Turks Recall Officers as Balkan War Tensions Rise
Dispatches say Turkish officers on leave are recalled to regiments within 24 hours amid fears hostilities may resume in the Balkans. The reporting notes skepticism over peace talks and expected counter proposals from allies.
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Turkey
Paris
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Hardinge
Delhi
India
London
Constantinople
Tehatalja
Russia
Austria
Albania
Servia
Guggenheims Get Loeb as Executive Head
Close friends say William Loeb Jr. will resign as collector of the port within two weeks to join the Guggenheims as vice president and chief executive of the Guggenheim Exploration Company. The salary for the first three years is set at 25000 dollars annually.
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New York
William Loeb, Jr
Guggenheim Brothers
Guggenheim Exploration Company
Loeb
Pulmotors Bring Seven Firemen Back To Life
Pittsburg fire scene at a Westinghouse warehouse on Avenue A left seven firemen declared dead. Pulmotors revived them at a city hospital after nearby demonstrations by the state mining institute on rescuing gas-affected coal diggers. All seven are reported out of danger.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Avenue A
Homeopathic Hospital
State Mining Institute
Man Shot at Wedding Ends With Fatal Wounding
A carpenter from Staunton wounded and later fatally shot by a policeman after entering Miss Emma Fisher’s home during a wedding in Lorville. Belden had attempted to shoot the bridegroom Ora Redfern and bride Elsie Bates as the ceremony began, causing a swift escape and barricade before police, aided by bystanders, subdued him. The elder Mrs Fisher was lightly wounded. The couple wed quietly later that day at the Methodist church.
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Lorville
Belden
Staunton
Emma Fisher
Elsie Bates
Ora Redfern
Mr. Belden
Fisher
Santa Claus Upheld by City Education Leader
Washington reports Captain James F. Oyster, president of the local board of education, proclaimed the existence of Santa Claus after a teacher told pupils aged seven and eight that there was no Santa. He vowed action against the teacher and defended belief as a cherished part of childhood.
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Washington
Santa Claus
James F. Oyster
Board of Education
Oyster
Sullivan Takes Ride From Yonkers Sanitarium
Yonkers New York December 26. Congressman known as Big Tim Sullivan is at Dr Bond’s sanitarium on North Broadway Yonkers. He improved enough to motor about Yonkers with Dr Bond and take short walks during the day.
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Big Tim” Sullivan
Yonkers
N. Y
Dr. Bond
North Broadway
Overman Improves After Appendicitis Surgery
Washington December 26 Senator Lee S Overman of North Carolina who underwent appendicitis surgery here last week is reported to be steadily improving his doctors said.
Taft Inspects Panama Canal and Attends Ball
President Taft toured the central and Pacific divisions of the Panama Canal including the Culebra Cut and Fortifications, dined with Percival Dodge the American minister, and attended a ball in his honor hosted by Panamanian President Porras. He rode the new Panama Railroad from Key West to Colon, praising progress and receiving greetings from U.S. friends. The return voyage may see the battleships Arkansas and Delaware attempting a speed record.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Taft
Percival Dodge
Porras
United States
Canal
Central and Pacific
Culebra
Pacific
Gold Hill
Fareiso
Colonel Goethals
Arkansas
Delaware
Key West
Colon
Society Woman Is Jailed After Check Kiting Case
Los Angeles reports arrest of Mrs. Leroy Adams a divorcee and daughter of Col J Hodgekins. Accused of writing bad checks totaling 25 dollars she was jailed on Christmas Eve by Detective Nick Harris after being detained in the city jail.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Leroy Adams
United States Steel Company
Pittsburg
Col. J. Hodgekins
Chicago
Nick Harris
Identify Hold Up Men Springfield Police Confirm Identities
Springfield police confirm John Hartnett and Joseph Vigus as the two holdup suspects in the Alton Hummer robbery attempt. Express messenger, engineer, and fireman identify them. detectives say identification is highly solid and they tracked the pair for five days leading up to the crime.
