Mixed Early 20th Century News Briefs From Across Regions
A wide range of items include U S senators and trusts, a coal train theft in North Yakima, and railway car supply bills. Reports cover fires in Lancaster and Detroit, a double homicide in Cloverdale, and a stove works blaze. Other notes mention Japanese Pacific coast plans, South Carolina roosevelt support, Fort Bayard hospital access, a Cherbourg submarine, the Ponce and Bermuda incidents, and the execution of an assassin.
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Viva Voloe
Senmwe Cau
Rerre
United States
Tia Témters
Cornwall
Tts
North Yakima
Wash
Electiens
Benator Culbertain
Joseph Blanchette
Cloverdale
Nhs
Michigan Stove Works
Detroit
Mich
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Honolulu
South Carolina Senate
Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Cherbourg
France
Ponce
St. George's Bay
Policemen Accused in Butte Express Robbery Conspiracy
Two police officers testified before the council on graft charges alleging Captain McGrath invited them to join a plot to rob a delivery wagon for the Northern Pacific Express company. The plan aimed to seize currency on a November night, prompting a St. Paul alert and armed guards at the express office to thwart the robbery.
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McGrath
Butte
Mont
Coaneil Committee
Meffrath
Northern Pacific Express Company
Theepet
Nouv
St. Paul
Utah Legislature Caucus Names Leadership and Staff
Salt Lake City election of Senate President H S Love and House Speaker Harry B Joseph set the stage for a new legislative session. The caucus also chose a slate of Senate and House officers including secretaries clerks sergeants at arms chaplains and doorkeepers from multiple counties.
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Salt Lake City
H. Love
Senate
Harry
Joseph
R. 8. Campbell
Salt Lake
Minh Day
Millard County
Antoine Neilson
Emery County
Dennie Eichner
Salt Lake County
Benjamin Backman
Utah
Jose A. Smith
Cache County
Samuel Miles, Jr
Washington, T
Wadsworth
Morgan
Alexander Buchanan
Elijah Hawkins
Utah County
Elwood Orth
Weber County
A. le Toone
William KR. ‘Thompson
Thomas ©. Rowberry
Tooele County
David Heas
Davin County
Door Keapers
William J. White
Box Elder
Thomas Calder
Rich County
Jordan talks to socialists in San Francisco
Stanford University president David Stary Jordan told a Socialist audience at Equity hall that no congress or president would support a Japanese exclusion act. He argued Californians should favor an Anglo Saxon state while downplaying national origin in shaping policy.
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San Francisco
Congress
David Stary Jordan
Stanford University
Metting
Equity Hall
Jorlan
California
Anti clerical riots erupt in Spanish cities and mines blast Utah
In Spain giant anti clerical demonstrations roiled Bilbao and San Sebastian with as many as 50 000 marching in San Sebastian and police clashes avoided by garrisoned troops in Bilbao. In Milford Utah a mine explosion at Old Hickory killed one miner and left another seriously injured as Thomas Singleton and Joseph Joseph drilled into a missed hole triggering the blast.
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Madrid
Bilbao
San Sebastian
Milford
Utah
Old Hickory
Thomas Singleton
Joseph Joseph
Joseph
Pengwarn Grounding Off Nicharporn Claims 24 Drowned
The British ship Pengwarn commanded by Captain Williams from Tal Chile en route to Falmouth with a saltpetre cargo grounded on Nicharporn ten miles NW of Guxhaven on Sunday. Twenty four crewmen perished and the cargo was declared a total loss. The Vulkan aided but Pengwarn crew did not heed rescue calls.
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Cushaven
Germany
Williams
Chile
Falmouth
Nicharporn
Guxhaven
Ug Vulkan
Arizona Pioneer Asphyxiated at Pagosa Springs
Arizona pioneer Anz-Frank muckles, a Pagosa Springs hotel proprietor and famed Tombstone 1885 witness, died of heart failure while bathing, falling onto a gas heater and suffocating. He helped found Bitber era and was noted as a northern man with notable testimony.
