Cold Wave Grips California as Nation Sees Frigid Front
The West endures extreme cold with 30 below in Miles City Montana and records in Southern California. Temperatures drop to 28 in San Diego and 22 in Pueblo, while citrus growers face heavy losses and rail freight damage nears ten to twenty thousand cars short. Government stance on sweating fruit could influence crop outcomes for 1912.
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Washington
Miles City
Mont
Gulf States
Atlantic
California
San Diego
Los Angeles
Jan
W. A. Randolph
Redlands
Thare
Riverside
Oxnard
Santa Ana
Weather Bureau
Pomona
Orange Grove
W. A. Schaffer
Vickers
Grand Rush
Hakersfeld
Cal
Tan
Canfield
Ker County
Cvold
San Emo
Edison
Castro Takes Charge Of Fight To Remain In United States
Cipriano Castro took personal charge of his fight against deportation and prepared a new petition for a superseding writ of habeas corpus. Judge Holt granted the writ in federal district court, with the new document more detailed than the prior one. Castro believes it will compel a fuller answer from immigration authorities. The Venezuelan ex-president was slightly ill yesterday and found the confinement agreeable.
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Castro
United States
New York
Cipriano Castro
Holt
Federal District Court
Below Zero Records Hit Several Western Cities
Denver reports subzero temperatures across Colorado New Mexico and Utah with Amarillo to Arizona and Nevada also seeing extreme cold. Steamboat Springs records 54 degrees below zero as snow drives homeless to police stations for shelter and trains run late amid more cold weather expected.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Newxico
Utah
Amarillo
Tex
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Pueblo
Cheyenne
Sheridan
Santa Fe
Flagstaff
Steamboat Springs
Chicago
Cicago
Wreck on Big Four train near Lafayette reportedly fatal
A Big Four train No. 15 crash 11 miles east of Lafayette Indiana is reported to have killed several persons and seriously injured about forty others. The Chicago to Cincinnati service was halted and rescue work began at the scene.
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Lafayette
Ind
Chicago
Cincinnati
Carrel to Try Restoring Life to the Dead
Dr. Alexis Carrel of Rockefeller Institute plans experiments in New York on reviving dead tissue, following work in Paris and Stockholm. He discusses preserving life in liquids and questions whether preserved nerves and organs could reproduce. The effort aims to bridge the gap between life and death in medical research.
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Chicago
Jane
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Imalitnie
New York
Paris
Stockholm
de Bave
Vr. Carrel
Strecess
Rosecrans Sinks After Gale Off Astoria
The oil steamer Rosecrans vanished after grounding on Peacock Spit as a 54 mile gale battered Astoria Oregon. Rescue attempts by two tugs and life savers were underway, with most of the crew of thirty six believed lost. The vessel, built in Glasgow in 1883 and formerly an army transport, had a troubled history including a prior fire at Gaviota and rocks there with two crew lost.
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Astoria
Ore
Rosecrans
Peacock Spit
San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce
Peatock Spit
Associated Oil Company
Glasgow
Awhout
Judge Archbald Defends Himself in Impeachment Trial
Washington. Judge Robert W. Archbald, on the commerce court, testified in his impeachment trial that the acts charged were wrongful or improper. He said Williams of Scranton asked only for an introduction to Captain May of the Erie railroad to discuss Katydid coal properties, not for improper favors as alleged.
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Washington
Robert W. Arcichbald
Commerce Court
Tess
Williams
Scranton
Captain May
Erie Railroad
May
Lauttor
Reluctant Powers Tread Lightly as War Looms
London reports little appetite for renewed hostilities after Christmas as Bulgaria Greece Montenegro and Serbia resume peace talks. Reached stalemate persists with Bulgaria warning cannon may speak if Adrianople is not surrendered while Russia and other powers seek intervention avenues to break the deadlock.
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London
Bulgaria
Greece
Montencero
Servia
Rechad Pasha
Constantinople
Russia
Adrianople
Savoss
Voynoyvitch
Fire destroys Mason City business district in massive blaze
Early today a major fire swept Mason City Iowa destroying Conting building Century Annex Egloff and Stanbery centers and damaging Wheeler hotel and Globe Gazette offices. Wind aided spread, containment achieved by 11 am. Several businesses and inventories including Miller’s Store America Wells Fargo Western Union and more were lost in the three square blocks.
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Alason City
Wheeler Hotel
Globe-Gazette
Noe
Vance Music Chonge
McCafe Tress Wholesale Cigar Companys
Lehman and Stork Harness
Gamimiche
Russell's
Savage and Faktors Itacksmith Shop
Population figures per capita in the United States in 191s
Treasury department experts used a 8426000 per capita measure to determine national money circulation on rat date FITARO. The fragment notes population and per capita calculations but is incomplete and ends abruptly.
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Washinesin
D.C
United States
Treasury Department
Fitaro
First Death by Worry Over Parcels Post
Karl Sheets, 22, a mail carrier at Vale, reportedly hanged himself from a rafter, amid anxiety over the new parcels post workings. His body was found by his father early yesterday morning.
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Gauuhrie Center
Ladam
Karl Sheet
Vale
Lit
Rommieted Smedde
Tha Sheets
Desperate physician performs self surgery in a clinic
In a chaotic office scene a physician first slices a growth then attempts to remove tissue with improvised tools before collapsing. He is rushed to a hospital where his condition is uncertain and authorities respond to the disturbing act amid medical crisis.
