Rosecrans Sinks After Repeated Wrecks and Fire
A Pacific coast disaster report details the Rosecrans, an former Army transport now tanker, running aground during a 55 mile gale near Peacock Point while crossing the Columbia River. Six miles from the scene four crewmen were rescued. a fourth survivor reached Tioga Washington. Life-saving crews battled high seas to reach the ship as it broke apart, with three more sailors later rescued from the wreckage. The vessel had a long history of wrecks and fires, including a 1912 Santa Barbara incident, and its master Captain L. Johnson perished with the Rosecrans amid ongoing peril.
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Phoenix Park
Astoria
Jane
Rosecrans
L . Johnson
Monterey
Cal
Portland
Peacach Port
Columbia River
Tioga, Wash
Miks
Point Adams
Hfe
Crimnbs
Pat Tocay
Ruines
Ota
Prescock Point
Washington
San Prancisco
Methven Castle
Glasgow
Johnson
Phoens Park
Dublin
Charles Frederick Cavendian
Thomas Burke
Cape Town
South Africa
Avengers
Santa Barbara
Cruptured Sailor Saves Boy Amid Ocean Storm
A crippled sailor named William Webs of the Inez Sagamore, arriving aboard the wrecked vessel, leaped to the raft with one arm lost and braved towering seas to rescue an apprentice from the sinking ship. Amid chaos, fittings and part of the bridge were torn away as the vessel was overwhelmed in mid ocean.
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Crusheo
William Webs
Inez Sagamore
Goln
Isamore
Death by own action kills husband too in gas room
Philadelphia note quotes Mrs. Margaret Smith saying the home was a curse as she and her husband Harry, both 40, were found dead in a gas filled room. Police believe she turned on the gas after he slept. The note mentions not liking the home, paying the milkman, and the dreariness of life.
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Philadelphia
Margaret Smith
Harry
Beach to be tried for wife attack in 1912 case
Frederick O Beach, a New Yorker, faces trial on a charge of assaulting his wife on February 20, 1912, at their winter home. The case has been postponed twice but state officials expect it to proceed at the upcoming February term of the general sessions court in Darlington with Judge Spane presiding.
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New Yorker
Washington Post
New York
Jan. T
Aiken
New York American
SKYB
Frederick O. Beach
Robert L. Gunter
Herbert E Ggles
York
General Sessions Court
Spane
Darlington
Control in Senate Defeats Seniority Rule in Conference
Progressive Democrats win votes in a conference held at Pomerone's home as they plot a party program. Agreement on chairmanship division follows, limiting old senators power. Smith and Gore plan to seek Wilson's aid to push the program and will visit the Governor in Trenton today.
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Smith
Gore
Wilson
Trenton
Progressive Democrats
Senate
Pomeréne
Ohio
Hoke Smith
Gov. Wilson
New York Harbor
Agcania
Pania
Morgan
Egypt
Maine
New Hampshire
Iiapis
South Dakota
Wootley
Tennessee
Guv Patterson
Conness
Supreme Court
N. J
Senators plot to seize control of Democratic party
New York harbor fog blocks ships as Morgan and Aldrich travel. Hamilton runs ashore at Fort Wadsworth. Democrats reach a pact binding 28 senators to progressive aims, outlining committee seats and chairmanships. four points approved, one split. Smith, Gore to Trenton with plans to expand majorities in Maine New Hampshire South Dakota and beyond.
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New York
New York Harbor
Arte White
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
Hamilton
Dominion Line
Fort Wadsworth
North River
Pomerene
Democratic Vita
Committee On Committees
Senate
Appropriations
Finance
Painter Shoots Himself At Banquet In Final Act
Paris report in New York Times details Marcelin Ader a Bordeaux painter who for months threatened self harm and then, at a lively banquet with friends, claimed it would be his last. He allegedly loaded a revolver after ready jokes were misread, fired a single shot and killed himself.
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Washington Post
New York
Paris
New York Times
Marcelin Ader
Bordeaux
Ader
Legislature Backs Norris for Wilson Interior Post
The Montana legislature in joint session unanimously endorsed former Governor Edwin L Norris for Secretary of the Interior in Wilson's cabinet. The move signals strong regional support and comes as Gov Wilson seeks cabinet views, with Senator Smith noted as a potential cabinet candidate but favoring the Senate seat.
