed to Svensk Tele, suggesting a possible connection to a Swedish telecommunication firm.
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Paris
Svensk Tele
Senator Lewis sails from New York to Europe
Lewie Sails for Eurepe from New York as James Mamiian Lewis and other U S senators depart to the Lemdon conference at sea amid tensions over Albania. Reports say Marian troops seized four Albanian villages Kolovosti Novossle Mtresora and To bojan as powers dispute control. Entire Family Mil ted found dead in Glew bed.
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Oviine
Albania
Vienna
Hare
Cater
Mervian
Kolovosti
Novossle
Mtresora
Tobojan
Albagla
New York
Heare Keel
Bia Wite
Thes
Glew
Northwest Notes summarizes scattered regional news items
A compact roundup covers resignations and career moves in rail and mining sectors, legal cases including bigamy verdicts, state mineral production figures for Wyoming, church funding for a cathedral in Helena, a Oregon state labor ruling, a Denver damage suit over a baseball park accident, trail project plans through Nevada to Utah, Tonopah mine outputs, and university charity efforts in Oregon.
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Davis
Geethers Pecin
Tasters
Raveheim
Savery
Washoe
Gans
Minden
Garizerville
Nev
Lalu Eiler
Sestite
Presk Gregory
Denver
Min Edler
Hare
Carrol
Cruse
State Supremse Court of
Oregon
Sheriod Rand
District Court
Aeserta
Abe
Washington Park
Neveds
Utah Line
Hor Eider County
Utah
Amma Fri
Univerity of
Eugema
Tage
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Enite
Gaiy
William H. Maxwell
Board of Education
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Lackawanna Railroad
Dantiste
Mit
Royer
Burke Zone
Andrew C. Nelson
Dewey
DR. Maria Montessori
Auta
San Frasckog
James W. Mo
Dune
As Hilomobie
Tet Dylog
Market Street
Carmen
Huerté
Huarta
Canadien
Ota
Henry J. Man
Quiberliy
Saber
Tian
Hoek
Lopez
Sean
Thomas Meaderthh
Lopes
Andy
Northwest
Cole Geides
Davenport
Australia
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