London police mourn as armed threat rocks safe streets
A chaotic assassination spree in London highlights arming police and immigration policy debates. Burglars attacked a jewelry store in the Houndsditch district, killing Constable Choate and injuring others as unarmed officers attempted to intervene. The case spurs discussion of international anarchists, fencing of weapons, and stricter entry rules.
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Choate
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Record of Incidents in London Anarchist Plot Hinted
December 16 clash left three policemen and two constables wounded by a band of criminals armed with pistols in the Houndsditch area. London papers push for police to carry pistols. Authorities uncover a bomb factory and a broader anarchist plot tied to King George coronation. Scotland Yard seeks leads in America. arrests made with little new light.
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Morountzeff
Houndsditch
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Great Britain
Wanamaker Helps Create City Widows Fund
Philadelphia officials announced a $150000 fund for widows and dependents of city employees injured or killed in duty. Rodman Wanamaker offered $60000 in yearly installments for five years to seed a permanent fund, with annual income to support proposed pensions. Mayor Revburn sent the Wanamaker offer to councils, and an ordinance appropriating $100000 was introduced.
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Oklahoma Governor Signs State Capital Bill in Guthrie
Governor Charles N Haskell affixes his signature to the state capital bill during a special session. The measure relocates the capital to Oklahoma City amid political maneuvering in Guthrie Oklahoma.
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Customs lines tighten free allowance for personal use
A Washington Post report details a Treasury order narrowing duty free limits for returning residents. Effective immediately only articles for personal use and apparel may enter duty free up to the prior $100 allowance. household or small articles not for personal use now incur duty. The change, prompted by two Treasury notices, will collect duties on items previously admitted free.
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New York
Loeb
Treasury
Mrs Eddy revival claims shock Boston board
Mrs Augusta Stetson excommunicated head of New York First Church asserts Mary Baker Eddy will return in mortal form. She says Eddy is not dead and will be revealed to prove Christian Science teachings, triggering millennial era. Boston board shaken by reports and denials after 26 years study.
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New York
Augusta E. Stetson
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Christian Science
Mary Baker G Eddy
Newton
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Kiddy
St Louis bachelors auctioned for 267 pounds weight
In St Louis at St Vincent de Paul Church a bachelor auctioned of a wealthy broom maker's son, Marin Casey, weighed 267 pounds. Miss Dora Kohler won and ultimately received a $5 bid instead of the prize, with Father Nugent presiding as MC.
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Stew yields 15 pearls found in Camden restaurant
The Washington Post reports in Philadelphia on December 29 that Dr William Powell discovered fifteen pearls in an oyster stew at a Camden restaurant. The pearls ranged from pinhead to pea-sized and were noted after the doctor's visit to the eating house.
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William Powell
New Way of Transporting Troops Across High Ranges
Arch Hoxsey, the Pasadena flyer, soared above Mount Wilson in a Wright passenger biplane for 2 hours 31 minutes reaching 10 005 feet. Army officers say the feat suggests a method to move armies over mountains, while Hoxsey narrowly escaped with frostbite and near-zero wind chill.
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Aero In Fifty Mile Gale At New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 28 John B Moisant soared 4000 feet as a gulf hurricane approached The wind was estimated at 50 miles an hour during ten minutes of maneuvers while spectators feared for his life He landed nearly exhausted after flying with the wind at about 100 miles an hour but a headwind slowed the machine to near standstill
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Auto Road Airmens Course In Roanoke Plans Air Fights
Promoters of the New York ty Atlanta national automobile highway plan aeroplane fights over the course between the two clubs. Roanoke citizen J Th Mersteller reports plans include neat controls and dramatic shows at distant stops similar to automobile runs.
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Clothing Contractors Held for Indian Garment Fraud
Indictments by a U S federal grand jury name Reuben Weinstein and Lawrence P Maher of Weinstein and Maher New York for fraud in filling government contracts for Indian clothing. It is alleged they removed inspected clothing from the warehouse and replaced it with rejected goods through a clerk s connivance. They already face larceny charges for removing accepted clothing.
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Overcoat as a Life Net for Baby Fire Rescue
Chicago dec 29 a life net improvised from a man's overcoat saved a baby at a tenement fire. Mrs Dekanmakay leaped to the sidewalk badly injured, two daughters also hurt. Fred Hoffman manager of a nearby apron factory spread the coat and urged the mother to drop the baby, sparing the child from injury.
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A. Dekanmakay
Tomato Paste Seized for Use in Soup
United States deputy marshals seized 6,200 cans of tomato paste weighing 124,000 pounds, used by hotels and restaurantes for tomato soup. Led by Robert Young, inspectors raided a box car on the Pennsylvania road and will destroy the paste tomorrow. The paste is described as dried pulp left after ketchup production, then dried and canned.
