GIVES LIFE TO SAVE EMPLOYER S GASH FIGHT DESPERATE BATTLE
Westville bank clerk Wesley Reynolds, 26, was shot and killed during a bank robbery as the robbers tried to blow open the safe. A desperate gunfight left shells and blood on the floor. the robbers fled in a stolen rig, one possibly wounded. A $1,000 reward was posted. Sheriff Small leads a posse in pursuit.
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la Porte
Ind
Westey Reysmolts
Westville
Hhe
Adolph Kevonts
Heynolds
Bmrth
Itig
Coal Strike Commission to Resume Hearings Wednesday
Scranton Pa Dec 2 A conference of mine strike commissioners will be held tomorrow night before hearings resume Wednesday morning Commissioners Clark Watking and Parker remain idle awaiting others The committee will outline the recess outcomes or lack thereof and the commission's position The expert accountants for both sides are reviewing books to settle wage figures and mathematics disputes The work aims to speed amicable adjustment though the process has been delayed by five days Meanwhile Kingston Coal employs 2 500 workers will submit wage grievances to the United Mine Warlord executive board after a dispute over check weighmen wages in a pay cycle Indianapolis Dec 2 Secretary Wilson preparing call for United Mine Workers of America annual convention in this city January 19 with 800 to 1 000 delegates and about 1 700 voting strength The convention is described as highly important and interesting
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Coal Strike Commission
Scranton
Clark
Watking
Parker
Willkesbarre
Kingston Coal Company
United Mine
Kla
Moployes
Miners’ Union
Indianapolis
Ind
Wilson Ly
United Mines Workers of America
Maine Woman Hattie Whitten Hangs Self After Poisoning
Dexter Maine reports Mrs Hattie Whitten arrested Saturday for allegedly poisoning her young daughter to collect life insurance. She committed suicide by hanging yesterday while in deputy custody. Authorities note prior deaths of two daughters and husband. autopsies show arsenic and strychnine in the younger child.
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Maine
Dexter
Hattie Li. Whitten
Eulelda
Rowele
Explosion at Pennsylvania mine kills three, injures twelve
An explosion occurred at a Lake mine in Shamokin Pennsylvania on November 29. Three men are reported killed and twelve injured. Local officials and rescue teams rushed to the scene as investigators began assessing the cause and scope of the blast.
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Pennsylvania
Shamokin
Lake Ee
Cal
Ryps Tries Plan Amid Southern Fearfig Railroad
A garbled report describes attempts to shape railroad policy in the South and plans affecting aged employees and big fines. Names and dates are unclear, with references to Harriman and Paclie, and to a Gratia on the mane 3 Solea Fells, plus Illinois and Northwestern mentions.
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Rongiyn
Houston
Bec
Harriman
Tag Siouere
Texas
Wreck of St Louis Ayer on Big Four Injures Many
Indianapolis Dec 1 The St Louis Ayer on the Big Four wrecked at 1 30 am west of Avon six miles east of Danville. Three passengers seriously injured and a dozen or more slightly hurt none fatally The seriously injured include Mrs Anna Englehardt and Mrs Stephien Englehardt of Middleport Ohio Ira T Klein of Cleveland Otto Gresham of Chicago Charles W Wood of Iola Carlos California George Brand of Norfolk Va Q T Harris of St Louis Pullman porter George C Dean and Pullman conductor Samuel Ellis of Jersey City New Jersey The train rolled down a twenty five foot embankment after striking a broken rail All passengers were taken to Danville then to St Louis where they continued their journey Second wreck at Carbon caused by open switch caused no injuries and only minor damage All injured near Danville expected to recover
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Mosta
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Chicago
Charles W. Wood
Carlos
Cal
George Brand
Norfolk
C. Harris
Pullman
George C. Dean
Samuel Ellis
Jersey City
N. J
Danville
Carbon
One Man Dies in Desplaines Street Locomotive Wreck
A freight wreck on Desplaines Street Chicago caused by a locomotive jumping the track injuring three crew members. Engineer John Scheidel Brakeman Albert Pinneo and Fireman Walter Sherman were badly scalded with Sherman fatally wounded.
