Taft backs Knox in Nicaragua case and warns of action
Secretary Knox says the government will demand reparation for the deaths of Cannon and Grace if reports are confirmed. President Taft approves, and U S warships head to the scene. Marines may be sent from the isthmian garrison to support operations at Corinto and Greytown as tensions with Zelaya rise.
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Philadelphia
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Navy Yard Preparations Amid Nicaragua Crisis Rumors
Reports state the administration may take measures to humiliate Zelaya in Nicaragua, aiming to reduce his influence and spark exile. Philadelphia naval yard prepares cruisers Diode and Prine for Panama and Colon missions, with Prine expected to sail Thanksgiving. Lattitellos also readied for December. Brooklyn yard sees no sailing orders, with few Marines stationed and unlikely to deploy to Central America.
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Philadelphia
Naval
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Diode
Prine
Panama
Gilah B Harris
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Colon
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New York
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Center America
Night of Fire And Drift For St Croix Survivors In Shetland
Passengers and crew endured a perilous night on the burning St Croix after a canyon beaching off Santa Monica. Captain Warner ordered boats away as the vessel sank, with one injured woman and many destitute survivors aided by police and residents. Fifteen survivors were later picked up by the US revenue cutter Perry and brought to San Pedro.
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Los Angeles
Spedal
Washington
Angeles
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Mor
Warper
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St Croix
Santa Monica
L A Wallace
Beach City Hospital
Wallace
Herbert
Charles Vell Faum
San Francisco
Howard Norris
Grace Thomas
Victoria
British Columbia
Hawke
United States Revenue Cutter
Perry
Treasury Department
Long Beach
Fount Dume
San Pedro
Desperate Struggle in St Paul Mine for Water
Survivor accounts detail a brutal fight among entombed miners over scarce water in the St Paul mine. Rescue efforts continued as crews battled fire damp and shoring dangers while 188 remain trapped and 102 bodies recovered.
Panama Canal Cost Progressing Rapidly Says Engineer
Annual report of Lieut Col George W Goe thals details total canal cost at 276 million dollars with completion forecast in four and a half years. Work advances on the Pacific and Atlantic sides, major concrete and excavation updates, reforms in administration, and staff reductions accompany progress toward allowing vessels to cross the isthmus.
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Panama Canal
Isthmus
Washington
Canal Commission
la Boca
Balboa
Miraflores
Garoo
Mindi
Col Gorthain
United States Army
Sanitary
Quartermaster's Department
Ace
Thia
Paname
Commission
Under & & Wiliamson
Pacific
Mai Hof Bfeberi
Atlantic
Pedro Miguel
Gatun
Gola Hill
Culebra
Les E
Boy Buried in Sand Pile Killing Sparks Rescue Effort
In a Washington city sand pit collapse, Jay Paterson aged 21 and George Sullivan aged 32 were trapped as a bank gave way while five other boys escaped with minor injuries. Twenty workers dug for two hours before Sullivan died.
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Paterson
Jay
George Sullivan
Sullivan
Baltimorean buys palace in Spain after Roman relics found
Lawrence Perin of Balimore has purchased an ancient Moorish palace at Ronda Spain. Excavations have uncovered valuable Roman remains and much treasure. The government has sent an architect to examine the site. Perin traveled from Paris intending to erect a memorial to his wife who died by her own hand at Harrow, England, last September.
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Madrid
Lawrence Perin
Balimore
Ronda
Spain
Lawrence Prin
Paris
Harrow
England
Forty Seven Bodies Found in Mine Disaster
Survivors were moved and guarded as rescue teams removed bodies from the mine over two days. Ten more bodies were recovered at another site as crowds delayed removal. Services were held outside churches while priests prepared to administer rites at the mine entrance. A report of 15 live discoveries was contradicted by officials. In a separate note, George E. Wood, YMCA naval branch secretary, died in Brooklyn of a brain hemorrhage after a conference with sailors.