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Douglas
Anz
Frank Muckles
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Tombstone
Dee
Mucklen
Bitber
Race Question Figures in a Senate Debate
Washington The debate on the race question featured Senator Times as the principal participant with Senator Patterson of Coleta as opponent They contrasted the ideas of the cotta and worth President Rooneys action in the Brownlie matter was discussed Tilkmen said nothing involved except the ta quo and that the administration was responsible for the growing condition He argued the president encouraged the negro and then attacked a battalion for following that encouragement Patterson defended the president’s right to dismiss the troops but questioned the policy He criticized the radical position of Mr Mrlan and warned that the Democratic party would darken in the north if such tactics continued
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Washington
Weshkinh
Patterson
Coletato
Cota
Worth
Roonyeys
Brownlie
Tilkman
Mtr Mrilan
Democratic Party
Proposals to Build Canal Offer Low Bids
The canal commission opened bids for the Panama Canal project with low percentages. The Oliver Bangs partnership bid 6.75 percent on estimated costs, far below expectations. If the $140,000,000 estimate holds, their fee would approach $9.4 million, after accounting for possible congressional revisions. Only four bids were received, ranging from 6.75 to 22 percent, sparking debate over the bids and contract terms.
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Waanington
Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Wiliam J. Oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
Anson M. Bangs
New York City
Congress
Freight steamer Onondaga runs aground at Orleans Beach
In Chatham Massachusetts the Clyde line freighter Onondaga captained by Bunnell grounded on Orleans beach while en route from Boston to Charlestown and Jocanonville. The vessel lies in a dangerous position with hopes of salvage about even after a night of hazy weather.
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Chatham
Mass
Onondaga
Bunnell
Boston
Charlottes
Jocanonville
Orleans
Wellman’s Hopeful Balloon Exhibition Draws Aeronauts
Wellman presents Parla Walter Wellmans enlarged balloon billioon for testing envelope impermeability to a gathering of notable aeronauts including M Santon Dumont M Dutsch and Count de la Vaulx on Sunday. Weisman for II Se hia balloon in perfect condition also shown to observers.
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Parla
Walter Wellmans
Krench
M. Santon Dumont
M. Dutsch
Count de la Vaulx
Ptanties
Weisman
Peresmes and Workmen Clash in Okbin Quarter
In the Okbin quarter of the city during a documentary search police and workers clashed as five workers in a building extinguished lights and opened fire. Police fired back, the exchange lasted some time, and the workers retreated after killing two district inspectors and two policemen and wounding five more. A large quantity of firearms was found in the house.
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St. Felersburg
Okbin
Fatal Chinatown attack ends life of Lee Book Dong
Oaklans Car-one Ummese killed and four wounded in a high binder outbreak in Chinatown. Dong, seated at his supper table at 661 Harrison street, was shot with two assailants firing, bullets hitting him as the violence spread through the Chinese quarter over a dispute involving a Chinese girl.
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Oaklans
Car
Chinatown
Lee Book Dong
Dong
Harrison Street
Thom
Bryan Denied Anti Candidacy Claim At Missoula Reception
Missoula Montana hosted a public reception Saturday for William Jennings Bryan. Bryan said a Topeka quote about a 1908 presidential bid was misrepresented and he could be the Democratic standard bearer if the platform suited him. Bourg Norman saved Julius Setkonsky by using false teeth after a shot at a railroad station, the bullet injuring his cheek and jaw.
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Missoula
Mont
Willam Jennings Bryan
Topeka
Miners Survive Harsh Snowbound Ordeal in Nevada
Miners Chris Jepperson and Jack Reynolds spent eight days stranded in the Lone Pine district east of Gardnerville Nevada. A dog carried a message to Gardnerville after rescuers reached their Winter's mine camp. Reynolds suffered severe exposure and near death while Jepperson slowly recovered with medical care.
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Carton City
Nev
Chris Jenperson
Jacl Recnulds
Lone Pine
Gardnerville
Jepperson
Reynolds
Ue Wate
God Jepperson
Garderville
Ant Trosthitten
Famine Sufferers in China Describe Refugee Camps
Captain Kirton, relief commissioner, recounts Ting Kiang Fu famine camp with mat sheds in street formations two miles long and a mile wide. Nearby camps hold nearly half a million refugees with 20 percent distressed and 10 percent in acute suffering. Roads jammed with rice peddlers as women tear grass for food and firewood.
