Japanese marooned sailors rescued near Midways
From Honolulu to the Pacific cable station a gale drove the Florence Ward to shelter at Lee Hermes Islands sixty miles southeast of Midway. Three Japanese plumage hunters, two with scurvy, were found and rescued after three months without food. One man died. They are to be taken to Honolulu after care at the cable station.
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Associated Press
Midway Islands
Pacific Ocean
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
Florence’ Ward
Honolulu
Les Hermes Islands
Ward
Lee Hermes Islands
Midway
Piltz
Florence
Sugien
Lee Hermes Island
Weasel
Salk Sal
Boxers James Curren Dies After Bout at Broadway Club
Philadelphia reports 18 year old James Curren died after a boxing match with 17 year old Benjamin Barnet at the Broadway Athletic Club. Curren was knocked down, collapsed, and died en route to a hospital. Barnet and Curren's seconds were arrested, while Barnet's seconds fled.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
James Curren
Benjamin Barnet
Broadway Athletic Club
Barnet
Curren
Soldiers Poisoned Drink Fatalities Rise At Mindanao Camp
Manila reports eleven deaths and thirteen seriously ill after Eighteenth Infantry soldiers drank calumbic acid beverage served as vino at a Mindanao camp resort on December 18. In Washington, Fort Worden quarantines forty artillery recruits for measles and mumps, nearly all infected.
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Associated Press
Manila
Keithley Camp
Mindanao Island
Port Townsend
Wash
Artillery Corps
Fort Worden
Puget Sound District
Stock Market Quiet With Slight Early Changes
New York December 18 report says stocks were quiet with little price change. Traders blamed a possible professional attack for declines while rallies suggested short covering. bonds showed irregular movement as the market absorbed the day’s activity.
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York
Conference on Southern Pacific indemnity settlement began
A White House meeting opens to fix payment for Southern Pacific work after the Colorado River flood two years ago on the California Arizona border. Senator Flint of California and Maxwell Evarts of New York represent the railroad. Roosevelt had urged 1,500,000 dollars in Congress, but no action was taken.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Pacific
Colorado River
California
Arizona
White House
Senator Flint
Maxwell Evarts
New York
Congress
Roosevelt
Weeks defeats Hefron in second round in Goldfield
Special to the Bonanza. Freddi Weeks of Tonopah knocked out Martin Hefron of Goldfield in the second round of a planned twenty round fight at the Hippo Drome. Weeks dominated from the bell, Hefron floored early, then saved by the gong. Weeks followed with a hard uppercut sending Hefron down again for the count of eight and a knockout around the thirty mark. Betting favored Hefron 10 to 8 with about $1000 changing hands. Battling Irwin won a ten round prelim over Chalkey Germain.
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Goldfield
Weeks
Tonopah
Martin Hefron
Hippodrome
Hefron
Battling Irwin
Chalkey Germain
Diplomatic Tensions Grow Between Argentina and Brazil
Washington notes rising strain between Argentina and Brazil over naval armament tensions. Reported interception of a message to Argentina’s Santiago legation led to a forged text alleging hostility. Brazil published the forged dispatch and the key to its secret correspondence after Argentina failed to acknowledge the error.
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Associated Press
Washington
Latin America
Brazil
Argentina
Santiago
Castro Open to Arbitration to Reopen Venezuela France Ties
Dec 18 in Berlin reports President Castro shows willingness to settle the Venezuela France disease dispute by submitting outstanding questions to arbitration. Diplomats describe it as an effort to renew relations between France and Venezuela.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
France
Franke
Lasue
Arrested for That Portland Train Holdup
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation robbery yielded two arrests in Portland. Irwin Wynne, 22, and Walter Crimer, 24, were seized with a revolver, ammunition, and skeleton keys. A $1500 reward was offered for each robber. Both men were experienced train workers, shown by their knowledge of uncoupling cars and handling trains.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Oregon Railroad and Navigation
Irwin Wynne
Walter Crimer
Taft names Knox as secretary of state
President-elect Taft announced the appointment of Senator Philander C Knox as secretary of state. Taft said the offer came after Knox signaled acceptance in a telegram and praised Knox as a great lawyer and a statesman who would attract international attention.
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Associated Press
Augusta
Taft
Philander C. Knox
Knox
New York
Death of Alma A Peterson Ties Tonopah Legacy
Alma A Peterson, a former Tonopah and Goldfield railway engineer, died of typhoid fever in Sparks while working in the merchandise business. He was aged 31, recently married to Susie Smith, once a Merchants hotel bookkeeper, and well known in Tonopah where he lived years ago.