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United States
Robert Young
Pennsylvania Road
Dog Reunited With West Point Sergeant After Three Years
Special to The Washington Post from Highland Falls New York reports Sergeant James Dorr, once stationed at West Point, recovered his long-lost dog after a three year search. A scratching at the kitchen door yesterday morning led to a joyful reunion as the worn pet wagged its tail accepting the home welcome.
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Drea Stecia
Woman Dies on Train in New York State
Mrs. Lillie Gillem wife of Captain Alvin Gilem U S A died suddenly early today aboard an eastbound Erie Railroad express as it reached Fort Jervis New York She was 48 and returning home to Oglethorpe Georgia with her husband The body was taken to Jersey City for burial or funeral arrangements.
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New York State
Labor Leaders Alarmed by Vigilance Plans in Los Angeles
A union labor committee in Los Angeles demanded protection from Mayor Alexander over business men plans for a vigilance committee. The mayor urged labor leaders to push Sacramento for a state arbitration board and compulsory arbitration of all labor disputes. Police report guard surges over three suspected dynamiters tied to Llewellyn Iron Works and a San Luis Obispo murder case. no arrests yet. In New Jersey, deputy keeper William Turner was stabbed by inmate Dominick Magano at the state prison, gravely wounded with two abdominal wounds, motive unclear.
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William Avila
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Trenton
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William D. Turner
New Jersey
Dominick Magano
Heap
Sailor Killed on Chester Cruiser in Norfolk Incident
Patrick Conlin of the scout cruiser Chester was killed today in Norfolk. His leg tangled in a rope coil and pulled him into the drum of a winch he operated.
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Patrick Conlin
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Lisbon Near Crisis Rumors Put Britain on Alert
British Ambassador seeks a warship as Portugal faces possible collapse of its short lived republic. Reports from Madrid Paris and London allege army and navy disaffection, mutinies aboard cruisers, resignations, and royalist plotting. Former King Manuel meets London leaders amid talks of study and a world tour.
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Higher Wages for 75 000 Rail Workers Across Regions
Fifty Western rail systems tonight granted 75 000 conductors and trainmen a 10 percent wage increase. The concession, costing railroads over 5 million dollars in 1911 and future years, follows weeks of daily talks between labor officials and railroad managers. It coincides with a 10 percent raise given to locomotive engineers the day before Christmas, at a 4 million dollar annual cost. The agreement covers Haineis Central and about half of 3 hundred systems from the Midwest to the Pacific coast. Negotiations began November 28 and have been nearly continuous.
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Rugs Burned From Amir of Bokhara Collection
Dec 29 reports say the Amir of Bokhara lost an immensely valuable rug collection in a fire. Several attendants perished or were burned in the flames.
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Index to today's issue shows wide coverage across politics and society
The page list highlights items from London assassins and Mexican rebels to a boiler explosion, naval blame, presidential moves, tariff board push, papal oath, fraud paintings, and society notes. Notable entries include Amos Homer Byington's death and New Year's church services.
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Bruie
S-Sheehan
Robin Hank
Taft
Tariff Board
Morgan
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Alexandria Bank
I Ts
Amos Homer Byington
Mal Paso Captured as Federal Forces Break Rebel Stronghold
News dispatches report Mal Paso in Chihuahua fell to federal troops led by Generals Luque and Navarra after a skirmish with insurgents. Colonel Guzman died of wounds from the Mal Paso fight. Diaz reportedly seeks peace with Chihuahua rebels via a new gubernatorial arrangement. Reports also place insurgent mobilization in Sonora and New Orleans discussions over the former cruiser Detroit as potential rebel fleet.
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Revoluionists
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Luque
Navarra
Pedernaies
Gordilla Escuedero
Navarro
Esquedero
Mexico
Martin L. Guzman
Ojinaga
Douglas
Aziz
Nacazari
Rodriguez Alive in Mexico After Rock Springs Rescue
Guadalajara reports Rodriguez, once believed burned at the stake in Rock Springs, Texis, is alive in Mexico. He was identified as a Rock Springs resident after arrest on suspicions of aiding Maderos rebels, released once identity was confirmed. He had worked in the United States as a railroad laborer until recently.
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Antonio Rodriguez
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Madero
United States
Fire damages Oxford Office building at New York and Fourteenth
A basement heating plant fire at the four story Oxford office building, formerly the Oxford Hotel, caused extensive damage to the heating and power plant. Chief Wagner led efforts as 5,000 theatergoers watched engines at work. The blaze started in the cellar likely from an overheated pipe or miswired light, with Bennett & Co. clothing and haberdashery spared by a fire wall. Train lines and streetcar traffic on Fourteenth Street were briefly halted.
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T. A. Wickersham
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Washington Railway and Electric Company
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Lost Two Days Memory Gone
A clean shaven man, Kenneth Wilson of Philadelphia, visited Jersey City police claiming amnesia. He could not recall his name but carried a notebook with contracts totaling 80000 dollars. His wife confirmed he left home for work Wednesday and had been ill. A telegram from Philadelphia urged returning him home. A rail fare to Baltimore is listed.
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