Fire still rages as Equitable building vaults trap fortunes
In New York fire gutted the Equitable Building basement with vaults holding about a billion and a half in Gould Harriman Ryan and Belmont securities. Six dead two missing 23 injured. recovery of stockholder records may require public notices.
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Gould, Harriman, Ryan and Belmont
Equitable Company
New York
Equitable
Singer
Walsh
William Campion
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
Safe Deposit Company
Building Department
Gould, Harriman, Ryan and
Belmont
Stock Exchange
Harriman
Charleston Race Meet Opens In City Winter Circuit
Charleston announces a seventy five day race meet to position the city as a winter racing center. Hundreds of thoroughbreds are housed at the local course with more stable space on the way. Promoters set aside thirty thousand dollars in purses for twenty stake events, fifteen for mature horses and five for babies, led by the Palmetto Derby at one and a quarter miles.
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Charleston
D. C
Charleston Association
Aloes
Marble Bust of Gov Johnson Unveiled in North Carolina State House
A marble bust of Governor Samuel Johnson, an early North Carolina leader and first grand master of the state lodge of Masons, was placed in the rotunda of the state house in Raleigh. The ceremony was conducted by the North Carolina grand lodge of Masons.
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Raleigh
N. C
Samuel Johnson
North Carolina
State House
North Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons
Johnson
Wyoming Triplets Born One Each Day in Cheyenne
Mrs. Sherman Hartz of Cheyenne welcomed triplets with a birth each day over three days. The first two were boys, and the third born today is a girl.
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Cheyenne
Sherman Hartz
Death for Americans to China revolt taunt
A Sulzer resolution proposing sympathy to Chinese revolutionaries could provoke a presidential veto because consular courts in semi barbarous nations impose the death penalty on Americans who aid revolutions against the host government. Taft’s likely veto mirrors the danger to any American in China who supports the rebellion.
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Washington
China
Sulzer
House
Taft
Hawthorne and prominents indicted in mining stock swindle
Julian Hawthorne, noted author and son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, is indicted in New York with four other prominent men in a mining stock swindle case. Josiah Quincy, former Boston mayor, Albert Freeman, John McKinnon, and Dr. William J. Morton are named as co conspirators. Victims are described as university graduates and wealthy individuals.
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Julian Hawthorne
Josiah Quincy
Boston
Nathaniel Hawthorne
New York
Albert Freeman
New Jersey
John McKinnon
Wiliam J. Morton
Will March on Peking by Sun Yat Sen Led Army
Sun Yat Sen will personally lead an army of one hundred thousand against the Manchus in Peking. Troops mobilized at Peking form part of the attacking force and U S troops are ordered to China with Maj J M Arrasmith commanding 500 men and support units in Manila for the expedition.
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China
Provisional Government
Nanking
San Francisco
Sun Yat Sen
Peking
Sugar Trust Inquiry Hearings Spotlight Beet Growers and Refiners Ties
Washington January 10. J H Riley of Fowler Colorado testifies before the sugar trust investigation committee that refiners and beet growers share identical interests and harm to refiners would hurt growers. W Edgar of Rocky Ford Colorado says he has no complaint about refinery treatment.
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Sugar Trust Inquiry
Washington
J. H. Riley
Fowler
Colo
Sugar Trust Investigation Committee
W. Edgar
Rocky Ford
Bryan backs Wilson as strongest progressive in field
Philadelphia report quotes Bryan after visiting here stating he has not decided on a candidate yet. He says he wants a strong active progressive and that Woodrow Wilson appears to be the most progressive among current contenders. He opposes a third party movement.
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Philadelphia
Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Lorimer Testifies on Deneen Ties to Chi Newspapers
Senator Lorimer testified before the senate investigating committee about Governor Deneen's relations with Chicago newspapers. He said Deneen declined to run for senator because the papers backed the opposition and he would not support Shurtliff for the same reason.
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Lorimer
Washington
Senate Investigating Committee
Deneen
Chi
Shurtliff
Provisional Government Form Nears Completion
Nanking January 10. Foreign powers were notified that the provisional government organization is completed. Premier Yuan Shi Kai is reported to have agreed to demand a national convention in Shanghai to determine the form of government.
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Nanking
Yuan Shi Kai
Shanghai
Physician as Wives Murder Suspect Faces Trial in Illinois
Intense interest surrounds the pending trial of Dr Harry Elgin Webster a Chicago physician charged with murdering his wife Bessie Kent Webster and dumping her body in a southwest Illinois ravine. Prosecutors describe a motive linked to a second wife Zoe Varney Webster. The case hinges on forensic findings including a neck knife wound and possible sedation.
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Oregon
Ill
Harry Elgin _ Webster
Chicago
Ogla
Webster
Illinois
Bessie Kent Webster
Racine
Wis
May B. Graff
Dr. Webster
Zoe Varney
Cedar Rapids
Bessie Kent
Zoe Varney Webster
Dixon
Hus
Virginia Senate set to elect two U.S. senators
The upcoming session will begin with choosing two United States senators. No contest is expected as Democratic primary results favor reelection of Swanson and Martin. Swanson secures the short term and Martin the long term. Later, judges and officials will be elected and key issues include taxation, liquor, and prison labor contracts.
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United States
Snstale Swanson
Martin
Russian Denial Over Mongolia Occupation Demands
St. Petersburg reports an official government denial that it sent any demands to China regarding Mongolia. The statement clarifies there was no plan to occupy Mongolia, addressing recent questions about Soviet policy.