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Springfield, Ll
John Hartnett
Joseph Vigus
Springfield
Alton
Express
Cain
Ayers
McLaughlin
Sullivan
Destroyer Warrington Returns After Severe Gale
The destroyer Warrington under Lt. William Ancrom docked at Newport Rhode Island after a devastating gale. Mast damaged and decks awash ten hours following a collision with a schooner off Cape Hatteras last winter.
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Newport
R. I
Warrington
William Ancrom
Capes
Norfolk
Cape Hatteras
Christmas Tree Delight at White House in Taft Era
Washington reports a towering blue room Christmas tree at the White House for Taft's final Christmas. Miss Helen Taft and brothers Robert and Charlie led the project as a surprise for cousins Tom and Hantie Laughlin and for the five children of Mr. and Mrs. John Herron. Family gifts were stacked beneath the tree for the reunion.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Helen Taft
Robert
Charlie
Tom
Hantie Laughlin
Panama
Gen Leonard Wood Named Marshal Of Inaugural Parade
Washington dispatch reports Gen Leonard Wood chief of staff was chosen as marshal for the inauguration parade by committee chairman W Eustis. The report notes rival expectations for New York street cleaning commissioner W H Edwards to take the position. Remaining chairmanships for the event were filled with E Hamilton souvenirs and tickets De Sibour ballroom dions Walter G Peter auditing and Capt James F Oyster in unspecified roles.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
W. (. Eustis
W. H. Edwards
New York
E. Hamilton
J. H. de Sibour
Walter G. Peter
James F. Oyster
Miller claims Hockin knows too much in dynamite case
Indianapolis judge prepares to charge jurors as District Attorney Charles W. Miller accuses defendants of fear and of protecting a key witness Herbert S. Hockin. Miller details McManigal's dynamiting tours and shows nitroglycerin canisters on his table amid a nearly finished trial.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Herbert S. Hockin
Charles W. Miller
Miller
Henry
J. Nowlan
Peoria
Edward Smythe
Anderson
Nowlan
Times
Thomas French Lick Springs
Nns
Milter
Albert B. Anderson
Millar
McManigal
Staunton Welcomes Woodrow Wilson Homecoming Visit
Staunton Virginia readies for the arrival of President elect Woodrow Wilson with a statewide lighted beacon welcome beginning in Alexandria and continuing through his Virginia journey. He will be escorted to his birthplace the Pynmanse where college friends and local figures greet him. A parade and speeches follow, ending with a southern dinner.
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Staunton
Woodrow Wilson
Alexandria
Virginia
Wilson
Pynmanse
Fraser
Congress to Meet in Special Session on March Fifteenth
Washington reports an extra session planned for March fifteenth to begin Democratic pledges and legislation from the new administration. Speaker Clark supports an early start and Leader Underwood will urge prompt action after conferring with Governor Wilson. The interim will allow Senate to reorganize and confirm cabinet nominees and other officers.
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Washington
Congress
Clark
Underwood
Wilson
Senate
Joseph Bryan Funds Shorted in Estate Appraisal
An appraisal filed with Surrogate Cohalan shows the late Joseph Bryan, editor of the Richmond News Leader and a director in several groups including Equitable Life, was short 684 599 dollars in two estates where he acted as trustee.
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Joseph Bryan
New York
Richmond
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Cohalan
Seattle Broker Pleads Guilty in $3.5 Million Orchard Fraud
Portland records show R. H. Mac Whorter a Seattle real estate broker pleaded guilty to using the mails to defraud in the De Larm Columbia river orchard swindle totaling $3,500,000.
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Portland
Ore
R. H. MacWhorter
Seattle
Columbia
Prime Minister Resigns in Peru After Vote of Censure
Lima reports a government shakeup as Dr. Elias Mari partide resigns as prime minister following a censure vote. Gen. Bericue Varela is named prime minister amid broad confidence in the government. Over $5,000,000 paid on budget items as political tension rises. Also, Chicago hosts the annual meeting of the American Society of Agriculture Engineers at the Great Northern hotel with sessions through week end.
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Lima
Peru
Elias Mari Partide
Aote
Bericue Varela
Seesion
Chicago
H. W. Riley
Ithaca
American Society of Agriculture Engineers
Great Northern
Sjogren
A. Ocock
Becker
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