Havoc by Storm Across Coast and Ports
A severe Atlantic hurricane drives ships ashore and disrupts communications from Eastport Maine to Wilmington North Carolina. Battleships Minnesota Georgia and others seek shelter in Hampton Roads as torpedo boats, tugboats, and small craft suffer damage. Six oystermen drown near Laurel Delaware. a building collapse in Philadelphia injures eleven. Newport News and Norfolk endure extensive damage and telegraph lines fail.
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Hampton
Roeads
Laurel
Del—M
Newport News
Norfolk
Richmond
New York Harbor
Philadelphia
Seaton
Atlantic
Eastport
Wilmington N. C
Wormington del
Tasgers
Ape Henry
Minnesota
Georgia
Chioceiita
Nebraska
Idaho
Cape Henry High Seas
Sis
Ultimatum at peace talks tensions over Adrianople and Crete
London reports at the peace conference the Balkan allies present terms to Turkey including Crete cession and Adrianople, with allies warning negotiations may break off. Rechad Pasha reads Turkish counter terms and a map outline, while the allies demand adherence to their plan. Details describe island control, frontier shifts, and potential territorial changes amid ongoing bargaining.
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London
Cretoy
Aegean
Tim Frentist
Turkey
Adrianople
M. Miyuskevitch
Rechad Fasha
Profosals Rechad
Oider
Crete
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Bosporus
Anatolia
Thracean
Begot
Port Lagos
Karagatch Bay
Black Sea
Lake Derkos
Mustapha Pasha
Kirk-Wilisseh
M. Miyuskovitch
Destructive Navy Storm Hits Vessel and Jamestown Frigate
A fierce storm battered a navy ship near Old Point causing a launch to be hurled away and towed back. Waves washed freight over the Chamberlin Hotel, glass shattered, and the Jamestown frigate burned to the waterline after breaking from moorings. Wireless station at Beaufort ruined. several vessels reported distressed off Hatteras.
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Oming
Wyoming
Old Point
Old Poimt
Jamestown
Navy Yard
Beaufort
N. C
Hatteras
Maury Wisher
May quits cells in piracy case and bonds set
Writs of superseders granted until appeals heard. Ten thousand dollars for Bach amid bonds required. Labor leaders seek Ryan’s release as seventy thousand dollars and more are demanded. Chief error alleged: continuing con piracy amid ongoing proceedings.
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Baker
Bach
Ryan
Keene Fortune Estimated Between Two and Five Million
The Old Gray Fox of Wall Street, James R Keene, is said to leave an estate likely around two to five million dollars. Financiers expect the fortune to fall within this range, with some estimates as high as twenty million. Funeral services for Mr Keene are planned for Monday morning.
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Washington
New York
James R. Keene
Gray Fox
Wall Street
Mr. Keene
Wife of gang boss found working in department store
Special to The Washington Post reports that in a Sixth Avenue department store a salesgirl identified as Mrs. Harry Horowitz, wife of gangster Gyp the Blood, was found earning 7 dollars 3 a week. This could help supply luxuries for her husband, awaiting possible execution at Sing Sing for Herman Rosenthal’s murder.
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Washington Post
New York
Sixth Avenue
Harry Horowitz
Robbers Run Riot in Chicago Jewelry Raid Flee by Car
Four bandits smashed a Clark Street jeweler window and stole a tray of diamonds after hijacking a car. A gunfight with police left Officer Stickel wounded and the robbers fleeing in a cloud of exhaust. Citizens described the suspects as they jumped from the stolen car and vanished.