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Alma A. Peterson
Tonopah and Goldfield
Sparks
Tonopah
Susie Smith
Merchants Hotel
Woman Dies After Car Runs Her Down in Kansas City
Mrs Boyd Geer of Kansas City died from injuries after being struck by a motor car driven by William Ridgely former comptroller of the currency and late president of the National Bank of Commerce Geer had sued Ridgely for 26009 damages over the incident alleged to occur November 19 in Kansas City authorities reported Ridgely was not in the car at the time of the accident.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
William Ridgely
National Bank of Commerc
Boyd Goer
Ridgely
Geer
Hayti elects General Simon as president
Port au Prince reports General Antoine Simon unanimously elected president by the Haytien congress after Nord Alexis flight. Crowds cheer as forts and gunboats salute. In Cape Waytien and ports, fears of disorder and possible U S intervention prompt militia actions and restraining orders. Washington dispatches inquiries to Port au Prince seeking formal recognition of Simon's government.
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Port AU Prince
Antoine Simon
Hayti
Presiden Nord Alexis
Republic
Haytien Congress
Cape Waytien
Tsooma
Port Ay
Simon
Firmin
Haa
Washington
State Department
Forores
Hayul
Explosive attack wounds Santa Fe crew near Stockton
A dynamite bomb exploded under a delayed Santa Fe freight caboose at Stockton at 8 p.m. The blast shattered the caboose and damaged tracks as tramps in the freight were said to intend murder of Conductor Deyo or wreck the train. Conductor Deyo and a sleeping brakeman suffered burns and lacerations but survived.
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Associated Prose
Stockton
Santa Fe
Deyo
William Rogers Adjudged Insane in Reno
William Rogers a former county commissioner and Smoky Valley rancher was adjudged insane yesterday in Reno and will be sent to the state hospital. At 60 he has lived in the state most of his life and suffered head injury in the early seventies and a fall from a horse about fifteen months ago that worsened his condition. His hallucinations included fear of pursuit and bodily harm.
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William Rogers
Smoky Valley
Reno
State Hospital For
Rogers
Tonopah
Lifesavers Prevent 1094 Vessel Disasters in U S
Washington Dec 18 There were 1094 vessel disasters in the United States in the last fiscal year causing property losses of 1 63 790 and twenty two lives. The annual report of General Superintendent Kimball of the Lifesaving Service credits lifesavers with saving property worth 11 000 009 out of 12 900 000 at stake.
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Washington
United States
Kimball
Mina fire victim taken to Reno hospital
W. H. Davis, proprietor of the Davis hotel at Mina, suffered a dislocated shoulder and a fractured ankle after leaping from the second story of the thin hotel during the Mina fire. He has been taken to Reno and placed in a hospital for treatment.
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Mina
W. H. Davis
Davis
Reno
Magistrate Denounces Barons as Bums in Jewelry Case
New York December 18 Magistrate Crane of the Harlem court denounced barons as bums while presiding over Baron Adolph de Loy vom Steragch wert in a $1000 bond hearing for allegedly stealing jewelry valued at $800. He stated they came to this country to prey on American women.
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New York
Adolph de. Loy Vom Steragchwert
Ball
Crane
Har
Jem Court
Emma Goldman Deportation Sparks Clash in Bellingham
Emma Goldman, arrested in Bellingham, was released from jail and placed on a northbound train to Canada. She violently resisted leaving the city, choosing Canada over prison last night.
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Emma Goldman
Belling
Wash
Emme Go
Canadas
Canada
Auto Falls Into River Killing Two Men in Milwaukee
An automobile with three men plunged into the open draw of the Oneida street bridge at midnight. Bartlett, a board of trade member, and Albert Munz, the chauffeur, drowned. A. F. Sollidly, the remaining man, was rescued.
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Auto Falia
Milwauked
Wia
Oneida Street
Mérth
Oscar
Bartlett
Board of Trade
Albert Munz
A. F. Sollidly
Metal Marker Ad Brief in New York
Fragmentary notice from The Metal Marker dated December shows ad lines for copper alloy items and a potential listing of prices or codes. Reading hints imply a small classified sale or catalog snippet with limited legible details.
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New York
Dec
Funeral of J. J. Nolan Held in Nashville
Funeral services for J. J. Nolan were held in Nashville. Masons from various sections gathered as high ranking officials participated in the rites. Local funeral attendees reported a solemn service honoring the late figure linked to the Odd Fellows fraternal order.
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Nashville
John L. Nolan
Grand Sire Grand Lodge
Odd
Bates
United Ginter
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Bon‘anea
South America
A. A. Peterson With the
Haytiens
Vention
J. J. Nolan
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