Armed Deputies Surround Rockefeller Home In Subpoena Bid
Forty deputy sergeants at arms and private detectives guard William Rockefeller’s Fifth Avenue mansion while awaiting Washington word to serve him with a Pujo committee subpoena. Entrances and even rooftops are watched as a possible arrest attachment looms.
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New York
William Rockefeller
Pujo
Money Trust
House of Representatives
Washington
Mr. Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue
Charles F. Riddell
Rockefeller
Riddell
Jerry South
House
South
John BD
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Judiciary Committee
Ocean path adopted to avert Titanic disaster
Washington report states trans Atlantic lines agreed December 31 to adopt new eastbound and westbound tracks effective January 15, 1913. Eastbound cross 47 W longitude 40 N latitude, westbound 47 W longitude 41 N latitude. Crossings moved one degree south due to public opinion pressure.
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Washington
Jan
trans-Atlantic Lines
Textile strike settled in Little Falls with wage rise
The six month textile workers strike in Little Falls New York ends with both sides claiming victory. Workers will return to work immediately under the American Federation of Labor approved schedule increasing wages by ten to fifteen percent.
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Little Falls
American Federation of Labor
Gen Edward M. Lee Dies at 77 in New York Sanitarium
Gen Edward Merwin Lee, claimed relative of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, died in a private sanitarium in New York at age seventy seven.
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Edward M. Lee
New York
Edward Merwin Lee
Robert EB. Lee
Dynamiters At Work In Leavenworth Penitentiary
In Leavenworth Kansas thirty three labor leaders from the dynamite plots begin prison assignments. Olaf A Tveitmoe and Herbert S Hockin toil in kitchens and mop floors while Frank M Ryan works in the carpenter shop as others join steel construction duties. In Indianapolis federal judge A K Anderson grants a writ of error after attorneys withdraw a supersedeas request and Hockin signals no appeal.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary
Olaf A. Tveitmoe
Pacific Coast
Treitmoe
California
Frank M. Ryan
Iron Workers’ International Union
Herbert S. Hockin
Indianapolis
A. K. Anderson
W. N. Harding
Herberts. Hockin
Boise Capitol News Editors Sentenced for Contempt
R S Sheridan and C O Broxon publishers of the Boise Capitol News were found guilty of contempt of court by the state supreme court. They received ten days in county jail and fines of 500 dollars each for publishing Colonel Roosevelt's message and editorial criticism of the court decision barring the names of Progressive candidates from ballots.
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Boise
Idaho
R.S. Sheridan
C. O. Broxon
Boise Capitol News
State Supreme Court
Sheridan
Proxon
A. R. Cruzen
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Three Die in Burning Home in Stonefort Alabama
Fire swept a Stonefort residence killing George Duvall his wife and their young child all burned to death. Fire investigators traced the blaze to an unknown origin as neighbors fought flames.
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Stonefort
George Duvall
Castro Defies Search as US Immigrant Officials Probe
Immigrant Commissioner Williams orders a thorough baggage and person search of Cipriano Castro at Elis Island amid fears he may attempt death by his own action. Castro objects, insisting he will return to Europe of his own accord and must be treated as a guest.
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New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Williams
Castro
Europe
United States
Elis Island
Wi'Neams
Undressing Before Bedtime Incident Reported
A head of state reportedly began undressing and preparing for sleep, removing his clothing and slipping into bed with his garments still in hand. The account notes the sequence of actions without additional context or follow up details.
U. S. Judge McCabe Dies in Mayo Clinic Rochester
Judge Albert McCabe forty six a United States district judge in the Philippines and former Petoskey resident died at the Mayo sanitarium Rochester Minnesota after being there since December 6 awaiting strength for tumor operation.
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U. S
McCabe
Petoskey
Mich
Albert McCabe
United States
Philippines
Mayo Sanitarium
Rochester
Minn
World port plan for New Jersey meadows proposed
An open letter to Governors Wilson and Sulzer by Dr William Osborne Mc Dowell proposes converting New Jersey meadows into a world port to merge New York City and Jersey City. Mc Dowell, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee for 1913, advocates the scheme as a bold metropolitan reform.
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New York
New Jersey Meadows
New York City
Jersey City
Wilson
Sulzer
William Osborne McDowell
Senator Bailey hits as reform attracts crowd
Munich reports Manuel former king of Portugal to marry his cousin Princess Augusta Victoria daughter of Prince William of Hohenzollern. She is 22 years old, beautiful and the only Roman Catholic among the Hohenzollerns.
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Munich
Manuel
Portugal
Augustine Victoria
Prince William of
Senate hearing signals costs for war horses and opium crackdowns
Washington reports note President asking senators to gauge opposition to Col Goethals as canal zone governor. War Secretary Stimson seeks 100000 for Army horses and 50000 for Fort Royal officers quarters. Treasury Secretary MacVeagh requests 25000 to stamp out opium, citing strains on internal revenue and customs. Interstate Commerce Commission proposes two classes by revenue, no rule for under 50900.
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Washington
Senate
George W. Goethals
Canal Zone
Henry L. Stimson
Congress
Army
Fort Royal
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Internal Revenue
Customs Service
Interstate Commerce Commission
Statesmen Duel in Budapest Shatters Opposing Factions
Budapest report details Count Michael Karolyi wounding Count Stephen Tisza in a duel over suffrage policy. The hour-long fight with 32 bouts ended only by exhaustion, both men injured, amid ongoing political tension in the Hungarian lower house. In Washington, Senator Bailey delivers a sweeping critique of direct democracy and defends representative government before a crowded Senate.
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Budapest
Hungary
Michael Karolyi
Stephen Tisza
Gathers
Tisza
Julius Kovacs
Count Tisza
Washington
Bailey
Congress
Senate
Capitol
Senator Bailey
House
Haxen
Wilson
S Wilson
Jefferson
Madison
Republic
Professor robbed of cash at Rome Colosseum
Professor Edward Hawes from New York reported to police that he was robbed of a leather wallet containing 6900 dollars while visiting the Colosseum on New Years Day. The incident occurred during his stay in Rome where he had previously worked in Boston.
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Rome
Jan
Edward Hawes
New York
Boston
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Railway Conductors’ Association
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