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Chicago
Clark Street
Charles Hanson
Iemon & Bendgomely
Drasaeil
Charles Stickel
Stickel
Sticker
Mrs Wilson Bars "Trots" At Inaugural Social Changes Expected
Special to Washington Post from Trenton N J Jan 3 Mrs Woodrow Wilson opposes the turkey trot and predicts Washington society after the inauguration will shift away from elaborate dancing attire and costly entertainments She notes the two step and waltz must be curtailed and favors simpler living with modest formal affairs and restraint on costumes and cocktails This stance is echoed by her daughters shaping social etiquette in the capital
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White House
Washington Posts
Trenton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Wilson
A Wilson
Mre Wilson
Baby Revived After Pronounced Dead In New York
A baby born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Haretz was pronounced dead by a family physician. Dr Harry Fried at Sydenham Hospital attempted resuscitation for an hour without success until the mother's tears spurred renewed effort. He breathed into the lungs and half an hour later the infant cried. Dr Fried later visited the Rately house and the parents embraced him. Josephine will live, the physician said.
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Washington Post
New York
Joseph Haretz
Sydenham Hospital
Harry Fried
John Astor
London
Secretary of the Navy
Meyer
Henry Clews
Mirm Peter Goelet Gerry
Gerry
Hicha
Leap From Car Ends in Free Escape for Coulter Brothers
Abel and Albert Coulter of McKeesport were handcuffed together when they leaped from a Baltimore and Ohio train through Braddock. Both escaped serious injury, made a clean getaway, and police pursued. Charged with larceny, they and Charles Toth were being transported to the county jail by constable Hugh Dougherty, who himself has one arm.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgh
Abel
Albert Coulter
McKeesport
Baltimore and Ohio
Braddock
Coulter Brothers
Charles Toth
Hugh Dougherty
Dougherty
Mme da Gama Stricken In New York With Surgical Needed
Mme da Gama wife of the Brazilian Ambassador at Washington is confined to her Plaza Hotel apartment by illness requiring surgical treatment. There is no alarm but a month will pass before her return to Washington and she has canceled social engagements. She arrived from Washington a week ago and has been under nurse care. The operation will be performed Monday in a private New York hospital.
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New York
Washington Post
Mme
Domidb Aa Gama
Washington
Plaza Hotel
Mme. da Gama
Sleepy guards on railway blamed for 50 policemen harmed
A lecture on the Delhi viceroy drew a tale that policemen stationed every 100 yards along Indian railways slept with their heads on the rails to hear trains. Fifty reportedly died, a claim Lord Curzon challenged, offered by a speaker who said he got it from a brother.
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York
Bays
Viscount Harding
Delhi
India
Curzon
Rebels Cut Rail Line in Mexico Southwest
Rebels destroyed communication on the Mexico Northwestern Railway between Pearson and Madera near Juarez, burning bridges and severing telegraph wires. American consul William W. Canada at Vera Cruz warns of a new revolt aimed at Orizaba and Mexico City, with plans to cut the railroad and isolate the capital from its sea port, Vera.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico Northwestern
Pearson
Madera
Juarez
Marouiers
Blanceo
Salazar
Mexico
William W. Canada
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Cang
Orizaba
Meixco City
Vera
Legation
Madero
Col Gorgas's Mother Dead in Alabama
Mrs Amelia Gay Gorgas aged eighty seven mother of William Gorgas health officer of the Panama Canal Zone died here this morning She was the aunt of Gen Josiah Gorgas chief of ordnance in the Confederate army Also includes timetable fragment referencing the Chattanooga and New Orleans Limited and Southern Railway schedules noting consult agent at 905 F st nw
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Amelia Gay Gorgas
William
Gorgas
Panama
yShe
Josiah Gorgas
Chattanooga
New Ort Limited
Washington
la Southern Railway
Chattandogs
Birmingman, Mercien
Ormnens
Aereveport
St. Nw
Rockefeller Agrees to Testify Delay Jeopardizes Life
New York January Rockefeller through his counsel John A Garver agrees to accept service of a subpoena to appear January 13 before the Pujo Committee in Washington investigating the money trust. His health is very precarious and arrangements were made to avoid forcing appearance at the capital or home examination. Watchers at his Fifth Avenue mansion and other homes are withdrawn.