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Desplaines
Chicago
Wisconsin Central
Desplaines Street
John Scheidel
Albert Pinneo
Walter Sherman
Quite a romance Florence Burns exonerated widow marries killer
Florence Burns the Brooklyn woman once accused then exonerated of murder in New York marries Walter Brooks in a private ceremony at a hotel. Brooks has since wed Charles W. Wildrick, son of late Lt. Col. Abram C. Wildrick. Wildrick’s prior arrest for passing bad checks involved Mabel Strong of Cleveland who died in hospital after refusing to leave him in custody.
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Florence Burns
New York
Brooklyn
Walter Brooks
Charles W. Wildrick
Wildrick
Abram C. Wildrick
United States Army
Gerard
Mabel Strong
Cleveland
Miss Strong
Hera
Phillips resigns as senator's private secretary in SD
Sioux Falls South Dakota announces Nye Phillips former warden of the Sioux Falls penitentiary has resigned as private secretary to United States Senator Kittredge. The resignation is effective immediately and no immediate replacement is named though the post will not be filled for a week or more.
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South Dakota
Kittredge
Sioux Falls
S. D
Wee
Nye
Phillips
United States
Sioux Falls Penitentiary
Senate
War Minister Demands Invalidating Ferminists in Haiti
General Nord, war minister under the provisional government, with 10,000 troops at St. Marc, issues an ultimatum to Port au Prince demanding invalidation of deputies from M. Firmin's party. If rejected, civil war is feared. defenses are being prepared as Nord could attack Port au Prince.
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Hayti
Port Au Prince
General Nord
St. Marc
M. Firmin
Nord
Interstate grain freight rate hike filed with ICC
Official notice states a 2.44 dollar increase per hundred pounds in grain freight from Chicago to New York, effective on all eastbound lines east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio. The new basis is 20 cents per hundred weight.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Dae
Chicago
New York
Interstate Commerce Commmission
Missantop River
Ohio
Cuban Treaty Could Accept 25 Percent Tariff Concession
Havana December 1 The Cuban reciprocity commission states a 25 percent tariff reduction may win approval from President Palma and the senate. Three Cuban objections are conceded, a fourth on Porto Rican coffee is resolvable. The remaining issue is the U S tariff cut, with 40 percent proposed and a 26 percent raise unlikely to be sent to the senate.
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Department
Havana
Palma
Senate
Zgido
Treasury
Montes
Commission
United States
St Louis Grand Jury targets city corruption in ballot fraud report
The October grand jury in St Louis submitted a sensational report urging reform of election laws and criticizing city officials tied to ballot fraud. It details bribery cases, indictments, and calls for punishment while noting the 47 500 dollar bribe knew to have circulated among 19 members of the combine led by Kelley, who was widely sought after until his arrest in Philadelphia. The probe highlights corrupt judges and clerks, Nesbit law changes, and looming statute limits on the lighting deal indictments.
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St. Louis
Nesbit
Cricuit
Joseph W. Troll
Combine
Kelley
Council Chamber
House of Delegates
Philadelphia
Kelley Returns. St Louis bribery figure lands in New York
Charles P. Kelley former St Louis speaker who faced bribery indictments arrives in New York aboard the Celtic. Congress member elect Butler meets him at the pier as Kelley, distressed by news of his son’s death, requests privacy and immediate return to St Louis. Also noted is his prior arrest in Philadelphia on a fugitive warrant for perjury and bribery related to street railway franchises.
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St. Louis
Boodler
New York
Congress
Butler
Eventlny World
Charles P. Kelley
House of Delegates
Celtic
Kelley
Charles I
Philadelphia
Charles I. Keiley
Justice Above the King in German Press Debate
Berlin and Essen fronts report Vorwaerts commentary on Emperor William's funeral speech for Krupp. The paper argues justice must prevail over the emperor and defends its charges against Krupp, stressing independence from royal influence and reliance on testimony rather than passion or bias.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
William
Merr Krupp
Essen
Elthe
Krupp
Peragne
Helen Frawley Victim in Street Car Wreck
A fight-year-old girl Helen Frawley, age 3, dies from injuries in a street car wreck near 1408 Eighth Street. The tragedy occurred at about o clock at the hospital.
