Government Admits General Surrounded at Pedernales
Contradictory reports from Mexico City and Washington say Gen Navarro was surrounded at Pedernales for days while the government denies capture. Reinforcements, trains, and artillery move toward Mal Paso as rebels and federals clash. civilians alleged executed and bridges blown amid a widening front.
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Washington
City of Mexico
Navarro
Pedernales
Navarre
Belen
Mal Meo
Fire chief calls for citywide inspecting power and wooden building ban
New York fire chief Croker urged the legislature to grant the department sole authority to inspect for fires, remove rubbish in basements and storage rooms, and enforce preventive measures. He attacked reliance on automatic sprinklers, warned against frame buildings, and proposed continuous heat in hallways to cut fire losses.
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New York
Mr. Chambers
Europe
Scotch Margaret Cassidy 105 Dies Remembered Waterloo News
In Philadelphia the House of the Good Shepherd mourns 105 year old Scotch Margaret Cassidy who died aging 105. Born in Scotland she retained faculties and recalled Waterloo events vividly. An inmate for many years she had no known relatives and her long life drew reflections on history.
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Margaret
Waterloo
Philadelphia
House of the Good Shepherd
Margaret” Cassidy
Water'oo
Cassidy
Mass at Midnight Services Across Washington
Christmas observances lit the city with midnight mass in eleven Catholic churches and Brookland monasteries. Monks led a solemn Nativity adoration in the Grotto, followed by processions and Latin blessings as churches from St Patrick’s to Georgetown held dawn services.
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Brookland
Shepherds of Old
Bethlehem
Hitle
St. Patrick's Church
Father Russell
St. Aloysius’ Church
St. Dominic's
Church of the Holy Comforter
Clarance E. Wheeler
St. Martin’s Catholic Church
Father Eugene Hannon
St. Vincent de Paul
St. Terena’s
the Holy Trinity
St. Peter's
St. Stephen's
the Shrine of the Sacred Heart
Paulist College
Georgetown College
Catholic University
Convent of the Visitation
Georgetown Convent
Christmas Spirit Spreads Across Washington City
Rev Alfred Harding will conduct a service at St Pauls as part of an elaborate holiday program. Shriners will distribute baskets of food to the poor, and donations of toys clothing and fuel reach homes and institutions. Orphans, the aged and the wounded receive traditional dinners while Salvation Army and Associated Charities assist wanderers. M C A men hang stockings and soldiers at Washington barracks enjoy a noon dinner. Executive departments stage festive displays as Washingtonians celebrate the eve with street revelry and club toasts at the National Press Club.
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Washington
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Turkey
Salvation Army
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Santa Claus
Washington Barracks
Company C
United States Engineers
Nas Tional Press Club
Prize music score stolen from express wagon in New York
A $10,000 prize music score addressed to George W Chadwick director of the New England Conservatory of Music was stolen from an express wagon in front of a tenement in New York. Conductor Walter Damrosch had assisted in selecting six scores for a Metropolitan Opera House contest and feared total value could reach $50,000 if duplicates existed. The theft occurred among other packages, with police noting possible Italian guerrilla involvement but offering no motive.
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New York
George W. Chadwick
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Walter Damrosch
Dambosch
Samo
Rizzo
Longo
Aged Couple Die Minutes Apart in Pneumonia
In Jersey City on Christmas Eve, 73-year-old Thomas Cooley and his wife Mary died within minutes of each other after catching pneumonia. The man whispered his fear to watchers, who in turn feigned informing his wife in the next room as both faded away.
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New York
Mary
Thomas Cooley
Jersey City
Tom
Mayor Sullivan refuses salary in Cranston council debate
In Cranston the youngest city in the state, Mayor Edward M. Sullivan refused compensation for his services. A council motion for a $3,000 salary prompted a veto threat. after his testimony the measure was withdrawn. Also mentions a $1,285 Baltimore return fare.
