Cipriano Castro Barred From Entry to United States
Ex president Cipriano Castro of Venezuela is detained at Ellis Island pending a rule on his right to land in the United States. He is under a Venezuela indictment for the murder of General Paredes and an attempted assassination of President Gomez, according to telegrams received in Washington.
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State Department
Washington
Paredes
New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
la Toureine
Ellis Island
United States
Castro
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Williams
Lincoln
Jefferson
la Touraine
Cabinet of Canalejas Resigns in Spain
Madrid dispatch says Count Román Nones delivered the cabinet’s resignation to King Alfonso after the Canalejas assassination. The king asked the count to form a new government, as discordant elements remained in the ministry.
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King Alfonso
Madrid
Spain
Romanones
Canalejas
Alfonso
Biggest Pneumatic Tube Connects Capitol and House
Washington reports the largest pneumatic tube in the world began operation linking the capitol cellar to the house office building. Built about a year ago at a cost near fifty thousand dollars, it is designed to move parcels and documents between the two government structures. Mrs Tom L Johnson Receives Securities in Cleveland. Securities valued around thirty thousand dollars once given to advocate municipal ownership were turned over to the widow of Cleveland’s late mayor, Margaret Jobu.
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Washington
Capitol
House
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
B. DuPont
Saya
Tom L Johnson
Margaret Jobu
Knotted Rail Deaths Warrants Issued for Railroad Officials
Bench warrants charging Henry J. Horn vice president Benjamin R. Pollock general manager and Charles N. Woodward of the Shore Line division with manslaughter were issued over the Westport Connecticut October 3 wreck. The three were arrested as the Springfield express crash killed five more. In Indiana Carl Gross and others faced indictment over the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton wreck at Irvington with sixteen deaths, hints of high railroad officials among the indicted.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Henry J. Horn
Benjamin R. Pollock
Charles N. Woodward
Cape Adias
Shore Line
New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Westport
W. S. Case
Superior Court
Stiles Judson
Jane Doe
Horn
Springfield Express
New York
Indianapolis
Ind
Carl Gross
Marion County Grand Jury
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Irvington
Aged noblewoman gravely ill in St Louis
The Comtesse de Giverville and Marquise de Halmere once Miss Virginia Kingsry are seriously ill at her niece Mrs Cornelius Tompkins Jr home 4316 McPherson avenue last sacraments given recently aged about 90 years old and frail from long infirmities of age
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St. Louis
Comtesse de Giverville
Marquise de Halmere
Virginia Kings
Cornelius Tompkins, Jr
McPherson Avenue
Vast Scotch Whisky Cargo Reaches New York Dock
The Cameronia unloads 1 440 000 drinks of Scotch whisky from Glasgow at New York docks. The 72 000 bottles valued around 288 000 dollars represent one of the citys largest single ship consignments to date.
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New York
Cameronia
Glasgow
Two Men Believed Murdered Near Florida Everglades
Raymond Harris of Sturgeon Bay and his friend are thought to have been killed near the Everglades while returning from Miami in a gasoline launch. The friend was found eight miles from the boat with marks on the body suggesting murder. Harris’s body has not been located.
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Florida
Green Bay
Wis
Raymond Harris
Sturgeon Bay
Everglades
Miami
Harris
Chase Divorce Granted to Nellie M Chase
Supreme Court Justice Rijur signed an interlocutory absolute divorce in favor of Mrs Nellie M Chase from Hal Chase first baseman for the New York American League club. Mrs Chase gains custody of their son Harold Jr and $1200 annual alimony.
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Hal” Chase
New York
Supreme Court
Rijur
Nellie M. Chase
American League Baseball Club of
Chase
Harold Jr
Steel Plant Worth 20 Million Planned in Canada
United States Steel Corp announces a new plant to be built shortly in Canada at Sandwich Ontario costing 20 million dollars. The plant will produce nearly all steel products and the company owns 1500 acres there with 1.5 miles of water frontage opposite Detroit Michigan.
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New York
Canada
Theenited States Steel Corporation
Sandwich
Out
Detroit
Mich
First U S Parcels Post Begins With Hitchcock Mail
Postmaster General Hitchcock sent the first package at the Washington post office at midnight as the United States starts the parcels post system. The first insured parcel went out at 5 A.M. by John Koons, with 60,000 offices opening under New Year holiday rules.
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Washington
General Hitchcock
United States
Washington Post Office
Taft
John ©. Koons
The
Post Office Department
Thes Department
Postal Service Plans Gradual Adaptation to New Service
A report notes that the postal system will adjust gradually to the new service and expects full adaptation by the end of the week. The changes aim to meet rising demands while maintaining efficiency across routes and offices.
Testimony Opens Trial in Callahan Slaying Conspiracy
Winchester Kentucky January 1 Mrs Clifton Gross daughter of Edwoe han former sheriff of Brea fegenty testified that she had Smith and Andrew Johnson shoot her father in a conspiracy to slay Callahan. Mrs Gross was first witness in the trial of D F Deaton the first of fifteen men charged.
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Winchester
Clifton Gross
Edwoehan
Brea Fegenty
Smith
Andrew Johnson
Receiver Is Asked for Tennessee Central Railway
Knoxville Tennessee January 1 attorneys for Mercantile Trust company of St Louis filed in federal court for a receiver for the Tennessee Central railway.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Central Railway
Mercantile Trust Company of
St. Louis
Legislative good roads commission finishes report
Springfield January 1 The legislative good roads commission appointed by the last general assembly has completed its task of preparing a report detailing its work and findings from the recent sessions.
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Springfield
Legislative Good Roads Commission
General Assembly
Russia Trade Treaty Ends at Midnight
Washington reports the commercial treaty with Russia expired as of midnight, leaving about 50 million dollars of yearly trade in limbo. Officials caution no imminent formal understanding is planned before the Wilson administration, with general arbitral laws likely governing trade and navigation.
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Washington
Russia
Taft
Wilson
State Department
United States
New York Hotel Workers Go On General Strike
A general strike of all hotel workers in New York City was called by the International Hotel Workers union. Officials said waiters and other staff at principal hotels would walk out, leaving no employees to serve the New Year crowds. Curtis Controls Public Ledger. Cyrus H. Curtis bought the controlling interest in the Public Ledger, long held by Adolph Ochs with interests in New York and Chattanooga Tennessee.
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New York
New York City
International Hotel Workers’ Union
Curtis
Public Ledger
Philadelphia
Cyrus H. K Curtis
The
Adolph Ochs
Chattanooga
Tenn
Wives plea to go is demurred in labor case
Indianapolis January 1 a special train carried thirty three labor union officials to Leavenworth Kansas leaving the county jail at noon amid cheering. Ed Lewis and J B McClory attended the scene as guards supervised two prisoners per seat and two guards faced them. The hearing on writs of habeas corpus was postponed with Judge Anderson and Mr Krum reviewing the petition, while wives and relatives gathered outside the jail.
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Indianapolis
Leavenworth
Kan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ed. Lewis
Sandy Me Mmber
The
Ironworkers’ Union
J.B. McClory
International Union
McClory
Lewis
Frank M. Ryan
Marshal Schmidt
Lea
Wtaahil
Anderson
Chester
London Welcomes 3613 With New Year Revelry
Londoners rang in 1913 with boisterous celebrations as crowds filled St Pauls Churchyard to hear bells chime and sing Auld Lang Syne. The bustling streets near familiar quays and pubs carried the festive noise as the city welcomed the New Year.
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London
New York Standard
St. Paul's Churchyard
Draul
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