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Dow Maine
Indians Better Annual Report of Indian Schools
Estelle Reel superintendent of Indian schools submitted her annual report to the commissioner of Indian affairs noting advances in industrial training and a curriculum linking agriculture to self support. She lauds improved home duties for girls, endorses the outing system, and urges better equipped day schools feeding district schools for both races. Enrollment in 1962 is listed as 28 610 with remarks on the gradual disappearance of the blanket Indian and overall race improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superintendent of Indian Schools
Washington
Estelle Reel
Indian Schools
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Puplis la
Jay
Mies
Michigan Central Raises Freight Tariff On Provisions And Meats
Washington Nov 2 Michigan Central announces a new freight tariff with the Interstate Commerce Commission increasing export rates on provisions and dressed meats by six cents per 100 pounds for domestic and export shipments. Effective January 1 next year the rate on provisions climbs from 23 to 29 cents per 100 pounds and dressed meat from 40 to 46 cents per 100 pounds with domestic provisions unchanged. The move could affect shipments across most eastern territories and northern states.
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Michigan Central
Washington
New York
Chicago
Mississippi River
Ohio
Illinois
Gormley Acquitted in Tax Conspiracy Case
In Chicago, November 2, the jury acquitted James H. Gormley, president of the Magonic Temple Fraternity, on charges of conspiracy to defraud Cook County taxes. The verdict ends the Tax Conspiracy case against him.
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Cook County
Tample ® Association
Chicago
James H. Gormley
The
Magonic Temple Fraternity
Cassini Denies Czar Health Rumors From St Petersburg
Washington November 22 Count Cassini the Russian ambassador denied press dispatches from St Petersburg about the czar health and ministers taking part in ramon trances. He said the statements have no foundation and that the czar is in the best of health based on yesterday's dispatches.
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Washington
Count Cassini
St. Petersburg
Egar
Ramon
Emperor William Honors Retiring Ambassador White
In Berlin on November 29 Emperor William, during a farewell audience, presented Ambassador White with the empire’s gold medal for science and art, awarded annually to the individual deemed most worthy by the government.
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William
Berlin
White
Bull fight exhibition staged as Mexican demonstration
In Kengas City on November 24 a bull fleet exhibition proceeded as planned despite opposition from local clergy and the Humane Society. The event, billed as an illustration of a real Mexican bullfight, included no cruelty to animals and satisfied officials.
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Kengas City
Humane Society
Mexico
Frau Krupp Gives $750,000 to Workmen Fund
Essen notices Frau Krupp has donated 750000 dollars to establish a benefit fund for the Workmen in memory of her late husband. The gift honors the heir’s benefactor role and supports workers in Essen, Prussia, as of November 24.
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Frau Krupp
Essen
Prussia
Cleveland Will Preside At Meeting For Colored School
Former President Grover Cleveland has accepted an invitation to preside at a December 11 public meeting in Philadelphia supporting the Berean manual training and industrial school for colored people. Other speakers include Charles H. Smith, A. K. McClure, and Booker T. Washington.
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Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
Berean Manual Training and Industrial School For
Charles Hmory Smith
A. K. McClure
Booker T
Washington
Astor Offers 10000 Toward New York Chicago Road
John Jacob Astor via the Automobile Club of America secretary offers to subscribe 10000 toward the New York Chicago road association objects if the route shifts from the west bank to the east bank of the Hudson. He notes eastern country seats of wealthy New Yorkers would contribute if the highway runs near their properties. A club meeting discussed asking the government to appropriate 2000000 yearly.
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John Jacob Astor
New York
Automobile Club of America
New York-Chicago Road Association
Hudson River
Astor
Hudson
Dutch Troops Ambushed on Sumatra River Boat Sunk
In Bumaira on November 29 a party of Dutch troops escorting a barge was attacked by natives along a river interior. The vessel sank after the assault, leaving twenty casualties among the Dutch crew and pursuing natives.
