Death at Yale Area Prominent Wall Street Operator Shot
New Haven Conn. Jan 3 Charles A Edwards a wealthy Wall Street operator former president of Passaic Chemical and officer of General Chemical was found shot in bed at the Hiller home 117 College Street EDwards died enroute to a hospital The case surnamed before coroner Deputy Pond considered both homicide and possible self inflicted wound and noted open back door and unlocked kitchen door as possible ingress Lights were dimmed and no weapon found while autopsy awaited.
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Charles A. Edwards
Wall Street
Charles A. Hiller
New Haven
Conn
Charles 4. Edwards
New York
Passaic Chemical Company
New Jersey
General Chemical Company
New York City
Lyme
Jan
Charles
Hiller
Brener Pond
Hillier
College Strett
Fust Isi
Nits
Yale
Min Edwards
Maxey
Peat Brothers
Charles Aclillet
Jaliet
Mr. Howards
Sr Asrslus
Metecalf
Lee
Benjamin
Edwards
Dir Cheney
Charles A. Tiller
Corgam Pond
Ay Maxey Hi
Pom
Bessa
Burt Oh
Lier
Dea
Acd
Ami Seseru
Pound
Ediwards
Maxey Hiller
Harris
Pond
A. Maxey Hiller
Ba- Wards
Tiller Samaly
Cheney
Hillers
Mr. Edwards
Howards
Uilter Homestead
Tomorow
Bartlett
A. Maxcy Hiller
College Street
Jonathan Heiwarda
Charley
K Edwards
Sarah Catherine Hiller
Abigail Hitler
Charles A.hiller
Galina
Kana
Temple Street
Albany Ga Tornado Leaves Town Wrecked
A tornado of terrific force struck Albany at 1 30 PM injuring and killing residents. Two dead include Ben Jones and Jake Johnson with several others fatally injured. Property losses hit the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company at about 60000 and total costs estimated at 160000. Wires down and lines out hinder reports from surrounding areas.
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Albany
Ben Jones
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Jake Johnson
Lula Gladden
Jessie Davis
Annie Davis
Jessie Woodall
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Pretoria
Freight Wreck Near Fair Forest Kills Two
A freight wreck on the Southern Railroad near Fair Forest South Carolina at 11 o clock today killed engineer J A Lucas of Greenville and a colored fireman. Other crew members were fatally injured. Northbound trains were detoured via Columbia delaying 6 to 7 hours. a washout appears to have caused the wreck.
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Greenville
D. C
Southern Railroad
Fair Forest
5. C
J. A. Lucas
Columbis
3. C
German War Move Prompted By French Military Build Up
Bertin January 3 report from Berlin notes German rail orders for 20,000 freight cars worth 50 million dollars to five countries Belgium Holland Switzerland Italy to be delivered by mid February. Officials say this is precautionary to move troops if needed by March end and not a hostile act amid French preparations including six artillery regiments and 180 guns aimed toward the German frontier. Ambassadors in Paris cite a policy shift under War Minister Etienne from Merteaux stressing preparedness to meet any eventuary. Morocco conference looms January 16 with all powers needing consensus. German diplomacy focuses on Moroccan frontier questions and military readiness.
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Berlin
Paris
Bertin
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Italy
France
Morocco
Merteaux
M. Etienne
M. Berteaux
Reciaists
Two Rival Mayors Clash In Washington New Jersey
Washington New Jersey January 3 two mayors govern the city as each claims legal leadership after Dr B Smith failed to qualify within ten days. Rival factions met separately in the same chamber over the firehouse as crowds grew and firefighters feared the ceiling would collapse.
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Washington, N. J
B. Smith
R. M. Patty
Dr. Smith
Sim
E Saterday
Fire Captain Killed In Springfield Church Blaze
Fire chief Capt. Stiney Bowers was killed and firefighter Frank L. Hines seriously injured in an incendiary fire that destroyed Highland Baptist Church in Springfield Massachusetts. The blaze started in an adjoining barn where fires had been set before. Bowers and three firemen were inside as the roof collapsed. the other two were rescued. The church, valued around $40,000, had seen previous arson attempts in both the chapel and barn over the past two years.
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Springfield
Mass
Springfeld
Stiney Bowers
Frank L. Hines
Freman
Highland Baptist Church
Bowers
Siberia Captain Dies By Own Hand In Hongkong
Victoria Jan 3 The Evapress of Japan reports Captain J Tremain Smith master of the Siberia killed himself. A Chinese cabin boy found him with his throat cut in the captain's cabin on Dec 7. The body showed death by own action and a bloodstained razor was found beside him. He had declined steadily during the outward voyage from San Francisco. The body was sent to San Francisco for burial.
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San Francisco
Waves Too Big to Face on Statendam Sea Run
The Statendam, en route to America, turned to Europe for five hours on December 26 due to enormous waves. The ship arrived with doors smashed deck fixings torn up and the purser injured. steerage cabins had six inches of water. Captain Roggevun kept the liner steady to calm passengers, and he received thanks on arrival.
