City Falls Toward River As Arkansas Flood Threatens Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff Arkansas braces for the Arkansas River crest as a sixteen foot rise looms. Fire and police join volunteers to shore up banks and save property valued in the hundreds of thousands. The river nears twenty six feet while flood stage is twenty five. A flood threatens the county courthouse, Jefferson Hotel and nearby warehouses as sections of land slip into the water.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Ark
Roosevelt
Arkansas
County Court House
Jefferson Hotel
Missing San Francisco Police Chief William J. Biggy
Boats and ferries comb the bay from Golden Gate to Hunter's Point after Chief William J. Biggy vanished from the police launch Patrol near Belvedere. Searchers with lighted craft labored through the night fearing the body was swept to sea.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Hunter's Point
William J. Biggy
Belvedere
Judge orders Southern Pacific assessment by valuation board
In Kentucky the circuit court under Judge Stout directs the valuation board to assemble and assess the Southern Pacific railroad, which has Beechmont offices near Loutaville. The suit seeks a $250,000,000 valuation, implying about $6,000,000 in state taxes. appeal may affect five years of taxes. Also noted is South Dakota's record gold production of $7.46 million for the year.
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Associated Press
Frankort
Circuit Court
Stout
Board of Valuation and Assessment
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Beechmont
Loutaville
Sait
Court of Appeals
South Dakota
Pierre
Tariff Rise Impacts Stock Market Watch
In New York on December 1 professional operators dominated today’s market with a heavy scale in United States Steel shares and other specialties. A prior sharp drop in U S Steel prices continued with free offerings and heavy selling due to tariff revision fears, leaving the market unsettled with irregular bonds.
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Associated Press
New York
Storks
United States
Globe Sold in San Francisco to Ocean Publishing
San Francisco December 1 An announcement reports the sale of the San Francisco Evening Globe to C. H. Wilson attorney for Ocean Publishing Company of which he is president The price is undisclosed The new firm took control at noon with Fred Hogue named as manager and Wilson declining to name other Ocean Publishing partners though described as prominent local men
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Associated Press
San Francisco
San Francisco Evening Globe
C. H. Wilson
Ocean Publishing Company
Calkins
Globe
Fred Hogue
Los Angeles Times
Wilson
Miners Escape Smoke in Central City Coal Mine
About one hundred miners fled from the Central Coal and Iron mine near Central City Kentucky when smoke from an armature burned out a pump motor filled the workings. They escaped through a air shaft without any injuries.
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Associated Press
Central City
Central Coal and Iron Company
Jan
Death of J. C. Cowie Sparks Murder Suspicion
Memphis detective notes a disputed death after J. C. Cowie, 49, a prominent cotton buyer, was found dead with a bullet hole in his temple in a locked Union avenue residence. Friends say he faced financial troubles and he was unmarried.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
J. C. Cowie
Cowie
Union Avenue
Bond hearing on Schmitz case delayed in San Francisco
Former Mayor Schmitz appeared before Judge Dunne to satisfy the court about bond security. William J. Dingee had partly furnished the surety but his substitutes were not ready to qualify, so the hearing was continued until Wednesday.
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Schmitz
San Francisco
Dunne
William J. Dingee
Jury pool set in Charles E. Davis murder trial
Eight jurors tentatively selected for the Charles E. Davis murder case of Dr. Frederick Rustin. Defense argues Rustin suffered homicidal mania years before being shot. In Columbus, Ohio, dry vote tally shows 2485 to 1 in favor of prohibition. Twenty two saloons affected.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles E. Davis
Frederick Rustin
Rustin
Columbus
Knox
Nfe
Five Articles Openly Published On US Japan Accord
Washington releases five articles outlining the pact’s aim to foster peaceful Pacific commerce, maintain status quo in the region, respect mutual territorial possessions in China, protect China’s independence, and consult to preserve equal opportunities for all nations. Tokyo notes the note’s text and welcomes it as the Japanese press reports the agreement.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
United States
Japan
Far East
Pacific Ocean
China
Tokio
State Root
Takahira
Haitien Insurgents Win as Government Collapses
Revolutionary forces under General Simon gain momentum near Port au Prince. Government troops retreat from lines outside the city with defections increasing. Simon plans to strike Jacmel then advance toward Port au Prince as Alexis contemplates departure. Des Moines and Tacoma protect foreign residents while insurgents seize Leogane without incident.
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Port AU Prince
Hayti
Simon
Jacmel
Department of the South
Louis Borne
Legation
Laconte
Interior
Lalaleau
Justice
Marielin
Celestin Cyriaque
Port An
Lord Alexis
The
Des Moines
Tacoma
United States
Leogane
Guthrie flood greatly improved with receding water
Guthrie Oklahoma reports the flood situation greatly improved at daylight with water receding about a foot per hour. Only a few blocks in the lowlands remain flooded, no lives lost, but many families evacuated. Damage estimated at 250000 dollars. Incendiaries cause big loss in Philadelphia as J G Brill shop and property destroyed. loss about 200000 dollars.
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Guthrie
Okla
Philadelphia
J. G. Brill and Company
Sixty Second Street
Woodland Avenue
Coke Ovens in Norfolk and Western Fields Restarted
More than 2000 coke ovens in the Norfolk and Western fields, idle for almost a year, resumed operations tonight in Huntington. a local note mentions a meeting of the Sabettary society at Miseecs faferon's on Florence Avenue Wednesday evening.
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Huntington
W. Va
Norfolk and Western Fields
Sabettary Society
Miseecs Faferon’s
Florence Avenue
Mine Disaster Toll Rises as Rescue Nears End
Pittsburg officials mine owners and rescuers report 12 more bodies brought to the surface after the fatal explosion last Saturday leaving only two unrecovered of the 126 victims. The dead were recovered from the shaft and turned over to undertakers as darkness fell.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Runaway Freight Train Wreck in Butte Montana
A freight train with engine and fourteen cars ran off and derailed on the west side of Bloosburg hill on the Northern Pacific line in Butte due to ice and snow on the rails. The operator alerted Weed by wire and the derailing switch was thrown. No injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Butte
Mont
Bloosburg Hill
Northern Pacific
Weed
Irish American Athletes Win A A U Meet At Madison Square Garden
The Irish American Athletic Club won the two day Amateur Athletic Union meet at Madison Square Garden with 84 points. Three records fell including Thomas Colling of the Irish American club setting a new American five mile record 25 19 2 6 breaking E Carter's 1887 mark.
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Associated Press
New York
Finch Trial Set After Killing Prosecutor in Portland Case
Disbarred lawyer I A Finch who killed Ralph B Fisher, a State Bar prosecutor, was arraigned before Justice Orson in Portland. He demanded an immediate hearing and the case was set for December 8. Funeral services for Fisher were held with many prominent lawyers in attendance.
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Portland
Ore
I. A. Finch
Ralph B. Fisher
State Bar Association
Justice of the Peace
Orson
Finch
Fisher
Market Ticker Notes Decline in Silver and Copper Prices
The market report shows silver dropping to 47 7-8 and copper around 14.50 with dull demand. New York trading details indicate slight lead and zinc shifts as commodities react to late-year activity.
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New York
M.oty
The Mist a Pleasant Place
A compact item notes The Mist as a pleasant place with a listing titled ten dita and a time window from 12 to 3. The fragmentary text suggests a brief notice or schedule entry. Entities include The Mist and the time range.
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W. J. Biggy
Frisco
Davis
Bonanea Ade
Mra. Munn's
Haytien Insurgents
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