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Wilson
Georgia
Smith
Grover Cleveland
Senate
Indorses Nortis. Helens
Mont
Edwin L. Norris
Decided Not to Marry Miss Bispham and Havemeyer
Miss Vida Bispham daughter of Mr and Mrs David Bispham sailed to Europe last week to buy a trousseau for marriage to Theodore Havemeyer 2d of the sugar family. The engagement is broken by mutual consent and Miss Bispham will visit her English godmother Mrs David Bispham says they did not love each other sufficiently.
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Mediterranean
California
Saratoga
Querantine
Minnewaska
Carmantia
Prince Joachim
Colon
Sandy Hook
Morgan
Herbert Satterlee
Mis
Helen Morgan Hamilton
New York Yacht Club
Egypt
Aldrich
Alexandria
Mr. Morgan
Nile
Bispham
Havemeyer
New York
Miss Bispham
England
David Bispham
Panther repair ship sought as storm leaves questions
Havana reports no sighting of the repair ship Panther despite wireless requests to all vessels. The Panther and the naval tug Sonoma, which departed New York January 3 for Guantanamo, Cuba, are due there today. Officials believe Panther withstood the recent severe storm without injury.
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Havana
Marconi
Statens
Washongsun Post
New York
New York Sun
Panther
Sonoma
Guantanamo
Cuba
Ship's Goat Triggers Mascot Ban Across Norfolk Ships
Rear Admiral R M Doyle of the Norfolk navy yard bans all mascots including cats dogs goats bears parrots from battleships cruisers and receiving ships after a goat startled him aboard the New Hampshire during Mona Passage inspection. The order, effective yesterday, cites a scientist's view that animals can spread disease and aims to curb like incidents on government vessels.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
R. M. Doyle
Norfolk Navy Yard
Doyte
New Hampshire
Mona
Admiral Doyle
Fair Democrats Split Offcers Records At National Convention
Confusion plus rival claims over seating and voting rights marked the first sessions of the Woman's National Democratic League convention. Delegates from the District of Columbia and New York clash over mother chapter status and vote counts as credentials are audited and proxies banned. Executive board debates continue into the evening seeking a resolution.
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Woman's National Democratic League
John Sherwin Crosby
New York
Wittigue
B. Ayers
Columsia
Katherine Dabney
Woman's Democratic Club of
New York City
Mra
District of Columbia
Miss Dabney
Illinois
Julia Holmes Smith
Bronx
John E. Baker
League
Sherwin Crosby
Katherine Dab‘ney
Cat
Steven B. Ayers
Dabney
Fearly
Mia Ayers
Power Grant for Transcontinental Rail Electrification
Secretary Fisher forecasts a federal grant to the Halls Mont power company to transmit electricity over public lands for electrifying about 450 miles of the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound main line from Harlowtown to Avery Idaho. The grant, under strict regulation, is readjusted every decade and governs rates and services.
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Fisher
Ite
Halls
Mont) Power Company
Chicago, McWaukee and
Puget Sound
Harlowtown
Mortani
Avery
Idaho
Drugged Passengers Attack on Train Caroline Ohio Woman Aboard
Evelyn Stewart, a Jacksonville girl en route to Knoxville, Tennessee with plans to marry, was bound and drugged in a Pullman berth on a Big Four train near Cincinnati. An atomizer with chloroform, finger marks on her throat and bruised wrists were found. She did not recall the attacker after awakening in a hospital and was bound with a corset string. Police and railroad officials investigate. relatives not located.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Jane
Evélyn Stewart
Pullman
Chicago
Jacksonville
Fin
Knoxville
Tenn
New York
Brown
Miss Stewarts
Railroad
Stewart
Everybody's friend Otto Oetinger slain in Williamsburg home
German druggist Otto Oetinger known as every body s friend was shot in his bed room on South Eighth street near Wythe avenue in Williamsburg. Robbery motive suspected after killer Thomas Kelly escaped with $50 a watch and a diamond ring. Clerk William Kolbe awoke to gunfire and was hurled downstairs breaking his leg. Police report Kelly fired as Oetinger slept. Dr Felner says death instant.