Believers Heads of Dynamite Gang Gaught
In Calgary police rounded up W Sullivan Leslie Ayers and Edward Murphy, arresting them on explosives transport charges. Detectives traced the gang to the city after a railway express office blast and say others of the group fled.
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Calgary
Alberta
W. Sullivan
Leslie Ayers
Edward Murphy
Aigies
Wii. Hille
Canadian Railway Express
Edmonton
Canada
Leria
Wilson to Confer With Hoke Smith on Cabinet Reorganization
Governor Wilson plans talks with Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia and Senator Thomas Gore of Oklahoma in Trenton about a senate committee system upheaval and cabinet appointments. Smith and Gore support reorganizing committees as Wilson weighs seniority and potential cabinet portfolios. The discussions mark a key step in shaping the new administration’s personnel slate.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
House
Slite
Sunator Hoke
Georgia
Ner
Hoke Smith
Georgia Secor
Smith
Cleveland
Senate
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Smit Fommorrow
Gore
Aparchy
Three Die In Dead Man's Sled Slide Near Sandon
A rock slide at 2,000 feet above Noble Five Nine in Sandon B C yesterday swept six men into a mountain avalanche. Three were killed and the other three survived with injuries. Rescue efforts began immediately but bodies were not recovered and the search paused for spring. The storm last week was among the worst in the region.
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Sandon
B.C. Dlan T
Noble
Train kills veterinary at Waykind
A veterinary named Samuel Tecox from Medilt MO was killed yesterday near Waykind when Train No 4 of the Burlington railroad struck the man and its equipment. The incident occurred as the train was on its evening schedule.
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Keokuk
Tafan
Samuel Tecox
Medilt
Burlington Railroad
Waykind
Chinook Wind Brings Fearful Days to Coast
A northwest wind causes thaw and travel disruption from Washington to Oregon. Strong warm air raises temperatures and heavy mist hindering rail service. Post storm outlook says a southwest gale will bring more vapor from the sea while Alaska weather records show varied highs across Dutch Harbor Sitka and Valdez.
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Seattle
Warsi
Fae
Orien
Tiante
Garsh
Washington
Oregon
Milwaukee
Chalmerson Cash Register Trust testifies in Sherman case
Detroit official Chabbers testifies in Cincinnati as former National Cash Register leaders face Sherman anti trust charges. He says NationalControlled 95 percent of world cash register business after leaving five years ago. He details acquisitions of Toledo Scale and Ideal Register and claims use of knockout tools to force rivals out. Conflicts over patent suits and market control emerge at trial.
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Ugh Chabbers
Detroit
Solus
T Te Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Fin National Company
Chalmers
Toledo Scale and Cash Register Company
National Company
National
Ideal Register Company of
Buffalo
Pearce
World Burought
Accidental Gunfire Suspected in Gillin Death at Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police say evidence suggests Patrolman Gillin was accidentally shot by a fellow officer during an attempted class delivery at the Mariouw facility Friday night. A gun discharged, flagging a fatal injury. an explosion damaged the jail and alarms prompted repairs. Funeral services for Gillin were held at St Patrick's Catholic Church with family in attendance.
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Cedar Rapids
Putrealmin
Charles i Glin
Cedar Tanids
Mariouw
Gillin
Syren
Amatler
Alliees
Tharvey Lr
Grhee Gillin
Ptvick
Sina
Desperate Utah Water Shortage Frees Heating to Halt City
Cold wave grips Utah with water famine causing heating plants to shut and buildings to close. Salt Lake City reports water shortages crippling schools, businesses, rail offices and the Oregon Short Line switch engines. Health department warns of insanitary conditions as temperatures plummet to 2.9 below zero and Scofield hits 40s below.
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Sal Lake City
Utah
Oregon
Parmineton
Fann Ma
Gem
Porty
Scofield
Dynamite Kills Manchester Man
Sioux City reports Thomas Gusher, killed by a nitroglycerine explosion in a Lakeport road cornfield, will have his body transported from Manchester Indiana to Sioux City. Police seek links to safe cracking cases in South Dakota and Minnesota. Items on his body and trunk suggest a life as a transient worker.
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Sioux City
Thomas Gusher
Lakeport Road
Manchester
Gusher
South Dakota
Minnesota
Yeas
Elbert Davis
Guiher
Yees
Davis
Tap Line Seeks Injunction Over Interstate Rulings
The Louisiana and Pacific Railway company filed with the commerce court to block IC C orders that deemed the road a common carrier and not entitled to through routes and joint rates with trunk lines. The petition claims IC C exceeded authority and that the orders are unconstitutional. This begins a series of similar applications to be heard, with cases to rise to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Louisiana & Pacific Railway Company
Tap One
Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Road
Commission
Or Haley
Tap
Supreme Court
Knox Will Reply to British Protest
Washington note outlines a forthcoming U S reply to Sir Edward Grey’s protest on the Pansana controversy. The reply to Ambassador Bryce is expected soon and signals a step toward arbitration while narrowing the dispute to clearly fenced issues.
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Knox
Washington, D. C
Great Britain
United States
Edward Grey
Bryce
Jedward
Electrification grant marks start of transcontinental rail line work
Washington dispatch reports that Fisher believes electrification of all transcontinental railroads begins with a grant to the Great Falls Power Canary to transmit power for the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound line between Harlowton Montana and Avery Idaho under government rules.
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Dan. T
Seeres Hapy Fisher
Great Falls
Chicago, Mibwanekee
Puget Sound
Harlowton
Mont
Avery
Tda
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