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Shanghai
Kirton
Ting Kiang Fu
Tsing -Kiang-Pu
Fire at Gelspolsheim destroys bindery killing twenty
Twenty persons perish as a vat of boiling celluloid explodes inside the Hubert & Co bindery at Gelspolsheim near the city. The blaze causes instantaneous destruction, exits fail, and several escapees are badly scalded.
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Strassburg
Strassurg
Hubert & Co
Englieh Hem
Gelspolsheim
Inferno at Jones and Laughlin Works Kills Seven
Gas buildup near furnaces ignited at the Eliza furnaces area. molten metal showered over workers. Seven fatalities reported with twenty four injured and seven missing presumed not cremated, authorities unsure of their fate. Names of the dead include John Cramer Andrew Featherka and Gustave Keusler.
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Rill
Pavloff Slain Near Military Court in City Chase
Vladimir Pavlott, known as Hangman Pavlott to radical deputies, was shot at 10 AM while waiting in the garden of the closet military court building near the Molinunas. The assassin, disguised as a workman, was captured after a lengthy chase through crowded streets, firing about forty rounds from two revolvers, killing a policeman and wounding a small boy.
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St Powersourg
Vladimir Pavlott
Paviom
Constanty
Molin Unas
Goldfield Strike Declared Over In Nevada
Goldfield Nevada miners vote about eight to one to end the strike. Miners and top men will return to work as the joint committee proposal carries. In Austin Texas a House resolution seeks a sweeping inquiry into Senator J W Bailey over loans and payments from Waters Pierce and other companies. Embezzler’s sentence reduced in Kansas City for William C Anderson from four years to two years nine months. most stolen funds recovered.
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Goldfield
Nevada
Austin
Tex
United States
J. W. Bailey
House If Representatives
Bailey
Waters-Pierce
Kirby Lumber Company
Security Oil Company
H.C. Pierce
Watera Pierce
Kansas City
William C. Anderson
First Natonal Bank
Wofford
Criminal Court
Anderson
Texas
Gaines and Mahon Clash Over Absence Charges in House
Washington report of a near confrontation when Mr Gaines of Tennessee accused Mr Mahon of 95 percent absence, prompting remarks from both sides. Mahon rebutted with past pay and service notes, then both apologized and shook hands as colleagues applauded.
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Washington
Gaines
Tennessee
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Mr. Gaines
Mr. Mahon
Trust Company Pays Wages as Sullivan Affairs Reorganize
The I M Sullivan Trust company at Goldfield pays 27000 in wages Thursday to all miners employed. Company affairs are being adjusted quickly and creditors are expected to be paid in full soon. A new board of directors is being formed within days. Liabilities run about 500000, owed to brokers for stocks in various enterprises. Assets include 737030 shares valued at about 3098994.80 as of January 3, using exchange and promotion pricing for listed and unlisted stocks.
Japanese Are Off Color They Cannot Become American Citizens
Naturalization authorities say Japanese subjects cannot become citizens as they are not white or African native. The question has not reached the Supreme Court. Chicago witnesses report west side crowd seizing city hall council chamber in protest over Halstead street widening, delaying vote until June. Twin Falls Idaho reports coal famine affecting schools and village trustees securing a carload. sagebrush and brush burning replace coal in some districts.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court of the
Chicago
West Side
Halstead Street
Twin Falls
Idaho
Hamilton
Twin Fails
Treasury extends return dates for depository funds
Washington reports the secretary of the treasury will notify depository banks holding about 12 million dollars in temporary deposits to be repaid to the treasury. Returns are now split one half on February 1 and one half on February 16, with no immediate need for the funds. In Arizona, Chase Creek washed out the Coronado railroad at Clifton, delaying the Clifton smelter and signaling repairs on higher ground.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Vaso
Vex
Chase Creek
Clifton
Ariz
Coronado Railroad
San
Murphy Knocks Out Corbett In SixRound Bout
Murphy outfought former champion Young Corbett at all stages in a six round match at the National Athletic Club. From start to finish Murphy landed blows and in the second round Corbett barely avoided a knockout when the bell rang and later he was sent to the floor by a right cross.
