McNamara boast linked to McManigal dynamiting case
Detective McLaren quotes James B. McNamara boasting of $100000 backing by the American Federation and $30000 paid to McManigal for dynamiting since 1907. McManigal’s full confession to the federal grand jury outlines chains of plots tied to the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers across the nation.
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Chicago
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Detroit
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International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
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Malcolm McLaren
Burns Agency
McManiigal
Springfield
Massachusetts
Toledo
J. J. McNamara
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Oxford Hetel
Federal agents seize Iron Workers records in Salt Lake City
The federal government seized the books of the Iron Workers local union in Salt Lake City and served a summons on J. B. Vince, the union business agent, as part of an investigation into industrial dynamiting by a Los Angeles grand jury.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Los Angeles
United States
Iron Workers
Grand Ry
J. BE. Vince
Reyes in Mexico Met by Followers
Washington D C December 7 General Reyes crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico where he was received by a band of loyal followers. The report gave no details on Reyes plans or next actions.
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Reyes
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Rio Grande
Banc
Reyal
Intrigue Over Russian Persian Policy Shapes London View
In official circles in London the sense persists that Russian moves on Persia are intentional. Russia may seek to present Persia with a demand or concession, and if the Russian government accepts a waiver or indemnity, Washington would be urged to support it.
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Associated Press
London
Persia
Russia
W. Morgan
lLincoln
University of Nebraska
University of Minnesota
University of Iowa Anch University
Rebels Threaten Dynamite Attacks in Peking
Peking December 7 rebels openly declare intent to dynamite and attack the city. Arrests have been made but the government proves powerless due to timidity of officials. Foreigners face safety concerns as tensions rise in Peking.
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Peking
Federation of Labor Denounces McNamaras in Protest
The American Federation of Labor released a three hour behind closed doors statement disavowing the McNamaras crimes. It said organized labor can not be legally or morally responsible for individual members and welcomed federal or state investigations. The AFL affirmed loyalty to America and rights within the law.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Organized Labor In
America
American Federation of Labor
American Labor
Pardoned after 52 years in Connecticut prison
John Warren, the oldest inmate at Wethersfield prison, seeks clemency after 52 years of confinement for the 1859 murder of his wife. Convicted at age 21, Warren has repeatedly petitioned the Board of Pardons as it weighs parole requests from 36 inmates ahead of next Tuesday’s meeting.
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Th “Tuty
Wethersfield
John Warren
Isue
Board of Pardons
Warren
John P. Warren
Willington
Tolland County
Connecticut
Grey
Talland County
Baastfer
Withmantte
Ehert
Georgia elects J M Brown in primary sweep
Unofficial Georgia returns from all 146 counties show former Governor J M Brown winning the gubernatorial primary with 84 counties delivering two hundred of the three hundred sixty eight electoral votes. Illinois suffrage event at Hotel La Salle aims to prove suffragists as capable mothers and cooks with a fundraiser expected to raise seventy four thousand six hundred dollars.
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Atlanta
J. M. Brown
Georgia
Chicago
Dee
Ilinois
Equal Suffrage Association
Feir
Hotel la Salle
Association
Search for General Reyes Ends in Silence in San Antonio
In San Antonio on December 7 authorities abandon efforts to locate General Reyes. It is believed he crossed into Mexico or is heading there. Col. F A Chapa and Governor Colquitt staffers deny knowledge of his movements. Attorney Matehal Hicks refuses comment on Reyes cases.
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Matehal Hicks
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Gerp
Who Steers the Republicans in the Coming Campaign
Washington scene December 7 reports Speaker Clark optimistic about Democratic prospects while Republicans face questions over a new campaign chair. Names discussed include Hilles Loeb and Fisher with Fisher viewed as a Progressive yet supportive ideal for party leadership.
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Clark
House
Jonathan Bourne
Republican Party
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William Loeb, Jr
Fisher
Winter Wheat Condition Improves Across United States
A Department of Agriculture report shows more winter wheat sown in small acreages than last year with December 1 conditions 4.1 percent above year ago and 3.3 percent below the ten year average. Texas sowing reached 75 000 acres, with December condition at 72 percent. A $160000 damage suit against Standard Oil Co of Ohio opened in Findlay.
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Texas
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Ohio
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Standard OF Company
Sugar beet growers denounce refiners in Colorado clash
Washington December 7 the house investigating committee heard James Bodking Meade of Colorado attack sugar refiners methods and demand tariff protection. He warned he would double sugar refineries in Colorado in three years if allowed to expand and claimed we can raise enough sugar to supply the country.
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House
Great Western Sugar Company
James Bodking Meade
Colorado
E. W. Combs
Fort Morvan
Dalton and Younger on Lecture Platform
Emmett Dalton ex convict and sole survivor of the Dalton gang and Scout Younger of Tulsa nephew of Cole Younger begin a nationwide lecture tour the week of December 6 in Tulsa Oklahoma reporting on Coffeyville and Northfield robberies with planned appearances across the country.
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Okla
Emmett Dalton
Dalton
Scout Younger
Cole Younger
Northfield
Minn
Steel chief urges government control of corporations
Elbert H. Gary, head of United States Steel, told a Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that the U S government must assume control of large corporations to protect the public and ensure national economic development and the corporations' advantages. He spoke in Washington D C in December.
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United States Steel Corporation
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
United States
Alleged pmeezzerr dies on eve of trial in Denver
An alleged pmeezzerr dies of heart failure at home in Denver on the eve of his trial in the criminal division. The man, connected to Alfred Muller and the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, faced charges including forsery ertuld lar ceny and Mbeeslerment.
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Forsery Ertuld
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TARRER BEGINS YEAR SENTENCE
Lincoln Center Kas December 7 Watson Scranton began serving his year sentence for his part in the tarring of Miss Mary Chamberlain. Scranton and E. G Clark and Jay Fitzwater were sentenced for a year for assault and battery. Clark and Fitzwater appealed.
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Associated Press
Lincoln Center
Kas
Watson Scranton
Miss Mary Chamberlain
Scranton
E. G Clark
Jay Fitzwater
Aegsault
Local Forecast Details Uncertain Weather Across Regions
Unsettled Friday with rain expected in West Texas. Snow likely in the Panhandle Saturday. Temperatures show a cool start with a maximum near the 40s and a minimum around the low teens in areas like Washington D C. The forecast notes mixed conditions through the weekend with adjustments possible.
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Washington, D. C
West Texas
Panhandle
Colter
Fortier urges broader irrigation laws at congress
Samuel Fortier of the U.S. Department of Agriculture spoke to Irrigation Congress delegates in Chicago. He urged Western states to back irrigation bonds, cited land value gains from irrigation, and noted census figures and rising capital invested, arguing water use creates wealth beyond the cost of works.
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Chicago
Samuel Fortier
Office of Experiment Stations
United States
Department of Agriculture
Irrigation Congress
West
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Western
America
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Fort Worth Union Pledges Support in McNamaras Case
The Fort Worth Carpenters and Joiners Union announced funds to aid investigation and prosecution of all who may be implicated beyond the McNamaras. The statement follows their confessed crimes and targets those up or down the ranks.
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Des Ie Eclarine
Carpenters and Joiners Union
Fort Worth Robbery Suspects Escape After Quick Police Arrival
Nighttime heist hits two South Side cafes forcing cash seizure of 250 dollars in cash and checks. Alarmed robbers fled before completing their work abandoning nitro-citrate and a chisel and sledge hammer as police reached the scene within minutes.
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