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Rockefeller
New York, Jan
William Rockefeller
John A Garver
Pujo Committee
House of Representatives
Washington
Money Trust
Samuel Untermyer
Garver
Untermyer
Aryee
Mr. Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue
Tarrytown
Greenwich
Pujo
Louisiana
House “Money Trust
New York
New Orleans
Money Trust Committee
Hurricane era headlines mix bold reform and peril
A fragmented page lists diverse items from storms and political moves to crime and diplomacy. Entries mention Turks, dynamiters, auto thieves, Rockefeller, Castro, White House diplomacy, district reforms, parades, suffragists, Gen Wood, Bailey, Filipinos, Rogers cabinet, Wedemeyer death, insurance trusts, 1982 banner year, Ambassador Reid, and assorted editorials. The mix combines national headlines and local notes with archival tone.
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Rockefeller
Castro
White House
Ludgow
Washington &Schools
Wood
Bailey Restens
Owens
Rogers
O'Gorman
Wedemeyer
Cabhin't
Insurance Trust
Ambassador Reid
Fisher Oasis
W. BR
Castro Case In Court Surprises Ellis Island Entry
New York lawyers filed a habeas corpus petition for Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela seeking release from Ellis Island detention. The court may decide if his detention violates immigration laws while Castro had planned a three month stay before seeking return to Europe.
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German Tyner
New York
Ellis Island
Cipriano Castro
Venezela
Elis Island
X Gastro
Europe
Paysage
Amerika
Hampurg
Mr Content
Castro
Byron Hohl
White House State Reception A Glowing Diplomatic Gala
The White House hosted a grand winter state reception with about 2,000 guests including Lady Aberdeen and Miss Violet Asquith. Diplomats, ministers, and prominent Washington society figures attended amid Marine Band music and elaborate gowns and jewels.
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Lady Aberdeen
Marine Band
White House
Taft
Executive Mansion
United States
Washington
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Goast
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Muwport
Newport
East Caine
Ale
Pacific Coast
Uhnage
Aegean Sea
Paris
Chios
Alles
Frank M. Ryan
Chica
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Olaf Tvehimoe
San Francisco
F. E. Munsey
Salt Lake City
Eugene, Clancy
Philip A. Cooley
Frank C.webb
Michael J. Young
Boston
John H. Barry
St. Louis
Peter J. Smith
Cleveland
Murray L. Hennett
Springfield
Wilford Bert Brown
Kansas City
Paul J. Morrin
St. Lows
Henry W. Legiebner
Denver
Charles N. Baum
Minneapolis
Edward Smythe
Peoria
Ill
George Anderson
Michael J. Hannon
Scranton
Ernest G. W. Basey
Indianapolis
William J. McCain
William EB. Reddin
Milwaukee
Wis
Michael J. Cunnane
Richard H Houlihan
Frank J. Higgins
Frank K Painter
Omaha
Fred Sherman
William S. Shoupe
James I. Ray
Wiliam
Bernherds
Frank E. Phillips
Syracuse
United States Court of Appeals
Hockin
Leavenworth
Herbert S Hockin
Seaman
Anderson
Miller
Keene
Sgyp
Rosenthal
Battle Auto Bandits
Wilson Bars
Mme, DA Gama
Rebels
Canada
Col. Gorgas
Mr. Untermyer
Mr. Pujo
Florida
Via
Richipond Ang
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Vis
A. CG. Li
Sammencing
Nagel
Euroope
George Gorden Battle
Harold A. Content
Im~ i
Newel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Audi
Supreme Court
Jusserand
Mme. Jusserand
Bryce
Violet Asquith
Germany
Brazil
Japan
Senor Calvo
Costa Rica
Netherlands
Mme Loudon
Mme Riano
Norway
Mme Bryn
Sweden
Peru
Mme Peret
Siam
Princess Traidos Prabandh
Denmark
China
Mme. Chang
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