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New York
Otto Oetinger
Williamsburg
Thomas Kally
William Kolbe
Ottinger
Kelly
Oetinger
Dru
South Eighth Street
Wythe Avenue
Williamshore
William
Ross Street
Atore
West
Kell
Guncar
Bo Kelly
Kolbe
Ogtinger
Clerk
William O'Connell
Clymer Street
O'C
Felner
Ostinger
Feiner
Train Goes Over Bank Wheel a Baggage Car Breaks
A northbound train No 15 on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway jumped the track near Stockwell Lafayette Ind killing one and injuring several. A baggage car wheel broke causing the smoker day coach diner and two Pullmans to leave the line. Hawin Zunner of Rochester NC died. Reuben Akesson of Connorsville IN suffered head injuries. Victor Nickleson of Dwight IL hurt. Theodore Ingalls of Chicago ribs broken. Rain worsened the wreck as a special train transported the injured to Lafayette hospitals and resorts along the Southland line offered service.
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Lafayette
Ind
Carson
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Stockwell
Hawin Zunner
East Avenue
Rochester
N. C
Reuben Akesson
Connorsville
Victor Nickleson
Dwight
Thedore Ingalls
Porter
Spiaker
Zunner
Perish in Shipwreck on Grounded Liner
Page thirty one reports a shipwreck with fatalities as Morgen struggles on a grounded liner. Senate news notes seniority defeats and Pujo related items. A charity ball, a $250,000 loot story, and safety concerns for girls are discussed alongside political and editorial items.
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Morgen
Senate
Jile
Pujo
Sage
Finch
DeLacy
Daniel Curry
Ingham
Tsociety
Sporting News
Financial
In Hurry to Be Widow Condemned Man’s Wife Seeks Death Cert
Greensburg Pa Jan 7 Desiring to remarry and not delaying execution Mrs Patrelli wife of Dominick Patrelli under sentence for murder of his son in law petitions authorities for a certificate of her husband’s execution The certificate cannot be issued until the execution and Gov Tener has not set a date Patrelli’s wife sought the document after visiting him he reproached her for it His daughter prosecuted him and his 14 year old son testified against him
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Washington Post
Greensburg
Patrelli
Dominick Patrelli
Westmoreland County
Tener
Rockefeller Cannot Speak Any Longer Says Doctor
Dr. Walter F. Chappell reports financier William Rockefeller must write wishes due to a throat condition likely to cause fatal spasms if he speaks. The 70s-year-old cannot testify before the House money trust committee and will stay in Nassau for weeks, avoiding interviews.
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Wal Mover
Axentine — Rioning
Walter F. Chappell
Rockefelter
Pujo
Washington
Money Trust
Rockefeller
Dr. Chappell
Life Outside the Body Dr Carrel Announces Result
Dr Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute reports a landmark experiment in extrabody life preservation. He removed a cat's thoracic and abdominal organs, placed them in a heated artificial serum solution, and kept them functioning for hours after death with digestion, beating heart, and peristaltic intestines intact.
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Alexie Carrel
Paris
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Pozzi
Academy of Medicine
Carrel
Pujo Contempt Charges Escalate Before Full Committee
Formal contempt charges to be laid before the full committee as Insurante officers testify on stock sale ordered by law. Peabody’s administration faced defeat, with agents alleged to have supported the outcome.
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Committee—Insurante
Peabody
Challenge to Committee Statement by George G Henry
George G Henry declines to answer Pujo committee questions asserting counsel advice that the committee lacks jurisdiction and cannot compel the information. He argues Congress cannot legislate on the subject and that the inquiry intrudes on private rights under the fourth and fifth amendments.
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Congress
Pujo Committee
George G Henry
House money trust probes hear from bankers and insurers
In executive session the House money trust committee outlined plans to handle two reluctant witnesses, William Rockefeller and George Henry of Solomon & Co bankers. The panel weighed forcing Rockefeller to testify via a medical examination and prepared a contempt charge against Henry for refusing to name national banks involved in a California Petroleum Company syndicate. The hearing also reviewed affairs at Equitable Mutual, New York Life, and Metropolitan Insurance with officials from each firm, noting policyholders’ limited control in mutuals.
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House Money Trust Committee
Willam Rockefeller
George G Henry
Solomon & Co
New York City
Pujo
Rockefeller
Walter F Chapelle
de Bamuet
Chapelle
Enhaneer
Henry
Jarma
National Banks
National Bank
California Petroleum Company
District of Columbia
Equitable Mutual
New York
Metropolitan
Untermyer
Charies A Peabody
The
Mutual
Equitable
Benjamin Strong, Jr
Bankers Trust Company
Mercantie Trust Company
Bankers Trust
Day
Bankers In Petroleum Syndicate
Chicago
Detroit
Milwaukee
Congress
United States
Jot C. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Ty. Isi
Cheries A. Peabody
Mutuat
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