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Cranston
R.T
Edward M. Sullian
Sullivan
Doctor Hayes Beats Prisoner in Court in Fracas
In Chiago on December 24 Dr Patrick E L Hayes aged sixty athletic pummelled Ed ward Moyers an alleged pickpocket during Meyers arraignment in court. Hayes grabbed Moyers by the coat collar threw him against a bench punched him repeatedly and sent him to the floor while declaring that was his action. Meyers aged 21 was held on grand jury bond set at 1000.
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Patrick EL Hayes
Hayes
Edward Moyers
Meyers
Dr. Hayes
Local man saves drowning boy from Scioto River
Seymour Borrer, an interurban streetcar employee, saved a boy near Town Street bridge after cutting the trolley rope and lassoing him from the Scioto River. The youth was unconscious but quickly recovered.
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Columbus
Ohio
Seymour Borrer
Baut Martin
Scioto
Borrer
Blind Girls See New York on Guided Christmas Tour
Ten blind girls were taken on a two-car tour of seeing New York as part of a Christmas jollification. They visited a matinee and listened to lecturers describe major sights. Each girl had a friend beside her who whispered scene details during the performance.
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New York
Death of Military Bandmaster Prof Louis Conterno in Brooklyn
Special to The Washington Post reports Prof Louis Conterno, famed military bandmaster, died of heart disease at Miss Louise Beckett’s Brooklyn home. He was to wed Miss Beckett on January 6 after a Terr race Garden concert. He had lived in the United States twenty years after coming from Savoy, France, and led military bands for many years.
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Washington Post
New York
Louis Conterno
Louise Beckett
Brooklyn
Miss Beckett
Prof. Conternio
Conterno
Terrace Garden
Mils Beckett
Prof. Conterno
Ving
Savoy
France
Hammerline Meets Taft For Immigration Conference
Louis N. Hammerline, president of the American Association of Foreign Newspapers in New York, met President Taft yesterday via Secretary Nagel and arranged a conference on January 4 with the association's board of directors from 26 states to discuss key immigration laws.
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Louis N. Hammerline
American Association of Foreign Newspapers
New York City
Nagel
Moonshiner shot dead by pastor and brothers in church siege
In Blue Ridge Georgia Carter Lingerfelt, a moonshiner, was killed inside Mount Pisgah Church when Rev William Kimmo and his two preacher brothers fired from the pulpit after Lingerfelt broke in and threatened them. Lingerfelt had warned he would drive the ministers from the county if they continued preaching against moonshine. The attack wounded Rev H W Kimmo, triggering a panic as women fainted and men hid under benches while a still near the church was destroyed by Deputy Hopkins.
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William Kimmo
Washington Post
Blue Ridge
Mount Pisgah Church
Kimmo
Lingerfelt
Kimmos
Singerfelt
H. W. Kimmo
Hopkins
Fatal fall and car crashes mar gloomy Christmas
On Christmas Eve four people suffered accidents in Washington. Miss Julia Almond, 1814 I Street NW, died from a fractured skull after slipping on ice and falling on a step. George J. Peabody and his wife, of 918 S Street NW, were struck by a Ninth Street streetcar, with Peabody badly injured. Louisa Byrns, age 1, of 64 K Street SW, was severely burned near a stove while watching Christmas turkey cooking and is not expected to survive. All three survivors are in Emergency or Children's Hospital care.
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Julia Almond
I Streat Northwest
George J. Peabody
S Street
Louisa Burns
Peabody
Children's Hospital
Miss Almond
Louisa Byrns
Peabodys
Ninth and
L Streets
Ninth Street
Duni‘gen
Auto Crushes Boy Coasters In Washington Driveway
Two boys likely fatally injured when an automobile struck them as they coasted on a bob sled toward a driveway. Donovan Lytle, 12, suffered a broken leg, scalp lacerations, and internal injuries. John Vester, 18, endured severe head, body, and leg injuries with a brain concussion. The chauffeur swerved to avoid the sled but still ran over the pair. they were found unconscious with little hope for recovery.
