Olympia Wreck Ashore in Gale Off Cordova Alaska
Cordova reports the steamship Olympia with 16 aboard ashore on Sea Island in a 50 mile gale. A wireless distress call was received. the crew of 54 and 52 passengers, including Judge E. E. Cushman and family, faced heavy seas and possible loss. Rescue launches were dispatched from Katalla and Seward. boats were deemed too dangerous unless necessary.
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Cordova
Alaska Steamshin Company
Olympia
Sea Island
Prince Wiliam Sound
Valdez
Seward
United States District
E. E. Cushman
Third District Court
J. Daniels
Seattle
Navy Wirer Jessa
Hayes
Bligh Island
Navy
Katalla
Dora
I. Hamburger
Federal Court
George R. Walker
Guy Bruback
J. L. Green
Don Stewart
L. M. Lakin
Thomas §. Scott
J. Hamilton
J. H. D. Rouse
Brower
Alaska
Northwestern Grounding Splits Olympia Voyage to Cordova
Passengers on the steamship Olympia were rerouted after the Northwestern grounded off False Bay near San Juan Island on December 2. Olympia, under Capt. J. T. Daniele, had called at Cordova before running ashore on Bligh Island reef, with three Alaskan wrecks reported nearby.
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Olympia
Northwestern
False Bay
San Juan Island
Seattle
Cordova
Glasgow
J. T. Daniele
Bligh Island
Train hits cow. bystander and dog killed in wreck
A Mobile to Nashville passenger train struck a cow near Kirkland. A bystander, a negro, was killed as he watched the train. He fell into water and struck a dog, which also died.
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Mobile
Ala
Toulsville
Nashville
Kirkland
Mexican Rebel Roundup Pressed by Artillery Reinforcements
Four hundred soldiers with two field pieces arrived by special train and will join Gen Navarro within twenty miles of the insurrectos near Guerrero. Yaqui Indians break faith in Hermosillo as government troops pursue revolutionists in Chihuahua Minaca district. Ambassador de la Barra downplays the crisis, asserting normal conditions prevail aside from Chihuahua where 400 rebels are pursued.
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Guerrero
de la Barra
Chihuahua
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Navarro
Hermosillo
Minaca
City of
Navarre
Senor de la Barra
United States
Yesterdy
Republic
Gould
Opium Smuggling Ring Indicted In Baltimore Case
United States officials claim a Baltimore based Chinese smuggling syndicate, aided by former immigration inspector George E. Baldwin, orchestrated opium and alien smuggling into Maryland. The indictment spares no detail as raids expand across major cities and secret agents pursue the broader network with aims to wipe it out.
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United States
Maryland
New York
Seattle
Baldwin
Baltimore
Department of Justice
George E. Baldwin
Immigration Bureau
Department
Inspection Service
West Indies
W. Finch
Bureau of Investigation
Finch
A. B. Bielaski
R. 8. Coupland
Secret agents kept at work to curb opium smuggling
The department expects opium trade and Chinese smugglers to shrink within five years as agents stay on the case. Inspector Baldwin, dismissed for laxity, says bribes were offered by the syndicate and claims he could not act due to protection around its leaders. He awaits trial and will speak only through his lawyer or testimony.
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Department
Baltimore
United States
Baldwin
Tang Shu Wan
W. C. Smith
Justice Hughes
Supreme Court
Hughes
Bogus Money Men Raid New York Counterfeiting Ring
Secret service agents under the New York chief raided a frame dwelling in Astoria Long Island capturing two prisoners and a haul of gold silver crucibles copper and alloys plus mixing machines described as a polished counterfeiting plant One captive had Berlin mint experience and another was a novice The case highlights an undercover officer who earned the prisoners trust to gain a partnership offer but the chief refuses to reveal the detective s name.
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New York
Service
Astoria
Long Island
Berlin
Secret Service
Taylor
Frank Weber
Benjamin Lottere
Weber
Rio Mutineers Seized as Cobra Island Bombarded
Rio de Janeiro reports heavy casualties as government forces recapture Cobra Island after a second mutiny. About 60 mutineers faced 200 civilian casualties during bombardment. two land batteries, two warships and destroyers involved. Martial law declared for 31 days. censorship and no surrender. Peru also notes cabinet resignation of Salvator Cavero.
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Rio de Janeiro
Cobra Island
Marine Corps
Treasury
Foreign Office
Federal District
Nictheroy
Chamber of Deputies
Rio Grande Do Sul
Rio de Janeir
Thieves Capture in Alaska Gold Heist Aftermath
Special to The Washington Post reports in San Francisco that six men and one woman, led by E. C. Smith and his wife, are held for the theft of 350000 in Alaska gold bullion from the steamer Humboldt last September. Secret Service Agent Moffitt directed the seizure. The couple kept most of the gold in their lodging house room while the others were rounded up in various lodgings. Smith peddled bullion bits to local jewelers, with suspicion rising from the rare Tanana district gold color.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Dec
Alaska
Humboldt
Secret Service
Moffitt
E. C. Smith
Smith
Tanana
Enfield Town Laments Few Children for Christmas Event
Ithaca N Y Dec 1 Enfield residents lament the town lacks marriageable young people to support a Christmas church entertainment. A church leader cites rural depopulation as many youth move to cities. Col Roosevelt urged that raising children matters more than crops during a farm tour last fall.