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Philadelphia
Sommy Astrpny
New York
Young Corbett
National Athletic Club
Murphy
Corbett
Denver
Fins Found Dead as Pittsburg Steel Furnace Explosion Kills
Investigation reports that Jones and Laughlin Steel furnaces exploded raining molten metal on forty workers. At least twelve bodies recovered, ten hospitalized, and fifteen to twenty workers unaccounted for. Many believed never to be found.
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Pittsburg
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Coat found near Notts council school sold to Butterley colliery
A coat is reported under a section of Kirkby in Ashfield East Council school in Nottingham. The Notts educational committee, pending board approval, plans to sell the coat to Butterley colliery for £65. Settlement arrangements for buildings affected by coal extraction will be made with the company.
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Kirkby-in-Ashfeld East
Nottingham
England
Notts Educational Committee
Board of Education
Butterley
Foolish Finance and a Blameful Wife Beater
In a raspy tale Brother Brown condemns a man shown as foolish and cruel. He mocks the husband’s finances while detailing his brutal treatment of his wife and the need to hire a doctor frequently, illustrating a harsh domestic scene.
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Brownback
Puck
All Now Wear Shoes
All now wear shoes as practically all 84,000,000 people in the country do. Barefoot days have passed, and even rural areas show shoe use year round, with foot coverings common beyond special occasions.
Fish Spearing by Arrow in Indian Ocean Isles
In the South sea and Indian island groups, aborigines shoot fish with bow and arrow. The sport is highly difficult because reefraction misleads underwater aim. Long practice has made natives skilled at the craft.
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South
Judge Worthy of the Bench in Pasadena Court
In Judge Kramroth court Pasadena California the cross examining attorney questioned a witness about her marriage. The judge stopped him and demanded an apology saying he had never allowed a woman to be insulted in eight years on the bench.
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Worthy
Kramroth
Pasadena
Cal
Greyhound in History and Ancient Egypt Representations
The Eastern greyhound, long the hunting dog of the Eastern plains, is traced through memorial art to resemble today’s breeds. Ancient Egyptian monuments and tombs show representations of him that closely match modern specimens.
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Ancient
Egypt
It Was a Nugget Found by Bendigo Workman
Workmen digging a drain near Bendigo City Hall in South Africa struck something hard. A bystander joked then the worker displayed a lump of quartz thickly studded with gold, revealing a rich nugget found in the hole.
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Bendigo
South Africa
Clever women admired while silly ones wed, Observer says
The Observer remarks that clever women are greatly admired while the foolish ones end up married. This concise aphorism contrasts societal views on wit and marriage with pointed humor.
Real Estate Tax Notice Error in Adelaide Cemetery David
The Adelaide tax collector reports a taxpayer submitting a real estate statement for taxation showing a nine by eight foot plot in a cemetery and listing his deceased wife as the occupier under the Name of Occupier column.
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Adelaide
South Australia
Budding Newspaper Men of Maine Publish Tiny Star
The Nori Wayne Star, Maine's smallest paper, is issued twice monthly by two young boys. Each issue spans 44 by 8 inches with 12 pages packed with engaging local news and focal items.
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Maine
Nori Wayne Star
Bananas Prepared In Varied West Indian Style
Readers are told about many methods to cook bananas, noting parallels with plantains in the West Indies and suggesting American readers try green bananas boiled, fried, or mashed as a novel dairy friendly dish.
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West Indies
Death by self harm epidemic haunts Europe says report
The Civilite Catholica warns of a distressing and melancholy picture of self inflicted deaths in Europe. In thirty years at least a million personal crisis reports have been recorded, with Germany alone accounting for about two hundred thousand cases.
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Civilite Catholica
Europe
Germany
Crowded New York Tenements See 34 Percent Population Rise
In New York City crowded tenement blocks show a 34 percent population increase over the past five years, reflecting growing density amid the urban poor.
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New York
New York City
Quote from John A Howland on youth and purpose
The speaker notes that while there are many bright young people who please you the world did not exist only for you and was here before your birth. It cites John A Howland as the source of the reflection on purpose and time.
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John A. Howland
A Useful Man in New York Drug Trade History
Dr Ray described as the oldest living druggiar in New York is cited as a father figure. Over his life he sold a vast number of postage stamps and permitted a huge directory and telephone network to be used by 268 million plus people.
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Teheran
Nicholas
Shah
Korbels
Mecca
Dr. Ray
New York
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