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Washington
Donovan Lytle
John Vester
FAST TRAIN RUNS WILD DRIVING ROD BREAKS ENGINE
In Lynn Massachusetts December 24 two trainmen were slightly injured when a driving rod broke on a Portland division Boston and Maine locomotive en route from Boston to Lawrence. The cab was torn off as the train ran about half a mile at high speed before the engineer John Ellery clung to the rear and fireman John Ellis crawled to the baggage car to set the emergency brake. The stop left Ellery and Ellis with minor injuries and no serious damage to passengers or cars.
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Mass
Portland
Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston
Lawrence
John Ellery
Mreman John Ellis
Ellery
Miner killed in 4000 foot fall at Nanticoke shaft
A Susquehanna Coal Company employee, 39 year old Woses-sarre in rec, fell 1000 feet down a mine shaft near Nanticoke last night and was instantly killed. Nearly every bone in his body was broken.
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Mineryilliams
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
Unarmed Bronx Man Chases Burglars After Pajama Start
Frank H. Vick of the Bronx heard a dining room noise before dawn and chased two burglars through the streets in pajamas after they tripped him and took his revolver. He and Detective Lieutenant Maher fought to subdue the thieves who bit him. the pair, named as Joseph Murphy and John Hughes, were captured and taken to the police.
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New York
Frank H. Vick
Bronx
Lieut. Maher
Mr. Vick
Vick
Lieut
Maher
Joseph Murphy
John Hughes
Wreck Destroys Train in Tunnel Near Williamson W Va
Four mail clerks and helpers were killed when a Norfolk and Western passenger train derailed in a tunnel near Williamson West Virginia. Injured include baggage men, an engineer, and a woman passenger. The wreck blocks traffic while debris is cleared. victims include James R Herndon of Roanoke and Lama W Dowdy of Roanoke, both married with families.
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W. Va
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Columbus
Ohio
Norfolk
James R Herndon
Carl C. Goode
McDowell
Howard K. Bell
Franklin
Lama W. Dowdy
C. M. Davidson
Columadus
R. H. Edwards
Arious
Robinson
Hig Treme
Herndon
Dowdy
New York Suicide at Chatham Club Shocked Witnesses
John Rice fired three shots into his head then propped up on the floor to finish a telephone call with a young woman. He spoke to Ray on the line en route to death while friends watched. At the hospital he had an even chance of surviving.
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John Rice
New York
Iite
Ray
Chatham Club
Rice
Panama envoy Mendoza arrives in Bogota for peace talks
Dr. Carlos Mendoza, Panama's special envoy, arrived in Bogota to negotiate a peace treaty with Colombia. Public sentiment shows opposition to a treaty, with no rioting reported. Reports indicate Panama seeks to foster friendly relations, while Colombia’s stance remains cautious. Hotel Chamberlin, Old Point Comfort, provides lodging during travel.
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Colombia
Bee
Carlos Mendoza
Panama
Mendoza
Duchess Withdraws Case in Paris Trial of D Aulby and Praslin
The Duchess of Choiseul-Praslin abandoned accusations that D Aulby and his wife conspired to swindle her out of 200000 dollars in a sale of spurious paintings. The court adjourned to January 2 for final arguments as spectators shouted Long live D Aulby.
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Pours
Francé
Pure white deer slain on Taft ranch in Gregory Tex
A pure white deer known as the phantom deer was killed yesterday on Charles P Taft’s ranch near Gregory. G B Patterson fired the shot that ended the animal’s long run of uninjured sightings after numerous prior attempts.
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Albino
Charles P. Taft
Texas
Washington Post
Gregory, Tex
Charles P Taft
G. B. Patterson
Steak buyer kills waiter in restaurant incident
An enraged patron, John Bennett aged 18, shot and killed waiter James Costas after a steak he ordered was unsatisfactory. Bennett apologized to other diners, left the eatery, and was arrested two blocks away.
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St. Tats
John Bennett
Ewsbo
James Costas
Bennett
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