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St Paul
Andrew Wubbe
Line
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Antonieges
Eveat
Franen Fannayim
Daniel Walowezak
George |Addy
Eddy
Walowezak
McClelland and White
George Eddy
Walter Waite
Antoniese
Walter
Walawezak
Zan Rarmi
Walowozal
Spring Valley
Malin
Washington Post
New York
George E. Woodhouse
Naval Branch
Y McA
Philadelphia
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn
Ll the
Sands Street
Diane
Nourmahal Safe Report Reassures Astor Family Abroad
News from Willemstad Curacao reports Col John Jacob Astor's yacht Nourmahal safe at San Juan Puerto Rico on November 15 after earlier alarm. Treasury and coast guards seek confirmation, with Commodore Beeler coordinating wireless checks. Mrs Astor, en route to Europe, resumed relief as officials file messages to trustees Biddle and Robinson.
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Washington Post
Willemstad
Curacao
John Jacob Astors
San Juan
Porto Rico
Caracas
la Guaia
Venezuela
Savannah
Col Astors
Nourmahal
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Thia
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Beeler
Tera
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Astor Estate
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Europe
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Andety
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Vincent
Cable
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Dallas
United States
Secretary Hilles Reaffirms Caracas Report On Vessel Sightings
Axalstunt Secretary Hilles receives instructions sent through New York revenue cutter service officials and confirms Caracas report about a yacht seen near San Juan arbor presumed Nour mahal. Evidence suggests the Caracas account matches the vessel description.
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New York
Nce
San Juan Arbor
Nour Mahal
Axalstunt
Seccretary
Hilles
Caracas
Girl Killed by Rattler in Home Garden Incident
Miss Belle Jones an 18 year old daughter of a merchant in Amsterdam died after a rattlesnake bite she received while gathering flowers in a garden under a rose bush The seven foot snake struck between the ankle and knee and clung to her until her father killed it Physicians failed to save her as she endured hours of agony.
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Washington Post
Amsteram
Belle Jones
Miss Jones
Beng
Died While Writing Note in Dense Thicket Near Body
Franklin Pa Nov 21 A 50 year old former county treasurer and political figure MT B Borland was found dead in a thicket after an accidental fall while reading a note. A wound in the left leg caused bleeding to death, with the coroner noting the death resulted from a boring trip.
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MT B
Borland
Burland
Cora Aur
Theoretical Victory Affects Standard Oil Subsidiaries
New York and Cleveland dispatches report Standard Oil Co counsel noting a Supreme Court appeal after a U S court decree requiring distribution of stock in subsidiary holdings to about 500 shareholders. Rockefeller declined comment while analysts question practical impact and possible property reallocation.
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Missouri
Rockefeller
New York
Mortmer Fliott
Standard Company
United States
St Paul
Cout
United States Supreme Court
Suspect Arrested After Woman Found Dead In Burning Home
A Black suspect was arrested and two others sought as investigators surmise a robbery motive for the fatal fire that consumed the home of T Mins Lita Smith. The killer, who shot the victim and set the house ablaze, left a pistol missing despite a search warrant. Neighbors and officials describe a chaotic scene with crowds and an ongoing inquiry into the crime and its details.
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Washington
Manassas
T Mins
Lita Smith
Judah
Yas Smith
Bull Run
Iys
Steele Wooves
Gain
Almos
Commonwealth
Justice
HC Saviur Shen
Rorahaugh
JC Merewath
Gore Erssy
Population growth tied to rising living costs warned
Special to The Washington Philadelphia News reports that economist H Nearing of the Wharton School argues that U S population growth exceeds food supply, urging large families as a grave danger. He criticizes Roosevelt era theories and says women should bear fewer children to ensure future citizenship.
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Philadelpha Nox
Beat S
Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
University of Pennsstanta
Roosevelts
Army Court to Reopen Brownsville Shooting Inquiry
An Army court in Brownsville Texas will reopen the investigation into the August 13, 1906 shooting incident. Captain Howland of the Twenty-fourth Infantry records the case as other court members travel from Washington to Brownsville this week for hearings.
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Brownsville
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