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Atlantic
Europe
New York
Statendam
America
Roggevun
Killer shoots sister in law in Jersey City home
New York report says Marie Arcangelo Dolia twenty three was shot by her brother in law Joseph Vanea at her Jersey City residence. Vanea was chased by a crowd and saved by police after a lengthy pursuit. He claims the killing followed her refusal to let him live in her house. Also noting Baltimore and Return fare on the Baltimore and Ohio line with weekend service details.
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New York
Marie Arcangelo Dolia
Joseph Vanea
Jersey City
Vanea
Senator Gallinger saves wife after car strike at local avenue
Senator Gallinger and Mrs. Gallinger were struck by a street car at Connecticut avenue and N street. He threw himself to shield her, saving her from the trucks but himself suffering facial cuts and a deep gash behind her ear. Both were treated at Hotel La Normandie and resumed duties that evening. The incident sparked support for fenders on streetcars and prompted calls for slower speeds in misty rain.
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Jacob H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Mount Pleasant
Connecticut Avenue
N_ street
Gailinger
Senate Committee
Galt Huger
Jefferson Place
N Street
Senator Gallinger
Senator Galtinger
Hotel la Normandie
Atland Fifteenth Streets
Johnson
Ater
Gallinger
Gallingers
H. S. E. Johnson
Fifteenth Streets
Gal Hnger
J. H. Corning
18Th St
Coast steamer P. J. Thistlewood ashore off Pensacola bar
A gale drove the coast steamer P. J. Thistlewood from Tampa to New Orleans onto the Gulf beach twenty miles east of Pensacola bar. Tugs and life-saving crews are en route to rescue the crew, with weather described as very rough and the ship in dangerous condition. The vessel reportedly carries oranges and fruit and had called at Pensacola for fuel before continuing.
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Pensacola
Fla
P. J. Thistlewood
Tampa
New Orleans
Gulf Beach
Pensacola Bar
Thistlewood
Gulf
Mystery in New Haven Tragedy and War News Summary
Index notes a mystery in New Haven tragedy and various international topics including Germany preparing for war, Rojestvensky accusing Britain, Santo Domingo treaty danger, and Hungary’s official mobbing. It also cites domestic political items such as Senator Gallinger injuries, La Follette sworn in, and McCall resignation linked hazing scandal.
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New Haven
Germany
Gallinger
Rojestvensky
Santo Domingo
Gen. Harries
Albany
Erest
la Follette
McCall
Holland
Washington
Russia
Grusby
Yerkes
New York
Russian Admiral Claims British Fleet Ready to Annihilate Russians
Admiral Rojestvensky accuses Britain of plotting to destroy the Russian fleet if the Sea of Japan battle favored Russia. He says British forces concentrated at Weihaiwei and suggests Togo’s actions were secretly guided, while the minister of marine probes the loss and a court martial may follow. British envoy Spring-Rice demanded an explanation from Foreign Minister Lamsdorff.
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Weihaiwei
Togo
Sea of Japan
St. Petersburg
Jane
Rojestvensky
Nevce Vremya
Marine
Rojesivensky
Great Britain
Simbar
Weihaiwe
Eiveles
Spring-Rice
Lamsdorff
Novoe Vremya
Dynamite Found Hidden in Ship Coal
Special to The Washington Post reports on the transport Thomas where two sticks of dynamite were discovered hidden in coal from Nagasaki aboard the vessel. Passenger Lewis E. Davis says officers blamed Japanese stevedores, amid tensions over an unpopular peace treaty. The ship carried 1,500 Seventeenth Infantry soldiers and 400 civilian passengers, with 4000 tons of coal loaded at Nagasaki.
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Washington Post
Seattle
Wash
Thomas
United States
Lewis E. Davis
Vancouver
Nagasaki
Davis
America
Seventeenth Infantry
Three Accused Of Murder In Wilmington
Ignac Alkaczewicz William Jones and Peter Bell were arrested on murder charges in Wilmington Vel. Woelek was found dead in his carding house on Lobdell Street with a fractured skull after a quarrel at a saloon. The coroner's jury will decide statements vary about who struck the fatal blows.
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Wilmington
Vel
Ignac Alkaczewics
William Jones
Peter Bell
Ponko Woelek
Woelek
Lobdell Street
Alkaczewicz
Wociek
Jones
Bell
Defeat for Treaty Dominates Senate Dominican Pact Fight
Senate opposition grows as President Roosevelt clings to the Santo Domingo treaty while powerful financial interests in New York back a complex amortization fund tied to National City Bank. Debate centers on whether the accord will be voted down and what happens to seized Dominican revenues if the treaty fails.
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National City Bank
Santo Domingo
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Byhus
Roosevelt
Ufiledd
Santo Domngo
Congress
Morales
New York
Presider Roosevelt
Taft
Milton E. Ailes
National City
Dominica
United States
Europe
Latin America
Intereasts
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