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Ithaca
Enfield
J. Wottian
Col. Roosevelt
Peace Court Planned by Taft Advocates International Tribunal
A Washington conference this week will discuss forming a permanent international tribunal for judicial settlement of disputes. President Taft, Gen. Stewart L Woodford, and other dignitaries will speak as Secretaries Knox and Root address diplomacy versus judicial arbitration. The conference aims to place disputes before judges rather than negotiate away on diplomatic terms.
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Washington
American Society For the Judicial
Natioha
Nex
State Department
Hague
Taft
Peach
Stewart L., Woodford
FW. D. Grant
Thomas Nelson “Page
Martin W. Littleton
New York
Congress
Willard
Knox
Cardinal Gibbons
Root
Justice Riddle
High Court of Canada
United States
Canada
John W. Foster
Foster
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Andrew Carnegie
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
Maryland Peace Society
Justice Brow
Supreme Court of the United States
Frederick D. McKenney
Hague Court
A. E Snow
Eugene Baumbaugh
Harvard
H. B. F. Macfarland
Charles Noble
Gregory
Aviation
Congress Heights May Defer Inquiry Reforms Granted
The Congress Heights Citizens Association, after securing Interior Department concessions, voted to drop an impending investigation of the Government Hospital for the Insane while keeping options open. Guards and gate changes have reduced patient roaming. association leaders say they may reopen if patients again roam freely, with witnesses prepared for any future inquiry.
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Congress Heights
Secretary of Association
Department of the Interior
Ballinger
F. E. Butterfield
Julian A.’ Marreeron
Vi Bgger
C. A. Mahmong
Mr. Butterfield
Government
Patledits
Interior Department
Dying Alone Amid Gold Found Hidden Wealth in Alaska Tale
Memphis man George Powers, presumed dead after departing for Alaskan gold fields, is said to have discovered rich ore. A note tied to a goose’s neck by hunter Tred Mordaunt shares Powers illness, wealth, and a plea for someone to claim his fortune before winter.
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Washington Post
Memphis
Tenn
George Powers
Tred Mordaunt
Hunter
Webb
Nebr
Mordaunt
Missouri’ River
Powers
All Escape in Minneapolis Fire Brings No Loss
A Sunday morning blaze at the Brunswick Hotel in Minneapolis Minn leaves a mass of charred wreckage with 150 guests and employees uninjured. Damage estimated at 160000 dollars. A Pennsylvania Railroad service note mentions a 41 Pennsylvania Special to Chicago departing Washington at 340 p m and arriving next morning with a creeping car feature.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Brunewick Hotel
Minneapolis
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Steamer Ashore in Storm and Rio Slayings Reported
Page one details a steamer driven ashore during a gale and citizens slain at Rio, alongside items tracing opium smugglers, a peace court plan, Mexican advances against rebels, hospital inquiry delays, and European storm fatalities. White named as Chief Justice contender.
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Rio
Agnus
Taft
House of Congress
House
News of Alexandria
Pastor Russell
Society
Financial Review
Wilson
New Hospital Fund for Beverly Gathers $10,000
Beverly Massachusetts residents report progress toward a new hospital as a campaign seeks to raise funds. Special to The Washington Post notes earlier efforts in Boston and nationwide generosity, including a Taft-initiated contribution of $100.
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Washington
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Seville Submerged and Bridges Destroyed in Cyclone Floods
A second cyclone sweeps Spain with Seville’s lower city submerged and bridges at Alcala destroyed. Villages including Caceres, Aranjuez, Castillo, Canetón face critical floods while trains derail at Palencia and bodies drift past Valladolid. Italian Riviera floods reach San Remo as rivers rise and rail washouts occur. Ponte Nuovo hill collapse threat looms near Rome.
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Palencia
Spain
Alcala
Riviera
San Remo
Madrid
Seville
Cacerog
Castillo
Rome
Italian Riviera
Bordigliers
Tiber
Pontenuovo
Zelaya Seeks Taft Meeting Over Nicaragua Crisis
Alphonse Zelaya, son of exiled Nicaragua despot Gen. Jose Zelaya, says his father plans to visit New York then Washington to discuss the Grace and Cannon killings and asks permission to return to Nicaragua to live in seclusion. He expects to arrive mid January and vows not to seek power.
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Washington Post
New York
Jose 5
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Belgium
Alphonse
Alphonse Zelaya
Young Zelaya
Gen
Taft
Washington
Grace
Cannon
Hatrada
Bin
White chosen as chief justice with two associates named
President Taft to nominate Edward Douglass White as chief justice with Willis Van Devanter and Joseph R. Lamar named as associates. Also slated for the Court of Commerce are Martin A. Knapp, Robert W. Archbald, William H. Hunt, Julian W. Mack, and Arthur C. Denison. Possible new Interstate Commerce Commission members to follow.
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Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commission
R. W. Archbald
U. S
Pennsylvania
W. H. Hunt
Montana
J. W. Mack
Chicago
A. C. Denison
Michigan
Edward Douglass White
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Senate
White House
Willis van Devanter
Chéyenne
Wyo
Eighth United Statee Circuit
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Georgia Supreme Court
Julian W. Mack
First Ilinois
Mr. Mack
Interstate Commerce Commission
Knapp
F. M. Cockrell
Missouri
8. H. Meyer
Wisconsin
C. C. McCrord
Kentucky
Justice White
Charles E. Hughes
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Gen. Navarro
Justice Dooms
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St. Louis
Pittsburg
West India Islands
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Columbus
Ind
David Db. ‘Goums
Needham Township
Squire Cooms
Squire
Lima
Peru
Salvator Cavero
Peace Court
President Taft
Andrew Callegie
W.hurst
London
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Wild Goose
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