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Sumatra
Bumaira
Aank Engat
Venezuela Aims Face Debt With Quiet Diplomacy
London dispatch reports a secret Venezuelan delegation seeking a unified plan to satisfy foreign bondholders and government claims. The move aims to reassure Germany and Britain, with U.S. approval shaping the outcome as Europe and American bankers weigh a broad settlement.
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London
the Associates
Venezuela
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Cheate
Washington
Europe
Caracas
State Department
Castro
Associated Press
Tamayo Leaves as Government Secretary in Palma Cabinet
In Havana a special cabinet meeting presided by President Palma unanimously accepted the resignation of Secretary of Government Tamayo. Vera will assume the duties of the vacant post until a new secretary is appointed. The nationalist party expresses surprise and republicans hail the shift as a major political break.
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Palma
Havana
Tamayo
Vera
Nationalist Party
British Cruiser Charybdis Under Sealed Orders
Halifax December 1. The British cruiser Charybdis has sailed under sealed orders. Destination unknown, but strong belief places her bound for Venezuela.
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Venezuela
Halifax
N. 8
Charybdis
Wallace family alarmed by General Lew Wallace illness
A Crawfordsville dispatch reports General Lew Wallace lies in bed due to a worsening illness. Beginning with a diseased tooth, the condition has weakened him markedly, prompting family concern in Chicago.
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Lew Wallace
Chicago
The
Chronicle
Crawfordsville
Ind
Wallace
Blood on the Moon Sultan Threatens Americans
A fragment reports Constable Hendrix slain in Samar by a superior band of ladrones after his detachment was routed. The Sultan of Bacolod had written insultingly about Americans to Captain Pershing, prompting talk of action to Bacolod, though doubts linger on a single probe.
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Sultan
Bacolad
Pershing
Camp Vicare
Bacolod
Aggressive Campaign Against Ladrones in Leyte and Biliran
Manila reports a constabulary offensive against ladrones in northern Leyte and Biliran. Inspector Crockett’s force killed 39 near Ormo on Leyte’s coast while Corporal Montague’s detachment defeated a band near Tallhaug on Biliran, taking 36 prisoners with no casualties.
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Adromes
Philippines
Manila
Ayte
Biliran
Crockett
Ladrones
Ormoo
Leyte
Montague
Csonatapuwary
Tallhaug
Hag Qate
Revolution Breaks Out in Santo Domingo North
The Santo Domingo government fights revolutionary disturbances in the northern region while Santo Domingo City remains quiet. Minister Powell pressed the Dominican foreign minister for an immediate settlement on the improvement company claims amid ongoing political tension.
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Santo Domingo
San Domingo
Republic of Santo Doming
Powell
Flood of coins as U S mints pour out record year
Washington reports mint output at Philadelphia New Orleans and San Francisco remained active through the fiscal year. Coinage reached 191 419 506 pieces the highest ever by quantity though value fell due to demand for small denominations. Seigniorage and bullion flows cited with new Philadelphia mint highlighted and Denver planned expansion noted.
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Washington
George E. Roberts
Philadelphia
New Orleans
San Francisco
General Fund of the Treasury
Denver
Igie
San Fransicisco
Dainty neckwear and Rembrandt hair urge Jefferson style
A South Side Woman's club meeting in Grand boulevard hall discussed dress from Adam and Eve to modern times. Mrs. Daniel M. Lord praised dainty muslin and lace neckwear for men and suggested Rembrandt hair as picturesque yet unlikely for men, advocating negligee shirts in business hours, with praise for Thomas Jefferson's attire.
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Chicago
Thomas Jefferson
Daniel M. Lord
South Side Woman's Club
Grand Boulevard Hall
Germany orders three more cruisers to Venezuela
Berlin reports three additional cruisers have been ordered to depart Kiel at once once ready to proceed to Venezuela, as tensions rise.
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Venezuela
Berlin
Kiet
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