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St. Petersburg
Mongolia
Riots erupt near Paris Palace of Justice over worker trial
Serious rioting broke out near the Palace of Justice in Paris as union laborers faced trial for distributing revolutionary circulars to soldiers. The General Federation of Labor called a 24 hour sympathy strike, drawing thousands who clashed with police and left many injured.
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Paris
Palace of Justice
General Federation of Labor
Detectives Hunt Robber's Consort Missing in Two States
Los Angeles es today reports detectives chase Mrs Mina Griffin companion of Charles Dean, linked to the New Westminster bank robbery. She reportedly fled with two young girls, eluding pursuers, with no warrant but police seek her aid to locate part of the loot.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
el Paso
Mina Griffin
Charles Dean
New Westminster Bank
Dean
Blizzard Strands Two Families Near Rawlins
Two overland travelers in Wyoming were caught in a blizzard between Rawlins and a distant destination. A search party was sent out to locate the stranded families and rescue them.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Berg
New York Auto Show Opens at Grand Central Palace
New York hosts its second automobile show of the season at Grand Central Palace under the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers. The display features passenger and commercial cars from most major American manufacturers. The exhibition runs for a full week.
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N. Y
New York
New Grand Central Palace
National Association of Automobile Manufacturers
America
Tripp Chosen Chairman of Westinghouse Board
Guy Tripp of Boston was elected chairman of the board of directors of Westinghouse Electric, succeeding the late Robert Mather, in New York on January 10.
May Strike in Sympathy Threatens Western Railroads
Ernest L. Reguin, president of the federated Harriman shop employes, predicts a sympathy strike by more than 300 members within a month affecting every Texas road, Denver & Rio Grande, Hill lines and others. He says the vote will confirm the action, with Chicago as the likely call point, as aid from other lines pressures Harriman systems.
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San
Federated Railroad
Ernest L. Reguin
Federated Shop
Harriman Lines
Texas
Denver & Rio Grande
Hill Lines
General Managers’ Association
Reguin
Harriman
Spcee
Chicago
Snow slide buries two men near Kalispell
Kalispell Mont January 10 a snowslide near Java carried a steam shovel two hundred feet down the mountain burying traveling engineer C B Allen and W F Bruil port under thousands of tons of snow. Great Northern tracks are blocked and trains rerouted over the Northern Pacific.
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Kalispell Mont
Java
Here
C. B. Allen
W. F. Bruilport
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
State convention opens as Equity draws Kentucky farmers
Owensboro Kentucky January 10 Nearly every Kentucky county is represented at the state convention of the American Society of Equity. Officials discuss the cooperative movement and other issues of great importance to farmers.
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American Society OF Equity
Owensboro
Kentucky
Doctor Webster Contemplates Insanity Plea
After arrest the physician is said to have admitted murder but later denied a confession. With the jury likely to press for a plea, authorities expect Webster to mount an insanity defense rather than a full admission of guilt.
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Webster
Jas
Government probes McNamara fund and hidden men
Subpoenas go out for dozens tied to explosions in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Iowa as the McNamara case widens. Witnesses cite new names unnamed before. investigators seek who knew about the thousand dollar a month contingent fund and lack of accounting. Fingerprint photos from the McNamaras are compared with prints from the Los Angeles Times blast site but do not match.
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Indianapolis
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Iowa
McManigal
Los Angeles
McNamara
Leavenworth, Kas
McNamaras
Los Angeles Times
Jury Demurrers Filed in Los Angeles Bribery Case
In Los Angeles on January 10 defense attorney Lecompt Davis filed demurrers challenging the validity of proceedings against Bert ae oe accused of bribery and attempted bribery. He announced plans to file similar demurrers in the cases of Treitmoe Johannsen Munsey and Clancy. The Franklin demurrer is to be argued Saturday.
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Los Angeles
Bert Ae Oe
Lecompt Davis
Treitmoe
Johannsen
Munsey
Clancy
Franklin
Vanderbilt Hotel Opens Richly Furnished In New York
New York opens the Vanderbilt Hotel on Park Avenue at Thirty-fourth Street. The skyscraper style building features interiors costing about three quarters of a million dollars with oil master copies, $200,000 worth of rugs, glass top furniture, marble baseboards, steel doors and marble corridors. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt owns the building and reserved a floor for himself and his bride when in town.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Thirty-fourth Street
Park Avenue
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Neally Wins Kansas Seventh District Seat
Topeka January 10 George A Neally Democrat was elected to Congress from the seventh Kansas district yesterday over Frank L Martin by a majority of 1500 He succeeds the late E H Madison Neally is Stubbs brother in law but Stubbs campaigned for Martin in the district.
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Kansas
Topeka
George A. Neally
Frank L. Martin
E. H. Madison
Neally
Stubbs
Martin
Long hike ends as Pis tacchio completes Providence to LA walk
Michael Pistachio finished a 138 mile trek from Providence Rhode Island to Los Angeles California. He began with no money and ended with 8 cents. He traveled mostly on foot and carried no bedding.
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Los Angeles
Michael Pistachio
Providence R. I
Iowa Master House Painters Convenes in Waterloo
The Iowa Master House Painters and Decorators association formed in Davenport last fall began its first annual convention in Waterloo today led by President J. W. Newby of Thet. The gathering opens with reports and discussions on standards and training for painters and decorators across Iowa.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Iown Master House Painters and Decorators’ Association
Davenport
J. W. Newby
Th. T
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Wyoming
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Dallas
William Ds Morton
John MS
Kinnon
President Sun
Wilson
Steel Trust
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Trust Investgation Committee
Harry E. Webster
Federation of Harriman Lines
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